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Chennai (UNI)S.Nalini, one of the seven life con-victs in the former Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi assassination case, hasthreatened to end her life in the highsecurity Special Prison for Women inVellore on Monday night, even as hercounsel decided to move the courtseeking to shift her to Puzhal prison

citing her safety.Confirming this, her counsel P

Pugazhendhi told UNI that followinga complaint from her fellow life con-vict, who was posted as orderly forNalini, the Jailor when to the cell toenquire into it, when the incidenttook place.

The orderly has lodged a com-plaint about Nalini with the jailorwho, after the 1800 hrs lock up time,went to her cell at around 2030 hrs toenquire into it.

At that time there seems to besome misunderstanding betweenNalini and the Jailor when she triedto end her life by tying her sareearound her neck. However, it wasthwarted by the jail authorities, MrPugazhendi said.

‘This is the jail version. I don’tthink so that Nalini, who had been inprison for 29 years with good con-duct, would have made such an at-tempt over a trivial issue like this.

Rajiv case life convict Nalinithreatens to end life in prison

Srinagar (UNI)Putting at rest all speculations sur-rounding the annual pilgrimage toholy Amarnath cave shrine in Jammuand Kashmir, Shri Amarnath ShrineBoard (SASB) on Tuesday decided tocancel the pilgrimage due to COVID-19 pandemic, official sources said.

They said that the SASB took thisdecision at a meeting here thisevening chaired by Lt Governor GCMurmu, who is also chairman of theshrine board.

However, all traditional rituals as-sociated with the pilgrimage will beperformed as per age-old traditions.The “Chhari Mubarak”, the holy sil-ver Mace of Lord Shiva, will be takento the holy cave on August 3 wherepuja will be held by Mahant Deepen-dra Giri, custodian of the holy mace.

Giving details, an officialspokesperson said that LieutenantGovernor presided over 39th boardmeeting of the shrine board on Tues-

day in which the members partici-pated virtually through video confer-ence to discuss the conduct of theYatra 2020.

“The board discussed theSupreme Court order dated July 13,2020 in which, the decision to con-duct the Yatra was left to the Admin-istration/Government after assess-ing the ground realities prevailing inJammu & Kashmir,” he said.

He said the Board was informedthat the arrangements were on tracksince February 2020.

Annual Amarnath yatra cancelled

Rajasthan political crisisJaipur (UNI)The Rajasthan High Court on Tues-day reserved the verdict on Congressrebels’ plea against disqualificationfor July 24, while asking the Speakernot to take any action till that time.

Earlier, the divisional bench ofChief Justice Indrajit Mahanty andJustice Prakash Gupta had askedSpeaker C P Joshi to wait till July 21,before coming to any decision.

Former Deputy Chief MinisterofRajasthan Sachin Pilot and 18 otherMLAs had knocked the doors of theHigh Court with a writ petition, afterthey received a notice from theSpeaker individually over disqualifi-cation.

The notice was served under theAnti-Defection law, mentioned inthe Tenth Schedule of the Constitu-tion.

The law prevents political defec-tions, prompted by the lure of office,

material bene-fits or similarconsiderations.It ensures that aparty memberdoes not violatethe mandateand in case hedoes so, he willlose his mem-bership of theHouse.

Interesting-ly, the notice was issued just hoursafter the rebels skipped the CongressLegislature Meeting in Jaipur and re-mained cemented in ITC Hotel atManesar.

In the courtroom, noted AdvocateHarish Salve and former AttorneyGeneral of India Mukul Rohatgi, ap-pearing for the petitioner, contendedthat if the Speaker acts against any-one raising voice against the party’schief, it means curbing the rights ofthe dissidents.

Rajasthan HC reservedverdict till July 24

Lucknow (UNI)Madhya Pradesh Governor and for-mer Lucknow MP Lalji Tandonpassed away here on Tuesday morn-ing after a prolonged illness. He was85.

His son and UP Urban Develop-ment Minister Ashutosh Tandon in-formed about the demise of his fa-ther in the wee hours of Tuesday.

As a mark of respect to the depart-ed dignitary, UP Government an-nounced a three days state mourn-ing.

Lalji Tandon was also the Memberof Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha.

He was admitted to the Medantahospital here on June 11 and wascritical thereafter. He was tested neg-ative for Covid-19.

The MP Governor was on the ven-tilator for the past two weeks anddoctors were saying he was critical.

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New Delhi (UNI)India’s coronavirus (COVID-19) tallycrossed the 11.7 lakh-mark on Tues-day, after the nation recorded 37148fresh infections in the past 24 hours,the Union Health Ministry updatesaid.

The COVID-19 confirmed casesreached 1,171,446. Of these, the ac-tive cases presently stand at 402529,according to the Health Ministry up-date.

Since the past several days, thenumber of fresh infections haverapidly increased in the country.

Deaths due to the virus have nowmounted to 28488, after 587 morepeople reportedly lost their lives tothe contagion in the last 24 hours.

On the brighter side, with improv-ing recovery rate, the total curednCoV patients across the nation roseto 724578.

The margin continues to increasetowards the recoveries as comparedto the number of present active cas-es.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,43,81,303samples have been tested for COVIDas per the Indian Council of MedicalResearch (ICMR) till Monday.

Maharashtra, which continues tobe the most affected state in thecountry, recorded a sharp spike of8240 cases in the last 24 hours, takingthe state tally to 318695, while thedeath toll reached 12030 so far.

Tamil Nadu , at number two, nowhouses 175678 confirmed cases of

contagion with the state’s death tollmounting to 2551, while 121776 haverecovered from the disease.

National capital’s recovery rate isalso increasing and the city has beenregistering more recoveries thanfresh cases since past several days,however, city’s tally has reached123747, while deaths have mountedto 3663, and 104918 have recoveredfrom the infection so far.

Karnataka’s tally has nowreached 67420 after having a spikeof 3648 infections since past oneday, and southern state’s death tolldue to the pandemic has nowreached 1403.

Andhra Pradesh, now houses53724 total confirmed cases of thecontagion, while 696 COVID patientshave died in the state so far.

Uttar Pradesh is also witnessing aconstant rise in the number of infec-tions for the past several days, andnow the state’s tally has mounted to51160, while fatalities have reached1192 due to COVID 19.

India’s contagion tally climbs to over 11.7 lakh

Recovery rate in Delhiat 84 per centNew Delhi (UNI)With 24,491 Covid-19 patients recov-ering during the past 24 hours, thishas pushed the cumulative figure ofrecovered cases among Coronavirus-19 patients to 7,24,577, recording animpressive recovery rate of 62.72 percent.

The improved recovery rate hasalso ensured that India continues tohave one of the lowest Case FatalityRates, at 2.43 per cent, which is con-sistently falling, an official releasehere said.

The gap between the number ofrecovered cases and active cases hasincreased to 3,22,048. At present,there are 4,02,529 active cases and allare under medical supervision.

The improvement in the Covid-19situation is due to the sustained,proactive, progressive and evidence-based strategies for effective surveil-lance, testing through expanded ef-fective country-wide network of labs,coupled with Standard Treatment

Protocol for ensuring effective clini-cal treatment.

In the past 24 hours, 3,33,395samples were tested. Cumulatively1,43,81,303 samples have been test-ed in the country. This has been pos-sible through ever expanding diag-nostic lab network of 1,274 labs, in-cluding 892 labs in the governmentsector and 382 private labs. These in-clude 651 Real-Time RT PCR basedtesting labs: (398 Government and253 private), 516 TrueNat based test-ing labs: (457 Government and 59private) and 107 CBNAAT based test-

ing labs: (37 Government and 70 pri-vate).

Meanwhile, Delhi Health MinisterSatyendar Jain on Tuesday said thatthe COVID-19 recovery rate in thenational capital has reached 84 percent with a total of 1,04,918 patientscured of the virus.

“Yesterday, 954 new cases were re-ported in Delhi. So far, the totalnumber of 1,23,747 cases have beenreported in the city. However, 1,784people recovered from COVID-19yesterday, which was a lot more thanthe number of new cases,” the Minis-ter told reporters here.

According to the Minister, the de-cline in the number of cases is due tomore awareness among the people.

“We are fully prepared for anyeventuality. Nobody knows how thisvirus will behave. Any assumptioncan fail anytime. People are gettingmore aware. A penalty on not wear-ing a mask has been imposed. Amask can prevent the spread of thevirus by 80 per cent,” he said.

He also said that 78 per cent bedsdesignated for COVID-19 patientsare lying vacant.

India’s COVID-19 recovery rate at 62.72 pc

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalLockdown has been announced inmany areas of Bhopal from 21 to 24July. This decision has been taken inview of the increasingly serious con-dition of coronavirus infection in thecapital.

According to the announcementmade on Tuesday, there will be acomplete lockdown in the city till 6am on July 24. Apart from essentialservices, people will not be allowedto move out of the house.

Sub Divisional Magistrate NajoolCity Circle, Bhopal Shri Jamil Khanhas announced lockdown at Kotwali,Mangalwara and Hanumanganj,New Itwara Road, Jumerati, Kazipu-ra, Kumharpura, Lakherapura, Khaz-anchi Gali, Loha Bazar, Noor MahalRoad, Ibrahimpura, Chowk JainTemple, Gurjarapura and Silavatpuraarea from 21 July 8:00pm to 24 July8:00 pm.

In the order issued, barricadinghas been identified in the area underthe subdivision. The movement ofordinary citizens is completely

banned. Any institution, shop, officeand all business activities will bebanned at these barricading sites.

No person in the concerned areawill be able to leave unnecessarilyexcept for the Medical EmergencyService. The person violating the or-der will be punished under section188.

Night curfew from 8 pmCollector and District Magistrate

Shri Avinash Lavania made a partialamendment to the order issued ear-

lier in the district, using the powersconferred in Section 144 of the Codeof Criminal Procedure, in all the rev-enue boundaries of the entireBhopal district from today, July 21.Till the next order, the night curfewhas been issued from 8:00 pm to 5:00pm, subject to the conditions as be-fore. It is noteworthy that in the ear-lier order issued, the night curfewwas fixed from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

2 GMC docs, 3 SBI employees test positive

On Tuesday, 5 positives werefound in Saket Nagar, three peoplefrom the same family were found in-fected in Rishi Nagar, four in CharImli, two doctors reported positivefrom Gandhi Medical College, onejawan from STF police station, onefrom Professor Colony, one fromNarmada Bhawan, one employeefrom Narmada Bhavan, PuramanBhavan, Islampura Lamakheda, Ar-era Colony, Jahangirabad area, 3from SBI Local Head Office.

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Assam floods death toll rises to 87Guwahat: The overall flood situation in Assam continuedto improve steadily, though the death toll increased fur-ther with more deaths reported in the state.

Continuing his visit to flood-ravaged and erosion-af-fected parts of the state, Chief Minister SarbanandaSonowal visited the erosion hit areas of Tulsijhara in Chi-rang district and flood affected areas of Jamdaha (BekarChowk Bazar) in Bongaigaon district and assessed thedevastations caused by river Aie.

Altogether two casualties were reported from differentparts since last evening, taking the overall toll to 87, anAssam State Disaster Management Authority bulletin in-formed here. Another 26 people have been killed in land-slides so far. As many as 24 districts continued to reel un-der floods, affected 69 revenue circles and 2323 villagesand localities.

Over 24.19 lakh people are still affected by floods in thestate, with Barpeta, Dhubri, Soth Salmara, Goalpara andKamrup (M) among the worst-hit till now.

Nearly 45,000 displaced people are still taking shelterin 276 relief camps. Additionally, 121 relief distributioncentres are also operational in the affected parts.

The number of major rivers flowing above the dangerlevel has increased to nine today from six last evening,with the Brahmaputra over the red mark in five placesthroughout the length of the state.

PM to deliver keynote address atIndia Ideas Summit todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver thekeynote address at the India Ideas Summit on July 22 thatwill discuss India-US cooperation in a post-COVID 19world. The virtual Summit on the theme ‘Building a betterFuture’ is being hosted by the US-India Business Council.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the formationof the Council, the External Affairs Ministry said in astatement here.

The Summit will be addressed by External Affairs Min-ister Dr S Jaishankar, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,Senator of Virginia and co-chair of Senate India CaucusMark Warner, former US Ambassador to the United Na-tions Nikki Haley, among others. Several other high-levelIndian and US government policymakers, officials andbusiness leaders will also speak at the Summit.

The Prime Minister has said COVID 19 had severelytested the resilience of all nations. India had tried to makethe fight against the pandemic a people’s movement bycombining the efforts of the government and civil; soci-ety. ‘COVID-19 pandemic has severely tested the re-silience of all nations. In India, we have tried to make thefight against the pandemic a people’s movement, by com-bining the efforts of Government and civil society,’ thePrime Minister tweeted on July 17.

Leaders mournsGovernor’s deathPresident Ram Nath Kovind,Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,other ministers of the Union Cab-inet and Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan expressed theircondolences on the death of LaljiTandon.

President Ram Nath Kovindmourned the death of Lalji Tan-don and described him as a “leg-endary leader”.

PM Narendra Modi wrote onTwitter: “Shri Lalji Tandon will beremembered for his untiring ef-forts to serve society.

Madhya Pradesh CM ShivrajSingh Chouhan said, “Lalji Tan-don’s death was a personal loss”to him and he will always be “re-membered for his contributiontowards the nation’s progress”.

