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I ndia and China blamed each other on Thursday over the bloody LAC brawl, with each side holding the other respon- sible for tension along the Line of Actual Control. While India accused China of disregarding mutual agree- ments leading to the brawl on June 15 in the Galwan valley leaving 20 Indian Army per- sonnel dead, China said the Indian side crossed the LAC for provocation and attacked the Chinese border troops and the Indian forces seriously violat- ed agreements on border issues between the two countries. Reiterating India’s posi- tion, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said here the Chinese side departed from previously agreed understand- ing in respect to the Galwan valley area and sought to erect structures just across the LAC). “When this attempt was foiled, Chinese troops took violent actions on June 15 that directly resulted in casualties,” the Spokesperson asserted. He said the conduct of Chinese forces this year has been in complete disregard of all mutu- ally agreed norms. On the other hand, Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidon said, “The onus is not on China. The Indian side crossed the LAC for provoca- tion and attacked the Chinese border troops. The Indian forces seriously violated agree- ments on border issues between the two countries.” He said China was ready to work with India to resolve stand-offs and cautioned “sus- picion and friction” was a wrong path to follow. India and China are able to properly manage their differ- ences, and called upon New Delhi to avoid taking actions that may “complicate” the sit- uation in eastern Ladakh. He went on to add that at present, the overall situation in the China-India border areas is “stable and controllable.” “We hope the Indian side meets the Chinese side halfway, avoids taking actions that may complicate the border situation and takes concrete actions to maintain stability in the border areas,” he said in an interview to PTI. But India insisted that the Chinese tried to change the sta- tus quo in Ladakh in mid-May with the MEA saying India had registered its protest through diplomatic and military chan- nels. On June 6, the senior com- manders of both the armies agreed on a process for de-esca- lation and disengagement along the LAC that involved recip- rocal actions. However, the Chinese side departed from these under- standings in respect of the LAC in the Galwan valley area and sought to erect structures just across the LAC. When this attempt was foiled, Chinese troops took violent actions on June 15 that directly resulted in casualties. Thereafter, both sides remain deployed in large numbers in the region, while military and diplomatic con- tacts are continuing, Srivastava said. He also said since early May, the Chinese side has been amassing a large contingent of troops and armaments along the LAC. This is not in accor- dance with the provisions of our various bilateral agree- ments, the Spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the Chinese Ambassador said “mutual respect and support” is a sure way and meets the long-term interests of both countries, but at the same time, largely put the onus on India to ease tension in the region. “China and India are both large developing countries and emerging economies with more than one billion people, and both have the historic mission of realising our own development and revitalisation,” he said. “Under the guidance of the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, we are ready to work with the Indian side to properly deal with the current situation, jointly uphold peace and stability in the border areas, and ensure a sound and steady development of bilater- al relations,” Sun said. The Chinese envoy repeat- ed his Government’s stand that Indian troops are responsible for the Galwan valley clashes, and indicated that the onus was on India to improve the situa- tion in eastern Ladakh. The Ambassador said the two sides kept peace for decades in Galwan valley, adding since the beginning of 2020, the Indian side has built facilities at or the crossing of the LAC in the Galwan valley, “constantly changing the status quo of ground control. On May 6, he claimed the Indian troops crossed the LAC in the Galwan valley by night and trespassed into Chinese territory. “They resorted to violent means to create a stand- off between the two sides and built infrastructures in an attempt to maintain a perma- nent presence,” he alleged. The ambassador said the Indian side promised in the talks on June 6 that they would not cross the estuary of the Galwan river to patrol and build facilities, adding the two sides agreed to build observa- tion posts on either side of the Galwan river mouth. “However, after the com- mander-level meeting, when the situation on the ground was already easing, the Indian bor- der troops copped out on the consensus reached at the com- mander-level meeting, demand- ed that China dismantle its observation post,” he said. I n view of the recent face-off with China, the Delhi Hotels and Restaurant Owners’ Association (DHROA) on Thursday announced to boy- cott Chinese goods as well as not provide accommodation to Chinese nationals in the bud- get hotels and guest houses in the city. Delhi has about 3,000 bud- get hotels and guest houses with about 75,000 rooms have decided to extend its support to “Boycott Chinese Campaign” call taken by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), said Praveen Khandelwal, CAIT general secretary. “We are pleased to inform you that our association has decided to wholeheartedly sup- port the campaign of CAIT and as such we have decided to boy- cott Chinese goods which are being used in our hotels and restaurants and henceforth we shall not be using any Chinese products in our establish- ments,” the Delhi Hotel & Restaurant Owners Association said in the letter to CAIT. Mahendra Gupta, general secretary of DHROA said the manner in which the Chinese army is behaving with Indian forces at the borders which resulted in killing of 20 Indian soldiers, the hotel industry is deeply upset and having a gross resentment against China and therefore it was decided to join the protest by CAIT. Sandeep, president of DHROA, said the association has also decided not to use any Chinese made products in their hotels and guest houses like furniture, kitchen accessories, cutleries, decorative items etc. Khandelwal while wel- coming the decision of the hotels association said with such a decision it is quite evi- dent that people from all walks of life are more willing to join the campaign of the CAIT. “The CAIT will now make all efforts to rope in other var- ious sectors like farmers, trans- porters, small industries, con- sumers, hawkers, self entre- preneurs, women, entrepre- neurs, etc will make an appeal to them to join the campaign,’ he said. The Delhi Hotels and Restaurant Owners’ Association further said it will also contact hotel associations of other states to make a sim- ilar decision. R aising the pitch of its polit- ical attack on the Congress over the India-China border stand-off, the BJP on Thursday said that the Chinese Government made a donation of 90 lakh to Rajiv Gandhi foundation (RGF), which in turn recommended a free trade agreement with China, tilted heavily in favour of Beijing. Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that RGF which he consider as an “extension” of the Congress received bribes from Chinese embassy. Reacting to the allegations on Rajiv Gandhi Foundation receiving some donation from Chinese Embassy in 2005, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the BJP was trying to divert attention. Continued on Page 4 T he CBSE on Thursday con- veyed to the Supreme Court that the rescheduled pending examinations of Class X and XII have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandem- ic. The examination were rescheduled from July 1-15. This means over 30 lakh stu- dents will now be graded on the basis of their last three tests or given an option to appear for exams when the situation is conducive. It is expected to take a final call on this issue on Friday. A decision on rescheduling the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for IITs and the NEET test for medical colleges will also be based on the Supreme Court’s verdict for CBSE Board exams. While engineering entrance exam JEE-Mains is scheduled from July 18-23, medical entrance exam NEET is to be held on July 26. The decision was taken by the CBSE after Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha conveyed their inabil- ity to conduct examinations in the coronavirus crisis. The ICSE Board too said it has also cancelled its Class X and XII board exams with no option of re-examinations. The Supreme Court will issue a comprehen- sive order pertaining to matter on Friday. Continued on Page 4 A 16-year-old Tik Tok star allegedly committed sui- cide by hanging herself at her residence in East Delhi’s Geeta Colony area, police said on Thursday. The deceased girl, Siya Kakkar, had over one million followers on the short-video platform, and another 1.35 lakh on Instagram. Her father found her hang- ing around 9 pm on Wednesday, police said. No suicide note was recov- ered from near the body. The body was sent to Subzi Mandi Mortuary for post-morterm. The reason behind the extreme step is yet to be ascertained. Inquest proceedings have been initiated, the officer said. A mid the continuing face- offs at various points along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has ramped up deployment in the area as the Army has pressed heavy duty drones to keep an eye on the Chinese troops’ activities. The ITBP has withdrawn 20 companies (2,000 person- nel) from various counter- insurgency operation roles for deployment in Ladakh, sources said, adding the move came after a review on the sit- uation by the Union Home Ministry. ITBP is a Central para- military under the Home Ministry tasked to secure the nearly 3,500 km Line of Actual Control along the fron- tier with China. ITBP is also the Lead Intelligence Agency in the LAC. Meanwhile, the agencies have spotted tactical drones from China’s People’s Liberation Army scouring Indian positions in eastern Ladakh. The Chinese drones are estimated to be deployed for tactical reconnaissance and were spotted at four Indian positions over the past few weeks. Responding to the Chinese measure, to the Indian Army has also deployed heavy duty drones to gather intelligence on move- ment of Chinese troops and their activities. Indian Army’s 14 Corps has deployed Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones for surveil- lance along the LAC. These heavy duty drones have an endurance of over 24 hours and can fly 10 km high. Ground troops are equipped with portable drones that can be launched by soldiers. An unspecified number of ‘SpyLite’ mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sys- tems were acquired by the Indian Army exclusively for high-altitude surveillance in the Ladakh sector. Continued on Page 4 A ll regular mail, express and passenger services as well as suburban trains have been cancelled till August 12, the Railway Board said on Thursday. Source said that the deci- sion to extend cancellation was taken keeping in mind the increasing number of coron- avirus cases in the country. However, all special trains — 15 pairs running on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 — will continue, they said. The limited special subur- ban services which began recently in Mumbai to ferry essential services personnel identified by the local author- ities will also continue to run, officials said. “All tickets booked for the regular time-tabled trains for journey date from 01.07.20 to 12.08.20 also stand cancelled. Full refund will be generated,” the Railway Board order stat- ed. Earlier, the Railways had cancelled all trains till June 30. Meanwhile the Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with RailTel for installation of an IP- based video surveillance system at 6,049 railway stations across the country. These cameras will help in keeping a tab of all the activities at the station premises 24x7. C ovid-positive patients will not be required to visit Covid Care Centres for a clin- ical assessment for home iso- lation or hospitalisation, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said after an SDMA meeting on Thursday. Sisodia said it has been decided to withdraw the Centre’s order regarding the requirement of Covid Care Centre visit by Covid-positive persons at the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) meeting which was attended by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Sisodia said those found Covid-19 positive would be clinically assessed by medical officers at their homes. The Deputy CM, who is also han- dling the additional portfolio of the Health Minister, said the “home isolation has been high- ly successful in Delhi and around 30,000 coronavirus patients had been cured”. After his meeting with offi- cials, Baijal tweeted, “The SDMA approved the modifi- cation of SOP for home isola- tion for Covid-19 patients to meet the twin objectives of con- tainment of local spread and provision of timely medical care for the positive cases to save precious lives.” Continued on Page 4 I ndia on Thursday said Pakistan’s continuation in the “grey list” of global terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), vin- dicated its position that the western neighbour has not taken any appropriate action against terror networks. “It vindicated our position that Pakistan has not taken appropriate action against ter- ror outfits,” MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during an online media briefing. FATF on Wednesday decided to keep Pakistan in the “grey list” for failing to check flow of money to terror groups. I n the biggest day spike, Maharashtra on Thursday reported 4,841 fresh cases and 192 deaths. Tamil Nadu fol- lowed Maharashtra by adding a record number of 3,509 cases and 45 deaths. Delhi kept pace with these two States and recorded 3,390 fresh cases and 64 deaths. With this India’s death count crosses 15,000 (15,303) mark and total number of cases stood at 4,90,880 with over 17,900 cases in a day. Besides, over 30 personnel attached to Naval Air Station INS Parundu and eight more personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tested positive in the last 24 hours. Taking note of the highest number of cases, a Central team led by Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal will visit Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana from 26 to 29 June, and will interact with State officials and coordinate with them to strengthen ongo- ing efforts for management of Covid-19. According to Maharashtra health department, the number of cases in the State now stands at 1,47,741 with active cases of 63,342. The total deaths stand at 6,931, with 192 new deaths in the last 24 hours. Mumbai has reported 1,365 fresh cases and 58 deaths, taking the total number of cases in the city to 70,990 and deaths to 4,060. Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis has alleged that the Maharashtra Government has not reported around 1,000 deaths in the State so far. Continued on Page 4

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India and China blamed eachother on Thursday over the

bloody LAC brawl, with eachside holding the other respon-sible for tension along the Lineof Actual Control.

While India accused Chinaof disregarding mutual agree-ments leading to the brawl onJune 15 in the Galwan valleyleaving 20 Indian Army per-sonnel dead, China said theIndian side crossed the LAC forprovocation and attacked theChinese border troops and theIndian forces seriously violat-ed agreements on border issuesbetween the two countries.

Reiterating India’s posi-tion, External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson AnuragSrivastava said here theChinese side departed frompreviously agreed understand-ing in respect to the Galwanvalley area and sought to erectstructures just across the LAC).

“When this attempt wasfoiled, Chinese troops tookviolent actions on June 15 thatdirectly resulted in casualties,”the Spokesperson asserted. Hesaid the conduct of Chineseforces this year has been incomplete disregard of all mutu-ally agreed norms.

On the other hand,Chinese ambassador to India

Sun Weidon said, “The onus isnot on China. The Indian sidecrossed the LAC for provoca-tion and attacked the Chineseborder troops. The Indianforces seriously violated agree-ments on border issuesbetween the two countries.”

He said China was ready towork with India to resolvestand-offs and cautioned “sus-picion and friction” was awrong path to follow.

India and China are able toproperly manage their differ-ences, and called upon NewDelhi to avoid taking actionsthat may “complicate” the sit-uation in eastern Ladakh. Hewent on to add that at present,the overall situation in theChina-India border areas is“stable and controllable.”

“We hope the Indian sidemeets the Chinese side halfway,avoids taking actions that maycomplicate the border situationand takes concrete actions tomaintain stability in the borderareas,” he said in an interviewto PTI.

But India insisted that theChinese tried to change the sta-tus quo in Ladakh in mid-Maywith the MEA saying India hadregistered its protest throughdiplomatic and military chan-nels.

On June 6, the senior com-manders of both the armies

agreed on a process for de-esca-lation and disengagement alongthe LAC that involved recip-rocal actions.

However, the Chinese sidedeparted from these under-standings in respect of theLAC in the Galwan valley areaand sought to erect structuresjust across the LAC. When thisattempt was foiled, Chinesetroops took violent actions onJune 15 that directly resulted incasualties. Thereafter, bothsides remain deployed in largenumbers in the region, while

military and diplomatic con-tacts are continuing, Srivastavasaid. He also said since earlyMay, the Chinese side has beenamassing a large contingent oftroops and armaments alongthe LAC. This is not in accor-dance with the provisions ofour various bilateral agree-ments, the Spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the ChineseAmbassador said “mutualrespect and support” is a sureway and meets the long-terminterests of both countries, butat the same time, largely put the

onus on India to ease tensionin the region.

“China and India are bothlarge developing countries andemerging economies with morethan one billion people, andboth have the historic mission ofrealising our own developmentand revitalisation,” he said.

“Under the guidance ofthe important consensusreached by the leaders of thetwo countries, we are ready towork with the Indian side toproperly deal with the currentsituation, jointly uphold peace

and stability in the borderareas, and ensure a sound andsteady development of bilater-al relations,” Sun said.

The Chinese envoy repeat-ed his Government’s stand thatIndian troops are responsiblefor the Galwan valley clashes,and indicated that the onus wason India to improve the situa-tion in eastern Ladakh.

The Ambassador said thetwo sides kept peace fordecades in Galwan valley,adding since the beginning of2020, the Indian side has builtfacilities at or the crossing ofthe LAC in the Galwan valley,“constantly changing the statusquo of ground control.

On May 6, he claimed theIndian troops crossed the LACin the Galwan valley by nightand trespassed into Chineseterritory. “They resorted toviolent means to create a stand-off between the two sides andbuilt infrastructures in anattempt to maintain a perma-nent presence,” he alleged.

The ambassador said theIndian side promised in thetalks on June 6 that they wouldnot cross the estuary of theGalwan river to patrol andbuild facilities, adding the twosides agreed to build observa-tion posts on either side of theGalwan river mouth.

“However, after the com-mander-level meeting, whenthe situation on the ground wasalready easing, the Indian bor-der troops copped out on theconsensus reached at the com-mander-level meeting, demand-ed that China dismantle itsobservation post,” he said.

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In view of the recent face-offwith China, the Delhi Hotels

and Restaurant Owners’Association (DHROA) onThursday announced to boy-cott Chinese goods as well asnot provide accommodation toChinese nationals in the bud-get hotels and guest houses inthe city.

Delhi has about 3,000 bud-get hotels and guest houseswith about 75,000 rooms havedecided to extend its support to“Boycott Chinese Campaign”call taken by the Confederationof All India Traders (CAIT),said Praveen Khandelwal,CAIT general secretary.

“We are pleased to informyou that our association hasdecided to wholeheartedly sup-port the campaign of CAIT andas such we have decided to boy-cott Chinese goods which arebeing used in our hotels andrestaurants and henceforth weshall not be using any Chineseproducts in our establish-ments,” the Delhi Hotel &

Restaurant Owners Associationsaid in the letter to CAIT.

