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Modi remembersSwaraj on her deathanniversaryNEW DELHI: Prime MinisterNarendra Modi rememberedsenior BJP leader and formerUnion minister SushmaSwaraj on her first death an-niversary on Thursday, sayingshe served India selflesslyand was an articulate voice forthe country at the world stage.Former external affairs minis-ter Swaraj died of cardiac ar-rest last year at the age of 67.Hours before she died, Swarajhad tweeted praising the deci-sion of the Modi governmentto abrogate Article 370, whichgave special status to Jammuand Kashmir."Remembering Sushma Ji onher first Punya Tithi (death an-niversary). Her untimely andunfortunate demise left manysaddened," the prime ministertweeted.

TV actor SameerSharma commitssuicide in MumbaiMUMBAI: Television actorSameer Sharma allegedlycommitted suicide at his homein suburban Malad, police

said onThursday.Sharma, 44,who workedin serials like'Kyunki SaasBhi KabhiBahu Thi','Kahaani

Ghar Ghar Ki' and 'YehRishtey Hain Pyar Ke', wasfound hanging from a ceilingfan in the kitchen of his flat atNeha building in ChincholiBunder locality in Malad(West) on Wednesday night, apolice official said.

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Special CBI courtrejects IndraniMukerjea's bail pleaMUMBAI: The bail plea ofIndrani Mukerjea who is im-prisoned for her alleged rolein her daughter SheenaBora's murder, was rejectedby a special Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) court inMumbai on Thursday.In December last year, theCBI court had rejected a pe-tition filed by Indrani, whowas seeking bail citing dete-riorating health. It was herfourth bail plea which hasbeen rejected by the court.In 2012, Indrani along withPeter Mukerjea and formerhusband Sanjeev Khanna hadallegedly murdered Sheenaover a financial dispute.

Newly appointedJ-K's Guv Sinhareaches SrinagarNEW DELHI: Senior BJPleader Manoj Sinha has beenappointed Lieutenant-Gover-nor of Jammu and Kashmirreplacing Girish Chandra

Murmu who re-signed onWednesday afterserving theUnion Territoryfor nearly oneyear. With hisappointment, the

Union Territory of Jammu andKashmir will for the first timehave a politician as its Lt Gov-ernor. Mr Murmu who re-signed on Wednesday exactlyone year after the creation ofthe new Union Territory, is asenior bureaucrat. "The Presi-dent has accepted the resig-nation of Shri Girish ChandraMurmu as Lieutenant Gover-nor of Jammu and Kashmir.

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India's COVID-19 recoveryrate climbs to 67.62 pc

Fatality Rate further dips to 2.07 pcAGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 6

The recovery rate has reached arecord high of 67.62 per centamongst COVID-19 patients andthe Case Fatality Rate (CFR)stands at 2.07 per cent , saidUnion Health Ministry on Thurs-day.

"The total recoveries ofCOVID-19 patients have jumpedto 13,28,336 with 46,121COVID-19 patients being dis-charged in the last 24 hours. Withsuch consistent increase in recov-eries, the gap between recoveredpatients and active COVID-19cases has reached 7,32,835. Therecovery rate has continued itsupward journey to reach anotherrecord high of 67.62 per centamongst COVID-19 patients,"Ministry said in a statement.

The actual case load of thecountry is the active cases is5,95,501 which is 30.31 per centof the total positive cases. The ac-tive cases as a percentage of totalcases have seen a significant dropfrom 34.17 per cent on July 24 to30.31 per cent as on today.

The Case Fatality Rate (CFR)has been low when compared to

the global scenario and it hasbeen progressively falling. TheCase Fatality Rate stands at 2.07per cent today, said the Ministry.

According to the WorldHealth Organisation, CFR is ameasure of the severity of a dis-ease and is defined as the proportion of reported cases of aspecified disease or conditionwhich are fatal within a specifiedtime.

With a single-day spike of56,282 new COVID-19 cases and904 deaths in the last 24 hours,India's COVID-19 tally reached19,64,537 on Thursday.

Centre releases Rs 890 cr for preparednessNEW DELHI: The Centre has released Rs 890.32 crore as the second in-stalment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Pre-paredness package to 22 states and Union Territories, the Health Ministrysaid on Thursday.The amount of financial assistance to each state and Union Territories isbased on their COVID-19 caseload. Those who received financial assis-tance in the second instalment include Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat,Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Sikkim, the ministry said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Rs 15,000 crore pack-age as part of the 'Whole of Government' approach wherein the Centre isleading the COVID-19 response and management, and supporting thestates and UTs through technical and financial resources.

677 new casessurface in Punjab,57 in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH: The Punjab hasreported 677 new cases of coronainfection on Thursday , which ledtally to 20891. 190 cases camefrom Ludhiana, 114 from Jaland-har and 60 from Amritsar. Nowstate has 6715 active cases as13659 patients have been cured.In Chandigarh57 new cases sur-faced and total tally reached to1327. AGENCY

AHMEDABAD, AUG 6

Eight coronavirus patients died in ahuge fire that broke out in the inten-sive care ward of a private hospital inGujarat's Ahmedabad early Thursdaymorning.

As the blaze broke out at ShreyHospital in Ahmedabad's Navrang-pura area at around 3 AM, eight fireengines and 10 ambulances of thefire department were rushed to thesite. Five men and three women - ad-mitted to the ICU ward - died.

"A staffer whose PPE caught fireran out of the ward to douse it but thefire spread rapidly to the wholeward," Rajesh Bhatt, additional chief

fire officer of the Ahmedabad Fireand Emergency Services, was quot-ed as saying by news agencyReuters. "Five men and threewomen, who were undergoing treat-ment for the novel coronavirus werenot in a position to escape," headded. About 45 patients were ad-mitted to the 50-bed hospital at thetime of accident; rest of them havebeen rescued and shifted to SardarVallabhbhai Patel Institute of Med-ical Sciences and Research, a civichospital in the city, an official said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi con-doled the deaths in his home state."Saddened by the tragic hospital firein Ahmedabad. Condolences to thebereaved families.

Eight corona patientscharred to death in

Ahmedabad hospital fire

Sexual assault case: 12-year-old stableafter surgery, says AIIMS doctor

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 6

The 12-year-old girl who was sexual-ly assaulted at her west Delhi hometwo days ago has been operated uponand is stable, said a doctor at AIIMS,where she is undergoing treatment, onThursday.

However, chairperson of DelhiCommission for Women (DCW)Swati Maliwal, who visited the hospi-tal and interacted with the doctors,said the condition of the girl is "quite

serious"."She has suffered severe injuries

but her condition is stable now. Shewas operated upon late on Tuesdaynight. She is in the ward and on oxy-gen support," the doctor said. Besidesthe sexual assault, the girl was hit onthe face and head with a sharp object.She was found lying in a pool of bloodby her neighbours at her home inPaschim Vihar on Tuesday evening,according to police. "The girl has mul-tiple head fractures and bite marks allover her body. She has been brutally

assaulted to the extent that there areinjury marks on every part of herbody," Maliwal said.

The DCW chief also questionedthe police over the delay in makingany arrest in the case.

Even two days after the incident,the police have not arrested the culpritdespite the brutal nature of the assault,she said. "I am summoning the DCPand going to ask him about the inves-tigation," she said. Police had onWednesday said they are questioningthe girl''s neighbours.

Kejriwal promises Rs10 lakh for her familyNEW DELHI: Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal on Thursday visited the12-year-old girl at AIIMS on Thursday,two days after she was allegedly sexu-ally assaulted and attacked in the na-tional capital's Paschim Vihar area.The govt will provide Rs 10 lakh to herfamily members," he told reporters.Kejriwal said, "The condition of the girlis very serious and she has grave in-juries. She is unconscious.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 6:

Director, Haryana Sahitya Akade-mi, Dr. Chandra Trikha said thatnovelist and playwright Dr. AjaySharma has the distinction of be-ing the first in India to write sev-en short plays on the topic 'Lock-down' on Facebook during thelockdown due to COVID-19.

Dr. Chandra Trikha said thiswhile releasing the latest play'Lockdown' by playwright Dr.Ajay Sharma along with VicePresident, Central Hindi SahityaAkademi, Mr. Madhav Kaushik,

at the Akademi office today.Famous journalist and writer,Ms. Nirupama Dutt, litterateurand satirist, Mr. Prem Vij, lit-terateur, Mr. Deepak Cha-narthal, English novelist, Mr.Parul Sharma and many otherwriters were present on theoccasion. On this occasion,special attention was paid tosocial distancing.

Dr. Trikha congratulatedDr. Ajay Sharma on writingplays on the subject of lock-down and said that before this, nowriter had worked on such playsand shown the courage to bring

alive the genre which was almostmarginalized. He said that this isthe fifth play of Dr. Ajay Sharma

which was released atHaryana Sahitya Akademi. Atotal of 18 books of Dr. AjaySharma have been released bythe Akademi so far. Signifi-cantly, Dr. Ajay Sharma haswritten 12 novels before thisand his novels are beingtaught in many universities.

Dr. Ajay Sharma saidthat due to the lockdown,there was a lot of time onhand and he had the opportu-nity to observe small inci-

dents happening in the society,which is when he thought ofwriting short plays.

Dr Trikha lauds Ajay Sharma for writing plays on lockdown

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, AUG 6

Haryana Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar has urged the patientswho have recovered fromCOVID-19 infection to come for-ward and motivate people suffer-ing from this infection to put up atough fight againstthis pandemic.

Infact, all suchsurvivors should en-courage people to notfear from this pan-demic, rather ensureproper precautions aretaken for it, the ChiefMinister said and ap-pealed to the peoplewho have recoveredfrom COVID-19 infection to do-nate their plasma.

Mr Khattar stated this whilepresiding over a meeting of CrisisManagement Group (CMG) re-garding COVID-19 status inHaryana with the officers of vari-ous departments here on Thurs-day.

The Chief Minister was ap-prised that free COVID-19 test fa-cility has been made available inall civil hospitals of the state andpeople should visit these hospitalsfor testing. It was informed thatfor COVID sample collectiontoll-free numbers -108 and 1075have been setup. Any person can

call on these toll-freenumbers for sample col-lection and after makingthe call, a mobile van willbe sent for the samplecollection. It was also in-formed that SMS are be-ing sent to the peoplewho have recovered fromCOVID-19 infection, sothat they can come for-ward for plasma dona-

tion. So far as many as 338 peoplehave given their consent to do-nate. Mr Khattar said separate let-ters should also be sent to suchpeople. At the meeting, the ChiefMinister was apprised that in Un-lock-3, a special campaign is be-ing run to motivate people forwearing masks.

Khattar urges curedpatients to motivate others

in fight against corona

AGENCYDHARAMSHALA, AUG6

Chief Minister Jai RamThakur directed the officersto ensure time bound com-pletion of all the develop-mental projects so as tocheck price escalation, be-sides ensuring that peoplecould harp thebenefits of devel-opment.

He was speak-ing while presid-ing over the meet-ing of Ministers,MP, MLAs anddistrict level offi-cers of Kangra district atDharamshala on Thursdayon the first day of his tour tothe district.

Chief Minister said thatspecial focus must be laidon implementation of ChiefMinister’s announcements.He said that various depart-ments must ensure that allthe announcements are im-plemented within the stipu-lated time period. He alsourged the concerned MLAsto ensure proper follow up,

so that the announcementswere implemented at theearliest.

He said that Kangra be-ing the biggest district ofthe State, the Governmentwas laying special stress ondevelopment of this district.

He said that althoughthe Covid-19 pandemic hasaffected the pace of devel-

opment in the State,but now the Govern-ment was strivinghard to meet out thedeadlines of variousdevelopmental proj-ects.

Chief Ministersaid that although

Kangra was the biggest dis-trict of the State, the districtadministration has succeed-ed in keeping the number ofCovid-19 cases under con-trol, thus special focus mustbe laid on social distancingand use of face masks. Hesaid that all types of socialgatherings must also beavoided. He said that peo-ple must be motivated toavoid social, cultural andreligious gathering of morethan fifty people.

NEW DELHI, AUG 6

After getting the notificationfrom the Government of India,the Central Bureau of Investi-gation (CBI) on Thursday reg-istered case against RheaChakraborty, IndrajitChakraborty, SandhyaChakraborty, ShowikChakraborty, Samuel Miranda,Shruti Modi, and others in connectionwith Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.The investigating agency booked 6 ac-cused and others in sections including

criminal conspiracy, abetment of suicide,wrongful restrain, wrongful confine-

ment, theft, criminal breach oftrust, cheating and criminal in-timidation. CBI said it is also intouch with Bihar Police. "... Acase is, therefore, registered un-der section 341, 342, 380, 406,420, 306, 506, 120B IPC against(I) Rhea Chakraborty and herfamily members (2) Sh. Indrajit

Chakraborty (3) Sandhya Chakraborty,(4) Showik Chakraborty, (5) Samuel Mi-randa, (6) Shruti Modi & others and en-trusted to Anil Kumar Yadav.

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I, Simranjit Kaur Mann I, Jagseer Singh Insan I, Manjeet Singh alias I, Jaspinder Kaur Sandhu I, Sarabjit Kaur W/o I Hitherto Known As D/O Sukhdev Singh S/O Charna Singh R/O Mandeep S ingh S /o W/o Jaspal Singh R/o Bakhtawar Singh R/o VPO Harminder Kaur W/o V.P.O Barundi Tehsil V i l l a g e N a s i b p u r a Bikkar Singh, Village Navi Abadi, Bundala Jeo Bala Tehsil & Distt Gurdeep Singh Residing R a i k o t D i s t t . ( B a t h i n d a ) H a v e Pedni Kalan (Sangrur) T e h s i l & D i s t r i c t tarn Taran have Changed At Vpo Jandiali Tehsil L u d h i a n a , H a v e Changed My Name To known with the name of ‘Amritsar have changed my name to Sarbjeet Kaur And Dis t t Ludhiana Changed My Name Jagseer Singh. M a n j e e t S i n g h a n d my name to Jaspinder note it Punjab 141112 Have Simmranjit Kaur. 63372 Mandeep Singh. Both Kaur. 72737 Changed My Name And

63372 I, Veer Pal Kaur W/O names are of mine. My 900020 I, Aditya Sharma S/o Hori Shal l H e r e a f t e r B e I Kriish Garg S/O Rohit Amarjeet Singh R/O actual name is Manjeet I, Hitherto Known As Lal R/o T-14/941, Gali Known As Harjit Kaur Kumar R/O Guru Angad Village Mehma Sarja Singh Sonali Daughter Of Baljit Ardasiyan Chaurasti Atari It Was Certified That I Dev Nagar Khanna (Bathinda) Have Changed 98724 Singh R/o H.no.16, Chowk Amritsar Punjab Have Complied With (Ludhiana) Changed My My Name To Veerpal Kaur. I, Ex HAV No. 14408483 Kairon Market, Hall Have Changed my name to O t h e r L e g a l Name To Krish Garg. 63372 F Rajinder Singh son of Bazar, Amritsar Punjab Aditya. note it Requirements In This

Connection 63372 I, Amandeep Kaur W/o Raghuvir Singh Vill. Sohari Have Changed My Name 7273790002I, Joyti Bala W/o Pardeep Sukhdeep Singh R/o Vill: P.O Lathiani Teh . Bangana And Shall Hereafter Be I, Nirmala Sharma W/o

Kumar R/o Near Kali C h u g h a K a l a n P o . Distt Una declared that my K n o w n A s S o n a l i Hori Lal R/o T-14/941, Gali I Hitherto Known As Mata Mandir Makhu Fatehgarh Korotana (Moga) son’s name Karn Singh Randhawa. It Is Certified Ardasiyan Chaurasti Atari Harpreet Singh Bangar (Ferozepur) changed Pb, India, changed my name wrongly entered in my That I Have Complied Chowk Amritsar Punjab S / o K a r n a i l S i n g h my name to Jyoti Bala. to Mandeep Kaur. army record. Correct name W i t h O t h e r L e g a l Have Changed my name to R e s i d i n g A t V p o

is Karan Singh vide Requirements In This Nirmala Devi. note it K i s h a n p u r a Te h s i l 63372 63372affidavit dated 20/03/2020 Connection. N a w a n s h a h r D i s t t I, Amit Kumar S/O I, Sikander Singh SW/o 72737b e f o r e e x e c u t i v e 900020 S.b.s . Nagar Punjab M o h a n L a l R / O Mahla Singh R/o Vpo. I, Gurchatandip Singh Gill magistrate. I , Balbir Singh S/o 144516 Have Changed Baghour (Ludhiana) Mari Mustra (Moga) S/o Tripat Singh R/o VPO

40006 Gurbachan Singh R/o My Name And Shall H a v e C h a n g e d M y changed my wife name C h h a p r i S a h i b P O Hereafter Be Known Name Into Amit Kumar S a t w i n d e r K a u r t o I, SOMA DEVI, Spouse of Taruana Tehsil Kalanwali Fatehabad Tehsil Khadoor As Harpreet Singh. It Moudgill. Nachatter Kaur. NIHAL SINGH resident of Distt. Sirsa Have Changed Sahib Distt Tarn Taran

VPO Nangthala, Tehsil My Name From Balbir Have Changed my name to Was Certified That I 63372 63372and Distt. Hisar (Haryana) Singh To Balveer Singh. Gurchatandip Singh . Have Complied With I, Shallu Rani W/O I Rawel Singh S/O Jaspal have changed my name Please Note. O t h e r L e g a l Amit Kumar Moudgill Singh R/O Gill Kalan 72737from Soma Devi to SONA 40009 Requirements In This R / O B a g h o u r Distt Bathinda Have I, Mandeep Kaur Gill DEVI vide affidavit dated I, Jasvir Kaur D/o Kishan Connection ( L u d h i a n a ) H a v e Changed My Name To W/o Gurchatandip Singh 06-08-2020 before District Singh W/o Jasvir Singh 90002Changed My Name Into Harmail Singh Gill. R/o VPO Chhapri Sahib Court Hisar. Walia R/o Block No-8 I Hitherto Known As Shallu Rani Moudgill. 63372 PO Fatehabad Tehsil

40008 N e a r A h l u w a l i a B i k a r R a m S / o 63372 I Maninder Kaur Sidhu Khadoor Sahib Distt I, Smt. Bachno W/o Late Gurudwara Mansoorwal T a r n T a r a n H a v e Mahinder Pal Residing I, Shalu Rani W/O Amit W/O Rashpreet Singh No. 2467736Y, NK, Ajit Dona Kapurthala Have Changed my name to A t H o u s e N o 5 2 2 Kumar Moudgill R/O R / O M e h r a j D i s t t Kumar R/O VPO Bhumbli Changed My Name From Mandeep Kaur . Karabara Salem Tabri Baghour (Ludhiana) Bathinda Have Changed Distt. Gurdaspur state Jasvir Kaur To Renu L u d h i a n a P u n j a b H a v e C h a n g e d M y My Name To Maninder 72737Punjab .Have changed the Walia. All Concerned 141008 Have Changed Name Into Shallu Rani Kaur. I, Karamjit Kaur W/o name of My daughter from Please Note. My Name And Shall Moudgill. 63372 Kulwinder Singh R/o Reena Devi to Renu Bala. 98706 Hereafter Be Known 63372 I, JC702132Y, SUB, Bijay ward No.12 Patti Tehsil Concerned note please. i, Sarita spouse of A. No. As Gourav Banger. It Bhattacharyya Father Of Patti Distt Tarn Taran

Was Certified That I 400014 289 4560 W , Rank : Hav Akash Bhattacharyya, Have Changed my name Have Complied With I, Rajwinder Singh S/o Name : Ram bir , resident to Karmjit Kaur.Unit MH Panagarh WB, O t h e r L e g a l Joginder Singh R/o Village of House No . 1 , Block - A , Changed My A r m y 72737Requirements In This Chhichrewal Tehsil & Near Kali Pau , Jharoda Record My Son Name I, Pardeep Kaur D/o Connection.District Tarn Taran have Road , Najafgarh , New Akash Bhattacharya Jasbir Singh Sidhu W/o

90002changed my son name from Delhi - PIN : 110043 have T o A k a s h Harbhej Singh R/o Near Armaandeep Singh to changed my name from ' I Hitherto Known As Bhattacharyya. G u r d u w a r a S a h i b A r m a a n d e e p S i n g h Kumari Sarita Devi ' to ' Sandeep Kaur Sekhon 63372 Mohan Bhandari Distt Sandhu. Sarita ' vide Affidavit A l i a s Sandeep Kaur I , Jasvir Kaur w/o A m r i t s a r P u n j a b -

Punia W/o Jaswinder 900020 Dated : 06.8.2020 , before M a n j e e t S i n g h r / o 143406 I have Changed Singh Vpo Kotli Dewan I, Pooja Sharma W/o Aman Notary Public Rupinder my name Pardeep Kaur Village Mehra, Tehsil Distt Sri Muktsar Sahib Kumar R/o H.No.61, Sewa Singh Bhachu , Approved to Pardeep SidhuLadwa (Kurukshetra) Punjab 152026 Have Nagar, Putlighar, Amritsar by Govt of India.have changed my name 72737Changed My Name And have changed my name to 400015Jasvir Kaur to Jasbir I Shilpa Sanjay Adsure S h a l l H e r e a f t e r B e Pooja Sharma. I Jai Karan Sandhu S/o Sh. Kaur. W/o Adsu re San jay Known As Sandeep Kaur 900020 Meer Singh, R/o village 52724 Keshavrao R/o Vill-It Was Certified That I I, Balbir Singh S/o Amar Naurta Tehsil Indri District w a r v a n d i P o s t - I, Narinder Kaur w/o Have Complied With Singh R/o H.No.45-A, Lane Karnal that I have changed Mulanagar, Teh- Rohun Balvinder Singh r/o O t h e r L e g a l No.11, Guru Amar Dass my name from Jai Karan to Distt. Ahmednagar Mh. Village Mehra, Tehsil Requirements In This Avenue, Airport Road, Jai Karan Sandhu. Let me India That My Date Of Bith Ladwa (Kurukshetra) Connection.Amritsar from Shri S. Balbir know and recognize Jai May Be Changed From 12 have changed my name

90002Singh to Balbir Singh. Karan Sandhu in future August 1988 To 12 July N a r i n d e r K a u r t o 900020 100070 1988 In The Army Record Narender Kaur.