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State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 3,18,695 12,030Tamil Nadu 1,75,678 2,551Delhi 1,23,747 3,663Karnataka 67,420 1,403Andhra Pradesh 53,724 696Uttar Pradesh 51,160 1,192Gujarat 49,353 2,162Telangana 46,274 422West Bengal 44,769 1,147Rajasthan 30,390 568Bihar 27,646 217Haryana 26,858 355Assam 25,382 58Madhya Pradesh 23,310 738Odisha 18,110 97J and K 14,650 254Kerala 13,274 43Punjab 10,510 262Jharkhand 5,756 53Chhattisgarh 5,561 25Uttarakhand 4,642 55Goa 3,853 23Tripura 3,079 7Puducherry 2,092 29Manipur 1,925 0Himachal Pradesh 1,631 11Ladakh 1,195 2Nagaland 1,021 0Arunachal Pradesh 790 3Meghalaya 466 4Sikkim 305 0Mizoram 297 0

World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 14,925,186 615,044USA 3,978,665 144,195Brazil 2,122,577 80,264India 1,171,446 28,488Russia 783,328 12,580South Africa 373,628 5,173Peru 357,681 13,384Mexico 349,396 39,485Chile 333,029 8,633Spain 311,916 28,422UK 295,817 45,422Iran 278,827 14,634Pakistan 266,096 5,639Saudi Arabia 255,825 2,557Italy 244,752 35,073Turkey 220,572 5,508Bangladesh 210,510 2,709Colombia 204,005 6,929Germany 203,557 9,175France 176,754 30,177

Shiv Pratap Shuklaappointed chief whipof BJP in RSNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) MP Shiv Pratap Shukla hasbeen appointed as the chief whipof the party in Rajya Sabha onTuesday. He represents the state ofUttar Pradesh in the House andwas the Minister of State for Fi-nance in the first cabinet of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi. Shuklawas also appointed Vice Presidentof the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Uttar Pradesh in February 2012 un-der the presidency of Surya PratapShahi.

3 militant associatesarrested in BudgamSrinagar: Police on Tuesdayclaimed to have busted a HizbulMujahideen (HM) module by ar-resting three militant associates incentral Kashmir district ofBudgam. He said incriminatingmaterial, besides ammunition —including 20 live rounds AK 47, twodetonators and 15 posters of HM –were recovered from their posses-sion. “This group was involved inproviding logistic support andshelter to active militants of pro-scribed outfit HM. They have beenactive in the area for last fewmonths,” he said. “In this regard,case FIR no 83/2020 under relevantsections of UAPA has been regis-tered in Police Station Charar-i-Sharief, and investigation takenup,” he added.

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Toll rises to 28488

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Srinagar (UNI)Four people — including a 96-year-old man from

Baramulla, a 70-year-old woman from Srinagar, a 50-year-old man from Kulgam and a 43-year-old manfrom Pulwama — died due to COVID-19 on Tuesday,talking the death toll due to the infection in the UnionTerritory of J&K to 259.

With this death, 224 people have lost their lives dueto infection in 47 days, and 244 people in 61 day in J&K,where 751 new positive cases were reported on Mon-day, taking the total number of infected persons to14,650. Eleven people, including 10 from Kashmir andone from Jammu, lost their lives due to COVID-19 onMonday.

Official sources said that a 70-year-old woman, aresident of Lal Bazar in Srinagar, died at a hospital inthe city on Tuesday morning. “The patient, who hadtested positive for COVID-19, was suffering from respi-ratory problem,” they said.

They said two patients from south Kashmir — 50-year-old man, a resident of Mirbazar in Kulgam and 43-year-old man, a resident of Parigam in Pulwama, diedin the valley on Tuesday. “Both the patients, who hadtested positive for COVID-19, were suffering from res-piratory problems,” they said.

Death toll mounts to 259 in J&K

New Delhi (UNI)Amid border standoff with

China in Eastern Ladakh, Indi-an Navy’s warships on MOndayconducted a maritime drillwith a US Navy carrier strikegroup, led by USS Nimitz in theIndian Ocean region (IOR).

The passage exercise in-volved a total of eight Indianand US warships, said an offi-cial.“The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is transiting through IOR. Duringthe passage, #IndianNavy units undertook Passage Exercise (PASSEX)with #USNavy. Indian Navy had also conducted similar PASSEXs with#JMSDF (Japan) and #FrenchNavy in recent past,” the Indian Navy tweet-ed. The Navy’s Eastern Fleet, which had already been carrying out a five-day long exercise off the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, had alsosent some of its ships to collaborate with the USS Nimitz.

While operating together, the US and Indian naval forces conductedhigh-end exercises designed to maximize training and interoperability,including air defence, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement.

It said the Nimitz carrier strike group’s operations were designed toprovide security throughout the region while building partnerships withfriends and allies.

Indian, US warships conduct maritimedrills near Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Kolkata (UNI)Training guns at the

Centre, West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata Baner-jee on Tuesday alleged itdeprived Bengal of re-sources and that peopleof the state will give a be-fitting reply for injustice.

Virtually launchingTrinamool Congress’campaign for next year’sAssembly elections through today’s virtual ral-ly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Baner-jee called the “BJP a party of outsiders” andsaid, “ People of Bengal will run the state notoutsiders.”

Addressing the party’s annual Martyrs’ dayrally, Ms Banerjee, taking a dig at the BJP, said,“ People are unable to speak due to reign offear across the country. “

“The Centre has deprived West Bengal of

resources, people willgive a befitting reply forinjustice, ” Ms Banerjeeadded.

“People are unable tospeak due to reign of fearacross the country, “ shesaid.

Ms Banerjee said, “West Bengal will not beruled by any outsider.The State will be ruled by

Bengali people. ““Why should Gujarat rule all states? asked

Ms Banerjee in a veiled attack on Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi over “political turmoil” inRajasthan. She hit out at the BJP, alleging theparty was trying to “foment communal ten-sion”. Ms Banerjee said all the Cyclone Am-phan-affected people will receive governmentaid and charged the Opposition with spread-ing canards against her.

Mamata virtually launches campaign throughvirtual rally; Trains guns at Centre

New Delhi (UNI)Nearly six months into the nov-

el Coronavirus (Covid-19) pan-demic, only 23.48 per cent of thepopulation has been affected inDelhi, which has several pockets ofdense population.

According to the results of asero-surveillance study commis-sioned by the Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare (MoHFW) inDelhi, indicates that a large num-ber of infected persons remainasymptomatic. This implies thaton an average, across Delhi, theprevalence of IgG antibodies is23.48 per cent.

This can be attributed to theproactive efforts taken by the Gov-ernment to prevent the spread ofinfection including prompt lock-down, effective containment andsurveillance measures, includingcontact tracing and tracking, aswell as citizen’s compliance to

Covid Appropriate Behaviours.However, a significant propor-

tion of the population is still vul-nerable. Therefore, the contain-ment measures need to continuewith the same rigour. Non-phar-macological interventions such asphysical distancing, use of facemask/cover, hand hygiene, coughetiquette and avoidance of crowd-

ed places must be followed strictly,the study says.

The study was conducted fromJune 27 to July 10, 2020 by the Na-tional Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) in collaboration with Gov-ernment of National Capital Terri-tory of Delhi, following a rigorousmulti-stage sampling study de-sign.

Sero-prevalence study finds only 23.48 pc of population in Delhi affected

Vidisha (CNS)Shashank Bhargava MLA

Vidisha speaking before the Press,recalling the incident that his of-fice was assaulted by BJP men ashe said in the complaint, briefingat the Press Conference said thatmedia of Vidisha is aware of theincident took place on 25th ofJune, at around 7 pm, when theMunicipal President Mukesh Tan-don along with his colleagues en-tered my office and attacked witheggs, stones, sticks and made twofires also, by which I was savednarrowly. Later the Superinten-dent of Police Vidisha with hisforce investigated the incidentand sought an application fromme, for the FIR.

Shashank Bhargava said said,he submitted the Complaint toCSP Vidisha at 9 pm same day.

Mr. CSP publicly assured be-

fore congress legislatureShashank Bhargava that after reg-istering an FIR police will informthe congress legislator, but tilldate no information has been giv-en by the Police Department.

Shashank Bhargava said senior

Congress leaders, activists, andwell-wishers, protested and con-gress party’s demonstrations wereheld continuously to make pres-sure on the police for justified ac-tion. Despite this, no positive re-sults were found.

Thereafter, as the session ofVidhansabha is due, so informa-tion was given to raise the issue inthe Assembly, by former MinisterMLA Sajjan singh Verma, formerMinister MLA Sukhdev Panse, Ja-balpur MLA Vinay Saxena, MLAArif Masood, former Minister andMLA PC Sharma and MLA De-vendra Patel through submittionof the petition.

Consequently FIR was regis-tered by the police administrationin a hurry in which 23 peoplewere named in FIR, that too withminor sections and the con-cerned people were directed toappear in CJM Court Vidisha on27 July. Shashank Bhargava MLAVidisha said it is very surprisingthat 15 new names were added inthe FIR. who were actually notnamed by him.

Congress Legislator unhappy with how police mishandled complaint

Lucknow (UNI)In the death of Madhya

Pradesh Governor Lajli Tan-don on Tuesday, the protegeof former prime minister AtalBihari Vajpayee came to anend in Lucknow.

The veteran of Indian poli-tics will be remembered forlong because of his good na-ture and social and politicaloutreach that was never cur-tailed by his political ideology.

A true embodiment of the“Atal school of politics”, Tan-don — referred to as “Babu ji”by his admirers — will be re-membered as a man who de-spite being a die-hard saffronsoldier, excelled at the art ofpolitical navigation in such amanner that his movesagainst rivals were never ugly.

He was one among thatfast-thinning breed of politi-cians,6 who had good person-al relations across the politi-cal spectrum.

His liking for “chaat” andsweets, besides his revelryparticipation in the Holi festi-val, would be missed by thepeople of his Chowk area.

He was popular among theminorities particularly theShia community and enjoyedtheir support in all the elec-tions. Lalji Tandon was alsopopular among the mediaand his chat party for themwould be missed.

A close associate of lateAtal Bihari Vajpayee, Lalji Tan-don was the ear and eyes ofthe former PM in Lucknowfrom where he was MP for arecord five times. Later, hisseat was given to Lalji in 2009,where he won the Lok Sabhaelection.

President Ram NathKovind and Prime Minister

Narendra Modi on Tuesdaycondoled the death of Mad-hya Pradesh Governor LaljiTandon saying that in hisdeath, the country have lost alegendary leader.

In 1978, he became themember of the legislativecouncil for the first time.

Thereafter, he continued tobe legislator for a total of fivetime till 2009. He becameminister in the Kalyan Singhgovernment and in the coali-tion government of BSP andBJP. He was also the fosterbrother of Mayawati, who al-so tied ‘Rakhi’ to Lalji Tandoncouple of times.

He was governor of Biharfrom August 23, 2018 to July29, 2019 and later, he wastransferred to MadhyaPradesh.

UP govt announcesstate holiday

Uttar Pradesh governmentdeclared a state holiday onTuesday and three daysmourning following the deathof Madhya Pradesh Governor

Lalji Tandon.State Chief Secretary R K

Tiwari in an order said that allthe government offices andothers would be closed onTuesday.

As a mark of respect to thedeparted dignitary, UP Gov-ernment also announced athree days state mourning.

The order says that the na-tional flag will fly half-mast atthe government buildings.

Javadekar condolesdemise of MP GuvLalji TandonNew Delhi: In-formation andB r o a d c a s t i n gM i n i s t e rP r a k a s hJavadekar onTuesday con-doled thedemise of Madhya PradeshGovernor Lalji Tandon.

Taking to micro-bloggingsite Twitter, Mr Javadekarsaid,”It was very sad to hearthe news of the death of LaljiTandon, the Governor of

Madhya Pradesh. Lalji Tan-don was a better person. Hefully supported Atal Bihari Va-jpayee. He always thought ofthe party. My condolences tothe family members of MrTandon. Om shanti.”

TN Governor condoles deathof his MP counterpartChennai: TamilNadu GovernorB a n w a r i l a lPurohit todaycondoled thedemise of hisM a d h y aPradesh coun-terpart Lalji Tan-don and described him as agreat statesman, effective ad-ministrator and wonderfulhuman being. Mr Tandonpassed away in Lucknow thismorning after a prolonged ill-ness. In his message, MrPurohit said ‘the sad demiseof Mr Lalji Tandon fills mewith great shock and grief.’

AP Guv expresses shockover Tandon’s demiseV i j a y a w a d a :Andhra PradeshG o v e r n o rB i s w a b h u s a nHa r i c h a n d a nexpressed deepshock and sor-row at thedemise of Madhya PradeshGovernor Lalji Tandon whodied in Lucknow on Tuesdayafter prolonged illness.

The Governor recalled theservices of Lalji Tandon as aLeader of the UP LegislativeCouncil for two terms andMember of the Assembly forthree terms and as a Ministerin the UP government.

Lalji Tandon: Protege of AB Vajpayee ends in Lucknow

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Kolhapur reports fivemore fatalities, 82 new casesKolhapur: Five people suc-cumbed to the COVID-19while undergoing treatmentand 82 new cases were detect-ed here on Tuesday, informedChhatrapati Pramila Raje Hos-pital. Among the new patients,28 were found in the limits ofDistinct Municipal Councilsand 25 come from the areasunder the Kolhapur MunicipalCorporation. The remainingcases are from Karveer (13),Panhala (8), Hatkanangale (5),Shirol (2) and a lone districtnon-native. Meanwhile, threepeople were discharged afterbeing cured, taking count ofthe recovered people to 1,050,it added. So far, Kolhapur hastallied 2,565 cases, including65 fatalities.

50 new cases, tally1,436 in VaranasiVaranasi: With 50 more peopletesting positive for the novelcoronavirus, the surge in thetotal number of cases rose to1,436 in this Uttar Pradesh dis-trict on Tuesday. The toll ofCOVID-19 fatalities in Varanasistands at 34. Official sourceshere said that out of the 339test results obtained from BHUtoday, 50 people have testedpositive. Sources said that outof the total 1,436 cases, 588have been discharged after re-covering completely. Current-ly, 814 patients are undergoingtreatment in the district. Dueto the spurt in the number ofcases, the district administra-tion has prohibited the move-ment of people for unimpor-tant works till July 31 and havebeen asked to follow the pre-cautionary measures issued bythe government from time totime strictly.

Marathwada regionrecords fresh 694COVID casesAurangabad: Around 694 freshcases of novel coronavirus and13 virus infected casualtieswere reported across the eightdistricts of Marathwada regionin Maharashtra till late Mon-day night. With this, the totalnumber of positive casesreached 16657 in these dis-tricts while the region deathtoll also rose to 614 so far, thedata showed. According to theofficial data collected from allthe district headquarters byUNI stated that Aurangabad,one of the worst affected dis-trict in the region, saw 438fresh cases, highest single dayspike in fresh cases with fivefatalities, followed by 51 casesand three deaths in Nandeddistrict, 26 cases and threedeaths in Beed, 45 cases andtwo deaths in Osmanabad, 53cases each in Latur and Jalnadistrict, 22 cases in Hingoli andsix cases in Parbhani district.

