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As many as 73 people per
10,000 population could
have “exposure” to coranavirus
in the country as per an
immunological survey, one of
the largest in the world, con-
ducted by the Indian Council
of Medical Research (ICMR) in
83 non-containment zone dis-
tricts across 15 States in the
country.
Official claimed that the
number is in the lower side but
the danger of spread of the dis-
ease in a bigger way still lurks.
ICMR Director General Dr
Balram Bhargava warned that
as per the survey a large pro-
portion of the population is
susceptible and infection can
spread rapidly even as he
denied that India is witnessing
community transmission of
the deadly virus.
The findings showed that
infection in 15 containment
zones districts was high with
significant variations.
Explaining the data, Dr
Bhargava said, “Around 0.73
per cent people in the 83 dis-
tricts we studied showed preva-
lence of past exposure to the
SARS-CoV-2 virus which
means the lockdown in initial
days kept the disease low and
checked a rapid viral spread.
“The survey findings also
show large proportions of pop-
ulation are still susceptible to
the virus. However, good news
is that infection fatality rate in
the 83 districts was very low at
0.08 per cent.”
Based on the sero-surveil-
lance (blood sample based
study), the ICMR warned that
urban slums were found to be
the most at risk with 1.85
times higher Covid-19 preva-
lence than rural areas while
urban centres reported a preva-
lence that was 1.09 times high-
er than in villages.
The virus prevalence was
the lowest in rural areas. The
sample for the study consisted
of 26,400 people across 28,595
households in 83 districts.
A sero-survey is conduct-
ed by testing the blood serum
of a group of people in a com-
munity to detect the presence
of antibodies in the system
which aids in finding out the
prevalence of a disease.
This testing allows the
health authorities to study the
trend of the infection and
ascertain if it has reached the
community transmission
phase.
Pointing to low Covid
prevalence, Bhargava also said
there is no community trans-
mission of the disease in India.
Bhargava said the way for-
ward was strict adherence to
non-pharmacological inter-
ventions like physical distanc-
ing, masks and face covers, res-
piratory and hand hygiene.
Also, he said high risk
groups i.e. elderly, chronic
morbidities, pregnant women
and children less than 10 years
old of age need to be
protected.
“Infection in containment
zones has been found to be
high, and therefore, local lock-
down measures need to con-
tinue.
Efforts to limit the scale
and spread of the disease will
have to be continued by strong
implementation of contain-
ment strategies by the States.
The States cannot lower their
guard and need to keep on
implementing effective sur-
veillance and containment
strategies,” he said.
De VK Paul, member
health, NITI Aayog, added,
“Less than 1 per cent people
had past infection as shown by
the survey which presents the
picture till April 30. The sur-
vey was done in the third
week of May and normally
antibodies take 15 days to
appear.”
Asserting that India’s fatal-
ities and cases were compara-
tively less than various coun-
tries, he said India was show-
ing clearly low mortality rate
and recoveries had now
touched 49.12 per cent with
more people cured than cur-
rently infected.
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After three of its MLAs
deserted the party in
Gujarat, the Congress on
Thursday alleged attempts are
now being made to topple its
Government in Rajasthan
through “money power”, ahead
of the Rajya Sabha polls due on
June 19. Sources said the party
has moved all its MLAs to a
resort on the Delhi-Jaipur
highway.
Rajasthan is also hosting a
group of Congress MLAs from
Gujarat, brought allegedly to
keep them out of the BJP’s
reach.
In March, the Congress
Government in Madhya
Pradesh collapsed after 22
MLAs defected to the BJP. In
July last year, the party similarly
lost power to the BJP in
Karnataka, the State it was rul-
ing in alliance with HD
Kumaraswamy, after multiple
exits.
The crisis in the State
Congress ahead of the June 19
Rajya Sabha elections could be
related to the party’s internal
politics, a senior Congress
leader said.
However, with the first
signs of trouble in the State on
Wednesday, the Congress sent
its chief spokesperson Randeep
Surjewala to Jaipur by a special
chartered flight to reach out to
the party MLAs.
Surjewala was appointed
an observer earlier and had
been to Jaipur once before but
the latest developments have
lent a sense of urgency in the
Congress camp.
A senior Congress leader
claimed the crisis was a “man-
ufactured one”, aimed at “pro-
jecting some leaders as saviours
while showing others as work-
ing against the party.
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While Indian Institute of
Science (IISC) Bangalore
is ranked the best university in
India, Jamia Millia Islamia
(JMI) and Jawaharlal Nehru
University (JNU) are among
the top 10 universities in the
country, according to the
NIRF rankings released by
the HRD Ministry on
Thursday.
As per the annual rankings,
the top three universities are
IISc Bangalore, Jawaharlal
Nehru University and Banaras
Hindu University. Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham
emerged as the 4th best uni-
versity in the country and 7th
among medical colleges cate-
gory in India.
Delhi University (DU)
marginally improved its rank-
ing among the universities and
in the “Overall” category.
However, it is behind the JMI
in both categories in the annu-
al rankings announcement
delayed by Covid-19.
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Nepal’s Prime Minister KP
Sharma Oli has said that
his Government will seek a
solution to the Kalapani issue
through diplomatic efforts and
dialogue on the basis of his-
torical facts and documents.
“We will get back the land
occupied by India through
holding a dialogue,” Oli said
while responding to questions
in Parliament on Wednesday.
He claimed that India built
a Kali temple, created “an arti-
ficial Kali river” and
“encroached the Nepalese ter-
ritory through deploying the
Army” at Kalapani. The river
defines the border between
the two countries.
Oli’s claim comes in midst
of a raging boundary row
between the two countries with
India sternly asking Nepal not
to resort to any “artificial
enlargement” of territorial
claims after Kathmandu
released a new political map
laying claim over Lipulekh,
Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.
The ties between India and
Nepal came under strain after
Defence Minister Rajnath
Singh inaugurated a 80-km-
long strategically crucial road
connecting the Lipulekh pass
with Dharchula in Uttarakhand
on May 8.
Nepal reacted sharply to
the inauguration of the road
claiming that it passed through
Nepalese territory. India reject-
ed the claim asserting that the
road lies completely within its
territory.
Nepalese officials say that
Nepal had control over the area
before 1962, when the India-
China war took place.
New Delhi/Islamabad: The
Indian Government on
Thursday derided Pakistan’s
Prime Minister Imran Khan
after he tweeted “nearly 34
per cent households across
India would not be able to sur-
vive for more than a week with-
out assistance.”
Imran was not only
mocked widely by Indians and
Pakistanis on social media,
but the official spokesperson of
the Ministry of External
Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, too
took a jibe at Pakistan.
“Pakistan is better known for
making cash transfers to bank
accounts outside the country
rather than giving to its own
people. Clearly, Imran Khan
needs a new set of advisers and
better information,” he said.
Srivastava said all know
about Pakistan’s debt problem,
which is almost 90 per cent of
its GDP, and how much they
have pressed for debt restruc-
turing. He said, “It would also
be better for them to remem-
ber that India has a stimulus
package, which is as large as
Pakistan’s annual GDP.”
Khan has claimed that his
government in Pakistan has
transferred about $1 billion to
at least 10 million families
within nine weeks through
what he calls a successful and
transparent process. IANS
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India raced to the fourth spot
in the world’s list of worst
coronavirus affected nations
after it left behind the United
Kingdom by more than 7,000
cases on Thurday.
Now only the USA, Brazil
and Russia are ahead of India
in terms of overall numbers.
During the day India
recorded 10,221 new cases and
369 deaths, which took its
overall count of positive cases
to 2,97,436 and death toll to
8,477.
Once again, Maharashtra,
Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
were among the top contribu-
tors both in terms of new cases
and death. Both Maharashtra
and Delhi recorded another
day of the biggest single-day
spike as situation looked alarm-
ing in both the States.
Maharashtra reported
3,607 fresh coronavirus cases
and 152 deaths taking the total
number of cases in the State to
97,648 and deaths to 3,590. Of
the total deaths reported on
Thursday, 35 are from the last
two days and the rest are from
April 1 to June 8.
Mumbai reported 1,540
fresh Covid-19 cases and 97
deaths. The total number of
cases in the city now stands at
53,985 and deaths at 1,952. Of
the 97 deaths reported on
Thursday, 43 occurred before
June 7.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra
Health Minister Rajesh Tope
ordered the suspension of the
Dean and four other employ-
ees of the Jalgaon Civil
Hospital in north Maharashtra,
after a shocking incident in
which an 82-year-old female
Covid-19 patient was found
dead in the toilet of the hospi-
tal.
Delhi also reported the
highest single-day spike, adding
1,877 more Covid-19 cases
and 65 deaths. Total number of
cases in the national Capital is
now at 34,687, including 20,871
active cases, 12,731 recov-
ered/discharged/migrated and
1,085 deaths.
In Tamil Nadu, while 1,875
people tested positive for
Covid-19 on Thursday, the
State also saw 23 patients suc-
cumbing to the pandemic on a
single day taking death toll to
349.
The release issued by the
Government of Tamil Nadu
said till Thursday 38, 716 peo-
ple have tested positive for the
pandemic in the State.
The release also said 1,372
patients were discharged on
Thursday from hospitals fully
cured. This took the number of
people fully cured from the
pandemic to 20,705.
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Afresh war of words has
erupted between the Delhi
Government and BJP-ruled
municipal Corporations over
number of Covid-19 related
deaths in Delhi.
All three civic bodies
claimed that they have cre-
mated 2,098 Covid-19 bodies.
However, Delhi Government’s
health bulletin claimed 1,085
people have died of coron-
avirus till Thursday.
Replying to the civic bod-
ies’ claim, the Delhi
Government said it has set up
a “death audit committee”
consisting of senior doctors
who are working impartially
towards assessing deaths
caused by coronavirus.
The Delhi High Court has
also declared that the Death
Audit Committee is working
in an appropriate manner and
that the work of the commit-
tee cannot be questioned.
The Government said it
believes that not even a single
life must be lost to coron-
avirus.
Accusing the AAP
Government of “misleading”
people by hiding actual num-
ber, Leader of House in South
Delhi Municipal Corporation
(SDMC) Kamaljeet Sehrawat
said the SDMC has alone
conducted 1,123 cremations
excluding deaths suspected
due to Covid-19 across cre-
matoriums and graveyards
in the city in which 66 bod-
ies were cremated on
Wednesday.
Noida: The director of a
Government-run hospital, one
of the seven facilities that had
denied admission to a pregnant
woman leading to her death
last week, has been shunted out,
an official order said on
Thursday. Dr. Anish Singhal,
Director of the ESIC Hospital
in Noida, Sector 24, has been
transferred with “immediate
effect” to the ESIC’s Directorate
(Medical) in Delhi, the order
stated.
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Aday after China said there
was “positive consensus” to
“ease” the situation at the Line
of Actual Control (LAC) in
Eastern Ladakh, India on
Thursday echoed same senti-
ments and said both the coun-
tries are maintaining diplo-
matic and military engage-
ments to resolve the stand-off
at the earliest.
Making this observation
against the backdrop of both
the Armies mutually disen-
gaging from the face-off sites
and military commanders
holding extensive talks, the
External Affairs Ministry
spokesperson Anurag
Srivastava said both sides have
agreed to work for an early res-
olution to the issue in keeping
with broader guidance provid-
ed by the leaders of the two
countries for ensuring peace
and tranquility along the bor-
der areas.
He, however, did not
respond to questions relating to
reports of pulling back of
troops by both India and China
from certain friction points in
the Galwan Valley and Hot
Spring areas in eastern Ladakh
in the last few days.
“A meeting was held
between Corps commanders of
India and China on June 6.
This meeting was in continu-
ation of our diplomatic and
military engagement which
both sides maintained in order
to address the situation in
areas along the India-China
border,” the spokesperson said.
He was referring to parleys
between Lt General Harinder
Singh and Major General Liu
Lin.
“It was agreed in the meet-
ing that an early resolution of
the situation would be in keep-
ing with the guidance of our
leaders. The two sides are,
therefore, maintaining mili-
tary and diplomatic engage-
ments to peacefully resolve the
situation at the earliest and also
to ensure peace and tranquili-
ty in the border areas,” he said.
“This is essential for fur-
ther development of India-
China bilateral relations,”
Srivastava added.