I, Komal Walia W/o I, Madhu Sudhera W/o Of My Husband52724Ravinder Singh R/o 410, Narinder Kumar R/o 98706I Muskan d/o Baldev 5.G.T.Road, Backside Mata H.No.8, St.No.1, Kailash I Gurmeet Singh S/o Shri Raj VPO Mazhot PO Gujri Da Gurdwara, New Nagar Road, New Luxmi Jarnail Singh R/o Of Vpo-B h a d d i T e h s i l partap Nagar, Amritsar have C o l o n y , J o d h e w a l , bardwal, Teh. Dhuri Sangrur Balachaur Distt. SBS changed my name from Ludhiana have Changed my Have Changed My Name Nagar have changed my Komal to Komal Walia. name Madhu Sudhara to Gurmeet Singh To Gurmeet name as Savita Khepar.

Madhu.900020 Singh Chahal. In Figure I 90001798748 May Known As Gurmeet

I Khushpreet Singh S/O Singh Chahal In Intends & Harphool Singh R/O VPO Purpose.Sure Wala Teh Gidderbaha 98726Distt Sri Muktsar Sahib I, Nitish Kumar s/o Rohitash Have Changed My Name Kumar r/o Nand Colony no K h u s h p r e e t S i n g h 1, Pehowa, Kurukshetra In Wander. all the documents my name

62647 is Nitish, father Rohitash, I Mahekpreet Singh S/O mother Swarno, but now in Harphool Singh R/O VPO future I should be named Sure Wala Teh Gidderbaha Nitish Kumar, father Distt Sri Muktsar Sahib Rohitash Kumar, mother Have Changed My Name Swarn Kaur.Mahekpreet Singh Wander. 84661

62647 My PAN card is no I, Komal Walia W/o B Q V P C 4 0 6 3 R , i n S . R a v i n d e r S i n g h which my father's name R/o.410, 5. G.T Road, i s Chand , which i s backside Mata Gujri Da wrong whereas in all my gurudwara New Partap documents the father's Nagar Gurulal Bazar correct name is Dhani Amritsar Have Changed Ram, which is correct. I my name from Komal To want to get father's name Komal Walia in PAN card.

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I, Harsh Sroya S/o Balvir Chand R/o Vill: Bahrowal Teh-Banga (SBS Nagar) declare that my father Balvir Chand and Balbir Chand is one and the same person. that my father known by bo th these names.

63372I Gurvinder Singh S/O S. Avtar Singh Holder Of I n d i a n P a s s p o r t N o . J 0 8 1 9 0 2 8 I s s u e d A t Chandigarh On 03-06-2010 Permanent Address Of House No. 3011, Rani Wa l a K h o o h , A g w a r L a d h a i , J a g r a o n , P. S Jagraon, Distt: Ludhiana, P u n j a b 1 4 2 0 2 6 A n d Presently Residing At 9 S a d d l e c r e s t C r e s N e Calgary Ab T3j 0c6 Do Hereby Change My Name From Gurvinder Singh To Gurvinder Singh Gill With Immediate Effect.

63372I Rekha Rani W/o Mahabir Singh R/o village Kheri Sakra tehsil Dhand district Kaithal declare that in my documents my name is Neelam Devi wife Mahabir Singh and in my school certificate is Rekha Rani. It is said that both the names of Nee lam Rani wi fe Mahabir Singh and Rekha Rani wife Mahabir Singh are mine. No other woman by this name exists in the village. In future I should be known and called as Rekha Rani wife Mahabir Singh.

100070My name was shavana rani , daughter of shakoor khan in Peke village Sherpur, Tehs i l Dhur i , Dis t r ic t Sangrur and my in-laws have changed my name to Sabana after my marriage took place at Asib Vasi Bagh Azad Market, Delhi Make relevant notes.

98726i, ishwar das s/o bhola ram r/o village haibatpur, tehsil indri distt karnal declare that my son balwinder singh is out of my control. So I disown with him from m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e p r o p e r t y. I f a n y b o d y dealing with him at his/her own risk.

100046i, pala ram s/o shri antu ram r/o vill. Dilluwali distt. kaithal haryana my son bunty is out of my control. So I disown with him from m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e p r o p e r t y. I f a n y b o d y dealing with him at his/her own risk.

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I , E x H a v / c l e r k N o . 45523024h Ram Dass Son Of Basant Ram Vill. Pansai P.o Budhan Teh . Bangana Distt Una Declared That My Wife Savitri Devi And My Daughter Priyanka’s D.o.b Has Been Wrong Entered Respectively 13/07/1973 And 02/09/1994 In My Army Record. My Wife’s Correct Date Of Birth Is 2 7 / 0 7 / 1 9 7 3 A n d M y Daughter’s Date Of Birth Is 02/04/1995 Is Correct Vide Affidavit Dated 27/07/2020 B e f o r e E x e c u t i v e Magistrate.

40006I, Surinder Singh S/o Mukat Singh #1455/2, Sector-45, Burail, Chandigarh Declare That My Son Sunil Kumar And His Wife Neha Both Are Out Of My Control. So We Disown Them From My All Movable/immovable Properties. Anybody Deal With Them Will Be Do So A t H i s O w n R i s k & Responsibility. I Have No Responsibility.

400016I Geeta Rani w/o late sh Bhim Singh Vill Badali Teh kharar declare that my son Mukul Rana is out of my control. So I declare that if anybody deal with him regarding my movable and immovable property will be his own responsibility, I will not responsible for wrong or right.

98765We,prem Chand S/o Raniya And Sahbo Devi W/o Prem Chand Alias Prem Singh R/o Kaman Pat t i Vi l l Jakholi Tehsil And Distt Kaithal Declares That Our Son Ravi And His Wife Sheetal Out Of Our Control. ,we Disown Them F r o m O u r M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Properties.we And Our F a m i l y W i l l N o t Responsible For Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIt is to put the general Public on Notice that Mrs. Geeta Rani W/o of Ashwani Kumar S/o Surinder Nath Resident of H.No. B5/265 Palta Mohalla Kot Ise Khan and owner of the property measuring 90.75 Sq. Yards together with building measuring 90.75 Sq. Yards., having no Plot/M.C. No. B5/265 situated in the area of Kot Ise Khan Tehsil Dharamkot Distt Moga which she got transferred the same from her husband Ashwani Kumar vide transfer deed Vasika No. 2020-21/138/1/167 dated 14-7-2020 registered as with the Sub-Registrar, Kot Ise Khan has approached my client Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited, Moga Branch, with a request to extent Loan against the mortgage of the above property. Anybody having objection in respect of the said property or regarding creation of mortgage with my client, may raise their objections within Days from the date of this publication, to the below mentioned address.Dinesh Kumar Garg AdvocateDistt. Courts MogaEnrl No. P/1101/95

LOST & FOUNDSale Deed No. 2489 dated 24.09.2003 which was purchased by me from the legal heirs of Gandhi Ram S/o Hans Raj R/o Dhuri has been lost anywhere. The said sale deeds is not mortgaged with any Government or Semi Government Department or Bank and same is not lying deposited with any Court or Bank. DDR Unique No. 2229345 dated 05.08.2020 got lodged with Police Station Saanjh Kendra, Dhuri. Chamkaur Singh S/o Gurdial Singh , Village Benra, Tehsil Dhuri, District Sangrur.

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I, Gulbadan Singh S/o Hoshiar Singh R/o Village-Bilona ,P.O and Tehsil – A s s a n d h , D i s t t - K a r n a l ,132039 have lost my Original Certificate of 12th Class, Exam Year 2018 Roll No. 2658049 Passout from CBSE. Finder Contact .9306203070

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LOST & FOUNDIt is notified for the information that my original qualifying examination certificate of 10th Class Roll No. 2227220 Session 2016-17 & 10+2 Class Roll No. 2714057 Session 2018-19 (issued by Central Board of Secondary Education) at Faridkot City has been actually lost. Aditya Chawla S/o Sh. Pardeep Kumar R/o H.No. 113, St. tio. 2, Bala Ji Colony , Faridkot, Tehsil and Distt. Faridkot.

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Lions Clubpresents watercooler to templeGOLDIE CHUGHSHAHABAD: Lions Club presented awater cooler to Geeta Temple in Sha-habad. In a simple programme was or-ganised in the temple premises. The wa-ter cooler was presented by the club tothe temple under the leadership of Dis-trict President Raman Gupta, DevendraArora and club head Umesh Garg. Dis-trict District Pal Raman Gupta said that inorder to strengthen the social fabric, it isnecessary to keep an eye on the activi-ties happening around us and to cooper-ate where needed. He said that the headof the club, Umesh Garg, has presenteda water cooler from his personal fund toGeeta Mandir Sabha, which is a com-mendable work.Lions club head Umesh Garg gave infor-mation about the activities of the cluband said that it will continue the conceptof public service. On arriving at the pro-gramme, many members including clubhead Umesh Garg, Secretary RajendraGaba, Treasurer Pawan Gupta, Dr.Bhaskar Gupta welcomed the Janpadpaland District Secretary by giving thembouquets. On this occasion, Trilok Singla,Pankaj Singla, Dharamvir Hans, RameshGagneja, Dhanpat Rai Aggarwal, VijayGarg, Ashutosh Garg, Rakesh Antal, Ra-jeev Agarwal, Sanjeev Singla, BalbirKhurana, Nipun Garg, Suyansh Gupta,Kapil Gupta, Rohit Gupta, S. SSBavaja,Sandeep Aggarwal etc. were present.

History created bytemple foundation:ChauhanROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: Zilla Parishad member andBJP Mahila Morcha state general minis-ter Meena Chauhan Raison said that thecountry's Prime Minister Narendra Modihas created a history by worshiping theland for the construction work of LordShri Ram temple in Ayodhya. Citizensacross India were waiting for this historicdecision for a long time, but due to theuntiring efforts of Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi, the people of India have re-ceived the gift of this historic Lord ShriRam temple.Meena Chauhan Raison was wishing thepeople of the state the joy of buildingLord Shri Ram temple. He said that it is agreat privilege for the people of India thatafter 500 years, Lord Shri Ram temple isgoing to be built in Ayodhya, which isconnected with the religious culture ofour India. District council member andBJP Mahila Morcha state general minis-ter Meena Chauhan Raison, while distrib-uting sweets in the joy of building LordShri Ram temple in her village, said thatthe decision of Lord Shri Ram temple tobe built in Ayodhya has come after 500years of hard struggle. It is a historic dayfor the people of India

Police arrest 3 accusedin criminal casesRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: Two persons were shot bypistol in separate cases by unidentifiedpersons. Superintendent of PoliceShashank Kumar Sawan launched acampaign to arrest alleged criminals in-cluding bail jumpers and drug peddlers.Three accused were arrested by the CIA-1 police while solving two other cases ofransom demand, including solving themurder murder mystery mystery. A 12bore Doga gun, 5 live cartridges and abike have been recovered from whosepossession. The three accused wereroaming in the Kalayat area killing twopersons, whose arrests were successfulin avoiding two potentially unpleasant in-cidents by the CIA-1 police.During the press conference held in theoffice of the Superintendent of Police, SPShashank Kumar Sawan informed that,the team of Head Constable Tarsem Ku-mar headed by Inspector Anup SinghEinarch CIA-1 Kaithal was present onKashan to Jakholi Link Road during theevening patrol, where, on the basis of se-cret information received by the alliedsources by the police, a blockade wasset up.

Corona Warrior AwardLetter to SandeepKULDEEP SAINIRADAUR: International Hindi Council fe-licitated officers for services renderedduring the coronavirus disease on Thurs-day. The President of the CouncilAcharya Bhagwati Prasad Shukla andother members honoured Municipal MESandeep Sharma with Corona WarriorAward letter and memento.On this occasion, State President PanditBhagwati Prasad Shukla said that due tothe outbreak of Coronavirus disease, theHealth Department, Electricity Corpora-tion, Police, Safai Karamcharis and jour-nalists did not care for their lives andworked in public interest. AdvocatesPankaj Gupta, Kuldeep Gupta, SunilTreasurer, Rakesh Singla, SanjeevChauhan, Ashwani Gupta, Jasmer Kam-boj, Bhagwat Dayal MC were present onthe occasion.

People burst crackersin Nilokheri over ShriRam templeDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: On the occasion of thefoundation stone of Sri Ram Janmabhoo-mi, as the festival was celebrated withgaiety all over India, the Sri Ramlila Com-mittee in Nilokheri where the performanc-es of Shri Ram have been staged for thelast 45 years by all the artists. And themembers celebrated this Deep Utsavand made fireworks and expressed hap-piness by celebrating the festival of joywith Jai Siyaram's slogans. The Secre-tary of the House Advocate Rajesh Shar-ma said that on the foundation stone fes-tival of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, thewhole country is happy. He said LordRam is in the mind of every person in thiscountry. Shri Ram is not of any particularclass, so the whole world is worthy ofworship, all the people who believe inShri Ram and their sacrifices .

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3HARYANAMD Aditi of Cooperative Sugar Mill takes chargeGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Aditi, the newly appointed MD of Cooperative Sugar Mill Karnal, took charge onWednesday. She is a 2016 batch HCS officer and has done MCA from Thapar UniversityPunjab. He started his services as Chief Executive Officer in Zilla Parishad from Ambala inHaryana Government. After this, she worked as SDM in Narayangarh and successfully con-ducted Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections during her tenure.Apart from this, she has been very helpful in getting the arrears of sugarcane payment relat-ed to farmers from Narayangarh Sugarmill and resolving other problems related to the mill.Aditi has served as the ACP in the Delhi Police before joining the Haryana Civil Service.Apart from this, she has also served in Simmons IT Solution Company in Gurugram.

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Haryana Health Minister Mr. AnilVij said that FIRs have been regis-tered against 11 sanitizer brands dueto failure of samples of sanitizerscollected across various districts inthe State. Along with this, a noticehas been issued to cancel or suspendthe license of the respective brand.

Mr. Vij said that about 248 sam-ples were collected by Food andDrug Administration of Haryana, outof which reports of 123 sampleshave been received. Out of the re-ceived reports, 109 samples havebeen passed, while 14 samples havebeen failed. Among these, 9 brandswere found substandard, while 5brands were found with excessivequantity of methanol present inthem, which acts as a toxin. Deathmay occur by consuming methanol.He said that instructions have beengiven to recover the entire stock offailed brand sanitizer back from themarket so that people do not sufferany kind of loss.

Health Minister said that sam-ples of ‘Best Time Unit’ and ‘Moth-

er Health’ brands in Kaithal districthave been failed. Similarly, 9 sani-tizer samples of ‘Global Bottlers’ inKarnal district have been failed dueto the excessive amount of methanolpresent in them which is harmful forthe body. Apart from these, twobrands in Hisar district have also notbeen found of good quality. A casehas been registered against them anda notice has been issued for takingappropriate action.

Mr. Vij said that at initial stageof Corona outbreak, a complaint of

selling fake sanitizers in the marketwas received, due to which the Foodand Drug Administration was in-structed to conduct raids in the dis-tricts of Haryana. Following this,raids were conducted in various dis-tricts from March 6 to 8, 2020 by theadministration and about 158 sam-ples were collected. Similarly 90samples were collected from differ-ent parts of the State on May 22,2020. Appropriate action will be tak-en after receiving the report, headded.

Crackdown on sub standard sanitizerbrands continues, 11 FIR registered: Vij

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, AUG 6

Haryana Police, in separateincidents, have arrested fourpeople on the charges ofdrug-peddling in Sirsa andJind districts and seized16,000 intoxicating tablets,5.1 kg poppy husk and 1.5 kgcharas from them.

Giving details here onThursday, a Haryana Policespokesperson informed that ateam of CIA while conduct-ing checking near villageAsakhera, signalled a motor-cyclist to stop. Instead ofstopping, the accused tried toflee but was nabbed at a shortdistance. When frisked,11,000 tablets fallen underthe category of prohibiteddrugs were recovered fromthe accused identified as Ro-htash, a resident of villageAsakhera. In the second inci-dent, a CIA team during pa-trolling was present near Dab-

wali. A suspicious person ap-peared who tried to flee awayfrom the spot after noticing thepolice team. The team imme-diately nabbed him and recov-ered 5000 banned tablets fromhis possession identified asShivraj, a resident of Pana inSirsa. The spokesperson said,"In a separate case, sleuths ofDabwali City police station ar-rested Deendayal alias DeenaRam after 5.1 kg of poppyhusk was recovered fromhim.” In Jind district, Police

team acting on a tip off, raidedthe location and recovered 1.5kg charas from the possessionof accused identified asRokash, a resident of Bass vil-lage. “Cases under the provi-sions of the NDPS Act wereregistered against them in dif-ferent police stations and theywill be taken on remand byproducing in the court so thatthe names of others involvedin drug peddling could be un-earthed,” the spokespersonadded.

Police confiscate 16kintoxicating tablets

Inter-district gang of autolifters busted, four arrestedCHANDIGARH: Haryana police have busted an inter-district gangof auto-lifters who were involved in eight incidents of vehicle loot in-cluding a petrol pump robbery in Jind, Hisar, Rohtak, Jhajjar andHansi with the arrest of four people in Jind district.Police have also recovered three illegal pistols and six cartridgesfrom their possession. Giving details here on Thursday, a HaryanaPolice spokesperson informed that a police team acting on a tip-offhad nabbed all gang members when they were plotting to lootpassersby between Kandela and Kairkheri road.

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, AUG 6

MLA Ram Kumar Kashyap plantedsaplings in the village ofBhadas, Beed Bhadso, ButanKhedi, Panjokhara, ManakMajra Kadian and GudhaShiv temple of Indri assem-bly constituency under Ma-hara Haryana HarabharaHaryana campaign. Hecalled upon BJP workers tomake maximum number oftrees and saplings at everybooth under MaharaHaryana, HarabharaHaryana campaign and tomake the environmentgreen.

He said that the trees un-der the plantation driveshould be carefully maintained and pro-tected so that these plants can give shade,fruits and make our environment clean,so that the health of the coming genera-tions is not adversely affected. He said

that according to the data of the WorldHealth Organisation, there should be 30per cent forest on the earth. Only 3 per-cent of the state of Haryana has forest.

We have to plant trees on 30 per cent ofthe land with the participation of com-mon people. Only then the environmentcan be made clean and green, saidKashyap.

Keep environment green: KashyapMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, AUG 6

A programme was organisedat the Municipality Office inwhich the beneficiaries of thePradhan Mantri Awas Yojanaparticipated and were in-formed about the first andsecond installments. ThePradhan Mantri Awas Yojanahas been launched by theGovernment of India with themain objective of providinghouses under it to the peoplebelonging to the poor andweaker sections of the urbanand rural areas. Giving thisinformation, MunicipalChairperson Shivani Goyalsaid that in 2017, the govern-ment had given a tender to theOasis company to send thenames of eligible persons af-ter survey in the city to themunicipality, the benefits of

the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yo-jana to the eligible personssent by them.

He said that the schemewas launched by the govern-ment on 25 June 2015. Hesaid that 342 persons had ap-

plied under this scheme. Outof which 158 were accepted,173 forms have been rejecteddue to non-fulfillment of con-ditions. He said that 6 casesare pending, there is somereason in it that if a person

has died, then who will begiven benefit instead. An In-tent letter has been issued to107 persons to start theirwork by passing their map.The first installment has beenreleased to 44 persons underthis scheme. The second in-stallment has been released to36 persons. The third install-ment has been released to 15persons. Municipal Chairper-son Shivani Goyal said that51 persons did not show in-terest under the PradhanMantri Awas Yojana. Threenotices have been issued tothem to submit their docu-ments and pass the map ac-cording to the conditions laiddown by the government.They will be given the bene-fit of the scheme by the mu-nicipality, but they did notgive any answer in this re-gard.

107 persons issued letters to build houses

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, AUG 6

The birthplace of Lord Rama wherethe temple will be built was wor-shiped yesterday by the Prime Minis-ter in the country. Along with theconstruction of the temple, a newzeal and unity of unity pervaded thenation. The workers and poor of thecountry, people of every caste andclass have expressed their happinessthrough Deepotsav. The new era ofeconomic social change started dueto the loss from Corona. Mata Man-tari Devi Charitable Trust also inau-gurated the first centre of Green Rev-olution with 111 lamps at Murthal.On this occasion, National PresidentBharat Prem thanked AdvocateShyam Batra, Dr. Hariram Gupta, Dr.NR Lashkar and National GeneralSecretaries Dr. Amita Kulshresthaand Sushma Nath. He said that the

peasant laborers, Dalits and back-ward classes of the country will belinked with self-employment withthe help of Green Dairy Project ofUnnat Bharat dairy and will bepushed towards greater economicfreedom.

Speaking on the occasion, ShivRatan Aggarwal said that the dreamof Green Revolution has been ful-filled due to the love of national pres-ident Bharat Prem and the efforts of

all colleagues. Under the participato-ry scheme, small farmers and potterswill help the urban population avoidadulterated food. The effect of thisfood will be visible in the next threemonths. Also, the city and the villagewill be healthy and prosperous.Bharat Prem thanked all the trustees,members, and rural and youth of thecountry. Whose love and cooperationhas led to the possibility of GreenRevolution.

Green Revolution has startedwith Ram temple: Prem

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, AUG 6

N95 masks are being distributed to em-ployees working at the ground level inKalpana Chawla Medical College andGovernment Hospital in collaborationwith social worker Pankaj Gaba, luxuryride MD Sumit Garg and Dr. Ashwini Ku-mar Neuro Surgeon Virk Hospital Karnal.On the ninth day of the campaign, threeN95 masks were distributed to the staffnurses, other staff, security guards andcleaning staff in Government Hospital andTouch Hartley Hand Sanitiser by SatyaPharma, on this occasion, Dr. RavinderSandhu gave N95 masks to the employees.Pankaj Gaba told the benefits of this cam-paign, this campaign will run for 10 days, inwhich all the cleaning staff will be givenmasks to the security guard, ambulancedriver, ward boy, peon, etc.

