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Corona claims fifthlife in HP,cases tally jumps to213; 72 year oldwoman succumbsto lethal infection

Govt announcessubsidy onequipments forfarmers; Onlineapplications invited toavail benefit

6,617 active co-rona cases re-portedin Delhi, 6540recovered so far

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Balbir Singh SrHockey pole star fades

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Curfew in Hamirpur ,Solan extended till June 30SHIMLA: The deputy commis-sioners of Hamirpur and Solanhave issued orders to extendcurfew in both districts till June30 as number of corona casesare at rise here. The curfew inthis district has been extendedtill June 30 to contain thespread of Covid-19 infection,District Magistrate of Hamirpur,Harikesh Meena said here onMonday. The DM issued pro-hibitory orders under section 144of Code of Criminal Procedure2020 in compliance with the de-cision taken by the state govern-ment to prevent infection ofCOVID-19 epidemic. This orderwill come into force with an im-mediate effect throughout thedistrict.

COVID 19: Near 7000 cases in aday, death toll crosses 4000

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 25

India registered biggest singleday spike of COVID-19 cases forthe fourth consecutive day onMonday with 6,977 new infec-tions, reported in the last 24hours, taking the country's tallyto 1,38,845, while the death tollrose to 4,021, according to theUnion Health Ministry.

A total 154 deaths were re-ported in the last 24 hours tillMonday 8 am. The number of ac-tive COVID-19 cases climbed to77,103 while 57,720 people haverecovered and one patient hasmigrated, the ministry said."Thus, around 41.57 per cent pa-tients have recovered so far," asenior health ministry officialsaid. The total confirmed casesincludes foreigners. Of the 154deaths reported since Sundaymorning, 58 were from Maha-rashtra, 30 from Delhi, 29 from

Gujarat, nine in Madhya Pradesh,eight from Tamil Nadu, six fromUttar Pradesh, four from Telan-gana, three each from Rajasthanand West Bengal, two from Biharand one each from Punjab andUttarakhand.

Of the total 4,021 fatalities,Maharashtra tops tally with1,635 deaths followed by Gujarat

at 858 deaths, Madhya Pradesh at290, West Bengal at 272, Delhi at261, Rajasthan at 163, UttarPradesh at 161,Tamil Nadu at111 and Andhra Pradesh at 56.

The death toll reached 53 inTelangana, 42 in Karnataka and40 in Punjab. Jammu and Kash-mir has reported 21 fatalities dueto the disease.

609 testing labsoperational nowNEW DELHI: In its fight againstCOVID-19, India adopted an intel-ligent testing strategy to trace andremain ahead of the novel coron-avirus virus and create an infra-structure to provide testing facilitiesand services across the country. Asa result, today India has 609 testinglabs (431 public, 178 private)across the country with the capacityto test 1.4 lakh samples per day,and the capacity is being furtherraised to 2 lakh samples per day,according to latest data from the In-dian Council of Medical Research(ICMR). Currently, 1.1 lakh samplesare being tested each day in theselabs. The Centre scaled up its pre-paredness by standardizing diag-nostic assays at ICMR-National In-stitute of Virology, (NIV) Pune andimmediately commissioning diag-nostic facility in 13 VRDLs basedon their location in cities.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, MAY 25:

The mortal remains of internationalhockey icon and Padma Shri BalbirSingh Senior were consigned toflames on Monday with full state ho-nours at local electric crematorium.Balbir Singh Senior’s grandsonKabir Singh lit the pyre in presenceof deceased daughter Sushbir Kaur.

Disclosing this here today, aSpokesperson of the Chief Minister’sOffice said that Punjab Sports MinisterRana Gurmit Sodhi laid the wreath onbehalf of the Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh. Acontingent of Pun-jab Police reversed arms and later firedin the air as a mark of respect to thelegendary hockey star. Meanwhile,MLAs Olympian Pargat Singh andParminder Singh Dhindsa laid wreathsto pay their respects to the departedsoul. On behalf of the Punjab Gover-nor and Administrator of Union Terri-tory,ADC Chandigarh Sachin Ranaplaced the wreath. Representatives ofHockey India, Punjab Olympics Asso-ciation and Hockey Punjab also laid

wreaths to pay their last respects. Talk-ing to media persons, Rana Sodhi saidthat the international hockey stadium atMohali would be named in the memo-ry Balbir Singh Senior, which wouldbe formally inaugurated by the ChiefMinister Captain Amarinder Singh atan appropriate time. Prominentamongst those, who paid last respectsto Balbir Singh Senior included Princi-pal Secretary Hussan Lal, DirectorSports Punjab Sanjay Popli, DeputyCommissioner Mohali Girish Dayalan,Commissioner Municipal CorporationChandigarh and Secretary Sports UTK.K. Yadav, Director Sports UT TejvirSaini.

Hockey legend BalbirSingh Sr cremated

with full state honours

BUREAU GURUGRAM, MAY 25

Train carrying 1400 migrant labourersstarted from Gurugram, destined toJaribam in Manipur. In this train every-thing was as normal as it was in othertrains carrying the migrant labourers ex-cept an initiative by the small children ofGurugram that moved all the hearts atthe station.

Mahi Jeph and her brother AaravJeph reached the station with toys, bis-cuits and chocklates for the toddlerstravelling in train. Officials at the stationhelped these children in accomplishingthis wonderful gesture of humanity. It asinformed that Mahi, studying in classten and her brother Aarav studying inclass VI at The Shri Ram School (Ar-avali) Gurugram has not taken the mon-

ey to purchase these items from theirparents. Surprisingly, the duo brokeopen the piggy bank (gullak) meant tokeep their savings, to purchase thesetoys and chocolates for the babies trav-elling in the train. It was informed thatthe duo used to help the travelling kidswith migrant , as shown on television

channels. Hence they broke open thepiggy bank and spent about Rs.10,000 topurchase toys, biscuits and chocolatesfor the small children starting their longjourney. The gifts were enough to makeover 100 children travelling in the trainto Manipur.

Mahi and Arav were so excited tohand over the gifts to the travelling chil-dren that they reached at 4.30 pm on sta-tion for the train that was scheduled toleave at 6pm. Many of the passengerswere seen wiping their tears on seeingthe gesture of love and humanity ofthese children. Prior to sitting in train,the passengers had to go through a med-ical test. They were asked to sanitisetheir hands before being offered lunchand water. Thermal scanning was donefor all the passengers and masks wereprovided.

Mahi and Aarav show gesture ofhumanity for migrant labourers

AGENCYJALANDHAR, MAY 25

Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira was onMonday arrested on the charges of endan-gering the public safety of the citizens dur-ing lockdown as he had allegedly given acall for a candlelight march to protest againstthe murder of Kabaddi player ArvinderjitSingh Pehalwan.

Khaira has alleged that the murder ofArvinder was connected to illegal liquorsale.

Divulging the details, the Deputy Com-missioner of Police Gurmeet Singh said that

the MLA, in violation with the lockdownnorms, had given call for a candlelightmarch from Desh Bhagat Yadgar hall. It wasa violation of the stipulated norms issued bythe Ministry of Home Affairs which debarsany social, religious and political gatherings.

The DCP said that the MLA or any oth-er organizer had neither applied for any per-mission nor were allowed to hold such gath-ering. He further said that the district Police,civil administration and the Sub-DivisionalMagistrate Dr Jai Inder Singh had cautionedthe MLA not to mobilize a gathering of peo-ple for his proposed protest at Desh BhagatYadgar Hall.

Domestic passengerflights resume in ChdCHANDIGARH: Domestic flightoperations started from theChandigarh International Air-port on Monday, as passengerair travel resumed within thecountry after a gap of twomonths.The airport has formulatedStandard Operating Proce-dures for safety of passengersand airport staff which includesocial distancing and stringentthermal screening.The security personnel of CISFhave been provided with trans-parent plexiglass sheets toavoid any physical contact withpassengers.The Chandigarh airport hadearlier announced to resumeoperations in a phased mannerwith a total number of 13 do-mestic flights from Monday on-wards.

Two militants killedin south Kashmirencounter SRINAGAR: Two militantswere killed in an encounter withsecurity forces, which ensuedduring a Cordon and SearchOperation (CASO) in southKashmir district of Kulgam onMonday. Meanwhile, clasheswere reported near the en-counter site between the secu-rity forces and protestors, whohit the streets after gunfightstarted at village Khur Hajiporain Kulgam. Official sources saidthat on a tip-off about the pres-ence of militants, troops ofRashtriya Rifles (RR), CRPFand Special Operation Group(SOG) of Jammu and Kashmirpolice launched a joint CASOat village Khur Hanjipora onearly Monday morning.

80 flights atDelhi's IGI airportcancelledNEW DELHI: As many as arrivaland departure of 80 flights atDelhi's Indira Gandhi Interna-tional airport have been can-celled, officials said.Earlier, the flight schedule wasmade for all airports includingWest Bengal (flight operationsfrom May 28), Maharashtra (25takeoffs and 25landings everyday) and Chennai (incomingpassenger flights restricted to25). With the resumption of do-mestic flight operations, VistaraAirlines on Monday started itsoperation with the first flight toBhubaneswar from the nationalcapital. Vistara Air UK-785 de-parted for Bhubaneswar with 95passengers at 6:50 am on Mon-day.

Khaira arrested for floutinglockdown norms

Punjab records 21 newcases, tally reaches 2,081

CHANDIGARH, MAY 25

The total number of coronavirus cases in Punjab rose to2,081 after 21 confirmed new infections were reportedfrom the state on Monday. According to an official medicalbulletin, 10 confirmed cases have been reported from Am-ritsar district, six from Jalandhar and one new case eachfrom Tarn Taran, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Sangrur and Ka-purthala districts. Out of 40 fatalities so far, seven deathshave been registered in Ludhiana district, six each in Am-ritsar and Jalandhar, five in Hoshiarpur, three each in SASNagar, Kapurthala and Gurdaspur, two in Patiala and oneeach in Pathankot, Ferozepur, SBS Nagar, Ropar and Bar-nala districts. According to the latest infection tally, Amrit-sar leads with 328 cases, followed by Jalandhar 220, TarnTaran 156, Gurdaspur 132, Ludhiana 119, Patiala 108,Hoshiarpur 106, SBS Nagar 105, SAS Nagar 103, Sangrur89, Muktsar 66, Faridkot 61, Ropar 60, Moga 59, FatehgarhSahib 56, Ferozepur and Fazilka 44 each, Bathinda 42,Pathankot 39, Kapurthala 36, Mansa 32.

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CHANDIGARH: Airtel digital TV, a leading DTH service provider in India today announced a unique content partnership with EPIC On – India’s Storytellers, a premium OTT platform by IN10 Media. As part of this partnership, Airtel digital TV will bring the timeless nostalgic series of Malgudi Days to over 16million homes across the country.Based on several heart-warming short stories by RK Narayan, Malgudi Days series is about a bunch of characters leading simple lives in a fictitious small town called Malgudi. The plots revolve around the trials and tribulations faced by the lead character Swami and his friends. Malgudi Days was first telecast on the national television in 1986 and became an integral part of the lives of Indians who grew up during that period. Directed by Shankar Nag, the series features the then famous child actor Master Manjunath and other acclaimed actors including Girish Karnad, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Ananth Nag and Arundhati Nag. The stories of Malgudi Days evoke a feeling of nostalgia as well as have strong resonance among audiences who enjoy simple and powerful storytelling.

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CHANDIGARH: After weeks of the nationwide lockdown and partial lifting of restrictions across the country, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the restarting of its production in its manufacturing plant in Bidadi, Bangalore. The production will resume from May 26, 2020 in a phased manner, in concurrence with the directives of both, the State and the Central Governments. The Company officials are closely monitoring and evaluating the situation to gradually ramp up operations. More than 290 Toyota dealerships in the country are partially operational and close to 230 Toyota service outlets are also operational nationally, providing services by prioritizing domains like spare parts supply in response to the market needs where service activities have already started. Sharing his thoughts on the production recommencement, Mr. Raju B. Ketkale, Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor said, “We are thankful to the Government for resuming operations of industries.

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CHANDIGARH: Uber today announced the availability of its recently launched package delivery service - Uber Connect, in more cities, New Delhi, Noida, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Chandigarh. Piloted last week in four markets - Kolkata, Jaipur, Guwahati and Gurgaon, Uber’s latest service enables residents to send and receive items from each other within city limits, while maintaining social distancing. With this expansion, Uber Connect will now be available across nine key Indian cities.All packages sent via Uber Connect should be transportable on a two wheeler vehicle, be under 5 kilograms in weight, securely sealed and not include prohibited items such as alcohol, recreational drugs, or dangerous and illegal items.

COVID-19: 4 more deaths, 273 fresh cases reported in UP

LUCKNOW, MAY 25 five-sample pool, 110 pools tested positive which is 14.94

Four more people have died of per cent, while in the 10-COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, sample pool, 51 pools tested taking their number to 165 as positive, which is 25 per cent," 273 fresh coronavirus cases he said.surfaced in the state, a senior "With migrants returning UP government official said on to the state, the positive Monday. outcome in the pool testing has

With this, the number of increased. Overall positive confirmed cases rises to outcome has also gone up. 6,541, they said, adding that Hence, we are insisting that the the count of active cases migrant labourers who have stands at 2,606. come should undertake 21-day

"So far, 165 COVID-19 home quarantine. This will patients have died in the state, help in curbing the spread of while as many as 273 fresh the infection in the society," COVID-19 cases have been Prasad said.reported from the state," The principal secretary Principal Secretary, Medical also informed that the weblink and Health, Amit Mohan provided to passengers Prasad said here. following the resumption of

So far, 3,581 patients have domestic air travel was being recovered from the disease in put to use.the state and have been "No need to panic about discharged, he said. COVID-19. There should be

Prasad also said that pool no ill-feelings against a patient. testing of 936 samples was One should cover the face with done. "As many as 736 were in mask, 'gamcha' and 'dupatta'. five-sample pools, while 200 One should adhere to social were in 10-sample pools. In the distancing," he said.

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AGENCY community.NEW DELHI, MAY 25 This year, Eid is being

celebrated amid the extended Amid tensions due to Pakistan nationwide lockdown enforced to sponsoring cross-border terrorism contain the spread of COVID-19.in Jammu and Kashmir, Border Security Force ( BSF) on Monday did not send sweets to Pakistan Rangers at the Wagah Border on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. However, BSF troops exchanged sweets with the Bangladeshi troops deployed at the India-Bangladesh border.

