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New Delhi (UNI)India has registered a spike of 47704novel coronavirus cases in the past24 hours, pushing the tally to1,516,129 on Tuesday while the re-covery rate also has improved to64.23 per cent.

According to the Health Ministry,the active cases of the infectionacross the country stood at 496988.

On the brighter side, the total re-coveries so far have now reached

952744, and the difference betweenactive cases and the recovered wasimproving day by day.

The data stated that the cured anddischarged cases have exceeded theactive cases by 455756.

However, the fatalities due to thecontagion have also increased to33848, after the country recorded asharp spike of 654 deaths reporteddue to the pandemic in the past 24hours.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,73,34,885samples have been tested forCOVID-19, as per the Indian Councilof Medical Research till Monday.

Maharashtra’s at present carries acase load of 1,47,896 while 2,21,944have recovered so far. The state’s tal-ly has reached 3,83,723 and the deathtoll due to the pandemic stands at13,883. Tamil Nadu’s tally has nowreached 2,20,716, while active casesin the state is being pegged at 54,896and 3,571 have so far succumbed tothe viral infection.

India’s contagion tally over 15lakh, recovery rate at 64.23 pc

Agencies, AmbalaThe Indian Air Force’s deadliest fight-er jet, equipped with state-of-the-artmissiles and deadly bombs, is sched-uled to reach Ambala on 29 July.

Keeping in view the safety, Sec-tion 144 has been implemented inthe areas around the Air Force Sta-tion. According to reports, photogra-phy and videography have also beenbanned.

Within a week, these aircraft willbe ready for any mission. A total of 12pilots have been trained to fly thesefighter jets, which are bringing itfrom France.

The Indian Air Force has madefull preparations for the reception ofthese fighters. Air Force fighter pilotswill reach Ambala airbase onWednesday after covering an air dis-tance of 7000 km.

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa willalso be present on this occasion.

The Indian embassy in Paris saidthat the aircraft deal has enabled In-dia to take a significant step instrengthening its air power and de-

fence preparedness.This also marks a new milestone

in the strong and growing India-France defence co-operation, theFrench embassy said.

India’s ambassador to FranceJawed Ashraf attended the event tosee off the Rafale jets.

“The long-awaited and much-needed two squadrons of Rafalewould add great strength to IndianAir Force and India’s defence capa-bilities,” Ashraf said.

The ambassador met the IAF pi-lots and congratulated them on be-coming the first Indian pilots to flyone of the world’s most advancedand potent fighter aircraft.

Rafale reaching Ambala today

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalCorona continues to wreak havoc inthe capital. 199 new corona caseswere found in Bhopal on Monday.Among them are three more relativesof Chirayu Hospital director AjayGoenka. A three-year-old girl has alsotested positive. Two days ago 4 peoplefrom his family came infected.

Two more people in the bungalowof Panchayat Minister MahendraSingh Sisodia have tested positive.Three from Gandhi Medical College(GMC), including two doctors, havetested positive. As many as 7 MLAsand four former MLAs have beenfound to be positive so far.

3 people have also died due to in-fection within 24 hours in Bhopal.Now the number of people who losttheir lives from Corona has in-creased to 161 in Bhopal. At the sametime, in Bhopal, the number of totalinfected has now reached 5919 andclose to six thousand.

Record 1300 patients foundin 7 days in capital

In Bhopal, 1300 people were in-fected with the coronavirus in 7 days.This is a record. The maximum num-ber of cases came to 221 on Saturday.Over the past seven days, between150 and 200 positives have beenfound every day. Patients are being

admitted to the Covid Centre. At thesame time, people coming in contactwith them are being taken to CovidCare Center.

Narottam’s tweet - BeatCorona by following lockdown

State Home Minister NarottamMishra said that citizens should fol-low the lockdown to check the speedof corona infection in Bhopal.

