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India trying to resolve tussle with China: Rajnath Sushant Singh foundhanging in Mumbai

AGENCYMUMBAI, JUNE 14

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found hang-ing at his Bandra apartment on Sunday, police said. Hewas 34. His last screen appearance was "Chhichhore", di-rected by Nitesh Tiwari.

He has committed suicide at his residence in Bandra.He was found hanging today. We are investigating,"Manoj Sharma, additional commissioner of police, West-ern Region, told a news agency. Sources from the BandraPolice said on the basis of primary information, a case ofaccidental death report will be registered. No suicide notewas found from the spot, they said.

Rajput's former manager, 28-year-old Disha Salian,ended her life by jumping from a high rise building onJune 9. Last week, the actor mourned Salian's death andcalled it "devastating news".

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 14

Amid the standoff with China, De-fence Minister Rajnath Singh onSunday said that talks are underwaywith China at the diplomatic and mil-itary level.

"Talks are underway with Chinaat the diplomatic and military level.China too expressed wish to resolvethis issue via talks. I would like to in-form the Opposition that our govern-ment won't keep anyone in the dark.I assure you that we won't compro-mise with national pride in any situa-tion," Singh said while addressing'Jammu Jan Samvad rally' via videoconferencing.

The Chinese military started a

build-up along the Line of ActualControl in May first week along theLadakh sector and Sikkim wherethey came to the Naku Laarea and had a face-off withthe Indian troops there.

The two countries haveheld military and diplomat-ic talks to resolve the stand-off in Eastern Ladakh.

Meanwhile, the De-fence Minister paid tributeto slain Jammu and Kash-mir sarpanch Ajay Pandita."I pay my tribute toSarpanch Ajay Pandita, who died in acowardly attack and also Mohd Mak-bul Sherwani of Baramulla, who in1947 hoisted the Indian flag in Kash-mir valley," he said.

He said that the development ofJammu and Kashmir is a priority forthe Central government.

The Defence Ministerfurther said that the secu-rity forces in Jammu andKashmir are giving a be-fitting reply to Pakistan.

While highlightingthe abrogation of Article370 from Jammu andKashmir, the DefenceMinister said that the sit-uation has now changedcompletely and our chan-

nels are now showing the tempera-ture of Muzaffarabad-Gilgit.

He said even Islamabad was feel-ing the pressure and trying to createmischief.

We should be known asan exporting countryNEW DELHI: Defence Minister Raj-nath Singh on Sunday said that Indiashould not be known as an importingcountry and rather should be knownas an exporting nation to the world."Our Government has decided thatthe import of goods from abroadshould be stopped. Our countryshould not be known as an importingcountry in the world, but India shouldbe known as an exporting country,"Singh said while addressing 'JammuJan Samvad rally' via video confer-encing. Prime Minister Narendra Modihad earlier announced a Rs 20 lakhcrore economic stimulus package forthe country fighting COVID-19.

RAJENDRA KHATRYCHANDIGARH, JUNE 14

In the first virtual rally of the BJP in Haryanatoday from Panchkula, Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar lashed out at the Con-gress for critising all government policies andprogrammes. The Congress can never tolerateany new work, said Khattar. Manohar LalKhattar called the Congress a status quo party.

``When it ruled, its leaders used to waitfor the new schemes so that they couldprepare the new plans accordingly. Con-gress leaders used to calculate how muchmoney they would get and how theywould spend it.’’ He said.

The virtual rally in Panchkula startedtoday at 11 am. Two platforms were builtfor this rally. One stage was built inPanchkula and the other in Delhi. Haryana

Chief Minister Manohar LalKhattar, Union Minister andMP Ratnalal Kataria and StatePresident Subhash Barala werepresent from Panchkula stage.These leaders addressed thepeople from Panchkula whileUnion Minister Narendra SinghTomar and Haryana in-charge

of BJP Anil Jain addressed from Delhi.

Testing to beincreased inDelhi by threetimes: Shah NEW DELHI: In order to combatthe menace of coronavirus in thenational capital, Union HomeMinister Amit Shah on Sundaysaid that COVID-19 testingwould soon be increased bythree times in next six days. "Toprevent coronavirus infection inDelhi, the testing of COVID-19will be doubled in the next twodays and after six days testingwould be increased by threetimes," the Home Minister tweet-ed. "Also after few days, the test-ing facility will be started at everypolling station of the containmentzone," he added. In the view ofthe shortage of beds in the na-tional capital for COVID-19 pa-tients, the Home Minister alsoannounced that the Centre hasdecided to provide 500 railwaycoaches to Delhi.

Khattar lashes out at Congress in virtual rally

PANCHKULA JUNE 14: experience. The patient can T h r e e p a t i e n t s h a v e stand and walk very next day of successfully treated with a new operation can live an active life technique stitchless & painless afterwards, he remarked.knee replacement surgeries Meanwhile, Ojas Hospital (SLPL) at Ojas Super Speciality is taking all essential COVID Hospital, Panchkula. precautions as guided by

Karnail Kaur (67) from ICMR like stringent screening Manimajra, Deviyani Kamboj of all patients in OPD and (52) from Panchkula and before placing the patients Preeto Devi (54) were before surgery for any COVID discharged from Ojas on symptoms. Regular fogging & Sunday and a cake cutting sanitization.ceremony was also held during

opting for this new occasion. Both were suffering technique. He informed from knee problems and that in SLPL technique, no operated for knee joint metal or thread stitches are replacement with SLPL applied on the outer skin technique.and rather subcuticular Dr Suresh Singla, director sutures are used with of orthopaedics & joint which patient doesn’t have replacement at Ojas said that to visit the hospital for SLPL is getting popular stitch removal. It is also nowadays as more and more cosmetically better to give patients with bad knees are p a t i e n t p a i n - f r e e

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SUNAM JUNE 14( ): A d e p u t a t i o n o f t h e p r o m i n e n t personalities from Sunam Sub Division led by Jatinder Jain had submitted a memorandum to Bhagwant Singh Mann an AAP, Lok Sabha member of parliament from Sangrur parliament segment at Parliament house at Delhi. In the memorandum among the other demands they were mainly demanding a daily train service from Amritsar to Delhi bye Sunam. The deputationists also demanded that the name of this train must be named in the name of Shaheed Udham Singh(SUS), a great martyr from Sunam who sacrificed his life to take the revenge of Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar by killing General O'dier.

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BATHINDA (ANIL VERMA): Bathinda ranks first among the blood donors as the youth of Bathinda area donate blood wholeheartedly, but today the conditions of the blood bank in Bathinda are such that there is no air and no blood in the blood bank for blood donors. The water supply system is seen which is making the government angry. The cooler fans are broken. This situation was witnessed today on the occasion of Blood Day when the blood donors went to a bad condition when there was no air and no clean drinking water for the blood donors. As a result, there was a huge outcry among the representatives of blood donors and social organizations. Vijay Bhatt, Viru Bansal, who made the voice of blood donation a movement, condemned the poor arrangements.

Bathinda lacks bloodbank facilities

KULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, JUNE 14 :Famous Punjabi singer S a g a s t a r R a m a n Romana's single track ‘Attitude’ with renowned rapper Bohemia is set to release on June 16. Disclosing this here today Sadhu Singh Romana said that the song ‘Attitude’ is b e i n g p r o d u c e d b y Sumeet Singh. He said

that Song ‘Attitude’ released on world’s renowned Hindi channel Yash Raj Films (YRT). He said that the music of Song ‘Attitude’ has been provided by Mr. Wow and the song has been written by Deep Fateh. The video for the song was shoot in Armenia and Amarpreet Chhabra is the video director. Raman Romana give many hit songs with Saga Music like ‘Selfish Mahiya’, ‘Jidd’, ‘Steering’, Red Thar’, ‘Akh Surme Di’ and ‘Bujha Do Battiyan’ etc.

Saga star Raman Romana's single track ‘Attitude’ released on June 16

CHANDIGARH: Hindi content consumption has grown a record 94 per cent year-on-year compared to just 19 per cent for English content.Hindi dubbed masala movies are the taste of the season, making it one of the most watched movie content along with Bollywood movies on Hindi movie TV channels and digital platforms.To celebrate the millions of dubbed movie fans in the Hindi heartland of India, here comes Dollywood Play- ‘Ab Sab Dub’.As the name suggests,Dollywood Play is a dedicated OTT platform for watching Hindi dubbed South Indian & Hollywood movies across a wide range of genres like Action, Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Comedy, Love, Dramaand 18+. Users can now easily download the android, iOS app or visit www.dollywoodplay.comto watch hundreds of well curated videos available as Full Movies, Mini Movies (20 minutes’ versions of full length movies), Clips (Comedy, Action & Hot scenes), Music Videos(item numbers).In acluttered market of Hindi dubbed South Indian movies on many digital platforms, where content discovery is key, consumersget confused because the same movies are available in multipleformats andunder wrong names with misleading posters, landing them to play a movie only to find that they have seen that. This irritates the users. Dollywood Play brings the much-needed relief by making it easier for Hindi dubbed movielovers to discover their favourite content. Dollywood Play curates thedesired content and makes it available for you on its OTT platform with user friendly features.

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JAGRAON (CHARANJIT SINGH SARNA) - The Corona epidemic has claimed the lives of people from all walks of life and especially the middle class, leaving the poor destitute. History testifies that whenever the country needed something, the Khalsa Panth came forward to help in any way it could. These words were uttered by Bhai Pritpal Singh Paras, Gurmat Granthi Ragi, President of Dhadi International Pracharak Sabha. He said that the services rendered by Baba Nanak ji would continue uninterrupted. Bhai Pritpal Singh Paras and Baba Sukhdev Singh Lopo, Chief Sewadar of Gurdwara Baba Jeevan Singh Bagh Kheta Ram Jagraon said that he thanked the sangat for running langar at Guru Ghar for two or three consecutive months. Baljinder Singh Deewana, Bhai Jaswinder Singh Khalsa, Davinder Singh Kamalpuri and Bhai Sher Singh Sheran were present on the occasion.

Importance of Guru's langars in Sikhism is unparalleled: Bhai Paras

SGPC honours Dr Harpal Singh Sehli for keeping Sikh philosophy intact while treating Covid patients

C H A N D I G A R H : T h e Jathedar of Akal Thakht Sahib Gyani Harpreet Singh and Pres iden t o f Shr imani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) Bhai Gobind Singh Longowal has honoured Dr Harpal Singh Selhi of Dayanand Medical College (DMC), Ludhiana for his vital role in Corona crisis for treating Covid patients.

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we will get the vaccine very country rose to 3,20,922.soon," Gadkari said. With 311 deaths reported in the

According to the Union last 24 hours, the coronavirus death Ministry of Health and Family toll has now reached 9,195.Welfare, India witnessed its Out of the total number of highest-ever spike of 11,929 new cases, 1,49,348 are active and cases in the last 24 hours, the total 1 , 6 2 , 3 7 9 h a v e b e e n number of COVID-19 cases in the cured/discharged/migrated.

AGENCY S a m v a d ' r a l l y v i a v i d e o NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 conference,Gadkari said that the

corona crisis will not last long and Amid the surge in COVID-19 scientists will develop a vaccine cases in the country, Union soon.Minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday "The corona crisis will not last expressed confidence that there l o n g . O u r s c i e n t i s t s a n d will be a vaccine for the deadly scientists in other countries are disease very soon. working day and night to develop

Addressing a 'Gujarat Jan the vaccine. I am confident that

QADIAN 14(VERMA) - After the appointment of Kulwinder Kaur of blokc qadian as the District president of BJP's Women's Wing, on Sunday, there is a wave of congra tu la t ions a t he r residence.

B l o c k p r e s i d e n t Joginderpal Bhutto and

gar landed f lowers and working leader of the party, general secretary Ashwani presented shawls to honor who has achieved this Verma along with their entire them. Speaking on the position of district president team reached Kulwinder occasion, they said that due to her hard work and Kaur’s residence to honor her . Kulwinder Kaur is the hard- dedication. On this occasion, they

LUDHIANA, JUNE 14: her house due to non payment of rent.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder On getting to know about Singh have directed the District Nirmal Kaur’s situation, Chief Administration Ludhiana to M i n i s t e r P u n j a b C a p t help the elderly woman staying Amarinder Singh immediately in a rented house in New d i r e c t e d t h e D e p u t y Shimlapuri area of the city. The Commissioner Ludhiana to help Chief Minister came to know the elderly woman, who, after about this woman during his the death of his son, is living in a #AskCaptain Facebook Live rented house along with her 11-session yesterday, when he was year-old grandson. He directed answering to questions of the Deputy Commissioner to citizens. ensure that they should clear her

It is pertinent to mention that pending rent as well as pay rent the Chief Minister had come to for one year, besides all costs know about the problems being f o r h e r t r e a t m e n t o f faced by one Nirmal Kaur (70), Tuberculosis (TB) should be wife of Darshan Singh, a b o r n e b y t h e d i s t r i c t resident of New Shimlapuri area administration. of the Ludhiana city. A person A d d i t i o n a l D e p u t y named Kulwant Singh had Commissioner (Development) brought this matter to the notice Mr Amarjit Singh Bains of the Chief Minister and had informed that under the stated that Nirmal Kaur stays in a Mission Fateh of the Punjab rented house along with her 11- government and following the year-old grandson. She takes orders of Chief Minister, the care of her family by running a District Administration have small stall “khokha”, but due to got the matter verified through lockdown, she was suffering the revenue department financially and could not pay her officials, and a case is being house rent of 4 months and her prepared and sent to the Punjab landlord had asked her to vacate government.

Newly appointed District President Kulwinder Kaur felicitated

Capt Amarinder directs Ludhiana administration to help elderly woman

living in a rented house'Corona crisis will not last long, we'll get vaccine soon': Gadkari

499 new COVID-19 cases in UP, active tally at 4,948

LUCKNOW: A total of 499 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 4,948, said Amit Mohan Prasad, Principal Health Secretary, on Sunday. Prasad said that the state's recovery rate is over 60 per cent and 8,268 patients have recovered from the disease so far."499 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of active cases to 4,948. A total of 8,268 people (60.72 per cent) have recovered while 399 others lost their lives due to the disease," Prasad said while addressing a press conference here. Prasad said that a total of 15,762 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the state on Saturday. "The target of testing samples in a day has been increased to 20,000 by June 30. So far, 4,56,213 samples have been tested in the state," he said. Prasad said the rules regarding sealing a multi-storeyed building if any COVID-19 case found there have been amended.

