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I ndia on Thursday refuted China’s claim that troops from both sides had disengaged from most of the friction points at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and said the process is “not completed.” This firm assertion by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came sometime after Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong said border troops of both the countries “have disengaged in most local- ities” and China was not a strategic threat to India. “Border troops have dis- engaged in most localities, sit- uation on ground is de-esca- lating and temperature is com- ing down. China is committed to peaceful development and is not a strategic threat to India,” Weidong said. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, however, said, “Some progress has been made, but disengagement process has not yet been com- pleted. The senior commanders of the two sides will be meet- ing in near future to work out steps in this regard,” he added. Srivastava also said India and China agreed that early and complete disengagement of troops along the LAC and de- escalation from border areas, and full restoration of peace and tranquility was essential for smooth overall development of bilateral relations. Giving the background, the spokesperson said it was agreed last week by India and China in the 17th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC) early and complete disengagement of the troops along the LAC and de-escalation from India- China border areas in accor- dance with bilateral agreement and protocols and full restora- tion of peace and tranquility was essential for smooth overall development of bilateral relations. This was also the agreement reached between the two Special Representatives, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in their conversation on July 5. “As we have stated earlier, the maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas is the basis of our bilateral rela- tionship. Therefore, we expect that the Chinese side will sin- cerely work with us for complete disengagement and de-escalation and full restora- tion of peace and tranquility in the border areas at the earliest as agreed to by the Special Representatives,” Srivastava said. Meanwhile, the Chinese envoy also said both sides should properly handle differences to bring bilateral relations back to nor- mal track. “Both sides should grasp fundamental interests of two countries and their peo- ples, stick to friendly coopera- tion,” he said. The Chinese claim and India countering it came as both the sides are now prepar- ing for the fifth round of Corps Commander-level talks in the next few days. The two senior military officers will review the pace of withdrawal of troops from the four stand-off sites in Eastern Ladakh. India will also insist that status quo ante be restored by China by retreating to its posi- tions as were there in April end. The first face-off took place on May 5 when the Chinese troops intruded more than 5 km into India at the Pangong Tso (lake)and obstructed an Indian patrol. It resulted in fisticuffs and some soldiers from both sides getting injured. The Indian Corps Commander will also take up the issue of China not with- drawing its troops from Pangong Tso. The Chinese troops are now positioned on some of the crucial mountain spurs near the lake thereby pos- ing a grave threat to the Indian interests. In a positive development, the troops from both sides have pulled back to their respective rear locations from the stand-off sites in the Galwan valley and Hot Springs. The withdrawals from Hot Springs are slow from the Chinese side. Another cause of concern is the Chinese reluctance to pull back more than 40,000 troops now deployed at the front and depth areas. The two sides in the earlier meetings had agreed to thin down the strength of troops and weapons as a con- fidence building measure. This has not come about and the Indian security estab- lishment is also not taking any chances. The Indian Army has also trained and acclimatised more than 25,000 troops for deployment in Ladakh where oxygen levels are low. The Indian troops are also adjust- ed to cold weather as most of them have served tenures in Siachen and other such tough terrain. These troops are now in position at vantage places in Ladakh and will be deployed according to emerging situa- tion in the coming days, sources said adding the armed forces are ready for a long haul. In order to enable soldiers to function even during harsh winter months when tempera- ture dips to minus 20 degrees in Ladakh, the Army is making provisions for portable cabins to withstand cold. Also, to meet any additional require- ments, the Government has allowed the armed forces to buy more special tents and shelters meant for high altitudes from Indian and foreign vendors on emergency basis, sources said. A head of the bhoomi pujan, a priest of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and four policemen have tested positive for coron- avirus, sending a scare among the people, but Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust said the bhoomi pujan programme would go ahead as planned on August 5. Acharya Pradeep Das, assistant to the chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi temple, Acharya Satyendra Das said that he had tested positive for coronavirus. Acharya Satyendra Das too confirmed this to the journalists on Thursday. Besides the priest, four policemen on duty at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, where the bhoomi pujan cere- mony for the Ram temple is scheduled to be held on August 5, have also tested positive for coronavirus. The policemen who tested positive were deployed for the security of Ram Janmabhoomi complex, the RJB Teerth Kshetra said. Chief Medical Officer at Ayodhya, Dr Ghanshyam Singh, said: “All the four cops who tested positive have been isolated. We have tested every- one in and around temple Continued on Page 6 S eeking to launch a money- laundering probe against Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and others accused in the case relating to the death of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday requested from the Bihar Police a copy of the FIR registered in this connection. The ED move comes even as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seek- ing transfer of the probe into Rajput’s death case from Mumbai Police to the CBI. The ED has written to the Bihar Police asking for the copy of the FIR as the Central agency wants to study the criminal case for exploring the possibility of going ahead with a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Money laundering being a predicate offence, the ED needs to form the Bihar Police case as the basis to initiate the PMLA case, officials said. The deceased actor’s father Krishna Kumar Singh (74) had on Tuesday lodged an FIR in Patna against Chakraborty, her family members and six others on charges of alleged abet- ment to suicide of his son. Dismissing the PIL seeking transfer of the Mumbai Police case into Rajput’s deaths, an SC bench comprising Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said that Mumbai Police be allowed to do the job and if there is some- thing, then a plea be filed before the Bombay High Court. Continued on Page 6 J ust when the experts had started becoming hopeful from the results of serological surveys conducted in Delhi about the possibility of achiev- ing herd immunity to contain the spread of the deadly Covid- 19, the Centre on Thursday said with its huge population, herd immunity cannot be a strategic option in the country as it will come at a very high cost in terms of human lives. “It can only be achieved through immunisation. The Health Ministry thinks it’s pos- sible in future but for now we’ve to follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour,” said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan at a Press briefing here. “Herd immunity is an indi- rect protection from a disease. In a country the size of India, it cannot be a strategic choice or option. It can only be an out- come, and that too at a very high cost as it means lakhs of people will have to be infected, get hospitalised and many will die in the process,” Bhushan said. “Hence, it can only be achieved through immunisa- tion but that is in the future,” he said on the day when India registered 50,000 cases from across the country taking the tally to over 15.30 lakh cases. Continued on Page 6 T hree Assam Rifles person- nel were killed and and six others injured in an ambush by suspected insurgents of the banned People’s Liberation Army in Manipur’s Chandel district, Indian Army sources said on Thursday. Suspected militants waited behind rocks and trees before triggering a blast that startled an Assam Rifles patrol in Khongtal near the India- Myanmar border around 6.30 pm on Wednesday. Even before the personnel could gather their wits follow- ing the explosion, possibly triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED), they came under a fusillade of gun- fire from automatic weapons. Army sources said the per- sonnel retaliated, forcing the attackers to flee. The deceased have been identified as Pranay Kalita, Ratan Salam and Methna Konyak, all from the fourth battalion of the country’s oldest paramilitary force. Their bodies have been sent to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal, for post mortem. The injured have been shifted to a military hospital in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district. Condemning the attack, Chief Minister N Biren Singh called it “an act of cowardice”. “I strongly condemn the cow- ardice attack on 4 Assam Rifles in Chandel district. My tributes to the security personnel mar- tyred in the attack,” he said. A Delhi court on Thursday awarded 4-year jail term to ex-Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley and two others for corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal saying they “compromised the entire defence system of the country.” However, the order was stayed by the Delhi High Court later in the day. Special CBI judge Virender Bhat also awarded 4-year jail term to Jaitley’s former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and Major General (rtd) SP Murgai in the case. There should be zero tol- erance towards corruption in defence procurement deals as these have direct bearing upon sovereignty of our country, the court said Continued on Page 6 G uinness World Records on Thursday honoured Indian math genius Shakuntala Devi with the long overdue record title for “fastest human com- putation”, four decades after she achieved the feat. The fastest human com- putation is 28 seconds and was achieved by Shakuntala Devi by successfully multiply- ing two randomly selected 13- digit numbers, at Imperial College London, UK, on June 18, 1980. The certification was received by Anupama Banerji, daughter of the late mathe- matician. Banerji said she was barely 10 when her mother made the world record. “Wherever I went, all peo- ple would speak about was that record. So I knew it was a huge achievement worldwide.” I remember going to the Trocadero Centre (an enter- tainment complex on London’s Coventry Street). They have a room there which had mummy’s picture. It was fan- tastic,” she told PTI in an inter- view. The honour comes a day before “Shakuntala Devi”, a biopic on Banerji’s mother, starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Anu Menon, the film stars Vidya Balan in the title role. Balan said she is “thrilled” that Banerji will now have the certificate to cherish forever. “While shooting for “Shakuntala Devi” in London, we would meet Anupama Banerji often. In my conversa- tions with her, I realised that the late Shakuntala Devi didn’t have an official certification from Guinness World Records — it wasn’t the norm then. “Vikram Malhotra (pro- ducer) and I were, therefore, very keen to make this happen and along with the Amazon team, we reached out to the Guinness World Records team who provided us with every support,” the actor said in a statement. Banerji said Balan has “far exceeded our expectations” in playing the role of her mother on screen. Craig Glenday, editor in chief, Guinness World Records said Shakuntala Devi’s astound- ing achievement continues to hold its place in their archives after so many years. “No one has been able to even equal, let alone break, this record which is a testament to both the exceptional power of Ms Devi’s mind and the sig- nificance of this particular mental challenge. A global cel- ebration of the life and career of the ‘Human Computer’ is long overdue, and Guinness World Records is honoured to play its part in championing this unique individual,” added Glenday. C ongress MLAs will camp at the Fairmount hotel in Jaipur for another fortnight till the Assembly session starts on August 14. The rebel MLAs led by Sachin Pilot have indicated they too will attend the Assembly session amid signs of some “cooling off” in the war between the two camps. The Congress legislature party (CLP) on Thursday decided that the MLAs should continue to be safely ensconced at the hotel to keep the “poach- ers” at bay. In a development that could worry Gehlot, the Rajasthan High Court issued a notice to Speaker and Secretary of the Legislative Assembly as well as the six BSP MLAs who merged with the Congress party on a petition filed by BJP lawmaker Madan Dilawar. The court has asked them to file their reply by August 11. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that as soon as the date of the Assembly session was fixed, the horse-trading amount offered has reached an “unlimited’ rate. “Earlier, the first install- ment was of 10 crore and sec- ond was of 15 crore. Now it has become unlimited and all know who is doing horse-trad- ing,” said Gehlot. Gehlot also offered an olive branch to the rebel MLAs say- ing those who have not accept- ed money from the BJP should come back to the party fold. “Those who have not yet taken the first installments from the BJP should come back to the party,” he said. Continued on Page 6 I mages of Lord Ram and 3D portraits of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya will be beamed across the giant bill- boards in the iconic Times Square here on August 5 to cel- ebrate the temple’s ground- breaking ceremony, with organisers describing the com- memoration as a one-of-a- kind and historic event. Prominent community leader and President of the American India Public Affairs Committee Jagdish Sewhani on Wednesday said that arrangements are being made to celebrate the historic moment in New York on August 5, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foun- dation stone for construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Sewhani told PTI that among the prominent bill- boards that are being leased for the occasion are the giant Nasdaq screen and the 17,000- square-foot wrap-around LED display screen, considered among the largest continuous exterior displays in the world and the highest-resolution exterior LED screen in Times Square. Continued on Page 6 L ucknow reported its highest single-day spike as 485 peo- ple tested positive for coron- avirus taking the tally to 7615 while five COVID-19 patients died on Thursday pushing the death toll to 90. With 44 COVID-19 patients being discharged from various hospitals during the past 24 hours, 3,144 infected parsons have been cured in the state capital so far and at pre- sent 4,381 active cases are undergoing treatment in the city. A senior official at the CMO office said 24 people test- ed positive in Alambagh, 22 in Gomtinagar, 19 in Mahanagar, 18 in Ashiyana, 16 in Chinhat, 15 each in Bazaar Khala and Naka, 13 in Indiranagar, 12 each in Madiyaon and Thakurganj, 11 in Aliganj, nine in Wazirganj, eight each in Cantonment and Krishnanagar, seven each in Gudamba, Vikas Nagar and Talkatora, six in Sarojininagar, five each in Hasanganj and Saadatganj, four each in Itaunja, Bakshi Ka Talab, Kaiserbagh and Gosaiganj, three each in Aminabad and Manaknagar and two each in Maal, Para, Hazratganj and Banthara. Meanwhile, in a record spike, 3,765 persons tested positive for coronavirus across the state, taking the cumulative tally to 81,039. The state witnessed 57 COVID-19 deaths, taking the toll to 1,587. Lucknow (PNS): The 50- hour curfew starting from Friday night till Monday morning would continue in Uttar Pradesh. Announcing Unlock 3 guidelines on Thursday, Chief Secretary RK Tiwari said that lockdown would be enforced from 10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday and the violators would be punished under the various laws, including the Epidemic Diseases Act.

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India on Thursday refutedChina’s claim that troops

from both sides had disengagedfrom most of the friction pointsat the Line of Actual Control(LAC) and said the process is“not completed.”

This firm assertion by theMinistry of External Affairs(MEA) came sometime afterChinese Ambassador to IndiaSun Weidong said bordertroops of both the countries“have disengaged in most local-ities” and China was not astrategic threat to India.

“Border troops have dis-engaged in most localities, sit-uation on ground is de-esca-lating and temperature is com-ing down. China is committedto peaceful development and isnot a strategic threat to India,”Weidong said.

MEA SpokespersonAnurag Srivastava, however,said, “Some progress has beenmade, but disengagementprocess has not yet been com-pleted. The senior commandersof the two sides will be meet-ing in near future to work outsteps in this regard,” he added.

Srivastava also said Indiaand China agreed that earlyand complete disengagement oftroops along the LAC and de-escalation from border areas,and full restoration of peaceand tranquility was essential forsmooth overall development ofbilateral relations.

Giving the background,the spokesperson said it was

agreed last week by India and China in the 17th meetingof the Working Mechanismfor Consultation &Coordination on India-ChinaBorder Affairs (WMCC) earlyand complete disengagement of the troops along the LACand de-escalation from India-China border areas in accor-dance with bilateral agreementand protocols and full restora-tion of peace and tranquilitywas essential for smooth overall development of bilateralrelations. This was also theagreement reached betweenthe two Special Representatives,National Security Adviser(NSA) Ajit Doval and ChineseForeign Minister Wang Yi, intheir conversation on July 5.

“As we have stated earlier,the maintenance of peace andtranquility in the border areasis the basis of our bilateral rela-tionship. Therefore, we expectthat the Chinese side will sin-

cerely work with us for complete disengagement andde-escalation and full restora-tion of peace and tranquility in the border areas at the earliest as agreed to by theSpecial Representatives,”Srivastava said.

Meanwhile, the Chineseenvoy also said both sides should properly handle differences to bringbilateral relations back to nor-mal track. “Both sides shouldgrasp fundamental interests oftwo countries and their peo-ples, stick to friendly coopera-tion,” he said.

The Chinese claim andIndia countering it came asboth the sides are now prepar-ing for the fifth round of CorpsCommander-level talks in thenext few days. The two seniormilitary officers will review thepace of withdrawal of troopsfrom the four stand-off sites inEastern Ladakh.

India will also insist thatstatus quo ante be restored byChina by retreating to its posi-tions as were there in April end.The first face-off took place onMay 5 when the Chinese troopsintruded more than 5 km intoIndia at the Pangong Tso(lake)and obstructed an Indianpatrol. It resulted in fisticuffsand some soldiers from bothsides getting injured.

The Indian CorpsCommander will also take upthe issue of China not with-drawing its troops fromPangong Tso. The Chinesetroops are now positioned onsome of the crucial mountainspurs near the lake thereby pos-ing a grave threat to the Indianinterests.

In a positive development,the troops from both sideshave pulled back to theirrespective rear locations fromthe stand-off sites in theGalwan valley and Hot Springs.

The withdrawals from HotSprings are slow from theChinese side.

Another cause of concernis the Chinese reluctance to pullback more than 40,000 troopsnow deployed at the front anddepth areas. The two sides inthe earlier meetings had agreedto thin down the strength oftroops and weapons as a con-fidence building measure.

This has not come aboutand the Indian security estab-lishment is also not taking anychances. The Indian Army hasalso trained and acclimatisedmore than 25,000 troops fordeployment in Ladakh whereoxygen levels are low. TheIndian troops are also adjust-ed to cold weather as most ofthem have served tenures inSiachen and other such toughterrain.

These troops are now inposition at vantage places inLadakh and will be deployedaccording to emerging situa-tion in the coming days,sources said adding the armedforces are ready for a long haul.

In order to enable soldiersto function even during harshwinter months when tempera-ture dips to minus 20 degreesin Ladakh, the Army is makingprovisions for portable cabinsto withstand cold. Also, tomeet any additional require-ments, the Government hasallowed the armed forces to buymore special tents and sheltersmeant for high altitudes fromIndian and foreign vendors onemergency basis, sources said.

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Ahead of the bhoomi pujan,a priest of the Ram temple

in Ayodhya and four policemenhave tested positive for coron-avirus, sending a scare amongthe people, but Shri RamJanmabhoomi Teerth Kshetratrust said the bhoomi pujanprogramme would go ahead asplanned on August 5.

Acharya Pradeep Das,assistant to the chief priest ofRam Janmabhoomi temple,Acharya Satyendra Das saidthat he had tested positive forcoronavirus. AcharyaSatyendra Das too confirmedthis to the journalists onThursday.

Besides the priest, fourpolicemen on duty at RamJanmabhoomi in Ayodhya,where the bhoomi pujan cere-mony for the Ram temple isscheduled to be held on August5, have also tested positive forcoronavirus. The policemenwho tested positive weredeployed for the security ofRam Janmabhoomi complex,the RJB Teerth Kshetra said.

Chief Medical Officer atAyodhya, Dr GhanshyamSingh, said: “All the four copswho tested positive have beenisolated. We have tested every-one in and around temple

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Seeking to launch a money-laundering probe against

Bollywood actress RheaChakraborty and othersaccused in the case relating tothe death of film star SushantSingh Rajput, the EnforcementDirectorate (ED) on Thursdayrequested from the Bihar Policea copy of the FIR registered inthis connection.

The ED move comes evenas the Supreme Court onThursday dismissed a PublicInterest Litigation (PIL) seek-ing transfer of the probe intoRajput’s death case fromMumbai Police to the CBI.

The ED has written to theBihar Police asking for thecopy of the FIR as the Centralagency wants to study thecriminal case for exploring thepossibility of going ahead witha probe under the Preventionof Money Laundering Act(PMLA).

Money laundering being apredicate offence, the ED needsto form the Bihar Police case as

the basis to initiate the PMLAcase, officials said.

The deceased actor’s fatherKrishna Kumar Singh (74) hadon Tuesday lodged an FIR inPatna against Chakraborty, herfamily members and six otherson charges of alleged abet-ment to suicide of his son.

Dismissing the PIL seekingtransfer of the Mumbai Policecase into Rajput’s deaths, an SCbench comprising Chief JusticeSA Bobde and Justices ASBopanna and VRamasubramanian said thatMumbai Police be allowed todo the job and if there is some-thing, then a plea be filedbefore the Bombay High Court.

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Just when the experts hadstarted becoming hopeful

from the results of serologicalsurveys conducted in Delhiabout the possibility of achiev-ing herd immunity to containthe spread of the deadly Covid-19, the Centre on Thursdaysaid with its huge population,herd immunity cannot be astrategic option in the countryas it will come at a very high

cost in terms of human lives.“It can only be achieved

through immunisation. TheHealth Ministry thinks it’s pos-sible in future but for now we’veto follow Covid-19 appropriatebehaviour,” said HealthSecretary Rajesh Bhushan at aPress briefing here.

“Herd immunity is an indi-rect protection from a disease.In a country the size of India,it cannot be a strategic choiceor option. It can only be an out-

come, and that too at a veryhigh cost as it means lakhs ofpeople will have to be infected,get hospitalised and many willdie in the process,” Bhushansaid.

“Hence, it can only beachieved through immunisa-tion but that is in the future,”he said on the day when Indiaregistered 50,000 cases fromacross the country taking thetally to over 15.30 lakh cases.

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Three Assam Rifles person-nel were killed and and six

others injured in an ambush bysuspected insurgents of thebanned People’s LiberationArmy in Manipur’s Chandeldistrict, Indian Army sourcessaid on Thursday.

Suspected militants waitedbehind rocks and trees beforetriggering a blast that startledan Assam Rifles patrol inKhongtal near the India-Myanmar border around 6.30pm on Wednesday.

Even before the personnelcould gather their wits follow-ing the explosion, possiblytriggered by an improvisedexplosive device (IED), theycame under a fusillade of gun-fire from automatic weapons.

Army sources said the per-sonnel retaliated, forcing theattackers to flee. The deceasedhave been identified as PranayKalita, Ratan Salam and

Methna Konyak, all from thefourth battalion of the country’soldest paramilitary force.

Their bodies have beensent to Jawaharlal NehruInstitute of Medical SciencesHospital, Imphal, for postmortem. The injured have beenshifted to a military hospital inManipur’s Kangpokpi district.

Condemning the attack,Chief Minister N Biren Singhcalled it “an act of cowardice”.“I strongly condemn the cow-ardice attack on 4 Assam Riflesin Chandel district. My tributesto the security personnel mar-tyred in the attack,” he said.

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ADelhi court on Thursdayawarded 4-year jail term

to ex-Samata Party presidentJaya Jaitley and two others forcorruption in a 2000-01 caserelated to a purported defencedeal saying they “compromisedthe entire defence system of thecountry.”

However, the order wasstayed by the Delhi High Courtlater in the day.

Special CBI judge VirenderBhat also awarded 4-year jailterm to Jaitley’s former partycolleague Gopal Pacherwal andMajor General (rtd) SP Murgaiin the case.

There should be zero tol-erance towards corruption indefence procurement deals asthese have direct bearing uponsovereignty of our country, thecourt said

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Guinness World Records onThursday honoured Indian

math genius Shakuntala Deviwith the long overdue recordtitle for “fastest human com-putation”, four decades after sheachieved the feat.

The fastest human com-putation is 28 seconds andwas achieved by ShakuntalaDevi by successfully multiply-ing two randomly selected 13-digit numbers, at ImperialCollege London, UK, on June18, 1980. The certification wasreceived by Anupama Banerji,daughter of the late mathe-matician. Banerji said she wasbarely 10 when her mothermade the world record.

“Wherever I went, all peo-ple would speak about was thatrecord. So I knew it was a hugeachievement worldwide.”

I remember going to theTrocadero Centre (an enter-tainment complex on London’s

Coventry Street). They have aroom there which hadmummy’s picture. It was fan-tastic,” she told PTI in an inter-view.

The honour comes a daybefore “Shakuntala Devi”, abiopic on Banerji’s mother,starts streaming on AmazonPrime Video.

Directed by Anu Menon,the film stars Vidya Balan inthe title role.

Balan said she is “thrilled”that Banerji will now have thecertificate to cherish forever.

“While shooting for“Shakuntala Devi” in London,we would meet AnupamaBanerji often. In my conversa-tions with her, I realised thatthe late Shakuntala Devi didn’thave an official certificationfrom Guinness World Records— it wasn’t the norm then.

“Vikram Malhotra (pro-ducer) and I were, therefore,very keen to make this happenand along with the Amazon

team, we reached out to theGuinness World Records teamwho provided us with everysupport,” the actor said in astatement.

Banerji said Balan has “farexceeded our expectations” inplaying the role of her motheron screen.

Craig Glenday, editor inchief, Guinness World Recordssaid Shakuntala Devi’s astound-ing achievement continues tohold its place in their archivesafter so many years.

“No one has been able toeven equal, let alone break, thisrecord which is a testament toboth the exceptional power ofMs Devi’s mind and the sig-nificance of this particularmental challenge. A global cel-ebration of the life and careerof the ‘Human Computer’ islong overdue, and GuinnessWorld Records is honoured toplay its part in championingthis unique individual,” addedGlenday.

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Congress MLAs will camp atthe Fairmount hotel in

Jaipur for another fortnight tillthe Assembly session starts onAugust 14. The rebel MLAs ledby Sachin Pilot have indicatedthey too will attend theAssembly session amid signs ofsome “cooling off ” in the warbetween the two camps.

The Congress legislatureparty (CLP) on Thursdaydecided that the MLAs shouldcontinue to be safely ensconcedat the hotel to keep the “poach-ers” at bay.

In a development thatcould worry Gehlot, theRajasthan High Court issued anotice to Speaker and Secretary

of the Legislative Assembly aswell as the six BSP MLAs whomerged with the Congressparty on a petition filed by BJPlawmaker Madan Dilawar. Thecourt has asked them to filetheir reply by August 11.

Chief Minister AshokGehlot said that as soon as thedate of the Assembly sessionwas fixed, the horse-tradingamount offered has reached an“unlimited’ rate.

“Earlier, the first install-ment was of �10 crore and sec-ond was of �15 crore. Now ithas become unlimited and allknow who is doing horse-trad-ing,” said Gehlot.

Gehlot also offered an olivebranch to the rebel MLAs say-ing those who have not accept-ed money from the BJP shouldcome back to the party fold.“Those who have not yet takenthe first installments from theBJP should come back to theparty,” he said.

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Temple in Ayodhya will bebeamed across the giant bill-boards in the iconic TimesSquare here on August 5 to cel-ebrate the temple’s ground-breaking ceremony, withorganisers describing the com-memoration as a one-of-a-kind and historic event.

Prominent communityleader and President of theAmerican India Public AffairsCommittee Jagdish Sewhanion Wednesday said thatarrangements are being madeto celebrate the historic

moment in New York onAugust 5, when PrimeMinister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foun-dation stone for constructionof the Ram Temple inAyodhya.

Sewhani told PTI thatamong the prominent bill-boards that are being leased forthe occasion are the giantNasdaq screen and the 17,000-square-foot wrap-around LEDdisplay screen, consideredamong the largest continuousexterior displays in the worldand the highest-resolutionexterior LED screen in TimesSquare.

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Lucknow reported its highestsingle-day spike as 485 peo-

ple tested positive for coron-avirus taking the tally to 7615while five COVID-19 patientsdied on Thursday pushing thedeath toll to 90.

With 44 COVID-19patients being discharged fromvarious hospitals during thepast 24 hours, 3,144 infectedparsons have been cured in thestate capital so far and at pre-sent 4,381 active cases areundergoing treatment in thecity.

A senior official at theCMO office said 24 people test-ed positive in Alambagh, 22 inGomtinagar, 19 in Mahanagar,18 in Ashiyana, 16 in Chinhat,15 each in Bazaar Khala andNaka, 13 in Indiranagar, 12each in Madiyaon andThakurganj, 11 in Aliganj, ninein Wazirganj, eight each inCantonment and Krishnanagar,seven each in Gudamba, VikasNagar and Talkatora, six inSarojininagar, five each inHasanganj and Saadatganj, four

each in Itaunja, Bakshi KaTalab, Kaiserbagh andGosaiganj, three each inAminabad and Manaknagarand two each in Maal, Para,Hazratganj and Banthara.

Meanwhile, in a recordspike, 3,765 persons testedpositive for coronavirus acrossthe state, taking the cumulativetally to 81,039.

The state witnessed 57COVID-19 deaths, taking thetoll to 1,587.

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Widows living in variousashrams of Vrindavan

are eagerly looking forward tosending rakhi and Vrindavan-themed masks to PrimeMinister Narendra Modi tomark the festival of RakshaBandhan this year.

Till last year, some widowsfrom Vrindavan used to visitthe prime minister’s residencein Delhi to tie rakhi to him onRaksha Bandhan. But this yearthey will not meet the primeminister due to COVID-19pandemic.