He said that all the cleaning staff atKalpana Chawla Medical College are wardboys ambulance driver and security Gabasaid that the real Corona warrior who worksat the ground level in the hospitals is A.

Every employee will be given 3 N95 masksand those working at the ground level in thehospital Employees are playing an impor-tant role in the war against Corona On thisoccasion, Dr. Ashwini Kumar Neuro Sur-geon Virk Hospital said that you are most atrisk of getting corona risk, your most im-portant role in the battle to fight the coro-na epidemic. Luxury Ride MD SumitGarg said that those who are serving theirlives day and night in an epidemic likeCorona, in such a situation, it is our dutyas well Rajiv Malhotra, Sachin Kalra fromLuxury Ride, Sudhir Kumar, Sonu Shar-ma, Sumit Lot, Akash Sirswal, SandeepSingh, Piyush Sharma, Puneet Kumaretc. were present.

Masks distributed inmedical college

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, AUG 6

Gharaunda MLA HarvinderKalyan said that Chief Min-ister Manohar Lal had an-nounced to build an EasternWestern bypass to join theroute from Yamuna Nagarvia Madhuban Pakka bridgeto Naval. The process tobuild this bypass has start-ed. A framework was pre-pared on Thursday with theofficials of the companyand the district administra-tion and work will beginsoon to construct this by-pass. The MLA said that theroadmap for the construc-tion of East Western Bypassin the auditorium of theSmall Secretariat has beenestimated by the officials of

the company today.He said that the compa-

ny has suggested makingthis bypass in two ways, buthe said that in view of thefuture, this bypass shouldbe first class. If the road iswidened in view of the time,then for that, so much space

should be acquired so thatthere is no problem in thecoming time. This bypass isproposed to be built on theWJC, but another way hasbeen suggested by the com-pany that the entire land forthis bypass should be builtby acquiring the entire land.

Eastern- Western bypassto be built soon

Govt spent crores onThanesar: Sudha

ISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA, AUG 6

MLA Subhash Sudha said that crores have been spent on manyschemes to address the needs and problems of the people ofThanesar Mata. During the tenure of this government, manybig schemes have been gifted to the people of Mata. In thecoming few months, the people of Thanesar will also be dedi-cated to 10 big schemes.

He was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the meet-ing hall of Block Development and Panchayat Office Thanesaron Thursday. Earlier, MLA Subhash Sudha, Block CommitteeChairman Devi Dayal Sharma, Vice Chairman Somnath Saini,BDPO Ishwar, BJP's young leader Sahil Sudha duly inaugu-rated the meeting hall of the Panchayat Samiti constructed at acost of Rs 50 lakh.

SDM inspects workson Markanda River

ISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA, AUG 6

SDM Dr. Kiran Singh inspected the bridge being constructedby the Irrigation Department on the Markanda River and in-structed the officials of the Irrigation Department that thebridge should be completed expeditiously. This bridge will bebuilt from villageDayal Nagar toNalvi Link Road.The construction ofthis bridge was an-nounced by HaryanaChief MinisterManohar Lal at theShahabad program.Almost 40 per centwork of this bridgehas been completed.

The estimatedcost on this bridgewill be Rs 10 crore 52 lakh. Vinod Tanwar, SDO, Irrigation De-partment, said that the construction of this bridge will benefitdozens of villages in the Shahabad area and people will have totravel less than 10 km to come to Shahabad, along with farm-ers going to their fields during the rainy season. The construc-tion of this bridge will benefit many villages including DayalNagar, Malikpur, Gumti, Mamu Majra, Arup Nagar, Nagla andShahzad Pur Patti. SDO of Irrigation Department Vinod Tan-war and JE Ramesh Parcha were present on the occasion.

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SP JAINCHANDIGARH, AUG 6

With the objective of providingGhar-Ghar Rozgar, the Chief Min-ister Capt. Amarinder Singh ledPunjab Government has sought ap-plications for 2984 posts in theHealth & Family Welfare Depart-ment till August 31.

Giving details in press commu-nique, the Health & Welfare Min-ister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu saidthat Punjab Government was fullyprepared to effectively tackle theincreasing patient load in Govern-ment Hospitals due to spread ofcoronavirus and these recruitmentswould prove to be a milestone inachieving this goal. He said thatunder this massive recruitment 500Medical Officers General, 35 Med-ical Officers Dental, 139 Radiogra-phers, 200 Multipurpose HealthWorkers (male), 600 MultipurposeHealth Workers (female), 14 ECGtechnician, 98 Medical LaboratoryTechnicians Grade-2, 482 Pharma-cists (Pharmacy Officer), 116 Op-eration Theater Assistant and 800Ward Attendants would be recruit-ed.

He further said that the PunjabGovernment also gave exemptionin upper age limit up to 45 years atthe time of recruitment to thoseemployees already working oncontract/outsourced basis in differ-ent wings/institutions of the Health& Family Welfare Department inline with the similar relaxation ofupper age in case of persons al-ready in government service forthe purpose of recruitment to serv-

ice by direct appointment. Howev-er, no relaxation will be given ineducational qualification.

The Minister added that exemp-tion in the upper age limit up to 45years has been now allowed to thesaid employees as they are well-versed with the functioning of thedepartment and excellent servicesbeing provided by them duringCOVID-19 pandemic. In addition,it is proposed to give a maximumof 10 marks of experience to theseemployees under which 1 markswill be given for 1-year experi-ence.

Pertinently, to expedite theprocess of filling up the vacanciesof doctors, paramedical and otherstaff, the Punjab Government hasbeen recruiting these vacanciesthrough Baba Farid University ofHealth Sciences, Faridkot insteadof Punjab Public Service Commis-sion and Punjab Subordinate Ser-

vices Selection Board. The deci-sion to fill these posts throughBaba Farid University has beentaken in view of the needs ofCOVID-19 whereas earlier recruit-

ment of Group A and B is done byPunjab Public Service Commis-sion and recruitment of Group Cand D is done by Punjab Subordi-nate Services Selection Board.

Applications invited for 2984 postsin health department till Aug 31st

Army commander visits Jalandhar, Beas military stationsCHANDIGARH: Lieutenant General R P Singh, Army Commander, Western Command visited formations and unitsof Vajra Corps located at Jalandhar, Beas and Suranassi Military Stations from Aug 5-6. Lieutenant General SanjeevSharma, Corps Commander Vajra Corps accompanied the Army Commander during his visit. Apart from reviewingthe current security situation and operational preparedness, Army Commander also visited Army Public School Beas,Army College of Nursing, Jalandhar and Siramani Brigade Training Area. He also paid homage to martyrs at Jung-e-Azadi Museum in Kartarpur. Army Commander appreciated the efforts undertaken by formations of Vajra Corps to-wards maintaining operational readiness and excellent training standards. He commended all ranks of Vajra Corps forkeeping their moral high and exhorted them to continue working with same zeal and enthusiasm.Ms Alka Singh, Re-gional President AWWA, HQ Western Command interacted with military nursing officers & families of soldiers andcomplimented them for ensuring precautions and good practices for prevention of COVID-19.

Vigilance Bureau nabsASI for taking bribe CHANDIGARH: State VigilanceBureau, today nabbed an ASI AmirSingh posted at City Police StationNakodar, Jalandhar red handed whileaccepting bribe of Rs 5,000.Disclosing this here an officialspokesperson of the Vigilance BureauPunjab said accused Assistant Sub-Inspector was nabbed red handed onthe complaint of Sandeep Kumar ofNakodar, Jalandhar district. Thecomplainant has approached the VBand alleged that the accused policeofficial was demanding bribe Rs. 5,000to help him in a police case.After verifying his information, thevigilance team from VB unit Jalandharlaid a trap and the accused ASI wasarrested on the spot while taking bribeof Rs. 5,000 from the complainant inthe presence of two official witnesses.He informed that a case under sectionof prevention of corruption act hasbeen registered against him at VBpolice station, Jalandhar and furtherinvestigation is under progress.

Corona blast in Roopnagar 31new patient spottedKULWINDER BHATIAROOPNAGAR: Today, there is a bigblast of corona epidemic in distt.Roopnagar. Today 31 new cases ofcorona has been suspected in distt.Whereas yesterday the number ofcases is 8. Due to corona there is 6deaths on distt. Roopnagar till now.

Thisinformationwas givenby CSRoopnagarDr. HNSharma. Hesaid thatmost of thepeople were

from burgur bedi adjoining area andRoopnagar, whereas 4 persons werefrom nangal and 2 were from sriChamkaur Sahib. He said that today10 persons were go to thier home afterdefeating corona. He said that till nowtotal 23,255 samples has been takenfrom which 22,329 were negetive and639 reports were pending. Today 338new samples were taken. Dr. Sharmaappealed to publice to use mask andfollow the precautionary steps.

Diwali celebrated in homesdrenched with lightMK SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI : After waitingfrom many years, seeing the dream ofthe faith of crores of people fulfilled,Ram devotees were immersed in the

celebration inthe holy city.BhoomiPujan wasdone for theconstructionof Ramtemple inAyodhya, sothere is anatmosphereof happiness

in the whole country. Happycelebrations were held in the holy cityof Sultanpur Lodhi On this auspiciousoccasion, Astro Sk Sharma said that abeautiful decoration of the idol of LordRama was done in the Shri Ram andother temples. At the same time, thedevotees welcomed the Lord bylighting lamps in the houses. Ramadevotees have done fireworks andcreated a Diwali-like atmosphere, onthe same side news have beenobtained from different villagesregarding celebrations by deepmalaand fire crackers.

Fully prepared to deal with Covid-19, says Balbir Sidhu

UPSC rank holder AsmaGarg honoured by MP

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU: In jaitu town spread happinesswave when a young girl Asma GargDaughter of Pardeep Kumar Gargbaged 709 rank in civil services andlaureled the name of their parents andhometown .Union Public ServiceCommission has declared the finalUPSC IAS result 2020 on August 4,2020. A total of 829 candidates areshortlisted for final selection. AsmaGarg is gotten 709 position in UPSCexamination. Selected candidates willbe appointed to Indian AdministrativeService, Indian Foreign Service,IndianPolice Service. Many presidents ofsocial organization, prominent andtheir teacher congratulated to him forthis glorious achievement. MemberParliament of congress partyMohammad sadiq reached their homeand honoured her with a flowersbouquet .

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, AUG 6

To bring more transparencyand save people’s time, theLocal Government Minister,Punjab, Mr. Brahm Mohindrahas issued instructions to allthe Commissioners and Re-gional Directors of the Munic-ipal Corporations to approvethe Building Plans onlythrough online portal from 6thAugust, 2020. These instruc-tions to be implemented withimmediate effect. The initia-tive, apart from putting an endto people running from pillarto post to get approvals, willalso remove intermediariesfrom the system.

Disclosing this here todayin a press statement, Mr.Brahm Mahindra said thatPunjab Government is com-mitted to provide maximum e-facilities to the general publicunder e-service program ande-portal has been launched onAugust 15, 2018 to accom-plish this target. He said thatearlier, there were some tech-nical issues in the portal, Nowthis has been resolved and theportal has been restarted in a

well-designed manner so thatthe general public has notfaced any difficulty in gettingthe online approval of Build-ing Plans and other services.Now the people friendly gov-ernment in Punjab hasachieved a new milestone bylaunching above hassle freeOnline services along withOnline Building Plan Ap-proval System (OBPAS). Peo-ple can get online buildingplan approval, online layoutapproval, online change ofland use approval, online ap-proval of telecommunicationTowers and online approvalNOC of plots under Regular-ization Policy with OBPASsystem. With the introductionof above services Local Bod-ies OBPAS will ensure fasterand hassle free service to thecitizen of the state.The LocalGovernment Minister furthersaid that building plan andother services are easily avail-able on portal in a hassle-freemanner. He said that after Au-gust 05, 2020, all these worksin the department being doneonly through E portal and any work will not be dealtmanually.

CHANDIGARH: The PunjabGovernment with the idea tomake more employment oppor-tunities available to the youth ofPunjab has executed the integra-tion of Punjab specific PunjabGhar Ghar Rozgar and KArobarMission portal with the NationalCareer Service which is the offi-cial portal of the Government ofIndia. Disclosing this here todaythe Punjab Technical EducationMinister Mr. Charanjit SinghChanni said that this would opennew doors pan India for skilledyouth of Punjab.

The Minister said that thePunjab Government was the onewho started the Job Fairs to pro-vide jobs and self employmentto the Youth of the state underthe visionary leadership ofChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh. He said thatthe other states, even the GoI,started adopting the Punjabmodel to provide a single plat-form to job seekers and employ-ers of the private sector. He said

that Punjab has already conduct-ed five Mega Job fairs and pro-vided jobs and self employmentto 12 lakh youth of the state, andPunjab Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mis-son is ready to provide one lakhjob opportunities to the Youthduring 6th Mega Job Fair whichwould be held in the month ofSeptember this year. He furthersaid that presently about 8 lacyouth are registered on PG-GRKM portal. Rahul Tiwari,Secretary Employment Genera-tion said that with this integra-tion, registered jobseekers onPGRKAM would also be able toaccess pan India services in-cluding all India jobs on theNCS portal without the require-ment of registering again. Hesaid that about 56305 employerswho are presently registered onthe National Career Schemeportal of GoI would have thevisibility of jobseekers regis-tered on PGRKAM to, thus pro-viding our youth more employ-ment opportunities.

Govt integrates ghar gharrozgar portal with NCS

Building plans to be approvedonly through online portal:

Brahm Mohindra

AMIT KALIAZIRAKPUR, AUG 6

More than 100 deaths dueto poisonous liquor inPunjab have brought tolight the reality of CaptainSarkar's rule. They are di-rectly considering it as amajor failure of the gov-ernment.

Disclosing this here to-day, BJP Mohali districtin-charge Arvind Mittaland district presidentSushil Rana said that thestate Chief Minister Captamrinder singh had prom-ised the people of punjabto get rid of drug addiction

in 6 weeks by taking falseoath to come in power.But on the contrary, thefact is that so many peoplehave died due to poison-ous liquor in the state nowtells a different story. Hesaid that the drug mafiawas destroying homes andnow the deaths due to poi-sonous liquor were the re-sponsibility of the govern-

ment. Catching small drugsmugglers after death orsuspending a few officialsis not going to solve theproblem. He said that itwas very unfortunate thatthe captain could not go tothe families of the victimseven after so many deathsdue to the involvement ofadministrative and politi-cal people in this work.

High level inquiry should be conductedinto hooch tragedy : Arvind Mittal

KULJEET SINGH JANDIALA GURU, AUG 6

Punjab BJP Chief AshwaniSharma, National GeneralSecretary Tarun Chugh, Ra-jya Sabha MP Shwet Malik,Rajinder Mohan Singh China,reached the village Muchhalin Amritsar today to know thecondition of the poisonous al-cohol victims.

They will also ask thegovernment for their financialhelp. Attacking Captain govt,he said that about 110 poison-ous liquor deaths in Punjabare the responsibility of Pun-jab Government becausewithout any protection, this

poisonous liquor business isnot possible. Apart from this,he said that D.S. P and SHOhave been given evidence ofinjustice by suspending themwhile the Tangra Outpost In-charge who used to recoverfor months from poisonousliquor dealers was not prose-cuted. It was because of the

protection of the area MLAthat he survived. After con-ducting an impartial investi-gation into the hooch tragedy,he said that the governmentshould conduct a CBI inquiryto punish the accused in-volved in the case, so that thereal responsible accusedcould be found.

Ashwani Sharma seeks CBIinvestigation in hooch tragedy

Campaign launched todistribute masks,

sanitizers to needy GURDASPUR (VERMA): Corona epidemic hasgripped the entire world. Even after the lockdownand curfew, there is an atmosphere of fear and pan-ic among the people. Giving information on how tosave oneself in such a situation, Parminder SinghSaini, Secretary, Samarpan Society-cum-Nodal Of-ficer, Mission Fateh said that in order to survive theCorona virus epidemic, it is imperative that we alljoin hands with the Punjab Government's MissionFateh by working under Mission Fateh, let us makeas many people as possible aware of how we cansave ourselves, our families and our people. As longas medicine is not invented by scientists to preventcorona virus, we have to faithfully follow the in-structions given by the Punjab government underMission Fateh. Let's keep a distance of and make allthe people around us aware of the need to maintaindistance. Let everyone around us know that thesemeasures are beneficial for all of us to avoid theCorona epidemic.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, AUG 6

Union minister for foodprocessing industries MrsHarsimrat Kaur Badal onThursday wrote to all chiefministers of India, request-ing them to spread aware-ness among farmers aboutthe new GoI initiative –“Operation Greens”.

As a part of the Aat-manirbhar Bharat Abhiyan,Government of India hasannounced a new initiativeto support farmers of fruitsand vegetables. In order toprevent distress sales, price

stabilisation interventionsunder Central SectorScheme- “OperationGreens” have been extend-ed from tomato, onion andpotato (TOP) to all notified

fruits and vegetables (TO-TAL) for a period of sixmonths on a pilot basis. TheMoFPI will provide sub-sidy @ 50 % of transportcost of notified crops fromproduction clusters to con-sumption centres and/or thecost of hiring of appropriatestorage facilities for a peri-od of upto 3 months for no-tified crops, if the price ofthe crop falls below the av-erage price of the last threeyears or is 15 % below lastyear's price. While sharingthe list of notified fruits andvegetable of their respec-tive states, Mrs Badal re-

quested the CMs to publi-cise the GOI scheme wide-ly among farmers, so theycan benefit from thescheme and enhance theirincomes. Divulging moredetails, the Union ministersaid that apart from individ-ual farmers, food proces-sors, FPO/FPC, co-opera-tive societies, licensedcommission agents, ex-porters, state marketing, co-operative federations andretailers engaged in pro-cessing and marketing offruits and vegetables werealso eligible entities underthe scheme.

Harsimrat Kaur writes to all CMs, urges them topublicise MoFPI initiative ‘Operation Greens’

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDADBAHA, AUG 6

A case has been reported ofassaulting a car rider includ-ing his family and childrenand injuring him severely.Sub-resident Harjit Singh,resident of Civil HospitalGiddarbaha, village Mewali,said that he was going to vil-lage Mahnikheda in kinshipwith his wife and child andhe stayed in Giddarbaha todo some shopping.

He told that when hestopped ahead of the gold-smith shop, a car driver start-ed honking his car and when

he set his car a little further,then the person who cameout of the previous car, Kalaand Deepa, gave themselvesas sons former MLA Raghu-bir Pradhan started abusinghim. When he protestedagainst the abusive language, he called up around 10 per-sons and attacked him withsharp weapons in which he

was badly injured He saidthat his gold chain wasfound disappeared. Advo-cate Kuljinder Singh Sand-hu, a former head of Bar As-sociation Giddarbaha and arelative of the injured HarjitSingh, has demanded the po-lice administration to takestrong action against the saidaccused.

Car driver accuses sons offormer MLA of assault

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, AUG 6

RPowermen held protestseeking repeal of Power Bill2020, reversal of decision tosell Bathinda Thermal landand shut down GovernmentThermal, reinstatement of dis-missed leaders, retention ofunskilled workers, cancella-tion of false cases againstworkers, and salaries of em-ployees. Under the leadershipof Technical Services Unionand Powercom and TanscoContract Employees UnionPunjab, various organizationsjointly burnt the coffins ofPowercom Management and

Punjab Government for ful-filling their rights and legiti-mate demands. Addressingthe rally, leaders TSU Presi-dent Jarnail Singh, SecretarySukhvir Singh, Finance Sec-retary Sukhchain Singh andother union members. Power-com and Transco Contract

Employees Union state vicepresident Rajesh Kumar, divi-sion president Sukhpal Singh,vice president Nand Lal andother leaders warned that ifthe government did not fulfilldemands of the strugglingworkers, they would be forcedinto a fierce struggle.

Protests held against sale ofThermal Plant in Bathinda

BATHINDA, AUG 6

In village Bugra of blockRampura as per the instruc-tions of the government, 500saplings were planted incommon areas.

Young Sarpanch of vil-lage Buggar Congress leaderLakhveer Singh Happy whilebriefing the media said thatas per the guidelines ofMGNREGA ADC Develop-ment, Paramvir Singh.In allthe villages of the district un-der MNREGA saplings werealso planted in Bugra village.Congress leader LakhveerHappy further said that thePunjab government has start-ed planting of 500 to 1000saplings. This is a very com-

mendable step. It not onlykeeps our environment cleanand green but also providesemployment to NREGAworkers.

Van Mahotsav organised at Bugra

Defence Ministry extendstenure of Cantt BoardMembers by 6 months

RAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR, AUG 6

The term of CantonmentBoards across the country ofoffices of all the electedmembers have been extend-ed for a period of sixmonths by the Ministry ofDefence. MoD in its orderson February 4 stating thatunder the the proviso of theCantonment Act, 2006, theterm of the office of all theelected members of 56 Can-tonment Boards has beenextended up to a period ofsix months beyond10.8.2020 or till date ofconstitution o the Board,whichever is earlier.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020

Police traces teenager, reunites him withfamily in BaramullaBARAMULLA: A teenager was traced and reunited with his family members withinjust ten hours after receiving a missing report in this north Kashmir, a policespokesman said on Thursday. He said a report was lodged in police station Panzlain Baramulla that a 14-year-old Mohammad Abbas Shah, son of Mushtaq AhmadShah, resident of Takia Panzla, Rafiabad went missing from his house. Afterreceiving the information a massive hunt was launched, he said adding theteenager was traced with ten hours. Later, he was handed over to his familymembers after completing all legal formalities, spokesman added.

