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A shok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot camps got three more days to whet their knives before the Rajasthan High Court declares the winner of the legal bout and leaves the floor open for political bloodletting. The court on Tuesday con- cluded its hearing on petition filed by the Pilot camp on dis- qualification notice served by the Assembly Speaker on 19 rebel MLAs and reserved its judgement till Friday, directing the Speaker not to act against the lawmakers during this period. Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi, who called the meeting late evening, deferred the proceedings against rebel MLAs from Pilot group till 5.30 pm on July 24. The Speaker held a meet- ing with Devdutt Kamat, the counsel for Mahesh Joshi, the Chief Whip of Congress in Rajasthan. Joshi said as per the orders of the High Court, he will not act on notices against rebel Congress MLAs, includ- ing Sachin Pilot, until the court verdict. After the CLP meeting, Gehlot asserted those betraying the party will not be able to show their faces in public. This was the second consecutive day Gehlot slammed rebel Congress MLAs, including Sachin Pilot. Breaking his silence on the Rajasthan crisis, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi listed the alleged “attempt to topple” the Government in the State as among the Centre’s “achievements” in the Covid-19 era. The Gandhis, have so far, refrained from making any public comment on the crisis triggered by Pilot’s revolt. The CLP meeting of Rajasthan MLAs and other senior leaders of the party was held at the Farimont Hotel. Gehlot told his MLAs to stay at hotel for a few more days. Senior Congress leaders, including national general sec- retary and Rajasthan in-charge Avinash Pande, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, Randeep Surjewala, Vivek Bansal along with Chief Minister, were pre- sent at the meeting. This is the third meeting of the CLP in the last one week. Addressing the Cabinet meeting Gehlot reiterated that a conspiracy to topple his Government was being hatched but said he was confi- dent that the Government will complete its tenure. “The State Government is fighting with coronavirus cri- sis and at the same time, a leader who was a State Congress president and a few other MLAs in collusion with the BJP were “hatching a con- spiracy” to topple it,” Gehlot alleged without taking the name of Pilot or any other party leader. “This is intolera- ble and condemnable. Those betraying the party will not be able to show their faces in pub- lic,” Gehlot added. According to a statement issued by Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi, Gehlot said efforts are being made to “weaken democracy” in the country but Congress MLAs are fighting firmly to save it. Referring to the ongoing court case, Gehlot mocked and questioned Pilot for hiring lawyers Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi, saying they command a tall fee. A study conducted from June 27 to July 10 by the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in collabora- tion with the Delhi Government indicated that a large number of infected per- sons remain asymptomatic. Delhi’s sero-prevalence study has found that 23.48 per cent of the people have been affect- ed by Covid-19 in the city, which has several pockets of dense population. A sero-survey involves test- ing of blood serum of individ- uals to check for the prevalence of antibodies against an infec- tion. “The results of the sero- prevalence study show that on an average, across Delhi, the prevalence of IgG antibodies is 23.48 per cent. The study also indicates that a large number of infected persons remain asymptomatic,” the Union Health Ministry said in a state- ment on Tuesday. “This implies that nearly six months into the epidemic, only 23.48 per cent of the peo- ple are affected in Delhi, which has several pockets of dense population,” said the Ministry, attributing it to efforts taken by the Government to prevent the spread of infection, includ- ing lockdown, containment and surveillance measures, including contact tracing and tracking, as well as citizen’s compliance to Covid appro- priate behaviours. It, however, said a signifi- cant proportion of the popula- tion is still vulnerable and therefore, the containment measures need to continue with the same rigour. Non-pharmacological interventions such as physical distancing, use of mask, hand hygiene, cough etiquette and social distancing, etc, must be followed strictly, it underlined. T he CBI on Tuesday ques- tioned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD Devaram Saini in connection with the alleged suicide of SHO Vishnudutt Vishnoi of Rajgarh police station in Churu district on May 23. Saini’s questioning comes a day after the agency quizzed Olympian Congress MLA from Sadulpur (Churu) Krishna Poonia, who had reportedly complained against the SHO. Following Poonia’s representa- tion to the CM’s office, Saini is said to have issued some instructions to the police. Saini was quizzed on the letter writ- ten by him to the police on Poonia’s representation against the SHO before his alleged sui- cide, sources said. Poonia was quizzed for three hours at her residence at Vaishali Nagar in Jaipur on Monday, they said. A CBI team of officials of the Special Crimes Unit (SCU) headed by a Superintendent of Police from the agency headquarters here had reached Jaipur on Monday and is like- ly to return to Delhi on Wednesday, sources said, adding more suspects will be summoned subsequently. They said the evidence gathered so far will be analysed before further action against the suspects is under- taken. Saini was asked to appear before the CBI office in Jaipur at 10 am and his questioning lasted for over an hour. Vishnoi’s body was found hanging from the ceiling of his official residence in Churu and the case was handed over to the CBI on June 5 by the State Government. New Delhi: India’s Covid-19 fatality rate has dropped sig- nificantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17 due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases, the Centre said on Tuesday, asserting the coun- try has handled the pan- demic “relatively well”. Detailed report on P4 W ith a spike in corona cases in the past few weeks, the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) has decided to sus- pend business activities three days in a week on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. As per the FJCCI decision all business estab- lishments leaving aside essential services such as medical stores and dairy outlets will be closed for three days. The FJCCI took the decision today at its meeting headed by chamber presi- dent Kunal Ajmani, who said, “As the corona cases are increasing at a fast rate with infection reaching across the state. As preventive mea- sures we have decided to close down shops and other business establishments for three days in a week.” Ajmani said, “This week on a trial basis all shops and business establishments will be closed for three days. We will analyze the speed of infection during these three days. If there are positive results, then restrictions (closing shops/business establishments) will con- tinue in coming weeks too.” The FJCCI president claimed that every day hun- dreds of corona patients are detected from across the State with people not fol- lowing social distancing. There are 4000 mem- bers (businessmen) regis- tered with FJCCI directly and indirectly around 500000 members are enrolled with the chamber. Sources said that the FJCCI decision to keep shops and business establishments closed for three days will help in breaking the coron- avirus chain. The FJCCI has also decided to approach the Chief Minister to enforce closing of shops and busi- ness establishments seri- ously. The FJCCI members claim that social distancing is followed at big shops and outlets, but the biggest threat is at markets especially veg- etable and fruits markets. Echoing the views of Ajmani, Anuj Khemka gro- cery shop owner at Upper Bazar said, “We have to live with corona. The situation is such that we have to follow all preventive measures to keep away the infections.” “Wearing of masks, keeping sanitizers and maintaining social distancing should be followed,” added Khemka. Meanwhile, the Jharkhand government is also contemplating to enforce more restrictions so as to check the spread of infections. Presently in Jharkhand malls, multi- plexes, cinema halls, shop- ping complexes, courts, high courts and other offices are closed are functioning online or with limited work- force. The Jharkhand gov- ernment this year had called off annual Shravani Mela at Deoghar as all religious places are closed. Few days back, keeping the rising number of coro- navirus cases in mind, four new Covid care centres were set up in Ranchi, Jharkhand for asymptomatic patients. According to the district administration of the state capital, these Covid care centres have a combined capacity of 313 beds. Further one of them, locat- ed in Paras Hospital, HEC area is also equipped with the ICU facility. In Jharkhand there are 5535 corona cases with 2716 persons recovered from infection, while 49 persons have died due to Covid-19. C hief Minister Hemant Soren today expressed dis- pleasure over the pendency of applications in PM Kisan Yojna. Holding a review meet- ing here on Tuesday the CM said that despite 23 lakh farm- ers being registered with PM Kisan Yojna Portal about nine lakh applications are pending. If all the left out farmers are registered then 32 lakh farmers will be benefitted with the scheme, he said. “Every small, medium and marginal farmer has to benefit from the scheme. Work with a target so that by August 15, the financial assistance provided under the scheme can be given in the account of all these farmers. In view of the corona infection, small, marginal and migrant labourers must be given benefits of the scheme,” said the CM while reviewing the proposed new scheme called "Sahayata" for paddy production and market access and accessibility in the State. The CM said that the data of all the migrant workers who have returned to the State should be prepared by Deputy Commissioners of districts. Migrant labourers, who own land should be registered in PM Kisan Yojana Portal. Identification of farmers is needed afresh. So that by August 15, the work of bene- fiting the farmers can be done. The CM said that farmers are not growing, but farmers are now becoming agricultur- al labourers. The asymmetry of the weather has become a source of trouble for small and medium farmers. Farmers are also migrating. In such a situation there is a need to change the situation and make a special action plan on this subject. The ‘Sahayata’ scheme is aimed at providing financial assistance of Rs 500 per quin- tal for paddy to farmers along- with other benefits including easy market access to them. Agriculture Minister Badal, Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Secretary Agriculture Department Abu Baqr Siddiqui, Deputy Commissioner Ranchi Chhavi Ranjan, Additional Secretary Agriculture Department Sunil Kumar Sinha, Special Secretary cum Adviser Agriculture Department Pradeep Hazari and others were present in the meeting. Meanwhile, holding anoth- er meeting of Jharkhand CAMPA scheme of Forest, Environment and Climate Change department the CM said that Forest Land protec- tion is the need of the hour. “What is the work done to reduce elephant human con- flict? Elephants are harming crops and homes and lives. The Quick Response Team of the department should try to give their best. So that elephant- human conflict can be reduced. Elephant corridors have been damaged. Ensure that elephant affected people get timely com- pensation. Implement plans better and give complete infor- mation,” he said. The CM asked officials to take stock of the check dam constructed by the department and find out why water runs out during summer? “Work on it, identify forest land at the panchayat level. Conservation of forest land is necessary. Put a notice board giving infor- mation about forest land at the marked place, so that there is no encroachment,” he said. J harkhand on Tuesday witnessed the highest ever single-day-spike in cases of Covid-19 infection with fresh cases crossing the century mark for the first time in capital Ranchi within 24 hours, health offi- cials said. As per government data, as many as 374 fresh cases of Covid- 19 infection surfaced in State on Tuesday and 106 of them were from Ranchi. The highest single-day- spike in Covid cases until Tuesday was reported on July 15 when 314 people tested positive for the virus. The unprecedented increase in Covid cases in Ranchi has become a cause for concern for the health department and the district administration here as the capital is the centre for most economic activities in state and also among the most populated cities of Jharkhand, sources said. The total count of Covid-19 cases in Ranchi stood at 830 on Tuesday, only sec- ond to Jamshedpur, which has 938 cases. At least six more Covid patients breathed their last in Jharkhand on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 61, a bulletin released by the National Health Mission (NHM) stated. East Singhbhum and Saraikela reported two deaths each while Ranchi reported one death. Tuesday's findings take the total count of Covid-19 cases in State to 6195 and number of active cases to 3192, NHM bulletin stat- ed. As many as 107 Covid patients recovered on Tuesday, taking the count of recoveries in Jharkhand to 2942. Meanwhile, State drinking water and sanitation minister Mithilesh Thakur, who had tested positive for Covid-19 on July 9, recovered from the infection on Tuesday and was discharged Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), doctors said. State's Covid mortality rate rose to 0.98 per cent on Tuesday while recovery rate dropped to 47.48 per cent, NHM figures high- lighted. Around 2.5 lakh people have been put in home quarantine across Jharkhand and nearly 7000 have been sent to institutional quarantine. The Government has so far col- lected samples of 2.4 lakh suspects and tested 2.3 lakh of them. B JP leader and Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon died at a hospital in Lucknow early Tuesday. He was 85. He was admitted to the hospital on June 11 with breathing problems, fever and difficulty in urination. A veteran BJP leader belonging to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani-era, Lalji Tandon had earlier served as a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. He had taken oath as the Madhya Pradesh Governor on July 29 last year after serving on the same post in Bihar for near- ly 11 months. He died at 5.35 am at Medanta Hospital, according to his son Ashutosh Tandon, who is a Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. Lalji Tandon is survived by his wife and three sons. His mortal remains were consigned to flames at Gulala Ghat in Lucknow in the evening. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, UP Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, State BJP chief Swatantradev Singh, a number of Ministers in the State Government and party workers were present during the cremation. The cremation was held with full state honours, spokesperson of BJP’s Lucknow unit Pushkar Shukla said. According to Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor, Tandon died following a cardiac arrest.

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Ashok Gehlot and SachinPilot camps got three more

days to whet their knives beforethe Rajasthan High Courtdeclares the winner of the legalbout and leaves the floor openfor political bloodletting.

The court on Tuesday con-cluded its hearing on petitionfiled by the Pilot camp on dis-qualification notice served bythe Assembly Speaker on 19rebel MLAs and reserved itsjudgement till Friday, directingthe Speaker not to act againstthe lawmakers during thisperiod.

Rajasthan AssemblySpeaker CP Joshi, who calledthe meeting late evening,deferred the proceedingsagainst rebel MLAs from Pilotgroup till 5.30 pm on July 24.

The Speaker held a meet-ing with Devdutt Kamat, thecounsel for Mahesh Joshi, theChief Whip of Congress inRajasthan. Joshi said as per theorders of the High Court, hewill not act on notices againstrebel Congress MLAs, includ-ing Sachin Pilot, until the courtverdict.

After the CLP meeting,Gehlot asserted those betraying

the party will not be able toshow their faces in public. Thiswas the second consecutiveday Gehlot slammed rebelCongress MLAs, includingSachin Pilot.

Breaking his silence on theRajasthan crisis, formerCongress chief Rahul Gandhilisted the alleged “attempt totopple” the Government in theState as among the Centre’s“achievements” in the Covid-19era. The Gandhis, have so far,refrained from making anypublic comment on the crisis

triggered by Pilot’s revolt.The CLP meeting of

Rajasthan MLAs and othersenior leaders of the party washeld at the Farimont Hotel.Gehlot told his MLAs to stay athotel for a few more days.

Senior Congress leaders,including national general sec-retary and Rajasthan in-chargeAvinash Pande, KC Venugopal,Ajay Maken, RandeepSurjewala, Vivek Bansal alongwith Chief Minister, were pre-sent at the meeting. This is thethird meeting of the CLP in the

last one week.Addressing the Cabinet

meeting Gehlot reiterated thata conspiracy to topple hisGovernment was beinghatched but said he was confi-dent that the Government willcomplete its tenure.

“The State Government isfighting with coronavirus cri-sis and at the same time, aleader who was a StateCongress president and a few

other MLAs in collusion withthe BJP were “hatching a con-spiracy” to topple it,” Gehlotalleged without taking thename of Pilot or any otherparty leader. “This is intolera-ble and condemnable. Thosebetraying the party will not beable to show their faces in pub-lic,” Gehlot added.

According to a statementissued by Congress chief whipMahesh Joshi, Gehlot saidefforts are being made to“weaken democracy” in thecountry but Congress MLAs are fighting firmly tosave it.

Referring to the ongoingcourt case, Gehlot mocked andquestioned Pilot for hiringlawyers Harish Salve andMukul Rohatgi, saying theycommand a tall fee.

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Astudy conducted from June27 to July 10 by the

National Center for DiseaseControl (NCDC) in collabora-tion with the DelhiGovernment indicated that alarge number of infected per-sons remain asymptomatic.Delhi’s sero-prevalence studyhas found that 23.48 per centof the people have been affect-ed by Covid-19 in the city,which has several pockets ofdense population.

A sero-survey involves test-ing of blood serum of individ-uals to check for the prevalenceof antibodies against an infec-tion. “The results of the sero-prevalence study show that onan average, across Delhi, theprevalence of IgG antibodies is23.48 per cent. The study alsoindicates that a large number ofinfected persons remainasymptomatic,” the UnionHealth Ministry said in a state-ment on Tuesday.

“This implies that nearlysix months into the epidemic,only 23.48 per cent of the peo-ple are affected in Delhi, whichhas several pockets of densepopulation,” said the Ministry,attributing it to efforts taken bythe Government to preventthe spread of infection, includ-ing lockdown, containmentand surveillance measures,

including contact tracing andtracking, as well as citizen’scompliance to Covid appro-priate behaviours.

It, however, said a signifi-cant proportion of the popula-tion is still vulnerable andtherefore, the containmentmeasures need to continuewith the same rigour.

Non-pharmacologicalinterventions such as physicaldistancing, use of mask, handhygiene, cough etiquette andsocial distancing, etc, must befollowed strictly, it underlined.

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The CBI on Tuesday ques-tioned Rajasthan Chief

Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSDDevaram Saini in connectionwith the alleged suicide ofSHO Vishnudutt Vishnoi ofRajgarh police station in Churudistrict on May 23.

Saini’s questioning comes aday after the agency quizzedOlympian Congress MLA fromSadulpur (Churu) KrishnaPoonia, who had reportedlycomplained against the SHO.Following Poonia’s representa-tion to the CM’s office, Saini issaid to have issued someinstructions to the police. Sainiwas quizzed on the letter writ-ten by him to the police onPoonia’s representation againstthe SHO before his alleged sui-cide, sources said.

Poonia was quizzed forthree hours at her residence at

Vaishali Nagar in Jaipur onMonday, they said.

A CBI team of officials ofthe Special Crimes Unit (SCU)headed by a Superintendent ofPolice from the agency headquarters here had reachedJaipur on Monday and is like-ly to return to Delhi onWednesday, sources said,adding more suspects will besummoned subsequently.

They said the evidencegathered so far will be analysedbefore further action against the suspects is under-taken.

Saini was asked to appearbefore the CBI office in Jaipurat 10 am and his questioninglasted for over an hour.

Vishnoi’s body was foundhanging from the ceiling of hisofficial residence in Churu andthe case was handed over to theCBI on June 5 by the StateGovernment.

New Delhi: India’s Covid-19fatality rate has dropped sig-nificantly to 2.43 per centfrom 3.36 per cent on June17 due to effective clinicalmanagement of coronaviruscases, the Centre said onTuesday, asserting the coun-try has handled the pan-demic “relatively well”.

Detailed report on P4

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With a spike in coronacases in the past few

weeks, the Federation ofJharkhand Chamber ofCommerce and Industries(FJCCI) has decided to sus-pend business activitiesthree days in a week onFridays, Saturdays andSundays. As per the FJCCIdecision all business estab-lishments leaving asideessential services such asmedical stores and dairyoutlets will be closed forthree days.

The FJCCI took thedecision today at its meetingheaded by chamber presi-dent Kunal Ajmani, whosaid, “As the corona cases areincreasing at a fast rate withinfection reaching acrossthe state. As preventive mea-sures we have decided toclose down shops and otherbusiness establishments forthree days in a week.”

Ajmani said, “This weekon a trial basis all shops andbusiness establishments willbe closed for three days. Wewill analyze the speed ofinfection during these threedays. If there are positiveresults, then restrictions(closing shops/businessestablishments) will con-tinue in coming weeks too.”The FJCCI presidentclaimed that every day hun-dreds of corona patients aredetected from across theState with people not fol-lowing social distancing.

There are 4000 mem-bers (businessmen) regis-tered with FJCCI directlyand indirectly around500000 members areenrolled with the chamber.Sources said that the FJCCI

decision to keep shops andbusiness establishmentsclosed for three days willhelp in breaking the coron-avirus chain.

The FJCCI has alsodecided to approach theChief Minister to enforceclosing of shops and busi-ness establishments seri-ously.

The FJCCI membersclaim that social distancingis followed at big shops andoutlets, but the biggest threatis at markets especially veg-etable and fruits markets.

Echoing the views ofAjmani, Anuj Khemka gro-cery shop owner at UpperBazar said, “We have to livewith corona. The situation issuch that we have to followall preventive measures tokeep away the infections.”“Wearing of masks, keepingsanitizers and maintainingsocial distancing should befollowed,” added Khemka.

Meanwhile, theJharkhand government isalso contemplating toenforce more restrictions

so as to check the spread ofinfections. Presently inJharkhand malls, multi-plexes, cinema halls, shop-ping complexes, courts, highcourts and other offices areclosed are functioningonline or with limited work-force. The Jharkhand gov-ernment this year had calledoff annual Shravani Mela atDeoghar as all religiousplaces are closed.