Though the widows wouldmiss the opportunity of meet-ing Modi during this RakshaBandhan , they have prepared501 special rakhis with imagesof Modi and a similar quanti-ty of special Vrindavan-themedface masks which are being sentto him. These rakhis contain-

ing colourful photos of Modihave been prepared by a groupof aged widows living in MaaSharda and Meera Sagabhaginiashrams. With the aim to breakthe social stigma, well knownsocial reformer and founder ofSulabh Movement, DrBindeshwar Pathak, had start-ed organising all importantHindu rituals for widows livingin Vrindavan .

Raksha Bandhan is amongthem but no such programmeis possible this time due toCOVID-19 crisis.

“The ongoing coronaviruscrisis disheartened these wid-ows but it didn’t shatter theirspirit so they started preparingrakhis and special Vrindavan-themed masks for Modi. Someof the rakhis contain photos ofthe prime minister with cov-ered faces,” said Vinita Verma,vice-president of Sulabh HopeFoundation.

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With the spike in coron-avirus positive cases in

several districts, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath has asked theSGPGI Director to send teamsof experts to Kanpur Nagar,Varanasi, Prayagraj, Bareilly,Jhansi and Gorakhpur wherespecial efforts are needed toimprove COVID-19 treatmentfacilities.

Yogi directed officials toconstitute a team for bettercoordination in Lucknow andasked them to arrange privaterooms for the COVID-19patients admitted to SGPGIand KGMU in Lucknow.

“The district magistrate,chief medical officer, principalof medical college, senior fac-ulty, deputy chief medical offi-cer in-charge of Covid hospi-tals and ventilator operatorsshould be present during thevisit of such teams of experts tothe respective districts,” Yogisaid while presiding over theunlock review meeting at hisofficial residence here onThursday.

All these districts haverecorded a spike in coron-avirus cases, spreading fearamong the people. The localhospitals are over-crowded andcomplaints are coming thickand fast about mismanage-ment in the hospitals.

“Provide all the basic facil-ities to coronavirus- affectedpersons. There should not beany shortage of funds for this,”the chief minister said andasked officials to make availableRs 3 crore to the districts hav-

ing population below 25 lakhand Rs 5 crore to the districthaving above 25 lakh popula-tion.

He said that the amountmade available to the districtsshould be spent on the recom-mendation of the committee ofDM, CDO and CMO.

The chief minister saidthere should be availability of

beds for coronavirus infectedpeople. He asked officials toensure an adequate number ofbeds in Level-2 and Level-3Covid hospitals.

He said all the doctorsshould take rounds in the hos-pitals whereas the availability ofoxygen and ventilators shouldbe ensured in the hospitals asper their category.

“Use technology to moni-tor home isolated patients.Besides, ramp up COVID-19testing to one lakh per day, outof which 40,000 per day by RT-PCR and 65,000 by rapid anti-gen method,” the chief minis-ter said.

He further directed DG(Health) and DG (MedicalEducation) to maintain regulardialogue with in-charges ofCovid hospitals and princi-pals of the medical collegesrespectively. He asked officialsto carry on the work related tocontact tracing, door-to-doorsurvey and antigen testingarrangement for coronavirussuspects.

He also directed officials toset up Level-2 Covid hospitalsin every district and appoint anodal officer for them.

The chief minister saidthat half of the ambulances of‘108’ service should be used forCOVID-19 patients and halffor non-Covid patients. Heasked officers to ensure thatambulances engaged in Covidworks were not used elsewhere.

“The personnel of ambu-lances should be provided hon-orarium, masks, gloves andsanitiser,” the chief ministersaid and added that vehiclesshould be provided for surveil-lance work. He also directedofficials to provide dialysisfacilities to the Covid patients,if required, in SGPGI, KGMUand Ram Manohar LohiaInstitute of Medical Sciences.He issued specific directions toget paediatric institute of BRDMedical College, Gorakhpurready by August 15, 2020.

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In a major decision to strengthen man-power for maintaining law and order in

the state and also to reduce the burden onUttar Pradesh Police and Provincial ArmedConstabulary (PAC), the state government,in a cabinet meeting on Thursday, gavenod for the formation of five battalions ofUttar Pradesh Special Security Force(UPSSF).

The new dedicated force will look afterthe security of religious establishments,courts and other vital installations alongwith security of VVIPs.

The initial budget will be allocated tothe UPSSF through supplementary grantswhile the full allocation would be made inthe financial year 2021-22.

Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC)will be the nodal agency to raise the newdedicated force and the offices of UPSSFwould also be in the existing PAC campus.

Being set up on the lines of theCentral Industrial Security Force (CISF),

the UPSSF will look after the security ofreligious cities of Ayodhya, Varanasi andMathura, the Taj Mahal in Agra, theAllahabad High Court and its Lucknowbench along with other districts courts andother vital installations.

The force will also fortify financialinstitutions, industries, airports, Metro railand residences of those whom the govern-ment has extended special security.

According to the state government cir-cular released on Thursday, similar forcesare currently working in Maharashtraand Odisha. The proposal for the consti-tution of a special force was made on thedirections of the Allahabad High Courtafter incidents of violence were reportedon the premises of courts in December lastyear.

Additional Chief Secretary (Home)Awanish Awasthi told reporters soonafter the cabinet cleared the proposal hereon Thursday morning that the forcewould presently be trained at PAC battal-ions and the tasks would be divided

among the battalions. Awasthi said that recruitment in the

new force would be made as per the norms.“The formation of UPSSF will reduce

extra cost incurred on hiring services ofother Central security forces and wouldalso relieve the burden on the UP Policeand PAC so that they can pay more atten-tion to other law and order duties,”Awasthi told media persons.

He said the government was planningto set up such a force ever since the Metrowas flagged off.

“A specialised battalion will guard thecourts while another will protect religiouscities and Metro rail,” said a senior policeofficial.

It may be mentioned that earlier, theYogi Adityanath government has set up theState Disaster Response Force (SDRF) onthe lines of National Disaster ResponseForce (NDRF) and it is successfully fight-ing natural calamities like floods and is alsohelping in organising big religious eventslike the last Maha Kumbh.

Lucknow (PNS): Shuttingthe door for the Shiv Sena andits leaders for the bhoomipujan for construction of Ramtemple in Ayodhya, the ShriRam Janmabhoomi TeerthKshetra trust has issued astatement saying that onlyYogi Adityanath will attend theceremony being the main hostof the function.

RJB Teerth Kshetra gener-al secretary Champat Rai onThursday clarified that YogiAdityanath will be the mainhost of the bhoomi pujan andno other chief minister, evenfrom the ruling BharatiyaJanata Party states, has beeninvited.

“We will arrange a func-tion in which all the chief min-isters will be invited once thecoronavirus crisis ends,” hesaid. With the clarificationcoming from the RJB TeerthKshetra, it is now clear thatShiv Sena chief andMaharashtra Chief MinisterUddhav Thackeray has not

been invited for the bhoomipujan function. The RJBTeerth Kshetra has prepared alist of 200 invitees who willattend the function. Majorityof them are those who havetaken part in the Ram Mandiragitation.

However, according tosources, Yoga guru BabaRamdev has been invited forthe programme along withfamily members of 10 karsevaks who had lost their livesduring the Ram temple move-ment.

Meanwhile, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanathwould be reaching Ayodhyaon Friday to review thearrangements for the bhoomipujan. He will hold meetingswith the RJB Teerth Kshetramembers and the district offi-cials. The chief minister isexpected to visit Ayodhyaagain on August 3 when thereligious rituals for the bhoo-mi pujan will commence at theRam Janmabhoomi premises..

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Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati onThursday demanded a CBI probe into

the suicide by Bollywood star SushantSingh Rajput, saying the case was getting“murkier” by the day,

In a statement on the death of theBollywood star issued on Thursday, theBSP leader even did not spare the gov-ernments of Bihar and Maharashtra.

In her two tweets on Thursday,Mayawati said, “Every day new evidencesare coming on the death of Bihar-bornBollywood star Sushant Singh Rajputwhich is indicating towards a big conspir-acy. His father lodged a FIR in Patna andit is better for a CBI probe rather thangoing either for Maharashtra or Biharpolice.”

In another tweet, she said, “The con-tradictory statements of Congress lead-ers from Bihar and Maharashtra alsoshow that they are trying to take polit-ical mileage on the issue. The family ofthe victim should get justice and theMaharashtra government should be seri-ous on the matter.”

The statement of Mayawati has comewhen the Maharashtra government hasclearly said that it would not recommenda CBI probe into Sushant’s death.

Sushant’s father has alleged that hisson’s friend Riya Chakravorty is behindthe incident and has filed an FIR againsther in Patna.

Though in the past Riya too asked fora CBI probe, now she has moved theSupreme Court for transferring the casefrom Bihar police to Maharashtra police.

Lucknow (PNS): The cops ofMathura police went on alertafter getting information that14 inmates of the district juve-nile protection home hadescaped sometime on the inter-vening night of Wednesdayand Thursday.

A massive search operationcarried out by the cops yield-ed some results as they man-aged to nab seven of the miss-ing inmates but seven otherswere still untraceable.

A case was registered andsearch operation was on to nabthe missing inmates.

The inmates nabbed bythe police revealed that theyslipped out of the Sadar Bazaarjuvenile protection home aspoor quality food was beingserved to them despite theircomplaints.

Senior Superintendent ofPolice Gaurav Grover said theissue was being investigatedand a report would be sent tothe government so that griev-ances of the inmates could beaddressed to and they gotproper care.

In Mirzapur, two inmateslodged in a temporary jailslipped out through the win-dow sometime late Wednesdaynight and escaped. The inci-dent came to light on Thursdaymorning during routine check-ing when the two were foundmissing. The window grill wasalso found broken.

According to reports, theMirzapur administration hasset up a temporary jail inChunar to put inmates in quar-antine till their test for coron-avirus is not completed.

On Thursday morning, thejail administration found twoinmates missing and the win-dow grill of their barrack bro-ken. According toSuperintendent of Police inMirzapur, Dharamveer Singh,the inmates have been identi-fied as Satish Shukla andAsheesh Bind. They werearrested on July 17 by the copsof Haliya police station in con-nection with running auto-lifting gang.

Singh said that local policealong with the cops of theneighbouring districts hadbeen alerted and a case rewardof Rs 25,000 each had beenannounced on the arrest of thetwo inmates. A case has beenregistered in this regard andfour teams have been formed totrace out the inmates.

Lucknow (PNS): In a majorembarrassment for the BharatiyaJanata Party government in UttarPradesh, a ruling party MLA saton a dharna inside a police stationfor over five hours on Wednesdaynight in protest against the arrestof some of his supporters by thelocal police.

According to reports, BJPMLA Pankaj Gupta was annoyedwith the police “atrocity on somesenior citizens” and rushed to the

Sadar Kotwali in Unnao onWednesday night.

He tried to get his supportersreleased from police custody andwhen the police did not listen tohim, the legislator sat on dharna.After several hours, the policeagreed to look into the MLA’scharges but refused to release any-one.

Unsatisfied with the policebehaviour, the legislator contin-ued his dharna.

Later, after the night-longdharna, District MagistrateRavindra Kumar andSuperintendent of Police RohanP Kanay reached the police sta-tion on Thursday morning andpersuaded the legislator to end hisdharna.

Gupta, ended his dharnawhen the district magistrateassured him to investigate thematter and do justice to the vic-tims. The incident related to

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Congress general secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Thursday shot off

a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathfor release of suspended Dr Kafeel Khanof BRD Medical College in Gorakhpurfrom jail.

In her letter, sent on Thursday,Priyanka wrote that Dr Khan had spentmore than 450 days in jail and that YogiAdityanath should show some sensitivi-ty and help him in getting justice.

In the letter she also wrote a poem byGuru Gorakhnath and said it should

inspire the chief minister to do justice withthe jailed doctor whose services were moreneeded in hospital during this coronaviruspandemic.

“I want to bring the case of Dr KafeelKhan to your notice through this letter.He has spent more than 450 days in jailso far. Dr Kafeel has served people self-lessly in difficult situations. I hope that youwill do your utmost to get Dr Kafeel to dojustice while showing your compassion,”she wrote.

“I hope that these lines by GuruGorakhnath will inspire you to accept thisrequest of mine,” Priyanka said.

‘Man me rahina, bhed na kahina, boli-ba amrit vaani, agila agni hoiba, heavdhu tau aapan hoiba paani’ (Don’t dodiscrimination with anyone, always speaksweet. If the other person has burnt likefire then yogi you should calm himdown by becoming like water).”

Dr Khan was arrested by the UPpolice from Mumbai in January oncharges of making inflammatory speech-es in Aligarh regarding the CitizenshipAmendment Act. After this, he wasbooked under the National Security Act(NSA) and is currently lodged in Mathurajail.

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Accusing Centre of impos-ing Rashtriya

Swayamsevak Sangh’s agendathrough the new educationpolicy, Samajwadi Party presi-dent Akhilesh Yadav onThursday said that the govern-ment was destroying the valuesof social harmony and theprinciples of the Constitution.

In a statement, Yadav saidthat the objective of the neweducation policy was to imple-ment the agenda of the RSS.

“As per this agenda, thecourse will also be presented ina special colour in an attemptto mould the new generation,”the SP chief said and added,“The entire educational systemis messed up in Uttar Pradesh.Even the academic time-tableis not being followed here.”

He said the governmentwas not adhering to the prin-ciples of the Constitution whichtalked about social harmony,rather it was continuouslydestroying it.

“Any change in the educa-tion policy or a change in thename of the ministry is notgoing to transform anything.The BJP should not politicisethe future of the children. Theeducation system should besuch that it should enlightenthe minds,” he said.

�������� ��������,"��& ��Lucknow (PNS): The ElectionCommission of India has noti-fied by-election to one RajyaSabha seat that fell vacant in UPdue to death of sitting SamajwadiParty member Beni PrasadVerma. EC sources said here onThursday that the notificationwill be issued on August 6 andand last date for withdrawal isAugust 17. If required, the elec-tion will be held on August 24and the results will be declaredthe same day. Ruling BJP willwrest the seat from SP, probablywithout any contest, as it has amajority in the state assembly. SPleader Beni Prasad Verma diedon March 27 after a prolongedillness. He was 79.

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The Lucknow division ofNorth-Eastern Railway (NER) isgenerating employment forlabourers under MGNREGA. Aspokesman said the opportunitywas being provided in coordina-tion with the state governmentand the places of work wereclose to their native districts. Hesaid works like plantation, widen-ing of approach roads, repairingand strengthening of embank-ments near railway bridges,ground leveling, cleaning of veg-etation from cess and slopes ofrailway embankments were doneafter the approval of districtadministration in eight districtsunder the jurisdiction of NERLucknow division. These dis-tricts are Gorakhpur, Gonda,Maharajganj, Basti, Barabanki,Balrampur, Siddharthnagar andSitapur. Out of 25 railway worksproposed, eight have been sanc-tioned and at present, railwayworks are in progress in four dis-tricts — Siddharthnagar,Balrampur, Maharajganj andBasti.

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University AK Rai released thebook of Satish Chandra fromFaculty of Law. The book titled‘The Doctrine of PoliticalQuestion: Political Process vis-à-vis Judicial Process in India’. Theforeword has been penned bySupreme Court judge Justice BSChauhan. Chandra said that con-

stitutional governance, the doc-trine of political question and itsinter-relation with judicial processand political process is a complexissue which has been addressed inthe book. The book provides acomparative analysis of theUnited States and India on theissue of doctrine of political ques-tion and traces its various coloursin the light of judicial process andpolitical process.

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robust and viable ecosystem incollaboration with industry andgovernment to resume growth ofpharma industry, chairman of CIIUP State Council Ankit Guptasaid while addressing the CII vir-tual conference on Thursday. Hesaid that pharma industry is oneof the front-runners in the glob-al race of producing vaccineagainst coronavirus, testingdevices and drugs. “India has thelargest government-funded uni-versal healthcare scheme,Ayushman Bharat, aiming to pro-vide health cover to over 10 crorepoor and vulnerable families,”Gupta said. In his address, man-aging director of a pharma com-pany, Murtaza Khorakiwala saidthat for creating a right kind offramework for pharma industry,what’s needed is increased health-care infrastructure, procurementof medicine and services by gov-ernment for poor and regulatoryreforms. National president ofIDMA Mahesh Doshi said Indianpharma industry has the poten-

tial to steer industry to becomethe world leader. He added thatIndia has come a long way inbecoming a hub for manufactur-ing and supply of generic drugs.

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With the arrest of threepersons on Thursday, the

Kakori police claimed to haveworked out a loot case in whichjeweller Suresh Kumar Vermaand his son Utsav were target-ed on June 23.

On the fateful day, the rob-bers had held Verma and hisson at the gun-point near atemple in Hardoiya when theywere going to their house afterclosing the shop. The miscre-ants had looted a bag contain-ing gold and silver ornamentsbesides cash.

Those arrested were iden-

tified as Ram Adhar Yadav,Manoj Kumar aka Lallu (bothof Basti) and Raju Verma ofPara. Their aide Ram ShankerPal of Para managed to dodgethe police team. The accusedwere arrested when they wereplanning to commit a loot inthe area. The police said theaccused had committed sever-al sensational crimes in the past.The accused were nabbed fol-lowing a tip-off and they report-edly owned up their crimeduring interrogation. The policerecovered two country-madepistols, a looted scooty andornaments which they hadlooted from the jeweler. The

police said Ram Adhar was ahistory-sheeter of Parasrampurpolice station in Basti whileRaju Varma and Ram ShankerPal were named in 8-9 cases inLucknow.

Meanwhile, in an stringentaction, the Lucknow police onThursday externed three hard-ened criminals who hadamassed huge assets throughillegal means. Police spokesmanAK Dwivedi said RaghuveerSingh (40) of Chandannagar,Dilshad Ahmad (31) of BluntSquare in Mawaiyya andRaunak (22) of Nirala Nagarhad been externed in view oftheir criminal record.

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Ayouth ended his life at hishouse in Chinhat late on

Wednesday night. As perreports, Ravi Singh (23) ofVikalp Khand in Chinhat wasrushed to Ram Manohar LohiaHospital by his family around12:10 am and the doctorsdeclared him dead.

The hospital staff sent amemo to the Chinhat policestating details about thedeceased and a police team wassent there. Investigating officerShiv Narayan Singh (S-I) saidRavi was found hanging from aniron rod fixed under a tin shedroof on top floor of the house onWednesday night. “Ravi’s fathertold us that he and others in thefamily took Ravi to hospitalwhere he was declared dead,”Singh said. Ravi worked at ahotel and was unmarried. “Wesent the body for autopsy andstarted further investigation,”

he said. The investigating officerfailed to explain why the youthended his life. The family saidRavi was under mental pressureand he took the extreme step.

Elsewhere in Banthra, aloader driver, identified as SherBahadur aka Sheru of Alinagarvillage, was found hanging at hisold house some time onWednesday night. Reports saidSher Bahadur left his house forhis old house in the same local-ity on Wednesday evening. Hisuncle Ishwardeen said they start-ed searching for Sher Bahadurafter they did not find him in thehouse on Thursday morningand reached his old house in theprocess.

“Sher Bahadur was foundhanging in the house,”Ishwardeen told the police. Apolice team reached the sceneand sent the body for autopsy.No suicide note was recoveredfrom the police and the policestarted further investigation.

Lucknow (PNS): An MoUwas signed between KingGeorge’s Medical Universityand Integral University onThursday. The spokespersonfrom Integral University saidthat signing of the MoU wouldopen new doors of possibilitiesfor their students.

The purpose of this MoUis to set forth the terms andconditions, scope of work andresponsibilities of Integral

University and KGMU, withtheir collaboration on training,lab work and research. Boththe universities will cooperatein development of project andactivities. The MoU wassigned in the presence of act-ing Vice-Chancellor of IntegralUniversity Aqil Ahmad anddirector Mohd Haris Siddiqui.

“The signing of the MoUin these tough times gives outthe message that no matter

what happens, knowledge andresearch work should remainunaffected and continue pro-gressing for the betterment ofmankind. The MoU wassigned by following the rulesand regulations of social dis-tancing that everyone is fol-lowing. The MoU will pave theway for a partnership whichwill enrich and enhance thescholars,” the spokespersonsaid.

Lucknow (PNS): The Forestdepartment made its way intothe Guinness Book of WorldRecords for the fifth time andit received the official certifi-cate on Thursday. PrincipalChief Conservator of Forest(PCCF) Rajiv Garg said it wasthe first time that a worldrecord had been established forthe maximum number ofspecies planted on a single day.The Forest department hasmade the record for planting240 species in eight districts ofthe state.

The PCCF said that plan-tations were made as per theCovid-19 protocol and onlinerecording as well as videogra-phy was forwarded to theGuinness authorities. He saidthat the Guinness authoritieshad mentioned a minimum of150 species for achieving therecord but they had planted240 species.

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Amidst spike in the numberof coronavirus cases, the

state capital is gearing up forUnlock 3.0 beginning August 1.In view of further curbs withthe opening of gyms and yogacentres. DivisionalCommissioner MukeshMeshram said with the awarelot visiting gyms, they expect-ed them to ensure precautionswhile working out. He said withincreased antigen tests, theywere ensuring quick isolation ofpeople testing positive to con-tain the spread of coronavirus.

Chief Medical Officer DrRajendra Prasad Singh saidthey would ensure social dis-tancing and precautions atgyms and yoga centres, andplans were being prepared inthis regard. Dr Singh said testswere being carried out on awar-footing. He said severalcamps had been organised inLucknow and teams were alsoin the field to carry out antigentests. “There are areas whereteams have been sent in aplanned manner and teamsare even being sent to placesfrom where they are getting afeedback. We are sending teamsat all those places where we aregetting 4-5 positive cases,” he

said. District surveillance offi-cer Dr Ajay Raja, while talkingabout Unlock 3.0, said theycould only issue guidelinesand people had to adhere to thesame. “We can only issue advi-sories and nothing can happenwithout community support. Itis difficult to monitor all theactivities because we are alsoinvolved in so many otherthings. All the officials havebeen appealing to people tomaintain social distancing andfollow Covid-19 precautions,”he said.

He added that the numberof the cases had been on therise because of the increasednumber of tests being con-ducted. “A number of peoplehave tested positive, includingthe staff and wife of ministerBrajesh Pathak, employees ofNHM office at Vidhan Bhawanand staff of Dr ShakuntalaMisra University where we aresending a team,” he pointedout. Dr Raja said they werefocusing on home isolationand conducting meetingsbecause a large number ofpeople had opted for home iso-lation and discussions werebeing held on how these shouldbe monitored.

Meanwhile, DistrictMagistrate Abhishek Prakash

inspected Silver Jubilee com-munity health centre onThursday where he saw thatseparate area had been markedfor people who wanted to gettested and all those visiting thecentre were being screenedwith the help of a thermal scan-ner. The DM said that datamanagement centres need to beestablished at all the testingcentres so that there was nobacklog in the online feeding ofcases on the district surveil-lance officer’s portal.

He also gathered informa-tion on cleanliness manage-ment at the CHC and avail-ability of drugs. Doctorsinformed him that 10 peoplehad tested positive and the cen-tre was catering to areas suchas Goshala road, Balaganj andSarfarazganj. The DM alsointeracted with those present atthe centre.

Meanwhile, cinema hallexhibitors expressed disap-pointment at not getting thenod for opening from the

Central government.President of Uttar Pradesh

Cinema Exhibitors’ FederationAsheesh Agarwal said the deci-sion came in the wake of manysingle-screen theatres not readyto open because of rising num-ber of cases across the country.

“Our losses are mountingand have risen close to Rs1,200 crore in UP alone.However, the point to be notedis that while airlines and trainsare allowed to operate evenwhen there is no social dis-tancing followed there, we haveyet to get the nod,” he said.

Agarwal said cinemas hadopened only in China acrossthe globe and the response wasvery poor after they opened.“We will also be facing thesame situation once the nod isgiven to open them. Our majorconcern is the ease with whichfilms are releasing on the OTTplatforms. Our concern is alsothe major infrastructure whichcannot be used for any otherpurpose as the real estate hasalso been hit very hard by thecoronavirus pandemic,” he said.

Meanwhile, Tanuj Narainfrom a yoga centre and holis-tic learning in the city, saidwhile the Central governmenthad already given the nod forthe opening of yoga centres

and gyms, they were waitingfor the guidelines of the stategovernment as well as the dis-trict administration.

“We are also waiting forthe guidelines of our ownorganisation because ouronline courses have gottremendous response,” he said.He added that with the risingnumber of cases, in the currentscenario they would prefer tocontinue with online courses.“It will also be relevant in lightof the fact that under socialdistancing, we will be able toget only one-third of the capac-ity of halls,” he said. He addedthat offline courses have theirown importance because onecould get a lot of personalattention but in the currentscene of rising cases, theywould follow what their head-quarters instruct them.

Meanwhile, Lok BandhuHospital director Dr MadhuSaxena said that duties werestreamlined at their Covidhospital on Thursday. “Wewere told by the districtadministration that there couldbe a number of cases comingin and hence we streamlinedthe functioning of the hospitalso that better management ofthe cases could take place,” shesaid.

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Announcing Unlock 3.0guidelines on Thursday,

the Uttar Pradesh govern-ment removed restrictions onthe movement of individualsat night while allowing yogainstitutes and gymnasiumsto open from August 5.However, the 50-hour curfewstarting from Friday nighttill Monday morning willcontinue.

Chief Secretary RK Tiwarisaid there would be norestrictions on inter-state andintra-state movement of peo-ple and goods. No separatepermission, approval or e-permit would be required forsuch movements, he added.“It has also been decided thatschools, colleges and coachinginstitutions will remain closedtill August 31. Besides, metrorail, cinema halls, swimmingpools, entertainment parks,theatres, bars, auditoriumsand assembly halls shallremain closed,” Tiwari said.He said that lockdown wouldbe enforced from 10 pm onFriday to 5 am on Monday.The violators would bepenalised under various acts,

including the EpidemicDiseases Act.

Social, political, sports,entertainment, academic, cul-tural, religious functions andother large congregations willsti l l not be al lowed.“Vulnerable people — thoseabove 65 years of age, thosewith comorbidities, pregnantwomen, and children belowthe age of 10 years — havebeen advised to stay at home,except for meeting essentialrequirements and for healthpurposes,” Tiwari said. Aboutthe containment zones, theChief Secretary said that thelockdown in these areas willremain till August 31.

The government has,however, allowed movementof individuals during nighthours. Yoga centres and gymswill open from August 5 as perthe standard operating pro-cedure to be issued by theUnion Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare (MoHFW).The guidelines further saidthat Independence Day func-tions should be allowed withsocial distancing and otherparameters like using sanitis-ers. Preference should begiven to at-home functions.

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Thieves struck at a house inIndira Nagar and decamped

with Rs 2.5 lakh in cash andornaments. The house waslocked since July 27 evening andthe incident came to light onWednesday evening. Accordingto complainant Sushma Singh ofManas Enclave, she had gone toher parents’ house in VikasNagar on July 26 evening andthe house was locked sincethen. “Around 11:30 pm, I got acall from my landlord ManishChaturvedi, who informed

about the theft and I reached thehouse, only to find cash andornaments missing,” Sushmastated in the complaint.

She said the thieves had bro-ken locks of all the doors andrummaged through all theplaces in the house. The articleswere lying strewn across thefloor, she added.

Police said they registered acase on the complaint and start-ed investigations. Sushma’s hus-band works as an accountant ina finance company.