Kanwar to be welcomed onreaching to Kutlehar afterbecoming agriculture ministerJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: After taking the additionalcharge of the Agriculture Department,Rural Development and PanchayatiRaj Minister Virendra Kanwar willreach Kutlehar Assembly constituencywhere he will be given warm welcometomorrow. Kutlehar BJP President

Tarsem LalSharma said thatall the people ofKutelahar areeagerly waiting fortheir popularleader. He saidthat the Ministerfor Rural

Development and Panchayati Rajwould reach Lathiyani at around 5 pmon Friday, where he would beaccorded a grand welcome and afterthat BJP workers were ready to greethim till Bangana. He said thatwhatever responsibility the BJPleadership has assigned to VirendraKanwar, he has successfully fulfilled it.Through rural development,panchayati raj, animal husbandry andfisheries department served thevillage and poor and launched manyschemes for the welfare of the people,which has benefited the people ofHimachal Pradesh. Now after gettingthe Agriculture Department, VirendraKanwar will work hard day and nightto serve the farmers, it was added.

K L Thakur listensgrievances of villagers

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH: Former MLA fromNalagarh KL Thakur visited the villagesNahar Singh, Mandayar Pur, Khedi inthe village of Kirpalpur GramPanchayat in Nalagarh LegislativeAssembly constituency and heard thepublic's problem in Mandyar Pur NaharSingh and he said that these villageswill have Pucca Bridge soon at a costof Rs 7 crores and the work ofconstructing road in Khedi village willbe started soon. Thakur said that withthis road, people will be greatlybenefited. Public welcomed KL Thakurfor starting this work and said that theroad work has been started today,whose work will soon bestarted.Thakur said in his address thatthis very old problem of the public hasbeen resolved and a wave of greathappiness is running in the public to dothis work. He said that the officers andemployees should be instructed fromtime to time so that the work of thepublic is resolved as soon as possible.Thakur said that the Nalagarh VidhanSabha constituency is undergoing allround development due to initiative ofChief Minister Jai Ram Thakur andmany welfare schemes being run bythe Central Government and StateGovernment. He informed that peopleare taking advantage of differentschemes announced by governmentfrom time to time.

Academic sessionbegins at IIM SirmaurSHIMLA: IIM Sirmaur started theacademic session 2020 online withvirtual inauguration by Chief Guest AjayS. Shriram, Chairperson, BoG andChairman and Senior ManagingDirector, DCM Shriram Limited. Duringthe induction programme, the chiefguest Shri Ajay S. Shriram shared hisexperiences as being part of successfulleading business group, DCM ShriramLimited. While addressing the studentshe said that due to Covid-19 pandemictheir first year will be very challengingas it will be mainly E- learning trimesterto begin with. He appreciated thegender diversity in the current batch.He encouraged students to give toppriority to their coursework whileattending the programme from homeenvironment and keep an open mindduring online sessions. He emphasisedon the ten traits of a good leader whichare value system, networking,optimism, open mind, agility, empathy,humility, communication skills, digitalexpertise and family roots.

HIMACHAL/JK

State Level I-Day functionwill be organised at KulluJai Ram Thakur to unfurl tricolor on Aug 15

AGENCYSHIMLA, AUG 6

The State level IndependenceDay function will be organisedat Kullu on 15 August 2020,which will be presided over byChief Minister Jai RamThakur. Education MinisterGovind Singh Thakur will alsoattend the function at Kulluwith the Chief Minister.

Speaker, HP Vidhan SabhaVipin Singh Parmar willpreside over the district levelfunction at Kangra, Jal ShaktiVibhag Minister MahenderSingh Thakur at Shimla,Urban Development MinisterSuresh Bhardwaj at Solan,Social Justice andEmpowerment MinisterSarveen Chaudhary at Una,Technical Education MinisterDr. Ram Lal Markanda atKeylong (Lahaul-Spiti), RuralDevelopment and PanchayatiRaj Minister Virender Kanwarat Bilaspur, IndustriesMinister Bikram Singh atMandi, Health and FamilyWelfare Minister Rajiv Saizal

at Sirmour, MPP and PowerMinister Sukh RamChaudhary at Kinnaur, ForestMinister Rakesh Pathania atChamba and Food & CivilSupplies Minister RajinderGarg at Hamirpur.

Deputy Speaker Hans Rajwill attend the District LevelIndependence Day function atChamba with Forest MinisterRakesh Pathania, Chief WhipNarinder Bragta will attendthe function at Shimla with JalShakti Vibhag MinisterMahender Singh Thakur andDeputy Chairman, StatePlanning Board RameshChand Dhawala will attend thefunction at Kangra withSpeaker HP Vidhan SabhaVipin Singh Parmar.

1.2 cr saplings to be plantedin HP: Sarveen Chaudhary

KANGRA: Himachal PradeshSocial Justice and WomenEmpowerment MinisterSarveen Chaudhary onThursday said thegovernment is makingspecial efforts toincrease the forestcover area in the stateand this year a targethas been set to plant1.20 crore saplings ofdifferent species in the statebecause the forests contributesignificantly to climatebalance. Stating this whilespeaking at a plantationprogram organised by theForest Department atHarchakkien of Shahpurassembly constituency, theMinister said a target has beenset to plant 12 lakh saplings in26.5 hectare forest area inKangra district. Cedar,

medicinal and broad leaf plantswill be planted in it. She saidthe target of planting trees hasbeen set in the Kangra district

in more than doublethe area of 1200hectares last year. Sheinformed that a targethas been set to plant2500 saplings in 5hectare area inShahpur forest

division. Choudhary said itwas the collectiveresponsibility of all the citizensto preserve the forests. Shealso appealed to all people toconserve the forests afterplanting trees at least one plantby each family member.

She also called upon thepeople to plant saplings ondifferent occasions to make themoments of happiness in theirlives more memorable.

HP CM accordedrousing welcome at

Gaggal Airport

SHIMLA, AUG 6

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurwas accorded rousing welcome onhis arrival at Gaggal Airport inKangra district today during histhree days visit to the district.Speaker Himachal Pradesh VidhanSabha Vipin Singh Parmar,Industries Minister Bikram Singh,Social Justice and EmpowermentMinister Sarveen Chaudhary,Forests Minister Rakesh Pathania,MP Kishan Kapoor, MLAs Vishal

Nehariya, Arun Mehra, ReetaDevi, Arjun Singh, Hoshiar Singh,Mulkraj Premi, Ravi Dhiman,former MLAs and other dignitarieswere also present on the occasionto receive the Chief Minister. ChiefMinister was also accorded warmreception by people enrouteGaggal to Dharamshala. Later, theChief Minister inaugurated ‘JanSamwad Hall’ at Circuit HouseDharamshala, to facilitate thepeople coming to meet himregarding their various issues.

CS stresses to keep vigil andreadiness to mitigate disasters

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, AUG 6

The 14th meeting of StateExecutive Committee (SEC)under Disaster ManagementAct, 2005 was held heretoday under theChairmanship of ChiefSecretary Anil Khachi. ShriKhachi stressed the need tokeep constant vigil andreadiness to mitigate thedisasters. He said that peopleshould be made aware aboutpreparedness during suchhazardous situations. He saidthat mock drills and exercises

should be conducted afterCOVID-19 situation easesand advised the DisasterManagement Cell to explorethe possibilities ofconducting training throughonline mode. He said thatHimachal Pradesh is prone to

various hazards both naturaland manmade, whichconsists of earthquakes,landslides, flash floods, snowavalanches, droughts,domestic and wild fires, roadaccidents, stampede, etc.However, the hazard whichposes biggest threat to theState is earthquake, as theState has felt tremors morethan 80 times having amagnitude of 4.0 and aboveon Richter scale. ChiefSecretary said that amongother damage to theinfrastructure and essentialfacilities, the communication

is the first casuality duringsuch disasters. He said thatstrong independentcommunication should be setup to meet out theemergencies, keeping in viewthe tough geographicalcondition of the State. Hesaid that wirelesscommunication networkthrough amateur radio(HAM), is one of the mosteffective and alternativemedium of communication,which can play a significantrole in providing reliablecommunication when othercommunications fail.

SHIMLA, AUG 6

Governor Bandaru Dattatraya releasedFilm Teaser and Poster of “MOHRA-The divine face” prepared and directedby an independent filmmaker fromShimla Dr. Dev Kanya Thakur at RajBhavan, today. On the occasion, theGovernor appreciated the talent ofyoung lady director and hoped that itwill inspire other independentfilmmakers also. He said that filmmaking was the preeminent platform toshowcase the rich culture of the State.Mohra–The divine face is a full-lengthfeature film in Kullvi dialect. This filmhas won first prize in story writingcompetition by Sahitya Academy,Government of Himachal Pradesh.

The film speaks about all the ritualsinvolved in making of Mohra. ArjunLotheta, Divya Sethi and Uttam Chandare the key cast in the film. This filmwas shot in a beautiful valley ofNaagdhaar village in Banjar in DistrictKullu.

Governor releases filmteaser and poster

BJP state president Suresh Kashyapreaches Una, celebrates Chhoti DiwaliPANKAJ KATNAUNA, AUG 6

Himachal BJP Pradesh newlyappointed president Suresh Kashyapsuddenly arrived in Una where hecelebrated the Chhoti Dipawali withformer state president Satpal SinghSatti and other workers. Though itwas an unorthodox tour of SureshKashyap, yet Satpal Singh Satiwelcomed him by giving him aflower. This was his first illogicalvisit after becoming the statepresident. Suresh Kashyap wasgoing to meet former CMs ShantaKumar and Prem Kumar Dhumalbut due to the long journey, hestayed in the rest house adjacent toUna. They said that my goal is tostrengthen the organization bycoordinating with the stategovernment and BJP workers, andalso with the mission 2022

prominently from the stategovernment. Answering the questionasked on mining, he said that UltaChor Kotwal ko Dante sayingmining and drugs were encouragedin Congress era itself especially inHaroli. Some police do good work inthis area. In the coming days,

meetings should be organized atevery district level to furtherstrengthen the organization, he adde.On August 8, Suresh Kashyap willcome on a 1-day visit to Una afterbecoming BJP State President,where he will be welcomed andgreeted by the workers.

Important decisions taken in BJPMandal meeting: Rajesh Thakur

JYOTI SYALGAGRET, AUG 6

In a private hotel under the Gagret assembly constituency ofDistrict Una, a meeting was held under the chairmanship ofDistrict President of BJP Gagret Mandal Manohar Lal inwhich MLA of Gagret assembly constituency Rajesh Thakurwere specially present, MLA Rajesh Thakur was the first toaddress the workers and welcomed Ramjanmabhoomi pujanand foundation stone laying ceremony. He said that in Gagretwe are constantly reviewing the development works bygoing to Ground Zero.

Kisan Morcha activists visited Ayodhyato see Ram Lala: Satish Rana

PREETI RANAHAROLI, AUG 6

Where the whole countrywas celebrating Ram BhoomiPuja festival with greatenthusiasm sitting in front ofthe televisions, Kisan

Morcha workers got theprivilege of going toAyodhya, the birthplace ofLord Ram, to participate inthis festival. This was said byBJP President Kisan MorchaHaroli Mandal Satish Ranatoday. He said that the joy we

got here today maybe we donot get such an opportunityagain, he said that while wewent to the birthplace ofLord Ram and took hisblessings. He also took theblessings of Lord Hanuman,the supreme Bhagat of LordRam Chandra, to theHanuman Gaddi temple. Theday should be written ingolden letters. On thisoccasion, he lit lamps of desighee at Saryu Ghat inAyodhya and wished for thelife of Himachalis. FormerKisan Morcha districtpresident Satish Thakur,Kisan Morcha districtgeneral secretary AjayLovely Thakur, BJPexecutive member VikramSingh Singha were alsopresent.

PU DLIS organizes webinar seriesCHANDIGARH (RAJIV JAIN): The Department of Library and Information Science, Pan-jab University, Chandigarh started new series under the title “PU DLIS Webinar Series” andorganised three webinars from 4th– 6thAugust,2020 so to reach out to LIS students, researchscholars and the professional colleagues to enhance their professional knowledge and updatethem in the Library and Information Science field. In the first webinar Dr. Akhtar Parvez ,Uni-versity Librarian, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad talked about “Copy-right and fair use”. He gave many tips to the participants for fair use of copyright material likepurchasing e-books which are DRM free, Archival rights of databases and specially the knowl-edge of transformative use of copyrighted material.

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SP JAINKHARAR/ MOHALI, AUG 6

With the continuous surge inCOVID-19 cases in the district,Mohali Administration has put‘COVID Spike Management Plan’into action, informed Deputy Com-missioner Girish Dayalan after re-viewing the status of pandemicspread, with the officials of healthdepartment. “Learning from theworldwide pandemic spread, weexpected the cases to surge at anygiven point of time. So, we pre-pared our COVID spike manage-ment plan well in time and havenow put it into action,” said Day-alan.

Giving details, he informedthat besides Gyan Sagar Hospital,the Covid Care Centre(CCC) atChandigarh University Gharuanhas been operationalized with 200hundred dedicated beds forasympyomatic patients and wehave arrangement of another 800beds which can be pressed into use,if need be. Another CCC would beset up in Dera bassi. Private hospi-tals have also been put on guardand told to reserve more beds forisolation cases. Special facility hasbeen created in District Hospital to

accommodate and handle deliver-ies of COVID positive expectantmothers. Besides infrastructure,testing capacity has been upgraded.Antigen testing has been com-menced by virtue of which test re-sults are available within half anhour. “We target to do at least ahundred tests a day on the contactsof positive patients so that we cancheck the further exponential

growth in cases from those con-tacts”, said DC. The second True-Nat machine for testing has beeninstalled at Dera Bassi.

In order to provide quick med-ical consultancy to patients optingfor home isolation, a dedicated callcentre is soon to be operational-ized. The doctors from the centrewould be in touch with the patients,daily and vice versa patients can

call to consult if any inconvenienceor deteoration in health is experi-enced. Video calling facility wouldalso be extended to patients, if needbe. Besides, Aashika Jain ADC(G)and Rajiv Gupta ADC(D), themeeting was attended by Himan-shu Jain, Kuldeep Bawa, JagdeepSehgal(all SDMs), Manjit SinghCivil Surgeon and other officialsfrom district Health Department.

R N KHERACHANDIGARH, AUG 6

Raj Bala Malik, Mayor,Chandigarh and Sh. K.K.Yadav, IAS, CommissionerMunicipal Corporation,Chandigarh inaugurated theapplication for uploadingwater meter reading on trustin presence of Sh. MaheshInder Singh Siddhu, areacouncillor of Ward No. 1,Chandigarh. Sh. S.S. Sidhu,Secretary RWA Sector- 9,Ms. Puneet, Joint Secretary,RWA Sector 9, Sh. Shailen-der Singh, Chief Engineer,Sh. S.K. Gill, ExecutiveEngineer and the represen-tatives from SPIC were alsopresent on the occasion.

While sharing informa-tion about the app, the May-or said that for the ease ofresidents of Chandigarh,

Municipal CorporationChandigarh has created a fa-cility wherein a consumercan upload his/her watermeter reading on the e-sam-park mobile App/e-samparkweb portal.

This facility has beendeveloped by SPIC. Supportfor its success has also beenextended by NIELTS, sheadded.The Mayor said thatandroid/IOS users candownload/install the e-sam-park App and thereafter,meter reading can be up-loaded through the App/webportal alongwith its picture.The details of the water ac-count number are also re-quired to be added. Thoseresidents, who have alreadydownloaded the mobileApp, will be required to up-date the same from AppStore.

Mayor launches appfor uploading water

meter readingBansal writes to HomeMinister on estate rulesCHANDIGARH: Ex MP PawanKumar Bansal has written to HomeMinister Amit Shah urging him to askthe Chandigarh Administration not toseek penalty from occupiers ofproperty in Chandigarh at theenhanced monthly rate of Rs.500 persq. ft. for any alleged buildingviolation or misuse. In a letter to theHome Minister, Bansal said theCapital of Punjab (Development andRegulation) Act, 1952 under whichthe Estate Rules were stated to havebeen framed, only provided for a fineof five hundred rupees and a furtherfine which may extend to twentyrupees for each day for which theoffence has continued.However, in contravention of the Act,the Administrator UT Chandigarh,promulgated the Chandigarh EstateRules in 2007, followed by anamendment in 2009 to provide formonthly charges of Rs.500 per sq. ft.of area under violation.

3670 LED lights to lit-up streets in AboharRAJ SADOSH ABOHAR: The streets of Abohar citywill soon be lit up with new LEDlights. Additional DeputyCommissioner Abhijeet Kaplish saidthat Abohar Municipal Corporationhas signed an agreement with EESL

today. Under theagreement, thecompany will notonly install streetlights in the citybut will also beresponsible fortheir maintenancefor seven years.Notably the state

government had recently given thestatus of Municipal Corporation toAbohar to ensure all rounddevelopment of the city. Kaplish, whoholds additional charge ofCommissioner, Municipal Corporation,said that as per the agreement thecompany would replace 3670 oldlights here with new street lights.Usually any contractor would installstreet lights and after that theirmaintenance would bea big challenge. To solve thisproblem, an agreement has beenreached with the company installingstreet lights for the maintenance ofthese lights for 7 years, he said.

Mohali Administration puts ‘COVIDspike management plan’ into action

Frontline health workers protestin support of Paramjeet Kaur diedduring Covid-19 duty

FEROZEPUR: Health workers arethe frontline soldiers against Covid-19and denying the benefits of financialassistance and job to the eligiblefamily members will be injusticebeside discouraging for the younggeneration to join the challengingprofessions, said Narinder Sharma,Vice President, Multipurpose HealthWorkers Union Male Female Punjab,while protesting in support ofParamjeet Kaur, Multipurpose HealthWorker Female who died while onCorona duty at Sudhar PrimaryHealth Centre in Ludhiana. He said,as per the instructions of thegovernment, the victim should getRs.50 of insurance amount and a jobto one of the family members. Puttinga demand before the government,Narinder Sharma said, in case thedue rights are not given to the familyof Paramjit Kaur, the Union will give astate-wide bandh call for a massiveprotest.

22 new covid casesfound in Pathankot SHARANJEETPATHANKOT: According to theinformation given by the HealthDepartment Pathankot, today a totalof 22 corona positive patients cameinto light in the district. Givinginformation, Civil Surgeon PathankotDr. Bhupinder Singh said that afterthe arrival of 22 positive cases today,

now the totalnumber of positivecases has beenraised to 497 in thedistrict. Today,eight people weresent home afterrecovering fromthe Corona virus

and the number of people who haverecovered totals up to 323. He saidthat now 161 people are undertreatment at the isolation center andthe number of people who died dueto corona virus in Pathankot district is13 till date. Civil surgeon PathankotDr. Bhupinder Singh has once againhumbly appealed to the people ofPathankot to follow the guidelinesgiven by the administration.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020

Work done at various placesunder NREGA scheme

ZIRAKPUR (AMIT KALIA): Under MahatmaGandhi NREGA scheme some works were done atGram Panchayat Sarsini and Gram PanchayatBhagsi. Disclosing this here today Mr. SukhchainSingh Block Development and Panchayat OfficerDera Bassi said that under Mahatma Gandhi NRE-GA scheme some works have been done at GramPanchayat Sarsini and Gram Panchayat Bhagsi. Hesaid that under Gram Panchayat Sarsini, two miniforests have been set up at the crematorium. All ofthese plants are provided free of charge by the RoundGlass Foundation. And, There was a huge problemof sewage and rain water drainage in Gram Pan-chayat Bhagsi and keeping this in mind, PriyankaSarpanch Gram Panchayat Bhagsi in collaborationwith Sir Syed Trust constructed three ponds. Twolakh twelve thousand rupees were spent on this proj-ect and a contribution of two lakh ninety one thou-sand rupees was made by Sir Syed Trust.

DALJIT AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, AUG 6

Punjab Cabinet MinistersSundar Sham Arora andAruna Chaudhary reachedBatala today and conveyedtheir heartfelt condolences tothe families of the victims andexpressed their deepest con-dolences on behalf of PunjabChief Minister Capt.Amarinder Singh and the en-tire Punjab Government.

Accompanied by formerMinister Mr. AshwaniSekhri, Deputy Commission-er Gurdaspur Mr. Moham-mad Ishfaq, SSP Batala S.Rachpal Singh, SDM BatalaS. Balwinder Singh and oth-er officials were also present.First of all the Cabinet Min-isters Mr. Sundar Sham Aro-ra and Mrs. Aruna Chaud-hary had a meeting with thecivil and police officials atthe local police line and gotinformation about the wholeincident and the legal action

taken so far. Cabinet Minis-ter Arora said that the gov-ernment would not toleratesuch an unfortunate incidentand those responsible for itwould not be spared. He saidthat the state governmentwas conducting a thoroughand thorough investigationand strict action would betaken against any police orcivil officials who werefound to be complicit or neg-ligent.

The Cabinet Ministersmet the families of the vic-tims at the police line and ex-pressed their condolences onbehalf of the Punjab Govern-

ment. A two minute silencewas also observed for thepeace of the departed souls.Listening to the plight of thebereaved families, the Cabi-net Ministers Mr. SundarSham Arora and Mrs. ArunaChaudhary assured them thatthe Punjab Government waswith the bereaved families inthis hour of grief and wouldextend all possible help tothem. He said that the stategovernment would provideRs. 2 lakh each to the heirs ofthe deceased including wid-ow, dependent pension,cheap food smart card andeverything else possible.

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, AUG 6

In order to ensure rechargeof depleting groundwatertable and using treated waterfor the irrigation purposesthrough the eco-friendly method, thedistrict administra-tion will develop 55ponds based onS e e c h e w a lM o d e l / T h a p p a rModel in Jalandharduring the current fi-nancial year. All the11 blocks will havesuch five modelponds each in thedistrict.

Disclosing more infor-mation, the AdditionalDeputy Commissioner MrVishesh Sarangal said thatthe construction work hadbeen started in 11 villages ofvarious blocks in the districtunder Mahatma Gandhi Na-tional Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act (MG-NRE-

GA) and convergence.Sarangal said that fundsranging between worth RS16-17 lakh to be incurred onthe construction of eachpond. The ADC said that un-der this Model, the used wa-

ter draining out from housesand other sources, beforeflowing into the pond, pass-es through three wells wheresolid and oily waste are seg-regated. He said that refinedliquid then flows into thepond and remains stagnantthere for at least seven days,which helps kill the germs inwater naturally.

