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Signaling a reduction in ten-
sion on the Line of Actual
Control (LAC) in Eastern
Ladakh, the Indian and
Chinese armies have mutually
started pulling back their
troops from the stand-off sites.
While complete disengagement
will take some more time,
senior military commanders of
both sides are expected to
meet on Wednesday to work
out the finer details.
The breakthrough came
after a series of meetings
between various levels of the
military of both sides and
diplomatic parleys culminating
in the high-level meet on June
6. The Leh-based 14 Corps
commander Lt General
Harinder Singh and Tibet
Region commander Major
General Liu Lin conferred for
more than five hours to resolve
the more than month-long
face-offs at four locations.
Three days later on
Tuesday, both sides started dis-
engaging by reducing troop
strength at three confrontation
points, sources said here.
Moreover, the Chinese, at some
places, pulled back more than
two kms. These two encour-
aging moves came a day ahead
of the proposed talks between
Major Generals of the two
armies, they added.
Besides the upcoming
meet, local commanders will
also hold talks at the four
stand-off points in Pangong
Tso (lake), Galwan valley, and
Hot Springs areas. The frontage
of these stand-offs is between
25 to 30 kms but confined to
small pockets.
In fact, the Chinese intrud-
ed more than three kms in the
Hot Springs and pitched tents.
Sources said the Chinese
have also started removing the
tents and temporary bunkers as
part of the confidence-building
measures. The Indian Army
has also started pulling back its
troops and vehicles.
Even as the senior com-
manders will meet in the next
few days, the local battalion-
level officers of the Indian and
Chinese Armies have already
started holding talks through
the hotlines. Officials said these
talks will pave the way for the
likely agreement during the
forthcoming parleys.
India is insisting that the
status quo as in April at the
LAC be maintained. Also, the
Armies besides reducing troops
will also pull back their per-
sonnel and artillery from the
operational areas located about
20 kms on each side of the
LAC. The next phase of bring-
ing down the temperature at
the LAC will comprise these
steps besides the additional
troops going back to their
respective peacetime locations.
With China initially rapid-
ly enhancing its troops and
heavy vehicles at the con-
frontation spots, the Indian
Army also had to ramp up its
strength. Since the disengage-
ment has now started, both the
sides will also gradually pull
back their troops, they added.
Signs of a thaw were evi-
dent on Monday when Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh termed
the commander level talks as
positive and will continue. He
also said the Government will
ensure that India’s pride is not
affected.
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Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia on
Tuesday said Delhi will need
80,000 beds as 5.5 lakh cases
are expected by July 31, based
on mathematical models
analysed by several scientists.
Sounding a stark warning
for troubles ahead, Sisodia
said, “We presented the data of
our prediction where we
observed that by June 15,
there’ll be 44,000 Covid-19
cases and 6,600 beds will be
required.
By June 30, we’ll reach one
lakh cases and 15,000 beds will
be required. By July 15, there’ll
be 2.25 lakh cases and 33,000
beds will be required. By July
31, 5.5 lakh cases are expected
and 80,000 beds will be
required.”
Mathematics professor and
researcher at the School of
Natural Sciences at Shiv Nadar
University Samit Bhattacharya
said, “The model that I used for
India found that there could be
around 8-10 lakh cases in India
by mid or end of July. So it
won’t be surprising to get to
those figures (5.5 lakh) in
Delhi.”
Though scientists said
community transmission of
the disease may have started a
while ago, the Centre said
there is no community trans-
mission of the virus in the
national Capital.
After a meeting of the
Delhi Disaster Management
Authority, Sisodia quoted offi-
cials from the Centre as saying
there is no community trans-
mission of Covid-19 in Delhi.
Delhi Health Minister
Satyendar Jain added in a sep-
arate conversation with the
media that the source of infec-
tion is “not known” in nearly
half the fresh cases.
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BJP leader Jyotiraditya
Scindia and his mother
Madhavi Raje Scindia have
reportedly tested positive for
coronavirus and are admitted
to Max Hospital in Delhi.
Scindia underwent the
Covid-19 test following a sore
throat and fever. Both of them
were reportedly admitted to
Max Saket hospital four days
ago. Though Scindia had
shown some symptoms, his
mother was asymptomatic.
BJP leaders, including
Madhya Pradesh Chief
Minister Shivraj Singh
Chouhan and national
spokesperson Sambit Patra,
tweeted their concern for
Scindia and his mother.
“Got the news that revered
Mataji and you are not well. I
pray to God that both you and
Mataji recover soon,” said
Shivraj in a tweet.
Patra was himself admitted
to Medanta hospital in
Gurugram but was discharged
from hospital after being test-
ed negative for coronavirus
After Scindias were tested
positive, authorities are trying
to trace all those who they may
have come in contact with him
recently.
Scindia, who joined the
BJP in March after quitting the
Congress as its General
Secretary, is expected to play a
key role in steering BJP to suc-
cess in the 24 Assembly bypolls
in the Gwalior-Chambal region
due sometime next month.
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Afierce battle of words broke
out between the BJP and
the Trinamool Congress on
Tuesday hours after Union
Home Minister Amit Shah
called for a political change in
Bengal even as he hit out at
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee on a plethora of issues
— from perpetuating corrup-
tion to unleashing reign of
terror in the State.
Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee and her nephew and
Abhishek Banerjee hit back,
saying Shah himself had put the
inclusivity of India in danger.
Launching a fierce attack
on Mamata and the TMC for
promoting a culture of violence
and corruption, Shah said how
more than a hundred of his
partymen had been eliminated
in the State for simply practis-
ing saffron politics.
Addressing a virtual meet-
ing — of over two lakh party
men and sympathisers —called
Jansamvad Rally Shah said,
“Only BJP can restore Bengal to
its lost glory by changing its
culture of political violence,”
appealing to the people of the
State to just afford one chance
to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to work the wonders.
“You have given 34 years to
the Communists, 10 years to
Mamata Banerjee now please
give one chance to Modi ji to
get a corruption and violence-
free Bengal,” Shah said, adding
the hope of the people — who
voted out the Left in 2011 —
had been dashed to the
ground.
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In a major relief to road and
transport users, the Centre
on Tuesday announced further
extension of the validity date of
motor vehicle documents till
September this year.
The Union Road Transport
and Highways Ministry has
issued a related advisory to all
States and UTs.
“Given the current cir-
cumstances to avoid hardship
being faced by transporters
and citizens, State
Governments are advised that
these documents be considered
valid till September 30,” Road
Transport and Highway
Minister Nitin Gadkari said.
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Aretired Kashmiri Pandit
schoolteacher, Dwarika
Nath Pandita, a native of
Lukbawan village of Dooru
Tehsil in Anantnag, arrived in
Jammu early on Tuesday after
undertaking one of the most
difficult journeys of his life.
Thirty years ago, he
migrated from the same village
and had shifted his belongings
to Jammu in the dead of the
night.
At that time he was accom-
panied by his young son. But
on Monday evening, when
Dwarika Nath once again
embarked on a return journey
in the dead of the night, he was
carrying the body of his son, an
elected sarpanch of the area,
Ajay Pandita (Bharti).
Late Monday evening,
unidentified terrorists gunned
down Ajay, roughly 50 metres
away from his house. They
pumped bullets in his head and
back from close range. The
father and son were in their
orchard minutes before Ajay
was targeted.
Remembering the last
moments he spent with his son,
Omkar Nath Pandita told
reporters in Jammu, “Someone
came and informed Ajay that
he needed his signature on a
form.
Ajay stepped out and met
with a hail of bullets. We shift-
ed him to hospital but he suc-
cumbed to his injuries.”