In another incident, thievesstole mobile phones and demo

sets after dismantling the shut-ter of a shop in Chinhat on theintervening night of Wednesdayand Thursday. Shop-owner ShivDularey Yadav of ChinhatBazaar told the police that hisshop is located opposite a petrolpump in Krishna Vihar Colonyin Chinhat. “I closed the shop onWednesday evening and wasinformed about theft onThursday morning. The thievesjacked up the shutter anddecamped with the goods,” hesaid. The police registered a casein this connection and startedfurther investigation.

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The EnforcementDirectorate on Thursday

arrested a leather trader andbrother of a Samajwadi Partyleader of Kanpur in connectionwith a money laundering case.He has been sent to jail. He wasinvolved in a money launder-ing case lodged by the EDagainst him about six years agoon the complaint of CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI).

According to reports,Irshad Alam, brother ofSamajwadi Party leader MehtabAlam, is one of the leadingleather traders of the city. He isengaged in the trade of raw andprocessed hide and the goodswere also exported to manycountries. The annual turnover

of his company is around Rs400 crore. In 2001-02, Irshadhad taken loan of around Rs 40crore from three banks, includ-ing the Allahabad Bank, onpretext of entering into tradeagreement with a German firm.Against this loan, he hadpledged an FDR of only Rs 5crore. Due to non-payment ofbanks’ instalments in time, theloan amount continued to swellup with interest.

In 2006, his loan accountswere declared NPA. Thereafter,during investigations by CBI,fraud of around Rs 57 crore hadcome to fore. After lodging acase against Irshad and others,the CBI had carried out theinvestigations. Later, theinquiry was carried out by theEnforcement Directorate after

registering a case of moneylaundering against him.

As Irshad was not cooper-ating in the investigations, theED team arrested him inLucknow on Thursday andsent him to jail.

Sources said after takinginterest in leather trade for twoyears, Irshad decided to investin Bollywood films. During2003-05, the loan of around Rs20 crore taken from AllahabadBank was spent on Bollywoodfilm industry. In 2005, the film‘Taj Mahal’ directed by AkbarKhan was launched andfinanced by him. All thisamount was taken by him onloan from the banks on pretextof entering trade agreementwith a German company butused for some other purposes.

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Divisional CommissionerDeepak Agrawal has

instructed the concerned offi-cers for data feeding of coronapositive patients found in anti-gen tests on the portal imme-diately so that they can be pro-vided hospital and ambulancefacilities. He said that no laxi-ty at any level would be toler-ated. While holding a meetingwith officials at the IntegratedCOVID Command ControlCentre, Sigra here onWednesday evening, he saidthat the data entry would helpin providing facilities to coro-na patients timely, warningthe officers that action wouldbe taken against guilty officersin connection with delay infeeding data.

Agrawal further directedthe officials that the reports ofantigen tests and the details ofpositive corona patients shouldbe presented before the con-cerned officers daily in eveningmeetings so that the rapidresponse teams visit the homes

of the patients to take a deci-sion on home isolation or hos-pitalisation immediately.According to him, due to delay,the condition of patients maygo critical and increase thechances of others being infect-ed from them.

District Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma gave spe-cial emphasis on increasingthe sampling and instructed the

Health department officials todischarge the responsibilitywith more seriousness andsensitivity.

He also emphasised onsampling the maximum num-ber of people as possible in themass antigen test campaign. Inthis regard, the DM informedthat under the proposed masssampling campaign, the autorickshaw and e-rickshaw dri-

vers would be tested at VaranasiJunction (Cantt.) andManduadih railway stationson July 31, police personnel ofCantt. and Bhelupur policestations and their outposts onAugust 1, home guard person-nel in the Police Lines onAugust 2, employees of VikasBhawan on August 3, NagarNigam staff at Sigra on August4, boatmen and others atDashashwamedh on August 5,traders of Pahadia Mandi onAugust 6, drivers, conductorsand cleaners of governmentand private buses at Cantt onAugust 7, RPF personnel inManduadih railway station onAugust 8, media personnel atParadkar Bhawan (Madagin)on August 9, cremation work-ers at Harishchandra andManikarnika ghats on August10 and police personnel ofLanka, Sigra and Manduadihpolice stations and their out-posts on August 11. ChiefMedical Officer (CMO),ACMOs and other nodal offi-cers were also present in themeeting.

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On the instructions of PoliceTraining Directorate, Uttar

Pradesh (Lucknow), 'passingout parade' programmes ofnew recruits were organised atboth the local PAC unitsincluding 34th PAC Battalion,Bhullanpur and 36th Battalion,Ramnagar here on Thursday ina grand manner. At Bhullanpur,the Commandant RajeevNarayan Mishra was the chiefguest who inspected the paradeand took salute from the newrecruits. In this grand parade,189 recruits participated withfull energy and enthusiasm. Forthe training work of recruits, asmany as seven ITI trained per-sonnel, three PTI trainers andfour teachers were appointedby the Training Directorate.Apart from this, training wasimparted from time to time bythe senior officers of the corpsapart from doctors, fire fight-ing experts, radio branch per-sonnel and other qualifiedspokespersons who deliveredlectures on various importantsubjects.Addressing the recruitsduring the passing out parade,Commandant Rajeev NarayanMishra said that he expectedthat the recruits would alwaysmaintain discipline and excel inwork and conduct apart fromtreating the common man well.He also wished them a bright

future. The trainees who per-formed excellently were award-ed by the Commandant. Onthis occasion, DeputyCommandant Virendra KumarYadav, Assistant CommandantsAbhishek Yadav and NareshSingh Yadav, camp inchargeRajinikanth Ojha and manyother officers and staff of thebattalion were also present. Inview of COVID-19, all theprogrammes were celebratedwith full enthusiasm by main-taining social distance.

Besides, in the trans-Gangaarea a similar grand passing outparade was also held at PACBattalion, Ramnagar, in whicha total of 280 PAC recruits tookoath and participated in theparade. The chief guest wasCommandant Pankaj Kumar.He inspected the parade bymaintaining social distanceand then administered theoath. In his passing out parade,he wished the recruits for abright future and expressedhope that they would maintain

dignity and reputation of theforce apart from discipline. Healso expressed hope that theywould maintain good behaviorwith the public and work withtrue devotion. He also award-ed the best recruits.

The function was alsoattended by DeputyCommandant Rakesh KumarSingh, Assistant CommandantAnil Kumar, camp inchargeDharmendra Singh, SubedarMajor Kailash Nath Singh andmany others.

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Now the denizens will getsome relief from the piles

of garbage strewn in front oftheir houses. It is because theagency will be finalised nextmonth to collect garbage fromthe door of the house in thecity. Tender has been invitedfrom the Environment depart-ment of the MunicipalCorporation. The last date forsubmission of tender has beenfixed as August 7. The tenderwill be finalised on August 10.

Apart from operating thegarbage disposal plant inBaswar, earlier the agency HariBhari used to do door-to-doorgarbage collection in the city.However, citizens and corpora-tors were not happy with thearrangements of the agency'sdoor-to-door garbage collec-tion. Therefore, a motion wasmoved against the agency inthe Municipal CorporationHouse. After the resolutionwas passed by the House, it was

sent to the government.On December 31, the cor-

poration terminated its agree-ment. The tender was invited inMay to select a new agency, butthe tender was cancelled due totechnical issues. Now the ten-der has been invited again.

The corporation itself iscollecting garbage from 325such places in the city, wheremore than 100 kg of garbage isreleased every day. Thisincludes government and pri-vate hospitals, hotels, restau-rants, shopping malls and com-mercial establishments.Corporation is also collectinggarbage from houses in somewards. It is being claimed notto take the user charge. Whilethe garbage pickers take theuser charge every month.

Uttam Verma, an environ-mental engineer and city healthofficer, said that the agencyHari Bhari now runs a wastedisposal plant. Tender has beeninvited for selection of agenciesfor door-to-door garbage col-

lection. The procedure for ten-dering will be made final onAugust 10, he added.

IIIT-A STARTS NEWSESSION : Indian Institute ofInformation Technology,Allahabad started its new aca-demic session from July 30.Prof P Nagabhushan, Director,IIIT-A on Wednesday said thatin spite of all odds and limita-tions, the institute has been ableto maintain the calendar ofevents intact till day.

"Our next semester com-mences now. Time table isissued. Classes will happenon-line/Web enabled for thatfaculty is ready. Except forfresh batches, all other classesresume.Therefore with thereopening, all of us shouldmake ourselves available inthe headquarters and strictlyobey the norms and guidelinesissued by Government of India/MHRD, State Governmentand District administrationregarding movement. All of usshould make ourselves available

for the cause as already con-veyed by the directive ofMHRD, " he added.

He also said that for thesake of completion of teaching,a lab/practical demonstration isrequired then a video of thesame may be made anduploaded or if possible coverthe same life. All offices willfunction from Friday. ProfNagabhushan further reiterat-ed that the commitment byevery one of IIIT-A family hasbeen so instrumental that theIIITA is able to maintain theacademic calendar. Hopewe put our best effortforward to take the same spir-it forward.

"If for reasons beyond con-trol, because of COVID crisis,if some of us are away fromheadquarters, and are not get-ting permission from the localadministration to exit fromthat place, then the statusshould be let known to therespective unit Heads/ Deans/Registrar,’ he said.

ALLAHABAD (PNS): Theauthorities of AllahabadUniversity have announced thetentative dates of entrance testsfor undergraduate and post-graduate courses of the acade-mic session 2020-21. Theentrance tests for BSc (Maths),BSc (Biology), BCom, and BSc(home science) will be held onSeptember 21, and those forBA, BFA, BPA and BA-LLB willbe held on September 22. ForLLB (three years), the entrancetest will be conducted onSeptember 28 and that forpostgraduate courses, LLM andMCom will be held onSeptember 29. On September30, the varsity administrationhas proposed to conduct theentrance tests for PG profes-

sional courses which will beheld through online mode only.whereas, entrance test for allother courses, the tests will beheld, both through online andoffline modes, said Director ofadmissions, Prof PrashantAgarwal. However, the univer-sity authorities have clarifiedthat these are just tentativedates and the entrance testswould be conducted only if thesituation with regard to theCOVID-19 pandemicimproves and the clearance isgiven by the MHRD.

REMEDIAL CLASSESFOR UP BOARD STU-DENTS: UP Board studentswho failed to perform betteracademically will now haveremedial classes every day for

help. All UP Board schools inthe state will now give a 40-minute ‘remedial class’ everyday to help them clear doubtsin a subject. The period wouldbe the first period of the day.

The move will help around1.28 crore students enrolled inover 1.08 lakh primary andaround 50,000 upper primaryschools in 75 districts of thestate. The step is in contrast tothe usual practice of conduct-ing separate classes for studentswho might be performingpoorly in their class. The prac-tice has now been dropped asit is considered against theconcept of ‘inclusive education’,said State Education depart-ment officials. The departmentconducted aptitude tests for

students enrolled in theseschools in February 2020. Theresults showed that a largenumber of students couldn’tmeet the basic educationalparameters set for them,depending on their age andstandard. The results led to thegovernment’s plan to conduct‘remedial classes’ every day inUP Board schools. As part ofthe exercise, around 5.5 lakhassistant teachers, shikshamitras and part-time subjectinstructors will be trainedonline between July 20 andAugust 14. The training isbeing supervised by the StateProject Office of SamagraShiksha Abhiyan of StateInstitute of EducationalManagement and Training

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North Central Railway hasidentified goods sheds

over its three divisions forshort-term and long-termimprovements in infrastructurerelated to loading and useramenities. Working in mis-sion mode it has been done ina record time of 15 days andNCR continues to work onmajor improvement worksunder the overall objective todouble the freight loading by2024.

In the immediate inputcategory works like repair towharf and road connectivity,repair to labourers and mer-chant rooms, provision ofdrinking water facilities, repairsto covered shed andloading/unloading platforms,improvement in general clean-liness, removal of vegetationand unwanted materials,improvement in lightings andother electrical fittings in goodssheds and associated servicebuildings, provision of highmast lighting and other lightfittings for improved illumina-tion have been completed inimportant goods sheds of

North Central Railway .Under this initiative,

Prayagraj division hasimproved goods sheds ofChunar, Mirzapur, PrayagrajChheoki/Naini, KanpurCentral, Panki Dham, Etawah,Mainpuri, Sikohabad,Firozabad and Aligarh; JhansiDivision has undertakenimprovement works in Rayaru,Datia and Bhimsen goodssheds, while Agra division hascompleted short-termimprovement works in KosiKalan, Mathura, Kuberpur andYamuna Bridge goods sheds.

Completed works in 17goods sheds over NorthCentral Railway will not onlyfacilitate ease of loading inthese goods sheds through ser-viceable loading infrastructurebut will also help in ease ofdoing business for our valuedfreight customers throughimproved user amenities inlabourers and merchant roomsand goods sheds offices.

Under the dynamic leader-ship of General Manager NorthCentral and Northern RailwayRajiv Chaudhry and continu-ous monitoring of concernedPHODs and Divisional Railway

Managers duly supported withmany initiatives including for-mation of BusinessDevelopment Units, improve-ment to goods sheds etc load-ing and average speed of freighttrains have been in upswing onNorth Central Railway. Despitethe ongoing COVID-19 crisis, North Central Railway as on29.07.20 has loaded 45.1 lakhstonnes freight in 2020-21against loading of 52.2 lakhstonnes in the correspondingperiod of last financial year.Freight revenue as on 29.07.20of � 484.42 crore earned byNorth Central Railway in thecurrent financial year is alreadyup by � 30.17 crore over freightearning of � 454.25 crores inlast financial year. Undeterredby the corona epidemic, NorthCentral Railway is striving notonly to touch last year's freightloading volume but to surpassit within the next one month.Bringing efficiency to opera-tions, freight train averagespeed have increased substan-tially over NCR and goodstrains clocked average speed of47 km/hr in July maintainingoverall average speed of 43Km/hr in April- July, 2020

thus registering more than80% improvement over averagespeed of 23.48 Km/hr in thesame period of last financialyear.

RB CHIEF INSPECTSKHURJA-DADRI SECTION: Chairman, Railway Boardand Vice-Chairman Niti Aayoginspected the vital Khurja-Dadri Section of DedicatedFreight Corridor Corporationof India Limited (DFCCIL)on Wednesday. This section isthe connecting link betweenthe Eastern andWestern Dedicated FreightCorridors having the capacityto run Heavy Haul and LongHaul Freight trains at 100kmph.

In recent times efficienthigh-performance machineslike new track constructionmachines which can lay 1.5Km. track on daily basis arebeing used. The overall cost ispegged at � 81,459 crore.

The first phase involvingthe construction of WesternDFC (1504 Route km) andEastern DFC (1856 route km)spanning a total length of 3360route km, will be completed byDecember 2021.

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Once again the Prayagrajcity reported a total of 149

new cases of COVID-19 late onWednesday night. With this,the corona meter rose to over2,000 in the district.Surprisingly, about 1,000patients have been foundinfected with coronavirus inthe last 10 days. The number ofpatients growing so fast iscausing fear amongst the peo-ple. This number continues togrow after the sample testingfor corona has been intensifiedin the city.

Considering the increasingnumber of corona patients,residents are now believingthat it was all the impact of thecommunity transmission ofcorona in the city even if it isnot officially announced by theHealth department or districtadministration. It can also beassumed that because now the

corona infection has spread inevery part of the city. Two orfour positive patients arebeing found in each locality perday.

Not only this, most of thepatients who are being infect-ed with corona have neither acontact history nor any symp-toms. In such a situation, thedepartment is also unable togather the history of patients.The patients who are comingare just being admitted to hos-pitals or being allowed to stayin home isolation.

Meanwhile, the testingreport of 1,613 samples hascome negative on Wednesday,while samples of 1,711 coronasuspected patients have alsobeen collected from differenttesting centres in the district.

SP Crime Ashutosh Mishrahas also become corona infect-ed. They are placed in homeisolation. Although his wife andchildren tested negative. His

gunner's report came positivetwo days ago. Apart from this,the report of the wife andmother of neurosurgeon DrKarthikeya Sharma has alsocome positive. The new posi-tive cases of corona found onWednesday included about adozen children, who arebetween one year and 12 yearsold.

In addition to this, inIFFCO township Phulpur, sixpeople have been found coro-na infected, including a one-year-old child. A seven-year-old baby was also found to becorona infected in Koundhiara.A 12-year-old girl inPreetamnagar, an eight-year-old girl in BalamukundpurSirsa, a 12-year-old girl inUruva Meja, a one-year-old girlin Babnauti Sirsa, a four-year-old girl in Bahadurganj alsotested corona positive.

A prisoner in Naini jail hasalso been found in the grip of

corona, who hails from Rajapurarea in the city. A junior doc-tor at SRN Hospital and ateacher in Sohbatiabagh werealso found infected.

Patients who were report-ed to be corona positive amongthe 149 new cases are the res-idents of Old BairahanaMadhavpur, Hashimpur Road,South Malaka, Sohbatiabagh,Kidwai Nagar, Jhalwa, Kydganj,Preetamnagar, Mundera, ImliVillage, Nyaya Vihar SulemSarai, Lala Ka Sarai Teliarganj,Abubakarpur Dhumanganj,Chandpur Salori, Dhanupura,Bahria, Chhauri, Jharia ,IFFCO Township Phulpur,Colonelganj, Clive Road,Alenganj, NTPC Bara, Meja,Samogra Naini, Karailabad,Bheti Handia, Semri Pratappur,Sirsa Bazar, SRN Hospitalcampus, Attarsuiya,Johstonganj, Bahadurpur,Krishnanagar, Kydganj andother localities.

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After a day of some relief,the COVID-19 cases in

the district, once again, shot upin the three-figure mark when172 patients were detected onThursday. This is the secondhighest case found during aday after July 24 when 179patients were detected. Withthis, the total number of caseshas increased to 2,622. The dayalso saw three more deathsincluding one reported onWednesday night, increasingthe toll to 51. During the day,the follow-up reports of 33patients were found negativeand later on, they have beendischarged from the hospitals.With this, the total number ofrecovered patients hasincreased to 1,074, leaving1,497 active patients.

According to the ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) DrVB Singh, in the first reportreceived by 11 am during theday as many as 108 new coro-na patients were found out of475 reports received fromMicrobiology department ofBanaras Hindu University(BHU). Till then, the total testreports received were 37,949and the results of 7,490 exclud-ing 1,178 RTPCR samples col-lected a day ago are awaited.Out of these, 35,291 were neg-ative reports while 2,558 pos-itive. The total number ofsamples collected was 46,617.Earlier, three COVID-19patient died increasing thetoll to 51. They included a 65years old male fromRasoolpur, Badagaon; 52 yearsold male from NorthKakarmatta (both died atDDU Hospital) and one per-son died on Wednesday nightapart from two others. Theywere a male aged 58 fromPhulpur and a female alsoaged around 59 fromShivrajnagar, Mehmoorganj.

With the addition of 22 redzones, the total number ofhotspots have increased to812 including 344 red zonesincluding 12 green zones con-verted red again. Besides, thereare 468 green zones including47 new ones.

Meanwhile, on the eve ofthe festival of Bakrid, thepolice personnel took outroute marches in some sensi-tive areas including Bajardiha.District magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma has madechanges in opening of marketsand now the markets willremain open on Monday. Themarkets will remain closedonly for two weekend days(Saturday and Sunday).However, the timing has beenchanged again and now themarkets will remain openbetween 9 am and 5 pm,

instead of 7 pm. on five daysfrom Monday to Friday,instead of four.

The movement of peopleand any vehicle between 6 pm.and 5 am will remain restrict-ed.

Earlier permissions forsome shops and others duringweekend lockdown will con-tinue as usual. In containmentzones, shops and privateoffices will remain closed. Inview of festivals of Bakridand Rakshabandhan, shopsof sweets, bakery, meat, Rakhiwill remain open between 9am and 5 pm even duringweekends on Saturday andSunday (August 1 and 2). Theorders also said that in view ofBakrid, Rakshabandhan, RamTemple construction andKrishna Janmasthmi falling onAugust 1, 3, 5 and 11/12 there

would be ban on all social andreligious functions andKurbani apart from groupnamaz at Idgahs and mosques.The new orders will remaineffective till August 15.

In this belt of Purvanchal(eastern UP) comprising 10districts of three divisions,during the last 24 hours byWednesday, 693 new patientswere found increasing to totalnumber to 10,792 with 5,239(48.54%) active patients and153 deaths (1.41%) ,while5,403 (50.06%) have been dis-charged from the hospitals.During this period, maximumof 142 patients were found inJaunpur followed by 124 inMirzapur, 117 in Ballia, 89 inBhadohi, 64 in Azamgarh, 54in Varanasi, 44 in Ghazipur, 33in Chandauli, 15 in Sonbhadraand 11 in Mau.

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DM SK Patel directed theofficials to prepare such a

plan under MGNREGA whichcould be prove as an asset forvillagers as well as farmers.These views were expressed byhim while kicking off the con-struction of a minor canal inSarsaavaan village in Patehrablock. He told the farmers toavail themselves of the facilityof the canal and earn more thanthe cost of the project. Heasked the Irrigation depart-ment officials to make the irri-gation water available in thecanal even in summer throughpump. CDO Avinash Singhapprised the DM that the canalhad been constructed threedecades ago and as the farmerswere remaining deprived ofirrigation facility a project wasprepared for renovating it. Hesaid that 1,200 metre longcanal which was to be madecemented would help morevillages. He praised the irriga-tion department for makingsuch a useful project. On theoccasion the DM performedthe ‘bhoomi pujan’ amidst thechanting of Vedic shlokas and

started the work by digging theland himself with a hoe. Duringhis tour the DM inspectedSirsi dam and directed the

Irrigation department to makeavailable a congenial atmos-phere for tourists. Later the DMinspected inspected the site ofcommunity toilet which wasunder construction inDeepnagar village. The DM wasaccompanied by DPRO ArvindKumar, BDO Patehra andIrrigation department officials.

DRIVE: During a drivelaunched in the city a team ofFood and Drug administrationteam led by assistant commis-sioner Ashok Kumar collectedsamples of various food itemsfrom a shop situated inBharuhna and another one inthe Civil Lines area and sentthem to a laboratory for testing.

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On the directive of SPYashveer Singh the

Madhogarh police arrestedthree vehicle thieves along withillegal weapons. Police confis-cated a stolen Honda City car, twoillegal weapons and four cartridgesfrom them, registered a case againstthem and sent them to jail. Duringpatrolling and checking of vehi-cles at Bangra on the instructionsof Madhogarh Kotwali inchargeinspector BL Yadav and under thedirection of CO, Madhogarh cir-cle, Sanjay Sharma, at 8 pm. On

being tipped off by an informer thepolice arrested three members ofan inter-state gang of vehiclethieves, Dilshad, son of Shehzad,

Jitendra, son of Shyamsundar,and Imran son of Feroz, residentsof Auraiya. They were caught

from Mizhona trifurcationwhile coming from MP in thestolen vehicle. The team ofMadhogarh Kotwali comprisingS-I Rajeevkant and constablesGopal Dixit, Padmakar Dwivedi,Bhurendra Singh andRamkhilavan arrested them.Police confiscated the HondaCity with a Delhi registrationnumber, two pistols of 315 boreand four live cartridges. Duringinterrogation they confessed thatthey stole vehicles from Delhi.Police said that several caseswere registered against them inUP, MP and Delhi.

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The SOG team unearthed afactory manufacturing ille-

gal weapons. SHO City KotwaliDinesh Singh said that a cul-prit, Manoj Vishwkarma, son ofBalbir, was arrested near SankatMochan temple area in Bandacity on Wednesday along withan illicit rifle of 315 bore.Officer incharge SOG AnandKumar Singh said that thearrested culprit was a residentof Bivar village in Hamirpur.He said that the raids were con-ducted at Ramedi in Hamirpurwhere an illegal arms manu-facturing factory wasunearthed. The culprits arrest-ed by the police belonged to

Hamirpur district. They wereidentified as Shafeeq Khan, aresident of Mutni village, BabluSultan alias Islamuddin, son of

Vajahuddin, a resident of Allahivillage, Asif, son of AbdulHaneef of Maligua village,Imran, son of Ayub, a residentof Mugalpura village, Rath,Nahid alias Tajuddin, son ofTahir, a resident of Naraicha

village and Shivphal aliasGutauwa, son of Gorelal ofLaraudh village. Officerincharge SOG AK Singh saidthat an illicit pistol of 32 boreand its magazine and four livecartridges, a rifle of 315 bore,17 countrymade pistols of 315bore, a countrymade pistol of12 bore and four live car-tridges and instruments formanufacturing illegal weaponswere recovered from the spot.Singh said that the team whichwas led by him comprised offi-cer incharge Civil Lines policeouptost, Chandra Pal Singh,and constables Yogendra singh,Dhananjay Singh, AP SinghBP Singh, S Kumar, Nitesh,Prabhat Tiwari and Sagar.

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Under the ‘Utkrsht RailCoach’ scheme of Indian

Railways a total of 37 of themhave been modernised at themechanical workshops,Gorakhpur and Izzatnagar ofNorth Eastern Railway (NER).At mechanical workshop,Gorakhpur, modernisation ofas many as 14 coaches has beendone till July 1 and of anothersix till July 15. Similarly, at themechanical workshop,Izzatnagar, the modernisationwork of 17 coaches has beencompleted till June 25. The 20coaches modernised by themechanical workshop,Gorakhpur, will be used in the15048/15047 Gorakhpur-K o l k a t a - G o r a k h p u rPurvanchal Express. The 17coaches modernised byIzzatnagar division will be used

in 12527/12528 Ramnagar-C h an d i g ar h - R am an a g arExpress. At the mechanicalworkshop, Gorakhpur, mod-ernisation of a total of 20coaches has been done. Theyinclude one of air-conditioned

second class, four of air condi-tioned third class, 10 sleepercoaches, three of general classand two SLR coaches. On theother hand, at the mechanicalworkshop, Izzatnagar, mod-ernisation of 17 coaches hasbeen done. They include one ofair-conditioned chaircar, sixof chaircar, seven of generalclass, one SLRD and two SLR

coaches. In the toilet of thesecoaches good quality basins,water taps and stainless steeldustbins have been installed.The ventilation system has alsobeen improved and the toiletoccupation indicator board hasalso been installed, Chief PublicRelations Officer PankajKumar Singh said. Moreover, e-poxy flooring has been done. Inaddition to vinyl wrappinginside the coach, the outsidepainting scheme has been givenan attractive appearance withpeach and maroon colours. Inaddition to displaying pictures incoaches related to North EasternRailway area such as RailwayMuseum, Guru GorakshanathTemple, Gita Press, RamgarhTaal, Gorakhpur, and BuddhistTemple, Kushinagar etc all thefittings and berths in the entirecoach have been completelycorrected.

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The North Eastern Railway (NER) administrationis very alert towards environmental protection

and promotion. Large-scale plantation programmesare organised from time to time in the headquar-ters as well as the three divisions of NER. In the samesequence chief workshopmanager/mechanical work-shop, Gorakhpur, AtulChandra Besra, along withsenior railway officials plant-ed saplings on Wednesday atits premises, CPRO PankajKumar Singh said. A largenumber of ‘chandan’ saplingswere planted on the occa-sion. Deputy chief mechanicalengineer/Works, PhanindraPandey, workshop personnel officer Gopal PrasadGupta and assistant personnel officer AnandKumar also planted ‘chandan’ saplings. It may bepointed out here that under the guidance of chiefworkshop manager AC Besra and supervision ofworkshop personnel officer Gopal Prasad Gupta,more than 500 saplings have been planted in the work-shop premises so far. They include those of neem,Gulmohar, mango, blackberry, litchi, jackfruit andArjuna. As a result of their proper care these plantsare growing well and in the coming years they plantswill be fully developed and bring greenery to theworkshop premises and also purify the environment.