Minister Mishra said that citizensshould follow the lockdown to checkthe speed of corona infection inBhopal. Dr. Mishra tweeted and said-‘Make the lockdown successful, playthe responsibility in defeating Coro-na. Total lockdown has been donesince the night of July 24 to curb thespeed of corona infection in Bhopal.Madhya Pradesh Police personnel asCorona warriors are appealing to thepublic to cooperate to make thelockdown successful.

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2 GMC docs, 3 more members of Chirayuhospital director family test positive

Agencies, JaipurThe Ashok Gehlot government hassent a revised proposal to GovernorKalraj Mishra for convening the as-sembly session from July 31 afterMishra gave his nod for conveningthe assembly but with certain condi-tions.

Rajasthan Chief Minister AshokGehlot met his cabinet a day afterthe Governor sent back his requestfor an assembly session from Fridaywith three conditions that include a21-day notice and a coronavirusplan for the house.

In its cabinet meeting, the Gehlotgovernment said it was its “right” tocall for the session. Transport Minis-ter Pratap Singh said a discussionwas held for the reply to be sent re-garding the three points raised by thegovernor.

“The Cabinet wants the assemblysession from July 31. The proposalwhich was sent earlier for calling thesession is our legal right and we aresending it again to the governor,” hetold reporters.

“The governor’s questions aresimple and we discussed their reply.

He has no right to be raising queriesyet we are giving the reply,” he said.Singh also said that the governmentwants no confrontation with the gov-ernor and hoped Mishra will now ac-cept the cabinet proposal for callingthe session.

“We want permission to call the

assembly session which is our right.We do not want any confrontationwith the governor. If he does not ac-cept this now, then it is clear thatthere is no Constitution in the coun-try,” he said.

On the issue of 21-day notice re-quired for calling the session, theminister said that 10 days have al-ready passed and asked why did thegovernor not give a date if he is talk-ing the notice.

He said that if the governor rejectsthe proposals now, the furthercourse of action will be decided. “Wehave no competition with the gover-nor, he is the head of our family,”Singh said.

Rajasthan BJP MLA Madan Di-lawar filed two writ petitions chal-lenging the assembly Speaker’s deci-sion to reject his complaint againstthe merger of six BSP MLAs with theCongress. The first petition was filedthis morning against a communica-tion received from the assembly sec-retariat Monday that the complainthas been decided and rejected by theSpeaker, the counsel for Dilawarsaid.

Gehlot govt sends revised proposal to Governor

Harish Dubey/Rahat KhanKarairaIn the assembly by-elections to beheld on 27 seats in the state, thenames of many serious contendershave emerged for the Congress ticketin almost every seat.

There are many seats where 40 to50 activists have filed a claim on theCongress ticket, but the situation iscompletely opposite on the Karairaseat.

Pragilal Jatav, who came to theCongress from the BSP a month ago,is being considered almost certain,but in 2013, Shakuntala Khatik, whowas an MLA from here, has alsoclaimed the ticket saying that she isputting her political career at stakewith the BJP. I have not gone to BJP,so they should get the reward of loy-alty as a ticket, she said.

Here the Congress is embroiled in

the claims of Pragilal and Shakunta-la, while the picture in the BJP isclear. Jasmant Jatav, who quit thelegislature and Congress in supportof Scindia, is certain to be nominat-ed by the BJP as its candidate. Jas-mant Jatav has also started his elec-tion campaign, although he is facingpublic opposition. In many places he

faced black flags and angry slogans. Pragilal, who joined the Congress

in front of Kamal Nath, has contest-ed from the BSP ticket thrice fromhere. In 2008, he was second, whilein 2018, he was in third place aftergetting 40,026 votes. The Congresshopes that he will divert the BSP’svote to the Congress.

Bird sanctuary, sand quarrying main issues

Both the major parties have de-cided the electoral issues for theKaraira by-election. People from 32villages in the area have settled inthe Sonchiraiya Sanctuary. Sonchi-raya or Great Indian Bustard has notbeen seen here for years but peopleare upset due to restrictions. Roadsin Karaira are poor and the illegalsand mining is also at its peak.

