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T he Congress on Saturday held a State-wide protest in Rajasthan even as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot seemed determined to go to any extent to cajole or coerce Governor Kalraj Mishra to convene the Assembly session to allow Gehlot to prove his majority. While the Rajasthan Governor has cited Covid-19 situation as one of the reasons to not hold an urgent session of the Assembly, Bihar, where the coronavirus situation is going out of control, will be holding the Assembly session from August 3. Gehlot has been pressing for an early Assembly session to go for a trust vote and force the rebel MLAs to either vote for him or face disqualification, which would bring down the strength of the Assembly and provide stability to his Government. “The BJP conspiracy will not be allowed to succeed. I will go to Rashtrapati Bhavan if needed. If we have to picket at Rashtrapati Bhavan or even Prime Minister’s residence, we will do this,” Gehlot told Congress MLAs while address- ing the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) meeting at Fairmont Hotel in Jaipur. The Chief Minister told his flocks that they may have to stay put at the hotel for anoth- er three weeks. It was obvious that Gehlot was ready to take no chance by allowing the MLAs to disperse and make the vulnerable to “poaching”. Gehlot has reportedly sub- mitted a list of 102 MLAs to the Governor while submitting his Cabinet’s recommendation for convening the Assembly. The Governor raised several objec- tions and asked Gehlot to send a fresh request. “The date on which the Assembly session is to be con- vened is not mentioned in the Cabinet note and no approval has been given by the Cabinet for the same,” the Governor wrote back to Gehlot. He also stated that the State Government should take note of the Covid-19 crisis and pointed out that no agen- da was given for a session called on such short notice. The revised proposal, passed by the Cabinet meeting on Saturday morning is believed to list the coronavirus situation as the agenda. This will now be submitted to the Governor. During the day, Congress workers staged demonstrations across Rajasthan against what it called a BJP “conspiracy to topple” its Government. Party workers gathered in large num- bers in Jaipur and district head- quarters and raised slogans against the BJP and demanded that the Governor convene a session of the Assembly. Turn to Page 6 A fter the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s recommendations to the Union Home Ministry that cinema halls be allowed to reopen in August, cinema halls across the country are gearing up to resume functioning expecting relaxations in the coming months. Paperless tickets, seat distancing, staggered intervals and scrupulous sanitizing are part of the safety protocol mul- tiplexes will introduce if the Government allows screenings in “Unlock 3” next month. “We are ensuring basics like sanitisation and masks. Paper tickets will no longer in the use. Entry, exit & inter- missions will be planned in a manner that avoids over- crowding,” PVR CEO G Dutta said on Saturday. PVR operates a cinema circuit comprising 841 screens at 176 properties in 71 cities in India and Sri Lanka. A set of SOPs drawn up by the Multiplex Association of India in collaboration with its members was submitted to various Central Ministries as well as Prime Minister’s Office and Niti Aayog earlier this month, said industry leaders INOX, PVR Pictures and Cinepolis India. Cinemas account for the biggest chunk of earnings for movies and have taken a substantial hit during the pandemic and multiplexes are pulling out the stops to ensure audiences return after theatres open. As per the safety measures masks and temperature check at the entrances will be manda- tory for everyone entering the cinema complexes. Customers will be screened and those found to have 100 degrees Centigrade or showing viral fever symptoms will be asked to leave with a full refund. Customers will also be required to show their health status on the Aarogya Setu App while entering the premises. There will be floor mark- ers, a metre apart, for people to stand, while hand sanitising stations are being placed all across cinema halls for disin- fection and hygiene. There will also be a major change in the Turn to Page 6 Bilaspur: At least 43 cows died of suffocation in a small room of a panchayat building where they were locked in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur, a senior official said on Saturday. The deaths came to light in the morning when villagers experienced a foul odour ema- nating from the room, and found that some of the cattle had died, said Bilaspur collec- tor Saransh Mittar. He said a total of 60 cows were locked in a room in the old panchayat building of Medpar village under Takhatpur development block. An enquiry is underway to find out since when and why cows were locked in the room, he said. Autopsies revealed that 43 cows had died of suf- focation, the official said. W ith both sides engaged in defusing tension at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Northern Command chief Lt General YK Joshi said on Saturday the armed forces will ensure China withdraws and restore status quo ante as was the deployment in April. He also said the Indian troops will remain deployed there till total disengagement takes place. This significant statement by Joshi, who is overall in- charge of guarding the LAC in Ladakh, came in the backdrop of the Chinese not pulling back more than 40,000 troops. Making the Indian stand clear, Joshi said the Indian troops will continue to be deployed till status quo ante is achieved. It means the Chinese need to go back to their pre- May positions. The first face- off in Ladakh took place on May 5 when the Chinese army obstructed an Indian patrol at the Pangong Tso (lake) leading to fisticuffs. The Northern Command chief said in an interview to a private channel, “What I can tell you in simple words is that we shall continue all efforts to restore the status quo ante along the LAC. I believe the negotiations and process of this engagement and the com- mitment of both sides to adhere to the laid down methodology would dictate the timeline of the standoff.” Turn to Page 6 Patna: The Monsoon Session for both Houses in bicameral legislature of Bihar from August 3 will be held at the sprawling Gyan Bhawan in view of the Covid-19 pandem- ic, sources said. The four-day session of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council will be conducted on separate floors of the Gyan Bhawan at the Samrat Ashok International Convention Centre here. The session of the two houses is crucial as it would be the last one before Bihar goes to polls in October-November this year. Turn to Page 6 Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan became the first CM to test Covid-19 positive on Saturday. Chouhan, 61, shared the news on Twitter. He was admitted to a Covid-19 desig- nated private hospital in Bhopal, a BJP leader said. “I had symptoms of Covid- 19. In the test report I was found positive. I appeal to all my colleagues that whoever has come in my contact to get test- ed for coronavirus. My close contacts should move to quar- antine,” Chouhan said in a tweet. In another tweet, the chief minister said that if detected and treated on time, Covid-19 infection can be cured. “I have been reviewing the status of coronavirus infec- tion in the State every evening since March 25. Now I will try to review the situation through video conferencing as much as possible,” he said. Chouhan also said that in his absence, the meeting to review the coronavirus situa- tion will be held by Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Urban Development and Administration Minister Bhupendra Singh, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang and Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary. Talking to PTI, State BJP’s media in-charge Lokendra Turn to Page 6 L ucknow reported its largest single-day spike in coron- avirus cases as 429 more people tested positive, taking the tally to 5853. The city also reported there COVID-19 deaths. Across the state, 2,984 more people tested positive, the high- est single-day spike in UP, as 39 COVID-19 patients lost the bat- tle to the deadly virus. A senior official from the CMO office said that 25 people tested positive in Alambagh, 20 in Indiranagar, 18 in Gomtinagar, 17 in Chinhat, 15 each in Talkatora and Rae Bareli road, 12 each in Hazratganj and Bazaar Khala, 10 in Para, nine each in Chowk, Aliganj, Gomtinagar Extension and Sitapur road, seven each in Banthara, Aminabad, Kakori and Ashiyana, five each in Thakurganj, Gudamba and Jankipuram, four in Kaiserbagh and three in Sarojininagar. According to KGMU spokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh, a 22-year-old coronavirus posi- tive youth from Pratapgarh died of cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure on Saturday. He said a 42-year-old man from Indiranagar and a 40-year- old man from Kaiserbagh died of cardiopulmonary arrest and respiratory failure. Both had test- ed positive for coronavirus infec- tion. With these three deaths, the COVID-19 death toll stood at 73 on Saturday evening. In the last 24 hours, 482 COVID-19 patients were dis- charged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered infect- ed persons to 2,443. At present, 3,337 active coronavirus cases are undergoing treatment in Lucknow. Meanwhile, 2,984 more peo- ple tested positive for coronavirus infection in the state, taking the tally to 63,923. Besides Lucknow, Ballia (174), Kanpur (171), Varanasi (164) and Ghaziabad (101) witnessed a surge in posi- tive cases in the last 24 hours. The state’s death toll mount- ed to 1,387 with 39 more COVID-19 patients losing the fight against coronavirus. Kanpur and Varanasi reported five deaths each, Gorakhpur four, Lucknow three, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Firozabad, Sultanpur, Bhadohi and Balrampur two each, and Jhansi, Moradabad, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Sambhal, Hardoi, Ghazipur, Rampur, Azamgarh, Kannauj, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Rae Bareli and Bahraich one each. A fter reviewing preparation for the bhoomi pujan func- tion set to kick-start construc- tion of Ram temple in Ayodhya on August 5, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appealed to the people to make the func- tion a historic event. Yogi suggested said that all houses, mutts and ashrams in Ayodhya should light lamps, like in Diwali, for three days starting August 4. “August 5 is a historic day when the struggle of millions of Indian will take shape in the form of Ram temple. This is the day to rejoice. I appeal to the people of Ayodhya to light lamps in their houses a day before bhoomi pujan is to be held and continue it till August 6,” Yogi said. The chief minister said that millions of people partic- ipated in the ‘aandolan’ which was chalked out by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. “They have the right to take part in the celebration. But because of COVID-19, it would not be possible to invite them to Ram Janmabhoomi com- plex, so the event would be tele- cast live. In Ayodhya, several big screens would be put up in the city where people and saints can watch the entire programme. Besides there will be ‘akhand Ram Charit Manas paath’ (uninterrupted recital of Ram Charit Manas) on these three days at RJB complex,” he said. Yogi said that an auspi- cious day had come after five centuries when Prime Minister Turn to Page 6

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The Congress on Saturdayheld a State-wide protest in

Rajasthan even as ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot seemeddetermined to go to any extentto cajole or coerce GovernorKalraj Mishra to convene theAssembly session to allowGehlot to prove his majority.

While the RajasthanGovernor has cited Covid-19situation as one of the reasonsto not hold an urgent session ofthe Assembly, Bihar, where thecoronavirus situation is goingout of control, will be holdingthe Assembly session fromAugust 3.

Gehlot has been pressingfor an early Assembly sessionto go for a trust vote and forcethe rebel MLAs to either votefor him or face disqualification,which would bring down thestrength of the Assembly andprovide stability to hisGovernment.

“The BJP conspiracy willnot be allowed to succeed. I willgo to Rashtrapati Bhavan ifneeded. If we have to picket atRashtrapati Bhavan or evenPrime Minister’s residence, wewill do this,” Gehlot toldCongress MLAs while address-ing the Congress LegislativeParty (CLP) meeting atFairmont Hotel in Jaipur.

The Chief Minister told hisflocks that they may have tostay put at the hotel for anoth-

er three weeks. It was obviousthat Gehlot was ready to takeno chance by allowing theMLAs to disperse and make thevulnerable to “poaching”.

Gehlot has reportedly sub-mitted a list of 102 MLAs to theGovernor while submitting hisCabinet’s recommendation forconvening the Assembly. TheGovernor raised several objec-tions and asked Gehlot to senda fresh request.

“The date on which theAssembly session is to be con-vened is not mentioned in theCabinet note and no approvalhas been given by the Cabinetfor the same,” the Governorwrote back to Gehlot.

He also stated that theState Government should takenote of the Covid-19 crisisand pointed out that no agen-da was given for a session

called on such short notice.The revised proposal,

passed by the Cabinet meetingon Saturday morning isbelieved to list the coronavirussituation as the agenda. Thiswill now be submitted to theGovernor.

During the day, Congressworkers staged demonstrationsacross Rajasthan against what it

called a BJP “conspiracy totopple” its Government. Partyworkers gathered in large num-bers in Jaipur and district head-quarters and raised slogansagainst the BJP and demandedthat the Governor convene asession of the Assembly.

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After the Information andBroadcasting Ministry’s

recommendations to the UnionHome Ministry that cinemahalls be allowed to reopen inAugust, cinema halls across thecountry are gearing up toresume functioning expectingrelaxations in the comingmonths. Paperless tickets, seatdistancing, staggered intervalsand scrupulous sanitizing arepart of the safety protocol mul-tiplexes will introduce if theGovernment allows screeningsin “Unlock 3” next month.

“We are ensuring basicslike sanitisation and masks.Paper tickets will no longer inthe use. Entry, exit & inter-missions will be planned in amanner that avoids over-crowding,” PVR CEO G Duttasaid on Saturday. PVR operatesa cinema circuit comprising841 screens at 176 properties in71 cities in India and Sri Lanka.

A set of SOPs drawn up bythe Multiplex Association of

India in collaboration with itsmembers was submitted tovarious Central Ministries aswell as Prime Minister’s Officeand Niti Aayog earlier thismonth, said industry leaders

INOX, PVR Pictures andCinepolis India. Cinemasaccount for the biggest chunkof earnings for movies and havetaken a substantial hit duringthe pandemic and multiplexesare pulling out the stops toensure audiences return aftertheatres open.

As per the safety measuresmasks and temperature checkat the entrances will be manda-tory for everyone entering thecinema complexes. Customerswill be screened and thosefound to have 100 degreesCentigrade or showing viralfever symptoms will be askedto leave with a full refund.Customers will also be requiredto show their health status onthe Aarogya Setu App whileentering the premises.

There will be floor mark-ers, a metre apart, for people tostand, while hand sanitisingstations are being placed allacross cinema halls for disin-fection and hygiene. There willalso be a major change in the

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Bilaspur: At least 43 cowsdied of suffocation in a smallroom of a panchayat buildingwhere they were locked inChhattisgarh’s Bilaspur, a seniorofficial said on Saturday.

The deaths came to light inthe morning when villagersexperienced a foul odour ema-nating from the room, andfound that some of the cattlehad died, said Bilaspur collec-tor Saransh Mittar.

He said a total of 60 cowswere locked in a room in theold panchayat building ofMedpar village underTakhatpur development block.

An enquiry is underway tofind out since when and whycows were locked in the room,he said. Autopsies revealedthat 43 cows had died of suf-focation, the official said.

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With both sides engaged indefusing tension at the

Line of Actual Control (LAC),Northern Command chief LtGeneral YK Joshi said onSaturday the armed forces willensure China withdraws andrestore status quo ante as wasthe deployment in April. Healso said the Indian troops willremain deployed there till totaldisengagement takes place.

This significant statementby Joshi, who is overall in-charge of guarding the LAC inLadakh, came in the backdropof the Chinese not pullingback more than 40,000 troops.

Making the Indian standclear, Joshi said the Indiantroops will continue to be

deployed till status quo ante isachieved. It means the Chineseneed to go back to their pre-May positions. The first face-off in Ladakh took place onMay 5 when the Chinese armyobstructed an Indian patrol atthe Pangong Tso (lake) leadingto fisticuffs.

The Northern Commandchief said in an interview to aprivate channel, “What I cantell you in simple words is thatwe shall continue all efforts torestore the status quo antealong the LAC. I believe thenegotiations and process ofthis engagement and the com-mitment of both sides to adhereto the laid down methodologywould dictate the timeline ofthe standoff.”

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Patna: The Monsoon Sessionfor both Houses in bicamerallegislature of Bihar fromAugust 3 will be held at thesprawling Gyan Bhawan inview of the Covid-19 pandem-ic, sources said.

The four-day session ofthe Legislative Assembly andthe Legislative Council will be

conducted on separate floors ofthe Gyan Bhawan at the SamratAshok InternationalConvention Centre here.

The session of the twohouses is crucial as it would bethe last one before Bihar goesto polls in October-Novemberthis year.

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Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Shivraj SinghChouhan became the first CMto test Covid-19 positive onSaturday. Chouhan, 61, sharedthe news on Twitter. He wasadmitted to a Covid-19 desig-nated private hospital inBhopal, a BJP leader said.

“I had symptoms of Covid-19. In the test report I wasfound positive. I appeal to allmy colleagues that whoever hascome in my contact to get test-

ed for coronavirus. My closecontacts should move to quar-antine,” Chouhan said in atweet. In another tweet, thechief minister said that ifdetected and treated on time,Covid-19 infection can becured. “I have been reviewingthe status of coronavirus infec-tion in the State every eveningsince March 25. Now I will tryto review the situation throughvideo conferencing as much aspossible,” he said.

Chouhan also said that inhis absence, the meeting toreview the coronavirus situa-tion will be held by HomeMinister Narottam Mishra,Urban Development andAdministration MinisterBhupendra Singh, MedicalEducation Minister VishwasSarang and Health MinisterPrabhuram Choudhary.

Talking to PTI, State BJP’smedia in-charge Lokendra

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Lucknow reported its largestsingle-day spike in coron-

avirus cases as 429 more peopletested positive, taking the tally to5853. The city also reportedthere COVID-19 deaths.

Across the state, 2,984 morepeople tested positive, the high-est single-day spike in UP, as 39COVID-19 patients lost the bat-tle to the deadly virus.

A senior official from theCMO office said that 25 peopletested positive in Alambagh, 20in Indiranagar, 18 in Gomtinagar,17 in Chinhat, 15 each inTalkatora and Rae Bareli road, 12each in Hazratganj and BazaarKhala, 10 in Para, nine each inChowk, Aliganj, GomtinagarExtension and Sitapur road,seven each in Banthara,Aminabad, Kakori and Ashiyana,

five each in Thakurganj,Gudamba and Jankipuram, fourin Kaiserbagh and three inSarojininagar.

According to KGMUspokesperson Dr Sudhir Singh,a 22-year-old coronavirus posi-tive youth from Pratapgarh diedof cardiopulmonary arrest andrespiratory failure on Saturday.

He said a 42-year-old manfrom Indiranagar and a 40-year-old man from Kaiserbagh diedof cardiopulmonary arrest andrespiratory failure. Both had test-ed positive for coronavirus infec-tion. With these three deaths, theCOVID-19 death toll stood at 73on Saturday evening.

In the last 24 hours, 482COVID-19 patients were dis-charged from hospitals, takingthe number of recovered infect-ed persons to 2,443. At present,3,337 active coronavirus cases are

undergoing treatment inLucknow.

Meanwhile, 2,984 more peo-ple tested positive for coronavirusinfection in the state, taking thetally to 63,923. Besides Lucknow,Ballia (174), Kanpur (171),Varanasi (164) and Ghaziabad(101) witnessed a surge in posi-tive cases in the last 24 hours.

The state’s death toll mount-ed to 1,387 with 39 moreCOVID-19 patients losing thefight against coronavirus.

Kanpur and Varanasireported five deaths each,Gorakhpur four, Lucknow three,Prayagraj, Bareilly, Firozabad,Sultanpur, Bhadohi andBalrampur two each, and Jhansi,Moradabad, Bulandshahr, Hapur,Sambhal, Hardoi, Ghazipur,Rampur, Azamgarh, Kannauj,Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Rae Bareliand Bahraich one each.

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After reviewing preparationfor the bhoomi pujan func-

tion set to kick-start construc-tion of Ram temple in Ayodhyaon August 5, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath appealed tothe people to make the func-tion a historic event.

Yogi suggested said that allhouses, mutts and ashrams inAyodhya should light lamps,like in Diwali, for three daysstarting August 4.

“August 5 is a historic daywhen the struggle of millionsof Indian will take shape in theform of Ram temple. This is theday to rejoice. I appeal to thepeople of Ayodhya to lightlamps in their houses a daybefore bhoomi pujan is to beheld and continue it till August6,” Yogi said.

The chief minister saidthat millions of people partic-ipated in the ‘aandolan’ whichwas chalked out by the VishwaHindu Parishad and RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh.

“They have the right totake part in the celebration. Butbecause of COVID-19, it wouldnot be possible to invite themto Ram Janmabhoomi com-plex, so the event would be tele-cast live. In Ayodhya, severalbig screens would be put up inthe city where people andsaints can watch the entireprogramme. Besides there willbe ‘akhand Ram Charit Manaspaath’ (uninterrupted recital ofRam Charit Manas) on thesethree days at RJB complex,” hesaid. Yogi said that an auspi-cious day had come after fivecenturies when Prime Minister

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Charting out a comprehensive plan for thebhoomi pujan for Ram temple at

Ayodhya on August 5, Vishwa HinduParishad has asked people to decorate theirhomes, localities and temples and singbhajans while watching the live telecast ofthe function.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad secretary gen-eral Milind Parande said that while PrimeMinister Narendra Modi would be worship-ping with saints, scholars, trustees and otherdignitaries for a grand Janmabhoomi tem-ple of Shri Ram on August 5, the entire coun-try would be watching the historic event liveon television.

“On the day, all revered saints in respec-tive ashrams and all devotees of the coun-try and abroad, should pray to respectivedeities, recite kirtans, offer flowers, performaarti and distribute prasad,” Parande said ina statement issued in Lucknow.

“People should decorate their houses,neighbourhoods, villages, markets, monas-teries, gurdwaras and ashrams and distrib-ute prasad and light lamps in the evening,”

the VHP leader said.Parande said that visiting Ayodhya in the

present circumstances could cause a lot ofinconvenience, so everyone should celebratethis festival with great pomp and gaiety athomes, nearby ashrams or public places.

“Using all means of publicity, make thisgrand programme available to more andmore people,” he said.

The VHP functionary said that allabove mentioned plans and programmesshould be carried out while following Covidprevention protocol issued by the govern-ment and local administration.

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Asked to probe various con-tentious issues pertaining to

the kidnapping and murder of labtechnician Sanjit Yadav in Kanpurrecently, ADG BP Jogdand faceda torrid time after meeting with thevictim’s kin on Saturday. Two ofSanjit’s kin blocked his move-ment, pushing forward variousdemands.

After being instructed byChief Minister Yogi Adityanath,Jogdand had come to KanpurNagar to record the statements ofSanjit’s kin and check the veraci-ty of some of the charges whichwere earlier dismissed by Kanpurpolice brass.

As per reports, ADG BPJogdand reached Sanjit’s houseand questioned his father ChamanSingh for about 10 minutes onSaturday morning. As he came out

of the house and headed for anoth-er destination, Sanjit’s motherKusum and sister Ruchi obstruct-ed the path of the vehicle, demand-

ing early recovery of Sanjit’s body,solving the case concocting faketheory and a CBI probe.

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officials had a harrowing time inassuring the kin of an early recov-ery of the body and with the helpof other kin, paved way for thedeparture of the ADG.

Sanjit’s sister Ruchi alsodemanded a CBI probe into theincident, claiming that while meet-ing the suspects, all three came upwith different statements.

She said that the differentversions of the crime indicated thatthe police ‘worked out’ the case onconcocted facts. She claimed thatSanjit’s body had not been dumpedinto Pandu river as the police hadassured them of recovering itwithin 24 hours which did nothappen. Ruchi also said thatSanjit’s two bags, a cell phone andan ATM card could also not berecovered so far. She also chargedthat the police were yet to showthem the house where her broth-er was killed.

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Stressing the need to increaseCOVID-19 testing to one

lakh per day, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has asked offi-cials to ramp-up the testing byRT-PCR and rapid antigenmethods by July 27.

“Increase COVID-19 test-ing by rapid antigen method toone lakh per day and for thatprocure 10 lakh testing kitsevery ten days. Reach the test-ing capacity of one lakh by RT-PCR and rapid antigen meth-ods by July 27,” Yogi said whilepresiding over the unlockreview meeting at his officialresidence here on Saturday.

The chief minister direct-ed the chief secretary and addi-tional chief secretary (health)to make on-the-spot review ofhealth services of KanpurNagar and Jhansi on Saturdayand of Prayagraj and Mirzapurdivisions on Sunday.

“Hold these review meet-ings either in medical collegesor health centres. The reviewagenda should include contacttracing, door-to-door survey,rapid antigen tests of suspects,ambulance services, Level-1,Level-2 , Level-3 Covid hospi-tals, number of beds in Covidhospitals, availability of oxygenat some beds of Level-1 hospi-tals, oxygen at every bed ofLevel-2 hospitals along withventilators with some beds,the availability of expert doc-tors for patients with co-mor-bidity in Level-3 hospitals,rounds by doctors in all hospi-tals and arrangements of homeisolation and paid isolation,” hesaid. He further directed thechief secretary and the addi-

tional chief secretary to send tohim the review reports beforepreparing an action plan on thebasis of the issues discussed inthe review. The chief ministerdirected the divisional commis-sioners to get this action planimplemented in the districtsunder their jurisdiction. Hesaid the nodal officers shouldcamp in their assigned districtfor five days to look after effec-tive implementation of theaction plan.

“Proper planning shouldbe done in order to strengthenthe COVID-19 treatmentarrangements. Every deputychief medical officer should beassigned separate duties anddaily monitoring of thesearrangements should be done,”he said.

He said that data feedingwas also important along withother works and there shouldbe no laxity in this regard.

The chief minister alsodirected officials to ensure thatno patient should remain in theholding area for long andhe/she should get treatment as

early as possible.He further directed offi-

cials to send proposals to theCentre for purchase of newambulances and advanced lifesupport (ALS) ambulancesunder National Health Mission(NHM).

The chief minister askedofficials to conduct specialcleanliness and sanitation driveon weekends in a proper way.He said the Urban develop-ment, Rural Development andPanchayati Raj departmentsshould conduct these activitiesextensively and urban and ruralareas should have proper sprayof anti-larva chemicals andfogging and waterloggingshould be cleared. He asked allofficers and employees to workas a team to conduct this driveto control COVID-19 andother communicable diseases.

The chief minister askedofficials to further streamlinethe process of employment oflabourers. He asked them to setup a separate team to monitorthe Integrated EmploymentPortal under Atmanirbhar

Bharat Abhiyan.Asking officials to hold a

meeting with the bankers, Yogidirected the IIDC to supervisethese endeavours in an effectivemanner.

He said the food grain dis-tribution work had been donewith full transparency duringthe last four months and itshould continue in even betterway with regular monitoring bythe senior officers. The chiefminister asked officials to pro-vide food grain to the needypersons.

The chief minister saidevery possible assistance andrelief should be provided toflood-affected people andproper distribution of reliefmaterial should be ensured.Yogi said the AnimalHusbandry department shouldmake adequate arrangement offodder for animals and theRural Development andPanchayati Raj departmentsshould ensure availability ofpotable water as well as distri-bution of chlorine pills asrequired.

*$&+�33)&�420��)�:')&��5$6)��)%&Lucknow (PNS): After gettingembroiled in controversies over therecent kidnapping and murder of a labtechnician in Kanpur, the UP Policefinally had something to cheer aboutwhen a kidnapped six-year-old boywas rescued within 24 hours in Gondaon Saturday.

The state government announceda cash reward of Rs 2 lakh to the teamsof Gonda police and Special TaskForce (STF) for the safe recovery of thekidnapped boy.

In Lucknow, IG (STF) AmitabhYash told newsmen that Namo (6) wasrescued after an encounter with theabductors in Colonelganj area ofGonda in the early hours of Saturday.While two of the abductors sufferedgunshot injuries, the kidnapped boywas safe and healthy, he said.

Yash said that four persons wereinvolved in the kidnapping and theprime conspirators were Suraj Pandeyand his wife Chhabi of Parsapur area.

The other suspects were identifiedas Suraj’s brother Raj Pandey, UmeshYadav and Dipu Kashyap. Dipu andUmesh were injured in the exchangeof fire and were admitted to a hospi-tal. A 32 bore pistol, two country-made pistols, several cartridges and acar were recovered from the criminals.

Chhabi had called up the boy’sfamily and demanded a ransom of Rs4 crore for his release.

The incident unfolded on Fridayevening when three persons said to bedistributing sanitisers and face maskswent to the house of Hari KumarGupta in Colonelganj area and askedhis son Namo to get the commoditiesfrom a nearby vehicle around 1:30 pm.Later the boy went missing andNamo’s father received a ransom calldemanding Rs 4 crore for his release.

As soon as the incident came tothe know of Gonda police, the STFwas roped in to assist the police andrescue the boy.

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The Uttar Pradesh govern-ment initiated the process

for granting licence for the saleof premium brands of foreignliquor, beer and wine in shop-ping malls from next week.

“The process to select thevendors in the shopping mallswill commence from July 27and within a month it will becompleted,” said AdditionalChief Secretary (Excise) SanjayR Bhoosreddy here on Saturday.