55 Seechewal model-basedponds be developed : ADC

Culprits responsible for tragedy willnot be spared: Arora, Chaudhary

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHR, AUG 6

On the occasion of RamJanmabhoomi Pujan inAyodhya, there is an at-mosphere of fame inNawanshahr. Temples andmonasteries are decorated,then people feed each oth-er sweets with the mantrasof Shri Rama.

Devotees are perform-ing puja and havan in tem-ples. The shrine of Shri

Rama is also decorated inthe temple. People ex-pressed happiness withfireworks. Traders ofSarafa Bazar Nawanshahrspecially invited RajniKanda's state secretaryOBC Morcha BJP Punjaband Poonam Manik dis-trict president SBS Nagarand distributed ladduswith BJP workers. PunjabBJP executive memberAshwin Balagan, CirclePresident Lucky Sharma,

OBC Morcha DistrictPresident Vijay Bhatia,Sahiba Circle Anil Dham,Seema Kanda, Suman,Rachita Malhotra, AkshayKada, Sanjeev Duggal,Jyoti Duggal, Manoj Jag-pal, along with HatinderRam Bhagat expressedhappiness with Khanna,Surabhi Jagpal, Nandesh,Rajinder Saini, Vikas Jan-gra, Sakshi Jangra,Priyanka, Veena, Richa,Jasika, Varun Soni.

Ramjanmabhoomi Pujan celebratedRAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR, AUG 6

The district level 74th Inde-pendence Day function thisyear would be a low key af-fair in wake of the govern-ment guidelines and strict ad-herence to the safety precau-tions would be ensured at anycost, said Deputy Commis-sioner Ferozepur Mr. GurpalSingh Chahal while chairinga review meeting to overseethe ongoing preparations forthe event.

He said that this timegathering would be limitedand the function would bekept simple and preciseadding he said that the Min-istry of Home Affairs had al-ready issued detailed instruc-

tions in this regard, whichwould be strictly followedamid a spike in COVID cas-es to contain the furtherspread of pandemic.

He said that Social Jus-tice Minister Punjab Mr. Sad-hu Singh Dharmsot wouldhoist the flag on this auspi-cious occasion. Referring tothe MHA and State Govern-ment’s guidelines regardingI-Day function amidCOVID, Mr. Chahal said thatthere would be no massive

gathering during the event asit used to be in previous yearsand only one contingent ofPunjab Police would givesalute. He also clarified thatthere would be no other ac-tivities like PT shows, cultur-al events, parades etc in orderto maintain the said guide-lines. The DC said that health& safety protocols includingsocial distancing, wearingmasks, hand sanitizing, dis-infecting the premises wouldbe accorded top priorities.

Adhering to Covid-19 safety precaution low keyI-Day function to be organized this year: DC

VERMAGURDASPUR, AUG 6

The Punjab State BJP'sWomen's Wing unit protestedagainst the Punjab govern-ment at the district level tobring justice to the 118 peopledied by spurious liquorthroughout Punjab.

On this occasion, women,holding placards in variousblocks of district Gurdaspurunder the leadership of Dis-trict President KulwinderKaur, protested against theCaptain Government and de-manded that the Captainshould immediately resignedfrom his post for his promise.She said that in the last assem-

bly Elections, CaptainAmarinder Singh had taken anoath by keeping Gutka Sahibin hand that he would finishthe drug addiction from Pun-jab within four weeks, but to-day 118 innocent people inPunjab have lost their livesdue to spurious liquor, hencethe Chief Minister should takemoral responsibility, and

should immediately give uphis position. She said that tilldate, the government underCaptain Amarinder Singh hasnot been able to arrest any bigdrug trader and put him in jail,due to which the spirits of drugmerchants and counterfeitersare booming. She further ex-claimed that the wires of suchfake liquor vendors are associ-ated with the leaders, who,during the election days, givemoney to the government inthe name of party funds andlater save tax of millions ofrupees , today is that poor peo-ple are losing their lives in themorass of poverty, but thegovernment has become silentspectator.

118 innocent people have become victim ofnegligence of Captain Govt : Kulwinder Kaur

Principal is making specialefforts to keep environment safe

QADIAN (VERMA): In the current conditions ofcovid-19, where every citizen has to follow the instruc-tions given by the government and administration, it isalso the responsibility of every citizen to keep the envi-ronment around them clean. Under this series, WorldEnvironment Day is being celebrated by plantingsaplings in the school premises and villages under theleadership of Principal Ram Lal of Bahadurpur Rajoa,a nearby village, so that this endeavor will prove bene-ficial for the students and villagers in future. Giving in-formation on the occasion, Principal Ram Lal informedthat the students of his school are being encouraged bythe teachers online in this regard and are also encour-aged to plant at least 10 saplings in their lives.

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, AUG 6

A meeting of the drivers andthe technical union washeld in the MunicipalCorporation ofPathankot in whichHarpal Singh Khokharwas purposely present.

In this protest, copiesof the notifications is-sued by the governmentregarding the allowance ofemployees were set on fireOn this occasion, the groupemployees sternly criticizedthe government's order todeduct the mobile al-lowance. Giving this infor-mation, the speakers said

that the pay scale report andother important demands ofthe employees are not beingaccepted by the government

and inversely the allowancesgiven to the employees arebeing reduced. MalkitSingh, Parminder Singh, Ra-jinder Singh, Jaideep Singhand other drivers wereamong those present on theoccasion.

Protest against MC Pathankot forrelease of employees' allowance

I-Day to becelebrated withsafety protocols

JALANDHAR, AUG 6

The Deputy CommissionerMr Ghanshyam Thori andCommissioner of Police MrGurpreet Singh Bhullar saidthat due to Covid-19 pan-demic, the District level cele-brations on 74th Indepen-dence Day would be heldwith strict adherence to thehealthy safety protocols espe-cially social distancing normsin local Guru Gobind SinghStadium. Taking stock of thepreparations of the I-DayFunction in a meeting con-vened at Stadium, the DeputyCommissioner and the Com-missioner of Police said thatwith the surge in Covid cases,no cultural event to be heldduring the celebrations.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020

Yoga centres to remain closedSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: No yoga institutes and gymnasiums will open in the Containmentzone, according to the order of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Government of India to prevent the spread of Kovid-19 in these places.Guidelines have been issued, which are mandatory to follow. Nishant KumarYadav, Deputy Commissioner and Nodal of District Disaster Management, onThursday, citing the instructions issued by the government, said that theinstructions given for yoga and gymnasium were intended to be appropriateamong the staff, members and people working in these places. Kovid-19 hasto be prevented from spreading by taking spacing and other protectivemeasures.

7PCM SD Collegestudents shine inGNDU results

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: The result of B.Sc.Fashion Designing Sem II of PCM S.D.College for Women, Jalandhar has beenincredibly well. Simrapreet bagged firstposition in the college by scoring 350(77.77%) out of 450 marks, Anjali stoodsecond in the college by getting 348(77.33) marks and Neha secured 344(76.44%) marks with third position in thecollege. The Principal of the college Dr.Kiran Arora congratulated the studentson their success and wished for theirbright future.

HMV gets 1st rank inPunjab for skill andvocational courses

JALANDHAR: HMV has started withits new session by seeking theblessings of the Almighty. Theinaugural Havan Yajna was organisedby observing the guidelines of socialdistancing. Principal Prof. Dr. AjaySareen extended a cordial welcome toAshok Pruthi and Ajay Goswami fromthe Local Managing Committee.Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareenenthusiastically announced that thecollege has taken a huge leap gotsecond rank in India and first rank inPunjab in Skill and VocationalEducation by Education World Portal.Ajay Goswami , Dr. Kanwaldeep,Dean Academics motivated themembers to work diligently in thetough times. The occasion alsowitnessed the release of HMV News,College Prospectus and HostelProspectus. The vote of thanks waspresented by Mamta, Dean VedicStudies. The Havan was led by Dr.Meenu Talwar and the stage washosted by Dr. Anjana Bhatia.

Doubt on Liquor's quality,excise department willconduct testANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: City's one resident hasbrought issue of suspense on quality ofbranded liquor purchased by him here.Sanjay Sharma a resident of Haibowaltold that he yesterday he purchasedexpensive English brand. He added thathe bought the bottle of English liquorfrom a contract at Hambaran Road andwhen he used it he had doubts about itsquality. He spoke to the contractor, butthe contractor said there is no problemwith the quality. However, Sanjay Kumarwas not satisfied and brought the matterto the notice of an excise official. Onwhich the AETC of the ExciseDepartment. Mr. Airi said to to take asample. Speaking of AETC, "Sampleswill be tested and further action will betaken," he said.

Approach SG's office before leaving India:SC tells foreign Jamaat attendees

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 6

The Supreme Court on Thursdayasked the foreign nationals, whoattended the Markaz TablighiJamaat congregation inNizamuddin area here in Marchthis year, to get in touch with theSolicitor General's office beforeleaving the country to find out ifthere are any cases pending againstthem. A bench of the apex courtheaded by Justice AM Khanwilkarwas hearing a batch of petitionsfield by the foreign nationals aftertheir passports were seized andvisas were cancelled by the Centralgovernment for allegedly attendingthe Nizamuddin congregation,which had become an epicentre forcoronavirus spread across thecountry. Solicitor General TusharMehta, senior law officer of theCentral government, submitted thatall look out circulars (LOCs) issuedby the Centre have beenwithdrawn, after which the benchsaid that before any of them(petitioners) leaves the country, itsbetter to get in touch with the SG'soffice and get to know about anycase pendency.

"The cases are mainly in Saketcourt and it can be heard anddisposed of by the trial court ofthese petitions. If they can tenderan apology, and as per guidelines,and as per law, then these peoplemay go to their respectivecountries," Mehta said.

Are we concerned with Delhicases or other, Justice Khanwilkarasked Mehta, to which the SolicitorGeneral said, in Delhi only.

"Many have gone for plea

bargaining and also many havebeen imposed fine and if not thesehad been followed by them, thenthe person concerned will have toface the trial," Mehta said.

Justice Khanwilkar, during thecourse of the hearing, stressed inthe fact that the cases be expeditedas soon as possible and thoseagainst whom cases are notpending, they may be permitted to

go. To a query put forth by one ofthe petitioners lawyer in the case,the apex court said, the SolicitorGeneral has no difficulty inbringing all the cases to one courtand dispose of the case.

The trial may be consolidatedto one judge, Mehta said, afterwhich the apex court fixed thematter for further hearing aftereight weeks.

Adjourns Mallya's plea seeking review of 2017 orderNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to August20 hearing on a plea filed by fugitive businessman Vijay Mallyaseeking a review of its May 2017 order holding him guilty of contemptfor transferring USD 40 million to his children in violation of thecourt's order. A bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ashok Bhushanadjourned the matter for August 20 as a document was not available inthe case file and asked Mallya's lawyer to bring it on record. Mallya isan accused in a bank loan default case of over Rs 9,000 crore involvinghis defunct Kingfisher Airlines and is presently in the United Kingdom.The Supreme Court had issued its May 9, 2017, order on a plea by aconsortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI), claiming hehad allegedly transferred USD 40 million received from British firmDiageo to his children in "flagrant violation" of various judicial orders.Earlier, the apex court had asked Mallya about the "truthfulness" of hisdisclosure of assets and the transfer of money to his children.

Sushant death case: BMC permitsproceedings on digital platform

MUMBAI, AUG 6

Responding to Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Patna(Central) Sanjay Singh's letter,the Additional MunicipalCommissioner ofBrihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) said theformer to conduct proceedingswith Maharashtragovernment's concernedofficials on the digitalplatform. In the letter, datedAugust 4, P Velrasu,Additional MunicipalCommissioner, BMC said, "Inview of prevailing coronaviruspandemic situation in Bihar, itis advised that the officer can

conduct his proceedings withvarious officials of thegovernment of Maharashtra ondigital platforms, such asZoom/ Google Meet/ Jio Meet/Microsoft Teams or other suchdigital platforms to interact.""This will not only ensure thatthe officer does not transmitthe infection (if at all he isasymptomatic of COVID-19

infection) to the officials towhom he will (come in)contact," the letter read. Theofficer has to be in compliancewith all the rules andregulations prevailing inMaharashtra, it added. IGPSingh wrote a letter to BMCCommissioner asking torelieve Superintendent ofPolice (SP) Vinay Tiwari fromhome quarantine as it is"creating obstructions" in theprobe of case related to actorSushant Singh Rajput's death.The Central government gavea nod to the Central Bureau OfInvestigation (CBI) to probethe death case of Bollywoodactor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Maha: Lockdown hits lemon cultivators of ChalisgaonAGENCYAURANGABAD, AUG 6

The coronavirus-induced lockdownhas severely hit lemon cultivators inChalisgaon of Maharashtra'sJalgaon district, who have beenforced to sell their produce at throw-away prices, as demand has droppedsignificantly in the present situation.

Dilip Deshmukh, who has alemon farm at Chalisgaon, was leftwith nothing despite supplying 80crates of his produce to the marketsof Surat in Gujarat recently.

Not only did he fail to get theright price for his produce, but afterbearing the transportation andpackaging costs, he earned next tonothing, the farmer claimed.

"Chalisgaon is known for itslemon farms and the agriculturemarket here is also a collectioncentre.

Businessmen from Gujaratusually send their crates to collect theproduce and they pay us based on theweight of the produce," Deshmukh

said. After sending his produce thistime around, the farmer received Rs5,061, while he had to shell out Rs5,461 to transport the lemons toSurat, he claimed.

"It was a total loss, as I didnt getany money in return but had tospend from my pockets to clear the

transaction," he said.Farmers don't make much by

selling the produce locally, which iswhy they prefer sending them toGujarat.

However, the coronavirus-induced lockdown not only causedthe lemon prices to fall, but it also

severely hit the commercialdemand.

"I have 2,200 lemon trees. Lastyear, the rate of lemons went up toRs 2,200 per crate," Deshmukh said.While some farmers like Deshmukhwas able to sustain the loss as he hasother businesses, many cultivatorsin the area, who are totallydependent on lemon farming,suffered.

Meanwhile, local authoritiesbelieve that although the harvest hasbeen substantial this year, thelockdown has slashed the rate oflemons and brought down thecommercial demand as well.

"Although the lemon harvest hasbeen good this year, the closure ofrestaurants and hotels due to thelockdown has affected the demand,"Chalisgaon agriculture marketcommittee chairman SardarsinghRajput said. Farmers of Chalisgaontry to get higher rates in nearbymarkets of Gujarat and other parts ofMaharashtra, but the price is notmore than Rs 5 per kg, he added.

MP condemns Punjab's oppositionto GI tag for basmati rice to state

BHOPAL, AUG 6

The Madhya Pradeshgovernment condemnedPunjab's opposition to theGeographical Indication (GI)tag for basmati rice beinggiven to Madhya Pradesh, byclaiming that the state has"written recorded historysince 1908" of production ofthe rice variant in 13districts. Earlier, amid MP'spush for getting GI tag forbasmati, Punjab ChiefMinister Captain AmarinderSingh had written to theCenter seeking the PrimeMinister's intervention andnot allowing this in the largerinterest of all the other stateswhich are already basmatiGI tagged. Singh had

claimed that giving GI tag toMP would lead to dilution,which might give anadvantage to Pakistan in theinternational market. "Govtof Madhya Pradesh stronglycondemns the letter writtenby the Punjab ChiefMinister to PMO Indiaregarding allotment of GItagging of basmati rice to 13districts of the state," a tweetby the Chief Minister'sOffice (CMO) MadhyaPradesh read. "MadhyaPradesh has a writtenrecorded history since 1908of Basmati production in 13districts. Records ofsupplying seeds to farmersin Madhya Pradesh in theyear 1944 is recorded in therecords of Scindia state.

Planting trees with cycle rallyon 24th consecutive day

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, AUG 6

It can be very difficult to do any work with a positiveenergy continuously, but with determination, that taskis easily completed. For this purpose, the PrernaSamiti Haryana Gath has been working forenvironmental protection for years. Dr. Ashok KumarVerma, the provincial president of the Prerna Samiti,Haryana, said these words at the beginning of thecycle rally. Today the plantation was carried out in themorning with the 268th Bicycle Rally on the 24thday. The rally was attended by Dr. SatyanarayanaSharma and mentor Karma Chand, advisors of thecommittee. Karma Chand told that they also keepwater with them while going for transplanting andwater is given where needed.

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Political expediency cannot be blamed for All IndiaCongress Committee general secretary PriyankaGandhi-Vadra’s volunteering to pledge her support

to the Ram temple project in Ayodhya and calling it asymbol of national unity. Even political novices areaware of the energy and efforts Hindutva forces havespent for the project, and the blood of innocent peoplethey caused to spill across the nation after Lal KrishnaAdvani mounted the “Ram rath” in the 1990s.Even a distant observer of Nehruvian legacy, leave alonehis political heirs, will not miss the objection the firstPrime Minister of India raised when President Babu Ra-jendra Prasad chose to attend the consecration of the ren-ovated Somnath temple in Gujarat, for the celebration ofa community is rightfully theirs, not of a secular state norits head. That the temple is coming up on a spot whereBabri Masjid once stood, and the apex court had sanc-tioned its construction there only after calling the van-dalism at the Masjid, including damage done to it in1934, placing of idols under its central dome in 1949 andits destruction in 1992, “egregious violations of rule oflaw”, would have been reason enough for the Congressleader to hold back her horses, instead of joining forceswith those who are out to display “triumphalist bigotry”,as another senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wouldput it. Protagonists of the Indian National Congress, savePandit Nehru, have displayed a congenital tragic flawwhen they were told to act on the contentious Ayodhyaissue, and Ms Gandhi can be seen as no exception.Rajiv Gandhi, then Prime Minister and Congress presi-dent, did it twice: in 1986 when he ordered opening ofthe locks of the disputed site which his grandfather hadshut down and then allowing the shilanyas in 1989. P.V.Narasimha Rao, then Prime Minister and Congress pres-ident, watched in silence when karsevaks razed theminarets in 1992. The Congress’ attempts were clearlyto hunt with the hounds and run with the hare, but itfailed, miserably and naturally. The party that had placed itself at the secular liberal side

of the polity lost pathetically when it chose to run therightist course, for the people had a better lineup to rep-resent that ideology to opt for. Ms Gandhi and those inthe Congress who smart at being not invited for the pro-gramme in Ayodhya owe the people an explanation howtheir interpretation of national unity as seen in the Ayo-dhya project squares with the “the ideals Lord Ram epit-omises: justice for all, righteous conduct, fairness andfirmness in all dealings, moral rectitude and courage”, asShashi Tharoor would put it.

Ditching secular legacywon’t protect Congress

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Literature & HealthVitamin D does not reducerisk of depression in adults

Vitamin D supplements donot show any "significantbenefit" in the protection

against depression in middle-agedor older adults, according to the re-sults from one of the largest everstudies of its kind.

In this study, however, "Therewas no significant benefit from thesupplement for this purpose. It didnot prevent depression or improvemood," said Olivia I. Okereke,MD, MS, of Massachusetts Gener-al HospitalMGH's Psychia-try Department.Okereke is thelead author of thereport and princi-pal investigatorof this study,published inJAMA. It includ-ed more than18,000 men andwomen aged 50years or older.Half the partici-pants received vitamin D3 (chole-calciferol) supplementation for anaverage of five years, and the otherhalf received a matching placebofor the same duration.

Vitamin D is sometimes calledthe "sunshine vitamin" because theskin can naturally create it whenexposed to sunlight. Numerous pri-or studies showed that low bloodlevels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy vi-tamin D) were associated with

higher risk for depression in laterlife, but there have been few large-scale randomised trials necessaryto determine causation. Now Ok-ereke and her colleagues have de-livered what may be the definitiveanswer to this question. "One sci-entific issue is that you actuallyneed a very large number of studyparticipants to tell whether or not atreatment is helping to prevent thedevelopment of depression. Withnearly 20,000 people, our study

was statisti-cally pow-ered to ad-dress this is-sue," Ok-ereke ex-plained.

T h i sstudy, calledVITAL-DEP(DepressionE n d p o i n tPreventionin the Vita-min D and

Omega-3 Trial), was an ancillarystudy to VITAL, a randomised clin-ical trial of cardiovascular diseaseand cancer prevention among near-ly 26,000 people in the US. Fromthat group, Okereke and her col-leagues studied the 18,353 men andwomen who did not already haveany indication of clinical depres-sion to start with, and then testedwhether vitamin D3 preventedthem from becoming depressed."

Pakistan continues propagandaand anti-Indian vitriol, despite asignificantly improved security

situation and dip in terror attacks inJammu and Kashmir, following theabrogation of Article 370 from theregion on August 5 last year, accord-ing to The National Interest. In an ar-ticle for the magazine by MichaelRubin, a resident scholar at theAmerican Enterprise Institute (AEI),the author explains how PakistanPrime Minister Imran Khan issued adirective to the press for describingKashmir, distracting Pakistanis fromthe government's mishandling ofCOVID-19 crisis and economy.

Even as Pakistan has beensnubbed by the international com-munity for raising the Kashmir is-sue, it continues to rake up the mat-ter nonetheless. For example, Pak-istani journalists, risk their employ-ment if they do not use their govern-ment's nomenclature regardingKashmir. The scribes are forced toterm India's actions in Kashmir as"demographic apartheid" and "mili-tary siege" instead of "lockdown."

The journalists have been in-structed to wear black solidarityarmbands. "No amount of Khan'srhetorical flak should distract fromPakistan's terror complicity, the rootcause of insecurity in South Asia.While the Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) has begun to addressPakistan's terror problem, it wasdiplomatic nicety rather than an ob-jective consideration of facts that al-

lowed Pakistan to remain on theFATF grey list in June 2019 ratherthan face the sanctions of a formallyblack-listed countries," Rubin said.