Six people along withfive kids charred alivePurnea: Altogether six peopleincluding five children werecharred alive in an accidentalfire at Gwalgaon village underKapda panchayat here lastnight. Police said here todaythat the fire broke out follow-ing leakage in the cooking gascylinder when the dinner wasbeing prepared at the house ofone Virendra Yadav of the vil-lage. In this incident a 3 yearold baby girl died on the spotwhereas six others sustainedserious burn injuries. The in-jured including a woman andfive kids were admitted PurneaSadar Hospital where womenand four kids died duringtreatment on Tuesday. Thebodies having sent for post-mortem.

Udupi soil for construction of RamMandir at AyodhyaUdupi: Soil from temple townUdupi will be used for con-struction of Sri Rama Templeat Ayodhya. Admar MuttAadalitha Mandali said thatsoil from Udupi will be sent tothe site where Ram Mandir willbe built in Ayodhya. The VHPhad decided to use soil fromdifferent places including fromthe river bed before initiatingthe work on Ram Mandir in Ay-odhya. Accordingly, soil fromUdupi will be sent. Paryaya Ad-mar Mutt seer EshapriyaTheertha Swami offered Man-galarathi to the soil and placedsandalwood paste and offeredprayers for construction ofRam Mandir without any hin-drance after a special pooja .The soil filled in a brass tum-bler was handed over to theleaders of VHP on Mondayevening.

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3 succumb to COVID-19infection in Goa duringlast 24 hrsPanaji: Three persons have dieddue to COVID-19 infection in Goaduring the last 24 hours.

According to health authori-ties, a 29-year-old man fromChimbel, who was admitted at ESICOVID Hospital Margao with co-morbid condition, expired on July20, 2020. Two more people suc-cumbed to COVID-19 infection onTuesday.

While a 65-year-old man diedat ESI Hospital, another 65-year-old woman died on the way to ESIhospital after being testing posi-tive. Meanwhile, one hundred andninety six new cases of COVID-19were found in Goa on July 20.

According to media bulletin is-sued by Directorate of Health Ser-vices, there were 1469 active casesin the state while 2361 personshad recovered so far.

With the three deaths, totalnumber of people who suc-cumbed to the contagion in thecoastal state rose to 25.

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50 more test positivein Arunachal, tallyrises to 790Itanagar (UNI): Fifty morepeople including nine militarypersonnel were tested positivefor COVID-19 in ArunachalPradesh on Monday, takingthe total number of cases inthe state to 790. Of the 50 newcases, 34 were reported fromItangar Capital Complex,Tawang 10, Lower Subansirifive and one from West Siang,as per bulletin issued by thestate Directorate of HealthServices (DHS).

Out of the 10 cases fromTawang, nine are military per-sonnel and one health careworker (driver) detected inquarantine facility (QF) . Fourout of the five cases from Low-er Subansiri are returnees andone is a primary contact of apositive case detected earlierin QF, it said.

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(Contd from Page 1)Medical-Education Minister

Vishwas Sarang reached CovidCenter Chirayu Hospital and healso discussed with the patientsthere.

Disaster managementgroup decision at district and block level

Disaster management groupshave been formed at districtand block level to take deci-sions regarding the implemen-tation of lockdown in the state.These include local public rep-resentatives and officials. Basedon the decision taken after re-viewing the situation in thegroup meeting, it is being de-cided to implement the lock-down in different areas of thecity. A decision has been takento implement a similar lock-down in some old parts of thecity including Baghsevania.Corona infection has spreadrapidly in Bhopal during thelast three weeks and a recordnumber of patients are comingout.

So far 139 deaths reported in Bhopal

On Tuesday, 100 new coronapatients were found in Bhopal.At the same time, 50 peoplewere successful in winning thebattle against Corona. With this,the total number of infectedpeople in Bhopal has reached4638. With this, 4 people havebeen confirmed dead due tocorona infection in 24 hours.The number of people who losttheir lives in the capital fromCorona has increased to 139.With this, the total number ofinfected people in Bhopal hasreached 4638.

Four people have succumbedto the deadly virus in the city in

last 24 hours. The number ofpeople who lost their lives inthe capital from Corona has in-creased to 139. However, the re-lief was that on the sixth day af-ter getting more than 100 pa-tients for five consecutive days,the number came down below100.

According to a bulletin is-sued by the Chief Medical andHealth Officer on Tuesdaymorning, of the total infected,3188 people have recovered sofar and there are 1279 activecases. They are undergoingtreatment at various hospitals,home isolation and institution-al quarantine centres. In thematter of maximum number ofinfected in the state Bhopal is atnumber two after Indore.

Corona positive inmatestaken to Vidisha

The 41 Corona-infectedprisoners found in Raisen’sBareilly jail have been taken toVidisha under tight security.For treatment of the remain-der, a Covid Center is beingprepared in the jail, where theywill be treated. On Monday, 64

prisoners and 3 guards testedCorona positive, after whichthere was a stir. On Tuesdaymorning, Collector UmakantBhargava, along with SP andCMHO, reached sub-jail andshifted the prisoners.

When people learnt that 64Corona positives were found inRaisen’s Bareilly sub-jail, acrowd gathered outside thejail.

Home Minister NarottamMishra said on Tuesday thatarrangements are being madeto shift the seriously infectedinmates of sub-jail of Bareillyin Raisen district to Bhopal. Hesaid, “Raisen’s Bareilly Jail is asmall jail, where the prisonersfound corona infected aremaking the prison itself asCovid-19 ward. Prisoners whoare severely infected will beshifted to Bhopal.” At the sametime, Health Minister Prabhu-ram Chaudhary said that hewill get an inquiry into how theCorona reached the Bareillyjail.

23 inmates will be provided treatment facility in jail

Here, Raisen collectorUmashankar Bhargava saidthat 41 of the infected prison-ers are being shifted to VidishaMedical College. Preparationshave been made for this. At thesame time, Covid wards arebeing built in the jail for theremaining 23 prisoners, whowill be treated here. Threeguards have been sent to theDistrict Hospital Raisen atnight. Bhargava said that thesampling of these prisonerswas done on Sunday, in which64 prisoners and three guardstested positive. They are beinggiven full treatment under theCorona Protocol.

Lockdown in many areas in Bhopal till 24 July

Harish Dubey, GwaliorThe Congress is now trying to

save the remaining ten MLAs ofGwalior-Chambal division fromthe BJP’s charm.

The news of KP Singh, a seniorMLA from Pichhor and a ministerin Digvijaya government, meet-ing Dr. Narottam Mishra at hisbungalow has shocked the Con-gress. A day ago, Dr. Govind Singhhas also said that he has also re-ceived temptations and offersfrom the BJP. Amidst these re-ports, the name of BhitarwarMLA Lakhan Singh Yadav has alsocome up for discussion, but onNavbharat’s question, LakhanSingh has said that he has neithergot any temptation from BJP norany offer.

After the wholesale migrationof pro-Scindia MLAs to the BJP,only one Congress MLA is left inShivpuri, Bhind, Morena, Datia,Sheopur and Ashoknagar dis-tricts. There are definitely twoCongress MLAs in Gwalior andGuna. While both Congress MLAsare from Digvijaya’s family in Gu-na, both Gwalior MLAs LakhanSingh and Praveen Pathak arefrom Digvijaya and Pachauricamp respectively.

Congress’s worries were fur-ther heightened when Coopera-tion Minister Arvind Bhadauria,who played a big role in the Ben-galuru episode of pro-ScindiaMLAs, said in Gwalior last daythat after 22 MLAs, many moreMLAs can come to BJP. After this,the Congress has increased thevigil on all ten of its MLAs. State

spokesman KK Mishra, who isconsidered trusted by KamalNath, is camping in Gwalior andnow he will return to Bhopal onlyafter the by-poll. From every ac-tivity of Congress legislators,every latest update, they are mak-ing Kamal Nath aware.

There is a discussion withinthe BJP that weak links of theCongress have been found. Afterthe initial rough work, the BJPstrategists are now trying to give asolid face to the possibilities. OnJuly 26, the programme ofScindia’s stay in Gwalior wasmade, there was a plan to makeseveral big Congressmen includ-ing some MLAs to BJP member-ship in Gwalior by making a bigfunction, but this programme hasbeen postponed due to grief inthe family of Union MinisterNarendra Singh Tomar. . FromSheopur MLA Babu Jandel Singhto Kunwar Ghanshyam Singh ofDatia, BJP’s action planners areworking on every possibility.

It is said that the BJP camp wasactivated after Dr. Govind Singh’sname first emerged with Jorshorefor the post of Leader of Opposi-tion and then retained KamalNath, it was believed that Dr.Govind Singh was angry but No

changes have been seen so far inDr. Govind Singh’s allegiance tohis party. KP Singh and Ghan-shyam Singh are Congress MLAswho, despite having very seniori-ty, were not made ministers in theKamal Nath government, eventhough many junior MLAs weremade ministers. BJP’s strategistshave explored possibilities on thisaspect as well.

Cong trying to save 10 MLAs ofChambal from BJP’s charm

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalState mourning has been de-

clared in the state for five daysfrom July 21 to 25 following thedemise of Governor Shri Lalji Tan-don. All government offices will re-main closed on Tuesday. Givingthis information in Cabinet meet-ing, Chief Minister Shri ShivrajSingh Chouhan said that the Cabi-net meeting today has been post-poned without any discussion onany issues as a mark of respect toLate Shri Tandon. The Cabinet willmeet on July 22. Chief Minister ShriChouhan informed that the na-tional flag will flow at half-mast inthe state. No entertainment pro-grammes will be organized in thestate during the state mourningperiod. Instructions are being sentto all districts in this regard. ChiefMinister Shri Chouhan said that heis going to Lucknow to pay homageto Late Shri Tandon on behalf ofthe people of Madhya Pradesh.The entire Cabinet observed two-minute silence to pay tributes toLate Governor Shri Tandon.

Late Tandon was a symbolof purity in public life:Chouhan

Chief Minister Shri Chouhansaid that the sad news of GovernorShri Lalji Tandon’s demise camethis morning. He remained en-gaged in the service of the nationthroughout his life. His contribu-tion will always be remembered.Shri Tandon was a symbol of purityin public life. As Governor of Mad-hya Pradesh, he always gave guid-ance and inspiration in public in-terest. We have all seen the innova-tions he had suggested in the fieldof higher education. Not only didhe get the gaushala operated in RajBhavan, but he himself used to saythat I will ensure that this experi-ment is a success. He used to greetevery visitor wholeheartedly. He al-ways gave priority to mutual har-mony and relations in politics. Heviewed politics is a medium of ser-

vice. Whichever party it is, every-one should serve the nation to-gether. Chief Minister ShriChouhan said that Shri Lalji Tan-don, born on April 12, 1935, lived apublic life of social service of sevendecades with great spirit. He estab-lished deep rapport with all sec-tions of the society. He personifiedthe unwavering spirit of takingeveryone along and working in so-cial interest by remaining an Ajat-shatru (one who has no enemy). Aunending series of public welfareworks are included in his accountdue to his continuous activities. Hewas among those few mass leaderswho practiced national service andmoral values ??through politicsand realized the Indian concept ofAntyodaya.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhansaid that when Shri Tandonreached the Legislative Council inthe year 1978 with such a lofty, wideand austere background of publiclife, he left his mark there too andgave new heights to parliamentarydignities. Apart from being a two-time member of the Uttar PradeshLegislative Council, he also played

the role of Leader of the House. Hewas elected to the Legislative As-sembly thrice. As Leader of Opposi-tion there, he told people how thevoices of protest should be andhow the government can be com-pelled to listen to public voice evenwhile being polite.

Every step of Tandonjibecame a new story ofprogress

Chief Minister Shri Chouhansaid that as a senior minister of Ut-tar Pradesh, every step of Tandonjibecame a new story of progressand new records were being creat-ed. He managed the responsibili-ties of significant portfolios likeEnergy, Housing, Town Develop-ment, Water Resources while tak-ing over as minister five times.With his administrative skills, vi-sion and determination, Shri Tan-don helped to deliver direct bene-fits to crores of people of UttarPradesh. He changed the conditionand direction of these depart-ments.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan

said that the improvements andchanges incorporated by Shri Tan-don as a minister are unforget-table. The schemes designed forthe downtrodden and the under-privileged to lead the Indian con-cept of Antyodaya under the lead-ership of Tandon ji at that timewere nationally acclaimed. It washe who realized the dream of get-ting house ownership rights to thedowntrodden section working forRs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 15. Not only this,the plan of giving a fruit-bearingtree and a milching animal alongwith a house was the result of Tan-don’s multi-faceted thinking. Hedid extensive ground work forpoverty alleviation. Communitycentres, night shelters were set up,slums were given a face lift. Thesalt water problem of Mathura-Vrindavan was solved.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhansaid that Shri Tandon undertookhistorical work due to his tendencyto work for public welfare. For thefirst time, the prohibition of cowslaughter was enacted in UttarPradesh. The construction of the 5km-long ghat in Haridwar withpublic cooperation was the resultof his unique thinking. He devel-oped such basic facilities forKumbh in Haridwar that now thereis not much new work to be donefor the Kumbh event. The urgencyand determination with whichTandon ji did the task of handingover 42 acres of land to Shri RamJanmabhoomi Nyas as in-charge ofAyodhya affairs has no second ex-ample.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhansaid that the process of making theimpossible possible in the life ofTandon Ji never stopped. In theyear 2003, the simultaneous dedi-cation/laying down of 1001schemes by him was registered inthe Limca Book of Records.