Satpal Singh takescharge of police postDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Satpal Singh took chargeof the Neelokheri police post. Before this

it was Dharampalwho was Chowkiin-charge but hehas been trans-ferred to Karnaland the new in-charge SatpalSingh has takenover his charge.While talking to re-porters today, hesaid that the youth

who were on motorcycles loiteringaround would not be allowed to do so inNeelokheri. The reason is that they willnot go on track and due to Covid 19, theinstructions of the district administrationwill be followed. No person will come outof the house without a mask and whoev-er is found wandering in the city withouta mask is also challaned by the adminis-tration. He will be given that people willnot be allowed to face any problem inany work.

Jai Bharat Mandalhonours DSP RajivROHIT LAMSARTARAORI: DSP Rajiv Kumar said thatthe corona epidemic has spread all overIndia, which is only to be taken care of.We should not come out of the housewithout a mask. He said that we mustmaintain a safe distance to avoid coronainfection virus. If we follow the instruc-tions of the district administration, thenthis virus can be avoided. DSP Rajiv Ku-mar was honoured by Jai Bharat YuvaMandal in Taraori. During the honour cer-emony held in GV Rice Unit Taraori, peo-ple were appealed to be cautiousthrough social media.

Rana takes charge asEducation OfficerMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: Block Education Officer Bir SinghRana took the position. Earlier Rama-murthy Sharma had served as Block Ed-ucation Officer. Speaking on the occa-sion, Bir Singh Rana said that every ef-fort will be made to raise the standard ofeducation. He said that there was a lot ofproblems with the lockdown. Due towhich, children's studies are being dis-rupted for many months. But to win thiswar, it was very important to take thisstep. He said that during the epidemic,online children are receiving education.He has also appealed to the non-believ-ers to pay full attention to children's edu-cation. Schools will be opened as per theorders of the government.

Homeopathymedicine distributedKARNAL: Today, homeopathic medicineArsenic album 30, which is beneficial toincrease the capacity of health,was dis-tributed by AYUSH with inspiration ofHaryana Health minister Anil Vij. 300packets were given to Mata Masnsa DeviMandir officers and all employees, whichwill benefit 1200 people, by Dr.Harparkash Sharma, Indian Institute ofHomoeopathic headed by Dr. SatwikSharma, Chief Executive Officer ofMansa Devi Shrine Board, MS Yadav,Secretary Prithvi Dr. Sharma, who waspresent at the presentation of Raj, Mem-ber Balkesh Vats, said that the govern-ment should always follow the precau-tions given to the people such as keep-ing distance from each other, keepingdistance from the crowd, wash hands re-peatedly with soap, sanitise, eat pureand vegetarian food.

Media playing roleof Corona warrior:SrivastavaKARNAL: Corona is a global epidemicand disaster and the role of mass mediais very important in dealing with it. Itserves to coordinate with society. There-fore, the role of the media is crucial todefeat the Corona infection. Media per-sonnel are also acting as Corona war-riors. This was said by Dr. Manoj KumarSrivastava, Head of the Department ofJournalism and Mass Communication,Chaudhary Charan Singh University,Meerut (UP). Dr. Srivastava as thekeynote speaker was addressing the on-line lecture organized by the Mass Com-munication Department of Pt. Chiranji LalSharma Government College on the roleof 'Media in Corona Disaster'. Dr. Ra-jeshwar welcomed the keynote speakerfrom the Mass Communication Depart-ment.

Arora thanks govt forlate fee waiver on GSTGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: Secretary (Haryana) of Na-tional Association of Tax Professionalsand AIFTP State Vice-President AdvocateSanjay Arora thanked the government forannouncing late fee waiver on GST re-turn by GST Council on June 12. He saidthat due to this announcement, smalltraders who were unable to fill their re-turns on time and were canceled by theirlicense department, can fill their previousreturns and start their licenses again.

2 held in heroinsmuggling RENU AGGARWALAMBALA: Ambala court sent two ac-cused, including son of BJP leader ar-rested for heroin smuggling, on 2-daypolice remand, today, the accused wereproduced in court by STF and demandedpolice remand. In fact, the police team ofthe Special Task Force Ambala took im-mediate action on the basis of secret in-formation on the last day. They were ar-rested with heroin and police registereda case in the police station. The policeteam of the Special Task Force Ambalahad received a secret information thatthe accused Kalpath and Amit Kumar areinvolved in smuggling illegal drugs afterwhich this action was taken.

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3HARYANACM urges people to donate bloodCHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal, today on the occasion of WorldBlood Donor Day has appealed to the people of the state to voluntarily come forward to do-nate blood as blood donation is a noble cause and timely provided blood can save someone'sprecious life. In a message issued here today, the Chief Minister said that along with Govern-ment efforts, some Non-Governmental Organizations and Social Institutions have been or-ganizing blood donation camps from time to time and also motivating people to donate blood.Everyone should come forward for such noble cause to serve humanity. Amid Corona, the im-portance of blood donation has been increased considerably. The Chief Minister said that theperson who comes forward for this noble cause earns respect and dignity in the society andalso becomes a source of inspiration among the youth.

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COVID-19: Haryana registers459 fresh cases,tally 7208

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, JUN 14

Haryana on Sunday registered459 fresh coronavirus cases,raising the infection tally to7208.

Of the fresh cases, 191 havebeen reported from Faridabaddistrict, 169 from Gurugram, 13from Palwal, seven from Bhi-wani, four each from Jhajjarand Yamunanagar and two newcases each from Jind and Sirsadistricts, an official morninghealth bulletin said.

Of the 78 fatalities till now,28 deaths have been reportedfrom Faridabad district, 25from Gurugram, six fromSonepat, four each from Pani-pat and Rohtak, three each fromAmbala and Jind, two fromKarnal, while one death eachwas reported from Palwal, Re-wari and Charkhi Dadri district.

Gurugram has reported thehighest number of infections inthe state with 3,190 confirmedcases, followed by Faridabad

1211, Sonepat 536, Rohtak 287,Palwal 196, Ambala 168, Kar-nal 128, Jhajjar 130, Mahender-garh 120, Hisar 117, Nuh 111,Bhiwani 107, Panipat 93, Re-wari 76, Jind 71, Sirsa 70, Ku-rukshetra 66, Fatehabad 60,Kaithal 57, Panchkula 48,Charkhi Dadri 47, Yamunana-gar 45 and 21 US-returneeHaryana citizens.

Of the 1,73,758 samples,6955 have tested positive and1,61,133 negative, while resultsof 5,656 samples are awaited.There are 4,076 active cases inthe state. Among them, 35 areon oxygen support system and14 others on ventilators.

A total of 2801 patients, in-cluding 1161 from Gurugram,348 from Faridabad, 263 from

Sonepat, 128 from Rohtak, 104from Jhajjar, 97 from Nuh, 85from Mahendergarh, 79 fromPalwal, 70 from Ambala, 65from Hisar, 61 from Panipat, 50from Bhiwani, 47 from Karnal,46 from Kurukshetra, 42 fromSirsa, 30 from Kaithal, 29 fromFatehabad, 26 each fromPanchkula and Jind, 20 fromYamunanagar, twelve from Re-wari, seven from Charkhi Dadridistrict and two US returneeHaryana citizens have been dis-charged from hospitals till now.

As many as 88,958 patientshave been put on surveillancetill date, of which 52,192 havecompleted their surveillanceperiod and presently, only36,766 patients are under sur-veillance.

Total 6,955 positive casesexclude 14 Italian nationals.Thirteen of them had been dis-charged after their initial testwas negative and one later test-ed negative for COVID-19.However, he died due to someother reason, the bulletin added.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 14

J.C. Bose University of Science andTechnology, YMCA, Faridabad hasconstituted a new Teaching Depart-ment of Life Sciences and decided tointroduce four new science coursesin Biotechnology, Microbiology,Botany and Zoology at Postgraduatelevel from the next academic sessionunder the Department. These two-year M.Sc. degree courses will bestarted with the intake of 20 seatseach.

A decision to this effect has beentaken in view of the growing impor-tance of these subjects and the careeroptions in it. Besides this, the Uni-versity has also decided to start aninter-disciplinary two-year M.Techdegree course in Energy and Envi-ronmental Engineering with intakeof 18 seats.

Vice Chancellor Prof. DineshKumar said that increasing pollutionat global level and the impendingthreat of global warming has givenrise to the importance of Environ-mental engineers.

YMCA introduces fournew science courses

RANVIR PARASHARCHANDIGARH, JUNE 14

Punjab and Haryana HighCourt has issued directionsthat the word Nigro for anAfrican national in the policepapers presented under section173 Cr.P.C is highly offensiveword across the globe and noone has any business to use itand much less the police.While hearing a case titled asAmarjit Singh Vs State ofPunjab, Justice Rajive NrainRaina observed that this wordis highly objectionable as theAfricans are our friends andwhen they come to India eitheras visitors or students they areour valuable guests and we

should be reminded that Indiais rich in its traditions and cul-ture particularly in of MehmanNawazi and Atithi Sanskar andSatkar. The Judge furtherhighlighted the stay of Mahat-ma Gandhi in South Africa forabout two decades pioneeringthe apartheid movement andfighting against color discrim-ination and for freedomagainst black laws as he didfor ours in different ways inthe freedom struggle. TheJudge further observed that theFather of the Nation countedmany friends from amongstthose people and he admiredus to follow that inspiring pre-cept and pay due respect toeach other and other people

than that of Indians. We areprofessedly a tolerant sub-continent of browns in all itsshades but more often that nodisplay a perverted and primi-tive mind-set looking downon others without lookingwithin ourselves. The courtfurther said that for many cen-turies we have been slaves.Freedom does not lend itswings to our countrymen to flyanywhere they wish and in anymanner they like and abuseforeigners on the street callingthem Kalla. To the contrary freedom teach-es love for human dignity andrespect for fellowman. In factthis case was taken up forhearing through video confer-

encing due to the pandemic ofCOVID-19. Investigation Of-ficer was directed to producerecovery memo and all otherprima facie evidence collectedby him on June 18 for furtherhearing into the matter. TheHC further directed never touse the unprintable word inany police document includingin challans or anywhere elseon case papers including in-vestigation reports. This bringshame to Indian and hatred forthe country. The court also observed thatthe police appears to have as-sumed that every black is adrug peddler and should betreated as such. This is terriblethinking..

HC asks DGP Punjab to step inimmediately over `Nigro’

BUREAU GHARAUNDA, JUNE 14

MLA Harvindra Kalyan saidthat in the Corona crisis, theHaryana BJP’s Virtual Rallyhas proved to be a historic ral-ly. Lakhs of people joined therally online and came toknow about the welfare poli-cies of the country and thestate. MLA HarvinderKalyan has claimed that near-ly one lakh people fromacross the state and assemblyconstituencies have joined thevirtual rally. MLA Kalyanwas interacting with journal-ists on Sunday after the livebroadcast of the mass mediarally held at Panchkula atKalyan Farm House. BJPworkers heard the addressesof Union Agriculture MinisterNarendra Tomar, Haryana

Chief Minister Manohar Laland BJP state in-charge AnilJain.

MLA Harvindra Kalyansaid that there was a disputefor the last 500 years regard-ing the construction of RamMandir, but the Modi govern-ment at the centre not onlysolved this years old problem,but also started the construc-tion of Ram temple. At the

same time, women of Muslimsociety got freedom fromlaws like triple talaq. TheMLA said that due to thegood thinking and decisionsof the Prime Minister, todaythe situation of our country isbetter than other countries inthe case of Corona. Sworn tobuy indigenous goods ofCovid-19 and follow the in-structions of Kovid-19.

Mass virtual rally proves historic

242 bicycle `SaveEnvironment Rally’ held

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKURUKSHETRA, JUNE 14

``We are getting breathless, let's plant trees. If you don’t plant trees, there willbe trouble in taking breath. If water is there, there is future.‘’ By putting theseslogan placards, the environmental guards took out the 242nd Cycle Ride Envi-ronment Save Awareness rally today. This rally was organised by the membersof the Prerna Samiti, Haryana. Dushyant Sharma, member of social activist andPrerna Samiti Haryana,flagged off the rally by a white flag which is a symbol ofpeace. Embellished with the President's Police Medal, National Gold MedalistDiamond Blood Donor and Environment Sentinel Dr. Ashok Kumar Verma,while conveying the message through poetry, asked the people to save the envi-ronment.

The United Nations warns that 1.6 billion people would get livelihood fromtrees. In the name of urbanisation environment is sbeing destroyed. If the treewill be cut like this continuously human beings will find it difficult to breathe.Dr. Ashok asked people to lant saplings from house to house to save the envi-ronment. He further said that by conserving rainwater, we can get rid of the fu-ture problem of water. For this, old houses as well as newly constructed housescan be fabricated to collect rainwater or rainwater can be collected by other re-sources and this collected water can be used in homes. Dushyant Sharma saidthat together we can keep the environment clean by making small efforts. Therally was attended by the committee's provincial chairman Dr. Ashok KumarVerma, district head Rajkumari Panwar, treasurer Pawan Dhiman, mentor Kar-ma Chand, advisors Dr. Satyanarayan Sharma and Kapil.

Kamboj gives detailsof govt policies

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 14

After completion of first year of the second innings of the BJPgovernment at theCenter, Karan DevKamboj distrib-uted the leafletsfrom village to vil-lage about hisplans, decisionsand policies andmade him awareof the importantwork of the gov-ernment. Givingthis information,former ministerKamboj said thatthe Narendra Modi government of the centre and the ManoharLal government of Haryana have taken firm decisions in the in-terest of the country.

He explained to the people about the plans and policies ofthe Central Government. He said that only BJP government canlead the country towards development. All the developmentwork the government has done have never been done before.He appealed to people to participate in BJP’s virtual rally.