He said that customerswould get the facility of pur-chasing premium brands offoreign liquor, beer and winefrom the outlets in shoppingmalls in the last week of Augustas it would take one month’stime to complete the process ofissuing the licences and for thevendor to make necessary

preparations. Bhoosreddy said that in

the last few years, the trend ofsale of premium brands ofalcohol had increased rapidly.

“In view of the customers’response, it has been decided toallow the sale of expensivebrands of foreign liquor fromshopping malls. In these shops,sale of imported foreign liquor,Indian scotch, all brands ofbrandy, gin and wine, vodkaand rum costing more than Rs700 and cans of beer costingRs160 or more will be allowed,”he said. The Excise depart-ment official said the annuallicence fee of such a shop hadbeen fixed at Rs 12 lakh and thelicence could be obtained byany individual, company, firmor society. He said these shopswould have facility under whichthe customers could choose

from different brands. The shops will be fully air-

conditioned but will not beallowed to serve liquor on theirpremises.

The additional chief secre-tary said that to check the saleof illicit liquor in the state andto enable liquor consumers toget legal standardised liquor, acontinuous enforcement drivewas being carried out. He saidduring the current financialyear from April to June 2020, asa result of enforcement actiontaken in various districts of thestate, 14,732 cases had been reg-istered in which 3,39,848 litresof illegally manufactured liquor,37,855 litres of country liquorand 29,663 litres of foreignliquor were recovered. Besides,he said, 4,797 accused hadbeen arrested and 1,234 personssent to jail.

Lucknow (PNS): Criminals continued togive jitters to state authorities in UP and ina fresh case in Mathura, a deputy collectordemanded adequate security after somecriminals handed out life threats at his offi-cial residence on Friday night.

Shortly after the incident, DeputyCollector Rajiv Upadhyay shot off a letter tothe district magistrate of Mathura, sayingthat some people with rifles and pistols cameat his B-13 Officers Colony residence on aSUV and asked two on duty, home guardsBhuri Singh and Vipin, whether he washome.

When the security men replied in theaffirmative, the visitors asked them toinform the officer that his life would cometo a sudden end if he did not refrain fromdemolishing shops and removing encroach-ments from government land.

Meanwhile, the police initiated a probeinto the matter and several teams were

engaged to trace out the criminals. Also,the security of the deputy collector wasbeefed up.

Meanwhile in Barabanki, Special TaskForce (STF) personnel claimed to havegunned down wanted criminal Tinku Kapalaalias Kamal Kishore in an encounter onSatrikh Road late Friday night. Kapala hada reward of Rs 1 lakh for his arrest. The policerecovered two pistols and a large cache ofammunition from his possession. Two of hisaides, however, managed to flee theencounter scene.

In 2017, Kapala and his gang had raid-ed a jewellery shop in Krishnanagar inLucknow and murdered two employeesduring the robbery. Later, the police hadmanaged to nab his aides but Kapala, againstwhom there were a dozen cases, managed toevade police arrest. Tinku Kapala of Chowkin Lucknow was also wanted in crimes inGujarat and Maharashtra.

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Facing huge resource crunch, the UPgovernment has banned the payment of

all kinds of arrears to the state employees tillSeptember 30.

The government has also directed alldepartments not to issue any financial sanc-tion and release for big construction projectsand land acquisition without obtaining priorapproval of the Finance department.

The government order issued by theFinance department on Friday said thedecision had been taken in view of the sharpfall in revenue collection in the first quarterof the current fiscal 2020-21 and for cashmanagement.

The Uttar Pradesh government on April20 had decided to suspend six types ofallowances including DA (dearnessallowance) paid to the state governmentemployees and pensioners. These allowanceswill now remain suspended for a period tillJune 30, 2021.

Lucknow (PNS): The UP govern-ment on Saturday transferred 15IPS officers which included post-ing of DIG-rank officers in Kanpurand Ayodhya districts besides post-ing IG-rank officers in Aligarh,Chitrakoot Dham and Basti ranges

DIG of Aligarh, Dr PratinderSingh, will now take charge ofpolice chief in Kanpur, replacingDinesh Kumar P, who will be nowSSP of Jhansi in place of D PradeepKumar. Kumar will now join as SP,

Economic Offence Wing. inVaranasi in place of SatyendraKumar, who goes as SP ofLakhimpur Kheri, replacingPoonam, who will be nowCommandant of 15th BattalionPAC in Agra. DIG of ChitrakootDham range, Pradeep Kumar, willnow take charge as SSP/DIG ofAyodhya, replacing AsheeshTewari, who will now join as SP,Railways, in Jhansi.

K Satya Narain, who was await-

ing posting after his return fromCentral deputation will be DIG ofChitrakoot Dham while DIG ofBasti range, Ashutosh Kumar, andIG, PAC headquarters, Anil Rai,will swap their posts.

IG Traffic, Deepak Ratan, willbe IG of Aligarh range,Commandant of SDRF inLucknow, Yashweer Singh, and SPof Jalaun, Dr Satish Kumar, willswap their post.

Similarly, SP of Amethi, KhyatiGarg, and DCP in Lucknow,Dinesh Singh, will also swap theirplaces.

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and Satyagraha’ was organised byBBAU’s department of Economics aspart of its silver jubilee celebrations.Vice-Chancellor Acharya Sanjay Singhwas the patron while president ofGandhi Information Centre (Berlin,Germany) Christian Bartolf the chiefspeaker. Speaking on the occasion,Bartolf started with Mahatma Gandhi’scareer in South Africa. He said Gandhiexperimented with the principle of‘satyagraha’ largely influenced by LeoTolstoy and John Ruskin.

2������������.Governor Anandiben Patel will

inaugurate the broadcast of digital con-tent produced by technical university on‘Swayambhara’ channel on the occasionof AKTU’s Foundation Day on Monday.Media spokesperson Asheesh Mishrasaid the digital content includes broad-casting of both degree and diplomacourses of technical education.“Broadcasting of digital content anddiploma sectors on ‘Swayambhara’ chan-nel will benefit the students associatedwith technical education,” he said. TheFoundation Day will be celebratedthrough video-conferencing on Sunday.At the ceremony, 178 meritorious stu-dents will be awarded by the Governorwith incentive money. The students willbe provided incentive money under theTalent Incentive Scheme of AKTU.Among them, 60 meritorious studentsof Uttar Pradesh State EntranceExamination (2018 and 2019), 42 mer-itorious students in first year of variouscourses, 33 in second year of various

courses, 36 of third year and seven offourth year will be awarded.

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Parth Bansal, a student of CityMontessori School, Kanpur RoadCampus, has been selected for KishoreVaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPYFellowship) of the Government of India.Parth will be receiving the scholarship ofRs 5,000 per month and Rs. 20,000 asannual contingency grant during hisgraduation period. At MSc level, he willbe getting a monthly stipend of Rs 7,000per month and annual contingency grantof Rs 28,000. Thus, he will be getting ascholarship of Rs 4,64,000 during the fiveyears of his higher education. This fellow-ship scheme is an enterprising project ofthe Government of India to encourageundergraduate students go for researchcareer and it is coordinated by IndianScience Centre, Bengaluru. Students whoobtain high percentage in board examsundergo aptitude test and interview to getthis scholarship. The students chosenunder this fellowship can avail the facil-ity of famous national laboratory, univer-sity and library in any part of India forfree, by showing their ID cards.

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A50-year-old man was foundhanging at his house in

Thakurganj on Saturday afternoon.Though police said the man commit-ted suicide, they failed to explain why.

As per reports, Jagatpal ofMadhaupur locality in the area wasfound hanging from an iron grill. Hisson Rakesh informed the policearound 1 pm. A team of policereached the scene and sent the bodyfor autopsy. The police said Jagatpalwas a farmer and his wife had diedtwo years ago.

Meanwhile, the Madiaon policearrested 18 gamblers and recoveredover Rs one lakh in cash from theirpossession. The accused were caughtin the act near an overhead watertank in Mayawati Colony in the areaand their arrest came after followinga tip-off.

In another success, the Kakoripolice on Saturday arrested a robbercarrying a cash award of Rs 10,000.

The accused, identified as DineshKumar Rastogi aka DK ofMahanagar, was named in a loot casein Kakori and was absconding sincehis name surfaced in the crime. Thepolice recovered a country-madepistol, two cartridges and a lootedmangalsutra from him.

Meanwhile, thieves made offwith Rs 30,000 in cash from a med-ical store in Bazaarkhala some timeon Friday night. Shopowner Rajeshof Tikaitrai Colony told police thathe had closed the shop in Asharfabadon Friday night. He said two suspectswere seen in the CCTV footage.

In another incident, a group ofmen attacked a family during shut-eye at their house in Gomti Nagar onFriday night. Reports said RamNaresh of Ujariaon, his wife anddaughter were asleep in the housewhen the group attacked them.“They attacked me first and then mywife and daughter,” he said. However,he failed to explain why he and hisfamily were attacked.

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Aman shot dead his wifewith a country-made pis-

tol over a petty dispute at theirhouse in Thakurganj onSaturday morning. Policearrested the accused and alsorecovered the pistol and car-tridges. The police said theywere investigating where theaccused got the country-madepistol. As per reports, DikshaMishra of Farrukhabad mar-ried Sudhanshu Mishra of EktaNagar in Thakurganj a fewyears back. Sudhanshu works ata mobile store in Hazratganj.The couple had not been ongood terms for the last fewyears and Diksha was stayingwith her parents. A few daysback, some elderly members inthe family took the initiative tobring them together followingwhich Diksha reachedSudhanshu’s house four daysback.

On Saturday morning,Diksha was sweeping the floorwhen Sudhanshu reachedthere. He dragged her insideand later opened fire. The gun-shot drew the attention ofother family members and

they rushed the scene only tofind Diksha lying in a pool ofblood.

“The family informed thepolice but by the time thepolice reached the scene,Sudhanshu had fled whileDiksha remained unattendedand died after a while,” neigh-bours told mediapersons.

Doctors who examined thebody opined that the bullet wasfired with the nozzle of the pis-tol probably downwards.“Prima facie, the bullet mayhave probably punctured theheart and she died of excessivebleeding,” the doctors opined.

The police later arrestedSudhanshu from a place wherehe was hiding and recoveredthe country-made pistol andcartridges. There were reportsthat he surrendered before thepolice. The police failed toexplain where Sudhanshu gotthe country-made pistol from.

“It may have been sold tohim by some gun-runners, butit is difficult to get one in thecity, especially at this time,”sources said. It appeared thatSudhanshu had a definite planto kill Diksha, the sources said.

To downplay the incident,

the police said Sudhanshu’smental health had not been upto the mark for the last fewyears and he might have killedDiksha in a fit of rage.

Meanwhile, quick responseby policemen on patrol savedthe life of a man who was foundhanging at his house in IndiraNagar on Saturday evening.Reports said head constableManoj Kumar Pandey and con-stable Bharat were patrolling(under polygon police system)in the area when they spotteda boy crying outside a house inSector-A on Saturday evening.The boy told the cops that hisfather was committing suicide.The police quickly entered thehouse and found the manhanging from the ceiling witha gamchha tied around hisneck. They brought him downand rushed him to hospitalwhere doctors saved his life.

It later surfaced that theman had a verbal spat with hiswife after which he lockedhimself in a room. His wiferapped the doors while theirson went out of the house toseek help from neighbours. Itwas then that the cops spottedhim and saved his father’s life.

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Former director of LucknowUniversity’s Placement Cell

Madhurima Lall said the resultsof job fair which was conduct-ed in March have started pour-ing in even as there is seriouscrisis.

“More than 70 top compa-nies participated in the megajob fair organised by the place-ment cell on March 5 in LUand March 6 and 7 in IMS butimmediately after that, theuniversity was closed for Holibut the vacations were extend-ed due to lockdown. We hadtold the companies that assoon as the situation becamenormal, the results of job fairmust be taken up first beforecreating any new opportuni-

ties,” Lall said. She said even as the coro-

navirus pandemic was stillthere, the companies were nowcoming up with appointmentsoffers for LU students. “Ourplacement scenario is one ofthe best and we have thestrongest database for our stu-dents,” she said.

“More than 300 LU stu-dents took the national-levelemployability skill test and Iam happy that we are receivingoffer letters from many compa-nies while the rest will also besending their offer letters assoon as the respective compa-nies start their normal func-tioning. Our students are ofgreat calibre and very much indemand by the top industries,”she added.

Lucknow (PNS): Lucknowhas had a 15 per cent deficitof monsoon rain till July 25.The state capital has received218.5 mm rainfall against thenormal rainfall of 258 mm.However, Uttar Pradesh has arain surplus of 7 per cent.

MeT director JP Guptasaid Lucknow is likely to getgood rainfall in future.“Currently, the trough line ispassing through MadhyaPradesh and hence there willbe scattered rains in UP,” hesaid.

The districts which havereceived surplus rains includeAmbedkar Nagar & Basti (160per cent each), Sant

Ravidasnagar (107 per cent),Chitrakoot (86 per cent),Siddharth Nagar (82 per cent),Balrampur (68 per cent),Sultanpur (66 per cent),Varanasi (53 per cent), Deoria(52 per cent) and Bahraich (38per cent).

The districts which haveseen rain deficit include Noida(91 per cent), Farrukhabad(69 per cent), Mathura (66 percent), Bulandshahr (63 percent), Amroha (58 per cent),Etah (57 per cent), Rampur(54 per cent), Kanpur Dehat &Agra (49 per cent each),Aligarh (46 per cent), Hardoi(45 per cent) and Shamli (40per cent).

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Amidst the rising number ofcoronavirus positive cases

in Lucknow, the state govern-ment on Saturday removedChief Medical Officer DrNarendra Agarwal and senthim to Lok Bandhu Hospital assenior consultant. CivilHospital (Mahanagar) chiefmedical superintendent DrRajendra Prasad Singh wasappointed as the new CMO.

Dr Singh is a native ofGonda and has done MBBS,MS (General Surgery) andMCH (Plastic Surgery) fromKing George’s MedicalUniversity.

Besides, the governmentappointed Dr JyotsanaUpadhyay, who is the seniorsuperintendent of MoradabadDistrict Hospital as Director ofHealth, Health Directorate(Lucknow), while Director(Health) Dr Madhu Saxenahas been appointed as Directorof Shyama Prasad MukherjeeCivil Hospital.

The new CMO said his pri-ority would be to win the bat-tle against coronavirus throughthe containment exercise andwith the cooperation of otherstakeholders. The fight wouldbe taken up with new energyand enthusiasm, Dr Singh said,adding that he would make allefforts to bring down the num-ber of cases and mortality.

Dr Singh said the numberof cases in the state capital wasincreasing because of theincreasing number of tests.Regarding his plan for contain-ment in the district, he said,“We will go work at the basiclevel and do surveillance & test-ing and spread awareness onsocial distancing. We will befollowing Chief Minister YogiAdityanath’s directions that

every house had to be coveredunder surveillance,” he said.

Regarding the challenges,he said Covid-19 was a chal-lenge in itself and the entireworld was up against it.

Principal Secretary(Home) Awanish Awasthi vis-ited the Smart City office lateon Friday night to inspect theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre functioningthere. He gathered informationfrom District MagistrateAbhishek Prakash andDivisional CommissionerMukesh Meshram about thetreatment, follow-up, ambu-lances, Advance Life SupportSystem and arrangements inlevel-1, level-2 and level-3 hos-pitals for Covid-19 patients.

The DM said that the man-agement of Covid-19 patients,ambulances, Covid and non-Covid hospitals was beinglooked into at the centre. He

said all the information regard-ing the ambulances and beds isupdated and further arrange-ments made as per theresources available.

“Covid-19 help desks arebeing set up at all the shoppingmalls and complexes wherepatients of ILI and SARS willalso be detected. A publicgrievance cell has also beenmade functional at theIntegrated Control andCommand Centre” he said.

Meanwhile, the executivecommittee meeting of LMC,which was presided over bymayor Sanyukta Bhatia, decid-ed that ‘corona sankramansamanway nigrani samitis’would be made in every zoneand they would consist of twosenior corporators each alongwith zonal officers while thecoordinator would be the addi-tional municipal commission-er. The mayor will be selecting

senior corporators who will bein the committees.

Bhatia said the corporatorswould coordinate the sanitisa-tion & awareness drives besidesbarricading in their respectiveareas after positive cases aredetected.

Meanwhile, the strengthof ambulances operating forferrying of Covid-19 patientshas been increased in the dis-trict. A senior official from theHealth department said theyhad 38 ambulances operatingin the district but they haddemanded 25 more from thedistrict administration.

About the management ofrising number of patients, hesaid they had sufficient beds.“We have not been able to fillthe beds but if there is furtherneed of beds, we will contacthotels. Currently, we do notrequire more beds,” he said.

The official said the focus

of Health department contin-ues to be on the surveillanceactivity in containment zonesbeing done by 600 teams.

“We took nearly 4,008samples on Friday and 57 test-ed positive for coronavirus,” hesaid. He further said that incase of treatment, there are nospecific instructions issued andthe doctors take their own callon medicines which need to begiven to patients. He said 90 percent of the patients in Lucknowwere asymptomatic.

Meanwhile, president ofIMA (Lucknow Chapter) DrRama Srivastava said theadministration had approachedthem for management ofCovid-19 hospitals for asymp-tomatic patients in a hotel andfor that, the state governmenthad given them standard oper-ating procedures.

“This will include severalthings which need to be lookedinto, such as clearance fromUttar Pradesh PollutionControl Board for disposal ofbiomedical waste, equipment,appointment of staff nursesfor the hospitals which willfunction from a hotel. We arecurrently working on this,” shesaid, adding that the facility wasbeing created for those asymp-tomatic patients who couldnot opt for their homes as theydid not have separate toilets.

Meanwhile, in a pro-gramme organised at KGMU,which was telecast live for 40minutes, Dr Vinod Jain fromthe Institute of ParamedicalSciences gave a lecture on‘Boosting one’s immunity’. DrJain said it was essential to sleepby 11 pm, keep doors and win-dows open in the room whereone works out, sit in the sun forat least 40 minutes and ensureintake of turmeric, ginger, gar-lic and coriander in food.

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A pathology laboratorytechnician Sanjit Yadav hadbeen abducted in Kanpur’sBarra area on June 22. Policearrested four of his friends onThursday night while revealingthat the kidnapped youth hadbeen subsequently murderedby them and his body wasthrown into the Pandu river.The body has not yet beenrecovered.

Raising questions on theattitude of the police in thisregard, Yadav tweeted, “TheBJP government should clari-fy that following the murder ofthe kidnapped youth inKanpur, why has his body notbeen recovered? Who is stop-ping the police in taking mean-ingful steps there?”

Praising the police for thespeedy action in the Gondakidnapping case, the SP presi-dent said, “The swift return ofthe kidnapped child with theprompt action of the Gondapolice is commendable. Thechild’s family can now breathea sigh of relief.” A trader’s sonwas kidnapped by miscreantsin Gonda on Friday and theabductors had demanded aransom of Rs 4 crore.

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Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra

stepped the ante against the UPgovernment’s failure to controlcoronavirus spread across thestate. In a letter to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath onSaturday, Priyanka accused theBharatiya Janata Party gov-ernment of managing newsand advertising while COVID-19 figures across the state con-tinued to rise ominously.

Priyanka also raised theissue of rising coronavirus pos-itive cases and low testing,

“Yesterday, there weremore than 2,500 cases in thestate and now big cities alongwith rural areas are in the gripof the virus. It is clear that yourgovernment has adopted thepolicy of ‘No Test, No Corona’.Till the time testing won’t beincreasing in a transparentmanner, our fight will be

incomplete and the situationmight turn dangerous,” shewrote.

“Quarantine centres andhospitals are in bad shape andpeople are not scared of thevirus but they are scared of gov-ernment’s arrangements. Dueto this, many are not comingforward for tests. It is a hugefailure of the government.Corruption is thriving in thesystem due to state -inducedCorona fear. If this is notchecked, then the fight againstCorona will lead to calamity. Ifthere is a crowd outside hospi-tals, then I fail to understandwhy the UP government is notbuilding temporary hospitalslike Delhi and Mumbai.Getting medical help is everycitizen’s fundamental right.Your government has claimedthat there are 1.5 lakh beds butit seems that there is a shortageat just 20,000 cases,” Priyankaadded.

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Lucknow (PNS): Expressingserious concern at the risingnumber of coronavirus cases inUttar Pradesh, Bahujan SamajParty chief Mayawati demand-ed speeding up of sample test-ing and improving facilities atCovid hospitals. Taking tomicro-blogging site Twitter onSaturday, Mayawati posted,“The government shouldimmediately pay attention onCorona testing, facilities inhospitals and cleanliness and

hygiene in Covid centres as thepublic is extremely concernedwith the rising number of casesin the state.” It is worth men-tioning here that the number offresh coronavirus positive caseshas increased by two-and-halftimes in the last fortnightacross Uttar Pradesh. At thesame time, Covid sample test-ing has also been increasedduring this time and till Friday,the government claimed to betesting 50,000 samples per day.

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The city of Lord Shiva cele-brated Nag Panchami here

on Saturday with all tradition-al gaiety and religious fervourbut missing its grandeur gen-erally seen on this auspiciousoccasion. Despite all COVID-19 restrictions and statewideweekend lockdown, ‘dangal’(wrestling) contests wereorganised at a few Akharas.However, there were no biggatherings and the organisersjust completed the traditionalformalities.

Besides, no rush of devo-tees was seen at the famous NagKund at Jaitpura. As the tem-ple remained closed, scores ofdevotees reached there to offerprayer from outside. Similarly,some devotees also offeredprayers from outside at KalBhairav and other temples.

However, as the peopleobserved the festival indoors,right from the early morning,the lanes and localities wereechoed with the slogans of‘bade guruji, chote guruji naaglo bhai naag lo..’ as some chil-dren were selling pictures ofNag Devta and other deities.

Bade Guruji is used forMaharashi Panini, while ChoteGuruji for Maharshi Patanjali.

On the auspicious occa-sion, Namami Gange convenorRajesh Shukla appealed to BabaBholenath (Lord Shiva) andNag Devta to connect witheveryone including animals,

birds and flora. Aarti was per-formed at a Shivlinga situatedon the banks of river Ganga.‘India is an agricultural coun-try and Nag (snake) protectsour fields, so it is calledKshetrapal. The snake keepsour fields green by destroyingthe harmful animals includingrats which damage our crops,’he said, adding that it is saidthat Hindu culture has tried tomake intimate connectionswith all animals, birds andplants. We treat cows as moth-ers while bulls are worshipedon the day of Vrishabhotsav. Ina fast like Vat-Savitri, banyan isworshiped, but when we wor-ship Nag on a day like NagPanchami, then the uniquenessof our culture reaches its cul-mination. We try to cultivateintimacy with them by wor-shiping cows, bulls, snakes,etc., because they all are useful.

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In view of the big spike inCOVID-19 cases, the Chief

Medical Officer (CMO) andother senior medical officerswould now remain present atIntegrated Command ControlCentre by 8 am every day toascertain the works relating toCOVID-19 including the shift-ing of corona patients to hos-pitals by making available theambulances.

The district administra-tion received complaints aboutlaxity by the Health departmentin ensuring proper arrange-ments regarding the COVID-19. So, taking a serious note ofit, the DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal directed the CMO,ACMOs and Dy CMOs toremain present at IntegratedCommand Control Centre at

Shaheed Udyan in Sigra by 8am every day and ensure theshifting of corona patients tohospitals by making availablethe ambulances and also exe-cute other works as per infor-mation to be received at centreregarding the COVID-19.

Chairing a meeting withthe officers of the Healthdepartment at auditorium inhis office here on Friday, theDC directed the officers to fillup detailed information ofsuch persons in prescribedforms whom samples were col-lected either by government orprivate hospitals so that thereis convenient in contactingthem after their report comespositive.

He directed the shifting ofcorona patients to hospitalswithin 24 hours after theirreport comes positive.

All the ambulances

engaged in the works related toCOVID-19 will remain avail-able at the control centre andthe administrative officer of theCMO office would ensure theshifting of corona patients tohospitals, said the DC addingthat the administrative officerwould also ensure the processas per protocol by makingcoordination with zonal officerof Bhelupur Zone after thedeath of corona patient. TheDC directed for ensuring thecent per cent sampling of thepatients suffering from the dis-eases such as cough, fever andproblem in breathing and iden-tified during a special surveil-lance drive launched from July5 to 15.

The DM Kaushal RajSharma informed that theincharge medical officers ofCHCs and PHCs of urban andrural areas would be nodal offi-

cers of their respective centresfor the works related toCOVID-19 such as sampling,contract, tracing, home isola-tion and shifting to hospitals ofthe corona patients.

The DM directed the nodalofficers to ensure the cent percent collection of the sam-pling of family members ofcorona patients who had died,persons in close contact tocorona patients and patientsidentified during the specialsurveillance drive.

He directed for ensuring 70and 100 samples at urban andrural health centres respec-tively every day and cau-tioned of withholding thesalary of the day on which therewould be no sampling.

The SSP Amit Pathak wasalso present in the meetingbesides the medical and healthofficers of health centres.

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Souls of the seers and saintsof this Sangam City will be

there in Ayodhya on August 5,the day fixed for the BhoomiPujan of long awaited RamJanmabhoomi Temple, saidSwami VasudevanandSaraswati from theShankaracharya AshramAlopibagh, and MahantNarendra Giri, president ofthe Akhada Parishad, andMahant of Baghambari Gaddiand Bade Hanuman Mandir onthe Sangam bank.

Talking to The Pioneer atShankaracharya Ashram,Alopibagh, SwamiVasudevanand Saraswati said,‘I am observing Chaturmasthese days, and it does notallow a saint to get displacedfrom the ashram, so I will notbe present there physically, butmy soul will be there’.

Swami Vasudevanand(Shankaracharya) had beenactively associated with theRam Janmabhoomi Andolan inthe capacity of the president ofKar Sewa Samiti. He had alsobeen arrested then whilemarching towards Ayodhyafrom the Sangam City. HisGuru Shankaracharya SwamiShantanandji and the Guru ofthe Chief Minister, MahantAwaidya Nath ofGorakshdhaam Peeth wereamong the leaders ofJanmabhoomi movement.They will be seeing this historicevent from the heavens on

August 5, said Vasudevanand.‘I will be in constant touch

with the events in Ayodhya,and will be watching it on DoorDarshan’, said SwamiVasudevanand and issued anappeal to all saints and seers notto rush for Ayodhya, but organ-ise special pujan at temples andashrams on August 5. Don’t getextra enthusiastic and keep it inmind that corona is still there,he added.

When asked about the peo-ple who are opposing the eventdirectly or indirectly, SwamiVasudevanand said, they areunaware of the facts. He held

the above moves as politicallymotivated.

As the dreams of KarSewaks is coming true, he willpay rich tributes to them onthis historic moment, he con-cluded.

When asked about hisAyodhya programme, theAkhara Parishad chairmanMahant Narendra Giri said, hehas not received any invitationas yet. Owing to coronavirus,the number of participants willbe limited at Ayodhya, and thePM security will also not allowa big gathering. We will bementally there, if not be able to

be there in Ayodhya physical-ly, he added. ‘Our heart andmind will be there in Ayodhyaon August 5’.

The Akhara Parishad chiefsaid that the sacred soil andholy waters of the Sangam willbe sent their for Bhoomi Pujan.There is a strong bond betweenAyodhya and Prayag, he saidand elaborated that besidesthe Kewat episode and thevisit of Prabhu Ram toBharadwaj Ashram,Hanumanji also strengthenedthis binding. Bade Hanumanjiat the Sangam is from Ayodhyaitself, he informed.

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Former Chaka block pra-mukh Dilip Mishra, sharp

shooter Neeraj Singh andNaved were sent to other jails.All three were sent to differentjails on Saturday morning.They were all lodged in NainiCentral Jail so far. Dilip Mishrawas shifted to Central JailFatehgarh, Khan MubarakGang’s sharp shooter NeerajSingh to Firozabad DistrictJail and Atique Ahmed Gang’sNaved to Lakhimpur KheriDistrict Jail.