Tandonji maintained hisrole as a social worker

Apart from this, the biggestcharacteristic of Shri Lalji Tandon

was that even after becoming apolitician, he maintained his roleas a social worker. That is why hewas always seen as a symbol ofcommunal unity and a great son ofhumanity. Shri Tandon revived theancient tradition of graceful Holiprocession in Lucknow. He estab-lished the tradition of public KaviSammelan and always took part init. He took over the reins of JaiPrakash Narayan’s Samagra KrantiAndolan in Lucknow. He went tojail in emergency, suffered heavytorture. He established an identityas an orator. Hence he becamepopular. This was Shri Tandon’sbiggest property.

On the basis of this, Shri Tandonbecame MP from Lucknow in theyear 2009 and extended the legacyof Atal ji. Tandon had very closefamily ties with great thinkers likePandit Deendayal Upadhyay andLohia ji and great leaders likeBharat Ratna Nana Ji Deshmukh,Atal Behari Vajpayee and JayPrakash Narayan. Close proximitywith such people enriched ShriTandon’s experiences. He tookcharge in Madhya Pradesh on July29, 2019. One year of his tenurewas nearing completion. We wouldhave benefited from his guidanceeven more, but God had decidedotherwise. As the Governor ofMadhya Pradesh, Karmayogi ShriTandon had put all his skills andstrength to uplift the field of highereducation. His tenure in MadhyaPradesh will also be rememberedforever.

Tandonji was a gentle,soft-spoken person:Anandiben Patel

Acting Governor Anandiben Pa-tel said Tandonji was a gentle, soft-spoken person. He had long expe-rience of politics. He won from for-mer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vaj-payee’s Lucknow seat and becamean MP. In Lucknow, he got manydevelopment works done. Hisdeath has caused an irreparable

loss.Vidhan Sabha speaker Ranesh-

war Sharma and BJP state presi-dent VD Sharma have also con-doled Governor’s death.

Officials-staff of RajBhavan pay tributes

A condolence meeting was heldat Raj Bhavan today on GovernorShri Lalji Tandon’s demise. All offi-cers and employees paid tributesand observed two-minute silenceas a mark of respect to the depart-ed soul.

Nath, Digvijaya, JituPatwari express grief

Former chief minister KamalNath said the sad news of the deathof Madhya Pradesh Governor ShriLalji Tandon was received. I pray toGod to give the departed soulpeace and give the bereaved familythe strength to bear this trauma.

Senior Congress leader Digvi-jaya Singh said Tandonji’s death isvery shocking. He expressed hisheartfelt condolence for the be-reaved family.

Former minister Jietu Patwari’stweeted the news of the demise ofMadhya Pradesh Governor ShriLalji Tandon ji is sad. I pray to Godto grant the departed soul a placeat his Shri Charan and give thefamily the strength to bear thistragic loss

Scindia, KailashVijayvargiya condole

BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiyasaid the news of the death of HisExcellency the Governor of Mad-hya Pradesh, Lalji Tandon ji is verysad. His death is a personal loss forme. May God grant the departedsoul a place in its shrine.

Jyotiraditya Scindia’s tweetedmy deepest condolences on thesad demise of Shri Lalji Tandon,Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Prayto God to comfort the departedsoul and give the bereaved familythe power to bear this trauma.

Lalji Tandon spent his life in service of nation: CM

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5-day state mourning in MP; Chouhan and Cabinet pay tribute; Cabinet meeting postponed

Opposition strategists on alert after KP met Narottam; Govind Singh has been accused ofgiving temptation; Kamal Nath messenger KK Mishra camped in Gwalior

Govind Singh Lakhan Singh Yadav KP Singh Praveen Pathak

Nath in talks with MLAsChambal MLAs, who have

remained in the Congressdue to their loyalty, are ac-cusing the BJP of doing poli-tics of confusion, seductionand pressure, due to their al-legiance to the party, but inthe last one week, 3 moreMLAs Pradyuman Lodhi,Sumitra Kasdkar and Inde-pendents Congress is on highalert mode after PradeepJaiswal joined BJP. The vigi-lance of the Congress is alsofelt by Kamal Nath’s secludeddiscussion with the CongressMLAs who have staggeringallegiance after the CongressLegislature Party meeting lastday.

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Founder : Late Shri Ramgopal MaheshwariInspiration: Late Shri Prafulla Kumar Maheshwari

It is reported that thecoronavirus vaccine isnow ready for prepara-tion. 2 trials of this vac-cine have been success-ful. If the third trial isalso successful, then thevaccine will be availableto the general public.

It should be consid-ered good news becausethe world has beenfighting the coronavirusfor the last 8 months.This terrible epidemichas killed thousands ofhuman beings. Thewhole world’s economyand life are hit.

Corona infectionwhich started fromDecember 2019 from thecity of Wuhan, China hasnow spread all over theworld. But no authenticvaccine or drug of thisvirus has yet been pre-pared. Talking about theongoing efforts towardsmaking the vaccine,there are clinical trials of23 vaccines of coronavirus worldwide.

Human trials havebeen successful in thefirst and second phaseand now the vaccinenamed Kovaccine isgoing to start trial inIndia. The trial will startat All India Institute ofMedical Sciences(AIIMS), Delhi. This trialwill be done on 100healthy people. Thosewho will be tried will beaged from 18 to 55 years.In such trials, two dosesof this vaccine will begiven under the supervi-sion of experts. The sec-ond dose will be giventwo weeks after the firstdose. This vaccine willbe given via injection.

However, nearly half adozen Indian compa-nies are engaged indeveloping a vaccine forthe Covid-19 virus. Thefirst trial of the coronavaccine in the world,

including Europe, beganin Oxford, UK. It washere that the testing ofhumans for the vaccineof Corona virus infec-tion started. 800 peoplewere selected as volun-teer for the beginningphase. This vaccine wasprepared by a team fromOxford University. SarahGilbert, professor of vac-cineology at the JennerInstitute, is leading theteam. It is claimed thatthe first human trial ofthe Oxford vaccine hasbeen successful.

If all goes well, it ispossible that an effectivevaccine of the coronawill be prepared verysoon. The first Covid-19vaccine tested in the UShas provided the sameimmunity to the peopleas scientists expected.Now this vaccine is to betested.

From July 27, this vac-cine will be tested on 30thousand people andwill be found outwhether this vaccine canreally save the humanbody from Covid-19. Theresults so far are posi-tive, but on the basis ofthis it cannot be saidthat it can be given tothe general public. Forthis, in the next twophases, 10 thousandpeople will be tested inBritain, 30 thousand inAmerica, 2 thousand inSouth Africa and 5 thou-sand in Brazil. Only afterthe results of the thirdphase will be decidedwhether it can be givento the people or not. It isdecided by these ongoing efforts world-wide that the coronavaccine will eventuallybe ready.

It will take more thanthree months at most.However, it is not yetdecided what the cost ofthis vaccine will be.

Happy news

TK NandananThe disconcerting news is that

coronavirus has penetrated deepinto rural India, covering more than90 per cent of the terrain and 712 outof 736 districts are coronavirus-hitacross the country.

The number of affected districtsindicates that the virus is fast mak-ing foray at last into villages, the lastbastioncoronavirus has not beenable to conquer yet. Unfortunately,these villages are falling one by oneto coronavirus’ attack and thus 97%of India has become coronavirus-hitand the situation has become highlyexplosive.

This is indeed sad news. Anothersad news is that monsoon has hit thenation throwing the lives of millionsout of gear. Assam, Bihar, Delhi,Maharashtra and many otherregions are witnessing unprecedent-ed fury of monsoon. Sadly, calami-ties one after another hit the nation.

As the country is preparing toreopen schools and colleges, a newstudy in South Korea has warnedthat teens are more likely to spreadthe virus within a household thanyounger children and adults.

The study published on the USCentre for Disease Control andPrevention website has pointed outthat while children younger than age10 do not transmit the virus, it isoften those between the ages of 10and 19 who can spread the disease at

least as well as adults do. This meansthat school and colleges are not sup-posed to reopen this academic year.

The study comes at a time when

the schools and colleges are about tobe reopened and the study alsoholds importance for India as it isunder intense pressure to reopen theschools and colleges.

The alarming situation would bethat there are as many as 33 crorestudent population in the country

and when the schools and collegesopen, this potential student commu-nity would carry the virus in a morethreatening way jeopardizing the

government measures taken to fightthe Covid-19 pandemic.

The study also suggests that asschools reopen, communities willsee clusters of infection take rootthat include children of all ages,which is more worrisome for the stu-dent community.

Another grim reality is that Keralaboasted of eliminating coronavirusis getting battered and bruised bycoronavirus on a daily basis.

Despite Sunday being holiday andmost of the people staying indoors, arecord number of 821 persons werediagnosed with coronavirus in thestate. Now a sense of gloom andpanic has gripped everyone andhelplessness is writ large on every-one’s face.

So, a state which has almost con-tained the coronavirus spread is nowrelapsing into its worst impact onthe state. First of all, let us accept thereality of coronavirus and its fatalinfluence on mankind. At this junc-ture, what we can do now as part offighting coronavirus is to obey allthose instructions the health depart-ment has issued in the coronaviruspandemic case. Let us all be opti-mistic rather than pessimisticbecause a little bit optimism willtruly boost our fighting morale. Letus look to the optimistic BrazilianPresident Jairo Bolsonaro, who,despite infected with coronavirus,said,” I’m well, normal.

I even want to take a walk aroundhere, but I can’t due to medical rec-ommendations.” On another occa-sion he said referring obliquely toimposition of lockdown, “People aregoing to die, I am sorry.” “But wecan’t stop a car factory because thereare traffic accidents.”

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The ris-ing level ofwater pol-lution hasi n c r e a s e dacid con-centrationin waters o u r c e s ,making itunsafe forc o n s u m p -tion. Thisstudent hasperformeda 12-hourstudy tounderstandthe pH levelof the twowater types.As the pH level of water reflects the proportion of acidity, the result demon-strates alkaline water to be relatively safer than tap water.

PM fabricated a fake strongman image to come topower. It was his biggest strength.

Rahul Gandhi

Reports about PrimeMinister participatingin foundation-stonelaying-ceremony ofRam JanmbhoomiTemple at Ayodhya(UP) on 05.08.2020 arewelcome. Such partici-pation should ideallymake present owners ofCongress party also incapacity of their beinglegal and political heirsof first Prime Ministerof India JawaharlalNehru to formally lodgeprotest in name of Congress-styled secularism of Nehru-Gandhi family againstparticipation of Narender Modi in a programme relating to construction ofmuch-awaited Hindu Temple at birth-place of Lord Rama.

It may be recalled that Nehru desired that the then (first) President of IndiaDr Rajendra Prasad should not participate in inauguration of Somnath Templein Junagarh (Gujarat) because according to Nehru, it might not fit in secular-theory of Nehru-Gandhi. However bold Dr Rajendra Prasad rightly turneddown idea of Nehru, feeling proud to be a Hindu. It is beyond understandinghow and why Nehru-Gandhi theory considered role of any public-dignitary inan Hindu event doubted to dent secularism.Managing Editor- Sumeet Maheshwari, Group Editor- Kranti ChaturvediEditorial Board Send article on email - chroniclebpl@gmail.com

I wud also like to remember n pay tribute to LateSantosh Koli.When v were fighting the ration mafia inSundarnagri she was repeatedly attacked by goons.But she never backed down. It is the sacrifice of braveactivists like her that led to today’s revolutionaryreform in ration.

Arvind Kejriwal

Indians should be AATMANIRBHAR, will the gov-ernment also follow Modi’s footsteps and be self-reliant?

Narendra Modi

Neighbour said to me: What isyour opinion about the goodlooks of the leaders? GoodEnglish and handsome looksisn’t everything, Rajasthan ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot sneeredas it appeared that a massivethreat to his government fromSachin Pilot had been neutral-ized for now. Ashok Gehlot tookmultiple swipes at his formerdeputy and challenger-in-chiefand also accused him of a role inalleged attempts to buyCongress MLAs and topple hisgovernment.

I said: Gehlot said speakinggood English, giving good quotesand being handsome isn’t every-thing. What is in your heart forthe country, your ideology, poli-cies and commitment, every-thing is important, said Gehlot.He said a knife made of gold isnot for use on a plate for eating.Do you get my drift?”

Neighbour said to me: TheCM accused Sachin Pilot of fol-lowing in Rajasthan the BJP’splaybook for Madhya Pradesh,

where the Congress lost powerafter one of its key leaders,Jyotiraditya Scindia, switched tothe BJP with several MLAs.

I said: Gehlot said we have theproof that horse-trading wasbeing committed. Rs 20 crorewas offered. Those who took themoney are at the hotel. Ourdeputy chief minister and PCCpresident himself was doing thedeal and was giving statementsthat no horse-trading was takingplace. What clarifications are yougiving when you yourself wereinvolved in it,” Gehlot alleged.

Neighbour said to me: TheCM aimed barbs at what hecalled the new generation whohadn’t gone through the strugglehe had in his years in politics.Ihave been in politics for 40 years,we love the new generation, thefuture will be theirs. This newgeneration, they have becomecentral ministers, state presi-dents if they had gone throughwhat we did in our time, theywould have understood, said theChief Minister.

Good looks not enough to run party

Phenol (carbolic acid) is one of theoldest antiseptic agents. Phenol iscommonly found in mouthwashes,scrub soaps and surface disinfectants,and is the active ingredient found inhousehold disinfectants (e.g. Lysol,Pine Sol). Phenolic disinfectants areeffective against bacteria (especiallygram positive bacteria) and envelopedviruses. A 2% solution of either pure orsaponated cresol “lysol” in hot water iscommonly used as a disinfectant forinanimate objects. Hexachlorophene(a trichlorinated bis-phenol) has astrong bacteriostatic action againstmany gram-positive organisms(including staphylococci) but only a few gram-negative ones. The bactericidalactivity is enhanced by EDTA and warm temperatures; it is decreased by alka-line medium (through ionization), lipids, soaps, and cold temperatures. Oralingestion or extensive application to skin can cause systemic toxicity, mani-fested primarily by CNS and cardiovascular effects; death may result. Phenolhas good penetrating power into organic matter and is mainly used for disin-fection of equipment or organic materials that are to be destroyed (eg, infect-ed food and excreta). Because of its irritant and corrosive properties andpotential systemic toxicity, it’s use is restricted.