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 14

Former Minister of StateKaran Dev Kamboj saidthat a virtual rally was or-ganised in Panchkula onSunday, on the achieve-ments and decisions of thefirst year of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's secondterm. In Radaur, the rallywas seen and heard by theworkers of Union Agricul-ture Minister NarendraTomar and Chief MinisterManohar Lal and BJP StateIn-Charge Anil Jain's ad-dress. On this occasion, for-mer Minister of State KaranDev Kamboj said that thisis the first rally in the histo-ry of Haryana throughwhich people have been in-formed about the achieve-

ments and important deci-sions of online governmentschemes. In this virtual ral-ly, Union Agriculture Min-ister Narendra Tomar spokeabout the achievements ofthe first year of the secondterm of the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi govern-ment and said that thePrime Minister has donemany important works for

the people of the country.Haryana Chief Minister

Manohar Lal said thatalong with the Central Gov-ernment schemes, Haryanahas also integrated itsschemes with them. TheState has done a lot of workin the field of agriculture sothat several works havebeen done to improve thefalling level of ground wa-

ter so that our future gener-ations do not have to facethe problem of water in thecoming time.In this virtualrally, BJP state in-chargeAnil Jain, said that whenthe country is facing an epi-demic like Coronavirus,Prime Minister NarendraModi has not only workedto get the country out of thecrisis, but also to send med-icines, financial aid to theworld's other countries, etc.On this occasion, formerMinister of State KaranaDev Kamboj said that thethinking of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has notonly worked to connect thepeople of the country andbring the country out of thecrisis, but has also workedto raise the name of India inthe whole world.

BJP vitrtual rally successful: Kamboj

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAROHTAK, JUNE 14

Dr. Arvind Sharma said that importantdecisions of the Central Governmenthave made the country different from theworld. The first year of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's second term is full ofhistorical achievements. This includesremoval of Article 370, Civil Amend-ment Act, paving the way for the construc-tion of Ram temple, considering triple talaqas a criminal offense, enriching theQatarpur corridor country as well as stepstaken to tackle the global epidemic corona.He also said that the first virtual rally in thehistory of Haryana has been historic and aroadmap for development has been pre-pared in this rally.

The MP said that during the Coronaepidemic, millions of people used digitalmedia in a virtual rally, connected to theparty's official site, Facebook and Twitterlinks, sitting at the rally site, Union Minis-ter Narendra Tomar, National General Sec-retary Dr. Anil Jain, Chief Minister

Manohar Lal And interacted directly withBJP state president Subhash Barala. Duringthis period, an account of the work done bythe Central and State Government was alsopresented. MP Dr. Arvind Sharma termedthe Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana ashistoric and said that under this scheme, theCentral Government gave financial assis-tance to the account of women and poorpeople through different schemes. Apartfrom this, through the Kisan Samman Nid-hi, every farmer of the country has been fi-nancially supported. He said that to tacklethe Corona epidemic, a package of twomillion crores has been given to speed upthe country's economy.

Important govt decisions madecountry proud: Dr. Arvind

Merit will be givenimportance: Singh

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 14

The Unnat Bharat Organisation Trust has taken a unanimousdecision that it has been decided to create a National Coopera-tion base to help the poor, laborers, and poor students of thecountry. This com-mittee includes Dr.Karmaveer Goyalfrom Punjab, Dr.NR Lashkar fromNorth East,Jagdish Bansalfrom Delhi, DaraSingh fromHaryana, and Dr. Manvendra Singh, Dr. Amita Kulshrestha andShiv Ratan Agarwal from Uttarakhand in Uttar Pradesh and R.Alvin Devdas from South India. It will be headed by NationalPresident Bharat Prem, and patron KN Singh. Advanced BharatSangathan Trust has decided to help good players, doctors, en-gineers and students selected for administrative service to en-hance the country's qualification. The organisation will try tofulfill the students who will come first and second at the na-tional level after studying in government schools, if they alsoneed to study further and move forward. Therefore, the aboveselected committee will send invitations to donors from all overthe country. Officials will also be announced soon to supportthis programme.

Blood donation camp in NilokheriDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: A blood donation camp was organised on the auspicious occasion of WorldBlood Donor Day in Punjabi Dharamshala, Neelokheri. This blood donation camp was organ-ised by the Blood Donor family and BharatVikas Parishad branch, Neelokheri and therewas great enthusiasm among the youth inthis camp and He took an active part. RajivKumar, DSP Karnal was the first person to at-tend this blood donation camp and he inau-gurated it. On his arrival there, he was wel-comed. 200 people registered in the camp.The blood of 160 people was collected. Onthis occasion, Dr. Bhanupratap Medical Officer, Dr. Devender, Ashok Kumar, on behalf ofKalpana Chawla College, and MC Dhiman and Prince on behalf of Red Cross, partipated inthis work. In his address, DSP Rajiv Kumar said that we should keep blood donation fromtime to time in our life, Prem Sachdeva, Principal of Punjabi Sabha, General Secretary andBJP District Vice President Shivnath Kapoor of Neelokheri Nagarpal The chairperson of thechairperson Sanmeet Kor Ahuja, the chairperson's representative and philanthropist SatnamAhuja, Neelokheri, the outpost in-charge Satpal Singh, besides the blood donor family and allmembers of the Bharat Vikas Parishad branch, Neelokheri, were present.

4KEEPYOUR FACE TO THE SUNSHINE AND

YOU CANNOT SEE A SHADOW.

HELEN KELLER

EVERY POSITIVE VALUE HAS ITS PRICE IN NEGA-TIVE TERMS... THE GENIUS OF EINSTEIN LEADS

TO HIROSHIMA.

PABLO PICASSO

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic as-

trologer known for heraccurate predictions of

winning BJP minister KirronKher, as well winning of Pun-

jab electionsby Con-gress. Shehas manylectures onastrology inIndia andA b r o a d .

Followed by international con-ferences and T.V. shows onvarious Channels.ARIES :- It looks as if you areon your own for a while-col-leagues/associates may cometo your aid, but will not be ableto provide much assistance.

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When a Mercedes Benz E Class stopped outsidethe gates of my house one evening, I thoughtthe owner must have lost his way. But when

the rear door opened and the sole passenger steppedout, I got a surprise, for it was my old friend Murthy,whom I'd last spoken to on the phone when he waslocked down in Thiruvananthapuram. I was thrilled,because this was my first visitor since the lockdownbegan, and, besides, the Merc was a sight to behold!

Murthy made himself at home in my drawing roomin a matter of minutes. He took the most comfortableseat, eased the cat off an ottoman so that he could puthis feet up, got me to fetch him a large peg of hisfavourite whiskey (of which I had limited stocks, be-cause it’s so expensive), turned on the TV with thesound off so he could watch the ticker tape of a newschannel at the bottom of the screen, and persuaded mywife to start frying snacks.

When he had made himself truly comfortable, Iasked him what brought him this way. "An inaugura-tion," he replied. "A sort of temple."

“A temple!” I said, surprised, for I’d somehow gotthe impression that he was an agnostic.

“Not a temple, exactly,” he said, taking a largeswig of my whiskey. “A monument to a leader. One ofthose fellows who turned a local community into avote bank.”

“Why did you say temple, then?” I asked, irritated.“Because that’s what it is,” he said, smiling in a

way that set my teeth on edge. “You can’t go in thereas you wish, there are lots of rules about it, like leavingyour shoes outside, and being quiet and respectful in-side, and saying the right words, and placing flowerson pictures, and so on, regardless of whether the per-son in question was a devil or a saint.”

I got his point and tried to shut him up, but gettinga word in when Murthy is in full cry is like trying tostop an avalanche with a sheet of newspaper. “Thereare many types of temples,” he went on. “The oldestare to gods, even those that don’t permit pictures in-side. The second are to events. Like a monument to In-dependence Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas or whatever.The third type are to people. Leaders, you know, peo-ple who won their followers freedom or land or dignityor whatever.

And the fourth type, those are to ideologies. Monu-ments to Marxism, or Socialism, or whatever ismcomes to your mind.

Principle of politics:Know your enemy

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020

Editorial

Literature & CultureRecent reforms will boost

agri biz investmentsThe recent amendments to

the decades-old EssentialCommodities Act, fol-

lowing up on Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman's 'At-manirbhar Bharat' economicstimulus measures, have ush-ered in major deregulation ofthe agricultural market in India.The reforms that Governmenthas undertaken in these testingtimes for making "One Coun-try, One Market" for agriculturewould enableachievement ofthe vision of doubling farmers'income by 2022.

We at CII had for longbeen advocating with the Cen-tral and State Governments toderegulate the agriculture sec-tor and empower the farmer tosell his produce wherever hegets the best remuneration forhis harvest. These amendments,while enhancing the income offarmers, are also likely have adomino effect in improving theentire agriculturevalue chainright from Farm to the Forkwherein the industry wouldalso now feel encouraged tobring in more investments incold storage, warehouses, pro-cessing and export creating op-portunities that are waiting tobe unlocked We all know thatbecause of its diverse geo-graphic and climatic conditions,India has been one of biggestfarm producers in the world fora wide array of cereals, pulses,oilseeds, edible oils and staplessuch as onion andpotatoes.However with Gov-ernment regulating the stock

and supply of these under theEssential Commodities Act,1955, industry players were re-stricted from infusing invest-ments, adding the right inputsand introducing efficiency intothe sector.

The amendments in theAPMC have now also providedmuch needed independence tofarmers from vastly regulatedagricultural markets in thecountry. The farmers are nowfree to sell their produce out-side their defined APMC mar-kets. These decisions wouldnow also empower our farmersto engage with processors, ag-gregators, large retailers, ex-porters etc without fear of ex-ploitation. Additionally, reformof the APMC system wouldhelp them connect with newtechnologies, varieties and farmpractices which will bring moreincome and sources of revenueto our farm andrural sector. Theordinance to promote contractfarming is another landmarkmove which will enable greaterprivate sector participation inagriculture. Farmer producergroups can now enter into

agreements with large retailers,exporters, and aggregators forpurchase of crops on a largescale. With corporates support-ing production with better in-puts and technology, the stageis set for enhancing yield andoutput of crops including fruitsand vegetables. As a significantagri producer, India can alsoaddress global food marketsmore successfully through thislinkage introduced in the newpolicies.While the facilitativelegal framework is a move inthe right direction it is hopedthat this framework would betransparent and fair to both theseller and the buyer. The othermeasures such as to accept therecommendation of Dr M SSwaminathan Committee, toenhance the MSP to 50% high-er than input cost would greatlyadd to the cheer of our farmerbrethren. While Governmentof India has surely undertakenagriculture reforms in the rightdirection, the states now havethe onus to move forward byfacilitating inter and intra statetrade of agri commodities with-out any disruptions. I do hopethat states will also expediteand fast track the reforms pend-ing at their end which will al-low the Industry and the farm-ing fraternity to join forces andunlock the opportunities tomakeIndia's agriculture sectorglobally competitive.

Nikhil SawhneyChairman

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Northern Region

China’s different tacticsin Hong Kong

As Hong Kong citizens continuetheir pro-democracy battleagainst the city's leadership and

mainland China, Beijing is using allmeans to convince the world that theanti-national security law will benefitthe city's economy including the tourismsector.

Tourism is one of Hong Kong's fourpillar industries. According to a govern-ment data stated by the South ChinaMorning Post, tourist arrivals dropped40 per cent in August 2019.

"There is no peaceful environmentfor us to do business here. The unresthas resulted in a series of social prob-lems and has scared visitors away. Thebusinesses in Hong Kong generally un-derstand and support the central authori-ties' decision to enact national securitylaws for Hong Kong and expect the leg-islation to bring back stability to thecommunity," Xinhua quoted FelixChung, a LegCo member representingthe business sector.

In the name of strengthening the'one country, two systems' and ensuringthat the freedoms granted to Hong Kongcan be extended beyond 2047, Chineseauthorities has said that the national se-curity legislation will be banning sub-version, secession, terrorism and foreigninterference.

While China is using such tactics toimpose the national security law inHong Kong, the city's citizens are fight-ing tooth and nail to maintain their spe-cial status. For over a year, Hong Kongcitizens have been out on the streets

protesting against the extradition bill,which would have allowed criminal sus-pects in the city to be sent to mainlandChina for trial.

On June 9 last year, more than onemillion people held demonstrationsagainst the government's attempt to le-galise extradition from Hong Kong tomainland China. In September that year,Chief Executive Carrie Lam announcedthe withdrawal of the extradition bill.

The five demands of the protestorsare -- withdrawal of the extradition bill,an independent commission of inquiryto investigate rights abuses, an end tothe prosecution of protesters, an end tothe false labelling of the protests as "ri-ots", and genuine universal suffrage inthe elections of the Chief Executive andLegislative Council of Hong Kong.

However, the rest of the demandssuch as universal suffrage and an inquiryinto alleged police brutality -- have beenrejected by the city's leadership and Bei-jing, Al Jazeera reported.

According to the Sino-British jointdeclaration, signed in Beijing on De-cember 19, 1984, by the Prime Ministersof China and Britain, Zhao Ziyang andMargaret Thatcher, it was agreed thatChina would reassume control of HongKong from July 1, 1997.

The main body of the treaty haseight articles and three annexes and itstates that China's basic policies regard-ing Hong Kong "will remain unchangedfor 50 years", including the promise thatthe city would retain a high degree ofautonomy.

As COVID-19 pandem-ic cripples India, an-other major crisis that

cannot be overlooked is thelack of availability of safeblood for patients, which is avital healthcare resource reg-ularly used in treatment onvarious occasions.

On this June 14, whichis annually observed world-wide as World Blood DonorDay, it is pertinent to raisewider awareness on the ur-gent need to increase theavailability of safe blood.

This year's theme forWorld Blood Donor Day is -'Safe blood saves lives' -which is aimed at providingsafe blood to the ones inneed.

According to a reportpublished by The Lancet, In-dia has the world's largestshortage of blood, with allstates together battling ahuge shortfall of 41 millionunits and demand outstrip-ping supply by over 400 percent. The demands are ris-ing, mention the report.

"We have to bring in theaspect of blood donation andhealth awareness for safeblood as a part of the charac-ter-building exercise. Thereare sections who will getmotivated by this and comeforward to donate blood. Anadequate supply of safeblood can only be assuredthrough regular donations byvoluntary unpaid blooddonors if you regularly do-nate blood at the age of 18that means you could be giv-ing a chance to at least 120

people," said Professor (Dr)SK Sarin, Director, Instituteof Liver and Biliary Sci-ences, Delhi.

"In the post-pandemicCOVID-19 era, India needsto adopt better screeningpractices in prevention ofdisease propagation as it isone of the worst thalassemiaaffected countries in theworld," added Sarin.

An increase of 11.6 mil-lion blood donations fromvoluntary unpaid donors hasbeen reported from 2008 to2015. In total, 78 countries

collect over 90 per cent oftheir blood supply from vol-untary unpaid blood donors;however, 58 countries col-lect more than 50 per cent oftheir blood supply from fam-ily or replacement or paiddonors according to WHO.