The assertion from New
Delhi came after the Chinese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hua Chunying said on
Wednesday in Beijing,
“Recently the diplomatic and
military channels of China
and India held effective com-
munication on the situation
along the border and reached
a positive consensus and the
two sides are following this
consensus to take actions to
ease the situation along the
border.”
Asked about troops on
both sides disengaging and
moving back to their previous
positions, she said both sides
are taking steps to ease the sit-
uation along the LAC.
During their military-level
talks on June 6, India and
China agreed to follow the
broad decisions taken by their
leaders in the Wuhan summit
in 2018 to ensure peace and
tranquility along the LAC.
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Each and every person visiting the State
from other parts of the country should
be properly tested and traced to ensure that
he has no symptoms of COVID-19,
Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur
said on Thursday.
Addressing the Deputy
Commissioners, Superintendents of Police
and Chief Medical Officers of the State
through video conferencing from Shimla,
he said SOP regarding entry and checking
of persons visiting the State should be
strictly adhered to and special care should
be taken to diagnose the persons arriving
from the hot spots. He said that the peo-
ple coming from hot spots should be
invariably tested for coronavirus and
allowed to go for home quarantine only
after they are tested negative.
Thakur said special thrust should be
paid on Information Education and
Communication (IEC) regarding taking
fundamental precautions such as use of
face mask, social distancing and seeing a
doctor in case of any ILI symptoms. He
said that people should also be sensitized
to avoid unnecessary visits to public
places and maintain proper social dis-
tancing at work places as well.
He said the home quarantine facility
must be made more effective and violators
must be dealt with strictly, adding that
team of health workers, ASHA workers,
Anganwari workers and PRI representa-
tives should adopt pro-active approach to
keep a vigil on home quarantine persons
to check spread of the virus in case a per-
son in home quarantine turns out to be
positive.
Thakur said efforts should also be
made to ensure availability of labourers
particularly in apple belts so that the hor-
ticulturists do not face any inconvenience.
He also asked to ensure proper testing of
labourers coming from other States and if
necessary they should be properly quar-
antined.
He said that steps should be taken for
providing adequate manpower in mango
growing areas of the State as the mango
season is nearing.
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After denying the commu-
nity spread of Coronavirus
in Chandigarh, the UT
Administration has now sought
feedback from medical experts
on the intensity of the deadly
infection.
The city has till Thursday
evening reported 334 positive
cases of Coronavirus while 36
are active cases.
The doctors of tertiary
care-PGIMER, which is a ded-
icated COVID-19 treatment
facility in Chandigarh have
been asked to analyze the
intensity of infection in positive
patients. The PGIMER is cater-
ing to the COVID-19 patients
from Chandigarh and neigh-
boring states of Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal among
others.Punjab Governor and
UT Administration VP Singh
Badnore have asked the doctors
to examine the intensity of
infection.
The analysis would be on
the intensity of infection in
affected persons and the num-
ber of cases, on average, an
affected person will cause dur-
ing his or her infectious peri-
od. In the past one week, the
city has witnessed fresh cases
from Sector 16, 18, 21, 47,
Khuda Jassu village, Daria vil-
lage and Manimajra, which
lies in a non-containment zone
in Chandigarh.
Five persons who recently
came to the city from Delhi
have been tested positive for
COVID-19. Apart from this, a
resident of Sector 21 who trav-
elled to Panchkula on daily
basis and another resident of
Sector 16 whose family mem-
bers recently visited Punjab,
were also tested positive for the
deadly virus. Some of their
family members have also been
tested positive.
With the unrestricted
inter-state movement, infection
from both symptomatic and
asymptomatic persons is
spreading in the city.
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12 persons died as the Covid-
19 death toll climbed to 64
in Haryana on Thursday. The
total number of cases reached
5968 with 389 new cases
reported, health officials said.
Meanwhile, on a positive
note, 72 patients were dis-
charged from different hospi-
tals of the State on the day after
their complete recovery from
the disease.
The spike in the number
of novel Coronavirus infect-
ed patients in Haryana are
showing no sign of slowing
down. On Thursday, 191 new
patients were reported from
Gurugram district, taking the
total in the district to 2737
while 74 cases surfaced in
Faridabad, taking the total in
the district to 929. As many
as 34 Covid-19 positive
patients are critically ill and
have been put on oxygen
support while 13 patients on
ventilator, said the Haryana
Health officials.
Out of 12 Covid-19
deaths, six were reported
from Gurugram, four from
Faridabad, one each from
Ambala and Rohtak. With
2260 people cured and dis-
charged from the hospitals,
there are 3644 active
COVID-19 cases in Haryana
now.
So far 64 patients of the
disease have died in the State.
On Thursday, in Ambala, 13
new patients were found, tak-
ing count to 124 while 10
patients were reported from
Palwal district. In Panipat,
one new patient was report-
ed while four patients were
reported from Panchkula.
Three fresh cases were found
in Jind while nine patients
were found in Yamunanagar.
17 new cases were reported
from Karnal district while
seven in Fatehabad. Four
Covid-19 cases reported in
Sirsa while four in Bhiwani.
29 new cases reported in
Rohtak while four in Hisar.
Eight cases reported in
Rewari.
A Health official said that
out of 162,967 samples, 151,060
were found negative for the dis-
ease on Thursday. He added
that reports of 5939 samples are
still awaited by the depart-
ment. The State has a recovery
rate of 37.87 per cent, fatality
rate at 1.07 percent while tests
per million being conducted
are 6429. The doubling rate in
the State is seven days.
SIX NEW CASES IN
CHANDIGARH
Six fresh cases of COVID-19
were reported in
Chandigarh on Thursday tak-
ing the total number to 334.
The fresh cases were reported
from Sector 16 and Dhanas
here.
“Four family members of
already positive resident from
Sector 16, have also been test-
ed positive for COVID-19.
The family members include
five-year old female child, 56
years old female, 60 years old
male and 80 years old male,”
said Chandigarh Health
Department’s evening bulletin.
The family members of Sector
16 resident had recently visit-
ed Punjab.
Another 24 years old male
resident of Sector 16 and 34
years old male resident from
Dhanas are tested positive.
They both are workplace con-
tact of the Sector 16 resident,
the bulletin stated.
A day before, a 34 years old
male resident of Khuda Jassu
village, who is a workplace
contact of Sector 16 resident
was also tested positive. The
total number of cases stood at
334 while the active cases were
36 till Thursday evening, the
bulletin added. 5636 samples
have been tested so far in the
city.
?=BQ 270=3860A7
Witnessing a progressive
decline in the state’s dou-
bling rate from 22 to 15 in just
10 days, Punjab Government
on Thursday decided to impose
a stricter lockdown on week-
ends, and public holidays.
Making the COVA app manda-
tory, the movement has been
restricted only for the e-pass
holders on the app.
CM Capt Amarinder Singh
has issued order to impose a
stricter lockdown on the week-
ends and public holidays amid
apprehensions of community
spread of COVID-19 and pro-
jections indicating that the
pandemic peak in the State was
still two months away.
“All citizens, except med-
ical staff and essential service
providers, would be required to
download e-passes from the
COVA app,” the Chief Minister
directed the officials concerned
during the videoconference
meeting to review the pan-
demic situation and the state’s
preparedness to handle further
spread. Industry, however, will
be allowed to function nor-
mally on all days, said the
Chief Minister, while asking the
state Director General of Police
(DGP) Dinkar Gupta to ensure
strict implementation of these
directives to prevent gathering
of large crowds.
“Such tough measures were
necessitated on account of the
spiraling COVID-19 cases
across the world. Stringent
curbs could help delay the
peak for as long as possible,” he
added, pointing out that with
no early vaccine or treatment
in sight, strict protocols was the
only way to fight the pandem-
ic.
Warning of the pandemic
worsening in the coming days
and weeks, the Chief Minister
also asked medical and health
experts to consider imposi-
tion of strict conditions, includ-
ing mandatory testing certifi-
cation, for entrants from Delhi,
where the situation had
assumed alarming proportions.
On an average, 500-800
vehicles are coming to Punjab
from the national capital every
day, the DGP informed the
meeting.? A decision on stricter
curbs on those coming from
Delhi will be taken after a
review by the experts, said an
official spokesperson after the
meeting. The CM’s directions
came even as the doubling
rate in the State worsened from
22 on May 31 to 15 on June 10,
showing a progressive decline
day by day. Though signifi-
cantly longer than the nation-
al average, the doubling period
decline was a matter of anxiety,
said the Chief Minister.
MANY RETURNEES NOT
REPORTING TO HEALTH
AUTHORITIES
Chief Minister, during the
meeting, pointed that many of
those who had come from
outside had behaved irrespon-
sibly and had not reported to
the health authorities. He said
that tough measures would
have to be taken where need-
ed, as the spike was still con-
tinuing and was expected to
escalate in the days ahead.
STRICTLY IMPLEMENT
HOME QUARANTINE
RULES: CM TO DGP
Chief Minister has direct-
ed the DGP to ensure strict
implementation of the home
quarantine. Responding, the
DGP disclosed that 550 flying
squads of the Punjab Police
were enforcing the same. At the
same time, the Chief Minister
suggested that since it normally
takes three to four days for the
virus to show up, those coming
from outside should be tested
after a week, and in the mean-
time, they should be strictly
asked to home quarantine
themselves.
?=BQ 270=3860A7
With the relaxations of
lockdown curbs and
opening up of “almost every-
thing”, Punjab’s parameters to
gauge the COVID-19 situation
have been worsening with each
passing day. Figure this:
Punjab’s mortality rate is now
above two percent which was
below two on May 31, the
recovery rate has come down
from 87.80 percent on May 31
to 78.24 percent on June 11,
and the doubling rate has also
declined from 22 on May 31 to
15 on June 10. On Thursday,
four more patients succumbed
to the contagion, even as the
state reported 82 fresh cases of
coronavirus, taking the state’s
case tally to 2,887, and the
COVID-19 death toll to 59.
The deaths were reported from
Amritsar, where two patients
died, with one each in
Jalandhar and Sangrur.
As many 27 patients (nine
from Jalandhar, six from
Pathankot, five from Faridkot,
four from Muktsar, two from
Moga, and one from
Hoshiarpur), recovered from
the deadly virus and dis-
charged, taking the number of
total recoveries to 2259, leaving
569 active cases out of total
2,887 infections. Among the 82
fresh cases, maximum 19 cases
were reported from Pathankot,
followed by 18 from Ludhiana,
14 from Amritsar, 10 from
Sangrur, six from Patiala, four
each from Mohali and
Jalandhar, two each from
Nawanshahr and Moga, and
one each from Bathinda,
Muktsar, and Gurdaspur.
Of the total, 31 fresh cases
were of the contacts of the
already diagnosed patients, 16
with Influenza Like Illness
(ILI), 14 are returnees from
abroad or other states, among
others.
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The Dehradun Mayor Sunil
Uniyal 'Gama' directed the
councillors of 50 wards to sub-
mit a list of the pits and hollow
points that contain stagnant
water in their respective wards
so that the corporation can take
proper measures to prevent
the breeding of mosquitoes.
Besides, the Municipal
Corporation of Dehradun
(MCD) has also decided to
impose fine on those who
intentionally let the water accu-
mulate in their home premis-
es or nearby.
On Thursday, 'Gama' called
the first meeting with 50 of
the 100 councillors to discuss
the plan to prevent dengue and
malaria in the approaching
rainy season. Informing further
about it, municipal commis-
sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey
said that the councillors have
been asked to submit the said
list immediately so that MCD
can examine the locations and
work strategically.
Our first approach would be
to extract water out of any
trench and pits. If we find any
place where withdrawal of
water is not possible, the pits
with stagnant water will be
filled with debris besides spray-
ing larvicides, added Pandey.
He also informed that mayor
has requested Dehradun dis-
trict magistrate to provide the
financial assistance to buy 75
fogging machines. The corpo-
ration is waiting for his
response and if no assistance is
provided by DM, MCD will
manage the machine on its
own, added Pandey.
Meanwhile, the mayor also
requested councillors to spread
awareness among the locals
about the prevention of dengue
in their wards.
In the meeting, it was pro-
posed that if the locals are
found to intentionally collect
water in their homes or near-
by as in broken flower pots,
bottles or tyres will be charged
with the minimum amount of
C500 as penalty.