Pandita said, “Ajay had
worked hard to rebuild our
lives after we returned to our
native village. My son was
patriotic to the core. He loved
his motherland. After spending
around seven years in Jammu,
we returned to Kashmir valley
in 1996-97.”
According to close family
members, initially, they
returned to Kashmir in 1992
where they stayed on rent. In
the next four years, they rebuilt
their home and shifted to their
native village. The family had
also survived ethnic cleansing
of Kashmiri Pandits in the
area. Several temples were des-
ecrated in the area.
Pandita said, “No one from
the Government came forward
to help us in any way when we
returned to our home and
hearth. Ajay raised loans and
helped me revive our orchards,
ruined during peak days of mil-
itancy.”
Sitting in the company of
mourners and close relatives in
the Subhash Nagar area, the
bereaved father of Ajay Pandita
said, “My son was not afraid of
anyone. He would say if secu-
rity personnel can perform
duties in Kashmir valley and
sacrifice their lives for the
nation why should we run
away. I will live here and die
here in my native village.”
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The Congress, the
Samajwadi Party and the
BSP on Tuesday asked Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh
whether China has occupied
the Indian territory in Ladakh
and sought explanation from
the Centre over exact position
on the border between India
and China.
A day after his “everyone
knows the reality” of border sit-
uation jibe, Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi asked the
Defence Minister whether
China has occupied the Indian
territory in Ladakh. “Once RM
is done commenting on the
hand symbol, can he answer:
Have the Chinese occupied
Indian territory in Ladakh,” he
asked on Twitter.
Singh had on Monday hit
out at Rahul with a couplet of
noted Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib,
saying when there is pain in the
hand, one takes medicine, but
what does one do when the
hand itself is a pain.
“Hand” is the Congress
party’s election symbol. Rahul
Gandhi and Singh have been
engaged in war of words on
Twitter since Monday evening.
The Congress leader on
Monday had taken a swipe at
Union Home Minister Amit
Shah for his remarks that India
is strong in protecting its bor-
ders, and said the truth seems
dormant as “everyone knows”
the reality of the situation at the
country’s borders. “Everyone
knows the reality of the ‘bor-
ders’, but the thought is good to
keep one’s heart happy,” he
had said in a tweet in Hindi,
tweaking a couplet of Ghalib.
BSP chief Mayawati
attacked the BJP and the
Congress on playing “dirty
politics” on this issue when the
people are facing hardship due
to coronavirus pandemic. “It’s
unfortunate that at time when
people are facing difficult times
due to the pandemic, the BJP
and the Congress are playing
dirty politics and allegations
and counter allegations on the
border dispute with China.
This is not in the nation inter-
est,” she tweeted in Hindi.
“The dispute with China
and also Nepal is becoming
very serious. In such a situation
all parties should rise above
party politics and think in
nation’s interest,” she said in
another tweet.
“In East Ladakh, the
encroachment of Chinese
forces for past one month is
unacceptable to the country.
The Government should initi-
ate strict steps to raise the
morale of our forces. As the BJP
takes ‘akadhikari’ decision
(decision by itself), it’s feeling
itself weak even though the
people and Opposition are
with them on this issue,” SP
president Akhilesh Yadav
tweeted.
Congress chief spokesper-
son Randeep Surjewala also
asked the Defence Minister to
answer the question.
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Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal has test-
ed negative for Covid-19, an
official said on Tuesday.
The official said that the
51-year-old AAP supremo
underwent the test for the
novel coronavirus on Tuesday
morning.
“The Chief Minister has
tested negative for Covid-19,”
the official said.
Asked whether he would
undergo a test again after
some days, the official said,
“There is no need for it.”
Kejriwal had gone into
self-quarantine on Sunday
after he developed a sore
throat and fever.
The fever has subsided
and he is now feeling well, the
official said.
“Since Sunday evening
Delhi Chief Minister has been
suffering from fever and throat
pain and because of this he has
isolated himself at home. He
will undergo a test on Tuesday.
He is a patient of diabetes for
very long. Doctors have
advised that he hold no meet-
ings,” senior AAP leader and
Rajya Sabha member Sanjay
Singh had said earlier.
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authorities have stepped up
checking of those entering the
district from New Delhi in a
bid to prevent the coronavirus
spread. According to officials,
only those carrying a valid
movement pass, ID of their
workplace in the district and
involved in the supply of essen-
tial services are being allowed
to enter from all 10 entry
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The Himachal Pradesh
police headquarters was
sealed on Tuesday as the state
Director General of Police
Sanjay Kundu and 30 other
security personnel home-quar-
antined themselves after a man
who had met the top cop died
of coronavirus, an official said.
The DGP tested negative
for the disease, while the test
reports of the other 30 police
officials are awaited, the official
said.
A man had visited the
police headquarters to convey
his best wishes to the DGP on
his day of joining on June 1,
police spokesperson said. It
was learnt that the man tested
COVID-19 positive on
Monday and died of the disease
on Tuesday in Delhi, he said.
Following the news, the
DGP and about 30 other police
officials, who might have come
in contact with the man, home-
quarantined themselves as per
the protocol, the spokesperson
said. The police headquarters
has been sealed and is being
sanitised, he said. The man had
travelled to Delhi the same day
he visited the police head-
quarters.
The areas he visited are
being sanitised and sealed, he
said. The police did not reveal
whether the man was a resident
of Delhi or Himachal Pradesh.
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HIMACHAL
Sixteen more people tested
positive for COVID-19 in
Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday,
taking the number of such
cases in the state to 438.
Sirmaur district reported eight
cases, Kangra six, and
Hamirpur and Mandi one each,
officials said.
The number of recoveries
is 237, while 11 COVID-19
patients have migrated out of
the hill state, Special Secretary
(Health) Nipun Jindal said.
The number of active COVID-
19 cases in the state stands at
184 and fatalities due to the dis-
ease at six.
Kangra has the highest
number of active cases in the
state at 51, followed by
Hamirpur (45), Una (19), Solan
(16), Chamba (14), Mandi (11),
Bilaspur (10), Sirmaur (nine),
Shimla (four), Kullu (three)
and Kinnaur (two).
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The Orissa High Court on
Tuesday disposed off a writ
petition pertaining to the ensu-
ing Rath Yatra at Puri declin-
ing to intervene in the matter
at this stage.
A Division Bench of the
High Court headed by Chief
Justice Mohammad Rafiq took
the decision after Advocate
General Ashok Parija informed
the court that the Government
would take an appropriate deci-
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To conduct immediate coronavirus test of sus-
pected frontline workers, sick patients
requiring quick diagnosis for management of
disease and in emergency surgeries, dialysis etc
where rapid diagnosis helps in better manage-
ment of patient, the Punjab Government is all
set to establish 10 TrueNat machines at District
Hospitals (DHs).
The state Health and Family Welfare
Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that
presently, the TrueNat machine confirms only
negative tests and positive results need to be
reconfirmed by RT-PCR.
“But recently, ICMR has approved the test-
ing of positive tests from TrueNat to be con-
firmed by TrueNat machine itself by conduct-
ing second step test,” he said.
“For this purpose, the special chips would
be made available in DHs by tomorrow where
such machines to be set up.
Then it would not be necessary to send sam-
ples for confirmation of positive results by RT-
PCR,” he said.
Presently, five TrueNat machines have
already been installed at DHs of Ludhiana,
Jalandhar, Mansa, Barnala and Pathankot, and
10 more machines would be installed at
Bathinda, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur,
Kapurthala, Moga, Muktsar Sahib, SBS Nagar,
Ropar and Sangrur.
Revealing about the features and function-
ing of TrueNat machine, Sidhu said that for
TrueNat machines, no AC or special bio-safe-
ty cabinet is required, even it can easily set up
at Primary Health Centre level.