Few days back, keepingthe rising number of coro-navirus cases in mind, fournew Covid care centres wereset up in Ranchi, Jharkhandfor asymptomatic patients.According to the districtadministration of the statecapital, these Covid carecentres have a combinedcapacity of 313 beds.Further one of them, locat-ed in Paras Hospital, HECarea is also equipped withthe ICU facility.

In Jharkhand there are5535 corona cases with 2716persons recovered frominfection, while 49 personshave died due to Covid-19.

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Chief Minister HemantSoren today expressed dis-

pleasure over the pendency ofapplications in PM KisanYojna. Holding a review meet-ing here on Tuesday the CMsaid that despite 23 lakh farm-ers being registered with PMKisan Yojna Portal about ninelakh applications are pending.If all the left out farmers areregistered then 32 lakh farmerswill be benefitted with thescheme, he said.

“Every small, medium andmarginal farmer has to benefitfrom the scheme. Work with atarget so that by August 15, thefinancial assistance providedunder the scheme can be givenin the account of all thesefarmers. In view of the coronainfection, small, marginal andmigrant labourers must begiven benefits of the scheme,”said the CM while reviewingthe proposed new schemecalled "Sahayata" for paddyproduction and market accessand accessibility in the State.

The CM said that the dataof all the migrant workers whohave returned to the Stateshould be prepared by DeputyCommissioners of districts.Migrant labourers, who ownland should be registered in

PM Kisan Yojana Portal.Identification of farmers isneeded afresh. So that byAugust 15, the work of bene-fiting the farmers can be done.

The CM said that farmersare not growing, but farmersare now becoming agricultur-al labourers. The asymmetry ofthe weather has become asource of trouble for small andmedium farmers. Farmers arealso migrating.

In such a situation there isa need to change the situationand make a special action planon this subject.

The ‘Sahayata’ scheme isaimed at providing financialassistance of Rs 500 per quin-tal for paddy to farmers along-with other benefits includingeasy market access to them.

Agriculture Minister Badal,Chief Secretary Sukhdev Singh,Principal Secretary to ChiefMinister Rajiv Arun Ekka,Secretary AgricultureDepartment Abu BaqrSiddiqui, DeputyCommissioner Ranchi ChhaviRanjan, Additional SecretaryAgriculture Department SunilKumar Sinha, Special Secretarycum Adviser Agriculture

Department Pradeep Hazariand others were present in themeeting.

Meanwhile, holding anoth-er meeting of JharkhandCAMPA scheme of Forest,Environment and ClimateChange department the CMsaid that Forest Land protec-tion is the need of the hour.

“What is the work done toreduce elephant human con-flict? Elephants are harmingcrops and homes and lives. TheQuick Response Team of thedepartment should try to givetheir best. So that elephant-human conflict can be reduced.Elephant corridors have beendamaged. Ensure that elephantaffected people get timely com-pensation. Implement plansbetter and give complete infor-mation,” he said.

The CM asked officials totake stock of the check damconstructed by the departmentand find out why water runsout during summer? “Work onit, identify forest land at thepanchayat level. Conservationof forest land is necessary. Puta notice board giving infor-mation about forest land at themarked place, so that there isno encroachment,” he said.

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Jharkhand on Tuesday witnessedthe highest ever single-day-spike

in cases of Covid-19 infection withfresh cases crossing the centurymark for the first time in capitalRanchi within 24 hours, health offi-cials said.

As per government data, asmany as 374 fresh cases of Covid-19 infection surfaced in State onTuesday and 106 of them were fromRanchi. The highest single-day-spike in Covid cases until Tuesdaywas reported on July 15 when 314people tested positive for the virus.

The unprecedented increasein Covid cases in Ranchi hasbecome a cause for concern for thehealth department and the districtadministration here as the capitalis the centre for most economicactivities in state and also amongthe most populated cities ofJharkhand, sources said. The totalcount of Covid-19 cases in Ranchistood at 830 on Tuesday, only sec-ond to Jamshedpur, which has 938cases.

At least six more Covid patientsbreathed their last in Jharkhand onTuesday, taking the death toll to 61,

a bulletin released by the NationalHealth Mission (NHM) stated.East Singhbhum and Saraikelareported two deaths each whileRanchi reported one death.

Tuesday's findings take thetotal count of Covid-19 cases inState to 6195 and number of activecases to 3192, NHM bulletin stat-ed. As many as 107 Covid patientsrecovered on Tuesday, taking thecount of recoveries in Jharkhand to2942.

Meanwhile, State drinkingwater and sanitation ministerMithilesh Thakur, who had testedpositive for Covid-19 on July 9,recovered from the infection onTuesday and was dischargedRajendra Institute of MedicalSciences (RIMS), doctors said.

State's Covid mortality raterose to 0.98 per cent on Tuesdaywhile recovery rate dropped to47.48 per cent, NHM figures high-lighted. Around 2.5 lakh peoplehave been put in home quarantineacross Jharkhand and nearly 7000have been sent to institutionalquarantine.

The Government has so far col-lected samples of 2.4 lakh suspectsand tested 2.3 lakh of them.

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BJP leader and MadhyaPradesh Governor Lalji

Tandon died at a hospital inLucknow early Tuesday. Hewas 85. He was admitted to thehospital on June 11 withbreathing problems, fever anddifficulty in urination.

A veteran BJP leaderbelonging to the Atal BihariVajpayee and LK Advani-era,Lalji Tandon had earlier servedas a Cabinet Minister in UttarPradesh.

He had taken oath as theMadhya Pradesh Governor onJuly 29 last year after serving onthe same post in Bihar for near-ly 11 months.

He died at 5.35 am atMedanta Hospital, according tohis son Ashutosh Tandon, whois a Cabinet Minister in UttarPradesh.

Lalji Tandon is survived byhis wife and three sons.

His mortal remains wereconsigned to flames at GulalaGhat in Lucknow in theevening. Defence Minister

Rajnath Singh, UP GovernorAnandiben Patel, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath, StateBJP chief Swatantradev Singh,a number of Ministers in theState Government and partyworkers were present duringthe cremation.

The cremation was heldwith full state honours,spokesperson of BJP’s Lucknowunit Pushkar Shukla said.

According to MedantaHospital Director Dr RakeshKapoor, Tandon died followinga cardiac arrest.

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The COVID-19 situ-ation in the city is

turning volatile withdeath tolls rising everyday. On Tuesday alonethree deaths werereported. A 10-monthbaby who was admittedat Tata Main Hospital suc-cumbed to the deadly virus. Thebaby hailed from Adityapur ofneighbouring SeraikelaKharswan district. Another per-son who died was 40 year oldand was a resident of Dhatkidih.The city has witnessed 16 deathsso far.

Covid cases are nearing1000 cases with 922 reported soin the steel city. The deadly virushas claimed about 60 livesacross the state, including 16 inthe East Singhbhum district.

The East Singhbhum dis-trict administration has alsostarted a massive public aware-ness campaign against Covid-19. The Jamshedpur NotifiedArea Committee ( JNAC ), thelocal urban civic body pressedinto service awareness cam-paign vehicles in areas under itsjurisdiction. Similarly, the othertwo civic bodies - MangoNotified Area Committee (MNAC ) and JugsalaiMunicipality rolled out aware-

ness vehicles. Apart from this,announcements with the help ofthe public address system weremade in Bistupur Sakchi andother markets.

An appeal was made to fol-low the social distancing normsand make use of marks. Elderlypersons and children below 10years were asked not to ventureout of their house as they are themost vulnerable group.

Concerned over the spurt inCovid-19 positive cases, EastSinghbhum district adminis-tration is planning fresh direc-tives for closure of markets inthree urban civic body areas -Jamshedpur Notified AreaCommittee ( JNAC), MangoNotified Area Committee (MNAC ) and JugsalaiMunicipality during weekends.The markets include those inSakchi, Bistupur, Mango, Sonari,Kadma, Sidhgora, Baridih,Golmuri, Jugsalai, Bhalubasaand Baradwari, which drawmaximum crowd

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“And so, from hour to hourWe ripe and ripe, And then fromhour to hour We rot and rot,And thereby hangs a tale”

-- From As You Like It byWilliam Shakespeare.

McCluskieganj began as afairy tale idea that pron-

to went awry. It was conceivedin the 1930s by the Calcutta-based Anglo-Indian namedTimothy Ernest McCluskie,whose father was an Irish rail-wayman and mother aBrahmin outcast from Benares.

The first Anglo-Indianswere noticed during the begin-ning of the British Raj in India.They were people of mixedrace. Early European settlerswere mostly men, many ofthem needed women, and theonly available women wereIndian. The offsprings of theseinter-racial conjugations werechristened Anglo-Indians.

They were tolerated at first, thegirls even prized as brides to betaken to England. Late in theeighteenth century, however, asthe mulatto revolt in the Frenchcolony of Haiti toppled itsrulers, the imperial attitudetowards the Anglo-Indianschanged significantly. TheBritish government began totreat them as a race apart, toshun them, and to excludethem from government jobs.

At the dawn of the twenti-eth century every railway townin India had its thriving Anglo-Indian community. They werefun-loving people having astyle and language thatbetrayed their English origins.

But the community was at thecrossroads; neither the Britishnor the Indians quite likedthem. Indians generally foundtheir habits and pretensionslaughable and, being morecaste and class conscious thanthe British, their ancestryimpure.

Here stepped forward MrT. E. McCluskie. He rightlysensed the feeling of insecuri-ty among the Anglo-Indians,

especially when manygovernment jobsslipped out from themand went to the nativeIndians. McCluskieand his ilk propound-ed a new solution:race-pride. So, if theAnglo-Indians werean independent race,won't they also be anation? And if theywere a nation, won'tthey need a home-land? Yes they would,but where?

McCluskie persuaded theRaja of Chota Nagpur to leasehim 10,000 acres of land adja-cent to a railway station - thencalled Lapra - on the newlybuilt Barkakana loop line. Acooperative society was formedthrough which Anglo-Indianscould buy plots there and makethemselves shareholders. Theresponse was heartening andAnglo-Indians across the sub-continent bought shares. Thefoundation ceremony wasorganised with much fanfare inNovember 1934. A crowd of300 was present and it wasdecided by popular vote thatLapra would henceforth beknown as McCluskiegunje, inhonour of 'Old Mac'.

Situated 60-odd kilome-tres from Ranchi,McCluskieganj had everythingthat made it the 'ChotaLondon'. The climate wasexcellent with breezes remi-niscent of Darjeeling. The landwas fertile where almost any-thing could be grown - fruits,tea, vegetables. Cattle, pigs andpoultry could all be rearedhere. McCluskieganj was, and

still is, a rural idyll.The place was indeed the

Promised Land of the Anglo-Indians. Destiny willed other-wise, though. Two years afterselling the dream of a 'mooluk',McCluskie died in 1935. Thenew settlement had attractedjust over 250 Anglo-Indianfamilies and only 6800 acres ofland could be sold. Certainbasic drawbacks of the placebegan to take their toll: lack ofwater, viral fever, difficulties ingrowing and marketing cropsand non-arrival of expresstrains on the loop line. Andthen there was racial despair.

After the British quit Indiamany of the families emigrat-ed but many of those whoremained became one morekind of Indian or Adivasi. KittyTexeria was McCluskieganj'sone famous memsahib whomIan Jack, the footloose editor ofGranta, memorably describedas a “browner version of one ofRussell Flint's dancing gyp-sies”. He found Kitty at the sta-tion “hawking little oranges topassangers who passed moneyout through the bars on thecarriage windows, and then, inthe long gaps between trains,helped some tribal men tobrew country liquor in a drumat the foot of the signal post”.Meeting characters like Kitty,her mother Mrs Texeria, MrsTip-Top, et al, Ian Jack con-cluded: “McCluskieganj is achastening place to think aboutrace”.

Kitty's penury has beenwidely equated withMcCluskieganj's eventualdecline, turning her into asymbol of a community's

degeneration. Hindi writer-journalist Vikas Kumar Jhahas authored a wonderful bookof stories titled 'McCluskieganj'(Rajkamal Prakashan, 2010)where many real-life charactersincluding Kitty Texeria havebeen described poignantly andthe idyllic ambience capturedperfectly.

Making a breezy touristtrip to McCluskieganj just afterreading the eponymous book,I could well recognise quite afew locations and genuinely feelthe void created by the absenceof characters so charminglyportrayed by Ian Jack in his1991 piece.

(The review has been doneby Ajay K Singh, who is a JointSecretary rank Officer in theGovernment of Jharkhand.Singh is a bibliophile having avoracious appetite for reading)

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DALTONGANJ: All judicialwork procedures in the civilcourts Daltonganj Palamuhave been ‘suspended’ for twodays beginning July 21 fol-lowing one employee of thiscourt testing positive forCovid 19.

Principal district & ses-sions judge (PDJ) PalamuPradip Kumar Choubey said,“Work procedures in the civilcourts have been suspended.Our fleet of judicial officersand battery of district judgesare now to work from homeand only urgent works will betaken up.” PNS

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Jamshedpur :The city has witnessed a substantial rise in the num-ber of attacks, thefts and loot taking place across the city. Whilethe deteriorating law and order situation in the city remains amajor concern, the police personnel are busy in cooperating withthe district administration in fighting against the spread ofCoronavirus. Criminals were on a shooting spree in and aroundthe steel city on Saturday night.

In separate cases of attacks a chicken trader and a builderunder MGM and Adityapur police station areas on Saturday night.Though no one was injured in the twin gun-shot attack, the inci-dents have triggered a sense of fear among the people. PNS

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Chief Minister HemantSoren continues to receive

threat mails from an unknownsender despite the CrimeInvestigation Department(CID) of Jharkhand Policeinvestigating the case has beenmaking all efforts to trace thesender.

Sources in the police toldThe Pioneer that the unknownsender sent two e-mails to thechief minister’s office onSunday as well as on Mondaywhere the sender threatened to

kill CM else he doesn’t mendhis ways.

A fresh FIR has beenlodged in this regard as inves-tigation revealed that thesender has been using [email protected] mail ID tosend threat mails to the CM.

“The server of the mailused in the crime is located inSwitzerland and Germany. Weare investigating whether thesender is sitting outside of thecountry or he is in the country.We are investigating the IPaddress and other details. Butowing to sensitivity of the mat-

ter we are not in the positionto disclose anything about theinvestigation,” said a seniorofficial of Jharkhand police.

Sources said that this timethe sender has attached a doc-ument also and also cautionedabout his conduct. The sender

has used the term ‘capital pun-ishment’ for the CM who isheading the JMM-Congress-RJD majority government inJharkhand.

The office of CM discov-ered the first such threat e-mailfrom that unknown sender onJuly 8. In this matter the FIRwas lodged on July 13 at CyberPolice station and a specialteam was constituted to inves-tigate the case. Right after thethreat mail CM’s security wasenhanced who is entitled for Zplus security.

Expressing concern over

CM repeatedly getting threat;former chief minister andsenior BJP leader BabulalMarandi shot a letter to CMand said that Jharkhand Policeis not investigating the case ina serious manner despite thehead of the state having beenthreatened.

While Marandi said thatthe government should takehelp of Interpol he demandedthe government to explain towhy the government took fivedays to lodge the FIR when thefirst threat mail was sent to CMon July 8.

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The State government late onMonday evening issued

notification of transfer andposting of several IAS officersincluding DeputyCommissioners of some dis-tricts. Formerly DC, BokaroMukesh Kumar has been madeMunicipal Commissioner ofRanchi Municipal Corporationreplacing Manoj Kumar, whohas been posted as Director,Agriculture.

Virendra Bhushan hasbeen made IG (Prisons),Ganesh Kumar has been madeSpecial Secretary in thePlanning cum FinanceDepartment. Shailesh KumarChaurasia, who was the direc-tor of the National Rural HealthMission Jharkhand, has nowbeen made the State Projectdirector of the JharkhandEducation Project Council.

Jitendra Kumar Singh hasbeen made the Director of

Higher Education, HarshMangala, who was posted asGarhwa DC, has been appoint-ed as the tribal welfare com-missioner. Amit Kumar hasbeen made the director of theState Urban DevelopmentAgency. He will also be theChief Executive Officer ofSmart City Ranchi.

Rai Mahimapat Ray hasbeen made the Director ofInformation Technology withadditional charge of Director ofJharkhand Space ApplicationCenter. Ravi Shankar Shuklahas been made the Director ofNational Rural Health Mission.Shantanu Kumar Agarhari hasbeen made Joint Secretary inFood, Public Distribution and

Consumer Affairs Department.Akanksha Ranjan has beenappointed Commissioner inthe Commercial TaxDepartment.

Godda DC Kiran KumariPasi has been appointed asTransport Commissioner tillfurther orders. MrityunjayKumar Barnwal, who has beenworking as Simdega DC, hasbeen appointed to the post ofRegistrar, CooperativeCommittee.

Nancy Sahay has beenappointed Director of AnimalHusbandry, while VarunRanjan has been appointed tothe post of HorticultureDirector Ranchi till furtherorders.

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With the increasingdemand of packaged

mineral water the IndianRailway Catering and TourismCorporation (IRCTC) hasdecided to set up a Rail Neerplant in Jharkhand. This willbe the first unit of Rail Neer inthe State. As the demand fordrinking water has increasedthe IRCTC to augment pro-duction and supply of packagedwater on running trains aswell as on railway platforms hasdecided to set up a plant inPatratu area under theHazaribagh district.

BJP Ranchi MP SanjaySeth said, “We have beendemanding to set up a RailNeer factory in Jharkhand. Inthe last Lok Sabha session rail-way minister Piyush Goyalreplying to my query informedthat the Railway has decided toset up Rail Neer factory inJharkhand. The Rail Neer plantwill be set up in Patratu areaand this is the first Rail NeerPlant in the State.”

Seth said that setting up aRail Neer plant will createemployment opportunities as

thousands will find employ-ment directly and indirectly.

Sources said that earlier,the IRCTC had decided to setup a Rail Neer plant at Argadain Ramgarh district havingseveral coal mines of CentralCoalfields Limited (CCL), butlater the plan was deferreddue to technical hiccups. Thesemines have surplus ground-water which comes out as aresult of coal extraction.Sources said that the mainrequirement for setting up aRail Neer plant is availability ofland and water.

To enhance passengeramenities, the IRCTC launchedRail Neer, a branded packaged

d r i n k i n gwater for therail com-muters. RailNeer isprocessed,purified andbottled atstate-of-artp l a n t s .Completelya u t o m a t i cplant and nomanual han-dling of

product water at any stage.At present, IRCTC has

eleven operational Rail NeerPlants at Nangloi, Danapur,Palur, Ambernath, Amethi,Parassala, Bilaspur,Ahmedabad, Hapur, Bhopaland Nagpur. Cumulative pro-duction capacity of aboveeleven Rail Neer Plants is11,64,000 bottles per day.

The railways’ sees a dailydemand to supply water tocommuters of around 16 lakhbottles, however IRCTC is ableto supply only 37% of therequirement. The Ranchi bot-tling plant is expected to pro-duce 1 lakh litres of potablewater every day.

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State BJP spokesperson PratulShahdeo today said that

Congress Working PresidentMLA Irfan Ansari hasdemanded from the ChiefMinister that he should con-centrate on keeping togetherhis MLAs while paying lessattention to dealing with coro-na infection.

“When there is an explo-sion of corona infection in thewhole State at that time, thisthinking of the Congress showsthe internal rife of the Hemantgovernment. The working Statepresident of Congress hasrevealed the truths of the

Hemant government. MLAIrfan Ansari made it clear bysaying the fall of the govern-ment, the breakdown of theMLAs, how much distrust anddissent has deepened in the rul-ing coalition in seven months.

