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YOGA FOR HEALTH, YOGA AT HOME is the theme for this year’s International Yoga Day which is observed today. A powerful tool to deal with stress of uncertainty and isolation as the world is reeling under COVID-19 pandemic, Yoga can help keep anxiety and mental health in check, during quarantine period

A TWIST IN TALE?

‘Ready to counter any Modi led govt will not allow China to make unilateral change of contingency LAC border, strongly worded clarification issued by PMO said at LAC’

New Delhi: Amid growing confusion over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement post all-party meeting on Friday, a lot of questions were raised by different political party leaders on his remarks on the Galwan valley clash.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Saturday called as “mischievous interpretation” the criticism over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks at an allparty meeting that no one has entered Indian territory or captured any military post while referring to the Galwan Valley clash in eastern Ladakh.

“Neither anyone has intruded into our terri-

INDIA REBUTS CHINA’S GALWAN CLAIM New Delhi: In a pointed and categorical message to China, India has once again reiterated that Galwan Valley is historically its territory and New Delhi will not accept ‘untenable and exaggerated’ claims by China with regard to LAC. “The position with regard to Galwan Valley area has been historically clear. Attempts

by Chinese side to now advance exaggerated and untenable claims with regard to LAC there are not acceptable. They are not in accordance with China’s own position in past,” EAM spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on Saturday. He said India never took any action across LAC and all infra built by India is naturally on its own side. tory nor taken over any post,” Modi had said post the all-party meet.

This statement seems to have created a lot of controversy, with politi-

cal parties attacking the Centre over his statement.

Meanwhile, in a statement on Saturday, PMO said focus of Modi’s re-

The PM’s observations that there was no Chinese presence on our side of the LAC pertained to the situation as a consequence of the bravery of our armed forces.

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marks at Friday’s meeting was the events of June 15 at Galwan that led to the loss of lives of 20 Indian military personnel.

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Will never let supreme sacrifice of braves go in vain: IAF Chief Telangana: IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Saturday said that the force is well prepared and suitably deployed to respond to any contingency and it will never let the sacrifice of the bravehearts of Galwan go in vain.

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26/11 attacks plotter Rana held in LA, faces extradition Los Angeles: A Pakistan born Canadian imprisoned for helping terrorist groups, has been arrested in Los Angeles to face murder charges in India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks in which over 160 people were killed, US prosecutors said on Friday.

According to The Washington Post, the Chicago based business-

man Tahawwur Rana, was convicted of a crime related to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, although US prosecutors had failed to

PM MODI LAUNCHES GARIB KALYAN ROZGAR ABHIYAAN New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme for migrant workers, saying that during the coronavirusinduced lockdown the talent from cities returned to villages and it will now give a boost to development in rural areas.

Modi applauded the villagers for their efforts to fight coronavirus.

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prove a terrorism charge that connected him directly to the rampage during his 2011 trial. The Pakistan-born Canadian was serving a 14-year sentence at a Los Angeles federal prison before he was granted an early release last week because of poor health and about of coronavirus.

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CORONA EFFECT: KAWAD YATRA TO BE POSTPONED Dehradun: The CMs of Uttarakhand, UP and Haryana decided to postpone Kawad Yatra this year in view of COVID-19 crisis. In the VC on Saturday there was a collective agreement that for this year the Yatra should be postponed in view of the prevailing circumstances.

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‘For Garib’s Kalyan, raise limit of mandays under MGNREGA’ Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, digitally launched Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan, a programme to generate employment opportunities in rural India for migrant workers, on Saturday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot were part of the launch of the scheme, which aims at providing employment to migrant workers in 116 districts

of six states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha.

Meanwhile, CM Gehlot has written a letter to PM Modi demanding increase in work days under MGNREGA from existing 100 to 200 days.

The Garib Kalyan Rozgar scheme will provide employment locally to the migrant workers, who have returned to their native states during lockdown, through creation

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot, DB Gupta, Rajeshwar Singh, Kuldeep Ranka and Amit Dhaka during the digital launch of Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan by PM Narendra Modi on Saturday.

of permanent public properties.

The 116 districts from these six states with more than 25,000 migrant workers have been identified for this scheme. They will be employed in 25 type of jobs to be completed in 125 days. The 22 districts identified from Rajasthan are Pali, Udaipur, Jalore, Sirohi, Dungarpur, Banswara, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Jodhpur, barmer, Nagaur, Si-

kar, Alwar, Karauli, Bharatpur, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Churu and Jaipur.

In his endeavour to provide employment to people in the state CM Gehlot wants creation of extra 100 manual days which will benefit 70 lakh rural families. Gehlot asserted that MGNREGA will not only provide employment to the needy and backward class of the society but also act as a catalyst for rural economy.

State government has issued job cards to the migrant workers who have returned from various states.

CM Gehlot has stated that as of now the state employs more than 50 lakh workers in MGNREGA. In his letter CM pointed out that most workers will complete their eligibility of 100 days during next month so the increase in days will benefit them in ongoing difficult times.

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Govt clears way for Agra road development project

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Jaipur Development Authority has approved the guidelines for the same First India Bureau Jaipur: Good news has come for Agra road property owners and aspirants as the hurdles in the development of about 40 sq km area have been cleared.