“One TrueNat machine can consume one
hour to conduct test of COVID-19 in one time.
At a given time, two samples can be tested simul-
taneously,” he said.
Besides TrueNat machines, there are two
CB-NAAT machines installed for COVID-19
testing, one at TB Hospital Patiala and other at
GMC Faridkot. Four samples can be tested
simultaneously in one hour but it requires the
AC or special bio-safety cabinet. So far around
194 tests have been conducted on these
machines.
“In addition to routine testing, the Civil
Surgeons have been directed to depute a nodal
officer preferably microbiologist, pathologist or
medical officers for adequate utilization of
TrueNat machines”, he added.
Pertinently, TrueNat machines which were
initially used for testing of TB are being utilized
for testing of COVID-19 in district hospitals to
initiate the immediate testing process at district
level.
To further expedite the sampling process, he
said that special training is being imparted to
the AYUSH Medical Officers and RMOs for col-
lection and Packing of COVID-19 samples for
RT-PCR. On an average 7,000 samples are being
taken to conduct COVID-19 test at Government
labs.
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Achartered flight, carrying
60 Jharkhand migrants
from Leh, landed at the Birsa
Munda Airport in Ranchi on
Tuesday, officials from the
Chief Minister's Office (CMO)
said. The development comes
a day after 55 migrants from
Leh landed in Ranchi on
Monday – the first among four
flights that will bring over 200
migrants to their home State,
officials said.
The flights from Leh and
Andaman Nicobar Islands to
Ranchi are a result of Chief
Minister Hemant Soren's
appeal to corporate houses to
help the return of migrants to
Jharkhand. The CM took to
microblogging website Twitter
last week and sought the sup-
port of industrialists in arrang-
ing chartered flights for the
migrants stranded in Leh,
Laddakh.
Two of the four flights, car-
rying 55, 60, 43 and 50 pas-
sengers respectively, have
already landed in Ranchi in the
past 48 hours.
The remaining two flights
are scheduled to land in
Ranchi on Friday and
Saturday, officials from the
CMO have said.
Almost all the migrants,
who returned home in the
chartered flight on Tuesday,
were working in projects of the
Border Roads Organisation in
Leh. The workers were work-
ing in projects at Himank and
Vijayanak in Nubra valley,
Diksit and Chunthug valley,
sources said.
More than 600 stranded
migrants have returned to
Jharkhand in chartered flights
so far. It started with an alum-
ni group of National Law
School, Bangalore, leasing an
Air Asia flight from Mumbai to
Ranchi for 180 migrants on
May 28. Later, the government
airlifted 60 migrants from Leh
and 180 from Andaman and
Nicobar.
More than 5 lakh migrants
have returned to Jharkhand so
far by buses, trains and flights.
The count of migrants return-
ing to Jharkhand during the
lockdown is much higher as
many migrants reportedly
relied on unconventional
means of transportation amid
the Covid-19 crisis, sources
said.
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approved the UP
Prevention of Cow Slaughter
(Amendment) Ordinance,
2020 on Tuesday, Additional
Chief Secretary, Home and
Information, Awanish Awasthi
said. The ordinance seeks to
stop the incidents of crime
related to cow slaughter and
was enacted as the state legis-
lature is not in session, he
added. It aims to make the
existing law more organised
and effective, and completely
stop cow slaughter in the state,
the Uttar Pradesh Govt said in
a statement issued here.
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China's new army comman-
der Lt Gen Xu Qiling, who
will head the Western Theatre
Command ground forces
responsible for the Sino-India
border, is a rising star in the
PLA specially handpicked by
President Xi Jinping to handle
troops along the challenging
border, a media report said.
Gen Xu's appointment was
announced on June 5 in the
midst of the current standoff
between Indian and Chinese
troops long the Line of Actual
Control (LAC).
Xi, who heads the ruling
Communist Party of China
besides Presidency, is also the
Chairman of the powerful
Central Military Commission
which is People's Liberation
Army's high command.
Gen Xu, the rising star of
the PLA, has been sent to
oversee the ground forces of
the Western Theatre
Command, where tensions
are rising between China and
India over border dispute,
the Hong Kong-based South
China Morning Post report-
ed.
As tensions with India
are escalating over border dis-
putes, the Western Theatre
Command needs a younger
commander to lead frontier
soldiers and officers in this cur-
rent sensitive period,” the Post
quoted a military insider as say-
ing.
“Xu is 57 years old, five
years younger than his prede-
cessor, He (Weidong). The
working environment in the
Western high altitude is very
tough and even young people
age prematurely there”, the offi-
cial said.
Xu was one of the young
generals promoted by Xi after
he took the helm of the PLA in
late 2012. Xu has experience at
four of the PLA's five theatre
commands. He was
promoted to the lieutenant
general last year, one year after
being sent to the head the
ground forces in the Eastern
Theatre Command, which
oversees the security of
Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang,
Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi
provinces, as well as the East
China Sea.
Xu's new position in the
Western Theatre Command is
also a new test for him,” the
official said.
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In the midst of the ongoing
border standoff, the Indian
Army won a rare public com-
pliment from a Chinese mili-
tary expert who said India has
the world's largest and experi-
enced plateau and mountain
troops equipped with some of
the best weapons suited for
such terrain in the Tibetan bor-
der.
At present, the world's
largest and experienced coun-
try with plateau and mountain
troops is neither the US, Russia,
nor any European powerhouse,
but India,” Huang Guozhi,
senior editor of Modern
Weaponry magazine, wrote in
an article published by China's
thepaper.Cn on Tuesday.
His remarks coincided
with the current military stand-
off between India-China troops
along the Line of Actual
Control (LAC).
Mountain brigades being
raisedbyIndiaaremostlymeant
for the Chinese border, espe-
cially the Tibetan plateau, and it
is perhaps the first time a
Chinese military expert publicly
complimented their strength
and strategic importance.With
more than 200,000 troops in 12
divisions, the Indian mountain
force is the largest mountain
fighting force in the world,”
Huang wrote. Huang said that
since the 1970s, the Indian mil-
itary has established and
expanded the size and person-
nel of the mountain troops on
a large-scale, and also plans to
create a mountain strike force of
more than 50,000 troops.
Mountaineering is an essential
skillforalmosteverymemberof
the Indian mountain army. To
this end, India even recruited a
large number of professional
mountaineers and amateur
mountaineers from the private
sector,” he said.
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Aday after being handed
over the additional charge
of Mussoorie Dehradun
Development Authority
(MDDA) vice chairman,
Ranvir Singh Chauhan
assumed charge here on
Tuesday. After being welcomed
by the MDDA secretary GC
Gunwant, he interacted with all
the officials seeking informa-
tion about various subjects
and works of the authority.
Chauhan directed officials to
prepare presentations on infor-
mation from various sections.
He will hold a meeting with the
in-charge of various sections on
Wednesday to review the
works. Joint secretaries
Meenakshi Petwal and Hari
Giri, finance controller Har
Singh Bonal, executive engi-
neer Sunil Parashar, system
administrator Sanjeevan
Soontha and others were
among those who informed the
MDDA vice chairman about
various works in the authority.
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The defacement of Mahatma
Gandhi's statue here was a
disgrace”, US President Donald
Trump has said, days after it
was vandalised by unknown
miscreants with graffiti and
spray painting during the
nationwide protests against the
custodial killing of African-
American George Floyd.
The statue, which is across
the road from the Indian
Embassy, was vandalised on the
intervening night of June 2 and
3, prompting the Indian
embassy to register a complaint
with the local law enforce-
ment agencies. The inci-
dent happened during the week
of nationwide protests against
the custodial killing of Floyd in
Minneapolis on May 25.