Mahendra Gupta, generalsecretary of DHROA said themanner in which the Chinesearmy is behaving with Indianforces at the borders whichresulted in killing of 20 Indiansoldiers, the hotel industry isdeeply upset and having agross resentment against Chinaand therefore it was decided tojoin the protest by CAIT.

Sandeep, president ofDHROA, said the associationhas also decided not to use anyChinese made products in theirhotels and guest houses likefurniture, kitchen accessories,cutleries, decorative items etc.

Khandelwal while wel-

coming the decision of thehotels association said withsuch a decision it is quite evi-dent that people from all walksof life are more willing to jointhe campaign of the CAIT.

“The CAIT will now makeall efforts to rope in other var-ious sectors like farmers, trans-porters, small industries, con-sumers, hawkers, self entre-preneurs, women, entrepre-neurs, etc will make an appealto them to join the campaign,’he said.

The Delhi Hotels andRestaurant Owners’Association further said it willalso contact hotel associationsof other states to make a sim-ilar decision.

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Raising the pitch of its polit-ical attack on the Congress

over the India-China borderstand-off, the BJP on Thursdaysaid that the ChineseGovernment made a donationof �90 lakh to Rajiv Gandhifoundation (RGF), which inturn recommended a free tradeagreement with China, tiltedheavily in favour of Beijing.

Union Minister and seniorBJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasadalleged that RGF which heconsider as an “extension” ofthe Congress received bribesfrom Chinese embassy.

Reacting to the allegationson Rajiv Gandhi Foundationreceiving some donation fromChinese Embassy in 2005,Congress chief spokespersonRandeep Surjewala said the BJPwas trying to divert attention.

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The CBSE on Thursday con-veyed to the Supreme

Court that the rescheduledpending examinations of ClassX and XII have been cancelleddue to the Covid-19 pandem-ic. The examination wererescheduled from July 1-15.This means over 30 lakh stu-

dents will now be graded on thebasis of their last three tests orgiven an option to appear forexams when the situation isconducive. It is expected to takea final call on this issue onFriday.

A decision on reschedulingthe Joint Entrance Examination(JEE) for IITs and the NEETtest for medical colleges willalso be based on the Supreme

Court’s verdict for CBSE Boardexams. While engineeringentrance exam JEE-Mains isscheduled from July 18-23,medical entrance exam NEETis to be held on July 26.

The decision was taken bythe CBSE after Delhi,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu andOdisha conveyed their inabil-ity to conduct examinations inthe coronavirus crisis. TheICSE Board too said it has alsocancelled its Class X and XIIboard exams with no option ofre-examinations. The SupremeCourt will issue a comprehen-sive order pertaining to matteron Friday.

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A16-year-old Tik Tok starallegedly committed sui-

cide by hanging herself at herresidence in East Delhi’s GeetaColony area, police said onThursday.

The deceased girl, SiyaKakkar, had over one millionfollowers on the short-videoplatform, and another 1.35lakh on Instagram.

Her father found her hang-ing around 9 pm onWednesday, police said.

No suicide note was recov-ered from near the body. Thebody was sent to Subzi MandiMortuary for post-morterm.The reason behind the extremestep is yet to be ascertained.Inquest proceedings have beeninitiated, the officer said.

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Amid the continuing face-offs at various points

along the LAC in easternLadakh, the Indo-TibetanBorder Police (ITBP) hasramped up deployment inthe area as the Army haspressed heavy duty drones tokeep an eye on the Chinesetroops’ activities.

The ITBP has withdrawn20 companies (2,000 person-nel) from various counter-insurgency operation rolesfor deployment in Ladakh,sources said, adding the movecame after a review on the sit-uation by the Union HomeMinistry.

ITBP is a Central para-military under the HomeMinistry tasked to secure thenearly 3,500 km Line ofActual Control along the fron-tier with China. ITBP is alsothe Lead Intelligence Agencyin the LAC.

Meanwhile, the agencieshave spotted tactical dronesfrom China’s People’sLiberation Army scouringIndian positions in easternLadakh.

The Chinese drones areestimated to be deployed fortactical reconnaissance and

were spotted at four Indianpositions over the past fewweeks.

Responding to theChinese measure, to theIndian Army has alsodeployed heavy duty drones togather intelligence on move-ment of Chinese troops andtheir activities.

Indian Army’s 14 Corpshas deployed Heron MediumAltitude Long Endurance(MALE) drones for surveil-lance along the LAC.

These heavy duty droneshave an endurance of over 24hours and can fly 10 km high.

Ground troops areequipped with portabledrones that can be launchedby soldiers.

An unspecified number of‘SpyLite’ mini UnmannedAerial Vehicles (UAVs) sys-tems were acquired by theIndian Army exclusively forhigh-altitude surveillance inthe Ladakh sector.

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All regular mail, express andpassenger services as well

as suburban trains have beencancelled till August 12, theRailway Board said onThursday.

Source said that the deci-sion to extend cancellation wastaken keeping in mind theincreasing number of coron-avirus cases in the country.

However, all special trains— 15 pairs running on theRajdhani routes since May 12and 100 pairs operating sinceJune 1 — will continue, they said.

The limited special subur-ban services which beganrecently in Mumbai to ferryessential services personnelidentified by the local author-ities will also continue to run,officials said.

“All tickets booked for theregular time-tabled trains forjourney date from 01.07.20 to12.08.20 also stand cancelled.Full refund will be generated,”the Railway Board order stat-ed. Earlier, the Railways hadcancelled all trains till June 30.

Meanwhile the Railwayshas signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) withRailTel for installation of an IP-based video surveillance systemat 6,049 railway stations acrossthe country. These cameraswill help in keeping a tab of allthe activities at the stationpremises 24x7.

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Covid-positive patients willnot be required to visit

Covid Care Centres for a clin-ical assessment for home iso-lation or hospitalisation, DelhiDeputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia said after an SDMAmeeting on Thursday.

Sisodia said it has beendecided to withdraw theCentre’s order regarding therequirement of Covid CareCentre visit by Covid-positivepersons at the State DisasterManagement Authority(SDMA) meeting which wasattended by LieutenantGovernor Anil Baijal.

Sisodia said those found

Covid-19 positive would beclinically assessed by medicalofficers at their homes. TheDeputy CM, who is also han-dling the additional portfolio ofthe Health Minister, said the“home isolation has been high-ly successful in Delhi andaround 30,000 coronaviruspatients had been cured”.

After his meeting with offi-cials, Baijal tweeted, “TheSDMA approved the modifi-cation of SOP for home isola-tion for Covid-19 patients tomeet the twin objectives of con-tainment of local spread andprovision of timely medicalcare for the positive cases tosave precious lives.”

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India on Thursday saidPakistan’s continuation in

the “grey list” of global terrorfinancing watchdog, FinancialAction Task Force (FATF), vin-dicated its position that thewestern neighbour has nottaken any appropriate actionagainst terror networks.

“It vindicated our positionthat Pakistan has not takenappropriate action against ter-ror outfits,” MEA SpokespersonAnurag Srivastava said duringan online media briefing.

FATF on Wednesdaydecided to keep Pakistan in the“grey list” for failing to checkflow of money to terror groups.

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In the biggest day spike,Maharashtra on Thursday

reported 4,841 fresh cases and192 deaths. Tamil Nadu fol-lowed Maharashtra by addinga record number of 3,509 casesand 45 deaths. Delhi kept pacewith these two States andrecorded 3,390 fresh cases and64 deaths.

With this India’s deathcount crosses 15,000 (15,303)mark and total number ofcases stood at 4,90,880 withover 17,900 cases in a day.

Besides, over 30 personnelattached to Naval Air StationINS Parundu and eight morepersonnel of Indo-TibetanBorder Police (ITBP) testedpositive in the last 24 hours.Taking note of the highestnumber of cases, a Centralteam led by Health MinistryJoint Secretary Lav Agarwalwill visit Gujarat, Maharashtraand Telangana from 26 to 29June, and will interact withState officials and coordinatewith them to strengthen ongo-ing efforts for management ofCovid-19.

According to Maharashtrahealth department, the numberof cases in the State now standsat 1,47,741 with active cases of63,342. The total deaths standat 6,931, with 192 new deathsin the last 24 hours. Mumbaihas reported 1,365 fresh casesand 58 deaths, taking the totalnumber of cases in the city to70,990 and deaths to 4,060.Senior BJP leader DevendraFadnavis has alleged that theMaharashtra Government hasnot reported around 1,000deaths in the State so far.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Thursday

launched a video call facility forcoronavirus patients admittedat the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash(LNJP) hospital to talk to theirloved ones.

Interacting and boostingthe morale of doctors treatingCovid - 19 patients there, hesaid, "We are launching a newtechnological facility. Till now,the problem was that if aCOVID positive patient wasadmitted to the hospital, rela-tives of the patient were notable to meet them or talk to

them. The relatives and fami-ly members were not able to getinformation on the conditionof the patient. Now, tablets havebeen installed in every ward ofthe hospital. The family mem-bers can visit the hospital andtalk to the patient throughvideo conferencing."

A team of doctors saidthat LNJP has been declared asthe first purely dedicatedCorona care hospital in thecountry with 2000 beds, allattached with oxygen support.Around 2751 patients havebeen recovered and dischargedsuccessfully by the hospital,which is the highest recovery

figure country-wide. The facil-ities provided by various wards

including the gynecology ward,surgery ward, were also pre-

sented to the CM and the DyCM.

A help desk has been estab-lished in hospital and tabletshave been installed in coron-avirus wards and at a counteroutside, which can be used bypatients and their relatives forvideo calling.

Various technologicaladvancements such as theinstallation of CCTV cameras,TVs, etc were also portrayedduring CM visit there.

Dy CM Shri ManishSisodia suggested that the useof these tablets is also benefi-cial for the doctors and theadministration to be in regular

touch with the patients, insteadof physically being presentbesides the patient whichexposes them to the risk ofCorona.

Briefing the media follow-ing his visit, CM ArvindKejriwal said, "It has been 100days since the LNJP hospitalhas been working on the treat-ment of Corona patients. LNJPwas declared a COVID-19 hos-pital on March 17. It is thecountry's largest COVID-19dedicated hospital, and sinceMarch 17, it has successfullytreated 2,700 COVID positivepatients and sent them home.It is the only COVID-19 hos-

pital in the country with 2,000beds,"

Kejriwal said that coronapatients with mild symptomsor who are asymptomatic aregenerally treated at home itself.The patients who are very seri-ous and are need hospitaliza-tion, are admitted to LNJP.

"Their treatment was alsonot easy. But, all the doctors,without thinking about them-selves or their families, haveworked here day and night forthe service of the people. Youmay imagine how difficult it isfor the doctors to spend somany hours in a PPE kit. Themedical team, nurses, and doc-

tors of the LNJP hospital aredoing a tremendous job.Recently, the media had high-lighted some lack of facilities inthe hospital, and I want to saythat all these inadequacies arebecause of the administrationand the government. The doc-tors and nurses are doing agreat job, and there is no lackin their service to the people.We are trying our best to doaway with those shortfalls, andwe have overcome some ofthem. You can keep telling usthe shortcomings and we willkeep on improving andaddressing them," Kejriwalsaid.

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Northern Railways has decid-ed to install an alarm system

in Covid care coaches stationedat ShakurBasti railway station todeal with any emergency situa-tion. A senior northern railwayofficial said that if a patient press-es the call bell in case of emer-gency, a red light fitted outsidethe coach will come alive with aloud sound.

“This will also be simulta-neously displayed on the boardinstalled in the doctor’s coach,where the bulb against the coachnumber will light-up with analarm sound. This will enable thecaregivers to immediately rush tothe particular coach to attend tothe sick person,” he said.

Applying their ingenuity therailway engineers have developeda circuit system whereby eachCovid care coach will be pro-vided with an alarm bell. On theother end, a display board withlight and sound connectionagainst each coach number has

been installed in the coach hous-ing the doctors and specializedmedical staff, northern railwaysaid in a statement.

General Manager ofNorthern and North CentralRailways Rajiv Chaudhry hadadvised to install an emergencyalarm system in each coachduring the inspection.

The first patient arrived atthe ShakurBasti railway stationon Wednesday. Indian Railwayshas converted its mobile coach-es as isolation centers, theNorthern Railway said in astatement, adding that thesecoaches considered as addi-tional health facilities have anadvantage as they can be movedanywhere in the countrythrough the rail network in ashort span of time.

“This attempt was done toprovide additional quarantinecenters during the ongoing glob-al health crisis of coronavirusCovid-19” he said.

The northern railways hadplaced 503 isolation coaches at

nine stations of Delhi area sinceJune 17 on the demand of theDelhi government, it said.

As per the agreementbetween the state governmentand Ministry of Railways,arrangement have been madesuch as providing basic infra-structure, cleaning and saniti-zation of platforms, providinghousekeeping materials, man-agement of bio-toilets, powerand electric supply arrange-ments, watering, communica-tion facilities, signage and mark-ing of different areas besides oth-ers, he added.

“The northern railways willalso provide catering servicesincluding three times meals aday and tea in the morning andevening. The Railway ProtectionForce (RPF) will provide secu-rity at the railway stationpremises and the platform areawhere the coaches are placed.Delhi Police will be in-charge ofthe security arrangements out-side and adjoining areas of thestation,” he said.

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Delhi Lieutenant GovernorAnil Baijal on Thursday

instructed Delhi Police to keepa strict vigil and increase its pres-ence in crime-prone areas fordeterrent measures to ensure acrime-free Delhi. The directionwas issued on Thursday in areview meeting on law and ordersituation in Delhi chaired byLieutenant Governor.

"Reviewed law and order sit-uation in Delhi. Directed DelhiPolice to increase presence incrime prone areas and use deter-rent measures to curb variousstreet crimes," he said in a tweet.

Baijal also instructed seniorpolice officers to maintain closecoordination with central agen-cies and neighbouring states inview of upcoming IndependenceDay.

“Instructed for keeping strictvigil at state borders and main-taining close coordination withcentral agencies & neighboringstates to prepare forIndependence Day. Delhi Policeto take steps to increase prose-cution and conviction rates toensure law and order,” he tweet-ed. In tweets, Baijal also toldPolice to take steps to increaseprosecution and conviction ratesto ensure law and order in thecapital which registered a suddenspike in street crimes after theopening of lockdown.

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The containment zones ofthe Gurugram district will

soon to be shut for around 2weeks a meeting in this regardwas held between the seniorofficials of the district admin-istration and the police depart-ment on Thursday.

However, sources claimthat the orders are expected onThursday evening or Fridaymorning under which the con-tainment zones are expected tobe locked down for about twoweeks to curb the COVIDtransmission.

Gurugram now has 108containment zones and anequal number of buffer zonesin the district which was

announced by the districtadministration.

The number of contain-ment zones in the district hasincreased to 108 from 98. Ofthese, 100 containment zoneshave been set up in Gurugramblock, 4 in Pataudi and 3 inSohna and one inFarrukhnagar. Thus a total of98 containment zones havebeen made in the district.

Sources said the districtadministration will makeefforts towards curbing trans-mission of the deadly virus dur-ing the partial lockdown andresidents of the area would beconfined to their areas andwork from home.

“As the district has receivedantigen-testing kit and screen-ing of the patients has already

been started. The positive caseswill be isolated and treated. Thecontacts will be quarantined.The district will follow a par-tial-lockdown wherein clus-ters and containments will be

locked down. It will help us tocurb transmission in the dis-trict and deal with the situationin hot spot locations. We mayreceive the final orders soon,”said a senior administration

official requesting anonymity.The officials further said

the district authorities isolatedpositive cases aggressively tostop the spread of infection inaddition to taking initiativeslike fever camps, doorstep ini-tiatives, screening and mobilevans.

Meanwhile, On Thursday,the district health departmentdetected 89 fresh Covid-19cases, taking the total to 4,851.Of this, 3,040 people haverecovered and one died. TheCovid-19 toll has reached 76 inthe district.

Gurugram now has 1,735active cases, including 1,190 in-home isolation. Remaining 396patients are admitted in private,government and Covid carecentres in the district.

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The Delhi Police is going allout to catch the first

timers with no previous crim-inal history. Within a shortspan of five months, the DelhiPolice while looking for pro-claimed offenders has man-aged to nab over 4,000 noviceaccused who didn't have pre-vious crime records.

Interestingly, these new-bies, between age group of 16to 25, indulged in heinous andstreet crimes, to earn quickand easy money for lavishstyle opted to go in the 'CrimeWorld'.

According to sources,around 4,000 men includingjuveniles were nabbed fortheir alleged involvements insnatching, robbery, theft andother heinous crimes from

Januray 1 to May 31 this year. "Most of these newbies

were nabbed from NationalCapital's South and OuterNorth districts. In south dis-trict, police have apprehend-ed around 750 of newbieswhile 800 were nabbed inOuter North district," saidthe sources.