"Due to COVID-19 in-duced lockdown, bloodbanks across India are facinga shortage of blood compo-nents, with demand from pa-tients with thalassemia, can-cer, trauma, and emergencyinterventions largely unmetin the current pandemic situ-

ation. It is essential to haveat least one good blood bankin each district of India withgood regulation and assuredthe safety of blood transfu-sion," said Professor K Sri-nath Reddy, president ofPublic Health Foundation ofIndia and a member of theICMR COVID-19 taskforce.

"The oversight has to beprovided by the State BloodTransfusion Council and theFood and Drug Administra-tion. There is also a need toinitiate the right dialoguewith the involvement of

multiple stakeholders to es-tablish a robust policy envi-ronment for safe-bloodtransfusion, prioritising thepatient's safety uppermostand thereby preventingdeaths from transfusion-transmitted infections,"added Reddy.

Speaking on the issue,Delhi based TPAG member,Anubha Taneja Mukherjeesaid, "As a citizen of thiscountry, a tax-payer and a le-gal professional, it is diffi-cult for me to understand asto how can so many re-

sources invested in tha-lassemia pre and post NHMbe allowed to be sacrificedto a single bag of infectedblood!"

"It is equally difficult forme to understand as to howa patient of thalassemia get-ting transfusion in a govern-ment hospital in Bengaluruget NAT tested blood (Sev-eral studies show how NATalong with conventionalserological testing can re-duce the residual risk whileblood transfusion to a greatextent and help to get safeblood to patients) and anoth-er one sitting in Jharkhandget whole blood. The situa-tion with blood donationpractices is the same. Are weone country?" Mukherjeeadded.

According to a study bythe ICMR, one out of every18 births is a thalassemiacarrier in Delhi. In Delhi,around 200 births of Thalas-saemia major takes placeevery year. All these patientsrequire repeated and regularblood transfusion (every twoto four weeks) and ironchelation therapy for sur-vival.

The average cost per pa-tient is Rs 50,000-Rs2,00,000 per year, which isbound to increase furtherwith inflation. A thalas-saemic child on average re-quires 30 units of bloodevery year. All these thalas-saemia major births can becompletely preventedthrough awareness/sensitisa-tion and timely screening.

Time for new blood relations

The Naming of CatsThe Naming of Cats is a difficultmatter,

It isn't just one of your holidaygames;You may think at first I'm as mad as ahatterWhen I tell you, a cat must haveTHREE DIFFERENT NAMES.First of all, there's the name that thefamily use daily,

Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo, or James,Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey-

All of them sensible everyday names.There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,

Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter-

But all of them sensible everyday names,But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,

A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,

Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,

Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-

Names that never belong to more than one cat.But above and beyond there's still one name left over,

And that is the name that you never will guess;The name that no human research can discover-

But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.When you notice a cat in profound meditation,

The reason, I tell you, is always the same:His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation

Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of hisname:

His ineffable effableEffanineffable

Deep and inscrutable singular name.

POEMS

T. S. ELIOT

BY T. S. ELIOT

According to newresearch from LosAlamos National

Laboratory, artificialbrains too might requiresleep for proper function-ing. "We study spikingneural networks, whichare systems that learnmuch as living brains do,"said Los Alamos NationalLaboratory computer sci-entist Yijing Watkins.

"We were fascinatedby the prospect of traininga neuromorphic processorin a manner analogous tohow humans and other bi-ological systems learnfrom their environmentduring childhood devel-opment," Watkins added.The scientist and her re-

search team found that thenetwork simulations be-came unstable after con-tinuous periods of unsu-pervised learning.

When they exposedthe networks to states thatare analogous to thewaves that living brainsexperience during sleep,stability was restored. "Itwas as though we weregiving the neural net-works the equivalent of agood night's rest," saidWatkins.

The discovery cameabout as the research teamworked to develop neuralnetworks that closely ap-proximate how humansand other biological sys-tems learn to see.

The group initiallystruggled with stabilisingsimulated neural networksundergoing unsuperviseddictionary training, whichinvolves classifying ob-jects without having priorexamples to comparethem to.

"The issue of how tokeep learning systemsfrom becoming unstablereally only arises when at-tempting to utilise biolog-ically realistic, spikingneuromorphic processorsor when trying to under-stand biology itself," saidLos Alamos computer sci-entist and study coauthorGarrett Kenyon.

"The vast majority ofmachine learning, deep

learning, and AI re-searchers never encounterthis issue because in thevery artificial systemsthey study they have theluxury of performingglobal mathematical oper-ations that have the effectof regulating the overalldynamical gain of the sys-tem," added Kenyon.

The researchers char-acterise the decision toexpose the networks to anartificial analog of sleepas nearly a last-ditch ef-fort to stabilise them.They experimented withvarious types of noise,roughly comparable to thestatic you might en-counter between stationswhile tuning a radio.

Artificial brains also need sleep

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NUJ honours corona warrior of postalDepartmentJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: The National Union of Journalists Himachal on Saturday honored theemployees of the Bangana Sub Post Office by presenting a citation for theirservices during the Corona epidemic. Union State President Ranesh Rana thankedthe personnel for providing better services during the Corona crisis. Joginder DevArya, member of the National Executive of NUJ in Bangana on Saturday, Sub PostMaster Bangana Tilak Raj, Deputy Postal Pal, Postal Department employeesAnkush Kumar, Ganesh Dutt Anudutt Gurnam Singh, Pankaj Kumar, Kishanchand,Karamchand, Anupama Sharma, Shilpa Rani , Sanjeev Kumar, Jeevan Kumar,Manohar Lal, Raghuveer Singh, Resham Singh were honoured by giving citation.

Sample for 34 people camein contact with coronapositive taken for testJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: Sample of about 34people was taken by the HealthDepartment on Saturday on the basisof travel and relation history of Coronapositive case under subdivisionBangana. Giving information, Dr. AtulRana, in-charge of Civil HospitalBangana said that a retired armysoldier has been found corona positiveon June 2 from Mumbai reachedvillage Baut of Muchali Panchayat.Due to which the samples of Covid-19of the soldier's family and about thirty-seven people who come in contactwith them have been taken and sentfor investigation. If one of these peopleis found to be corona positive, then theproblems of Bangana administrationcan increase. He called upon thepublic to follow the rules of Covid-19and not to leave without any work.

Red Cross organisesblood donation campSHIMLA: The Red Cross todayorganised a blood donation camp heretoday on the occasion of the WorldBlood Donation Day, which wasinaugurated by Governor BandaruDattatraya, who is also the Chairmanof State Red Cross Society. TheChairperson of State Red CrossHospital Welfare Section Dr. SadhnaThakur was also present on thisoccasion. About 50 units of blood weredonated during this camp in whichvarious NGOs and students of HPUniversity participated. The doctorsand para-medical staff assisted thiscamp. Speaking on the occasion, theGovernor said that the World BloodDonation Day was being celebratedevery year on 14 June by WorldHealth Organisation since year 2004to motivate the people for blooddonation. He said that birthday of thescientist Karl Landsteiner, who wasborn on 14 June was also celebratedas World Blood Donor Day. Hedeveloped the blood group system ofthe human beings and was givenNobel prize for this distinguished work.The Governor said that blood donationwas a life-giving act which saves manylives. It also inculcates the feeling ofserving towards humanity. He said thattoday the entire country was fightingagainst COVID-19 and the people andgovernments were making all outefforts to come out of this situation. Hesaid that around two lakh peoplebelonging to Himachal Pradesh hadbeen brought back from different partof the country and all adequatearrangements had been made forthem, besides following the quarantinedirectives of the union government. Heexpressed his gratitude towards all theCorona warriors and also appreciatedthe services being provided by theNGOs. Bandaru Dattatraya and Dr.Sadhna Thakur also honoured theblood donors with letter ofappreciation. The Vishwas EducationWelfare Society, Sevahar, Hind SevaSangathan, Think D Big, Jai Bharat,Global Social Network Welfare Societyand 44 students of HP Universityparticipated in the blood donationcamp. Secretary of the State RedCross P. S. Rana detailed about theactivities of the Red Cross. MedicalSuperintendent of I.G.M.C. Shimla Dr.Janak Raj was also present on thisoccasion.

Uttarakhand reports31 new COVID-19casesDEHRADUN: Uttarakhand on Sundayreported 31 new COVID-19 positivecases, taking the state count ofcoronavirus cases to 1,816. "31 moreCOVID-19 cases reported inUttarakhand today. The total numberof cases in the state now stands at1,816, including 705 active cases,1,078 discharged, and 24 deaths,"said State Health Department. Earlierin the day, Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat told ANI that all theDistrict's Magistrates have beeninstructed to get the entire populationof the state screened within ten daysso that the right situation can bedetermined. "To handle the ever-increasing positive cases of coronainfection and prevent the virus fromspreading further, the Uttarakhandgovernment has decided to screenmore than 1 crore people in the statein the next 10 days," he said.

Uttarakhand scholarsrefute Nepal's claimon KalapaniPITHORAGARH: Uttarakhandscholars on Sunday cited scripturesand books written beforeIndependence that showed Kalapanias the source of Kali river, a key factorin Indian claim to areas that Nepal hasnow incorporated in its own map. Thelower house of Nepalese parliamenton Saturday approved thecontroversial map, triggering a strongprotest from India. The new Nepalmap lays claim over Kalapani,Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura which Indiamaintains are on its side of the border.Kali is recognised as the border byboth sides, but Nepal has contestedthat its source is the Kalapani area.Nepalese commentators have arguedthat the real source of Kali river alsocalled Mahakali is the Kuti-Yangtirivulet which originates inLimpiyadhura, a claim that allowsNepal extra territory in the region. V DS Negi, a professor of history at theSS Jeena campus of the KumaonUniversity in Almora, cited ManasKhanda of the Skanda Purana, whichhas a reference to Kali river.

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Talent register developed to provideemployment opportunities: Jai Ram

AGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 14

The state government hasdeveloped a talent register fortalent mapping of the peoplewho have come back to the statefrom various parts of the countryso that they could be providedemployment and self-employment opportunities.

Chief Minister Jai RamThakur stated this whileaddressing the virtual rallies ofBJP Mandal of Bilaspur Sadar inBilaspur district, Chintpurni BJPMandal of Una district andBanjar BJP Mandal of Kulludistrict through videoconferencing from here today.

He said that the people of thecountry and state were fortunateto have a strong leadership inform of Prime Minister NarendraModi to guide the nation in thistime of crisis. It was due to histimely and prompt decision thatthe number of deaths in Indiawere about 9100, as compared toabout 4.30 deaths reported inabout 15 most severely affectedcountries of the world with atotal population of about 142crore. He said that situation inHimachal Pradesh was alsounder control as there were about186 active Corona cases.

The Chief Minister said thatalthough the pace ofdevelopment has adverselyaffected due to the Corona

epidemic, still the governmentwas striving hard to revive theeconomy of the state. The stategovernment has constituted aCabinet Sub-Committee and atask force for revival of theeconomy. He said that theOpposition leaders were makingbaseless and false allegationsagainst the state government in adesperate attempt to remain innews. There was no place ofcorruption in the state and thegovernment would not hesitateto take action against those whowere found guilty, he added.

Jai Ram Thakur said that inthe year 2014, when NarendraModi became the Prime Ministerof the country for the first time,he launched a campaign calledDigital India. It was due to thisvision of the Prime Minister thateven in the present time ofCarona epidemic, we are able tointeract with each other throughthe modern technology. TheChief Minister said that even the

Prime Minister has appreciatedthe steps taken by the Himachalgovernment to tackle Coronavirus. The initiatives of the stategovernment have also beenacknowledge by an independentagency. He said that the peopleof the State need not to worry asall the Corona positive peoplewere either under institutional

quarantine or home quarantine.No one coming from otherstates was being allowed to gohome, he added. He said that thestate government had spendabout Rs. 15 crore on providingrelief to the needy and bringingback about two lakh peoplestranded in various parts of thecounty.

SHIMLA: Chief Minister JaiRam Thakur has approvedreview meetings to be held ineach district of the State tomake an assessment of thearrangements made in thedistricts for containing thespread of COVID-19 as wellas district plans towards re-starting the economicactivities includingdevelopment works. Thesereview meetings will bechaired by the Speaker,Ministers, Deputy Speaker,Deputy Chairman and ChiefWhip. The agenda approvedby the Chief Minister for thesemeetings at the District levelinclude review ofarrangements made forcontainment of COVID-19,review of implementation ofall flagship programmes

started by the central and stategovernments, utilization ofunspent amount, status ofChief Minister'sannouncements, progress ofschemes on which foundationstones were laid by the ChiefMinister. Speaker, VidhanSabha Vipin Singh Parmar willchair the meeting in Kangradistrict on 16 June, 2020.Similarly, Jal Shakti MinisterMahender Singh Thakur willpreside over meeting in Mandidistrict on 17 June, EducationMinister Suresh Bhardwaj inShimla district on 23 June,Urban Development andHousing Minister SarveenChaudhary in Hamirpurdistrict on 26 June,Agriculture Minister Dr. RamLal Markanda in Lahaul andSpiti district on 28 June.

Meet for implementation ofstimulation package to be held

MoU signed forconstruction of Chamba

Medical College: CM

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, JUNE 14

The MoU has been signed with theNational Building ConstructionCompany Ltd. (NBCCLtd.) forconstruction of government medicalcollege Chamba. This was disclosedby Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurwhile addressing a virtual rally ofChamba BJP Mandal from Shimlatoday. The Chief Minister said thebuildings of this medical collegewould be constructed by spendingan amount of Rs 319.53 crore. Thiswould provide specialised healthcare facilities to the people of thearea besides providing medicaleducation. Jai Ram Thakur said thatthe Corona virus has taken thewhole world by surprise and policymakers have been forced to preparevarious developmental plans withspecial thrust on rural areas. He saidthat Prime Minister Narendra Modihas provided the nation a strong andvibrant leadership making the worldacknowledge his leadership skillsand quality. The Chief Minister said

that it was due to the charismaticleadership of the Prime Minister thatthe people of the country wereobeying all the guidelines andadvisories. He said that be itadopting social distancing, usingface masks or washing hands withsoap for twenty seconds regularly,each and every citizen was obeyingthese directions to check the spreadof Corona virus. Jai Ram Thakursaid that the state government withthe active support of the people ofthe State has effectively tackled thesituation. The State was about tobecome COVID free state bysecond of May, but thereafter itwitnessed sharp increase due to thepeople of Himachal arriving fromvarious parts of the country. He saidthat it was the duty of thegovernment to bring back ourpeople, but the opposition wasmaking much hue and cry regardingthis issue. He said that the Congressparty was a headless party and theirseveral leaders were desperate tocome into limelight by raking upbaseless issues.