“It was a disgrace,”
Trump made the brief com-
ment at the White House on
Monday when asked about the
incident. The Indian Embassy
here has taken up the matter
with the US Department of
State for early investigation
into the matter, as also with the
Metropolitan Police and
National Park Service.
It is working with
the US Department of State,
Metropolitan Police and
National Park Service for expe-
ditious restoration of the stat-
ue at the park.
The US president
and First Lady Melania Trump,
during their visit to India in
February, had spent consider-
able time at the Gandhi
Ashram in Ahmedabad. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had
personally given them a tour of
the historic place.
“The First Lady and
I have just had a pleasure of vis-
iting Mahatma Gandhi's
Ashram, a few miles from here,
where he launched the famous
Salt March,” Trump had said
during his address at the
Namaste Trump rally at the
Motera Stadium in
Ahmedabad on February 24. A
day later, Trump and the first
lady also laid a wreath at Raj
Ghat in New Delhi.
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Modi on Tuesday discussed
the COVID-19 pandemic with
Philippines President Rodrigo
Duterte and assured that
India's well-established capac-
ity for manufacturing afford-
able pharmaceutical products
would continue to be deployed
for the benefit of the entire
humanity.
The leaders also discussed
the steps being taken by the two
governments to address the
challenges arising out of the
COVID-19 pandemic, an offi-
cial statement said.
The Philippines President
appreciated the steps taken by
India to maintain supply of
essential pharmaceutical prod-
ucts to his country, it said.
The prime minister assured
President Duterte of India's
commitment to support the
Philippines in its fight against
the pandemic.
“He stressed that India's
well-established capacity for
manufacturing affordable phar-
maceutical products, including
for an eventual vaccine once it
is found, would continue to be
deployed for the benefit of
entire humanity, the state-
ment said.
Both leaders expressed
appreciation for the coopera-
tion extended to ensure the
welfare of their citizens in
each other's territory, as also
for their repatriation home,
during the ongoing health cri-
sis.
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After the forced closure of
Niranjanpur Sabzi Mandi,
the biggest wholesale market of
Dehradun, due to outbreak of
Covid-19 among its vegetable
dealers many small wholesale
markets of the vegetable have
spawned illegally in different
parts of provisional state capi-
tal putting the health of people
of at a grave risk.
In blatant violation of all
norms, the vegetable dealers are
openly selling vegetables to
the retailers and small shop-
keepers in these new Mandis.
These illegal Mandis spring to
life after midnight everyday
and the business ends before
the sunrise when most of the
people are still in their beds
oblivious of threat they are
exposed to. Interestingly the
Dehradun administration has
asked all the vegetable dealers
of the Niranjanpur Mandi to
remain quarantined at their
homes but it is learnt they are
not following the orders and
are operating the business from
different places of the city.
It is worth mentioning here
that the Dehradun adminis-
tration had closed the
Niranjanpur Sabzi Mandi, the
biggest wholesale vegetable
market in the district on June
4 after many vegetable dealers
and their family members were
found infected by Covid-19. An
estimated 10,000 quintals of
vegetables and fruits are trad-
ed from this Mandi every day.
After the closure of the Mandi,
the administration decided to
shift it to Maldevta village but
the plan was aborted by the
protest of the villagers. The
Mandi was then shifted to
Nanoorkheda area located on
the outskirts of the city. Since
the vegetable dealers and the
retailers are finding it difficult
to move to the new place, they
have converted many open
spaces on roadsides of city as
small wholesale markets
according to their convenience.
One shopkeeper told The
Pioneer that the new system
though illegal is convenient for
the vegetable sellers like him.
One can witness vehicles
loaded with vegetables speed-
ing on the roads of the city and
residential colonies during the
wee hours of the day.
“I am an early riser and am
noticing a small market on the
Vidhan Sabha road from two -
three days. In the Niranjanpur
Mandi, the administration had
undertaken sanitisation drive
and other safety measures even
then it could not prevent an
outbreak of Covid-19 there.
Now these small Mandis have
sprang up everywhere with no
safety measures around. Is the
administration sleeping or it is
waiting for virus to explode
from these places,’’ asked a
resident of Defence Colony.
When contacted by The
Pioneer, the head of
Niranjanpur Mandi, Rajesh
Sharma said that the adminis-
tration and police should act
against these illegal Mandis
which are a threat to the soci-
ety.
Even as these small whole-
sale markets of vegetable have
sprung up in virtually every
part of the city, the adminis-
tration surprisingly is claiming
ignorance on the subject.
The Additional District
Magistrate (ADM) Dehradun,
Arvind Pandey told The
Pioneer that he is not aware
that small illegal markets are
operating from different areas
of the city. He assured that the
issue would be investigated
and necessary action would be
taken.
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The All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Rishikesh has decided to restart
its OPD facility by the end of
this month. For OPD, the
patients would have to register
themselves online on the web-
site ors.gov.in.
The general OPD was sus-
pended at AIIMS Rishikesh
after the nationwide lockdown
announced on March 24.
However, special OPDs for
emergency, telemedicine OPD
and screening of Covid patients
continued to function.
The Director of AIIMS
Rishikesh, Ravikant said that
the general OPD would be
opened in view of the problems
of common patients.
“Keeping in mind the dif-
ficulties of common patients, a
safe and convenient system is
being developed to start general
OPD,’’ he said.
The Dean of AIIMS
Hospital Administration, Dr
UB Mishra said that all aspects
like proper arrangement of
doctors' seating area, waiting
area for patients and their
attendants and other safety
measures are being taken into
consideration.
“The norms of social dis-
tancing would be strictly fol-
lowed. Initially, limited patients
will be seen. Later this number
will be gradually increased,’’ he
said.
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As part of the preparation for
the final Passing out
Parade (PoP) scheduled on
June 13 (Saturday), the Deputy
Commandant’s parade was
held at Indian Military
Academy (IMA) on Tuesday.
In the parade organized at
Chetwode drill square 333
Indian and 90 foreign
Gentlemen Cadets (GC) par-
ticipated with vigour, zeal and
enthusiasm with perfect drill
movements. The reviewing
officer (RO) of the parade was
Deputy Commandant and
chief instructor of the IMA,
Major General J S Mangat.
In his address, Maj General
Mangat complimented the gen-
tleman cadets and encouraged
them to be the finest officers of
Indian Army. He also empha-
sized the importance of valour,
honour, ethos and fine tradi-
tions of Indian Army. He men-
tioned that the efforts of the fac-
ulty and the hard work of the
Gentlemen Cadets were quite
evident from the crisp and
coordinated movements on the
Drill Square. He commended
the Gentleman cadets for attain-
ing stellar training standards
despite all modifications in
training and exhorted them to
continue with their endeavors to
excel.
The General complimented
Gentlemen Cadets from friend-
ly foreign countries on success-
ful completion of the training
and wished them all the success
ahead as they carry the cher-
ished memories of their time at
IMA. The Parade was reflective
of the excellence that the
Academy has always stood for.
The fallout of the Covid-19
pandemic was clearly visible in
the parade. For the first time in
the cherished history of the
academy, the GC and FGC
were wearing masks during the
parade. The IMA has already
decided against inviting parents
and family members of the GC
in the final Passing out Parade
. In their absence, the epaulets
on the shoulders of the newly
commissioned officers would be
placed by their trainers and offi-
cers of the academy.
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The number of patients suf-
fering from novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19) in
Uttarakhand jumped past 1500
figure mark on Tuesday. The
state health department report-
ed 126 patients of the disease
on the day which took the
patient count in the state to
1537.
A total of 41 patients from
different parts of the state were
discharged on the day after
their complete recovery from
the disease.