According to a seniorpolice official, tracking thecriminals was a task for policeas in most of the cases theywere looking for offenderswho were recorded in theirbooks.

"In most of the cases theteams were busy searchingrecords of previously involvedcriminals but investigationsled to the arrest of criminalswith no previous crimerecord. There were delays insolving some cases as well,"

said the senior police official.He further revealed that

interrogation in cases revealedthat these criminals enteredthe world of crime in order tomake quick money or to havea lavish lifestyle. Several ofthem revealed that unem-ployment was also a reason forthem to indulge in crime.

"These criminals wereinvolved in all sorts of crimeincluding heinous as well. Butmost of them were booked forpetty crimes like snatching,robber y, possession ofcannabis, theft etc," he added.

Aditya Okhade, a socialactivist said that the lockdownhas played a major part inleading the criminals to takethese steps.

"Several have been leftunemployed while many tookit as an oppurtinity to makemoney. A sharp rise in crimeby the first time commiterswas noticed during thenationwide lockdown," saidOkhade.

"There is increase in first

time offenders recently couldbe due to unemployment anda wish to live lavish life andabove all uncertaint of future.The young want to aquirematerial possessions like elec-tronic gadgets and mobiles tosatisfy themselves instantly,"said Dr Arti Anand,Consultant clinical psycholo-gist, Sir Gangaram hospital.

According to Anil Mittal,the Additional Public RelationOfficer (APRO), Delhi Police,the police is running a YuvaScheme ( youth scheme) in its21 police stations across thecity, which aims at the youngboys and girls, who followingthe bad circumstances hadcommited crime and havefullfilled their legal proceed-ings, for generate employ-ment.

"In the scheme youths aretrained in various pro-grammes like hotel manage-ment, sweeing classes, hard-ware repaire work, basic com-muter training and hair dress-ing etc," said Mittal.

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From Page 1The acquisition was made

from a joint venture of CyientSolutions and Systems andIsraeli firm BlueBird AeroSystems in 2018. These droneshave the capability to operatein adverse weather conditionsand at a service ceiling of over10,000 metres (10 km) or30,000 feet and are capable ofgenerating real-time videofootage in all weather condi-tions.

According to reports lastmonth, Chinese Communistmouthpiece Global Timesreported that its newunmanned helicopter dronecould be deployed along theLAC.

The AR500C can take offat an elevation of 5,000 metresand has a service ceiling of6,700 metres and an enduranceof five hours with a maximumspeed of 170 km. The maxi-mum takeoff weight of theUAV is 500 kg, the reportclaimed. Service ceiling refersto the maximum height atwhich a system can operate.

From Page 1Along with the Union

Minister, BJP President J PNadda also levelled the samecharges at the Congress party ata virtual rally in MadhyaPradesh accusing RGF ofaccepting a donation of Rs 90lakh from China during 2005-06.

Nadda said he was sur-prised to see that theFoundation had accepted dona-tions from China which wereused to carry out studies andpromote free trade in India.

“I was surprised to see thatRajiv Gandhi Foundation hadreceived a donation of Rs 90lakh from People’s Republic ofChina and Chinese embassy.These donations were thenused to carry out studies and

promote free trade in the coun-try. There are many ways of cor-ruption and Congress partyshould explain what studieswere carried out using thesedonations,” Nadda said.

Prasad accused the RGF ofreceiving donations from theChinese embassy in India in2005-06. The donation wasincluded in the list of generaldonors, he said.

Congress president SoniaGandhi is the chairperson ofthe RGF and its board has DrManmohan Singh, RahulGandhi, P Chidambaram andPriyanka Gandhi.

“Did the then UPAGovernment take a bribe fromthe Chinese? Is it not true thatafter taking this donation, thefoundation recommended afree trade agreement withChina, which was heavily tilt-ed in favour of the Chinese,”

Prasad said.The Minister alleged that

the then UPA Government didnot mention this donation any-where in the Governmentrecords. “The Congress mustanswer that if they took moneyfrom the Chinese embassy,how this money was put touse?” he said.

Prasad said after receivingthe bribe the then Governmentallowed Chinse favourabletrade balance which wentagainst the interests of thecountry. He accused theCongress of quid pro quo andasked them to come clean onthe alleged donations.

BJP has also asked theCongress to clear air on theMoU it had with theCommunist Party of China(CCP) in 2008 in the presenceof Sonia and Rahul and its rela-tions with CCP.

From Page 1Mumbai’s Dharavi has reported

11 new cases, taking the total num-ber of cases in the densely populatedregion to 2,210. Also no new deathshave been reported for more than aweek in the largest slum of Asia. Oneof the major reasons behind sharpdecline in the number of cases is saidto be the Maharashtra Government’sRapid Action Plan under which thehealth officials conducted door-to-door screening of individuals in theslum. On the other hand, Dadar wit-nessed a spike in the number ofCovid-19 cases as 27 people testedpositive in a single day. Since the pastfew days, the area had seen 15 newcases daily on an average. A 53-year-old officer, posted as an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the MarineDrive police station succumbed toinfection.

Hair salons and gyms inMaharashtra will be allowed to reopenfrom June 28. According to State

Health Minister Rajesh Tope, the StateGovernment would conduct antigentests, which would provide results ofthe Covid-19 tests within an hour,unlike the current waiting period ofover 24 hours. The State Governmenthas also written to the Centre seek-ing postponement of the examina-tions of post-graduation studentspursuing medical courses in the wakeof the coronavirus outbreak.

Tamil Nadu reported 3,509 newvirus cases, the highest single dayincrease so far, and 45 fatalities tak-ing the infection count to 70,977 anddeath toll to 911. Former India crick-eter Robin Singh was fined Rs 500 andhis car impounded for allegedly vio-lating lockdown rules in Chennai.According to State Government’shealth bulletin, the new cases include1,834 from Chennai, which is also thehighest till date and the State capital’sshare was 47,650 in Tamil Nadu’s tallyof 70,977. A 31-year-old woman wasamong the dead and in total 42 hadco-morbidities and three none, it said.The number of active cases was30,064 while 2,236 patients were dis-

charged from various hospitals and intotal 39,999 people have got cured.

Delhi, is at the third spot in thecountry which reported 3,390 freshcases and 64 virus-related deaths inthe last 24 hours, taking the totalnumber of cases to 73,780 anddeaths to 2,429. In a meeting withDelhi Disaster ManagementAuthority (DDMA) meeting,Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijalhas decided that all cases which testpositive by rapid test for Covid-19antigen will be examined by MedicalOfficer on duty at testing site toassess the severity of illness. It alsodecided that only those coronaviruspatients who do not have adequatefacilities at home to ensure isolation,will have to be shifted to Covid-19care centres and other medical facil-ities.

Uttar Pradesh has reported 654new cases and 15 deaths in the last24 hours, taking the total tally ofcoronavirus cases to 19,557 includ-ing 6463 active cases. The totaldeath tolls jumped to 611. UttarPradesh’s eight districts -- Gautam

Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur,Bulandshahr, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar,Baghpat and Shamli districts--account for about one-third of theactive corona cases. Gautam BuddhNagar has a maximum of 654 activecases followed by Ghaziabad (501),Hapur (318), Meerut (248),Bulandshahr (226), Muzaffarnagar(87), Baghpat (77) and Shamli (55).Eight personnel in escort, guard, tele-phone duty of Joint PoliceCommissioner, Law and Order,Lucknow tested positive for Covid-19 after which the officer went inhome quarantine. Gujarat’s coronainfection tally jumps to 29,578 with577 new cases and fatality count risesby 18 new deaths to 1,754 in the last24 hours. With 238 new patientsdetected, cases in Ahmedabad rise to19,839, death toll in district rises to1,390 with 12 persons succumbing.

West Bengal reported 475 newcases and 15 deaths in a single day,taking the tally to 15,648. The totalfatalities now stand at 606. Haryanareported 453 fresh cases, taking thetally to 12,463.

From Page 1Central Board of Secondary

Education informed the SupremeCourt that they have decided tocancel the Class X and XII exam-inations scheduled from July 1-15due to the Covid-19 pandemic,and they would be conductedlater.

Solicitor General TusharMehtatold a Bench headed byJustice AM Khanwilkar that thescheme has been formulated toassess the performance of ClassXII students on the basis of theirperformance in last examinations.The top court was also informedthat the students will have the lib-erty to opt either for the exami-nations, to be conducted later, orgo with the assessment processbased on past performance.

CBSE exams were postponedon account of the coronaviruspandemic but parents of studentsappearing for the exam wanted theBoard to declare the CBSE 12thresult on the basis of exam alreadyconducted and to calculate it on anaverage basis with internal assess-ment marks of remaining subjects.The concerned parents and otherstakeholders said students mightbe exposed to Covid-19 infectionif they have to appear in theexaminations.

Earlier this month, DelhiDeputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia wrote to HRD MinisterRamesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, urg-ing him to cancel pending boardexams, citing the spike in Covid-19 cases and high number of con-tainment zones in the city. TheSupreme Court asked the Centreand the CBSE to issue fresh noti-fication in connection with ClassXII exams, clarifying the optionbetween internal assessment andexams later.

“Clarify the date of results,”said the Bench, noting that the

CBSE will have to submit a freshdraft notification cancelling ClassXII Board exams and affidavit onFriday morning, before the topcourt continues to hear the mat-ter again at 10.30 am. The apexcourt also sought clarity on thebeginning of the new academicyear.

It told Solicitor General TusharMehta, representing the Centre,that the CBSE is willing to conductexams when the situation is con-ducive, but this may vary fromstate to state. “Will the decision betaken by a Central authority or willthe state government take thedecision? How are you going todeal with that situation?”

Mehta replied that the decisionmust be taken according to the sit-uation. To this, the bench saidshould not the solution be pan-India?

“You have not said when youwill decide on this issue, andwhen you will take stock of thesethings. Some time frame will haveto be given,” noted the Bench.

Continuing its queries, theBench said, “What about Stateregional board exams... the CBSEdoes not hold all the exams. TheState Board is also there.” Mehtareplied that the instructions fromthe controller of examinations arethat exams are controlled central-ly. “State boards assist the CBSE,”he replied.

The Bench observed that theGovernment should modify thedraft notification and include thestate board issue. “Clear the standthat decision will be taken at thecentral level and not at the statelevel... other courses will have tobe delayed till CBSE exam resultscome out,” it said.

Mehta replied the assessmentresults will be published now, andif a student wants to opt to give theexam, then that will be conduct-ed later. The top court askedMehta to bring this on record andredraft the notification.

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“It was discussed that the twingoals to be achieved through effectivesurveillance system and home isolationare to ensure containment of localspread including in the family andcommunity and provision of timelymedical care in case medical conditionof the Covid positive person in homeisolation worsens,” a statement fromRaj Niwas read.

Sisodia, said the LG has agreed torevert to the old system where a teamled by the district surveillance officer(DSO) will visit the house of the Covidpositive patient to decide whetherhome isolation can be recommended.

“Only those COVID positive per-sons are allowed for home isolationwho have adequate facility at home tokeep them separate from family,” said

the Delhi Government, adding, “thiswould require physical verification bysurveillance teams. Similarly, for mon-itoring of medical condition of Covidpositive persons, trained profession-als are required to daily follow up withthe concerned individual.”

In SDMA meeting, it was decidedthat the patient shall be allowed homeisolation if, as per the assessment ofhome isolation team sent by theDistrict Surveillance Officer, thepatient is mild/presymptomatic/asymptomatic and has aresidence of two rooms or a separateroom and a separate toilet for thepatient. S/he will be provided a contactnumber for any consultation requiredby him along with details of CATSAmbulance call number for transfer tohospital in case symptoms develop.

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Karnal: The Haryana Governmentis not signing any new businesspact with Chinese firms andrecently cancelled tenders for twopower projects worth �750 crore inwhich they were the lowest bidders,Chief Minister M L Khattar said onThursday.

"As far as Haryana is con-cerned, no new agreement is beingsigned with Chinese companies,"said Khattar, when asked about theState Government's response to therising anti-China sentiments amidthe increasing Indo-China bordertensions.

Khattar said the StateGovernment will give priority toIndian companies.

Interacting with media personsafter holding a 'janata darbar' in hishome constituency here, Khattarsaid the State Government recent-ly cancelled its Power Department'stwo tenders worth �750 crore,which were likely to be allotted toChinese firms.

Notably, the Haryana govern-ment had on June 20 decided tofloat fresh tenders for installingpollution control units at two of itsthermal plants in the state.

Earlier, it had launched tendersfor the work, which also attractedbids from some Chinese compa-nies. The State Government earli-er this month scrapped the processof assigning the contract. PTI

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Till Thursday evening, Tamil Nadu has seen 70, 977persons testing positive for coronavirus, accord-

ing to a media release issued by the State Government.On Thursday alone, 3,509 persons (highest numbertill date since the first case of virus was detected in theState) were diagnosed with Covid-19 and the day alsosaw 45 patients succumbing to the pandemic. Thedeath toll in the State as on Thursday touched 911 mak-ing Tamil Nadu a land of death.

On a day even veteran physicians like Dr CVKrishnaswamy stood perplexed over the ever increas-ing numbers of patients and deaths refusing todivulge what they feel about the unabated pandemic,the only relief worth mentioning was the 2,236 patientswho were discharged from various hospitals, takingthe number of patients cured off this disease to 39,999.

Thursday also saw 30, 307 persons getting testedin 88 laboratories across the State taking the total num-ber of persons tested till date to 9.6 lakh.

Underscoring the fact that patients with comor-bidity (suffering from serious ailments like diabetesmellitus, hypertension, coronary problems, kidney dis-order) are at risk, 42 of the persons who breathed theirlast on Thursday had comorbidities.

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The Congress queered the Ladakh pitch fur-ther with party leader in Lok Sabha Adhir

Chowdhury on Thursday asking the BJPGovernment to push back the Chinese Armyfrom the Indian land that they had encroached.

The Congress leader who had a field expe-rience of tackling the CPI(M)’s ‘red brigade’ ofBengal, said instead of being “cowed down” bythe “Red Army” India should use its armoryto teach the Chinese a lesson. The large Indianarsenal was not for hatching eggs he said. “China is furtively and fervently encroach-ing our land in a steady manner, much to theperil of Indian security and territorial integri-ty. It is a catch-22 situation for us, but we can-not afford ourselves to be cowed down by thered army,” he tweeted.

The Chinese army “are to be repulsed backby whatever means, our arsenals are notmeant for hatching eggs, so strike back, driveback, force back the Chinese aggression, godwill be Indian in deciding the course of con-flict,” he added amid reports of further build-up at the Indo-China border.

Much like the two armies the Congress andthe BJP engaged each other following thealleged Chinese intrusion which however wasdenied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Border tensions and subsequent brawlclaimed 20 Indian soldiers on June 15 while theChinese side lost about 45 fighters.

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While the BJP is building upa political atmosphere

against the Trinamool Congressahead of the next year’sAssembly elections by taking onthe Mamata BanerjeeGovernment on a number ofissues — from corruption to lawand order situation to nepotismand poor handling of the coro-na situation — the Bengal rul-ing outfit on Thursday built upa counterattack holding theNarendra Modi Governmentresponsible for the rising petrol-prices at a time when the coun-try is passing through one of itsworse economic slowdowns.

Attacking the BJP for doingbusiness with petroleum priceswhen the people of the countrywere languishing TMC ideo-logue and Legislator ArupChakrabarty said “due to thepoor and unplanned handling ofthe corona situation the CentralGovernment has suffered a huge

loss in its revenue… as thecentral exchequer has almost

gone dry they are using petro-leum to make up for the losswhich is why the oil prices arerising steeply despite the fact thatworld over the petro-prices havegone down.”

Attacking the BJP for “fail-ing to fulfill all its promises frombrining back black money fromabroad and putting them in thecitizens’ accounts and providing2 crore jobs yearly” Chakrabartysaid “this is the same party thathad said that it would pulldown the dollar-rupee ratio sothat our currency would costbelow �50 per US dollar… butinreality today one dollar makes�75.50”.Calling the BJPGovernment “thoroughly anti-people” he further said “whenManmohan Singh Governmentleft in 2014 petrol sold for Rs 56--- though one barrel crudecosts $ 71.32 in the internationalmarket --- and today it sells forRs 76.45 --- when the same onebarrel costs $ 42.79.”

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Two Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists were neu-tralised by the joint teams of security forces in vil-

lage Hardshiva of Sopore while another encounter waslaunched in Tral area of Awantipora late Thursday evening.In a related development, another terror module linkedto proscribed terror outfit LeT was busted by theBudgam police with the arrest of five terrorist associates.

According to a police spokesman, the operations werelaunched on the basis of specific intelligence input aboutthe presence of terrorists in the area. So far, 121 terror-ists have been eliminated by the security forces in dif-ferent anti terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmirsince January 2020. According to a police spokesman,jawans of 22RR, 179Bn CRPF and JKP were participat-ing in the operations.