Since the last few occasions, BSF has not been participating in the customary exchange of sweets at the Attari-Wagah border in Punjab which used to take place on Republic Day, Independence Day, Eid, Diwali among other events. terrorism even when the world is India from their soil," a senior BSF

On Diwali too, BSF did not threatened by COVID-19. We official said.accept sweets from Pakistan side have not offered them sweets on E i d - u l - F i t r m a r k s t h e and had also not sent them sweets Eid this time and will reconsider conclusion of the holy month of on Republic Day and the new year. offering them in future too if they Ramzan, which is a month of

"Pakistan continues to back refuse to stop terrorists coming to fasting and prayer for the Muslim

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CHANDIGARH : Disney+ Hotstar Premiumhas added a brand new title to its expansive kids catalogue – Mira, Royal Detective. The story revolves aroundMira, a brave and resourceful girl who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the queen. Together with her friend Prince Neel - a talented inventor, Priya – her creative cousin, and comical mongoose sidekicks - Mikku and Chikku; they set out on mystery-solving adventures that highlight and encourage deductive reasoning for young viewers and encourages them to think creatively. The show promises to engage younger viewers in the vibrant culture and heritage of India through endless hours of foot-tapping music and fun dance sequences.Freida Pinto along with popular south asian artistes LeelaLadnier, Kal Penn, UtkarshAmbudkar, Hannah Simone, JameelaJamil, AparnaNancherla, AasifMandvi, Karan Soni, MaulikPancholy, Sarayu Blue andSaritaChoudhury were handpicked as voice artistes for the show. Mira, Royal Detectivewill be available on Disney+ Hotstar Premium starting 24th May 2020. Freida Pinto, who has voiced the character of Queen Shanti said, “There will be many things you recognize if you are from India.

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KLWINDER BHATIA Nangal Havan has been done and prays for the best NANGAL, MAY 25: Maharana Partap is a great of the world. On the occasion, maharana partap’s warrior and pride of the nation who sacrificed for statute situated in captain anmol kalia park was the independence and Gutts of the honored with the flowers. On the nation. This statement has been o c c a s i o n T e h s i l d a r given on the specially organized Surinderpal,Naib Tehsildar program on the birthday of Ramkishan, EO Nangal Manjinder maharana Partap in Nangal’s Singh, Tikka Jasbir Chand Bhallan, Captain Anmol Kalia Park. He Counciler sanjeev Rana, Counciler said that the oath which is taken Shivani Thakur, Adv. Anuj Thakur, by God Sri RamChander ji to Gurdev Billa, Deepak Nanda, protect motherland is protected Surekh Rana, Sharit malik, Ashok by maharana Partap. He said Rana, Davinder Rana, Rakesh that we have to honor the Rana, Yudhveer Parmar, Gian patriots, Warriors, great kumari Jaswal, Maha Singh Jaswal, personalities and our great culture. RS Rana, Karan Rana, Saurav In Program organized by Rajput Gupta, Deepak Sharma, Rashpal mahasabha Nangal and naya Rana e.t.c were present.

LUDHIANA, MAY 25 : As India continues to maintain social distancing to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon India firmly believes it has a unique role to play providing a critical service for the community; to help them get the items they need for their families without leaving their homes. Amazon India today announced that it has opened close to 50,000 seasonal roles to meet the surge in demand from people relying on Amazon’s service, particularly those most vulnerable to being out in public. This will be a variety of roles in their fulfilment centres and delivery network including part-time flexible work opportunities as independent contractors with Amazon Flex. “One thing we’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is how important a role Amazon and ecommerce can play for our customers as much as for small businesses & the economy. We take this responsibility seriously, and we’re proud of the work our teams are doing to help small and other businesses deliver to our customers through this difficult time.

CHANDIGARH : ABH wala RV’s new punjabi rap song is hitting tiktok now a days and reached 2 million views. Even many of TikTok stars have performed on the same . Its an achievement for the company and the Singer Blend life going so viral and entertaining in covid 19. AngryKaka Music Record Label Released a Punjabi song in which love, Ishq and Junoon have been immersed in the sea of pain in such a way that the beats of Song will make your hearbeat stop. In this song, while there are romantic moments that give relief to the heart, there are also some sad moments that make you feel angry. The song 'Blend Life' became the first choice of couples with 2 million Tiktok views on hashtag #blendlife .According to the information, this song has been dedicated to a girl who breaks her 7-year-old relationship in a jolt, due to the greed of money and influence of bad company . BLEND life is sung and penned by ‘ABH wala RV’ ,who also penned and dedicated ‘The Flipper Song’ to the runner up of Bigg Boss 13, Shehnaaz Gill . While Flipper Song has been viewed over 5 lac times on YouTube and Ticktokers have expressed their love for the song by creating tiktok videos, while Blend Life has crossed Two million views.

The song 'Blend Life' became first choice of couples with 2 million Tiktok views

CHANDIGARH, MAY 25: NGO 'I Am Still Human'(IASH) which is being run by a group of dynamic tricity youngsters and is spearheaded by Vivek Mehra,

celebrated Eid with migrant labourers. It is noteworthy that the NGO has been doing yeoman's service by providing essential items to people living on the streets and labourers who were stuck in different under construction sites of Chandigarh during lockdown. In

lockdown 4 now when the problem of mass exodus of migrant labourers is staring India as well as tricity in the face the NGO has risen to the occasion and started helping these labourers too by provision of essential things to them.

NGO 'I Am Still Human' celebrates Eid with migrant labourers

Amazon India is creating close to 50,000 seasonal opportunities to meet customer needs

NANGAL, MAY 25 ( ): Today, during the epidemic the sweepers who are serving day and night were honored with the medal by team help foundation. On the occasion 30 sweepers were honored by the help foundation. On the occasion president of health foundation Daleep Hans, Rajinder Gill appealed to the govt. to make them permanent by observing their service.

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Maharana is a great warrior and great patriot: KP Singh

Help foundation honored sweepers

No exchange of sweets between BSF, Pak Rangers at Wagah on Eid

Pigeon with "mysterious code" tagged on body caught in KathuaJAMMU, MAY 25 (UNI) Border dwellers have caught a pigeon reportedly flew from across the border with ring code tagged on his body in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Police sources here said that a pigeon painted pink was caught on Sunday evening by some locals near village Chilayari, which reportedly cross over to this side."It is the matter of concern that a pigeon flew to this side as birds have no boundaries but a coded ring tagged on his body is concerning," a police official said. He said that intelligence agencies on Monday as per reports visited to the police station where the pigeon was caged and trying to decode the mystery.

I, Harbans Singh S/o Piara Singh R/o 1728 Jagraon Road Mandi Mullanpur (Ludhiana) informed that my son Kulvir Singh and his wife Ramandeep Kaur is out of our control. So we disinherit from my moveable/immoveable properties. we shall be not be responsible if anybody dealing with him.

63372I, Naresh Kumar S/o Khillu Ram S/o Tilak Ram R/o Kalgidhar Colony Gali No-7 Rampura Phool Tehsil Phool ( Bathinda) declare that my daughter Trisha Rani got marriage without my permission and she is out of my control.So I disown her from my m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e properties. I shall be not be responsible if anybody dealing with her.

63372I Gurdev Singh S/O Chamba Singh R/O Village Andheri Distt Sangrur Declare That. My Son Harjinder Singh Out Of My Control. I Disown Him From My Moveable And Immoveable Property. Anybody Dealing With Him His/Her Own Risk. Me And My Family Members Are Not Responsible.

63372No. 3408612H Nk Balvir Singh serving in 14 Sikh C/o 56 APO declare that correct name of my son’s Gavinjeet Singh Pandher instead of Gavinjeet Singh. which is mentioned wrongly in army record.

63372I, JC-697888M Sub/Pharm C Thamarai Kannan serving with 174 Military Hospital Pin-900307 C/o 56 APO since 01 July 2018. Date of Birth of my wife (T Kavitha) has been wrongly given by me as 05 Sep 1978 whereas her correct date of birth is 05 July 1980.

63372I, Sandeep Kaur W/o Sarabjit Singh Army No 3398792A Unit 18 Sikh R/o Vill: Kutba (Barnala) declare that In some documents my DOB entered wrongly 17 April 1980 . But my correct DOB is 18 Oct 1979.

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PUBLIC NOTICEI, Service No.4484617L Rank L/NK Hardeep Singh Of Unit 4 Sikhli Arunachal Pradesh Permanent Address S/O Sh. Jhanda Singh R/O Village Mehta, PO Mehta, Tehsil & Distt. Bathinda-151001, Punjab Declare That In My Army Record My Mother’s Jasvir Kaur DOB Is Written As 20.12.1959 And My Father Jhanda Singh DOB Is Written As 11.08.1954 By Mistake That My Mother’s Correct DOB Is 01.01.1952 And My Father’s Correct DOB Is 21.08.1951. So Amended My Mother’s DOB Is From 20.12.1959 To 01.01.1952 And My Father’s DOB Is 11.08.1954 To 21.08.1951 In My Army Record.

Rajiv colonydeclaredContainment zoneBUREAUKARNAL: A case of Corona has beenfound positive in Rajiv Colony of Karnal.In view of this matter, orders have beenissued as a precaution that from RajivColony Road No-8 near Railway Road,Palvinder Singh Wali Gali, from GurmeetBhinder's house to Veena Kumari, fromSunil Bairagi's house to Kuljinder Singh'shouse. The area has been declared acontainer zone.Collector Nishant Kumar Yadav said thatapart from this, ward number 14 of RajivColony has been declared as bufferzone. The DMC of the Municipal Corpo-ration has been instructed to sanitize allthe areas included in the respective con-tainers and buffer zones. The movementof public in the Containment Zone by thePolice Department will be completelyclosed and the area concerned will besealed and blocked by the Police Depart-ment.

Triveni is essentialpart of life: Dr. S.K. SinghalBUREAUKARNAL: Carrying on the pious work ofplanting Triveni being run by AdvocateSantosh Yadav, National President ofSamalanchal Dr S P Singhal planted fiveTrivenis and made people aware of thebenefits of Triveni. Today's 382nd Triveniwas held while maintaining social dis-tancing and prayer was held for world torescue it from the corona epidemic assoon as possible. During this time veryfew officials of the organisation werecalled so that the crowd does not gatherand social distance remains.On this occasion, Advocate Santosh Ya-dav, National President of Samalanchalsaid that every human being must planta Triveni in his life. As this Triveni in-creases, the happiness will also in-crease. She said that with every littlecontribution of every human being, a bigbenefit for the mankind is created. Dr.Singhal, while giving his views, said thatwhere Triveni is situated, there is a flowof positive energy every moment. Everyperson who attaches and installs ormaintains this Triveni with reverence andspiritual sentiment benefitrs a great deal.Triveni is considered a yagna accordingto holy scriptures. Rajiv was also presenton the occasion.

Mysteriousdisappearance of manMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: Subhash, son of Harikishan, res-ident of village Khedi Man Singh told inhis complaint to the police that his broth-er Sohanlal had gone for a walk towardsthe fields at 8:00 am, but he did not re-turn till today. He searched for him allaround but did not find him anywhere.Subhash Chand has requested the IndriPolice to help him in finding his brother.Subhash said that his brother Sohanlalwas mentally disturbed

Need to fight Corona:Rampal LatherROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Rampal Lather, presidentand philanthropist of Bharat VikasParishad branch Padwala, said that anepidemic like corona infection is spread-ing continuously. Police personnel, in-cluding officers of the district administra-

tion, are onduty for 24hours to pro-tect peoplefrom corona in-fection. It is theduty of all of usnot only to co-operate withthe administra-tion, but also toappeal to thepeople to takeprecautions to

prevent corona infection. He said thatthere is a need to fight not to be afraid ofan epidemic like corona infection. Ram-pal Lather, president and philanthropistof Bharat Vikas Parishad branch Pad-wala, was talking to journalists atTarawadi Grain Mandi. During this, heappealed to take precautions to avoidcorona infection and said that to avoidepidemics like corona infection, weshould cooperate with the police admin-istration by following the lockdown.

India best in theworld: IshwarKashyapROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Social worker Ishwar Singh

Kashyap saidthat India is thebest in the wholeworld, culturallyand ethically. Itwas only due tothe education ofgreat men andsages that Indiabecame a worldguru. He saidthat today theneed is to re-member thatgreat past and

earn it. He was addressing after distribut-ing prasad on the occasion of the birthanniversary of Shri Baba Kalu JiKashyap in Jundla. He said that Mahar-ishi Kashyapa is the child of Vishnu andhe was married to the daughters of Dak-sha Prajapati from whom this creationwas born. He said that great men do notbelong to any particular caste. His teach-ings are beneficial to the entire humanrace, so it becomes our duty to dis-charge the teachings of those great menduring our lives.

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3HARYANAHAU becomes first organic certification agency HISAR: Haryana government on Monday announced setting up first organic certificationagency --Haryana Organic Certification Agency (HOCA)-- at Haryana Agricultural University ,Hisar. This was disclosed by Prof KP Singh, Vice-Chancellor CCSHAU, Hisar while talking tonewsmen here on Monday. He said, "Both state government and University were making allefforts to promote organic farming in Haryana but due to absence of any organic certificationin the state organic growers were forced to get their farm and produce certified from out sideagency. The process was lengthy and costly. Now government of Haryana has first time ap-proved the proposal of HAU to setup a government aided organic certification agency namelyHaryana Organic Certification Agency (HOCA).

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

Govt announces subsidy onequipments for farmers

Online applications invited to avail benefitBUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 25–

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers'Welfare Department has taken an im-portant decision in the interest offarmers so that they can apply foravailing the benefit of subsidy on thefarm equipments in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Giving information about this, anofficial spokesman of the departmentsaid that without obtaining a permit,the farmers who have not availed thesubsidy on agriculture equipment forlast four years and those who haveregistered tractors (only for tractordriven agricultural equipment) canupload the purchased equipment bill,e-bill, photo of agricultural machineand self-declaration (including thesignature of the dealer and farmer inthe format available on the portal) byJune 15, 2020 on the departmentalsite, www.agriharyanacrm.com.

He further informed that the farm-ers applying in reserved category willhave to keep documents such as SCcertificate, Aadhar card copy, PANcard, online application receipt, self

declaration, bank copy and tractorregistration copy, etc ready with themfor availing additional benefits underthat category. When the physical ver-ification of the purchased equipmentwill be done by the department, thenthese documents will have to be sub-mitted. If any deficiency or incorrectinformation is found in the docu-ments, then the concerned farmer willnot be eligible for the subsidy.

The spokesman said that the farm-

ers, who have applied online fromFebruary 20 to February 29, 2020 toavail subsidy on agricultural equip-ment on the portal of the department,their applications (except laser landleveler's application) have been ac-cepted.