Pandey further said that
MCD is also focusing to carry
out fogging inside the main
gates of locals' homes and if
they want, they can allow fog-
ging inside their rooms too. It
is pertinent to mention here
that the mayor has called the
meeting of remaining 50 coun-
cillors on Friday.
Apart from this, the cor-
poration will also commence
the Covid-19 test of sanitation
workers. Pandey said that san-
itation workers of MCD are
among the frontline workers
in the battle of Covid-19 and
it is MCD's responsibility to
take care of their health.
He said that after the cor-
poration will sign a
Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with a
pathology lab the testing will
commence soon. He said that
there are about 2000 sanita-
tion workers of MCD and if
anybody shows any kind of
sickness or symptoms includ-
ing MCD employees, they
will be directed to the lab for
the Covid-19 test.
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The commandant’s parade
which marked the culmi-
nation of training of 333 Indian
and 90 Gentlemen Cadets from
nine friendly foreign coun-
tries of spring term, 2020 was
organised at Chetwode drill
square of Indian Military
Academy (IMA) on Thursday.
The Commandant of the
IMA, Lieutenant General J S
Negi was the reviewing officer
(RO) of the parade. In his
address, he complimented all
the Gentlemen Cadets (GC) for
an immaculate turnout and
excellent drill movements,
which indicated a high level of
motivation, pride and cohesion
achieved by them during their
training at IMA.
While exhorting that the
Army’s reputation rests firmly
on their shoulders, the IMA
Commandant said that they
have earned this honour with
hard work and they need to
retain it by living up to the
Army’s core values of
‘Character, Competence,
Commitment and
Compassion’.
“Once commissioned, you
shall be put in a furnace of test-
ing your strength and purity.
Remember purity of action
results from purity of intention.
Hence, be genuine in your
concerns for your men.
If you show them your
competence, your men will
respect you, but if you show
them your concerns, they will
trust you and happily take a
bullet for the task you assign.
Understanding your men by
capitalising on their strengths
and weaknesses is a continuous
learning process and an impor-
tant human resource manage-
ment skill which you need to
master from your experience,’’
he said.
The General Officer also
extended the compliments to
the 90 Gentleman Cadets from
the friendly foreign countries
for having endured the rigor-
ous regimen of training,
exhibiting excellent transfor-
mation and now getting ready
to don the ranks in their
respective armies, as most
refined Officers.
In the end, he encouraged
the GCs to put their best foot
forward for the final Passing
out Parade (PoP) and wished
all the Gentlemen Cadets the
very best in the years ahead.
The shadow of the COVID-
19 pandemic was visible in
the parade as only the IMA
staff and other the trainees
witnessed the impressive
Parade.
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The Dehradun district magis-
trate Ashish Kumar
Shrivastava has given directions
to extend the closure of
Niranjanpur Mandi till June 14.
The Niranjanpur wholesale veg-
etable and fruit market was shut
downbydistrictadminaftersev-
eralCovid-19positivecaseswere
found among many of the deal-
ers there. The admin directed all
theremainingdealerstoobserve
home quarantine and closed the
Mandi on June 4 till June 11.
However,DM extended the clo-
sureperiodofMandiby3dayson
Thu and instructed to keep it
closed till June 14. According to
the head of Dehradun Mandi
Samiti, Rajesh Sharma, the tem-
porarywholesalevegetablemar-
ketwillcontinuetooperatefrom
Nanoorkhedauntiltheadminis-
trationallowstheoperationofthe
market in Niranjanpur Mandi.
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Three persons were booked
on the directions of
Haridwar district magistrate C
Ravishankar after he found a
liquor shop open past the des-
ignated closing time on
Wednesday night.
The district magistrate’s
car was passing by when he
noticed a liquor shop in
Jwalapur selling alcohol well
past the closing time of 7 PM.
Jwalapur Kotwali in-charge
Praveen Singh Koshyari
informed that when the DM
noticed the liquor shop open
past the closing time, he raid-
ed the shop and directed that
a case be filed. On his direc-
tions, a case has been filed
against Haridwar resident
Rohit, Laxmi Chandra Joshi
and contractor Rajendra
Kumar.
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The Government said it believes that not even a single life must be lost to coron- avirus. Accusing the AAP Government of “misleading” people by hiding actual num- ber, Leader of House in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Kamaljeet Sehrawat said the SDMC has alone conducted 1,123 cremations excluding deaths suspected due to Covid-19 across cre- matoriums and graveyards in the city in which 66 bod- ies were cremated on Wednesday. Noida: The director of a Government-run hospital, one of the seven facilities that had denied admission to a pregnant woman leading to her death last week, has been shunted out, an official order said on Thursday. Dr. Anish Singhal, Director of the ESIC Hospital in Noida, Sector 24, has been transferred with “immediate effect” to the ESIC’s Directorate (Medical) in Delhi, the order stated. ?A46=0=CF0=´B 340C7)38A42CA5 =830´B4B827B?8C0; B7D=C43DC RYLG YLFWLPV FUHPDWHG LQ 'HOKL *RYW ILJXUH DW 4ZgZTS`UZVdRTTfdV 8`ge`WYZUZ_XZ_W` TSXRbP]SUPX[hTQTab_TaU^aQdaXP[^UP_Tab^]fW^SXTS^U2^eXS (X] =Tf3T[WX^]CWdabSPh AP]YP]3XaXk?X^]TTa ,QGLD UHSODFHV 8. IRU WK UDQN ZLWK / FDVHV ?=BQ =4F34;78 Aday after China said there was “positive consensus” to “ease” the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, India on Thursday echoed same senti- ments and said both the coun- tries are maintaining diplo- matic and military engage- ments to resolve the stand-off at the earliest. Making this observation against the backdrop of both the Armies mutually disen- gaging from the face-off sites and military commanders holding extensive talks, the External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said both sides have agreed to work for an early res- olution to the issue in keeping with broader guidance provid- ed by the leaders of the two countries for ensuring peace and tranquility along the bor- der areas. He, however, did not respond to questions relating to reports of pulling back of troops by both India and China from certain friction points in the Galwan Valley and Hot Spring areas in eastern Ladakh in the last few days. “A meeting was held between Corps commanders of India and China on June 6. This meeting was in continu- ation of our diplomatic and military engagement which both sides maintained in order to address the situation in areas along the India-China border,” the spokesperson said. He was referring to parleys between Lt General Harinder Singh and Major General Liu Lin. “It was agreed in the meet- ing that an early resolution of the situation would be in keep- ing with the guidance of our leaders. The two sides are, therefore, maintaining mili- tary and diplomatic engage- ments to peacefully resolve the situation at the earliest and also to ensure peace and tranquili- ty in the border areas,” he said. “This is essential for fur- ther development of India- China bilateral relations,” Srivastava added. The assertion from New Delhi came after the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying said on Wednesday in Beijing, “Recently the diplomatic and military channels of China and India held effective com- munication on the situation along the border and reached a positive consensus and the two sides are following this consensus to take actions to ease the situation along the border.” Asked about troops on both sides disengaging and moving back to their previous positions, she said both sides are taking steps to ease the sit- uation along the LAC. 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Addressing the Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Chief Medical Officers of the State through video conferencing from Shimla, he said SOP regarding entry and checking of persons visiting the State should be strictly adhered to and special care should be taken to diagnose the persons arriving from the hot spots. He said that the peo- ple coming from hot spots should be invariably tested for coronavirus and allowed to go for home quarantine only after they are tested negative. Thakur said special thrust should be paid on Information Education and Communication (IEC) regarding taking fundamental precautions such as use of face mask, social distancing and seeing a doctor in case of any ILI symptoms. He said that people should also be sensitized to avoid unnecessary visits to public places and maintain proper social dis- tancing at work places as well. He said the home quarantine facility must be made more effective and violators must be dealt with strictly, adding that team of health workers, ASHA workers, Anganwari workers and PRI representa- tives should adopt pro-active approach to keep a vigil on home quarantine persons to check spread of the virus in case a per- son in home quarantine turns out to be positive. Thakur said efforts should also be made to ensure availability of labourers particularly in apple belts so that the hor- ticulturists do not face any inconvenience. He also asked to ensure proper testing of labourers coming from other States and if necessary they should be properly quar- antined. He said that steps should be taken for providing adequate manpower in mango growing areas of the State as the mango season is nearing. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 After denying the commu- nity spread of Coronavirus in Chandigarh, the UT Administration has now sought feedback from medical experts on the intensity of the deadly infection. The city has till Thursday evening reported 334 positive cases of Coronavirus while 36 are active cases. The doctors of tertiary care-PGIMER, which is a ded- icated COVID-19 treatment facility in Chandigarh have been asked to analyze the intensity of infection in positive patients. The PGIMER is cater- ing to the COVID-19 patients from Chandigarh and neigh- boring states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal among others.Punjab Governor and UT Administration VP Singh Badnore have asked the doctors to examine the intensity of infection. The analysis would be on the intensity of infection in affected persons and the num- ber of cases, on average, an affected person will cause dur- ing his or her infectious peri- od. In the past one week, the city has witnessed fresh cases from Sector 16, 18, 21, 47, Khuda Jassu village, Daria vil- lage and Manimajra, which lies in a non-containment zone in Chandigarh. Five persons who recently came to the city from Delhi have been tested positive for COVID-19. Apart from this, a resident of Sector 21 who trav- elled to Panchkula on daily basis and another resident of Sector 16 whose family mem- bers recently visited Punjab, were also tested positive for the deadly virus. Some of their family members have also been tested positive. With the unrestricted inter-state movement, infection from both symptomatic and asymptomatic persons is spreading in the city. 7XPRWP[2SXaTRcb^UUXRTab^]_a^_TacTbcX]V ^UTeTah_Tab^]eXbXcX]VBcPcTUa^^dcbXST DC0S]c^TgPX]TX]cT]bXch^U X]UTRcX^]X]2E83 (_PcXT]cb ?=BQ 270=3860A7 12 persons died as the Covid- 19 death toll climbed to 64 in Haryana on Thursday. The total number of cases reached 5968 with 389 new cases reported, health officials said. Meanwhile, on a positive note, 72 patients were dis- charged from different hospi- tals of the State on the day after their complete recovery from the disease. The spike in the number of novel Coronavirus infect- ed patients in Haryana are showing no sign of slowing down. On Thursday, 191 new patients were reported from Gurugram district, taking the total in the district to 2737 while 74 cases surfaced in Faridabad, taking the total in the district to 929. As many as 34 Covid-19 positive patients are critically ill and have been put on oxygen support while 13 patients on ventilator, said the Haryana Health officials. Out of 12 Covid-19 deaths, six were reported from Gurugram, four from Faridabad, one each from Ambala and Rohtak. With 2260 people cured and dis- charged from the hospitals, there are 3644 active COVID-19 cases in Haryana now. So far 64 patients of the disease have died in the State. On Thursday, in Ambala, 13 new patients were found, tak- ing count to 124 while 10 patients were reported from Palwal district. In Panipat, one new patient was report- ed while four patients were reported from Panchkula. Three fresh cases were found in Jind while nine patients were found in Yamunanagar. 17 new cases were reported from Karnal district while seven in Fatehabad. Four Covid-19 cases reported in Sirsa while four in Bhiwani. 29 new cases reported in Rohtak while four in Hisar. Eight cases reported in Rewari. A Health official said that out of 162,967 samples, 151,060 were found negative for the dis- ease on Thursday. He added that reports of 5939 samples are still awaited by the depart- ment. The State has a recovery rate of 37.87 per cent, fatality rate at 1.07 percent while tests per million being conducted are 6429. The doubling rate in the State is seven days. SIX NEW CASES IN CHANDIGARH Six fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported in Chandigarh on Thursday tak- ing the total number to 334. The fresh cases were reported from Sector 16 and Dhanas here. “Four family members of already positive resident from Sector 16, have also been test- ed positive for COVID-19. The family members include five-year old female child, 56 years old female, 60 years old male and 80 years old male,” said Chandigarh Health Department’s evening bulletin. The family members of Sector 16 resident had recently visit- ed Punjab. Another 24 years old male resident of Sector 16 and 34 years old male resident from Dhanas are tested positive. They both are workplace con- tact of the Sector 16 resident, the bulletin stated. A day before, a 34 years old male resident of Khuda Jassu village, who is a workplace contact of Sector 16 resident was also tested positive. The total number of cases stood at 334 while the active cases were 36 till Thursday evening, the bulletin added. 