Irfan Ansari, talking abouta big scam, has demanded tocancel the JPSC exams, forwhich the government is pat-ting its back. Irfan has said that

despite him being an MBBSdoctor, the Chief Minister hasmade a mistake by appointinga matriculated person as HealthMinister,” said Shahdeo.

Pratul said that the differ-ences in this government seemclear. “Minister JagannathMahato had alleged irregular-ities at Didi Kitchen andAnganwadi Center. Congressministers including MinisterBanna Gupta also expressedtheir opposition after the trans-fer posting of IPS officers.Thegovernment, which is not ableto satisfy its ministers and leg-islators will never be able to dojustice to the people of theState,” said the BJP leader.

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Dhanbad unit of Anti-Corruption Bureauof CBI has lodged an FIR against the offi-

cial of postal department Pawan KumarSingh for allegedly disproportionate proper-ties worth Rs 40 lakh by misusing his office.

Singh is posted as postal assistant atBarganda sub post office in Giridih district.During his tenure in Giridih he amassed prop-erties during October 2010 to December 2019which doesn’t match with his actual incomeand expenses. “Last year we had searched hishouse during investigation of a cheating andforgery case. We secured a number of docu-ments about investments and propertiesraised by him. Examination of these docu-ments clearly established that Singh had mis-used his office to raise movable and immov-able assets. On the basis of the findings the CBIfinally lodged an FIR and further investigationis going on,” said a senior official of CBI.

Investigation revealed that during thecheck period he earned Rs 32.22 lakh as salaryas well as loan. The total expenditure duringcheck period was Rs 24.22 lakh.

The FIR was lodged under section 13 (2)read with 13(1) (E) of Prevention ofCorruption Act and an inspector rank officialof CBI Ashok Ghosh has been asked to carryfurther investigation.

Singh is among the key accused of thepostal department who committed scamworth around Rs 12 crore by making fraud-ulent withdrawal from as many as 24 fake sav-ing accounts at the post offices. In this con-nection the CBI had booked four postal offi-cials namely Md Altaf, Shashi Bhushan Kumar,Basudeo Das and Pawan Kumar Singh inDecember last year.

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Good news for bee keepersof the State in the hour of

crisis during the global pan-demic, agricultural thinktankof the State- Birsa AgricultureUniversity (BAU) plans to pro-vide marketing facilities onlarge scale for the farmers,who produced honey undersupervision of BAU. The honeywill be sold under brand nameBirsa Honey.

BAU Director ExtensionEducation, RS Kureel informedthat the programme started inOctober-November 2019 touplift the living standard offarmers in the State throughSweet Revolution (HoneyProduction). Funded by IndianCouncil of AgriculturalResearch (ICAR) under TribalSub Component Plan the uni-versity started the programmeat 40 villages of 20 blocks in 10different districts of the State.

“BAU and various KrishiVigyan Kendras (KVKs) col-lected a total of more than 200quintals of honey so far. We areplanning to provide a marketfacility to the farmers so thatthey could get a better returnof their product. We are plan-ning to tie up either withorganisations like TRIFED,KVIC or any private companieslike Reliance and Dabur to

market the honey at a goodrate,” said Kureel.

The Director ExtensionEducation further said thatfour honey processing unitshave been established at dif-ferent KVKs to convert rawhoney in edible honey and apackaging unit along with theprocessing units also estab-lished to package the honey.“More than Rs five crore fund-ed by ICAR for the pro-gramme. This programme hasemployed more than 700 farm-ers in the State and around sixthousand beekeeping boxeswere distributed among thosefarmers through the University.A complete training pro-gramme of farmers was organ-ised before distribution ofboxes so that they could pro-duce honey efficiently,” he

added. T a l k i n g

about theobjective of thep r o g r a m m eKureel said thatthe programmewas startedwith an objec-tive of to makeJharkhand inthe category ofd e v e l o p e dState, provid-ing employ-ment by con-

necting the farmers of the Statewith bee keeping, to increasehorticulture and agricultureyield and income of farmers, tomake the State in leading Statein the field of honey produc-tion, production of qualityhoney.

“Jharkhand is the best stateto implement sweet revolu-tion and there is huge potentialfor honey production.Approximately 30 percent ofland is covered by forest whichis the most important resourcefor honey production. State'sclimate is suitable for honeyproduction. There are abun-dant numbers of crops, fruits,vegetables, wild trees, eucalyp-tus, karanj, semar, neem, sisamand others which is the bestfrom the point of view of bee-keeping,” said Kureel.

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The Ranchi police have decided to tighten itsnoose around high speed bikers. Most of the

bikers' are youngsters in the age group of 18 to 30years school and college-going students and manyof them come from well-to-do families. These bik-ers were also involved in group clashes and pettycrimes such chain snatching.

The Ranchi newly elected SSP SurendraKumar Jha has asked traffic cops on duty at majorroundabouts to take strict action against these highspeed bikers. The SSP has asked traffic cops notto target commuters but to focus on high speedbikers. Sources said that as traffic police are focusedon traffic violators and those driving without hel-mets many a times it has been observed that highspeed bikers wearing escape police action.

Police sources said that the SSP has asked policeto focus on high speed bikers as in past few daysseveral cases of chain snatching have been report-ed from different parts of Capital and involvementof youngsters has come to fore in such incidents.

The newly appointed SSP of Ranchi SurendraKumar Jha said, “The Ranchi police will intensi-fy police patrolling, and the Quick Response Team(QRT) will be strengthened. Police patrolling onlanes and bylanes will be intensified.” Police per-sonnel on plain clothes will also be deputed at parksas morning walkers too are victims of chain snatch-ing incidents.

The SSP has asked police to focus on highspeed bikers in the age group of 18 to 30 years. Inthe last few days several cases of chain snatchinghave been reported. On Tuesday, two bike bornemiscreants looted a chain from a woman at LaljiHirji road under Kotwali police station area. Thevictim in her complaint has said that on Tuesdayshe was passing through Lalji Hirji road when twobike borne miscreants looted gold chain from her.

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Due to the outbreak ofCovid- 19 lakhs of

migrants have returned to theState. The Rural DevelopmentDepartment through surveys atits level has collected informa-tion related to the identity,interest and skill of themigrants. As per the MissionSaksham survey conducted bymembers of Jharkhand StateLivelihood Promotion Societyand Sakhi Mandal, a databaseof about 4.56 lakh migrants hasbeen prepared from the ruralareas of the State.

According to the data 37.2percent migrants are interest-ed in farming while 13.8 per-cent are keen to make animalhusbandry a means of employ-ment. Based on the data, theDepartment is trying to con-nect the migrants to the vari-ous schemes.

As per the directives ofAradhana Patnaik, SecretaryRural DevelopmentDepartment migrants inter-ested in agriculture, animalhusbandry and allied sectorsfor self employment are beinglinked with the National RuralLivelihood Mission for imme-diate relief.

In this link, seeds havebeen made available tomigrants interested in farmingwhile women are also beingconnected to Sakhi Mandals.

Seed distribution includingpaddy, maize, arhar, peanutsalong with kitchen guard kitshas been made available to thewomen of Sakhi Mandals.

About 4370.49 quintal of seeddistribution has been ensuredacross the State so that thelivelihood empowerment ini-tiative can be carried out dur-ing the rainy season.

Under the National RuralLivelihood Mission, financialassistance has also beenextended to numerous familiesby the women of Sakhi Mandalfor relief during the Covid-19disaster in the villages. Recentlyan amount of Rs 75 crore wasmade available to 50 thousandSakhi Mandals as active fundsby the Chief Minister.

So far, Rs 120 crore asactive funds has been madeavailable to 80 thousand SakhiMandals and about 10 lakhfamilies have benefitted fromthis across the State. This is amajor step in livelihood pro-motion in villages.

Sakhi Mandals are playingan important role during theCovid-19 pandemic. VijayBhushan, a migrant fromNarayanpur, Chatra used todrive an auto in Ranchi andwent home during the lock-down. His wife Kavita Devi ful-filled his dream of buying anauto by taking a loan throughcredit linkage from DurgaAajevika Sakhi Mandal.

Similarly, Janaki Mandal ofPakur has also taken a loan andis now selling vegetables. Herhusband Sunil Mandal, amigrant from Kolkata is sup-porting her in running thehouse. Various such womenhave taken up self employmentto make their families self suf-ficient.

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There’s no letting up inCongress leader Rahul

Gandhi’s attack against theModi Government. In yetanother scathing attack on theruling dispensation, the formerCongress chief on Tuesdayquestioned the NarendraModi-led Government over its handling of the coro-navirus pandemic.

At the same time, accusingthe Centre of trying to toppleState Governments in MadhyaPradesh and Rajasthan in themiddle of a pandemic, RahulGandhi tweeted, “Achievementsof the government during thecorona period: February — HelloTrump Government droppedin March-MPApril — CandleBurningMay — 6th governmentanniversaryJune — Virtual rallyin BiharJuly — Rajasthan gov-ernment tries to topple.”

Taking to Twitter, Rahulraised questions over prioritiesof the Modi Government amidthe fight against coronaviruspandemic. “That is why thecountry is ‘self-sufficient’ in theBattle of Corona,” RahulGandhi tweeted as he took adig at the Modi Government.

Rahul had last weekattacked the BJP and accusedit of “institutionalising lies”over Covid-19 deaths, GDP fig-ures and the Chinese aggres-sion at the border.

Hitting out at the BJP overthe rise in the number of deathsdue to Covid-19, he had saidIndia will pay its price when the“illusion” is shattered.

Rahul has been attackingPrime Minister Narendra Modion the face-off with Chinatoo. On Monday, he saidNarendra Modi had come topower with the help of a ‘fab-ricated strongman image’ butnow that image of a leader with

a 56-inch chest was underattack from China.

Rahul, in his second videoput on social media in a week,claimed that China may bethinking on a larger scale of“doing something with Pakistanin Kashmir” and wanted toimprove its tactical position inareas such as Demchok, Galwanand Pangong Lake.

In the first video the Gandhiscion had said the PrimeMinister’s blunders, fragile econ-omy, troubled neighbourhood

and a weak foreign policy hadprompted China to act.

“PM fabricated a fakestrongman image to come topower. It was his biggeststrength. It is now India’sbiggest weakness,” Rahul saidin his video.

Commenting on the recentIndia-China border face-off inthe Ladakh region, the Congressleader claimed it was not just aborder issue but designed to putpressure on Modi.

“And what they are doingis that they are attacking hisimage. They understand that inorder for Narendra Modi to bean effective politician; in orderfor Narendra Modi to surviveas a politician, he has to protectthe idea of “chhappan inch”(56-inch chest). And this is thereal idea the Chinese are attack-ing,” the Congress leader said.

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The United Nations’ body,World Meteorological

Organisation (WMO), haswarned that locust attacks areposing a serious threat to foodsecurity in parts of East Africa,India and Pakistan as a resultof changing climate conditionsthat can be linked to humanactivity.

The Ministry of Agriculturemade a detailed presentationbefore the ParliamentaryCommittee on Agriculture onTuesday on the recent locustattacks and steps taken to pre-vent them in nine States.

As per the presentation, theMinistry told the panel that ithad carried out locust controloperation in over 3.70 lakhhectare land from the affectedareas. “Swarms of immaturepink locusts and adult yellowlocusts are today active inJaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur,Bikaner, Churu, Sikar, Nagaur,Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar,Ajmer Pali, Alwar and Tonkdistricts of Rajasthan,” offi-cials added.

Sources said as per the pre-sentation, five companies with15 drones have been deployedat Barmer, Jaisalmer, Bikaner,Nagaur and Phalodi inRajasthan for effective control oflocusts on tall trees and ininaccessible areas throughspraying of pesticides. Aerialspraying capacity has beenstrengthened for anti-locustoperations with deployment ofa Bell helicopter in Rajasthan foruse in Scheduled Desert Area asper the need and Indian AirForce has also conducted trialsin anti-locust operation by usingMi-17 helicopter.

According to sources, thepanel stressed that there shouldbe greater scientific researchon means to control the menaceand also compensation for farm-ers if the crops get affected.

While the WMO saidextreme weather events and cli-matic changes such as increas-es in temperature and rainfallover desert areas, and thestrong winds associated withtropical cyclones, provide anew environment for pestbreeding, development and

migration. WMO cited an arti-cle in Nature Climate Changeand said while desert locustshave been here since biblicaltimes, recent intense outbreakscan be linked to anthropogenicclimate change and theincreased frequency of extremeweather events.

“Attribution of a singleevent to climate change is dif-ficult. However, climaticchanges such as increases intemperature and rainfall overdesert areas, and the strongwinds associated with tropicalcyclones, provide a new envi-ronment for pest breeding,development and migration.This suggests that global warm-ing played a role in creating theconditions required for thedevelopment, outbreak and sur-vival of the locusts,” scientistsfrom the IntergovernmentalAuthority on Climate Predictionand Applications Centre said(ICPAC).

Large and aggressiveswarms of these crop-devour-ing short-horned insectsrecently invaded over twodozen districts of desert areas

in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Gujarat.

The article cited the role ofIndian Ocean warming, intenseand unusual tropical cyclonesin the region and heavy rain-fall and flooding as playing animportant role. “The recentlocust outbreaks and the role ofIndian Ocean warming showthat the impact of climatechange is not merely the con-sequences of changes in meantemperature, but also ofincreases in extreme andunprecedented events,” the arti-cle said.

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As the World Brain Day onJuly 22 this year is dedi-

cated to raising awareness forParkinson’s Disease (PD),experts warn that those suffer-ing with the neurogenerativebrain disease may be particu-larly impacted by the currentCovid-19 pandemic.

Especially, in the backdropof social distancing norms, leav-ing the patients to be confinedin the four walls of their hous-es making him vulnerable toanxiety and stress, said DrRajinder K Dhamija, Head ofNeurology Department of theLady Hardinge Hospital, Delhias he advised that they should beencouraged to keep in contactwith their healthcare providers.

“Although no direct effectof Covid-19 has been reportedyet on people suffering with thePD, there are enormous possi-ble indirect effects and impli-cations,” he added.

World-over, more than 7million people are affected with

PD while in India, the preva-lence is around 10 per cent ofthe global burden. It is knownto occur in 1 per cent of peopleabove the age of 65 years.

“These days we are gettingcases of as young as 40 year-oldimpacted with the disease. Thisis called young-onset-PD. PDsymptoms develop slowly overa long time, and could becaused by nerve damage in thebrain. One of the more com-mon warning signs of the braincondition includes a smellysymptom that you may not benoticing,” added Dr DebashishChowdhury, Head of theNeurology Department of theGB Pant Hospital in Delhi.

Early diagnosis and accessto effective treatment are vitalin order to help patients findrelief and enhance their qual-ity of life. Dr Chowdhuryshared that it is must that thepatients maintain their routinedosage and healthy lifestyle.

Many symptoms of PD arepoorly recognised and under-treated, which is detrimental

for those living with the dis-ease. There is a profound needfor improved standards of careacross the globe to prevent theneuro-disease, Dr Dhamijapointed out.

Another contributory fac-tor may be that the immuneresponse in PD may be dis-rupted and this may also pre-dispose this population toCovid 19, he added.

Persons with PD infectedwith SARS-CoV-2 are likely tohave a motor and non motordeterioration. Hence, cliniciansmust assess these patients forworsening in PD from baselinestatus and up titrate thedopaminergic drugs as neces-sary. Lack of physical activitymay lead to a worsening in themotor as well as non motorsymptoms such as constipa-tion. Patients should be advisedto follow a light yoga programat home, mindfulness applica-tions and maintain stretchingand exercises may be followedwith apps, tele-consultation andvideo consultation techniques.

“We are in touch with ourpatients through tele-consul-taion to ensure that their bet-ter health,” said Dr Chowdhury.

Also, PD patients should beencouraged to join peer supportgroups via social media servicesas well as various societies sothat they may be able to inter-act with other peers duringthese trying times. These strate-gies may encourage PD patientsto be resilient even in times ofcrisis, said the doctors.

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Even as the Union HealthMinistry has been stressing

on aggressive testing is necessaryto bring down the Covid-19 pos-itivity rate so as to bring downpositivity rate below 5 per cent,at least ten States are not meet-ing the WHO testing criteria i.e.more than 140 tests/day/million.Goa is testing highest at 1,333tests per day per million.

Incidentally, these are someof the populous States likeUttar Pradesh, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, West Bengal,Odisha, Jharkhand, AndhraPradesh and Odisha wherenumber of cases are on increasein each passing days.

Talking to reporters here ata Press briefing here onTuesday, Rajesh Bhushan, OSD,Union Health Ministry saidaggressive testing is necessaryto bring down the Covid-19positivity rate; the aim is tomaintain this level of testing soas to bring down positivity ratebelow 5 per cent.

India currently has 8.07 percent positivity rate with 30State/UTs reporting lower pos-itivity rate than India average.

The “Test, Track, Treat”

strategy encapsulates the holis-tic framework for managementof Covid-19. Led by the Centre,it has been implementedthrough various measures bythe State/UT Governments.While States/UTs have sub-stantially expanded their testingnetwork, they have also under-taken measures to facilitatewidespread testing by people at

large. As a result the nationalaverage of tests/day/million hassubstantially jumped to 180, ason date, said Bhushan.

WHO in its Guidance Noteon “Public Health Criteria toAdjust Public Health and SocialMeasures in the Context ofCovid-19” has advised com-prehensive surveillance for sus-pected Covid-19 cases. WHO

has advised that a countryneeds 140 tests/day/ millionpopulation.

The Centre and ICMR havecontinually advised theState/UT Governments toimprove the number of testsconducted. Through the coor-dinated efforts, India’s testingper million (TPM) hasincreased to 10,421. This has

helped in early detection andtimely and effective clinicalmanagement of Covid-19 cases.

In tandem with increasedtesting, the Confirmation Rateor Positivity Rate for India iscontinuously reducing and cur-rently stands at 8.07%.

There are 30 State/UTs inIndia which have lowerPositivity Rate than the India

average. This indicates thatCentre-led initiative ofincreased testing is working inyielding positive results.

Dr VK Paul, Member(Health), NITI Aayog talkedabout the progress of the vac-cines in the country: “India’stwo Covid-19 vaccines are inphase 1 and 2 of trials.Discussions have already begun

how will the vaccines be made available to all thosewho need it.”

“The Government willleave no stone unturned toensure people of India andinternational community haveaccess to an Indian vaccine asearly as possible. Every possible facilitation will beensured making sure trials

conducted scientifically and ethically, and we arrive at anaffordable option.”

Our death rate is 2.43 percent which is very less in com-parison to other countries. Theactual Covid-19 caseload of thecountry is 4,02,529. We shouldcare more about the activecases instead of the outstand-ing figures, Bhushan added.

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The Supreme Court hasagreed to hear former Delhi

Law Minister Jitender SinghTomar’s plea challenging theDelhi High Court’s verdictholding as “void” his electionto the legislative assembly in2015 polls for furnishing false information of his educa-tional qualification in the nom-ination papers.

A Bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde issued noticeseeking replies from therespondents concerned, includ-ing those who had contestedfrom Tomar’s constituency andits returning officer.

“Issue notice,” said theBench, also comprising JusticesAS Bopanna and VRamasubramanian, whichheard the matter throughvideo-conferencing.

In its verdict on January 17this year, the Delhi High Courthad held Tomar’s election to TriNagar constituency in 2015polls as “void”.

It said false declaration bythe Aam Aadmi Party leaderabout his educational qualifi-cation that he had obtained a valid LLB degree,and vocation has resulted in“inducement and thwarted freeexercise of electoral right of the voter”.

In the apex court appeal,Tomar, represented by advocateKush Sharma, has sought set-ting aside of the High Courtverdict.