He informed that the farmers cancontact the office of Deputy DirectorAgriculture/Assistant Agriculture En-gineer in their district for more infor-mation.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 25

Haryana Education Minister Mr.Kanwar Pal said that the stategovernment has taken steps toprotect the interest of guardiansof the school students of the state.

He said that to prevent thespread of COVID-19, a nation-wide lockdown is being imple-mented due to which all schoolswere closed. To ensure that edu-cation is imparted to school stu-dents amid COVID-19 crisis, theHaryana government has startedonline education. The state government has di-rected the private schools to refrain from in-creasing the school fees or changing schoolbooks and uniforms owing to the financial

constraints arisen due to COVID-19. Also, onthe concern of the parents regarding schoolfees the state government directed the private

schools to desist from chargingbuilding fund, maintenance fund,admission fees, computer, trans-port charges etc and just charge thetuition fees instead. He further saidthat if a guardian is unable to de-posit the fees then he can write tothe school administration request-ing to deposit it in installments lat-er.

Education Minister said thatthe government and privateschools of the state have been per-

mitted to open their administrative offices sothat admission, school books and importantwork can be done.

Private schools alreadydirected to refrain fromfee hike: Kanwar Pal

Kalyan brings villagelife back on track

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 25

The way Gharaunda MLA Harvin-der Kalyan, living in the midst ofthe people of Ranwar for 8 consec-utive days, understood each one oftheir problems closely and tried tosolve it, was unique. The victims ofRanvar say that they have seen a lotof leaders, who come ask and goaway but we have not seen a leaderlike Harvinder Kalyan who hasbeen standing among them in thecrisis and sorrow for eight consec-utive days. Even after coming to allfour feet of the streets, he reachedhome from door to door and hetook care of us and said that youshould not worry about anything, Iwill stand with you day and night. On May 17, the canal wasbreached and water entered people's homes and there was a lotof damage at every level.Whether it is the drainage of water inthe river or the repair of roads of PWD and Marketing Board,public health, water quality and large number of work of thecolony pipeline or scavengers, they are monitoring all neces-sary works. Not only this, they are asking the deadline to talkto the officials concerned about the work of broken lanes, roads,drains, ponds, sewerage, drainage lines, so that they can befixed on time. Staying united with the cooperation of Sangh,BJP workers and social organisations, they are trying to solvethese problems and in this work the society and administrationare getting full cooperation.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 25

The Unnat Bharat Organisa-tion Trust has formulated aprogramme of health throughthe Yogasanas. MahendraGoyal of Aam Aadmi Party,MLA from Delhi, today an-nounced that in the initial tourof all India, Punjab, Chandi-garh and NCR, Delhi willstart a healthy life by givinghealth benefits to the com-mon man through yoga andspirituality, rejuvenationwith the support of SwamiDevarishi and BharatPrem. Has prepared a pro-gramme. Speaking on theoccasion, MLA MahendraGoyal said that he will bevisiting Punjab andChandigarh in the lastweek of June. keeping inmind the social distancingHe said socil distancingsaves people. YugapurushaSwami Devarishi and so-cial worker said physical

capacity of human beingsincrease through yoga.

A programme for thewelfare of the people hasbeen prepared with thehelp of Bharat Prem. Onthis occasion, everyonewill be served. For the firsttime in the country goatand cow milk will be usedfor the welfare of humani-ty. MLA Mahendra Goyalhas given charge ofHaryana to Dara Singh andVaidya Dheeraj Saini. Sim-ilarly, Punjab and Chandi-garh Dr. Karmaveer Goyal,Sarpanch Sardar SurinderSingh and Senior AdvocatePunjab Haryana High

Court Sanjeev Manrai,Delhi have been given thecharge of social workersSushma Nath and MukeshSanghi. Under the leader-ship of Swami Devarishiand philanthropist BharatPrem and Supreme Courtadvocate KN Singh andDelhi advocate RajvirSingh Malik, the pro-gramme has been preparedfor the benefit of the peo-ple, to realise the dream ofa healthy and beautiful In-dia. MLA Mahendra Goyalgave assurance to Swamijiand many of his colleaguesfor their cooperation forthis great task.

Sanatani tradition isessential: Mahendra

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, MAY 25

There is a lockdown in the entirecountry due to Coronavirus, whichalso had some positive results. Butas soon as the relaxation has beengiven in the lock-down, the numberof patients has started to increase.Giving this information, seniorCongress leader Dr Sunil Pawar inhis Indri office said that the gov-ernment should have relaxed it as perpolicies. If the number of patientscontinues to increase in this manner,then it will be very difficult to controlthe epidemic. Like other countries, thesituation will be serious, because peo-ple here are not so aware. The number

of patients was significantly lowerduring lockdown. Masks and sanitis-ers are very important to prevent thisepidemic and many religious socialorganizations are coming forward todistribute them to the people for free.

In the same manner the Director

of Haryana Skill DevelopmentMission and Vice Chancellor ofShri Vishwakarma Skill Uni-versity, Raha Nehru, in his spe-cial campaign against Corona,presented 12, 000 masks to Dr.Ashwani Ahuja, CMO, Karnal.Senior Congress leader Dr.Sunil Pawar, Haryana Skill De-velopment Mission, DistrictCo-Convenor Officer GauravGulati, Prashant Arora, etc.

were present on the occasion. He saidthat his goal is to distribute 20 lakhmasks all over Haryana, which willhelp the poor men and also help incontrolling the epidemic. He said thathis campaign will go to every townnow.

Target to distribute 20 lakhmasks in Haryana: Dr. Sunil

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 25

In continuation of sending migrant laborers totheir home region continues, all possible sup-port is being provided to hundreds of theseworkers stranded in Karnal. These workershave also started dealing with the district ad-ministration and the social workers of the city.On Monday, Deputy Commissioner NishantKumar Yadav went to Radha Swami ShelterHome located on GT Road and placed the mi-grant laborers in buses and presented flowersin their honour. Not only this, the birthday ofthe migrant worker, Kajal, was also celebrat-ed in the shelter home in the presence of theDeputy Commissioner by cutting the cake.Due to this initiative of the district adminis-

tration, all the migrants appeared very happyand started praising Bharat Mata.

Deputy Commissioner Nishant KumarYadav said that migrant labourers are ourguests, it is our priority to honour them. TheDeputy Commissioner said that today around1400 migrant workers were sent via buses toAmbala Cantonment railway station. Fromhere they will go to Bihar in their home areaby train. All these workers were given essen-tial food items, water, masks and sanitizersand all were requested to take special care ofsocial distancing. He said that about 10,000workers have been sent from the district so farthrough 200 buses and three trains. SDM Kar-nal Narendra Pal Malik, District Revenue Of-ficer Shyamlal and Project Officer PraveenMor were also present on the occasion.

Migrant labourers leavefor home states

Nothing is more virtuous thanblood donation -Dr. Shelly SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Nothing can be more virtuous than blood donation.It becomes even more important under adverse circumstanceslike the corona. These words were spoken by Medical Super-intendent Dr.Shailendra ShelliMamgain at the in-auguration of theblood donationcamp. He was pres-ent as the chiefguest today. The281st VoluntaryBlood DonationCamp was organ-ised by Dr. AshokKumar Verma, Na-tional Blood Medal-ist, Diamond BloodDonor and Environment Watch, decorated with President'sPolice Medal in a terrible disaster like Corona. The camp wasorganised at the Blood Fund of Loknayak Jayaprakash Hospi-tal. Camp convenor Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma, who has donat-ed platelets 58 times, encouraged the blood donors by donat-ing blood for the 131th time.Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma welcomed social activist Manoj Gup-ta, guests and donors and said that today this camp is a tributeto Maharana Pratap Jayanti. In the time of Corona disaster, DrVerma himself donated blood for the second time, while 9 vol-untary blood donation camps have been organised. Throughthese camps 152 units of blood was received. The blood wasused for providing it to to children suffering from thalassemia,for dialysis patients and pregnant women. Chief technical offi-cers Naresh Saini, Seema Singh, Ram Kumar and Rajendracollected blood in the camp. Blood was donated by Dr. AshokKumar Verma, Satanarayana, Harkesh, Subhash, BalindraPradhan sepoy, Amit Kumar, Baljeet etc.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 25

Where all educational institutions inthe country and the state are closeddue to corona virus epidemic, DAVPG College of Karnal has broughtawareness in the society about theKovid-19 epidemic and lockdown inthe students. It has taken up the taskof reducing the stress, depression andanxiety arising and to generate inter-est in his learning activities. The De-partment of Commerce, ComputerScience and Library Science of thecollege organised online quiz,singing, essay writing and e-paintingcompetitions at the national level tobring awareness in the society to-wards prevention and prevention ofcorona virus epidemic.

Principal Dr. Rampal Saini saidthat under the joint aegis of the De-partment of Commerce, ComputerScience and Library Science of the

college, national level competitionswere organized for awareness andprevention of people against theKovid-19 epidemic in which morethan 141 participants in commerceParticipated online in which 67 par-ticipants in essay writing, 51 in paint-ing and 13 in singing gave their pres-entation on the topic of awarenessand prevention of online Kovid-19epidemic. Students from differentparts of the state from Chandigarh,Yamunanagar, Kaithal, Panipat, Ro-htak, Ambala, Hisar and Faridabadparticipated in the competition. Onthe other hand, 357 participants fromdifferent parts of the country partici-pated in the National Quiz Competi-tion organized under the joint aegis ofComputer Science and Library Sci-ence.

DAV college holds online contests

Mobile van sampled 42 people: SMOVIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA, MAY 25

The government is acting vigilantly to check Coronavirus spread all around. To preventthe risk of infection across the state, the Corona Testing Center has been set up by the stategovernment. For small towns, the government has arranged mobile testing vans. Kovid -19 testing mobile van arrived at the Community Health Center in Gharaunda on Mondaymorning in which the team of doctors took samples of the suspects and the tests of thesesamples will be held at Kalpana Chawla Medical College, Karnalm the report of whichwill come by Tuesday. SMO of Gharaunda's Community Health Centre said that the mo-bile van has been introduced by the district administration to overcome the corona so thatadministration can prevent corona infection. SMO of Gharaunda's Community HealthCenter, Dr Munesh Kumar, said that on Monday, a mobile van came from the district ad-ministration to check the corona epidemic at Gharaunda CHC, which has greatly benefit-ed the people. If someone sees signs of infection, then he can now go to CHC and get him-self tested. The SMO said that the team of doctors has taken a sample of 42 people, inwhich some people have travel history, some have symptoms of cold and cold.Dr. MuneshKumar said that on May 30, June 1 and June 3, a mobile testing van will arrive at Gha-raunda CHC to investigate the corona patients. Kapil Shankwar, a dental surgeon basedat PHC Chaura, appointed by the district administration investigating Corona, said thatthe mobile van has been launched by the district administration on behalf of the districtadministration and 42 people came for testing on Monday.

Gangwa hands over cheques to 11 panchayatsCHANDIGARH, MAY 25- Haryana Vidhan Sabha Deputy Speaker, Mr. Ranbir Singh Gang-wa today handed over cheques worth Rs one lakh each to the panchayats of 11 villages of Hisardistrict on the behalf of state government for carrying out sanitization and cleanliness in the re-spective villages.

He handed over cheques of Rs one lakh each to the Sarpanches of villages: Bure, Charnaund,Chidod, Mangali Aklan, Mangali Jhara, Mangali Mohabat, Mangali Surtiya, Rawat Khera,Gawad, Panihar Chak and Rawalwas Khurd in Hisar district. He also took information from theSarpanches about the measures taken to prevent transmission of COVID-19 in the village. Hesaid that adequate arrangements have been made by the State Government to prevent transmis-sion of Corona across the State.

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Twenty days after 250 of their troops got into a fist-brawl at the Pangong Tso Lake in Eastern Ladakh,India and China have still not sorted out what pre-

sumably were localised irritants on the 3,488-km Lineof Actual Control (LAC) between the two countries.The Chinese blame the confrontations on India’s build-ing of roads in the Galwan Valley. India says theseroads, meant for locals in this sparsely populated re-gion, are well within its side of the LAC.

Matters escalated with the fisticuffs on May 5 inLadakh, and a brawl on May 9 in Sikkim involving 100soldiers; the visual sighting of each other’s military hel-icopters at the LAC; an Indian Sukhoi LAC sortie in-side Indian airspace; and the erection of 100 Chinesetents in the Galwan Valley along with the movement ofheavy vehicles and monitoring equipment.

The Army denied reports that Indian soldiers werebriefly detained after the Ladakh brawl, though someIndian injuries were serious enough for evacuation toLeh for treatment. Reports indicate that about 1,000Chinese troops crossed the LAC at each of three points;as a result, now, at various points spanning 80 km, Indi-an and Chinese troops are stationed about half a kilo-metre from each other. India may be moving in moretroops.

This confrontation comes at an unfortunate momentwhen the world is combating the coronavirus pandemic.Cases have this weekend surged in two regions accord-ing to the World Health Organisation: Latin Americaand India. New Delhi not only has to reckon with thesurge in cases but also the economic crisis caused by itslockdown of the country that is lifting unevenly. EasternCommand had to send three columns of soldiers toBengal to help the state government in relief and rescueoperations in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan. Onehopes the government does not get distracted by theevents on the LAC from its task of preventing deathsand reviving the economy. The two governments’ spe-cial representatives have spent years evolving mecha-nisms and protocols to deal with such local flare-ups,but five meetings between local commanders from bothsides seemed to have done little to lower temperatures.A visit by Army chief General M.M. Naravane to XIVCorps headquarters in Leh on Friday appears to havehelped, but there is still a ways to go. No doubt the Chi-nese feel irked with India of late: over the constructionon our side of the LAC; over India’s move to curb Chi-nese foreign investment; over India’s splitting ofLadakh, of which Aksai Chin is historically a part, intoa separate Union Territory; over the Army chief’s recentpointing to China as being the agent provocateur for therecent border quarrel between India and Nepal.

Ignore China triggers,caving would be costly

COVID-19's dangerous cardiovascular complicationsArecent guide from

emergency medi-cine doctors details

the potentially deadly car-diovascular complicationsCOVID-19 can cause, in-cluding heart attacks, heartfailures, and blood clots,that can lead to strokes.

The new paper fromUVA (University of Vir-ginia) Health's WilliamBrady, MD, and col-leagues aims to serve as aguide for emergency-med-icine doctors treating pa-tients who may have orare known to haveCOVID-19. The authorsnote that much attentionhas been paid to the pul-monary (breathing) com-plications of COVID-19,

but less has been saidabout the cardiovascularcomplications that canlead to death or lasting im-pairment. "In writing thisarticle, we hope to in-crease emergency physi-cians' knowledge andawareness of this newpathogen and its impact onthe cardiovascular sys-tem," said Brady, ofUVA's Department ofEmergency Medicine.