The hiding terrorists were given an opportunity tosurrender before the security forces but instead of pay-ing heed to these appeals they fired indiscriminately uponthe joint search party, which was retaliated leading to anencounter. “In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists werekilled and their bodies were retrieved from the site ofencounter. The identification and affiliation of the killedterrorists is being ascertained. However, as per crediblesources the killed terrorists belonged to proscribed LeTterrorist outfit”, police spokesman said.

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There was no respite in Kerala’stryst with the high number of

coronavirus cases even on Thursdayas the State tested more than 100covid-19 cases successively for theseventh day. According to ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan whobriefed the media, the State diag-nosed 123 persons with coronaviruson Thursday.

The Chief Minister said thehike in the coronavirus cases wasdue to expatriates and personsfrom other parts of the country whoreturned to Kerala. Out of the 123persons tested positive onThursday, 84 were those whoreturned to the State from abroadwhile 33 were from other parts ofthe country.

344 persons were hospitalizedacross the State on Thursday while1.59 lakh were under observation.“Till date we have diagnosed 3,726persons with covid-19 while as onThursday, 1,761 persons were undertreatment for the pandemic,” saidthe chief minister. Vijayan said thestringent quarantine protocolsbeing followed by his governmenthas helped the community trans-mission of the covid-19 pandemicfrom 93 per cent of the expatriates.

Patna: At least 83 people werekilled by lightning in variousdistricts of Bihar, and 24 inUttar Pradesh while many peo-ple were reported to be injuredas heavy rain and thunder-storms lashed several areas ofnorth India on Thursday, aGovernment official said.

Out of the 83 dead inBihar, 13 people were killed inGopalganj district alone.

According to reports, 8people were killed inMadhubani and Nawada dis-trict each, six each in Bhagalpurand Siwan, and five each inBanka, Darbhanga and EastChamparan districts.

Apart from this, three per-sons were killed by lightning inKhagaria and Aurangabad dis-tricts each, two each inJehanabad, Kishanganj, WestChamparan, Jamui, Purnia,Supaul, Kaimur and Buxar andone each died in Saran,Shivhar, Samastipur,

Madhepura and Sitamarhi,according to officials.

Gopalganj DistrictCollector Arshad Aziz toldIANS that according to infor-mation received so far, 12 to 13people have died in lightningstrikes in the district. Heappealed to the people toremain indoors during the rainand not to stand under trees ifoutside.

Most of the people whodied were working in the fields.

The injured have beenadmitted in hospitals.

Heavy rain with thunder-storms and lightning has lashedvarious parts of Bihar evenbefore the onset of the mon-soon in the state.

Meanwhile, in UttarPradesh, in the midst of theongoing coronavirus crisis, 24people died in lightning strikesin the state amid heavy rain andthunderstorm. Out of them,nine died in Deoria districtalone. IANS

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In the last one month, the UnionTerritory of Jammu & Kashmir has

added 4,881 fresh cases of coronaviruswhile 67 deaths were reported during thesame period. Significantly, the recoveryrate of coronavirus patients haveincreased from 48 per cent to 60 per centduring the same period in the region.

According to the media bulletin,127 new patients of coronavirus weredetected in Jammu & Kashmir onThursday while two more deaths werereported, one each from Jammu &Kashmir divisions.

According to the media bulletin,between May 25 to June 25, 198257 testswere conducted across different labo-ratories in Jammu and Kashmir.

A total number of 1668 cases ofcoronavirus were there on May 25. Outof this 836 were active positive and 809had recovered while a total number of23 deaths were reported, three fromJammu division and 20 from Kashmirdivision.

In one month, the total number ofcoronavirus cases recorded a huge jumpof 4881 cases, taking the tally of posi-tive cases to 6549 while 90 deaths havebeen reported, 11 from Jammu divisionand 79 from Kashmir division.

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The CBI on Thursday filed acharge sheet against Yes

Bank’s founder Rana Kapoor,M/s Dewan Housing FinanceLtd, its promoters Kapil RajeshWadhawan, Dheeraj Rajesh Wadhawan and M/sDOIT Urban Ventures (India)Pvt. Ltd (DUVIPL), its pro-moter Ms. Roshni Kapoor andothers in the in the �3,700-crore Yes Bank fraudcase.

The others named in thecharge sheet filed in Special CBICity sessions court were M//sBelief Realtors Pvt. Ltd; M/sRKW Developers Pvt. Ltd. TheCBI filed the charge sheet in connectionwith a case of cheating andcriminal conspiracy registered onMarch 7 this year against Kapoorand his family members forallegedly colluding with DHFL’spromoter Kapil Wadhwan andhis family members.

The CBI has in all booked12 accused includingPromoter/Director of M/s YesBank Limited, Mumbai basedprivate companies and otherDirectors of private companiesand unknown others undersections 120 of IPC (conspira-cy) and sections 7,12 and 13(2)r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988and substantive offences on theallegations of fraud against YesBank.

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Come June 28, salons willreopen across Maharashtra

with some restrictions andguidelines in place. However, itwill take some more timebefore the State Governmentdecides to allow reopening of“Beauty Parlours”

For the time being, thesaloons will limit themselves tocutting hair.

The barbers have not beenpermitted to the shave beardsof their clients yet. Similarly, nodecision has yet been taken toreopen “beauty parlours” Adecision to reopen the salonswas taken at a State Cabinetmeeting held here on Thursday.

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In an effort to push tourism in coastalareas of Maharashtra, the State

Government on Thursday decided toallow setting up of eco-friendly shacksin eight beaches in Konkan region.

An initiative of Tourism MinisterAditya Thackeray, the beach shack pro-ject is being undertaken as a pilot pro-ject. Initially, the State Government willallow the setting up of shacks inGuhagar and Aaravare beaches ofRatnagiri district, Kunkeshwar andTarkarli in Sindhudurg district,Varsoliand Diveaghar in Raigad district andKewla and Bordi in Palghjar districts.

The decision to allow setting up ofeco-friendly shacks in eight beaches inthe Konkan region was taken at theState Cabinet meeting held here in theafternoon.

“Today I’m thankful to my cabinetcolleagues for passing two key policiesfor tourism development inMaharashtra. 1) Beach Shacks: 8 beach-es in Maharashtra have been approvedfor eco friendly Beach Shacks. This willbe a major tourist facility. 80% employ-ment to locals is a must,” an elatedAditya tweeted in the evening.

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Maharashtra appeared to be still not out of thewoods on Thursday, as it witnessed 192 more

deaths and it registered a record daily tally of 4,841infected cases.

Out of the total deaths reported during the day,109 deaths occurred in the last 48 hours and rest 83are from the previous period. With the fresh fatali-ties, the total number of deaths went up to 6931 inthe state In a major spike in the infections, as manyas 4841 people tested positive for Covid, taking thetotal number of infected cases in the state to 1,47,741.

Of the 83 deaths that took place earlier, Mumbaiaccounted for 40 deaths, while there were 31 deathsin Thane district and Municipal Corporations inThane district, 4 deaths each in Palghar and Solapurand one death each in Malegaon, Yavatmal, Jalgaonand in Pune.

“These 83 deaths have been shown in the pro-gressive figures instead of showing in daily figures. Thisreport is prepared based on figures provided by theauthorized laboratories on Central Government’sCovid-19 Portal. Because the laboratory reportscrutiny and the availability of figures accordingly isan ongoing process, state cumulative numbers are sub-ject to change,” a state health bulletin said.

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Senior BJP leaders slammedthe Congress on the 45th

anniversary of Emergency onThursday, alleging that theinterests of “one family” pre-vailed over those of the partyand the country.

BJP president JP Naddaalso joined other BJP leadersand union ministers includingRavishankar Prasad and PiyushGoyal, in condemning emer-gency and suspension of civilrights to “ save the power ofone person”.

Nadda tweeted “Indiasalutes all the dignitaries who,despite enduring torture, fierce-ly opposed the Emergency. Itwas the tenacity of our satya-grahis that India's democraticvalues successfully won over atotalitarian mindset.”

Union Home Minister andformer BJP President Amit

Shah criticised former PrimeMinister Indira Gandhi sayingone family’s “greed for power”led to the imposition ofEmergency 45 years ago andthe country was “turned into aprison.”

In a series of tweets, he saidfreedom was “trampled over”and “atrocities were committedon the poor and downtrodden.”

“On this day, 45 years agoone family’s greed for power ledto the imposition of the

Emergency. Overnight thenation was turned into aprison. The press, courts, freespeech…all were trampledover. Atrocities were commit-ted on the poor and down-trodden,” Amit Shah tweeted.

The Home Minister fur-ther stated that the Emergencywas lifted due to the efforts oflakhs of people and democra-cy was restored in India but itremained absent in theCongress.

“The interests of one fam-ily prevailed over party interestsand national interests. Thissorry state of affairs thrives intoday’s Congress too!” Shahsaid.

In another tweet, the UnionHome Minister asked theCongress to question itself on

why the Emergency mindsetstill remains and why leaderswho don’t belong to the firstdynasty are unable to speak up.

Taking a swipe at Congressleader Rahul Gandhi, Shah said“During the recent CWC(Congress WorkingCommittee) meet, senior mem-

bers and younger membersraised a few issues. But, theywere shouted down.

A party spokesperson wasunceremoniously sacked. Thesad truth is — leaders are feel-ing suffocated inCongress.”

“As one of India’s opposi-

tion parties, Congress needs toask itself: Why does theEmergency mindset remain?Why are leaders who don’tbelong to one dynasty unable tospeak up? Why are leaders get-ting frustrated in Congress?Else, their disconnect with peo-ple will keep widening,” Shah

added.Prasad said emergency was

imposed to save the post of thethen Prime Minister IndiraGandhi who was disqualified bya court judgment. He said civilrights were suspended and“even media was notspared”.

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The Congress on Thursdayhit back at Union Home

Minister Amit Shah over hisattack on the 45th anniver-sary of the Emergency askingwhy the BJP-led Centre thatruns a “majoritarian rule” isdescribed as a “Governmentof two people”.

Congress ' chief

spokesperson RandeepSurjewala said the country’sruling party needs to answerwhy horse trading and massdefections capture its onlylegacy.

“As India’s ruling party,BJP needs to answer: Why isits majoritar ian ruledescribed as Govt of 2 peopleonly and all others as mereside kicks,” he asked on

Twitter.“Why is horse trading,

mass defections and institu-ition capture its only legacy?Why is it obsessed in its vilehatred of Nehru-Gandhi’s(sic),” Surjewala asked.

Congress leader PawanKhera said an “undeclaredEmergency” has beenimposed in the country underPrime Minister Narendra

Modi.“In the last six years,the way the Prime Ministerhas tried to weaken democ-racy and destroy democraticinstitutions, an undeclaredEmergency has been imposedin the country,” he said at apress conference, adding thatthis is dangerous for ademocracy.

Senior BJP leadersslammed the Congress on

the 45th anniversary ofEmergency on Thursday,alleging that the interests of“one family” prevailed overthose of the party and thecountry.

Shah alleged that the“Emergency mindset” stillprevailed in the Congressand that the “sad truth” wasthat leaders were feeling suf-focated in the party.

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As India witnessed the high-est spike of almost 17,000

fresh Covid cases in the past 24hours, the Centre has rushed ateam led by its Joint SecretaryLav Agarwal, to Gujarat,Maharashtra and Telangana tostrengthen Covid-19 manage-ment efforts in these States.

The team will be in thethree States between June 26and 29 to coordinate with theState officials and review themeasures undertaken by thestates for containment of novelcoronavirus, which has so farinfected a total of 4,73,105people across the country.

Maharashtra has reportedthe highest number of cases at1,42,900, Gujarat 28,943 whileTelangana has so far reported10,331 cases, according toHealth Ministry data.

The decision was takenwhen India on Thursday wit-nessed highest spike of almost

17,000 fresh Covid cases in thepast 24 hours, withMaharashtra, Delhi and TamilNadu contributing more than62 per cent, while the overallfatalities rose to 14,894.

According to the HealthMinistry data, 418 new deathswere reported in the last 24hours.

The Ministry, meanwhile,said the recovery rate is 57.43per cent amongst Covid-19patients and a total of 13,012patients have been cured dur-ing the last 24 hours, Thus, sofar, a total of 2,71,696 patientshave been cured.

The ministry also saidthere are 33.39 cases in Indiafor every one lakh population,against the global average of120.21 cases per lakh.

Also, the number of deathsin the country is currentlyamongst the lowest in theworld with 1.06 deaths per lakhagainst the world average of6.24 deaths per lakh.

Following efforts to rampup facilities across the nation,

there are in total 1,007 diag-nostic labs, of which 734 are in

the Government sector and 273private.

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Disruptions to health ser-vices, and delays in diag-

nosis and treatment due toCovid-19 pandemic may leadto 95,000 additional tubercu-losis (TB) related deaths inIndia over the next five years,according to a study publishedon Wednesday.

The modelling study, pub-lished in the EuropeanRespiratory Journal, foundthat the COVID-19 pandem-ic could significantly increasethe global burden of TB.

It estimates at least

110,000 additional deathsfrom TB in India, China, andSouth Africa unless healthservices are maintained andstrengthened.

The researchers from theLondon School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)and Lancaster University inthe UK noted that beforeCOVID-19 outbreak, over4,000 people were dying fromTB every day.

They estimated addition-al TB deaths and cases inChina, India and South Africaover the next five years byexamining the impact of var-

ious reductions in social con-tacts and on health servicesdue to COVID-19.

Though they, hypothe-sised that social distancingmight reduce TB incidence asMycobacterium tuberculosis,the bacteria which causes thedisease, is transmitted viadroplets in the air - similar tothe coronavirus, theresearchers said that evenafter taking into account thispotential reduced TB trans-mission, the most likely sce-nario was estimated to resultin more than 110,000 addi-tional TB deaths.

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Ever since independence,India’s stated objective inthe South Asian region hasbeen to pursue friendlyrelations with its immedi-

ate neighbours. An official foreignpolicy planning document pub-lished by the Congress regime inearly 1992 states that India respectsthe territorial integrity of its neigh-bours and intends to work formutual cooperation on a bilateralbasis. Our attempts to build a solidand constructive relationship withneighbouring nations have been suc-cessful. India shares land and mar-itime boundaries with nine coun-tries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China,Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistanand Sri Lanka and Afghanistanfrom Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK). In particular, Pakistan andChina have come to challenge India’ssovereignty on a regular basis. Thetraditional friction between Indiaand Pakistan in my estimation is theprincipal threat to regional stabili-ty in South Asia. Mutual distrust andlingering hostility have provokedfour wars between the two countriessince 1947. However, India holdssuperiority in military strength in theforeseeable future. A major stum-bling block to long-term improve-ment in relations with Pakistan is itsinfiltration into Kashmir and regu-lar proxy wars here in cohorts withvarious terrorist organisations.

On the other hand, for India,China, too, has been a long-termthreat. Our security concerns withit begins at the Himalayas and ourforces have steadfastly resisted allattempts of invasion by the People’sLiberation Army (PLA). In recenttimes, China appears to be less inter-ested in resolving boundary issuesand has instead become moreassertive about claiming variousregions of Ladakh and the North-east. First came an attempted inroadinto Doklam and more recently theface-off at the Galwan Valley. Allsuch skirmishes have necessitated arelook at India’s Tibet policy. In par-ticular, two unilateral concessionshave been made: First, we support-ed the One-China policy. And sec-ond, we accepted China’s sovereign-ty over Tibet. However, during theBritish era, Tibet was an indepen-dent nation and the BritishGovernment was the guarantor of itsindependence from China. Therights India retained in Tibet underthe Simla Convention of 1914 wereadequate for us to insist upon themaintenance of its autonomy. Britainpreserved all these rights in Tibet asan autonomous region was vital forBritish India’s safety and security.However, in 1954, Nehru conceded

Tibet to China to “maintainregional stability.”

The Indo-Bhutan Treaty ofPeace and Friendship of 1949 andthe 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty ofPeace and Friendship were signedin continuation with similarpacts issued by British India. The1816 Treaty of Sugauli withNepal, the Treaty of Punakha in1910 with Bhutan and the Simlapact of 1914 with Tibet contin-ued after India’s independenceand it was former Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru’s duty touphold the listed treaties. Thus,Nehru’s decision to forego Tibet’ssovereignty and boost China’simperialistic mindset was illegal.

On multiple accounts, Indiafollowed the “Panchsheel” prin-ciples, an agreement solelyresponsible for bringing instabil-ity to South Asia and the growthof China’s imperialistic mindset.The two mistakes Nehru com-mitted in violation of thePanchsheel Agreement were:First, in 1954, he supportedChina’s claim to Tibet and theAksai Chin to “maintain region-al stability.” Second, in 1955, in anattempt to befriend the USSR,Nehru supported its claim overHungary at the UN.