A total of 755 patients
have so far recovered from the
disease in the state.
On the day, 72 patients
were reported from moun-
tainous district of Tehri while
17 patients were reported from
Dehradun. Seven patients each
were reported from Haridwar
and Pithoragarh districts while
five patients were found in
Bageshwar district. In Nainital,
Pauri and Rudraprayag district
four patients each were report-
ed. In Almora one new patient
was reported.
On Tuesday, 27 patients
were discharged from
Dehradun district while seven
patients were discharged from
Chamoli district. Similarly six
patients recovered from the
disease in Pauri and one in
Uttarkashi district.
The additional secretary,
state health department, Yugal
Kishore Pant said that reports
of 997 samples were found neg-
ative for the disease on Tuesday.
He added that reports of 5846
samples are still awaited by the
department.
On Tuesday, a total of 770
samples were collected for
COVID -19 testing. The
authorities have so far taken
swab samples of 40264 sus-
pected patients for COVID-19
test.
Out of the total samples
taken, 4.45 percent samples
have been found positive for
the disease.
The doubling rate of dis-
ease in the state is 15.82 days
while the recovery percent in
the state is now at 50.33. A
total of 22501 persons are kept
in institutional quarantine by
the state health department.
Uttarakhand now has 762
active patients of Covid-19.
Dehradun with 244 active
cases is maintaining its position
at top of the table of Covid-19
positive active patients.
With 72 new cases on
Tuesday, Tehri district has now
climbed to second place with
134 active cases.
Nainital district is at third
position with 111 active cases.
Haridwar now has 104 active
cases.
Pauri has 34 while Udham
Singh Nagar has 28 active
cases. Pithoragrah district has
30 active cases while
Rudraprayag has 25 active
patients.
Bageshwar and
Champawat districts have 20
active patients each now while
Chamoli and Almora have 11
active patients of Covid-19
each.
Uttarkashi with five active
cases is at bottom of table.
The state administration
has added five more contain-
ment zones in the state on
Tuesday. The state now has 60
containment zones.
Dehradun district has
maximum number of 25 con-
tainment zone while 24 con-
tainment zones are in Haridwar
district. In Tehri eight con-
tainment zones are made while
Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar
have two and one containment
zones respectively
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Following consultation
between district magistrates
concerned and various stake-
holders, the Char Dham
Devsthanam Management
Board has decided to keep the
Char Dham Yatra suspended
for people from outside
Uttarakhand till June 30.
However, residents of the state
will be allowed to visit the
shrines in limited numbers
while observing the standard
operating procedure issued for
this purpose.
Earlier, the district magis-
trates of Uttarkashi, Chamoli
and Rudraprayag held talks
with various stakeholders
regarding the start of the Char
Dham Yatra.The unanimous
opinion was to keep the Yatra
suspended in public interest till
June 30 considering the Covid-
19 pandemic. The majority of
the stakeholders were of the
view that locals could be
allowed to visit the shrines in
limited numbers while observ-
ing all necessary precautions.
Considering this, the board has
decided that the Yatra will
remain suspended till June 30
for people from outside
Uttarakhand.
Till then, a limited number
of locals will be allowed to visit
the shrines. Maximum 1,200
locals will be allowed to visit
Badrinath per day, 800 will be
allowed to visit Kedarnath,
600 will be allowed to visit
Gangotri and 400 will be
allowed to visit Yamunotri per
day. The locals from the dis-
tricts in which the shrines are
situated will be granted per-
mission by the district admin-
istration concerned.
Both Badrinath and
Kedarnath shrines will be open
for local devotees from 7 AM
to 7 PM. Pilgrims will be pro-
vided free tokens at counters
set up by the board. In one
hour, a maximum of 120 pil-
grims will be able to have dar-
shan of the lord in Badrinath.
The queue will be 240 metres
long from Sinh Dwar to
Bramhakapal intersection with
devotees standing in circles
drawn at a gap of two metres
from each other. In Kedarnath,
a maximum of 80 pilgrims will
be allowed to have darshan in
one hour. The queue of devo-
tees will be 120 metres long
with people standing in circles
drawn two metres apart.
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Taking a stern note of large
backlog and pendency in
the checking of samples, the
secretary medical health and
family welfare department,
Amit Negi has directed the
health directorate to inquire
about the reasons for pen-
dency and rejection of sam-
ples from the labs involved in
the process testing of samples.
He said that it would help in
improving the rate of testing
by removal of hindrances.
Negi gave these orders during
an inspection of the state
control room for Covid-19 at
state heath directorate on
Tuesday.
He said that the district
surveillance officers and the
Integrated Disease
Surveillance Programme
(IDSP) units should be held
responsible for epidemiology
and collection of data related
with Covid-19 in the dis-
tricts. Negi said that the on the
basis of the data, the contact
tracing of the suspected
patients should be done for
effective strategy in control of
the disease.
He said that the Asha
workers should be provided
with necessary training for
keeping a vigil on the people
kept in home quarantine.
The secretary and in
charge IT and MIS for Covid-
19, Saujanya, additional sec-
retary Yugal Kishore Pant,
Director General (DG) health
services Dr Amita Upreti,
chief operation officer of
NHM Dr Abhishek Tripathi,
and additional Mission
Director NHM, Jharna
Kamthan were present on the
occasion.
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The Municipal Corporation
of Dehradun (MCD) has so
far spent about Rs one crore on
sanitising the city in view of the
Covid-19 pandemic since
March. The corporation start-
ed the process of sanitising the
city from March 17, as
informed by chief municipal
health officer Dr Kailash Joshi
and had spent about Rs 97 lakh
till last Friday. Since March, the
MCD has organised several
sanitation drives across the
city to sanitise public areas,
wards as well as the high risk
areas of Covid-19 contagion
like quarantine centres and
containment zones. To speed
up the process of sanitisation in
Dehradun, MCD has also been
regularly bringing the tankers
from other cities. In the recent
two-day sanitation drive, 25
tankers were brought from
Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh,
informed Dr Joshi. According
to him, the corporation has to
pay about Rs 3,000 per tanker
for a day, therefore the tankers
were sent back to Saharanpur
immediately after the sanitisa-
tion. He also informed that
over Rs four lakh were spent in
the last sanitation drive.
In sanitation drive of such
a large scale, MCD has to bear
the charges of fuel, PPE kits for
sanitation workers sanitising in
high-risk areas and disinfec-
tants among others. Though
the corporation had received
over 50,000 litres of one per-
centage sodium hypochlorite
disinfectant from Kota free of
cost, MCD still had to bear
transportation expense which
was reportedly about Rs five
lakh. As per the orders of
administration, the MCD will
sanitise Dehradun on this
weekend too.
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Aday after resuming prop-
erty tax collection on
Monday, the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun col-
lected property tax amounting
to C1,40,000 on Tue and the
remaining taxpayers were
issued 25 tokens for the tax
submission on Wed, said the
municipal tax superintendent
Vinay Pratap Singh. It is per-
tinent to mention here that the
period of 20 % rebate has also
been extended to July 15
recently by the municipal
commissioner to give the
locals ample time to submit
the property tax without mak-
ing any rush to MCD premis-
es during the pandemic.
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The Uttarakhand High
Court has declared provi-
sions of Uttarakhand Former
Chief Ministers Facility Act
2019 ultra vires and in violation
of various articles of the Indian
constitution. With this, the
former Chief Ministers will
have to clear their dues of out-
standing rent for Government
bungalows and other facilities.
Hearing on a public inter-
est litigation filed by Rural
Litigation and Entitlement
Kendra (RLEK) the division
bench of chief justice Ramesh
Ranganathan and justice RC
Khulbe declared that the Act’s
section 4 A and its explana-
tion along with sections 4 C
and 7 were in violation of
Article 14 of the Constitution
of India. The counsel of the
petitioners, Kartikey Hari
Gupta informed that the court
has further held that the pro-
visions of Act are in violation
of the doctrine of separation
of powers.