Former block pramukhDilip Mishra, his sonHimanshu Mishra, resident ofLavayan Kala village in theindustrial area police station,and sharp shooter NeerajSingh, a resident of Sultanpur,were arrested by the police afew days ago. Neeraj Singh wasgiven the contract by formerblock pramukh Dilip Mishra toassassinate an RSS and SPleader of trans-Yamuna.

Neeraj Singh Khan is asharp shooter belonging to theMubarak Gang. After interro-gation, the police sent the threeto jail. The activities of thejailed Dilip Mishra and NeerajSingh began to be monitored.Meanwhile, the authorities con-

sidered transferring the two toanother jail. A letter to the gov-ernment was also written bythe SSP to shift the two to thesecond jail in the state. And thejail authorities were awating thenod only from the government.

Similarly, henchmen of for-mer MP Atique Ahmed Gangare also lodged in Naini CentralJail. Effort were being made tosend many of them to otherjails. In the same context,Atique Ahmed’s henchmenNaveed has also been shiftedfrom Naini Central Jail. He hasbeen shifted to LakhimpurKheri District Jail. On Saturdaymorning, he was also takenaway from the vehicle undertight security.

NCR MEDICAL DEPTRESPONDED TO CORONASITUATION QUICKLY: Withlimited knowledge on novelcoronavirus and pandemic ofthis magnitude medical frater-nity of North Central Railwayhad challenge to learn andprepare itself to fight againstCOVID-19 and also to sustainregular medical attention forabout 60,000 railway employ-ees, their family members andother beneficiaries of Railwaymedical services.

North Central Railwaymedical department respond-

ed to the situation quickly andmore than 525 formal andinformal training programmeson information education andcommunication (IEC) andsanitisations were organisedfor doctors, nursing, para med-ical and other staff besidesaugmenting resources to fightCOVID-19.

A dashboard for medicalitems required to fight COVID-19 is operational since the startof pandemic for monitoringdaily availability of PPE kits, 3ply mask, N 95 mask, medicalgloves, shoe covers, googles,face shield, oxygen cylinders,and sanitiser. Online portal isbeing used for daily monitor-ing of Railway employees withCOVID-19 symptoms throughmedical check-up in all threedivisional hospitals and centralhospital Prayagraj in five sep-arate clinics set up for this pur-pose. As on July 24 more than9,250 Railway employees, theirfamily members and otherbeneficiaries of railway medicalfacilities have been screened inthese clinics to safeguard ourworkforce from COVID-19.Daily basis monitoring on useof quarantine beds is also beingdone through an online portal.As many as 619 quarantinebeds are available at different

locations over NCR and 78 per-sons including three railwayemployees are being served inthese facilities.

Hundred 100-bed Levelone Covid care facilities arenow fully functional at CentralHospital Prayagraj and JhansiRailway Hospital. As on24.07.20 total admission inlevel one facility of Prayagrajstands at 86 of which 5 patientswere referred to other hospitals, one was sent for home isola-tion and 35 were dischargedafter successful treatment.

NAG VASUKI TEMPLECLOSED: The famous NagVasuki temple of Prayagrajremained closed on the NagPanchami day, thanks to coro-navirus. For years together amela was being organised atNag Vasuki on the occasion ofNag Panchami and thousandsof people used to offer milk onthe statue of Nag Raj Vasuki,but owing to coronavirus thearea came under containmentzone, thus barricades wereplaced there to block theapproach for the temple. Peoplewho reached there with offer-ings had to return home witha broken heart.

Nag Raj Vasuki had offeredhis service to be used as a ropefor Sagar Manthan.

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With one more death dueto coronavirus, the

Prayagraj detected a total of 88new positive cases of COVID-19 late on Friday night takingthe tally of deadly virus in thedistrict to 1,363. Currently,there are 598 active cases whichare undergoing treatment atdifferent COVID hospitals.

In the month of July, thecase of corona has alarminglyincreased the most. That is, 50per cent of the patients havebeen found in the month ofJuly. One corona-infectedpatient also died, now thedeath toll of infected patientsreached 43.

At the same time, with thenumber of corona patientsincreasing, the number of covidcare centres is also beingincreased. Now United andAgriculture Institute are also tobe commissioned as CovidCare Centres. Currently, themaximum numbers of patientshave been admitted to Beli andSRN Covid Hospitals. Around75 per cent of patients in SRNare in a critical condition. Theyare also being given oxygen.146 positive patients have beenadmitted in Beli, 140 in SRN,and 38 patients have beenadmitted to Covid Hospital inKotwa. On Friday, 28 patientswere discharged after recover-ing.

Health workers are becom-ing the most positive amongcorona patients. An employee

posted to the post of dataentry operator in the NCD cellof CMO office has also testedcorona positive. He was work-ing under the National TobaccoControl Programme till beforecorona but from June 1, hestarted working at theKalindapuram quarantine cen-tre. He was working to feed thedata of suspected patients ofcorona. He has been admittedto Kalindipuram Covid CareCentre.

Meanwhile, home isola-tion facility has started to beprovided to corona infectedpatients in the district. SinceFriday, the asymptomaticpatients of corona have startedgetting home isolation facilities.The Health department hasgiven permission to 67 patientsto remain in home isolation onthe first day. At the same time,24 people did not meet thestandard of this guideline, sothey could not get the benefitof it and were admitted inKotwa and Kalindipuram.

Chief Minister YogiAdityanath announced on July20 that asymptomatic coronapatients would be in homeisolation. It started in the dis-trict from Friday. Corona-pos-itive patients arriving onThursday evening starteddemanding home isolation.They retreated when the Healthdepartment inquired about allthe standards for that. On thevery first day, a total of 92 pos-itive patients requested toremain in home isolation.When the team of Rapid

Response did physical verifi-cation, it found only 67 patientswho met all the standards. Insuch a situation, they wereapproved for the same.

Nodal officer for COVID-19, Dr Rishi Sahai said that thegovernment has set the stan-dard for home isolation, it willbe implemented 100 per cent.If someone’s report comes pos-itive then a call will be madefrom the CMO office on hismobile. If the patient is com-pletely healthy, the team willtake information about thepatient’s home etc and askmany questions. If the patientsanswer yes to the questions,then the team will go to theirhome and verify, and if satis-fied, sign the form and allowthem to remain in home isola-tion.

Dr Rishi Sahai further saidthat the patient will have to buygoods worth about �4,000,such as pulse oximetre, glovesand many other items. Afterpurchasing these goods, the billwill also have to be shown tothe team, only then the patientwill be allowed home isolation,added Dr Sahai.

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ACMO Dr Ganesh Prasad,who had recently defeatedcoronavirus infection, lost hislife here on Saturday afternoon.He breathed his last at a privatehospital in the city on Saturday.The news of his death triggereda wave of mourning in theentire Health department and

some acquaintances.ACMO Ganesh Prasad, a

resident of Shivkuti police sta-tion area, was also the nodalofficer for coronavirus controlat first, but was later removedafter he tested positive forcorona on June 17. He was thenadmitted to SRN CovidHospital. On June 28, hisreport came negative. Hence hewas discharged from SRNHospital.

He was admitted to a pri-vate hospital due to havingtrouble in breathing. Hehas been undergoing treat-ment since then. He died onSaturday while undergoingtreatment.

It may be pointed out herethat five more members of hisfamily were found positive butall of them also became healthyafter they all tested negative forcorona.

Meanwhile, on behalf ofAllahabad ComputerDealers Welfare Association,'Health Safety Paramount' pro-gramme was conducted atIndira Bhavan campus, CivilLines.

Association presidentSaurabh Gupta said that in thepresent time, good health is thebiggest security, which willlead us to a golden future. Freemasks were also distributed tomembers of the organisationciting COVID-19 virus pre-vention measures. SanketAgarwal, Meraj, Divraj Chopra,Zafar, Irfan, Asfaq etc amongothers were present on theoccasion.

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In view of sharp increase ofCOVID-19 cases in the

recent days, the Chief Minister(CM) Yogi Adityanath will bearriving here on Sunday.During his visit, he wouldreview the arrangements ofthe local administration. Inconnection with the proposedvisit, the DivisionalCommissioner (DC) DeepakAgrawal, District Magistrate(DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma,Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP) Amit Pathak and manyother officers visited Banaras

Hindu University (BHU) hereon Saturday to see the arrange-ments. They inspected themeeting hall, routes and heli-pad.

According to information,the CM may give instructionsto the local administration toensure door-to-door thermalscanning of the residents.Recently, the Health depart-ment had launched such sur-veillance campaigns betweenJuly 1 and 15 but during theperiod, the teams could notvisit all the places. Besides, dur-ing his two-hour stay, Yogi mayalso give some instructions

and discuss a better strategy tofight against the coronaviruspandemic in this parliamentaryconstituency of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi where major-ity of positive cases in therecent days are being foundmainly in the urban areas.During the meeting the CMmay also review the situation inVaranasi district where thecorona cases are very in all thefour districts includingVaranasi, Jaunpur, Ghazipurand Chandauli.

Later, the CM may alsovisit some other districts in thisbelt of Purvanchal (eastern

UP) including Ballia wherethe number of corona cases isvery high. In Varanasi, Jaunpurand Ballia of the region, thecases had already crossed 1K-mark. In Varanasi, the numberis inching fast to touch the 2K-mark. The meeting of CM islikely to attend by the districtnodal officers Dr RajneeshDubey and Devesh Chaturvedi.According to information, thepreparations are also going onin Ballia where the CM mayalso see the possibilities offlood and discuss arrange-ments with the local authoritiesto face the situation.

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For the continuous secondday, the district has seen

finding of cases in three figureswhen 102 COVID-19 patientshave been detected here onSaturday. It was the third high-est figure reported in a day after179 on July 24 and 115 on July20. Now the district is inchingclose to touching 2K-mark fastas the total number of cases hasincreased to 1,924. The day alsosaw one more death, increasingthe toll to 39. During the day,the follow-up reports of 41patients were found negativeand later on, they have beendischarged from the hospitals.With this, the total number ofrecovered patients hasincreased to 829, leaving 1,056active patients. For the firsttime, the number of activepatients has crossed 1K-markin the district.

Meanwhile, as per freshguidelines issued by the DistrictMagistrate (DM) Kaushal RajSharma, now the businessestablishments and privateoffices will remain open onlyfor four days in a week onTuesday, Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday from 9 am to 7 pmand they will remain closed forthree continuous days includ-ing Saturday, Sunday andMonday. There would be noleft and right arrangementsfor the shops, markets andcomplexes to be opened fromnext week. There would be

complete restrictions on themovement of persons and vehi-cles from 8 pm to 6 am. Thefresh guideline will remaineffective till August 15. Theclosing orders will not be effec-tive on the banks, LIC offices,medical shops, transport,courier, medical markets, veg-etable markets, gas agencies,petrol pumps, media housesand milk shops.

On the first day of the thirdstatewide weekend lockdown,the local markets wore a desert-ed look and the police person-nel were seen active in manyplaces to check the vehicles.The shops of essential com-modities and medicinesremained open during theirpermitted hours. To ensureeffective implementation oflockdown, district and police

officers including SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP)Amit Pathak inspected variousareas. In recent days, not onlyin Varanasi but also in manyother adjoining districts, alarge number of cops werefound infected with corona.Just a day ago, 20 policemenand 18 PAC personnel werefound COVID-19 in the dis-trict.

According to the ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) DrVB Singh, in the first reportreceived by 11 am during theday as many as 12 new coronapatients were found out of 133reports received fromMicrobiology department of(BHU). Till then, the total testresults received were 28,003and the results of 4,988 exclud-ing 963 RTPCR samples col-

lected a day ago are awaited.Out of these, 26,169 were neg-ative reports while 1,834 pos-itive. The total number of sam-ples collected was 33,954.

In all, during the last oneday by Friday, the belt ofPurvanchal (eastern UP) com-prising 10 districts of threedivisions had seen a recordspike when 654 patients werefound COVID-19 and withthis, the total number ofpatients has increased to 7,610.The day saw slight improve-ment in recovery rate as out ofthe total cases, 4,498 (59.10 percent) have been dischargedfrom the hospitals while 3,012(39.57 per cent) are activepatients. The mortality rateremained good as it is 1.62 percent with 124 deaths. Duringthe day, the spike was in threefigures in three districts includ-ing 202 in Ballia, 179 inVaranasi and 105 in Jaunpur.

Meanwhile, a SpiceJet flightSG-9809 has brought 180stranded persons of the regionfrom various Gulf countries.Under the Vande BharatMission, these persons werebrought from Dubai and land-ed at 5.50 am at Lal BahadurShastri International Airport,Babatpur. After thermal scan-ning of all the passengers, theywere advised for home quar-antine. Just a few days ago, withthe efforts of Bollywood starSonu Sood, some strandedIndian students were broughthere from abroad.

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Two persons were killedwhen an unidentified vehi-

cle hit their motorcycle inShankarpurwa village underTindwari police station here.

According to a report,Babloo Nishad (36), son ofRam Pratap, a resident ofBenda and Shridhar Nishad(32), son of Shyam Lal, were hitby the unidentified vehicle inShankarpurwa village underTindwari police station onThursday while they weregoing somewhere on themotorcycle. As a result both ofthem died on the spot. On get-ting information about theaccident the police rushed tothe spot, took the body of thevictims into custody and sentthem for the post-mortemexamination. Ram Pratap,father of of the deceased,Babloo Nishad, told the policethat his son was working in afactory in Surat and had cometo Benda village during lock-down. He said that ShridharNishad was also working in afactory at Surat. In anotherincident, Arjun Kumar Nishad(29), son of Moolchandra, andhis cousin Chhotu Nishad (26)were seriously injured whenthey were hit by an unidentifiedvehicle while they were return-ing from Pailani on a motor-cycle on Friday. They wereadmitted to district hospital byUP 112. The doctors declaredArjun Kumar brought deadwhile Chhotu Nishad wasreferred to Kanpur for treat-ment. The police sent the bodyof the deceased for the post-mortem examination. Thebrother of the deceased, ArunKumar, told the police thatArjun had gone to give somefoodgrains to his sister atPailani. The accident occurredin Tara village under the Chillapolice station while they werereturning from Pailani.

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North Eastern Railway(NER) administration has

started using energy efficient,inexpensive and environment-friendly Head on Generation(HOG) system for power sup-ply in train coaches. In this sys-tem the power supply in thehead on generation-fitted elec-tric engine through a convert-er is obtained from the over-head equipment (HOE) withwhich AC coach, lighting sys-tem and fans are run. This sys-

tem is very reliable. With its usethe need for a diesel alternatorset in a power car has beeneliminated which saves dieseland also benefits the environ-ment, Chief Public RelationsOfficer (CPRO) Pankaj KumarSingh said. This system is usedin LHB (Linke HofmannBusch) rakes only. A total of 22LHB rakes mainly fromGorakhpur, Chhapra,Manduadih and Lucknow sta-tions of the NER were operat-ed by head on generation sys-tem. However, at present special

trains operated by NER like the02555/02556 Gorakhpur-HisarGorakhdham Special Express,02541/02542 Gorakhpur-Lokmanya Tilak TerminusSpecial Express train and02559/02560 Manduwadih-New Delhi Shivganga SpecialExpress trains are being run withHOG system. With the use ofhead on generation system diesel(HSD) is saved significantlywhich results in savings and alsosaves foreign currency on dieselimports. It also greatly benefitsthe environment.

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One accused was arrestedalong with three stolen

mobile phones here. Accordingto a report received here,incharge of Patehra police out-post DN Bhargawa arrested theaccused identified as PintuPatel, a resident of Madhor vil-lage under Madihan police sta-tion and recovered three stolenmobile phones from his pos-session. After lodging a firstinformation report (FIR) underrelevant sections of the IndianPenal Code (IPC) the policesent the accused to jail.

Meanwhile the Padaripolice have arrested a cattlesmuggler carrying a cashreward of �25,000 on his headhere. Police report said that theaccused was already wantedunder the Gangster Act. As hewas evading arrest therefore theSP had announced a reward of�25000 on his head. SO PadariManjay Singh was informed onThursday that the accused wasstanding at DagmagpurChauraha and was waitingsome conveyance in order toflee from there. Thereafter thepolice raided the place andcaught him along with a coun-trymade gun and two car-tridges. After arresting theaccused, Muli, son of ManzoorAhmad, a resident of an areaunder the Adalhat police sta-tion, the police registeredanother case against him underArms Act and sent him to jail.

Meanwhile in a complaintlodged at Dehat Kotwali man-ager of an automobile work-shop alleged that a resident ofan area under City Kotwali hadhurled abuses at him andthreatened to kill on phone.Taking cognisance of it thepolice registered a case underthe Sections 504 and 506 of theIndian Penal Code (IPC) in thisconnection.

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Three persons, including agirl, committed suicide in

different parts of the district onFriday.

According to a report,Monu Pandey (26), son of ShivShankar Pandey, a resident ofMedhara village under theLalganj police station com-mitted suicide by hanging him-self from the ceiling of hishouse with the help of a saree.When the matter came to lighton Friday morning his familymembers informed the policeabout it. Lalganj police took thebody into custody for com-pleting legal formalities.

In another case the body ofChandrashekhar (18), son ofRamdhani Pal, was foundhanging from a mango tree 500metres away from the residenceof the deceased in Saureh vil-lage under the Lalganj policestation on Friday morning.The family members informedthe police and they took the hisinto body for legal formalities.The third case was related toBarbasa Gaharvar village underthe Halia police station wherePinki, daughter of Chandra

Pratap Singh, ended her life byhanging herself from the ceil-ing with the help of a ‘dupatta’on Friday. On getting infor-mation the police reached thespot and took the body of thedeceased into custody for nec-essary legal formalities.

APP PROVING TO BE ABOON: eSanjeevani app wasproving to be a boon for thepeople of the district, ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) DrOP Tiwari said. He that the dis-trict had secured fifth place inthe state as far as its use wasconcerned. He added that itwas very helpful in view ofCovid-19 pandemic andreduced load on OPD too.According to him, till date 427patients had received satisfac-tory treatment through it andits use was not only very easybut convenient too. He said thate-Sanjeevani app was intro-duced in the district on July 10.The CMO added that the vis-itors at the PHCs, CHCs andeven at the district hospitalwere being advised to availthemselves of the facility with-out any hesitation and refrainfrom unnecessary crowdingthe health centres.

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Superintendent of Police DrDharmveer Singh inspected

the Police Lines premises onFriday. For the laxity in work 11personnel were given shortpunishment. The SP directedthe staff to keep themselves asupdated regarding the recordswhether they were related withthe accounts or the police per-sonnel. During the inspectionthe SP visited the barracks,mess, canteen etc and directedthe reserve inspector to main-tain sanitation on priority. Heisntructed the police personnelto adopt additional safety mea-sures in view of the Covid-19

pandemic in their larger inter-est of the society. During theinspection the SP was accom-panied by RI, PRO, reader andthe official staff.

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In view of flood water touch-ing the girder of the railway

bridge number 248 betweenSagauli-Majhaulia rail sectionon the Samastipur division ofEast Central Railway (ECR)keeping in mind the safety ofpassengers it has been decidedby the railway administrationto divert, short-terminate/short-originate trains runningon this section, CPRO NERPankaj Kumar Singh said. The02558 Delhi-Muzaffarpur spe-cial train departing from Delhion July 24 was diverted viaGorakhpur-Chhapra Gramin-Muzaffarpur instead of on itsscheduled route i.e.Gorakhpur-Narkatiaganj-Sagouli-Bapudham Motihari-Muzaffarpur. Besides the 02557Muzaffarpur-Delhi specialtrain departing fromMuzaffarpur on July 25 was runvia Muzaffarpur-ChhapraGramin-Gorakhpur instead ofits scheduled route i.e.Mu z af f ar pu r- B apu d hamM o t i h a r i - S a g o u l i -Narkatiaganj-Gorakhpur. The05273 Raxaul-Delhi specialtrain departing from Raxaul onJuly 25 was diverted via Raxaul-

Sikta-Narkatiaganj instead of itsscheduled route Raxaul-Sagauli-Narkatiaganj.

The 05274 Delhi-Raxaulspecial train departing fromDelhi on July 24 was divertedvia Narkatiaganj-Sikta-Raxaulin stead of running on itsscheduled route Narkatiaganj-Sagauli-Raxaul. The 09039Bandra Terminus-MuzaffarpurSpecial train departing fromBandra Terminus on July 23was diverted via Gorakhpur-Chhapra Rural-Muzaffarpurin place of its scheduled routeGorakhpur-Narkatiaganj-Saguli-Muzaffarpur. The 09040Muzaffarpur-Bandra Terminusspecial train leavingMuzaffarpur on July 26, 2020will be diverted viaMuzaffarpur-Chhapra Rural-Gorakhpur in place of itsscheduled route Muzaffarpur-S u g a u l i - N a r k a t i a g a n j -Gorakhpur. Besides the 04010Delhi-Bapudham Motiharispecial train departing fromDelhi on July 25 will be a shortterminated at Bettiah.Moreover the 04009Bapudham Motihari-Delhispecial train departing fromBapudham Motihari on July 26will be run from Bettiah.

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In view of Bakrid a meeting ofpeace committee was organ-

ised on Friday in the premisesof Iliya police station. SDMAjay Mishra made an appeal tothe people to celebrate the fes-tival in a peaceful manner.Stressing on social distancing hesaid that this epidemic could becontrolled only with the coop-eration of all. Police stationincharge Mithilesh Tiwari, S-ISubhash Yadav, outpost incharge Nasimuddin and otherswere present on the occasion.

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An 18-year-old youth com-mitted suicide in Hari

Sevakpur No 2’s ShatabdiPuram Colony under theGulariha police station late onFriday evening. On beinginformed the Gulariha policereached there, took his bodyinto custody and sent it for thepostmortem examination.When all the family memberswere out Vikas committed sui-cide by hanging himself froma fan with the help of a scarf.He left a suicide note behind.Taking it into possession thepolice was investigating it.

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Kanpur DivisionalCommissioner Sudhir M

Bobde has appealed to theaffluent class to come forwardand help the administration inthe times of crisis.

He said there was massivedemand for personal protectiveequipment (PPE), masks, sani-tisers and many other equip-ment meant for saving lives andentrepreneurs and rich peopleshould come forward to helpthe district administration inmeeting this demand.

He said the elite classshould volunteer to help thepoor who were in distress sothat they too could survive asthe end to COVID-19 pan-demic was yet not in sight.

District Magistrate BRTiwari, received one lakh spe-cial masks donated by DrSuheb Hasan, Director of AligTanneries, on Saturday.

He said the time had comefor all to donate generously totide over this crisis.

The DM appealed to thosewho could afford to enquire thedistrict administration for their

current needs and donate gen-erously as much as possible.

He said the frontline war-riors, especially doctors, weredoing a yeoman’s service andthus it was the duty of the com-mon man to lend a helpinghand to them.

He said the frontline work-ers, especially paramedical staff,needed PPEs to perform theirduties confidently and peopleshould extend all possiblehelp in meeting this require-ment.

Dr Hasan said it was nec-essary to equip doctors so that

they worked fearlessly amidCOVID-19 patients. He Hasansaid he had met the GSVMMedical College authoritiesand asked them about theirrequirement also so that thedoctors and health staff couldfight coronavirus and save pre-cious lives. He said moreequipment would be providedto the hospitals.

He said a small contribu-tion was equally important atthis critical hour.

The MD of Flory Shoeswas also present at the collec-torate.

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(UPMRC) made another his-toric achievement on Saturdayby erecting the first pre-castdouble T-girder of the KanpurMetro project.

This added another feath-er to the cap of UPMRC.

Before this, double T-gird-er was never used for prepar-ing slab of concourse level of aMetro station in any Metroproject in India.

The strategy of theUPMRC engineers behind theuse of double T-girders in thecivil construction of KanpurMetro is that it will be benefi-cial for saving time and forgood finishing too.

UPMRC ManagingDirector Kumar Keshav said,“It is our endeavour to alwaysstrive for an innovation thatwill not only speed up con-struction work but alsoenhance the structural beautyof the project.”

He said it was the result ofthese continuous efforts that forthe first time in India, they hadsuccessfully used pre-cast dou-ble T-girders and this experi-ment would prove to be veryeffective in completing theKanpur Metro project within

the stipulated time frame. The UPMRC managing

director congratulated thewhole team of Metro engineersfor evolving the concept andsuccessfully implementing it atsite. Many types of girders areused in the structure of Metro,and the main task is to incor-porate pre-cast construction to

enhance the speed in deliver-ing the project. Double T-gird-er is now being used for con-struction of concourse slababove the road for elevated sta-tions in Kanpur Metro con-struction. The girder is namedafter its shape resembling likethe letter ‘T’ in English.

Generally, a group of sin-

gle girders is used to form thebase of the concourse of the ele-vated Metro stations, but inKanpur Metro project, doubleT-girder is being used to formthe base of the station’s con-course. It is being used to savetime in construction and also,to enhance the finishing of thestructure.

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FIEO coordinator and officialspokesperson YS Garg said

on Saturday that a districtexport plan was being preparedfor Unnao to develop as anexport hub under the DistrictExport Hub Scheme initiatedby the Union Ministry ofCommerce and Industry andUttar Pradesh government.

He said UP was amongthe prominent exporting statesof leather and allied productsand was the second largestproducer of leather and leatherproducts in the country afterTamil Nadu.

He said the leather indus-try of UP contributed about 25per cent of the total productionof leather and leather productsin India. He added that theleather industry in the state was

well-developed and con-tributed significantly towardsexport of leather and leatherproducts from the country.Garg said one of the primaryreasons for the growth ofleather industry in the state wasthat UP had one of the largestlivestock populations in thecountry, that provided a strongraw material base required forthe industry. He said leatherwas also one of the major sec-tors in the MSME segment inthe state with a total number of4,991 units in 2016-17. Hesaid Kanpur and Agra, notifiedas ‘Towns of Export Excellence’,were the two prominent leatherand leather products’ produc-tion centres.

Garg said Agra was thelargest centre for shoe manu-facturing in India whileKanpur-Unnao were known

for leather processing and man-ufacturing of saddler prod-ucts. He said the tanneries inKanpur-Unnao specialised inprocessing hides into heavyleather sole, harness and indus-trial use.

He said district level exportpromotion committee hadbeen formed by the office ofDIC, Unnao under the chair-manship of the district magis-trate. He said a preliminarystructure of District ExportPromotion Plan was presentedand it had been decided to pre-pare a draft district exportplan.

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his wife to death in Kalyanpurpolice station area late Fridaynight. Police arrested the killerfrom Naramau on Saturday

morning. Sources said thatabout a week ago, the womanhad filed a complaint againsther husband with the police butthe cops did not take anyaction. According to reports,Sunil of Kashyap Nagar inKalyanpur, is employed in afactory in Rania. He is engagedthere for shoe cutting work. Hisfather said Sunil would regu-larly return home in a drunk-en state and beat up his wifeand children.

On Friday night also, hehad an argument with his wifeand thereafter went out ofhome. Sunil returned late in thenight and repeatedly attackedhis sleeping wife Rekha with abrick.

On hearing her screams,when the children woke up andraised an alarm, Sunil escaped.Police sent the body for autop-

sy. Kalyanpur Inspector AjaySeth said the assailant hadbeen arrested.

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nominated president of UttarPradesh Khadi GramodyogMahasangh for the fifth con-secutive term. Akhil BhartiyaKhadi Gramodyog Mahasanghchairman Laxmi Das nomi-nated Gupta as state presidentfor three years. Gupta is alsosecretary of Uttar PradeshGaushala Sangh, former chair-man of Zila Sehkari Sangh,Kanpur Dehat, director andmember of many other gov-ernment organisations ofnational level and spokesmanof Rashtriya Lok Dal’s UttarPradesh unit. He is also chair-man of Adarsh KendriyaSahkari Samiti.

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district president YogendraKumar Singh has raised someobjections to the duties ofteachers fixed for Covid specialdrive in urban areas.

In his letter to the chiefmedical officer of KanpurNagar, Singh said the dutyorder does not mention thedate, time and venue. He saidthe unsigned order list of 1008teams could not be taken as abona fide document.