He said the High Courthad “erroneously held that theappellant (Tomar) had not law-fully obtained his LLB degreeand was not duly enrolled as anadvocate at the time of filing his nomination, andfurther held that nomination ofthe appellant was improperlyaccepted”.

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The Union Health Ministryhas warned all States

against use of N95 masks withvalved respirator, saying thesecan be detrimental as thevalves do not prevent the virus

from escaping out of the mask.The Ministry has pre-

scribed the use of home-madeprotective cover described onthe website of the ministry.Prof (Dr) Rajiv Garg, DirectorGeneral of Health Services,issued the directive in a letterto the health secretaries of allStates on Monday.

“It has been observed thatthere is an inappropriate useof the N95 mask (particu-larly with valved respirator)by the public other thandesignated health workers.In this regard, I would like

to draw your attention to theadvisory on the use of home-made protective cover for faceand mouth available on thewebsite of the MoHFW,” theletter said.

“It is to bring to yourknowledge that the use ofvalved respirator N95 masks isdetrimental to the measuresadopted for preventing the

spread of the coronavirus asit does not pre-

vent the virusfrom escaping

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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) has

attached assets worth over Rs100 crore in the multi-levelmarketing Bikebot scam.

The ED has attached mov-able and immovable assets tothe tune of Rs 103.73 crore ofGarvit Innovative PromotersLtd. (GIPL), its promoter SanjayBhati and others in the scamunder Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA).

Attached assets include 26immovable properties worth Rs101.45 crore situated in GautamBuddh Nagar, Ghaziabad,Bulandshahar, Kanpur andIndore along with bank bal-ances in 22 bank accountsamounting to Rs 2.28 crore.

PMLA investigation intothe scam was taken up in June2019 on the basis of FIRs reg-istered at Dadri police station

in Gautam Buddh Nagar(Noida) against the accusedfirm and its promoter SanjayBhati and others.

GIPL and its promoterSanjay Bhati, along with others,had floated highly lucrativeinvestment plans in the guise ofa Bike Taxi service styled asBikebot, wherein a customercould invest in one, three, fiveor seven bikes which would bemaintained and operated by thecompany. In return, theinvestor would be paid month-ly rent, EMI and bonuses (incase of investment in multiple

bikes) and further incentives onadding additional investors ina binary/multi-level marketingstructure.

The company also allottedfranchisees in various cities butthe bike taxi hardly operated inthese cities. The plans werefloated in August 2017 and thecollection of money frominvestors/customers and repay-ments to them continued tillearly 2019.

In November 2018, thecompany floated similar plansfor e-bikes stating that thepetrol bikes were facing issuesregarding registration andoperation. The subscriptionamount for the e-bikes wasalmost double the investmentamounts for regular petrolbikes. The funds so collectedhave been used for repaymentto the earlier investors, acqui-sition of other companies, pur-chase/creation of various

immovable and movable assetsin the name of companies andalso transfer to other compa-nies and individuals as loansand investments without prop-er documentation.

Earlier, searches were con-ducted at 12 locations incrim-inating documents, includingproperty papers were seized.Survey conducted in a co-operative bank in Noidarevealed suspicious transac-tions and involvement of somebanking officials in aiding andabetting the accused in laun-dering of the public money, theagency said.

“Investigation conductedso far has resulted in identifi-cation of 19 immovable prop-erties in Gautam Buddh Nagar,Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar,Kanpur and Indore in thename of GIPL along with sevenother properties,” the ED saidin a statement.

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The daily ping-pong tradingof charges between the rul-

ing BJP and the Congress con-tinued uninterrupted onTuesday when Union MinsterPrakash Javadekar lashed out atthe latter for making randomcriticism of the Modi-Government and claimed thatCongress was losing a leader amonth would soon become a“party of tweets” as it is doingno work among people.

Javadekar said the anti-CAA Shaheen Bagh protestsand Delhi riots were theCongress’s “achievements” inFebruary followed by desertionof Jyotiraditya Scindia and lossof power in Madhya Pradesh inMarch, and “incitement” ofmigrants in April and “May:

6th anniversary of the historicdefeat of the Congress” fol-lowed by June “DefendingChina” by Congress witnessingin July its “virtual collapse inRajasthan”, he said. Congressleader Sachin Pilot’s “rebel-lion” against the Ashok GehlotGovernment has triggered aserious crisis in the State gov-ernment.

“Rahul Baba note India’sachievements in ‘war against#Corona’. India has the leastaverage cases, active cases anddeath rate than the US, Europeand Brazil. By making fun ofcandle lights, @RahulGandhi jiyou have insulted the people ofIndia & brave Corona war-riors,” tweeted senior BJPleader and claimed the conse-quences that befall the opposi-tion party.

In a swipe at Rahul Gandhiover his regular tweets attack-ing the Central Government,Javadekar said the Congresswould soon become a “party oftweets” as it is doing no workamong people and “losing”one leader after another.

“A frustrated and depressedparty is trying to launch allsorts of attacks on theGovernment,” he said.

“People are standing withModi. The Congress has become helpless,” Javadekaradded.

Rahul had earlier said thatattempts to topple CongressGovernment in Rajasthan andthe “Namaste Trump” eventswere Modi-Government’s“achievements” even as a majorcoronavirus pandemic is stillunderway in the country.

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Crucial evidence relating to making coun-terfeit seals of the UAE Consulate in

Thiruvananthapuram came out on Tuesdayas the sleuths of National InvestigatingAgency raided a shop near the Secretariat inthe city. The Special Court in Kochi onTuesday extended the NIA custody ofSwapna and Sandeep by another three days.

The NIA team reached the capital citywith Sarith, the prime accused in the GoldSmuggling operation through diplomaticchannel in Thiruvananthapuram Airportwhich was busted by the Customs a fortnightback.

Sarith was taken to various places in thecity where he, Swapna Suresh and SandeepNair, the other two kingpins of the racker, metand devised strategies to smuggle in the goldthrough diplomatic route. Neither the NIA

nor the Customs officials have spoken to themedia about the course of the investigationor the progress so far made.

The Special Court in Kochi on Tuesdayextended the NIA custody of Swapna andSandeep by another three days . The judgeasked the NIA sleuths to produce the duo inthe court on Friday to hear their plea for bail.Fazal Fareeth, the master-brain who was heldby the Dubai Police in connection with thecase is expected to reach Kerala in the nexttwo days. Meanwhile , the BJP in Keralaobserved Tuesday as Black Day demandingthe immediate resignation of Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan owning up moral respon-sibility for the smuggling.

“This is the first time in the history ofKerala, the Chief Minister’s Office is gettingfigured in a smuggling scam. All evidencesand reports point to the involvement of theChief Minister and his office in the case.

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What is unique about the GoldSmuggling through diplo-

matic channel that was busted bythe Customs officials atThiruvananthapuram Airport isthe similarities in the character andnature of the three prime accused-Sarith, Swapna Suresh andSandeep Nair.

All three belong to lower mid-dle class background and hadmade it big through shady deals.Similarly those who were takeninto custody by the Customs fromMalappuram district were all per-sons from financially weak fami-lies and were doing menial jobs forsurvival before they struck gold insmuggling operations.

While Swapna, daughter of aDubai based small-time entre-

preneur had a wayward life andwanted to make easy money, Sarithand Sandeep offered her the routeto make millions easily.

Both Sarith and Sandeep weredriving around in swanky import-ed cars while Swapna changed herhusbands many time in the pastlike the way she changes from onecostume to other.

The rise of Rameez, SayedAlavi and Fazal Fareeth are mindboggling. Their lives have lot ofsimilarities with Imtiaz Ali, thepoor cycle puncture repairer andJaved Mir, a plumber, both stayingin small towns in Kerala andcharacters of the novel “WhoPainted My Money White”authored by Sree Iyer.

Ali and Mir who were strug-gling to meet both ends togetherwere helped by strangers who

give them �five crore each with noconditions attached.

All they were asked to do wasto open accounts in the districtcooperative banks and issuecheques worth �three crore eachin the names of some organisationsabout which Ali and Mir had neverheard in their life.

The remaining money wouldremain with the duo who mayhave to offer boarding and lodg-ing facilities to the friends of the strangers who may drop inrarely.

The story takes place duringthe UPA regime of 2004-2014‘fame’ when there were strongreports of containers laden withfreshly printed currency notes of�500/ and �1,000/- denomina-tions found their way to Indianeconomy through Cochin Port.

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On Tuesday 720 new per-sons were diagnosed

with Covid-19 and a septu-agenarian woman suc-cumbed to the pandemic atT h i r u v a n a nt h ap u r a m ,according to Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan. But theChief Minister, who wassounding cautious till lastFriday sounded optimistic,jovial and assured the peo-ple that there was noting tobe worried about as theGovernment is fully in con-trol of the situation.

“There is nothing toworry about. We are doingquite well in managing thepandemic. We have theworld’s lowest case fatalityrate of 0.33 per cent. Thismeans that out of every 100Covid-19 patients, only 0.33

persons succumb to this pan-demic,” he said.

Vijayan also said that theState has the best testingrate in the country. “Thereare 110 testing centres andefforts are on to open moretesting centres and ramp upthe number of persons test-ed. It is not the number ofpersons who are tested thatdetermine the quality of test-ing. The Indian Council ofMedical Research (ICMR)has complimented and con-gratulated the pattern whichwe are using and has askedother States to replicate thesame,” said Vijayan in his vir-tual press meet on Tuesdayevening.

He said as on Tuesday,there were 8056 Covid-19patients in the State. “Wehave 353 hotspots in Kerala.The day saw 984 persons get-

ting hospitalised in the State,”said the chief minister.

The Chief Minister fur-ther stated that out of the 720persons tested positive onTuesday, 528 were infectedthrough contacts and 34 per-sons could not make out howthey got infected.

The capital city ofThiruvananthapuram tested151 covid-19 positive caseswhile Kollam had 85 coron-avirus cases. There are 13,994 cases of the pandemicacross the State while 274patients were fully recov-ered from the pandemic.Borrowing from the termused by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, the chiefminister lambasted the oppo-sition for seeing negativity inall development activitiesundertaken by the LDFGovernment.

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Tamil Nadu on Tuesday diag-nosed 4,965 new persons

with Covid-19 while the pan-demic claimed 75 personsacross the State. Though thereis no palpable change in thenumber of persons gettingafflicted with Covid-19 in theState, Chief Secretary KShanmugham said that therewas an encouraging develop-ment from Chennai whichshows a fall in the number ofpatients.

The day saw 4,894 patientscoming out of the hospitals fullycured and this has taken thenumber of persons recoveredfrom the pandemic till date to1.26 lakh. The medical bulletinissued by the State Governmentsaid that on Tuesday, 50,055

persons were tested makingthe number of persons tested tilldate to 1.8 lakh.

As on Tuesday, there were51, 344 active cases of covidacross Tamil Nadu while thenumber of cases diagnosedwith the ailment till datereached 1.95 million.

While Chennai tested 1,130persons positive, the neigh-bouring districts continued tobe of concern. Chengalpet had256 patients wholeKancheepuram registered 262patients and Thiruvallur 366.

Reports from the Southernand western districts were notinspiring as Thoothukudi diag-nosed 269 persons,Virudhunagar 360 cases andTiruchirappalli tested 127 pos-itive cases. Out of the 75 deaths,69 had pre-existing morbidity.

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The first 2 MegaWattST capac-ity Solar Power Plant of the

Western Naval Command wenton stream at Karanja NavalStation at Uran in Raigad districtof coastal Konkan region, onTuesday.

Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar,PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC FlagOfficer Commanding-in-Chief,Western Naval Command, e-inaugurated the solar powerplant.

The solar power plant, whichis one of the largest solar plantsin the region, comprises solarpanels, tracking tables and invert-ers—all of which have been developed indige-nously.

The plant is grid intercon-nected utilising the state of artsingle axis sun tracking technol-ogy with computerised moni-toring and control.

“The project is a significant

step by the Indian Navy towardsharnessing Solar energy and useof renewable source of energy formeeting the power supplyrequirement of Naval Station,” adefence spokesperson said.

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Amid the ongoing coron-avirus crisis, a 53-year-

woman from Nanded with“severe heart failure and irre-versible damage to the heart” has undergone a suc-cessful heart transplant at the Kokilaben DhirubhaiAmbani Hospital (KDAH)here.

Announcing Mumbai’sfirst successful heart trans-plant after the Covid-19 out-

break, Dr. NandkishoreKapadia, Director, Heart &Lung Transplant Centre,KDAH, said: “Patients areimmuno-compromised andgiven the current COVID sit-uation, additional care had tobe taken.

All necessary tests werecarried out and all parametersfollowed that were essential forthe success of the surgery. Thetransplant was successful andthe patient is recuperating well”.

The recipient was a 53-year-old female from Nandedwith severe heart failure andirreversible damage to theheart, which required a hearttransplant.

She was on the transplantlist from the past eight months.Her condition worsened, theonset of the Covid-19 pan-demic reduced her chances ofreceiving a new heart, as therewas a steep decline in thenumber of organ donations andorgan transplants.

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Lucknow: The hospitalityindustry in Uttar Pradesh isunable to regain its business inthe unlock phase, mainly dueto the fear of the pandemic andthe restrictions imposed bythe government.

While 60 to 70 per centeateries opened up after thestate government gave the nodlast month, half of them areplanning to shut down again following lack of cus-tomers.

The 55-hour weekendshutdown now has worked asa catalyst. IANS

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Awar of words broke outbetween the Opposition

BJP and Shiv Sena-led MahaVikas Aghadi (MVA) alliancepartners on Tuesday overSena president UddhavThackeray’s impending visitto Ayodhya for the RamMandir’s foundation layingceremony on August 5.

On a day Shiv Sena MPand spokesperson SanjayRaut confirmed that Uddhavwould definitely go toAyodhya on August 5, UnionMinister of State forConsumer Affairs, Food andPublic Distribution andsenior state BJP leaderRaosaheb Danve fired thefirst salvo at the Shiv Sena bylampooning its presidentover his dilemma about thelatter’s visit to Ayodhya.

“In the event of his notgetting the invite for the

bhoomi puja ceremony, willUddhav go to Ayodhya as aRam Bhakt. If it so war-rants, let him take the per-mission of the coalition part-ners in the MVA (Congressand NCP) to go to Ayodhya.In matters relating to LordRam, where is the question ofprestige?. In the past,Uddhav would say; `PehlaMandir Phir Sarakar’ (templeis first priority then comesthe government) Now he issaying: `Pehla Sarkar PhirMandir’ (first priority isGovernment then comes thetemple)”.

On his part, Raut said: “Uddhav Thackeray will def-initely go to Ayodhya for theBhoomi Puja ceremony ofRam Mandir. We (Shiv Sena)are associated with the RamMandir as a matter of faith,religion and politics. TheShiv Sena has in the pastplayed a big role in the Ram

Mandir construction move-ment. Like I said yesterday,Uddhav Thackeray had goneto Ayodhya before becomingthe Chief Minister and alsoafter 100 days in the CM’soffice”.

“From the point of viewof the country and Hindutva,the Ram Mandir foundationceremony is a historic occa-sion. But for the fact that weare in the midst ofCoronavirus, lakhs of thedevotees of Lord Ram wouldhave gone to Ayodya. Butbecause of coronavirus, therewill be restrictions on theinvites. From the informationI have got, only 150 peoplewill be invited to the foun-dation stone laying ceremo-ny,” Raut said.

Maharashtra YouthCongress Committee presi-dent Satyajeet Tambe hit outat the BJP for its continuedefforts to divide the country

on religious lines. “We havebeen seeing right from theday the it was founded, theBJP did not want “AmarAkbar Antony” to live har-moniously in the country.This is what the RSS’ secondchief Golwalkar has taughtthe Sangh parivar workers(who constitute the BJP).History has stood testimonyfor the manner in which theBJP has conducted itself. Allthe same, it is not a matter ofconcern for the ruling MahaVikas Aghadi in the state”.

Meanwhile, former NCPMP tweeted: “UddhavThackeray is among inviteesfor bhoomi pujan of RamTemple. He may participaterespecting Covid 19 restric-tions in his personal capaci-ty. The head of a seculardemocracy should refrainfrom promoting a particularreligious activity.

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Chief Minister MamataBanerjee on Tuesday blew

the poll bugle calling upon thepeople of Bengal to reject an“arrogant party of outsiders andpromising to trounce the BJP inthe next year’s Assembly elections.”

Speaking in her first mass vir-tual rally during corona timesBanerjee said, “Bengal will refuseto take directions from Gujarat…we will not be ruled by a party ofoutsiders… Bengal will be ruledby the Bengalis only.”

In an apparent reference toPrime Minister Narendra Modiand Home Minister Amit Shahthe Chief Minister said that “itseems that the two brothers havemade up their mind to make Indiaopposition free,” adding how “the

BJP is splurging crores to topplegovernments in other States… andnow they are trying to do the samein Bengal too by dangling bags fullof cash… But the people of thisState should ask them where thismoney is coming from? Whosemoney is this? I will tell you whosemoney this is. It is all the public’smoney which they are spendingduring the elections.”

The Centre was always tryingto humiliate Bengal and bulldozethe common man’s rights shesaid. Training her guns at NewDelhi, she said, “Centre is alwaysmaligning Bengal… But justbecause you are in power at theCentre, you cannot bulldoze ourrights? The people of Bengal willteach you this lesson.”

The Chief Minister wasspeaking on the Trinamool

Congress Martyrs’ Day observedon July 21 to remember 14 partymen who were killed in a policefiring while staging a movementin Kolkata in 1992.

Her urgency to reach out tothe electorate saw the ChiefMinister announcing poll sops inadvance even as she promised freelife time ration to the electorate.“If I come back to power muGovernment will provide free lifetime ration to the people of theState,” Banerjee said.

Taking a jibe at the BJP for“jumping too much after winninga few seats in 2019Lok Sabha elec-tions with the help of CPI(M) vot-ers,” Banerjee said, “now the timetake revenge is coming… we willgive them humiliating defeat inthe elections so that the BJP willlose its deposit.”

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In a marginal fluctuation inthe number of recorded

Covid-19 infections duringthe last 24 hours, Maharashtraon Tuesday witnessed 8,369new infected cases, while asmany as 246 people suc-cumbed to the pandemic invarious parts of the State.

Having breached 8,000cases’ mark in terms of infec-tions for three consecutivedays (Thursday-8641, Friday-8308 and Saturday-8348), wit-nessed highest-ever daily tallyof 9,518 infected cases onSunday and seen a drop ofnearly 1,278 to touch 8,240cases on Monday, the state wit-nessed 8,369 fresh positivecases on Tuesday.

With the fresh infectionsand fatalities, the total num-ber of positive cases rose to3,27,031, while the total num-ber of deaths went up to12,276 on Tuesday.

Of the total fatalitiesreported on Tuesday, Mumbairecorded 62 deaths taking upthe total number of deaths inthe metropolis from 5,755 to5817, while the number ofcorona cases rose by 992 totouch 103,368.

Apart from 52 deaths inMumbai, there were 56 deathsin Pune, 27 deaths in Thane,17 in Aurangabad, 10 inSolapur, 8 in Satara, 7 inNashik, 6 each in Raigad,Latur and Jalgaon, 5 inPalghar, 4 in Nanded, 3 eachin Ahmednagar, Parbhani,

Osmanabad, Yavatmal,Kolhapur and Nagpur, 2 eachin Nandurbar, Sangli andWashim and 1 each in Dhule,Jalna, Beed, Akola, Amravati.In addition, three personsfrom other states died.

With 78132 infected casesand 2096 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 59745infections and 1457 deaths tillnow.

Meanwhile, the total num-ber of patients dischargedfrom various hospitals afterfull recovery since the secondweek of March this yeartouched 1,82,217. The recov-ery rate in the state stood at55.72 per cent. The mortalityrate in the state is 3.75 percent. The state health author-ities pegged the number of“active cases” in the state at1,32,236.