Welcome participation of Prime Minister in foundation-stonelaying ceremony of Ram Janmbhoomi Temple at Ayodhya

Phenol as disinfectant

Madhu AgrawalIt refers to daily live-telecast of

puja and aarti at holy caves of ShriAmarnath in Jammu and Kashmirby National channel ofDoordarshan from 5 pm to 5.30 pmduring the holy month of Saavan.Complete telecast is so lively thatthe camera-team covers each andevery minute happening at thepuja-place including that ofpigeons seemed to be participant incomplete duration of aarti withtheir wings tuned in with melody ofaarti. Such live telecast becomesimportant and essential because ofhighly restricted permission givento pilgrims because of ongoingcorona-pandemic.

Unfortunately there is no public-ity of such an important pro-gramme, otherwise Doordarshanmight have again broken record ofTRP rating like happened duringtelecast of Ramayana andMahabharat during lockdown. It is

also regretting that Doordarshancould no retain its supremacy over

private channels like happenedduring lockdown even though pro-

grammes at various channels ofDoordarshan are far-far better in

quality and substance than thosetelecast at private channels, main

reason being lack of publicity apartfrom cable-operators and dish-TVoperators giving least priority toDoordarshan channels in terms ofnumbering.

Already there is a law whereby allcable-TV and Dish-TV operatorsare bound to compulsorily telecastall the 25 Doordarshan channelsapart from Lok Sabha TV and RajyaSabha TV. Union Ministry ofInformation and broadcast shouldmake it compulsory for all cable-TVand Dish-TV operators to place allthe Doordarshan channels, RajyaSabha TV and Lok Sabha TV instarting initial numbers. For exam-ple DD National and DD Bhartishould be numbered at first andsecond place amongst entertainingTV channels, while DD News, RajyaSabha TV and Lok Sabha TV at first,second and third place amongst TVnews-channels.

Welcome daily live-coverage of Aarti atShri Amarnath caves by Doordrashan

Despite Sunday being holiday and most of the peo-ple staying indoors, a record number of 821 per-sons were diagnosed with coronavirus in the state.

Now a sense of gloom and panic has gripped everyoneand helplessness is writ large on everyone’s face. So, astate which has almost contained the coronavirusspread is now relapsing into its worst impact on thestate. First of all, let us accept the reality of coronavirusand its fatal influence on mankind. At this juncture,what we can do now as part of fighting coronavirus is toobey all those instructions the health department hasissued in the coronavirus pandemic case. Let us all beoptimistic rather than pessimistic because a little bitoptimism will truly boost our fighting morale. Let uslook to the optimistic Brazilian President JairoBolsonaro, who, despite infected with coronavirus,said,” I’m well, normal.

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Already there is a law whereby all cable-TVand Dish-TV operators are bound to compul-sorily telecast all the 25 Doordarshan chan-

nels apart from Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV.Union Ministry of Information and broadcastshould make it compulsory for all cable-TV andDish-TV operators to place all the Doordarshanchannels, Rajya Sabha TV and Lok Sabha TV instarting initial numbers. For example DD Nationaland DD Bharti should be numbered at first andsecond place amongst entertaining TV channels,while DD News, Rajya Sabha TV and Lok Sabha TVat first, second and third place amongst TV news-channels.

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Process to Prepare Alkaline Water forDomestic Application

Dr. Manas Ranjan Senapati

Schools and Colleges must not repoen in a hurry

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Agencies, Hong KongChinese activities along the

Sino-Indian border eerily mimicwhat has been happening in theSouth China Sea for nearly adecade. It is thus illustrative to lookat the latter to predict what mayhappen in the former, as eventshappen against a backdrop ofplummeting international trust inChinese intentions.

Illustrating the strained rela-tion, a recent couple of weeks sawthe US Navy exercising two aircraftcarrier strike groups in the SouthChina Sea, much to Beijing’s cha-grin. However, such an occasion israre and must of necessity be tem-porary. By 18 July, the Nimitz StrikeGroup had passed on through theMalacca Strait, heading towardsthe Indian Ocean.

The UK has also intimated thatits carrier HMS Queen Elizabethwill sail in the South China Seanext year, exercising with Ameri-can and Japanese warships. Again,such a presence is at best brief, al-though it does express consterna-

tion in London about Chinese ac-tivities there.

Before looking at similaritiesbetween the South China Sea andthe Indian border, we may quicklysum up the situation in the territo-rially disputed maritime area.

Lynn Kuok is the Shangri-La Di-alogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pa-cific Security at the UK-based In-ternational Institute for StrategicStudies (IISS). Speaking in a webi-

nar hosted by the Australian Insti-tute of International Affairs (AIIA)on 25 June, Kuok said Chinese ac-tivities in the South China Sea havearguably intensified since COVID-19 struck. She asserted, “This issomething that should concern usall. First, because it’s not merely adispute over rocks and reefs assome like to say, but it’s somethingthat affects the balance of power inthe region.

Indian border tensions echo Beijing’sSouth China Sea Shenanigans

Washington (UNI)The city of Chicago on Tuesday

reimposed some coronavirus re-strictions even as the state of Flori-da reported more than 10,000 newcases for the sixth day in a row, asthe coronavirus pandemic ragedacross the United States.

Florida reported 10,347 newcases on Monday, the sixth day in arow the state has announced over10,000 new infections. Another 92people died in Florida, taking thestate’s death toll to 5,183.

Under fire for his response,Florida Governor Ron DeSantissaid over the weekend that positiv-ity rates and COVID-19-relatedemergency room visits have beentrending lower in recent weeks.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfootannounced new restrictions due totake effect on Friday including aban on indoor service at bars andshutdown of personal services likesalons which require the removalof masks.

New York state however report-ed the lowest number of hospitali-sations, 716, due to coronavirus infour months and only 8 deaths onSunday as New York City entered anew phase of reopening on Mon-day, an Al Jazeera report said.

But news from the rest of thecountry was not so positive asnearly thirty-two states reportedrecord increases in COVID-19 cas-es in July while 15 states have re-ported record increases in deathsand hospitalisations so far in themonth of July.

The virus has so far killed140,000 people in the US and in-fected some 3.7 million, making itthe worst affected country in theworld.

The top infectious disease spe-cialist in the US, Dr Anthony Fauci,told the state governors that thebest way to manage the pandemic- and prevent future outbreaks - isto stick to what he called the “fun-damentals”, which include the uni-versal wearing of face masks, shut-ting bars, limiting indoor dining,

avoiding crowds and frequentwashing of hands.Number of COVID-19 cases inBrazil rises to over 2.1MlnMoscow: The number of con-firmed COVID-19 cases in Brazilhas increased by 20,257 to2,118,646 within the past 24 hours,the national Ministry of Healthsaid on Monday.

The death toll has risen by 632to 80,120 people within the sameperiod of time.

A day earlier, Brazil reportedabout 23,500 new cases of thecoronavirus disease and 716 newfatalities. A week ago, Brazil’s coro-navirus death toll stood at around73,000, thus the country has seen aweekly rise of about 7,000 coron-avirus-related fatalities.

WHO Executive DirectorMichael Ryan said on July 17 thatthe coronavirus curve hadplateaued in Brazil and that thecountry, which is only surpassedby the US in terms of total casesand deaths, could now push thedisease down.Russia records 5,842 COVID-19 casesMoscow: Russia registered 5,842COVID-19 cases in the past 24

hours, bringing the cumulative to-tal to 783,328, the country’s coron-avirus response center said onTuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Russiahas confirmed 5,842 COVID-19cases in 81 regions, of which 1,412(24.2 percent) have been detectedactively, with people showing noclinical symptoms,” the responsecenter said in a statement, addingthat the total count has nowreached 783,328, with the daily in-crease standing at 0.8 percent.

Moscow has registered 602 cas-es in the past 24 hours, which ismore than any other region in Rus-sia, followed by the Khanty-MansiAutonomous Region with 228 newcases and the Sverdlovsk Regionwith 227 new cases.

No new cases have been record-ed in Sevastopol, the Republic ofKalmykia, the Nenets AutonomousRegion and the Chukotka Au-tonomous Region.

As many as 153 COVID-19 pa-tients died in Russia over the past24 hours, which brings the deathtoll in the country to 12,580.

A total of 8,782 coronavirus pa-tients have been discharged,bringing the total number of recov-eries to 562,384.

According to the Russian publichealth watchdog, Rospotrebnad-zor, over 25.4 million tests to detectCOVID-19 have been conducted inthe country since the beginning ofthe outbreak, and 270,000 suspect-ed virus carriers remain undermedical monitoring.Germany records 522 newCOVID-19 cases, total reaches 202,345Berlin: Germany has confirmed522 new COVID-19 cases over thepast 24 hours, up from 249 the daybefore, with the total count reach-ing 202,345, the Robert Koch Insti-tute said on Tuesday.

The death toll has grown by fourto 9,090 people within the sameperiod of time. Meanwhile, over180,000 people have recoveredsince the start of the outbreak.S Korea reports 45 moreCOVID-19 cases, 13,816 in totalSeoul: South Korea reported 45more cases of COVID-19 on Tues-day raising the total number of in-fections to 13,816.

The daily caseload reboundedafter falling below 30 in the previ-ous day amid the continued smallcluster infections and imported

cases.Of the new cases, 25 were im-

ported from overseas, lifting thecombined figure to 2,092. It con-tinued to increase in double digitsfor 26 days in a row.

No more death was confirmed,leaving the death toll at 296. Thetotal fatality rate stood at 2.14 per-cent.

A total of 71 more patients weredischarged from quarantine aftermaking full recovery, pulling upthe combined number to 12,643.The total recovery rate was 91.5percent.

Since January. 3, the country hastested more than 1.48 million peo-ple, among whom 1,444,710 testednegative for the virus and 23,864are being checked.Afghanistan reports 112 new COVID-19 cases,35,615 in totalKabul: The Afghan Ministry ofPublic Health on Tuesday con-firmed 112 new COVID-19 cases,bringing the total number of con-firmed cases in the country to35,615.

A total of 333 tests were con-ducted within the past 24 hoursout of which 112 came out positivein 11 out of 34 Afghan provinces,TOLOnews reported.

Three COVID patients also diedwithin the period, taking the deathtoll in the country to 1,186, thestatement added.

The ministry also said that thetotal number of people who haverecovered from the virus reached23,795 after 76 more people weredischarged from hospitals aftermaking a complete recovery onMonday.

Laboratories across Afghanistanhave tested 84,202 people sinceFebruary.

Local health experts believe thatthe actual number of infectionscould be higher than the officialfigures as many patients did notvisit hospitals and there was nosystem to register them.

COVID-19: Deaths, cases, hospitalisations continue to climb in the USSouth Korea launchesfirst military satelliteSeoul: A Space X rocket onTuesday launched South Ko-rea’s first military communica-tions satellite into space asSeoul tries to build up its de-fence capabilities against a nu-clear-armed, North Korea.South Korea’s Defense Acquisi-tion Program Administration(DAPA), in a statement onTuesday, said the ANASIS-IIsatellite lifted off from theCape Canaveral Air Force Sta-tion in the US state of Floridaat 5:30 pm local time the previ-ous day. SpaceX, the privaterocket company belonging tobillionaire entrepreneur ElonMusk, confirmed the satellitewas deployed about 32 min-utes after lift-off a report by AlJazeera said. DAPA said withthis launch South Korea be-came the 10th country in theworld to own a military-onlycommunications satellite,which will provide “perma-nent and secured militarycommunications”.

China threatens ‘forcefulcounter-attack’ afterBritain suspends HongKong extradition treatyBeijing: China said on Tuesdayit would respond strongly toBritain’s suspension of its ex-tradition treaty for Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, and calledon the UK to immediately cor-rect its mistakes. “China willmake a forceful counter-attackto the UK’s wrong actions,”said foreign ministryspokesman Wang Wenbin,speaking at a daily news con-ference in Beijing. Wang addedthat Britain’s moves violatedinternational law and norms.“China urges the UK to give upits fantasies of continuingcolonial influence in HongKong and immediately correctits mistakes,” he said.

S Korean, US militarychiefs discuss defensecost-sharingSeoul: South Korean DefenseMinister Jeong Kyeong-dooand his US counterpart, MarkEsper, on Tuesday held talksvia phone to discuss the cost-sharing for the upkeep of UStroops on the peninsula andother security matters of theregion, the South Korean De-fense Ministry said in a state-ment. “Both sides agreed tocontinue supporting the readi-ness of the South Korean-USalliance and the joint defensestand to respond to the chang-ing security situation on theKorean Peninsula,” the state-ment said, adding that thecost-sharing issue and possi-bility of holding joint com-mand post drills in 2020 wereamong the issues discussed.

Pakistan bans livestreaming app BigoIslamabad: The PakistanTelecommunication Authority(PTA) on Tuesday banned livestreaming application Bigoand issued a “final warning” tovideo-sharing service TikTokover obscene and immoralcontent on the platforms. Lastweek, a miscellaneous civil ap-plication was filed in the La-hore High Court demandingan immediate ban on TikTok.The petitioner said the appwas a “great mischief of mod-ern times” and had become asource of spreading pornogra-phy for the sake of fame andratings on social media, DawnNews reported. According to astatement released by the PTAlate on Monday night, com-plaints were received from dif-ferent segments of societyagainst the immoral, obsceneand vulgar content on socialmedia applications particular-ly TikTok and Bigo.

British ministers holdfirst face-to-face cabinetin monthsLondon: British Prime Minis-ter Boris Johnson was holdinghis first face-to-face cabinetmeeting of top ministers sinceMarch 17 on Tuesday, under-lining his push to encourageothers to go back to work andboost an economy hurt by thecoronavirus crisis. The weeklycabinet meeting inside John-son’s Downing Street officewas ditched when the COVID-19 crisis threatened to run outof control. Johnson, his healthminister and other top officialsall caught the virus early in thepandemic. But in recentweeks, Johnson has called onpeople to return to their work-places, concerned that theeconomy, already poised forrecession, could be crushedover the long term by a lock-down that has kept millions athome for several months.