"In recent weeks, the Pakistanisenate had passed two reforms nec-essary to address FATF concernsabout Pakistan's terror complicity,but even if the Pakistani governmentand, more importantly, Pakistan's In-ter-Services Intelligence agency wassincere, the fact that such reformsare considered openly controversialwithin the Pakistani governmentshould raise red flags," he added.The author stated that while Pak-istani diplomats say the country istaking stern action against UN-des-ignated terrorists, Islamabad contin-ues to remain deeply invested in aid-ing terror. "...Official Pakistaniprotestations of ignorance about thewhereabouts of Masood Azhar, theUN-designated leader of the Pak-istan-based Jaish-i-Mohammed ter-rorist group, belies this. So too doesthe saga of Ehsanullah Ehsan, theformer spokesperson of Tehreek-i-

Taliban Pakistan, a man responsiblefor one of the bloodiest terrorist at-tacks on Pakistani soil who 'escaped'from prison and now appears to beunder the protection of Pakistan's in-telligence service. Nor has therebeen any substantive action in thecase of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror-ists who attacked Mumbai morethan a decade ago," Rubin said.Rather than cracking down on terror,the Imran Khan government seemsinclined to use the COVID-19 pan-demic as an excuse to seek relief ordelay in fulfilling the FATF commit-ments ahead of the plenary in Octo-ber this year. Rubin lists out ImranKhan's "hypocritical" actions includ-ing the systematic targetting ofGilgitis, Pashtuns, Sindhis andBalochis within the country and Is-lamabad's claims of respecting reli-gious liberty, given their open sup-port of concentration camps forUighur Muslims set up by China."Any Pakistani criticism of others'respect for religious liberty also fallsflat, given the Pakistani govern-ment's endorsement of Chinese con-centration camps targeting UighurMuslims and the sense of impunityfor violence against minorities thatleads Peshawar's elite police to posefor a selfie with a man who ac-knowledged murdering Americancitizen Tahir Ahmad Naseem,charged under Pakistan's intolerantblasphemy laws but whose realcrime was being from the Ahmadisect," he said.

Pak promoting anti-India propaganda

Anew study sug-gests that bis-phosphona tes

which are the drugsthat prevent the loss ofbone density and usedto treat osteoporosisand similar diseasesappear to be safe andbeneficial for os-teoarthritis patients.

O s t e o a r t h r i t i s(OA) is the most com-mon form of arthritisand a leading cause ofdisability worldwidewith more than 300million suffering withthe condition, yetthere are no effectivetreatments to stop the

disease or its progres-sion. One of the le-sions in OA that caus-es pain and progres-sion of the structuralpathology of the dis-ease are bone marrowlesions. Researchersbelieve bisphospho-nates may alter bonemarrow lesions, andthereby could improve

pain in OA andhalt its progres-sion. Alternative-ly, they could alsoalter the mechani-cal properties ofbone, thereby po-tentially con-tributing to detri-

mental effects. Usingdata from the Os-teoarthritis Initiative,a longitudinal cohortof people with or atrisk for knee OA, theresearchers identifiedwomen who startedbisphosphonates andmatched them towomen who weren'ton the drug.

Bone drug may be beneficialfor knee osteoarthritis

'Nitty-gritty of wisdom'Knowledge ally of soul,myth's enemy,Myth has shades two,disregard entity,And faith deep inunrealityDisregard to entity, inignorance too,But unreality faith , only ifluxury woo:One who follows tact , feels never alone,Whilst in forest, or at homeMen great - unity in belief, word and deed,Right conduct cousin theirs, best indeedIn wicked howbeit, divorce amply breedsBetwixt 'idea and word', 'word and deed':Men of experience enlighten ept, else life,And leadeth oft, to path right or brightEver with wings, of knowledge and action,Tend salvation, men of refined perfectionTo lit flame of grip, they burn oil of action,For bliss, grip owes to food of rightreaction:Grasp comes, via sacred voice of God,Mentor wise if, maketh hear voice of LordIf we act, as per His sacred voice,Soul'll reach atop, peak of ideal heightBecause, when sacred voice of Lord rains,In vessel of mind, wisdom's containedAs and when, mentor is far away,Drink crux embraced, for ept self sway.

POEMS

By: Ashwani Sharma, PrincipalGov't Degree College, Dhaneta

Dist. Hamirpur, H.P.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2020

An international team ofastronomers includingGisela Ortiz-Leon

from the Max Planck Institutefor Radio Astronomy(MPIfR) in Bonn discovereda Saturn-like planet orbiting asmall, cool star by detectingthe "wobble" in the star's mo-tion caused by the gravita-tional pull of the planet.

This is the first time thatthis technique is successfullyemployed with observationsobtained at radio wave-lengths. For their observa-tions, the researchers used anetwork of radio antennasthat are linked together toform a continent-size radiotelescope. The discovery waspossible thanks to the ex-tremely high precision meas-urements of the star's positionthat can only be achievedwith such a radio telescopenetwork.

One of the things thatmakes this detection excitingis that the planet, calledTVLM 513b, has a similarmass to Saturn and an orbitanalogous to that of Mercuryin our Solar System. Only ahandful of extrasolar planetswith characteristics similar toTVLM 513b have been dis-covered so far around small,cool stars - known as ultra-cool dwarfs. Other planetsearch techniques have diffi-culties to study these dwarfs,mainly due to the faintness ofthe objects, which makes ra-dio observations a very pow-erful and complementary toolto uncover many more newplanets.

The results are publishedin the current issue of the 'As-tronomical Journal'.

Using the supersharp ra-dio "vision" of the continent-wide Very Long Baseline Ar-ray (VLBA), astronomershave discovered a Saturn-sized planet closely orbiting asmall, cool star 35 light-yearsfrom Earth. This is the firstdiscovery of an extrasolarplanet with a radio telescopeusing a technique that re-quires extremely precisemeasurements of a star's posi-tion in the sky, and only thesecond planet discovery forthat technique and for radiotelescopes.

The technique has longbeen known but has proven

difficult to use. It involvestracking the star's actual mo-tion in space, then detecting aminuscule "wobble" in thatmotion caused by the gravita-tional effect of the planet. Thestar and the planet orbit a lo-cation that represents the cen-tre of mass for both com-bined. The planet is revealedindirectly if that location,called the barycenter, is farenough from the star's centreto cause a wobble detectableby a telescope.

This technique, called theastrometric technique, is ex-pected to be particularly goodfor detecting Jupiter-like

planets in orbits distant fromthe star. This is because whena massive planet orbits a star,the wobble produced in thestar increases with larger sep-aration between the planetand the star, and at a givendistance from the star, themore massive the planet, thelarger the wobble produced.

Starting in June of 2018and continuing for a year anda half, the astronomerstracked a star called TVLM513-46546, a cool dwarf withless than a tenth the mass ofour Sun in the constellationBootes (The Herdsman). Inaddition, they used data from

nine previous VLBA obser-vations of the star betweenMarch 2010 and August2011.

Extensive analysis of thedata from those time periodsrevealed a telltale wobble inthe star's motion indicatingthe presence of a planet com-parable in mass to Saturn, or-biting the star once every 221days. This planet is closer tothe star than Mercury is to theSun.

Small, cool stars likeTVLM 513-46546 are themost numerous stellar type inour Milky Way Galaxy, andmany of them have been

found to have smaller planets,comparable to Earth andMars.

"Giant planets, likeJupiter and Saturn, are ex-pected to be rare around smallstars like this one, and the as-trometric technique is best atfinding Jupiter-like planets inwide orbits, so we were sur-prised to find a lower mass,Saturn-like planet in a rela-tively compact orbit. We ex-pected to find a more massiveplanet, similar to Jupiter, in awider orbit", said SalvadorCuriel, of the National Au-tonomous University of Mex-ico. "Detecting the orbitalmotions of this sub-Jupitermass planetary companion insuch a compact orbit was agreat challenge", he added.

More than 4,300 planetshave been discovered orbit-ing stars other than the Sun,but the planet around TVLM513-46546 is only the secondto be found using the astro-metric technique. Another,very successful method,called the radial velocitytechnique, also relies on thegravitational effect of theplanet upon the star. Thattechnique detects the slightacceleration of the star, eithertoward or away from Earth,caused by the star's motionaround the barycenter.

"Our method comple-ments the radial velocitymethod which is more sensi-tive to planets orbiting inclose orbits, while ours ismore sensitive to massiveplanets in orbits further awayfrom the star", said Gisela Or-tiz-Leon of the Max PlanckInstitute for Radio Astrono-my in Germany.

Radio telescopes find extrasolar planet

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handigarh : Taiwanese tech giant, ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) reinforces the vision to deliver an Cultimate gaming experience by launching the ‘state of

the art’ creation, Zephyrus G14 today. Asus ROG’s flagship product ispowered by the latest AMD Ryzen™ 9 4900HS processorwith up to 8 cores and 16 threads offering power packed performance.It comes with customized intelligent cooling system, up to an RTX 2060 MaxQ GPU from NVIDIA and up to an UHD resolution Pantone validated 100% sRGBcolor accurate display to captivate users. ASUS India also ramps up the AMD portfolio by adding ZenBook 14, VivoBook S S14, VivoBook Ultra K15, VivoBook Ultra14/15, VivoBook Flip14 and Zephyrus G15 to it. Commenting on the launch of the novel product, Arnold Su, Business Head, Consumer & Gaming PC, System Business Group, Asus India, said, “Zephyrus G14 is truly a breathtaking technological and design marvel from ASUS. Emphasizing on thin & light as our prime focus for the first time for a gaming laptop in 14-inch form factor with such powerful AMD Ryzen 4000 series HS processors will provide unrivalled performance to gamers and content creators.

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CHANDIGARH: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, on Thursday announced the commencement of bookings for the all-new Audi RS Q8. Audi RS Q8 is the ultimate high-performance machine that boasts outstanding performance, unrestricted everyday usability and a vast customization menu with regard to design and drive. The Audi RS Q8 can be booked with an initial amount of INR 15 Lakhs.

Audi India opens bookings for all-new Audi RS Q8

ave you graduated from basic for fitness influencers for inspiration to get little bit more comfortable while workouts and need a little bit yourself moving? We've got you. Apps to increasing endurance and focus. It's simple Hmore of a challenge to push help guide you through your home yet effective, and the cushioning works

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udhiana/Amritsar:--As one of the most professional & digitally savvy manufacturers of ceramic and vitrified tiles Lin the country, Orientbell Tiles innovate and set another

benchmark with a first ever digital launch of 200 SKUs. In a live YouTube launch attended by more than 1000 Channel Partners as well as its own employees it showcased its prowess in leveraging d ig i ta l to c rea te f r ic t ion less experiences for shoppers & customers. It launched 50 Glazed vitrified tiles inspired by the best marbles & natural stones from across the world. It also re-launched Forever Tiles with the added benefit of being 99% Germ Free. The range receives a contemporary facelift with additional options in slate, wood finishes and even geometric designs. In Double Charge it has launched a new exclusive range, called Zenith, that infuses freshness and choice in the segment. In Ceramic it launched, Estilo, gloss & matt tiles in both the sizes 300X600mm and 300X450mm. Estilo, which means style in Spanish, brings designs inspired from Europe, adapted to Indian tastes. This includes more than 24 new & unique punches with multiple color combinations highlighting their confidence in resilience of the economy and the real estate industry.

Max Bupa introduces ReAssure Health Insurance Plan

‘Tata Nexon’ with just a monthly subscriptionCHANDIGARH: Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile manufacturer, today announced the launch ofa first of its kind subscription model for electric vehicles (EV). Designed to make EVs more accessible to a rapidly growing base of future conscious citizens, Tata Motors is making available its flagship EV, the Tata Nexon at an all-inclusive fixed rental starting at just Rs. 41,900/- per month. Discerning customers can select the tenure of their subscription from a minimum period of 18 months to 24 and 36 months. Through a collaboration with Orix Auto Infrastructure Services Limited, amongst India's top leasing companies, this service is being offered in 5 major cities - Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, during the inaugural phase of the launch. Announcing the launch of this unique EV subscription programme, Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicles Business Unit, Tata Motors said, “EVs are the future, and as the leader of this fast growing segment, Tata Motors is committed to popularise their access and use in India.

Orientbell Tiles : New Products & Digital will drive growth

LUDHIANA: Max Bupa – one of India’s leading standalone health insurers, has introduced ‘ReAssure’–a comprehensive health insurance plan that provides unlimited sum insured for any type of hospitalization including the ones related to COVID-19. This is a unique customer benefit which allows consumers to make as many claims as required for themselvesor for family members covered in the same policy, for same or different illness in a year, at no additional cost.A single claim under ReAssure benefit will be payable upto the base sum insured amount. In a nutshell, ReAssurecustomers will never fall short of coverage which is critical to protect against unforeseen medical expenditure towards all kinds of diseases, including Covid-19. Even in case of critical illnesses like kidney dialysis or cancer, when patients often need hospitalization multiple times in the same year, unlimited coverage in the product will prove to be extremely useful. The product comes with a ‘Booster Benefit’ that doubles the sum insured in just two claim free years.f no claim was made during the year, then for the next year the sum insured will increase by 50%.

handigarh: Big Magic, being a wholesome family entertainment channel brings to its viewers an Cinteresting line-up to engage them throughout the

month and beyond. A fiction drama Manmohini will be launched on August 8 and shown in the 9:00 PM timeband every Monday to Sunday, while another interesting fantasy fiction offering, Hatim will be launched on August 10 to regale audiences in the 7:00 PM timeband. In addition to the above, the channel adds to the excitement by further engaging its audiences through 2 animated series, the magical adventure, Sabrina and the action fantasy show, Nanhe Ninja. A special line-up of movies is also created to celebrate Independence Day on August 15 which consists of a hit animation movie, Sons of Ram and Bollywood film, Flying Jatt. Making this year's independence day memorable, the channel also brings to its young viewers two half an hour animated series.

handigarh : Xiaomi, India’s No.1 smartphone and No.1 Smart TV brand, Ctoday announced the launch of Mi TV

Stick, a smart, compact and portable gadget that aims to transform any non-smart TV into a smart TV. Powered by Android TV 9.0, Mi TV Stick offers access to 5000+ apps and games via Google Play.Featuring a slim and sleek design, MI TV Stick has a compact and lightweight design (28.5 gms, 92.4 x 30.4mm). Users can now enjoy thousands of hours of engaging content in Full HD resolution on any TV by connecting their Mi TV Stick in less than 30 seconds. The gadget supports Dolby and DTS audio compression technologies delivering rich audio for a cinema-like experience. In addition to this, the Mi TV Stick is also equipped with quad-core Cortex A53 processor backed by 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage promising a smooth and flawless performance. Eshwar Nilakantan, Lead Business – MiTV, Xiaomi India, said,“At Xiaomi, we are focused on bringing entertainment into the comfort of your living room by providing solutions that not only provide access to content but also make streaming a lot more convenient on non-smart TV sets. With the launch of Mi TV Stick, we are focused on offering the Smart TV experience to consumers who are constantly looking for ways to consume OTT content.”Running on Android TV version (9.0), Mi TV Stick gives access to a “world of content” for users.

handigarh; The impact of the restrictions arising from the novel corona virus has been particularly severe on Cstudents as far as education is concerned. Ever since the

lockdown was announced, schools have been closed and there has been break in classroom education for them. In fact a week before the lockdown was announced, the government had decided to shut down schools.Said Mr. Vinesh Menon, CEO - Education, Skilling & Consulting Services, Ampersand Group, “We all know that when a school closes a cascade of adverse effects follow. These vary from a disruption in lessons to a sudden breakage in the teacher–child–parent interaction to disturbance in the flow of students who have been toiling hard to prepare for annual examinations to even something as rudimentary as explaining to smaller children about what really caused the school shut down.”According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) and the United Nations, 39 countries across three continents have closed schools due the virus outbreak. This has led to over 500 million students being kept away from school to ensure social distancing and to stem the spread of the virus. The shutdown of the schools and break in physical classrooms has encouraged Ed-tech companies to surge their offerings in the online education space. Leading known players as well as relatively unknown start-ups have all started positioning themselves as the ideal alternative to ensure that children continue to learn during this period.

ew Delhi - With the onset of COVID 19, it has become imperative to realise the importance of health & wellness, Nalongside having a comprehensive health insurance policy.

Keeping this in mind, Aditya Birla Health Insurance(ABHICL), the health insurance arm of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, has introduced an array of services and product solutions that will enable customers to take care of their health in such difficult times. ABHICL is planning to reduce the Initial waiting period from 30 to 15 days for all the policyholders for COVID-19 related Inpatient Hospitalization claims. This offering will be launched for policyholders shortly. Another new key offering that will be introduced is the extension of the Home Treatment Facility to policyholders, otherwise requiring hospitalization and where policyholder have been advised Home Treatment by the treating Doctor in line with the ICMR Guidelines. This Home treatment facility would be provided on a cashless basis through our Network Providers and Empaneled Service Provider. ABHICL also recently launched ‘Corona Kavach Policy’– an indemnity health insurance product covering COVID-19. Corona Kavach is a specific reactive care hospitalisation indemnity plan which covers hospitalisation expenses in case of inpatient admission due to COVID-19 infection and any other co-morbidity which a patient may have.

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Microsoft introduces thePower Platform Return toWorkplace solution CHANDIGARH: Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Power Platform Return to the Workplace solution across India. Introducedat its flagship partner summitMicrosoft Inspire 2020, this pre-built solution will help organizations plan, coordinate and manage the return to physical workplaces with confidence. Designed for fast deployment and customization, the Power Platform Return to the Workplace solution is a comprehensive, end-to-end set of modules built on a secure and compliant platform. Together, the modules provide an end-to-end experience for executive leaders, facility managers, employees, managers, as well as health and safety leaders.The solution will be free to download and usefor businesses of all sizes as an integral part of all existing and new paid Power Apps licenses.

anchkula:The simple pleasure of having your favourite cuisine at a restaurant you love has now become a thing Pof the past. In an endeavour to remove all fear from the

minds of food aficionados, a food delivery innovation - ‘5 Star Recipe Kits’, has been unveiled by Welcomhotel Bella Vista, Sector 5, Panchkula.As far as the ‘5 Star R e c i p e K i t s ’ a r e concerned the concept aims at providing safe & nutritious ‘hotel-style meals’ right to the customer’s platter.Manohar Reny Duddi, Executive Chef explains, “’5 Star Recipe Kits’ has been launched in a vegetarian avatar. These contain fresh ingredients- vegetables & cheese (paneer) cubes according to the recipe, exotic spice blends for tempering, and our delectable signature gravies, in a neatly packed box. The vegetables are both in raw or blanched form as the recipe demands, and all the vegetables are properly sanitized and UV treated. The tempering too is UV treated. As far as the signature gravies are concerned, these are fully cooked at over 85 degrees temperature.”

handigarh : Driven by the mission to enable the best opportunities and future for young people, the Department of Sports and Youth Services, Government of CPunjab, UNICEF and YuWaah announced a new partnership to enable the best

opportunities for eight million young people in Punjab. The Government of Punjab’s partnership with Yuwaah and UNICEF was announced in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, Hon'bleSports&Youth Services Minister,ShriRana GurmeetSingh Sodhi, Ms. Vini Mahajan, Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Mr. Ravi Venkatesan, UNICEF Special Representative for Young People & Advisor to Punjab Government and thousands of young people across the state of Punjab through a Facebook live event. Building on Punjabi youth’s inherent strengths – boldness, courage and entrepreneurship – over next three years, Pride of Punjab initiative aims to connect millions of young people of Punjab across 22 districts with aspirational economic opportunities, gain relevant skills for productive lives and become changemakers. Announcing the partnership, Captain Amarinder Singh, the Hon'ble Chief Minister expressed his keen interest in joining hands to ensure the best for youth in the state and said, “young people of Punjab are not seen just as passive receivers of support, but active drivers of change”. Mr. Ravi Venkatesan, UNICEF Special Representative for Young People and Member, Punjab State Advisory Council said, “YuWaah! is all about helping young people develop the mindset and skills to thrive in a volatile, uncertain, fast-changing world. We see the Covid-19 crisis as a “crucible” for developing the leadership potential of Punjab’s youth by engaging them as volunteers, problem-solvers and change-leaders in their communities.

Punjab govt, YuWaah, Unicefjoin hands for youth

handigarh: In a bid to address the urgent collective fight against the Cspread of Covid-19, RB India has

extended support to Haryana CSR Advisory Board, Government of Haryana. 15,000 litres of Lizol and Harpic are being donated to the state Government which will help break the chain of this deadly infection. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Haryana has been putting in best efforts to safeguard the citizens as well as the frontline workers in the state. They have been ensuring that proper medical infrastructure is made available to the frontline workers and proper hygiene is maintained at public facilities. Through this alliance, RB is assisting the state Government in their efforts to contain the spread of infection by disinfecting public utilities including hospitals, across the state. Commenting on the initiative, Tushara Shankar, Head- CSR and External Relations, RB Hygiene, India said, “It is critical for us to step up and reach out to governments during these times. At RB, we salute the work of our frontline workers who are doing everything they can to protect us and keep us safe.

RB India extends support to Covid-19 warriors in Haryana

Aditya Birla Health Insurance provides a health cushion to customers for COVID 19

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Launches Sporty New Fortuner TRD Limited Edition

HANDIGARH: The Fortuner needs no introduction and to celebrate the Csuccess of this icon,Toyota Kirloskar

Motor (TKM) today launched the Limited Edition of the Sporty New Fortuner TRDin the Indian market.TKM has leveraged the heritage of Toyota Racing Development (TRD) to bring a sporty appeal to the Fortuner TRD.The Limited Edition is available in both 4x2 and 4x4 Automatic Transmission (diesel) variants in dual-tone stylish exterior, stunning dual-tone dashboard and rugged charcoal black R18 TRD alloy wheels. Bookings are open from today across the Toyota dealerships in the country.In addition to the standard superlative features, the new Sporty New Fortuner TRD offers a range of digital high-tech optional accessoriesunder Special Technology Package which includes state-of-the-art features like ‘Head up Display (HUD),Tyre Pressure monitor (TPMS), Digital Video Recorder (DVR), Wireless Smartphone Charger and Welcome door lamp which will further enhance comfort and style.