Out of 16,40,644 samplessent to laboratories, 3,27,031have tested positive (19.93per cent) for Covid-19 untilTuesday. Currently,7,79,676people are in home quarantinewhile 45,077 people are ininstitutional quarantine.

Jammu: The total cases ofcoronavirus jumped to over15,000 after 608 fresh caseswere detected while nineCovid-19 positive patientsdied in Jammu & Kashmir onTuesday.

So far, over 5.28 lakh sam-ples have been tested in Jammuand Kashmir. Out of this 15,258patients have tested positive.The total number of activepositive patients stood at 6,540.

According to the mediabulletin, out of 608 fresh cases,106 patients tested positivefrom Jammu division while502 cases tested positive fromKashmir division.

A total number of 181patients were discharged afterthey recovered. In Kashmirdivision, the highest number of213 cases were detected fromSrinagar district followed by 83cases from Budgam and 47from Kupwara. PNS

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Sir Edwin Lutyens’ Delhi,with its heritage and a graceso fragile, will soon bescarred and disfigured as itsiconic architecture and lush

greenery may give way to modernbuildings after the UnionGovernment remains steadfast withits plan to redevelop its stretch fromthe Rashtrapati Bhavan to the IndiaGate and even beyond till theYamuna front.

Some of the mansions sprawlingin the cool, green light of the day, withtheir symmetry — striking and flaw-less — are waiting to be razed to theground. The trees that have stood wit-ness to history may not survive to tella tale of another day. The amaltas treesthat broke into soft yellow blossomsevery summer, the sun-warm jamunsdotting the grassy grounds and the bit-ter-sweet smell of neem pods whencrushed under the feet after rains mayslip into the twilight sepia of oblivion,though assurances continue of no treesbeing felled during the exercise.

Lutyens’ Delhi stands as a trib-ute to the time and the timeless spir-it of the city. The leafy boulevardswalk you back to the memories of anera bygone under a soft lilac sky.Generations have grown up to iden-tify the city with its pristine architec-ture shimmering in the amber sun-shine like a jewel unspoilt in theemerald green. The Central Vista,with some of the most iconic build-ings of Delhi, came into being whenthe British capital was shifted toDelhi from Calcutta in 1911.Architects Edwin Lutyens andHerbert Baker designed large sec-tions of the area with iconic featuresbut could not complete their task.The green expanse left was later filledup with buildings that house CentralGovernment offices, though these areno match to the Lutyens’ creations.

Restructuring the Lutyens’ willtake away from the city its soul andcharacter. It will irreversibly deface thecity and rob it of its identity anduniqueness. The stakeholders, howev-er, claim that this will not affect theimposing edifice and architecture asconceived by Lutyens as long as all theregulations are followed.

The revamp has been proposed tomeet the crushing need for space andreflect the aspirations of a new andresurgent India as pleaded byGovernment sources. But then, whycan’t the lawmakers and Governmentemployees find space to live andwork elsewhere in this ever-expand-ing city? The swathe of green and high-end lifestyle of Lutyens’ Delhi cushionsits residents from the hoi polloi, from

the crowded zones where thecity lives and breathes. The rul-ing elite will have a real taste oflife in the capital if they rubshoulders with the commoners.It will give them a hands-on feel-ing of the traffic jams, the crowdand the dust, the filth and thegarbage, poverty and lawless-ness, lack of orderliness — all ofwhich are unheard of within thesafe bastion of Lutyens’ Delhi,like the palace of Oscar Wilde’sThe Happy Prince, where sorrowwas not allowed to enter.

The proposal envisagesonly the three top-most func-tionaries of India’s democracy,the President, Vice Presidentand the Prime Minister, livingand working from the RaisinaHill. The Central Vista revampbrings down the babus literal-ly from their exalted positionon the Raisina Hill to theplains, alongside the Rajpath. Isthere a message, too, that theyare only public servants? TheNorth and South Block will beconverted into museums — butdo we need more of them andthat, too, within Lutyens? Wealready have the national muse-um and the archives. Havingswarms of visitors in thesehuge buildings every day willnecessitate heavy police pres-ence in view of their proximi-ty to the presence of the high-est dignitaries of the country.

Ten square doughnut-shaped buildings, comprising 51Ministries of the CentralGovernment, will come up atfour locations of the CentralVista. One of them would

replace the Indira GandhiCentre for Arts near a round-about with heavy traffic densi-ty. The police or the NDMC willbe under tremendous pressureto cater to the extra load of traf-fic, parking, civic and otheramenities.

In addition, hutments are tobe razed to house office com-plexes, robbing the heritagezone further of its greenery andopen space. The subways andthe metro link to be provided forseamless movement betweenthe office complexes are a mam-moth exercise, difficult to be exe-cuted without altering or scar-ring the beauty and symmetry.The proposal to add anotherbuilding to the existingParliament House will againencroach upon the greenexpanse left alone so thoughtful-ly by Lutyens and Baker to pre-serve the unique façade of NewDelhi.

Around 2,000 people filedobjections with the DDA and1,200 were called for hearings.Some averred that the change inland use was not legally tenable.Others felt that the revamp can-not be done in isolation withoutconsidering the surroundingzone. Besides, a detailed study isrequired to study the impact ofthe resultant pressure on civicamenities, traffic and trans-portation.

Experts have also warnedthat any plan of such magnitudeshould not be executed in haste.They have cited instances ofgreat cities that have integratedmodern refurbishments with

iconic historical structures seam-lessly and have befittingly ren-ovated heritage structures tosuit our new-age demands. Evencities like Washington DC,London and Paris have beenmodernised where new-agearchitecture has been blendedand balanced with the heritagelook and the old-world charm.

In this great city, our coun-trymen and our generations tocome have a stake. For a pro-ject of this significance and ina location as critical, thereneeds to be a widespread con-sultation before taking anysuch decision of historical sig-nificance. And finally, the mootpoint is: Whether there is aneed for such a project at all?

The best thing heard aboutthe Central Vista revamp is theshifting of the residence ofthe Prime Minister to theRashtrapati Bhavan precincts.This will clear up an importantarterial road from that zone toSouth Delhi. Lutyens’ Delhineeds to be decluttered further.All political party offices andthe sarkari ones working fromhutments within New Delhishould be moved out, extend-ing the green belt further. Whynot conduct an exercise toassess whether so manyMinistries are actuallyrequired? Babus of our exaltedbureaucracy won’t underminetheir own strength. We need anoutside expert to deliberate,something on the lines of therecent restructuring of myriadcadres in the Railways. Let thecore strength remain in

Lutyens’ zone and the restmoved out to marked areas likethe CGO complex or in newhubs. In this digital age with thefacility of video conferencing,do we need overcrowding andincreasing pressure on civicamenities in a heritage zone?

Instead, the iconic IndiaGate environs, giving theimpression of an embattledfortress with police barricadesand fortifications, need to befurther opened up and beauti-fied. The majestic RajpathLawns lie trampled under theugly green PWD poles foralmost six months of the year,half in preparation for theJanuary 26 parade and theother half in dismantling thewhole façade. It’s time to decidewhether a resurgent India,whose democratic credentialsare solidly established, stillneeds to purvey its militarymight in a parade everyRepublic Day.

With evidence of continu-ous settlement since the 6thcentury BC, Delhi is one of theoldest inhabited cities in theworld. Destroyed several timesas it passed into the hands ofmany ruling dynasties, the cityhas been built and rebuiltaround its treasured ruins.And now, with plans to revampthe Lutyens’ Delhi, the city onceagain stands muted at thecrossroads of time, war-wearyand subdued, pleading with abroken soul to be left alone.

(The writer is former IPSofficer and Central InformationCommissioner)

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Sir — This refers to the report,“T20 World Cup postponed”(July 21). The InternationalCricket Council’s (ICC) decisionto hold in abeyance the T20World Cup in the wake of theCOVID-19 pandemic is wel-come. Given that the cricketersthemselves have not been unableto play the sport, the idea of con-ducting a major tournamentlike the T20 World Cup this yearseemed to be absurd. Althoughthe ICC’s decision may come asa shock to cricket aficionados,they must not lose hope as thedeferment of the World Cup hasenhanced the possibilities for theconduct of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL).

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Rajasthan wrangle” (July21). The more pertinent ques-tion is why is the Congressunable to retain talent andyoung leaders? The Gandhifamily must take the entire

blame as it failed to reward thosewho performed. Assam’sHemanta Biswa Sarma quitbecause he wasn’t taken serious-ly. Jyotiraditya Scindia, too,walked away after he was repeat-edly marginalised by the KamalNath Government.

Both Sonia Gandhi andRahul Gandhi showed little sen-sitivity towards their concernsand, instead, backed those par-

tymen who humiliated the youthleaders. Like Scindia, SachinPilot, too, was close to RahulGandhi but was betrayed. Sincelong there have been calls for theparty to introspect but the grandold party has been unable tocontain rising resentment. Thetime to introspect, too, seems tohave gone now.

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Sir — The University GrantsCommission’s (UGC’s) new set ofguidelines, asking universitiesto conduct the final year/finalsemester exams beforeSeptember 30, is unjust. Thosestudents in the rural areas will bethe worst sufferers. Aren’t stu-dents’ lives more important than

these examinations? It is anestablished fact now that main-taining physical distance andbreaking the chain of infection isthe best remedy to fight the virus.Wouldn’t the UGC be putting thestudents’ lives at stake? Manyhave travelled back to their homeStates and will have to return forthe exams. The UGC mustreverse its order and assess thestudents on the basis of marksobtained in internals.

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Sir — The Coronavirus pandem-ic has forced us to inculcate a lotof safety-related habits andbehavioural changes, too. Butwhat’s striking is that accordingto a BBC report, more than onemillion people have given upsmoking since the pandemic hit.This is a positive development,which must be incorporated inour lives well beyond the lock-down and the pandemic.

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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)has introduced a new kind of form for fil-ing tax returns and form 26AS in antici-

pation of better tax compliance, wherein form26AS will now be pre-loaded with informationrelating to investments as well. With this, theCBDT has given another opportunity to citizensto file accurate and true income returns for theassessment-year 2018-19 by July 31. The CBDThas been scanning computerised records of tax-payers and sending messages via the ShortMessaging Service (SMS) and emails to taxpay-ers who have been found to be remiss in theirduty to the nation.

The big question is why is such an exerciseneeded at all? Despite various innovative ideasadopted by the CBDT to encourage people to paytheir taxes regularly, India has not movedtowards a practical and easy tax regime wherepeople diligently file their taxes and disclose theirtrue income. We are yet to reach a stage wherewe, as a society, take pride in filing our taxes anddisclosing our actual income.

In view of this general reluctance to pay taxesamong Indians, an altogether new tax regimeshould be introduced without the largely-mis-used exemptions that we currently have. Whydo we need to give two confusing options to tax-payers of either availing some exemptions or get-ting a flat basic �� lakh as tax-free income? Onlythe latter option of �� lakh as tax-free incomeneeds to be retained.

The tax system should be further simplifiedby abolishing cess, surcharges and so on. It is amatter of concern that despite repeated assur-ances by the Government, the much-awaited,new and simplified Income Tax Act has not beenintroduced in the country to replace the six-decade-old Income Tax Act of 1961, which isnow full of confusing amendments.

The implementation of the Raja ChelliahCommittee recommendations to fix the highesttax slab at 30 per cent, to be in tune with mostcountries around the world, had abolished thepractice of converting black money into whitemoney. Gradually increasing the highest slab, aswell as imposing cess and surcharges, hasundone the good achieved earlier. Hence, thehighest tax slab of 30 per cent should be restoredso that people find it advantageous to keep theirincome books honest.

Rather a permanent Voluntary DisclosureScheme (VDS) should be introduced with a pro-vision for people to declare their income at thehighest suggested tax rate of 30 per cent. It couldbe any income without the taxpayer having todisclose its source.

This will make all cash transactions, espe-cially in property deals, accounted for if regis-tration fee on property deals is also reduced tosay, just two per cent, from what it is at present.The names of all those disclosing their incomesunder the suggested 30 per cent slab should beon the tax department’s website so that status-conscious people may race to disclose theirincome.

The basic tax exemption now fixed at �� lakhshould pave the way for abolishing all tax exemp-tions, including on charity, donations, contribu-

tion to political parties and even agri-cultural income. The fact remains thatan ordinary farmer does not earnmore than �� lakh. And this provisionis grossly misused by ultra-rich people,including celebrities to declare theirunaccounted income as agriculturalincome through purchase of somefarmland meant for the purpose ofevading taxes only.

Income tax slabs should be 10 percent and 20 per cent for incomesbetween �5-�10 lakh and �10-�15lakh respectively and thereafter itshould be 30 per cent for the rest. TheLK Jha Committee recommendationsto make the calendar year the FinancialYear (FY) too, should be implementedin line with most countries around theworld. The fiscal year of April-Marchis a colonial legacy which was intro-duced by the British in India for theirown interests and convenience.

Rather than concentrating on smallcash transactions through BhimAppand so on — which result in frauds per-petrated on illiterate people — allsales and purchases above �10,000should be compulsorily made throughbank transactions only. For this to work,transaction charges on credit cardsshould also be slashed to just half percent (Goods and Services Tax-exempt-ed). That, too, should be borne by theCentral Government, with all incentiveson purchases made through creditcards abolished.

Such a system will fetch much high-er tax revenue for the Government. Thepresent two per cent transactioncharges on credit cards force traders tocharge it separately from customers,specially where trade margins are low.

Banks issuing credit cards will earnmuch more even with a half per centtransaction charge because of theirincreased use. Plus, two sets of creditcard swiping machines should be madecompulsory for every GST-registereddealer so as to avoid cash payments bythose seeking to evade taxes.

The Input Tax Credit system in theGST regime, particularly in the man-ufacturing sector, is the biggest sourceof corruption and tax evasion. TheGST invoices left out by ordinary cus-tomers are sold by traders to manufac-turers/producers to avail false Input TaxCredit. Reforms in the Input TaxCredit system can only be possiblethrough drastic changes in the GST tax-structure, wherein basically only twoGST rates of 10 per cent and 30 per centexist, abolishing all other existing GST-rates. Abolishing lower slabs of threeand five per cent will be more thancompensated by abolishing slabs of 12and 18 per cent. On the other hand,abolishing the highly corrupt system ofInput Tax Credit from the manufactur-ing and producing sector will fetchmuch more revenue to the exchequerand it will not harm the manufactur-ers/producers because of abolition ofhigher GST slabs of 12 and 18 per cent.

In the same way, a GST of 18 percent in the service sector is excessive-ly high, where for example those par-ticipating in TV panel discussionshave to pay roughly half of their hon-orarium in tax, including GST andincome tax. All Government paymentscan be considered to be exempted fromGST to avoid unnecessary Governmentaccounting by putting tax from oneGovernment pocket to other.

Unfortunately, unmindful policy-makers brought clutch-plate and clutch-bearing under different GST slabs of 18and 28 per cent respectively. Likewisesimilar items sold by confectioners, likesweets, biscuits, savoury items and soon, attract different GST slabs, with dia-betes-causing sweets attracting justfive per cent GST.

To remove confusion and abnor-mality, invoices for items like gold jew-ellery can be drawn in two parts, onefor metal and embodied items and theother for making charges so that 10 percent GST may be payable only on thelatter. Cess on extra-luxurious itemsshould be replaced by additional GSTslabs in multiples, going as high as 50per cent in some cases.

The Government must also bringpetroleum products under the GSTregime to ensure uniform pricing ofpetrol and diesel in all States.

At present, India is the only coun-try in the world to have so many GSTslabs. Zero per cent GST should onlybe retained on totally unbranded rawmaterials, which cannot be consumedwithout giving them a finishing touch,for example agricultural products, fish,meat, cotton, yarn and so on. All itemsof long-term use like cars, air-condi-tioners, television sets, refrigerators andso on could attract 30 per cent GSTwhile their parts could uniformlyattract 10 per cent GST. In the end, theGovernment must realise that taxrationalisation on even small things canresult in more revenue earning for theGovernment and turn a country thatavoids paying its taxes into one thattakes pride in doing so.

(The writer is an RTI consultant)

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Among the most common age-related neuro-degenerativediseases affecting people above

the age of 60 is Parkinson’s Disease(PD). It is second only to Alzheimer’s.With an ageing population andincreased life expectancy due to bet-ter healthcare, India will see a propor-tional rise in cases of PD, making ita major health problem. The diseasewas first described by a British doc-tor named James Parkinson in 1817as the “shaking palsy.” Today, an esti-mated 10 million people worldwidehave PD and it affects one per centof the population above the age of 60.Men have a 50 per cent higherchance of developing the disease ascompared to women. Though theprevalence of this disease in India isless compared to other countries, the

absolute number of cases is muchhigher due to a larger population. Pluswithin India, the prevalence of thisdisease varies across regions and theParsi community has the highestcases.

PD is a slowly progressive disor-der with no identifiable cause. Itresults from loss/degeneration ofdopamine-producing cells in a regionof the brain called the substantia nigra.The cause of cell death/degenerationis not known. The disease manifestswhen more than 60 per cent of thedopamine-producing cells are lost.Dopamine is a neurotransmitterwhich helps in transmitting signals todifferent parts of the brain tosmoothen our movements.

Like many other diseases, PD isalso not fully understood despite allthe research available today and,therefore, many myths are associat-ed with it. Statistically there is anincreased risk of developing PD inpeople exposed to certain pesticidesand among those who have had priorhead injuries, while there is a reducedrisk in people who smoke tobaccoand drink tea or coffee. Genetic fac-tors have been implicated but have

not been proven conclusively in thetransmission of the disease.

It usually starts with a barely-noticeable tremor in just one handfollowed by slowing of movement andstiffness in the limbs. As the diseaseprogresses, simple tasks of walking,writing or talking become difficultand the muscles become rigid. Sowhat are the common myths andmisconceptions associated with thisdisease? As the world celebrates July22 as the ‘World Brain Day’, it is vitalto bust some of the myths on PDsequentially.

Myth: Hand tremors are a con-firmed sign of PD.

Fact: While it is true that handtremors are seen in most patients ofPD, they may be absent in up to 25per cent of the patients. Tremors canalso be caused by stroke, multiple scle-rosis and traumatic brain injury.However tremors in PD always occurat rest (while not performing anymovement of the limb) and alwaysbegin on one side of the body.

Myth: PD only affects our mobil-ity.

Fact: Tremors, stiffness or rigid-ity of the limbs and slowness to ini-

tiate movement are the hallmark ofthis disease. However, the body alsoloses its ability to balance. Besides this,there could be difficulty in swallow-ing, chewing and trouble speakingclearly. There is increased sweatingand salivation. Day time sleepinessand loss of urinary control are othermajor problems faced by thesepatients, combined with loss of visu-al-spatial orientation and visual hal-lucinations.

Myth: PD is hereditary.Fact: Most cases aren’t hereditary.

It’s rare for the disease to be passeddown from parent to child. However,having a first-degree family member(a parent or sibling) with Parkinson’sraises the risk by three per cent.

Myth: PD is not treatable.Fact: There is treatment but

there is no cure, so what does thatmean? With treatment a person withPD can lead a good quality of life butthe medications have to be taken life-long. The medications only controlthe symptoms and do not take careof the underlying cause of the disease.It is just like treating diabetes or highblood pressure. We cannot curethese diseases but can bring them

under control with medication.Myth: Drugs used to treat PD are

not safe and can worsen the disease.Fact: There are no drugs in

Allopathy without side-effects. Drugsused in the treatment of PD can overa period of five to 10 years cause dysk-inesia or abnormal, involuntary anduncontrolled movements of the limbs,eyes or the lips. This may requireadjustments of the frequency anddose of the dopaminergic drug alongwith the addition of another medica-tion. These drugs are safe for long-term use.

Myth: The disease affects onlythe elderly.