While outgoing MLA Jasmant isaccused of illegal sand trading, in theevent of Pragilal being made a Con-gress candidate, the BJP may raise acase of alleged possession of twelvebigha land of the temple in his vil-lage Gadhai. The Congress is now ac-cusing BJP candidate Jasmant of notfulfilling the promises made to the

people in the last election.

Rajmata Scindia has alsobeen an MLA from here

Karaira has once been the seat ofveterans who played an importantrole in state politics. After leaving theCongress in 1967, Rajmata VijayarajeScindia won the Jana Sangh ticketfrom here. Later in 1977, Rajmata’ssister Sushmasih also emerged victo-rious from here.

Karaira was ranked as a minister-ial seat in the Congress era. GautamSharma of Congress, who won in1957 and 1962, emerged as a power-ful leader of the state by becomingfood minister of the state, while DauHanumant Singh Arjun Singh, whowon in 1980, 1985, was IrrigationMinister in the governments of Moti-lal Vora etc. Here there has been acompetition of equality between theCongress and the BJP.

Karaira: Cong embroiled in Pragilal and Shakuntala’s claims

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe first virtual Cabinet meeting

of the country was held under thechairmanship of Chief Minister ShriShivraj Singh Chouhan. Ministerstook part in the Cabinet meetingfrom different places through videoconferencing.

Decision was taken to change thename of “Chambal Expressway” to“Chambal Progress-Way” in the Cab-inet meeting. Also, approval was giv-en for construction of ChambalProgress-Way under BharatmalaProject. Under the scheme, approvalwas granted for construction of 309k.m. four lane green field road fromMadhya Pradesh-Rajasthan borderto Bhind district via Morena. Freeland will be provided by the stategovernment for the project. The pri-vate land to be acquired will be ex-changed with government land as faras possible.

Approval to system of treat-ment of Covid infected people

The Cabinet endorsed thearrangements for treatment of Covidinfected people, in which AyushmanBharat Niramay Madhya Pradesh

will bear 40 percent burden of theexpenses as per the value of thepackage prescribed for the treatmentof Covid under Jan Arogya Yojana inthe recognized hospitals of peopledeemed eligible by Government ofIndia.

Similarly, under the Jan ArogyaYojana, Ayushman Bharat NiramayMadhya Pradesh will bear 100 per-cent of the expenditure as per valueof the package prescribed for treat-ment of Covid in hospitals recog-nized by the state government.Those who do not have eligibility inboth the above categories will getfree treatment in government hospi-tals /contracted private hospitals. Innon-contracted hospitals, treatment

can be availed at one’s own expense.The contract for Covid Hospi-

tal/Covid Health Care Centre will beexecuted with private hospitals afterapproval of the sub-committee ofthe State Level Committee. Paymentof dues to hospitals will be based onthe number of beds prescribed un-der Jan Arogya Yojana. Sixty percentof the amount payable will be paid asmonthly fixed cost and 40 percent asvariable cost.

The Government of India will re-imburse 60 percent of the expendi-ture on the treatment of the eligiblepeople as specified by the Govern-ment of India under the Jan ArogyaYojana at Covid Hospital/CovidHealth Care Centre.

About Rs. 14 crore will bespent under the CM’s Rural

Street Vendors Loan SchemeThe Cabinet granted approval to

the Chief Minister Rural Street Ven-dors Loan Scheme. Under thescheme, working capital of up to Rs10 thousand will be made availableto eligible persons in the age groupof 18 to 55 years as loan from thebank. This scheme, to be imple-mented from July 2020 to March2022, aims to benefit one lakh ruralpoor. The scheme will result in anannual financial burden of about Rs.14 crore.

Over Rs. 12 thousand 799 crorefor Crop Insurance SchemeThe Cabinet granted post facto

approval to the proposal for imple-menting Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana from Kharif 2020-21 till Rabi2020-22. Under the scheme, the stategovernment will bear the financialburden of Rs. 6494 crore 15 lakh. Anamount of Rs. 6305 crore is expectedto be received from the Central gov-ernment. In this way, the scheme willof more than Rs. 12,799 crore.