5636 samples have been tested so far in the city. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 Witnessing a progressive decline in the state’s dou- bling rate from 22 to 15 in just 10 days, Punjab Government on Thursday decided to impose a stricter lockdown on week- ends, and public holidays. Making the COVA app manda- tory, the movement has been restricted only for the e-pass holders on the app. CM Capt Amarinder Singh has issued order to impose a stricter lockdown on the week- ends and public holidays amid apprehensions of community spread of COVID-19 and pro- jections indicating that the pandemic peak in the State was still two months away. “All citizens, except med- ical staff and essential service providers, would be required to download e-passes from the COVA app,” the Chief Minister directed the officials concerned during the videoconference meeting to review the pan- demic situation and the state’s preparedness to handle further spread. Industry, however, will be allowed to function nor- mally on all days, said the Chief Minister, while asking the state Director General of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta to ensure strict implementation of these directives to prevent gathering of large crowds. “Such tough measures were necessitated on account of the spiraling COVID-19 cases across the world. Stringent curbs could help delay the peak for as long as possible,” he added, pointing out that with no early vaccine or treatment in sight, strict protocols was the only way to fight the pandem- ic. Warning of the pandemic worsening in the coming days and weeks, the Chief Minister also asked medical and health experts to consider imposi- tion of strict conditions, includ- ing mandatory testing certifi- cation, for entrants from Delhi, where the situation had assumed alarming proportions. On an average, 500-800 vehicles are coming to Punjab from the national capital every day, the DGP informed the meeting.? A decision on stricter curbs on those coming from Delhi will be taken after a review by the experts, said an official spokesperson after the meeting. The CM’s directions came even as the doubling rate in the State worsened from 22 on May 31 to 15 on June 10, showing a progressive decline day by day. Though signifi- cantly longer than the nation- al average, the doubling period decline was a matter of anxiety, said the Chief Minister. MANY RETURNEES NOT REPORTING TO HEALTH AUTHORITIES Chief Minister, during the meeting, pointed that many of those who had come from outside had behaved irrespon- sibly and had not reported to the health authorities. He said that tough measures would have to be taken where need- ed, as the spike was still con- tinuing and was expected to escalate in the days ahead. STRICTLY IMPLEMENT HOME QUARANTINE RULES: CM TO DGP Chief Minister has direct- ed the DGP to ensure strict implementation of the home quarantine. Responding, the DGP disclosed that 550 flying squads of the Punjab Police were enforcing the same. At the same time, the Chief Minister suggested that since it normally takes three to four days for the virus to show up, those coming from outside should be tested after a week, and in the mean- time, they should be strictly asked to home quarantine themselves. ?=BQ 270=3860A7 With the relaxations of lockdown curbs and opening up of “almost every- thing”, Punjab’s parameters to gauge the COVID-19 situation have been worsening with each passing day. Figure this: Punjab’s mortality rate is now above two percent which was below two on May 31, the recovery rate has come down from 87.80 percent on May 31 to 78.24 percent on June 11, and the doubling rate has also declined from 22 on May 31 to 15 on June 10. On Thursday, four more patients succumbed to the contagion, even as the state reported 82 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the state’s case tally to 2,887, and the COVID-19 death toll to 59. The deaths were reported from Amritsar, where two patients died, with one each in Jalandhar and Sangrur. As many 27 patients (nine from Jalandhar, six from Pathankot, five from Faridkot, four from Muktsar, two from Moga, and one from Hoshiarpur), recovered from the deadly virus and dis- charged, taking the number of total recoveries to 2259, leaving 569 active cases out of total 2,887 infections. Among the 82 fresh cases, maximum 19 cases were reported from Pathankot, followed by 18 from Ludhiana, 14 from Amritsar, 10 from Sangrur, six from Patiala, four each from Mohali and Jalandhar, two each from Nawanshahr and Moga, and one each from Bathinda, Muktsar, and Gurdaspur. Of the total, 31 fresh cases were of the contacts of the already diagnosed patients, 16 with Influenza Like Illness (ILI), 14 are returnees from abroad or other states, among others. GHDWKV QHZ RYLG LQIHFWLRQV LQ +DUDQD ?d]YPQT]U^aRTb bcaXRcTa[^RZS^f]^] fTTZT]SbW^[XSPhb?=BQ 347A03D= The Dehradun Mayor Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' directed the councillors of 50 wards to sub- mit a list of the pits and hollow points that contain stagnant water in their respective wards so that the corporation can take proper measures to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes. Besides, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has also decided to impose fine on those who intentionally let the water accu- mulate in their home premis- es or nearby. On Thursday, 'Gama' called the first meeting with 50 of the 100 councillors to discuss the plan to prevent dengue and malaria in the approaching rainy season. Informing further about it, municipal commis- sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said that the councillors have been asked to submit the said list immediately so that MCD can examine the locations and work strategically. Our first approach would be to extract water out of any trench and pits. If we find any place where withdrawal of water is not possible, the pits with stagnant water will be filled with debris besides spray- ing larvicides, added Pandey. He also informed that mayor has requested Dehradun dis- trict magistrate to provide the financial assistance to buy 75 fogging machines. The corpo- ration is waiting for his response and if no assistance is provided by DM, MCD will manage the machine on its own, added Pandey. Meanwhile, the mayor also requested councillors to spread awareness among the locals about the prevention of dengue in their wards. In the meeting, it was pro- posed that if the locals are found to intentionally collect water in their homes or near- by as in broken flower pots, bottles or tyres will be charged with the minimum amount of C500 as penalty. Pandey further said that MCD is also focusing to carry out fogging inside the main gates of locals' homes and if they want, they can allow fog- ging inside their rooms too. It is pertinent to mention here that the mayor has called the meeting of remaining 50 coun- cillors on Friday. Apart from this, the cor- poration will also commence the Covid-19 test of sanitation workers. Pandey said that san- itation workers of MCD are among the frontline workers in the battle of Covid-19 and it is MCD's responsibility to take care of their health. He said that after the cor- poration will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a pathology lab the testing will commence soon. He said that there are about 2000 sanita- tion workers of MCD and if anybody shows any kind of sickness or symptoms includ- ing MCD employees, they will be directed to the lab for the Covid-19 test. 45e`Z^a`dVC!!aV_R]ejW`chReVcdeRX_ReZ`_ ?=BQ 347A03D= The commandant’s parade which marked the culmi- nation of training of 333 Indian and 90 Gentlemen Cadets from nine friendly foreign coun- tries of spring term, 2020 was organised at Chetwode drill square of Indian Military Academy (IMA) on Thursday. The Commandant of the IMA, Lieutenant General J S Negi was the reviewing officer (RO) of the parade. In his address, he complimented all the Gentlemen Cadets (GC) for an immaculate turnout and excellent drill movements, which indicated a high level of motivation, pride and cohesion achieved by them during their training at IMA. While exhorting that the Army’s reputation rests firmly on their shoulders, the IMA Commandant said that they have earned this honour with hard work and they need to retain it by living up to the Army’s core values of ‘Character, Competence, Commitment and Compassion’. “Once commissioned, you shall be put in a furnace of test- ing your strength and purity. Remember purity of action results from purity of intention. Hence, be genuine in your concerns for your men. If you show them your competence, your men will respect you, but if you show them your concerns, they will trust you and happily take a bullet for the task you assign. Understanding your men by capitalising on their strengths and weaknesses is a continuous learning process and an impor- tant human resource manage- ment skill which you need to master from your experience,’’ he said. The General Officer also extended the compliments to the 90 Gentleman Cadets from the friendly foreign countries for having endured the rigor- ous regimen of training, exhibiting excellent transfor- mation and now getting ready to don the ranks in their respective armies, as most refined Officers. In the end, he encouraged the GCs to put their best foot forward for the final Passing out Parade (PoP) and wished all the Gentlemen Cadets the very best in the years ahead. The shadow of the COVID- 19 pandemic was visible in the parade as only the IMA staff and other the trainees witnessed the impressive Parade. 2^P]SP]c³b_PaPST^aVP]XbTSPc80 ?=BQ 347A03D= The Dehradun district magis- trate Ashish Kumar Shrivastava has given directions to extend the closure of Niranjanpur Mandi till June 14. The Niranjanpur wholesale veg- etable and fruit market was shut downbydistrictadminaftersev- eralCovid-19positivecaseswere found among many of the deal- ers there. The admin directed all theremainingdealerstoobserve home quarantine and closed the Mandi on June 4 till June 11. However,DM extended the clo- sureperiodofMandiby3dayson Thu and instructed to keep it closed till June 14. According to the head of Dehradun Mandi Samiti, Rajesh Sharma, the tem- porarywholesalevegetablemar- ketwillcontinuetooperatefrom Nanoorkhedauntiltheadminis- trationallowstheoperationofthe market in Niranjanpur Mandi. =XaP]YP]_da P]SXc^ aTPX]bWdc cX[[9d]T # ?=BQ 70A83F0A Three persons were booked on the directions of Haridwar district magistrate C Ravishankar after he found a liquor shop open past the des- ignated closing time on Wednesday night. The district magistrate’s car was passing by when he noticed a liquor shop in Jwalapur selling alcohol well past the closing time of 7 PM. Jwalapur Kotwali in-charge Praveen Singh Koshyari informed that when the DM noticed the liquor shop open past the closing time, he raid- ed the shop and directed that a case be filed. On his direc- tions, a case has been filed against Haridwar resident Rohit, Laxmi Chandra Joshi and contractor Rajendra Kumar. CWaTTQ^^ZTS U^abT[[X]V Q^^iT_Pbc R[^bX]VcXT '!UaTbWRPbTb X]?d]YPQ
- 3. dccPaPZWP]S347A03D=k5A830H k9D=4 !!! ?=BQ 347A03D= The comprehensive mobili- ty plan (CMP) of the Uttarakhand metro rail project was granted approval in a meeting of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA) presided over by chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here on Thursday. With the cooperation of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, a detailed project report on rope-way system in Dehradun city is being prepared. The metro project includes con- struction of metro light in Haridwar-Rishikesh and Nepali Farm-Vidhan Sabha corridor along with personal rapid tran- sit (PRT) system in Haridwar city, for which approval was granted. In the meeting, The Uttarakhand metro rail man- aging director Jitendra Tyagi made a detailed presentation on the planned metro light sys- tem in Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh. He also informed about the route plan study for metro light rail from Haridwar to Rishikesh and from Dehradun to Nepali Farm. The managing director further informed about the plan prepared for Dehradun and Haridwar cities. It is pertinent to mention here that the UMTA has been formed under the chairman- ship of the CM. The Urban Development and Housing minister Madan Kaushik is the vice chairman, the chief secretary Utpal Kumar Singh is the member secretary and sec- retaries of housing, finance, transport, planning, revenue and urban development are members of the UMTA. Kaushik along with principal secretary Anand Bardhan, sec- retary Nitesh Jha and other officials concerned were also present in the meeting. 