Singh pointed out that theteachers concerned had notreceived any order from blockeducation officers.

Hundreds of teachers, bothmale and female, residing inGhatampur block, have beenassigned duty in the city, Singhsaid, adding that in view ofnon-availability of proper con-veyance, they should be allot-ted duty in Ghatampur itself.

He said teachers sufferingfrom critical diseases and thosewho have attained the age of 60should be exempted from duty.

Besides, he said, all teach-ers on duty should be provid-ed mask, face cover, gloves,hand sanitiser and other med-ical facilities.

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With several exciting eventslined up, E-Cell of IIT-

Kanpur is celebrating July 2020as the e-month.

Webinar series Startup101,a learning jam-packed monthof Entrepreneurial Bootcampand India’s biggest virtual entre-preneurial event, a week-longE n t r e p r e n e u r i a lEntrepreneurial Extravaganza,bundled with several talks,panel discussions, workshops,and competitions will take offfrom July 26 to August 2.

In an intensive week ofthree talks and seven panel dis-cussions by eminent entrepre-neurs, the students can learnabout brand building, invest-ment, unicorns, business modeldevelopment, unconventionalstartups, student startup, andmuch more.

The other topics on whichstudents will be enlightenedinclude Experiences of the BigBusiness World, Investment indisruption, Accelerating thetransition to Digital: Emergingfrom Crisis, Challenges inbuilding a brand, FromInvestors for Investees,Challenges for StudentEntrepreneurs, The Sharks’Side of the Unicorns, The dual-ity of crisis(ups and downs)

From young achievers towomen entrepreneurs, fromsocial to unconventionalspaces, 30+ speakers will besharing their insights and expe-rience of their exhilaratingentrepreneurial journey. Someof them being Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan,Aarin Capital chairman PadmaShri Mohandas Pai, BarclaysBank India CEO Ram Gopal,ShareChat co-founder FaridAhsan, Sequoia Capital MDPiyush Gupta and the list goeson.

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Taking serious view of thedepartures being made by

newly elected MPs, MLAs andMLCs from the prescribedpractices while taking oaths,Maharashtra Governor BhagatSingh Koshyari on Saturdayurged Vice President MVenkaiah Naidu and Lok SabhaSpeaker Om Birla to come upwith an advisory to be adheredto in the context of the formand oath being read out bymembers.

Through separate letterswritten to the presiding officersof Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha,Koshyari made a request to thiseffect, after observing some ofthe newly elected MPs, MLAsand MLCs were departing fromthe prescribed form of languagefor oath taking and adding thenames of their party leaders orvenerable personalities whilereading oaths.

The Governor noted thatsuch directions relating to thenorms to be followed duringthe oath taking by the newlyelected MPS, MLAs and MLCswere needed to preserve the‘sanctity and dignity’ of the

oath taking process,“Adding names of party

leaders or any other person towhom members owe Theirfaith or allegiance, to the for-mat of the oath taking, violatesthe sanctity of the oath takingprocess,” Koshyari wrote, inseparate letters addressed to theVice President and LS Speaker.

The Governor recalled thathe had to personally interveneand direct some of the mem-bers being sworn in asMinisters in Maharashtra torepeat their oath strictly as perthe prescribed format withoutany addition or deletion.

In this context, Koshyariurged the Vice President andLok Sabha Speaker ‘to examineand deliberate upon’ the issueof departure by members fromthe prescribed format for oathand to come up with suitabledirections/ advisories to allconcerned stakeholders so as tosafeguard the sanctity and dig-nity of the oath taking process.

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The Parliamentary Affairs Departmentissued a notification in this regard on Saturdayafter receiving consent of Governor PhaguChauhan.

Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudharytold PTI that conducting a session in the VidhanSabha was not feasible because of limited spacewhere maintaining social distancing was notpossible and hence, it was decided to organisethe session in the spacious State Government-owned Gyan Bhawan.

“The hall on the second floor in the GyanBhawan has a seating capacity of 800. All 243members of the Assembly can be comfortablyaccommodated while maintaining Covid pro-tocols,” the Speaker said.

Choudhary said the entire premises will beregularly sanitised and there would be adequatearrangements of sanitisers for the members dur-ing the session.

Like the Assembly, the Bihar LegislativeCouncil will meet for its Monsoon Session at theGyan Bhawan due to the pandemic. PTI

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Narendra Modi would attend bhoomi pujanand lay the foundation stone of Ram temple atAyodhya on August 5.

On Saturday afternoon, the chief ministerreached the temple city and reviewed prepara-tions for the function along with other arrange-ments for the prime minister’s visit.

He made it clear that only 200 people wouldbe invited for the function due to coronaviruspandemic.

Before meeting officials of Shri RamJanmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust, saints andofficials, Yogi went for a darshan of HanumanGarhi temple and visited Karsevak Puramwhere stones for the new temple are being carvedat a workshop.

The chief minister later went to RJB com-plex accompanied by four Trust membersincluding Champat Rai, Dr Anil Mishra,Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi andAyodhya District Magistrate Anuj Jha.

He also inspected the helipad at SaketDegree College grounds where the prime min-

ister’s helicopter is scheduled to land on August5. Later in the evening, Yogi left for Gorakhpurwhere he would stay for the night atGorakshnath temple before proceeding to Balliaand Varanasi on Sunday.

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On the current situation on the volatile bor-der in terms of de-escalation, Joshi said thereis a method to every process. The ongoing mil-itary talks with the Chinese are no different, andcertain commitments are required from the twosides for the process to move ahead positively.

“While we are investing sincerely in thisongoing endeavour to bring about peace alongthe border, we also remain prepared at all timesfor any eventuality,” Joshi said.

His observations came after the first phaseof disengagement got over some days ago withthe Chinese troops pulling back from standoffareas at Galwan and Patrolling Point (PP) 15 butonly partially from PP 17A. At Pangong Tso,where the Chinese troops intruded above aboutfive to six kms from Finger 8 to Finger 4 area,they only moved back from the base of Finger4 to Finger 5 but continue to remain on theridgelines of Finger 4 overlooking Indian posi-tions.

Meanwhile, the Indian security establish-ment was not taking any chances and the armedforces were preparing for a long haul.Apprehending a drawn-out withdrawal by theChinese over the coming weeks, the Indian sidewas also gearing up for harsh winter.

The winter stocking of essential like clothes,food, and ammunition besides other relateditems was stepped up and endless rows of truckswere ferrying these essentials. The target was tofinish the stocking before snow blocks Zozillapass lining Ladakh with the rest of the country.

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The Congress will hold a nationwide OnlineCampaign “Speak Up for Democracy” onSunday. Congress general secretary KCVenugopal said that this is to raise voice“against BJP’s constant attempts to topple elect-

ed Governments and misusing constitutionalbodies for their dirty political games.” This willbe followed by protests in front of Raj Bhavansacross the country on July 27.

Meanwhile, the BJP has demanded that theChief Minister be booked under IPC Section 124for the latter’s ‘Raj Bhawan gherao’ comment.The party has submitted a referendum to theGovernor, to this end.

A BJP delegation led by State party presi-dent Satish Poonia and Leader of OppositionGulab Chandra Kataria met the Governor.

Addressing reporters after the meeting,Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia and other BJPleaders slammed Gehlot and the Congress lead-ers, accusing them of theatrics and preventingthe Governor from carrying out his constitu-tional duty.

“There is a procedure to be followed for call-ing an Assembly session but the Raj Bhavan wasmade a theatre for a sit-in. Is that proper? Theyare violating the Epidemic Act,” Poonia, who ledthe delegation, said, adding, “We have asked theGovernor that focus should be on coronavirus.It is out of control in Rajasthan”.

“This is no way to demand an Assembly ses-sion. You cannot gherao (picket) the RajBhavan. You cannot give dharnas (protests) anddemand an Assembly session,” Gulab ChandKataria, the Leader of the Opposition, said.

“The Cabinet has the right to ask for anAssembly session but you have to give reasonsfor it. The Congress is not giving any reasonsfor calling the Assembly,” Kataria added, repeat-ing his call for CRPF protection for theGovernor.

Rajendra Singh Rathore, who is the DeputyLeader of the Opposition in Rajasthan, said:“This Government is headed for a constitutionalcrisis”. Sources in Delhi said that the Centre mayissue directive under Article 355 to ask the StateGovernment to refrain from taking coercive stepto arm-twist the State Governor.

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Parashar said that Chouhan was shifted toCovid-19 designated Chirayu Medical Collegeand Hospital in the state capital.

“The CM has said that no special treatmentshould be given to him. He said that he shouldbe treated like a common man. Therefore, he

decided to get admitted to Chirayu MedicalCollege Hospital, where other Covid-19 patientsare being treated,” Parashar said.

Meanwhile, State Congress chief KamalNath, in a tweet, wished Chouhan a speedyrecovery.

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh said, “Itis sad that Shivraj ji was found corona positive.May God cure you soon. You should have main-tained social distancing, which you did not. Takecare in future,” Singh said.

“Bhopal police had registered an FIR againstme, but how would (the police) have done thatagainst you?” Singh said further.

The Congress leader was referring to a casefiled against him last month for allegedly flout-ing social distancing norms during a protest heldin Bhopal.

BJP leader and former union ministerJyotiraditya Scindia also wished him a speedyrecovery. PTI

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cinema viewing experience as there will bea one-seat gap between customers. However, ifone is booking tickets with friends and family,they will be seated together but the seats at thesides will be left empty. The intermission willalso be extended along with a row-wise exit toavoid crowding in the auditoriums.

Cinema theatre business earns about Rs12,000 crore per year. About Rs 1,000 crore islost every month as the theatres are shut.According to the IANS, Information andBroadcasting (I&B) Secretary Amit Khare haswritten to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)to consider reopening cinema halls all over thecountry from August. I&B Secretary AmitKhare indicated this at a close-door industryinteraction with the CII Media Committee onFriday. He said his opposite number in the HomeMinistry, Ajay Bhalla, will take the final call.

The attendees at the meet included mediaCEOs like NP Singh of Sony, Sam Balsara(Madison), Megha Tata (Discovery), GauravGandhi (Amazon Prime), Manish Maheshwari(Twitter), S. Sivakumar (Bennett Coleman andCo Ltd), and K. Madhavan, head, Star &Disney, and also Chairman, CII MediaCommittee.

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Two Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) ter-rorists were neutralised by the

joint teams of security forces in theRanbirgarh-Panzinara area of Srinagaron Saturday. During the operation, nocollateral damage of life and proper-ty was suffered by the security forcesand the civilians in the area.

Since July 1, the security forceshave eliminated 19 terrorists in nineoperations across Kashmir valley.

In another successful search oper-ation launched in the forest area ofMarpathri in upper reaches ofGulmarg, Baramulla security forcesSaturday recovered one DragunovSniper rifle with magazines, 194 AK-47 rounds.

Defence PRO in Srinagar, ColRajesh Kalia said, "along with theDragunov sniper rfile,10 Riflegrenades & two IED circuits were alsorecovered".

Meanwhile, till late evening theJammu and Kashmir police had not

officially confirmed the identity of theslain terrorists, but official sourcesclaimed both the terrorists werebelieved to be the cadres of LeT andwere active in the area since 2018.

The slain terrorists were identifiedas LeT Commander Ishfaq Rashidand Aijaz Ahmand. They were bothlocal terrorists,official sourcesrevealed.

In another incident, Jammu andKashmir also claimed to have rescuedone terrorist who had joined pro-scribed terror outfit Al Badr a fewweeks ago.

According to a police spokesman,"a joint cordon and search operationwas launched by JKP, 29RR andCRPF in the Ranbirgarh-Panzinaraarea of Srinagar after receiving a spe-cific tip off about the presence of ter-rorists on Saturday".

"During the search operation asthe presence of terrorists was ascer-tained they were given the opportu-nity to surrender, however they firedindiscriminately upon the joint search

party, which was retaliated leading toan encounter",the police spokesmansaid.

"In the ensuing encounter, 02unidentified terrorists were killedand their bodies were retrieved fromthe site of encounter". Policespokesman said, the identity of thekilled terrorists is being ascertained.

Meanwhile, in a separate opera-tion a terrorist hideout was busted bythe joint team of security forces inTral.

According to a police spokesman,a cordon and search operation waslaunched by Awantipora Police, 42 RRand 180 BN CRPF in the forest areaof Chinphadi Machama Tral on sat-urday.

During the search in the area, thejoint team busted a JeM terrorist'shideout. The joint team were able torecover incriminating materials fromthe hideout.

The incriminating material hasbeen taken into police custody for thepurpose of investigation.

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In a positive development, thetotal number of cured Covid-19

patients discharged so far fromvarious hospitals in the statecrossed 2 lakh mark inMaharashtra on Saturday thusamounting to 56.55 per cent recov-ery rate, even as 257 people diedof Coronavirus, while 9251 otherstested positive for the pandemic inthe state.

As 7,227 patients were dis-charged from various hospitals inthe state, the total number of peo-ple discharged from various hos-pitals -- ever since the breakout ofthe pandemic in the state in thesecond week of March - rose2,07,194 as on Saturday. As a con-sequence, the authorities pegged

the recovery rate at 56.55 percent.

With 257 new deaths, thetotal number of deaths in variousparts of the state went up to13389. Similarly with 9251 freshinfections, the total number ofinfected cases jumped to3,66,368.

Of the total 258 deaths, Puneaccounted for the highest 72deaths, overtaking Mumbai for thesecond consecutive day.

Mumbai recorded 52 deaths,taking the total number of deathsin the country's commercial cap-ital from 5,984 to 6,036 and theinfected cases increased by 1,080to touch 108,060.

Apart from 72 deaths in Puneand 52 deaths in Mumbai, therewere 49 deaths in Thane, 12 deathseach in Nashik and Solapur, 9 eachin Palghar and Jalgaon, 7 inKolhapur, 6 in Raigad, 5 inRatnagiri, 4 in Aurangabad, 3each in Sangli and Jalna, 2 each in

Dhule and Nanded and one deatheach in Nandurbar, Satara,Sindhudurg, Beed, Akola,Amravati, Buldhana, Wardha andNagpur. In addition one more per-son from another state died inMaharashtra.

The mortality rate in the stateis 3. 68 per cent. The state healthauthorities said the number of"active cases" in the state at1,43,714.

With 84851 infected cases and2298 deaths, Thane continued tobe the second worst hit district inMaharashtra. Pune, which hasemerged as the third worst affect-ed district in terms of spread of thepandemic, has recorded 73007infections and 1738 deaths till now.

Out of 17,87,306 samples sentto laboratories, 3,57,117 have test-ed positive (20 cent) for COVID-19 until Thursday. Currently,8,88,976 people are in home quar-antine while 45,838 people are in

institutional quarantine.Maharashtra Chief Minister

Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated afully-equipped 50-bed Covid hos-pital in the Reliance Industries Ltd.educational complex at Nagothanein Raigad district.

Thackeray also inaugurated anew Covid-19 Testing Lab with acapacity of 3,000 tests in Kalyanand dedicated Corona CareCentres Kalyan and Dombivalitowns - all in Thane district - in thepresence of Guardian MinisterEknath Shinde, district CollectorVijay Suryawanshi and other dig-nitaries.

The Shree Kutchi KadvaPatidar Samaj, Dombivali, hashelped set up a 210-bed hospitalincluding 60 with oxygen and 10in ICU, plus accommodation forover a 100 doctors, nurses andstaffers, while the Asra Foundationof Kalyan has also set up a 194-bedhospital with 100 oxygen beds and10 semi-ICU beds.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka report-ed 5,072 new coronavirus casesin a 24- hour period, taking thestate's total tally to 90,942,even as 72 more patients suc-cumbed to the virus, an officialsaid on Saturday.

The new cases were report-ed between 5 pm on Friday and5 pm on Saturday. The state'sdeath toll now is 1,796, includ-ing Bengaluru's 862.

Bengaluru continued to bea coronavirus hotspot, record-ing the highest number ofcases daily in the southernstate. On Saturday, the city wit-nessed 2,036 new cases,increasing Bengaluru Urban'stotal tally to 43,503, including31,882 active cases.

The city accounts for 58

per cent of all the active casesin the state.

Belagavi accounted for 341new cases, followed by Ballari(222), Dakshina Kannada(218), Mysuru (187) andKalaburagi (183).

On a positive note, 2,403patients were cured and dis-charged in the past 24 hours,increasing the total such casesto 33,750. Of the total cases,55,388 are still active. Thenumber of patients in ICUsdeclined to 611.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru citywill observe a lockdown onSunday. "Please stay at homeand stay safe for tomorrow's(Sunday) lockdown. It's in yourown interest to break thechain. IANS

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Jammu: In a momentous deci-sion, the Government of India(GoI) has issued a certificate ofGI registration for the Saffrongrown in the Kashmir Valley.Expressing happiness on thedevelopment, GC MurmuLieutenant Governor, UnionTerritory of J&K said that thisis the first major step to putSaffron produced in theKashmir Valley on the worldmap with authentication.

With the GI tag, KashmirSaffron will acquire moreprominence in the export mar-ket and would help the farmersget the best remunerative price.

Lieutenant Governor whilecomplimenting the DirectorAgriculture Kashmir for pur-

suing GI certification said thatrestoring the pristine glory ofKashmir saffron is top priorityfor both the Govt. of UT of J&Kas well as GoI. He further saidthat with the completion andinauguration of State of ArtSpice Park next month, thesemeasures will prove to be thegame changer for KashmirSaffron.

Giving further details,Navin K. Choudhary, PrincipalSecretary to Government,Agricultural productionDepartment said that GI certi-fication establishes specific geo-graphical origin and certifiescertain unique qualities of theproduct. GI certificationenables those who have the right

to use signs in order to preventthird party using the sign.

This GI certification wouldalso stop the prevalent adulter-ation of Kashmir Saffron andthereby authenticated Saffronwill fetch much better prices.

Choudhary furtherinformed that Kashmir Safrronis the only one in the worldgrown at an altitude of 1600meters, which adds to itsuniqueness and differentiate itfrom other saffron varieties dueto its unique characteristics likelonger and thicker stigma, nat-ural deep-red colour, higharoma, bitter flavor, chemicalfree processing and high qual-ity colour strength, flavor andbitterness. PNS

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Arelentless campaign by vil-lagers and environmental-

ists and a timely interventionby Maharashtra’s TourismMinister Aditya Thackerayhave helped save a 400-year-oldbanyan tree and a crucial tigercorridor in Maharashtra fromvarious developmental pro-jects.

After the people fromBhose village in Sangli districtof western Maharashtra cametogether to protest against thebanyan tree being felled downas part of the Solapur-Sangli-K o l h a p u r - R a t n a g i r iExpressway project, the vil-lagers and environmentalistsorganized a novel protest byhugging the banyan tree and

seeking Aditya’s intervention intheir crusade.

Simultaneously, a protestbroke out over the auctioningof auction the Bander coalmine in Tadoba TigerSanctuary, Chandrapur dis-trict, which would havedestroyed more than 1,200hectares of prime forest land,plus the tiger corridor linkingthe reserve with sanctuaires inWardha and Amravati dis-tricts.

On July 16, AadityaThackeray wrote a letter toUnion Minister for RoadTransport and Highways NitinGadkari making a strong casefor saving the tree throughchanges in the alignment of theRatnagiri-Solapur highway onstate highway 166 which pass-

es through the village.“This is welcome news.

Coal ministry has issued noti-fication to withdraw BanderCoal Mine from auction list of41 coal blocks. Happy to notethat the eco sensitive region ofTadoba-Andhari Tiger Reservewas dropped from the list,”Aditya had tweeted onWednesday.

Simultaneously onWednesday last, a team fromthe National HighwaysAuthority of India (NHAI) vis-ited the spot for a survey andto discuss the issue in detailwith Bhose villagers, the tem-ple trustees and environmen-talists. The visiting NHAI con-cluded that it would not be nec-essary to cut off the banyan treebut trim its branches a bit for

the highway to run besidewithout causing any obstruc-tions to the traffic and realignthe service road to save the tree.

Subsequently on Friday,Aditya tweeted: “A 400 year oldbanyan tree in Sangli a Districtand a Tiger corridor savedyesterday. Feels good. 2 inter-ventions where I had humblyrequested 2 Union Ministersand received a positiveresponse from both to assistsaving the environment”.

“I have to thank CMUddhav Thackeray ji for per-sonally writing to the UnionGovt on the same. Along withhim, Forest Minister SanjayRathod ji had written too. BanduDhotre ji led the movement onground and @Jairam_Ramesh,”the Tourism Minister added.

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The total number of coron-avirus positive cases in

Jammu & Kashmir has crossed17,000 as 523 new positive cases,156 from Jammu division and 367 from Kashmir division,were reported on Saturday.

Meanwhile, nine Covid-19patients died taking the deathtoll to 305. Significantly, 300patients were discharged fromdifferent hospitals after theyrecovered. 41 patients fromJammu Division and 259 fromKashmir Division were dis-charged on Saturday.

According to the MediaBulletin, out of 17,305 positivecases, 7,483 are Active Positive,9,517 have recovered and 305have died; 22 in Jammu divi-sion and 283 in Kashmir divi-sion.

The bulletin added out of5,70,508 test results available,55,3203 samples have been test-ed as negative till July 25, 2020.

According to the mediabulletin, “The Per million test-ing in Jammu and Kashmir hasreached 44,744 as against 12,742

in the country, even as therecovery rate in the Union ter-ritory has touched 53.01 per centas on July 23, 2020.”

The overall positivity rate inthe union territory is 3 per centas against 8.3 per cent in thecountry. It is 1.3 per cent inJammu province and 4.7 percent in Kashmir province.

Jammu and Reasi districtshave recorded lowest, 0.8 pos-itivity in the Union Territorywhile South Kashmir districtShopian has witnessed thehighest positivity rate at 8.3 percent followed by 5.3 inBaramulla.

Bandipura and Ganderbaldistricts in Kashmir Divisionrecorded lowest 2.3 per cent pos-itivity rate. In Jammu province,district Ramban is on top with3.7 per cent positivity rate fol-lowed by Rajouri with 2.1 percent.

The UT has also a consid-erably low mortality rate of 1.7per cent as against 2.4 per centin the whole country. The mor-tality rate in Jammu province isfar low at 0.6 per cent as against2.0 per cent in Kashmir.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi is likely to hold a

meeting with Chief Ministersof the States and representativesof the Union Territories on July27 to discuss the Covid-19pandemic crisis and unlock 3.0.The main agenda of the meet-ing is expected to be on thehealth scenario and the wayforward and policies to beadopted from July 31, the cur-rent unlockdown guidelinesend.

Union Home MinisterAmit Shah and Health MinisterHarsh Vardhan will also takepart in the meeting along withthe Prime Minister to address

the concerns of the States.After the inputs from the States,the Centre will hold a series ofconsultations with officialsacross the country and formu-late the new un-lockdownguidelines from August 1.There were inputs from manystates to continue the existingnorms till August 15, consid-ering the current situation.

Many States have alreadyinformed the Centre on con-tinuing restrictions on largegatherings and implementingsocial distancing norms. Stateshave already sought financialassistance from the Centre inincreasing the health infra-structure and creating specificCovid-19 treatment centres ineach district.

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Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kharagpur researchers

have developed a cost-effectiveportable diagnostic device thatcan detect Covid-19 infectionwithin an hour and estimatedto cost just �400.

This entire test can be con-ducted in an ultra-low-costportable enclosure as an alter-native to specialised laborato-ry equipment. The sameportable unit can be used for alarge number of tests, on merereplacement of the paper car-tridge after each test.

The device has beenproven to produce no falseresult with remarkable accura-cy and sensitivity compatible tostandard RT-PCR tests, saidProf. Suman Chakraborty from

the Mechanical EngineeringDepartment, and Dr. ArindamMondal from the School of BioScience, both from IITKharagpur. The technologyessentially deploys a disposablesimple paper-strip for chemi-cal analysis and visualization ofresults.

“The new device has beendesigned to be usable at loca-tions with extremely poorresources in an uncontrolledenvironment, catering theneeds of the underserved pop-ulation. Moreover, it can beoperated by minimally trainedpersonnel, precluding theneeds for skilled technicians,”said Dr Chakraborty.

While the Institute canproduce the testing kit up to acertain scale, patent licensingwill facilitate commercializa-tion opportunities for medical

technology companies.Dr Mondal added, “The

unique portable device devel-oped by the IIT Kharagpurresearchers has not only beenvalidated for the diagnostics ofCovid-19, but also beendesigned to be capable ofdetecting any other kind of

RNA virus by following thesame generic procedure. Theimpact of this, therefore, is longlasting, empowered by thecapability of detecting unfore-seen viral pandemics in thecoming years that may poten-tially endanger human livestime and again.”

The project received finan-cial support from the Institutein late April after Professor VK Tewari, Director, IITKharagpur, decided to set up afund to support Covid-19 relat-ed research and product devel-opment.

“We are ready for com-mercialization of the product.Any corporate or start-up canapproach the Institute for tech-nology licensing and commer-cial scale of production. TheInstitute is open to tie-ups,” saidDr Tewari.

New Delhi: Railway Minister PiyushGoyal hit back at the Congress onSaturday after Rahul Gandhi accused theRailways of making profit throughShramik trains, alleging that only thosewho “looted” the country can call sub-sidy a profit.

“Only those who looted the countrycan describe subsidy as profit. The rail-ways spent more money in runningShramik trains than it received from StateGovernments. People are now askingwhat happened to Sonia ji's promise ofpaying for people's tickets,” Goyal tweet-ed.

Congress president Sonia Gandhihad said during the migrant crisis thather party will pay for tickets of Shramik

train passengers after reports emergedthat they, mostly poor migrants, weremade to pay for their journey.

On Saturday, Congress leader RahulGandhi accused the Government ofbenefitting by making profits during thecoronavirus-induced lockdown whenpeople were in trouble.

“There are clouds of disease and peo-ple are in trouble, but one seeks to ben-efit -- this anti-people Government isconverting a disaster into profits and isearning,” he said in a tweet in Hindi, tag-ging a new report.

The railways spent �2,142 crore onrunning Shramik Special trains butearned a revenue of just �429 crore, offi-cial data showed PTI

New Delhi: The Drug ControllerGeneral of India (DCGI) has can-celled the rapid diagnostic kit importlicenses of three firms —CadilaHealthcare, MDAAC Internationaland N W Overseas —and suspend-ed that of 16 others noting that theUSFDA has removed the manufac-turers from their list of Coronavirusserology test kits with directionsthat they should not be distributed.

The companies were issued showcause notices on July 17 asking whytheir import licenses shall not be can-celled since the diagnostic kits of themanufacturers have been removed byUSFDA with direction that it shouldnot be distributed from the list of prod-uct of serology test kits for Covid-19

disease, according to a DCGI official.The firms were directed to sub-

mit their reply by July 20, failingwhich it would be presumed theyhave nothing to say in the matter andaction deemed fit will be initiatedunder provisions of the Drugs andCosmetics Act.

“Your response to the show causenotice has not been found satisfactorywith respect to removal of said kit, byUSFDA from their list mentioningnot to distribute,” the DCGI orderissued to the 16 companies on July 21stated. “However, it has been men-tioned by you to not to cancel yoursaid import license for the aboveproduct. Therefore, in public interest,your import license for above prod-

uct becomes inoperative and standssuspended, till further orders,” itsaid.

As for the three companieswhose licenses were cancelled, theorders said, “Your response to theshow cause notice has not beenfound satisfactory with respect to theremoval of said kit, by USFDA fromtheir list mentioning not to distrib-ute.”

“Further, it has been mentionedby you that you intend to surrenderyour license for the above product.Therefore, in public interest, yourimport license for above productbecomes inoperative and stands can-celled with immediate effect,” as perthe order. PNS

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The BSF is conducting afield trial of hand-held

ground penetrating radar todetect tunnels, ImprovisedExplosive Devices (IEDs) andlandmines along the Indo-Pakborder.