"As we encountermore and more patientswith COVID-19-relatedillness, we are increasingour understanding of itsimpact on the body in gen-eral and the cardiovascularsystem. The rate of learn-ing in this area is amazing-

ly rapid. Information con-tinues to change weekly, ifnot daily," noted Brady.Heart failure is a particularconcern in patients withCOVID-19. One study, thearticle authors note, foundthat almost a quarter ofCOVID-19 patients - 24per cent -- were sufferingacute heart failure whenthey were first diagnosedwith the coronavirus.(This doesn't mean that 24per cent of all COVID-19patients will suffer heartfailure. The authors statethat it remains unclear ifthe heart failure was theresult of COVID-19specifically or if the viruswas worsening undiag-nosed heart failure.) Of the

patients with heart failure,nearly half were notknown to have high bloodpressure or cardiovasculardisease. The paper alsonotes that COVID-19, andother diseases that causesevere inflammationthroughout the body, in-crease the risk that fattyplaque built up in theblood vessels will rupture,leading to heart attacksand stroke. Influenza andcertain other viruses havebeen associated with in-creased risk of plaque rup-tures within the first weekafter the disease was diag-nosed, the authors state in their review of the avail-able COVID-19 medicalliterature.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

Editorial

Literature & Culture

Advisories across theglobe to "Stay at home"and maintain social dis-

tancing has become the mantraof the current turbulent times.Solutions are still to be found.Symptomatic treatments andpreventive measures are invogue. The effort is to breakthe chain of spread throughquarantine, isolation and by de-veloping immune which canfight this deadly contaminatingdisease.

Acommunity on whichmajority of India thrives formeeting our day to day needsin this unexpected time are Ki-rana stores. These unorganizedkirana, scattered network pres-ent inside galis, mohalas areoperating without any specificguidelines or standard operat-ing procedures but serving uswhole heartedly. These Kiranashops might be small with fewhundred square feet of physicalpresence having a stock ofnearly few thousand items.Their tendency is to serve usfor long hours restricted fromearly morning to late nightevery day. This is now limitedto few hours only. Even thenthe kiranas are helping all of usto run our homes with com-plete devotion. Nowadays,eyes gazing and ears wait to lis-

ten to loud street cries orchants, the pushcarts movefrom one street to another arenone other than local streetvendor or hawker serving usfresh fruits and vegetables. TheMinistry of Housing and Urbanpoverty alleviation states thatthere are 10 million street ven-dors in India.

The pushcart hawkers andkiranas stores, all businesses inyour vicinity referring to Hyperlocal platforms are solving theproblem of matching immedi-ate demand of grocery with thenearest available supply in themost optimized manner in to-day's time.

The reality is that we takethem for granted. Street ven-dors have played a critical rolein the current crisis. The bigmandis did not have people todistribute the vegetables and

fruits at the level of retail afterthe immediate shutdown. Streetvendors did not have the per-mission either. However, theGovernment allowed them toact and they risked their lives torestore the supplies across thecountry and became lifeline forall. It is ironical that India doesnot have a clear-cut trade poli-cy. Technically speaking a ki-rana store needs to register with"Shops and establishment Act"along with statutory tax com-pliances. The reality remainsthat even these compliances areconspicuously absent for mostof the kirana. Protection of anykind is also not available forthem except for the fact thatthey may or may not be part ofany union. Additionally, theStreet Vendors of India werenot even recognized by thegovernment for a very longtime. It was only in 2014 that"THE STREETVENDORSACT" was enforced. Over theyears the street vendors haveorganized themselves into tradeunions and associations, andnumerous NGOs have startedworking for them.

ByDr. Ritu Bajaj,

Registrar, Shri Vishwakarma Skill

University, Palwal

Hyper local retailers -The unsungheroes during covid-19 crisis

‘Foes in disguise of friends!’

“Support any friend,oppose any foe to as-sure the survival and

the success of berty.”‘Poly-chlorinated biphenyl’ , ismore often mixed with ed-ible oil. Once, it caused ‘Yusho disease’ and 1,000persons went insein inJapan . ‘Times beach’ isa small place in America,known for beauty andtraining of horses wheredeath of horses was re-ported at large scale dueto PCB toxicity in theirblood.

Likewise, ‘Seveso’, asmall town in Italy (onceevacuated, not being worthliving ) manufactures aweedicide, which is pre-cursor of ‘dioxin’, thedeadliest chemical knownon earth. Dioxin is 20

times more toxic thanCO2 and its single parti-cle in 108 particles of wa-ter is sufficient to kill aperson. Besides, suit fromindustries , coal tar and au-tomobile exhaust is also arich source of carcinogens.

‘Mercury’ seeminglyinnocuous metal, becauseof its volatility tends tobuild up in the foodchains, especially seafood. Edible colours like tenin,tanic acid, methyl redand indigo commonlyused in our food ; ediblematerials with preserva-tives viz. pickels con-taining sodium or potassi-um benzoate ; packedmilk containing formaline;other edibles like over-heated oils (in poories),rich in epoxides & per-

oxides ; mushrooms con-taining hydrozene; fruitswih ripening agents viz.ethylene or calcium car-bide and beverages con-taining ethyl carbamate ,all are carcinogens. Simi-larly, sindoor containslead oxide; Lip sticks con-tain phenolphthelein ; andfrequently used polyethenecontains ethyl adipate, allof which are too, cancercausing agents. Hence,only the way to survive intheir company, lies in usingthem with caution andwithin premissible limit oftolerance, failing which onecan’t stop them behavinglike foes.

Dr. Ashwani KumarPrincipal Govt.

College Dhaneta

RestlessnessA uniquerestlessnessecho in my heartOnly God knowswhat I want to do!

Hands aspire totouch the skyBut the legs remains paralyzedwho stop meOnly god knows!

Deep sighsburn the inner selfGloomy evening slips in thelap of dark nights

I am unable to understand lifebleeding feet of minePine for destinationWhat a unique restlessness!

POEMS

Poem by: Madhav Kaushik

Arecent research haspointed out thatmovement-based

yoga can significantly im-prove mental health duringthe ongoing COVID-19 cri-sis.

The new research fromthe University of SouthAustralia was published inthe British Journal of SportsMedicine.

The world-first studyconducted in partnershipwith the Federal Universityof Santa Maria, UNSWSydney, Kings College Lon-don and Western SydneyUniversity found that move-ment-based yoga improvesthe mental health of peopleliving with a range of men-tal disorders, with the bene-fits being incremental withthe amount of yoga theypractised.

Lead researcher, UniSAPhD candidate, JacintaBrinsley says it's a welcomeand timely finding givenstrict social distancingmeasures that limit exerciseoptions.

"As self-isolation esca-lates and people find them-selves working from homeand unable to physicallycatch up with their friendsand family, we're likely tosee more people feel lonelyand disconnected," Brinsleysays.

"Exercise has alwaysbeen a great strategy for

people struggling with thesefeelings as it boosts bothmood and health. But asgyms and exercise classesof all kinds are now closed -even jogging with a friendis strongly discouraged -people are looking for alter-natives, and this is whereyoga can help.

"Our research showsthat movement-based yogaimproved symptoms of de-pression (or improved men-

tal health) for people livingwith a range of mentalhealth conditions includinganxiety, post-traumaticstress, and major depres-sion. So, it's very goodnews for people strugglingin times of uncertainty."

The research, publishedin the British Journal ofSports Medicine, examined19 studies (1080 partici-pants) across six countries(US, India, Japan, China,

Germany and Sweden),where individuals had a for-mal diagnosis of a mentaldisorder, including depres-sion and anxiety.

The researchers definedmovement-based yoga asany form of yoga whereparticipants are physicallyactive at least 50% of thetime, that is forms of yogathat emphasize holding pos-es and flowing through se-quences of poses.

Globally, around 450million people suffer frommental health issues, withthe World Health Organiza-tion reporting that one infour people will be affectedby a mental health conditionor a neurological disorder atsome point in their lives. InAustralia, almost half ofadults (aged 18-85 years)will experience mental ill-ness. Assoc Prof SimonRosenbaum says while the

results are promising, chal-lenges remain. "Important-ly, the most vulnerable inour community are often theleast likely to have access toexercise or yoga programsdespite the potential bene-fits," Assoc Prof Rosen-baum says. "Our resultshave significant implica-tions and demonstrate thatyou don't necessarily needto go for a jog to benefitfrom movement."

Yoga a powerful tool toimprove mental health

‘Mercury’ seemingly innocuous metal,because of its volatility tends to buildup in the food chains, especiallyseafood . Edible colours like tenin, tanicacid, methyl red and indigo commonlyused in our food ; edible materials withpreservatives viz. pickels containingsodium or potassium benzoate ; packedmilk containing formaline

"As self-isolationescalates andpeople findthemselvesworking fromhome and unableto physicallycatch up withtheir friends andfamily, we'relikely to see morepeople feellonely anddisconnected,"Brinsley says.

NEWS AT AGLANCE Governor extends greetings on Eid-Ul-Fitr

SHIMLA: Governor Bandaru Dattatraya telephonically extended greetings ofEid-Ul-Fitur to Arif Mohammad Khan, Governor of Kerala, Najma Heptulla,Governor of Manipur, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister of MinorityAffairs, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and SeniorCongress MP, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, National Spokesperson, BJP andformer Union Minister and Muslims of the state. The Governor said theoccasion marks offering of gratitude to the Almighty and hoped the holymonth of Ramzan strengthens the bonds of unity, peace and harmony in oursociety.

Two COVID-19patients succumb inJ&K, toll rises to 23SRINAGAR: Two elderly persons,including a woman from Kashmir anda man from Jammu, have died ofCOVID-19, taking the fatalities to 23in the Union Territory of J&K, officialsources said on Monday. With thesedeaths, Jammu has reported threefatalities while 20 people lost theirlives due to COVID-19 in Kashmir. Asmany as 12 people have succumbedin the last nine days in due to theinfection in J&K, where the positivecases have surpassed 1600 mark.They said that a 65-year-old woman,a resident of Kulgam, was admittedto SHMS hospital for bilateralpneumonia on Friday. However, shedied after developing complicationthe following day. As the woman wasa potential COVID-19 case followingher symptoms, a swap sample wascollected and her body was kept atGovernment Medical College (GMC),Srinagar mortuary. The tested resultscame today and she was a confirmedCOVID-19 positive case. Her lastrites would be held in accordancewith the MHA guidelines. Meanwhile,the test result of a 63-year-old man,a lawyer from profession, who died ina hospital in Jammu on Mondaymorning, also came positive forCOVID-19. “The patient was admittedto Acharya Shri Chander College ofMedical Science (ASCOMS) Hospitalin Jammu last week for multiplecomplications,” the sources said.

23 passengers arrive asfirst flight lands in Jammuafter two monthsJAMMU: A flight ferrying 23passengers from Delhi arrived hereat the Jammu Airport on Monday.This is the first flight since March 24,when flight operations weresuspended due to the nationwidelockdown imposed in view of theCovid-19 pandemic. "The Air Indiaflight landed this morning after almosttwo months from the day airwayoperations were suspended," anofficial confirmed here. He added thatthe 23 passengers who arrived atJammu were sampled at specialcounters and would be put onquarantine for 14 days. Meanwhile,four Jammu bound flights have beencancelled due to low number ofpassenger booking, these flightsinclude a GoAir flight from Delhi, a aGoAir flight from Mumbai, an Indigoflight from Mumbai and a SpiceJetflight from Gwalior. Initially fiveairlines have started their operationafter all Standard operatingprocedures (SOPs) were put in placeat the Jammu Airport. Nearly 8 flightswill arrive and similar number offlights will depart from the CivilAirport here. Air India, SpiceJet,Indigo, GoAir and Vistara will beoperating flights between Delhi,Jammu, Srinagar and Gwalior whilethe decision on flights to Mumbai isstill awaited. Meanwhile, the Jammuand Kashmir Government in view ofthe resumption in flight operationsasked all authorities and travellers tostrictly observe all necessarypreventive protocols regardingCOVID-19 pandemic duringevacuation process of strandedpeople of Jammu and Kashmir. Asper the circular, all passengers,returnees coming to UT of J&K,whether by road, rail or air will haveto compulsorily undergo a COVID-19test following which they will beunder administrative quarantine for14 days. If the test results arenegative they would be released forhome quarantine, in case theirresults are positive they would besent to a COVID-19 treatmentfacility”. However, mandatoryinstructions for 100 per cent RTPCRtesting of incoming passengers bytrains and other means in order toprevent spread of COVID-19 and theState Executive Committee reiteratedthe protocol to be followed by allreturning passengers into UT of J&K.Meanwhile, the Jammu Civil Airporthas put all arrangements in place byadhering to the SOPs (standardoperating procedures).

Govt deploys officersto assist Corona Virusmitigation effortsSRINAGAR: The government ofJammu and Kashmir, in an effort toensure effective COVID-19 mitigationmeasures, has deployed DeputySecretary, Power DevelopmentDepartment, Malik Waseem Ahmad,Deputy Secretary, Department ofForest, Ecology and Environment,Suhail-ul-Islam, Deputy Secretary,Industries and CommerceDepartment, Sartaj Hussain Madniand Under Secretary, HomeDepartment, Abdul Rashid Raina withDeputy Commissioner Srinagar forassisting in Corona virus mitigationefforts, in addition to their own duties.Meanwhile, the government has alsodeployed Deputy Secretary,Industries and CommerceDepartment, Aadil Fareed, Sub-Registrar, Srinagar (East), JavedNaseem Masoodi, Deputy SecretaryHorticulture Department, ShabirAhmad Wani, Deputy Director, UrbanLocal Bodies, Kashmir, Aijaz AhmadShah and Deputy Secretary in theDepartment of Law, Justice andParliamentary Affairs, KhursheedAhmad with Nodal Officer, SrinagarAirport (Principal Secretary, Housingand Urban Development Department)for assisting in Corona virusmitigation efforts, in addition to theirown duties.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020

Corona claims fifth life in HP,cases tally jumps to 213

72 year old woman succumbs to lethal infectionAGENCYSHIMLA, MAY 25

Himachal Pradesh on Mondayrecorded fifth death due tonovel coronavirus while thetotal number of cases soaredto 213 after 10 fresh caseswere reported since last night,a senior government officialsaid on Monday. A 72-yr-oldfemale hailing from Hamirpurdistrict, succumbed to thelethal virus at Indra GandhiMedical College & Hospital,here on late Sunday, SeniorMedical Officer Dr Janka Rajconfirmed adding that she wassuffering with multiple organdiseases and breathed last ataround 2215 hrs.