807$ JUDQWV DSSURYDO WR PHWUR UDLO FRPSUHKHQVLYH PRELOLW SODQ 90B:8A0=27?A0 Q 347A03D= Looking back at one’s life is a prominent human trait. However, recalling facts and going back to a time where one achieves major successes as a professional can turn into a narra- tive which readers can share with the narrator and enjoy the real life story in an amazing manner. This is what has happened when Aloke Lal, a former Indian Police Service officer settled in the Doon valley, brought out a book titled The Barabanki Narcos –Busting India’s Notorious Drug Cartel through which he has recounted his years as a young Superintendent of Police posted in the small town of Barabanki near Lucknow. These years became mem- orable for him as it was during this time that he accomplished a major task by making a breakthrough in greatly denting the opium trade that flourished abundantly in the area. Lal is also a painter and the way he has given us word paintings in his book reflects the fine imagination he is master of. His imagination works effective- ly in recapturing the events that occurred more than three decades ago. The great challenge he decides to take up as a young officer is in itself an exciting prospect. Taking the opium lords head on and refusing to be lured by their offers, he shows complete commitment to his mission of busting the huge racket. The personal dimension, his warmth and optimism come through clearly in this account which not only gives us an idea about his efficiency as a police officer but also his sensi- tivity as a person. The manner in which he builds up a team of informers-from among those whose lives have been affected by opium addiction-reveals a strate- gy which lends a freshness to the task he sets for himself. Youngsters like Gurjeet and her husband Satwant , Hasan , Nikhil and Gendalal prove very helpful to “Kaptan Sa’ab” Aloke Lal. The first person account becomes even more effective when we realise that this is no imagined tale of thrill and adventure as every word of it is true. The calmness of mind that Lal shows as a young police officer is a major reason for the way in which he can implement his strategy against the powerful, dangerous drug lords. When the writer Aloke Lal looks back on how he, as a young officer, dealt with the situation, he looks back with the wisdom of his years. Many expe- riences in his career must have fol- lowed the Barabanki experience. The interesting characters, most of whom have been given fictitious names, add to the charm of the real life story. How youngsters from dif- ferent backgrounds team up with Kaptan Sa’ab to contribute to the bust- ing of the opium trade that has dam- aged many a life and family in the region is one of the strongest dimen- sions of the book. The racy style of storytelling ensures that there is not a single moment when the reader can get bored. It has a prologue and an epi- logue that bring us closer to the author’s vision and personality. He not only used the opium addicts as informers but also helped them reclaim their lives. Hasan, Gendalal and Satwant could emerge from the addiction and lead successful lives. This gave him a lot of personal satisfaction besides the success as a police officer who could contribute greatly to bust- ing the opium nexus which now is merely a trickle, he tells us. His sportsman spirit and his love for crick- et feature prominent- ly in the book. He meets many people while playing cricket who become his friends and help him in his mission. We all know how Lal loves to paint and sing. His love for the arts gives a special dimension to his per- sonality and makes him stand out as a police officer. And now he has revealed another facet of his personality by presenting the world with a special part of his life as a cop. In a gripping first person account he gives the reader a roller coast- er ride into a world of real life adventure. CWT1PaPQP]ZX=PaR^b)0cWaX[[X]V]PaaPcXeT^UPR^_´baTP[[XUTPSeT]cdaT ?=BQ 347A03D= Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has clarified that recruitments have not been barred in the State. Only the creation of new posts has been stopped. However, there is no bar on recruitment to already exist- ing posts. This has also been made clear in the government order issued regarding this. Further, along with class IV posts and posts of driver, gardener, wireman, electri- cian, plumber, mason, lift- man, air conditioner mechan- ic and other similar such posts created for special/technical works which will become vacant are to be filled through contract/out- sourcing. The seventh pay com- mission has already in the past barred new appoint- ments to class IV posts. The Chief Minister fur- ther said that the Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana has been started in the state to enable youth to start their own enterprise. Arrangement for loan and grant has been made under this scheme for which one can also apply online. The State Government is making all possible efforts to ensure the livelihoods of the people who have returned to their villages. The youth should utilise their energy for self-employ- ment, the government will support them at every step, stressed Rawat. BUSbeYd]U^d^_dRQbbUT _^iSbUQdY_^_V^Ug`_cdc cd_``UTY^CdQdU*3= ?=BQ 347A03D= The State Government has decided to construct new Panchayat buildings and repair the old buildings in the Villages. The Panchayati Raj Minister Arvind Pandey said that the remaining budget of 14th finance commission (FC), the budget of 15th FC and 50 percent of the budget ear- marked for MNREGA would be used for the purpose. The minister made the declaration during an interaction with the Village Pradhans through the virtual class. In the discussions, the vil- lage Pradhans told the minis- ter the problems faced by them for quarantining the returnees in their villages. It is pertinent to mention here that the Panchayat build- ings in the villages are being used as quarantine centres. The Pradhans demanded that they should also be declared as Corona Warriors and they should be brought under the insurance cover of the govern- ment. On his part, the minister complimented the Pradhans for their hard work and said that they should treat the returnees as their brethrens and not Pravasi. He said that training of all Pradhans and panchayat rep- resentatives should be done and in case things take time to get normalised, the mode of virtual classes should be used for training. The Minister told the Pradhans that according to the guidelines of government of India (GoI) for 15th FC, the Panchayats can use 50 percent of the budget in works like ODF, sanitation, rain water harvesting, drinking water sup- ply and water recycling while rest 50 percent can be used according to local require- ments. The director Panchayati Raj, H C Semwal gave a detailed account of various provisions of Panchayati Raj act, e- gram Swaraj portal and financial aspects. He appealed that necessary transparency should be maintained in the projects. The additional direc- tor education, Mukul Sati and senior officials of Panchayati Raj department were present on the occasion. 3UDGKDQV UROH ODXGDEOH GXULQJ RYLG FULVLV 0LQLVWHU =4F?0=270H0C 1D8;38=6BC14 2=BCAD2C43 0=3A4?08A43 5A?0=270H0C 5D=3B ?=BQ 347A03D= In an example of inter departmental coordination, the online interaction pro- gramme of the Minister with 5000 village Pradhans was done with the help of ICT network of government schools operated by the edu- cation department. The edu- cation department has 500 centres across the state out of which 450 are located in rural areas. In his interaction the minister said that soon 500 more schools of the state would be brought under the ICT network. The director Panchayati Raj, H C Semwal said that the online training programme would be organ- ised for all elected represen- tatives. He said that the online training modules would be uploaded on the portals and websites of the department so that the Panchayat represen- tatives’ can get every infor- mation on their mobile phones. X]?aPSWP]b X]cTaPRc^]^][X]T ]Tcf^aZ^UbRW^^[b ?=BQ =08=8C0; Hearing on the public interest liti- gation filed by Rajya Sabha MP and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the establishment of Char Dham Devsthanam Management Board in the state, the Uttarakhand high court has directed the petitioner to file a counter affidavit by June 22.The state govern- ment submitted its reply in the court on Thursday after which the division bench of chief justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice RC Khulbe set the next date for hearing of the petition on June 22. It will be recalled that the Rajya Sabha MP had filed the PIL in the high court contending that the Char Dham Devsthanam Management Board formed by the State government is unconstitutional. The petitioner has stated that the state government taking over manage- ment of the Char Dham shrines and 51 other temples under the control of the said board is a violation of articles 25 and 26 of the Indian constitution. The government’s decision had caused major discontentment among the priests of the affected shrines. According to to Swamy, in the past, similar decisions had also been taken by the state governments of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra. He had filed a peti- tion challenging these in the Supreme Court and had won the case. There are various decisions of the Supreme Court already in this matter. In the past the states where such decisions were taken had kept only temples under control while keeping mosques and churches out of the ambit of their decisions. Stating that the logic of Uttarakhand government is actually illogical, Swamy has requested in his petition that the government abstains from any further action till the court pronounces its judgement in his PIL. However, short- ly after Swamy filed the petition chal- lenging the formation of the Char Dham Devsthanam Management Board, the state government appointed an official as the chief executive officer of the board, which shows the intentions of the government, he said. ?=BQ 347A03D= The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) is planning to demolish all the unauthorised gates installed at the entrances of various resi- dential colonies and housing societies that come under the corporation’s purview. The Dehradun municipal commis- sioner Vinay Shankar Pandey stated on Thursday that sever- al locals of Dehradun have installed gates at the entrances to their colonies to limit the entry of certain people without any consultation and permis- sion of any authority. According to Pandey, MCD manages several important tasks like installation of street lights and maintaining sanita- tion in such colonies that come under the corporation and no resident can install any gate on corporation's land without authorisation. He informed that the cor- poration will prepare a plan within one week for the demo- lition of all unauthorised entry gates. However, those colonies which have permission from authorised bodies like Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) and Uttarakhand Housing and Urban Development Authority will not be disturbed by MCD, as informed by Pandey. 0' SODQV WR GHPROLVK XQDXWKRULVHG HQWU JDWHV LQ FRORQLHV 2^a_^aPcX^]fX[[ _aT_PaTP_[P]fXcWX] ^]TfTTZU^acWT ST^[XcX^]^UP[[ d]PdcW^aXbTST]cah VPcTb ?=BQ 347A03D= The contagion of the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Uttarakhand is showing no signs of any let up. On Thursday, the state health department reported 93 new patients of the disease which increased the tally of Covid-19 affected patients in Uttarakhand to 1655. One patient of the disease died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rihsikesh on the day which increased the death toll to 16. On Thursday, 55 patients of the disease were discharged from different hospitals of the state after their complete recov- ery. A total of 886 patients have so far recovered from the dis- ease in Uttarakhand. On the day a 52 year old man, a resident of Muzaffarnagar (UP) and pos- itive for Covid-19 died at AIIMS Rishikesh. The hospital authorities claim that the cause of death was a liver ailment. The mountainous district of Tehri is continuing to scare the health experts as the authorities reported 33 new patients on the disease on Thursday. The district now has 256 cases of the disease. Similarly 29 patients were reported from Dehradun while 16 patients surfaced in Haridwar district. In Rudraprayag district six patients were reported. In Udham Singh Nagar and Chamoli, four and three patients were reported respec- tively. Pauri and Uttarkashi districts reported one patient each on the day. The health department dis- charged 25 patients of the dis- ease in Dehradun district after their recovery on Thursday. Similarly 21 patients from Haridwar and six patients from Pithoragarh district were dis- charged. One patient each was dis- charged from Tehri, Chamoli and Udham Singh Nagar dis- tricts on the day. The additional secretary, state health department, Yugal Kishore Pant said that reports of 1163 samples were found negative for the disease on Thursday. He added that reports of 4654 samples are still awaited by the department. On Thursday, a total of 819 samples were collected for COVID -19 testing. The authorities have so far taken swab samples of 41888 sus- pected patients for COVID-19 test. Out of the total samples taken, 4.52 percent samples have been found positive for the disease. The doubling rate of dis- ease in the state is 16.08 days while the recovery percent in the state is now at 51.13. A total of 22074 persons are kept in institutional quarantine by the state health department. The state now has 747 active patients of the disease. Dehradun with 222 active cases is maintaining its position at top of the table of Covid-19 positive active patients. Tehri district is at second place with 157 active cases. Nainital district is at third position with 117 active cases. Haridwar now has 93 active cases. Rudraprayag has 32 active cases while Pauri has 24 active patients. Pithoragarh district also has 24 active cases while Bageshwar and Champawat have 22 and 17 active cases respectively. Udham Singh Nagar has 20 active patients similarly Almora has six active cases. Chamoli and Uttarkashi districts have nine and three active cases respectively. The state now has 60 con- tainment zones. Haridwar dis- trict has 29 containment zones while Dehradun and Tehri have 20 and eight contain- ment zones respectively. Pauri and Udham Singh Nagar have two and one containment zones respectively. *$_Vh4`gZUaReZV_eddfcWRTVZ_F¶YR_U CP[[haTPRWTb %$$CTWaXfXc]TbbTbbdaVTX]RPbTb ?=BQ 347A03D= Panic gripped the State Government’s secretariat on Thursday as the brother of an employee of the higher education department was found positive for the disease. In an effort to contain the infection, the secretariat administration sealed the office located in the Vishwakarma building and ordered Covid-19 test of all the employees of the office. 2^eXS (bRPaT X]BcPcT BTRaTcPaXPc ?T^_[T`dTdTU^aRWTRZbP]SaTVXbcaPcX^]bP]bb^RXP[SXbcP]RX]VPc0bWPa^SXRWTRZ _^bcQTU^aTT]cTaX]V3TWaPSd] ?X^]TTa_W^c^ 72bTTZbR^d]cTaPUUXSPeXcUa^BfPhX]?8;RWP[[T]VX]V3TebcWP]P1^PaSU^aPcX^] ?=BQ 347A03D= In a decision aimed at pro- viding relief to the industri- al consumers, the state gov- ernment has decided to waive off 33 percent of fixed charges on power tariffs for the lock- down period. The decision was taken after the Government of India (GoI) provided a rebate of C39.42 Crore to the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) on the fixed charges. The sec- retary power Radhika Jha said that due to lockdown the industrial activities in the state remained ceased from March 22 to May 17. The UPCL would provide a rebate of 33 percent on the fixed charges to the industrial users for a period of 57 days. It is pertinent to mention here that the State Government had already decided to suspend the collection of fixed charges from the industrial users from March to May. T hey were given an option to settle the fixed charges in four instalments from July to October. The government had also directed the UPCL not to impose any late fee on the fixed charges. 6^eTa]T]c VXeTbaT[XTUc^ X]SdbcaXP[d]Xcb 68E4B0A410C45 ?4A24=C= 58G43270A64B5 ?F4AC0A855B 5AC74 ;2:3F=?4A83