JYOTI SYALTAHLIWAL, JUNE 14

Satish Rana has beenappointed as MandalPresident of BJP KisanMorcha of Haroli. Heexpressed his gratitude toChief Minister JairamThakur, Minister of State forFinance Anurag Thakur,Panchayati Raj MinisterVirendra Kanwar, formerState President Satpal SinghSati, State OrganizationMinister Pawan Rana, MLARajesh Thakur, ValveerChaudhary, State BJPSpokesperson and StateIndustrial DevelopmentCorporation Vice PresidentProf. Ramkumar, State Kisan

Morcha President Dr. RakeshSharma for the responsibility.Satish Rana said that theresponsibility has beenentrusted to him by the topleaders of the state and willdischarge that responsibilitywith honesty and hard work.

By fulfilling theirresponsibility, farmers willreach out to the people byengaging more and morefarmers in the Central andState Government. DistrictMagistrate Kisan MorchaAvinash Manon, DirectorKangra - Operative BankKulwinder Rana, MahilaMorcha State SecretaryMeenakshi Rana, BJYMODistrict Una President KamalSaini, Zilla Parishad MemberAnoop Rana, DistrictIndustries CoordinatorRajeev Rana, Haroli BJPMandaladhyaksha RavindraJaswal, Mahila MorchaHaroli Principal SanyogitaDevi, District GeneralSecretary BJP Arjun Singh,

Ashok Kumar Vice PresidentBJP Mandal Haroli, RakeshRana, Bikram Thakur, BharatBhushan, Fauji Jagmohan,Fauji Praveen Fauji AshokRana alias Kala, SarvajitSingh, Raman Rana, NeerajRana, Kulbir Singh, MasterRanbir, Hari Kishan,Bhupinder Singh, KuldeepSingh, Mintu, Dinesh Kumar,Monu Rana, Hoshiar Singh ,Lumberdar Shiv Kumar,Pradeep Rana, Kunal, Nikhil,Meher Singh, Biru Rana,Amrik, Mika, Rohit, Ballu,Giani Baba Ji and RahulJoshi thanked Jairam Sarkarhave expressed their hapinessfor handing over thecommand of Kisan MorchaHaroli to Satish Rana.

Satish Rana becomes presidentof Kisan Morcha, Haroli

Nangal boy becomes commissionedofficer in Indian Navy

JYOTI SYALUNA, JUNE 14

Suhas Sharma of NangalSalangadi, a village in thedistrict, has been selectedas a commissioned officerin Indian Navy. Passedout parade at IndianNaval AcademyEzhimala in Kerala,Suhas posted ascommissioned officer.For the first time inhistory due to Coronavirus, none of theapplicants' parents couldparticipate in this passing out parade.Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla,Chief of South Naval Command, wasthe Chief Guest at the convocation. RearAdmiral Tarun Sobti administered theoath of allegiance to the apprentices.Suhas was selected through variousselection processes conducted by the

Services SelectionBoard (SSB). Suhascompleted his schoolingfrom KendriyaVidyalayas Dibrugarh,Shimla, Allahabad andAmbala. Suhas has beena good player ofvolleyball during hisschooling. Suhas'sfather Dr. Sushil KumarSharma is posted inMumbai on the post ofDeputy GeneralManager in IndianRailways. Suhas'smother Umesh Sharma

is also employed as a teacher in theKendriya Vidyalaya. Suhas's sister KritiSharma studied engineering inElectronics and Communication atKurukshetra University. Suhas's postingin the Navy as a commissioned officerhas triggered a wave of happiness in theentire district Una.

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JUNE 14

Ravi Zaildar, a member ofPanchayat Samiti fromMalahat in Una block, hasbeen elected Una MandalPresident of Bharatiya JanataYuva Morcha. Ravi Zaildar,the young leader who hasworked diligently in variouspositions in the BJP, has beenconferred with the post ofMandal President by theparty. Ravi Zaildar is wellliked among the youth. RaviZaildar, who won 2108 votesout of a total of 2,800 votes inthe Panchayat Samiti election,also has a significantinfluence in his constituency.Yuva Morcha DistrictPresident Kamal Sainiannounced the coronation ofthe Divisional President along

with the District Executivereleased on Saturday. Inwhich he nominated BDCRavi Zaildar as the head ofUna Mandal. Prior to this,Ravi Zaildar has also playedimportant responsibility in theconvener of BJP's DistrictIndustrial Cell. He said that hewill leave no stone unturnedto bring the BJP's people

friendly policies to the door.At the same time, everypossible work will be done tostrengthen the party. Hethanked Chief MinisterJairam Thakur, UnionMinister of State AnuragThakur, Cabinet MinisterVirendra Kanwar, formerState President Satpal SinghSatti, Vice President ofGeneral IndustriesCorporation Prof. RamKumar, Himuda VicePresident Praveen Sharma,MLA Chintpurni BalveerChaudhary, MLA GagretRajesh Thakur, Yuva MorchaState President Amit Thakur,District President ManoharLal and District Yuva MorchaPresident Kamal Saini haveexpressed gratitude fordelegating the importantresponsibility.

Ravi Zaildar appointedBJP Mandal President

COVID: 19-yr-old, who diedin Shimla, tests positive

SHIMLA, JUN 14

A 19-year-old Delhi boy, who died at IGMCHospital Shimla on Saturday night after suffering amajor fracture, also tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during the treatment, official said here onSunday. Information given by districtadministration said that deceased had come fromDelhi to Indian Institute of Advance studies (IIAS)Shimla. He was engaged by some contractor in theconstruction of a shed at IIAS.

He reportedly suffered fracture in foot duringunloading of a heavy pavement stone.

During the treatment to undergo a majorsurgery on Saturday midnight, he had testedpositive for Covid-19.

The teenager passed away between 0230 to0300 hrs. IGMC administration also confirmed hisdeath and his COVID-19 report.

However, it is not clear whether he succumbeddue to coronavirus or other complication.

The victim, identified as resident of OklhaIndustrial area of Delhi, was shifted to IGMCEmergency ward immediately.

The protocol require to quarantine the area andstaff of hospital, vehicle used to ferry victim fortreatment followed immediately as he was treatedas normal patient in the general ward before testedpositive.

Ranjit Singh Rana distributesration to needy people

PREETI RANAHAROLI, JUNE 14

Una Congress DistrictPresident Ranjit Singh Ranadistributed ration to the needyand poor families. Due to thelockdown, manypeople becameunemployed andmany people havelost their livelihood.Rana is still engagedin social service andcontinues to be anexample for society.Rana believes thateven if we have thesupport of only a fewpeople, we should not give upefforts and keep trying to helpeveryone. In the ration serviceprovided by Rana, firstlyRation service was given toPandit Jagannath along withhonorable amount ofassistance. Hence ration aidwas also provided to Sunita

Devi widow of JaswinderSingh Bittu. Along with theration material, masks,sanitizers and soaps were alsogiven. Rana said that theCongress party is a land-linked party. The existence of

Congress workers at thegrassroots level is stillrespected by the rock and willcontinue to be so. Therefore,Rana has appealed to all theworkers of Congress, thatevery worker should help afamily according to thestrength.

SEC makes certain additions and amendmentsin quarantine requirements

SHIMLA, JUNE 14

The Chairman, State ExecutiveCommittee (SEC), has ordered fewadditions and amendments in theorders and regarding quarantinerequirements and has directed all thedepartments and organisations,District Magistrate, Police Officers,officials and local authorities of theState to ensure the directions of theNational Disaster ManagementAuthority and the National ExecutiveCommittee (NEC). A spokesperson ofthe Revenue department and DisasterManagement disclosed here today that

as per the amendments, the personcovered under SOPs for inter-statemovement of industrial workers,industrialists, factory owners, traders,raw material suppliers, serviceprovider, inspecting authorities will beexempted from purview of homequarantine. The persons visiting theState for bonafide purpose of trade,business, job, project, service purpose,commission agents and arhtiyas withsupporting documents and enteringthe State with valid permit/e-pass andnot coming from high COVID-19 caseload cities and other containmentzones from rest of the country will also

be exempted from the purview ofquarantine. He said that themanagement, incharge or head of anyNGO or any charitable organisation,which has branches in the State andtravels to the State of HimachalPradesh in connection with its affairsor for an official meeting, for a shortduration not exceeding 48 hours anddon't mix with general masses, followsall social distancing and otherCOVID-19 prevention protocols/norms, does not organize anysocial/cultural or any other gatheringof any sort, shall be exempt fromquarantine requirement in the State.

6.82 lakh quintal peas and other off seasonvegetables sent to neighbouring states

SHIMLA, JUNE 14

Facilitating the farmers is among the foremostpriorities of the State Government. Severalschemes have been launched by theGovernment for the welfare of the farmers andto prevent them from economic loss. About6.82 lakh quintal peas, cauliflower and other offseason vegetables have been sent toneighbouring states despite of lockdown. StateAgriculture Department played a vital role inmaintaining communications with theneighbouring states, sending and marketing ofvegetables. As a result of this, farmers wereable to get a good cost of their produce. In thewake of corona pandemic, for smoothtransportation of farm produce, Kisan Rath

Mobile app was also launched. Information offive lakh trucks and 20 thousand tankers werealso made available with the help of this app tofacilitate farmers and traders, so that thefarmers and traders could easily transport theirproduce and various other vegetables tomarkets of the State and outside the State.About 35164 quintal seeds of rice, maize,sorghum, bajra and other such seeds were madeavailable at subsidised rate through AgricultureDistribution Centres. As per the requirement ofthe farmers the continuous supply of seeds werebeing made available through AgricultureDepartment, so that no inconvenience is causedto the farmers. Besides this, 11315 quintalvegetables seeds were also made available indifferent districts.

HMV organizes inter-class e-competitions

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: PG Department ofEnglish and Budding Brontes Society,Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya,Jalandhar organized inter-class e-competitions of Poetical-Recitation andPaper-Reading under the encouragingsupport of Principal Prof. Dr. AjaySareen and coordination of Mamta,HOD, English. In the poeticalrecitation, the first position was won bySanjamjit, followed by Varanjit andRaunika at the second position andthe third position was shared by Tanviand Republin. In the paper readingcompetition, Harshita bagged the topposition with her excellent articulation.The second position was shared byNeha and Jotsifat Kaur and the thirdposition was again shared by SamridhiDhir and Vanshika. The competitionswere judged by Mamta and KrantiWadhwa. Lovleen Kaur and Swatiformed the part of the organizingcommittee.

Apeejay Collegehosts webinar onpositive role of music

JALANDHAR: The Department ofMusic Instrumental of Apeejay Collegeof Fine Arts, Jalandhar organised awebinar on Positive Role ofInstrumental Music and it’sProfessional Outcomes. Pandit AshimChaudhary who is an internationallyacclaimed top grade Artist of AIR andDoordarshan was the resource personof the day.Pandit Ashim Chaudharyshared with the audience that Ragasare the base of any music and Sitarhas its own significance in it. Headded during the lockdown too whenanxiety or restlessness hits up, on canspend their time listening music orplaying it and this definitely will easeup the person. He also played thetunes of few famous songs whichwere very pleasing to ears. PrincipalDr. Sucharita Sharma congratulatedDepartment of Music Instrumental forsuccessfully organising this webinar.

KMVites bag toppositions in B.ComHons result

JALANDHAR: Kanya MahaVidyalaya– students of B.Com Hons.Semester III has carry forward thetradition by showing excellent results.Total 69 students appeared inexamination, out of which 46 passedin first division including 10 studentswho passed with distinction. GurpreetKaur made a hat-trick by getting topposition thrice in a row and bagged504/ 600 marks. Ekta Arora bagged493/600 marks and stood second andPalak got third position with 483/600marks. Principal Prof.(Dr.) AtimaSharma Dwivedi congratulated theyoung achievers and Dr Neeraj Maini,Head, PG Department of Commerceand Business Administration and otherfaculty members for outstandingachievement of the department.

Anamika case:Priyanka slams UPgovt, says it 'toleratescorrupt practices'NEW DELHI: Congress leaderPriyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sundayattacked the Yogi Adityanath-ledgovernment in Uttar Pradesh aftercases of people using forgeddocuments to secure jobs werereported from the state and said thatthe government "tolerates corruptpractices". "Is the education ministernot aware of such big frauds that arehappening in the state? Did the ChiefMinister's office not even know aboutit? Surprisingly, those who talk aboutzero tolerance are tolerating corruptpractices," she tweeted (translated fromHindi). This comes in the backdrop afteran FIR was lodged against a teacher,Anamika Shukla, who had allegedlywithdrawn over Rs 1 crore in salary forover a year from 25 different schools.

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Farmers in Moradabad forced to sell vegetables outsidetheir fieldsMORADABAD: Unable to bear transportation cost due to impact of coronavirus lockdown, farmers inSuraj Nagar area in Moradabad are selling vegetables on roads near their fields. Jahangir, a vegetablevendor, said, "We are buying vegetables directly from the fields. We are facing a lot of problems.Farmers are also selling vegetables here." Another one, named Shyamlal, said, "We are facingproblems in going to the mandi. We are unable to recover the cost of transportation if we go there. So,we sell vegetables here only. Not many people are coming to buy, still, we are managing." Meanwhile,farmers also reiterated the same and said that they cannot bear the transportation cost if they will go tovegetable markets. "We are unable to sell the vegetables in mandi. That is why we are selling thevegetables on road. People are coming here only to buy vegetables," said Balbir, a farmer. A lady farmersaid, "We sell the vegetables here only outside the field. If we will go to mandi then it will cost moremoney. People now come here and buy from us.

India sees record jump in COVID-19 casesNEW DELHI, JUN 14

India saw the highest single-dayspike of 11,929 novel coronaviruscases in the last 24 hours, takingthe number of infections to over3.20 lakh on Sunday, while the tollcrossed the 9,000 mark with 311more deaths, the Health Ministrysaid This is the third day in a rowthere were more than 10,000 casesof the coronavirus disease(COVID-19) in India, which is thefourth worst-hit nation by thepandemic There are 1,49,348active COVID-19 cases, while1,62,378 people have recoveredand a patient has migrated. Thetotal confirmed coronavirus casesrose to 3,20,922, including 9,195deaths, according to the ministrydata updated in the morning

The number of recoveries aremore than the active cases as 50.60per cent of the patients haverecovered so far, an official said.