Additionally, the court has
found the Act also in violation
of Articles 202 to 207 of the
Constitution of India.
As an effect all the respon-
dents are liable to pay the
market rent and State is liable
to calculate the money spent
for all other facilities given to
them as ex chief ministers of
the State and recover the same,
added Gupta.
The court observed that
the state government had acted
beyond its authority by passing
the said Act. Directing the
state government to collect the
pending rents at market price
and dues for other facilities
provided to ex- CMs, the divi-
sion bench disposed of the PIL.
According to the petition-
ers, the ex- CMs owe C2.84
crore to the State Government.
This amount comprises C 40.95
lakh due from ex CM and cur-
rent union HRD minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,
C46.59 lakh due from BC
Khanduri, C47.75 lakh due
from ex- CM and current
Maharashtra governor Bhagat
Singh Koshyari, and C1.12
crore from the late ND Tiwari.
It will be recalled that in the
past the high court had direct-
ed the state to collect the dues
from the ex- CMs. However,
the StateGgovernment passed
the Act in 2019 to provide a
waiver to the ex-CMs.
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While the Uttarakhand
Government had direct-
ed district authorities across the
state to take action against
those who are spreading any
misleading information regard-
ing Covid-19 contagion, the
Municipal Corporation of
Dehradun (MCD) has been
playing a three month old
recording in some of its
garbage collection vehicles.
This old pre-recorded record-
ing spreading incorrect infor-
mation among the public dates
back to when Covid-19 positive
cases had not been found in the
state.
In this pre-recorded audio,
additional chief medical officer
(ACMO) Dr Dinesh Chauhan
states that nobody needs to
panic due to novel coronavirus
because so far there is no
Covid-19 positive case in
Uttarakhand.
Last month, Dehradun
mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’
was also made aware of this
issue. He had then stated that
there must be very few vehicles
which might be playing the
said recording in the city. He
had assured to look into this
matter but despite this, the
audio could still be heard play-
ing in some garbage collection
vehicles of the corporation one
month later.
However, when this matter
was brought to the attention of
chief municipal health officer
Dr Kailash Joshi on Tuesday, he
immediately instructed the
officials concerned to remove
the audio. It is pertinent to
mention here that though the
old pre-recorded message has
been removed or replaced from
many of the garbage collection
vehicles, it was still being
played in some vehicles.
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The Supreme Court on
Tuesday directed the
Centre and state governments
to send all the migrant work-
ers to their native places with-
in 15 days and formulate
employment schemes after
conducting their skill map-
ping to rehabilitate them.
A bench of Justices Ashok
Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul
and M R Shah also directed the
Centre to provide additional
trains within 24 hours of states
making the demand for send-
ing the migrant workers back
to their native places.
The top court also direct-
ed authorities to consider with-
drawing all cases against
migrant workers for alleged
violation of lockdown norms
under the Disaster
Management Act.
The bench also directed the
authorities to identify and reg-
ister migrant workers who
want to go back to their native
places and conclude the exer-
cise, including their trans-
portation, within 15 days from
Tuesday. The bench, which
posted the matter for further
hearing in July, said the
schemes for welfare and
employment of migrant work-
ers should be publicised ade-
quately. The top court, which
pronounced its order through
video conferencing, asked the
state governments to consider
granting counselling to migrant
workers, who have returned to
their homes, and provide them
employment opportunities as
per their skill sets.
The top court had on June
5 reserved its order on the suo
motu case registered on the
plights of migrant workers
during the coronavirus-trig-
gered lockdown period.
It had said that it intended
to give 15 days to the Centre
and the state governments for
sending to native places all the
migrant workers wanting to
return home.
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With Covid-19 fast spread-
ing its tentacles across
the country, the Union Health
Ministry has deployed high-
level multi-disciplinary central
teams for 50 high Coronavirus
loads districts and municipal
bodies in 15 States and Union
Territories (UTs) to help the
health authorities provide tech-
nical support for containment
and facilitate the management
of the contagion.
The States and UTs where
these teams have been
deployed include Maharashtra
(7 districts or municipalities),
Telangana (4), Tamil Nadu
(7), Rajasthan (5), Assam (6),
Haryana (4), Gujarat (3),
Karnataka (4), Uttarakhand
(3), Madhya Pradesh (5), West
Bengal (3), Delhi (3), Bihar (4),
Uttar Pradesh (4) and Odisha
(5).
The teams comprise two
public health experts, epi-
demiologists, clinicians and a
senior Joint Secretary level
nodal officer for administrative
handholding and improving
governance.
These teams will work in
the field and visit health care
facilities to support the State
health department in the
implementation of contain-
ment measures and efficient
treatment and clinical man-
agement of cases within the
districts and cities.
In order to ensure better
coordination, quick action on
the ground, and adoption of a
more granular strategy, it is
proposed that these districts
and municipalities should reg-
ularly remain in touch with the
central teams which are already
coordinating with the states.
Such frequent interac-
tions would further strength-
en the surveillance, contain-
ment, testing and treatment
related action on the ground,
the Ministry said.
The central teams will
assist the states and UTs in
addressing some of the chal-
lenges faced by their authori-
ties such as testing bottle-
necks, low tests per million
population, high confirmation
rates, high testing confirmation
rate, risk of capacity shortfall
over the next two months,
potential bed shortage, grow-
ing fatality rate, high doubling
rate and sudden spike in active
cases.
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The World Health
Organization (WHO) has
asserted that the spread of
Covid-19 by an asympto-
matic person appears to be
less likely, an observation
that has been questioned by
the health experts who feel
that asymptomatic cases may
be adding to the pandemic
which has caused havoc
across the world infecting
over 75 lakh people in just six
months.
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove,
head of WHO’s emerging
diseases and zoonoses unit,
said while asymptomatic
spread can occur, it’s not the
“main driver” of new infec-
tions.
Initial evidence from the
earliest outbreaks suggested
that the SARS-CoV-2 virus
could spread by a person
showing no symptoms.
However, WHO officials now
say that it is not the way of
infections, although there
are instances of asympto-
matic patients transmitting
the virus to others particu-
larly in nursing homes and in
household settings.
“From the data we have,
it still seems to be rare that an
asymptomatic person actu-
ally transmits onward to a
secondary individual. It’s very
rare,” Dr Kerkhove said,
adding that more research
and data are needed to “truly
answer” the question of
whether the coronavirus can
spread widely through
asymptomatic carriers.
Kerkhove said the WHO
is now relying on data
obtained through contact
tracing even as she urged
governments to focus on
detecting and isolating infect-
ed people with symptoms, as
well as tracking anyone who
might have come into contact
with them.
However, Prof. Rajinder
K Dhamija, Head of
Neurology Department, Lady
Hardinge Medical College
and SSK Hospital, Delhi does
not agree with the WHO
observation.
“The WHO statement
that transmission of
SARSCOv2 by asymptomatic
individuals raises many
issues and questions the
health policy of testing, con-
tact tracing and isolation.”
Prof Dhamija pointed
out that the WHO has made
this observation based on
one Chinese’s study of 300
asymptomatic Covid-19
patients in Wuhan which
were found to be non-infec-
tious.
“Our understanding is
that asymptomatic Covid
patients which comprise as
high as 30 per cent of Covid
patients along with pre symp-
tomatic patients are impor-
tant in spread of disease.
Our demographic situation,
population density and many
household members sharing
rooms and washrooms places
us altogether in a different
situation and we have to
focus on asymptomatic and
pre-symptomatic individu-
als to mitigate the virus trans-
mission.