Fact: It is true that PD has high-er prevalence in the age group above60 years. However, in India nearly fiveper cent of the patients are below 40years of age. More than 10 per centpeople now being diagnosed in theUS are less than 40 years old. A recentstudy found that the prevalence of thedisease ranges from 41 people per1,00,000 in the fourth decade of lifeto more than 1,900 people per1,00,000 among those who are 80years and older.

Myth: When medications fail,

there is no hope.Fact: When a person has dis-

abling tremor or dyskinesia, which isunresponsive to medication or if thesymptoms become resistant to med-ication after many years of treatment,these patients can be offered a surgi-cal option called the Deep BrainStimulation (DBS). DBS can helprelieve the symptoms of tremors, stiff-ness or rigidity and dyskinesia. In thisprocedure, electrodes are placed inthe brain and are connected to a stim-ulator device. Similar to a heartpacemaker, the neurostimulator gen-erates electrical impulses to regulatebrain activity. Because DBS canworsen cognition or memory prob-lems, it is not recommended for peo-ple with dementia.

Myth: The disease follows a pre-dictable pattern of progression.

Fact: PD is very unique to eachperson. The progression of this dis-ease cannot be predicted even byexperts, implying that a few years intothe disease some people may be in afar better physical shape as comparedto others.

Myth: One can get tested for PDin a lab for confirmation of the diag-

nosis and early treatment.Fact: The diagnosis of PD is

based on clinical examination of apatient and not based on lab reportsor brain imaging. The identificationof at least two symptoms amongbradykinesia (slow movements), resttremor, rigidity and postural instabil-ity can confirm the diagnosis. Brainimaging may be used to look for othercauses of PD-like diseases.

Myth: PD is fatal.Fact: Although PD is a dis-

abling disease and its diagnosis is dev-astating, it is not a death sentence. Itis not like a heart attack or a strokethat can immediately be life threat-ening. It is a slow, progressive disease,which over a period of time makesthe patients dependent on others fortheir mobility and activities of dailyliving. However, the progressiontakes many years and with continuedmedication many patients are able tolead a normal life. Boxing legend,Mohammad Ali lived with this dis-ease for 32 years and Hollywood starMichael J Fox has been living with PDfor the last 29 years.

(The writer is a consultantNeurosurgeon at Apollo Hospital)

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London: China threatened a"forceful counter-attack" onTuesday in response to Britain'sannouncement that it wouldsuspend its extradition treatywith Hong Kong followingBeijing's introduction of anational security law for theformer British colony.

On Monday, BritishForeign Secretary DominicRaab told parliament the extra-dition treaty would be sus-pended immediately and anarms embargo would beextended to Hong Kong.

"We will not consider re-activating those arrangements,unless and until there are clearand robust safeguards, whichare able to prevent extraditionfrom the UK being misusedunder the new national secu-rity legislation," Raab said.

The decision appeared toinfuriate Beijing.

"China will make a force-ful counter-attack to the UK'swrong actions," said Chineseforeign ministry spokesmanWang Wenbin at a daily newsconference on Tuesday.

"China urges the UK togive up its fantasies of contin-uing colonial influence in HongKong and immediately correctits mistakes," he said.

London has been dismayed

by a crackdown in Hong Kong,which returned to Chineserule in 1997, and the percep-tion that China did not tell thewhole truth over the coron-avirus outbreak.

Raab said he would extenda longstanding arms embargoon China to include HongKong, meaning no exports ofweapons or ammunition and aban on any equipment whichmight be used for internalrepression, like shackles andsmoke grenades.

Australia and Canada sus-pended extradition treaties withHong Kong earlier this month.U.S. President Donald Trumphas ended preferential econom-ic treatment for Hong Kong.

Last week, Prime MinisterBoris Johnson ordered equip-ment from China's HuaweiTechnologies to be purgedcompletely from Britain's 5Gnetwork by the end of 2027.

China has accused Britainof pandering to the UnitedStates.

Britain says the new secu-rity law breaches the guaranteesof freedoms, including anindependent judiciary, thathave helped keep Hong Kongone of the world's most impor-tant trade and financial centressince 1997. AGENCY

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London: US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo held “candid? dis-cussions in London with one ofAmerica's closest allies onTuesday, amid growing ten-sions between the West andChina.

Hong Kong and humanrights figured high on the agen-da as Pompeo met with BritishPrime Minister Boris Johnson,

the UK leader's office said.The session came just hours

after Britain suspended its extra-dition treaty with Hong Kongand blocked arms sales to theformer British territory —angering Beijing — after Chinaimposed a tough new nationalsecurity law.

Pompeo described his talksin London as being “construc-

tive? and “candid", and ranging"from 5G telecommunication toour negotiations for a US-UKfree trade agreement". Pompeowill also meet with senior mem-bers of Johnson's ConservativeParty who blocked plans togive Chinese telecommunica-tions company Huawei a role inthe UK's new high-speedmobile phone network. AP

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Hong Kong: It was one of thefirst protests in Hong Kongafter a feared national securi-ty law came into effect.

Among a dozen or solunchtime demonstrators at aluxury mall in the Centralbusiness district, a man raiseda poster that - viewed fromafar - read in Chinese,“Liberate Hong Kong, revolu-tion of our times.”

The government had justbanned the slogan, saying ithad separatist connotationsand so ran afoul of the newsecurity law's prohibition ofsecessionist acts.

Shortly after, riot policeentered the mall, shooing awayonlookers. They detained theman, telling him the sloganwas banned. But when officerslooked at the poster up close,no words could be made out.It merely had circular shapesagainst a contrasting back-ground. They snapped a fewphotographs of the poster andlet him go.

Since the imposition of thesecurity law -- which banssecessionist, subversive andterrorist activities, as well ascollusion with foreign forces,with penalties of up to lifeimprisonment -- anti-govern-ment protesters in Hong Kong,and those supporting themovement, have adapted theirmethods to try to make theirvoices heard without violatingthe legislation.

Before the law took effectJune 30, protesters often heldup colourful posters plasteredwith slogans that ranged fromcondemning the Chinese gov-ernment to calling for HongKong's independence. Sincethen, they have become cre-ative in obscuring their mes-sages.

Many of the protesters atthe luxury mall held up blankpieces of white paper to protestagainst China's “white terror”of political repression. Otherposters are designed to cir-cumvent bans on slogans.

The government has notyet made clear if such forms ofexpression are illegal.

The law has had a chillingeffect on “yellow shops” thatsupport the protest move-ment. Many have removedprotest artwork and stickynotes bearing words ofencouragement from cus-tomers, out of fear that theycould land them in troublewith the authorities.

Some shop owners, likeTan Wong, have instead put upblank sticky notes to show sol-idarity with the movement.

“We are doing this rightnow because (the shop) isprivate property. We are tryingto tell Hong Kong people thatthis is the only thing that we'yellow shops' can do,” saidWong, who runs Kok KokChicken, a Korean fried chick-en store.

“If we do not persist, wewould no longer be able todeliver our message to others,”he said. AP

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St. Paul (US): The MinnesotaLegislature passed a package ofpolice accountability measuresearly Tuesday that includes aban on neck restraints like theone that was used on GeorgeFloyd before his death inMinneapolis.

The sweeping package wassaid to be one of the most sub-stantial changes to the state'scriminal justice system in yearsand also bans chokeholds andso-called warrior-style trainingin which officers are instruct-ed to view all encounters asinherently dangerous.

Passage of the measurescomes after nearly two monthsof negotiations that followedFloyd's death May 25.

The Black man wasrestrained face down in thestreet while handcuffed andwith three officers holding himdown, including a white officerwho had a knee to Floyd's neckfor nearly 8 minutes.

The House approved themeasure 102 to 29 just beforemidnight Monday. The Senatepassed it 60 to 7 and sent thebill to Gov. Tim Walz a coupleof hours later.

The legislation also

improves data collectionaround deadly force encountersand creates a new state unit toinvestigate those cases.

It increases funding forcrisis intervention training,creates an arbitration panel tohandle police misconduct casesand establishes incentives forofficers to live in the commu-nities they police, the StarTribune reported. TheDemocratic governor had tocall the special session to givelawmakers a chance to rescind

the emergency powers he'sbeen using to respond to thecoronavirus pandemic. HouseDemocrats blocked a GOPeffort to void those powers.

The session also gave leg-islators another chance to passthe policing measures and abonding bill, which they wereunable to agree on during lastmonth's special session.

The bonding bill fell to thewayside as legislators worked topass police reform as timeexpired on the session. AP

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President Donald Trumpacknowledged a "big flare-

up" of COVID-19 cases, butdivisions between the WhiteHouse and Senate Republicansand differences withDemocrats posed fresh chal-lenges for a new federal aidpackage with the US crisisworsening and emergencyrelief about to expire.

Trump convened GOPleaders at the White House onMonday as Senate MajorityLeader Mitch McConnell pre-pared to roll out his $1 trillionpackage in days.

But the administration crit-icised the legislation's moneyfor more virus testing andinsisted on a full payroll taxrepeal that could complicatequick passage. The timelineappeared to quickly shift.

“We've made a lot ofprogress,” Trump said, butadded, "Unfortunately, this issomething that's very tough."

Lawmakers returned to aCapitol still off-limits to

tourists, another sign of thenation's difficulty containingthe coronavirus.

Rather than easing, thepandemic's devastating cycle ischurning again, leavingCongress little choice but toengineer another costly rescue.

Businesses are shuttingdown again, many schools willnot fully reopen and jobs aredisappearing, all while federalaid will expire in days.

House Speaker NancyPelosi, D-Calif., said anyattempt by the White House toblock money for testing “goesbeyond ignorance.”

The political stakes arehigh for both parties before theNovember election, and evenmore so for the nation, whichnow has registered more coro-navirus infections and a high-er death count — 140,800 —than any other country.

Treasury Secretary StevenMnuchin and acting chief ofstaff Mark Meadows will meetprivately Tuesday with Pelosiand Senate Democratic leaderChuck Schumer.

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The Justice Department onTuesday accused two

Chinese hackers of stealinghundreds of millions of dollarsof trade secrets from compa-nies across the world and morerecently targeting firms devel-oping a vaccine for the coron-avirus.

The indictment, whichofficials expected to discuss ata news conference, says thehackers in recent months hadresearched vulnerabilities inthe computer networks ofcompanies publicly known fortheir work in developing vac-cines and treatments.

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Beijing: China on Tuesdaysought to defend its recentclaims over the SaktengWildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan,saying the boundary betweenthe two countries is yet to bedemarcated and it has pro-posed a "package solution" toresolve the border dispute.

In a surprise move, Chinarecently staked claim over theSakteng Wildlife Sanctuary inBhutan at the GlobalEnvironment Facility (GEF)Council and opposed fundingto the project.

Asked about China's claimover the sanctuary in Bhutan,Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Wang Wenbin told

a media briefing here that theboundary between the twocountries is yet to be demar-cated.

"China's position remainsconsistent and clear. Theboundary between China andBhutan has not been delimitedand there are disputes in themiddle, eastern and westernsections," he said.

"So, China advocates apackage solution to resolve thedispute,” he said. "China isopposed to making an issue ofthese disputes at multilateralforums and China remains incommunication with the rele-vant parties on this issue,” thespokesman said. PTI

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Islamabad: Pakistan's aviationauthority has suspended anoth-er 68 pilots for possessingdubious licences, taking thenumber of those taken off dutyfor flying with fake credentialsin the country to 161.

They were suspended bythe Aviation Division onMonday, the Dawn newspaperreported.

The suspended persons areamong the 262 pilots, whowere grounded and put underinvestigation by the aviationministry last month, for pos-

sessing suspicious licences,according to the newspaper.

Other than the 161 flyinglicences that have been sus-pended so far, 28 licences havebeen cancelled. The decision onthe remaining 73 pilots isexpected within the next twodays. The government wasexpected to present a report onJuly 21 before the SupremeCourt on measures being takenfor the safety of air travellersafter Federal Minister forAviation Ghulam Sarwar Khanhad announced in the National

Assembly that the licences of asmany as 262 Pakistani pilotswere dubious.

However, contrary to theaviation minister's claim, thePakistan Civil AviationAuthority recently declared thatall commercial/airline trans-port pilot licences (CPL/ATPL)issued "are genuine and valid-ly issued". A spokesman for theAviation Division said all thePakistani pilots flying on inter-national or domestic routeshad been cleared and are expe-rienced. PTI

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London: The UK is one ofRussia's top Western intelli-gence targets, an influential UKparliamentary panel has con-cluded in a report released onTuesday.

The House of CommonsIntelligence and SecurityCommittee (ISC), which hasoversight over the country'sintelligence services, conclud-ed in a long-awaited report onfeared Russian influence inBritish affairs that “immediate

action" is needed to assist thecountry's intelligence servicestackle the “very capable adver-sary" in the form of Russia.

“It appears that Russia con-siders the UK one of its topWestern intelligence targets…This is likely to be related to theUK's close relationship with the

US, and the fact that the UK isseen as central to the Westernanti-Russian lobby,” notes the50-page report.

“The way forward lies withtaking action with our allies; acontinuing international con-sensus is needed againstRussian aggressive action. TheWest is strongest when it actscollectively and that is the wayin which we can best attach acost to [Russian President]Putin's actions,” it adds. AP

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Equity indices ratchetedhigher for the fifth session

on the trot on Tuesday as pos-itive results from early trials ofa COVID-19 vaccine candidatebuoyed markets globally.

A sharp recovery in therupee and healthy earningsfrom some corporates added tothe bullish mood here, traderssaid. The 30-share BSE Sensex,which opened on a firm foot,stayed in the positive territorythroughout the session andclosed at 37,930.33, up 511.34points, or 1.37 per cent.

Similarly, the NSE Niftyrose 140.05 points, or 1.27 percent, to end at 11,162.25.

This is the highest closingfor both the benchmarks sinceMarch 5.

PowerGrid was the topgainer among the Sensex con-stituents, spurting 6.14 percent, followed by Maruti, ICICIBank, HDFC, Kotak Bank,Axis Bank, and RelianceIndustries.

On the other hand, BajajFinance, Bajaj Finserv, AsianPaints and Sun Pharma wereamong the laggards, droppingup to 4.31 per cent.

Global equities ralliedafter Oxford University’sCOVID-19 vaccine candidateshowed positive trial results,while EU leaders finalised a750-billion euro stimulus plan.

“EU leaders havefinally reached an agreementon a massive stimulus plan tocombat the pandemic impact.News about successful pro-gression of COVID-19 vaccinetrials also boosted the globalmarkets while positive quar-terly earnings results, espe-cially from the leaders, pro-vided an additional support tothe Indian markets.

“Although the market

uptrend remains intact,investors are advised to becautious since it seems to be inovervalued territory.

Result-heavy day today,and stock specific commentarywill be looked at,” said VinodNair, Head of Research atGeojit Financial Services.

BSE energy, oil and gas,bankex, realty, power, financeand auto indices jumped up to2.94 per cent, while telecom,FMCG, healthcare and teck fin-ished lower.

Broader BSE mid-capindex slipped 0.22 per cent,while the small-cap gauge rose0.24 per cent.

HDFC Life Insurancelogged 6 per cent rise in stand-alone net profit at �451 crorefor the first quarter of the cur-rent financial year.

Announcing its resultspost market hours, FMCG major HindustanUnilever reported a 5.7 per centincrease in consolidated netprofit to � 1,897 crore for theJune quarter.

The coronavirus vaccinedeveloped by the University ofOxford appears safe andinduces a strong immuneresponse within the body, sci-entists announced on Monday

after the first phase of “promis-ing” human trials against thedeadly disease.

In India, AIIMS-Delhialso began recruiting volun-teers for conducting human

clinical trials of the indige-nously developed COVID-19 vaccine candidateCovaxin.

Bourses in Shanghai,Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoulended on a positive note.

Stock exchanges in Europewere also trading with signifi-cant gains in early deals.

The number of COVID-19 cases around the world hascrossed 1.46 crore. In India,the number of infections hasspiked to 11.55 lakh, accordingto the Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, internationaloil benchmark Brent crudefutures climbed 2.08 per cent toUSD 44.18 per barrel.

In the forex market, therupee appreciated 17 paise toclose at 74.74 against the USdollar.

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India’s e-commerce business isexpected to grow at a com-

pound annual growth rate(CAGR) of 27 per cent toreach USD 99 billion by 2024,Goldman Sachs said projectingthat Reliance Industries wouldcapture half of the online gro-cery sales through its Facebook.

In a report titled ‘GlobalInternet: e-commerce’s steep-ening curve’, Goldman Sachssaid the COVID-19 pandemichas driven a doubling of pen-etration of e-commerce glob-ally with categories such as con-sumer packaged goods dri-ving as much as three years ofpenetration growth in threemonths.

“We forecast India e-com-merce will reach USD 99 billion

by 2024, growing at a 27 percent CAGR over 2019-24, withgrocery and fashion/apparellikely to be the key drivers ofincremental growth in ourview,” it said. Online penetra-tion of retail is expected toreach 10.7 per cent by 2024,versus 4.7 per cent in 2019.

“The biggest near termtheme in India internet, inour view, is the foray ofReliance Industries (India’slargest market-cap companywith presence across sectorssuch as energy, telecom, andretail) into e-commerce, andthe company’s tie-up withWhatsApp for online grocery,”it said.

Facebook has picked up a9.99 per cent stake in JioPlatforms, the subsidiary of RILthat houses the country’syoungest but biggest telecomcompany as well as an array ofapps. RIL’s e-commerce ven-ture, JioMart plans to useFacebook’s WhatsApp to con-nect local grocery stores withcustomers.

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The Centre is planning toexpand its disinvestment

plans and considering to bringtwo key sectors - banking andinsurance - into the ambit of itsnew disinvestment policy, offi-cial sources said.

A new disinvestment orprivatisation policy is in themaking and people in theknow of things said that adraft cabinet note is being pre-pared for the same.

The Prime Minister’sOffice (PMO), the FinanceMinistry and the Niti Aayoghave already discussed theinclusion of insurance sectorfor strategic disinvestment andthe banking sector is likely tobe discussed upon later.

Among the insurance com-panies, the Life Insurance

Corporation of India will notbe part of this disinvestmentprocess.

There are a total of eightstate-run insurers, including sixgeneral insurance companiesand one reinsurance company.

Of late, the Governmenthad to infuse capital into thegeneral insurance companies asthey were undercapitalised.

Earlier this month, theUnion Cabinet approved cap-ital infusion of �12,450 croreinto three state-run insurancecompanies - the OrientalInsurance Company, theNational Insurance Companyand the United India InsuranceCompany.The approvedamount also includes �2,500crore infused in FY 2019-20.Inthe last Budget on February 1,the Government had set aside�6,950 crore for recapitalisation

of the three public sector gen-eral insurance companies.

Further, the talks of stakesale in banks, interestingly,comes just over couple ofmonths after the merger of 10public sector banks came intoeffect on April 1.With themerger coming into effect,India currently has 12 publicsector banks, down from 27 inthe year 2017.The considera-tion of widening the ambit ofthe privatisation plan comes asthe government seems confi-dent of a successful stake salein PSU oil major BPCL, thebidding date for which endsthis month.Several global anddomestic oil giants have showninterest in buying the 52 percent stake in the state-run oilcompany, according to peoplein the know of things.

During the announcement

of the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’economic package in May,Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman had said that theCentre will come up with a newPublic Sector Enterprise Policy,and open up all the sectors tothe private sector.

She had said that under thenew policy, a list of strategicsectors requiring the presenceof PSEs in public interest willbe notified and in these sectors,at least one enterprise willremain in the public sectorwhile the private sector will alsobe allowed.

The Minister had said thatto minimise wasteful adminis-trative costs, the number ofenterprises in the strategic sec-tor will ordinarily be only oneto four and the others will beprivatised, merged or broughtunder holding companies.