Big Magic makes Family entertainment a whole lot better

udhiana : Even as an economic downturn forces companies across industries to cut costs and curtail growth objectives, LIndian EdTech startup Bada Business is eyeing an over

200 per cent increase in revenue this year, with major expansion plans on the anvil including 75 new branch offices in Tier II and

Tier III cities, 100 new courses and 500 new hirings. Established in 2019, Bada Business is an EdTech platform that offers a series of digital business learning courses ranging from 2 months to 2 years. The platform which is often referred to as 'Harvard of India' has sought to create an alternative business education program for people who are unable to access formal management education. It offers the requisite business skills and knowledge to help small and medium

enterprises in scaling up and reinventing their businesses. Bada Business' popularity witnessed a massive surge post the COVID 19 crisis with entrepreneurs turning to online courses seeking strategic skills to keep businesses profitable.

Glenmark introduces higher strength of FabiFlu® to reduce pill burden of COVID-19 CHANDIGARH: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a research-led, integrated global pharmaceutical company, today announced that it will introduce a 400 mg version of oral antiviral FabiFlu®, for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in India. The higher strength will improve patient compliance and experience, by effectively reducing the number of tablets that patients require per day. A higher pill burden has been associated with lower adherence to therapy, the latter affecting viral suppression and overall treatment outcomes. Also reducing the pill burden has been a demand from doctors and patients to enable adherence. The 200 mg dosage of FabiFlu® required patients to take 18 tablets on Day 1 (nine in the morning and nine in the evening), followed by 8 tablets each day thereafter for a maximum of 14 days. With the new 400 mg version, patients will now have a more relaxed dosage regimen, with 9 tablets required on Day 1( 4.5 in the morning and 4.5 in the evening), and thereafter 2 tablets twice a

Welcomhotel Bella Vista unveils extra safe ‘5 Star Recipe Kits'

High powered committee needed to tackle disruption in education caused by COVID-19

RBI approves appointment of SashidharJagdishan as HDFC Bank’s new MD & CEO

HANDIGARH: The Reserve Bank of India approved the appointment of CMr SashidharJagdishan as

Managing Director & CEO of HDFC Bank. The appointment is for a period of 3 years beginning October 27, 2020 and is subject to approval of the Bank's board and shareholders. Mr Aditya Puri, the iconic Managing Director who led the bank since inception retires on October 26, 2020."Sashi brings to the table a rare combination of IQ and EQ. Given his understanding of the business, coupled with a strong people connect,we’re confident that he’ll take the bank to the next level. My best wishes are always with him," said Ms ShyamalaGopinath, Chairperson, HDFC Bank Limited."I congratulate Sashi on his appointment. He understands the Bank's ethos, culture which has made it what it is.

EdTech Platform Bada Business Eyes over 200 Per Cent Revenue Growth

NSDC and Simplilearn Announce Collaboration to Upskill Professionals in Digital Skills HANDIGARH: The temporary shutdown of institutions and universities due to the COVID-19 lockdown has affected the overall learning of a large number of Cstudents and professionals alike. To support the continuity of digital skilling of

the Indian workforce, Simplilearn, a global provider of digital skills training, today announced its partnership with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). Through this collaboration, Simplilearn will host more than 1,000 hours of free learning in digital skills and technologies for learners across India. Aligned to the Skill India Mission, the collaboration aims to create a future-ready workforce by leveraging the power of technology. Strengthening the digital learning ecosystem, both Simplilearn and NSDC will enable access to over 1,000 hours of digital programs and technologies under the categories of AI and Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Science & Business Intelligence, Cyber Security, Software Development, Project management, and Digital marketing. All programs are designed with a unique industry relevant curriculum, which provides learners theoretical understanding and enables them to get an indepth knowledge about the evolving industry trends. Commenting on the collaboration, Dr. Manish Kumar, MD & CEO, NSDC, said, “The dissemination of future-ready skills require technology platforms with high outreach capabilities. Through its partnerships, NSDC promotes online learning for accessing exciting work-opportunities that the fast-changing world offers.”Speaking on the partnership, Krishna Kumar, Founder and CEO Simplilearn, said, “In these uncertain times we have witnessed a surge in the usage of digital platforms and technologies, indicating the creation of new job roles in the days to come. It is of utmost importance that the current workforce is well-equipped with digital skills to meet the industry demands of tomorrow. As part of Simplilearn’s continued partnership with NSDC, we are happy to support and contribute to NSDC’s efforts in the skilling of India’s workforce to prepare for a digital future.

Gurgaon : In anticipation of opening of educational institutions in following months, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd has commenced an extensive ‘CAReS’ training program in supported government-run Industrial Training Institutes across the country. The MSIL supported ITIs have been on the frontline since the pandemic outbreak. The CAReS training comprises of online classes to train ITI students and staff on MHA guidelines of social distancing, new SOPs on hygiene etc. The regular video learning sessions help in the sensitization of the ITI staff and students. The training program is designed to raise awareness, responsiveness, and safety-related measures among all the stakeholders amid the COVID situation and different ways to deal with such challenges.Mr. A K Tomer, Executive advisor, Corporate Social Responsibility, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. said, “Maruti Suzuki has commenced the CAReS training program to prepare action-based guidelines to enable resumption of ITIs while simultaneously maintaining safe working environment at our institutions. There are separate online learning sessions for both students and staff”. He further added, “The ITIs have been proactively engaged in dealing with challenges since the outbreak of pandemic, this training will be crucial for imparting basic sensitization of the students and staff”.

Maruti Suzuki launches ‘CAReS’ training for ITI Staff & Students

Xiaomi launches Mi TV Stick in India

ctor Vaani Kapoor recently spoke about her interests to work in a biopic of astronaut Kalpana Chawla. The A'Befikre' actor said, "I would love to do a biopic! Kalpana

Chawla is a huge role model for women around the world and anyone who has ever dreamt of being an astronaut. She's an inspiration and her story is definitely the one to be

celebrated and told. I would really really want to play her on-screen, it'll be

an absolute honour."The 31-year-old star

seems to be making her intent clear to do a project that was once

rumoured to be looking for

Priyanka Chopra and Deepika

Padukone to helm the affairs. The actor feels she

would love to take the risk as an artist and try her hand at doing the biopic and also experiment with several genres in her career span. Talking about the roles she has essayed on the big screen so far, Kapoor added, "I've tried to pick the best from what came my way and it feels amazing to have worked with some of the best in the industry. I have been able to get opportunities for roles so distinctive. From a small-town girl Tara in Shudh Desi Romance to a girl who's French in Befikre, to an independent single mother in War, to a completely different era in Shamshera, it's been pretty good." The actor added, "However, there are many more films one desires to be part of, genres like action, comedy, romcoms, drama, suspense, thriller, all and many more versatile roles to discover."

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Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan will be a part of my film: Kangana

ctor Kangana Ranaut, on the "The Ram Mandir isn't just a temple, but occasion of Ram Mandir bhoomi an emotion. For me, Ayodhya is very Apujan, detailed about her plans to symbolic and this journey of the last 500-

capture the entire six-century old journey 600 years that we have had as a of the Ram Mandir in her next directorial civilization is very exciting for me. I want venture 'Aparajita Ayodhya'. to not waste the limited time we all have The 'Queen' actor, who is all set to make and I'd rather do things that cause a shift a film on the temple's 600-year-old in the way we live, we think," she said. journey in a recent interview noted that Ranaut further explained that now is the today's iconic moment will also be a huge correct moment to introspect and act episode in her directorial project. upon things that need to change within Calling the movie as a story of "devotion, the society.faith and unity", the 33-year-old actor "I personally feel that this is the time for said: "In my film, there are several real us to delve and go beyond our 'roti, Muslim characters who have fought in kapda, makaan' needs, and see what we favour of the Ram temple. Ram Rajya is lack as a society and how we can revive beyond religion and that's what 'Aparajita that. For me, a temple isn't about pillars, Ayodhya' will be about." bricks or just a structure. It's a symbol of "It's a very tough screenplay as it travels something that our civilization considered across 600 years and the Ram Mandir the highest," the 'Gangster' actor said.bhumi pujan will very much be a part of She noted, "Ram is not a God, he's my film. Vijayendra Sir (KV Vijayendra Purushottam - an elevated man. He's no Prasad ) has put it together in a beautiful more but his qualities continue to live. way. It could have been a logo launch for The temple is a symbol of those qualities. us today because it was a perfect day. He established Ram Rajya, which to a Nevertheless, we have high hopes that great extent was followed by Mahatma we will be able to go on floors very soon. Gandhi and that's how he got us I can't wait to narrate the film to my freedom, so his consactors," the actor added. The upcoming ciousness prevailed movie is written by the 'Baahubali' through so many scriptwriter KV Vijayendra Prasad and great beings and bankrolled by her production house. continued to As the country witnessed Prime Minister save us and Narendra Modi laying the foundation affect our stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya lives."today, the actor also opened up about the historic moment and expressed her pride.

I'm looking for projects I enjoy: Naseeruddin Shah

eteran actor where he can enjoy himself, somebody I like, Shah told a then the Television Institute of The resentment was not Naseeruddin Shah irrespective of the length of the news agency in Zoom interview. India (FTII) in late 1970s, unjustified, because a lot of these Vsays he accepts role. The actor said there have One of the most admired actors in established himself as a major so called trained actors' were

projects purely on been instances where his India, Shah said he felt a shift in contributor to the Indian new utterly incompetent. They were instinct but off late, instincts have worked well, like in his perspective about 15 years wave cinema during the 70s and carrying this baggage of being

he has the case of Neeraj Pandey's A ago when he appeared in several 80s. method actor and things like I started Wednesday , which he calls one small parts. The actor enjoyed While he made a mark in movies want to be the character I'm

looking of his most memorable films but doing supporting but critical roles, "Nishant", "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro", playing or call me by the name of for there have been some regrets as in which "directors hesitate to cast "Ijaazat", Bazaar , Katha , the character.'

part well. well known actors as they feel Masoom and Mirch Masala with All this kind of absolute nonsense s "At this stage of my life, I'm not audiences' expectations would be his flawless performances , he created a condescending attitude

looking for great parts to play. I blighted . also created a space for himself (towards trained actors). I was have had more than my share. I realised my own role is not as in commercial cinema with films very careful to not call myself a I'm looking to work in projects important as the totality of the film such as Hero Hirala , Karma , trained actor, especially when I where I enjoy myself and which and I should contribute to the Tridev , Vishwatma , Chamatkar was doing my first few song and will give me something to chew totality of the film in whatever and Mohra . dance movies like Sunayana' and on. I wouldn't do a role of a capacity I can, he added. The actor said there was Khwab', because I didn't want to boring traditional father in a Shah, who studied at the National resentment towards trained invite this mockery that he is an movie, even if it is made by School of Drama and Film and actors when he joined films. intellectual', he added.

It will be an absolute honour to play Kalpana on screen: Vaani

"I've tried to pick the best from what came my way and it feels amazing to have worked with some of the best in the industry. I have been able to get

opportunities for roles so distinctive. From a small-town girl Tara in Shudh

Desi Romance to a girl who's French in Befikre, to an independent single

mother in War, to a completely different era in Shamshera, it's

been pretty good."

Hilary shows off toned abs in new bikini pic

merican actor Hilary Duff is flaunting her figure and encouraging her fans to do what that makes them Ahappy, all at once. According to Fox News, the 32-

year-old singer shared a new photo on Instagram, in which she donned a two-piece bikini paired with some jewellery, round sunglasses and a top-knot hairstyle. The actor's toned abs and arms, as well as a slim figure, were showcased in the stunning photo. In the caption, Duff revealed that she's been dieting, but hasn't had to sacrifice some of her favourite goodies. The 'So Yesterday' singer, said that she's been "counting [her] macros" with help from a dieting coach, which has helped her to "stay lean even while eating bread, chocolate, and wine!" Fox News reported that the former 'Lizzie McGuire' star also gave a shoutout to Novo Body Fitness, saying she's "grateful" to have found a routine that works for her. "I know it's extra hard to keep up and find normalcy in quarantine but I truly hope you make at least 30 mins a day for yourself to stay connected," she continued, adding a small heart emoji. Duff concluded: "Do whatever feels good for you even if it's not food or fitness related!" The pic drew plenty of praise from the star's followers. "Damn woman!!!" wrote one fan. "I love seeing you proud of that hard work." Another called the actress a "smokeshow." "YOU ARE FIRE!" said a third, followed by a string of flame emojis. Comedian Whitn ey Cummings sim ply wrote:

"Jesus Christ."

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Gold, silver pricestouch record levelsNEW DELHI: Gold and silver pricestouched record levels in the nationalcapital on Thursday and the yellowmetal rose by Rs 225 to Rs 56,590 per10 grams amid strong rally in theinternational market, according toHDFC Securities. Silver price surgedby Rs 1,932 to Rs 75,755 perkilogram. On Wednesday, it hadclosed at Rs 73,823 per kg. In theprevious trade, gold had closed at Rs56,365 per 10 grams. "Spot goldprices for 24 carat in Delhi rose by Rs225 with strong rally in internationalprices," HDFC Securities SeniorAnalyst (Commodities) Tapan Patelsaid. In the international market, goldwas trading with gains at USD2,045.70 per ounce, while silver wasquoting at USD 27.57 per ounce.Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analystat Reliance Securities said thatinternational gold and silver extendedgains on Thursday as investorscontinue to remain buyers of themetals amid worries about recovery inthe pandemic-ravaged globaleconomy.

ProDot signed Rajat Kapoor as itsBrand FaceNEW DELHI: Today, ProDotannounced that it has collaboratedwith Indian Bollywood Actor andDirector, Rajat Kapoor to be its brandface for Print and Digital media. Hestands for the educated class of ourcountry who look to use good quality,reliable products at economical prices.He represents those people of Indiawhose collective vision ofAatmanirbhar Bharat is fulfilled whileusing products made in India.Speaking about this alliance, withIndian Bollywood Actor Rajat Kapoorstated that "happy to be associatedwith ProDot." He also expressed hisexcitement to work with the entireteam and subsequently looked forwardto bringing the product of India to itspeople. Aarushi Rajpal Kalra, Director,ProDot said, "ProDot required anenigmatic persona to embody ourcompany and everything we stand for.And we could not think of anyonebetter suited than Rajat Kapoor. We'rehappy to onboard such a magneticand respectable face for ProDot.

39 injured in attack at rally in KarachiKARACHI: A grenade attack at ananti-India rally here left 39 peopleinjured on Wednesday evening,officials said. The explosion occurrednear the main truck that was part ofthe rally organised by Jamaat-i-Islami(JI) in Gulshan-i-Iqbal area, a JIspokesperson was quoted by Dawnas saying. Two bike-borne unidentifiedpersons threw a grenade at the rallyand fled the spot. The rally was beingheld to protest against India's move toabrogate Article 370 from Jammu andKashmir on August 5 last year. Amongthe 39 injured, one person was said tobe in a critical condition while nofatalities were reported, said MeeranYousuf, the media coordinator to theSindh Health Minister. Five of theinjured were earlier rushed to AlMustafa Hospital, seven to the JinnahPostgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC),11 to Aga Khan University Hospitaland 10 to Liaquat National Hospital.The Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army(SRA), a banned outfit, claimedresponsibility for the attack throughsocial media. Meanwhile, in aseparate incident, three people werehurt in a cracker attack in the city'sKorangi area, according to police.Unidentified miscreants on amotorcycle threw a homemadegrenade at an estate agency at NasirJump, Korangi-I and escaped,according to Dawn.

Beirut blast death tollreaches 135DOHA: The death toll from thedevastating explosion at the port ofBeirut has risen to 135, LebaneseHealth Minister Hamad Hassan saidon Wednesday. Earlier, the LebaneseHealth Ministry announced that thedeath toll from the explosion in theport of the Lebanese capital hadreached 113. "The explosion killed 135people, about 5,000 were injured, anddozens disappeared as a result of theexplosion in Beirut," Hassan told AlJazeera broadcaster.

Brazil's Covid-19 cases rise to 2,859,073MOSCOW: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil hasincreased by 57,152 to 2,859,073 within the past 24 hours, the nationalMinistry of Health said on late Wednesday. The death toll has risen by1,437 to 97,256 people within the same period of time. A day earlier,Brazil reported 51,603 new cases of the coronavirus disease and 1,154new fatalities. Brazil comes second on a global tally of coronaviruscases after the United States, which has recorded more than 4.8 millionCOVID-19 patients. To date, more than 18.6 million people have beeninfected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 703,000 fatalities,according to Johns Hopkins University.

RBI keeps repo rate unchangedGDP growth seen negative in FY21

AGENCYMUMBAI, AUG 6

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)on Thursday kept the key repo rateunchanged at 4 per cent in view ofrising inflation and faint signs ofeconomic growth amid the graduallifting of coronavirus (COVID-19)countrywide lockdown.

The central bank's monetarypolicy committee (MPC) began itsthree-day meeting on August 4 andmaintained the stance asaccommodative. It also kept thereverse repo rate unchanged at3.35 per cent.

Repo is the rate at which RBIlends funds to commercial bankswhen needed. It is a tool that thecentral bank uses to controlinflation. While there are somesigns of a pick up in activity due tothe staggered easing of alockdown, there is a large degreeof uncertainty amid a surge invirus cases. "The MPC votedunanimously to leave the policyrepo rate unchanged at 4 per centand continue with theaccommodative stance ofmonetary policy as long asnecessary to revive growth,mitigate the impact of COVID-19while ensuring that inflationremains within the target goingforward," said RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das. The headlineinflation has breached the 6 percent level, beyond the comfortlevel of the central bank. The RBIis tasked with keeping inflation at4 per cent in the medium-term witha 2 percentage point leeway oneither side. Das said the headlineinflation prints of April to May areobscured by a spike in food pricesand cost-push pressures.

Meanwhile, the cumulativereduction of 250 basis points isworking its way through theeconomy, lowering interest rates inmoney, bond and credit markets,and narrowing down spreads.

"Given the uncertaintysurrounding the inflation outlookand extremely weak state of theeconomy in the midst of anunprecedented shock from theongoing pandemic, the MPCdecided to keep the policy rate onhold, while remaining watchful fora durable reduction in inflation touse available space to support therevival of the economy," he said.

On the economic growth, Dassaid India's real gross domesticproduct (GDP) will contract in thefirst half of FY21 as well as fullfinancial year. He did not put anynumber to it. "We shall remainalert and watchful and collectivelydo whatever is necessary to revivethe economy and preservefinancial stability. Courage andconviction will conquer COVID-19." Significantly, the RBI alsodecided to allow lenders to providea restructuring facility on someloans that were standard as onMarch 1. An expert committee willbe set up under K V Kamath towork out thrash out modalities and

look into resolution plans ofeligible borrowers. Among otherkey measures announced by theRBI, additional special liquidityfacility of Rs 5,000 crore each willbe provided to the National Bankfor Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (Nabard) and the

National Housing Bank (NHB).The RBI will also amend

priority-sector lending guidelinesto remove regional disparity. "Anincentive framework is now beingput in place for banks to addressthe regional disparities in the flowof priority sector credit," said Das.

Sensex surges 369pts post policy

MUMBAI: Domestic equitybenchmark Sensex surged 362points on Thursday after the RBIleft interest rates unchanged butmaintained an accommodativestance to boost growth.

After rallying 558 pointsduring the day, the BSE Sensexended 362.12 points or 0.96 percent higher at 38,025.45. Thebroader NSE Nifty jumped 98.50points or 0.89 per cent to11,200.15. Tata Steel was the topgainer in the Sensex pack, risingaround 4 per cent, followed byInfosys, Bajaj Finance, TCS,HCL Tech, ICICI Bank and TechMahindra. On the other hand,Bharti Airtel, M&M, L&T andAxis Bank were among thelaggards. Earlier in the day, theMonetary Policy Committee(MPC), headed by RBI GovernorShaktikanta Das, left thebenchmark repurchase (repo)rate unchanged at 4 per cent.

Consequently, the reverserepo rate will continue to earn3.35 per cent for banks for theirdeposits parked with the RBI.

Das said the MPC voted forkeeping the interest rateunchanged and continued withits accommodative stance tosupport growth. According toexperts, market participantscheered the RBI's balancedapproach, which is seen in linewith expectations that the centralbank will be looking at alternatemeasures such as forwardguidance and maintain sufficientliquidity. On the currency front,the rupee settled flat at 74.94against US dollar. In the globalmarket, bourses in Shanghai andSeoul ended with gains, whileHong Kong and Tokyo closed inthe red.

Adani Power Q1 lossswells to Rs 705 cr

AGENCYAHMEDABAD, AUG 6

Adani Power Ltd said onThursday its totalcomprehensive loss after taxof Rs 266 in Q1 FY20increased to Rs 705 crore inQ1 FY21 (April to June). Theconsolidated total revenue forQ1 FY21 stood at Rs 5,356crore as compared to Rs 8,015crore in Q1 FY20. Adjustedfor one-time revenuerecognition and prior perioditems, the normalised revenuefor the quarter was Rs 5,353crore as compared to Rs 6,892crore for the correspondingprevious quarter. Consolidatedearnings before interest, taxes,depreciation, and amortisation(EBITDA) declined to Rs1,541 crore from Rs 2,894crore in Q1 FY20, said thecompany. EBITDA for thequarter was lower mainly dueto higher one-time incomerecognised in thecorresponding quarter of theprevious year, lower EBITDAof Mundra facility due tolower plant load factor andincorporation of operatingexpenses of Raipur EnergenLtd (REL) and Raigarh EnergyGeneration Ltd (REGL) post-acquisition. Depreciation andinterest charge during thequarter were higher mainlydue to the incorporation ofconsolidation of REL andREGL. Adani Power said theresults of the correspondingprevious quarter included anexceptional item of Rs 1,004crore, pertaining to the writeoff of certain receivables andadvances, owing to theacceptance of resolution plansubmitted for the acquisitionof REGL (previously KorbaWest Power Co Ltd).