When deployed, the state-of-the-art equipment will helpthe BSF in curbing smugglingof arms and drugs besidesinfiltration of terrorists throughthe tunnels. The deployment ofthese portable radar sets will bedone once the feedback fromthe ground is satisfactory, offi-cial sources said.

The move to test the effi-cacy of the hi-tech equipmentof Israeli-origin on the groundcomes days after the UnionHome Ministry gave a go aheadfor it.

The Ground PenetratingRadar (GPR) weighing only 5kg is completely man-portableand can be operated in a hand-held manner. The GPR is fittedwith an LCD screen and anintegrated telescopic rod capa-ble of automatically identifyingthe target and displaying thesame on the screen.

A high-level committee ofthe Union Home Ministry thatincluded BSF representatives

has approved the requiredspecifications of the equip-ment being tested.

The Border Security Force(BSF) is the world’s largestborder guarding force tasked tosecure the frontiers alongPakistan and Bangladesh. TheBSF is also the Lead IntelligenceAgency along these two fron-tiers and smuggling arms andammunition besides drugs asalso infiltration is a majorchallenge for the Force that hasto conduct patrols in terrainsthat include non-motorableareas covered with elephantgrass.

The IEDs and mines pose

realtime danger to the person-nel on patrol duties, an officialsaid, adding the equipment

will help in keeping a bettertrack of the movement of ter-rorists.

The GPR, a technologyfirst perfected by Israel, iscapable of detecting differentcategories of mines and IEDs invaried soil conditions, the offi-

cial said.The technology is estimat-

ed to strengthen the proposedsmart fencing and counter-infiltration grid besides curb-ing the menace of smugglingsyndicates along the Westernfrontier with Pakistan thatoften use underground tunnelsfor movement of contraband.

The radar system also hasan inbuilt data-storage facility,both external storage of 16 GBand integrated 4 GB internalmemory. The real-time detec-tion of IEDs and mines willhelp in swiftly defusing thehidden explosive devices, offi-cials said.

The prevalent systemdeployed for detecting minesand IEDs is a time-consumingmeasure as the BSF and Armytogether could detect just sixcross-border tunnels along theborder in Jammu region since2012. Manual detection meth-ods have also delivered similarfindings along the border withPakistan adjoining Punjab andRajasthan.

The tunnel detectingequipment is being tested evenas Pakistan-backed terroristgroups are now using drones tosend shipments of weaponsacross this side of the border.

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As the coronavirus casescontinue to rise at an

alarming rate in India, someStates have resorted to a com-plete lockdown while severalothers opted for partial orweekend lockdown to preventthe transmission of virus infec-tions. Of the total 739 districts,at least 64 districts are stillunder a complete lockdownwhile 119 have partial lock-down or weekend lockdown.

West Bengal’s Kalimpongdistrict will go for a completelockdown for seven days fromSunday even as Kerala ismulling re-imposition of acomplete lockdown.

Bihar, Sikkim, Manipurand Kashmir valley are under

complete lockdown while WestBengal, Punjab, Uttar Pradeshand Madhya Pradesh haveopted for weekend lockdowns.If 'Janata Curfew' is in place inNagpur city for July 25-26,Bhopal is under lockdownfrom July 24 till August 3.Interestingly, state governmentshave chosen lockdowns as pertheir convenience.

Since the lifting of thelockdown, the number of coro-navirus cases in the country hasalmost doubled from 604,993on June 1 to over 13.80 lakhcases on July 25. India’s totalcoronavirus case tally is set tohit the 1.5 million mark inseven days’ time if it continuesto rise at the same pace.

As per data, complete lock-down has been reimposed in 64

districts that include 38 inBihar, 10 in Sikkim, 10 inKashmir, five in Odisha, one inArunachal Pradesh, one inMadhya Pradesh.

Under the complete lock-down, only essential servicesincluding medical facilities,goods movement and mediaare allowed.

There are 119 districtsacross India that are under par-tial or weekend lockdown thatinclude Punjab’s 22 district,Uttarakhand (2), Maharashtra’s(9), Goa (1), Karnataka (5),Chhattisgarh (5), Odisha (23),Tamil Nadu (37), Assam (2) ,Nagaland (11) and ArunachalPradesh (1). In partial lock-down, restricted movement ofpeople with e-passes isrequired.

The Nitish KumarGovernment has imposed acomplete lockdown in 38 dis-tricts in the state till July 31.Despite low testing, the num-ber of Covid-19 cases rose to33,511 cases in the State.

Sikkim has imposed acomplete lockdown in its fourdistricts from July 21 to July 27and all 10 districts in Kashmirvalley is also under the lock-down till July 27. A weekendlockdown has been imposed in

Jammu from July 24.Nagaland also extended

the lockdown in its six districtstill July 31. Odisha hasannounced a 14-day completeshutdown in Ganjam,Khurdha, Cuttack, Jajpur dis-trict and Rourkela MunicipalCorporation area till July 31midnight as the number ofcases rose to over 22,683.

In Maharashtra, partiallockdown has been extendedtill July 31 and inter-districttravel has been restricted. TheMamata Banerjee Governmenthas announced complete lock-down across the State for twodays every week.

There will be a completelockdown in West Bengal onJuly 23, 25 and 29.

In Arunachal Pradesh, the

ongoing lockdown in theItanagar Capital Region (ICR)has been extended till August3 while Kerala's capitalThiruvananthapuram will stayunder a strict lockdown up tothe midnight of July 28.

The Uttar Pradesh gov-ernment has imposed lock-down in four areas of capitalLucknow--Ghazipur, SarojniNagar, Indira Nagar, andAshiyana. Lockdown has beenimposed in Srikakulam districtin Andhra Pradesh for 14 daysand in Karnataka the lockdownin Kalaburgi district has beenextended till the midnight ofJuly 27.

The national lockdownacross India was lifted after 68days from June 1. But theunion home ministry has

allowed state governments toenforce lockdowns or any otherrestrictions to control thespread of Covid 19.

As per government data, atleast 20 districts worst affectedby the novel coronavirus dis-ease account for nearly 65-70percent of the coronavirusinfections cases in the country.Out of these, seven districts arein Maharashtra, three in TamilNadu, two each in Gujarat andHaryana. Delhi is taken as onewhole district while the statesof Telangana, West Bengal,Madhya Pradesh, Karnatakaand Rajasthan contain one dis-trict each.

The data shows that so far,at least 512 out of over 700 dis-tricts in India have had at leastone covid-related death.

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In the wake of various reportsshowing that antibodies

against SARS-CoV-2 may notbe long-lasting, the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR) is mulling a study toassess the immunologicalresponse to the virulent virusthat has swept the world. InIndia, the virus has infectedover 13 lakh people whileclaiming over 30,000 lives.

Sources in the ICMR saidthat scientists from the researchinstitute will collaborate withresearchers at AIIMS-Delhiwhere a cohort of recoveredCovid-19 patients will be stud-ied over a period of time toassess their antibody levels andits role in coming months.

“We need to examinewhether the population, atleast, in high exposure areas, isany closer to herd immunitywhich will depend on the typeof antibodies produced,” saidthe sources at the ICMR.

“For example, are they neu-tralising antibodies? And howlong will they last or howquickly might they wane? Wecould do these studies on peo-ple at least in containmentzones with high exposure lev-els,” they added.

There have been reportsthat levels of antibodies againstSARS-CoV-2, the virus thatcauses Covid-19, dropped dra-

matically over the first 3months of infection in 34 peo-ple recovered from mild illness.

“Antibody levels againstthe novel coronavirusdecreased by about half every73 days and, if that rate weresustained, would be depletedwithin about a year,” accordingto researchers from Universityof California at Los Angeles.Their research letter has beenpublished in the New EnglandJournal of Medicine.

Yet another report pub-lished in Nature showed rapid-ly decreasing antibody levelsafter infection. The results alsodim hopes for “immunity pass-ports,” which some govern-ments have suggested wouldallow recovered Covid-19patients to return to work ortravel on the presumption thatthey were immune againstreinfection, and well as forlasting herd immunity, inwhich at least 60 percent ofpeople are immune after recov-ering from infection.

“The results call for cautionregarding antibody-based'immunity passports,' herdimmunity, and perhaps vaccinedurability, especially in light ofshort-lived immunity againstcommon human coronavirus-es,” the authors wrote. “Furtherstudies will be needed to definea quantitative protectionthreshold and rate of decline ofantiviral antibodies beyond 90days.”

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Number of persons gettingdiagnosed with Covid-19

is rising by leaps and bounds inTamil Nadu. The media bul-letin issued by the Departmentof Health on Saturday eveningsays 6,988 persons (almost7,000) tested positive for coro-navirus across the State while89 persons died during the last24 hours. These are highestnumbers to be registered by theGovernment on a single daysince the pandemic broke outin March 2020.

The bulletin said there were52,273 patients across TamilNadu as on Saturday evening.More than 2.06 lakh peoplehave been tested positive till date.The Government is leaving nostones unturned to identify andisolate those affected with thepandemic. There are 115 labo-ratories across the State whichtested 61,729 persons onSaturday. Till date a total of 2.2

million persons have been test-ed by these laboratories makingTamil Nadu the State which hastested maximum number ofpersons. With 89 personsbreathing their last on Saturdaythe total fatalities in the Statehave reached a whopping 3,409.

It is back to square one forChennai as the Metropolis test-ed 1,329 positive cases out ofthe 6,988 new patients. Theneighboring Chengalpet (449),Kancheepuram (442) andThiruvallur (385) continued tolead the table with high num-ber of patients. Health MinisterVijayabaskar agreed on Saturdaythat discrepancies in testinghave come to the notice of theGovernment. “There wereinstances of persons testing neg-ative ending up as positive casesin subsequent tests. We areinstalling advanced CT-Scaninstruments in Governmenthospitals to ensure foolprooftesting and diagnosis,” said theminister on Saturday.

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Situation in Kerala turnedfrom bad to worse as 1,103

persons were diagnosed onSaturday with Covid-19. Themedical bulletin released bythe Government of Keralasaid that 838 persons out ofthe 1,103 positive cases wereinfected through contactswhile 72 persons failed toidentify the source fromwhere they got infected.

The capital city ofThiruvananthapuram contin-ued to have the highest num-ber of coronavirus patients-240, followed by Kozhikode(110) and Kasaragod (105).The last 24 hours registeredfive deaths taking the tally to60.

Transmission throughcontacts has reached an

unprecedented level in Kerala,which had claimed to haveflattened the corona curve asearly as May 8. Out of the 240persons tested positive inThiruvananthapuram, 218were infected through socialcontact while Kozhikode’s 104out of the 110 were victims ofcontact spreading.

A total of 1,151 personswere hospitalised on Saturday.The number of samples test-ed during the last 24 hourswas 22,013. Till date, thehealth department has sent6.53 lakh samples for testing.There are 481 hotspots in theState. Interestingly, theGovernment of Kerala hasnot furnished the number oflaboratories functioning inthe State unlike Tamil Naduwhere the health departmentupdates about the number oflaboratories on a daily basis.

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Gold smuggling case involv-ing UAE Consulate Staff at

Thiruvananthapuram turnedmurkier on Saturday withSwapna Suresh, the kingpinand K T Ramees, her associate, telling the investigating agen-cies that the higher ups in theConsulate were part of thesmuggling operation.

“The UAE Consul Generaland the Attaché were part ofthe smuggling operations usingdiplomatic channel. For eachconsignment of gold smug-gled into India, they were paid$1,500/ each,” Swapna andRamees reportedly told theCustoms officers during theinterrogation.

This statement finds men-tion in the affidavit submittedby the Customs in the specialcourt in Kochi which is expect-ed to hear the bail applicationsfiled by the duo on Monday.

The Consul General and

the Attaché are not in India.While the Consul General leftthe country immediately afterthe covid-19 broke out, theattaché reportedly fled after thesmuggling operation was bust-ed by the Customs and thearrest of Swapna and her asso-ciates.

The Customs and NIAteams in their raids seizedmany incriminating docu-ments linking Swapna to goldsmuggling. A raid on her banklockers yielded 1 kg gold andcash of Rs one crore. Thoughshe had said that it was a mar-riage gift from a Sheikh in theUAE who was her father’semployer, the investigating

agencies are not fully con-vinced with her explanation.

Besides the officials in theconsulate, the smuggling cartelconsisting of Swapna, Sarithand Sandeep Nair had linkswith many bigwigs in politicsand bureaucracy, said sourcesin the investigating agenciesprivy to the interrogation.

Meanwhile, the NIA teamin its raids and probes hadseized digital records whichprove the complicity of MSivsankar, the suspended for-mer principal secretary to ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan. TheNIA has summoned Sivsankarfor another round of ques-tioning to their Kochi office on

Monday.K Ramkumar, senior

lawyer, Kerala High Court,who has been commissionedby the Customs Departmenttold The Pioneer that evi-dences collected till date havemade it a water tight case andthe role of the accused havebeen established beyond anydoubt. “Please remember thatthree agencies are probing thecase. There is no way out forthe accused,” said the septua-genarian lawyer.

The ruling Left DemocraticFront which has scheduled itsmeeting for Tuesday cancelledthe same on Saturday siting theCovid-19 pandemic. But polit-ical Kerala is agog with rumorsthat the meeting was post-poned because the NIA’s deci-sion to interrogate Sivsankar onMonday. If Sivsankar is arrest-ed by the NIA on Moday, itwould be a major embarrass-ment to the CPI(M), accordingto political commentators.

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Most of the measures takenby the Government in

this financial year will definitelyshow results and drive thecountry to have at least a 6 percent growth rate in the FY22,economists and industry lead-ers stated on Saturday.

Speaking at the Webinarorganized by ASSOCHAMtitled- “Economic Outlook:Post Pandemic”, Ajit Ranade,president and chief economistat Aditya Birla Group explainedthat the last three months havebeen quite unprecedented.

“In the April- June quarter,there has been a minus 15 percent contraction. The foreigninvestors have pulled outalmost $16 billion from theIndian markets, however, thedomestic investors have been

continuously investing moneyto the tune of almost Rs 90,000crore back in the stock markets.There is a lot of enthusiasm andoptimism which is leading themarkets to boom and this isreally amazing,” he said.

According to Ranade, therewould be a sharper recovery tothe tune of at least 6 per centin the financial year 2022 dueto several factors.

“The agriculture sector isdoing very well and is expect-ed to grow at least to the tuneof 3 to 4 per cent. The mini-mum support price (MSP) pro-gram by the government was ahuge hit not only in goodstates like Punjab and Haryanabut also in other smaller states.This will give some momentumin the next year,” he said.

He also added that therural employment guarantee

program was a huge successand saw the numbers almostdoubling. “Also the MGNRE-GA program was a hugeachievement. The Fiscal stim-ulus package 2.0 as it knownwill play a big role in shapingup the things to come and helpin reviving the growth momen-tum,” he pointed out.

Rathin Roy, Director,National Institute of PublicFinance and Policy, and a for-mer member of the PrimeMinister’s Economic AdvisoryCouncil explained that theindustry would need to collec-tively chalk out a plan and pre-sent it to the government.

“The industry leaderswould need to take the lead andchalk out a three-year plan andpresent it to the government.The role of the governmentwould be limited and it’s the

industry that would need totake the lead. Let it work on thereverse,” he added.

Tirthankar Patnaik, chiefeconomist at the National StockExchange (NSE) explained thatdespite the negativity seen ear-lier on the stock exchanges, ittook very little time for it tobounce back.

“From March 20, the stockmarkets started going up, thatis because the global and theIndian stock markets look atthe short term nature of thecoronavirus,” he said.

Patnaik added that thoughthe growth is largely out of thebase effect and the impact maynot be likely to go away.

“The NPAs are likely to bein the tune of 12 per cent to 15per cent; however the marketsdo not see this continuing inthe long run. Also for the

FY22, the earnings have not yetbeen downgraded and expectthe earnings to catch up,” headded.

Shekhar Shah, DirectorGeneral of the NationalCouncil of Applied EconomicResearch (NCAER) stated thatthere is a lot of transformationgoing on in the country at themoment.

“Digitalisation is going tobe the key factor. In the lastfour months, most employeeswhile working from homeshave managed to get around80-90 per cent of productivity,think about the saving it wouldhave on the external factors.This would propel a huge leapin certain critical areas,” he said.

He also informed that it istime to reset our thinking onhealth policies. “Due to thepandemic, the fault lines in the

society have been revealed.While we have been concen-trating too much on the ruralareas, it is also time to think asmuch for the urban safety netsas well. While we think aboutthe cure, we need to thinkmuch more about the preven-tion,” he informed.

Suman Bery, Global FellowAsia Program of the WoodrowWilson International Center forScholars, Washington DC stat-ed that there is a need to pri-oritize the relief, recovery andreform structure and deal withthe issues in a sequence.

“The Atmanirbhar Bharat,global linkages and search fora new growth model are theneed of the hour. The medical,humanitarian, economic, andpolitical differences need to beresolved. The framework ofgovernment’s focus should

include supply side, demandside, and terms of trade,” hesaid.

Upasna Bhardwaj, SeniorEconomist & Head EconomicResearch Kotak MahindraBank explained that there is arisk-aversion in the willingnessto lend at present. “The big cor-porates still have enough fundsbut it is the smaller corporatesthat are suffering the most.Banks are reluctant to lendthem. The pandemic hasincreased a lot of risk in thefinancial market,” she said.

Chairman ofASSOCHAM’s NationalCouncil for Banking & Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab& Sindh Bank, Charan Singh,stated that opening up of agri-culture to the private investmentwill significantly contribute togrowth, in the near future.

Niranjan Hiranandani,National President,ASSOCHAM and Co-founderof the Hiranadani Groupinformed that the governmentdue to its various financialannouncements has adequate-ly taken care of the supply sideof the economics and owing toits various policy announce-ments set the path for longterm reforms. “What we alsoneed at this hour is land andlabour reforms. The powercosts in certain states are veryhigh. Companies are movingout of Maharashtra to Gujaratto get the advantage of lowerpower bills. Out of the textileunits which moved out ofChina, almost 23 went toVietnam and only 2 came toIndia. We need to have a com-prehensive policy to addressthese issues,” he said.

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Private sector lending majorICICI Bank on Saturday

reported a 36 per cent growthin standalone net profit of�2,599 crore for the first quar-ter of 2020-21.

The bank had earned a netprofit of �1,908 crore for thecorresponding period of theprevious fiscal.

Similarly, net interestincome (NII) increased by 20per cent year-on-year t o �9,280crore in Q1FY21 from �7,737crore in Q1-2020.

“The net interest marginwas 3.69 per cent in Q1-2021compared to 3. 87 per cent inthe quarter ended March 31,2020 (Q4-2020) and 3.61 percent in Q1-2020, reflecting thehigher liquidity with the bankdue to strong deposit inflowsand limited credit demand dueto the lockdown,” the compa-ny said in a statement.

The bank made provisions(excluding COVID-19 relatedprovisions and provision fortax) declined by 42 per centyear-on-year to �2,044 crore inQ1FY21 from �3,496 crore inQ1-2020.

“The bank has made addi-tional COVID-19 related pro-visions of � 5,550 crore on aprudent basis in Q1-2021 withthe objective of completelycushi oning the balance sheetfrom the impact of Covid-19.”

Besides, the bank heldCOVID-19 related provisionsamounting to �8,275 crore as ofJune 30, 2020. “This addition-al provision held by the bank ismore than the requirement asper the RBI guideline datedApril 17, 2020,”

“Net non-performingassets (NPA) decreased by 51per cent from �24,170 crore atJune 30, 2018 to �11,857 croreat June 30, 2019,” the statementsaid.

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The Reserve Bank of Indiahas signed necessary doc-

uments for extending a USD400 million currency swapfacility to Sri Lanka to boost theisland nation’s draining foreignexchange reserves due to thecoronavirus pandemic, theIndian High Commission heresaid on Saturday.

The currency swaparrangement will remain avail-able till November 2022, theIndian mission said in a pressrelease.

Sri Lanka in April said itwas set to enter into an agree-ment with the RBI for a cur-rency swap worth USD 400million under the South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) frame-work to boost the foreignreserves and ensure financialstability of the country whichis badly hit by the COVID-19pandemic.

In May, PresidentGotabaya Rajapaksa made anadditional request to India fora special USD 1.1 billion cur-rency swap facility.

“Breaking Good News!Reserve Bank of India signsdocument for USD 400 millioncurrency swap facility to#SriLanka till Nov 2022,” theIndian mission tweeted on

Friday. “After debt repaymentrescheduling discussions yes-terday, this development isanother example of India’sstrong commitment to workwith #lka in post #COVID19SLeconomic recovery,” it said.

The High Commission hasconveyed this information tosenior officials in theGovernment of Sri Lanka andthe Central Bank of Sri Lanka,the statement said.

Earlier, on July 14, DeputyHigh Commissioner Vinod K.Jacob had met and discussedthe currency swap arrange-ment with the Governor of theCentral Bank of Sri Lanka, ProfWD Lakshman, it said.

The two countries alsoheld technical discussion onrescheduling of bilateral debtrepayment by Sri Lanka on July22. An Indian delegation com-prising senior officials from theMinistry of External Affairs,Ministry of Finance, and theEXIM Bank interacted withrepresentatives from theDepartment of ExternalResources of Sri Lanka througha video conference.

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India and the UK haveaffirmed their commitment

to negotiate a free trade agree-ment (FTA) with a view to fur-ther strengthen economic ties,the commerce ministry said onSaturday.

The issue was discussedin the 14th Joint Economic andTrade Committee (JETCO)meeting between the two coun-tries on Friday. It was co-chaired by Commerce andIndustry Minister Piyush Goyaland UK Secretary of State forInternational Trade Elizabeth

Truss. They were assisted byMinister of State for Commerceand Industry Hardeep SinghPuri and his UK counterpartRanil Jayawardena.

Goyal and Truss “affirmedtheir shared commitment to anFTA and towards that, EarlyHarvest deals in a staged man-ner,” the Ministry said in astatement. It added that Puriand Jayawardena will havemonthly meetings to intensifythe dialogue.

It was also decided that ameeting led by Goyal and Trusswill be held in Autumn 2020here to carry forward the dia-

logue.In an FTA, two trading

partners eliminate or signifi-cantly reduce import duties onthe maximum number ofgoods traded between them.The statement also said that theco-chairs of business led JointWorking Groups on life scienceand health, ICT and food anddrink set up during the lastJETCO made their recom-mendations to the ministers.

“Both sides resolved tocooperate in the health sectorespecially in view of the presentpandemic of COVID-19,” itsaid.

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Atotal of 2.6 lakh applica-tions have been received so

far under the Centre’s PMSVANidhi scheme, of which64,000 have been sanctionedand money disbursed in over5,500 cases, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was apprised ina review meeting on Saturday.

The Centre had launchedthe PM SVANidhi scheme tofacilitate collateral-free workingcapital loans of up to �10,000for one-year tenure to approx-imately 50 lakh street vendorsto resume their businessesaffected by the COVID-19pandemic.

The scheme is run underthe Ministry of Housing andUrban Affairs. While reviewingthe implementation of PMSVANidhi, the Prime Ministerexpressed satisfaction on theuse of end-to-end IT solutionsthrough a web portal andmobile app for the adminis-tration of the scheme to ensure

transparency, accountability,and speed.

Noting that the Ministry isworking on a complete ITsolution, including the mobileapplication, for seamless imple-mentation of the scheme, Modisaid that the scheme shouldincentivise use of end-to-enddigital transactions by the streetvendors. This should cover theentire gamut of their business-es - from procurement of rawmaterial to collection of saleproceeds, Modi said.

“Appropriate incentivesand training should be con-ducted for this purpose. Use ofdigital payments will also helpbuild a credit profile for thestreet vendors, helping them infuture financial needs.”

The Prime Minister saidthat the scheme should not beseen just from the perspectiveof extending loans to streetvendors but also as a part of anoutreach initiative for the streetvendors’ holistic developmentand economic upliftment.

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Government is confidentthat the strategic sale of

Bharat Petroleum CorporationLtd (BPCL) may go throughwithout any further need toextend the bidding deadlines.

The deadline for submit-ting the Expressions of Interest(EoI) for 52.98 per cent stakein the BPCL will end on July 31.

BPCL disinvestment hasreceived interest from severallarge global oil and gas com-panies and a few Indian enti-ties as well. In fact, the processso far has generated close to100 enquiries in a clear signalthat investors remain interest-ed in the maharatna oil PSUsdespite the disruptions causedby Covid-19 pandemic, officialsource privy to the develop-ment said.

According to them, SaudiAramco, Abu Dhabi NationalOil Co (Adnoc), Rosneft ofRussia and Exxon Mobil intendto participate in the biddingprocess for the PSU. Indian oilmajors are not behind theirglobal counterparts and arealso actively pursuing theprospects of bidding for BPCL.Oil-to-telecom major RelianceIndustries is understood tohave shown interest for the bid.

The deadline for submit-ting EoIs has been postponedtwice and the current deadlineends on July 31. We are confi-dent that EoI will sail throughwithin time with several inter-ested bidders coming into thefray, the sources quoted abovesaid.

While the queries aboutthe sale is a reflection of inter-est that BPCL disinvestmenthas interest, it does alwaysamount to investment.

But the queries relating totiming to complete the bids, networth requirement, what kindof controls investors may haveto face, will they have to oper-ate in regulated regime or howthe money would have to bebrought for the purchase hadgiven confidence that investorsremain serious about BPCL.

The disinvestment inBPCL involves the govern-ment selling its entire 52.98 percent stake in the company to astrategic investor with transferof management control. TheGovt has barred PSUs frombidding for BPCL and expectsprivate sector Indian playersand global MNCs to bid for itsstake. The Centre has allowedprospective bidders with aminimum net worth of $10 bil-lion to present their bids.

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman has reserved

words of praise for the IncomeTax department, complement-ing officers for being responsiveto the needs of the taxpayersduring the pandemic times byrelaxing various compliancerequirements and addressingthe liquidity concerns of thetaxpayers.

In her message at a func-tion organised to observe 160thanniversary of Income TaxDay, Sitharaman on Fridaysaid the efforts of the I-Tdepartment towards makingthe tax administration as tax-payer-friendly and transparenthas facilitated voluntary com-pliance. Therefore, she said, thedepartment will continue toplay a critical role in the growthof the nation by keeping toimprove and set new stan-dards of professionalism.

She recognised the para-

digm shift in its role in recentyears, from being just a revenuecollecting organization tobecoming a more citizen-cen-tric organization.

She cited various reformmeasures undertaken, includ-ing, inter alia, the introductionof a new, simpler tax regime,reduced corporate tax rates asalso payment of tax at conces-sional rates for domestic man-ufacturing companies, whichwill pave the way for an “AtmaNirbhar Bharat”.

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The Covid-19 pandemic willhave a wider impact on the

country’s power sector in thecurrent financial year with theacute slowdown witnessed inthe first quarter period con-tinuing well into the year affect-ing both demand and supply.

The nationwide lockdownto contain the Covid-19 out-break has already significantlyimpacted economic activity,leading to a 17% yoy fall in theQ1FY20 power demand. Asper analysts, though demandmay pick up after some degreeof normalcy in economic activ-ity gets restored, still powerdemand will decline 8.0% yoy

in FY21 on a steep fall in rev-enue generating commercialand industrial demand.

According to an analysisdone by Emkay GlobalFinancial Services, the situationin the power sector demandwould further increase the gapbetween the average cost ofsupply (ACS) and average rev-enue realised (ARR) to Rs

0.95/unit in FY21E fromRs0.50/unit in FY20 due tolower offtake from commercialand industrial segments,decline in payment collectionand lower cross-subsidisation.This would lead to an under-recovery of Rs 1,12,700 crore inFY21E for discoms.

“Discoms’ overdue hasreached Rs 1.17 lakh crore,

which is close to the peak levelwitnessed pre-UDAY. Theoverdue level is likely to remainhigh in FY21 due to the expect-ed rise in under-recovery andslow progress in the‘Atmanirbhar’ scheme towardloan disbursement,” the bro-kerage said in its analysisreport.

What is worse, the poorconditions in the power sectorwould bring new generationprojects to a standstill affectingkey infrastructure develop-ment. The report said thatGencos’ capacity additionshould witness postponementin FY21 with net capacity addi-tion of just 61GW in the FY20-FY24 period.