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The Madihan police nabbedthree thieves along with a

stolen monoblock pump. Asper report, incharge, policeoutpost, Patehra, DN Bhargava,was patrolling along with hiscolleagues when he saw threesuspects at Amoi trifurcation.The police intercepted themand recovered a stolenmonoblock pump from them.After completing the legal for-malities the police sent theaccused, Dinesh, Mithilesh andMahendra, residents ofBaghaura village, to jail.Meanwhile the Chunar policearrested three persons andrecovered a motorcycle and amonoblock pump. Whilepatrolling policemen saw thesuspects at Jaugarh trifurcation.During interrogation theyfound that the motorcyclewhich they had was a stolenone. On clues provided bythem the police recovered amonoblock pump too. Thepolice sent the accusedChandrabhan, Dharmendraand Suresh, residents ofNunauti village under theChunar police station to jail.

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One person was killed in a road accidentat Bela Jungle on Mirzapur-Sonbhadra

road under Madihan police station. Reportssaid that a truck collided with DCM mini-truck on Wednesday. On getting informationthe Madihan police team reached there andbrought the driver and the assistant of DCMout with the help of locals. Driver Samsuddinwas found dead on the spot while the assis-tant Alijahan was sent to a hospital in a seri-ous condition. The DCM truck was badlydamaged.

RECOVERED: The bodies of threeyouths who had drowned in rivers wererecovered on Wednesday. In the first incidentShailesh Singh(25), a resident of Nathayiprvillage under Phoolpur police station,Varanasi, drowned at Deewanghat whilebathing in the Ganga on Wednesday. His bodywas recovered the same day. In the second inci-dent Shiv Jagat Nishad (32) of GopalpurMudguda village under Vindhyachal policestation was drowned in the Ganga while fish-ing on Tuesday evening. His body was recov-ered from Oliyar Ghat on Wednesday.Meanwhile Guddu Sonkar (32) belonging toBirohi under Vindhyachal police station wascrossing Karnavati river on Tuesday when hedrowned. His body was recovered byVindhyachal police on Wednesday.

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KANPUR (PNS): On theinformation given by theaccused in the Sanjit Yadav kid-napping-and-murder case,the police on Thursdaylaunched a search for the bodyof the lab technician fromPandu river.

Earlier, after taking theaccused Nilu and Gyanendraon 48-hour remand on remandon Wednesday, the police tookthem to Lohewala bridge atFattepur Gohi and asked themto point out the spot fromwhere Sanjit’s body wasdumped into the river. Bothtold the police that they hadthrown the body into the riverfrom the middle pillar of thebridge.

As the search operationcould not be launched aftersunset late Wednesday evening,it was started on Thursday.

Around 9:30 am, PACjawans reached the spot inmotorboat and carried out thesearch operation. However, thebody could not be recovered tilllate evening.

Besides, to recover the bagcontaining the ransom money,the police searched nearGujaini railway tracks andnearby area throughout theWednesday night.

On Thursday morning, thepolice again took the accusedthere to recover the bag.

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The Barra police onThursday recovered the

three-year-old son of a sweetshop employee, two days afterthe child disappeared.

Police arrested a womanand recovered the child fromher.

According to reports,Durgesh Kumar of KarahiRoad, Purani Sabzi Mandi, isemployed in a sweet shop andlives with wife, Shivani, andson, Mritunjaya (3).

Shivani had informed thepolice that on July 28 evening,her son, Mritunjaya, mysteri-ously disappeared. She sus-pected the role of Mansha,wife of Suraj Gupta, who hadvisited her house on July 28evening in the disappearance ofher child.

The police recovered thechild on Thursday morningfrom Mansha and arrested her.

During interrogation,Mansha said Prahlad was hersecond husband. Suspectinghis presence at Shivani’s house,she had gone there on July 28evening. When Prahlad wasnot found there, she took awayShivani’s mobile phone and

son, Mritunjaya, with her. Later,she had threatened Shivani onphone to kill Mritunjaya if shedared to inform the police.

Superintendent of Police(South) Murthy said Mansha

had taken the child to her rel-ative’s house in Unnao and aftera brief halt there, she had pro-ceeded towards Rae Bareli.Her location was traced by thesurveillance team. When

Mansha returned to Kanpurand reached near DamodarNagar canal, she was arrestedby the police. The child washanded over to the parents, theSP (South) said.

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Industrial DevelopmentMinister Satish Mahana has

expressed concern over thesurge in coronavirus positivecases and the high number ofCPVID-19 death in city.

Addressing a meeting hereon Thursday, the ministersaid it had been decided toimprove the infrastructure ofthe Level-3 Covid care centreat LLR Hospital.

He said the governmenthad also decided to set upanother Level-1 Covid carecentre at KDA Dreams toreduce pressure on the mainhospital.

Mahana said the govern-ment was serious that thepatients admitted to Covidhospitals got proper treat-ment and care.

Chief Medical Officer DrAnil K Mishra said that the

number of critical COVID-19patients was increasing andthis was the major cause ofconcern as it had put immensepressure on the medical staffand others.

He said Level-3 Covidcare facility was only availableat LLR Hospital and with therise in serious cases, it wasbecoming difficult to handle

the situation. He said the gov-ernment had been asked toincrease beds in the Level-3Covid hospital.

The CMO said talks weregoing on with private hospi-tal which had properinfrastructure like ventilatorand oxygen supply in thisregard.

He said the major cause of

concern was that for 10 dis-tricts adjoining Kanpur Nagar,only LLR Hospital had Level-3 Covid facility and due to theincrease in number of criticalpatients being referred to itwas the hospital authoritieswere facing a big problemin accommodating thepatients.

GSVM Medical CollegePrincipal Dr RB Kamal saidfor round-the-clock monitor-ing of the critical patients onventilators , special CCTVcameras had been installed inthe ICU to regularly keep acheck on the patients.

He said a team of doctorspresent at the control roomwould monitor all the venti-lator settings, blood pressureand also the reading of thepulse oxymeter.

He said currently 50 crit-ical patients were admitted, 30in HDU and 20 in ICU.

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Uttar Pradesh Metro RailCorporation (UPMRC)

has completed more than halfof the piling work of the 9 Kmslong priority corridor of theKanpur Metro Project that wasbeing constructed between IITand Motijheel. Piling meantpreparing the foundation bydigging into the ground andputting reinforcement underthe carved pile.

A total of 2330 piles was tobe prepared from IIT toMotijheel, out of which around1300 piles have been preparedso far, i.e. about 55 per cent ofthe work had been completed.Piling work from IIT toGurudev Metro station underthe utility had beenalmost completed, as con-struction of only 8 piles in thispart of the corridor was left.

Civil construction of thepriority corridor commencedon November 15, 2019. UPMetro had set a target tocomplete 1277 piles by the endof July.

Thanks to the excellentplanning of the UP Metro’scivil engineers, Uttar PradeshMetro Rail Corporation has sofar surpassed this target andhas prepared around 1300piles. Besides this, 95 piers and122 pile caps have also beenconstructed in the corridor sofar.

Construction /castingactivities at the Casting Yardare also progressing with anice momentum and so far 44pier caps, 78 U-girders and 57double T-girders have beencast. Of these, 28 pier caps and4 double T-girders have beenerected till now.

JUDGE ALLOWSHOLDING OF VIRTUALCOURTS : The DistrictJudge, Ashok Kumar Singh,has allowed holding of virtu-al courts from Fridayonwards. The decision hadbeen taken after a high levelmeeting held with judicialofficers, Bar and Lawyersassociation. The UPGovernment had issued direc-tives to all the district judgesto start virtual court seeing theproblem of the litigants andthe lawyers as well.

With the decision takenthe court will start function-ing from Friday and the GICCollege has been marked forhearing.

As per the directive of theJudge the litigants will not beallowed to enter but thedefence lawyers and prosecu-tion will only be allowedentry.

The plaints will be put upin a box till 12.30 and can befiled online through kanpur-nagarcourt [email protected] for an help thelawyers can call on mobiles oflawyers and paralegal volun-teers.

The entry into the courthas made mask and sanitisersmandatory.

The issues to be taken upfor hearing will be bail, pend-ing anticipatory bail, essentialcriminal appeal, remand ofprisoners and in civil onlyissues related to ban orders.Similarly all the AdditionalDistrict Judges, ChiefMetropolitan Magistrate, spe-cial chief judicial magistrate,civil judge senior section andcivil judge junior they all willhear from their respectiveresidential offices.

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The member CBSE schoolshave been asked by the

CBSE Board to furnish detailsas how will they manage class-es if the schools reopened. Ithas directed all the principalsof the various CBSE schools toprovide details especially as tohow will they maintain socialdistancing in the schools. It hasalso said keeping in mind theCOVID-19 protocol the onusrested on the schools to ensurefool proof protection of thechildren who come to schoolespecially the junior sections.

The school have also beenasked to submit details as towhat preparations have theymade for the children if theschool was opened. The schoolwill have to provide a detailedfeedback to the CityCoordinator of CBSE schoolsin Kanpur, Balvinder Singh. Hehas directed the school to fur-nish the details latest by July 31.

It may be mentioned herethat the principals of the schoolwill be the guarantor for thesecurity of the children andthey had to ensure they takeevery possible care of the chil-dren to prevent them frombeing affected by corona.Thebigger danger was that becausesocial distancing may be diffi-cult for children, they will actas transmission agents to teach-ers, staff and older adults backhome.

The guidelines will bereleased in the first week ofAugust. The measures to betaken seriously by school wasthat there should be mandato-ry thermal scanning at theentrance of students, teachersand non teaching staff. Eachchild must wear a mask or aface shield and the school haveto carry out sanitisation of thefurniture, blackboards andother equipment. The schoolshould also have an infirmarywith a trained nurse. The med-ical panel has also raised theissue of mental health risksfrom COVID-19 stress, due toeconomic or medical crises athome, or the psychologicalimpact of increased isolationand treating everyone as apotential threat.

Another issue which wasonline teaching especiallycybersafety and above all therehad to be a limit of one to threehour capping on such onlineinteraction.

Currently large number ofschools conduct online teach-ing for over eight hours spreadall through the day. Besides ithad also come to light theonline tuition was also addingmental stress to the children.Other issue which had beenraised prominently was thatonly 11 per cent of Indianhouseholds had computerswith 24 per cent internet facil-ities which was even lower inrural areas.

A single device cannot helpmany children of one familyand thus if the government waseager to run education onlinethen it had to provide equalaccess to all children.

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The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Anil K Mishra, informed thata total 199 new cases were identified between Wednesday

evening and Thursday evening taking up the total to 4,800 cases.He said a total of 76 cases were discharged and the cured per-sons figure reached 2,087. He said with 3 more deaths reportedthe total death stood at 195 on Thursday evening. He informedthat now the total active cases were 2,518. He said a total of 2,514samples were taken and the highest were from CMO samplestotalling 1,915.

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Tamil Nadu Government onThursday extended the

lockdown in force due to coro-navirus pandemic to August 31with some relaxation. Theannouncement to extend thelockdown which would haveended on July 31 came imme-diately after Chief MinisterEdappadi Palaniswami metdepartment heads, district col-lectors and the team of medicalexperts advising theGovernment on the manage-ment of pandemic.

Details of the lockdown 7version were announced byChief Minister Palaniswami ina release on Thursday.

The new lockdown envis-

ages extension of the closure ofeducational institutions toAugust 31. The suspension ofpublic transport includingChennai Metro too would con-tinue. Shops and commercialestablishments would beallowed to function within theparameters specified by theGovernment including timeof business hours and numberof customers who could beserved serviced.

The State will see completeshut down on all Sundays.Believers will be allowed tooffer prayers at small templesand other places of worshipwhile big temples would con-tinue to be in shut down modetill further notice.

The State has been experi-encing hike in the number of

persons getting diagnosed withCovid-19. The last one weeksaw nearly 7,000 persons get-

ting tested positive on each dayof the week and with 80 deathson an average across the State.

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Anil Murali (56), popular Malayalam film actorpassed away at Ernakulam on Thursday. The

end came at a private hospital in the city wherehe has been admitted with liver ailments on July22, according to hospital sources.

Murali leaves behind his wife Suma and twochildren. The actor shot into fame with his firstfilm Kanyakumariyil Oru Kavitha in 1993 and hasnever looked back since then. His rough and toughlooks endeared him to the fans and he has actedin more than 200 films including Tamil, Teluguand Kannada movies.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled theactor’s death and said he would be certainly missedbuy his fans. “The rough and sturdy characters pre-sented by him will definitely linger in the mindin years to come,” said the Chief Minister.

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CHENNAI: Covid-19 claimed97 lives while 5,864 new per-sons were diagnosed with thepandemic during the last 24hours, according to the medicalbulletin issued by theGovernment of Tamil Nadu onThursday.

While the number of fatal-ities on Thursday exceededthat of Wednesday, the numberof new persons tested positiveshowed a fall from that ofWednesday (6,426). As onThursday, there were 57,962active covid-19 patients in theState. The total number of per-

sons tested positive for thepandemic till date crossed 2.39lakh by Thursday. The day saw5,295 patients getting curedand discharged from hospitalswhich took the number of totalpersons who got cured till dateto 1.78 lakh. The total fatalitiesin the State till date reached3,838 on Thursday.

While 1,175 new persons inChennai were identified withCovid-19, the districts ofChengalpet (354),Kancheepuram (175) andThiruvallur (325) remainedcritical. PNS

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Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister,claimed on Thursday that the

world was following the coronavirusdefence mechanism initiated by Kerala.“Our strategy has earned widespreadappreciation and even advanced coun-tries are replicating the Kerala modelin countering the Covid-19 pandem-ic,” Vijayan said in his media briefingon Thursday.

Since the web portal of the IndianCouncil of Medical Research (ICMR)was facing technical hitch, the ChiefMinister said the update of the Covid-19 situation on Thursday was not avail-able.

“As per the data available up tonoon, 506 new Covid-19 patientshave been identified in the State. Two

persons succumbed to the pandemicwhile 794 patients who were recoveredfully got discharged from hospitals.Out of the 506 persons who were diag-nosed with Covid-19 on Thursday, 375 personscontracted the pandemic throughlocal transmission,” he said.

The Chief Minister said thatThursday marked completion of sixmonths of coronavirus in the State. “Itwas on January 30 that the firstinstance of the pandemic came to thenotice of the government. But my gov-ernment was fully prepared to meetany eventuality in the second week ofJanuary itself.All international organ-isations have praised the steps takenby Kerala to counter the pandemic,”said the Chief Minister who was in ajovial mood from the word go.

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Aformer Member ofParliament, a veteran politi-

cian of Jyoti Basu era and two-time Bengal Pradesh Congresschief Somen Mitra passed awayon Thursday. He was 78 and issurvived by his wife Sikha Mitra,a former MLA and son Rohan.

Mitra was suffering from anumber of ailments related toheart and kidney.

Mitra who was the sittingPCC president during the timeof his death served as the MLAfrom Kolkata’s Sealdah andChowrunghee seats for eightconsecutive times between 1972and 2006. He joined theTrinamool Congress in 2009 andwas elected an MP from

Diamond HarbourConstituency. Subsequently heleft the TMC following his alter-cations with Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee on a numberof issues including the chit fundscam. Tweeting his condolencesCongress MP Rahul Gandhiwrote “All my love and supportto family and friends of SomenMitra at this difficult time. Wewill remember him with love,fondness and respect.” His sisterand Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi too spoke toMitra’s bereaved wife.

“Saddened to hear about thepassing away of veteran leader,former MP and PCC presidentSomen Mitra... My deepestcondolences to his family, fol-lowers and well-wishers,” wrote

Mamata Banerjee who left theCongress in 1998 to form herown Trinamool Congress fol-lowing his differences with Mitrathe then PCC president.Congress Lok Sabha leaderAdhir Chowdhury said “I amdeeply shocked by his demise.He was not only a party col-league but my political mentorand a guardian who brought meto Congress and made me whatI am today.”

CPI(M) State secretary andpolitburo member SuryakantoMishra said “Somen Mitra’sdeath has cause a political vac-uum in Bengal politics,” adding“he has been trying for a jointmovement with the Left againstdivisive and corrupt forces... wewill try to carry that forward.”

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Within a month after a BJPMLA suffered a "mysteri-

ous" death by hanging atHemtabad in North Dinajpuranother BJP worker, a boothpresident from Ramnagar areain East Midnapore was foundhanging from a tree, near hishouse. The 44-year-old partyPurnachandra Das was foundhanging from a tree late onWednesday evening said localBJP leadership adding he wasunder constant pressure fromthe Trinamool Congress to leave

the saffron outfit and join theState ruling party.

“His body was found hang-ing from a branch of a mangotree near” even as his feettouched the ground, PabitraPatra a local BJP man allegedsaying he had refused to join theTMC which was why “he hasbeen murdered by them.” Thebody had been sent for post-mortem and reports were await-ed, sources said. The TMC how-ever refuted such claims.

A local police officer said “allangles are being probed,” adding“there was a long-standing dis-pute over a road going by the

house of the victim.... we willlook into that angle also.”

“There was a feud going onwith our neighbours. He wentout today to attend a meetingwhich was scheduled around 4pm to find a solution to theproblem. Around 3 pm hisbody was found hanging froma tree a few hundred metresaway from the house,” saidSubimal Das, the victim’s broth-er. The latest incident comeswithin a month of the death ofBJP’s MLA from Hemtabad,Debendra Nath Roy who wasfound hanging under mysteriousconditions outside a shop about

a mile away from his house. Aninvestigation is on in that casetoo. The BJP has been accusingthe TMC of “resorting to poli-tics of annihilation.” A couple ofBJP workers died in a similarfashion in Purulia last year.

“The TMC has unleashed areign of terror and the police area party to it. We are waiting forthe postmortem results to comeafter which we will take theissue,” said State BJP leadershipwarning the “police officerswho are today creating the mis-chief will have to pay dearlytomorrow when we come topower.”

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Court if you have anythingconcrete to show,” the SCbench said when the counselfor PIL petitioner Alka Priyasought the CBI probe intoRajput’s death.

Rajput, aged 34, was foundhanging from the ceiling of hisapartment in suburban Bandrain Mumbai on June 14 andsince then the Mumbai policehas been probing the caselodged under Section 174 ofCrPC relating to accidentaldeath.

Meanwhile, Chakrabortyhas moved the apex courtseeking transfer of the Patnapolice FIR to Mumbai and astay on the investigation by theBihar police. Rajput’s father, on

his part, has filed a caveatbefore the SC pleading to beheard in the matter beforepassing any order onChakraborty’s plea.

In its FIR, the Bihar policehas pressed charges undervarious Indian Penal Code(IPC) Sections including 341(wrongful restraint), 342(wrongful confinement), 380(theft in dwelling house), 406(criminal breach of trust), 420(cheating) and 306 (abetmentof suicide).

In his complaint to theBihar police, Singh accusedChakraborty of havingbefriended his son in May,2019 with the intention of fur-thering her own career in theTV and film world. He alsoalleged that Rs 16 crore was

transferred from his son’s bankaccount to Chakraborty’saccounts.

The ED is aiming to probeallegations of mishandling ofRajput’s money and his bankaccounts by the accused per-sons for money laundering.The agency’s money launder-ing probe will entail lookinginto the possibility of Rajput’sincome being laundered forcreating tainted assets by using“proceeds of crime”, officialssaid.

The ED can attach assetsof the accused if acquiredthrough proceeds of crimeand also has the authority tomake arrests under the PMLA.

Rajput had starred in hitfilms like ‘Chichhore’, ‘Kai PoChe’ and ‘Kedarnath’,

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From Page 1Beginning from 8 AM on August 5 till 10 PM,

images of the words “Jai Shri Ram” in Hindi andEnglish, Lord Ram”s portraits and videos, 3D por-traits of the temple”s design and architecture as wellas pictures of the laying of the foundation stoneby Modi will be displayed across several billboards,which are among the most striking and popularfeatures of Times Square, one of the most popu-lar tourist destinations in the world.

“This is not a once in a lifetime or a once ina century event. This is an event that comes oncein the life of mankind. We had to give it a befit-ting celebration and what better place than the icon-ic Times Square to commemorate the “Ram JanmaBhoomi shilanyas” (groundbreaking ceremony).“Under Prime Minister Modi, the construction ofthe Ram Temple is a dream come true for Hindusall over the world. Till six years back, we neverthought that this day will come soon but due toModi’s leadership, this day has come and we wantto celebrate it in a befitting way,” he said, addingthat on August 5, images of Lord Ram will floodTimes Square.

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From Page 1duty.” All these people testedpositive in a random testing car-ried out of the people who wereexpected to attend the August 5programme. The question nowbeing asked is whether those incontact with Acharya PradeepDas would be asked to go onhome quarantine.

Last Saturday, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath hadvisited the Ram Janmabhoomicomplex to review preparationsfor the August 5 event. Photosand videos of the day show thecoronavirus-positive priestPradeep Das standing next tothe chief minister during a rit-ual. Ram Janmabhoomi chiefpriest Acharya Satyendra Das,who will lead the August 5 cer-emony, is also seen standing nextto the men. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is expected toattend the ceremony along withabout 200 guests.

Meanwhile, sources in theRJB Teerth Kshetra trust saidthat the programme would goahead as planned, maintainingall safety protocols for COVID-

19. At present, Ayodhya has 375active coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, the BJP gov-ernments at the Centre and inUP are working overtime tomake this occasion memorable.The prime minister who will laythe foundation stone of theRam temple, is also all set torelease postal stamps on theoccasion. According to thesources, one of the stamps is like-ly to be on the model of the Ramtemple and another on scenesdepicting the significance ofLord Ram in other countries.

On the other hand,Ayodhya Research Institute willprint big posters and cut-outs ofsymbols of Ram Lila from dif-ferent countries to depict the cul-tural presence of Lord Ramacross the world and would beput them up on the entire routeto the Ram temple. Preparationsare also on to ensure non-stoprecitation of Ram Charit Manasat 25 locations on the 4.5-km-route to be taken by the primeminister from Saket DegreeCollege in Ayodhya where hischopper will land.

From Page 1The court added that the

crime committed by the con-victs was of “highest degree”.

The court, in an in cameraproceeding, imposed a fine ofRs 1 lakh each on all three con-victs and directed them to sur-render before it till 5 PM onThursday itself. The threeaccused were held guilty ofcorruption and criminal con-spiracy in the purported pur-chase of hand-held thermalimagers. The case stemmedfrom “Operation Westend”sting aired by news portalTehelka in January 2001.

The trial court said the

convicts were no laymen butpersons of status and means,and had not committed thecrime due to any ignorance orlack of knowledge or underany duress.

“On the contrary, thecrime was committed by themin pursuance to a well hatchedconspiracy and upon duedeliberations with each other,”the court said, terming thecrime as “a very serious” and“having grave ramificationsso far as the defence of ourcountry is concerned.”

The convicts took moneyfrom the representative of afictitious firm without both-

ering to ascertain whether thefirm was actually in operationand whether the product of thesaid firm sought to be induct-ed in the Indian Army wasworth it, the court observed.

It noted that they chose toremain blindfolded on all thevital aspects of the concernedproduct of the fictitious firmonly with a view to get somemonetary enrichment.

“By their act, they com-promised the entire defencesystem of the country. It is acrime with very wide andhuge repercussion for theentire nation and thus cannotbe dealt with leniently.

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From Page 1If they have won the elec-

tion on the symbol of theparty, then they should sup-port the party and theGovernment, he said.

On the other hand, certaintweets by Pilots are beinginterpreted as a sign of a pos-sible thaw in the bitter warbetween the two camps.

Pilot on Wednesday tookto social media platformTwitter to congratulate GovindSingh Dotasra for taking overas the new PCC chief.

“Congratulations toGovind Dotasra ji on assum-ing charge of the president ofRajasthan Pradesh Congress

Committee. I hope that youwill, without any pressure orpartiality, respect those work-ers who have been clinical inthe formation of thisGovernment,” Pilot said.

Pilot also wishedRajasthan Assembly SpeakerCP Joshi on the latter’s birth-day. This comes in the back-drop of a bitter spat betweenthe Speaker and the RajasthanHigh Court over the disqual-ification notices to the rebelMLAs, including Pilot.

Pilot also greeted ChiefMinister of MaharashtraUddhav Thackeray on hisbirthday. This is significantsince Thackeray is a bitter

critic of the BJP and ShivSena has been blaming the BJPfor trying to topple theRajasthan Government. Thepilot camp has also told TVchannels that its MLAs wouldattend the House.

Meanwhile, Gehlot saidPrime Minister NarendraModi should take a look atwhat is happening in the State.“I called him (Modi) myselfand informed him of the sit-uation. I am happy that theGovernor accepted my request(to hold an Assembly ses-sion). The delay is only forhorse-trading... by the BJPand a leader of our party at theBJP’s behest.”

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He said the Ministry, too,believes that the herd immu-nity is far in the future andhence, it is important to adoptCovid appropriate behaviour.

“Are we approaching herdimmunity? The HealthMinistry believes it is still faraway and in the future. Fornow, we have to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour likewearing masks, avoiding gath-erings, following hand hygieneand maintaining ‘do gaz ki

doori (maintaining distance oftwo yards),” the official added.

The Government’s standon herd immunity seems to bein contrast with a clutch ofexperts. For instance, notedepidemiologist JayaprakashMuliyil had said results of theDelhi’s Sero survey-whichshowed one-fourth of Delhideveloped immunity withouta vaccine -- indicate that weare fast approaching herdimmunity. He had said Covidpandemic is going to end on

its own when we reach herdimmunity, according toreports. On the progress of thevaccine to combat the virus,Bhushan said phase 1 and 2human clinical trials of twoindigenously developedCovid-19 vaccine candidateshave started. Quoting WHO,Bhushan said there are 24vaccine candidates which arein clinical evaluation in theworld and there are 141 vac-cine candidates in pre-evalu-ation stage.

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The CBI has registered a caseagainst a then scientist and

his colleague working at theIndian Institute of TropicalMeteorology (IITM), Pune,Managing Director, a Director ofMumbai-based private companyand others on the allegations ofcausing loss to IITM.

Those against whom theCBI registered the case under sec-tions 120-B( conspiracy)

420(cheating) 468 (forgery) and471( using a forged document) ofIPC and section 13(2) r/w.13(1)(d) of Prevention ofCorruption Act, included: thethen Scientist – ‘F’, IITM, Pune;the then Senior Technical Officer,Gr-II, IITM, Pune; ManagingDirector, Mumbai based privatecompany and others, includingunknown public servants.

A CBI spokesperson said onThursday that during 2011-2018,the then public servants entered

into conspiracy with othersincluding Managing Director &Director of a Mumbai based pri-vate company and awarded thecontract for the supply, com-missioning and maintenance of‘Digital Display System ofSAFAR-PUNE’, including supplyof 12 nos. of Outdoor TrueColour LED Display Boards tothe private company in violationof the prescribed purchase pro-cedure/rules and by way of dis-qualifying other bidders on flim-

sy grounds. The CBI’s charge isthat the accused did “unduefavour” to the said private sup-plier by accepting substandardand below specifications cheapDigital Display Boards on exor-bitant rates for SAFAR Project,Pune and thereby caused hugeloss to IITM. The CBI said thatsearches were conducted at theresidential and official premisesof the accused at Pune andMumbai which led to recovery ofincriminating documents.

Amaravati: Andhra Pradeshon Thursday reported its high-est single day spike in Covidcases with 10,167 persons test-ing positive, taking the state'stally to 1,30,557, health officialssaid.

As many as 68 peoplesuccumbed to the virus in thelast 24 hours raising the totalnumber of fatalities in thestate to 1,281, the officialsadded.

A total of 70,068 tests wereconducted during this period,which included 38, 758 rapidantigen tests.