- 4. ]PcX^]#347A03D=k5A830H k9D=4 !!! ?=BQ =4F34;78 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India should convert the COVID-19 crisis into a turn- ing point towards becoming a self-reliant nation and urged the industrialists to be bold in making investments, rather than conservative. Reiterating that India’s economy will be back on tracks again, the Prime Minister said the country should concentrate on exports and should be ahead of the importing ratio. Modi was delivering via video conferencing the inau- gural address on the occasion of the 95th annual plenary ses- sion of Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC). “Corona might have slowed our pace of develop- ment, but today the biggest truth of the country is that India has overtaken lockdown and has entered into Unlock Phase one. A large part of the economy has opened up in Unlock Phase one. A lot is going to open after 8th June. That is, Getting Growth Back has started,” said Prime Minister urging the industri- alists to take bold decisions on investments, rather than going on conservative way. Modi also emphasised the need for import-substitution and asked the Industrialists to boost the exporting. “India has the third largest coal reserve in the world! And India also has bold and hard working business leaders like you. Then why coal comes from outside? Why coal is being imported? Sometimes the Government stood in the way and sometimes the poli- cies. But now the work of free- ing the coal sector from these blockages has started. “Now commercial mining in the coal sector has been permitted. Permission has also been granted for the allotment of partially explored blocks. Similarly, in mineral mining too, now companies can do mining work simulta- neously with exploration. Those familiar with this sec- tor are well aware of the far- reaching consequences of these decisions,” said Prime Minister asking industrialists to concentrate on exporting. “Five things are very important to build a self- reliant India and to bring India back on the path of rapid development - Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure and Innovation. You will get a glimpse of all these in the bold decisions taken recently. With these decisions, we have made every sector future ready. Thus, today India is ready for a big step towards a new growth- oriented future,” he said seek- ing support of leaders of Indian industry. Modi said that North- East India could become a major hub for organic farming by creating bamboo and organic product clusters in the region. Prime Minister said he has immense confidence in India’s crisis management capability and in the talent of the country’s farmers, entre- preneurs and the many MSMEs. “We will get our economy back,” said Modi. He empha- sised the significance of vir- tual events in the age of coro- navirus. The Prime Minister pointed at the need to manu- facture products which are ‘Made in India’ but are ‘Made for the World’. He had said that Indian industries should take advantage of the trust developed towards India as the world is looking for a trusted and reliable partner. “World is looking for a trusted, reliable partner. India has potential, strength and ability. Today, Indian industries should take advantage of the trust developed in the world towards India... Getting growth back is not that diffi- cult. The biggest thing is that Indian industries have a clear path of self-reliance,” said Modi asking industrialists to take the advantage of the sit- uation. :_UZR¶dVT`_`^jhZ]]SV SRT`_ecRTRXRZ_+`UZ ?bPhb8]SXPbW^d[SR^]eTac2E83 ( RaXbXbX]c^Pcda]X]V_^X]cc^fPaSb QTR^X]VPbT[UaT[XP]c]PcX^] ?=BQ =4F34;78 Urging his force to adapt and adopt new practices in the backdrop of coron- avirus pandemic, Navy chief Admiral Karambir Singh said on Thursday lifting of restric- tions now does not mean busi- ness as usual. He also said the Navy is mulling a proposal that personnel over 50 years of age and comorbid may be exempted from carrying out roles which increase the risk of COVID-19 during daily activ- ities including sea going duties. In a message to the rank and file of the Navy, he said relaxation of lockdown restric- tions under “Unlock 1.0” does not mean business as usual. He urged them to adapt and adopt practices to prevent spread of infection. Cautioning that the secu- rity situation on Northern(China) and Western(Pakistan) borders is not good, Singh said there is no let-up in operational deployment by the Navy. Working under COVID-19 restrictions, Navy ships have been sailing continuously for 100 days at a stretch, he added. His remarks assume sig- nificance as India and China are now holding talks to defuse tension on the Line of Actual Control(LAC)in Eastern Ladakh. Similarly, Pakistan is relentlessly violating ceasefire at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, listing out the activities undertaken by the Navy to assist countries in the region, the Navy chief said the force has deployed medical assistance teams to Comoros and Mauritius for COVID assistance and has also pro- vided assistance to the Philippines Navy. “Philippines Navy ships were deployed in the Indian Ocean. They sought assistance in repatriation of citizens from Indian ports and medical sup- port for its crew. And Southern Naval Command has done some essential repairs of their ships and now there are moving back to Philippines,” Singh said. Under Mission Sagar, the Navy has deployed INS Kesari for providing medical aid and support to Indian Ocean lit- toral States. On round the clock vigil despite coronavirus restric- tions, he said in May, Navy’s offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna entered Kochi after more than 80 days on anti- piracy deployment in the Gulf of Aden. The ship sustained the last 80 days of the Mission Based Deployment without entering any port. It was fuelled and resupplied by tankers of the Indian Navy and US Navy. In the beginning of the lock down phase, the Navy chief in his message had asked the rank and file to redouble current efforts to ensure that all personnel and their fami- lies are safe. The Services were the last bastion and “if the caregivers become careseekers it would be a big problem.” “ “We have to ensure that our operational assets, specif- ically ships and submarines, remain free from the virus. It is a very difficult task because physical distancing onboard ships and especially sub- marines is very tough… but physically we will maintain the required distance of six feet,” he had said in a video message released to the force. He also said everyone should keep the guard up and “retain our sights on being combat ready.” “Operational readiness must remain an important priority. We should hope for the best and plan for the worst. We need to be ready for the worst case sce- nario. It is going to be a long battle.” Once the lockdown is lift- ed, the movement of person- nel would be done in a delib- erate and coordinated fashion. It might be delayed but there should be no rush, he had stat- ed. P °?WX[X__X]Tb=PehbWX_bfTaTST_[^hTSX]cWT8]SXP]RTP]CWTh b^dVWcPbbXbcP]RTX]aT_PcaXPcX^]^URXcXiT]bUa^8]SXP]_^acbP]S TSXRP[bd__^acU^aXcbRaTf0]SB^dcWTa]=PeP[2^P]SWPbS^]T b^TTbbT]cXP[aT_PXab^UcWTXabWX_bP]S]^fcWTaTPaT^eX]VQPRZc^ ?WX[X__X]Tb±BX]VWbPXSD]STaXbbX^]BPVPacWT=PehWPbST_[^hTS 8=B:TbPaXU^a_a^eXSX]VTSXRP[PXSP]Sbd__^acc^8]SXP]RTP] [Xcc^aP[BcPcTb P ]a^d]ScWTR[^RZeXVX[STb_XcTR^a^]PeXadbaTbcaXRcX^]bWTbPXSX] Ph=Peh³b^UUbW^aT_Pca^[eTbbT[8=BBd]Ph]PT]cTaTS:^RWXPUcTa ^aTcWP]'SPhb^]P]cX_XaPRhST_[^hT]cX]cWT6d[U^U0ST]CWT bWX_bdbcPX]TScWT[Pbc'SPhb^UcWTXbbX^]1PbTS3T_[^hT]c fXcW^dcT]cTaX]VP]h_^ac8cfPbUdT[[TSP]SaTbd__[XTSQhcP]ZTab^U cWT8]SXP]=PehP]SDB=Peh ?=BQ =4F34;78 The CBI on Thursday con- ducted searches at the offi- cial/residential premises of nine accused including the then officials of Punjab National Bank and private persons at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Kolkata (West Bengal), Jammu (JK), Bhubaneswar and Cuttack (both in Odisha) in a bank fraud case. A CBI spokesperson said the agency recovered incrimi- nating documents and locker keys during the searches. The agency registered a case under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to criminal conspiracy, cheating and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from Punjab National Bank (PNB) against four officials of the public sec- tor lender. The officials of the PNB’s Station Square Branch, Bhubaneswar, accused in the case include the then Chief Manager; the then Assistant General Manager, the then Chief Manager and the then Senior Manager. Bhubaneswar-based pri- vate firm Global Trading Solutions Ltd., its Managing Director, two former directors and one current director and unknown officials of PNB besides unknown others. It was alleged that the said PNB officials had entered into a conspiracy with the private firm through its said Director(s) in the matter relat- ing to fraud perpetrated in pro- cessing, sanctioning and dis- bursing CC facility, bill dis- counting and issuing Letters of Credit to the accused firm during 2010-15, the spokesper- son said. It was further alleged that the said private firm had ille- gally diverted the funds received from the bank to its sister/ group companies and mis-utilised the same beyond the scope of funds sanctioned/ disbursed, he said. It was also alleged that the bank officials did not verify the genuineness of the business activities of said private com- pany/firm. An alleged loss to the tune of C31.92 crore was caused to the PNB. Nagmani Satyanarayana Prasad, the then Chief Manager; S C Sharma, the then Assistant General Manager; Manoranjan Dash, the then Chief Manager and Priyotosh Das, the then Senior Manager (all of Punjab National Bank, Station Square Branch, Bhubaneswar) have been named as accused in the case besides the private firm. Abinash Mohanty, Managing Director; Shri Kaushik Mohanty, Ex-Director; Shri Anshuman Samantaray, Ex-Director; Shri Bidhubhusan Nayak, Director (all of Global Trading Solutions Ltd., Bhubaneswar). 218aPXSbd[cX_[T [^RPcX^]bX]C Ra ?=1UaPdSRPbT0218b_^ZTb_Tab^] bPXScWTPVT]Rh aTR^eTaTS X]RaXX]PcX]V S^RdT]cbP]S [^RZTaZThbSdaX]V cWTbTPaRWTb ?=BQ =4F34;78 The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra, Goa and Odisha on Thursday with rains lashing some coastal parts of these States. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, heavy rainfall in some parts of Maharashtra and Odisha in the next 48 hours. Heavy rain- fall could trigger landslides in the Ghat areas and Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra are on orange alert. Meanwhile, a flood warning system for Mumbai is to be launched on June 12. The system was joint- ly conceived by scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India Meteorological Department (IMD), and National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), Chennai. The southwest monsoon has arrived in Maharashtra. The onset line is passing over Harnai, Solapur, Ramagundum (Telangana) and Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), IMD Mumbai centre's deputy director general K S Hosalikar said. Conditions are favourable for further advancement in some more parts of Maharashtra in next 48 hours. Heavy rainfall warn- ings are issued, he said. In the last few days, pre- monsoon showers hit several parts of the state, including Mumbai and its suburbs. The Mumbai civic body last week issued an advisory fearing rise in monsoon-relat- ed diseases in addition to the coronavirus infections. It asked citizens to visit nearby clinics or inform com- munity health volunteers if they experience symptoms like fever with chills, joint pains, rashes, cough, breath- lessness, diarrhoea, vomiting and sore throat. The Southwest Monsoon set in over Odisha on Thursday with several parts of the state receiving heavy rain- fall. “The conditions are now favourable for the advance of the Southwest Monsoon into some parts of the Central Arabian Sea and Maharashtra, remaining parts of Telangana, west central and North Bay of Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and, some more parts of Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal in the next 48 hours”, the IMD indicated. The IMD Goa unit too announced on Thursday that the onset of monsoon in the State - a week behind its schedule – had begun in parts of the Konkan coast and Maharashtra. The northern limit of the monsoon, which is lying at Karwar in neighbouring Karnataka and south of Goa, has covered all of Karnataka and entered parts of Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the IMD said. The onset of the Southwest Monsoon is usual- ly declared after necessary conditions have been met such as westerly winds blow- ing at a speed between 30 and 45 kilometres per hour (kmph) and widespread distribution of moderate to heavy rainfall over certain areas during the last 24 hours. IMD officials have also issued a red alert warning for Goa, as the State is expected to record extremely heavy rainfall measuring over 20.4 cm and 11.5 cm on Friday and Saturday, followed by an orange alert, or heavy rainfall, on Sunday. The IMD author- ities expect this year’s mon- soon to be normal in Goa. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), the Maharashtra Government had earlier approached the ministry to develop an Integrated Flood Warning System for Mumbai referred to as, IFLOWS-Mumbai in a bid to aid in the mitigation activities of the flood prone city. Based on inputs from weather models, Hydrologic models are used to transform rainfall into runoff and provide inflow inputs into the river systems. Hydraulic models are used to solve equations of fluid motion to replicate the movement of water to assess flooding in the study area. Since, Mumbai is an island city with its connectiv- ity to sea, hydrodynamic models and storm surge mod- els are used to calculate the tide and storm surge impacts on the city. The system has provisions to capture the urban drainage within the city and predict the areas of flooding, which will be incorporated in the final system. ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court Thursday termed as ‘total- ly impermissible' the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of C4lakh crore in Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) from PSUs and said DoT must consider with- drawing it. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Abdul Nazeer and M R Shah raised questions on the demand raised by the government from the PSUs and said that its verdict in the case was misinterpreted as the issue of their dues based on AGR was not dealt with by the apex court. “This is wholly and total- ly impermissible,” the bench said, while referring to the demand raised against the PSUs. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for DoT told the bench that it would the file the affidavit explaining as to why the AGR demands were raised against the PSUs. The bench also asked pri- vate telecom operators to file affidavits giving details as to how they will pay the AGR dues. On May 18, the top court had lashed out at Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and other mobile phone oper- ators for self-assessing their outstanding telecom dues, saying they need to pay past dues with interest and penalty - an estimated amount of C1.6 lakh crore. The apex court had also came down heavily on the DoT for allowing companies to re-assess what they owed to the Government, and said its order passed on October 24, 2019 -- on revenues for cal- culating dues was final. ?=BQ =4F34;78 The CRPF on Thursday reported 36 new Covid-19 positive cases including 28 from Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of infected personnel to 552. Out of the 552 positive cases in the CRPF, 195 con- tinue to active while 353 have recovered and four persons have died due to the pan- demic. In Jammu and Kashmir, the 28 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel post- ed there tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. The personnel were found infected during a contact- tracing exercise after the death of a 44-year-old Constable on June 6 when he succumbed to the disease. Likewise, the BSF has reported 540 Covid-19 posi- tive cases in its ranks out of which 94 are active and 443 patients have recovered from the disease and three have succumbed to the disease. In the SSB, 108 positive cases have been reported out of which 51 are active and 56 have recovered besides two deaths due to the viral infec- tion, including one casualty on Thursday. The ITBP on Thursday reported one new case, taking the total number of infected personnel to 216. Only 22 cases are active and as many as 194 personnel have recovered. The force has lost one personnel due to the pan- demic. The death toll in the Central paramilitary forces due to Covid-19 stands at 15. 2A?52^eXS ( cP[[hb^Pabc^$$! fXcW%UaTbWRPbTb ?=BQ =4F34;78 Appropriate personal pro- tective equipment (PPE), including masks, gloves, gog- gles, and face shields, is effec- tive in preventing Covid-19 infection in frontline health- care professionals who work in highly exposed environ- ments, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. The study found that despite being at high risk of exposure to Covid-19, health- care professionals who were appropriately protected did not contract infection or develop protective immunity against the virus. The researchers, includ- ing those from Sun Yat-sen University in China, acknowl- edge that the healthcare pro- fessionals were working away from home, so had limited social interactions after work, which probably contributed to the absence of infection. They said healthcare systems “must give priority to the procurement and distribution of personal pro- tective equipment, and pro- vide adequate training to healthcare professionals in its use.” The team, including researchers from the University of Birmingham, UK, set out to examine the protective effects of appro- priate PPE for frontline healthcare professionals who provided care for patients with Covid-19. Their findings are based on 420 healthcare profes- sionals -- 116 doctors and 304 nurses -- with an average age of 36 years, who were deployed to Wuhan for 6-8 weeks from 24 January to April 7, 2020 to care for patients with Covid-19. Participants worked 4-6 hour shifts for an average of 5.4 days a week, and an average of 16.2 hours each week in intensive care units. All participants were pro- vided with appropriate PPE, including protective suits, masks, gloves, goggles, face shields, and gowns. They also received train- ing in the correct use of PPE and in reducing their exposure to infection when caring for patients, the researchers said. During the deployment period in Wuhan, none of the study participants reported Covid-19 related symptoms, they said. When the participants returned home, they all test- ed negative for Covid-19 infection or its antibodies, according to the researchers. They point out that this study does not address the question of what the minimal level of PPE should be to effectively prevent infection among healthcare profes- sionals, adding the findings only apply to frontline clini- cal staff. The researchers acknowl- edge that these healthcare professionals were working away from home, which probably contributed to the absence of infection. “However, this limitation does not affect our conclusion that appropriate PPE is effec- tive in preventing infection in healthcare professionals who work in highly exposed environments,” the researchers said. ??4TUUTRcXeTX]_aTeT]cX]V2^eXSX]UTRcX^]X] Ua^]c[X]TWTP[cWRPaT_a^UTbbX^]P[b)9^da]P[ B2`dTbcX^]b3^CSTP]SU^a 06ASdTbUa^?BDbbPhbXc Xb³c^cP[[hX_TaXbbXQ[T´ ?C8Q =4F34;78 The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL filed by a “social worker” seek- ing ban on sale and use of Coca Cola and Thumbs up on the ground that these soft bever- ages are detrimental to health, saying the petition has been filed for extraneous reasons. The top court rejected the petition and imposed an exem- plary cost of C5lakh on the peti- tioner and said his counsel has failed to disclose “why two spe- cific brands in particular are chosen to be the target of the proceedings and what the source of his assertions. It said the amount would be deposited within one month with the apex court registry and disbursed to SCAORA (Supreme Court Advocates- on Record Association). A bench headed by Justices D Y Chandrachud said that petitioner, Umedsinh P Chavda, through his petition has invoked jurisdiction of the court under Article 32 of the Constitution, which appears to be abuse of the process of law. B2SXbXbbTb?8; bTTZX]VQP]^]2^RP 2^[PCWdQbD_ =Pehd[[bTgT_cX]V_Tab^]]T[ PQ^eT$hTPabUa^bTPSdcXTb APX][PbWTbPWP6^PSXbWPPb^]b^^]PaaXeTb*^aTWTPehTg_TRcTSX]#'Wab
- 5. ]PcX^]$347A03D=k5A830H k9D=4 !!! 2E83 (DC1A40: C=A067D=0C70Q D108 For the second consecutive day on Thursday, Maharashtra notched new records on the Covid-19 front, as it recorded as many as 152 deaths and 3,607 others tested positive in various parts of the state. A day after 149 more peo- ple died of Covid-19 and 3254 others tested positive for the pandemic in various parts of the State, coronavirus claimed 152 lives and left 3,607 others infect- ed. With the fresh deaths and infections, the total number of deaths in Maharashtra mount- ed to 3,590, while the total infected cases jumped to 97,648. Similarly, in a repeat of what had happened on Wednesday, Mumbai account- ed for 97 deaths, taking the city death toll up from yesterday's 1,857 to 1,954 now, while the number of infected cases jumped up by 1,418 cases to touch 54,085. Apart from 97 deaths recorded in Mumbai, there were 9 deaths in Mira-Bhayander, 7 in Kalyan-Dombivali, four in Navi Mumbai, two in Vasai- Virar, 8 each in Pune and Solapur, 6 in Aurangabad, 5 in Nashik, 2 in Latur, and one each in Ratnagiri, Hingoli, Jalna and Nanded. Out of the 152 dead, 102 were men while 50 were women. Eighty five of them were aged over 60 years, 54 were from the age group 40 to 59 years and 13 were aged below 40 years. “One hundred seven out of 152 patients (70.3%) had high-risk co-morbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease,” a state health bulletin said. Out of the total deaths reported today, 35 deaths occurred in the last two days and the rest are from the peri- od from April 1 to June 8. As many as 95 laboratories are functioning for Covid-19 diagnosis in the state currently – 54 Government ones and 41 private ones. 80=BQ 14=60;DAD The number of Covid-19 con- tainment zones in the city rose to 85 with 244 active cases, said an official, here on Thursday. The city reported the first pos- itive case in the entire State on March 8 and went on to record 564 cases. Of this, 244 were active till Wednesday. Of all the cases, 308 recovered and 21 succumbed to coronavirus. Among the active containment zones, Padarayanapura in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP) west zone record- ed the highest number of cases at 70, followed by east zone's S.K. Gardens (24), west zone's Agrahara Dasarahalli (9) and south zone's Vishweshwara Puram (8). Padarayanapura accounted for 66 per cent of the active cases. Until Wednesday, the health department identified 1,935 primary contacts in the city, of which 1,343 (69 per cent) completed their pre- scribed quarantine requirement. As many as 592 (31 per cent) of the primary contacts are still in quar- antine. Among 6,064 secondary contacts, 5,077 (84 per cent) have finished their quarantine require- ment even as 987 (16 per cent) con- tinue to be in isolation. The health department has con- ducted 50,415 tests and created 118 containment zones thus far. Of this, 85 are active. Recovery rate in Bengaluru has been estimated to be 54 per cent. C=A067D=0C70Q D108 Maharashtra’s embat- tled Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said here on Thursday that if he had not become a Chief Minister he would have been an artist and that he was now holding the posi- tion just because he was an artist. Speaking at the inau- gural function of HSNC Cluster University – a PPP initiative of the Hyderabad Sind National Collegiate (HSNC) Board and the Maharashtra Government, Uddhav said: “If I had not become Chief Minister, I would have become an artist. In fact, I am Chief Minister because I am an artist”. Uddhav, who is cur- rently engaged in a most challenging battle against Covid-19, said art was an essential component of life. “Art makes learning pleasurable and delightful. Knowledge is as essential requirement of life. Hence, imparting education must be continued using tech- nological tools even during calamity situations”. Earlier, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari – inaugurating the HSNC Cluster University through video-conferencing -- urged the educational institutions to lay stress on innovation and incuba- tion. He said that educa- tional institutions would have to combine innova- tion and incubation with research and invention to become centers of excel- lence. The Governor com- plimented the HSNC Board for forming the cluster university com- prising of the KC College, HR College and the Bombay Teachers’ Training College. :D0A274;;0??0= Q 274==08 While 1,875 persons tested positive for coronavirus disease on Thursday in Tamil Nadu, the State also saw 23 patients succumbing to the pandemic on a single day tak- ing death toll to 349. The release issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu said that till Thursday 38, 716 persons have tested positive for the pandemic in the State. The release also said that 1,372 patients were discharged on Thursday from hospitals fully cured. This took the number of persons fully cured from the pandemic to 20,705. Out of the 1,875 persons tested positive for Covid on Thursday, 1,406 were from Chennai, said the release. A total of 27, 398 persons have been tested positive in Greater Chennai Municipal Corporation till date. The alarming increase in the num- ber of covid cases in Chennai made the Madras High Court ask the State Government on Thursday the feasibility of ordering a complete lockdown in the capital city for some more time. Justices Vineeth Kothari and R Suresh Kumar, while hearing a petition asked the Government pleader what were the steps taken by the State Government to contain the spread of the pandemic. “The situation is grave as the num- ber of cases is steeply raising and the situation has become alarming,” said the judges. “We want to know whether the Government has devised any special scheme, which includes complete lockdown or curfew to contain the spread in Chennai and surrounding areas for sometime,” the judges asked Government pleader V Jayaprakash Narayan during the virtual court proceedings after concluding listed cases. WHVW YH LQ 71 FRXQW QHDUV :D0A274;;0??0= Q 274==08 Though Tamil Nadu is under the grip of coronavirus pandemic which is spreading its wings on an hourly basis, it has not deterred the Dravidian Government from going back- wards from its avowed intent of ‘Tamilising’ the State. As part of making Tamil Nadu into an all Tamil province, the Edappadi Palaniswamy Government has ordered that names of 1,018 places would be changed to their original Tamil forms. The official version is that the names have been changed in accordance with how they are exactly pronounced in Tamil. A Committee had been appointed by the Palaniswamy Government to study and sug- gest how to change the names in accordance with how they are exactly pronounced in Tamil. Gone are names like Egmore, Triplicane, Coimbatore, Vellore and Guindy Park. The new name of Egmore is Ezhumboor which has shocked Indologists like Dr Nanditha Krishna, who is proud of her Tamil lineage and culture. “Even long-time residents of Egmore would not have heard the name Ezhumboor, the name of a village in the then Chola empire. Those days it was known as Elumbur Nadu but the region became famous as Egmore. I don’t know how people will tell auto drivers and cabbies to take them to Ezhumboor,” said Dr Krishna while speaking to The Pioneer. Egmore is not the only famous place to undergo a name change. Coimbatore, the textile and engineering indus- try headquarters will be known hereafter as Koyampuththoor. The city popular in Tamil Nadu as Kovai has been made hometown of thousands of Gujaratis, Marwadis, Jains, Punjabis. Along with Egmore, it is a famous landmark in the map of Indian Railways. 