These two decisions havehad drastic effects on India’s for-eign policy, its relations withother countries and its ability tomaintain sovereignty. WhenChina attacked India in 1962, theUSSR did not come to India’s aidas Nehru had expected. Thisbecause China was a communist

state. The rest of the world did nothelp India since it had support-ed the USSR at the UN againstNATO and its allies.

China followed a three-pronged approach to destabilisethe region in the early 1950s.

Economically: China is thebiggest trading partner for anumber of neighbouring coun-tries. This helps it gain politicalleadership in the South-Asianregion. This is evident from theway it deals with Pakistan, SriLanka, Myanmar, Nepal andAfghanistan. All these nationshave been provided with fundsworth billions of dollars for thecompletion of key projects, to set-tle border disputes and use theirsovereign land for China’s mili-tary outreach.

Militaristically: Chinainvaded Tibet in the 1950s andhas unsuccessfully attempted asimilar approach with India andBhutan during the past half-cen-tury or so. It has mocked the mar-itime sovereignty of other coun-tries by expanding its borders inthe South China Sea and restrict-ing the ability of countries likeJapan, Taiwan, Philippines andVietnam to conduct trade.

Intimidation: Chinaattempts to resolve border issuesonly when it feels insecure. Thedemarcation of the borderbetween Russia and China start-ed after an agreement in 2004and the projects were completedin 2009 after war-like threats.Likewise, China and Vietnamcompleted demarcation of their

border in 2009 in a similar fash-ion.

It is time that India supportsTibet’s claim of being an indepen-dent nation. Since China has notbeen acting in accordance withthe international treaties signedby it (the Chinese agreed to grantHong Kong autonomy till 2047),why should India act in accor-dance with any bilateral agree-ment it has with China? India canpropose a Himalayan economiczone comprising Tibet, Xinjiang,Nepal, Bhutan and the IndianHimalayan regions. CommonBuddhist heritage should be afactor in the creation of this eco-nomic zone. India can encouragetourism to Buddhist sites inIndia and build closer defencerelations with Japan, Myanmarand Vietnam. Our plannersshould increase defence opera-tions in Arunachal Pradesh,Ladakh, Sikkim and the jointAndaman and Nicobar as adeterrent to the Chinese movesin the Himalayas and Bay ofBengal in retaliation to India’snoble efforts.

The pace of socio-econom-ic activities in South Asia willaccelerate if India becomes a keyfactor of this change. The otherproblem in the region is uncon-trolled population growth. Thepopulation of South Asia is set toincrease from about 1.8 billion toover 2.5 billion by 2050. This willcause tremendous stress on thealready stretched resources andcreate highly concentrated areas,incapable of sustaining human

populations. This will alsoundoubtedly lead to mass starva-tion and inhuman living condi-tions. We should accelerate theprocess of economic cooperationand involve other nations inregional integration projects. Inthe light of these changes, India’sforeign policy would face sever-al challenges and would requirea broader approach.

Domestic factors willincreasingly influence foreignpolicy and Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is aware of this.He is attempting to protect theinterests of the people in India’sbordering nations. He has notonly been hearing and under-standing people’s issues but hasalso addressed them. Terrorism,organised crime, human traffick-ing, cybersecurity and Weaponsof Mass Destruction proliferationcontinue to pose challenges toIndian security. Dealing withsuch challenges requires an effec-tive counter-terrorism policy. Aforward-looking approach oncooperation with neighbours tomanage the borders, cybersecu-rity, science and technology, agri-culture, education, culture andcapacity-building is needed. Thiswill meet the challenges of terror-ism and of non-traditional secu-rity.

On various fora, India hascreated committees dedicated toresolving issues regarding nation-al security and regional peace.South Asia cannot remainimmune to the developments inthe extended neighbourhoodand the world in general. Thus,our neighbourhood policy isbound to be affected by develop-ments elsewhere. It is vital thatIndia connects with the Gulf,Central Asia, South-East Asia,and the Indian Ocean islands toensure that its neighbourhoodpolicy remains unaffected.

If India is able to createregional stability in the regionand raise the demand of Tibet’sindependence in accordancewith the Simla Pact, especiallywhen resentment against Chinahas increased owing to theCOVID-19, it will be able tomuster the support of Westernand South-East Asian powersalike in its attempt to abolishChina’s imperialist mindset. Inthe coming years, China will alsofind itself in the midst of an eco-nomic crisis due to numerousbusinesses shifting to either Indiaor other South Asian nations. Atwo-pronged approach will forceChina to resolve border dis-putes with India. In the game ofcricket, there is a saying, offenceis the best defence. India shouldinitiate the offensive againstChina for its territorial defenceand for stability in South Asia.

(The writer is a BJP leaderand Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Views expressed arepersonal.)

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Sir — In India, the nationalistchorus is “boycott China” whilein America, it is “boycottIndians” via the temporary sus-pension of the H-1B visas. USPresident Donald Trump hasexercised his sovereign right toscrap work visas to saveAmerican jobs. During the2016 presidential polls, he hadpromised a manufacturingrenaissance that would bringback millions of jobs toAmericans. As the next roundof election is knocking at thedoor, it appears that all suchpromises were nothing butrhetoric. With a second term atstake for Trump, economistsand industry representativessay the President has a mixedrecord on job creation that fallswell short of his promises.

By putting a stay on H1-Bvisas, the Trump administrationbelieves it can open up employ-ment opportunities forAmericans in an economy thathas reported record job losses.Trump has made it clear that hesees restricting immigration asa key poll plank; it is likely thatas the election draws closer, theworld will see further action on

the issue. Considering this,Aatmanirbhar Bharat is not justPrime Minister Narendra Modi’srhetoric but the need of the hour.

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Sir — In an election year, USPresident Donald Trump hasunleashed a brahmastra from his

executive powers by suspendingH-1B and other work visas untilDecember. Trump is obviouslyappealing to a domestic con-stituency facing job losses dur-ing the pandemic by pointing

fingers at the immigrants. Thesuspension until December willhave limited impact on Indian ITcompanies given travel restric-tions that are in place. Moreover,the paradigm shift to work fromhome has accelerated offshoringprocesses aided by cloud ser-vices. The hit will be takenlargely by the US technologyindustry and international stu-dents hoping to stay on aftergraduation.

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Sir — A Bill has been intro-duced in the US Congress toconsider Tibet as an indepen-dent country, just like they didfor Hong Kong. The worldorder has changed. Beforeannouncing Tibet as an inde-pendent country, India musteither match the economicequation with China or engagein a military pact with ASEANor NATO. NAM has lived itslife. It is time to bid it farewell.

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Symmetric to global trends, urbanisation inIndia has spread rapidly. This has led to thereordering of the urban periphery through

complex processes of displacement of the cen-tral population to the margins and the creationof new functional nodes away from the tradi-tional core. Adaptation to such realities came toa grinding halt when the pandemic hit the coun-try. As has been evident, people of urban India— especially those living in slums and peri-urbanareas — are more vulnerable to the rapidspread of COVID-19. This has brought to thefore the importance of the ways in which citygovernments are working to combat the spreadof the virus. There is no denying that the inter-related dimensions of mobility and demo-graphic change, infrastructure and governanceinfluence the preparedness of urban India in out-break management, right from disease preven-tion to mitigation and possible responses.

The dynamics of demography in the citiesand COVID-19: High population densities incities are major factors influencing the spreadof disease. According to the Census 2011, Indiaexperienced a 37.14 per cent decadal growth inthe number of slum households with 104 mil-lion people living in ghettoes in 2013, as per thedata of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA). Almost two-thirds of statutorytowns in India have slums.

An overwhelming majority of the familiesliving in the densely-populated areas of slumsand peri-urban areas are migrant workers whoare engaged in urban informal activities char-acterised by low wages, severe competition, ten-uous job security with the need to travel dailyto the city core to earn their livelihoods. Lackof work opportunities during the lockdownforced many of them to return to their villages.Such mobility patterns, owing to myriad socialand political economic factors, bear the risk ofspread of contagious diseases to the peripheries.

This points to the fact that infrastructuredevelopment for the benefit of this section of theurban population has not been adequate. A vastmajority of the urban population, living in slumsand peri-urban areas, lacks access to basic urbanservices, including water, electricity, sanitation,solid waste management and housing facilities.As per the estimates of the Technical Group onUrban Housing Shortages (2012-17) housingshortages are projected to increase to 34 millionby 2022. According to the 2012 National SampleSurvey (NSS), slums are incredibly packedspaces where three-fourths of India’s slum ten-ements are cramped within two hectares.

In such a situation, an outbreak ofCoronavirus in places with unsafe and precar-ious living conditions, where even the basic pre-ventive measures like social distancing and fre-quent hand-washing are impossible to achieve,could easily turn into a grave public health emer-gency. Indeed, the outbreak of contagious dis-eases is less of a “natural” disaster but emergesalongside social and spatial inequalities inhousing and access to basic services.

Governance deficits: The deplorable stateof urban services is typically attributed to poorfinancial health and lack of planning, which inturn are linked to weak institutional capacitiesand the absence of effective governance struc-tures in Indian cities. The 74th ConstitutionalAmendment Act (1993) promised to improve the

delivery of basic services by devolvingresources and decision-making powersto local governments. Political empow-erment is weakened by infrequentelections of Urban Local Bodies (UBL)and most States rest the executiveauthority of city governments on theState-appointed Commissioner, withthe Mayor and city Councillors havingvery little authority over management,let alone on emergencies like COVIDat the city level.

Although, city governments areexpected to have complete authority tocarry out functions, including watersupply, sanitation, solid waste manage-ment, public health and slum improve-ment, yet the actual devolution ofresponsibility to the municipalities,even after 25 years of decentralisation,can at best be described as partial.

State Governments control keyhealthcare infrastructure such as hos-pitals, clinics and primary healthcarecentres and even these institutionslack human resources, including med-ical officers and skilled staff.Overlapping institutional roles andresponsibilities raise questions as towho should deliver urban basic servicesand the problems become far severe incase of managing and preventingpotential outbreaks. This is very evidentin the recent war of words between theDelhi Government and municipal bod-ies over inadequate beds in hospitals forthe treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Capacity constraints: Infirm finan-cial health of the ULBs has a regressiveimpact on their capacity to providebasic services. Assignment of financesis completely left to the discretion of theState Governments and ULBs can levyand collect only those taxes that arespecified by the States. Municipalfinances are in a grossly unsatisfacto-ry state as they collect far less revenue

than what is necessary to cover even thecost of providing urban basic services,let alone tackling any health emergen-cies. Lack of adequate skilled staff at theULB level is another major drawbackas there is far less emphasis on the insti-tutional capacity of the local govern-ment. Appropriate institutional capac-ity enables ULBs to make policy deci-sions and implement them, in the man-ner they want, to produce the outcomesthey desire.

The way forward: In essence, spa-tial and structural characteristics ofurban India indicate that cities, espe-cially slums and the suburbs, are like-ly to remain hotspots for diseases likeCOVID-19 in the coming months. Anability to monitor rural, urban andinter-urban migration will be crucial tomitigate the spread of thisdisease.Therefore, it would be useful toplan and implement a slew of short-term measures, including aggressiveand affordable testing, tracing andquarantining of infected people, provi-sion of door-to-door drinking waterand mobile toilet facilities in densely-populated slum and peri-urban areas.

This pandemic provides an oppor-tunity for genuinely empowering ULBsthat should not go to waste. Cities withwell-functioning governance and healthinfrastructure are better placed tomanage pandemics and excess mortal-ity than those that do not. In otherwords, the governance conundrumalong with poor planning and weakhealthcare systems can undermine theefforts to combat the pandemic andbuild upon the confusion, fear andpanic.

Interestingly, in November 2019,the Global Parliament of Mayors metin Durban and the members commit-ted to develop regional and local net-works to advance the dissemination of

trusted public health information.They also pledged to promote informa-tion sharing and communication mea-sures in and between cities to preventand reduce the international spread ofinfectious diseases.

In the medium and long-term, it ispertinent to identify the lacunae in cityplanning and the underlying socio-eco-nomic determinants of public healthand resilient cities. This would help tostreamline resource flows to vulnera-ble areas more effectively. It is equallyimportant to create a city-level pandem-ic preparedness index, using details ofa ward/locality/neighbourhood-wisevulnerable population and hospital-wise beds and ICU capacities. It willserve as an evaluation tool (similar tothe Rapid Urban Health SecurityAssessment Tool developed byGeorgetown University) to assess city-level public health preparedness andresponse capacities.

It is important to support the citygovernments to prioritise, strengthenand deploy strategies that promoteurban well-being and health security.This pandemic provides a rare oppor-tunity to work in tandem with the ULBsand genuinely empower them to dis-charge their functions.

Building municipal capacity toprepare action plans in advance for bet-ter preparedness on the ground, pro-viding emergency response trainingand improving coordination with otherkey departments, like the NationalDisaster Response Force, should featurein any national urban policy frameworkand has to be necessarily embedded inthe cities of a ‘New India.’

(Chattopadhyay is an AssociateProfessor of Economics at Visva BharatiUniversity, Shanti Niketan and a VisitingSenior Fellow at IMPRI and Mehta isCEO and Editorial Director, IMPRI)

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Last week, the US imposed newsanctions on Syria. This is partof a “sustained campaign of

economic and political pressure” toend the nine-year war by forcingPresident Bashar al-Assad to UN-bro-kered peace talks where he wouldnegotiate his departure from power.Assad’s wife was already cross aboutnot being able to shop at Harrods orBergdorf Goodman, so he shouldcrumble any day now.

Other things are crumblingalready. Ordinary people’s incomesare collapsing (down by three-quar-ters since the beginning of the year).

The price of food in Syria has dou-bled. Lebanon next-door, already ina financial meltdown, is now seeingits large trade with Syria vanish aswell. Even those Syrians who supportthe regime — around a third of thepeople who have not fled the coun-try — will have a much harder time,but they won’t desert the regime.

The more prosperous onesdepend on Assad’s regime for theirincome and the poorer ones aremostly minorities who fear they willbe slaughtered if the jihadis win.

The US decision to raise the pres-sure on Assad is probably a randomby-product of President DonaldTrump’s obsessive campaign againstIran (which has been helping theSyrian regime stay afloat). If Trumpeven knows that the remaining rebelgroups in Syria are by now all led byfanatical Islamists linked to the al-Qaeda, the group that organised the9/11 terrorist attacks on the TwinTowers, he doesn’t care.

The Syrian tragedy is mainly dueto endless foreign interventions. TheSyrians, who called for an end toAssad’s regime in the ‘Arab Spring’ of2011, were just like the young menand women who started demandingthe fall of Egyptian dictator HosniMubarak at the same time. They wereboth genuinely popular movements,not fronts for jihadis.

The Egyptian protesters won,there was a free election and then thearmy struck back in 2013, slaughteredseveral thousand people in the streetsof Cairo and put General AbdelFatah el-Sisi in power, where heremains to this day. Egypt is at peace,although hundreds more have prob-ably died in Sisi’s prisons since thenand thousands have been tortured.

The Syrian protesters didn’t getthat far. They were driven from thestreets — but then various foreignpowers started organising the rebelsand giving them arms. The war haslasted another eight years and some-

where between 4,00,000-7,00,000Syrians have been killed. Five millionSyrians have fled abroad and anoth-er five million are displaced withinSyria.

So here’s the question: Would youprefer Egypt’s fate or Syria’s? Bothcountries are still tyrannies but oneis literally in ruins, with half the pop-ulation out of their homes, and theother had a few thousand deaths. It’sa no-brainer, isn’t it?

The Syrian power struggle wouldprobably have ended in an Assad vic-tory around the same time thatGeneral Sisi took over in Egypt if theUS, Turkey and Saudi Arabia hadn’tbegun sending the Syrian rebels armsand money. The US motives weremixed but the Turks and the Saudis,both led by different kinds of militantMuslims, just saw an opportunity toreplace a secular regime with a hard-line Islamist one. They would prob-ably have succeeded if Russia had notintervened to save Assad in 2015 and

Syria would probably be dividedtoday between al-Qaeda and theIslamic State. The groups linked to al-Qaeda absorbed or destroyed all theothers and today they rule over a sin-gle province in north-west Syriaunder Turkish protection. But still thewar drags on.

If any of these outside players hadbeen willing to put its own troops inthe ground, the war would at leasthave ended years ago (though itmight have ended badly). But none ofthem were willing to risk their ownsoldiers’ lives — not even theRussians, who stick to air strikes. Andnow the US is hitting Syria with evenbigger sanctions.