MUSTREADFlorida reported 10,347 newcases on Monday, the sixthday in a row the state has an-nounced over 10,000 new in-fections. Another 92 peopledied in Florida, taking thestate’s death toll to 5,183.Berlin: Germany has con-firmed 522 new COVID-19cases over the past 24 hours,up from 249 the day before,with the total count reaching202,345, the Robert Koch In-stitute said on Tuesday.Kabul: The Afghan Ministryof Public Health on Tuesdayconfirmed 112 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the totalnumber of confirmed cases inthe country to 35,615.

Agencies, LondonThe University of Oxford’s pos-

sible COVID-19 vaccine could berolled out by the end of the yearbut there is no certainty that willhappen, the lead developer of thevaccine said.

The experimental vaccine,which has been licensed to As-traZeneca, produced an immuneresponse in early-stage clinicaltrials, data showed on Monday,preserving hopes it could be inuse by the end of the year.

“The end of the year target forgetting vaccine rollout, it’s a pos-sibility but there’s absolutely nocertainty about that because weneed three things to happen,”Sarah Gilbert told BBC Radio.

She said it needed to be shownto work in late-stage trials, thereneeded to be large quantitiesmanufactured and regulators hadto agree quickly to license it foremergency use.

“All of these three things haveto happen and come together be-fore we can start seeing largenumbers of people vaccinated,”she said.

The Oxford scientists had eyeda million doses of the potentialvaccine to be produced by Sep-tember.

Although the deal with As-traZeneca has provided manu-facturing capacity to do that, thelower prevalence of the novelcoronavirus in Britain has com-

plicated the process of proving itsefficacy.

Late-stage trials are under wayin Brazil and South Africa and aredue to start in the United States.

“The crucial thing is that weget enough people exposed to thevirus who’ve also had the vaccinethat we can actually get someproper adjudication of whether itprevents the disease and remainssafe,” John Bell, Regius Professorof Medicine at the University ofOxford, told BBC Radio.

“We’re hopeful, particularlygiven the low incident rates in theUK that the individuals recruitedin Brazil and South Africa will ul-timately be able to provide uswith the data.”

There are no approved vac-cines for COVID-19, but theWorld Health Organization hassaid AstraZeneca’s shot is one ofthe leading candidates.

Possible but not certain COVID-19vaccine rolled out this year

Kiev (UNI)An armed man seized a bus and

took its 20 commuters hostages inthe Ukrainian city of Lutsk onTuesday morning.

The assailent is believed to havetaken control of the bus at 9.30 lo-cal time. The Ukrainian police arecurrently making efforts to ascer-tain the identify of the hostage-taker.

Deputy Interior Minister Anton

Herashchenko informed that theperson called the police and intro-duced himself as Maskim Plokhoy(translates as “Bad”).

The head of the regional policeinformed that the attacker has notput forward any demands but hasexpressed his intense dissatisfac-tion with “the system” on Twitter.

The assailant is armed and isbelieved to be carrying explosivesas well.

Armed man takes 20 peoplehostage in bus in Ukraine

Washington (UNI)President Donald Trump on

Tuesday threatened to send morefederal law enforcement officersto major US cities to control theongoing protests.

Mr Trump criticised a numberof cities run by “liberal Democ-rats”, including Chicago and NewYork, saying their leaders wereafraid to act, a BBC report said.

He said officers sent to Oregonhad done a “fantastic job” restor-ing order amid days of protests inPortland.

However, local officials saidthe federal officers are makingmatters worse.

State leaders have demandedMr Trump remove the personnelfrom Portland, accusing him ofescalating the situation as a polit-ical stunt in an election year.

Speaking at the White Houseon Monday, Mr Trump reiteratedhis call for law and order.

“We’re sending law enforce-ment,” he told reporters. “Wecan’t let this happen to our cities.”

He specifically named NewYork City, Chicago, Philadelphia,Detroit, Baltimore and Oaklandwhile discussing the ongoingproblems with violence.

“We’re not going to let thishappen in our country, all run by

liberal Democrats.”Mr Trump also praised the

controversial federal law enforce-ment efforts in Portland. The cityhas seen ongoing protests againstpolice brutality in the city sincethe death of George Floyd, an un-armed black man, in Minnesotain May.

Mr Trump had deployed feder-al officers in the US west coastcity two weeks ago to quell thecivil unrest.

Trump threatens to sendmore federal troops tomore US cities

Mr Trump criticised anumber of cities run by

“liberal Democrats”, includingChicago and New York, sayingtheir leaders were afraid to act,a BBC report said.

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Assam flood havoc: UNextends support to IndiaAgencies, New York: In the wake offloods in Assam, Stephane Dujar-ric, Spokesperson for UN Secre-tary-General has said that UNstands ready to support India if re-quired.

“Nearly 4 million people havebeen displaced in Assam, Indiaand neighbouring Nepal due toheavy flooding from monsoonrains, with the death toll at 189.United Nations stands ready tosupport the Government of Indiaif required,” Stephane Dujarricsaid.

The flood situation in Assamremains critical with most of therivers including the Brahmaputraflowing menacingly above thedanger mark. The water level ofthe Barak River, which flowsthrough Cachar district in thestate, too, has been on the rise inrecent days.

The floods have affected 24 dis-tricts, damaging 109,600.53hectares of crops and affectedover 24 lakh people in the state,according to the flood situationreport by the Assam State DisasterManagement Authority. It addedthat the rising water levels have af-fected a total of 2,254 villages.

The Assam government has setup 276 relief camps and 192 reliefdistribution centres across thedistricts to help the affected peo-ple by the floods.

Six more people died in flood-related incidents in Assam wherethe deluge has affected nearly25.29 lakh people in 28 of the 33districts of the state.

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If you are a new parent of your dog, then youneed to be aware of his or her eating habits. Howmuch and how often they should eat? These aresome of the tidbits that you should know about.As we humans eat three meals along withsnacks, dogs do not eat the same way.

They have a completely different pattern.Their eating habit depends on their breed, ageand health. So, before you decide any particulardiet plan for your furry friend, let us guide youon this.

These are the things to remember for feed-ing your dog:

1- If your dog has a healthy weight and iscompletely normal and fit, then you can try thefree-choice feeding method. Here, you leave thefood in one corner and let your dog decide whento eat it. When he is hungry, he will eat the food.But the downside of this method is, the food cancatch insects or rodents. So, you should coverthe food with a transparent lid, so that your dogcan see it.

2- For the dogs, who cannot stop eating, por-tion control method is the best one. The portion

would be decided based on your dog’s weight.Consult your vet to decide the right portion. Hewill guide you. If you are giving him commercialdog food, then follow the instructions given onthe packet. But taking advice from your vet is al-ways recommended.

3- Next is timed feeding. In this method, youset 30 minutes time to let your dog finish thefood. He can eat as much as he wants in this pe-riod. In this way, when you give him food after agap of 8-12 hours, he will be hungry.

4- Don’t forget to ask your vet about theirtreats. If you need to give him treats frequentlyfor training, then give a very small amount.Treats will also be decided as per their weight.Talk to your vet about it.

5- Often dogs always seem to be hungry. Thisshould not be the case. If he is always hungry,then increase the food amount. But it is alwaysbetter to talk to your vet before doing this. Oncertain cases, food portion will be changed, i.e.when your dog is pregnant or more active,weather is hot or cold and when he or she is re-covering from an injury.

How much and how often should you feed your dog?

Numerous mega-events have beeneither postponed or canceled this yearbecause of the Coronavirus pandemicthat has gripped the entire world un-der its clutches. Right from the Acade-my Awards to even the Wimbledontournament, everything has been de-layed until next year! Well, what wecan do as of now is to rekindle somefond memories from the past. This iswhat we will be doing here by check-ing out Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ lookfrom three events that she attendedlast year and earlier this year.

First of all, let’s talk about her MetGala look from 2019 that created anuproar on social media. The actresswore a custom made Dior gownwhich, in her own words, was inspiredby the Mad Hatter’s look in the movieAlice in Wonderland. We cannot moveforward without having mentionedthe unique hairdo that she opted forthe mega event.

Priyanka Chopra’s look from MetGala, Cannes or Golden Globe; Whichone did you like the most? COM-MENT

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Numerous mega-events have beeneither postponed or canceled thisyear because of the Coronavirus pan-demic that has gripped the entireworld under its clutches. Right from

the Academy Awards to even theWimbledon tournament, everythinghas been delayed until next year! Well,what we can do as of now is to rekin-dle some fond memories from thepast. This is what we will be doinghere by checking out Priyanka ChopraJonas’ look from three events that sheattended last year and earlier thisyear.

First of all, let’s talk about her MetGala look from 2019 that created anuproar on social media. The actresswore a custom made Dior gownwhich, in her own words, was inspiredby the Mad Hatter’s look in the movieAlice in Wonderland. We cannot moveforward without having mentionedthe unique hairdo that she opted forthe mega event.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas once againmade heads turn with her stunninglook at the Cannes red carpet lastyear. In one of the events, the actresswore an embellished strapless blackand red gown with a floor-length hemand thigh-high slit that made her looklike a stunner. To add to this, Priyankaopted for a matte makeup look and apink lip shade.

Earlier this year, Priyanka ChopraJonas and her husband Nick Jonas at-tended the prestigious Golden GlobeAwards in which the actress raisedeyeballs yet again. The actress worean off-shoulder pink gown with ashort train while letting her lustroushair down. She also wore a diamondnecklace and matching earrings toadd more elegance to the entire outfit.

So, which look of the former MissWorld did you like the most? Do let usknow in the comments section.

Priyanka Chopra’s look from Met Gala, Cannes orGolden Globe; Which one did you like the most?

Hina Khan’s social me-dia game is always onpoint and if you don’t be-lieve us then you shoulddefinitely have a look ather timeline. The Hackedactress is frequently ac-tive on her personal han-dle and often treats herfans with numerous pic-tures and videos thatsend them into a frenzy.Well, there is no denyingthis fact that the formerKasautii Zindagii Kay ac-tress has a huge fan fol-lowing and can give anyBollywood actress a runfor her money too!

As we speak of this,Hina has shared yet an-

other picture on her In-stagram handle and thistime it is with her beauRocky Jaiswal. The two ofthem are one of the mostadorable couples of Indi-an telly town and oftenshell out major relation-ship goals. The firstthing that has caughtour attention is the iden-tical masks they arewearing with their ini-tials imprinted in them.Hina is seen wearing agrey-coloured t-shirtwhile Rocky, on the oth-er hand, is wearing ablack and white sweat-shirt.

Hina Khan who ini-

tially began her journeywith the daily soap YehRishta Kya Kehlata Haihas come a long waynow. She then participat-ed in Bigg Boss 11 andwas also declared therunner up. Post that,there was no lookingback for Hina as she gotsome interesting offersincluding KasautiiZindagii Kay in whichshe played the role ofKomolika. This year, shemade her debut in Bolly-wood with Hackedbacked by Vikram Bhatt.She also appeared in ashort film titled Smart-phone.

Hina Khan and beau Rocky Jaiswal are all set for a date with their masks & shades on

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefanijoin forces again for a new song. Themusic superstars and coaches onThe Voice, have been dating since2015, and have now collaborated fortheir new song, Happy Anywhere.The couple’s upcoming quarantine-themed song was written by RossCopperman, Josh Osborne and MattJenkins and delivers a beautifulmessage that one can be happy any-where with the right person by theirside. The new track will drop nextFriday, Shelton and Stefani arescheduled to perform the song dur-ing Shelton’s appearance on Today’sSummer 2020 Citi Music Series onthe same day.

“Even though Gwen and I justhad a single out we decided that,under the circumstances, thisyear… man, there’s never been a

better time for Happy Anywhere,”Shelton said in a statement via To-day.com. “We’ve all been in quaran-tine and lockdown, and hopefullywe’ve been doing that with some-body that we really love and enjoybeing around. That’s what hap-pened with Gwen and me this sum-mer—and this entire year.”

Shelton and Stefani have collabo-rated a number of times throughouttheir relationship, and their most re-cent duet, Nobody But You, recentlyspent two weeks at the top of thecountry charts. The achievementearned Shelton his 27th country No.1 and Stefani her first. Blake Sheltoneven joked about it on Twitter at thetime and said, “CongratulationsGwen Stefani on your first countrysong going #1 at country radio!!! Notbad for your first try!!!!!”

Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani announcetheir new song Happy Anywhere

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas has madestunning appearances at eventslike Cannes, Golden Globe andeven the Met Gala. Do let us knowin the comments section regardingwhich look of the actress did youlike the most.

Himanshi Khurana’ssong ‘Distance’ willmake you go gaga!

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Wellington (UNI)The decision on the fate of

2021 ICC Women’s World Cupwill be taken in two weeks’time, New Zealand Cricketchairman Greg Barclay saidon Tuesday.

Mr Barclay’s commentscame after ICC, in its latestmeeting on Monday, saidthat planning for the tournament, to be held in New Zealand from Febru-ary 6 to March 7, was still on schedule, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICC, however, in the same meeting, decided to postpone the Men’sT20 World Cup in Australia, which was to be held in October-November,to 2022. “The decision (about the ODI World Cup) will be made in the nexttwo weeks,” Mr Barclay told Radio New Zealand.

“It simply has to be because if there is a need to postpone that event,then obviously we need to know that sooner rather than later and like-wise, if it is to go ahead, then we need to make a final decision, so that wecan throw all the resources necessary to run a first class world event inFebruary,” he added.

Decision on fate of 2021 Women’sODI WC in 2 weeks: NZC chairman

Agencies, RomeThe race for the

Scudetto seems aforegone conclusionas Juventus run awaywith the league afterbeating Lazio 2-1 in ahighly-anticipatedshowdown on Mon-day, media reportedon Tuesday.

The competitionfor the top scorer be-came intense as Cristiano Ronaldobagged a brace and Ciro Immobilealso managed to get on the score-sheet. The two strikers are theleague’s joint top scorers with 30goals each. Lazio challenged Juvefor a long time this season, and

were only point be-hind the Bianconeribefore the suspen-sion of Serie A.However, with apoor run after therestart, the Bianco-celesti slipped tofourth place.