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Oil marketing companieson Saturday raised diesel

prices by 15 paisa/litre asOMCs revised pump prices.This rise in price came after theprices were held steady forsometime.

While the price of dieselwas at �81.79 per litre in thecapital, petrol was steady at �80.43 a litre. Petrol prices haveremain unchanged since June29.

Oil companies had raiseddiesel prices marginally by 12paise on Monday but thereafterthe prices of the two petroleumproducts remained unchangedfor next four days till Friday.

Unexpected rise in dieselprices despite slower demandhas put the transport sector ata big disadvantage as rising fuel

cost has further shrunk itsmargins. The price of diesel incapital has also put automobilecompanies concerned aboutthe prospect of the sale ofdiesel-run cars in the country’slargest car market.

With the hike in dieselprices, the gap between the twoauto fuels has further widenedin the national capital. Lastmonth, diesel prices overtookthat of petrol in Delhi in anunprecedented development.

In Mumbai, Chennai andKolkata, petrol was sold at anunchanged price of �87.19,�83.63, �82.10 per litre, respec-tively, while diesel pricesincreased marginally. Oil com-panies began daily revision ofthe two auto fuels from June 7after keeping the priceunchanged for around 82 daysduring the lockdown. Sincethen petrol and diesel priceshave increased by �9.5 and �12per litre, respectively.

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The Income Tax AppellateTribunal (ITAT) has ruled

in favour of Tata Education andDevelopment Trust in a casewherein the tax departmenthad raised a demand of morethan �220 crore, an officialstatement said on Saturday.

The case pertains toassessment years 2011-12 and2012-13 on money spent by theTrust for creating an endow-ment fund at CornellUniversity, US, to providescholarships to Indian studentsand granting financial assis-tance to the Harvard BusinessSchool for constructing anexecutive building to be namedTata Hall. It donated �197.79crore in 2011-12 and �25.37crore in 2012-13.

The controversy eruptedafter the Public AccountCommittee (PAC) of the LokSabha in 2018 sought anenquiry in the matter as itbelieved that exemption grant-ed by the direct tax body wasin violation of the I-T Act.

An official statement issuedon Saturday said, “In a majorrelief for Tata Education andDevelopment Trust, theIncome Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT) bench consisting ofJustice PP Bhatt, President,ITAT, on July 24, ruled infavour of the trust in theirappeal against commissionerincome tax appeal order where-in a demand of more than �220crore was levied by the taxdepartment.” The ITAT in itsorder on July 24 said that allother grounds of appeals will be“rendered, academic andinfructuous”. “We have decid-ed this issue in favour of theassessee and thus allowed thisground of appeal. We, there-fore, uphold the plea of theassessee and delete the resultantdisallowance of claim ofexemption,” it said.

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Public sector banks shouldnot be privatised given the

country’s developmental needsbut the government can look atreducing its shareholding to 26per cent by selling a larger por-tion of its stake to commonIndians, RBI’s board memberSatish Marathe said onSaturday.

Marathe, who started outworking in a state-run bankbefore getting associated withthe cooperative banks sector,however, said that public sec-tor banks need an overhaul oftheir systems, processes andstaff attitudes to be relevant andeffective in the future.

He made the remarks dur-ing an online seminar held tocommemorate the 51stanniversary of bank national-isation. “Ownership of PSBshas to go to common people ina big way. Government share-holding should remain, I wouldsay it should be above 26 percent from where they (banks)get statutory provisions,” hesaid, adding that individualshareholding caps and otherstatutes will ensure that no sin-gle entity or group can exertexcessive control at suchlenders.

He said unwinding the

infrastructure created over thelast 51 years will be a “greaterloss” and pitched for changes insystems including giving sharesto the top management toensure it has a skin in the game.

The country continues tobe poor despite all the effortsof many years and efforts todeepen financial access havealso been met with limited suc-cess, he said.

Marathe said 50 crore peo-ple continue to remain elusivefor the formal financial systemand have not been touched byeither a bank or even a micro-finance institution despiteefforts since 2004 by the RBI atfinancial inclusion.

On the need for change inpractices, he cited the exampleof his daughter, a trained per-fumer, who could not get a Rs10 lakh loan from a state-runbank despite mounting effortsfor months. Along with thesmall business segment, state-run banks also need to changetheir entire approach for ruralareas, he said.

As per a NITI Aayog study,over 65 per cent of the incomegeneration in rural areas is non-agriculture and it is this segmentwhich needs to be served by thePSBs, he said, adding the lendersneed to look at agro-processingas a segment.

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Portland: Thousands of pro-testers gathered outside thefederal courthouse in Portland,Oregon, into the early hours ofSaturday shooting fireworksat the building as plumes of teargas, dispensed by US Agents,lingered above.

The demonstration wenton for hours until federal agentsentered the crowd around 2:30am. And marched in a linedown the street, clearingremaining protesters with teargas at close range. They alsoextinguished a large fire in thestreet outside the courthouse.

The Federal ProtectiveService had declared the gath-ering as “an unlawful assembly”and said that officers had beeninjured. As the crowd dis-persed, someone was foundstabbed nearby, Portland policesaid. The person was taken toa hospital and a suspect wastaken into custody.

By 3 am, most demonstra-tors had left with only somesmall groups roaming thestreets.

Earlier Friday night, theprotest had drawn variousorganized groups, including

Healthcare Workers Protest,Teachers against Tyrants,Lawyers for Black Lives and the“Wall of Moms.”

As the crowd grew —authorities estimate there were3,000 present at the peak of the

protest — people were heardchanting “Black Lives Matter”and “Feds go home” to thesound of drums.

Later, protesters vigorous-ly shook the fence surroundingthe courthouse, shot fireworkstowards the building and threwglass bottles. Many times theseactions were met by federalagents using tear gas and flashbangs. The flow of tear gascaused protesters to disperse attimes, some becoming sick asothers remained toward thefront of the courthouse withleaf blowers directing the gasback to the courthouse. Federalagents had leaf blowers of theirown to counteract.

Daniel Pereyo was oneprotester who was tear-gassed.

Pereyo said he had been atthe nearby park watchingdrummers and fireworks beingshot, when his face and eyesbegan to burn.

“It’s extremely painful,” hesaid. “It’s not the worst painever, but it is discomforting andit’s distracting.” As the clouds ofgas floated down the street, pro-testers would swiftly regroupand return to chant and shakethe fence that separates the peo-ple on the street from federalagents and the courthouse.

It was unclear whetheranyone was arrested during theprotest. The federal agents,deployed by President DonaldTrump to tamp down theunrest, have arrested dozensduring nightly demonstrationsagainst racial injustice thatoften turn violent.

Democratic leaders inOregon say federal interventionhas worsened the two-monthcrisis, and the state attorneygeneral sued to allege thatsome people had been whiskedoff the streets in unmarkedvehicles. AP

Miami (US): Tropical StormHanna was upgraded to becomethe first hurricane of the 2020Atlantic season on Saturday,moving toward the Texas coastand threatening to bring heavyrain, storm surge and possibletornadoes to a state alreadystruggling with the coronavirus.

The US National HurricaneCentre said Saturday thatHanna’s maximum sustainedwinds had increased to 75 mph(120 kph). The storm was cen-tred about 100 miles (160 km)east-southeast of Corpus Christi,Texas, and was moving west at9 mph (15 kph).

The centre of Hanna wasexpected to make landfall alongthe Texas coast within the hur-

ricane warning area Saturdayafternoon or evening, theHurricane Centre said.Additional strengthening isexpected before Hanna makeslandfall. Rapid weakening isexpected after Hanna movesinland. “The combination of adangerous storm surge and thetide will cause normally dryareas near the coast to be flood-ed by rising waters movinginland from the shoreline,” theMiami-based agency said.

Maximum sustained windsstood at 75 mph (120 kph) at 7am EDT. The storm was centredabout 100 miles (160 km) east-southeast of Corpus Christi,Texas, and was moving west at9 mph (15 kph). AP

Los Angeles: Scientists, includ-ing those of Indian-origin, haveidentified 21 existing drugs thatstop the replication of the novelcoronavirus which causesCOVID-19 in lab studies, anadvance that may lead to thedevelopment of new therapeu-tic combinations against the dis-ease.

The researchers, includingthose from the SanfordBurnham Prebys MedicalDiscovery Institute in the US,analysed one of the world’slargest collections of knowndrugs for their ability to blockthe replication of the novelcoronavirus, and found 100molecules with confirmedantiviral activity in laboratorytests.

According to the study,published in the journal Nature,

21 of these drugs are effective inblocking the reproduction of thevirus at concentrations thatcould be safely achieved inpatients.

It said four of these com-pounds could work in combi-nation with remdesivir, a cur-rent standard-of-care treatmentfor COVID-19.

“Remdesivir has provensuccessful at shortening therecovery time for patients in thehospital, but the drug doesn’twork for everyone who receivesit. That’s not good enough,” saidSumit Chanda, director of theImmunity and PathogenesisProgram at Sanford BurnhamPrebys and senior author of thestudy.

“The urgency remains tofind affordable, effective, andreadily available drugs that can

complement the use of remde-sivir, as well as drugs that couldbe given prophylactically or atthe first sign of infection on anoutpatient basis,” Chanda said.

In the study, the scientistsperformed extensive testing andvalidation studies, includingevaluating the drugs on humanlung biopsies that were infect-ed with the virus, evaluating thedrugs for synergies with remde-sivir, and establishing dose-response relationships betweenthe drugs and antiviral activity.

Of the 21 drugs that wereeffective at blocking viral repli-cation, the scientists found that13 have previously entered clin-ical trials for other indicationsand are effective at concentra-tions, or doses, that could poten-tially be safely achieved inCOVID-19 patients. PTI

United Nations: An estimated6,000-6,500 Pakistani terroristsare in neighbouringAfghanistan, most of them withthe Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan,posing a threat to both thecountries, a UN report has said.

The 26th report of theAnalytical Support andSanctions Monitoring Teamconcerning ISIS, al-Qaida andassociated individuals and enti-ties said that the terror group al-Qaida in the IndianSubcontinent (AQIS) operatesunder the Taliban umbrellafrom Nimruz, Helmand andKandahar provinces ofAfghanistan.

“The group reportedly hasbetween 150 and 200 membersfrom Bangladesh, India,Myanmar and Pakistan. Thecurrent leader of AQIS is OsamaMahmood…, who succeededthe late Asim Umar.

“AQIS is reportedly plan-ning retaliation operations in theregion to avenge the death of itsformer leader,” it said.

The Tehrik-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP), a “large ter-rorist group present inAfghanistan”, has claimedresponsibility for various high-profile attacks in Pakistan andhas facilitated others by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lahskhar-e-Islam,the report said. It said that manyformer TTP militants havejoined Islamic State in Iraqand the Levant - Khorasan(ISIL-K) and member statesexpect that the group and itsvarious splinter groups willalign themselves with ISIL-K.

“The total number ofPakistani foreign terrorist fight-ers in Afghanistan, posing athreat to both countries, is esti-mated at between 6,000 and6,500, most of them with TTP,”

it said, adding that a number ofother terrorist groups are activein Afghanistan, most operatingunder the umbrella of theTaliban but some aligned withISIL-K. The report comes overa fortnight after India at the UNasked Pakistan to introspect asto why it is universally acknowl-edged as the “international epi-centre” of terrorism and the“best safe haven for terrorists”,while urging the global com-munity to call upon Islamabadto take sustained, verifiable andirreversible actions against ter-ror outfits operating from its soil.

In June this year, PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khanpublicly acknowledged the pres-ence of up to 40,000 terrorists inPakistan and that terrorists fromthere have attacked the neigh-bouring countries.

According to the memberstates, al-Qaida is covertly active

in 12 Afghan provinces and itsleader Aiman al-Zawahiriremains based in the country,the report said.

The monitoring team esti-mates the total number of al-Qaida fighters in Afghanistan atbetween 400 and 600.

“The leadership maintainsclose contact with the HaqqaniNetwork. In February 2020, al-Zawahiri met with YahyaHaqqani, the primary HaqqaniNetwork contact with al-Qaidasince mid-2009, to discuss theongoing cooperation,” it said.

The monitoring team alsoestimates the current ISIL-Kmembership in Afghanistan at2,200. The leader is sheikhMatiullah Kamahwal, previous-ly the head of ISIL-K in Kunar.The leadership also includesSyrian national Abu SaidMohammad al-Khorasani andsheikh Abdul Tahir. AP

Houston: US federal agentsand law enforcement officershave entered the Chinese con-sulate compound here alongwith locksmiths after the mis-sion was shut down, amidst spi-ralling tensions betweenWashington and Beijing.

The Trump Administrationramped up its confrontationwith China this week, orderingBeijing’s consulate in Houstonto close over concerns abouteconomic espionage.

The Chinese consulatelocated in Houston’s busyMontrose Boulevard for 40years closed on Friday eveningas the deadline set by theTrump administration to shutdown the mission expired.

On Friday, the flag and theseal of the People’s Republic ofChina were taken down fromoutside the Houston consulate.Early in the morning, the con-sulate staff was seen removingtheir belongings from thebuilding.

After the Chinese diplo-matic staff vacated the building,a number of black SUVs,trucks, two white vans and alocksmith’s van entered thecompound, CNN reported.

Around 30 protesters withbanners were seen celebratingoutside the consulate. OnFriday morning, dozens ofprotesters from the Falun Gongreligious group despised byBeijing protested outside theconsulate, declaring a victory ofsorts over the closure of the

mission.Forty minutes after the 4 pm

eviction deadline passed, a manbelieved to be a StateDepartment official entered theconsulate, along with others,after a small back door was priedopen, local media reported.

About an hour later, thefire department crew enteredthe building.

Trump administration offi-cials provided further details onFriday regarding their decisionon the Houston mission, claim-ing the diplomatic outpost wasone of several across the coun-try facilitating influence efforts

on behalf of Beijing that the USgovernment said veered into“the coercive or covert”.

“The sum total of theHouston consulate’s activitieswent well over the line of whatwe’re willing to accept, andunless we disrupted it, it threat-ened to become even moreaggressive in Houston andother Chinese consulatesnationwide,” a senior JusticeDepartment official toldreporters on a briefing callorganised by the StateDepartment.

The Chinese consulate inHouston, Texas, was opened in

1979.Apart from now closed the

Houston consulate, an embassyin Washington and an office atthe United Nations, Chinamaintained consulates in fourUS cities — Chicago, LosAngeles, New York and SanFrancisco.

Tensions between bothnations have escalated in recentmonths over the Beijing’s han-dling of the coronavirus pan-demic, China’s crackdown onits Uygur Muslims in Xinjiangand Beijing imposing a con-troversial national security lawin Hong Kong.

US Secretary of State MikePompeo has alleged that theHouston consulate of Chinawas “a hub of spying and intel-lectual property theft”.

Top American officials hadalso accused the consulate inHouston of being part ofBeijing’s “espionage operations”in the US.

The US said in a statementthat the consulate was orderedto close “to protect Americanintellectual property andAmericans’ private informa-tion.” The idea to close theHouston consulate emergedthis spring after China inter-fered when US officialsreturned to the consulate inWuhan to retrieve diplomaticmaterials, according to a seniorState Department official.

Chinese authorities refusedto let the US officials leaveWuhan with the pouches, say-ing they had to search thembefore leaving, an aggressivemove that violates the ViennaConvention which governsdiplomatic relations, CNNreported.

The encounter leftSecretary of State Pompeo irate,the report quoted a StateDepartment official as saying.

In a tit-for-tat move, Chinatoo on Friday ordered the USto close down its consulate inChengdu. While ordering theclosure, China had accusedthe US of interfering in its“internal affairs and harmingnational security interests.” PTI

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China on Saturday lodged adiplomatic protest with the

US over the “forced entry” ofAmerican officials into thepremises of the closed Chineseconsulate in Houston andvowed to make a “necessaryresponse” to Washington’saction.

US federal agents and lawenforcement officers enteredthe Chinese consulate com-pound in Houston along withlocksmiths after the missionwas shut down on Friday.

The Chinese foreign min-istry said it has expressedstrong dissatisfaction andopposition to the US lawenforcement officers’ “forcedentry” into the consulate andlodged a diplomatic protest.

“China will make a properand necessary response in thisregard,” it said.

In a retaliatory move,China has already ordered theclosure of the US consulate inChengdu in southwest China’sSichuan province.

The Consulate in Houstonis the building of the diplomaticconsulate and is also China’s

national property, the min-istry said.

According to the ViennaConvention on ConsularRelations and the Sino-USConsular Treaty, the US mustnot infringe on the premises ofthe Chinese Consulate inHouston in any way, it said.

Chinese officials report-edly vacated the consulate onFriday afternoon after the USordered its closure amid accu-sations of espionage, HongKong-based South ChinaMorning Post reported.

The Trump administra-tion accused Beijing of stealingintellectual property andclaimed that the consulate inHouston was the “epicentre” ofChina’s research theft.

Vans bearing diplomaticplates departed the consulate asthe 4 pm Friday deadlinearrived.

At that point, federal agentschecked the locked doors of theconsulate and a locksmith wasseen working to crack the lockon one door, the Post reportsaid.

A CNN report also saidthat after the Chinese diplo-matic staff vacated the building,

a number of black SUVs,trucks, two white vans and alocksmith’s van entered thecompound.

The Chinese consulate inHouston, Texas, was opened in1979.

Apart from now closed theHouston consulate, an embassyin Washington and an office atthe United Nations, Chinamaintained consulates in fourUS cities -- Chicago, LosAngeles, New York and SanFrancisco.

Tensions between both thenations have escalated in recentmonths over Beijing’s handlingof the coronavirus pandemic,China’s crackdown on its UygurMuslims in Xinjiang andBeijing imposing a controver-sial national security law inHong Kong.

US Secretary of State MikePompeo has alleged that theHouston consulate of Chinawas “a hub of spying and intel-lectual property theft”.

The US State Departmentsaid in a statement that the con-sulate was ordered to close “toprotect American intellectualproperty and Americans’ pri-vate information.”

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Brasilia: Brazilian PresidentJair Bolsonaro said on Saturdaythat he has tested negative forthe new coronavirus, based ona fourth test since he said July7 that he had the virus.

“Good morning everyone,”Bolsonaro wrote on Facebookafter reporting that the test was“negative”.

The 65-year-old leader did-n’t say when he did the newtest. On Wednesday, he hadtested positive for the thirdtime.

Bolsonaro also posted aphoto of himself with a box ofthe anti-malaria drug hydrox-ychloroquine, although it hasnot been proven effectiveagainst the virus.

Now that Bolsonaro is clearof the virus, he is expected to

return to mingling in crowds ashe used to do before his diag-nosis. He had spent manyweekends since the beginningof the pandemic in close prox-imity to supporters, sometimeswithout wearing a mask.

On Thursday, he was pho-tographed without a maskwhile talking to some sweepersin the garden of the presiden-tial residence.

Brazil, Latin America’slargest nation, is one of the out-break’s epicentres.

According to the Braziliangovernment, on Friday therewere 85,238 confirmed deathsdue to the new coronavirus.The country has 2,343,366confirmed cases. The realnumbers are believed to behigher. AP

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Khabarovsk (Russia): Tens ofthousands of people marchedSaturday across the Russian cityof Khabarovsk on the borderwith China to protest the arrestof the regional governor onmurder charges, continuing awave of protests that has last-ed for two weeks in a challengeto the Kremlin.

Sergei Furgal has been in aMoscow jail since his arrest onJuly 9, and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin has named anacting successor. Protesters inKhabarovsk see the chargesagainst Furgal as unsubstanti-ated and demand that he standtrial at home. Unlike Moscow,where police usually move

quickly to disperse unsanc-tioned opposition protests,authorities haven’t interferedwith unauthorized demonstra-tions in Khabarovsk, apparent-ly expecting them to fizzle outover time. But daily protests,peaking at weekends, have goneon for two weeks, reflectinganger against what local resi-dents see as Moscow’s disrespectof their choice and simmeringdiscontent with Putin’s rule.

Authorities suspect Furgal’sinvolvement in murders of busi-nessmen in 2004 and 2005. Hehas denied the charges, whichdate back to his time as a busi-nessman with interests focusingon timber and metals. AP

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Colombo: The Sri Lankangovernment’s efforts have beensuccessful in completely curb-ing the social spread of thecoronavirus and the countryhas not witnessed a singlecommunity case for nearlythree months, head of theCOVID-19 task force said.

Lt General Shavendra Silva,who is also the ArmyCommander, said that all thepositive cases since April 30,including over 500 at theKandakadu drug rehabilita-tion centre, were those whocontracted the virus from SriLankan expatriates whosereturn was facilitated by thegovernment.

“We haven’t found a singlecase within the communitysince April 30,” Silva toldreporters.

“We have been able to

completely curb its socialspread,” he said. Silva said thatvarious rumours were beingfloated of a second wave ofinfections since the detection ofpositive cases from the drugrehabilitation centre two weeksback, when over 500 peoplewere put under quarantine.

The government halted therepatriation of its citizens fromvarious countries from July 14in view of the increasing num-ber of cases.

“We decided to delay theprocess of returnees in order tomake the quarantine facilitiesavailable to tackle any possiblespike from the drug rehabili-tation centre contacts,” he said.

Silva said that around 20,000people, who were repatriated,have been quarantined andanother 5,000 returnees are cur-rently under quarantine. PTI

Hanoi: Vietnam has reportedthe first local case of COVID-19 in over three months.

The 57-year-old man from central Da Nang city was hospitalised onThursday with a fever and res-piratory distress. The HealthMinistry says his conditionworsened and he was put on aventilator.

Health workers have notbeen able to trace the source forhis infection. For over a month,he did not travel outside hishometown, where no case ofCOVID-19 has been reportedsince April.

Da Nang city authoritieshave isolated the hospital hehad visited and those who hadbeen in contact with the manin the past weeks. His familymembers and over 100 othershave initially tested negative forthe coronavirus. AP

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President Donald Trumphas made a tough line onimmigration a cornerstone ofhis message and has suspend-ed several kinds of visas forforeigners during the coron-avirus crisis.

The original policy changeof revoking the visas of foreign

students whose classes willmove online in the autumnwas taken to court by top uni-versities including Harvardand MIT, teachers unions andat least 18 states.

And on July 14 the admin-istration reversed course andrescinded the decision.

That measure had beenseen as a move by Trump toput pressure on educationalinstitutions that are adopting acautious approach to reopen-ing amid the global COVID-19pandemic.

Trump is eager for schoolsat all levels to reopen with in-person classes as a sign of areturn to normality as he fightsan uphill battle for re-electionin November.

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trol in some states, with the USdeath figures a world-high ofmore than 144,000.

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It feels great. I never thought that Iwill be away from sets for such a longtime, it feels amazing to be working again.I feel alive when I am infront of thecamera. My workplace is my temple andI feel fortunate to be allowed to visit thetemple.� Is it hard to adapt to the new normal,especially when you are working?

Yes, it is extremely tough. But sincewe don’t have any other option but tofollow all the norms, in order to be safe,we have to adapt to it. But having saidthat, it is tough to take care of sanitisationand to maintain social distancing. Becausewhen you are working, your focus issolely on work but now the energies arediverted and yet we have to be our bestand be safe as well.� Between action and cut, do youstruggle to maintain social distancing?Does that bother you?

When I am in between the shot, Idon’t think about any other thing but togive the best shot. Between action and cut,I am transported to a different world.When I am enacting a scene, precautionsand social distancing are mere words.Because it is not practically possible, youcan’t keep a six-feet distance from yourco-actors and then perform. When I amPrithvi, I am living his world. Once thedirector calls it cut, I make sure that I amfollowing all the norms. Before and afterevery scene, I get the floor and things thatI touch, sanitised properly.� Many shows are now makingsanitiser, face shields and masks a partof the show. Can we expect thesame with Kundali Bhagya?

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Absolutely not. I didn’t have even oneper cent of apprehension. Initially, it wassupposed to be only two-three monthscameo. I was told if the character is well-received by the audience, it might get anextension, however there was noconfirmation. But then, the audienceloved Prithvi so much that he became apart of the show. Also, not to mentionKundali Bhagya has been a turning pointof my career.� Was acting always your calling?

I was an entertainer in school andcollege. I used to participate in events. Iwas always the one to take the first stepand approach the principal, if I canperform at school functions. Whenever,I used to perform, I saw a lot of happyfaces around me. That’s when I realisedthat I am born to entertain. At that time,it was just about being an entertainer, that

acting was not so common. Then inmy college days, I started doingstreet plays and that got me

thinking that I can be an actor.I attended an acting workshop

in Pune and my teacher toldme that I have the potential

to do something big inlife and that I should

move to Mumbaiand try my luck.

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diploma in filmmaking but I told all myfriends that I am meant to be infront ofthe camera. And if anyone makes a

short film, then he doesn’t need to lookfor anyone else because they have anin-house actor in me. It was followedby auditions and then my TV careerwas started with Bairi Piya, whichwas a product of Balaji Telefilms. Istarted with Balaji, did other showsand now again I am back to Balaji,it has been a full circle.

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To see him on the screen asa posthumous actor givesyou so much angst, the

kind of angst that builds up evenmore when you see him as anengaging youthful characterdrawing you into his ultimatedeath through this movie.

Dil Bechara is a sweet lovestory between two cancerpatients which may not havegarnered so many eyeballs hadSushant been with us, but histragic death will draw manymore viewers to this last mountof the youngster, released on anOTT platform without muchpublicity, perhaps because hisdeath itself is the most potentpropeller for the movie.

As a tribute, Disney+Hotstar, the platform on whichthe movie has been released, hasopened it for free streaming.Seeing this movie brings to thefore the futility of the suicide bythe actor. Such a waste of talent,such a waste of youth.

But this movie, based on a

simple yet moving love story oftwo cancer survivors and howthey pack their moments in theface of fast approaching deathcomes to you in a gentlemanner, moving you to the corewithout really hollering theprospect of death from thepulpit.

Really, it is some fault in ourstars that we lost Rajput in amanner that he left us but in hislast, he does everything right toclimb into our hearts both withhis acting skills and hispresence. He is sweet, the storyis sweet and the end moments,almost like a tribute to his soulbefore his death, are done withcandid simplicity.

Sanjana Sanghi, as his loveinterest, is fresh and happening.Sushant, on the other hand, isspecial which again and againbrings one to his shockingunexpected suicide.

In fact it leaves you angryabout losing such a young lifeto whatever the reason mayhave been. Dil Bechara, in thatcontext, is a film that needs tobe seen both as a tribute and tofreeze some frames of this verytalented person who gave up.

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stories go, they are more compellingthan fiction, especially when theycome wrapped in a crime series butthis one is different for the simplereason that it emotes a narrative thattakes into account so many otherthings, like the trauma, fear,uncertainty, helplessness and fight forjustice of the victims’ families, theefficacy of certain police protocols, thebrazen indifference of a serial killer andthen and only then the achievement ofa police officer in bringing him tobook.

In this context, the series hasdepth of what it conveys and theimpact of this is enhanced by the aptlytimed short six episodes that it takesto show how two mothers of the twovictims, one who got justice and theother who did not (brilliantly playedby Imelda Staunton as Karen), cope

with long trials and the castigation ofthe cop who risked his job and lost itin his attempt to bring the killer toadmit to more killings.

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shown with the subtlety that theywarrant and the path to criminaljustice has been charted with the ifsand buts that it steps into [pretty often.

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It’s been a 36-year journey from IITand IIM to his ashram in ruralOdisha where SwamiMukundananda plans to set up auniversity as a part of his 100-acre

spiritual zone.But his claim to fame is not about

spending seven months a year in the USimparting spiritual knowledge to theWestern world on his guru JagadguruKripaluji Maharaj’s instruction, but thefact that he believes in and propagateswhat he calls the true journey to self-real-isation, of supreme knowledge and whatVedic scriptures term as Brahman.