As many as 113 out of the 311more deaths were fromMaharashtra, followed by 57 inDelhi, 33 in Gujarat and 30 inTamil Nadu. There were 20 morefatalities in Uttar Pradesh, 12 inWest Bengal and 10 in Rajasthan.Haryana and Telangana registeredeight more coronavirus deathseach, followed by seven inMadhya Pradesh, three in Bihar.

Andhra Pradesh, Jammu andKashmir, Karnataka, Punjab andUttarakhand reported two deathseach Of the total 9,195 deaths,Maharashtra tops the tally with3,830 fatalities, followed 1,448 byGujarat and 1,271 in Delhi The tollfrom the pandemic rose to 463 inWest Bengal, 447 in MadhyaPradesh, 397 in Tamil Nadu and385 in Uttar Pradesh. There have

been 282 COVID-19 deaths inRajasthan and 182 in TelanganaThe number of fatalities reached82 in Andhra Pradesh, 81 inKarnataka, 78 in Haryana and 65in Punjab. Jammu and Kashmirhas reported 55 COVID-19 deaths,followed by 39 in Bihar, 23 inUttarakhand and 19 in KeralaOdisha registered 10 deaths so far,followed by eight each inJharkhand and Assam, and sixeach in Chhattisgarh and Himachal

Pradesh Five people havesuccumbed to the contagion inChandigarh, followed by two inPuducherry, and one each inMeghalaya, Tripura and Ladakh,the ministry said More than 70 percent of the deaths have happeneddue to comorbidities, it added Themaximum number of cases arefrom Maharashtra with 1,04,568infections, followed by 42,687Tamil Nadu, 38,958 in Delhi and23,038 in Gujarat The tally rose to

13,118 in Uttar Pradesh, 12,401 inRajasthan and 10,698 in WestBengal The number of COVID-19cases has gone up to 10,641 inMadhya Pradesh,?6,824 inKarnataka,?6,749 in Haryanaand?6,290 in Bihar As many as5,965 people have contracted thedeadly disease in Andhra Pradesh,followed by 4,878 in Jammu andKashmir, 4,737 in Telangana,3,723 in Odisha and 3,718 inAssam.

Toll rises over 9000, over 1.62 lakh recovered

133 fresh cases in RajasthanJAIPUR: Rajasthan registered 131 fresh COVID-19 cases onSunday taking the tally to 12,532, while the death toll climbed to 286with four new fatalities, officials said. Two deaths were reportedfrom Bharatpur and one each from Jaipur and Sriganganagar, theysaid. Among the fresh cases, 40 were reported from Dholpur, 34 fromBharatpur, 15 from Alwar, 12 from Jaipur, nine from Bikaner, fivefrom Nagaur, three each from Dausa and Swai Madhopur, two fromUdaipur and one each from Kota, Karauli and Chittorgarh besidesfour patients from other states, health department officials said. Thenumber of active cases in the state stood at 2,815 and 9,059 patientshave been discharged from hospitals till date, they said.

Five fresh cases inTripura; countrises to 1,046

AGARTALA: Forty-five morepeople have tested positive forCOVID-19 in Tripura, taking thetally in the northeastern state to1,046 on Sunday, Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb said.Sepahijala district reported 44new cases, while West Tripuraone. All the new patients have atravel history outside the state, hesaid. "Out of 1860 samples testedfor COVID19, more 45 peoplefound positive in Tripura today.All of them have travel history.The count includes: SepahijalaDistrict: 44 West District: 01,"Deb tweeted late on Saturdaynight. Of the 1,046 patients in thestate, 768 are undergoingtreatment and 277 haverecovered. One person has died ofthe disease, officials said. Tripurahas so far tested 42,841 samplesfor COVID-19. A total of 656have been placed underinstitutional quarantine and 9,049under home isolation, they added.

Chavan admits to 'issues'within Maha Vikas Aghadi,

blames bureaucrats for 'rift'AGENCYMUMBAI, JUNE 14

Admitting to 'issues' withinthe coalition government inMaharashtra, Congressleader Ashok Chavan blamedbureaucrats for creating a riftamong Maha Vikas Aghadi(MVA) and added that hisparty will soon take up thematter with Shiv Sena chiefand Maharashtra ChiefMinister Uddhav Thackeray.

"Yes there are someissues ( between MVA alliesand Bureaucracy ) and wewill discuss this with theChief Minister. We are tryingto meet the Chief Ministerand then we will discuss allour issues with him in detail.We expect a meeting in thenext two days," Chavan said.

Earlier, Congress statechief and minister BalasahebThorat also commented onthe same and said, "We have

some issues which will beresolved through dialoguesamong MVA partners but wewant to say that Congressmust be given its due in thedecision-making process ofthe government."

On Saturday RPI leaderRamdas Athawale alsoadvised the Congress torethink about giving supportto the Maharashtragovernment. "Congress is theparty on whose support thisgovernment is functioning. Ifthe party is not valued in thealliance then they shouldrethink about being the rulingalliance in the state." he hadsaid.

Four girls drown whilebathing in pond in GujaratDAHOD, JUN 14

Four tribal girls drownedwhile taking bath in a pondat a village in Gujarat'sDahod district, police saidon Sunday.

The victims, aged 9 to12 years and related to eachother, went to the pond inGungardi village onSaturday evening, anofficial from Garbada policestation said.

"While taking bath, one

of the girls started drowningfollowing which the otherthree tried to save her.However, later all of themstarted drowning and diedwhile trying to save eachother," police sub-inspectorYogesh Rathwa said.

Local divers later fishedout the bodies which weresent to a local communityhealth centre forpostmortem, he said, addingthat further investigationwas underway.

People of North India would be ableto witness enchanting solar eclipse

NAINITAL, JUN 13

June 21, which also is thelongest day in the northernhemisphere would see a solareclipse, this would be anAnnular solar eclipse.

The Aryabhatta ResearchInstitute of ObservationalSciences (ARIES)undr theMinistry of Science andTechnelogy would be stuyingthe eclpise in detail.

Director of ARIES ProfDipankar Banerji said thatthis eclipse would be visiblein Africa, Asia and Europe,northern India would also beable to witness this naturalphenomenon.

On June 21 the eclipsewould be at its peak on 12.08,the eclipse would last till1354 hours (IST)

Prof Banerji added that asimilar annular eclipse took

place on December 26, 2019.Prof Banerji said that as

far as solar eclipses areconserned, a full solar eclipseis a rare phenomenon, whichwould only occur 14 yearslater on 20 March 2034.

He added that during thesolar eclipse, the Moon'scircular shadow falls on theearth created shadow zoneson the planet.

The shadow zones iscalled Umbra and that areawhich is recivingcompitevely lesser amount ofshadow is called penumbra.

He said that the lastannualar eclipse that occuredon December 26,2019 wasvisible from India's southernareas only.

The eclipse of June 21would be vivible from

Northern regions of Indiawhen it is close to its climax.He warned people not to lookthe eclipse with their nakedeyes. Nor to attempt viwing itwith an x ray film or regularglasses, nor attempt viwing itwith painted glass.

He warned that theeclipse ought to be viewedonly with authorised glassesor with camera that have thesuitable filters inserted inthem. Regarding certaintraditional belifs that areprevalent in socity relating toeating or drinking waterduring an eclipse ha saidthere is no harm in venturingout, eating or drinking waterdurting the eclipse.

Prof Banerji said thatARIES would be observingthe eclipse and do a liveanalisis and study of thesame.

Mission Fateh: Cova App is proving to behelpful in spreading awareness: DC

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JUNE 14

Deputy CommissionerApneet Riyait said that the'Mission Fateh' launched bythe Punjab Government wasproving to be successful incurbing Corona. Apart fromthis about 450 tests related toCorona-19 are beingconducted daily in the districtand early results of thesetests are also coming out. Hewas responding to questionsfrom reporters during a pressconference on 'MissionFateh' here today.

Appealing to theresidents of the district, the

Deputy Commissioner saidthat the information aboutKovid-19 could be obtainedby downloading theawareness filled Cova app.He said that informationabout Corona including e-pass facility etc. is available

on Cova app. He said thatpresently 1700 persons havebeen home quarantined in thedistrict and for checkingthese persons where 135teams have been deployed,they are also beingdownloaded the Kova app.He said that if any persondoing home quarantineviolates the order to leave thehouse, he would be finedRs.2000.

He said the only way tostay safe from corona is totake awareness and takeprecautions. He said that inview of Covid-19, 'MissionFateh' has been launched tocreate awareness from door

to door. Apneet Riyiat saidthat it was the duty of everyresident of the district to getout of their homes like aresponsible citizen. He saidthat it was very important towear a mask when going outof the house and not to go outwithout a mask. He said thatthose who do not wear maskshave been fined around Rs. 19lakh so far, so it should beensured that they must wearmasks while going out of thehouse. In addition, it isimportant to wash your handswith soap for 20 seconds fromtime to time, including using asanitizer while maintainingsocial distance.

Security guards of warehouse holdprotest, demand two month salary

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, JUNE 14

Large numbers of security guards ofPungrain warehouse Jaitu hold protest forthe pending salaries of two months andraised slogans against food supplydepartment and punjab government.Talking to a reporter of 'Yugmarg' today,security guards Rajwinder Singh andManpreet Singh said that they have beenguarding the food warehouses godownsof Jaito day and night for last eleven yearson very low wages. we are working oncontract base job by 'Datar SecurityService' company.Amid the lockdown thecompany failed to give them of twomonth wages.They said that the company'pays them Rs. 8500 per month, nouniforms, boots or even batteries aregiven to him during night duty. Talking toCapt. Mukhtiar Singh to take the side of

Datar Security Service in this regard, hesaid that our company has no hand indelay in payment of salaries of securityguards. Their attendance report is sentlate whereas, we have asked thedepartment to send the presence ofsecurity guards from the 25th but thedepartment itself is negligent in its duty.Mukhtiar Singh further said that yet, theinspectors have only sent us theattendance for the month of April. CallingAssistant Food Supply Officer AmandeepGrover to take a stand on the matter, hedid not consider it necessary to pick upthe phone.

SDM flags off awareness vansKULBHUSHAN GARGGIDDERBAHA, JUNE 14

Punjab Government haslaunched awareness vansunder Mission Fateh to createawareness among the peopleabout the need to protect themagainst Corona virus. InGidderbaha SDM Om Parkashflagged off these vans forGidderbaha city and for thevillages of the constituency.Speaking to reporters on this

occasion, SDM Om Parkashsaid that these vans wouldmake the people of the areaaware about the corona virusas well as the protocols issuedby the government. Heappealed to the residents of thearea to eat food at home whichwould enhance their immunity.On this occasion TehsildarGurmail Singh, ExecutiveOfficer Jagsir Singh Dhaliwaland CDPO Pankaj Kumar werealso present.

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, JUNE 14

According to the guidelines of SSPRural Vikramjit Duggal, in view of theCorona virus, VPO's of differentvillages was announced in the village bythe District Amritsar Rural Police thatevery person is required to wear a maskdue to the Corona virus. Therefore, awoman or tailor who can make masks

as a volunteer, should make masks tothe police. This finished mask should bepassed on to the poor people who cannotbuy the mask. In this regard, cloth isprovided to volunteers by SHO. SHOKathunangal provides the cloth formaking masks to the volunteer ladies ofdifferent villages by Mohit Kumar. Hedistributed masks to the laborers of theLeharka who came to the police stationKathunangal with their troubles.

Kathunangal Police distributemasks to labourers

Dr Amar Singh presents his one-yearwork done as member of parliamentFATEHGARH SAHIB, JUNE 14

Fatehgarh Sahib MP Dr Amar Singhtoday presented his one-year workdone as a Member of Parliament.He was elected to the Lok Sabhafrom the Fatehgarh Sahibconstituency one year back. DrAmar Singh worked tirelessly forthe acquisition of 161 acre land forconstruction of International Airport atHalwara, Rs 12 crore for the construction ofbridge near Jhar Sahib Samrala Road, Rs 10

crore for development of Focal PointKhanna, Rs 12 crore for sewerage ofRaikot, Rs 40 lakh for cancer patientsof Fatehgarh Sahib constituency etc.Besides, the Lok Sabha MP had 99%attendance in the Lok Sabha andasked 36 questions, includingdeveloping Fatehgarh Sahib into aninternational tourism hub. Dr AmarSingh assured the residents of

Fatehgarh Sahib constituency that severalother development projects would also becarried out in next 4 years.

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JUNE 14

A lady 25 year of age afterfounding positive sent to theGyan Sager hospital (Banur)for the treatment. By confirm-ing this Nangal Civil hospi-tal's SMO Dr. Naresh SharmaSaid that on 9 June a lady hasbeen arrived from Delhi andwas resident of BBMBcolony's House no. 163 ofblock DSEE. This lady hasbeen home quarantined dur-ing taking her samples byhealth department. Now after

getting her report positive, thehealth of the people of wholearea of DSEE and about 1 kmadjoining area of this blockedhas been checked by multi-purpose health SupervisorNisha Rani. She said that dur-ing this check up about dozenof doubted patients has beensent to civil hospital for theircorona test. On the spot multi-purpose health SupervisorNisha Rani, Veena Sharmahealth worker, Mohan Singh,Sarjeevan Kumar, Baksheeshkaur health worker, lekh raje.t.c. was present.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020

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State launches VDS to regularise unapproved waterconnections: Razia SultanaCHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government has notified Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (VDS) forthe consumers having unapproved water connection in rural areas of Punjab. Under this schemeWater Supply & Sanitation Department offers an opportunity to Consumers, for Voluntary Disclo-sure and free of cost regularisation of their unapproved connection. As per the policy no chargeswill be taken from consumers for the previous usage of water if any.

Disclosing this in a press communiqué Mrs. Razia Sultana, Water Supply and Sanitation Min-ister said that this scheme will be formally launched on June 15, 2020 and last date to apply underVDS is July 15, 2020. She said that new connections can also be applied during this period. Detailsof the scheme can be obtained from website of Department of Water Supply & Sanitation pbd-wss.gov.in from 8 am to 6 pm.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JUNE 14

On the occasion of World BloodDonor Day, the Health MinisterPunjab Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu dis-closed that implementing the ‘Mis-sion Fateh’ campaign across theState, blood donation camps werebeing organized in all districts tofurther fulfill the shortage of bloodunits in government blood banks &hospitals under which around 2850units have been collected today.Special passes issued by bloodbanks for unhindered movement ofblood donors and NGOs in week-end lock down.