The deceased patient,belonging from Dogha villageof Hamirpur was referred toIGMC, two days before.Earlier she was hospitalized atBhota hospital of Hamirpur.Her husband too, hascontracted coronavirus and iscurrently undergoingtreatment. "She would becremated today", Shimla DCAmit Kashyap informed.

On May 15, a 52-year-oldman from Hatli village andGalore area of Hamirpurdistrict, suffering due tosevere resipratory problemdied due to the novelcoronavirus while being

shifted from CRS hospitalBhota to Shri LalbhadurShastri Government Medicalcollege (SLBSGMC)Nerchowak Mandi.

Before this, a 21-year-oldboy from Sarkaghat area ofMandi district died due tokidney failure at IGMCShimla on May 5. He too hadtested positive for COVID-19at SLBSGMC Nerchowk.

A woman who owned aHelmet factory and hailingfrom Jharmajari of BaddiBarotiwala industrial area diedof the pandemic at PGIChandigarh in the month ofApril. In March, a Tibetandied of COVID-19 at DrRPGMC Tanda. Apart fromthe new fatality, the hill staterecorded 10 fresh cases ofcoronavirus. Out of the freshlyreported cases -- four are fromChamba, three from Shimla,

two from Kangra and onefrom Hamirpur. Shimla DCAmit Kashyap said that threepatients who have testedpositive, are from Chopal areaof Shimla district and hadreturned from Mumbai onMay 18. Chamba CMOGurmeet Katoch said that fourpeople belonging to Churahvidhan sabha of Chambadistrict have tested positive forcoronavirus. They hadrecently returned fromChennai by train and werestaying in institutionquarantine at DIET (DistrictInstituted of EducationTraining) Saru and KasturbaGandhi hostel Tissa. They arenow being shifted to CovidCare Center AyurvedicHospital Chamba. HamirpurDeputy CommissionerHarikesh Meena said that the25-yr-old woman under

institutional quarantine at thelocal Medical College hospitalwas found Corona Positivetoday. She belonged to Pahloovillage of the district and hadreturned to her in-law housefrom Mumbai on May 22.

Kangra Chief MedicalOfficer Dr Gurdarshan Guptasaid that two men testedpositive early today in districtincluding a 39-year-old manfrom Dadh village & 36-year-old male from same village.The duo had returned to statefrom Ahmadabad on May 21.He further said that a 48-yr-old Taxi Driver belonging toPaisa near Jawali, returned tostate on May 14 from red zoneMumbai has also testedpositive last night. With allthese fresh cases, the totalnumber of cases haveincreased to 63 in HamirpurDistrict with 57 active , 53 inKangra including 39 active,Una 30 with ten active cases,Solan 20 including 11 activecases, Chamba 18 with sevenactive cases, Bilaspur eightwith four active cases, Mandi11 with nine active cases,Shimla five and active three,Sirmaur four with two activecases and Kullu one with oneactive cases. Now only oneremote district of Lahaul Spitiis unaffected by the pandemicin the state.

Capacity of institutionalquarantine sites being

increased in Hamirpur: DCDINESH AGARWALHAMIRPUR, MAY 25

The district administration is doing itsbest to increase the capacity ofInstitutional quarantine centers in viewof large scale return of locals from otherstates, Deputy Commissioner HarikeshMeena said here on Monday that Peopleof the district are coming back by trainsfrom Thane in Maharashtra andAhmedabad in Gujarat especially fromred zones. In view of this, all thenecessary preparations have beencompleted and the capacity of theinstitutional quarantine sites in thedistrict was being increased. Meenasaid the hostels of (NIT) NationalInstitute of Technology, Hamirpur havealso been identified for institutionalquarantine site. About 180 bed capacityhas been prepared there and thosecoming from outside would beaccommodated in separate rooms there.At present, there were 15 such personslodged in the District Covid CareCenter at NIT, Hamirpur. He said thatproper training has been given to theemployees and other staff serving therefor the benefits of those being lodgedthere. A total of 89 people had arrived in

the district recently from Karnataka and18 from Chennai. There samples weretaken and found negatives so that theyhave sent to their native places for homequarantine there. All standard operatingprocedures (SOPs) were being followedin the treatment of COVID-19 infectedpersons. Work was being done incollaboration with the HealthDepartment to provide all kinds offacilities at RCH Bhota, SecondaryIsolation Facility Site and DistrictCovid Care Center, Dugha. He claimedthat the medicos and their support staffwere working day and night to treatinfected persons. The DC urged thepeople not to panick in wake of growingnumbers of positive persons andmaintain their cooperation with thosesuffering from the disease and theirfamilies.

DEHRADUN, MAY 25

Fifteen more people tested positive forCOVID-19 in Uttarakhand on Monday,taking the total number of cases to 332.The state has 267 active cases. While58 patients have recovered, threemigrated to other states, a healthdepartment bulletin said. Four COVID-19 patients have died in the state, it

said, adding that three of them weresuffering from other ailments. Thecause of the death of the fourth patientis not clear as yet, it said. The freshcases were reported from Udham SinghNagar (four), Pauri Garhwal (three),Haridwar (three), Chamoli (two), Tehri(one), Dehradun (one) and Pithoragarh(one) districts. All of them had returnedfrom other parts of the country.

COVID-19 cases rise to 332 in U'khand

PREETI RANAHAROLI, MAY 25

While on the one hand, thedistrict and policeadministration are doing theirduty day and night on thebarrier for our safety, butsome people speak ill of themdue to their actions, one suchcase of Haroli Assemblyconstituency came to the fore.A case of attack by apassenger on ASI AshwaniKumar, who was performinghis duty on the barrier locatedin the suburban industrial areaof Pandoga, came to light.When a passenger attackedhim with his tongs and bledhim, some people rescuedrescue ASI from aggressivepassenger but also caught therowdy and handed him overto the police. Today, the samepeople were nominated by

Block Congress CommitteePresident Vinod Kumar Bituand his associates andhonoured them. On thisoccasion Ashok ThakurSecretary Himachal PradeshCongress Committee, AmitPal Singh General SecretaryBlock Congress CommitteeHaroli, Munish Kanwar

State Social MediaCoordinator Himachal YouthCongress were present.Rajneesh Kanwar, AbhishekThakur, Rajat Thakur,Rajkumar Thakur, Saurabh,Thakur, Harman, Ajay,Birwal, Sanju were awardedfor protecting ASI Ashwanifrom attacker Ganesh.

Youths catching SI attackerhonoured: Vinod Beetu

Unidentified donor gives Rs 25,000 to a girl getting

treatment of kidney failureJYOTI SYALUNA, MAY 25

There are some humans whocannot see anyone unhappy,and suddenly reach for themby becoming an angel. Onesuch case was seen in theregional hospital at theheadquarters of district Una.A 29-year-old girl whosekidneys have damaged andher condition worsened andday by day. She is now gettingdialysis 3 times a week in UnaRegional Hospital. Accordingto the information ChintpurniAssembly, Anita Syal,resident of village Hamboli,his father died, only theyounger sister is taking careof her entire family, if shetalks about the house, then thevictim Anita's younger sisteris living with 2 younger

brothers and mother. Doctorsof PGI have talked about theoperation in view of theswelling of his arm, beforethis Anita has had twooperations and the bloodcirculation in the arm has alsobecome worse due to whichonce again the operation isbeing feared, the cost of atleast 50 to 70 thousand isbeing reported in theoperation and the familyseems to be helpless to meetthis expenditure.But at thesame time, three people whoreached Messiah in Unahospital today have given Rs25,000 to this family for theoperation of that sister, so thatthis daughter can recover assoon as possible. Yugmargrequested from socialorganisations and others tocontribute for saving girl.

Driver-conductor of HRTC in role of Corona warriorsPANKAJ KATNAUNA, MAY 25

The buses of Himachal RoadTransport Corporation have aspecial role in transportingHimachalis being broughtback by train to their districts.After landing at Una railwaystation, drivers andconductors of HRTC aretaking up the responsibility oftransporting passengers fromfar flung areas includingShimla, Kinnaur to theirdestinations safely. Chetram,the driver of the Dehra depot,who took the riders to Kangravia a train returned fromAhmedabad on Sunday, saidthat every employee of HRTCis fulfilling all the

responsibilities that thedepartment is giving them. Hesaid that Corona is a globalcrisis and each department isdischarging itsresponsibilities. The driver ofUna depot Jagdev Singh andconductor Ranbir Singh saidthat they have been tasked totransport the passengers of

Una to the Quarantine Centerbuilt in the district through thetrain coming fromAhmedabad. It is good to helppeople in times of crisis andthis work is also of service tothe nation. Buses are sentfrom every depot across thestate to take the passengers totheir destinations and all the

arrangements are handled bythe high officials of thecorporation sitting in Shimla.On May 18, ConductorPadam Singh, who came fromMandi depot to take thepassengers for the returnedtrain from Mumbai, said,"Just like the doctors andpolicemen they are doing theirduty in this hour of Coronacrisis. Under this the stategovernment also provided anopportunity. It feels good todeliver people safely. "Himachal Pradesh RoadTransport Department takesspecial care of the safety ofits employees. The bus iswell sanitized before sendingand once the passengersleave the car is sanitized once

again. RM Jagarnath of Unadepot said "the department isproviding sanitizers andmasks to the drivers andoperators carryingpassengers and they arespecifically instructed tofollow the rules of socialdistancing, so that theythemselves can get coronainfection." A protocol hasbeen made to boardpassengers in buses tominimize the risk of coronainfection. The passengers areseated and lowered in the busfrom the back door and if thedoor is always closed.Similarly, seating ofpassengers from one to threeseats inside the bus is alsoprohibited.

Downloading Arogya Setu App is mandatoryfor passengers by plane or train: DC

PREETI RANAUNA, MAY 25

The State Disaster ManagementAuthority has issued someinstructions for passengers arriving inHimachal Pradesh via domesticflights and railways. Givinginformation in this regard, DeputyCommissioner Una Sandeep Kumarsaid that it is mandatory for everyoneto download the Arogya Setu app ontheir smart phones before taking aflight or train to enter Himachal. DCinformed that before traveling to

Himachal Pradesh, passengers will bescreened at the airport and railwaystation. All boundary check posts willbe subjected to thermal scanning todetect flu-like symptoms. Passengers'air tickets, boarding passes andrailway tickets to reach the finaldestination will be considered asvalid documents and as such a passissued by the state authorities will notbe required to enter the state. It ismandatory for the passenger to carrythe identity card with him to confirmhis identity at the entrance.Authorized taxi service can be

availed to reach Himachal afterarriving at the airport or railwaystation. Traffic will be allowed on theHimachal border from 7 am to 7pm.DC said that passengers comingfrom Red Zone will have to stay inthe Quarantine Centers for a period of14 days, while those coming fromOrange and Green Zone will be sentto Home Quarantine after screening.If a person wants to avail any betterquarantine facility instead ofadministrative quarantine center, thensuch arrangement can be made onpayment basis.

Rahul Kumar associated with distributionof food to poor for last 55 days

SHANTI GAUTAMSOLAN, MAY 25

Advocate Rahul Kumar, onbehalf of the Singh family inBaddi, District Solan, toldthat his family used to go tothe kitchen during thelockdown from 5 ameveryday to cook andthrough the administrationand SP office Baddi, foodwere being distributedamong poor in slum inBaddi. For 55 days in a row,

the entire family distributedfood to the staff engaged inemergency services, poorslum dwellers and traindrivers throughadministration. On behalf ofthe Singh family, AshokKumar, Suman Singh,Basant Singh, AdvocateRahul Kumar, PriyankaThakur, Dr. Punit Kumar,Shailaja Kumari, Kayansh,Anjali Malhotra, AkashMalhotra made their fullcontribution in this noble

cause. Kapil Sharma,President of Sarva AidSangathan, has expressedhis heartfelt thanks to thisentire family and honouredhim by giving a citation forthe commendable workdone by him. Kapil Sharmasaid that if every personcomes forward for socialservice in the hour of thisdisaster, then no personshould go hungry and noperson needs to flee fromBaddi.

Eight active casescome to fore

JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, MAY 25

Three more new Corona positive cases have beenreported under the Kutelhaad assemblyconstituency. Earlier the number of coronapositives was six. One of which the corona infectedperson belonging to Tabligi Jamaat has recoveredand reached home and four people belong to thesame village Sthunh and one young man of thevillage.

Three corona-positive cases came late onSunday night, one from village Chukani ofSukdiyal panchayat, the other from village Jambarand third from village Kalka in Momanyar.Together, the number of corona-infected peoplehas increased to eight.

The good thing is that all these people werequarantined in the institutional quarantine center itself.

Flight operationsresume partially atDehradun airport

DEHRADUN, MAY 25

Domestic air travel resumed at the Jolly GrantAirport here on Monday, with five out of sixscheduled flights leaving for their destinationsamid strict adherence to social distancing norms bypassengers. Six flights were scheduled forMonday, Jolly Grant Airport Director DK Gautamsaid here. A Mumbai-bound flight was cancelled.Four Delhi-Dehradun-Delhi flights and one flightfrom Dehradun to Pantnagar were operated, hesaid. Before flight operations were suspended inthe country to combat COVID-19, an average of 22flights were operated daily from the Jolly GrantAirport, he said.

The entire airport area was sanitised before theresumption of operations. Thermal screening ofpassengers was done before they were allowed toboard their flights, Gautam said. The authoritiesensured that the passengers maintained socialdistancing and contactless boarding was facilitatedin accordance with the standard operatingprocedures, he said. Passengers arriving on boardinbound flights are being taken to a quarantinefacility, he said.

Man kills minordaughters in SantKabir NagarSANT KABIRNAGAR: A 40-year-oldman allegedly killed his two minordaughters with a stone in UttarPradesh's Sant Kabir Nagar district,police said on Monday. Police said theincident took place at Babethu villageunder the Belher police circle onSunday night. The girls, identifiedAllumin Nisha (5) and Ruby (3), wereallegedly killed by their father Jainab(40), a drunkard, Superintendent ofPolice Brijesh Singh said on Monday.Jainab had divorced his wife and wasliving with his daughters, the SPadded. The accused is said to havelost his cool when he saw themfighting, the SP said, adding that hehas been arrested.