When governments impose sanc-tions, they usually explain that theyhad to “do something” but the newsanctions will hurt ordinary Syriansvery badly. They might be justified ifthere was a reasonable chance thatmore sanctions could bring Assad’sregime down but there’s no chance of

that and everybody knows it. In a famous paper in 1997,

Robert Pape of the University ofChicago showed that out of 116cases of international sanctions beingimposed during the 20th century, inonly six cases did the targetGovernment yield to the demands ofthe country imposing the sanctions.The success rate has not improvedsince. It has been 70 years since theUS imposed sanctions on NorthKorea and the Kim family is still inpower. It is 60 years since it put sanc-tions on Cuba and the Communistsstill rule. It has been 40 years sinceWashington slapped sanctions onIran and the Ayatollahs still rule. Notto mention Zimbabwe (sanctionssince 2003), or Venezuela (2006), orRussia (2014).

“Doing something” feels good butit doesn’t usually do much good.

(Gwynne Dyer’s new book is‘Growing Pains: The Future ofDemocracy and Work.’)

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Jerusalem: The UN envoy forthe Middle East warned Israelon Thursday that carrying outits plans to annex parts of theWest Bank could set of a spasmof violence that would upendIsraeli-Palestinian relations andreverberate across the region.

Speaking to a group offoreign correspondents inJerusalem, Nickolay Mladenov,the UN special coordinatorfor the region, said any Israeliunilateral action will “will haveeconomic and security reper-cussions on the ground thatwill affect the lives of bothIsraelis and Palestinians.”“Surely any such moves will bemet by counter moves by thePalestinian Authority and theyhave already started,” he toldmembers of the Foreign PressAssociation, noting how thePalestinians have absolvedthemselves from abiding bypast agreements with Israel.

“For now we have the clearcommitment by the Palestinianleadership that they will doeverything in their power tocontain law and order in theareas they control," he said.

“But as the money runs out andas the political prospectsbecome more grim, I feel thatwill become more difficult orimpossible in the future." Hisstern warning comes amid aflurry of international pressureon Israel to recant on its plans.

On Wednesday, the head ofthe Arab League warned ahigh-level U.N. Meeting thatany annexation would inflametensions and endanger peace inthe Middle East, and couldignite “a religious war in andbeyond our region.” More thana thousand European lawmak-ers also signed a joint letterprotesting Israel's plan, sayingsuch a move would “be fatal” tohopes for a peaceful resolutionof the Israeli-Palestinian con-flict.

Emboldened by the Trumpadministration's favorableMideast plan, and eager toestablish its permanent easternborder, Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu haspromised to begin annexingparts of the West Bank thathave Israeli settlements, per-haps as early as next week. AP

Tokyo: Japan's National SecurityCouncil has endorsed plans tocancel the deployment of twocostly land-based US missiledefence systems aimed at bol-stering the country's capabilityagainst threats from NorthKorea, the country's defenceminister said Thursday.

Defence Minister TaroKono said the country will nowrevise its missile defence pro-gramme and scale up its entiredefence posture.

The council made its deci-sion Wednesday, and now thegovernment will need to enternegotiations with the US aboutwhat to do with payments andthe purchase contract alreadymade for the Aegis Ashore sys-tems.

Kono announced the planto scrap the systems earlier thismonth after it was found that thesafety of one of the two plannedhost communities could not beensured without a hardwareredesign that would be too timeconsuming and costly.

“We couldn't move forwardwith this project, but still thereare threats from North Korea,”Kono said at a news conferenceThursday.

Japan will discuss ways tobetter protect the country andthe people from the North's mis-siles and other threats, he said.

The Japanese government in2017 approved adding the twoAegis Ashore systems toenhance the country's currentdefences consisting of Aegis-equipped destroyers at sea andPatriot missiles on land.

Defence officials have saidthe two Aegis Ashore unitscould cover Japan entirely fromone station at Yamaguchi in thesouth and another at Akita in thenorth.

The plan to deploy the twosystems already had faced aseries of setbacks, includingquestions about the selection ofone of the sites, repeated costestimate hikes that climbed to450 billion yen (USD 4.1 billion)for their 30-year operation andmaintenance, and safety con-cerns that led to local opposition.

Kono said Japan has signedcontract worth nearly half thetotal cost and paid part of it tothe US.

He said Japan is trying to getthe most out of what it hasalready paid, though he did notelaborate. AP

Paris: Marking another mile-stone in France's recovery fromcoronavirus lockdown, theEiffel Tower reopened to visi-tors Thursday after its longest-ever closure in peace time:104 days.

Tourists who are tricklingback to Paris were delighted tofind the landmark open whensome other attractions in theFrench capital remain closed.The Louvre Museum isn'treopening until July 6.

“It's very special, very spe-cial because it's only the Parispeople," said AnneliesBouwhuis, a 43-year-old visitorfrom the Netherlands.

“We've seen a lot Paris

people enjoying their city,enjoying their parks without allthe tourists."

Lifts that usually whiskvisitors up the 324-meter(1,063-feet) tall wrought-ironEiffel Tower remain closed, sofor now people have to take thestairs.

Of the tower's three decks,only the first two reopened.Those who made the climbThursday were rewarded withfar-away views and a lightbreeze in scorching summerweather.

“I booked the first slotbecause afterward it will bevery hot,” said Sabine Peaufils,a 57-year-old Parisian. “This isa real pleasure.” AP

Washington: Who would be thefirst to get a COVID-19 vaccine?Probably people in the countrywhere the first effective vaccineis developed.

About a dozen differentvaccines are in various stages oftesting worldwide, including inBritain, China and the US.

This week, Dr. AnthonyFauci, the top US infectious dis-ease expert, said he is cautious-ly optimistic there will be aCOVID-19 vaccine by the endof the year or early 2021.

Several wealthy countrieshave already ordered millions ofdoses of those experimentalvaccines. Britain and the US, forexample, have invested in avaccine candidate being devel-

oped by Oxford University andproduced by AstraZeneca. If itworks, UK politicians have saidBritons will be vaccinated withit. The US expects to startstockpiling it this fall and alsohas invested in other vaccinecandidates. Groups includingthe vaccine alliance GAVI arealso working to buy doses forpoor countries and AstraZenecahas agreed to license its vaccineto India's Serum Institute for theproduction of 1 billion doses.WHO is drafting guidelines forthe ethical distribution of vac-cines. How vaccines are dis-tributed within a country willvary. Last week, U.S. Officialssaid they were developing atiered system for that. AP

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterresexpects all member states to"live up" to their obligationsunder the relevant SecurityCouncil resolutions, hisspokesperson has said, after aUS report noted that Pakistanremains a safe haven for ter-rorists as it did not take actionsagainst JeM founder MasoodAzhar.

The US State Department,in its Congressional-mandated2019 Country Reports onTerrorism on Wednesday, saidPakistan remained a "safe har-bor" for regionally-focused ter-rorist groups and that the sus-

pension of US aid to the coun-try remained in effect through-out 2019.

Stéphane Dujarric,responding to a question dur-ing his daily press briefing, saidwhile he will not comment onthe report issued by the USState Department, "Obviously,as a matter of principle, we doexpect all member states to liveup to their obligations as laidout in any relevant SecurityCouncil resolution or SecurityCouncil decision.”

The report said Pakistantook "modest steps" in 2019 tocounter terror financing andrestrain India-focused militant

groups from conducting large-scale attacks following thePulwama attack in February,but it remained a "safe harbor"for regionally focused terroristgroups.

It further said that Pakistantook action against some exter-nally focused groups, includingLashkar e-Taiba founder HafizSaeed but did not take actionagainst Jaish-e-Mohammedfounder and UN-designatedterrorist Azhar and 2008Mumbai attack 'project man-ager' Sajid Mir, both of whomare believed to remain free inPakistan.

The UN 1267 SanctionsCommittee designated Azharas a global terrorist in May lastyear, slapping an arms embar-go, asset freeze and travel banon him, 10 years after India'sfirst move to have him black-listed at the UN.

Following the designation,the State Department said thatthe designation is an “impor-tant step” in promoting apeaceful and stable South Asia.

The US designated Azharas a Specially DesignatedGlobal Terrorist in 2010. PTI

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Islamabad: Pakistan onThursday expressed its disap-pointment over the US StateDepartment's report whichdescribed the country as a"safe harbor" for regionally-focused terrorist groups.

The State Department, inits Congressional-mandated2019 Country Reports onTerrorism, said on Wednesdaythat Pakistan remained a "safeharbor" for regionally-focusedterrorist groups and that thesuspension of US aid to thecountry remained in effectthroughout 2019.

"Pakistan is fully aware ofits responsibilities as a sover-eign state. We reject any insin-uation about any safe haven.Pakistan will not allow anygroup or entity to use its ter-ritory against any country," theForeign Office said, com-menting on the report.

It said the report was “self-contradictory and selective inits characterization of Pakistan'sefforts for countering terrorismand terrorist financing.”

While the report recog-nizes that al-Qaeda has beenseriously degraded in theregion, it neglects to mentionPakistan's crucial role in dec-imating the terror group's net-work, thereby diminishing thethreat that the terrorist grouponce posed to the world, theFO said.

"Similarly, the reportacknowledges the sharpdecrease in the incidence ofterrorist attacks in Pakistan butneglects to explain that thiswas only possible becausePakistan's resolute counter-terrorism operations have tar-geted proscribed groups andoutfits without discrimina-tion," it added.

The FO said that Pakistanwas still facing the threat ofterrorism from externallybased and foreign sponsoredgroups, like the TTP, ISIS-Kand others and pointed outthat the report was eithersilent or vague on the originsand locations of these terror-ist groups. PTI

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missive jab at President DonaldTrump, House Speaker NancyPelosi unveiled a planWednesday to expand“Obamacare," even as Trump'sadministration is about to filearguments in a Supreme Courtcase to strike it down.

Pelosi announced anupcoming floor vote on hermeasure, setting up a debatethat will juxtapose theDemocrats' top policy issue,Trump's unrelenting efforts todismantle Obama's legacy, andthe untamed coronavirus pan-demic.

On Thursday, the Trumpadministration is expected tofile papers with the SupremeCourt arguing that theAffordable Care Act is uncon-stitutional.

Pelosi wants her bill on the

House floor Monday. Trying tooverturn a health insuranceexpansion providing coverageto about 20 million people“was wrong any time,” Pelosisaid.

“Now, it is beyond stupid,"she added. “Beyond stupid.”

COVID-19 cases are risingin major states like Texas,Florida and California, andmillions of workers who havelost coverage in the economicshutdown to contain the viruscan rely on the health law as abackup.

The White House saidPelosi is just playing politics.“Instead of diving back intopartisan games, Democratsshould continue to work withthe president on these impor-tant issues and ensuring ourcountry emerges from thispandemic stronger than ever,”

spokesman Judd Deere saidWednesday in a statement.

Pelosi's legislation has nochance in the Republican-con-trolled Senate. Her bill wouldexpand subsidies, allowingmore people to qualify forcoverage under the ACA.

It would financiallysqueeze some states that haverefused to expand Medicaidunder the health law.

And it would empowerMedicare to negotiate pre-scription drug prices — a posi-tion Trump once favoured butlater abandoned.

It would also undo theTrump administration's expan-sion of short-term insuranceplans that don't have to coverpreexisting medical conditions,something Democrats say willundermine a central achieve-ment of the ACA. AP

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Islamabad: Cash-strappedPakistan International Airlines(PIA) on Thursday announcedthat it has grounded 150 pilotswith "dubious licenses", a dayafter the preliminary probereport of the Karachi planecrash blamed the pilots and theair traffic control for the tragedythat killed 97 people.

“Grounding so many pilotswill affect the PIA flight oper-ation,” the spokesperson forthe national carrier said, addingthat they have already dis-missed six pilots with fakedegrees.

Those pilots who get theirlicenses verified will be allowedback on duty, Geo News quot-ed the PIA spokesperson as say-ing. The national flag carrier onThursday said it has grounded

150 pilots with "dubious licens-es", a day after the report of theplane crash blamed the pilotsand the air traffic control (ATC)for the incident, the reportadded. "We have asked theCivil Aviation Authority to sendthe list of the remaining licens-es,” the spokesperson said. “Weacknowledge the report andare working on making ourstandard better.” In a letter to theCivil Aviation Authority (CAA),PIA chairman requested the avi-ation authority for details of theremaining pilots with dubiousand fake commercial licenses.

“Action will be taken againstall those pilots with fake licens-es,” PIA chairman said, addingthey will take all the necessarysteps to make the commercialoperation safe. PTI

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The vote on a slew of con-stitutional amendments, pro-posed by Putin in January, wasinitially scheduled for April 22,but was postponed because ofthe coronavirus pandemic. Itwas later rescheduled for July1, with polling stations open-ing a week earlier and stayingopen for seven days in aneffort to avoid crowds on themain voting day.

The proposed amend-ments include a change in theconstitution that would allowthe 67-year-old Putin, who hasruled Russia for over twodecades, to run for two moresix-year terms after his currentone expires in 2024. AP

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NEW DELHI: In an attempt toprovide additional quarantinecenters during the ongoingglobal health crisis of coronavirus 'Covid-19' IndianRailways had converted itsmobile coaches as isolationcenters.

These coaches consideredas additional health facilityhave an advantage as they canbe moved anywhere in thecountry through the rail net-work in a short time where everthe health care facilities are lim-ited. On the demand of theDelhi Govt, Northern Railwayhad placed 503 isolation coach-es at 9 stations of Delhi areasince 17.06.2020.

NEW DELHI: GeneralManager Northern & NorthCentral Railways, Sh. RajivChaudhry visited the CovidCare Centre set up atShakurbasti Railway station.The Centre has been createdusing 50 Isolation coaches pro-vided for this purpose.

He took stock of the facil-ity, he was briefed about thework done by NorthernRailway in maintaining thecoaches and the premises.Addressing Railway and Stategovernment officials presentthere GM encouraged andappreciated the efforts beingput in by them to mitigate thesuffering of the people due tothe pandemic.Interacting with

the media Sh. Chaudhry saidthat the Indian Railways willput in all its efforts andresources to help the Nationovercome this crisis. As moreand more patients are comingin to stay in these coaches weare enhancing the amenities.He also added that 503 isola-tion coaches have been placedin different stations of DelhiArea to be used as Covid carecenters by the Delhi Govt ifneed arises.

New Delhi: In an event held on24th June, 2020, chaired by theHon’ble Minister of State forPower, NRE, SkillDevelopment and President ofInternational Solar Alliance(ISA), Mr RK Singh andHonorable Ambassador of MaliHE Sekou Kasse handed overthe Project ManagementConsultancy award letter to Mr.Gurdeep Singh, CMD NTPC,for development of 500 MWSolar park in the Republic ofMali.

ISA is an international,inter-Governmental organisa-tion, based in India, createdwith the vision and leadershipof Hon’ble Prime Minister, Sh.Narendra Modi andannounced jointly withPresident of France during

COP21 held in Paris in 2015.ISA’s vision is for a large-scalesolar revolution, hinges on cre-ating a facilitative internation-al ecosystem that enables accessto science and economicresources, reduces the cost oftechnology and capital, facili-tates price reduction, andenables development of storagetechnology and innovation.With its scale and authoritativeunderstanding of the energytransition opportunities ofdiverse economies, ISA is theworld's foremost energy tran-sition catalyst for bringing achange from energy poverty toenergy empowerment.

The event was hosted byISA in the Ministry ofRenewable Energy, New Delhi,and graced by the dignitaries.

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Funds parked by Indian indi-viduals and enterprises in

Swiss banks, including throughIndia-based branches, fell near-ly 6 per cent in 2019 to 899 mil-lion Swiss francs (�6,625 crore),annual data from Switzerland'scentral bank showed onThursday.This marks the sec-ond consecutive year of declinein aggregate funds of Indianclients with all Swiss banks, tak-ing the figure to the third low-

est level in more than threedecades since 1987 when theSwiss National Bank (SNB)began compiling the data.

The total amount of CHF899.46 million, described bythe SNB as aggregate 'liabilities'of Swiss banks or 'amounts dueto' their Indian clients at theend of 2019, included CHF 550million (over �4,000 crore) ofcustomer deposits; CHF 88million (�650 crore) held viaother banks; 7.4 million (�50crore) through fiduciaries ortrusts; and CHF 254 million(�1,900 crore) as 'otheramounts due to customers' inform of securities and variousfinancial instruments. All the

four components declined dur-ing 2019. These are official fig-ures reported by banks to theSNB and do not indicate thequantum of the much-debatedalleged black money held byIndians in Switzerland. Thesefigures also do not include themoney that Indians, NRIs orothers might have in Swissbanks in names of third-coun-try entities.

According to the SNB, itsdata for 'total liabilities' ofSwiss banks towards Indianclients takes into account alltypes of funds of Indian cus-tomers at Swiss banks, includ-ing deposits from individuals,banks and enterprises.

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Stocks edged higher on WallStreet in early trading

Thursday as investors weigh amixed batch of economicreports highlighting the dam-age that the coronavirus lock-downs have inflicted on theeconomy.