An unprecedented 10,093new Covid cases and 65 deathshad been reported onWednesday while the previoussingle day high of 8,147 caseswas recorded on Friday lastweek.

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The BJP is planning big cel-ebrations on Friday to mark

the first anniversary of thepassage of the Muslim Women’sRight Protection Bill, whichabolished triple talaq and madeit a criminal offence, somethingthat drew protests from a sec-tion of Muslim community,mostly men who thought partof its provisions being harsh tohusband.

The BJP has maintainedthat there has been a sharp anddramatic fall in the cases ofinstant talaq in the Muslimcommunity in last one year.

The Modi-Governmentpassed the bill on July 31 2019and the next day, it received thePresident’s assent. The annul-ment of ‘teen talaq’ is being cel-ebrated as Muslim Women’sRight Day or the ‘MuslimMahila Adhikar Divas.’

As part of the programmeUnion Ministers, Smriti Irani,Ravi Shankar Prasad andMukthar Abbas Naqvi wouldconnect and speak with womenacross the country from theparty headquarters throughvideo conferencing.

The regressive Triple talaqhas been abolished for long inmost of the Islamic countriesbut persisted in India onaccount of vote bank politics.Congress Government in 1986diluted divorce law by passingan Act against the SupremeCourt ruling which had

favoured aggrieved Muslimwoman’s right to receive main-tenance from her husband inthe famous Shah Bano case.

Then, the then RajivGandhi Government enacted acontroversial law with its mostcontroversial aspect being theright to maintenance for theperiod of ‘iddat’ after thedivorce, and shifting the onus ofmaintaining her to her relativesor the Waqf Board.

BJP seeks to draw the sup-port of Muslim women whohad suffered under the oppres-sive provisions of the outdatedIslamic law. A number ofMuslim women had petitionedin the Supreme Court whichdeclared instant talaq as unlaw-ful. The legislation passed by theBJP Government had made it acriminal offence.

BJP units will be organis-ing meetings at all levels includ-ing the ‘mandal’ and district ‘through video conference.

These meetings by the BJPleaders would seek Muslimwomen to speak abut theirexperiences pre and post thepassage of the law. The Mahilamorchas of the party will appealto women to come forth andreject this practice openly, whichis now a law that is binding.

Cases of instant talaq arestill reported from across thecountry from economicallydeprived sections of Muslimwomen on account of lack ofawareness, support from thecommunity as also because ofeconomic dependence.

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Despite a spike of almost50,000 new Covid-19

cases daily in the past few daysand two States — Kerala andTelangana — declaring com-munity transmission of thevirus in their region, theUnion Health Ministry onThursday insisted that there isonly localised transmission.

To justify its point, it saidthat in 80 per cent of the newcases, source of infection andclose contacts can be tracedwithin 72 hours while out of740 districts, just 50 arereporting 80 per cent of thetotal cases.

“India has a cluster ofcases and pockets of localised

transmission. With a 138-crore population, only 50 outof 740 districts contribute to80 per cent cases.

In 80 per cent of newcases, source of infection andclose contacts can be tracedwithin 72 hours. How’s itcommunity transmission,”asked Union Health SecretaryRajesh Bhushan.

He was talking toreporters at a press briefinghere on the status of theCovid-19 in the country.

The official said that dueto enhanced testing infra-structure, on an average4,68,263 Covid-19 tests havebeen conducted daily fromJuly 26 to 30. The recoveryrate among Covid-19 patients

too has increased from 7.85per cent in April to 64.44 percent on Thursday, the officersaid.

“Recoveries are now 1.9times the number of activecoronavirus cases.” Bhushanfurther said that 21 Statesand Union Territories havecase positivity rate less than 10per cent, while in four it is lessthan five per cent.

The Covid-19 positivityrate in Rajasthan is 3.5 percent, Punjab 3.9 per cent,Madhya Pradesh 4 per cent,and Jammu and Kashmir 4.7per cent, he said.

The OSD also stressedthat effective clinical man-agement has led to a declinein COVID-19 case fatality

rate from 3.33 per cent onJune 18 to 2.21 per cent onJuly 30.

Bhushan further said that16 states of the country havea recovery rate that is morethan the national average.

Of these, Delhi has recov-ery rate of 88 per cent, Ladakh80 per cent, Haryana 78 percent, Assam 76 per cent,Telangana 74 per cent, TamilNadu & Gujarat 73 per cent,

Rajasthan 70 per cent, MP 69per cent and Goa 68 per cent.

“More than 1 million peo-ple have recovered fromCovid-19 in the country,” saidthe official as he attributed theachievement to the healthcareworkers. “This landmarkrecovery has been achievedbecause of the selfless workand dedication of our doctors,nurses and frontline workers,”he said.

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The Government has so farreceived 131 claims

under the �50 lakh Covid-19insurance scheme for health-care providers and paymentshave already been made in 20cases.

“Under the scheme, wehave received 131 claims.The claims are a bit slow incoming as the families areinitially in a state of shockand therefore, it takes time to

sign and fill up the necessarypaperwork.

“Out of these 131 claims,in 20 cases, payments havealready been made.

In Sixty-four cases, pay-ment has been processed andwould be made in the com-ing few days while 47 casesare with dif ferent StateGovernments ,” he said.The maximum number ofcases are in Maharashtra,Delhi and Telangana,Bhushan said.

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India may start conducting 10lakh Covid-19 tests daily

within next two months, upfrom five lakh being conduct-ed presently everyday, UnionScience and TechnologyMinister Harsh Vardhan saidon Thursday.

“In April, we used to con-duct 6,000 tests daily. Today, weare conducting over five lakhtests every day. Our plan is totake it to 10 lakh tests daily in1-2 months and we are work-ing towards it,” Vardhan saidduring the launch of a com-pendium on ‘Council forScientific and IndustrialResearch (CSIR) Technologiesfor COVID-19 Mitigation’here.

He also said that India isgradually becoming self reliantin various medical devicesparticularly those needed fortackling Coronavirus.

“Six months ago India wasimporting ventilators, but it has

now developed a capacity tomanufacture three lakh venti-lators.

“Most of the ventilators arebeing made within the coun-try now. India is supplyinghydroxychloroquine drug tonearly 150 countries,” he said.

There was a time whenexports related to COVID-19were stopped to meet therequirements within the coun-try. However, on Friday, in theGroup of Ministers, there willbe a presentation on what canbe again opened up for theexports, he said.

“This is possible because ofthe efforts undertaken by thecountry to ramp up produc-tion of critical equipment.”

Vardhan asserted thatwhile global efforts are on tofind a vaccine against thenovel coronavirus, India is notbehind.

“We have been able to dodetailed sequencing of over1,000 coronavirus genomes,”Vardhan said, adding that

India was among the fivenations who could isolate thevirus.

Referring to human trialsof vaccine candidates beingconducted by Bharat Biotechand Zydus Cadila, he saidIndia is among the very fewcountries to reach that stage.

Vardhan, who is also theUnion Health Minister, alsohailed the scientific commu-nity for fighting alongside themedical community in thebattle against the virus. Hesaid the country’s recoveryrate of over 64 per cent is thebest in the world while thefatality rate is nearly 2.2 percent.

The first COVID-19 casein India was detected onJanuary 30 and it has been sixmonths since then but thefight against the virus is stillon. Despite the vastness of thecountry and its population,the war against the virus hasbeen successfully taken up inevery corner, Vardhan said.

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Congress leader PriyankaGandhi Vadra on Thursday

vacated her bungalow at 35Lodhi Estate and handed overthe possession to CentralPublic Works Department(CPWD), two days before thedeadline of her eviction noticespecified in the July 1 evictionorder. Priyanka currentlyenjoys Z plus security.

Officials said that the keysto the bungalow were accept-ed after a full inspection estab-lishing that the house washanded over in good conditionby JE of CPWD P SenthilKumar in the presence of VikasRana, CE (NDZ-I), YogeshKumar Kardam, AE, ManojKumar Chauhan, AE, CPWDServices and B.S. Rana, JE(PAWD-I, CPWD). Theyissued her a ‘Vacation Report’for the premises on behalf ofthe CPWD.

Priyanka also passed on tothe CPWD and the Directorateof Estates a full inventory ofprivately installed fittings, fix-tures etc.

As per a statement releasedby AICC, she has paid all elec-tricity, water and previous duesand is awaiting the final assess-ment for the license fee of themonth of July from theDirectorate of Estates due toher on the 31st July to close allaccounts with reference to theallotment and subsequent can-cellation of the lease of the gov-ernment bungalow.

Priyanka is likely to relo-cate to a penthouse inGurugram’s Aralia residentialcomplex, where she has already

spent a night while scouting forhouses. The penthouse apart-ment is located in Sector 43 onGolf Course Road and isowned by her husband – busi-nessman Robert Vadra.

As per the AICC state-ment, she will be residing in atemporary accommodationuntil a more permanentaccommodation in Delhi rent-ed by her is ready for use.

The Government orderhad said that Priyanka is nolonger protected by the SpecialProtection Group (SPG) andhence not eligible anymore.The directorate of estatedepartment of the ministry ofhousing and urban affairs hadissued a notice to her on July 1to vacate her house within amonth. Priyanka was allottedthe 35, Lodhi Estate bungalowin New Delhi in 1997.

Earlier reports had claimedthat she will shift her base toLucknow once the Covid-19threat subsides in wake of theUttar Pradesh Assembly elec-tions in 2020. Meanwhile,reports had stated that a househas already been finalised forPriyanka in Lucknow whereshe will relocate once the lock-downs end. The Lucknowhouse where Priyanka will shiftbelongs to a lady named SheilaKaul, and is located on GokhaleMarg. The mansion is vacant atpresent and renovation work isalso done.

Kaul, who passed away in2015, was the sister-in-law ofIndia’s first prime minister andPriyanka’s great grandfatherJawaharlal Nehru. She was alsoa Union minister and aGovernor.

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During Corona period,though the results of the

12th standard may have beenreleased, due to the fear of pen-demic, all the students are in astate of confusion regardingthe future of their education.

Keeping in mind the cur-rent scenario where Covid-19pandemic has left studentsclueless about further educa-tion, ‘JenNext Mentors’ is orga-nizing a three-days ‘VirtualEdu-Fest 2020’ on Zoom ses-sion beginning August 1.

The aim is to help studentsprovide required information

about admission in universitiesin the country as well as abroadfrom their home, said AjayAggarwal, director of JenNextMentors.

Jyoti Aggarwal, from theJenNext Mentors added thatvaried services provided dur-ing this fest will be admissionto Universities, career counselling, information onavailing scholarships, financialplanning and guidance forstudying abroad, whichincludes interaction withalumni studied in foreignUniversities and further jobopportunities after studyingabroad.

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that an MoU has been preparedfor the installation of smogtower at Anand Vihar in eastDelhi and it will be signed bythe stakeholders.

Solicitor General TusharMehta told a bench headed byJustice Arun Mishra that afterWednesday's hearing, theCentre contacted IndianInstitute of Technology (IIT)Bombay and others, includingthe Central Pollution ControlBoard (CPCB), and the mem-orandum of understanding wasprepared.

The top court had yester-day slammed the IIT Bombayfor backing out of the projectand said that it would takeaction against the premierinstitute and others for violat-ing its order.

Smog tower is a structuredesigned as large-scale air puri-fier to reduce air pollution.

After Mehta informed thetop court about the MoU, thebench questioned him as towhy its January 13 order,directing the project to becompleted within threemonths, was not compliedwith.

"When the order says thatthis has to be completed with-

in three months, then whywas it not complied with?," thebench asked Mehta, who wasappearing for the Ministry ofEnvironment, Forest andClimate Change.

The bench, which said theMoU be placed on record, alsoposed queries regarding fundsfor the project and the time tocomplete it.

Mehta told the court set-ting up of the smog towermay take around 10 monthstime.

When he said the technol-ogy will be procured fromMinnesota in the USA, thebench questioned the delay inthe project and said its ordershave been violated.

The court asked Mehta tofile an affidavit giving all therequisite details about the pro-ject, technology and observedthat it would "not tolerate" anylaxity. The bench has posted

the matter for hearing onAugust 4. The apex court hadyesterday expressed shock atIIT Bombay's backing out ofthe smog tower project and saidthis was "not expected of suchinstitutions".

It had said it was "not at allhappy with the state of affairs"of the project for installing thesmog tower and non-compli-ance with its order would be"taken seriously".

Mehta had yesterdayinformed the court that IIT

Bombay has backed out of theproject.

In its order on January 13this year, the top court had saidthat smog tower be installed atAnand Vihar and the project becompleted within threemonths.

The apex court had alsodirected use of anti-smog gunsin Delhi and national capitalregion (NCR) for large con-

struction sites, road construc-tion stretches, mining activities,large parking sites on unpavedareas and during large publicgatherings, demolition activi-ties etc.

The top court had passedthese directives while hearingthe matter relating to air pol-lution in the Delhi-NCR.

In an affidavit filed recent-ly in the apex court, the min-istry and the CPCB has saidthat they had convened ameeting on July 27 with IITDelhi, NEERI and NBCC Ltdto discuss whether they will bewilling to take up the project.

“NEERI, IIT-D (Delhi)and NBCC have agreed totake up the project,” the affi-davit has said.

Earlier, the ministry andCPCB had filed another affi-davit in the court and claimedthat the MoU was notfinalised as IIT Bombay hasnot agreed to take responsi-bility of overall coordinationof the project and verificationof works to be carried out byTata Projects Limited, whichhas been involved by IITBombay for construction,operation and maintenance ofsmog tower.

It had said that fundsamounting to Rs 18.52 crorehave been sanctioned for theproject.

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The Election Commission(EC) on Thursday

announced that by-elections totwo Rajya Sabha seats in UttarPradesh and Kerala will be heldon August 24. These seats fellvacant due to the demise of themembers.

“The Commission hasdecided to hold by-elections tothe Council of States fromUttar Pradesh and Kerala to fillup the vacancies,” the EC said.The EC has also decided toconduct a bypoll for only oneof two vacancies in the AndhraPradesh Legislative Councilunder the MLAs quota onAugust 24.

The seats were left vacantdue to the deaths of SamajwadiParty MP Beni Prasad Vermafrom Uttar Pradesh and LDFbacked Independent MP, M PVeerendra Kumar from Keralaon 27 March and 28 May,respectively. Verma’s term wasupto 7 April, 2022 whileKumar’s tenure was upto 2April, 2022.

As per schedule, the EC hasplanned to complete the elec-tion process in both the statesbefore 26 August.

The commission has alsodirected the chief secretariesconcerned to depute a seniorofficer from the state to ensurethat the extant instructionsregarding COVID-19 contain-

ment measures are compliedwith while making arrange-ments for conducting the elec-tions.

Declaring the bypolls in thetwo seats, the EC said thenotification for the electionswill be issued on 6 August. Thelast date for filing nominationfor the elections is 13 August.The scrutiny of nominationwill be held on 14 August andthe deadline for withdrawal ofnomination is 17 August.Voting will take place betwe on24 August and the counting ofvotes will be completed on 24August.

PPE suits and ambulanceswere part of EC’s guidelines forconducting the elections tothe 24 vacant Rajya Sabha seatsacross eight states in June,which was the first major voting exercise since the pan-demic prompted sweepingmeasures in March to ensuresocial distancing to check itsspread. The polls were earlierscheduled for March.

Verma, a founding mem-ber of the Samajwadi Party andformer Union minister whowas considered close to partypatriarch Mulayam SinghYadav, died 27 March at the ageof 79. Verma was the telecomminister from 1996 to 1998 inthen Prime Minister H D DeveGowda’s cabinet and was thesteel minister in the Congress-led UPA Government.

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The CPI(M) on Thursdayalleged that the

Government has “deliberately”chosen August 5 as the date ofthe bhoomi pujan ceremonyfor the Ram temple atAyodhya as the “demolition” ofJammu and Kashmir and therebuilding of the temple areboth “core agendas ofHindutva forces”.

Last year on August 5, theabrogation of Article 370 ofthe Constitution wasannounced. This provisionprovided special status to theerstwhile state of Jammu andKashmir, that was turned intoa Union territory.

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Maharashtra appeared nowhere closer to getting

out of the woods on Thursday,as it recorded the highest-everdaily tally of 11,147 Covid-19infections, while 266 morepeople succumbed to coron-avirus in various parts of theState.

After it recorded the high-est-ever 10,576 infections onJuly 22, witnessed 9,895, 9,615,9251 and 9431 cases on July 23,24, 25 and 26 respectively,7,924, 7,717 and 9,211 cases onJuly 27,28 and 29 respectively,the State logged a staggering11,147, taking the total numberof infections in the state to4,11,798 on Thursday.

With 266 fresh deaths, thetotal number of deaths in thestate mounted to 14,729.

Of the total 266 deaths,Pune accounted 83 deaths,while Mumbai recorded 53deaths.

Apart from 83 deaths inPune and 53 deaths inMumbai, there were 30 deathsin Thane, 11 in Nanded, 10each in Solapur and Satara, 9 inNashik, 8 each in Raigad andJalgaon, 7 in Ahmednagar, 6 inAurangabad, 5 each in Palgharand Ratnagiri, 4 in Latur, 3 eachin Kolhapur, Sangli andOsmanabad, 2 in Nagpur and

death each in Dhule,Nandurbar, Amravati,Buldhana, Parbhani andWashim.

With fresh 53 deaths, thetotal number of deaths inMumbai rose from 6,247 to6,300, while the infected casesjumped by 1,208 cases – totouch 113,199 now.

In a related development,as many as 8860 patients weredischarged from hospitals inthe state after full recovery, tak-ing the total number ofpatients discharged from var-ious hospitals after full recov-ery since the second week ofMarch this year to 2,48,615.The recovery rate rose to 60.37per cent. The mortality rate inthe state is 3.58 per cent. Thestate health authorities peggedthe number of “active cases” inthe state at 1,48,150.

With 91784 infected casesand 2,525 deaths, Thane con-tinued to be the second worsthit district in Maharashtra.

Pune, which has emergedas the third worst affected dis-trict in terms of spread of thepandemic, has recorded 86,255infections and 2028 deaths tillnow.

Out of 20,70,128 samplessent to laboratories, 4,11,798have tested positive (19.89 percent) for Covid-19 untilThursday.

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Overall, the NationalEducation Policy(NEP), 2020, is a goodpolicy document as itpromises a slew of

changes that can lead to a majormakeover of the education sector.It takes into account all sections ofsociety which were hitherto leftunattended. In the times to come,such groups of learners will bemainstreamed and will stand tobenefit from the new education sys-tem. Some of the major aspects ofthe NEP, which I think can have a transformative impact, are asfollows:

First, the age criteria for admis-sion to the primary school was sixyears. By this time, children alreadylose more than a thousand days oflearning. Early years are crucial fora child’s development and losingthese phases has proved to be verydamaging. Most children, whodropped out of school, were first-generation learners and had joinedthe school at the age of six. TheGovernment’s decision to includeUniversalisation of Early ChildhoodCare Education (ECCE) into theNEP will do a lot of good to the chil-dren, especially those coming fromhumble backgrounds.

Second, it was inappropriate toput all the learners into one catego-ry as “school children.” Childrenchange as they grow and so shouldthe pedagogical structure. In thenew NEP, it has been decided toinclude children aged three-eightyears into one group. This group ofchildren will also be put under aschool curriculum, which has beenrecognised globally. Hopefully,teachers, too, will be made availablesoon. The next group will be thosechildren aged eight to 11 years ie,those who attend classes III to V.The following group of learners willcomprise children in classes VI toVIII ie, those in the age group of 11to 14 years. Above the age of 14,children will belong to the sec-ondary class and teacher competen-cies for this group of children willbe different.

The new pattern of schoolingwill be 5+3+3+4, which should berelevant for the children and theyshould be able to enjoy each stageof their learning process. The chal-lenge, however, will be to prepareteachers for each level and they needto be adequately remunerated, too.Teachers at the lower levels shouldbe paid equally so that the less qual-ified do not come for teaching atlower levels. Considering the poor

performance of the NationalCouncil for Teacher Education(NCTE), preparation of teacherswill be a challenge.

Third, education in themother tongue up to at least classV is a welcome and landmarkmove. Most children used todrop out of schools becausethey were given instruction in adominant language of the region.Take the example of Bihar, wherethe mode of learning was Hindiwhereas most children speaklocal languages like Magahi,Maithili and Bhojpuri. TheGovernment’s aim to provideeducation during the early yearswill make the children feel lessdisplaced (from home to school)and retention will be easier.This will directly benefit the lessprivileged children. This movewas a long time coming. TheKothari Commission Report of1964 had recommended that thefirst language to be studied mustbe the mother tongue or theregional language. However, suc-cessive Governments did not payheed to implement the three-lan-guage formula in schools.

Fourth, the system ofbundling of courses like physics,chemistry with either mathemat-ics or biology at the senior sec-ondary level has been doneaway with. Children can now optfor any combination of subjects

as per their choice. This will alsodissuade a large number of chil-dren from dropping out of seniorsecondary because they couldnot cope with the mathematicssyllabus.

The rigid formation ofstreams such as science, arts andcommerce will wither now.Learners will be able to choosesubjects from any discipline,including vocational subjects,to get certified. This will helplearners, who wish to get intovocational areas after the com-pletion of their school education.At present, the curricular andnon-curricular areas cannot becombined. In future, this shall bepossible. This will help reducethe drop-out rate and at the sametime lead to the creation of self-employment opportunities.

Fifth, formative assessmenthas been a major stumblingblock for school education.Children felt pressured as theemphasis was on rote learning.The new NEP has taken cogni-sance of the erroneous system ofassessment and has decided toprovide multiple chances to thelearners to write and accumulategrades to finally get certified.

It appears that the finalassessment will be done to testthe actual competency, whichchildren can undertake withoutpressure or the stigma of failing

the examination. Sixth, assessment has been

under smoke all through. Now,a self-assessment will be donealong with peer assessment ofevery child. The teacher will alsobe assessed unlike the presentsystem where only the teacherevaluates the child and the childhas no clue how he/she is judged.The child as well as the parentswill trust the new system ofassessment.

Seven, the less privileged andthe specially-abled have receivedspecial focus in the NEP allthrough. For the first time, thelatter will be put into a differenttrack of schooling, which willhelp them use their potential andget recognised.

Eight, in a similar move, alarge number of girls, who havetraditionally been marginalised,will get due attention. The NEP2020 established the “GenderInclusion Fund” to help the lessprivileged girls. The policy alsopromises to upgrade theKasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas (KGBV) up to classXII. The KGBVs are fully resi-dential schools for girls fromhumble backgrounds but whoare very bright and deserving.This scheme has brought a dif-ference to their lives. With thisnew initiative, girls will be ableto directly enter college and

reap the benefit of schemes inhigher education, which at pre-sent go unused because they dis-continue education after theycome out of the KGBV.

In the true sense, the NEP2020 is an Antodyay school pol-icy. Every child, wherever he/shemay belong to, will be catered to.However, to achieve all that hasbeen promised in the NEP 2020,we will require a body of profes-sionals who understand school-ing. School education is at pre-sent managed by Governmentofficials and school educationdepartment of the Central or theState Governments. The officialsget transferred frequently. Theschool sector has been demand-ing a national body at par withthe University GrantsCommission or what has nowbeen proposed as the HigherEducation Commission of India(HECI). This time, too, their pleahas unfortunately been ignored.

It can be confidently saidthat the new NEP scores on sev-eral counts — be it the univer-salisation of education, promot-ing regional languages or theintroduction of a new circular.All such moves will help improvegovernance and improve theoverall quality of education.

(The writer is a professor ofeducation, IGNOU. Viewsexpressed are personal)

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Sir — Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)chief Mayawati’s ire at the induc-tion of all six of her RajasthanMLAs into the Congress byChief Minister Ashok Gehlot lastyear is understandable. She isright when she says that Gehlotis crying foul over the poachingof MLAs by the BJP but wasecstatic when the six BSP MLAsmerged with the Congress. If heenjoyed the prospect of defectionfrom other parties, Gehlot mustalso withstand the pain of defec-tion from his own party.

The 91st Amendment tothe Constitution in 2003 hadstrengthened the anti-defectionlaw by increasing the bar on thenumber of MLAs switching sidesfrom a third to two-thirds. TheRajasthan High Court has right-ly junked the plea of BJP MLAMadan Dilwar, challenging theSpeaker’s decision to allow themerger of the six BSP MLAs withthe Congress. If defection has tobe prevented, even if all the law-makers of a party cross over tothe other side, defectors shouldbe disqualified first.

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Sir — The year 2020 has beendifficult on multiple counts. Notonly has India witnessed thespread of the novel Coronavirusbut there has been an unprece-dented economic crisis andimmense rainfall and floods inmany parts of the country.

As people move out of theirhomes in flood-affected areaswithout taking necessary precau-tions, they are exposing them-selves to the virus, making it evenmore difficult to contain thedisease. People are also wary ofmoving to Government reliefcentres for fear of contractingCOVID-19. Meanwhile, the fate

of wildlife in these regions, too,is hanging by a thread. People inmany parts of the country arestuck in between the pandemicand unending rains on the other.The present state of affairs,despite Government efforts, isdisturbing.

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Sir — The way a war is foughthas undergone a massive trans-formation in the last twodecades. With two hostile neigh-bours always on the lookout tofoment trouble, it’s better forIndia to be prepared.

Rafale, a multi-utility combatfighter, can be used for groundsupport, anti-depth strike andanti-ship strike. Its acquisition isgoing to significantly improveIndia’s defence and strike capa-bilities. Rafale would not havecome at a more opportune timewhen the IAF’s squadron strengthhas been a cause of worry. Froma sanctioned strength of 42, thesquadron strength will soonreach 27. It must also not be for-gotten that only the first batch ofthe jets has arrived when the totalorder is of 36 fighters. The onlyhope is that there is no delay inthe delivery of the rest of the jets.Even with the arrival of these jets,our defence procurement needsto be beefed up.

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When the Karuna Trust, the Karnataka-based not-for-profit organisation,undertook the responsibility of manag-

ing the primary health centre (PHC) at Wakka,a village in Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh,many were surprised. The location was remoteand access was difficult. There was also an addi-tional fear of insurgency. But Dr H Sudarshan,the founder and secretary of the trust, was unde-terred as he wanted to reach the under-servedat all costs.

His confidence stemmed from the fact thatthe trust had successfully managed 26 poorly-runand derelict PHCs in its home State of Karnataka.Many of the PHCs were in remote and difficultlocations. If the public-private partnership (PPP)with the Government to provide healthcare to themarginalised population in rural areas couldwork in difficult conditions in the southernIndian State, there was no doubt in his mind thatthis successful health intervention could be scaledup in the northeastern State as well. Such was hisdetermination that Dr Sudarshan remainedunfazed even after he was accosted by a groupof insurgents in Wakka, which is predominant-ly a tribal village, and asked to pay a sizeable sumas “protection money” if he wanted to keep thePHC open. Despite being threatened that hewould not be able to work without their support,Dr Sudarshan refused to succumb to theirdemand. He was convinced that the trust, whichbelieved in a community-based and people-ori-ented approach, would be able to make the PHCfunction without paying any “protection money.”

And he was proved right. A couple of weekslater, when the same insurgents who haddemanded money realised that Dr Sudarshan andhis team were not giving up, they came to himseeking healthcare advice for their wives. Peoplein the village needed healthcare badly but the lackof a PHC had made it difficult for them to accessproper services. Once they realised that the trusthad come to provide quality healthcare, the com-munity, including the insurgents, readily support-ed the team.