Fire at NoidaAuthority office,several files guttedNOIDA: Several official files andrecords were gutted in a fire that brokeout at the Noida Authority office hereon Monday morning, officials said. Thefire broke out in the IndustriesDepartment of the office in Sector 6and was reported around 8.45 am,they added. "Fire-tenders were rushedto the spot and the blaze was broughtunder control around 12.30 pm.Nobody was injured," a local policeofficial said. The Noida Authority hasordered a probe into the incident.Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwarihas constituted a five-member team,headed by the Additional CEO, toascertain the cause of the fire. "Theteam will also ascertain the losscaused by the fire and an estimate ofthe files that have been destroyed.The team will submit its report within aweek and whoever is responsible forthe fire can be held accountable," shesaid in an order.

BSF exchangessweets with BorderGuards Bangladeshon Eid-ul-FitrSILIGURI: The Border Security Force(BSF) personnel on Mondayexchanged sweets with Border GuardsBangladesh men at the Indo-Bangladesh border at Fulbari borderoutpost near Siliguri on the occasionof Eid-ul-Fitr. The exchange of sweetsbetween the security men of the twoneighbouring countries comes as agoodwill gesture on the occasion ofEid. Sweets are exchanged betweenthe border guarding forces of the twocountries on major festivals andnational events. Eid-ul-Fitr marks theconclusion of the holy month ofRamzan, which is a month of fastingand prayer for the Muslim community.Notably, this year Eid is beingcelebrated amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.

Do not worry, I willrecover very soon: AshokChavan on leaving forCOVID treatmentNANDED: After testing COVID-19positive, Maharashtra Cabinet MinisterAshok Chavan here on Mondayboarded the special ambulancewithout any aid hence symbolicallysuggesting that there is no need toworry. The ambulance will ferry him toMumbai for further treatment. Hewaived his hand and assured hisfollowers saying, "Do not worry, I willrecover very soon". MLC AmarRajurkar, Mohan Hambarde and hisclose aides were present to bid him asafe journey. Meanwhile, a sanitisationdrive has been undertaken at theMinister's Shivajinagar residence inNanded.

760 passengers reach Jammu fromspecial trainSRINAGAR: As many as 760passengers arrived at Jammu railwaystation on Monday morning byJammu-Delhi COVID-19 special ACtrain, said Jammu and KashmirDepartment of Information and PublicRelations. Principal secretary power,Rohit Kansal, chief executive officer ofEconomic Reconstruction Agency(ERA), Dr Syed Abid Rashid Shah,received the passengers and reviewedarrangements for their safe return."760 passengers arrived todaymorning at 4:55 a.m. (25-5-2020) byJammu - Delhi COVID special ACTRAIN at Jmu railway station.Principal Secy Power, Rohit Kansal,CEO ERA Dr Syed Abid Rashid Shah,received the passengers & reviewedarrangements for safe return ofpassengers," DIPR-J&K tweeted. Thiscomes as special trains are being runto transport people back to their homestates amid the ongoing lockdownimposed to prevent the spread ofcoronavirus in the country.

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5-year-old boy reunites with parents in Bengaluru afterdomestic flights resumeBENGALURU: A 5-year-old boy reunited with his parents after three months when he reachedBengaluru from New Delhi by a domestic flight on Monday. Vivan Sharma went on a small holiday toDelhi to visit his grandparents in February. However, that vacation got prolonged as a coronaviruslockdown was imposed pan India in March. As soon as domestic flights were permitted to operate fromMay 25, his grandparents put him on the first flight out of Delhi heading to Bengaluru where hisparents where eagerly waiting to see their little boy. The airline staff took care of the child very well andthe family reunited on Monday morning in Bengaluru. The child's mother who came to receive her sonsaid, "My 5-year-old son has travelled alone from Delhi. He has come back to Bengaluru after 3months."

6,617 active corona cases reportedin Delhi, 6540 recovered so far

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 25

Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Monday said thatthere were 13,418 positivecases of COVID-19 tillSunday, of which 6,540patients have recovered and6,617 are currently active.

"Till yesterday, there were13418 positive cases ofCOVID-19. Out of this 6540have recovered and 6617 areactive cases. 261 people havedied so far in the nationalcapital," Kejriwal said in avideo conference.

As many as 3,314 peopleare undergoing treatment forCOVID-19 at home, he said.

The Chief Minister furtherinformed that 2,000 new bedswill be available in privatehospitals from today forCOVID-19 patients.

He stressed that thesituation in Delhi is undercontrol even after somelockdown relaxations weregiven since May 25 and thereis no need to be panicked.

"COVID-19 cases haveincreased in Delhi due torelaxations in lockdown. But

there is nothing to worry aboutunless the mortality rate or thenumber of serious cases risesrapidly. If people contract thevirus and recover, then there isno need to panic," the AAPchief said.

"The situation will becometense only if we will have verycritical patients and lack ofbeds and ventilators," headded. The Delhi governmenthas issued a show-cause noticeto a private hospital that deniedtreatment to a patient whotested positive for the virus.

"We have issued a show-cause notice to a privatehospital that denied treatmentto a patient who tested positive

for COVID-19. It is thehospital's duty in such a case toprovide an ambulance to the

patient and take them to aCOVID hospital," the ChiefMinister said.

NEW DELHI: A supervisorof sanitary work at the AllIndia Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS), NewDelhi, died due to COVID-19, according to the ResidentDoctors' Association (RDA).The deceased, Heera Lal,was posted as supervisorsanitary work at RajkumariAmrit Kaur OPD, where themedical institute is providinghealthcare aid toc o r o n a v i r u s - i n f e c t e dpatients. "AIIMS New Delhi:Another corona warriorsacrifices his life in serviceof the country. Heera Lal wassupervising sanitary workduring the COVID-19pandemic. AIIMS has lost itsproud warrior. The virus isdangerous, verycommunicable and doesn'tspare anyone. Stay Safe,"

tweeted Srinivas T, GeneralSecretary at the RDA,AIIMS. "We are going tohave a high-level meetingwith the Director tomorrowon issues pertaining to thesafety of healthcare workersat the institute," Srinivas Ttold . Kuldeep Dhigan,General Secretary of AIIMSSC/ST Employees WelfareAssociation alleged that Lalhad gone for coronavirustesting himself but he wasdenied a test at AIIMS."When his conditionworsened he was brought tothe emergency. Later hisCOVID-19 test camepositive. After two days ofhis COVID-19 test, he died.Had his coronavirus testbeen done timely, todayHeera Lal would have beenalive," he said.

Sanitary supervisor at AIIMSdies due to infection

557 Shramik special trainsoperated so far on Mahagovt's request: Railways

AGENCYMUMBAI, MAY 25

A total of 557 Shramik Specialtrains have been operated so far onthe request of Maharashtragovernment, Shivaji Sutar, ChiefPublic Relation Officer, CentralRailway, Mumbai.

Sutar said, "On request ofMaharashtra government CentralRailway has run 557 trains whichhave taken 7.70 lakh migrants totheir destinations."

He said that on Monday theRailways have received the requestof 46 trains of which 41 have beennotified. "Today we have receivedthe request of 46 trains fromMaharashtra government. Out ofthese 46, 5 trains could not benotified as they were to go toAmphan cyclone-affected WestBengal and Orissa. Rest 41 of thetrains have already been notified fortoday. Nodal officers of Maharashtragovernment and Central Railway arein contact with each other to arrangetrains for migrants," Sutar said.

Earlier in the day, RailwaysMinister Piyush Goyal stated thatthe Indian Railways will notify 41Shramik special trains forMaharashtra despite being preparedto run 125 trains.

The minister said that theMaharashtra government has

provided a list of only 46 trains, outof which five are to West Bengal andOdisha, which cannot operate due tocyclone Amphan.

"Where is the list for 125 trainsfrom Maharashtra? As of 2 am,received a list of only 46 trains ofwhich five are to West Bengal andOdisha which cannot operate due tocyclone Amphan. We are notifyingonly 41 trains for today despitebeing prepared for 125 !!!" Goyaltweeted.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena LeaderSanjay Raut took a dig at RailwayMinistry and requested UnionMinister Piyush Goyal that trainsshould reach the station at which itis scheduled for.

"The Maharashtra governmenthas given the list of required trainsto the Ministry of Railways. Theonly request from Piyush Goyal Ji isthat the train should reach the stationat which it should arrive. The trainleaving for Gorakhpur should notreach Orissa," Raut tweeted.

BJP releases report oncorona support to peopleAGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 25

Contributing towards thenation's fight againstCOVID-19, the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) hasdistributed 19.28 crore foodpackets among the needyacross the country.

As per the official databy the party, it has distributed19.28 crore food packets topeople till May 23 as againstthe target of providing foodpackets to five crore people.

The BJP has alsodistributed 5.2 crore facecovers against the target offive crores, the data states.

Besides this, as many as4.86 crore ration kits havebeen distributed by the partyto the needy. After the

lockdown was announced inMarch, BJP President JagatPrakash Nadda hadinstructed party workers toprovide food packets to fivecrore needy people.

Moreover, 8.23 lakhparty workers are alsoengaged in helping thoseaffected by the lockdownimposed as a precautionarymeasure to contain the spread

of COVID-19.The party has also made

specialised groups to helpselected category of people.After the third phase oflockdown, more BJP workerswere asked to help at thegrassroots level.

Currently, there are manygroups which are working onthe direction of the partychief. As many as 4.48 lakhparty cadres are especiallydeployed to provide serviceto the old and sick people.

In addition, BJP isconducting a programme tothank corona warriors andpeople. The party iscollecting signatures ofcommon people to thank themedical workers and othersfighting against COVID-19.As many as 12.87 lakh

workers are engaged in thisexercise. The party has alsosaid that over 53.87 lakhpeople have contributed tothe PM-CARES Fund. TheBJP chief is regularlymonitoring the public reliefworks and is also regularlyinteracting with party leadersand activists via videoconferencing. With the BJPheadquarters partially open, acontrol room has been set upto look into the relief workand coordinate with regionalcontrol rooms.

Two senior partyfunctionaries have beenasked to look after alloperations and report aboutthe progress in the reliefoperation. The fourth phaseof COVID-19 lockdown isslated to end on May 31.

UP: Massive skill mapping of 25lakh migrant workers in progress

LUCKNOW, MAY 25

Uttar Pradesh government isthe process of preparing skilldata and mapping of themigrants returning to thestate to provide them jobs asper their skills. The YogiAdityanath government hasalready announced to set up a" Migration Commission" toenable guaranteed jobs to themigrants. Around 25 lakhmigrants have alreadyarrived in the state and theofficials have done the skillmapping of 14.75 lakhmigrant workers . Theworkers are beingcategorised in 93 skills . "Theconcerned authorities areworking round the clock andwere preparing the skill dataof the workers returning back

to their native places ", asenior UP governmentofficial here on Monday said.

An information madeavailable to Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath during hisregular Team 11 meeting hereon Monday, said that thelargest number of migrantswho have returned to thestate were working in realestate sector which was

1,51,492 in numbers.Thereafter, there are 26, 989skilled worker in furnitureand fittings, 1,37,382construction labourers,24045 packers and movers,26041 in building decorator ,10,000 drivers, 4680 of ITand electronics, 5884technicians of homeappliances, 3856 electricians,4854 cooks, 3256 Aya, 1558

automobile mechanics 596are paramedical and Pharma,1274 are beauticians ,1294are handicraft and carpetmakers ,12103 are dressmakers and 3364 are securityguards. Rest are skilled inother trades. Sources said thatthe skilled migrant workerswould be given furthertraining of their trade whenthey will get stipend whilenow, other states will have toapproach UP government toget these trained workers infuture, a senior official heresaid. "Every worker willhave insurance cover andsocial security guarantee andif a migrants gets work inother district the they will begiven the facility of rentedaccommodation ,"theofficial said.

Remaining class 10 and 12 CBSE exams tobe held at over 15,000 centres: Pokhriyal

NEW DELHI, MAY 25

Union Human ResourceDevelopment (HRD) MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' onMonday said that the Central Boardof Secondary Education (CBSE)will hold the remaining class 10thand 12 exams at over 15,000 centresacross the country. The decisioncomes in a bid to maintain socialdistancing at schools during theexams to prevent the spread ofcoronavirus. "CBSE has grantedstudents the opportunity to giveexams at their schools. CBSE to

hold the remaining exams for 10thand 12th classes at over 15,000centres across India. Earlier, theBoard was slated to hold the examsat only 3,000 centres," Pokhriyalsaid in a tweet. Earlier, the UnionMinister had announced that the

remaining exams of 10th and 12thCBSE classes will not be held atexternal examination centres but atthe student's respective schools. TheCBSE exams of Class 10th and 12thwere postponed due to thenationwide lockdown imposed onMarch 25 while in northeast Delhi,class 10th exams were postponeddue to violence. A CBSE officialalso spoke on the same and said that"the schools have been asked tofollow guidelines to prevent thespread of coronavirus and will alsoensure social distancing between thestudents during the exams."

As mosques remain closed, peopleoffer namaaz at home in HyderabadHYDERABAD, MAY 25

With all mosques remainedclosed following Centre'sCOVID-19 guidelines, peopleacross the country offered Eid-Ul-Fitr 'namaaz' with theirloved ones at home andprayed for the well being oftheir fellow countrymen. "Allmosques are closed. This timenothing looks like Eid. All thepeople are celebrating Eid athome. It has also been told inour Islam that if there is a

danger to life or if there arehealth issues, you can offernamaz at home," MohammadQasmi said. All places ofworship are closed for publicamid lockdown as pergovernment guidelines. "Allreligious places or places of

worship shall be closed forpublic. Religiouscongregations are strictlyprohibited," the MHAguidelines state. Eid-ul-Fitrmarks the conclusion of theholy month of Ramzan, whichis a month of fasting andprayer for the Muslimcommunity. This year, Eid isbeing celebrated amid anationwide lockdownimposed as a precautionarymeasure to contain the spreadof COVID-19.

Jaipur Met Dept issues alert foreastern, western Rajasthan as

heatwave intensifiesJAIPUR, MAY 25

The Jaipur Meteorological Departmenthas issued an alert for eastern andwestern Rajasthan of a "severeheatwave" in the coming days, statingthat people should only come out oftheir homes if necessary.

"Till May 27 severe the heatwavewill continue to prevail. There may besome moisture and light rain on May 29.The weather department has alsoadvised people to stay at home andcome out only if necessary. People arealso advised to carry a bottle of water,keep themselves hydrated and wearcotton clothes and keep your clothes inlight humidity," said Shiv Ganesh,Additional Director, JaipurMeteorological Department.

"The western air is hotter, ananticyclone is developing overRajasthan, the heat of the sun is alsoincreasing," he added.

The temperature is expected to

touch 45 degrees Celsius in Jaipurtoday, partly cloudy skies are predictedfor later in the week.