Both sides hadan opportunity toscore in the first halfas Alex Sandro’s

header smacked the upright whileImmobile’s screamer also rattledthe woodwork. Juve almost foundthe net straight after the breakwhen Paulo Dybala’s attempt wasblocked, and Ronaldo’s follow-upwas cleared off the line.

Ronaldo scores twice as Juventusconquer Lazio in Serie A

Hyderabad (UNI)Blockchain District Hyder-

abad on Tuesday announcedtheir associate membershipwith InterWork Alliance, aglobal organization, to pro-mote efficient process gover-nance, ease of auditing andenhance data security.

Achieving the vision ofmaking Hyderabad ablockchain hub, BlockchainDistrict Hyderabad joinedhands with InterWork al-liance to adopt and use to-ken-powered distributed ser-vices in several day-to-dayoperations, State InformationTechnology Department saidin a release here.

InterWork Alliance dedi-cated to simplifying theworld of token-powered digi-

tal interchange and it was for-mally launched last month asa platform-neutral, non-prof-it organization dedicated tocreating the standards frame-works needed to increase in-novation across token-en-abled ecosystems.

The InterWork Alliancewill set the standards forbuilding distributed applica-tions, including appropriateframeworks for tokenizingitems of value, writing con-tracts over those tokens, and privacy-preserving ana-lytics of multi-party data.

In this InterWork Alliance,there are a large set of privatesector organizations, govern-ments, academics, and civilsociety at large that share thevision of a world of collabora-

tion built on digitally inter-changing values as tokenizeditems.

Accenture, Digital Asset,Microsoft, Neo and SDX arenotable members of Inter-Work Alliance and also othermembers include Chainlink,Hyperledger, IBM, Nasdaq,R3, UBS and Web3 Labs.

InterWork Alliance pro-vides a neutral forum whereGovernment Industry partici-pants can take up the real-world use cases as diverse asimproving data security, andenhance finance efficiency.

This opened up the use oftechnology-agnostic tokenand contract definitions tofoster inter-operability anddrive widespread.

Blockchain District join hands with InterWorkalliance to promote efficient process governance

Nagpur (UNI)With substantial growth in coal

production over the last 5 years,Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), asubsidiary of Coal India Ltd hasbeen able to provide cheaper landedprice coal to state and private Gen-cos of Central, Western and South-ern India, a press release issued byWCL said here on Tuesday.

According to the release the efforthas helped power plants in reducingpower cost leading to cheaper pow-er for the consumers.

State Gencos of Maharashtra(MAHAGENCO), MadhyaPradesh(MPPGCL), Gujrat (GSECL)and Karnataka (KPCL) along withother private power producers arelargely dependent on WCL for theircoal requirement.

MAHAGENCO has the largestshare of more than 50% of the dis-patch followed by MPPGCL with12% share.

Coal production in WCL wentdown to 39 million tonnes during2013-14. Lack of project viabilityand non-availability of land werethe major issues restricting the fur-ther growth of the company.

Power consumers had no option,but to take coal from other sub-sidiaries of Coal India, viz. SECL,MCL & SCCL. Due to great dis-tances, consumers have had to paymore for railway freight thus makinglanded cost of coal higher.

In the last 5 years WCL has ex-panded its existing projects while al-so starting new projects by investingin additional land acquisition, em-ployment against land etc. Its 20new projects have a capacity of45.64 million tonne.

These projects have contributed35.8 million tonnes of productionduring 2019-20. As a result, produc-tion of WCL during 2019-20 in-creased to 57.6 million tonne. This

growth is substantial as WCL lost 22million tonne of production duringthe last 5 years due to exhaustion ofreserves.

During FY 2013-14, dispatch toMAHAGENCO was 17.60 milliontonne which has gone up to 26 mil-lion tonne in 2019-20. The averagesaving on freight to Mahagenco dueto procuring of coal from WCL is Rs1200 per tonne.

In order to cater more to PowerConsumers.

WCL has dedicated its 11 minesfor supply of coal specifically to thepower sector by notifying thesemines as ‘mine specific sources’. Thesavings to consumers on freight costis partly being shared by WCL bycharging small premium over regu-lar price. This has helped WCL toopen new mines, which will lead toa win-win situation for both WCLand its customers by further aug-menting higher dispatches in thecoming years. It is pertinent to men-tion that landed cost of mine specif-ic coal from WCL is also muchcheaper than landed cost of coalfrom other coal companies to theconsumers located in Central, West-ern and Southern region includingMahagenco.

WCL has envisaged an ambitiousplan of production from the current57.6 MT to 75 MT in the year 2023-24 and to 100 MT by 2027-28. Inview of growth in production anddispatch, WCL is geared-up to caterto the entire coal requirement ofthese consumers from the year2020-21 onwards. It is estimatedthat the coal requirement of Maha-genco during FY 2020-21 will bearound 35 MT.

WCL has already submitted aproposal for sourcing their entirecoal requirement from WCL whichwill result in huge savings for Maha-genco on freight cost.

WCL helps Gencos inreducing power cost

New Delhi (UNI)Former India men’s hockey cap-

tain Bharat Chetri feels currentmen’s and women’s hockey teamsare probably the best in terms oftheir fitness and coordination.

“When I had seen their coordi-nation on and off the field, itmakes me feel so happy becausesomehow I felt that this level of co-ordination was something that waslacking in our teams of the pastwhich perhaps was one of the rea-sons we have been unable to per-form exceptionally on occassions,”the former skipper was quoted assaying by Hockey India.

“We always had the talent andthe opportunity to take that stepforward as a team, but the other

teams were ahead of us in their re-spective Olympic processes, and Ithink we always ended up lackingthat authority and edge in bigmatches,” said he.

“But over the past eight yearssince the London Olympics, I thinkthere has been considerable im-provement in our game, and thecredit for that also needs to go toall the players and coaches whohave been involved, and alsoHockey India for doing a great jobin providing the best facilities andinfrastructure to its athletes totrain and stay during their Nation-al Camps, and play on toursabroad.”

“I think as a young player, whenyou see the kind of importance

that a national team gets from itsfans and the federation as well, it isjust very motivating. As a formerathlete, I can tell you that it meansa lot and is always added motiva-tion for the players,” Chetriopined. With men’s and women’shockey teams qualified for TokyoOlympics which was to take placethis year has been further post-poned to next year due to COVID-19 pandemic.

“The younger Bharat wouldhave said that my dream was towin medals at the Olympics, butthe older Bharat, as a fan of Indianhockey, just wants to see theseamazing teams win the medals forour country at the Tokyo OlympicGames.

Current Indian hockey teams are best in termsof fitness & coordination, says Bharat Chetri

Canberra (UNI)Cricket Australia’s in-

terim CEO, Nick Hockleyhas said that Indian play-ers and staff will have toabide by 14-day quaran-tine requirement beforethe start of four-matchTest series in December.

However, Hockley alsorevealed that it would bethe CA’s focus and respon-sibility to make sure thatthe players aren’t justcooped up in their roomsbut are allowed to trainwhile quarantining.

Earlier this month, BC-CI president Sourav Gan-guly had spoken that ViratKohli led Team Indiahopefully will have toquarantine for a shorter

duration that mandatedfor everyone else if theTest tour does go aheadduring the Australiansummer. Now, Hockleyhas suggested that there

was little prospect of In-dia’s players having ashorter quarantine.

‘’I think the two-weekquarantine is pretty welldefined. What we’re work-

ing on is making sure thatwithin that quarantineenvironment, the playershave got the absolutelythe best training facilitiesso that their preparationfor the matches is as opti-mal as it can possibly be,’’ESPNCricinfo quotedHockey as saying.

Hockley also said thatthe Indian players willhave to undergo “regulartesting” when they land inthe country. Meanwhile,CA will also have to workwith the Australian gov-ernment to get “travel ex-emptions” to fly Kohli andhis team into the countryeven as Covid-19 casescontinue to multiplyaround India.

Team India to face 14 days mandatory quarantine in Australia

Mancester (UNI)England beat West Indies by 113 runs in

the second Test on day 5 of last day levellingthe series 1-1 at Old Trafford on Monday.

All-rounder Ben Stokes brilliant showwith bat and ball 176, (78 not out) with 3wickets and pacer Stuart Broad fine bowlingspell taking six wickets helped the home sidesteer towards victory.

England declared their second innings129/3 a target of 312 runs before the Windies

which kept them under pressure and tillLunch the visitors were 25/3 and after thatfailed to bring momentum and in the finalsession were bundled out for 198.

Stokes was adjudged the Player of theMatch for his excellent match winning dis-play.

England declared their first innings 469/9while Windies were all out for 287. On lastday the home side continued their secondinnings from 37/2 onwards and declaredtheir second innings 129/3. Stokes was notout at 78.

On day last England added 92 runs from11 overs as Stokes contributed 62 runs.

On day 4 Buttler was out without scoringany runs while Crawley after scoring 11 runswas sent to the pavillion. Both were victimsof Kemar Roach. Stokes 16 and Joe Root 8took the score beyond.

Root 22 off 33 was out when England wereat 90. Stokes blistering knock of 78 off 57balls not out hit 4 fours and three sixes.

Pope also contributed 12 off 7 and re-mained unbeaten.

For Windies Roach took 37/2.

Archer cleared to rejoin Englandsquad for final Test vs WindiesManchester: Englandpacer Jofra Archer hasbeen cleared to rejoin theTest squad ahead of thethird and final Testagainst West Indies at OldTrafford after his secondcoronavirus test cameback negative.

Archer was axed fromEngland’s squad for the 2nd Test for breach-ing the Covid-19 protocols by going to hisflat in Brighton after the first Test inSouthampton last week. He was also fined anundisclosed amount and given an officialwritten warning for the same mistake.

Following the incident, Archer spent histime in mandatory five-day isolation in hishotel room and underwent two COVID-19tests which came up negative, giving him theclearance to rejoin the squad and put him-self in contention for selection for the seriesdecider.

With the series between England andWest Indies tied at 1-1, Jofra’s availability islikely to boost England’s options to take thegame to their opponents. The third and finalTest of the series begins on July 24.

Stokes is new no one all-rounder,Holder slides to 2nd spotDubai: Englandvice-captain, BenStokes has left be-hind West Indiesskipper Jason Holderoccupying the noone slot in the latestICC Men’s Test Play-er Rankings for all-rounders in the world released by the sportsgoverning body on Tuesday.

“Stokes has pushed Holder to become theworld’s top-ranked Test all-rounder while al-so attaining a career-best third positionamong batsmen in the ICC Men’s Test PlayerRankings, after a match-winning perfor-mance at Old Trafford,” the ICC said in astatement.

Stokes, Broad guide England to victory, level series 1-1

Mumbai (UNI)Biocon Biologics India Limited on

Tuesday announced a global collab-oration agreement between BioconBiologics’ subsidiary Biocon Sdn.Bhd., Malaysia and Voluntis to devel-op and distribute innovative digitaltherapeutics supporting people withdiabetes on biologics therapy.

The licensing agreement willmake Biocon Biologics one of thefirst insulins companies to offer aU.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared and CE-marked, highly vali-dated digital therapeutic product,Insulia, to Type 2 diabetes patients,across several markets in the world.Insulia provides automated insulindose recommendations enablingpeople with diabetes to self-manage

their condition and healthcareteams to remotely monitor progress.

Insulia is the first digital thera-peutic with regulatory clearance toprovide automated titration recom-mendations for all types of basal in-sulins. The demand for at-hometreatment and telemedicine solu-tions is dramatically increasingaround the world, with select

healthcare systems offering reim-bursement for patients eligible fordigital therapeutic solutions.

Biocon Biologics aspires to reimag-ine the patient ecosystem by develop-ing a technology dependent operatingmodel that enables personalization ofcare, thus going beyond the productto reduce both the cost of the drug aswell as the cost of administering thedrug. This is aligned with the organi-zation’s philosophy of keeping pa-tients at the core of the business. Itseeks to gather insights from patientsthrough digitally enabled platformsand then leverage data science to inte-grate these insights into its development programs enabling it todesign a service or solution aroundthe patient.

Biocon Biologics ties up with Voluntis for GlobalCollaboration on Digital Therapeutics for Insulins

BUSINESSUP govt promoting Khandasariindustry for increasing incomeof cane farmersLucknow (UNI): Uttar Pradeshsugarcane development depart-ment is promoting Khandasari in-dustry in the state to give a boostto the income of the cane farmersin the state, an official said onTuesday.

State Commissioner, Cane andSugar, Sanjay R. Bhoosreddy saidhere in a statement that as a resultof simplification of the Khan-dasari policy and initiation ofcomputerized licensing system,131 new licenses of Khandasariunits have been issued, resultingin generation of 34,550 TCD’s ad-ditional crushing capacity, whichis similar to the crushing capacityof about 8 sugar mills. “Due to thissimplified licensing system Khan-dasari units are being establishedin rural areas and new employ-ment opportunities are generatingin rural areas along with disposalof sugarcane.

American sprinterMichael Norman clocks9.86s in local meetWashington: Former worldU20 champion Michael Nor-man raced to a world leading9.86 seconds win in the men’s100m at a meeting in Ft. Worth,Texas, the United StatesonTuesday. The 22-year-oldbeat his previous personal bestof 10.27 set in 2016 when thehigh school student also wonthe 200m and 4x100m relay atthe World U20 Championshipsin Poland. World Athletics saidthe performance makes Nor-man just the second man inhistory to run sub-10 for 100m,sub-20 for 200m and sub-44for 400m, joining Olympic400m champion Wayde vanNiekerk in that exclusive club.Last year, Norman won fourDiamond league titles, includ-ing the 200m win on 19.70s atthe Rome Diamond Leaguemeeting on 6 June.

World Snooker Championshipto allow spectatorsLondon: The upcoming WorldSnooker Championship to beheld in Sheffield will becomeone of the pilot events whichallow the attendance of spec-tators, the organizers con-firmed on Tuesday. Last Friday,the British government an-nounced that a small numberof sporting events will be usedto pilot the safe return of spec-tators through late July andearly August. Fans could returnto stadiums in England in Oc-tober if the pilot events go well.The World Snooker Champi-onship to be held from July 31to August 16 at the CrucibleTheatre in Sheffield will wel-come a reduced crowd everysession throughout the tour-nament. As the only indoorsporting event picked up forthe pilot project, the WorldSnooker Tour chairman BarryHearn believed “this highlightsthe government’s confidencein snooker and our ability tosafely welcome back fans atone of the biggest sportingevents on the planet”.