Giving details in the press com-muniqué, Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhusaid that due to COVID-19 epidem-ic, blood donations are needed toensure the access of safe and quali-ty-assured blood and blood prod-ucts in both normal and emergencysituations. He said that at present,Punjab has successfully contained

the spread of corona virus with thehighest recovery rate of patientsand at the same time, there is direneed of blood in hospitals so as tofulfill the demand of blood banks.The health department has aggres-sively organized the blood donationcamps. He said that under the lead-ership of Chief Minister Punjab, the“Mission Fateh” has been rolled outin the state and the health depart-

ment has been doing every possibleeffort to make citizens’ liveshealthy and prosperous.

Highlighting the importance ofblood donation camps the Ministersaid that with the single unit ofblood, precious life of a person canbe saved. Blood donation is themost pious social duty and everyperson should come forward to dis-charge it. He said that any healthy

person of 18-65 years & minimum50 kg of weight can donate 350/450ml blood after every 3 months.There is no side effect of the blooddonation and the donated blood isreproduced in the human body from24 hours to 7 days. He said thatblood is an essential element of thehuman body, without it human lifecannot be possible and there is nosubstitute for the blood. In thisbackdrop, the health minister ex-horted the citizen to come forwardand donate blood to save humanlives. Sidhu also appreciated Bar-nala, Deputy Commissioner Mr. TejPartap Singh Phoolka and CivilSurgeon Dr. GB Singh for donatingthe blood in camp on this holy oc-casion. He said that this gesturewould also inspire the youth to do-nate the blood to needy people.

Sidhu further said that duringthe various critical situations like;accident, delivery of a baby, Tha-lassemia and Cancer, the need ofblood is direly felt.

Blood donation camps being organized to fulfilldemand of hospitals: Balbir Singh Sidhu

PGI Director motivatesblood donors

CHANDIGARH: World Blood DonorDay is celebrated every year by peoplearound the world on June 14 as perWorld Health assembly resolution of2005, to commemorate the birthdayanniversary of Karl Landsteiner (14thJune ,1868), who was awarded theNobel Prize for his discovery of theABO blood group system. The eventserves to thank voluntary, unpaid blooddonors for their life-saving gifts ofblood and also to raise awareness ofthe need for regular blood donations toensure that all individuals andcommunities have access to affordableand timely supplies of safe and quality-assured blood and blood products.The theme of “Safe Blood SavesLives” and the slogan of “Give Bloodand Make the World a Healthier place”has been released by the WHO thisyear. Keeping in line with the call ofthe National Blood Transfusion Council(NBTC), Ministry of Health & FamilyWelfare, Govt. Of India that “HealthyDonors are Encouraged to ContinueDonating Blood during COVID-19”,Prof Jagat Ram, Director PGIinaugurated the 2nd voluntary blooddonation camp of the Association ofResident Doctors (ARD), PGI and theThalassaemic Children WelfareAssociation (TCWA), Chandigarh atthe Blood Donation Centre, PGIMERChandigarh. Volunteer blood donorsand Family/Friend blood donors fromall walks of life also came to donateblood at the Blood Donation Centre ofthe PGI on this occasion every year.

DC flags off coronaawareness vans underMission Fateh

PAWAN KALIAKAPURTHALA: Kapurthala DC DeptiUppal today flagged off four CoronaAwareness Vans under the program “Mission Fateh” already launched inrecent past. She urged citizen tocome forward to save lives bydisseminating information aboutpreventing measures of wearing mask,maintaining social distancing andcleaning hands repeatedly. DC saidthough Punjab and especiallyKapurthala had been successful incontrolling the spread of the virus tothe great extent , but still the war hasnot ended and everyone shouldchange its lifestyle and to live withCovid-19 until and unless its vaccinecome into the market. She said thatCM lauched Mission Fateh Songhfeaturing Bollywood megastars ,Singers and cricketers with themessage of resilience, resolve anddiscipline to defeat the corona virus tosave the Punjab.

Two more coronapatients dischargesfrom PGI ISHA UPADHYAYCHANDIGARH: PGIMER witnessed 2more persons recovering afterdefeating the demon of COVID-19 andgetting discharged amid rousing claps.One of the persons discharged todaywas a 40 year old female from Jammuwho was admitted here on 1st Junewith severe liver ailment. Beforeadmission here in PGIMER, she hadtested positive for COVID -19 inJammu Hospital. The other persondischarged a day prior was a 50 yearold male from Malerkotla, districtSangrur, who was admitted here inAdvanced Trauma Centre on 29th Maywith grave head injury following anaccident. He was tested positive herein PGIMER and was successfullyoperated for his head injury. Prof.Jagat Ram, Director PGIMER waspersonally present on both theoccasions to give a ceremonial send-off outside the NHE Block, thededicated COVID Hospital, here atPGIMER. He was flanked by Prof.Vipin Koushal, Addl. MedicalSuperintendent cum In-charge COVIDHospital and other faculty members,nursing officers, health care workerscongratulating them on their recoverywith the victory signs and waves. The discharged persons were alsohanded over re-usable masks for lateruse along with flowers and greetings. Expressing his optimism, Prof. JagatRam, Director PGIMER stated, “PGIbeing pioneer in health services isalways ready to face new challenges.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, JUNE 14

Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh hasurged Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi to extend the bene-fits under the Pradhan MantriGarib Kalyan Anna Yojana(PMGKAY) for another sixmonths, in view of the Covidcrisis, to facilitate free wheatand pulses to the beneficiariesof National Food Security Act(NFSA).

In a letter to the PrimeMinister, Catptain Amarindersaid the extension would go along way in ensuring that thepoor and the needy do notsleep hungry, and also enablethem to make both ends meet.

The Chief Minister urgedModi to advise the Ministryof Consumer Affairs, Foodand Public Distribution, Gov-ernment of India, according-ly. Noting that the early an-nouncement of the PMGKAYhad provided major relief tothe poor NFSA beneficiariesduring the difficult times ofCovid, the Chief Ministersaid that the nationwide lock-

down to contain the spread ofthe COVID-19 pandemic hadnot only slowed down thecountry’s economy but alsoled to a major reduction in theincomes and savings of thepeople.

Underlining the need tofurther extent the benefit, theChief Minister pointed outthat with the lockdown nowtouching almost threemonths, the economic situa-tion of the people, especiallythe poor, had not improvedmuch even after resumptionof industrial activities in Pun-jab. Of the 2.60 lakh industri-al units in the state, more than2.32 lakh units had resumedoperations, but the loss ofwages over the past fewmonths had severely crippledthe purchasing power of thepeople, especially the poorNFSA beneficiaries, he said.

Capt writes to PM toextend PMGKAY benefit

for 6 more months

Around 2850 units of blood collected during camp

CHETRAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHR, JUNE 14

The Punjab government has decided to re-ward Nawanshahr and reserve wards formen and women. It is perti-nent to mention here that in aletter it was clarified by thepeople that the number of vot-ers in each ward has beenfixed at 1500. Within 3 days ofreceipt of 3 attested copies oftotal Population Statistics andScheduled Castes Total Popu-lation Statistics and TracingCloth Map within the Munici-pal Corporation limits for thepurpose of determination andreservation of seats based onnew census data. Ensure thatthe report is presented so that necessarysteps can be taken for the rescheduled / re-served seats.

Talking to Jagdish Singh Johal, manag-er of the Municipal Council and SDM,Nawanshahar, about the letter, he said that

the letter of warding would be compliedwith as per the orders of the government.EO Jagjit could not be contacted for com-ment as he did not pick up the phone sever-al times. The new wardbandi has created a

stir in the city with candi-dates willing to contest thecity council elections.Satish Kumar said thatwith the increase in the sta-tus of the committee thereshould be a new commit-ment. Congress leaderPradeep Chandal said thathe opposed the majority ofwomen in wardbandi.Joginder Singh Chhokarsaid classic leaders likeRajinder Chopra, KulwantKaur, Rachna Chhabra,

Gurdev Kaur, Bibi Baljit Kaur Ratan, ArunKumar Dewan, Rohit Chopra, RomiKhosla, Balwant Rai Jagra, Lalit Sarma,Balveer Singh Saini, Rajwinder SinghHeeru Sachin Dewan agreed with the newward caption led by Angad Singh MLA.

Discussion on new ward begins amongcandidates willing to contest election

Lady returned fromDelhi found positive

2 Injured in roadaccident KULWINDER BHATIASRI CHAMKAUR SAHIB: In lastevening, in and collision off activeand motor cycle 2 persons along witha girl has been injured. According tothe information on the spot Girl sittingbehind the motor cycle and the boyDavinder Singh S/O jasveer SinghResident of Bassi Gujra has beeninjured. They were quickly admittedto the govt. hospital. According tothee doctors boy had met with theserious injuries and where has girlhas minor injuries due to which shehas been sent to their home afterproviding first aid.

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 14

The Government Senior Sec-ondary School (Girls) at Mallroad, Bathinda will get newbuilding with top class facilities,said Finance Minister ManpreetSingh Badal on Saturday. TheFinance minister accompaniedby Secretary Education Mr. Kr-ishan Kumar and Deputy Com-missioner Bathinda B. Srini-wasan while reviewing the sta-tus of educational schemes inthe district at the school campusannounced this building project.

The Finance Minister saidthat as of now a total of 2200girls are studying in this schooland the new building would aimat serving the strength of 5000students, which will put thisschool in the list of world classschools of the state adding that

the whole project would becompleted at a cost of Rs. 10Crore. Divulging more, theFM said under revamped proj-ect of the school, it would getone administrative block, 150classrooms, laboratories, a li-brary and canteen besides an au-ditorium and multi-storey park-ing. Capacity of school to bemore than doubled, school willalso have modern e-learning fa-cilities, he added. Badal furtherdirected the officials to provide

furniture for the students be-sides asking district educationofficer to prepare a detailedproject report in respect with therequirement of other basic infra-structure in the school so thatthese demands could be fulfilledin a time-bound manner. Point-ing out further about the othereducation projects, the FM saidthat the government was alreadyupgrading 10 schools of the city with a cost of Rs.17.12 Crore.

Govt girls school to get new building withworld class facilities: Manpreet Badal

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 14

Punjab Finance MinisterManpreet Singh Badal set upnew water works to provideclean drinking water to thepeople of the city, one ofwhich was inaugurated re-cently. But the poll of devel-opment claims was seenopening today when the peo-ple of Kalia Street near Mahi-na Chowk staged a massiveprotest against the PunjabGovernment and FinanceMinister Manpreet Badal and

demanded clean drinking water. Mohalla residentsSanjeev Kumar, Ashok Ku-mar, Rajesh Kumar, AmarjitSingh, Bimala Rani, RekhaRani protested and allegedthat drinking water has notbeen coming for the last fort-night, causing problems tothe people, many times.

There is a supply of dirtywater, which is making peo-ple vulnerable to diseases.Since the day Manpreet Badalinaugurated the tank, noteven a drop of water hasflown.

Residents of Mahina Chowkprotest for drinking water

KULJEET SINGH JANDIALA GURU, JUNE 14

In Jandiala Guru, the drugpills business is takingplace on a large scale whilethe health depart-ment Kumbhakar-na is asleep. Dan-gerous than Coro-na, this intoxicat-ing drug addictcannot do anywork without tak-ing it.

In the guise ofthis, medical stores are sell-ing banned drugs unabated-ly that trade peddlers sellthese pills at quadrupleprices. Most of these drugsare used by the doctors forthe patients who need themmostly according to thecondition of the patient ofbed rest. For this, the samedoctor can prescribe the pillwhich is a doctor degree

holder. The Drug and Cos-metic Act 1940, it ismandatory for the customerto give a cash memo of eachdrug sold by the owner ofthe medical store. Under

Section 71 of the same Act,the government has theright to establish identifica-tion, treatment and rehabili-tation centers for those whoare into drug., while underSection 42, the investigat-ing officer, without anywarrant or authority, can besearched, seized of drugsHas been given the right toarrest and arrest.

Police and drug department willact together against mafia : DSP

Police penalise violatorsduring lockdown

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU, JUNE 14

To stave off the spread of Covid-19, punjab govern-ment has issued some guidelines. According to the in-struction of punjab government S.S.P of Faridkot dis-trict has made it mandatory for everyone to wear facemask at public places and ordered to stirctly followedthe rules of lockdown . A fine will be imposed on vio-lator for not wearing mask in public place.District Po-

lice hasmade twoteams of po-lice forchecking ledby S.I VakeelSingh.

T o d a yhere police checked various part of the Jaitu town andchallaned the 26 people who were not wear the maskand violating the guidelines of lockdown . S.I VakeelSingh and ASI Darshan Singh Sekhon awareness to thepeople on the spot and said that It is compulsorily towear mask for every person, who is out for whatsoev-er purpose and reason at public places such as street,hospital, office, and markets.on this time GursmeetSingh and constable Anmol Verma were present.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR/MOHALI, JUNE 14

Kick-starting the MissionFateh campaign in the dis-trict, Girish Dayalan,Deputy CommissionerSAS Nagar said, “Aware-ness generation is the mostpotent tool in combatingnovel corona virus. There-fore, Mohali Administra-tion would undertake an ar-ray of activities to encour-age people to be more care-ful in the coming days.”

Interacting with themedia after rolling out thefield publicity campaign bysending off Public Addresssystem equipped publicityvehicles to rural and urbanareas of the district, Day-

alan said that publicity ve-hicles would traversethrough maximum pocketsof the district and covey themessage of observing allprecautions to halt the on-slaught of the virus. Thiswould be a weekly activityand would continue forthree weeks. Hoardingshave also been installed atprominent places in the dis-trict to drill the messageinto the minds of people.

Detailing other activi-ties, Deputy Commissionerinformed that door-to-doorawareness generation atgrass root level shall alsobe carried out throughCorona Warriors such asASHA workers, Anganwa-di workers and theGuardians of Governancein the rural areas. Theseworkers are being present-ed Mission Fateh badges torecognise their contribu-

tion during the last threemonths and to encouragethem to carry on playing acrucial role in fighting thepandemic. Education de-partment is also beingroped in to apprise the stu-dents about inherent mo-tive of Mission Fatehthrough their online class-es. Outlining the differ-ence between corona war-riors and mission warriorshe informed that all the of-ficials, doctors and front-line workers of the Govern-ment who are makingearnest efforts in battlingthe virus are Corona War-riors. In addition, personswho were symptomatic andmanaged to beat the virusand fully recover are alsoCorona Warriors.