Yoga in its wholesome tripartite struc-ture enriching the body, mind and souland not just as a weight loss and fitnessfad, faith not as a miracle healer but aninstrument of life, and health as a tool tobe fit enough to render your duties as akarma yogi, not to mention keeping theencaser of the soul in fine fettle, that’s whatthis swami propagates.

Ask him what he is doing in this glutof gurus and he strikes a balance in per-spective. “I am in the race only againstmyself. I want to be true to what I am hereto do and be good at it. And, that’s to showthe path to self-realisation,” he tells you.

After countless lectures at Harvard,Princeton and Yale, to name a few of hisusual pitstops, books on yogic health, spir-ituality and yoga, not to mention connec-tions with youth and spreading the wordacross the world the Vedic way, he has astrange aura of peace and contentmentaround him, even though his engagementsgive you a sense of a whirlwind, whistlestop journey.

“For many students, the talks are aneye-opener, bringing them in touch witha science they were unaware of. Forsome, the talks provide a way to blend thevalues they imbibed in traditional house-holds with the reality of the competitiveworld they live in. The most energisedQ&A session took place in my alma mater,IIT Delhi, a few years ago, where the fer-tile intellects of the students were stimu-lated by the spiritual perspective they hadjust heard, and they began fervently

competing with each other to get theirquestions answered,” he says.

People call him a happiness guru, butthat kind of limits his karma bhoomi. LikeSir Francis Bacon, and even Pope JohnPaul II who found Bible to be a book ofancient science, he unhesitatingly marriesScience with Religion for what he callscomplete development. “Science finds,innovates and invents to give your bodyways to live a healthy, comfortable life.Spirituality, on the other hand, controls themind for you to give this comfortable bod-ily existence a purpose and a journey,” hesays, conflating the two diametricallyopposite concepts with seamless clarity,and practicality if one may say so.

Born to an Air Force engineer withnationwide postings, and hailing from UP,sanyaas, he tells you, forbids him fromrevealing his real name but the need to bea sanyasi came to him when he was grad-uating from Indian Ivy League institutionsand was introduced to the Bhagwad Gitaby a fellow student. His mind kept askinghim profound questions of existence andeven though he picked up his first med-itation workbook for a lark at the callowage of eight, he saw a way in renunciationto get all the answers he sought, duringhis 20s.

Only he knows best if he got all hisanswers right, but his educational back-ground has, indeed, helpedMukundananda to become a multi-facetedmodern preacher who can be as effectiveas a motivational speaker for corporatesas his mind management skills are for hismore run-of-the-mill disciples from ruralOdisha and other parts of India, to Dallaswhere he spends time “at a beautiful tem-ple,” giving sermons, organising spiritu-al retreats and enriching his soul alongwith that of his growing followers.

He pitches for a course on Religionand Spirituality in school, college and uni-versity curricula as an essential tool toequip students to fight the modern epi-demic of depression and other existentialissues. “Faith gives the mind clarity, pur-pose, peace and positivity and our young

need these values more than ever before,”he asserts.

“Youngsters want knowledge to helpthem in their social, professional and fam-ily life. What is, therefore, necessary is forus to take the wisdom of our ancient scrip-tures and make it relevant in currenttimes.” he adds.

Talking on the pandemic and theopportunity it has given mankind to cleanup their rusted window to the inner selfthrough running inside instead of outside,he terms the Universe a university of hardknocks. “It teaches us to become our bestversion of ourselves. It is the hardships thatbring out the best in us. Ramayana wouldnot have been relevant, written or read butfor those 14 years of rigour that Lord Ramundertook on his banishment. “It is thoseyears that give us lessons in Bharat’s loy-alty, Laxman’s brotherly passion, Sita’schastity and Lord Ram’s godly existence,”he says.

In other words, faith and spiritualityhave become even more relevant intoday’s time when the pandemic hasnibbled into global lives like silverfish, giv-ing rise to a never-before fear factor ofimminent death and suffering.

“Spirituality keeps your mind in holdand gives you the mores to step out of yourfears. If you know how not to fear death,your life is sorted. If you can stare downsuffering with positivity, you will not viewdeath as a life altering dead-end,”Mukundananda says.

This is not the first time that the pan-demic has swept the globe. He attributessurvival of humanity to the strong humanspirit to face hardships unitedly, as a glob-al citizen.

“So there is this story of the cornfarmer. He had wonderful corn growingin his fields that would win him the nation-al corn growing competition year afteryear. However, would share his prized cornseed with neighbouring farmers. Whenjournalists asked him why on earth wouldhe share something so precious andunique, he explained: ‘It is the pollen fromthe neighbouring fields that flies into my

field to fertilise by corn. If they are grow-ing unhealthy crop, it will affect mine too,’he added. Similarly, as citizens of the worldwe have a global duty to unitedly fight thispandemic. Our national duty is to followthe regulations laid down by our respec-tive Governments. Then there is our dutyto ourselves, that is to be strong in thesetough times,” he says.

Indeed, Mukundananda is quite a sto-ryteller, perhaps learning the trade of con-structive engagement from his IIMinstructors at Kolkata. “Once Narad Muniwas passing by a village that had been hitby cholera. He met a personalised choleraand asked him how many people did youkill Mr Cholera? He said 35. Narad said,but news has put the toll at 119. Cholerasaid, I caused only 35 deaths, rest died dueto panic. So, we need to have strength andshed our fears if we have to survive inthese difficult times,” Mukundanandaexplains.

Besides being a celebrated mind man-ager sanyasi, this 59-year-old gentlemanclad in saffron robes with glowing hair andan omnipresent smile on his face, is alsoa health food and yoga expert, both ofwhich come in handy in times like these.“Up your immunity. It will not cure thevirus but it will definitely give you a work-able shield against infection. Regularlytake citrus fruit. Amla has Vitamin A of10 oranges. Daily dose of antioxidants isimportant too and amla is a rich one forthat too, as also dark coloured fruits, likeblueberries. Ginger and turmeric arebeneficial in building and maintainingimmunity. Pranayama is a natural way ofreceiving antioxidants from the atmos-phere. Be stress free to build immunity.Continue with your devotion and medi-tation and soon sunny times will be backagain,” he insists.

He explains the fury of this coronapandemic by calling it more repercussivethan the two World Wars. “Let us look atthe positive side of the situation and howwe can grow from facing this. We have pri-oritised ‘doing’ all our life. Spent the bestpart of our life in ‘doing’. But how much

did we prioritise ‘being’? How much didwe focus in being better people? Howgood we were able to become as humanbeings. This adversity has forced us to stoprunning outside and given us a windowto look within ourselves and focus on themost important need to grow from with-in.” he says.

Yes, we have put behind us many pan-demics and survived. And that’s becausethe basis of external success is our innercharacter, integrity, wellbeing and divin-ity.

“Look at the Tower of Calgary. Itweighs 11,000 tonnes. Sixty per cent of theweight of that tower is under the ground.The foundation is so huge. Our founda-tion is our inner quality, let us utilise thepresent time to make it our priority toequip ourselves with our inner strength.Like a bow and the arrow, bow the arrowas far back as possible for it to shoot as for-ward as possible. You need to do this withyour inner strength and look for the divin-ity in yourself,” Mukundananda pre-scribes.

He believes what Vivekanand aboutlife is eternally true. The great philosopherof spirituality said life is a continualunfoldment in a wheel under circum-stances tending to press it downwards.However, we rise to face it and we find thetrue purpose of life which is our innergrowth.

“So be patient, go within. Take advan-tage of the situation. Detox yourself men-tally. Cut down the toxins of unnecessaryexposure to video games, social media etcin this digital age. Shut off, don’t Netflix,withdraw yourself from the world andabsorb it in God. Do self-study, go with-in. That is what I am doing. You can con-nect with your family. Call the pandem-ic the golden hours of isolation and usethem for self-strengthening.”

Even sceptics may deign to agree withhim grudgingly as difficult times doteach us the most powerful lessons, oneof them being the need to know our lim-itations. “The tiniest of viruses is evadinga cure despite science calling itself God.The takeaway is to be humble. RememberTitanic? It was a huge dream ship, like amini city. Engineers said nothing in theworld can destroy it. It hit an iceberg oninaugural voyage and sank forever, killing1000 people. So, the thinking should be,so what if there is bankruptcy of materi-al things. Inner wealth, which is the loveof God, is permanent,” he says.

Mukundananda is an unabashedvotary of vegetarianism and gives ratherscientific reasons for his view. “We needto respect the laws of Nature. Swine flucame from pigs. SARS and most otherviruses came from the animal kingdom.The Mad Cow disease is the horrific out-come of feeding a herbivorous being withanimal products for better production andthe result of meddling with Nature has hadits repercussions. Global warming isbecause of acute animal consumption. Forjust one kg of meat, as many as 3,000 gal-lons of water is used up. Forests have beencleared for make grazing grounds for ani-mals that humans eat. The human bodyis not meant for eating meat. Carnivoreshave very tiny intestines where the meatdisintegrates fast. Human intestines aretoo big where meat sits for long. Theresult? Diseases, like cancer, come becauseof this. We have molars, carnivores havecanines to chew the meat. Our bodilystructure is meant for vegetarianism,”Mukundananda insists.

The young yogi is a cool package thatsells and gels well with this post-modernage where the fast and furious, the youngand the restless millennials are looking forquick fixes to life issues, which are manyand complex to their utter chagrin.Hence, his diligently put together lessonplans which appeal to all ages, like theworldwide Happiness Challenge helaunched on finding meaningful secretsof happiness with fun activities which hida deeper yogic way of life in them. Morerecently, he has been involved in evolvingspiritual retreats for recharging the innerself.

Just about to turn 60, his journey isso far has been young, and perhaps relat-able in that sense. But he and humanityhave a long way to go. For, the soul,according to the Vedic scriptures hedotes on, has been transmigrating in 8.4million species since endless lifetimes.

Food is for the mind, mind is for thesoul and vaasana (lust) should be for onlyGod. One-liners like these suit his coun-tenance. As do his slender artistic finger-tips on which global philosophical greatssit as pretty as Indian seers — fromRavidas to bhakti propellers in Kabir, toTukaram to Eknath, to Gods like Krishnaand Ram, whom he quotes effortlessly atthe drop of, well, a sermon.

So, here is one guru who has done hishomework well. His idea of spirituality iswell programmed and easy on the mind.He has his knowledge in a pertinentmould and sports the relevant communi-cation skills to draw in the crowds, andsomewhere down the line, manages toinsert in them a sense of self – humble,well-meaning, pious, selfless self.

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Anxiety, depression and panicattacks are a part and par-cel of this turbulent time.

However, empathy and compas-sion can be an answer and can pro-vide healing and solace to ourbeautiful mind.

If the data of suicides, due todepression, is taken into consider-ation during the lockdown andUnlock 1.0, the mental isolation isproving more dangerous thanCoronavirus these days.

Then increasing cases of sui-cides was sidelined because of the

ongoing discussions about the banon TikTok and other 59 chineseapps. While it was a welcomingstep for many, others especiallyteenagers were very upset andeven committed suicide.

For those, who still don’t knowwhat depression actually is, depres-sion is a mood disorder that caus-es a persistent feeling of sadnessand loss of interest. Also calledmajor depressive disorder or clin-ical depression, it affects how youfeel, think and behave and can leadto several emotional and physical

problems. One may face troubledoing normal day-to-day activities,and sometimes even feel as if lifeisn’t worth living.

When the Government bannedthe Chinese apps, many ques-tioned what would happen tothose who used TikTok as a plat-form to share their content andmade some money from it? But fretnot. There is an Indian version ofthe app, Rgyan. Unlike the exist-ing social media platforms whichproduces minimal thoughtful con-tent, it is a social spiritual network-

ing platform which helps in creat-ing a community of intellectualsand motivated individuals seekingtruths about life.

The socio-spiritual technologystartup is founded on the belief ofempowerment of participation bycreating a spiritual social net-work. It can also be compared tospiritual instagram with a touch ofQuora. The app promotes thought-ful content on several non-trivialtopics necessary to find importanttruths about life. It expects to doso by facilitating sharing of

thoughts on various subjectivematters. Amidst social media sitesthat promote banality and silliness,Rgyan stands out as a platformwhere meaningful content isshared and discussions are heard.It is available on both web as wellas a mobile application on androidplay store in English and Hindi.

To use the application, userscan log in by creating an accountusing a registered phone numberor explore its services as an anony-mous user. The app allows users toexpress and share their thoughts

through pictures, videos, text,GIFs, or as real-time discussions.

The app also offers the flexibil-ity of a User Generated ContentModel (UGC) with that of curat-ed content available on Divinity,Daily Horoscope, and aggregatednews on spiritual and social mat-ters.

Celebrating the success of theMade In India app, Debjit Patra,Founder and Chairman, Rgyan,says that such a platform wasmuch needed, more so because ofthe current situation.

“There was a need for such ameaningful social platform wherepeople can get knowledge as wellas share their thoughts on variousmeaningful matters. The app wasstarted back in 2016 with a visionand now hacve successfullyreached the milestone of one mil-lion monthly views. We have comea long way, but this is not the limitas we know that in the time tocome, more and more people willstart to use the app and will loveit. It will definitely help them tobeat all the blues,” Patra says.

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With Ben Stokes retreat-ing to a back-seat role,Stuart Broad filled in as

England’s all-action allrounder tomove the team within sight of aTest series victory over the WestIndies on Saturday.

Broad smashed a counterat-tacking 62 in a return to formwith the bat then played a leadrole as part of England’s destruc-tive pace quartet to leave theWest Indies on the ropes afterday two of the deciding thirdTest.

In reply to England’s firstinnings of 369, the tourists were137-6 when bad light forcedstumps at Old Trafford on a daythe forecast rain never came.They trail by 232 runs, with thefollow-on still very much in

play.Broad was dropped for the

first Test that England lost inSouthampton, and showed hisdisgust and disappointment in aTV interview midway throughthe match. Restored for the sec-ond test in which he took threewickets in each innings, Broadcontinues to take his anger outon the West Indies.

Resuming on 258-4, Englandcollapsed to 280-8 after losingwickets in four consecutive overs,only for Broad to do his bestimpression of Stokes with a bel-ligerent 45-ball 62 before lunch.It was the left-hander’s highestTest score since 2013 and the best

he has looked with the bat sincebreaking his nose while battingagainst India at Old Trafford ayear later, an incident which heacknowledged drained him ofconfidence against pace bowlingand led to him using a sportspsychologist.

Broad smashed nine foursand a six in a potentially game-defining ninth-wicket partner-ship with Dom Bess worth 76runs. His 33-ball half-centurytied him for third place on theall-time list of England’s fastestTest fifties.

The West Indies came out tobat after lunch under gray, threat-ening skies at Old Trafford, hor-rible conditions to face one of thestrongest and deepest paceattacks England has put out.

By stumps, Broad, JamesAnderson, Jofra Archer and

Chris Woakes all had wickets andthe West Indies was looking bat-tered and beaten. Stokes, strug-gling for full fitness after his star-ring role in the second test, isunlikely to bowl in Manchester

and wasn’t looking needed.Broad took the wicket of

Kraigg Brathwaite (1) in his firstover — England’s second — andalso trapped Roston Chase lbw inthe final session to finish withfigures of 2-17. Anderson also

had 2-17 on his home ground.The West Indies closed with

Jason Holder on 24 and ShaneDowrich on 10, their bid to cap-ture a test series in England forthe first time since 1988 lookingin ruins.

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feels Ollie Pope hasbeen a “real find” forEngland and he hasthe capability of suc-ceeding in all formatsof the game.

After failing tobreach the 15-runmark in the first twoTests against Windies,Pope alongside JosButtler rescuedEngland from a precar-ious 122-4 at tea toclose the opening dayof the series decider on258-4.

The 22-year-old is coming off a superb series inSouth Africa earlier this year, where he notched uptwo half-centuries and a career-best 135 not out atPort Elizabeth.

On Friday, he stitched a 136-run unbeaten part-nership with Buttler (56 not out on Friday) by scor-ing a splendid 91.

“If you look at his first-class record, he’s averag-ing 57 and he’s proved that he can do it in Test crick-et with that great innings he played in South Africa,”Strauss told Sky Sports.

“Today was more of the same. He’s a guy whocan score quickly without you really noticing it. Heplayed some really eye-catching shots as well and helooks equally comfortable against seam and spin, sono obvious weaknesses there. He’s a real find forEngland, I think,” Strauss added.

Pope, who made his Test debut against India in2018, is yet to play white-ball cricket for England andStrauss feels although the youngster will fare well inthe limited overs format, he should focus on Testcricket for the time being.

“He’s got the game to play in ODIs, in variousdifferent positions. We know he can play all thosefunky ramp shots and whatever. But for the timebeing I’d quite like him just doing his time in the Testteam, not getting funky with his technique which isperfect,” Strauss said.

“He can really establish himself in that Englandenvironment. It’s a different thing when you feel com-fortable, when you know you are good enough to bein that environment and you get to know the play-ers well.

“When you get to that stage, that’s when you startgetting some really consistent, high-quality perfor-mances,” he added.

�-�����Deprived of some much-needed game time with the cancella-tion of England tour, senior Indiaspinner Poonam Yadav reckons itcould be extremely difficult for theWorld Cup-bound players to turn upand “instantly” deliver after the longcoronavirus-forced break.

The Indian women’s cricketteam’s proposed tour, the only majorassignment before next year’s WorldCup, was called off earlier this weekdue to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“If you turn up at the ground afterfour-five months, it will be very dif-ficult to perform instantly for all play-ers,” Poonam said.

“But we are keeping ourselves fitand when we are allowed to resumegroup training, we should be back tofull fitness in 20-25 days,” she added.

Poonam has not seen a propercricketing facility since turning up atthe iconic MCG for the T20 WorldCup final in March and with the only

scheduled series before next year’sODI World Cup cancelled, she maynot get to play an international gamefor the rest of the year.

The fate of the 2021 World Cup,scheduled in New Zealand inFebruary-March, could be decidedwithin the next two weeks.

Last edition’s runners-up Indiaare hoping to end their ICC titledrought in New Zealand but Poonamsaid it will be a massive challenge con-sidering the uncertain situation theyfind themselves in following thecancellation of England tour.

“It is a massive challenge. I havebeen bowling here but it is totally dif-ferent in a competitive environment.We last played in March and there isstill no clarity over our next series,”said the India player, who has featuredin one Test, 46 ODIs and 67 T20s.

Poonam began with a bang in theT20 World Cup, taking a four-wick-et haul against eventual championsAustralia. The hosts had very littleidea about her googlies.

For someone who documents herwork in a diary, Poonam is aiming toadd more weapons to her armoury inthe next few weeks.

“If the Word Cup happens asscheduled, there is hardly anytime left.

I plan to start working on a few vari-ations, like working on a flipper andtop-spin. Flipper is much tougher andit will take me at least three-fourmonths to perfect the ball.”

Poonam has been part of boththe World Cup finals India played inthe last three years and lost.

Asked about India’s inability towin the knock-out games after doingwell in league stages, Poonam added:“I feel we are right up there. The vari-ety that we have most teams don’t,including Australia.

“After doing so well in knock-outs, we start thinking about the resultand what we will do after (we win)rather than staying in the present andfollowing the process like we do it inthe earlier stages of the tournament.

“It is all about handling pressurein the big games and whoever doesit better wins. Australia handled itmuch better than us (in T20 WCfinal),” she added. PTI

������2��������Cricket West Indies (CWI)wants to host at least part of their proposedseries against South Africa in early September.

The Windies’ players are expected to takepart in the Indian Premier League which willbe played around September 19 to November8 window and the same has been communi-cated to the franchises, as per IPL ChairmanBrijesh Patel.

West Indies were originally slated to hostthe Proteas for two Tests and five T20Is inJuly-August before that tournament waspostponed due to the coronavirus pandem-ic.

“We hope that South Africa will be ableto come here in September for either a T20-only tour or a Test-only tour at the very least,”CWI Chief Executive Johny Grave told theMason and Guests cricket show.

“It will be dependent on the IPL. SouthAfrica have a number of their Test playerswho have IPL contracts, whereas in this cur-rent Test team we don’t have any IPL play-ers.”

“We won’t be able to play Test cricketagainst South Africa during the IPL, CricketSouth Africa have made that very clear to us.They’ve got a commitment to their players toallow them to go and play in the IPL,” Gravesaid.

“The plan as we are working on now isthat the players would come home, they willhave the weekend at home. Those that are inthe Caribbean Premier League will headdown to Trinidad on probably August 3 soit’s a quick turnaround.

“CPL finishes on September 10. We hopevery much that South Africa will followimmediately after that. Whether we can getthe full tour in or we’re going to have to lookat a split tour between the Tests and the T20s,we don’t know.” IANS

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Former India opener GautamGambhir on Saturday said

Mahendra Singh Dhoni mustcontinue playing internationalcricket as long he feels he is fit,in form and enjoying the game.

The World Cup-winningswashbuckler, on a sabbaticalfrom cricket for the past oneyear, turned 39 on July 7. He hasnot played any cricket sinceIndia’s semifinal exit from theODI World Cup last year.

Gambhir, who played a lotof cricket with Dhoni, said,“Age is just a number, I think ifyou are in a very good form, ifyou are hitting the ball reallywell.

“MS Dhoni, if he is hittingthe ball really well, if he is verygood form, if he is enjoying thegame and if he thinks that he canstill win the game for the coun-try at that number — especial-ly at six and seven.”

Dhoni led the country inlimited-overs formats from 2007to 2016 and in Test cricketfrom 2008 to 2014.

He is the only captain to winall ICC trophies.

“If he is in great fitness andform, he should continue play-ing because no one can actual-ly force anyone to retire,”Gambhir said on Star Sportsshow Cricket Connected.

“A lot of experts can put a lotof pressure on people like MS

Dhoni because of their age andstuff but again it’s an individualdecision, when you started play-ing cricket it was your individ-ual decision.”

Speaking about the IPL tak-ing place in the UAE due to ris-ing Covid-19 cases in India,Gambhir said, “It does not mat-ter where it goes but if it goes toUAE, it’s a great venue to playcricket in any format and plusmost importantly I think it’sgoing to change the mood of thenation as well.

“It’s not about which fran-chise wins or which playerscores runs or which guy takeswicket, it’s simply changing themood of the nation. So this IPLprobably will be bigger than therest of the IPLs because I thinkthis is for the nation.”

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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju onSaturday said India will be com-

peting for a top-10 finish by the timethe 2028 Los Angeles Olympicscomes calling, riding theGovernment’s ambitious ‘TargetOlympic Podium Junior Scheme’.

“We will leave no stoneunturned,” Rijiju said.

He said the ‘Target OlympicPodium Junior Scheme’ is scoutingtalent as young as 10-year-old and 12-year-old with an aim to preparethem for the Los Angeles Games.

“We look forward and realise thedreams of every Indian to make Indiaa great sporting powerhouse,” he said.

Rijiju said the talented youngsterswill be guided by a world-classcoaching facility during their journeyto become world champions.

“Objectives are very clear, we havecreated the ‘Target Olympic PodiumJunior Scheme’ that means those whoare 10-13 years of age will be readyto become world champions by 2028Los Angeles Olympics.

“By starting the scheme we areidentifying the young talents, it’s aprocess of talent scouting at a youngage and taking full responsibility oftheir training by bringing in world-class coaches.”

Rijiju added that steps likeenhancing the skill sets of Indiancoaches, removal of �2-lakh salarycap for coaches and extension ofcoaching tenures will bring positivechanges in the system.

“I have recently decided to extendthe tenure of coaches, Indian coach-es are being enhanced and the �2-lakhsalary cap of coaches has also beenremoved.

“By 2028, the target of gettingIndia in the top-10 of Olympicsmedal ranking will be realised. I amvery clear. We started planning andexecuting those plans,” Rijiju said.

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Former Barcelona star XaviHernandez has tested positive

for coronavirus, his Qatari club Al-Sadd said on Saturday, adding hewould miss their league restart fix-ture against Al-Khor.

“A few days ago, following theQatar Stars League protocol, I test-ed positive in the last Covid-19 test,”Xavi said in a post on Al-Sadd’sTwitter account.

“Fortunately, I’m feeling ok,but I will be isolated until I am giventhe all clear. When the health ser-vices allow it, I will be very eager toreturn to my daily routine and towork.”

Al-Sadd announced on its web-site that Xavi would not be joiningthe rest of the team for its leaguegame against Al-Khor laterSaturday.

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An unshakeable attitude is need-ed to win an Olympic medal and

that is what head coach Graham Reidwill try to inculcate in the Indianmen’s hockey team ahead of the nextSummer Games.

Exactly a year from now, theIndian men and women teams willhave begun their campaign in Tokyo.

Reid, a part of the Silver-winningAustralian team at the 1992 BarcelonaOlympics, put things into perspective.

“The Olympic Games is thetoughest competition in the sportingworld and therefore a player’s men-tality has to match it. “The biggestchallenge as a player is to remainfocussed on the job at hand. The firstgame brings with it a number of emo-tions. The player who can controlthose emotions and stick to thegame plan will be ahead,” he said.

While there is room to improvein all aspects of the game, Reidemphasised on building a mentallytough team to face the “uncertaintimes”. “The biggest challenge for usduring these next 12 months will beuncertainty. There are a lot of thingsthat are going to happen that we can’tcontrol. We must only worry aboutthe things we can control,” he said.

“We can control how hard we

work, how well we train and our fit-ness levels. Mental toughness will def-initely be a factor during this nextperiod and the Indian players have aninnate ability to deal with difficult cir-cumstances.

“It is my intention to develop theplayers understanding of their men-tal strength and build their ability toaccess and trust it when required,”Reid added.

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East Bengal’s hopes of entering theISL this season are dashed with the

league organisers deciding againstadding new teams for the upcomingedition of the franchise-based event.

Organisers of Indian SuperLeague, Football Sports DevelopmentLimited (FSDL), made it clear duringa meeting with club representatives onFriday that they will stick to 10 teamsfor now instead of floating tenders fornew outfits.

The 2020-21 ISL is scheduled tobe held from November to March ina single venue in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Goa and Kerala haveemerged as frontrunners to host thelucrative event with the former morelikely to get the nod.

“East Bengal didn’t have a chanceafter April because it takes time with

so much of legalities and otherimportant things involved,” a sourceclose to FSDL told PTI on Saturday.

“From April till November theyhad more than six months but oncethey have crossed that, there was nochance for East Bengal.”

When contacted, a top EastBengal official though maintainedthat the ISL doors were still ‘‘open’’ forthem.

Following their split with QuessCorp, the century-old club has got itssporting rights back and is under-stood to be in talks with potentialinvestors.

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee is also keen for thered-and-gold’s foray into the ISL andthe state Government is helping outin roping in an investor.

The venue for the 2020-21 seasonis set to be announced on August 7.

In October, a virtual ISL work-shop will be conducted and the clubswill be “presented with all the details,rules and regulations” regarding theevent under the present circum-stances.

The organisers also said that theleague will be held in India after a clubrepresentative raised the possibility oftaking it abroad in view of the cur-rent situation in the country.

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England wicketkeeper-bats-man Jos Buttler on Saturday

said he was “feeling the pressure”over his place in the team afterfailing to score runs in the lastfew Tests.

Buttler has been strugglingfor form, having failed to scorea fifty in his last seven Tests,which put his place in the Testteam in doubt.

The 29-year-old, however,played a crucial 67-run knock onthe opening day of the decidingTest against West Indies to helpEngland recover after they werereduced to 122-4.

Asked whether he was fret-ting about his place in the team,Buttler said: “Yes, naturally, butI think time in the middle givesyou confidence and obviously Ihadn’t been doing that.

“But I think it’s more aboutdoing a job for your team whichI’m very aware of and if you arenot quite performing as well asyou want, you realise you’re notdoing your job as well as youshould be for your team.

“I was definitely feeling pres-

sure. I’ve played long enoughnow to understand when you’reunder pressure and it’s on yourshoulders and how to deal withit,” he told Sky Sports.

Buttler, who has scored 2211runs in 43 Tests and 3843 runsin 142 ODIs so far, said trustinghis defence was the key.

“The only time I’ve had suc-cess at Test level is when I’vetrusted my defence,” he said.