The S&P 500 was up 0.2per cent, recovering from aninitial slide of 0.9 per cent.Gains in the financial, energyand technology sectors helpedlift the market, outweighinglosses in companies that rely onconsumer spending, utilitiesstocks and elsewhere. Bondyields fell, another sign of cau-tion in the market.

The CommerceDepartment said that the USeconomy shrank at a 5 per centrate in the first three months ofthe year. A far worse decline is

expected for the current quar-ter due to the pandemic. TheLabor Department said anoth-er 1.5 million laid-off workersapplied for unemploymentbenefits last week. That marksthe 12th straight drop, a signthat layoffs are slowing, butremain at a painfully highlevel.

On a more encouragingnote, the government saidorders to American factoriesfor big-ticket goods rebound-ed last month from a steep pull-back in April and March as theeconomy began to slowlyreopen.

The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage was up 93 points, or0.4 per cent, to 25,538. TheNasdaq, which hit an all-timehigh earlier this week, gained0.1 per cent. Small companystocks were faring worse thanthe rest of the market.

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The regulator's board, dur-ing its meeting on

Thursday, also cleared amend-ments to insider trading reg-ulations and decided tostreamline settlement regula-tions to make proceduresfaster and more effective.

Sebi has decided to allowacquisition of shares throughstock exchange settlementprocess by way of bulk orblock deals during an openoffer subject to certain condi-tions.

Experts opined thatchanges in the pricing guide-

lines for preferential issueswould help promoters andinvestors to infuse funds intocompanies that are facing var-ious challenges due to the pan-demic.

Providing a "temporary"relaxation, Sebi said therewould be an additionaloption for pricing methodol-ogy with respect to preferen-tial issues. In cases where thenew option is exercised, therewould be the requirement ofthree-year lock-in period forsuch shares.

In a statement issued afterthe board meeting, the regu-lator said there have been

numerous representationsfrom various stakeholders fortemporarily liberalising regu-lations relating to raising ofcapital from securities market.

The option in pricingwould be available for thepreferential issues madebetween July 1 or date ofnotification of amendment tothe regulations, whichever islater, and December 31.

Under this option, in caseof frequently traded shares,the price of the equity sharesto be allotted pursuant to thepreferential issue should notbe less than higher of either oftwo levels.

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The US economy shrank ata 5.0% rate in the first

quarter with a much worsedecline expected in the currentthree-month economic periodbecause of the coronaviruspandemic. Commerce Deptreported on Thursday that thedecline in the gross domesticproduct, the total output ofgoods and services, in the Jan-Mar quarter was unchangedfrom the estimate made amonth ago. That was thesharpest quarterly decline sincean 8.4 % fall in the fourth quar-ter of 2008 during the depthsof the financial crisis. The firstquarter decline reflected justtwo weeks of the shutdownsthat began in many parts of thecountry in mid-March.

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman said on

Thursday there was nothingwrong in imports to spurgrowth but wondered why evenGanesha idols should bebought from China. Importingraw materials that were notavailable in the country andneeded for our industries wasnot wrong, she said addressingthe BJP’s Tamil Nadu unitworkers via a virtuallink.“There is nothing wrong inimports that would spur pro-duction and create job oppor-tunities and it can be done def-initely,” she said while speakingon the Centre’s AatmanirbharBharat Abhiyaan initiative.However, imports that could

not bring benefits like employ-ment opportunities and sup-port growth would not helpself-reliance and the Indianeconomy, she said.Ganeshaidols made of clay have beentraditionally bought from thelocal potters during GaneshChaturthi festival every year,she said.“But today, why evenGanesha idols are importedfrom China..why such a situa-tion…can’t we make a Ganeshaidol from clay, is it the situa-tion?” she asked. She wonderedif importing household prod-ucts used every day like asoap-box, plastic items orincense sticks used for poojapurposes would support self-reliance especially when suchproducts were made locally byIndian firms.

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Boycotting Chinese prod-ucts may not be feasible for

India as the domestic industryis dependent on inputs fromthe neighbouring country, theFederation of Indian ExportOrganisations (FIEO) said onThursday.

FIEO president SK Sarafsaid that India needs to be cau-tious while banning or restrict-ing Chinese goods. It is "notfeasible as we are dependent somuch on Chinese products," hetold reporters.

India can cut its depen-dence on Chinese goods onlywhen it becomes self-reliantand start producing same

goods in India or source fromother markets.

In the wake of increasingborder tensions between thetwo countries, voices are get-ting stronger to restrict or boy-cott Chinese goods in thecountry.

He added that it should beleft with the people whetherthey want to buy Chinesegoods or not.

FIEO director general AjaySahai said "knee jerk" reactionon Chinese goods is not good.

According to the federa-tion, India's exports to Chinagrew from $16.5 to $16.95 bil-lion in 2019 while importsdeclined from $73.8 billion to$68.2 billion in 2019.

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The COVID-19 pandemichas been difficult for the

country''s poor going byincome generation and con-sumption data, according to ananalysis of data of 5 lakh peo-ple for May by a credit riskassessment company.

The COVID-19-inducedlockdown that started onMarch 25 and is yet to be lift-ed has hit the economic activ-ity. Sights of millions of walk-ing, cycling or hitching ridesback home have led to con-cerns over sustainability for thepoor. Private think-tank CMIE

had said that unemployment inIndia had risen to 27 per centas of May 3 and has improvedlater. In its analysis, Creditvidyasaid even though there was adecline in the number of peo-ple with no income in May at7.5 per cent of the workforce asagainst 9 per cent in April, thesame was elevated when com-pared with the pre-COVIDlevels of 6 per cent.

However, incomes seemto be muted, as the percentageof workforce with earning lessthan �3,000 a month continuesto be elevated at 24 per cent ofthe workforce as against 15 percent before the onset of the cri-

sis, it said. “Covid-19 has magnified

the fault lines within the con-sumer economy, especiallyincome inequality,” it said. Onthe usage front, it pointed to themass market segment (thoseearning between �10,000-20,000 per month) data, whichis showing a 40 per cent declinein consumption as compared tothe pre-COVID levels.

The mass market seg-ment constitutes for 70 per centof the population, it said,adding that consumptiondeclines are prevalent in theother 30 per cent as well forMay.

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Over the past few weeks, Ihave had several conversa-

tions with executives from with-in the automotive industry andseveral of my fellow automotivejournalists. Our fraternity used tomeet up very often. In fact,Hormazd Sorabjee, the Editor ofAutocar India, once joked with usthat we see each other more oftenthan we see our spouses. So it doesfeel strange to have not met any-one in months. As someone whoactually enjoys flying, it feelsstrange to have not sat inside aplane since March 10, when I flewback from Chennai after a visit tothe second-generation HyundaiCreta production line. I’m lookingforward to the coming week,where I will be testing the fifth-generation Honda City and thefacelifted Hyundai Verna. Buteven the way we test and evaluatecars will change now.

Moving forward, there aresome fundamental aspects of thecar market that will certainlytransition. Some changes couldhappen in the short-term, theexample being the much improvedhygiene standards across dealer-ships and workshops. There is alsothe increased levels of digitisation,Hyundai’s ‘Click To Buy’ hasachieved a level of automation thatmight have taken years otherwise.I expect other car manufacturersto catch up soon as well as our reg-istration authorities. With a dra-matic slowdown in sales expectedto continue through the rest of theyear, there will be a short-termchange in buying patterns as well.

There will be a rise in sales ofsmaller, fuel-economical hatch-backs. Not just because of morefirst-time buyers entering themarket, but because of people whoare disappointed with the lack ofpublic transport options and donot trust the hygiene and availabil-ity of app-based taxi services.Vehicles like the WagonR, theSwift, the Grand i10 Nios, theBaleno and the forthcoming third-generation i20 will all do well insuch a market. Replacement buy-ing — that is people upgrading toa bigger vehicle or purchasing anew vehicle — will go down.

This will, in turn, hurt new carsales since replacement buying istraditionally 60 to 70 per cent ofthe sales. People are unsure offuture incomes, many of us haveseen salaries being cut. Buyers whochanged cars the moment theirloan periods ended will keep theircurrent vehicle for an extendedperiod of time even if they havenot suffered a loss.

There is another interestingdynamic in the market of late, ris-ing fuel prices and the situation inDelhi, where diesel is now moreexpensive than petrol. Now, this isactually in line with Europe, where

diesel costs more than petrol. Butdiesel still makes sense if you drivelong distances as a diesel motorburns far more efficiently. Thatsaid, with the lakh plus price dif-ference between a diesel andpetrol vehicle, the cost benefit ofdiesel will not kick in until youstart driving 2,500 kilometres amonth at the very least. I’m apetrolhead and I’ve never been ahuge fan of diesel. ‘Dieselgate’ didruin many perceptions aboutdiesel. Yes, on a per-gram of car-bon basis, diesel is still cleaner perkilometre than petrol, but evenBS6 diesel has far higher levels of

other pollutants such as NOx andSulphur Dioxide. However, theseprices should also drive a demandfor more economical cars. Giventhat engines are already burningvery lean, the two-litre petrol onthe 2020 Hyundai Elantra that I’mdriving currently is delivering ahigher fuel economy (11.5 kmpl)than the 1.2 litre engine that wasfitted on my old 2010 Hyundai i20(approximately 11 kmpl). Bothnaturally aspirated engines fromthe same manufacturer.

So an additional economywill likely be driven by higher lev-els of hybrid technology in the

coming years — not just ‘mild’hybrids with start-stop technolo-gy but more vehicles with 48Velectrical systems and batterypacks that will drive 20 to 30 percent higher economy levels.

I do not believe India willmove to an ‘electric’ future rapid-ly and there is a very simple rea-son for this, which is China.Recent geopolitical events havedisplayed that we cannot trust theneighbouring country, a push tofurther electrification will drivemanufacturing value from Indianfactories to China’s giant batteryplants. Hybrid vehicles will not

require the massive battery packsof full electric vehicles. Then thereis the Fuel-Cell Vehicle issue andHydrogen, where India’s massivepush towards renewable energymight work towards more hydro-gen technology. While generatinghydrogen is an energy negativeprocess, we can use excess windand solar capacity to electrolysewater and generate hydrogen asenergy storage. Less dependenceon China, Japan and South Korea(that is Toyota, Honda, Suzuki andHyundai-Kia) are promoting thehydrogen alliance big-time. Watchthis space.

What does the current geopo-litical situation mean for the likesof Shanghai Automotive IndustrialCorporation (MG Motor), theirHector, the plans of Great WallMotor as well as all those Indianbrands importing container loadsof Chinese electric two-wheelers?Not good frankly, while I do notbelieve India can extricate fromdepending on Chinese compo-nents even for the automotivebusiness anytime soon, given thatthe costs of Chinese componentsis so much lower in China. I dobelieve that this has been a mon-umental miscalculation by theChinese administration and itwill impact Chinese brands inIndia in the long-run. There is areason that SAIC wanted everyoneto believe that the MG Hector isa British car, but it is a Chinese car,designed and tested in China. Itjust wears a British badge. This isnot like Jaguar Land Rover, whichis a British firm owned by anIndian company or Volvo, aSwedish firm owned by China.This is a Chinese product with aBritish badge. There will be ashort-term and medium-termimpact here.

Anyway, there will be severalother interesting trends to watch,including whether consumers willshift preferences away from large,expensive Sports Utility Vehiclestowards smaller and more eco-nomical hatchbacks and sedans?How will price elasticity evolve inthe Indian market and manymore. All food for thought in thecoming weeks and months.

The post-pandemic worldwill spur a new travel seg-ment, that of private char-

ter fliers. And this may not belimited to the upper crust butopen up to family groups, whomay pool their dedicated bud-gets to hire an aircraft and fly totheir destination and back.Instead of mini-breaks andvacations, there might be thatjust one big trip that people maysplurge on. Companies, whotraditionally flew their execu-tives on first-class, are nowfinding it safer and more eco-nomical to fly the same group ofpeople on a private aircraft. Orso an industry study wouldhave us believe.

Unlike commercial airlines,private charters do not requireyou to pass through lengthysecurity screening, varioustouch points or come in contactwith fel low travellers.Commercial fliers have over200 touch points at the airport,while private jets have as little as30. Instead, it gives you theassurance of exemplary safetyrecord and cleanliness stan-dards. Kanika Tekriwal, CEOand founder, JetSetGo Aviation,tells us that neither do theguests have to arrive early, nordo they have to face securityqueues at the airport. Withoutmuch of a stretch, one canavoid immigration and Customsduring international flights anddirectly get on on-board.

COVID-19 has completely

changed the way consumersengage with products and maketheir purchase decisions. SaysKanika, “Now safety and well-being are coming at a price. Butpeople do not mind spendingsome extra amount for peace ofmind during a break.” She gets upto 20 enquiries a day on char-tered flights, 70 per cent ofwhich are from a new customerprofile. “We are seeing a lot ofrequests coming from parentswhose children were stuck in col-leges or schools and from fami-lies who were stuck elsewhereapart from their hometown dur-ing the lockdown. There is alsoa big surge in requests from peo-ple who had sick parents oradults stuck in different cities.Also, we received requests fromsmall businessmen who hadtravelled to close deals and werestuck,” says she. There are someaffordable options too like book-ing a seat rather than booking anentire plane and much more.

There are several companiesthat offer charter flights for

business travellers specifically.For PrivateFly, business aviationreally matters as it saves time,both on the ground and in theair. EvoJets is another suchcompany that specialises inarranging corporate air travelsolutions that help businesses.There are various modern pri-vate business jets that comefully equipped with the latestbusiness amenities, such aswireless internet and satellitephones. Some even have privateboardrooms to conduct impor-tant meetings in-flight. Notonly this, charter companieseven organise business dinnerswhich allow the traveller tooptimally utilise his travel time.

Travel choices are going tobe need-based more than indul-gence, for example a familyevent, as per Nishant Pitti,EaseMyTrip CEO and co-founder. Says he, “Part of thenew mindset of the jet set is nowcentered around social distanc-ing, one of the essential guide-lines for inhibiting the spread ofCOVID-19. So even though thetravel sector as a whole is cur-rently down, private jet demandis much stronger than it wasbefore.” Varesh Chopra,Regional Director, South Asiaand Middle East, CosmosVacations, tells us that leisuretravel may see temporary stresson demand due to changedpersonal financial dynamics butwill probably mutate to a larg-er family outing.

Actor Amit Sadh’s first look inBreathe: Into The Shadows

has been unveiled. The actor,who is reprising his revered roleas Inspector Kabir Sawant in thecrime thriller web series, is seenmysteriously landing up in a jail,raising curiosity amongst theviewers.

Why is our beloved inspec-tor in a prison? Was it a fauxplay of power and deceit or didhe seriously commit a crime sograve that put him behind thebars? While we don’t know thereason behind this new twist, itcertainly adds an interestinglayer to the mystery of thisseries.

Amit said, “Excited toreturn as Kabir in a new, un-imaginable avatar! Breathe andKabir have connected with fansall over the world and the show’stheme of going the distance toprotect the ones you love, hasresonated all across. This newstory has become even morespecial with Abhishek andNithya joining in and together,we can’t wait to take you back tothe world of Breathe. This time,Into The Shadows.” The seriesmarks the digital debut ofAbhishek Bachchan and NithyaMenen, who will be seen in thelead roles, along with SaiyamiKher.

(The Amazon Original isslated to release on July 10 onAmazon Prime Video.)

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The world is increasingly sub-scribing to the idea of a plant-based diet owing to its myri-

ad health benefits. A healthy plant-based diet serves as a potent optionwhen it comes to curbing lifestyle dis-eases such as obesity and even themore risky ones, such as cardiovas-cular disease, cancer, diabetes andmore. This diet is low in fat, andtherefore, reduces the chances of cho-lesterol, control blood pressure andhelps in losing weight.

There is no denying the truththat India is on its way to becomingthe breeding ground of some dead-ly ailments, such as diabetes andother cardiovascular diseases. Andmany researchers claim that consum-ing a plant-based diet will significant-

ly help in lowering the risk of suchillnesses by about 40 per cent. As aresult, Indians are becoming awareof the benefits of a plant-based diet,which is slowly entering the main-stream. The trend is particularlyprevalent among people who iden-tify themselves as environmentalistsand animal lovers.

One of the main reasons whyIndia is marching towards a plant-based diet is that the social media hasplayed an unquestionable role ininfluencing the younger generation.The internet is strewn with influ-encers who bust all the stereotypesthat usually revolve around plant-based diets. Therefore, the internet,as a global platform, has helped peo-ple in looking at what it really is.

Consequently, more Indians arecoming forward and signing up fora life that is sustainable, ethical,healthy and driven by compassionwith the help of a plant-based diet.