New Delhi: India proposes amajor shift in its foreign tradepolicy, that will explore freetrade agreements only withcountries that can support its‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ missionand provide it necessary rawmaterials, critical componentsand equipment required tosupport manufacturing activi-ties.As a 1st step in this direc-tion, Dept for Promotion ofIndustry and Internal Trade ofthe Commerce Ministry hasproposed entering into FTAsand mining agreements withresource-rich countries in LatinAmerica and Africa.In an inter-nal presentation made by thedept on augmenting industri-al growth in India, it has saidsuch focused FTA arrange-ments will help country toboost electric vehicle penetra-tion as countries such asBolivia, Argentina, Chile,Congo, and South Africa arerich in mineral resources, par-ticularly lithium,cobalt. IANS

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The downslide in vehicle registration eased inJune, but was still deep in the red on a year-

on-year basis.Accordingly, the Federation of Automobile

Dealers Associations’ data showed that vehicleregistration in June declined by 42 per cent ona YoY basis to 9,84,395 units from 16,97,166units off-take during the like month of last year.

In May, the downslide rate in vehicle reg-istration had plunged by 88.87 per cent on a YoYbasis.

On a sequential basis, June’s vehicle regis-trations were higher than that of May, when theoff-take stood at 2,02,697 units.

Notably, the trend shows that India’s autosector continued to reel under the economicimpact of the Covid-19 outbreak.

Besides, the data showed that registrationof personal vehicles fell 38.34 per cent to 1,26,417units last month, and that of commercial vehi-cles plunged 83.83 per cent to 10,509 units.

In the two-wheeler segment, 7,90,118 vehi-cles were registered, which was 40. 92 per centlower than the 13,37,462 units registered a yearago, the FADA data showed.

However, the data showed that tractor reg-istration during the month under review grewby 10.86 per cent to 45,358 units.

Commenting on the data, FADA President

Ashish Harsharaj Kale said: “Unlock 1 .0 cou-pled with increase in demand from the ruralmarket has boosted the retail sales with respectto the May numbers.”

“At the end of June, almost 100 per cent deal-ership outlets (showrooms and workshops) wereoperational across the country, barring a fewcities and towns which have once again imple-mented stringent lockdown.”

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Rahul Bajaj has decided toresign as Non-Executive

Chairman of Bajaj Finance,following which his son SanjivBajaj will take over the postwith effect from August 1.In aregulatory filing, the companysaid that its Board of Directorson Tuesday approved theappointment of Sanjiv Bajaj, theVice Chairman of the compa-ny, as the nextChairman.”Rahul Bajaj, Non-Executive Chairman of theCompany, having been at the

helm of the Company since itsinception in 1987 and theGroup for over five decades, aspart of succession planning, hasdecided to demit the office asChairman of the Board w.e.f.close of business hours on July31, 2020,” it said. He would,however, continue to serve thecompany as a Non-ExecutiveNon Independent Director.

Sanjiv, who will head BajajFinance starting August 1, alsochairs the board of Bajaj Allianzand is the Managing Directorof Bajaj Holdings &Investment.

Mumbai:FMCG majorHindustan Unilever (HUL) onTuesday reported a 7 per centgrowth in standalone net prof-it for the first quarter (April-June) of FY21 at �1,881 crore.

During the correspondingperiod of the previous fiscal,the company had reported astandalone net profit of � 1,755crore. The company, in a reg-ulatory filing, reported a 4.43per cent rise in total incomeduring the period under reviewto �10,716 crore. “In a chal-lenging context of Covid-19disrupting markets and oper-ations, HUL has delivered a

resilient performance withturnover growth of 4 per centand profit after tax and beforeexceptional items growing 7per cent,” it said.Sanjiv Mehta,Chairman and ManagingDirector, said, “While con-straints continue due to restric-tions in several parts of thecountry and the near-termdemand outlook remainsuncertain, we remain well posi-tioned to drive competitive,profitable and responsiblegrowth.

The long-term structuralopportunity of FMCG in Indiaalso remains intact.” IANS

New Delhi: The Govt has noti-fied two Ordinances whichseek to provide barrier-freetrade for farmers’ produce out-side the notified farm mandis,and empowers farmers to enterinto farming agreements withprivate players prior to pro-duction for sale of agri-pro-duce. The Farmers’ ProduceTrade and Commerce(Promotion and Facilitation)Ordinance and the Farmers(Empowerment andProtection) Agreement onPrice Assurance and FarmServices Ordinance were pro-mulgated on June 5, 2020.However, the UnionAgriculture Ministry notifiedthe two Ordinances on July 20.According to the notification,the Farmers’ Produce Tradeand Commerce Ordinanceallows intra-state and inter-state trade of farmers’ pro-duce outside the Governmentnotified mandis. PTI

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The record high forexreserves of USD 516 billion,

of which USD 81 billion addedsince governor ShaktikantaDas has assumed office, willhelp greater foreign fundinflows and lower the cost ofoverseas funds for corporates,says a report. Governor Das’efforts since assuming office inDecember 2018, resemblethose of the Bimal Jalan-YVReddy era a decade ago whenthe reserves touched for thefirst time to adequately coverimports, and the reserves atover USD 516 billion are suf-ficient to buffer the economyagainst any contagion, Bank ofAmerica said in a report onTuesday.The present forexreserves are sufficient to cover14.9 months of imports, whichare around 20 per cent of GDP,said the report, adding pre-Covid, the import cover was11.4 months.

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Economic activity continuesto remain weak and will

lead to a 6.1 per cent contrac-tion in India’s GDP in the cur-rent fiscal, a foreign brokeragesaid on Tuesday.

The Reserve Bank is like-ly to pause at the upcomingpolicy review in August and cutrates by 25 basis points each inthe October and Decemberreviews, Japanese brokerageNomura said in a report.

All the analysts expect a

contraction in the GDP due tothe COVID-19 pandemic,which has impacted both sup-ply and demand forces in theeconomy since March. Officialdata also suggests a surge ininflation, which will furtherdrag down the GDP in realterms.

Nomura said the Junequarter will be the ‘nadir’ froma growth perspective and theeconomy will contract by 15.2per cent and the GDP willnever come into the positiveterritory in the remaining part

of this fiscal.It estimated contractions of

5.6 per cent in September quar-ter, 2.8 per cent for Decemberquarter and 1.4 per cent in theMarch quarter, which will givea full fiscal GDP at negative 6.1per cent.

“Overall, aggregatedemand continues to lag aggre-gate supply, especially due toweak services activity and sub-dued urban consumptiondemand,” it said.

Demand has taken a larg-er hit from the lockdown, like-

ly reflecting higher precau-tionary savings by consumersamid rising income uncertain-ty.

In contrast, the supply sideis constrained only to theextent mandated by the rules,it said.

The brokerage said thegrowth estimates are arrived atafter analysing ‘ultra’ high fre-quency indicators such as var-ious mobility indices, employ-ment and electricity demand toglean the direction of thegrowth trajectory.

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The rupee rose by 17 paiseto close at a two-week

high of 74.74 against the USdollar on Tuesday trackingpositive domestic equities andhopes of a COVID-19 vaccine.

At the interbank forexmarket, the domestic unitopened on a strong note at74.79 against US dollar.

During the session, ittouched an intra-day high of74.73 and a low of 74.87against the US dollar. Thelocal unit finally settled at74.74, up 17 paise over its pre-vious close.

It had settled at 74.91

against the US dollar onMonday. Forex traders saidpositive domestic equities,foreign fund inflows andhopes of a COVID-19 vaccinesupported the rupee.

A coronavirus vaccinecreated by the University ofOxford appears safe andinduces a strong immune response within thebody, scientists announcedon Monday after the firstphase of human trials.

In India, AIIMS-Delhi onMonday began recruiting vol-unteers for conducting humanclinical trials of the indige-nously developed COVID-19vaccine candidate Covaxin.

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While most of the organisationshave put a hold or postponed

the joining of freshers owing to thecurrent coronavirus pandemic, JKLakshmipat University (JKLU) hascome to the rescue of such work-forces.

The institute has unveiled onlinethree-six months of modular cours-es in MBA and Engineering to helpstudents learn the additional skills intheir respective domains that willgive them an edge over others dur-ing the current time.

The USP of these courses is onethat can resume his/her master’s

degree from the advanced level afterthe successful completion havingearly exit options with the certificateand advanced certificate after threemonths and six months respective-ly.

In MBA, the courses include —certificate in Business Management,advanced certificate in BusinessManagement, and AdvancedDiploma in Business Management,whereas in MDes they are offeringDesign Thinking for Innovation,Design Foundation, and PgD inIntegrated Design. Similarly, atMTech, they have a Certificate in AI& ML, Advanced Certificate in AI &ML, PgD in AI & ML.

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In an effort to upskillthe youth and

enable them to makeproductive use oflockdown, Aide etAction has launchedthe “iLEAD GoesOnline” initiativethrough a Facebooklive session.

The objective ofthe programme is toimpart vocationaleducation to youthfrom marginalisedsections of the soci-ety. The initiative

encompasses 13iLEAD coursesthrough a digitalmedium.

The 13 courseswhich are now avail-able online are tally,computer operator,beauty therapy, fash-ion designing, BSPA,CRR, automobile,ITeS, electrician, hos-pitality, BSPC, beautician and elec-trical and the plat-form is available tothe registrationsthrough the skil ltraining initiative.

The healthcare sector has under-gone a massive transformation

over the last decade. There has beenan increase in both public and pri-vate expenditure. Progressivehealthcare and the patient-centrictreatment approach has become areality. Technology has played amassive role in this shift, bringinghome advanced diagnostics, high-quality devices at low costs, andmore efficient life-support sys-tems.

Modern healthcare focuses notjust on cures but on the wholegamut of the healthcare experience.From approachable healthcareworkers and state-of-the-art infra-structure to digital health tools andhospital ambiance, patients expectquality service, and the industry hashad to step up to meet theirdemands. As a result, the industryis going through a boom, and theneed for specialised managementprofessionals has increased mani-fold.

With the COVID-19 crisissweeping the globe, there has beena greater need for healthcare man-agers. They handle the business sideof healthcare delivery, as they are incharge of scheduling, budgeting,and looking for ways to improvepatient care. It is the perfect option

for people who want to make useof their communication and organ-isational skills while making a dif-ference in the lives of those in need.

Most people who go for adegree in healthcare managementfind a job in a hospital or an out-patient setting. Smaller clinics allowhealthcare managers to overseeseveral disciplines, from marketingand budgeting to human resourcesand record management. Largerhospitals, on the other hand, offermore diverse opportunities. Youcan move into roles like CEO,CFO, or CMO. You also have theoption of working in residential

care and nursing facilities, whereapart from the business and admin-istrative responsibilities, you alsoget a chance to maintain relation-ships with their patients and theirfamilies. You can also work for thestate or central government - doingresearch, addressing pressing pub-lic health problems, or even over-seeing health education and aware-ness programmes.

Some subjects are common tohealthcare management courses inuniversities across the world. Theseinclude healthcare quality improve-ment, healthcare marketing, basicsof managed care, healthcare ethics

and law, and project management.Apart from thorough training intheoretical courses, you also getpractical experience and scenario-based simulations to prepare you tolead a team of healthcare workers.

An ideal career in healthcaremanagement will put all the skillsyou learn in your graduate pro-gramme to good use. Apart fromtechnical skills, a professionalhealthcare administrator will needa lot of soft skills too. Not only willyou be in charge of a team ofhealthcare professionals, but youwill also be working very closelywith the physicians apart fromacting from donning the role of theorganisation’s representatives atmeetings. It is expected out of themto stay abreast of the latest changes,superior communication skills,managing facilities, and diligentplanning and problem-solvingskills.

The field of healthcare is evolv-ing, and you no longer have to beon the frontlines to carve out a suc-cessful career in the industry. Thebest part about launching a health-care management career is that youdo not have to remain in the sameposition forever.

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The schools and universities acrossthe world have moved theirlearning management from

offline to online due to a global pan-demic. From students with poor con-nectivity to students with no internetaccess at all, delay in completing the syl-labus to getting everyone together inone classroom, uneven attendance,being unable to help the smarter lot stayencouraged to trying various ways tokeep the less engaged students con-centrated; the transition hasn't been aseasy as it seems.

But, here’s the thing; while a sig-nificant number of similar trainingabilities are required in both in-per-son and online classrooms, teachersin an online class additionally needsome more skills.

Online education is still a newconcept and keeping in mind that thistechnique offers advantages to stu-dents and educators as well, the dif-ference in the environment requiressome extra efforts from both the par-ties. Regardless of whether the teacheris hoping to take on an online class orkeen on teaching school students, it’sessential to recognise what makes agreat teacher in any virtual classroom.

Instructors of online classesshould be:

Good with communicationskills: A successful online class beginswith students effectively mindful ofthe subject and subtopics that are dis-cussed in the classroom. The envi-ronment is not very conventionalclassroom-like, so it requires theteacher to use the best approach pos-sible. A teacher who starts the day ona positive note witha prayer or affir-mation; communicate with a con-trolled use of language; incorporate aninformal tone; and use a comfortablestyle of teaching can make learning inan online setting a powerful experi-ence. Sharing learning goals andexercise plan with the timetable ofexercises could also be beneficial.

Synchronous learning thatincludes quizzes and tests help teach-ers keep up with their student’s pro-ductivity. Teachers need to create,practice, and model their way ofteaching, and everything about onlineclassroom guidelines like how stu-dents ought to speak with one anoth-er when studying together on a videocall.

Prepared to relate textbookexamples with real-life: Online teach-ing requires broad utilisation offocused instructional procedures sothat students can understand conceptsbetter. Associating the textbook con-tent with students’ own at-home con-ditions will connect with them inlearning and assist them with apply-ing their learning. For example, whendoing math, ask students to makeword problems dependent on theirenvironment. In language classes,they may consider their surroundingsto describe characters. Urge them toshare their insights with their com-panions which will bring them clos-er to the learning experience. Thesetechniques help students gain adap-

tive and positive behavioural skillswhich will enable them to deal withchallenges of new learning environ-ment.

The educator needs to build upthe ability to adjust the contentaccordingly and furnish students withmore straightforward comparisonsor supplemental exercises applicableto their surroundings. He/she maypermit students to browse variouschoices for finishing a task. Makeassignments in dynamic google sheetsand various other formats that willhelp them assemble, plan, create, andexplore together.

Know when to stop: Moderninstructors should know when it’s anideal opportunity to unplug and sim-ply unwind. They should know thatwith the current scenarios, the strug-gle to keep online classes entertainingand fruitful, so it’s considerably impor-tant for them to set aside some timefor themselves as well as for kids. Theylikewise should realise when it’s anideal opportunity to advise their stu-dents to unplug as well. They mustgive their class a mindful break andlet them be free.

Persistent: It’s often difficult forstudents who are new to online class-es to learn and adapt as quickly as theywould in a traditional classroom. So,the teacher must remain patientthrough the process of helping stu-dents explore the technicalities,remain concentrated, or comprehendclass material.

Quick & effective in giving feed-back: It is significant for an educatorto spare time for study-related ques-tions, remarks, and feedback fromeach other. This specified time forafter-study discussions lets studentsvoice their opinions and considera-tions and compose their doubts.

The motivation behind this ses-sion for students during or after theclass is to answer their concerns andmeasure their learning journey. Thereare a few simple ways that can beutilised to direct performance-basedprogress. For instance: teachers canprepare google forms for students toraise their lengthy questions or cre-ate multiple-choice questions to knowthe understanding level of students.These instruments help give signifi-cant, explicit, and quick feedback.

Approachable: Apart from thegiven classroom duration, teachersmust also be available for their stu-dents for their doubts and concerns.It does not have to be an online one-to-one session but could includeemails, google forms, or online chatsto ensure they are getting the fulllearning experience.

Cooperative: Part of being aneducator is having the option towork as an individual or as a team. Atthe point when a teacher acts as ateam player, it gives students a supe-rior opportunity to learn and have agreat time. Taking care of issuestogether will just lead to success anddoing so cultivates a feeling of a sin-gle unit.

The online classroom initiativemay be a sudden move for the mostpart of teachers and students but withthe growing advancements in the edu-cation-tech industry, the change hadto come at some point. It is, in fact,preparing both the parties to beaccustomed to the new way of teach-ingwhich maybe here to stay.������������ �����!"� )�������� ���(����� ����@"� )��&������ �@�����������������

Sports has been a dream career formany in India. The sports indus-

try is full of vivacious events andleagues that have witnessed a dra-matic jump in the last decade. Therising consumption of sports con-tent, rise in women’s sports, emerg-ing e-sports have all been crucial inthe evolution of the sports industry.While we were expecting manymore upcoming leagues, opportu-nities and content around sports, thecoronavirus pandemic hit the world.

When we start stepping towardsthe new normal and sports eventsstart picking up, the industry will bewitnessing a giant leap in terms ofdigital transformation and technol-ogy.

The industry is ripe with digitalinnovations, technological advance-ments in video production that willbe seeing the light of the day muchbefore what was expected in thesports industry. For example:Remote production for sports eventshas become the need of the hour.Due to the pandemic a team of 200-300 people cannot gather and workon production. While many coun-tries are looking to re-open sportsevents behind closed doors, withoutspectators on field, this technologycan allow broadcasters to producethis content on video even while sit-

ting thousands of miles away.Similarly, with the economy reopen-ing there are many other trends thatupcoming sports management stu-dents can expect, which can open upa plethora of career opportunities forthem.

E- sports will continue to rise:With the expansion of the e-sportsecosystem we can expect to see dra-matic growth in streaming andbroadcast sponsorships. As a part ofsports and sports events we can alsoexpect much more integrated spon-sorship opportunities to work withbrands devising strategies to influ-ence difficult to reach audiences. Thepopularity of e-sports globally hasalso created a room for launchingnew franchise leagues, reach larger

audiences through streaming chan-nels.

Emerging technologies likecloud computing are expandinghorizons for the industry: Cloudcomputing enables the athletes tocrunch huge amounts of data andanalyse it in very less time in orderto enable them to improve their per-formance. Athlete ManagementSystems are now being used world-wide by many top performers totrack their strength and condition-ing training. Cloud has also madebroadcasting easier.

Sports brands to leverage dig-ital marketing and ads: During thepandemic, social media has wit-nessed humongous content frombrands, athletes and leagues. Sincethe content like video bytes from aplayer has mostly been reactive, wecan expect a formalised processpost the pandemic that brands willbe following. Brands will focus ondigital marketing and advertisingtools to build up virtual engagement,that can be used to retain consumers.

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Communication skills often make the cru-cial difference between excellence and

mediocrity and the role of effective commu-nication has assumed all the more importanceduring the ongoing tough times for bridgingbarriers to communication. This was statedby experts at a Workshop on EffectiveCommunication held under the aegis ofInternal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) ofIndira Gandhi University (IGU), Meerpur(Rewari), a State University at Haryana. Theworkshop was led by Prof Romika BatraDirector IQAC at IGU.

Speaking as chief guest Prof SK GakharVice Chancellor, IGU said: “In the modernday world, the need for effective communi-

cation has increased manifold when one isrequired to transmit quickly and clearly allsorts of information and knowledge.Communication Skills has been made amandatory component in the curriculum ofall courses at IGU keeping in view the vastimportance of developing soft skills amongststudents.”

In her opening remarks, Dr AnnapurnaSharma Registrar, IGU stated that the key tosuccessful and effective communication isbeing a patient listener. According to her, oneneeds to be compassionate and considerateto other people’s views to be a good com-municator.

The workshop was coordinated by DrReena Hooda (Dept of CSE) and convenedby Dr Bijender (Dept of English). Dr

Devender (Dept of Economics) and DrJasvinder (Dept of Management) were theorganising secretaries.

In her concluding remarks, Prof RomikaBatra Director IQAC, hailed the efforts of theorganising team and the guest speakers andstated that the workshop surely helped a lotin identifying different communicationstyles, understanding & avoiding commonerrors and using communication to have suc-cessful outcomes in personal and profes-sional lives.