In Rajasthan, the heat is increasingcontinuously. While the temperature inDholpur is ranging between 40 to 47degrees Celsius, the temperature inJaipur was recorded between 41 to 44degrees Celcius.

Normal life has been disrupted dueto the heatwave. It is also predicted thatthere will be a steady rise intemperature.

MUMBAI, MAY 25

A 57-year-old constable of the MumbaiPolice has died of COVID-19, takingthe total number of the deceased policepersonnel from the metropolis to 12 sofar, a senior official said onMonday.

With the latest death, thenumber of police personnel whohave succumbed to COVID-19rose to 18 in Maharashtra, hesaid.

The constable, who wasadmitted in civic-run Nairhospital here on May 23, testedpositive for coronavirus on May24 and died on the same day.

He was posted at thetraining branch at the city traffic police,the official said.

"The constable was not attendingduty for the last one month or so as hewas above 55-year-old," said JointCommissioner of Police (Traffic)Madhukar Pandey.

The Mumbai Police had last monthasked their personnel who are above 55years of age with pre-existing ailmentsto go on leave as a precautionarymeasure amidst the COVID-19 crisis.

The deceased constable was living

in the Worli Police camp with his familymembers. So far, 1,809police personnel,including 194 officers, had testedpositive for coronavirus. The totalnumber of active cases in the statepolice stands at 1,113 with 678personnel recovering from the infection.

Another Mumbai cop dies ofCOVID-19, takes toll to 12

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Counseling for women facing domestic violence inlockdown beginsJALANDHAR: In a unique initiative aimed at mitigating the woes of women facing the domesticviolence during lockdown, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate has started the facility of onlinecounseling helpline for such women through teleconferencing. Divulging the details, the Commis-sioner of Police Mr. Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said that due to lockdown the complaints regarding do-mestic violence amongst women were pouring in. He said that to redress such complaints and en-sure the safety and security of the women the Commissionerate Police has constituted a special pan-el under Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Ms D Sudharvizhi. Mr. Bhullar said that a SubInspector rank officer Ms. Monica Arora would be heading the panel with two Assistant Sub In-spectors Ms. Asha Kiran and Ms. Suman Bala. The Commissioner of Police said that apart fromthree Police officers equal number of psychiatrists Dr. Jasbir Kaur, Dr. Sarabjit Singh.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, MAY 25

The Punjab Government has provid-ed the free treatment services to morethan 49,189 patients during lockdownin the empanelled hospitals underSarbat Sehat Bima Yojna. Giving de-tails in press communiqué, BalbirSingh Sidhu said that CaptainAmarinder Singh led Punjab Govern-ment is committed to provide qualityhealth services across the State anddespite the lockdown imposed to con-tain corona virus in State, about35,628 E-cards have been generatedby State Health Agency within 2months (23 March to 20 May 2020)and at a cost of Rs. 43.85 crore, morethan 49,189 patients have been treated.

He said that instructions have beenissued to the Civil Surgeons to expe-dite the procedure of generating E-cards so that maximum number ofbeneficiaries would get the benefitsof flagship scheme of State Govern-ment. Underling the services given tothe beneficiaries, the Minister saidthat as many as 726 patients have

availed treatment of heart surgeries,19,867 patients got dialysis, 1512have undergone cancer treatment and996 elderly patients have got joint re-placement. To get the free treatmentservices under Sarbat Sehat Bima Yo-jna, he clarified that first of all entitledbeneficiary needs to generate a e-cardafter that he/she considered to be eli-gible to take benefit under thisscheme. There are Arogya Mitrasposted in every empanelled hospitalwho registers the beneficiary, gener-ates his/ her e-card, in case if the ben-

eficiary patient is not already issuede-card and facilitates cashless treat-ment in the hospital. In furtherance, toaccelerate the procedure of generat-ing e-cards, the Punjab Governmenthas also hired new agency to accom-plish the target. Notably, this pro-peo-ple insurance scheme does not classi-fy the beneficiaries of family mem-

bers on the basis of number, age orgender and cover all the eligiblemembers of the beneficiary family.The main objective of the insurancescheme is to provide free of cost sec-ondary & tertiary healthcare servicesto the people so that the economicburden on the family relating to highcost treatment could be curtailed.

Over 49000 patients treated duringlockdown: Balbir Singh Sidhu

Jagjit Singh honours newlyappointed BDPOKULJIT SINGHJANDIALA GURU : Congress leadersJagjit Singh Jogi SarpanchMehrbanpura, Joga Singh RakhDevidasapura, and Savinder Singh

Shah Malliyanhonoured BDPOSitara Singh afterhe took over asnewly appointedBDPO SitaraSingh of BlockJandiala Guru.BDPO SitaraSingh said thatthe development

of the villages in the block under theleadership of MLA Sukhwinder SinghDanny will be done without anydiscrimination. He issued instructions tothe sarpanches of all the villages thatthey should not leave any stoneunturned in the development of theirvillages. Major Singh, GurinderbirSingh, Harinderpal Singh Josan, RanjitSingh, Parminder Singh, RajbinderSingh, Varinder Singh were alsopresent on the occasion.

Tumor removedsuccessfullyRAJ SADOSHABOHAR: When medical services hadbeen severely affected due tocurfew/lockdown in the region, a ladydoctor has given huge relief to afemale patient, having 143-kg wt. by

removing tumorfrom uterus. Thepatient whobelongs toKhatwan villagewas in trouble assurgeries in pasttwo months werenormally deferredby and large due to

corona pandemic related problems,size/weight of the tumor that existed inher body was also alarming. Thepatient's relatives discussed theproblems relating to Uterine Fibroidwith Dr. Latika Nagpal, the latteraccepted their request. Working underthe valuable guidance of her father-in-law Dr. Subhash Nagpal, Latika tookup the challenging task. During theoperation that lasted for several hours,bleeding was on high side; still Latikasuccessfully operated the woman andgave her a new life. Dr Nagpal, formerstate president of National IntegratedMedical Association, said that thatunder the Ayushman Bharat JanArogya Yojana, normal and majorsurgeries done in their nursing homehave benefitted many needy patients.

Fury rally held bydemocratic forest workers

JANDIALA GURU: On the 5th day ofthe week, due to the fury beingcelebrated by the Democratic forestworkers Union Punjab, they gatheredat the forest nursery Jandiala Guruheaded by Diwan Singh and raisedslogans against the Punjabgovernment. Singh Jodhanagri andDMF General Secretary JarmanjitSingh said that the temporary workersin the forest department have beenworking on daily wages for the last 25years and they are being misled by thePunjab government by making falsepromises repeatedly. The governmentis not even paying them salary for thelast 2 months while the workersappealed to give Rs 3000 asallowance during Lokdun. The forestworkers demanded that the forestworkers who had completed threeyears of service till 31 December 2019should be regularized.

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, MAY 25

Deputy Commissioner Ja-landhar Varinder KumarSharma today said that everypassenger arriving at theAdampur Airport via domes-tic flights would be testedCovid by Reverse transcrip-tion polymerase chain reac-tion (RT-PCR) test at the Air-port itself.

In a communiqué to theofficers of the district admin-istration and the Health de-partment, the Deputy Com-missioner categorically saidthat as per the directions ofthe Punjab Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh alldomestic passengers who be-long to Punjab, arriving instate at airports at Mohali,Amritsar, Bathinda, Jaland-har, Pathankot, Ludhianawould be tested for covid byRT-PCR at the airport. Hesaid that after the test the pa-tient would be allowed to gohome and their name, ad-dress, mobile number andother details would be noteddown. Mr. Sharma said thatafter the receipt of result, iftested positive, the person

would be shifted to govern-ment isolation facility as perhealth protocol. However, theDeputy Commissioner saidthat if tested negative, theperson would be kept in homequarantine for a period of 14days. He said that such per-sons would self monitor theirhealth status and would reportto nearest government healthfacility in case of develop-ment of any symptoms ofCovid. Mr. Sharma asked allthe concerned officers to en-sure meticulous implementa-tion of the directions of thestate government. TheDeputy Commissioner un-equivocally said that any sortof discrepancy in this noblecause was totally unwarrant-ed and undesirable.

Mandatory covidtest for every

flight passenger

Fruit sale before coldstores causes loss tomarket committee feesANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: Though Curfew andlockdown have been imposed in thecity since the corona virus. Thiscondition effect on routine business,but on the other hand, the activities ofsome people are in full swing. In thisconnection, a few people involved in

the fruitbusiness areselling fruitsoutside thecold stores setup around theBahadurkeRoadvegetablemarket, whoare neitherpaying fees tothe market

committee nor sell the same in SAbziMandi for three days. According tosources, by selling fruits in front ofsome cold stores, the mischievousmiscreants are also causing loss to thegovernment's revenue by not payingany fee to the market committee.Sources said that neither the areapolice nor the staff of the local marketcommittee pays any attention to this.Although the mandi may be open onlyon Tuesdays, Thursdays andSaturdays of the week, themischievous miscreants are managingto sell it outside without taking trucks tothe mandi. When tried to speak to themarket committee officials about this,no one gave a statement.

CHANDIGARH, MAY 25

Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh onMonday expressed profoundgrief over the sad demise ofhockey legend Pad-ma Shri Balbir SinghSenior (97), whobreathed his last at aprivate hospital inMohali this morning.The world-famedhockey star is sur-vived by three sonsand a daughter.

In a condolencemessage, the ChiefMinister recalled the im-mense contribution of BalbirSingh Senior towards promo-tion of sports especially thehockey. Three-time OlympicsGold Medalist and coach ofWorld Cup winning Indianteam in 1975 Balbir Singhwould ever remain a source

of inspiration for buddinghockey players across theglobe, who was honouredwith several coveted awardsfor his peerless performancein Olympics and other inter-

national sportsevents, saidC a p t a i nA m a r i n d e radding that avoid has beencreated withthe death thishockey icon,which is diffi-cult to be filled.

S h a r i n gheartfelt sympathies with thebereaved family, relatives andfriends besides millions of hisadmirers, the Chief Ministerprayed to the Almighty togive courage to bear this ir-reparable loss in this hour ofgrief and eternal peace to thedeparted soul.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/MOHALI,MAY 25

The District Bureau of Em-ployment and Enter-prise(DBEE) is fully com-mitted to guide the youth ofthe district in choosing theircareer path in accordancewith their aptitude andskill.

Disclosing this whilelaunching the online careercounselling programme foryouth through video con-ference, the AdditionalDeputy CommissionerAashika Jain holding inter-action with the youth ofvarious colleges of the dis-trict said that the main aimof the DBEE is to preparethe youth for job avenues indiversified sectors. TheADC further said that in or-der to fulfil the aspirations

of the youth, the DistrictBureau of Employmentand Enterprise is playing animportant role by providingcareer counselling.

But the first and fore-most thing for the youth isto register onwww.pgrkam.com to getconnected with the DBEEwhich interacts with theyouth and guides in select-ing the right career for themnot only in Governmentand Private sector but also

assists them in starting theirown ventures in varied sec-tors such as fisheries, pig-gery, beautician, Data En-try operators etc. It alsohelps them in acquiringloans from the banks oneasy terms. The DBEE alsoprepares the youth for jobinterviews and helps themfind placement. The infor-mation with regard toaround 1500-2000 vacan-cies in varied sectors is be-ing gathered.

ADC launches online career counsellingprogramme for youth at Kharar

Amarinder mourns passing away ofhockey legend Balbir Singh senior

VERMAQADIAN, MAY 25

In View of Covid-19, peopleof the Muslim Brotherhoodcelebrated Eid-ul-Fitr in theirhomes today. For the past twomonths, mosques in Qadianand surrounding areas, in-cluding most countriesaround the world, includingIndia, have been closed due tothe covid-19, Namako Eidwas not recited in anymosque today. People stayedat home with their familiesand celebrated Eid. Chaud-

hary Mansoor Ghanoke ofQadian recited Namako Eidwith his family. And whilegiving Eid sermon on this oc-casion, he said that this Eid iscelebrated after a full monthof restraint.

He said that the real Eid willbe only if we take care ofpoor people. Serving human-ity and following the trueteachings of Islam by walkingon the truth instead of lies.Dua was offered after the Eidsermon. Housewives andchildren participated in theEid prayers.

Eid celebrated from homes, peopleof different religions congratulate

Masks must be worn by shopowners, staff members

VERMABATALA, MAY 25

The Health and Family Welfare Department has issueda special advisory on hygiene and sanitation for barbershops and haircut salons to prevent corona virus. Giv-ing information in this regard, Civil Surgeon Dr. Kis-han Chand said that in barber shops and haircut salons,customers and shop staff comes in close contact,which increases the risk of spreading corona virus,hence the special advisory on cleanliness and sanita-tion for these shops by the government has been re-leased.

The Civil Surgeon instructed the hairdressers andhaircut salons to ensure that if any staff member hassymptoms of corona fever, dry cough or difficulty inbreathing etc., such person should stay at home andseek medical advice. The customer should not be at-tended. As far as possible, no one should be allowed toaccompany the customer and the owner should alsoensure that there should not be extra gathering at theshop. Masks must be worn by the owners and staffmembers of these shops while masks must be worn bythe customer as far as possible. In addition to this in-structions issued by government in time to time, onthe prevention of corona in contact with customers andstaff such as frequent hand washing, 1 meter social dis-tance, use of handkerchiefs when sneezing and cough-ing, vigilance against the symptoms of the disease.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, MAY 25

The distribution of 75 percent wheat and pulses hasbeen completed under thePrime Minister's GaribKalyan Ann Yojna(PMGKAY) to provide reliefto the poor families duringthe Covid Lockdown inBathinda district.

Disclosing this here todayDistrict Food and SupplyController Mandeep SinghMann said that as per the in-structions of Food and Sup-plies Minister BharatBhushan Ashu, a completetransparency has been fol-lowed in the distribution offood-grains. He said thatFood and Supplies MinisterBharat Bhushan Ashu waspersonally supervising thedistribution of food-grains toensure that no eligible benefi-ciary was deprived of food-

grains. He said that under theNational Food Security Mis-sion, the food grains would bedistributed to about 1,86,696Atta-Dal and Anantodia cardbeneficiary families (approx-imately 6,93,934 members) inthe district and the distribu-tion of food grains wouldreach 100 per cent withinnext week.

Under this food distribu-tion scheme, poor families arebeing given 5 kg wheat perperson per month i.e. 15 kg

wheat per person for threemonths and one kg per familyper month ie 3 kg pulses perfamily for three months to-gether.

The food grains are beingdistributed for three monthsfrom April to June, underwhich no money is being tak-en from them. He further saidthat under the directives ofthe Punjab government onlyquality food grains were be-ing distributed to the benefi-ciaries.