“Lots of people expect me toplay a certain way because of theway I play in one-day cricket butI’ve never seen Test cricket in thatway.”

1����������������2�������������������Manchester: England havereleased five players from the bio-secure bubble here after theymissed out on selection of theongoing third Test against theWest Indies.

Out of the five, batsman JoeDenly will join the white-balltraining group ahead of theupcoming Ireland series.

The other four — DanLawrence, Craig Overton, OllieRobinson and Olly Stone —

have returned to their counties.The 34-year-old Denly

played the first Test of the seriesbefore being dropped followingthe return of Joe Root frompaternity leave.

“While Denly will join upwith the England camp at theAgeas Bowl on Monday ahead ofthe Royal London ODI Series, theother four players will be avail-able for their counties in thebuild-up to the start of English

domestic season, which startswith the Bob Willis Trophy on 1August,” the ECB said.

England and Ireland arescheduled to play three ODIswith all the matches to be host-ed at the Ageas Bowl inSouthampton on July 30, August1 and 4.

England Lions will take onIreland in a practice game onSunday but Denly will not beavailable for that game. PTI

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Neymar scored the winning goal asParis Saint-Germain defeated 10-

man Saint-Etienne 1-0 in the FrenchCup final on Friday, the first competi-tive fixture in the country since March11 following coronavirus pandemic.

However, coach Thomas Tuchelfaces an anxious wait over the fitness ofKylian Mbappe ahead of next month’sChampions League quarter-final againstAtalanta after the France star limped offin tears during the first half with an ankleinjury.

The World Cup winner was laterseen emerging from the tunnel oncrutches following a dreadful challengethat resulted in the dismissal of Saint-Etienne captain Loic Perrin.

“Everyone is worried. Everyonewho saw the foul is worried. Of courseI’m worried,” said Tuchel.

PSG secured the first of a potentialthree trophies this summer, claiming arecord-extending 13th French Cup withthe League Cup final against Lyon tocome next Friday before the resumptionof their European campaign in Portugal.

The final at the Stade de France wasthe first official match in one of Europe’stop football nations to allow fans toattend since March, albeit in severelyrestricted numbers with just 2,805 spec-

tators — including French PresidentEmmanuel Macron — inside the 80,000-seater venue.

PSG had racked up 20 goals with-out reply in three friendlies building upto the final, but Yvann Macon’s crunch-ing tackle on Neymar in the first minutesuggested no such goodwill would beafforded by Saint-Etienne in their firstCup final appearance since 1982.

The challenge set the tone for a frac-tious opening period and DenisBouanga was inches from firing Saint-Etienne ahead when his strike rebound-ed back off Keylor Navas’s left-hand post.

��������������Unfazed by that scare,

PSG led on 14 minutes asMbappe burst into the areaafter an exchange with Di Maria andNeymar crashed home the rebound viathe underside of the crossbar after afine save from Moulin.

Bouanga twice forced Navas toturn away while Moulin produced asensational one-handed stop to tipover from Di Maria, earning plauditsfrom the Argentine himself.

Saint-Etienne’s hopes of fightingback were hampered midway throughthe first half though when the veter-an Perrin, on likely his final appear-ance for the club, was sent off for adreadful challenge on Mbappe.

He required lengthy treatment

but was forced off after his right anklewas trapped between the legs ofPerrin, whose yellow card was upgrad-ed to red following a VAR review.

Emotions boiled over withfive players booked in the after-math following an ugly melee,but the greater concern for PSGwill be the severity of Mbappe’sinjury.

The France star reappearedfrom the tunnel on crutches in the sec-ond half, with less than three weeksbefore PSG’s Champions League tieagainst Atalanta on August 12.

Moulin kept Saint-Etienne in witha remote shot of ending their 43-yearwait for a seventh French Cup title,repelling Mauro Icardi and Di Mariabefore spreading himself superbly todeny Pablo Sarabia.

The goalkeeper even raced for-ward for a late corner but PSG heldfirm to atone for last year’s defeat inthe final by Rennes on penalties,clinching the trophy for the fifth timein the past six seasons.

����� ������Saints striker Danny Ingsis confident that his goal-scoring exploitsthis season will be rewarded with anEngland recall as he looks to add to theone cap he received back in 2015.

Ings, who joined Southampton ina permanent deal from Liverpool at thestart of the season after spending theprevious campaign on loan at theclub, has scored 24 goals in allcompetitions this season.

The 28-year-old’s sole inter-national appearance came in2015 against Lithuania but hisform this season means heis in contention to becalled up to GarethSouthgate’s England squad for UEFA

Nations League games against Iceland andDenmark in September.

“I don’t think I’d ever want to be that one-cap man,” Ings, who was handed his

England Under-21 debut bySouthgate in 2013, told theTimes.

“Once you’ve dippedyour toe in, you want more and

more. To be in the position now withgood form, it gives me great confidence

that hopefully one day I can be among thatgroup again.”

Ings’ Liverpool career was derailed bya series of serious injuries, which limited him

to 14 league appearances in three seasons, buthe has blossomed under Saints boss RalphHasenhuettl this season. AP

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The Premier League willfinally reach the end of itslongest season on Sunday

with plenty still on the line atboth ends of the table.

Manchester United andLeicester face each other in ashootout for a place in theChampions League next seasonwith Chelsea also hoping tosecure their place in the topfour.

Wolves and Tottenham arevying for one place in theEuropa League.

And at the bottom it couldnot be closer with one goal sep-arating Aston Villa just outsidethe relegation zone fromWatford in the bottom three,while Bournemouth also havea chance of beating the drop.

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four for the first time sinceSeptember in midweek after arun of three wins in 13 gameseither side of the coronavirusshutdown.

However, United’s andChelsea’s failures to win onWednesday means the door isstill open forBrendan Rodgers’men to salvage allthe good workthey did early inthe season withvictory on home soil on Sunday.

Leicester are hampered byinjuries to James Maddison,Ben Chilwell and RicardoPereira, but have had a full weekto prepare in stark contrast toUnited’s packed schedule.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’smen have looked jaded in thepast week in losing 3-1 toChelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals and being held 1-1 athome by West Ham.

United have overturnedan eight-point deficit toLeicester since the restart, butRodgers is hoping it is the RedDevils who fold under thepressure.

“We would love to be ableto do that but when you are aclub like Manchester United, orone of those super clubs, thereis a need to be in theChampions League for manyreasons,” said Rodgers.

Chelsea just need a point athome to Wolves to sealChampions League footballnext season, but should FrankLampard’s men lose, then adraw between Leicester andUnited would see the latter twofinish in the top four.

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Whoever misses out onthe Champions League

between United, Chelsea andLeicester will be guaranteedfifth and a place in the EuropaLeague next season.

Wolves are looking to goone better than their fine first

campaign back in the top-flight last season by finishing inthe top six and have the poten-tial to upset Chelsea’s push forthe Champions League atStamford Bridge.

However, any slip fromNuno Espirito Santo’s menwould give Spurs the chance tomove into sixth.

Jose Mourinho’s side havewon their last three and will be

confident ahead of a trip toCrystal Palace, who have losttheir last seven games.

Seventh could still be goodenough for European footballnext season, but that depends

on Chelsea beating Arsenal inthe FA Cup final on August 1.

������������������At the bottom, two of

Bournemouth, Watford and

Villa will join already relegat-ed Norwich in theChampionship next season.

Villa have the upper handwith a three-point lead onBournemouth and amarginally bettergoal difference thanWatford.

Dean Smith’s menalso have momentumafter a 1-0 win overArsenal on Tuesdayand travel to a West Ham sidenow sure of their place in thePremier League next season.

“Results went our way in theweek and we’re above the dottedline at the moment,” said Smith.

“The most important thingis to be above that dotted line

on Sunday and we know wehave to win to guarantee that.”

Watford’s sacking of NigelPearson with just two games ofthe season remaining did the

Hornets little good in a4-0 thrashing at thehands of ManchesterCity on Wednesday andthey travel to Arsenalneeding to better Villa’sresult.

Should both losethen Bournemouth couldextend their five-season stay inthe top-flight by beatingEverton at Goodison Park.

“The next game is thebiggest game of al l ourcareers,” said Bournemouthboss Eddie Howe.

Milan: Atalanta’s slim hopes ofpipping Juventus to the Serie Atitle dimmed further Fridayafter a 1-1 draw at ACMilan.

The team fromBergamo stay second inthe table, five pointsbehind Juve but havejust two games left.

Gian Piero Gasperini’sAtalanta had routed Milan 5-0when the teams met for the firsttime this season in December.

However, they were a goaldown after just 14 minutes onFriday thanks to a well-judgedfree-kick from HakanCalhanoglu.

Milan, who were on a run ofthree successive wins in theleague, were indebted to goal-keeper Gianluigi Donnarummafor saving a weak 24th-minutepenalty from RuslanMalinovskyi.

However, Duvan Zapatabrought the visitors level 10minutes later.

Matteo Gabbia failed toclear and Colombian forwardZapata pounced to equalise.

Milan stay sixth in the table,one point behind Roma andon course for a EuropaLeague spot next season.

Meanwhile, Crotonebecame the second club tobe promoted to Serie A

after Benevento thanks to a 5-1win over Livorno.

Promotion was guaranteedafter rivals Spezia could onlydraw 0-0 at Cremonese. AP

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How Leicester can qualify?Fixture: Man United (H)

For the Foxes to beassured of a place in theChampions League next sea-son, they need to beatManchester United at theKing Power stadium.

A defeat would end theirchances but if they draw thegame, they will need Wolvesto beat Chelsea at StamfordBridge to ensure qualificationfor the Champions League.

How Manchester United canqualify?Fixture: Leicester City (A)

Manchester United needjust a draw to ensure qualifi-

cation for next season’sChampions League, while awin over Leicester in thefinal game will secure a third-place finish for the RedDevils.

A draw will mean Unitedwould need to hope Chelseadon’t win their game againstWolves to finish third.

A loss wouldmean EuropaLeague football atOld Trafford nextseason unlessChelsea lose toWolves, a result thatwill see United qual-ify despite comingunstuck at Leicester.

Even if United finish out-side the top four, they cangain entry into next season’sChampions League by win-ning the Europa League thisseason.

How can Chelsea qualify?Fixture: Wolves (H)

Chelsea just need a pointat home to Wolves to sealChampions League football,but should Frank Lampard’smen lose, then a drawbetween Leicester and Unitedwould see the latter two fin-ish in the top four.

However, theBlues could stillqualify for theChampions Leagueif they lose andManchester Unitedbeat Leicester atthe King Powerstadium. But, aLeicester City win

and a Chelsea loss wouldspell the end of the Londonside’s Champions Leaguehopes as United would thenremain ahead on goal differ-ence.

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How can Wolves qualify?Fixture: Chelsea (A)

Nuno Espirito Santo’s menmust win to ensure qualifica-tion for the EuropaLeague. Any slip up — adraw or a loss — wouldgive Spurs the chance tomove into sixth if theybeat Crystal Palace atSelhurst Park.

Tottenham wouldalso qualify with a draw ifWolves lose to Chelsea. But adraw against the Blues wouldmean Spurs would need tobeat Palace to sneak into thesixth place. If both Wolves andSpurs lose, Santo’s side wouldmake the Europa League.

Wolves can make it to

Europa League even if they fin-ish seventh if Chelsea beatArsenal in the FA Cup final onAugust 1.

How can Tottenham qualify?Fixture: Crystal Palace (A)

A win could still be goodenough for European football

next season, if Wolvesfail to win at StamfordBridge.

If Wolves lose,Mourinho’s side wouldneed just a point tofinish sixth. A defeatfor Spurs would mean

they finish seventh.However, Spurs could still

enter the Europa League if theyfinish seventh if Chelsea beatArsenal in the FA Cup finaland deny the Gunners a con-tinental spot that will then goto the team in the seventhposition in the league.

������ �������� �How can Aston Villa sur-vive?Fixture: West Ham (A)

A win will guarantee safe-ty for Villa if Watford fail towin at Arsenal.

If Watford win at theEmirates, Villa would have toeither match or betterWatford’s winning marginagainst West Ham. Draw forboth teams would see Villaremain in the Premier Leaguenext season.

A defeat for Villa wouldleave them in danger of goingdown but they could be bailedout by results elsewhere ifBournemouth fail to beatEverton or Watford lose by amargin that’s not better thanthat Villa’s by two clear goals.A one-goal goal differenceswing in favour of Watfordwould put the two teamslevel on goal difference butVilla would survive on virtue

of more goals scored.

How Watford can survive?Fixture: Arsenal (A)

The Hornets will sur-vive if they better Villa’sresult but in case both teamswin or lose, Watford willhave to make sure there is atwo-goal swing in theirfavour as far as the goal dif-ference is concerned to stayin the top flight.

How can Bournemouth sur-vive?Fixture:Everton (A)

For Bournemouth thesituation is clear. They mustwin to harbour any hopes ofsurvival and hope both Villaand Watford lose their respec-tive games. A point for eitherside would endBournemouth's PremierLeague stint even if they beatEverton at Goodison Park.

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PSG plays the free-scor-ing Italian side on August 12in Lisbon as part of the finaleight’s single-game knock-out format, which ends withthe final on August 23. PSGis already without strikerEdinson Cavani, who didnot renew his contractwhen it expired at the endof June.

Mbappé limped offinjured in the first half of a

1-0 win over Saint-Étiennein the French Cup final, andwatched the rest of thematch from the bench witha brace on his foot.

PSG said in a shortstatement on Saturday thatMbappé’s “serious rightankle sprain” wil l bereevaluated in three daysafter further tests.

“It just cracked a bit,”Mbappé told FrenchPresident EmmanuelMacron after the final, asPSG players were about tocollect their medals.

Perrin’s foul was badlytimed rather than mali-cious, and the veteran

defender clearly lookedworried when Mbappéwrithed on the ground. Heaccompanied Mbappé ashe walked off the field.

Saint-Étienne sentMbappé its best wishes fora speedy recovery in aTweet on Saturday, towhich the France starresponded positively.

Atalanta coach GianPiero Gasperini alsowished Mbappé well.

“I sincerely hope it’snot too serious, even if forthe moment it appears to beso,” Gasperini said.“Mbappé is a fantastic play-er, world class.” AP

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The Spanish league can-celed the match betweenFuenlabrada and Deportivowhen the outbreak was detect-ed only hours before kickoffon Monday. The results of thefinal round meant Deportivowas relegated to the thirddivision. AP

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�What is Kanyadaan about?The play was written in 1979-80 by Vijay

Tendulkar. The inspiration and idea came onthe basis of an incident that took place at aclose family friend’s home. Though a lot ofpeople misunderstand it and treat it as a playabout Dalit politics, the play is a slightly pes-simistic view of an overtly idealistic behaviourin the world. The main protagonist of the play

is not the kanya but her father withGandhian views with a reformist at

heart. He believes in eradicatingcaste system via Gandhian princi-

ple of sacrificing oneself. Hisdaughter has imbibed her

father’s views as welland comes across a

Dalit boy and falls inlove with herfather’s ideas andin turn him.�What is yourrole?

I play theDalit boy fromthe lowest caste

in Maharashtra— Mahar — who in

the post-Independence India

manages to get educated.

He is a political Dalit activist and rising up inpower — equal to other lower caste. Despitehis ambition to rise up, when he comes to thegirl’s house all his complexes — of class andcaste — rise up.�How did you come onboard for the pro-ject?

This play has existed for sometime now.It came into prominence when SadashivAmrapurkar directed it and had played theDalit boy and Shriram Lagoo had played thefather. In fact, Amrapurkar got GovindNihalani’s Ardh Satya due to this role. Whenthe play was about to go on the floor, a lot ofpeople said that it was violent and others saidit was too dark as the audience, largely madeup of higher class, when they watch the casteconflict, it disturbs them because it shows themin a disturbing light. However, the play hasbeen much appreciated for many reasons. First,the audience is gripped in conflict. Second dueto the drama in it. Three due to extreme emo-tions. Finally, the family concept that comesinto play here.�You are part of Dance Like A Man. Whatis it about?

It is an Indian play in English about anartist finding his way in the society in the 60s.A society that was more into nation buildingneeding engineers and doctors rather than anartist — a Bharatnatyam dancer who fights

gender bias and tries to find space for him-self and that political freedom is notenough there is a question of personal free-dom as well.�Theatre is all about live shows that peo-ple can watch. Is showing them on OTTplatforms a good option?

It is a necessary option. When you arelive, you end up playing at one theatre withsay maybe 500 people as an audience. Butthere may be a lot more people who areinterested in theatre but will never get towatch this play. The OTT platform is a greatway to reach out to all those people who arekeen to see good plays but don’t have accessto them. Second, there are so many peoplewho are not exposed to theatre but due toOTT, they are getting to watch newer con-tent when they come across a play beingshown and may end up enjoying it.�Do you think that OTT platforms arethe future of entertainment?

It has already become one. People areso mobile today, before the lockdown.Unlike earlier, where people would wait forthe next episode to air. Now, a person trav-elling, he has the option to watch a show ora movie at a time convenient to them. Forthe OTT platform, they have a diverse audi-ence, diverse generation, diverse classes anddiverse content where one can have an

Aarya, Made in Heaven and Mirzapur. Now,they are supporting Originals as well eventhough going to the theatre is an experiencein itself but our daily lives are getting frac-tured, our watching has also become frac-tured.�From Bollywood to theatre to Bengalicinema, how has the journey been thusfar?

It has been fantastic. I never realised thatin my 25th year I would be this busy. I fol-lowed the simple idiom of not going withthe plan but going honestly, with instinct andlending my time in creating a stage with mykind of acting which is not the bigBollywood aspirational. Yet to do projectsthat are content and character driven andslightly artistic. This particular genre hasbeen kind to me. I have done Bollywood,did TV, moved to Bengali cinema and didinternational projects as well that were inEnglish but with Indian content. I workedin European TV as well. I also teach and takeclasses on theatre appreciation.�Are you at a stage in your career whereyou can say you call the shots?

It has been like this from the beginning.I have never had a manager. My work hasgiven me more work. My first film happenedbecause Govind Nihalani had seen me in a play.

Friendly banters, that can some-times turn into ugly fights,putting each other into themost embarrassing situations

and the unending argument about whois the adopted one, are the foundationstones of a brother-sister relationship.No matter how ugly things can turnbetween the two, but the momentsomeone tries to hurt them, siblings arethere for each other acting as a shield.

A song that was specially made tocherish the bitter-sweet relationship,bhaiyya morey rakhi ke bandhan ko nib-haana, sounds as fresh till date.However, with Coronavirus’ ragingfury which has disrupted every aspectof life world over, let alone the festival,getting back normalcy seems a difficultmilestone for the human race.

It goes without saying that theessence of festivals has faded away, withfriends and family hesitating to pay avisit to their loved ones, a festival is nowjust like any other day for many. Suchis the case with Rakshabandhan, thisyear. Sending rakhis to your brother viacourier is not something new, but wasnever considered the new normal.

“My elder brother, Himanshu, livesin Australia. Celebrating rakshaband-han together was a ritual. In fact, hisweek-long stay at home was in itself afestival for us. But this time, he could-n’t fly back to India for obvious reasons.Though, I will be sending him a rakhi,but that will not fill the void. This is thefirst time when I would not be tyingrakhi on his wrist myself. Not to men-tion, there will be no fight for my gifttoo. The festival this time will definitelyfeel incomplete,” a 21-year-old, dis-heartened sister, Riya Middha, says.

Middha is not an exception. Manypeople are now preferring to stay backand instead courier rakhis to their

brothers. Pawan Gadia, CEO, onlineand retail, Ferns N Petals, India, UAE& Singapore, tells you that as comparedto last year, the site has seen a 50 percent surge in customers. “We didn’tanticipate such a surge in our cus-tomers, given the situation this year.However, due to the pandemic a lot ofpeople are now

buying rakhis online and getting itdelivered to their brother’s place. There’s

still a week to go for the festival and weare now anticipating more deliveryrequests and accordingly we arerestocking our warehouses,” he tells you.

He tells you that the brand hasalready received 300 thousand ordersfor rakhi and by the end of the seasonthey see this growing to 1.5 million.

“So far we have received around11thousand personalised rakhi orderson our mobile app. We have also

launched personalised rakhi app, forwhich we have got around 1000 ordersand expecting to get 3000 orders for thesame by end of the rakhi season,” he tellsyou. He adds that the brand doesn’tonly deliver rakhis in India but abroadtoo and the demand this year has grownmanifold. “This time there is a hugesurge in customers who want therakhis to be delivered in other countriestoo, mostly in the US, followed by UK,

Singapore, UAE and a couple of others,”he tells you. The reason being no inter-national flights in place, and even if theywill many people will hesitate to flygiven the situation.

Given the cost conscious cus-tomers of the brand, the cost of therakhis start at �300, delivered to yourbrother’s place across any country andin less than �700, one can have therakhis delivered in couple of countriesin the world.

Not only rakhis, but people are opt-ing to send a range of other productsalong with rakhis just to give a specialfeel to the festival, even if they are nottogether.

“Personalised gifts are in trend. Itis something that many people are buy-ing along with rakhis,” Gadia tells you.

The high statistics of people buy-ing and getting the rakhis deliveredonline are enough evidence to provehow different the festival will be thisyear. More so, when a simple kalawarakhi which once costed just �20 is nowselling at not less than �50.

Another saddened sister, JyotiPandey, who too can’t visit his brotherin Baroda, says that though the festi-val is not the same this year, she is try-ing to make it as special as possible.

“In the wake of the pandemic, Idon’t find it a good idea to travel all theway to Baroda from Mumbai.Therefore, I have sent a personalisedrakhi to my brother and to make himfeel more special and that he is notalone, I will be sending some cus-tomised gifts as well.

Also, we are planning to get on avideo call on rakshabandhan and thenfollow our customs. Though it will notsuffice, still through technology we canfeel that we are together,” Pandeyasserts.

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�What is your role in Dil Bechara?I play Jagdeep Pandey aka JP. He is Manny’s ( played by Sushant

Singh Rajput) best friend. The role is actually very different fromIsaac from The Fault In Our Stars, but the fact that he too suffersfrom the same disease — optical lymphoma. JP hails from Patnaand is an aspiring Bhojpuri filmmaker, but the fact that his eye isdamaged and he is on the verge of losing the other eye too, makeshim start working on his film without opting for a professionalcourse in filmmaking. More so, because he didn’t have any timefor the same. He casts Manny as the hero and were then lookingfor a heroine, which he finds in Kizie (played by Sanjana Sanghi).�The best part about playing JP.

I was extremely excited when I heard about the part. JP some-where defies what I am as a professional. I am a trained filmmak-er, I went to a film school and I am someone who has watched worldcinema. Developing the love for Bhojpuri cinema with a lot of con-viction, was something that I had to imbibe in me because I havenever watched Bhojpuri films that much. When I was preparingfor this, I used to listen to Rinkiya Ke Papa and Lipstick a lot. Andthe best part was that I fell in love with the songs. Even when I didBadrinath Ki Dulhaniya, I didn’t get to explore the Bhojpuri cin-ema. We were trying to make it a pan India film, so I just had toget the accent and the attitude right. Here too we have tried that,but I got to explore more depths.�The memories of Sushant that you have from the sets of thefilm.

There are so many. If I cite one memory, the other would feeloffended. Every memory that I have of Dil Bechara is just beauti-ful. This was my first time working with Sushant and unfortunatelyit became the last. The one thing that I always will remember isthat he tried to include everyone on the sets, so that no one shouldever feel left out. Be it the production assistant or the spot boys,and everyone with whom usually the actors don’t even interact with.I have been a second lead in many films, I have seen it takes a lotof heart for someone to be very less actor and include and engagewith everyone on the sets and Sushant did it. He even invited thelight and the spot boys to a party. It is something that I have takenaway from him. Not that I didn’t see the contribution these peo-ple make in a film’s success, but sometimes we just look for vali-dation since I am also very new in the industry. I probably need-ed an example and Sushant set that for me.�You have talked about how Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya willalways be close to your heart. What makes it so?

If you would ask me how I got that film, I would have said Ihave no clue. But then there are many reasons that makes it spe-cial. Shashank (Khaitan) and I have done a play together and thenhe went on becoming an assistant director for Ishaqzaade. I hadleft acting and I fell back on my media education and became aprogram producer. I was shooting a brain surgery for Nat Geo whenI got a call from the team asking: Ek badi si picture mein, ek chotasa role hai. Karega? I said, by all means. Then I had to take few daysleave and go to Mumbai for the auditions. The first audition wasso bad that Shashank called me and said: Yeh kya ganda auditiondiya hai tuney. Then I gave the audition again. Shashank called meagain to his office. Until then, I was thinking that he must be theassistant director of the film and for old time’s sake he is auditioningme. When I reached there, he told me that Sahil it is not workingout at all and that you should go back to Delhi and I nodded. Itwas then when he stood up and told me that I have got the film.I thought that: Iskey paas authority bhi hai ya nahi mujhe finalisekarne ki, then I saw the script and it said directed by ShashankKhaitan. That’s how it happened.�How do you define acting?

If you would have asked this question six years ago, I wouldhave told you all fancy things about it. But now, I would say if youpick up the dictionary, infact I tell this to my students too, that thereis a word ‘act’, which means to do. It is as simple as that. Acting isto do. When you ask me what, then it is there in the script and how,then however the director says. And in the process you have to makeit as realistic as possible and all of that comes with practise andresearch. An actor’s job is limited to that. Acting is not about hav-ing good looks. Whatever your character demands, you just haveto work hard and look like that. Super 30 is an answer to this. Thereis nothing called a method in acting, but at the same time you needto apply lots of methods too.

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If you enjoyed watching Uri:The Surgical Strike and want

more of the same then Avrodh:The Siege Within is right upyour alley. The trailer of the webseries that goes live on SonyLivon July 31, 2020 is based onRahul Singh and Shiv Aroor’sbook, India’s Most Fearless andis directed by Raj Acharya.From the trailer, the seriespromises to be just as intrigu-ing and thrilling. While almostall of India knows what hap-pened during the Uri surgicalstrikes, Avrodh… goes a stepforward — it is a detailedauthentic account of a covertmission that was tasked to theIndian Army following the Uri

attack and the planning behindit.

The series opens withShailesh Malviya played byNeeraj Kabi, who plays therole of National SecurityAdvisor. He is known to be atrigger-happy politician, havingserved R&AW and been a jour-nalist, Malviya understands theworld of security and its imagefrom within. His dialogue: “Letus show the world that India isnot just the land of MahatmaGandhi but also ShubhashChandra Bose,” is worth a mil-lion. More so, given the risinginternational pressure, theIndian Army showed extraor-dinary courage, heroism, andfearlessness under hostile con-ditions.

Who are the men ofcourage on the frontline? MajorVideep, played by Amit Sadh,is a special force commander,who is leading the mission.Coming from an army back-ground he always craved to jointhe force and is furious yet bal-anced in his reaction. In the

series, he uses his knowledge,patience and resourceful plan-ning will be worth watching.When Sadh had shared thetrailer, he had tweeted: “I ded-icate this to u, Dad. For u & allIndians, I bring to u #Avrodh.We heard about it, read aboutit, & saw things, but do we

know everything? Was it assimple as it seemed? Or did thisrequire strategic planning, pre-cise execution, & daring deci-sion-making? I was trulyamazed!” He had also gone onto say that the web series is adifferent narrative than themovie because the format is dif-ferent and in Avrodh… theyhad more hours and hencewere able to go into the detailsand complexities.

Darshan Kumaar playsMajor Raunak Gautam. He isfrom the Bihar Regiment and isa sentimental yet determinedsoldier. A family man, who isunable to meet his daughter,loses his best friend to theattack. How he comes on boardthe final mission and takes the

revenge of his friend’s murderwill definitely be interesting.

The other characters thatwill keep one interested in theseries are Madhurima Tuli whoplays Namrata Joshi, a seniorreporter with a news channel.She is feisty and has a quest fortruth. Does she succeed inknowing it and how does shebring it in public is somethingthat her character will keep onehooked.

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