The workshop had over 150 participantsfrom states such as West Bengal, UP,Uttrakhand, Telangana, Tamil Nadu,Rajasthan, Nagaland, Maharashtra, MP,J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi,Bihar, Assam and Andhra Pradesh.

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In a first of its kind private ini-tiative to help put the Indian

economy back on a growthpath, EdTech startup BadaBusiness has reached out to 50million entrepreneurs, MSMEsand wantrepreneurs under itsambitious ‘India RevivalMission’ to help them revivetheir COVID-hit businesses.The initiative lasting threemonths not only elicited par-ticipation of a record numberof small entrepreneurs but alsoreceived support of industryleaders and Union MinistersNitin Gadkari and Kiren Rijeju.

Under the dynamic leader-ship of business coach Dr VivekBindra, CEO & Founder, BadaBusiness, the mission waslaunched in April after a coun-try-wide lockdown forced busi-nesses to down their shutters,

having a devastating impact onthe MSME sector. According toa recent report by credit ratingagency CRISIL, a 5 per centcontraction is expected in theIndian economy this fiscalwhich will significantly hurtMSMEs.

The fall in revenue will besteeper at 17-21 per cent forMSMEs compared to the formalsector, it added. In such cir-cumstances, the sector needsgrowth, development and skillsupport to revive itself andcross its 30 per cent contributionin GDP.

The startup considered it asocial and nationalistic respon-sibility to train, equip and skillsmall businesses to lift them outof the financial morass. Theobjective of the mission was tohelp businesses reinvent theirstrategies to thrive in a postCOVID world.

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With this norm of online education, India based, ed-techcompany, Board Infinity, has taken an initiative to launch

a new programme — Machine Learning (ML) and ArtificialIntelligence (AI) for skilling early career professionals and col-lege students. The duration of this programme is six months,which contains self-paced online videos and live virtual class-es.The course provides a perfect mix of theory, case studies, andextensive hands-on assignments to turn a beginner into a proby the end and make them deployable as a machine learningengineer.

The programme is perfect for students and working pro-fessionals who want to build a career path in this highly sought-after domain. During the 150+ hours of learning, the learners'get an opportunity of one-on-one mentorship from industryexperts working in companies such as Flipkart, Accenture, JioSamsung India, eClerx, Cerner Corporation, State Street andmany others, which helps building practical knowledge of prepar-ing for and cracking ML & AI job interview process, receive com-plete career coaching and certifications. This programme willhelp those who wish to build their career as a Machine LearningEngineer, Data Scientist, and NLP Engineer.

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The IIHMR Universityinvites application forLate Shri PD Agarwal

Scholarship for studentsenrolling for its two-year MBAin Rural Management course.The university is offering 21scholarships in two categories.

The first category of schol-arships will cover 20 per cent ofthe total tuition fee on a first-come-first-serve basis. This isavailable to the first 20 studentswith 50 per cent and abovemarks in graduation. The sec-ond category of the scholarshipwill cover 50 per cent of thetotal tuition fee ans is only forone student with 50 per centand above in CAT/XAT. Thetuition fee for the two-yearcourse is �5,25,000.

The amount of scholarshipwill be adjusted in the fee andwill not be disbursed directly tothe student.

The MBA in RuralManagement course by IIHMRUniversity is committed todeveloping a cadre of trainedprofessional managers. Theycan manage rural developmentorganisations and programmesin both the public and the pri-vate sectors.

The course admits 30 stu-dents every year and focuses onrural-urban linkages and inter-dependencies, water, sanita-tion and nutrition, child devel-opment, rights and protection,

livelihood, skills and enter-prises, and agri-business and

value chains.

The University ofIndianapolis invites applica-tions for its InternationalStudent Grant based on stu-dents’ merit. By providing the30% tuition fee annually, thisgrant will assist students toachieve their educational goalswithout any hurdles. Indian stu-dents can apply.

Eligibility: You should bean international student; youshould have minimum GPA: Bor above. You must be accept-ed into any undergraduatedegree programme at theUniversity of Indianapolis.Aspirants must submit the fol-lowing documents: Pre-quali-fication degree, copies of aca-demic transcripts, certificates ofEnglish language proficiency, astatement, and a copy of pass-port. Admission require-ments: All high school diplo-ma holders will be selected foran undergraduate degree pro-gramme at the university.

Language requirement:Applicants must have suffi-cient knowledge of English iftheir first language is notEnglish. The minimumrequirement is TOEFL 70,IELTS 6.0, or PTEA 54.

How to apply: Applicantsdon’t need to make a formalapplication. They will auto-matically be identified oncethey are admitted.

Application deadline: Thelast date is November 1, 2020.

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With technology becomingthe core of everything dur-ing the pandemic, we have

witnessed many advancements andusage of technology, which otherwisewould have taken at least another sixyears. It almost feels like we havetaken a leap of six years when itcomes to the usage of technology inour daily lives.

Therefore, proper vocationaleducation also demands the adapta-tion of technology at the Godspeedso that we can align our thoughts insuch a way that a product should bemanufactured in the least possibletime and delivered via technology tothe consumer as early as possible.

In order to fight the economiccrisis of pandemic, an individualshould be skilled enough so thatcompanies can hire him just becausehe has all the requisite skills to speedup their delivery process.

The Government should alsogive special focus on the vocationeducation in order to sail through theeconomic slowdown. Vocationaleducation is the backbone of everydeveloped nation.

For example- China has a hugeplatform for vocational training.They make sure that their training

reaches to the last mile of the coun-try so that well-trained people can beplaced in the industry. So, this sec-tor needs a push from the govern-ment.

Here are some of the waysthrough which vocational educationcan be strengthened.

In our country, vocational edu-cation is often clubbed with schools,colleges and universities. It needs tobe given a distinct identity in addi-tion to importance. The lack ofnodal body to control this vocationaleducation provided by the privateplayers show there is a lot of mis-communication.

This is the best time when anysupport from the Government anda push in the vocational educationcan ensure a highly skilled India,which is a step towards self-reliance.The move will also attract a lot ofinvestment. For example: Industriesgo to China because they get trainedmanpower there and it's easy any dayto set up a company there as com-pared to other countries like India.

It only takes a matter of a day tocollect the manpower besides landand others. But, finding a skilledmanpower is never an issue there. It’sa challenge in many other countries,

where vocational education has notbeen promoted like other streams ofeducation. Importance of trainedmanpower is the need

As people have been losing jobsdue to the coronavirus pandemic, itshows the need of training hasbecome the only pivotal thing at themoment.

The pandemic has highlightedthe importance of training in everyorganisation and trained manpow-er. It has been seen that skill hasalways opened doors for manyopportunities in our country. Weneed a big push to come out of thepandemic. There are lots of vocationswhich cannot be trained online suchas stitching, hospitality and nursing.

So, Government should givepermission to start any such vocation.All the industries and institutionsshould embrace the change. With thekind of market we have, everybodyhas the issue of cash in hand. In ourcountry, the penetration of vocationaleducation is one of the lowest in theworld. The entire community espe-cially the youngsters, who are in theage bracket of 21 to 35 year, they needto unlearn and relearn. With a lot ofdoors being closed, there are 1000new opportunities are also getting

generated. But the problem is, wedon't have the skills required for thesejobs.

For example: During the pan-demic, the number of websites cre-ated in last three months is almostequal to the websites created in ayear's time. A lot of new skills andavenues have opened up. Newageskills like digital marketing, data ana-lytics are in high demand

People have shifted to their ownhome cities because of safety reasonsor they have lost their jobs. Now theyneed to know the skills which are indemand in their particular city. If youare in Bengaluru, you need to knowIT skills but when you are in Gujarat;you need to acquire industry skills toget jobs. People should identify skillsthey need and similarly find the bestpeople/company who can acquire thebest skills for that.

In India specialisation is talkedabout but rarely practiced. Example:You go to an ENT specialist whenyou have a throat/ear/nose issue butyou go to a orthopedic? Similarly,why not going to a specialist for yourcareer? Do career and skills notdeserve equal if not higher impor-tance?

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New Zealand Cricket chair-man Greg Barclay has said

that a decision on the fate of the2021 Women’s World Cup willbe taken in the next two weeks.

Barclay’s comments cameafter the International CricketCouncil (ICC) on Monday saidthe event, to be held in NewZealand from February 6 toMarch 7, was still on scheduledespite the Covid-19 threat.

“The decision (about theODI World Cup) will be madein the next two weeks,” Barclaytold Radio New Zealand.

“...Because if there is a

need to postpone that eventthen obviously we need toknow that sooner rather thanlater and likewise if it is to goahead then we need tomake a final decision sothat we can throw allthe resources neces-sary to run a firstclass world eventin February.”

Though NewZealand is amongthe least affectednations by thepandemic, pos-sible travelrestr ic t ionsthere and

around the world at that timemake the event a bigger logis-tical challenge.

“How do you get teamstravelling around the world,

they’ve got to hub throughother countries and whatare the implications ofthat?” Barclay wondered.

“Then getting themthrough the quarantine

restrictions that may bein place and of course allof that comes with acost and so there arebudgetary implicationsheading into February

(but) all of that is sur-mountable,” he added.

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Former speed merchant Brett Leereckons Australia’s pace triumvi-

rate would hold the key during theyear-end home Test series againstIndia and is keen to figure out howmuch the kookaburra ball swingswithout saliva Down Under.

Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc andJosh Hazlewood form a fine paceattack for Australia.

With the ban on saliva due to theCovid-19 pandemic, one of theworld’s fastest bowlers wants the cus-todians of the game to come up withan “artificial substance” to maintainthe balance between bat and ball.

“Playing at home obviously givesyou that advantage, but that said Iknow that India will pack a fullstrength squad to tour Australia. I stillbelieve if Australia is to win ourbowlers hold the key,” Lee said.

The kookaburra seam is not aspronounced as Dukes or SG Testsballs and the flattening of seam cou-pled with ban on saliva will make it

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With the ICC T20World Cup’s post-ponement clearing

the decks for a full-fledgedIPL, the glitzy event’sGoverning Council will meetin a week or 10 days’ time toplan its next course ofaction, eyeing UAE asthe host this year.

An IPL betweenSeptember and earlyNovember has beenmade possible by the ICC’sdecision on Monday to post-pone the T20 World Cup inAustralia, scheduled forOctober-November, due tothe Covid-19 pandemic.

“The IPL GC will meetwithin a week or 10 days andall decisions (including finalschedule) will be taken there.As of now, the plan is to havea full fledged IPL comprising60 games and most likely inthe UAE,” Patel said.

Asked about the mainchallenges in conducting theevent in current scenario, Pateladded: “Just the operationalside of it. Whether you do ithere or outside, it doesn’t mat-ter (with no crowds).”

The franchisees hadalready been working on theirplans for the IPL even beforethe ICC announcement.

With majority of theIndian players not havingaccess to grounds amid thepandemic, teams will need atleast three to four weeks to getthem match ready.

Foreign players will fly indirectly to the UAE from theirrespective countries.

“Our players will need atleast three to four weeks oftraining, if not more. We willfinalise all our plans once the

BCCI announces the dates. Itlooks like the IPL will be in theUAE and we are ready forthat,” a team owner said.

Since India tour Australiafor a four-Test series rightafter the IPL, training of theTest players is also an impor-tant issue.

Test specialists likeCheteshwar Pujara andHanuma Vihari, who are notpart of the IPL, are likely to

train for the eagerly-awaitedseries in a bio-secure environ-ment at the newly-renovatedMotera Stadium inAhmedabad during the timeof the IPL.

A few fringe players areexpected to join them atMotera along with the Indianteam’s support staff, which isfree during the IPL.

Work from home hasbecome the norm amid the

pandemic, therefore, there is apossibility that IPL commen-tary will happen from thecomfort of the living room, asafer and cost effective-optionconsidering the likes of SunilGavaskar, who is 71, areinvolved.

The viewership is expect-ed to be a record one with peo-ple craving for Live cricket,something KXIP co-ownerNess Wadia has said.

However, it remains to beseen how much the broadcast-ers and teams are able toattract from the sponsors inthe current financial climate.

More moot points andquestions ahead of the IPLGC meeting:

1) More double headersexpected (original schedulehad only five double headers).

2) BCCI will need to pro-vide a Standard OperatingProcedure to IPL teams eventhough they will have theirown SOPs in place.

3) Will the BCCI compen-sate teams for not being ableto generate gate money thisyear?

4) Will there be virtualcommentary from Star Sports?It was seen in the recent 3TCevent in South Africa with thelikes of Aakash Chopra, DeepDasgupta and Irfan Pathancommentating from home.

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England star Ben Stokes has outdone West Indies cap-tain Jason Holder to become the world’s top-ranked

Test all-rounder while also attaining a career-best thirdposition among batsmen in the ICC Test PlayerRankings, following a match-winning performance atOld Trafford.

Stokes, who trailed Holder by 54 rating points goinginto the second Test in Manchester, enjoys a lead of 38points after his memorable knocks of 176 and 78 notout and a match haul of three wickets helped Englandwin by 113 runs and level the three-match series 1-1.

Stokes ended Holder’s 18-month reign at the top,becoming the first from England at the summit sinceAndrew Flintoff in May 2006. His tally of 497 ratingpoints is the highest by any Test all-rounder sinceJacques Kallis aggregated 517 in April 2008.

India’s Ravindra Jadeja remains in third spot withAustralian Mitchell Starc and Ravichandran Ashwinrounding up the top-five.

Among batsmen, Stokes is joint-third with MarnusLabuschagne, only behind Steve Smith and India skip-per Virat Kohli, with specialist batsmen like KaneWilliamson and Babar Azam below him in the list. Hiscaptain Joe Root is ninth while opener Dom Sibley hasadvanced 29 places to a career-best 35th position aftera sturdy first innings 120.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have adropped a spot each to be eighth and 10th respective-ly.

Stuart Broad, who was not pickedfor the opening Test, returned to thetop 10 of the bowlers’ rankings afterclaiming three wickets in each innings.

He is now England’s top-rankedbowler, one slot ahead of JamesAnderson, who dropped to 11thafter being rested for the match.Chris Woakes, who scalpedfive in the match to reachthe 100-wicket mark, is in21st position, his highestsince late 2016.

For the West Indies,Holder remains the top-rankedWest Indies batsman in 41stposition despite slipping fourplaces.

He has also dropped a slotamong bowlers to take third place,behind Pat Cummins and NeilWagner.

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Cristiano Ronaldo putJuventus on the brink of a

ninth consecutive Serie A titleon Monday after he scoredtwice in a 2-1 win over Lazio tobecome the first player to hit 50goals in Serie A, La Liga and thePremier League.

Juventus ended a three-match winless run thanks toRonaldo’s second-half brace thatmoves them eight points clear ofsecond-placed Inter Milan withfour games remaining. MaurizioSarri’s side could win the title onThursday against Udinese, or onSunday at home againstSampdoria, depending on theirrivals’ results this week.

Praising his star forwardSarri said, “Cristiano is animpressive player because he hasthe extraordinary ability to com-plete a quick recovery betweengames. Not only physically, but,

above all, mentally: he is achampion with his feet, but alsowith his head.”

Ronaldo grabbed the firstgoal from the penalty spot justafter the break and was handeda tap-in three minutes later byteammate Paulo Dybala.

The Portuguese has scored

30 goals this season, equal withLazio’s Ciro Immobile, whoended his three-match droughtwith a late penalty. His secondwas his 50th goal in Serie A, afteralso passing the landmark inEngland and Spain.

The 35-year-old is nowlooking to become the first

player to finish top scorer inthree of the top five Europeanleagues after doing so Englandand Spain. “Records are alwaysimportant, but the team victo-ry is more important,” saidRonaldo.

“I’m helping the team towin. It’s important to win thetitle. There are four games leftand we know that Serie A is adifficult championship.”

Lazio’s hopes of a first SerieA title since 2000 are effective-ly over as the defeat leaves themfourth, 11 points adrift of theleaders. Just one point had sep-arated Juventus from Laziowhen Serie A returned lastmonth following the three-month coronavirus lockdown.

But Simone Inzaghi’s sidehave been hit by injuries andpoor form since the return, los-ing five of eight games, with fourof those defeats coming in thelast five matches.

London: The Indian women’scricket team has pulled out of theproposed tour of England due tothe Covid-19 pandemic, accord-ing to media reports.

The Indian women’s team wasoriginally slated to play a bilater-al series comprising three ODIsand three T20Is against Englandin June which got postponed dueto the coronavirus outbreak.

However, the England andWales Cricket Board (ECB)announced it was in talks withtheir Indian and South Africancounterparts to host a tri-series inSeptember.

“With South Africa due toarrive later in the summer, it hadbeen hoped the three sides wouldplay a tri-series, but the risingnumber of cases in India meanthey will not be able to travel,” theBBC reported.

“It is understood Englandwill try to extend the seriesagainst the Proteas,” the reportsaid. PTI

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Pakistan bowlingcoach Waqar Younis

says the nature of pitch-es in England haschanged and it givesthem the option of play-ing two spinners whenthe Test series begins inhot conditions nextmonth.

Younis said theongoing England-West

Indies series has shownthat the pitches at

Southampton andManchester are now

slow and sluggish.“We will see how

the pitch behaves in thethird Test between West

Indies and England atManchester but there isno doubt that thebehaviour of pitches haschanged in England,”Younis said during anonline media interac-tion.

“Early to say whowill play but we have gotan idea after the WI Testmatches. We are tryingto prepare those playerswho can be effective onsuch pitches. We arelooking at all optionlook at weather as wellit gets hot in August andwe might even have tothink about playing twospinners as well,” Younissaid.

The former pacersaid the team manage-ment will keep an eyeon the third Test aswell.

Pakistan’s first Testagainst England beginsfrom August 5 atManchester.

Younis saidPakistan’s track recordin England was goodand he remained opti-mistic that the teamwill not disappoint inthe coming series.

“I am sure we willnot let our supportersand followers down. Wewill try to make themproud of us with ourperformances.”

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“The COVID-19 pan-demic is impacting sport-ing tournaments acrossthe globe and cricket isnot immune,” CA’s inter-im chief executive and chiefexecutive of the ICC T20World Cup 2020, NickHockley said in a statement.

“The complexities andrisks around hosting a 16-team international event in

October in the current envi-ronment ultimately provedsufficient for the ICC to post-pone the event,” he added.

The global event was sup-posed to be held from October18 to November 15 in Australiabut the CA, in May itself, had

expressed its inability tohost amid a second surgeof Covid-19 cases in thestate of Victoria.

“We accept theICC’s decision to post-

pone the T20 World Cup inAustralia. It was a decisionmade with the safety andwellbeing of fans, players,officials and staff in mind.”

“We are confident thatwith this decision, we will give

ourselves the best chance tosafely welcome fans into theoutstanding venues across thecountry to enjoy watchingthe world’s best men’s crick-eters compete in this majorglobal event in either 2021 or2022,” Hockley said.

Australia successfully host-ed the women’s T20 WorldCup in February-March thisyear and the country aims to dothe same with the men’s event.

“The ICC women’s T20World Cup earlier this yearwill forever be remembered asa groundbreaking momentin Australian sport, and Ihave no doubt the men’s edi-tion will also be a spectacularevent,” Hockley said. PTI

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harder for bowlers of bothteams.

“It will definitely changethe way the game is played sowe don’t want to make it evenharder for bowlers even morethan it is currently is,” said the43-year-old Lee.

India’s pace attack, whichhas been phenomenal in thepast three years, has the capa-bility of “knocking over any

top order” in world cricket butit will again boil down to howmuch the ball swings.

“India have got someextremely good pace bowlersthat are capable of knockingover any top order. Once againI think it comes down to howthe ball will swing or notswing in different conditions(Adelaide, Brisbane,Melbourne and Sydney).”

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