In fact, so overwhelming was the support thatlocal women healthcare workers were motivat-ed to report for duty on time daily. Under ordi-nary circumstances, this may not have been con-sidered a big achievement, but when the trustteam saw that the women health workers crossednarrow, swaying bridges across deep rivers andgorges, and also resorted to swinging on a ropeto reach the PHC, they were impressed by theircommitment. It was this dedication of thehealth workers that helped the trust to bring eightmore PHCs in nine districts under its manage-ment.

But can all successful health interventions bescaled up? What are the processes that need tobe followed so that these interventions are sus-tainable? Should a health intervention be scaledup just because it has achieved success as a pilot?

If the trust’s journey from managing one PHCin Karnataka to managing 71 PHCs in sevenStates, including Arunachal Pradesh, is any indi-cation, clearly the answer is “yes.” Economicgrowth can be meaningful only if it brings greaterbenefits to a greater number of people over awider geographical area. This should happenquickly, equitably and be lasting.

However, it has been seen that women areoften excluded from this growth process and theirrole and contribution is overlooked by policy-makers. Health interventions that are scaled upcan only be sustainable when women are put atthe centre of development. An excellent exam-

ple of this is the Home-Based Newbornand Child Care (HBNCC) model devel-oped by the Society for Education,Action and Research in CommunityHealth (SEARCH), a not-for-profitbody headed by Dr Abhay Bang and DrRani Bang. Based in Gadchiroli, a pre-dominantly tribal and Naxal-affecteddistrict in Maharashtra, the NGO hasproven that tribal women are capableof saving lives of newborns. It would bewrong to judge their capabilities justbecause of their lack of formal educa-tion, their traditional attire and cus-toms. The bejewelled Gonda tribalwomen in Gadchiroli have shown thatalthough they follow traditional cus-toms by wearing customary silver jew-ellery from head to toe, this does notcome in the way of saving lives.

The HBNCC intervention, whichsensitised and trained these women, hasdemonstrated that they are equallycompetent in recognising and identi-fying life-threatening symptoms innewborns and administering life-sav-ing injections. So, it is not what is beingdone which is significant but how it isdone. Here, too, the crucial factor is therespect given to the women during theintervention.

The biggest factor in their successin reducing neonatal mortality is thewomen empowering model followed bythem. Just training the village’s womenhealth workers to provide home-basednewborn and childcare helped toreduce infant mortality from 121 for1,000 live births to 30 within six yearsof its implementation. The key to thesuccess of this intervention was toensure women became partners and notmerely passive recipients. This under-lines the need for partnerships asinnovators do not have the capacity forupscaling. The SEARCH experience hasshown that women are the right part-ners for scaling up healthcare at the

grassroots through Self-Help Groupsand community-based organisations.SEARCH is at present working with13,000 tribal people in 48 villages inGadchiroli. Its HBNCC model, adopt-ed by the Government for its NationalHealth Mission, is also being used by12 countries.

This underscores not just theimportance of engaging people andcommunity-based organisations inhealth interventions but also shows howensuring gender equality is paramountto its sustainability.

Equally important is the creation ofsocial values by ending discriminationagainst girls. Besides, the infrastructure,the content and the process, too, haveto be empowering for women. Clearly,the Gadchiroli model seems to haveworked out how to adapt to local situ-ations. It has been replicated inBangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and sevenAfrican countries.

The Karuna Trust model, too, isbeing used to address gaps in remotecentres through innovations in telemed-icine, health insurance, integration ofmental health and has reached 1.3 mil-lion people.

The Ekjut health model developedby Dr Prasanta Tripathy and DrNirmala Nair is another success storyof how interventions centred onempowering women can bring sustain-able change. Ekjut began its participa-tory and learning action (PLA)-basedintervention with just 20 women inthree tribal and remote villages aroundChakradharpur in West Singhbhumdistrict in Jharkhand.

The high maternal and newbornmortality in these areas led to theirbeing chosen for the pilot programme.During these monthly PLA meetings,women are trained to identify problemslike the two main causes of maternaland child death: Women delaying their

need for professional care and theirinability to find an appropriate health-care facility. They then discussed howto implement practical solutions andevaluate their effectiveness.

The impact of the programmebegan to be seen as the women over-came their fear, shyness and patriarchalbarriers to step out of their homes. Overthe next five years, it was scaled to eightdistricts and involved over 20,000women. By translating their newly-found knowledge into action, womenwere able to bring about a 20 per centreduction in maternal deaths and a 30per cent reduction in the neonataldeaths in 600 villages.

Ekjut now provides support to theNHM in scaling up its model in all 24districts in Jharkhand. Its PLA modelhas also been scaled in 17 districts inMadhya Pradesh. In 2016, the CentralGovernment began using the Ekjutmodel to bring down maternal andneonatal deaths in eight Indian States.Government frontline workers trainedby Ekjut are using the PLA method in40,000 villages all over the country toempower women to take charge.

However, challenges in scaling upsuccessful interventions still exist. Thelack of community participation is a bighurdle in scaling up interventions aswas seen in the resistance to a nation-wide roll-out of the weekly iron-folicacid supplementation programme foradolescents. Another impediment is theunavailability of requisite financialresources and trained personnel. Fundsfor research and monitoring and eval-uating data are often negligible. Greaterdissemination of successful scaled-upinterventions, strategic partnershipswith other stakeholders and integrationwith Government programmes will beuseful in overcoming some of thesechallenges.

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The pandemic has disrupted edu-cation, primarily with schoolclosures affecting more than 32

crore students in India. Whether chil-dren continue to learn, what they arelearning and how so are questions thathave answers in a wide range.However, a common factor acrossmost schools, both private andGovernment, has been that teachershave stepped up to ensure that learn-ing continues.

Whether it is by experimentingwith various online platforms to seewhich one is most effective for their

needs or spending hours preparing foronline classes, uploading lessons onvideo-sharing platforms like YouTubeor patiently guiding students (andsometimes parents) on how to use theinterface, or by coming up with inno-vative solutions in resource-con-strained areas. We know of teachersusing loudspeakers to conduct class-es in villages while practising social dis-tancing where online learning is notviable.

Going by how the pandemic isunfolding, out of classroom teachingand learning is expected to continueat least for a while. And even once chil-dren go back to schools, blended learn-ing methods seem likely. The recent-ly-released guidelines for digital edu-cation, Pragyata, speak of “a healthymix of schooling at home and school-ing at school” to not let closures leadto loss of learning.

Pragyata outlines how variousdevices — computers, smartphones,television sets, radio sets or a basic

mobile phone — should be used byeducators to reach out to students andfacilitate learning. However, the use oftechnology in education is not a fall-out of the pandemic. Integration ofInformation and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) in education wasintroduced in various forms in differ-ent school systems.

In fact, the use of technology ineducation in India was adopted as earlyas in 1972 under the Fourth Five-YearPlan with the allocation of a budget forradio/cassette players and colour tele-vision sets.

Subsequent schemes, includingICT@Schools at the national level, andvarious others in the States reimaginedteaching and learning to integrate tech-nology-enabled pedagogy. Audio-visual classes became useful rein-forcement tools for concepts taught byteachers, apart from being an attrac-tion for students.

However, there has been consid-erable heterogeneity even within

Government and private schools, notjust between them. The usage of tech-nology in classes varied with infra-structure and resources available in theschool and then the level of readinessand comfort of the teacher in usingICT in the classroom.

Teacher readiness and prepared-ness in integrating ICT in pedagogyrequire relevant training and constantaid. Just as there are specific skills andcompetencies needed to impart lessonsin a classroom — including ensuringbasic discipline, eliciting responsive-ness from students, using the board towrite, developing and using otherteaching-learning materials (TLMs),facilitating student-to-student interac-tion, adopting relevant pedagogy as perthe concept being discussed, numberof students and resources availableamong many others — there areadditional skills that teachers requirein order to conduct classes on digitalplatforms. These range from beingfamiliar with the features of the plat-

form on which the class is to be con-ducted, choosing pedagogy that iseffective through the platform, design-ing activities and assessment that canbe administered digitally while ensur-ing that the learning objectives are met,finding ways to ensure that studentsengage with the teacher and with oneanother, while also figuring out howlife skills can be imparted within thespace and time constraint.

According to a recent UNESCOestimate, around 2.7 million teachersin India, who have been impacted bythe crisis, are untrained to tackle thesituation. Being a major cause of con-cern, there are multiple levels at whichteachers need to be supported. The firstlevel, which is a prerequisite to out-of-classroom teaching and learning, isthat of providing them basic and ade-quate infrastructural support. Thisincludes power supply, availability ofa computer and an internet connec-tion. The second level of supportwould be appropriate training in using

digital platforms for teaching andtechnical support for students and par-ents. ICT training for students wouldbe essential to ensure that teachers donot have to answer repeated questionsabout how to connect, troubleshooterrors and can focus on other aspectsof conducting the class. The third levelis remote training in digital and onlinepedagogy. This is particularly criticalbecause online classes or radio lessonsmay not work with reliance on conven-tional, in-classroom teaching methods.

A common concern shared byteachers is, in the absence of eye con-tact, how do we assess whether eachstudent is paying attention in class oridentify those that may have a doubtand are hesitant to ask. To address con-cerns like these, methods on a digitalplatform would be different fromthose in a physical classroom. Trainingand knowledge-sharing for digitalteaching would be helpful to answersuch questions.

The fourth level is socio-emotion-

al support. The pandemic has alteredeverybody’s life and we must not over-look its effects on the mental and emo-tional well-being of teachers. In addi-tion to tackling the pressures of remoteteaching along with household chores,teachers are dealing with anxiousparents and students. Online teaching,for most teachers, has resulted inextended working hours. For many ofthem, it is like learning a new skill,applying it and doing it — all at thesame time.

Another source of worry is the fearof pay cuts as also potential job loss-es. Real, concrete measures are need-ed to allay such fears and keep teach-ers motivated.

After all, it is how we support oureducators that would determinewhether this pandemic pushes ourcountry into a deeper learning crisisor sows seeds of resilience in our edu-cation system.

(The writer is an independentresearcher studying public education)

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GODREJIND 358.45 363.00 351.05 353.05MMTC 19.00 19.40 18.30 18.50SOMANYCERA 132.50 137.35 122.75 125.05GRSE 205.75 206.00 194.20 195.45SWSOLAR 235.10 238.25 225.00 226.80TNPL 114.20 114.55 111.00 111.55REDINGTON 89.85 90.30 85.50 86.00ITDC 220.00 222.35 215.00 216.25HINDCOPPER 36.40 37.20 35.55 35.80JTEKTINDIA 65.40 65.50 61.40 62.30AMBER 1497.00 1497.00 1463.50 1468.10KPITTECH 65.55 66.20 64.00 65.30ASTRAL 939.70 947.70 930.40 942.35FLUOROCHEM 410.65 421.50 398.20 402.35SJVN 22.15 22.50 22.15 22.30SKFINDIA 1455.00 1500.00 1455.00 1489.10TAKE 39.50 40.75 39.30 40.75MOTILALOFS* 693.25 693.25 674.30 681.10THERMAX 750.00 750.00 729.00 741.75GARFIBRES 1710.00 1727.35 1675.05 1682.50IIFL 71.55 71.85 68.60 69.10FINEORG 2093.90 2101.45 2018.45 2024.15KNRCON 204.05 206.00 200.20 202.75HSCL 44.95 45.00 44.05 44.20JSWENERGY 46.95 47.35 45.85 46.10APLAPOLLO 1848.00 1881.90 1809.55 1818.35HATHWAY 39.90 39.90 39.90 39.90NH 287.05 297.50 284.75 294.30MAHLOG 290.50 294.50 274.50 276.70ASTERDM 137.00 137.00 130.05 130.95NLCINDIA 47.50 48.25 47.50 48.05TIMKEN 970.00 977.85 954.00 968.40SUDARSCHEM 390.00 393.00 384.85 385.85TATAINVEST 732.60 744.00 730.00 730.95GDL 80.55 82.65 79.00 79.50JAMNAAUTO 28.60 29.15 28.50 28.75FORCEMOT 917.25 921.15 895.00 898.30MAHSEAMLES 205.25 206.70 199.45 202.55CCL 232.05 238.00 232.05 236.40BASF 1324.10 1348.05 1317.25 1322.00SUNDRMFAST 404.60 414.00 400.45 409.00GMDCLTD 40.05 41.20 40.05 40.95SHRIRAMCIT 668.00 678.30 661.25 662.35ESABINDIA 1459.00 1459.00 1363.20 1372.00JKCEMENT 1489.20 1493.95 1472.20 1488.70LUXIND 1139.60 1154.15 1125.95 1130.85LAXMIMACH 2934.90 2971.30 2875.90 2890.65TATAMETALI 500.95 501.05 492.40 493.20SCHAEFFLER 3642.05 3642.05 3522.30 3552.70BLUESTARCO 491.00 493.20 485.05 488.10ALLCARGO 95.60 96.45 92.15 92.80GUJALKALI 321.05 321.15 315.00 315.60AIAENG 1610.25 1678.00 1610.25 1661.20SCHNEIDER 76.00 76.00 72.75 72.95MASFIN 622.00 669.60 622.00 634.15TCIEXP 710.00 720.70 710.00 714.10MAHLIFE 194.00 209.65 194.00 208.55HIMATSEIDE 65.00 65.65 62.30 62.55IFBIND 389.95 389.95 372.50 374.50NESCO 448.00 453.30 441.60 443.90PCJEWELLER 15.40 15.40 15.00 15.10SOBHA 230.80 230.80 223.60 224.45MOIL 145.00 146.00 140.00 140.95JAGRAN 38.70 38.90 38.30 38.40TTKPRESTIG 5385.00 5394.80 5235.10 5343.80BLUEDART 2142.70 2148.10 2109.25 2116.25CARERATING 439.40 439.90 428.70 430.00CSBBANK 191.75 192.20 188.20 189.20MAHSCOOTER 3067.00 3067.00 2950.00 2997.95WABAG 122.90 122.95 115.40 116.75NAVNETEDUL 75.35 76.65 73.00 74.30ORIENTCEM 66.80 67.20 64.90 65.45HERITGFOOD 295.00 296.00 290.00 296.00SHANKARA 345.00 348.20 338.05 339.30AKZOINDIA 1920.20 1920.20 1853.00 1863.10DBCORP 74.60 75.10 72.40 73.00MINDACORP 68.00 68.00 66.80 67.10IIFLWAM 952.60 1000.00 952.60 999.60TASTYBIT 11940.05 12094.15 11762.00 11823.50TEAMLEASE 1750.00 1805.95 1750.00 1781.40TCNSBRANDS 329.85 335.00 323.05 327.80MAHINDCIE 107.15 109.55 104.50 105.05SPANDANA 621.90 630.00 618.00 624.85JSL 38.00 38.05 35.70 35.85ORIENTREF 170.00 171.95 167.25 168.35SFL 1398.95 1407.60 1362.65 1405.95ECLERX 480.55 481.85 464.30 466.70VRLLOG 149.65 150.05 147.00 147.45SOLARINDS 989.90 1009.50 989.90 1006.00NBVENTURES 48.00 48.15 46.35 46.55KSB 505.30 516.25 504.45 508.65PRSMJOHNSN 46.15 46.60 44.05 44.40WABCOINDIA 6958.15 6975.10 6951.55 6960.80GET&D 83.00 83.80 82.75 83.30TVTODAY 206.55 206.55 197.90 198.95KPRMILL 436.30 438.65 420.00 426.90VMART 1800.00 1814.00 1764.45 1785.85PNCINFRA 138.95 139.30 136.20 137.25GULFOILLUB 578.00 589.00 578.00 582.50TIMETECHNO 38.50 38.70 37.70 37.90INDOSTAR 262.75 262.75 258.10 258.40LAOPALA 184.00 184.50 180.00 181.70SUPRAJIT 151.65 153.50 151.00 151.45GEPIL 494.00 496.05 486.50 487.50ORIENTELEC 177.65 177.65 175.30 175.95RATNAMANI 1045.55 1052.50 1037.00 1046.90CERA 2319.35 2319.35 2208.00 2209.50GRINDWELL 484.55 486.35 480.50 483.75CHOLAHLDNG 337.70 343.30 337.70 342.10

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Rural and semi urban mar-kets have posted a strong

bounce back in FMCG sales inJune, while bigger cities con-tinue to witness decline as"industry revival in Bharat out-paces that in India", accordingto data analytics firm Nielsen.

Sales in rural and small-

er town markets reportedincrease of 12 per cent and 7per cent, respectively, whilemetro and class I cities declinedby 4 per cent and 2 per cent inJune, Nielsen said in its reportQ2 FMCG Growth Snapshot.

The coronavirus pandem-ic was severe in Indian metrosand urban centres as com-pared to rural areas, and the

number of days of functioningof retail stores dealing inFMCG products in metropol-itan cities were two-times lessas compared to outlets in ruralareas even in June, it said.

"As a result, the industrysales continued to decline inbigger cities (above one lakhpopulation, including metrosand Town Class 1) in June. The

smaller towns and rural mar-kets, however, had a strongbounce back in June, after twomonths of negative growthduring the lockdown," Nielsensaid.

Interestingly in pre-CovidJanuary-March Quarter, ruralhad a slower growth rate thanurban.

"After witnessing slower

growth compared to urban inQ120, rural markets led theindustry revival in June with adouble-digit (12 per cent)growth versus June of 2019.

"At an overall quarter levelalso, rural markets were lessimpacted as compared to theirurban counterpart (11 per centdecline for rural vs 20 per centfor urban)," it said.

Nielsen President - SouthAsia Prasun Basu expects thatgoing forward rural could out-perform the large cities drivenby multiple factors such asenhanced Governmentschemes, lower instances ofpositive cases and a relativelywell-spread out monsoon thatbodes well for the agrarianeconomy.

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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)on Thursday reported

record net profit of �� 13,248crore in June quarter after one-time gain from stake sale aswell as bumper telecom rev-enues cushioned COVID-19-hit earnings from refining,petchem and retail segments.

The net profit in April-Junewas 30.6 per cent higher thanit was in the same period a yearback, and bettered the compa-ny’s previous best of ��11,640crore earning in October-December 2019, the companysaid in a statement.

The oil-to-telecom con-glomerate said it had a one-time gain of ��4,966 crore fromsale of 49 per cent stake in fuelretailing venture to BP plc.

This together with 183 percent jump in Reliance Jio’s

standalone net profit to ��2,520crore covered up drop in earn-ings from mainstay segments.

EBITDA (earnings beforeinterest, taxes, depreciation,and amortisation) declined by11.8 per cent to � 21,585 crore“due to lower contributionfrom oil-to-chemical (O2C)business, which was impactedby significant demand destruc-tion and margin pressureacross transportation fuels andpolyester chain”.

Also, lower realisation inthe export market also impact-ed profitability.

“Closure of stores andrestrictions on operationsacross the country due toCOVID-19 contributed to adecrease in EBITDA of Retailbusiness. This was partiallyoffset by an increase in EBIT-DA of Digital services businessdue to improved margins and

continued subscriber momen-tum,” it said.

RIL Chairman Mukesh DAmbani said: “The severedemand destruction due toglobal lockdowns impactedour hydrocarbons business butthe flexibility in our operationsenabled us to operate at nearnormal levels and deliverindustry-leading results”.

He said the company raisedrecord funds during the quar-ter despite COVID-19 lock-down.

The company raised �53,124 crore through a rightsissue and sold near 33 per centstake in Jio Platforms Ltd - thefirm that houses telecom busi-ness and apps - to likes ofFacebook and Google for �1,52,056 crore.

It also sold a 49 per centstake in the fuel retailing busi-ness to BP for ��7,629 crore.

“We completed the largestfund raise in Indian corporatehistory in this quarter,” Ambanisaid.

With coronavirus lock-down shutting down malls andmarkets for the most part of thequarter, Reliance Retail - whichoperates consumer electronicstores, fashion outlets, and gro-cery stores - saw revenues dip17 per cent to ��31,633 croreand segment pre-tax profit fall47.4 per cent to ��1,083 crore.

Petrochemical revenuesdeclined 33 per cent due tolower price realisations withdisruptions in local and region-al markets due to the pandemicoutbreak.

Oil refining revenues morethan halved to ��46,642 croreafter the company earned itslowest margin in a decade onturning every barrel of crudeoil into fuel. Gross refining

margin of USD 6.3 per barrelcompared to USD 8.1 GRM ayear back and USD 8.9 per bar-rel in the preceding quarter.

The operator of the world’slargest oil refining complexsaw pre-tax earnings from thebusiness fall 26 per cent to �3,818 crore due to lowerthroughput.

Reliance Jio, the group’stelecom arm, saw subscriberbase swell to 398.3 millionfrom 387.5 million at March-end.

Earning per subscriberrose to ��140.3 per month from��130.6 per month in the pre-vious quarter.

State-owned Indian OilCorp (IOC) holds the distinc-tion of posting the highestever quarterly profit by anyIndian firm when it had report-ed a net profit of ��14,512.81crore in January-March 2013.

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The largest mortgage lenderHDFC on Thursday

reported a solid set of numberswith a 15 per cent growth inconsolidated net income at �4,059 crore, along with bettermargins and asset qualityamong other key metrics in thepandemic ravaged June quar-ter. On a standalone basis, thebottomline was better with a 17per cent growth at �� 3,614crore, as its income jumped 29per cent to � 29,959 crore in thereporting quarter.

Because of the lockdowns,which washed away the wholeof April and half of May, lead-ing to very high liquidity ofclose to ��32,000 crore and theresultant negative carry spread,vice-chairman and chief exec-utive Keki Mistry said the cur-rent set of numbers are notdirectly comparable.

Despite the moratorium-driven loss of incomes, major-ity of its customers repaid

loans as only 22.6 per cent ofits retail customers availed ofthe first phase of moratoriumand total being only 27 percent. In the second moratori-um ending August 31 only16.6 per cent of retail customersopted for non-payment option,bringing down total loansunder moratorium being only22 per cent.

On another key growthparameter - bad loans ratio -the lender shined with grossbad loans ratio printing in at1.87 from 1.99, of which retailimproving by 3 bps to 0.92, andnon-individual at 4.10 from4.71 for the quarter, Mistrysaid.

“Owing to the lockdown,retail business was impacted inthe quarter. While April was awashout with just ��500 croreof disbursals, in May, we did �2,300 crore, with June dis-bursements touched 68 percent of the normal and July isaround 72 per cent of the nor-mal. Yet the aggregate loan sales

were only 71 per cent of thenormal during the quarter,”Mistry told reporters in a post-earnings video-presser.

Similarly, the companymaintain a net interest marginof 3.1 per cent but would havebeen stable at 3.3 per cent hadnot been for the � 181 crore ofnegative carry on excess liq-uidity of � 31,962 crore. It alsogained from lower taxes, whichcame down to ��555 crore from� 782 crore a year ago.

On an AUM basis, thegrowth in the individual loanbook was 11 per cent, whilenon-individual loan book grew15 per cent, taking the totalgrowth to 12 per cent. Growthin the individual loan book,after adding back loans sold inthe preceding 12 months was17 per cent and same total loanbook after adding back loanssold was 16 per cent.

Net interest income forthe quarter stood at �� 3,392crore, up 10 per cent from �3,079 crore.

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The government onThursday imposed restric-

tions on imports of colourtelevision, a move aimed atpromoting domestic manufac-turing and cut inbound ship-ments of non-essential itemsfrom countries like China.“Import policy of colour tele-vision..... is amended from

free to restricted,” DirectorateGeneral of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a noti-fication.

Putting an item under arestricted category of importsmeans the importer of thatcommodity will have to seeklicence from the commerceministry’s DGFT for imports.

China is the largestexporter of TV sets in India.

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London: China's ambassadorto the UK lashed out at what hesaw as one-sided reporting onhuman rights issues Thursday,presenting a series of videosdefending Chinese actionsagainst Uighur Muslims in thenorthwest Xinjang provinceand warning Britain to stopmeddling in his country'saffairs.

Liu Xiaoming's presenta-tion stressed that China'sactions in Xinjiang were meantto fight terrorism, and thegrainy images he played forreporters included bloodyscenes showing the aftermathof attacks.

The videos were meant tocounter a recent BBC interviewin which presenter AndrewMarr had challenged the diplo-mat to explain drone footagethat apparently showed Uighurprisoners being guarded andtransferred to trains by Chineseauthorities.

Liu denied Uighurs werebeing mistreated and postedscreen grabs that challenged,among other things, whether

the prisoners were kneeling orsitting on the ground. Hedescribed “so-called victims” ofhuman rights violations asbeing either separatists or“actors trained by anti-Chinaforces in the US and otherWestern countries”.

Liu added that disputesover human rights, the impo-sition of a new security law inHong Kong and Britain's deci-sion to ban Chinese tech giantHuawei from taking part in thebuilding the new high speedphone network had “seriouslypoisoned the atmosphere" ofrelations with the UK.

The rising tensions come asUS President Donald Trumpand his administration pushWashington and Beijing towarda new era of ever-growing con-frontation.

“China and U.K. Shouldhave enough wisdom and capa-bility to manage and deal withthese differences, rather thanallowing anti-China forces andCold war warriors to kidnap(the) China-UK relationship,''he said. AP

Islamabad: The IslamabadHigh Court on Thursday con-stituted a two-member benchto hear a review petition filedby the Pakistan government inthe case of Indian death-rowprisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav,according to the Pakistanimedia.

The bench comprisingIslamabad High Court (IHC)Chief Justice Athar Minallahand his fellow judge JusticeMiangul Hassan Aurangzebwould take up the govern-ment plea on Monday, thePakistani media, including the

Geo News, reported. In a uni-lateral move, Pakistan filed thepetition in the IHC on Jul 22,seeking appointment of a "legalrepresentative" for Jadhav.

However, the main parties,including the government ofIndia, were not consulted aheadof the filing of the applicationby the Ministry of Law andJustice under an ordinancewhich was enacted on May 20.

Under the ‘InternationalCourt of Justice Review andReconsideration Ordinance2020', which was enacted onMay 20, a petition for the

review of a military court'sdecision can be made toIslamabad High Court throughan application within 60 daysof its promulgation.

The ordinance wasapproved by the parliamentthis week. Jadhav, the 50-year-old retired Indian Navy officer,was sentenced to death by aPakistani military court oncharges of espionage and ter-rorism in April 2017. Indiaapproached the ICJ againstPakistan for denial of consularaccess to Jadhav and challeng-ing the death sentence. PTI

Beijing: China said onThursday that long-rangebombers were among the air-craft that took part in recent aer-ial drills over the South ChinaSea amid rising tensionsbetween Washington andBeijing over the strategic water-way.

The exercises includednighttime takeoffs and landingsand simulated long-rangeattacks, Defense Ministryspokesperson Ren Guoqiangsaid.

Among the planes were H-6G and H-6K bombers, upgrad-ed versions of planes long in usewith the People's LiberationArmy Air Force and the People'sLiberation Army Navy AirForce, Ren said.

He said the exercises hadbeen previously scheduled andwere aimed at boosting pilotabilities to operate under allnatural conditions. It wasn'tclear whether live bombs wereused.

Ren's statement appeared todistance the drills from recent

accusations exchanged betweenthe sides over China's claim tovirtually all of the South ChinaSea, which it has buttressed inrecent years by building man-made islands equipped withrunways.

The US this month for thefirst time rejected China's claimsoutright, prompting Beijing toaccuse it of seeking to create dis-cord between China and itsneighbors. Five other govern-ments also exercise claims in theSouth China Sea, throughwhich around USD 5 trillion intrade is transported annually.

Previously, US policy hadbeen to insist that maritime dis-putes between China and itssmaller neighbours be resolvedpeacefully through UN-backedarbitration. But in a statement,Secretary of State Mike Pompeosaid the US now regards virtu-ally all Chinese maritime claimsoutside its internationally rec-ognized waters to be illegitimate.