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Babri demolition case: CBIcourt completes recordingstatements of accusedLucknow: The special CBI court onTuesday completed recording ofstatements of the accused in Babrimasjid demolition case. Of the 32 ac-cused, 31, including former DeputyPM Lal Krishna Advani, former unionminister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi andformer UP CM Kalyan Singh, haverecorded their statements.

Today, the CBI court of specialjudge S K Yadav recorded the state-ment of 31st accused Satish Pradhanthrough video conferencing. Howev-er one accused Om Prakash Pandey,is absconding, as he has reportedembraced sainthood and could notbe located.

The court has given time till July30 to the defence counsels to submittheir written arguments. As per theSupreme court direction, the specialcourt could give its verdict on the 28-year-old case by August 31.

However, all the accused haveclaimed innocence and said theywere politically implicated in theconspiracy. Mr Advani, who recordedhis statement on July 24 throughvideo-conferencing from New Delhi,had denied all charges of the CBImade against him on the conspiracyto demolish the Babri mosque struc-ture on December 6,1992.

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State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 3,83,723 13,883Tamil Nadu 2,20,716 3,571Delhi 1,31,219 3,853Andhra Pradesh 1,02,349 1,090Karnataka 1,01,465 1,953Uttar Pradesh 70,493 1,456West Bengal 60,830 1,411Telangana 57,142 480Gujarat 56,874 2,348Bihar 41,244 253Rajasthan 36,878 631Assam 33,576 86Haryana 32,127 397Madhya Pradesh 28,589 82Odisha 26,892 147Kerala 19,727 63J and K 18,390 321Punjab 13,769 318Jharkhand 8,683 89Chhattisgarh 7,745 44Uttarakhand 6,328 66Goa 5,119 36Tripura 4,049 17Puducherry 2,872 43Manipur 2,286 0Himachal Pradesh 2,270 14Nagaland 1,385 5Ladakh 1,306 4Arunachal Pradesh 1,239 3Meghalaya 738 5Sikkim 555 1Mizoram 384 0

World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 16,713,216 657,838USA 4,435,826 150,528Brazil 2,446,397 87,737India 1,516,129 33,848Russia 823,515 13,504South Africa 452,529 7,067Mexico 395,489 44,022Peru 389,717 18,418Chile 347,923 9,187Spain 325,862 28,434UK 300,111 45,759Iran 296,273 16,147Pakistan 275,225 5,865Saudi Arabia 270,831 2,789Colombia 257,101 8,777Italy 246,286 35,112Bangladesh 229,185 3,000Turkey 227,019 5,630Germany 207,416 9,206France 183,079 30,209

Veteran actressKumkum dies at 86

Mumbai: VeteranBollywood actressKumkum passedaway here on Tues-day. She was 86.Kumkum, born Za-ibunnissa, acted inmore than 100films, which in-

cluded ‘Mother India’, ‘Kohinoor’and ‘Ujala. She last appeared in ‘EkKunwari Ek Kunwara’ directed byPrakash Mehra. She was the lead-ing lady of the first Bhojpuri film‘Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhai-bo’. Reacting over her demise,Naved Jafri said that Bollywood haslost another gem. “I have knownher since I was a kid and she wasfamily, a superb artist and a fantas-tic human being”, he tweeted.

Complete lockdown inBengal on differentdays in AugustKolkata: Bengal will observe com-plete lockdown on August 02, 05,08, 09, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 31 to breakthe chain of Covid-19 pandemic,said Chief Minister Mamata Baner-jee on Tuesday. Complete lock-down has already been announcedon July 29 (Tomorrow). Earlier, thestate observed complete lockdownon July 23 and 25. Addressing me-dia at Nabanna, the State Secretari-at, Ms Banerjee announced exten-sion of bi-weekly lockdown till Au-gust-end.

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