“Moreover there has been
instances in US and
Singapore where asympto-
matic transmission has
occurred.
We need more data to
answer the question of
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Following requests by par-
ents,teachersandotherstake-
holders of school education, the
Centre on Tuesday said that it is
consideringreducingthesyllabus
andschoolhoursforthecurrent
academicsession,hampereddue
to the continuing corona pan-
demic lockdown.
HRD Minister Ramesh
Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said that
theCentreis“planningtoreduce
the syllabus and instructional
hoursforschoolsinthenextaca-
demic year.''
“In view of the current cir-
cumstances and after receiving
alotofrequestsfromparentsand
teachers, we are contemplating
theoptionofreductioninthesyl-
labusandinstructionalhoursfor
the coming academic year,”
Pokhriyal said in a tweet.
“In view of the current cir-
cumstances and after receiving
alotofrequestsfromparentsand
teachers, we are contemplating
theoptionofreductioninthesyl-
labusandinstructionalhoursfor
the coming academic year,”
Pokhriyal added further.
The HRD Minister also
invited suggestions from teach-
ers and educationists in this
regard and asked them to tag
their posts with
#SyllabusForStudents2020 on
social media.
The tweets from the HRD
Ministercamefollowingameet-
ing with the state education sec-
retaries led by Anita Karwal,
Secretary of School Education
and Literacy, HRD Ministry a
day earlier.
During the meeting, topics
likehealthandsafetyofstudents,
hygiene measures and issues
relatedtoonlineordigitallearn-
ing were discussed.
It may be noted that the
countrywide lockdown to curb
the spread of the COVID-19
pandemic has derailed the aca-
demicscheduleinalleducational
institutions.Withthenumberof
coronavirus patients increasing
day by day, the Narendra Modi
government had ordered the
closure of all educational insti-
tutions on March 16 which was
followed by a nationwide lock-
down on March 25.
“States are still figuring out
howtodealwiththedisruptions
intheschedule.Manystateshave
passedtheirschoolandevencol-
lege students without conduct-
ing exams. Some universities
have resorted to online classes
and exams to keep the academ-
ic calendar running. As the
lockdown further encroaches
the academic schedule and with
a decision yet to be made on
reopening educational institu-
tions, students and parents have
been demanding a reduction in
syllabus,” said a senior HRD
Ministry official.
A couple of days earlier
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia pitched for a 30
percentreductioninsyllabusfor
allgradestomakeupfortheloss
caused by the COVID-19 pan-
demicandadvocatedreopening
of schools with reasonable pre-
cautions. In a letter to the HRD
Minister, Sisodia asserted that
sincepeopleneedtolearntolive
with coronavirus now, it would
be better if the already existing
learningspaceslikeschools,take
up that role.
Noting that online teaching
canonlycomplementlearningin
schools and not replace it, the
DelhiEducationMinistersaid,it
would be a “historical blunder”
if the “opportunity” is let to pass
by not trusting schools with a
bigger and bolder role, which is,
topreparechildrenforbetterand
responsible life and not just for
a few lessons of their textbooks.
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To meet the demand of saf-
fron and hing (asafoetida)
in the country, which are
imported from other coun-
tries, the Institute of
Himalayan Bioresource
Technology (CSIR-IHBT) and
the Department of
Agriculture, Government of
Himachal Pradesh, have
forged strategic and imple-
mentation partnership based
on their mutual strengths to
increase the production of the
two.
Saffron and Heeng are
the most valuable spices of
the world and widely used in
Indian cuisine since time
immemorial.
In India, the annual
demand for Saffron spice is
100 tons per year but its
average production is about
6-7 tons per year.
Hence, a large amount of
Saffron is being imported.
Similarly, there is no produc-
tion of heeng in India and
currently about 1,200 tons of
raw heeng worth C600 crore
is being imported from
Afghanistan, Iran, and
Uzbekistan.
The CSIR-IHBT partner-
ship is expected to provide
immense benefits to
Himachal Pradesh by way of
increased farm income, liveli-
hood promotion, and rural
development.
To facilitate this
development, a number of
steps will be undertaken such
as transfer of innovations by
means of capacity building,
skill development, and other
extension activities of
prospective farmers and offi-
cers of the Department of
Agriculture.
“Introduction of these
crops will reduce the import.
CSIR-IHBT will provide tech-
nical know-how to the
farmers, impart training to
State agriculture department
officers and farmers, and set
up corm and seed production
centres of Saffron and heeng,
respectively, in the State,” said
Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director,
IHBT.
At present, about 2,825
hectares of land is under cul-
tivation of Saffron in Jammu
and Kashmir.
IHBT has developed the
production technology for
Saffron and introduced its
cultivation in non-tradition-
al areas of Himachal Pradesh
and Uttarakhand. The
Institute has also developed
tissue-culture protocol for
the production of disease-free
corms.
The Palampur-located
Institute has introduced six
accessions of heeng from Iran
through the National Bureau
of Plant Genetic Resources
(NBPGR), New Delhi, and
standardized its production
protocols under Indian con-
ditions.
Heeng is a perennial plant
and it produces oleo-gum
resin from the roots after
five years of plantation. It can
be grown in unutilized slop-
py land of cold desert region.
“Besides providing tech-
nical support for the achieve-
ment of physical targets of the
project, we will also under-
take technical supervision of
Saffron production areas.
Exposure visits of farmers
will also be done. A total of
750 acres of land will be cov-
ered under these crops in the
state in the next five years,
said Dr. Kumar.
Dr. R. K. Koundal,
Director of the Department of
Agriculture, Government of
Himachal Pradesh, said that
this project will enhance the
livelihood of the farmers and
will benefit the state and
country. “This programme
will improve the farmer well-
being of the farmers by pro-
viding better income
prospects and the state will be
benefited by cultivation of
these high-value crops” he
said.
A state-of-the-art tissue-
culture lab will be established
for large-scale production of
quality planting material of
these crops.
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planning for other public health
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Earlier, a report from the US
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention cited the ‘potential for
pre-symptomatic transmission’ as
a reason for the importance of
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The Election Commission
of India (ECI) on Tuesday
announced biennial elections
to seven Karnataka Legislative
Council seats will be held on
June 29. The membership of
Naseer Ahmed, Jayamma,
M.C. Venugopal, N.S. Bose
Raju, H.M. Revanna, T.A.
Sharavana and D.U.
Mallikarjuna will expire on
June 30.
The results will be
declared by 5 pm on June 29
itself after counting of votes as
the council membership of
seven MLAs is expiring on
June 30 and the Commission
is determined to complete
the whole election process
before it.
The ECI has announced
the poll time from 9 am to 4
pm.
Based on the inputs
received from Karnataka
Chief Election Office, the
ECI will issue the poll notifi-
cation on June 11, with nom-
ination papers to be submit-
ted by June 18.
The scrutiny of nomina-
tion papers will be done on
June 19 and the last date of
withdrawal of candidature
will be June 22, said the
Commission.
In a statement, the ECI
said that close monitoring of
the whole process by appoint-
ing observers will be done to
ensure free and fair elections.
The commission also
directed the state Chief
Secretary to depute a senior
officer to ensure that the
extant instructions regarding
COVID-19 containment
measures are complied with
while making arrangements
for the conduct of the elec-
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With neither the Central
Hall of Parliament nor
the Vigyan Bhawan plenary
hall large enough to seat all the
Parliamentarians while main-
taining a minimum social dis-
tancing norm of one metre, the
Presiding Officers of both
houses — Lok Sabha and Rajya
Sabha — are learnt to have
been exploring options of hold-
ing a “hybrid” session of
Parliament or a virtual one.