A balanced plant-based dietshould consist of grains, fruits, veg-etables and legumes. Moreover, tra-ditionally Indian staple diet includespulses, cereals, legumes and sprouts,making a meat-free diet reasonablyeasy to follow.

Apart from the more generalnutrients that one can derive from aplant-based diet, plant proteins andsuperfoods, specifically stand out dueto their unparalleled health advan-tages. Moreover, the plant proteinmarket has witnessed a substantialgrowth globally. In 2019, the market

was estimated to be valued at $18.5billion, and by 2025, it is expected toreach $40.6 billion. Plant-basedsources of protein are a win-win sit-uation for both your health as wellas the health of the planet. However,it is essential to mix up the sourcesso that no vital components are miss-ing. Legumes such as lentils, beans,peas, peanuts, nuts; and seeds likealmonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans,chia seeds; whole grains such as teff,wheat, oats, buckwheat, serve as greatsources of protein. One can also gofor vegetables that are a great store-house of protein, such as broccoli,asparagus, Brussels sprouts and corn.

There are many naturally grow-ing superfoods that are responsiblefor improving the overall immunesystem of the body. These includespirulina, kale, acai berries, mush-rooms, kiwi, beets, cauliflower,spinach, cacao, ginger, cinnamon,green tea, to name a few. Superfoodsare usually rich in antioxidants thathelp in preventing cancer and thefibre keeps diabetes at bay along withdigestive problems. Although theIndian diet already contained mostof the superfoods, people have nowconsciously started including themin their plant-based diets. They arealso known to reduce inflammation,regulate metabolism, and shield theorgans from toxins.

While it might be difficult to getall the nutrients when strictly on aplant-based diet, which makes itessential to add plant-based supple-ments to ensure that the body getsall the nutrition it needs. These sup-plements are known to offer varioushealth benefits that are often difficultto source from those which areloaded with artificial ingredients. Togive a brief overview, these supple-ments are organically made fromfruits, vegetables, spices, nuts, seeds,leaves and other natural ingredients.Plant-based supplements are mini-mally processed, thereby reducingthe toxicity risk.

Plant-based ingredients provideimproved bioavailability, whichmeans the body can effortlesslyhandle and use the nutrients that itreceives. Also, plants are the ultimatesource of a complete range of vita-mins, minerals, phytonutrients andaromatic oils. All these nutrients tendto work together and removing oneof them will deprive the body froman overall growth. They contain allthe vital co-nutrients as they aredirectly extracted from the plants.Additionally, since they do notinclude any artificial flavours, chem-icals, and fillers, the supplementsretain the natural taste, which is alsoa great way to check the quality.

While most of us like to play safewhile choosing our food, is it isequally important to choose themwisely. Plant-based diet when cou-pled with plant-based supplementscan help in achieving the desiredhealth and warding off physicalcomplications.

(The writer, MIHIR GADANI is theco-founder of OZiva.)

Over the last two-three months,many of us have been forced to

enter the kitchen and don thatapron we have barely touched untilnow. Some people have embracedthe challenge wholeheartedly andare chronicling their adventureson social media with#QuarantineCooking, while thereare still a few others who seem to befinding it difficult to tell apart thekarchhi from the kadhai.

To help all those who’re keen tolearn easy to do recipes, TLClaunched an interesting new showtitled — The Missing Apron —where Cyrus Sahukar learns easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy cooking tipsand some mouth-watering foodunder renowned chef AnanyaBanerjee’s guidance from the com-fort of his own home. The show,supported by Rooh Afza and IndiaGate, is all set to tickle your tastebuds.

Cyrus Sahukar said, “It’s been somany days alone at home withoutknowing anything about cooking. Ihave realised that not everyonewants to be a masterchef. Sometimesyou just want to get away by a cou-ple of easy to cook recipes. Showslike this provides access to threeingredients recipes to all those whodoesn’t like to spend much time ontedious cuisines. The Sous Cheftakes inspiration from this reality

and parallels our everyday as Ilearn cooking online from chefAnanya Banerjee. I think everybodycan easily connect to this show.

Elaborating further, chefAnanya Banerjee said, “Cooking canseem like a daunting task if one isn’tused to entering the kitchen.However, once you start cooking,you realise that it’s not that difficult.And sometimes, the simplest ofrecipes can yield the most deliciousof results. The idea of The MissingApron is to instill confidence inthose who worry about not beingable to cook. One doesn’t need to bea professional chef to create wonder-ful meals. A little bit of patience andsome creativity can help anyoneturn into a good cook.”

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Title-chasing Lazio sufferedtheir first Serie A defeat in

nine months, falling 3-2 atAtalanta on Wednesday to stayfour points behind leadersJuventus after surrendering atwo-goal lead.

Lazio, playing their firstgame since February 29 afterthe coronavirus lockdown,thanked a Marten De Roonown-goal for putting themahead after six minutes inBergamo with SergejMilinkovic-Savic adding asuperb second from distancefive minutes later. But RobinGosens headed fourth-placedAtalanta back into the gameseven minutes before the breakwith Ruslan Malinovskyi rifling

in the equaliser on 66 minutes.Jose Luis Palomino then sealedthe home win 10 minutes fromtime.

Lazio — bidding for theirthird Serie A title after 1974 and

2000 — have lost just threetimes in the league this season.

Their most recent defeatbefore Wednesday was 1-0 atthe hands of Inter Milan onSeptember 25.

“We knew that returningagainst Atalanta was one of theworst opponents to have,” saidLazio coach Simone Inzaghiwhose side were held 3-3 by theBergamo side in Rome inOctober.

“Unfortunately the title racegets more complicated and weregret this, because we’re com-ing off a long series of unbeat-en games. “I don’t like losingand the lads are a little down.”

Atalanta are four pointsbehind third-placed InterMilan, who were held 3-3 athome against Sassuolo.

Elsewhere, Roma stay fifth,six points behind Atalanta, aftera hard-fought 2-1 win over rel-egation-threatened Sampdoriathanks to a second-half EdinDzeko brace — two volleys, onewith his left foot and the otherwith his right.

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Liverpool are on the brink ofclinching the Premier Leaguetitle after the leaders powered

to a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace,while Anthony Martial hit a hat-trickin Manchester United’s 3-0 victoryover Sheffield United on Wednesday.

Jurgen Klopp’s side took controlthanks to first-half goals from TrentAlexander-Arnold and MohamedSalah behind closed doors at Anfield.

Fabinho and Sadio Mane nettedafter the interval and Liverpool willbe crowned champions if ManchesterCity fail to beat Chelsea at StamfordBridge on Thursday.

If second-placed City win in westLondon, then Liverpool could wrapup their first English title for 30 yearsin their next game — against PepGuardiola’s side at the EtihadStadium on July 2.

“Imagine if the stadium couldhave been full and people could haveexperienced that Live. It would havebeen amazing,” Klopp said.

“The atmosphere on the pitchwas incredible. That was the bestcounter-pressing game I have everseen behind closed doors. The atti-tude the boys showed was amazing.”

Asked if he would be watchingwhen City face Chelsea,Klopp added: “Tonight wasa big step, that’s clear. I haveto watch the game tomorrowbecause we play them oneweek later. That’s being pro-fessional and doing my job.”

After a drab goallessdraw at Merseyside rivals Everton onSunday, the champions-elect were farmore vibrant and Alexander-Arnoldopened the scoring with a superbfree-kick in the 23rd minute.

Salah doubled the lead in the44th minute, taking Fabinho’s loftedpass and guiding in his 21st goal of

the season.Fabinho scored with a

thunderous 30-yard strike inthe 55th minute and Manecapped a fine move in the 69thminute as Liverpool moved 23points clear of City.

MARTIAL’S HAT-TRICKUnited are still far off challeng-

ing again for titles at the top of thetable, but there are growing signs ofmomentum for Ole Gunnar

Solskjaer’s men as they extendedtheir unbeaten run to 13 games.

Martial produced two predato-ry first-time finishes before half-timeto put United in command at OldTrafford.

The hosts could have piled onmuch more pain after the break, butwere content with one more goal asMartial completed his first careerhat-trick with a cheeky chip fromMarcus Rashford’s pass.

‘DREAM BIG’Fifth-place could still be good

enough for a place in next season’s

Champions League depending onthe outcome of City’s appeal againsta two-season ban from Europeancompetition.

And Wolves remain level onpoints with United in fifth after con-tinuing their perfect restart with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth.

Just as in a 2-0 victory at WestHam on Saturday, Adama Traore andRaul Jimenez combined to break thedeadlock as the Mexican poweredhome a header for his 24th goal ofthe season.

Defeat leaves Bournemouth stillin the bottom three on goal differ-ence and there are now three teamstied on 27 points as Aston Villastruck late to claim a 1-1 draw atNewcastle.

While any hope of Norwichhauling themselves out of troublenow looks forlorn as the Canaries fellto a second home defeat in a week.

Michael Keane scored the onlygoal as Everton won 1-0 at CarrowRoad to move above Arsenal into10th. Norwich remain rock bot-tom, six points adrift of safety.

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Sergio Ramos’ sensationalfree-kick helped Real

Madrid move back aboveBarcelona to the top of La Ligaas they defeated Real Mallorca2-0 on Wednesday.

Ramos brushed asideGareth Bale to take the shotand justified his claim with acurling strike into the top cor-ner after 19-year-old ViniciusJunior had put Madrid in frontin the first half.

Madrid’s victory at theAlfredo di Stefano Stadiummeans they are level again onpoints with Barcelona but sitabove their title rivals in thetable due to a superior head-to-head record.

“There are seven finalsleft,” said Ramos. “There will beonly one league in the year ofcoronavirus and we want towin it for the fans.”

Bale has been hardly usedsince La Liga resumed on June11 but Zinedine Zidanecontinued his rotation pol-icy and handed theWelshman his first startsince February 16.

Yet an underwhelm-ing display is unlikely to pushBale back into Zidane’s pre-ferred eleven as Viniciusenhanced his case with anoth-er lively, if erratic, perfor-mance.

The Brazilian also hit thecrossbar in the first half.

“I’m very happy with theteam’s performance and myown,” said Vinicius.

“I worked very hard athome to get in this shape. Thisrun of matches is like a WorldCup, you have to be in the rightshape every three days and

fired up.” Ramos, though, stolethe show with his brilliantfree-kick, taking his personaltally to a career-best eight goalsfor the season, after he becameLa Liga’s highest ever scoringdefender on Sunday by scoringa penalty against Real Sociedad.

The only worry for Madridwas that Eden Hazard was

taken off shortly afterthe hour, raising doubtsover whether theBelgian is fully fit orcompletely confident inhis troublesome ankle.

There was also time at theend for history to be made asMallorca’s Luka Romerobecame the youngest playerever to play in La Liga, aged 15years and 219 days.

Earlier, Real Sociedad suf-fered a third consecutive defeatat home to Celta Vigo to leavetheir challenge for ChampionsLeague qualification in tatters.

Iago Aspas’ penalty on thestroke of half-time was enoughto seal a 1-0 victory for CeltaVigo, who move eight pointsclear of Mallorca in 18th.

�4� � �� Cleared of dopetaint, two-time Common-wealth Games Gold-winningweightlifter Sanjita Chanu willfinally get the coveted Arjunaaward which has been on holdsince 2018.

A Sports Ministry sourceconfirmed that Chanu will beconferred with the Arjuna asper a 2018 Delhi High Courtorder, which directed the selec-tion committee to considerher and keep the decision in asealed cover to be disclosedonly if she was absolved of thedoping charges.

“Sanjita (Chanu) isabsolved of all the dopingcharges by the Internationalfederation, so we will have toabide by the Delhi High Courtorder and consider her for theArjuna award,” the ministrysource said.

After she was ignored forthe 2017 Arjuna Awards,

Chanu had filed a writ petitionbefore the Delhi HC challeng-ing the decision to exclude herfrom the list of those recom-mended for the coveted hon-our. During the pendency ofthe case, she tested positive fora banned substance in May2018.

Indian WeightliftingFederation secretary general

also confirmed the develop-ment. “It’s confirmed, Sanjitawill get her 2018 Arjuna award,”he said without getting intodetails.

The 26-year-old had wonback-to-back Gold medals inthe 2014 and 2018Commonwealth Games in the48kg and 53kg categoriesrespectively. PTI

������A���B��Englandpacer Jofra Archer wason Thursday cleared tojoin his teammates atSouthampton’s AgeasBowl ahead of thethree-Test series againstWest Indies after hewas tested Covid-19negative for the secondtime.

The 25-year-oldArcher did not join theteam’s training earlierafter a member of hishousehold fell ill. Hehad tested negative forCovid-19 the first timetoo but the decision to

go through another testwas a precautionarymeasure.

“Jofra Archer hastested negative forCovid-19. He will jointhe England camp atAgeas Bowl later todayand will be free to starttraining tomorrow withthe rest of the group,”the ECB tweeted onThursday.

Besides Archer, allother English cricketersvying for places in thesquad for the upcomingTest series also returnednegative for Covid-19.

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,&%�-�%����,-%+ “We’ve worked hard for thisover the past few years and as asquad this is what we’ve dreamedof. We’re in a good position sohopefully we’ll be able to getacross the line pretty soon.”— TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD

“Since I came here I said Iwant to win the Premier Leaguewith the team. The city didn’t winit for a long time, so it was theright time.”

— MOHAMED SALAH

“It was the best counter press-ing behind closed doors ever. Theattitude we showed tonight, thepassion we showed, was excep-tional and we played some out-standing football.”

— JURGEN KLOPP

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Škriniar was shown a sec-ond yellow card onWednesday and was given anautomatic one-match ban forthe sending off but was furtherpunished for “making an offen-sive remark to the referee alongwith a blasphemous exclama-tion.”

Inter coach Antonio Contewill also be suspended forSunday’s match at Parma afterpicking up his fifth booking ofthe season. AP

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Young batsman ZakCrawley believes there is

still room for him inEngland’s top order for nextmonth’s Test series againstWest Indies and he willstrive to earn thatplace.

The 22-year-old, who hasscored one fifty inthe four Tests, isthe third choiceopener forEngland after RoryBurns and DomSibley. He hadmade his debutagainst New

Zealand at Hamilton lastNovember

For the number threeposition, he has to put up abetter show than Joe Denly,who averages 30 in 14 Testswithout scoring a hundred.

“No, I don’t feel thedecision has been made,”Crawley said of the top-

order selection.“The following

couple of weeks in thenets and the warm-up

game (which beginsnext Wednesday)are a good chancefor me to stake myclaim,” he wasquoted as sayingby Skysports.

Crawley, who scored acareer-best 66 in his last Testagainst South Africa andalso shared a century-standwith Sibley, said he will keepworking hard to stay in con-tention if he misses out in theopening Test.

“If they all score goodruns it would be hard for meto break into the side. Butthere are six games to play soI won’t give up hope if I’mnot picked for the first. I’llwork as hard as I can to getinto that side,” he said.

England are currentlytraining ahead of their three-Test series against the WestIndies, starting with theopening game on July 8.

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US Open organiserssaid on Wednesday

they will include a wheel-chair tournament at thisyear’s Grand Slam follow-ing a player backlash overtheir decision to scrapthe event as part of mea-sures to curb the spread ofCovid-19.

The United StatesTennis Association’sannouncement comes fivedays after the nationalgoverning body said itwas rethinking their deci-sion and that it couldhave better communicat-ed with wheelchair ath-letes.

“The decision wasmade following multiplevirtual meetings with agroup of wheelchair ath-letes and the InternationalTennis Federation overthe last week,” the USTAsaid in a statement.

“The 2020 US OpenWheelchair Competitionwill feature men’s andwomen’s singles and dou-bles and quad singles anddoubles, with draw sizessimilar to past US Opens.”

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Former England captainClare Connor is set to

become the first female pres-ident of the MaryleboneCricket Club (MCC),guardian of the laws of thegame, in its 233-year history.

Connor was onWednesday named as the suc-cessor to current chief KumarSangakkara, who steps downfrom the post next year.

The nomination ofConnor, who is currently theECB’s managing director ofwomen’s cricket, was made bySangakkara himself duringWednesday’s Annual GeneralMeeting.

Connor will take up thepost on October 1 next year,pending approval by the club’smembers, as Sangakkara hasbeen invited to remain in therole for a second twelve-month tenure due to theimpact of Covid-19 on the

cricketing landscape.“I am deeply honoured to

be named the next Presidentof MCC. Cricket has enrichedmy life so deeply already, andnow it hands me this wonder-ful privilege,” said Connor,who was made an HonoraryLife Member of MCC in 2009.

Connor made herEngland debut in 1995 at theage of 19, and took over thecaptaincy in 2000, leadingEngland at Lord’s againstAustralia a year later.

An all-rounder whobowled left-arm spin, Connorled England women to theirfirst Ashes triumph in 42years, overseeing a 1-0 serieswin in 2005.

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