The shift does not involvedisputes over land features thatare above sea level, which are

considered to be “territorial” innature.

“The world will not allowBeijing to treat the South ChinaSea as its maritime empire,”Pompeo said.

Although the US will offi-cially continue to remain neu-tral in the territorial disputes,the announcement means theadministration is in effect sid-ing with governments whichoppose Chinese assertions ofsovereignty over maritime areassurrounding contested islands,reefs and shoals.

In other comments onThursday, Ren criticizedstepped-up military cooperationbetween the US and Taiwan, theself-governing island democra-cy that China claims as its ter-ritory, to be brought under itscontrol by force if necessary.

Washington and Taipeihave no formal diplomatic tiesbut the US is the island's keyprovider of defensive arms andis legally obligated to treatthreats to the island as mattersof grave concern. AP

New York: A federal judge onWednesday blocked a Trumpadministration rule that coulddeny green cards to immi-grants over use of public ben-efits from being applied duringthe pandemic.

The controversial guide-lines had gone into effect inFebruary, after legal challengesand amid concerns that theywould have a chilling effect onimmigrants in seeking medicalcare and other social services.

In issuing the preliminarynationwide injunction, U.S.District Judge George Danielsin Manhattan said, “Any poli-cy that deters residents fromseeking testing and treatmentfor COVID-19 increases therisk of infection for such resi-dents and the public. Adversegovernment action that targetsimmigrants, however, is par-ticularly dangerous during apandemic."

U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services had saidin March that the new guide-lines would not apply to immi-grants with coronavirus or

virus symptoms if they got care,but Daniels said thatannouncement was “plainlyinsufficient" over a number ofconcerns, like whether otherforms that might be needed,like food stamps, would also beexempt.

“Simply relying on thecompassion or sympathy ofimmigration officials is notrational, either in rule-makingor in informally attempting toamend those rules," he wrote.

An email seeking com-ment was sent to theDepartment of Justice.Immigrant advocates werepleased with the decision.

“Immigrants, especiallypeople serving as essentialworkers combating the spreadof the coronavirus, need accessto life-saving healthcare, foodassistance, and other essentialservices in order to both tack-le the pandemic and protecttheir families without fear ofimmigration consequences,"said Susan Welber with theLegal Aid Society, among theplaintiffs' attorneys. AP

Hong Kong: Hong Kong policehave signalled their intent toenforce a new Chinese nation-al security law strictly, arrest-ing four youths Wednesdayon suspicion of inciting seces-sion through social mediaposts.

Three males and onefemale, aged 16 to 21, weredetained, a police official saidat an 11 pm news conference.All are believed to be students.

"Our investigation showedthat a group has recentlyannounced on social mediathat they have set up an orga-

nization for Hong Kong inde-pendence," said Li Kwai-wah,senior superintendent of anewly formed unit to enforcethe security law.

The 1-month-old law haschilled pro-democracy protest-ing as activists along with aca-demics and others wonder iftheir activities could be target-ed.

The Central Governmentin Beijing imposed the nation-al security law on the semi-autonomous Chinese territoryafter city leaders were unable toget one passed locally. AP

Washington: President DonaldTrump is for the first time float-ing a “delay” to November'spresidential election, as hemakes unsubstantiated allega-tions that increased mail-invoting will result in fraud.

The dates of federal elec-tions — the Tuesday after thefirst Monday in November —are enshrined in federal lawand would require an act ofCongress to change. TheConstitution makes no provi-sions for a delay to the Jan. 20,2021 presidential inaugura-tion.

Trump tweeted Thursday:“With Universal Mail-In Voting(not Absentee Voting, which is

good), 2020 will be the mostINACCURATE & FRAUDU-LENT Election in history.

It will be a great embar-rassment to the USA. Delay theElection until people can prop-erly, securely and safely vote???”There is no evidence of wide-spread voter fraud throughmail-in voting, even in stateswith all-mail votes.

Five states already relyexclusively on mail-in ballots,and they say they have neces-sary safeguards in place toensure that a hostile foreignactor doesn't disrupt the vote.Election security experts saythat all forms of voter fraud arerare, including absentee bal-

loting.Trump has increasingly

sought to cast doubt onNovember's election and theexpected surge in mail-in andabsentee voting as a result ofthe coronavirus pandemic.

And Trump has calledremote voting options the“biggest risk” to his reelection.His campaign and theRepublican Party have sued tocombat the practice, whichwas once a significant advan-tage for the GOP. Last month,Trump told supporters inArizona that “This will be, inmy opinion, the most corruptelection in the history of ourcountry." AP

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Minneapolis: A second formerMinneapolis police officercharged in the death of GeorgeFloyd will seek to have thecharges against him dismissed.

Defense attorney RobertPaule filed a motion Wednesdaysaying Tou Thao will ask thejudge to dismiss the charges ata hearing on September 11. Anattorney for former officerThomas Lane, Earl Gray, alsohas filed a motion saying he willargue to dismiss the chargesagainst his client.

Paule said he will argue thatthe charges against Thao are notsupported by probable cause.Prosecutors must prove thatThao knew former officerDerek Chauvin and others weregoing to commit a crime and“intended his presence oractions to further the commis-sion of that crime,” Paule said inhis motion.

Paule said Thao's bodycamera video will show thelack of probable cause. Thao, 34,was seen in cellphone videostanding near a crowd ofbystanders as Chauvin pressedhis knee to Floyd's neck. AP

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Bangkok: Hardcore supportersof Thailand's monarchy held asmall rally on Thursday in thecapital to express their concernover the country's pro-democ-racy movement, which they feelbesmirches the royal institution.

Their demonstration washeld at Bangkok's DemocracyMonument, a traditional venuefor protests that in recent weekshas hosted several larger pro-democracy, anti-governmentprotests organized by students.

Chanting “Long live theKing” and singing songs asso-ciated with past nationalistmovements, some 75 peoplegathered held signs calling forthe protection of the monarchy.

The protest was organizedby a little-known group callingitself “Vocational SchoolStudents Protecting the Nation,”

and about two dozen college-age students were among theattendees as were many seniorcitizens.

“I am here today becausethere are many protests thathave anti-monarchy sentiment,”said 17-year-old studentThanapat Putipat.

“We are able to live on ourland because of the kings andour ancestors. We must respectthem.” Todsapol Manujaras, arepresentative of the organizinggroup, vowed to stage counter-protests to any other demon-strations by the anti-govern-ment side. One was held laterThursday at another location inBangkok.

“We cannot accept thosewho violate our monarchy, theinstitution that should be withus forever,” Todsapol said. AP

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Hong Kong: At least 12 HongKong pro-democracy nomi-nees including prominentactivist Joshua Wong were dis-qualified for September leg-islative elections, with author-ities saying Thursday theyfailed to uphold the city's mini-constitution and pledge alle-giance to Hong Kong andBeijing.

Others who were disqual-ified include democracy activistTiffany Yuen from the dis-banded political organizationDemosisto, as well as incum-bent lawmaker Dennis Kwokand three others from the pro-democracy Civic Party. Itmarks a setback for the pro-democracy camp, which hadaimed to win a majority of seatsin the legislature this year.

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Columbus: The Ohio Houseousted its Republican speakeras the chamber's top leader ina historic, unanimous andbipartisan vote Thursday afterhis arrest in an alleged $60 mil-lion bribery scheme.

Rep. Larry Householder isthe first Ohio House speakerever removed by the chamber,according to the Ohio HistoryConnection. For now, he stillretains his seat in the GOP-ledLegislature.

Remaining members ofHouseholder's leadership teamhad said he deserves the pre-sumption of innocence but“lost the trust of his colleaguesand the public” and couldn'teffectively lead the House.

Householder, of Glenford,and four associates were iden-tified in a July 21 federal affi-davit as allegedly taking part ina pay-to-play scheme involvingcorporate money secretly fun-nelled to them for personal andpolitical use in exchange forhelping to pass House Bill 6 tofinancially bail out twoFirstEnergy nuclear plants.

Householder was one ofthe driving forces behind thelegislation, which included a feeto every electricity bill in thestate and directed over $150million a year through 2026 tothe plants near Cleveland andToledo.

Householder, his long-timeadviser Jeffrey Longstreth, for-

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The researchers fromNational Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases in theUS and the Oxford Universityfound that the ChAdOx1nCoV-19 vaccine protects themacaques from COVID-19

pneumonia — a complicationof SARS-CoV-2 infection inwhich the lungs becomeinflamed and may fill withfluid. Preliminary results fromthis research were used to facil-itate the start of clinical trialsof the vaccine in humans, theresearchers noted.

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 ismade from a weakened chim-panzee adenovirus -- a groupof viruses that can cause a rangeof illnesses, including the com-mon cold -- that expresses theSARS-CoV-2 spike protein, astructure that enables the coro-navirus to enter human cells.

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Atlanta (AP): John Lewis wasmourned, revered and cele-brated on Thursday at Atlanta’sEbenezer Baptist Church, asacred place for many of thosewho helped to shape civil rightshistory.

The arc of Lewis’ legacy ofactivism was once again tied toEbenezer’s former pastorMartin Luther King Jr., whosesermons Lewis discoveredwhile scanning the radio dial asa 15-year-old boy growing upin then-segregated Alabama.

King continued to inspireLewis’ civil rights work for thenext 65 years as he fought seg-regation during sometimesbloody marches, Greyhoundbus “Freedom Rides” across the

South and later during hislong tenure in the U.S.Congress. Lewis died July 17 atthe age of 80.

Former President BarackObama attended Thursday’sfuneral and was expected toaddress mourners. FormerPresident Bill Clinton and for-mer President George W. Bushand former first lady LauraBush also were in the church.

“Here lies a true Americanpatriot who risked his life forthe hope and promise ofdemocracy,” Ebenezer’s seniorpastor, the Rev. RaphaelWarnock, told the congregationas the funeral began.

One of King’s daughters,the Rev. Bernice King, led the

congregation in prayer: “Wewill continue to get into goodtrouble as long as you grant usthe breath to do so,” she said.

Outside Ebenezer, hun-dreds gathered to watch theservice on a large screen out-side the church. Some sang thegospel song “We ShallOvercome.”

When Lewis was 15, heheard King’s sermons onWRMA, a radio station inMontgomery, Alabama, herecalled in an interview for theSouthern Oral HistoryProgram.

“Later I saw him on manyoccasions in Nashville while Iwas in school between 1958and ‘61,” Lewis said. “In a

sense, he was my leader.”King was “the person who,

more than any other, continuedto influence my life, who mademe who I was,” Lewis wrote inhis 1998 autobiography,“Walking with the Wind.”

By the summer of 1963,Lewis was addressing thou-sands of people during theMarch on Washington, speak-ing shortly before King gave his“I Have a Dream” speech. Hespoke then about Black peoplebeaten by police and jailed —themes that resonate vividly intoday’s times.

“My friends, let us not for-get that we are involved in aserious social revolution,” Lewistold the huge crowd on the

Washington Mall.“To those who have said,

‘Be patient and wait,’ we havelong said that we cannot bepatient,” he added.

“We do not want our free-dom gradually, but we want tobe free now! We are tired. Weare tired of being beaten bypolicemen. We are tired ofseeing our people locked up injail over and over again.”

In 1965, Lewis was beatenby Alabama state troopers inthe city of Selma in whatbecame known as “BloodySunday.”

Last Sunday, his casket wascarried across the EdmundPettus Bridge in Selma. Thewagon rolled over a carpet of

rose petals on the bridge thatspans the Alabama River.

On the south side of thebridge, where Lewis wasattacked by the law officers,family members placed redroses that the carriage rolledover, marking the spot whereLewis spilled his blood and suf-fered a head injury.

Lewis was later awardedthe Medal of Freedom by thenation’s first Black president in2011.

He spent more than threedecades in Congress, and hisdistrict included most ofAtlanta.

Shortly before he died,Lewis wrote an essay for TheNew York Times and asked that

it be published on the day of hisfuneral.

In the piece publishedThursday, Lewis recalled theteachings of King: “He saidwe are all complicit when wetolerate injustice,” Lewiswrote.

“He said it is not enough tosay it will get better by and by.He said each of us has a moralobligation to stand up, speak upand speak out.”

“Though I may not behere with you, I urge you toanswer the highest calling ofyour heart and stand up forwhat you truly believe,” Lewisadded.

“In my life I have done allI can to demonstrate that the

way of peace, the way of loveand nonviolence is the moreexcellent way. Now it is yourturn to let freedom ring.”

As the funeral was about tobegin Thursday morning,Kristina Watkins Mormino, a50-year-old professor who livesin Lewis’ congressional district,stood outside the church withher 11-year-old son James.They spoke of Lewis’ passionfor voting.

“For our family, voting is ofthe utmost importance,” saidMormino, who is Black. “Thefact that he kept on going at thebridge in Selma, that remindsme that whenever things arehard, just keep going,” her sonJames added.

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EU headquarters said in a statement thatthose targeted include people considered tobe involved in the 2017 “WannaCry” ran-somware attack, the “NotPetya” strike thatnotably caused havoc in Ukraine, and the“Operation Cloud Hopper” hacking cam-paign. The sanctions are the first that the EUhas ever imposed for cyber-attacks.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell saidthat “the measures concerned are a travel banand asset freeze to natural persons and anasset freeze to entities or bodies. It is also pro-

hibited to directly or indirectly make fundsavailable to listed individuals and entities orbodies.”

Four members of Russia’s GRU militaryintelligence agency were singled out.

The EU accuses them of trying to hack thewifi network of the Netherlands-basedOrganization for the Prohibition of ChemicalWeapons, which has probed the use of chem-ical weapons in Syria. The 2018 attack wasfoiled by Dutch authorities.

Two Chinese nationals were also target-ed over “Operation Cloud Hopper,” which theEU said hit IT systems in companies on sixcontinents, including Europe, and “gainedunauthorized access to commercially sensi-tive data, resulting in significant economicloss.”

&=��������� ���������"��������������������7����<���!�London (PTI) People who testpositive for coronavirus or displaysome of the obvious symptomsmust self-isolate or quarantine fora period of 10 days instead of justa week, the UK’s Chief MedicalOfficers announced in a guidanceupdate on Thursday.

Until now, those displayingsymptoms such as a new con-tinuous cough, a temperature orloss of taste or smell were askedto self-isolate for seven days. Thatperiod has now been stipulatedas 10 days, in line with WorldHealth Organisation (WHO)guidance. “In symptomatic peo-ple, COVID-19 is most infectious

just before, and for the first fewdays after symptoms begin. It isvery important people withsymptoms self-isolate and get atest, which will allow contact trac-ing,” the Chief Medical Officers(CMOs) for England, NorthernIreland, Scotland and Wales saidin a joint statement.

“Evidence, although still lim-ited, has strengthened and showsthat people with Covid-19 whoare mildly ill and are recoveringhave a low but real possibility ofinfectiousness between sevenand nine days after illness onset,”they said.

England CMO Professor

Chris Whitty, Northern IrelandCMO Dr Michael McBride,Scotland CMO Dr Gregor Smithand Wales CMO Dr FrankAtherton said that they reviewedthe self-isolation time-frame toreduce risk to the general popu-lation.

“At this point in the epi-demic, with widespread andrapid testing available and con-sidering the relaxation of othermeasures, it is now the correctbalance of risk to extend the self-isolation period from seven to 10days for those in the communi-ty who have symptoms or a pos-itive test result,” the CMOs said.

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In the Amazon Prime Video’sforthcoming musical series,

Bandish Bandits, a story of love,betrayal and family, actor ShreyaChaudhary plays the character ofaspiring pop sensation‘Tamanna’, Ritwik Bhowmikplays a classical music prodigy‘Radhe’ and Naseeruddin Shahplays the character of Radhe’sguruji ‘Pandit RadhemohanRathod’.

When asked in a recentinterview if one of the reasons heagreed to do the series wasbecause his character had threeshades, Shah replied, “Well thatwas one of the reasons but I alsowanted to work with Anand(Tiwari). I’ve seen his work andfilms and I’ve always liked it. Sothat was a reason I wanted to dothis project.”

The actor further added,“The second reason was that I’vealways had a bit of a problemwith singing on screen. MirzaGhalib helped me to come tocrip with it and this film reallyhelped me to overcome my ter-ror of playback singing. This wasrather difficult because it hadsome pretty complicated upsand downs in the classical mold

and I’m not very familiar with itunlike Atul (Kulkarni) who hashad something of a backgroundof classical music and I didn’t.”

Shah continued, “So it wasgreat fun to try to get the man-ner of a classical singer. The thirdthing is that he’s not a goody-goody character because normal-ly the parts written for elderactors are either wicked, schem-ing, gentle or of doctors, fathers,something on these lines.”

Lastly, he added, “No onebothers to really go into depthwhere an elder character is con-cerned and this was a script inwhich this character is not alwaysshown in a sympathetic light. Infact, he’s responsible for a greatdeal of mishaps that occur to thecharacters in this series.”

The series, set in Jodhpur isproduced and created byAmritpal Singh Bindra anddirected by Anand Tiwari. Theshow also features an originalsoundtrack, composed byShankar-Ehsaan-Loy, who arealso making their digital debutwith this show. The series con-sists of 10 musical episodes.

(The Amazon Prime Originalreleases on August 4.)

When writing my first driveimpressions of the new

fifth-generation Honda City, Iwent back to the first-generationCity. While I might rememberthat car as if it was yesterday, butit was approximately two decadesago. That particular vehicle willremain embedded in my memo-ry because there really weren’t thatmany cars to play around withwhen I was growing up. Whilesome new carmakers such asFord, General Motors (Opel),Daewoo and Hyundai had comeby the mid-90s, it was the HondaCity that really redefined thegame in terms of affordability,quality and fun. Although todayyou can get a small hatchbackwith 100 horsepower, the City wasgenuinely the first car in Indiawhich gave a sense of enjoymentthat the general motoring publichad never had before. There arepeople who swear by the HondaCity because of that experiencethey had twenty years ago. Whilethe modern Honda City hasmoved from being a speedboat toa small luxury yacht, you can stillhave a lot of fun in the manualvariant.

Back in the early 2000s, carslike the Honda City with 100horsepower and the Maruti Zenwith 60 horsepower were thestandard bearers for power andperformance. But now, the typi-cal mid-sized sedan has around120-140 horsepower and thatdoes not seem enough. At a levelthat is because we are inundatedwith luxury German sedans with190-200 horsepower. But this is at

a time when carmakers are mak-ing 600 horsepower sedans, thenew BMW M5, Mercedes-BenzE63S and Audi RS 7 are all maniccars that redefine our relationshipwith power. I have driven a cou-ple of them and let me assure youthat 600 horsepower is a lot, a bittoo much in the Indian contextbecause these super sedans havemore power than supercars froma decade ago. The LamborghiniGallardo had 550-570 horsepow-er during its decade of production.

Believe me, 600 horsepower istoo much for most roads becauseyou get from a standing start tothree digits in under four secondsand even the best drivers treat theaccelerator pedal with trepidation.While it is tempting to switch offelectronic aids such as tractioncontrol and the stability pro-gramme or even the four-wheeldrive system on the M5, it is sur-prisingly easy to lose control ofone of those cars. I have nevereven switched off traction controlon an open public road, whetherit is India or abroad. In India, if

you do such a thing, that’s not avery smart move to say the least.Just yesterday, I was driving downthe highway to Kanpur and thankgod for traction control. Therewere some cows on the road, justafter a blind turn and I thankedmy lucky stars that I’d gonethrough high-speed zig-zaggingcourses where the traction controlkeeps the car in check. I was in a190 horsepower GLC 220d and Iwasn’t speeding. Trust me,Mercedes-Benz makes it impos-sible to cross 120 kilometres perhour in any of their new cars with-out getting a headache, whichbrings me back to the point.Even the nicer Indian highwaysare an exhausting and often ter-rifying experience to be on. I lovedriving some of the more power-ful cars out there, but only on aracetrack. I do not want aLamborghini to have an incidentwith an Indian bull, and youknow as well as I do, that is arather likely possibility in India.Of course, you don’t always buy acar in that class to drive like a

lunatic breaking speed limits, youbuy a car like that to be seen. Butif you do want to have a bit of fun,I believe 240-260 horsepower isthe sweet spot for fast accelerationand the occasional ‘fast’ drive.

I call cars like the Mercedes-Benz C300d, BMW’s range of 30ipower-rated engines or Audi’s 45TFSI power-rated vehicles ‘powerratings’ because the Germanshave long-since abandoned themodel numbers with engine sizes.Both the BMW 530i and Audi A645TFSI have two-litre petrolengines, go figure!

Power is your friend. In anemergency situation, you can usepower to get out of trouble, butyou should not abuse it becausethe power can whack you in theback of your head and then youwill need the help of the ‘mother’(the brakes). Given the conditionof Indian roads, speeding is not avery great option. While I lamentthat carmakers don’t offer moreengine options with around 300-400 horsepower, they know whatthey are doing.

It has been a tough year. With a pan-demic hitting people across theworld, it is the bond of relationships

that has kept humans going and facingthe situation strongly, albeit from a dis-tance. Rakshabandhan, the festival thatcelebrates the love-hate bond of siblings,is just round the corner but may not bethe occasion for hugs and kisses yet. Butwith technology, there’s no missing thehuman touch. E-commerce is playing akey role in making sure the festive spir-it is alive and keeping siblings connect-ed despite the lockdown and travel bans.And needless to say, gifting remainssacrosanct too. Here’s a guide ofthoughtful ideas you can use to sendlove to your siblings staying away fromyou.

Customised hampersVarious companies are offering sur-

prise gift cards. Bata is offering cus-tomised e-gift cards up to 15 per centoff. You can choose from differenttemplate options available and add acustomised message for your sibling,which will be delivered directly tothem. Finding a rakhi combo becomeseasy with Amazon, Flipkart and variousother platforms offering personalisedhampers, one of which includes a cof-fee mug, greeting card and a cus-tomised rakhi.

One such is also Occasionally Silly,which has introduced a range of quirkyhampers. Sumit Gaddi, CEO and

founder of the brand, says, “I believegifting is an emotion. In fact, people arespending substantially more time inchoosing their gifts and going an extramile in customising them. Brands arecoming up with unique ideas to curatepersonalised gift hampers as per theinterest of an individual and yet they arevery creative and thoughtful.”

Glam-up for ZoomWondering how to make for a per-

fect Zoom celebration and look yourbest? Well, you can add the new blue,round-neck kurta set from Aurelia.With grey-blue embroidery, a printed

skirt and a simple dupatta, it can be eas-ily accessorised with a pair of minijhumkis. With the floral pattern, a setfrom W has that complete festive vibeto it. It comes with a pink top, a dhotialong with a sheer jacket.

Comfort fit has always been themantra for men and t-shirts can be agreat gifting option. Buy your brothera blue collared neck t-shirt fromCantabil to make his wardrobe a littlemore stylish even while he is workingfrom home.

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Religare HealthInsurance offer a wide-range of bene-fits from in-patient hospitalisation to preand post-hospitalisation. Some plansalso offer coverage for alternative treat-ments and annual health check-up withthe option of unlimited automaticrecharge of sum insured.

A gift that benefits health may beespecially helpful to someone whowouldn’t normally purchase such anitem or doesn’t know about availableoptions. A wearable fitness monitor is

helpful to track everything from heartrate to the number of steps walked perday. Try Hammer Fit Pro Smart FitnessBand, which comes with a detailedultralight fashionable design, built with0.96 inches LED colour HD display for

a better visual experience. It is use-ful in tracking and monitoring

almost all the daily activities likeblood pressure, sleep patterns,calories burned and more. Itis 100 per cent waterproof forstress-free use during wateractivities.

Gadgets for himTechnology can be a won-

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with it. Show the gesture of love withOPPO A-series smartphones and give amuch anticipated upgrade, that toowithout burning a hole in your pocket.While the OPPO A-52 comes with apowerful 12 MP quad camera to turnevery beautiful memory into a photo-graph, the A12 comes with a 13 MP pri-mary camera to keep selfie game on top.

How about gifting your sibling aThomson Bluetooth Speaker that poursout 10watts of pure clean sound withgreat bass? Its added 10-metre range setsyou free. It will be something that onecan truly cherish. Most importantly, itwill last many years to remind you of aspecial year where your thoughts count-ed over the credit card.

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The month of August is recog-nised as a month of revolution,rights and reforms in the Indian

history: August 20 — SadbhavanaDiwas, August 19 — WorldHumanitarian Day, August 15 —Independence Day, August 8 — QuitIndia Movement, August 5 — aboli-tion of Article 370 and August 1 —Muslim Women Rights Day.

August 1, 2019, is a historic dayin Indian parliamentary history whenthe bill against triple talaq was madea law despite the obstacle by so-called‘champions of secularism’, includingthe Congress, Communist Party,Samajwadi Party, Bahujan SamajParty and Trinamool Congress.

It became the day which ensuredgender equality and strengthenedconstitutional, fundamental anddemocratic rights of the Muslimwomen. Triple talaq or Talaq-a-Biddatwas neither Islamic nor legal. Despitethe fact, the social evil of triple talaqwas given “political patronage” by“Merchants of Votes”.

The law against social evil of tripletalaq could have been passed in 1986when the Supreme Court had givenhistoric judgement in the Shahbanocase. The Congress had absolutemajority in Parliament with more than400 out of 545 Lok Sabha membersand more than 159 out of 245 mem-bers in the Rajya Sabha. But the thenRajiv Gandhi-Government used itsstrength in the Parliament to make theSupreme Court judgement ineffectiveand deprived the Muslim women oftheir constitutional and fundamentalrights.

The Congress’ “Mistake of theMoment” became “Punishment of theDecades” for the Muslim women. TheCongress was worried for “Vote KaUdhaar”, while our government wasworried for “Samajik Sudhaar” (socialreform).

India runs on a Constitution andnot on any religious textbook. Earlier,various legislations had been broughtin the country to abolish social evilssuch as sati pratha and child marriage.Triple talaq law has nothing to do withreligion, the law has been made pure-ly to ensure gender equality by end-ing a social evil, inhuman, cruel andunconstitutional practice. Instant

divorce by verbally saying talaq thriceis illegal. There were several incidentscoming where women had been giventalaq through letter, phone or eventhrough text messages. Such incidentsare unacceptable to a sensitive coun-try and to a government committedto inclusive development.

Several Muslim-majority nationsof the world had declared triple talaqillegal and un-Islamic much earlier.Egypt was the first Muslim nation,which abolished this social evil in1929.

Sudan in 1929, Pakistan in 1956,Bangladesh in 1972, Iraq in 1959,Syria in 1953, Malaysia in 1969 had

abolished the practice of triple talaq.Besides, countries such as Cyprus,Jordan, Algeria, Iran, Brunei,Morocco, Qatar, UAE also endedthis social evil many years ago. But ittook 70 years for India to get rid of thisinhuman and cruel practice.

The Supreme Court on May 18,2017 had declared it unconstitution-al. One year has passed since the lawagainst it was passed and there is adecline of about 82 per cent in tripletalaq cases thereafter. If any such casewas reported, the law has takenaction.

Modi’s Government is committedto empowerment of all sections andsocial reforms. Some political partiesgive illogical statements that why theModi-Government is worried abouttalaq in Muslim women? Why theGovernment don’t do anything fortheir socio-economic-educationalempowerment? I want to make it clearto those people who ask such ques-tions that during the last six years, theGovernment has worked with inclu-sive empowerment for every sec-tions including Muslim women.