Mohali to undertake an array ofactivities under Mission Fateh VERMA

BATALA, JUNE 14

The state government wouldleave no stone unturned in thedevelopment of Batala city, theland where Guru Nanak Dev Jivisited, and with the victory ofMission Fateh, the develop-ment work of the city would becontinued. This revelation wasmade by the Cabinet Minister.Mr. Tripat Rajinder Singh Ba-jwa while interacting with themedia and reviewing the ongo-ing development works inBatala city today.

While inspecting the roadbeing constructed from R.R.Bawa College to Jassa SinghRamgarhia Hall, the CabinetMinister Mr. Bajwa said thatno compromise would be madewith the quality of develop-ment works. He said that this

money of Punjab governmentwas the tax money of the peo-ple and it would be spent withutmost sincerity. Bajwa saidthat if there was any shortcom-ing in the development worksof the city then the concernedauthorities would not bespared. He also appealed to thepeople of the city to personallyinspect the development worksthemselves and if any short-comings were noticed then heshould be informed.After this

Mr. Bajwa inspected the bridgebeing constructed near SantFrancis School and directed theofficials of PWD to completethis bridge as soon as possible.He also reviewed the construc-tion of City Road Bridge andasked for speeding up thework.Cabinet Minister Mr. Ba-jwa said that under the leader-ship of Punjab Chief MinisterCapt. Amarinder Singh the de-velopment work of Batala cityis in progress.

Bajwa reviews ongoingdevelopment works in Batala

MUMBAI: India have all the resources but need to plan better going into the big-ticket ICC events, says former all-rounder Irfan Pathan who blamed an unsettled middle order for country's exit from last year's World Cup. India last won an ICC tournament in 2013, when they lifted the Champions Trophy under the leadership of iconic Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Since then India have not clinched any ICC Trophy, making a semifinal exit from ODI World Cup, last year. "We need to make sure that we have better planning going into the ICC trophies, going into the World Cup. If we have better planning, we have all the resources to be a champion," Pathan, a member of the 2007 T20 World Cup winning Indian team, said on Star Sports show' Cricket Connected'. Pathan said India struggled to get a proper playing XI before the ODI World Cup last year as the team made a semifinal exit, losing to New Zealand.

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PALMA: Barcelona head coach Quique Setien is satisfied with the club's 4-0 triumph over Mallorca in their first La Liga game after more than three months of a break due to coronavirus pandemic."The feelings are good. There are always things that you want to improve, but I am satisfied with the game we have made. We have had effectiveness...but we were fine with the ball. We have had a break, but I am very satisfied," Goal.com quoted Setien as saying to reporters. "To be the first game without playing, we could be accused of a lack of rhythm, but I think it is a good start to face this sprint that we have 10 games left. I have good feelings in general," he added. For Barca, Arturo Vidal, Martin Braithwaite, Jordi Alba and Lionel Messi scored. Messi became the only player to score more than 20 goals in 12 consecutive seasons of La Liga. He scored in the additional time of the match Messi also assisted in the second goal for Barcelona, and as a result, his assists have risen to 14 for this season.

Better planning needed for ICCevents: Pathan

Rohit wants to play both T20 World Cup and IPLMUMBAI, :India's limited overs vice captain Rohit Sharma wants to compete in both the T20 World Cup and the IPL this year as chances are that only one of the two tournaments could be salvaged due to the coronavirus pandemic.The ICC is yet to decide on the fate of the World Cup, scheduled to be held in October-November in Australia, while the BCCI has postponed the popular and lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) indefinitely.It is being speculated that if T20 World Cup is postponed, the IPL can be held in that window.Rohit initiated an Instagram chat session to engage with his fans and said he would "preferably play both" when asked which event he would prefer this year.Rohit leads four-time champions Mumbai Indians in the IPL.The star opener also said that it will be challenging to play the pink ball Test when the Indian team travels to Australia later this year.India will engage in a four-Test series with hosts Australia with the first Test to be played at the Gabba in Brisbane from December 3.The second Tests will be a day/night affair at the Adelaide Oval.

Barcelona coach satisfied with team's 4-0 victory against Mallorca

SPORTSYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020

AGENCY happened, I was tempted or I was in a I probably have a good 12 or 11 years now.NEW DELHI, JUN 14 way wanted to be selfish and play for left in me and I need to dedicate all "He is someone who is in the

myself, and I failed. So I told myself I my time and energy towards team, how do I say, like some Star India batsman K L Rahul need to go out and do what the team becoming a player and team man," cricketers get dumbstruck after believes the suspension that followed wants me to do," Rahul told 'India the 28-year-old stylish Karnataka watching Sachin Tendulkar, they his unsavoury comments about Today'. batsman said. don't know what to say. When I am women on a TV show last year Rahul's fortunes surged as he not "That mind-shift really helped with Rohit off the field, I am still not completely changed his thought only replaced Rishabh Pant in white- and took a lot of pressure off me when been able to get through," Rahul process about his game, resulting in ball cricket but also scored 303 runs I started focusing on wanting to do said.consistent performances. in five innings at an average of 75.75 better for the team and be a part of Rahul thanked Rohit for having

Rahul and Hardik Pandya faced and a strike rate of 114.77 in ODIs. champion teams and make a faith in him.severe criticism following their sexist Opening the batting in T20Is, the difference in the game." He has "He is someone in the team who remarks on 'Koffee with Karan', and right-handed batsman scored 224 always enjoyed the backing of Rohit has given me the sense that he has a were called back home from runs at an average of 56.00 and a Sharma and Rahul said he is a big fan lot of faith in me and as a senior Australia in January last year after strike rate of 144.51. of the India limited overs vice- player, I have seen that he has being suspended by the BCCI's Rahul said the suspension made captain's batting. backed me and stood by by me on a Committee of Administrators him realise how short a cricketer's "Humbled by Rohit's words (that lot of instances.(COA). shelf life is and he decided to KL Rahul is the first choice and then "When senior players feel like

"A lot of credit for my consistent channelise all his energies in the right it's decided between me and Dhawan there is a guy who can take performance goes to how differently direction. in T20Is for opening slot). I have responsibility, a player who has not I started thinking after 2019. With "We all know our careers are not been a huge fan of his batting and I played consistently for the country, this suspension and with all that too long and I realised after 2019 that have played with him for a few years it gives a lot of confidence.

AGENCY signalling it's out.NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 Ganguly was dismissed,

and the on-air commentator Spinner Harbhajan Singh on Sunil Gavaskar was also Sunday opened up about the miffed with Ponting's infamous 2008 Test against behaviour.Australia, saying in that During the 2008 Test, match, Ricky Ponting acted Symonds alleged that like an umpire himself. The Harbhajan had passed a 2008 Sydney Test match racist remark upon him and between India and Australia since then, the incident is is known for the all wrong known as 'MonkeyGate'.reasons as Harbhajan and For the altercation with Andrew Symonds clashed Symonds, Harbhajan was on the field and there were handed a three-match ban by many umpiring errors which referee Mike Procter most likely cost India the although the charges were match. downgraded on 29 January

The spinner was having 2008 to the lesser charge of an interaction with former using abusive language and India batsman Aakash the ban was lifted.Chopra and it was then that "Me and Symonds were the 'Turbanator' talked about very close to each other, only the 2008 Test against Tendulkar was close to us, Australia. there was no one else close to

"When I talk about the us, when the hearing started, 2008 Test against Australia Matthew Hayden, Adam in Sydney, I think in that Gilchrist, Michael Clarke match, Ricky Ponting was and Ricky Ponting, all these the umpire himself, he was four said that they heard what claiming catches and then Bhajji said to Symonds," was pronouncing the verdict, Harbhajan said.Australians say what "I thought you guys happens on the ground were nowhere near the should stay on the ground, picture, even Sachin but the incident that Tendulkar did not know happened between me and what actually transpired Symonds went beyond the between me and Symonds, ground," Harbhajan said on only both of us knew what the official YouTube channel we actually talked about, I of Aakash Chopra. w a s e n g u l f e d i n a

In the match, Ricky conspiracy, there was an Ponting had claimed the enquiry and I was very catch of Sourav Ganguly in scared as to what was the second innings. The h a p p e n i n g w i th me. umpires were not sure as to Australian media made me whether it was a clean catch Michael Jackson, I was or not, but Ponting seemed to being constantly chased by have raised his finger, cameras," he added.

AGENCY the troop, "Chhetri craved to push be quick. Honestly, Sunil wasn't in my NEW DELHI, JUNE 14 maximum to achieve the result after the mind at all. He wasn't my first option. I

heartbreak in AFC Asian Cup." had my doubts," Sukhwinder, coach From being a 20-year-old mischievous "Dedicated, workaholic and team during Chhetri's first national team talented striker to 35-year-old, India man -- those are some of the attributes endeavour, recalled.captain Sunil Chhetri has seen Indian which define Sunil Chhetri. When I first He had seen the youngster from Football through thick and thin. saw him last year, they were back to the close quarters while coaching in JCT FC Coaches, who have nourished the striker National Team camp after a long gap where Chhetri started blossoming and with utmost care to yield the best for the following the AFC Asian Cup. A few hogging the limelight. Chhetri, who team have seen numerous changes from boys were new but the fire under his scored more than 20 goals during his 3-close quarters but one aspect has belly probably was more than anyone season-long stay in JCT, had already remained absolutely perpetual, resolute - else. That's the secret of his long career. shown signs of performing in the bigger Chhetri's never-say-die attitude and Congratulations!" All India Football stages which convinced Sukhwinder 'dedication.' Federation (AIFF) quoted Stimac as Singh picking him up for the high-octane

Igor Stimac, current head coach of saying. bilateral series in Pakistan.the Blue Tigers recalled seeing Chhetri S u k h w i n d e r S i n g h , w h i l e "I haven't seen anyone as dedicated during the preparatory camp ahead of the reminiscing the India-Pakistan bilateral as Sunil. I saw him maturing in JCT and King's Cup 2019 - his maiden series in 2005, revealed that he wasn't there were flashes of what he could do in assignment with the Blue Tigers. sure about the youngster's credibility at the future. I still remember his hunger. In

The Croatian pointed out that all. "I needed someone who had the 19 years of my coaching career, I haven't despite being the senior-most member of trickery, didn't have the fear and had to seen anyone as dedicated as Sunil.

revealed that playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was his dream as it features players from every part of the world.

When asked about was IPL his first T20 league Rashid replied, "Before IPL, I had played in Bangladesh Premier League. It was a different experience in IPL. It was a dream to play in IPL, I grew up watching it on TV. All the international players are there in the league. The coaching staff too is very experienced." Recalling his IPL debut the spinner said he was nervous in the

NEW DELHI, JUNE 14: match but later on enjoyed his spell.Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan "My debut was against you guys said that bowling against great (RCB). I got hit for boundary for the batsmen like Virat Kohli, AB de first ball. It was a tough match for Villiers, Chris Gayle and Andre me as there was due in the ground. I Russell is very tough, especially on was nervous, when I got my first small grounds. wicket I gained confidence and

Rashid was doing an Instagram after getting the second wicket I live session with India spinner was enjoying the bowling," the Yuzvendra Chahal. He then spinner said.

MELBOURNE: Former Australia captain Mark Taylor on Sunday warned that ban on the usage of saliva, to combat the COVID-19 threat, runs the risk of upsetting balance between bat and ball in Test cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned the use of saliva on ball as an interim health safety measure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic -- a move that has raised concerns about the game becoming even more batsmen friendly. "I think it is a bit of a concern because I like, particularly in Test matches, to see the ball slightly dominate the bat, it is much better game when Test cricket is played that way," Taylor told 'Channel 9'. The 55-year-old former opener is concerned about the fact that no saliva means a delivery would become predictable for a batsman. "My concern will be that if the players can't shine the ball and the ball does get very straight and very predictable we are going to see more and more runs, more and more high scores in Test match cricket," Taylor said.

Ban on saliva may upset balance between bat and ball in Test cricket, warns Taylor Coaches laud Chhetri's never-say-die attitude

Very tough to bowl against Virat,ABD, Gayle, Russell: Rashid Khan

Pakistan now has strongest coaching staff : Sarfaraz AGENCY Ahmed was given the role of see the overall experience of Mohammad Rizwan. Ahmed KARACHI, JUNE 14 spin consultant. coaches, that would amount to was relieved from the captaincy

Now Pakistan has Misbah- around 300-325 Test matches. So in October last year and he lost Wicket-keeper batsman Sarfaraz ul-Haq as the head coach, Waqar I think for both captains (Babar his place to Rizwan in all Ahmed has said that Pakistan has Younis as the bowling coach, Azam and Azhar Ali), this staff formats. Earlier this year, Ahmed now gotten its strongest Younis Khan as batting coach will be very helpful as they have was also demoted from Category coaching staff in the history of and Mushtaq Ahmed as spin the experience of playing in A to Category B in the PCB their cricket. bowling coach. English conditions," Sarfaraz central contracts.

His remark comes as "If you see our coaching Ahmed told reporters in a virtual After being dropped, Ahmed Younis Khan was appointed as staff, I do not think there has ever media interaction. went back to first-class cricket the batting coach for the seen such a strong staff in the Ahmed is Pakistan's second and scored a hundred in his England tour while Mushtaq history of Pakistan cricket. If you choice wicketkeeper, behind tally of 340 runs at 48.57.

2019 suspension changed my thought process: K L Rahul

Ponting acted like an umpire in 2008 test : Harbhajan Singh

AGENCY before he moved to South Australia. "The NEW SOUTH WALES, JUNE 14 prospect of moving back home and being

able to play for the state I started with and Australia spinner Adam Zampa on Sunday where I played my junior cricket means a lot returned to the New South Wales Blues to me," said the 28-year-old said in a after playing seven seasons with South statementAustralia. Zampa has taken 108 "I'm looking forward to testing myself in international wickets for Australia across Shield cricket with a team of this calibre and 55 ODIs and 30 T20I matches. He made his I'm hoping to get the opportunity of playing First-Class debut for the Blues in November with Nathan Lyon down the track. My partner 2012, playing three Sheffield Shield matches Harriet and I will be able to spend a lot more and four One-Day List A fixtures for NSW time with both our families," he added.

Adam Zampa returns to New South Wales after seven years