Mexico, Netherlands to meetin October soccer friendlyMexico City: Mexico will endtheir international footballhiatus with a friendly againstthe Netherlands in October, of-ficials said on Tuesday. Thematch will be played at the Jo-han Cruyff stadium in Amster-dam on October 7, the Mexi-can Football Federation said ina statement. The Tri have notplayed since last November,when they beat Bermuda 2-1in the CONCACAF NationsLeague.

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SBI General Insurance appointsPC Kandpal as MD & CEOMumbai (UNI): SBI Gen-eral Insurance CompanyLimited said that compa-ny has appointed PrakashChandra Kandpal as itsnew Managing Director &Chief Executive Officer(CEO).

He was nominated byparent State Bank of Indiafor the position and hasbeen appointed w.e.f July20 ,2020. Mr Kandpal has been with SBI General In-surance as the Deputy CEO since June 2019, thecompany said in a statement.

Mr PC Kandpal, DMD SBI, is a seasoned bankerand has more than 33 years of experience with SBI.His stint at SBI involves experience in both retail andinternational banking, human resource, technologyand learning and development. He also had a stint inSBI Mutual Fund as the Chief Operating Officer

Pushan Mahapatra, the former MD & CEO, hasbeen appointed as Director-Strategic Investments &Digital Initiatives and continues to be Whole TimeDirector, SBI General Insurance.

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Minister for Medical Edu-

cation Vishwas Sarang has saidthat patients returning home af-ter defeating Covid should be-come a source of inspiration forothers by becoming brand am-bassadors.

He said that they should teachpeople to be patient and disci-plined as well as tell them not tobe afraid in order to defeat coro-na. Sarang reached Chirayu CovidCare Centre on Monday and en-couraged 52 patients at send-offceremony hosted for them.

The Minister Sarang said thatthere has been cooperation ofdoctors and families of patientsin overcoming corona.

The state government is mak-ing all possible efforts to defeatcorona. Awareness is must to de-feat corona. As soon as the symp-toms of corona are noticed, fullyequipped hospitals and fever

clinics should be contacted fortreatment. Any kind of negligencein this can prove fatal.

The Commissioner NishantVarvde also extended best wishesto the patients. The Director Chi-rayu Hospital Dr. Ajay Goenka in-formed that the entire team inthe hospital is constantly en-gaged in serving the patients.Medicine for seven days is beingprovided free of cost to the dis-charged patients and they are be-ing advised for home quarantinefor a week. Bus facility is also be-ing provided to the patients toreach home.

Minister Sarang cheered pa-tients on their way back home bybus.

On this occasion, they werehappy to find the Minister amidstthem. The Minister also felicitat-ed the entire team of the hospitalfor providing better facilities tothe patients.

Patients who defeated coronashould become brand ambassador to inspire others

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has in-

structed that first of all action should be taken againstnotorious and white collared goons in every district.Prompt action should be taken against people in-volved in drugs business, property grabbers, coopera-tive mafia, people running hookah lounges, chit fundcompanies, black marketers of ration, adulterators etc.The Chief Minister Chouhan clearly instructed thatCollectors and S.Ps will be held accountable in case ofnegligence in any district.

The Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the lawand order situation of districts through video confer-encing at Mantralaya today. The Minister for MedicalEducation, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehabilita-tion Vishwas Sarang, Minister for Public Health andFamily Welfare Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary, Chief Sec-

retary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri and other of-ficers were present at the meeting. Other Ministers at-tended the meeting through video conferencing.

Good Governance has to be ensuredThe Chief Minister Chouhan said that we have to

ensure Good Governance in the state. In this regard,we have to pay attention on both law and order anddelivery mechanism in all districts.

On one hand total peace should prevail in districts,criminals should be afraid of law and people becomerelaxed and on the other, every essential facility andhelp has be extended to common man through properimplementation of government’s schemes and pro-grammers.

Identify goons and teach a lesson to themThe Chief Minister Chouhan said that drugs is ruin-

ing the life of young generation, we have to find thepeople involved in this business and punish them. Wewill not let chit fund companies cheat people. Bigcriminal should be expelled from districts and their il-legal constructions should be demolished. Identifythese goons and teach a lesson to them.Prevent Corona and do not let urea go to other states

Chief Minister Chouhan directed that black mar-keters of fertilizers, seeds, pesticides should be sent tojail. While alerting the border districts, the Chief Min-ister said that Corona should be prevented in the stateand do not let urea go to other states. The Chief Minis-ter also gave instructions to stop illegal sand mining.

Those involved in irregularities in ration meant forpoor will not be spared.

Take prompt action against notoriousand white collared goons

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj

Singh Chouhan has said that ourtopmost priority is to stop Covid-19 infection. Besides preventionof infection, it should be ensuredthat general public do not faceproblem of any kind. Economicactivities should be continuedand effective action should betaken to ensure that Covid infec-tion does not spread.

The Chief Minister Chouhangave these directives in context toCorona, while deliberating withofficers at airport during his visitto Gwalior on Monday.

Chouhan said that it should bekept in mind that the generalpublic and people who earn theirdaily livelihood by doing smallbusinesses should not face anyproblem because of the lock-down.

Along with this, economic ac-

tivities should also be continued.He instructed for taking effectivesteps for prevention of corona be-sides making special efforts togenerate awareness among thecommon man.

The Chief Minister Chouhansaid that besides making healthservices further better for preven-tion of corona infection, specialattention should be paid to crowdmanagement. He further statedthat the best treatment should begiven to people with Covid posi-tive symptoms. Not a single per-son should face problem in get-ting better health services, headded.

The Collector KoshlendraVikram Singh informed about theefforts being done in the districtfor prevention of corona infec-tion. He said that online arrange-ments have been ensured formanagement of hospitals in the

district. Now, the online arrange-ment of every hospital is avail-able. On this basis, corona infec-tion is being prevented and man-agement of treatment of peoplefound positive is being ensured.

It was informed that till now,total 1707 positive cases havebeen found in the district. Out ofthese cases, at present there areonly 753 active cases.

Nine hundred forty six patientswent back home after the recov-ery. There is also a fast improve-ment in corona active cases. Pa-tients are returning home dailyfrom hospitals after the health re-covery.

Moreover, the Collector in-formed that a decision as regardto the lockdown will be takensoon after holding meeting withthe Crisis Management Group. Itis also being ensured that eco-nomic activities should not get

obstructed and people do notface any problem because of theongoing efforts for the preventionof corona infection. He furthersaid that medical advice is alsobeing given to common man asregard to corona infection byvideo calling through the ControlCommand Centre. Till now, about1500 people have availed benefitof this system.

Along with this, work has beendone to provide treatment to pa-tients by identifying them in doorto door survey, conducted by theteams formed under the KillCorona Campaign.

The Divisional CommissionerM.B. Ojha, IG Avinash Sharma,Superintendent of Police NavneetBhasin, CEO Jila Panchayat Shiv-am Verma, Commissioner Munic-ipal Corporation Sandeep Makinand departmental officers werepresent on the occasion.

Our topmost priority is to stop Covid-19 infection

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalPublic Health is a department

which is associated with every citi-zen of the state, the development ofthe state is directly influenced by thehealth of the public, so better healthfacilities should be provided to thepublic. Public Health and FamilyWelfare Minister Dr. PrabhuramChoudhary said this in a reviewmeeting of the departmentalschemes. Minister Dr. Choudharyheld a detailed discussion on thecurrent status of Corona infection.

He said that the facilities beingprovided by the department to theCorona patients should be widelypublicized. Common people mustknow about fever clinics. Immediate

treatment should be provided bytracing the Corona infected at theprimary stage.

Health Minister Dr. Choudharysaid that the treatment and facilitiesbeing provided to the patients indedicated Covid Centres must bemonitored. Covid patients shouldbe provided with better health facil-ities. He said that arrangement ofpsychologists should be made atCovid Centres so that they can con-nect patients with stress manage-ment, positive thinking and mentalpeace. Health Minister said thatpulse oxymeter and temperatureguns should also be made availableto ASHA workers. Precautions mustbe strictly followed to avoid Corona

infection.Officials informed in the meeting

that ICUs with 10 beds in each dis-trict hospital and 20 beds in all divi-

sions will be ready by the end of thismonth. Tracing of primary stageCorona infected people was carriedout through door-to-door surveysunder the Kill Corona campaign.Fever clinics have been opened sothat the primary symptoms of Coro-na can be detected immediately. Inthe past, 4 thousand 592 beds wereavailable in the state, which havebeen increased to 7 thousand 293.

Children born at home should bevaccinated on priority

Minister Dr. Choudhary also con-ducted a detailed review of other se-rious health issues other than Coro-na. He said that the number of insti-tutional deliveries have come downduring the lockdown. Therefore,children born at home should be

vaccinated on priority.Control of vector borne diseasesMinister Dr. Choudhary said that

the work of controlling vector bornediseases (due to mosquito bites)during rainy season should also becarried out seriously. To prevent dis-eases like malaria, dengue, sprayingof pesticides, distribution of med-icated mosquito nets, awarenesscampaigns should be launched on alarge scale to prevent diseases.

Helpdesk should be set up in alldistrict hospitals

The Health Minister instructed toset up help desks in all the districthospitals, so people do not have towander around to seek informationabout availability of services for thecommon man.

Better health facilities should be provided to public: Health Minister

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said

total lockdown will be imposed for 2 days in a week indistricts with high infection to stop corona infection inthe state. Apart from essential services, all other activ-ities will be prohibited. Lockdown will be imposed onSunday, the second day; either Saturday or Mondaywill be decided as per the decision of the District Cri-sis Management Group. Night curfew will be imposedin all districts from 8.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m.

The Chief Minister Chouhan said that excluding in-fection free districts, all the offices of the State andUnion Government will function with 30 to 50 percentcapacity, cent percent officers will reach offices.

Private offices and commercial establishments willalso function with 30 to 50 percent capacity.

In case of any corona patient found at private of-fices and commercial establishments, they will beclosed for 7 days.

The Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the sit-uation of corona and arrangement in the state throughvideo conferencing at Mantralaya today. The Ministerfor Home Dr. Narottam Mishra, Minister for MedicalEducation, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Relief and Rehabilita-tion Vishwas Sarang, Minister for Public Health andFamily Welfare Dr. Prabhuram Chowdhary, Chief Sec-retary Iqbal Singh Bains, DGP Vivek Johri, AdditionalChief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman, Addi-tional Chief Secretary Home S.N. Mishra and other of-ficers were present on the occasion.

Pay special attention to villagesIt was informed during the review that earlier there

was corona infection in 53 villages of the state andnow the infection remains in only 17 villages out ofthese villages. The Chief Minister Chouhan directedthat special precautions should be taken in villages inorder to prevent spread of corona infection further.

Officers-employees who fail to follow guideline willbe punished

Chief Minister Chouhan directed that action will betaken against any officer-employee who does not wear

mask, does not follow physical distancing or violatesthe Corona guidelines in any way. Taking serious noteof the violation of guidelines by some government of-ficials at a wedding ceremony in Jabalpur, the ChiefMinister issued instructions that their list should bemade available and action should be taken againstthem.

Lockdown proved advantageous for Gwalior and MorenaIn a review of Gwalior and Morena districts, it was

found that there is decline in Corona infection due tothe lockdown.

In Gwalior, the positivity rate reached 15 percent inprevious days, which has been reduced to 7 percentafter the latest lockdown. The lockdown in Morena hasreduced the positivity rate to 1.6 percent. Chief Minis-ter Chouhan directed that further lockdown will beconsidered after a meeting with the District Crisis

Management Group. Lockdown should be openedgradually.

“Burhanpur Model” must be adoptedChief Minister Chouhan said that despite being a

border district, the work that has been done inBurhanpur to prevent Corona infection is commend-able.

All other districts, especially the border districts ofour state should adopt Burhanpur model. Burhanpurdeveloped a good system of monitoring people com-ing from other states as well as from infected areas andquarantined them in their homes for 14 days. Thishelped a lot in preventing infection.

Frequent gathering must be avoided to preventspread of infection

A review of Corona infection revealed that one ofthe main reasons for spread of infection in other dis-

tricts, including Bhopal, is the gathering of people. Forthis, people have to be made aware that they shouldavoid gathering and maintain physical distancing.People should not gather in large numbers anywhere.

All upcoming festivals must be celebrated at homeChief Minister Chouhan appealed to the public to

celebrate all upcoming festivals including RakshaBandhan, Eid etc. at home. No permission will begranted for celebration of festivals in public.

Pulse oximeters to ASHA workersMinister Dr. Prabhuram Choudhary suggested that

pulse oximeters and temperature guns should bemade available to ASHA workers in every village, sothat early identification of Corona patients can bemade easier. He also said that fever clinics must bemade more effective.

Now lockdown for two days a week to be imposed in districts with high infectionNight Curfew to be imposed from 8 pm to 5 am in all districts

Minister inspectsGangulpara reservoirChronicle Reporter, Bhopal

Minister of State for WaterResources Shri RamkishoreKavre inspected the Gangul-para reservoir of Balaghat withofficials. He instructed the SDOnot to take action despite in-structions regarding renovationof the sluice gate of the reser-voir. And directed to take actionagainst the Deputy Engineer.

Minister of State Shri Kavresaid why no effort was made toconstruct the sluice gate of thereservoir. He said that a case ofmalfunction of the sluice gateof the reservoir was brought tohis notice and he had asked theconcerned Deputy Engineerand SDO to take action in thisregard. But no action has beentaken so far.

Minister of State Shri Kavre,taking seriously the deteriora-tion of the sluice gate of theGangulpara reservoir, said thatno negligence will be toleratedin this matter directly related tothe interests of farmers andfishermen.

CM Chouhan issues instructions to officers in Gwalior

In presence of Minister Sarang, 52 patientsreturn home from Chirayu