75% distribution of food-grainsunder PMGKAY completed

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHR, MAY 25

The district administration to-day sent 102 persons for UttarPradesh and 25 to Uttarak-hand from Patiala railwaystation after taking responsi-bility to return the migrantswho were feeling indifferentto their homes and familiesduring the Covid lockdown.According to SDM Nawan-shahar Jagdish Singh Johal,today a total of four buseswere dispatched from

Nawanshahar bus stand totake the migrants to their des-tination.

He said that till now 2038persons of the district havebeen sent to their respectivestates as per their wish. Hesaid that these included peo-ple from Jammu and Kash-mir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,Madhya Pradesh, West Ben-gal, Maharashtra, Kerala,Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.Tehsildar Nawanshahar Kul-want Singh was also presenton the occasion.

102 for UP, 25 for U’khand among 2038persons sent from district: SDM

Spitting on road to costheavy: Alka Meena

NAWANSHAHR (CHET RAM RATTAN): Thedistrict police has issued challan to 536 people in thelast two days for not wearing masks and spitting onthe road. According to SSP Alka Meena, our districtis already under the influence of Covid and some vil-lages have also faced restrictions for positive cases.

She said that if the govern-ment started giving some re-laxation then people wouldbecome indifferent to cow-ardly precautions and itcould be harmful to the peo-ple around them. District Po-lice Chief Alka Meena hasnot urged people to wear facemasks and spit on the streets

/ public places, but has taken strict action against theviolators.She said that 150 FIRs have been filedagainst those who violated the curfew in the last twomonths and 536 challans have been issued againstthose who did not wear masks in the last two days.

HOSHIARPUR, MAY 25

In view of Covid-19, the Pun-jab Government has takenspecial steps for the conven-ience of the people of thestate and has also ensured thesmooth procurement of wheatin the district.

An additional procurementof 14,253 metric tonnes ofwheat has been made over theyear. Apart from this onlinepayment of about 93% ofwheat has also been ensured,which reflects the soundarrangements made by thePunjab Government in thecritical period of coronavirus. Deputy CommissionerMrs. Apneet Riyait said that

about 93% of the online pay-ments have been made to thefarmers through the Aratisand the remaining paymentswould be made soon. He saidthat Punjab government wascommitted to procure everysingle grain of wheat from themandis and under this com-mitment timely payment wasbeing ensured where thewheat was procured smooth-ly. He said that in view ofKovid-19 a total of 84 pro-curement centers had been setup in the district by increas-ing the number of mandis by20 more than last year so thatthe farmers would not faceany hassle while selling theirproduce.

Deputy Commissioner appeals tofarmers not to burn wheat stubble

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, MAY 25

Punjab Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh's special initia-tive to repatriate aspiring resi-dents of other states due to na-tionwide lockdown in view ofcorona virus in Hoshiarpur dis-trict last night.

The first Sharmik Express car-rying about 1600 passengers leftHoshiarpur Railway Station forMuzaffarpur (Bihar). A specialtrain headed by Deputy Com-missioner Smt. Apneet Riyaitwas dispatched and on this occa-sion Dr. Raj Kumar and AvinashRai Khanna, Vice Chairman, In-dian Red Cross Society were

also present. The district admin-istration also provided two daysfood, fruit, biscuits, mineral wa-ter, sanitizer and masks to thepassengers before their depar-ture. The residents of Bihar alsopromised to come back andthanked the Punjab Government

and the district administration.Constituency MLA Dr. Raj Ku-mar said that all the NRIs werethe backbone of the economy ofPunjab and they have been repa-triated by the district administra-tion in the same manner in whichwe send them for travel.

Government has spent Rs 9.92 lakh onrepatriation of aspiring residents of Bihar: DC

35,628 E-cards generated by state health agency in 2 months

CHANDIGARH : Expressingsatisfaction over the progressmade so far in the campaign toclean the ponds in the villages ofthe state, the Rural Developmentand Panchayat Minister Mr. TriptRajinder Singh Bajwa has direct-ed the officers of the departmentand the Panchayats to expedite thecampaign so that this work couldbe completed by June 10 in anycase. Bajwa said that under thiscampaign launched on May 11,water from 3848 ponds out of

12451 ponds has been cleared andwork is underway to draw waterfrom 4500 ponds, which would becompleted in the next two to threedays.

He said that silt has been re-moved from 297 ponds and workof removing silt is underway in1304 ponds. He also said that ac-cording to the survey conductedby the department, water needs tobe extracted from 12451 ponds inthe state, while silt needs to be re-moved from 7649 ponds.

Expedite work of cleaning ponds, ensurecompletion by June 10: Tript Bajwa

n equal to Dhyan Chand in wizardry were at par in all departments. They were both individual in a men's Olympic final came in the sport, in fact, went way beyond the goals and legacy, Balbir Singh Sr was immensely skillful centre forwards and they India's 6-1 victory over the Netherlands in the and the trophies. It was like a timeless love Aperhaps the last recognisable connect were both three Olympic gold medal winners," 1952 edition, a match in which he struck five affair, one that he described quite vividly in

to that bygone era of Indian hockey which had said Ajitpal Singh, captain of the 1975 World times. his autobiography -- The Golden Hat-Trick, gold written all over it. Nostalgia is what that Cup-winning team of which Singh was the It is said that such was Singh's magic inside My Hockey Days, which came out in 1977.era evokes, a time when Singh and Dhyan manager. the circle that opposition players could only "Her love for me was eternal. Chand became the symbols of India's "The only difference was that both played scratch their heads in amazement. Our love blossomed in dominance in international hockey. in different eras," he feels. But as luck would have it, Singh's journey London. We married in

Dhyan Chand, the greatest for most, And if one analysed dispassionately, somewhat went unnoticed as the beginning of H e l s i n k i a n d passed away in 1979 at 74 and Singh, Singh's three-time Olympic gold-winning his successes coincided with the tragedy of honeymooned considered the best after him, breathed his last legacy will find a place at the same pedestal as partition. i n at 96 on Monday. that of Dhyan Chand. In 1957, he did become the first recipient of Melbourn

Three Olympic gold medals (1948, 1952, Born in 1923 in Punjab's Haripur Khalsa the Padma Shri award in sports category but e. and 1956) as a player and captain, a world cup village, Singh was spotted by Harbail Singh, that was all he could get despite his countless gold as manager and to-this-date the highest who was the then coach of Khalsa College and achievements as a player and later as coach and individual scorer in an Olympic final (1952, later coached India to two back-to-back gold manager.Helsinki) -- Singh is widely considered the best medals in the 1952 Helsinki and 1956 Besides being the captain of India's 1956 centre-forward of all time and to many experts Melbourne Olympics. Olympic gold-winning side, Singh was also a and fans "the man who took forward the The lanky player, described as the fittest part of the team that won a silver medal at the original wizard's legacy". Indian athlete by many including cricket icon 1958 Asian Games.

Because if Dhyan Chand's wizardry was a Bishen Singh Bedi, went on to make such a After his retirement, he got involved with source of joy in a colonised India, Singh's name for himself that the suffix of Sr was hockey coaching and mentored the Indian artistry was an inspiration for an India trying to placed against his name to make a distinction team that won a bronze medal at the 1971 find its bearings post-independence. from the numerous other Balbirs he inspired in World Cup.

He never missed a chance to say how Indian hockey. Four years later, he became the special the 1948 Olympic gold was to him "Many Balbirs came and went in Indian manager of India's only World Cup because it was for the first time that the Tri- hockey but none could match him and his winning side in Kuala Lumpur.Colour, instead of the Union Jack, went up at achievements," said Ajitpal, talking about the During the 2012 London the medal ceremony. incredible journey of the legend, who was Olympics, Singh was named one of the

Singh and Dhyan Chand never played admired for his warmth and the willingness to 16 iconic Olympians and lone Indian together at the international level but the share his experience with anyone who cared to to be honoured in the Olympic comparisons were constant and the former ask. The talismanic player won three Museum exhibition, "The Olympic acknowledged how, as a school kid, he felt consecutive Olympic gold medals just like the Journey: The Story of the Games" inspired by watching the original icon. more celebrated Dhyan Chand. held at the Royal Opera House.

"...but there is no comparison at all. They His record of most goals scored by an Singh's relationship with

Balbir Singh Sr Hockey pole star fades

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Hockey India pays tribute to legendockey India expressed its match of the 1952 Helsinki Balbir Sr remained the greatest fan of deepest condolences to his legend will inspire many deepest condolences on the Olympics. Under his Captaincy, the sport and was always there when family," he added. generations," stated Rajinder Singh. Hdemise of legend Balbir India scored 38 goals and conceded we needed his advice. Hockey has Hockey India's Secretary For Balbir Sr's stellar contribution to

Singh Senior who breathed his last none on its way to the Gold medal lost its brightest star and everyone at General Rajinder Singh too the game, he was awarded the on Monday morning at Mohali. in 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Hockey India is pained by this expressed his condolence. "Balbir Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest The triple Olympic Champion and Beating England 4-0 in their news," said Mohd Mushtaque Sr's achievements in hockey cannot civilian honour in 1957 and was World Cup-winning team manager own backyard during the Final of the Ahmad, President, Hockey India. be emulated. It is difficult to conferred with the Major Dhyan had been battling for life since May 1948 Olympic Games as an "Balbir Singh Sr's exemplary mention him in past-tense because Chand Life Time Achievement 8 when he was hospitalised. independent nation was Balbir Sr's achievements, his passion for the for us he was always there. One Award by Hockey India in 2014. He

Balbir was one of the most 'greatest moment'. sport, his life as an icon of the game could call on him for advice at any also became the only Asian male and decorated athletes in Indian sports "Today, we have not only lost our will remain an example for time, his spirit and adulation for the only Indian among 16 athletes to be history with Olympic medals in greatest hockey legend but we have generations to come. On behalf of game will be missed. I am sure chosen as "Iconic Olympians" by the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer also lost 'our guiding light'. While his the even in his International Olympic Committee Games. He coached the Indian team achievements in the post-independent Federation, I absence, his life across the modern Olympics' which won the bronze medal at the era have been well-documented, express my as a hockey history.1971 World Cup and was Manager of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1975 World Cup.

He had scored five goals in India's 6-1 victory over the Netherlands in the Gold medal

'He leaves rich legacy behind': Narinder

arinder Batra, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), on Monday Ncondoled the demise of hockey legend

Balbir Singh and said that the veteran has left behind a rich legacy. Batra is also the president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and a member of the International Olympic Committee. "It is with an overwhelming sense of sadness that I condole the death of hockey legend Balbir Singh Dosanjh, a three-time Olympic Games gold medal winner with the Indian team. It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I will remember the way he played the game, shared his knowledge when coaching teams, and conducted himself off the pitch," Batra said in an official statement. "I will cherish the simplicity, humility, and pride that he brought to bear in his own charming way. His ready wit and willingness to share his vast knowledge were stand out features. Indeed, Balbir Singh Ji leaves behind a rich legacy that cuts across all sport and physical boundaries," he added. The veteran hockey player had suffered a cardiac arrest on May 12 and after that, he suffered two more cardiac arrests during the course of his admission in the hospital. "Balbir Singh passed away this morning," his grandson Kabir said in a statement on Monday.

Crickets fraternity mourns demise

ndian skipper Virat Kohli, condolences to the family of the batsmen KL Rahul and departed soul.ISuresh Raina expressed "Sad to hear the news of the

grief over the demise of hockey passing away of one of our legend Balbir Singh Sr who greatest hockey icons, Balbir passed away this morning at the Singh Sr ji . Heartfelt condolences age of 95 after battling multiple to his family and loved ones," health issues in Mohali. Laxman tweeted. The veteran

Taking to Twitter Virat hockey player had suffered a wrote, "Saddened to hear about cardiac arrest on May 12 and after the passing of the legend, Balbir that, he suffered two more cardiac Singh Sr. My thoughts and arrests during the course of his prayers go out to his family in this admission in the hospital. "Balbir time of sorrow. @BalbirSenior." Singh passed away this morning," All-rounder Raina said legends his grandson Kabir said in a never leave they stay alive in the statement on Monday.heart of people. "Legends never Balbir Singh Sr was a three-truly leave, they live on in the time Olympic gold champion. He hearts of people. #BalbirSingh ji, played a key role in India's thank you for the decades of great Olympic victories in London hockey and for inspiring us. (1948), as a vice-captain in Condolences to the family," he Helsinki (1952) and as the captain wrote. The right-handed in Melbourne (1956). In his wicketkeeper-batsman Rahul illustrious playing career from wrote, "An absolute legend of the 1947-1958, Balbir Sr won 61 game. Balbir Singh Sr Sir, you international caps and scored a will be missed. #RIP champion." whopping 246 goals. He was also

Former India batsman VVS the manager of the 1975 World Laxman expressed his heartfelt Cup-winning team.

Sad day for hockey: Manpreet Singhndian men's hockey team skipper Manpreet used to talk about the game. "It is indeed a very to listen to his extraordinary experiences, I said that Balbir Singh always had the best Singh on Monday said that the passing sad day for hockey and our country. One of the always want to be like him. His contribution to encouraging words. "It is with a heavy heart Iaway of legend Balbir Singh is truly a sad most respectable, inspiring, and ever-so- Indian hockey will always be cherished and that I remember the legend, the greatest,

day for the sport of hockey as he will always be gracious souls has left us today, and I'm admired across generations. May his soul Balbir Sir. Being a triple Olympic Gold admired across generations. extremely saddened by the demise of this true rest in peace," he added. Indian women's medallist, his contribution to Indian hockey He also said that Balbir Singh always carried legend," Manpreet told . hockey team captain Rani Rampal also said has remained immense throughout his himself with grace and added that he used to "I remember always getting goosebumps that the contribution of Balbir Singh is glorious career, not just on the field, but off get goosebumps whenever the hockey legend whenever I would meet him and get the chance immense to the sport in the country. She also it as well," Rani told news agency.

He was India's best ever scorer: Gurbux

lympic hockey gold medallist Gurbux Singh on Monday rated Olegendary Balbir Singh Senior

as India's best ever scorer and someone who inspired him in his early days. The three-time Olympic gold medallist Singh died this morning at a Mohali hospital at the age of 96 after battling multiple health issues for over two weeks. "We all considered him (Balbir Singh Senior) as the best scorer India ever produced. And that time India was at the top of the world. Very few people had the kind of scoring ability he had possessed," the 84-year-old Gurbux, a member of 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold-winning team, told a news agency. Singh's world record for most goals scored by an individual in the men's hockey final of the Olympics still remains unbeaten. He had scored five goals in India's 6-1 victory over the Netherlands in the gold medal match of the 1952 Helsinki Games.

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