Sources said that Vice
President M Venkaiah Naidu
and Lok Sabha Speaker Om
Birlareviewedthecircumstances
of conduct of the Monsoon ses-
sionregardingwhichintheirlast
meeting had directed to look
options for proceedings of Lok
Sabha in the Central Hall of the
Parliament while Rajya Sabha in
the lower house. The monsoon
sessionofParliamentisnormally
held in the month of July.
The hybrid session would
allow some MPs to be present
physicallyinParliamentwiththe
remaining ones attending it vir-
tually. Sources said one of the
options discussed is to enable
attendance in the Chambers of
both the Houses of only those
many members who can be
accommodated according to
social distancing norms by
drawing up lists of such mem-
bers whose participation in var-
iousitemsofbusinessisrequired
on a daily basis.
At the meeting convened by
Naidu and Birla, the secretary
generals of both houses are
learnt to have told the presiding
officers that neither the central
hallnortheVigyanBhawanple-
nary hall have a seating capaci-
ty to accommodate all MPs
together. The meeting was con-
vened to review various options
for holding the ensuing mon-
soon session of Parliament.
Briefing Naidu and Birla on
various possibilities, the secre-
tary generals reported the out-
comes of their assessment of
seatingcapacityintheChambers
of both the Houses, the central
hall of Parliament and the ple-
nary hall of Vigyan Bhawan.
They informed that while
the Rajya Sabha Chamber can
accommodate about 60 mem-
bers as per the norms of social
distancing, the Lok Sabha
Chamberandthecentralhallare
adequate enough for a little
over 100 members.
They said even if the mem-
bers were to be accommodated
in the galleries, the total seating
capacity would be much less
thantherequired,ifallmembers
were to be accommodated.
NaiduandBirladirectedthetwo
top officials to examine in detail
variousissuesrelatedtoenabling
virtualparticipationofmembers
intheproceedingsofbothhous-
es.
This includes the maxi-
mum capacity available for
enabling such virtual participa-
tion of MPs, feasibility of
enabling participation of mem-
bers as per the rules of business
of both the Houses and other
technical issues. Regarding vir-
tual meetings of the parliamen-
tary committees, it was
explained that any change in the
rules concerning such meetings
required a motion to be carried
in both the Houses of
Parliament.
TheParliamentofficialsalso
informed the presiding officers
of certain other limitations if the
central hall and Vigyan Bhawan
were to be used for the session.
These included non-availability
of air-conditioned facility dur-
ing the day in the Central Hall
andproblemsofenablingsimul-
taneous interpretation
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Congress leader Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday
demanded that Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
must take responsibility in the
matter relating to the appoint-
ment of 69,000 teachers and
take “strong action”with trans-
parency to ensure justice is
done.
The Congress has been
strongly raising the issue after
the Allahabad High Court on
Wednesday stayed the
appointment of 69,000 assis-
tant basic teachers in the state
and Priyanka Gandhi on
Tuesday interacted through
video conferencing with peo-
ple who competed in the
examination.
Noting that media reports
have pointed to a “massive
fraud” in these examinations,
Priyanka Gandhi, speaking
via a video link on Facebook
after the session, said that
since she started working in
Uttar Pradesh, she has
observed that in these types of
examinations, instances of
cheating, corruption and fraud
have been found.
“I want to ask that if these
exams have been carried out
in a transparent manner, why
are people getting arrested. If
the government is saying that
there is a problem in one
centre then arrest the persons
from there but why are issues
cropping up again and again,
why are students worried over
it, why are they hassled, why
do the rules keep changing,
she said.
If change is not demand-
ed, then this will become the
norm, Priyanka Gandhi said.
The UP government is
already thinking that no mat-
ter if there is a scam or cor-
ruption, nobody should raise
their voice. They are adver-
tising that cases will be
slapped against those who
raise their voice, she alleged.
“So, either we stay quiet or
we raise our voice and
demand accountability from
the government. The UP
Chief Minister must tell us
whether he is taking respon-
sibility or not. Strong action
must be taken with full trans-
parency. This is about the
future of the State, the
Congress leader asserted.
Mr chief minister these
are your kids also. We must
together in a constructive
manner find a solution and
this is not about politics. This
is about the future of a gener-
ation, she said. “This is hap-
pening in your government.
Take action with transparen-
cy, be it nullifying the exam,
or carrying out a thorough
probe. What has hurt me the
most is that the voice of these
students is also not being
heard. Why are you suppress-
ing the voice of these stu-
dents, she asked.
Priyanka Gandhi assured
those who competed in the
examination and are affected
by the alleged irregularities
that she will raise her voice
against injustice and stand
with them in their struggles.
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Amid the continuing spread
of Coronavirus in the
ranks, the Central paramilitary
forces have designated 32 hos-
pitals, including 19 from CRPF,
for Covid-19 nursing and
patient management.
As many as eight person-
nel at the CRPF headquarters
here have contracted Covid-19
during the last over one week
as the paramilitary increased
the attendance strength from
15 per cent till the third
Lockdown to 50 per cent now.
The Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF) has reported
509 Covid-19 positive cases till
now out of which 353 have
recovered and 152 are active
cases. Two deaths due to
Covid-19 were confirmed after
reports came on Monday, tak-
ing the death count to four.
Likewise, the Border
Security Force (BSF) has
reported 535 Covid-19 positive
cases till so far out which 428
have recovered and 105 per-
sonnel continue to be active
cases. The Force has reported
two deaths due to the pan-
demic till now.
The CISF on Tuesday
reported the death of Head
Constable Chaudhari Narsingh
Bhai, 55, in 1st Reserve
Battalion based in Khargone,
Madhya Pradesh. This is the
fifth deaths in CISF that is lead
force to secure the airports, sea-
ports and other vital installa-
tions including government
buildings and archaeological
sites.
Till June 6, the Central
paramilitary forces have report-
ed 1,670 Covid-19 positive
cases out of which 1,157 have
recovered and 510 continue to
be active. Till now 13 deaths
have been reported in the para-
military ranks due to Covid-19,
including four in CRPF, two in
BSF and one each in ITBP and
SSB besides five in CISF.
The ITBP reported two
fresh Covid-19 cases during last
24 hours.
Covid patient management
of ITBP includes one admission
each at Tinsukia Hospital,
Tezpur College Hospital,
District Hospital Shivpuri,
Madhya Pradesh, District
Hospital, Rajnandgaon and
Rajaji Hospital Madurai.
Twenty four other ITBP
patients are admitted at CAPF
Referral Hospital, Greater
Noida. The Referral Hospital
is also managing seven
patients of BSF, 13 of CRPF, 12
of CISF, four from NDRF,
eight from SSB, 41 from NSG,
one each from Bureau of
Police Research and Training
and Intelligence Bureau as
also two from NIA.
There are 29 active
Covid19 positive cases in
ITBP and 186 patients have
recovered.
In order to provide med-
ical care and treatment to the
serving CAPF personnel
infected by Covid-19, 32
hospitals of all CAPFs
including 19 CRPF hospitals,
have been declared as
Dedicated Covid Health
Centres (Level 2), reads an
order of the Covid Cell of the
CRPF.
“In view of Covid-19
Pandemic emergency, it has
been decided that all retired
personnel / NOKs and their
dependents will also be pro-
vided the facilities of these
hospitals. If any of the above
categories get infected due to
Covid-19, they can avail the
medical facilities in any of
the 19 Level 2 CRPF hospi-
tals where they will be pro-
vided initial care, advice and
nursing care.
They should also be
facilitated for further treat-
ment in Government.
Hospitals with the help of
District Surveillance Officers
as per the requirements of
clinical severity,” reads the
order.
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