7DPLO 1DGX WR FKDQJH QDPHV RI WRZQV Chennai: In a tragic incident, a six-year-old boy died after a gelatine stick exploded in his mouth as he thought it was a snack and bit into it near Trichirappalli district, said police. The police have arrested three persons in this con- nection. According to Trichy police, the boy B. Vishnu Dev was the son of Bhoopathi. Bhoopathi's elder brother Gangadharan had bought three gelatine sticks from a stone quarry man- ager. The gelatine sticks were to be used for catching fish in the Cauvery river. The boy had gone to Gangadharan's place on Tuesday and mistook the gelatine for a snack and bit it. The gelatine exploded in the boy's mouth, police said. The boy died on way to the hospital and fearing police, the family cremated the body without inform- ing the authorities. However, on a tip-off the police arrested Gangadharan, his friend Mohanraj and the stone quar- ry manager. Recently, Tamil Nadu Forest Department had arrested 12 gypsies for killing a jackal in a Trichy vil- lage by packing explosives in meat and blowing up its mouth when it took a bite. IANS C=A067D=0C70Q D108 As many as 8,465 Indians have so far returned to Mumbai from various parts of the world by 55 “Vande Bharat Abhiyan” special flights organised by the Union Government. Of the 8,465 Indians who arrived in the metrop- olis from various countries till Thursday, 2,488 peo- ple are from Mumbai, while 2,918 are from different parts of Maharashtra and the remaining 3,059 are from other states of the country. More number of Indians will arrive in Mumbai by another 50 special flights till July 1. The Indians have so far arrived by Vande Bharat Abhiyan” special flights in Mumbai from countries like Great Britain, Singapore, Philippines, United States, Bangladesh, Kuwait, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Oman, South Africa, Indonesia, Netherland, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Tanzania, Spain, Ireland , Qutar, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Mauritius, Brazil, Thailand, Kenya, Miami, Vietnam, Italy, Sweden and Ethiopia. Of the returnees, those from Mumbai are being kept in institutional quarantine for a period of 14 days in hotels across Mumbai, while the returnees from other parts of Maharashtra and other states are being kept in institutional quarantine till such they get e- passes from their respective district authorities or the State Governments, to head to their homes. B0D60AB4=6D?C0 Q :;:0C0 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “look east” and pro- jute policies provoked a unan- imous criticism from the Bengal political outfits which questioned the timing of his comments and wondered what prevented him from aggres- sively backing the State’s econ- omy during the past six years of his rule. Hitting out at the Prime Minister for making poll-ori- ented statements at the time of grave crisis the country and the State was passing through, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Chowdhury asked why he was speaking about restoring Bengal to its old economic prowess now when he was well aware about it ever since he came to power in 2014. “Did the Prime Minister not know about the potential of our jute industry? Did he not know about the need to back Bengal on economic front in the past six years of his being in power? Did he not know that Sikkim has gone organic? “If he knew it then why no initiative was taken in the past to encourage the eastern indus- tries? Why is he making such statements and raising the issue today? … This is because he knows that Bengal is going to polls next year and so he has to sell something to win over the voters.” Earlier the Prime Minister while delivering his inaugural speech at the 95th plenary ses- sion of the Indian Chamber of Commerce through video con- ferring focused on Kolkata’s importance as the financial capital of eastern India and the need of restoring Bengal to its lost glory as an economic super power that it used to be in the earlier days. He also stressed on the need of replacing plastic with jute which is one of the most important commercial crops of the State. Mentioning a famous quote from Congress leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale about the State — in which he said that “what Bengal thinks today rest of India thinks tomorrow” — Modi said “we have to revive the manufacturing sector in West Bengal.” Questioning the “political honesty of the Prime Minister of a country” State CPI(M) Legislator Party Leader Sujan Chakrabarty said “before mak- ing tall statements Modi ji should have accepted the rec- ommendations of the Swaminathan Committee reports about the farmers’ earn- ings because we all know that if the farmers are not restored to their glory a state cannot grow. “Today the Prime Minister is talking about reviving the jute industry. What was his gov- ernment doing in the past 6 years? Why did it ignore the repeated appeal to ban plastic completely and replace it by the jute? Why does the Government not once again revise its reservation policy on jute…. In fact what he said today was to lure the common voters because we have elec- tions next year and the BJP is trying to capture power here.” 78C:0=370A8 Q 90D After failing in its last attempt to dislodge Junaid Azim Mattu from the post of Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation in the month of December 2019, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is planning another coup against him with the help of dis- gruntled corporators. BJP with only four seats in the 70 member house, is banking on the support of other disgruntled corpo- rators to show him the exit door. Soon after media reports claimed BJP corporators have moved a no- confidence motion against Junaid Azim Mattu, Mattu himself went public and tweeted ,”Been informed that BJP has sought a ‘Vote of No Confidence’ in the SMC against me. Those who have submitted the motion are either elected mem- bers/office bearers of BJP or unam- biguously associated with BJP. This is the second such motion by BJP against me within six months”. Interestingly, when Mattu had won the Mayor elections in November 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Ram Madhav had first congratulated him for being elected as the mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). In November 2018, Ram Madhav had tweeted “Junaid Mattoo, independent supported by Sajjad Lone’s People’s Conference and BJP has won the Mayor post of Srinagar. He polled against the combined can- didate of PDP, NC and Congress by 40 votes to 26 votes. Congrats Junaid and Sajjad and all Corporators”. In a series of other tweets Mattu asserted that he enjoyed majority in the municipal corporation and would take on the challenge democratical- ly and legally. Smelling some foul play behind the move Mattu in another tweet said, “that this is being done in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic is another travesty. That it is being claimed and alleged that INC and BJP are on the same page is bizarre beyond comprehension and hints at some clear illegality and foul play”. :D0A274;;0??0= Q 274==08 Devotees will not be allowed inside Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, the holy shrine atop the Western Ghats in Pathanamthitta district, when the sanctum sanctorum would be opened for the month- ly pooja on Sunday. This was announced by Kadakampalli Surendran, Kerala Minister for Devaswam, the department that administers the temples in the State. Briefing reporters after a discussion with N Vasu, fellow Marxist and Travancore Devaswam Board President and Mahesh Mohanaru, the chief priest (Thantri) of Sabarimala, the Minister said the decision was taken in the backdrop of the prevailing atmosphere of Covid-19 pandemic and asked devotees not to throng the temple this time. The Thantri has written to the TDB that it was not proper to allow pilgrims who would reach the shrine from all over the country to pay obeisance to the deity when the temple doors are opened on Sunday for the month- ly poojas which last for four days. But the TDB had said on Wednesday that all arrangements have been made for opening the temple and conducting the religious fes- tival. Vasu had told reporters that he has not received any letter from the Thantri. “We decided to go ahead with the temple festival after discussing all issues with the Thantri. It is the prerogative of the Board to decide whether to hold the festival,” Vasu had said. The stand off resulted in the Minister con- vening a meeting for Thursday and decided not to go ahead with festival and restrict the event as a ritual without allowing devotees inside the temple. Various Hindu organisations had ques- tioned the TDB’s stance to go ahead with the temple festival at a time when Kerala itself was in the grip of the pandemic. The earlier deci- sion to hold the temple festival was taken fol- lowing the Home Ministry’s directive that State Governments were free to open religious places if the coronavirus disease was under control. “We fully endorse the reservations expressed by the Thantri about the safety of the devotees and decided to have only the rit- uals. Devotees should stay away from the shrine for the time being,” said Surendran. DRSRcZ^R]Rh`_¶e`aV_ W`cUVg`eVVdeYZdA``[R ?=BQ 90D An Indian Army soldier sacri- ficed his life along the line of control (LoC) in Rajouri while another civil- ian received splinter injuries on his shoulder during con- tinuous exchange of firing and intense mortar shelling by the Pakistan Army on Thursday. Several civilian houses suffered damages and resi- dents were forced to stay indoors in the forward areas. According to ground reports, there has been no let up from the Pakistan side. For the last couple of days, the Pakistan Army has been resorting to mortar shelling on the civilian areas in Rajouri and Poonch sectors. So far over 1300 incidents of cease- fire violations have been reported since January 2020 in Jammu and Kashmir. Late Thursday evening, the Pakistan Army also resorted to mortar shelling in the Mankote sector of Poonch. In response, Indian army gave them a befitting reply. Defence PRO in Jammu,Lt Col Devender Anand said, “Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked cease- fire violation on the line of control (LoC) in Rajouri Sector on 10 Jun 2020. Own troops responded strongly to the enemy fire. In the incident, Naik Gurcharan Singh was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries”. He said Naik Gurcharan Singh belonged to Village Harchowal, District Gurdaspur, Punjab. According to Defence PRO, in the evening Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violations by firing with small arms and shelling mortars in Mankote sector”. He said, Indian army retaliated befit- tingly. EP]ST1WPaPc0QWXhP]) '#%$aTcda]c^dQPX , ZRXOG KDYH EHHQ DQ DUWLVW LI QRW 0 8GGKDY Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursday handed over the ex-gra- tia relief amounting to C20 lakh to the next of kin of martyred sarpanch Ajay Pandita. The Government agencies had come under the scanner for not visiting his home and skipping the cremation ceremony in Jammu. Pandita was killed by the terrorists in the South Kashmir district of Anantnag on Monday evening. According to official sources, family members were escorted to the Raj Bhawan on Thursday where Lt- Gov GC Murmu inter- acted with them and extended his deepest sympathies to them. While paying homage to Ajay Pandita, the Lt Governor observed that the supreme sac- rifice made by him would always be remem- bered and hoped that perpetrators of such a dastardly act would realize their follies and desist from committing crime against human- ity. Assuring full support from the UT Government, the Lt Governor also handed over a relief cheque amounting to C20 lakhs. The relief amounting to C20 lakh includes C5 lakh from SRE, C1 lakh as ex-gratia from Government, C 4 lakh from Lt Governor Relief Fund, whereas C10 lakh out of Panchayat Welfare Fund will be released shortly. PNS 4gVaPcXPWP]STS^eTac^ ZX]^UPachaTSBPa_P]RW 0]^cWTa]^R^]UXST]RT^cX^] ^eTSPVPX]bcBaX]PVPaPh^a 0ahYPfP]PachaTS P[^]V;^2X]APY^daX C=A067D=0C70Q D108 Cracking the whip, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday ordered the sus- pension of the Dean and four other employees of the Jalgaon Civil Hospital in north Maharashtra, after a shocking incident in which an 82-year- old female Covid-19 patient was found dead in the toilet of the hospital. Taking serious cognisance of the incident in which the body of Malati Nehete was found in the hospital’s toilet eight days after she had gone “missing”, the State Health Minister ordered the suspen- sion of the Dean, Superintendent, a lecturer, a nurse and security man of Jalgaon Civil Hospital, in con- nection with the incident. A day after the old Covid- 19 patient’s partially decom- posed body was found in a toi- let cubicle of the hospital, the Minister – through a tweet -- announced action against the Dean and four others in con- nection with the incident. Malati, who had been shift- ed to the Jalgaon Civil Hospital from another hospital on May 27 after she was diagnosed with Coronavirus symptoms, had gone missing on June 2. Senior Police Inspector Akbar Patel, attached to Zillapeth Police Station, said that the Jalgaon Civil Hospital authorities and the family members had lodged a complaint with the police that the woman had one ‘missing’ on June 2. On their part, the hospital staffers had claimed that the old woman patient might have “quietly walked away” from the hospital. The toilet cubicle, where the deceased woman was found dead, had either been opened nor had been cleaned for the previous eight days. New Delhi: Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills, Siliguri Terai and Dooars region have been included in the “Consortium of Central University in Himalayan Studies”. BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bisht said in a statement on Thursday that the “Consortium of Central University in Himalayan Studies” initiative, formed some time ago, missed the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills, Siliguri Terai and Duars regions. According to Bisht, he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23, 2020, demanding the inclusion of these areas in the consortium, who is also the chairman of NITI Aayog. He said now these areas have been included in the con- sortium. 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