Blue Starreports net lossof Rs 19.6 croreMUMBAI: Airconditioning andcommercial refrigerationmajor Blue Star onThursday reported a netloss Rs 19.6 crore in thefirst quarter of the currentfinancial year ascompared to a net profitof Rs 76.8 crore in Q1FY20. It said swiftactions taken to reduceoperating costs helpedmitigate the adverseprofitability impact to alarge extent.

Revenue fromoperations plunged to Rs626 crore for the quarterended June 30 ascompared to Rs 1,575crore during the sameperiod of the previousyear due to economicdisruption caused by theon-going Covid-19pandemic. Finance costsincreased to Rs 18.5 crorefrom Rs 8.2 crore in Q1FY20 due to additionalborrowings and increasedcost of funds.

Jai Shri Ram chants at Times Squareto celebrate 'Bhoomi Pujan'

AGENCYNEW YORK, AUG 6

A large group of people,including the Indiandiaspora, gathered near thedigital billboard of Ramtemple in New York's TimesSquare on Wednesday tocelebrate the 'bhoomi pujan'at Ayodhya. The crowd alsosang 'bhajans' and chanted'Jai Sri Ram'. "We really feelhappy and energetic, so manypeople are here celebratingthe foundation stone layingceremony of Ram temple. It'sa really big moment for meand for all the Indians acrossthe world," said a resident.

More than a 1,000 people

of Indian heritage gatherednear the world's biggestdigital billboard displayingimages of Lord Ram at NewYork's Broadway. Broadwayclearly looked like a carnival

of sorts."I am from New Jersey

and I am here to be a part ofthe Ram Janmabhoomicelebration today. It feelsgreat to be a part of it. Our

previous generationsstruggled for over 500 years,"said Manju Nath.

Dressed in traditionalattire, many Indians travelledfrom places near and far tocelebrate and be a part of theRam temple celebrations.

Many lit candles andearthen lamps, exchangedsweets and savouries. Manyamong them said they wouldreturn to celebrate Diwalieach year at Times Square.

On Wednesday, NewYork City witnessed thelargest high-definition digitaldisplay of Lord Ram and theproposed temple at Ayodhyaon Broadway.

The digital display of

Lord Ram is said to be one ofthe most expensive digitalbillboards of the Hindu deityat Times Square. It lit up at10 am to celebrate the layingof the temple's foundationstone by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in Ayodhya.

Prime Minister NarendraModi on Wednesday, tookpart in the 'bhoomi pujan' atRam Janambhoomi site.

Besides, Uttar PradeshChief Minister YogiAdityanath, GovernorAnandiben Patel andRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh chief Mohan Bhagwatamong several others werepresent at the ceremony inAyodhya.

Sindhi Foundation to protest against enforceddisappearances by Pak on August 14

WASHINGTON, AUG 6

A US-based Sindhiorganisation will hold aprotest outside the Pakistaniambassador's house hereagainst enforceddisappearances of Sindhicommunity members onAugust 14, the independenceday of Pakistan. The SindhiFoundation has appealed toall Sindhis, Baloch, Pashtuns,people of Gilgit-Baltistan andother human rightsorganisations to join theprotest at 5 pm (EST) onAugust 14. In 2017, theSindhi Foundation started the

"where is" campaign whenPunhal Sario, Convener ofVoice of Missing PersonsSindh, was abducted. Theinitiative has now turned intoa movement and people fromall walks of lives including

US representatives haveparticipated in the movement.Thousands of people aresharing on social media"where is" videos with thenames of victims of enforceddisappearances on social

media. During a protestagainst enforceddisappearances on August 1,outside Pakistaniambassador's house here,Munawar Laghari, ExecutiveDirector of Sindhi Foundationsaid, "I want to tell the peoplein Sindh who are beingtortured, suffering andfighting for their basic humanrights, that 'you're not alone, Iam with you.' I also want totell the families of the victimsof enforced disappearances,that we are not weak, we arevery strong and if we all standunited for Sindh, we will getall our people freed."

IDBI Bank offloads 27 pc stakein IFLI for Rs 595 crore

MUMBAI, AUG 6

IDBI Bank said on Thursdayit has signed a share purchaseagreement with Federal Bankand its Dutch partner AgeasInsurance International NVto offload 27 per cent stake inIDBI Federal Life Insurance(IFLI) at a combined value ofRs 595 crore. The transactionis expected to be completedby end of Q3 (October toDecember). IDBI Bank has

48 per cent stake in IFLIwhich started operations in2008. Federal Bank and itsDutch partner Ageas have 26per cent stake each. IDBIBank will now divest 23 percent of its stake to Ageas and4 per cent to Federal Bank.By selling 27 per cent stakein the venture, IDBI Bankwill get its holding down to21 per cent. "The decision issubject to regulatoryapprovals and satisfaction of

the terms and conditions setout in the share purchaseagreement," it said in astatement. Federal Bank'sholding will now go up to 30per cent and Ageas' to 49 percent, the maximumpermissible for a foreignpartner in a life insuranceventure. During 2018-19,Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) had acquired 51 percent controlling stake inIDBI Bank.

DLF reports net loss of Rs 72 cr in Q1 FY21NEW DELHI, AUG 6

India's largest real estate companyDLF Group has reported aconsolidated net loss of Rs 72 crorein the April to June quarter as againsta net profit of Rs 414 crore in thesame period a year ago.

The company's consolidatedrevenue from operations declined toRs 549 crore as against Rs 1,331crore in Q1 FY20 due to crashingsales amid the COVID-19countrywide lockdown since March-end. "As per the accountingstandards and our revenuerecognition policy, revenue isrecognised at the time of handing

over possession to the customers,"DLF said in a statement.

"Issuance of the possessionletters got adversely affected duringthe lockdown. Consequently, thefinancial results were impactedduring the quarter Q1 FY21."

Due to lockdown, the residential

segment was muted and accordinglyand witnessed new sales booking ofonly Rs 165 crore during the quarter.Post unlocking, the company iswitnessing a pick-up in enquiriesand some early green shoots ofdemand.

"We expect the demand toimprove gradually and believe thatits strong brand image, healthybalance sheet and commitment toquality will act as a catalyst forfuture growth," said DLF.

The company has attempted toleverage this crisis into anopportunity to transform itself intoan agile, leaner and far moreefficient organisation, it said.

Nepal re-introduces odd-even systemamid surge in COVID-19 cases

KATHMANDU, AUG 6

Nepal's Ministry of HomeAffairs has re-introducedodd-even system of vehiclerationing scheme in placesincluding in Kathmanduwhere more than 200 casesof coronavirus have beenreported so far.

According to a pressrelease, the Home Ministryhas announced the re-introduction of the odd-evensystem to break the chain ofcoronavirus spread. Theministry has also said thatthere will restrictions inmovement from 9 pm to 5am in the areas which willfore-see the rationingscheme.

"The vehicles, except the

emergency ones, enteringKathmandu will be restrictedfor entry after 9 pm till 5 am.The vehicles in Kathmanduand other districts, whichhave active cases of COVID-19 exceeding 200, will plyon the basis of odd-evensystem, which will go intoeffect from tomorrow dated2077/04/22(2020/05/06)with the exemption foremergency vehicles. Cityareas falling inside the

concerned districts also willsee a restriction in movementfrom 9 pm to 5 am," thestatement said.

The government has puta restriction on cross bordermovement without priorpermission. People foundflaunting the health andsecurity measures will bepenalised, the statementadded. Nepal on Wednesdayreported a total of 381 newcases of COVID-19 in thelast 24 hours, as per the dailybriefing held at HealthMinistry. With a total of fivecasualties reported in the last24 hours, the total toll hasspiked to 60. A total of21,390 cases have beenregistered in Nepal with15,156 cases of recoveries.

Glenmark introduces higherstrength of FabiFlu

MUMBAI, AUG 6

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals willintroduce a 400 mg version of oral anti-viral FabiFlu for the treatment of mild tomoderate Covid-19 in India.

The higher strength will improvepatient compliance and experience byeffectively reducing the number oftablets that patients require per day, thepharma major said on Thursday.

A higher pill burden has beenassociated with lower adherence totherapy, the latter affecting viralsuppression and overall treatmentoutcomes. Reducing the pill burden hasbeen a demand from doctors andpatients to enable adherence.

"Introducing this higher strength ofFabiFlu is in line with these efforts to

ensure a smoother experience forpatients by reducing their daily pillburden," said Monika Tandon, VicePresident and Head of ClinicalDevelopment, Global Specialty andBranded Portfolio. Glenmark said it hasalso commenced a post-marketingsurveillance study on FabiFlu to closelymonitor the efficacy and safety of thedrug in a large pool of patientsprescribed with the oral antiviralFavipiravir as part of an open-label,multi-centre, single-arm study.

The company is also conductinganother phase three clinical trial toevaluate the efficacy of two anti-viralsdrugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir as acombination therapy in moderatehospitalised adult Covid-19 patients inIndia.

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Hockey Australiacancels January'sIndoor Championships MELBOURNE: Hockey Australia(HA), in conjunction with its MemberAssociations, on Thursday, agreednot to proceed with the scheduledAustralian Indoor Hockey Champi-onships in January 2021.After closely monitoring the COVIDsituation and the impact of the pan-demic on the sporting communityaround the country, the decisionwas reached following regular dia-logue between Member Associa-tions and the HA Indoor AdvisoryGroup over recent months."Given the impact COVID-19 hashad on extending the traditional out-door 'winter season', there is astrong chance this will impact theusual timing of the traditional sum-mer indoor seasons within eachstate and territory and their respec-tive abilities to prepare and sendcompetitive representative teams,"HA CEO Matt Favier said in a state-ment."Importantly, the continual uncertain-ty and challenges faced by MemberAssociations needs to be carefullymanaged and considered. We areactively reviewing possible optionsof what a national indoor hockeyevent could look like and will contin-ue to work with Member Associa-tions to identify the right time to hostthe next edition of the Australian In-door Hockey Festival," he added.Hockey Australia's focus remains oncommunity competitions and sup-porting its 1,00,000 plus members inbeing able to return to play safely.

MCA writes to CM seeking nod for practiceMUMBAI: The Mumbai Cricket As-sociation (MCA) has written to Ma-harashtra Chief Minister UddhavThackeray, seeking his approval forits players' practice at the indoor fa-cility of the Bandra Kurla Complex."Our president Vijay Patil wrote tothe CM a few days back in this re-gard," an MCAApex Council mem-ber told a news agency on Thurs-day. The Maharashtra governmenthas so far not allowed any teamsport to resume in the state andthey have also not given a go-aheadfor the resumption of training of indi-vidual cricketers. According to an-other official, there have been re-quests from several players includ-ing Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw andSurya Kumar Yadav, who are slatedto play the Indian Premier League,to the MCA to allow them to prac-tice. "And hence the president hasurged the chief minister. We are stillwaiting to hear from the state gov-ernment in this regard," the officialmaintained. Earlier, MCA had alsowritten to Thackeray seeking guide-lines from the state government onresumption of training. Mumbai isone of the worst affected cities bythe COVID-19 pandemic.

Garcia inks two-yeardeal with ATKMohun Bagan FCKOLKATA: Spanish mid-fielder EduGarcia has signed a two-year dealwith newly merged ATK MohunBagan FC, the Kolkata-based fran-chise of the Indian Super Leagueannounced on Thursday.Having represented Bengaluru FCin 2017-18, Garcia returned to theISL for the second half of the 2018-19 with ATK and scored the winninggoal against Chennaiyin FC to guidethem to a record third title last sea-son. "I am very happy to continueplaying in Kolkata and in the ISL foranother two years. I am looking for-ward to wearing the Green and Ma-roon jersey and will give my best tothe club," the 30-year-old said in astatement.

Alexis Sanchez joinsInter Milan on three-year dealMILAN: Inter Milan on Thursday an-nounced that Alexis Sanchez hassigned a permanent contract withthe club which runs until June 30,2023. "FC Internazionale Milano an-nounce that Alexis Sanchez hasjoined the Nerazzurri on a freetransfer. The Chilean forward hassigned a permanent contract withthe Club until 30 June 2023," theclub said in a statement.Alexis moved to the Serie A club ona one-season loan in August 2019from Manchester United and hasmade 29 appearances for the SanSiro side, scoring four goals.Manchester United wished Alexis allthe best for his future."Everyone at Manchester Unitedwishes Alexis Sanchez all the bestin his future career as he joins InterMilan on a permanent transfer,"Manchester United said.

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Current Indian hockey team has world-class backline: RaghunathAGENCYBENGALURU, AUG 6

Former hockey player V R Raghunathbelieves that the current Indian teamboasts of a world-class defensive line-upand with quality drag-flickers in theranks, the side can challenge the world'sbest during next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Raghunath, who was a lethal flickerin his playing days, said having fourpenalty corner specialists in the currentset-up augurs well for the eight-timechampions in the run up to the TokyoOlympics, postponed to next year due tothe COVID-19 pandemic.

"r," said Raghunath."Having two top dragflickers who

can play full match is an advantage forIndia. Both Harmanpreet (Singh) andRupinder (Pal Singh) are equally goodand they have completely different exe-

cution and qualities. Having various op-tions and combinations in drag flick isalways good.

"Plus, India has good options inVarun Kumar and Amit Rohidas whocan be great support when one of the two

top flickers are having a rough day," headded.

The 31-year-old former defender isof the view that the Indian team shouldmake a fresh start in its Olympic prepa-rations following a forced break due tothe pandemic. "I think the team musttake this period as a one year count-down, and forget everything that's hap-pened in the last 6-8 months. It is time tostart afresh," he said. "The six-weekbreak was ideal for the players to returnto the national camp feeling fresh. TheIndian team's fitness is top class and theywill continue to build on this plus pointthe next one year but having the rightmindset in their approach and stayingmentally positive will be very impor-tant."

Raghunath emphasised on the needfor players to be mentally strong in thesetrying times.

They are veryexperienced and

the current set ofdefenders have about 50-80 caps together. Theyknow each other very welland I don't see themhaving any problems.

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AGENCYBHUBANESWAR, AUG 6

Ahead of the Indian SuperLeague (ISL) seventh edition,Odisha FC on Thursday appoint-ed Rogerio Ramos as new goal-keeping coach of the club.

"The former Blue Tigersgoalkeeping coach joined theBhubaneswar-based side on atwo-year deal. Apart from the In-dian senior team and different na-tional age-group teams, theBrazilian was also the goalkeep-ing coach of the Sudan nationalteam," the club said in a state-ment.

The 46-year-old former pro-fessional goalkeeper was also ac-tive as a goalkeeping coach invarious clubs like EC Santo An-dre SP and EC Novo HamburgoRS in Brazil, Mahindra Unitedand Vasco Sports Club in India,Young In Academy in South Ko-rea and NEA Salamina in Cyprus.

After joining Odisha FC,Ramos expressed, "I am reallyhonoured to be representingOdisha FC for the next Indian Su-per League. ISL has become afootball reference in India and tobe a part of it is something re-markable."

"Whoever knows me knowthe way I work and how I givewhatever I have to benefit theclub I am working with. I try tohave full commitment with thestaff, players and mainly with thegoalkeepers to make this impor-tant sector of the team to work inperfect harmony with our coach'sphilosophy to get the best resultspossible from the team," headded.

Head coach Stuart Baxterwelcomed Ramos to the OFCfamily and said his experience in India will be a hugeadvantage.

Odisha FC appointsRogerio Ramos as new

goalkeeping coachAGENCYMELBOURNE, AUG 6

Australian batsman Steve Smithhas said that winning the Ashesin England and series in Indiaare the "two big mountains" hestill needs to climb in his career.

Australia came close to win-ning the Ashes in 2019 in theUK, but the side lost the fifthTest at Oval, and as a result, theseries ended as 2-2 draw.

However, for the first timesince 2001, Australia managedto retain the urn as the side hadwon previous Ashes which wasplayed Down Under.

When Australia last toured

India, the side managed to winthe first Test at Pune, but thenthey ended up losing matches atBengaluru and Dharamsala, toend up on the wrong side of theresult in the four-match series.

"They're the two big moun-tains to climb and if you can dothat, it would be pretty special.Hopefully, I get another crack atit, we'll see how we go. I'm get-ting a bit old now. You neverknow how long I've got left, andyou never know what the futureholds. But it's certainly some-thing to strive for, that's forsure," cricket.com.au quotedSmith as saying.

Smith was picked as the

Player of the Series in the 2019Ashes as the batsman had regis-tered 774 runs.

The batsman had playedfour matches and he missed outon the third Test due to concus-

sion after being struck by JofraArcher in the second match atLord's Cricket Ground.

India and Australia are slat-ed to face off against each otherin a four-match Test series laterthis year, beginning December 4at the Gabba, Brisbane. The 31-year-old Smith is currently thenumber one ranked ICC Testbatsman with 911 points and isclosely followed by India skip-per Virat Kohli with 886 points.Smith was last seen in actionagainst New Zealand in the firstODI of the three-match series.After the first ODI, the seriesbetween the two sides was post-poned.

Steve Smith wants to win Ashes in England,series in India before retiring

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 6

Denying rumours which have been doingthe rounds on social media, former WestIndies skipper Brian Lara announced thathe has tested negative for the coron-avirus.

The former Windies batsman said thatthe rumours of him testing positive forthe coronavirus are not true, and peopleshould not be using the pandemic as atool for spreading negativity.

"Hi everyone, I have read all the cir-culating rumours regarding me testingpositive for the coronavirus and it is im-

portant I clarify the facts. Not only is thisinformation false, but it is also detrimen-tal to spread such panic in a communityalready feeling the distress of the COVIDsituation," Lara said in an Instagram post.

"While you haven't personally affect-ed me, what causes concern is that spreadof wrongful information is careless andcauses unnecessary worry amongst a lotof people that would have been in my cir-cle. This virus isn't something we shouldbe using in a negative manner to createsensationalism. I hope and pray that all ofus remain safe because as is noticeableCOVID 19 is going nowhere in the nearfuture," he added.

Brian Lara tests negative for COVID-19

IPL sponsorship: BCCI, Vivosay goodbye to each other

AGENCYMUMBAI, AUG 6

The Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) and Vivo MobileIndia Pvt Ltd have decided tosuspend their partnership for In-dian Premier League (IPL) in2020, an IPL media advisoryconfirmed.

The 2020 edition of the IPLis scheduled to be played fromSeptember 19 - November 10 inthe UAE. The decision regardingthe tournament was made afterthe IPL's Governing Council(GC) meeting on Sunday.

The 13th edition of the T20tournament will be staged atthree venues (Dubai, Abu Dhabi,and Sharjah) in the UAE.

"Taking note of the prevail-ing COVID-19 situation in India,the IPL GC decided to stage thetournament in the United ArabEmirates (UAE) and the matcheswill be played in Dubai, Sharjahand Abu Dhabi subject to neces-sary clearances from the Govern-ment of India," BCCI had said ina release. Moreover, both the af-ternoon and evening matcheswill be played half-an-hour earli-er than usual. "IPL 2020 will beplayed from September 19 andthe final will be played on No-vember 10, 2020. The 53-daytournament will witness 10-af-ternoon matches starting at 15:30IST while the evening matcheswill start at 19:30 IST," the re-lease had stated.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 6

Former Indian Premier League(IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla isconfident that the 2020 editionof the IPL will be successful,saying that UAE is the best placefor staging this year's tourna-ment. "UAE gives good re-sponse and also broadcast timingfits for India as per time differ-ence. UAE is the best place forIPL," Shukla told . When askedwhether the event will be suc-

cessful, he said, "There is nodoubt about it. BCCI's commit-ment with all cricket fans of con-ducting IPL every year, this willalso be fulfilled." This year's IPLis scheduled to be played from

September 19 - November 10 inthe UAE. The decision regardingthe tournament was made in theIPL's Governing Council (GC)meeting on Sunday. The 13thedition of the T20 tournamentwill be staged at three venues(Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah)in the UAE. Earlier in the day, anIPL media advisory confirmedthat the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) andVivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd havedecided to suspend their partner-ship for IPL in 2020.

UAE is best place for IPL: Rajeev Shukla

AGENCYMANCHESTER, AUG 6

Opening batsman Shan Masoodand lower middle order ShadabKhan led Pakistan in a comfort-able position on the second dayof first test against England beingplayed here. Massod hit a splen-did century under pressure andlifted the Pakistan team. He wasbatting on 151. Pakistan were312 for eight when news lastcame in at tea.

Earlier James Anderson andStuart Broad took wickets in animproved England bowling per-formance as they restricted Pak-istan to 187 for five at lunch onday two of the first Test at OldTrafford on Thursday.

England had been criticisedby coach Chris Silverwood forallowing too many “easy balls tohit” after a rain-shortened firstday, but were markedly improvedunder heavy skies on the secondmorning.

Pakistan added only 48 runsin the morning session at a paltryrate of 1.86 per over, also losingkey batsman Babar Azam (69),

Asad Shafiq (7) and wicketkeep-er-batsman Mohammad Rizwan(9).

It was largely due to the dis-ciplined line of the Englandseamers, and chalk and cheesefrom their wayward performanceon the first afternoon, both tar-geting the wickets with astraighter line and stifling thescoring opportunities of thetourists. Babar was out in the firstover without adding to hisovernight score, edging Ander-son to Joe Root at first slip.

It was the bowler's 590thTest wicket as he closes in onbecoming the first seamer to 600scalps. Broad removed Asad af-ter finding the edge as well, thistime Ben Stokes diving acrossRoot to snatch the ball in front offirst slip. Rizwan never lookedcomfortable at the crease andused up 41 balls for his nine be-fore nicking a Chris Woakes de-livery to wicketkeeper Jos But-tler. The match is the first ofthree Tests, with the next two inSouthampton, as Pakistan seek afirst series win in England since1996.

Shan plays splendidknock, brings

Pakistan on track