Approximately, three crore 87lakh minority students have beengiven various scholarships whichinclude about 60 per cent of the girlchild. A large number of Muslimwomen have been provided employ-ment opportunities through HunarHaat. More than 10 lakh minorityyouths have been provided employ-ment through skill developmentschemes such as Seekho aur Kamao,Garib Nawaz Swarojgar Yojna, Usttad,Nai Manzil, Nai Roushni and more. A

total of 3,040 women have performedHaj after the Modi Governmentensured Muslim women can performHaj without Mehram (male compan-ion) in 2018. This year too, more than2,300 women had applied to performHaj without Mehram. These womenwill be allowed to go to Haj 2021 onthe basis of their application for Haj2020 only. Besides, women who filenew application, will also be allowedto go next year.

Even the opposition cannot raisequestion that there has been any dis-crimination with any community inwelfare schemes. Our efforts for inclu-sive empowerment have shown resultson the ground. Our Government hasprovided electricity to a large numberof villages of the country which weredeprived of electricity for decades.These villages include large number ofminority community dominated vil-lages. We have provided benefit to 22crore farmers under Kisan SammanNidhi which include more than 33 percent farmers belonging to minoritycommunities. About 37 per cent ofmore than eight crore beneficiaries ofUjjwala Yojna providing free gas con-nection belong to minority commu-nities. We have also provided easyloans to about 24 crore people underMudra Yojna for small and mediumbusiness and other employment ori-ented economic activities and morethan 36 per cent beneficiaries are fromminority communities. Muslimwomen have significantly been bene-fitted from these welfare schemes, theyhave become an equal partner ofmainstream development.

In a colourful passing outparade, 100 trainees consist-

ing of 11 AssistantCommandant (Probationer), 79Sub Inspector and 10 AssistantSub-Inspector passed out fromCISF NISA Hyderabad, whileobserving all preventive mea-sures and social distancingnorms. Union Minister of State(MoS) for Home Affairs, GKishan Reddy graced the occa-sion as chief guest who reviewedthe E-Passing out Paradethrough webinar alongwithRajesh Ranjan, DG, CISF &other senior officers of CISF.

The POP of the newlyinducted officers and personnelis a grand affair for the force, amoment of pride for the officer,personnel and their family. Butin times of COVID-19, this yearfor the first time in a new his-torical experiment, E-PassingOut Parade was organised byCISF. It was witnessed electron-ically by the families, friends andgeneral public through the weblink.

In her welcome address,Anjana Sinha, IPS, Director,NISA Hyderabad presented areport on the training activities.She complimented the traineesfor their sincerity and dedicationand hoped that the rigoroustraining imparted at the train-ing centre would make themstand in good stead in their pro-fessional career. She also elabo-rated the expanding roles ofCISF and correspondingly thewide spectrum of specialisedtraining imparted at NISAHyderabad.

Ranjan welcomed Reddyon the occasion. While address-ing through webinar, he empha-sised the role of CISF in protect-ing the vital installations. Hesaid that the endeavour of CISFis to nurture the core underly-ing qualities like discipline,turnout, physical fitness and

professionalism of all the officersand personnel. He said that ourforte has been our ability to keeppace with technologicaladvances, our amiable humaninterface with the general pub-lic and above all our robust corecompetence.

During the occasion, mes-sage of Home Minister, AmitShah was also read by the DG,CISF. Shah praised the officers& personnel of CISF for theiruncompromising determina-tion and immaculate profession-alism in securing the citizensand national assets during theepidemic. He also congratulat-ed the trainees and staff andwished them a bright future.

Reddy congratulated thetrainees for making the historyby participating in the first E-Passing out Parade. He applaud-ed the growing role of CISF inthe changing security scenarioand said that CISF creditablysecuring airports, critical andvery sensitive establishmentsof the country. He said that asa part of CISF, the role of thenew officers will be vital in ourjourney towards a new Indiaand ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’. Healso praised the women person-nel. He further acknowledgedthat the women personnel havemade many noteworthy contri-butions to the force and, have

proven to be a force multiplier.MoS for Home, has appreciat-ed the role of NISA as the‘Centre of Excellence’. He con-gratulated DG, CISF for hisleadership of the force, which isattaining new milestones witheach passing day.

During the occasion, CISFannual publication Sentinel-2020 & Coffee Table BookWomen Power-CISF werereleased by the MoS for Home.The CTB on women in CISF,showcased the journey of thewomen from their induction inthe late 80s in CISF, to reach-ing the highest percentageamong any CAPF.

The officers who passedout today, during the course oftheir training, have acquiredskills in a wide array of sub-jects. They have also beenimparted strenuous training onhandling of sophisticatedweapons & sensitive electron-ic security based gadgetry, drillmovements apart from physi-cal training. To meet and over-come the challenges of internalsecurity duties and those aris-ing from naxal and terrorgroups, the trainees were sub-jected to jungle camp training,raids, ambush & counterambush, night navigation andQRT type practical training aswell.

Alok Kumar took the charge ofAdditional General Manager of

Western Railway on Monday. He is asenior officer of Indian Railways Serviceof Mechanical Engineering (IRSME)who joined railways through the SCRA(1981) exam of UPSC.

He did his mechanical engineeringfrom Engineering Council (London)and has a bachelor’s degree in electricalengineering and is an MBA too. He start-ed his careerin 1986 atW e s t e r nRailway andover the last34 years hasworked at anumber ofimp or tantposts in rail-ways includ-ing theDRM ofB h o p a lD i v i s i o n .During his tenure at ContainerCorporation of India, he was instrumen-tal in getting state of the art port cranesat dry ports across India.

As Chief Project Manager at ModernCoach Factory, Rae Bareli, he led the teamthat set up the most modern plant inIndia to manufacture high speed railwaycoaches and subsequently as ChiefAdministrative Officer at modern coachfactory, he headed the team that pio-neered implementation of Industry 4.0 inIndian Railway workshops.

He has been trained in various facetsof advanced management at CMU,Pittsburgh; SDA Bocconi, Milan; APEC,Antwerp; IIM, Ahmedabad and ISB,Hyderabad. He even won the Minister ofRailways award for Best Project and GM’sefficiency medal and also received theInstitute’s Medal during engineering.Prior to his posting as AGM/WR, he wasworking as Chief Administrative Officerof modern coach factory at Raebareli.

Aperformance reviewmeeting was held by

Rajiv Chaudhry, GeneralManager Northern & NorthCentral Railways with thedepartmental heads ofNorthern Railway throughvideo conferencing fromBaroda House, NR head-quarter office in New Delhi.

He discussed the ongoing initiatives of the var-ious departments in main-taining and enhancing theinfrastructure and assets ofthe zone, post-lockdown.As normalcy is returningNorthern Railway is puttingin efforts to revamp the railroutes, increase speed insections, increase electrifica-tion and improve signalingsystems. Infrastructureenhancement works in theform of new rail lines isagain picking up speed.

Work on the hill rail-ways, the USBRL projectand Rishikesh-KarnprayagChardham Project inUttarakhand is back ontrack. Tunneling work onthe 12.75 km T-40 tunnel in

Ramban district of Jammu& Kashmir has resumed.The sites of the iconicChenab and Anji Bridgesare abuzz with activityagain. The newly construct-ed section Virabhadra-Rishikesh section has beencommissioned and a newrailway station Yognagarihas been constructed withworld class facilities atRishikesh. Work on severaltunnels and bridges on theroute has also started.

An average 96 specialtrains going to different

destinations across thecountry are running on adaily basis from Delhi alone.The focus is on increasingthe punctuality of the trains.The punctuality status ofNorthern Railway stands at97 per cent at present. Thisis up from 92 per cent inMay-June 20. There is animpetus on increasing sec-tional speed of trains, in thisregard the overused raillines are being revamped,electrification and advancedsignaling works are beingundertaken. Speed trials are

being conducted on manyimportant routes with fullload to access efficacy. Speedin many sections is envis-aged to be increased to 100kmph and beyond fromexisting 60 to 80 kmph.

To encourage use ofrailways for movement ofgoods, freight businessdevelopment units havebeen opened in all the fivedivisions of NR. These unitswill reach out to the freightcustomers to provide aneasy and hassle-free plat-form for doing business.More and moreloading/unloading pointsare being provided as perthe demand of the cus-tomers. Now even smallcontainers can be trans-ported through railways.

Expressing satisfactionon the performance of thevarious departments,Chaudhry said, “We shoulduse this time period to over-haul and revitalise our sys-tem so that we can providesafe, comfortable and time-ly service to the rail-users”.

GAIL has been creating awareness for bring-ing a positive change to ensure a greener and

cleaner environment through its Hawa Badlomovement. In this move #Wake Up And SmellThe Change initiative has been started by theHawa Badlo platform to spread the idea of appre-ciating and preserving the positive environmen-tal changes occurred due to the lock down. In thisinitiative, the netizens were asked to take a pledgeand sustain this change in future as well as withbefitting lifestyle changes such as:�Staying home more on weekends.�Walking or riding the bicycle whenever one can.�Using one car per family.�Using cleaner fuels in vehicles and home likenatural gas, CNG, PNG, renewables etc.

An online engagement activity was alsoorganised under this initiative earlier where inpeople were requested to click pictures of scenicbeauties from their balconies, windows or roofsand post them on Hawa Badlo handles in thecomments section with hashtags.

This is an attempt to mobilise collective soci-etal efforts to improve the deteriorating air qual-ity, by encouraging sustainable and environmentfriendly steps in works as well as inculcatinglifestyle habits such as planting trees, cycling &walking, carpooling, using public transport,conserving energy and using cleaner energy

sources like natural gas for industries, CNG forautomobiles, PNG for commercial uses.

By engaging people for actions throughevents, social messaging through endorsementand web media series, short films and contests,the purpose of the platform is to motivate peo-ple to take pledge for actions against air pollu-tion and problems caused due to it. The initia-tive has been able to reach more than eight mil-lion people across all digital platforms.

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Baghel inauguratednewly-completed worksworth nearly �7 crore 27 lakhin Maharani Hospital ofJagdalpur headquarters inBastar district via video con-ferencing from his Raipur-based residence. He said thatpeople of Bastar have emo-tional connection toMaharani Hospital. NewGovernment is working con-sistently towards developingit as a well-equipped hospi-tal of this region. It is no wayless than any district hospi-tal across the country.Currently, people of Bastarhave to travel out of the areafor treatment. The State

Government is makingefforts to provide the bestpossible health facilities inBastar.

The CM said that spe-cial care should be taken toensure availability of doctorsin health facilities of Bastar.He inaugurated the renova-tion works done inKadambini Maternal HealthInstitution at the cost of �1crore. Likewise, he per-formed bhumi-pujan of therenovation work in eye-ward worth �50 lakh, thesecond floor addition workworth �49 lakh and theconstruction work of thecurrent OPD-MCH worth�50 lakh.

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From Isolation, which wasorganised recently, artistRenuka Sondhi Gulati, theonly Indian-origin female,made her place among the topsix artists of the world. Renukasaid that she will alwaysremain grateful for the sup-port of people. “I have livedmy life near forests. I under-stand the value of nature. TheLiving Ark series is all aboutnature reclaiming its space.The series is an incisive andreflective exploration of therelationship between humanbeings and the environment,”added she.

Initially, she competedand won the daily contest,then the bi-weekly contestand then she came in the topsix of the competition and wasawarded a one year display ofher works at Agora Art galleryat Chelsea, New York. Duringthe year, thousands of artlovers and art collectors will beable to see her paintings,sculptors and prints artworks.

The 16 artworks selectedfor display for one year are TheLiving Ark ( four works), TheGraceful Stripes (two works),Save me Save the World, In MyDreams, The Power Play,

Intimacy, Search for Eternityand Illusions at Rest.

She has been keenlyexamining the links betweenman’s exploitative treatment ofnature and the resulting effect

of this onslaught. The seriesfeaturing a log of wood takeson the Biblical story of Noah’sArk to reflect on the world asit stands today, especially inthe light of the COVID-19pandemic. The series alsobrings to fore the question of

ownership of space on earth.The images of animals mak-ing their way into urbanspaces and reclaiming theirfreedom of movement, duringthe lockdown across theworld, resonate with theresplendent wildlife on the dif-ferent arks of life in the paint-ings. The cradle of mothernature that is present for allliving forms had been usurpedby civilisation and the spreadof human settlements. In herpaintings, Renuka makes usreflect hard on the outcome ofour actions that had restrict-ed animals to the sanctuariesor the zoo.

One of the paintings inthe series sees the ark of lifetaking prominence as it occu-pies the centre of the canvaswith fewer figures, but the

perched panther ready tosprint, the innocent deer, anda girl with her back turnedready to step onto the life log.The artist peeping on the sus-pended log watches the girlbegin her ascent. However, themost prominent object onthe Ark is the green heart, lit-erally with its aorta and venacava, spelling the obvious thatnature is the heart of theearth.

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Pakistan Test captain Azhar Alion Thursday lauded bowlers

ahead of their series againstEngland and stated he is lucky tohave young pacers like ShaheenAfridi and Naseem Shah in theline-up.

20-year-old Afridi and 17-year-old Shah are on their maid-en tour of England and Pakistanhave pinned their hopes on theduo’s young shoulders totrouble the high-profile bat-ting line-up of the hosts.

“The way Naseem andShaheen have bowled inrecent series, I as captainfeel very lucky to havethem in my squad,”Ali said during aPCB podcast as perCricket Pakistan.

“The bestthing is that wehave experience inthe shape ofAbbas. SohailKhan is also onthis tour and he isalso sharing hisexperience withthe players.

“I think ourbowlers will get alot of advantage.Yasir Shah is there

as well who has ample experi-ence. He is a leg-spinner and hisguidance for young players is alsovery important,” he added.

This will be Pakistan’s firstseries after coronavirus stop-page while England will be com-ing into the series after register-ing a thrilling 2-1 series win overWest Indies in the #raisethebatseries.

Ali played down any con-cerns with respect to lack ofproper match practice forthe visitors ahead of theseries. He stated that playersare slowly and steadily

regaining theirrhythm and willbe ready whenthe series begins.

“Sometimesyou score runsand sometimes

you don’t. Ourplayers however seem tobe in good touch. The bal-ance of the side is alsovery good. Pakistanalways performs well inEngland,” the 35-year-old said.

“Because of coron-avirus we have been inlockdown for quite sometime. This has been achallenging experienceand in the start the play-

ers did seem a little rusty incamps especially in terms ofbowling.

“Slowly but surely, we are get-ting better with training and theplayers are recovering their form.The workload for the fast-bowlers has been good,” he

added.The first Test between the

two teams will be played inManchester starting August 5while the final two Tests arescheduled to be played inSouthampton from August 13and August 21 respectively.

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revealed that his teammates’participation in the 2019 IPL,which was part of a wellthought out plan, played a keyrole in helping the side claim itsmaiden World Cup title.

Morgan said he pushedchairman of England andWales Cricket Board’s CricketCommittee, Andrew Strauss

to take the decision because hefelt the pressure associatedwith a world event can only bematched by the cash-rich IPL.

“Playing in IPL was part ofStrauss’s plan. I pushed him tomake that call because in inter-national bilateral series, it’s sodifficult to replicate the pres-sure that’s there in ChampionsTrophy or the World Cup,”Morgan told Harsha Bhogle on'Cricbuzz in Conversation’.

“He asked me what’s differ-ent? One, you play as an over-seas player so there’s hugeexpectations. If you play in IPL,there’s different pressure anddifferent expectation.Sometimes you can’t get awaywith it and you have to find away to deal with it.”

England won their maidenWorld Cup title at home turflast year, beating New Zealandon boundary count rule in adramatic final at the iconicLord’s.

Morgan said IPL helpsplayers come out of their com-fort zone.

“It takes you out of yourcomfort zone. It is completelybeneficial to play in IPL. Thatwas a big mindset shift for us.And I hope Indian cricket isalright with us because we areusing it as a vehicle to try andgrow players,” he said.

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New Zealand speedster LockieFerguson has said it is chal-

lenging to bowl to Rohit Sharmaas the Indian batting ace picks upthe length very quickly.

In an interview withSportskeeda, Ferguson was askedto name the batsmen he finds dif-ficult to bowl at. “Good question,there’s quite a few. Rohit, I’vefound him very challenging,”Ferguson said.

“With him, if you don't gethim out quickly, he tends to gobig. He picks up the length veryquickly and where my strengthslie, batters play the wrong shot.He’s a world-class batter,”Ferguson added.

“Rohit, I’m a huge fan of him,I think he's an exceptional batter.”

The Kiwi gun-quick alsoadded Australia stars Steve Smithand David Warner alongside Indiacaptain Virat Kohli to the list.

“Steve Smith, David Warner,Virat Kohli — these guys areworld-class for a reason. They’realways tough to bowl at but it feelsgood when you knock off the toporder and have a chance to get tobowl to the middle order or thelower order,” Ferguson said.

“We are 100 per cent back tonormal in New Zealand. We are

very fortunate,” he added on theCOVID-19 situation back home.

Ferguson helped NewZealand reach the World Cupfinal in 2019 where they lost bythe narrowest of margins toEngland.

“For many reasons I was feel-ing things were not quite going myway (before the World Cup). Itwas nice to get the wickets in thetournament. The bowling groupwas fantastic throughout. I got thebigger chunk (of wickets) thansome of the others but as a bowl-ing unit we did very well,” he said.

Ferguson bagged 21 wicketsin the tournament and finishedbehind Mitchell Starc as the sec-ond highest wicket taker.

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No 1-ranked Ash Barty has pulled outof the US Open because she doesn't

want to risk travelling during the coron-avirus pandemic.

The 24-year-old Australian is thehighest-profile player so far to opt out ofthe August 31-September 13 Grand Slamtournament in New York because of theglobal health crisis.

“My team and I have decided that wewon't be travelling to the ... Western &Southern Open and the US Open thisyear,” Barty said in a statement e-mailedto The Associated Press on Thursday.

“I love both events so this was a dif-ficult decision, but there are still signifi-cant risks involved due to COVID-19 andI don’t feel comfortable putting my teamand I in that position.

“I wish the USTA all the best for thetournaments and I look forward to beingback in the US next year.”

Barty is yet to decide if she’ll defendthe French Open title she won last year forher breakthrough singles major. The clay-court Grand Slam event was postponedearlier in the year and rescheduled to startSeptember 27, after the US Open.

Australia’s closed international borderswould make it difficult for Barty to trav-el during the pandemic.

Technically, Barty would have toreceive permission from the governmentto travel abroad, and flight options are lim-ited. Upon returning to Australia, travel-

ers face a mandatory two weeks in quar-antine.

Other players have expressed concernabout travelling to the US, where morethan 150,000 people have died fromCOVID-19.

Barty had to make her decisionbecause entries were open for the Western& Southern Open, which is scheduled forAugust 20-28 and was moved to the samehard courts at the Billie Jean King NationalTennis Center that are slated to host theUS Open.

Serena Williams, Coco Gauff, NovakDjokovic and Rafael Nadal were onWednesday's initial entry lists - but Barty,two-time Grand Slam champion NaomiOsaka and 2019 US Open championBianca Andreescu were not - for the tour-nament moved from Cincinnati toFlushing Meadows.

Being on Wednesday’s lists doesn’t nec-essarily mean a player will compete at thetournament.

No sanctioned professional tennisevents have been played since Marchbecause of the coronavirus. Both thewomen’s and men’s tours plan to return inAugust. The women's tour still aims toreturn next week at Palermo, Italy.

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Lazio kept alive its hopes of fin-ishing second in the Italianleague with a 2-0 win against

already-relegated Brescia in itspenultimate match of the season.

Ciro Immobile also boosted hischances of clinching the top scoreraward as he netted his 35th goal ofthe season on Wednesday, movingfour clear of Juventus forwardCristiano Ronaldo.

Immobile is also just one offequaling the all-time record of 36goals in a Serie A season, set byGonzalo Higuain when he was atNapoli in 2015-16.

Immobile’s late goal sealed the

win for Lazio, which had taken thelead in the first half through JoaquínCorrea.

Lazio moved level on pointswith Atalanta, one below second-place Inter Milan. Atalanta playsInter in the final round of the sea-son, when Lazio visits Napoli.

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hope of avoiding relegation as it won2-1 at Udinese while Genoa wasrouted 5-0 at Sassuolo.

Lecce remained in the bottomthree but is just one point below17th-place Genoa.

Genoa hosts Hellas Verona onthe final day while Lecce welcomesParma.

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to help AC Milan win 4-1 atSampdoria.

It was the second time in threematches that the 38-year-oldIbrahimovic has got a brace.

Juventus, which won a record-extending ninth straight Serie A titleon Sunday, fielded a much-changedteam and lost 2-0 at Cagliari.

Cagliari’s Luca Gagliano, whoturned 20 last week, scored and pro-vided an assist in his Serie A debut.

Federico Chiesa scored a hattrick to help Fiorentina beat Bologna4-0, Roma won 3-2 at Torino andVerona beat Spal 3-0.

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Top Indian boxer VikasKrishan has decided to

revive his professional career inthe US instead of training atthe national camp in Patiala ashe believes conventional isjust not good enough for apodium finish at next year’sTokyo Olympics.

Vikas is currently trainingin Bengaluru’s Inspire Instituteof Sports (IIS) with anotherprofessional boxer and closefriend Neeraj Goyat after beingasked to leave NIS Patiala foralleged violation of COVID-19quarantine norms, laterdeemed unintentional.

He has no plans of goingback even though the SportsAuthority of India (SAI) decid-ed to allow him to return afteran inquiry.

“I will continue traininghere (in Bengaluru). I have fall-en into a rhythm and I don't

wish to disturb myself by onceagain taking the trip to Patiala.I don't see the point," Vikas,who is training underAmerican coach RonaldSimms at the IIS, told PTI inan interview over phone.

Asked about the contro-versy in Patiala, and Vikasoffered a philosophical take.

“I have never harmed any-one. I have made mistakes butthe intent is only to do well forthe country. I have nevercaused problems for anyoneelse. That’s all I have to say,” hesaid.

The 28-year-old Haryana-lad is more eager to talk abouthis plans to return to the US,where he continues to have acontract with Hall of FamerBob Arum's Top RankPromotions.

The welterweight (69kgcategory) boxer will competein the 70kg division in the procircuit.

“As soon as I manage to geta flight, I am going to the USA.I am in touch with Top RankPromotions. They havepromised to arrange fights forme and I hope to compete in3-4 bouts before the Olympics,”he said.

“That would help myOlympic chances more thananything else because it is inthe pro circuit that I learnt thecrucial lesson of not believingin luck.

It is all about ability, thereis nothing called luck,” addedthe former world bronze-win-ner, who won his two probouts before returning to ama-teur circuit last year.

The Asian Games andCommonwealth Games gold-winner will be making thirdOlympic appearance in Tokyonext year. He is the most expe-rienced among the five menwho have made the cut so far.

“I took a break from pro-

fessional with due permissionfrom my promoter to pursuemy Olympic dream. Now thatI have qualified, I will go backto pro to prepare myself," hesaid.

Talking of preparations,do High Performance DirectorSantiago Nieva and nationalcoach C A Kuttappa know ofhis plans?

“They know and they aresupportive. They know what Iam capable of and they haveencouraged me. I have also gotimmense support from BoxingFederation of India ExecutiveDirector R K Sacheti,” he said.

Less than a year away fromhis third Olympics, Vikas saidhe has never enjoyed boxing asmuch as he does now.

“If you watch me fightnow, you can see the artistry.In my past two Olympics (2012and 2016), I used to be both-ered by pressure and expecta-tions, not anymore. I fee freeof that.

"This has made boxingvery enjoyable for me. Earlierthere was an element of stress,"he explained.

His friend Neeraj, also apro boxer, has been a constantin his life for the past few yearsand Vikas said he is grateful forthe support.

“I don’t think I will be ableto do as much for him as hehas done for me. He has cometo train with me, support mewhenever I have asked him,” hesaid.

Amid the strenuous prepa-rations, has he factored in theCOVID-19 mayhem, the onewhich forced the Olympics tobe postponed and which still isa threat to the Games goingahead even next year.

“I am destined to win anOlympic medal. Olympics willhappen because God can’t beso cruel to me. I know that,”asserted the boxer.

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Australia cricketer Matthew Wade onThursday heaped praise on New Zealand

fast-bowler Neil Wagner and recalled thebouncer barrage he faced from the latter dur-ing the Test series between the two teamsDown Under late last year.

Despite suffering a 0-3 hammering,Wagner returned home with his head held highas he was the only Kiwi bowler to trouble theAussie batsmen in the series.

Wagner ended the 2019/20 series with 17wickets and Wade claimed that he has neverseen a bowler who could bowl bouncers withsuch accuracy.

The southpaw also stated that Virat Kohli'stroops might go for similar strategy when thetwo teams clash in the Border-GavaskarTrophy later this year. Wade, however, saidIndian pace battery won't be as effective asWagner, as far as bouncers are concerned.

“Teams may try it but I don't think it willbe as successful,” Wade was quoted as sayingby cricket.com.au.

“I don’t think anyone in the game hasbowled bouncers the way he bowled and beenso consistent, and not gotten scored off whilealso picking up wickets. “I think we'll see it abit (from India) but I don’t think it will be aseffective as Wagner. He’s done it for a long timenow … to be honest I’ve never faced a bowlerwho is so accurate at bowling bouncers,” headded.

The four Tests of the much-anticipatedseries are currently scheduled to be played atGabba, Adelaide Oval, MCG and the SCGrespectively starting December 3.

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Indian golfer ShubhankarSharma began with a flourish,

but two slightly wayward teeshots cost him heavily as heended the first day with a roller-coaster one-over 73 in the HeroOpen on Thursday.

The 24-year-old Indian,who has two wins on theEuropean Tour, had a birdie fol-lowed by an eagle on the secondand third holes, but doublebogeys on the 10th and 13th onthe tougher back stretch sawhim drop a bunch of shots.

Overall, he had an eagle,three birdies, two bogeys andtwo double bogeys in an event-ful round at the Hero Open,which is the second event on theUK Swing, at the Forest ofArden Marriott Hotel &Country Club.

Spain's Sebastian GarciaRodriguez fired a stunning 62 tohold the clubhouse lead on dayone, as fellow Spaniard PabloLarrazabal shot 64. VeteranMiguel Angel Jimenez, the 56-year-old playing his record 707thEuropean Tour event, was five-under through 10 holes with five

birdies. Sharma said despite theover par round, he felt he playedwell. “Just the tee shot on 10thand 13th cost me a lot. On 10th,I hit it slightly to the left and thendid not have a shot, so chippedout and then missed an up-and-down too. On 13th, the windtook the tee shot a little toomuch to the left and I lost theball. “I feel I can get it all backtomorrow.” “As I said I did notfeel any rust because I have beenplaying and keeping scores athome in Chandigarh. Just needto tighten those small errors andit should be fine.”

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Left-arm fast bowlerMohammad Amir has joined

the Pakistan squad here afterclearing two consecutiveCOVID-19 tests following hisarrival in the United Kingdom.

The Pakistan Cricket Boardon Thursday confirmed thatAmir has integrated with rest ofthe squad after serving hismandatory quarantine period,during which he tested negativetwice.

“Amir left for England fromLahore on 24 July and, as per theUK government's guidelines,was in isolation for a period offive days during which he wastested twice,” the PCB said in astatement on its website.

Amir, who quit playing Testcricket, will feature in the three-match T20 series against

England to be played in a bio-secure environment at the OldTrafford, Manchester startingAugust 28.

Pakistan’s tour of Englandstarts with three Test matchesstarting August 5 at Manchester.

Besides, the PCB alsoinformed that fast bowler HarrisRauf, who had earlier testedpositive, is now clear of thevirus and is expected to join therest of the Pakistan squad inEngland soon.

“Fast bowler Haris Rauf hascleared his second COVID-19test and is eligible to join thesquad in England. As per theprotocols he was tested twice -Monday and Wednesday,” thecricket board said.

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