Jaipur Development Authority has approved the guidelines for the same.

At the time of the last Ashok Gehlot government, the New Jaipur scheme was proposed in a 39.20 sq km area adjoining Kho Nagorian and Jagatpura on Agra Road. According to the old master plan, about 29 sq km of this area comes under Ecological Zone. Later the government withdrew the New Jaipur scheme. In the new Master Plan of Jaipur in the year 2011, Green City and Herit-

A view of Jaipur Development Authority building in Jaipur.

age City were proposed in the planned area of the New Jaipur Scheme.

In the Gulab Kothari case, the High Court ordered on January 12, 2017, that the Ecological Zone which was in the old master plan should be kept in existing master plan. Due to the order of High Court, some changes have been made in the plan of the previously proposed Green City and Herit-

age City in this area.

The Green City Plan was proposed in an area of 25.10 sq km north of Agra Road. According to the old master plan, this entire area will now come under the Ecological Zone. Only permissible activity in the ecological area will be permitted here. Earlier, Heritage City was also proposed in an area of 14.10 sq km near Govindpura Ropada on

RS polls 2020: Congress hopes to improve tally in 2022 Newly-elected Congress MP for Rajya Sabha Neeraj Dangi called on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at CMR on Saturday after his win in Friday’s elections.

Former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje offers sweets to newly-elected BJP MP for Rajya Sabha Rajendra Gehlot at 13 Civil Lines on Saturday, to mark his win.

First India Bureau Jaipur: Congress has won two seats in the upper house in the just culminated elections. Now Congress has three members out of 10 sent to Rajya Sabha from the state and until the beginning of this month Congress had only former PM Dr Manmohan Singh representing it.

Now the election to RS will be held in 2022 when 4 more seats fall vacant.

2022 will once again be expected to witness

the total shake-up of political system with political temperatures at their peak as the assembly elections will be round the corner. Congress had opened its account in RS getting DR Singh elected from the state else all 10 RS seats

belonged to BJP along with 25 Lok Sabha MPs from the state.

In 2022 the seats represented by Om Mathur, KJ Alphons, Ram Kumar Verma, and Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur will fall vacant.

Considering the numbers, Congress is supposed to win 3 out of these 4 seats while one will be won by BJP. So Congress may end up with 6 seats where it had none at the beginning of this year if all goes by the books.

Find measures to avoid Raj auto industry witnesses Increasing demand for spread of infection: Garg boom amid corona crisis ‘guar gum’ amid corona First India Bureau

Bharatpur: Minister of State for Health Dr Subhash Garg visited Bharatpur on Saturday and held a meeting of officials at the Medical College to discuss the situation of coronavirus in the district as well as insisted on finding measures to avoid the spread of infection.

While reviewing electricity and water, Dr Subhash Garg instructed not to let the water shortage occur for the consumers dur-

ing the summer season.

Dr Subhash Garg also interacted with the media and paid tribute to the martyrs while condemning the act of China attacking Indian soldiers.

On the questions raised on voting by MLA Bajiv Ali in the Rajya Sabha election after returning from Australia, he said the MLA voted wearing a PPE kit, as per the instructions of the Election Commission. Also, the COVID-19 test report of Ali had come out negative.

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Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: The surge in automobile sales seems to be the first good side effect of corona in Unlock 1.0.

There seems to be a trend catching up to travel by own vehicle rather than risking it to public transport.

The automobile showrooms resumed on June 1 after being asked to put shutters down on March 22.

There is a steady stream of customers

following social distancing at two & four wheeler showrooms.

The sales figures prove that customers actually have been buying vehicles. The data from June 1–16 sug-

gests that the sales have been 41% lower compared to last year but the automobile dealers see this as a silver lining and believe that if the trend continues then the sales figures could be matching by Diwali.

RTO Rajendra Varma opines that the sales figures after a three-month lockdown are really encouraging for the automobile sector and the figures will surge with a lapse of time.

Rahul should rise above petty politics: Shah HM TAKES TO TWITTER, SHARES CLIP OF ALWAR MARTYR’S FATHER, ASKS RAGA TO NOT INDULGE IN POLITICS OVER BORDER ISSUES New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that he should rise above petty politics.

Gandhi had been attacking the government over the situation at the India-China border after clashes in Ladakh in which 20 Indian soldiers laid down their lives.

Home Minister Shah tweeted a video on Saturday, of the father of Surendra Singh, a sol-

dier from Naugaon in Alwar district who was injured in a violent clash with Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh.

In the video, Surendra’s father Balwant Singh is telling Rahul Gandhi not to do politics on the martyrdom of martyrs. After re tweeting this, Shah said that the father of a brave soldier has a very clear message for Rahul Gandhi.

Sharing this video, Shah wrote that at a time when the entire

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country is united, Rahul Gandhi should also rise above petty politics and stand in solidarity in the national interest.

The video of the father’s message came within a day after Gan-

dhi tweeted a video of the same man seen narrating a conversation with his son who recounted how he was injured in the clash with Chinese soldiers at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Rahul Gandhi has been posting regularly on Twitter on the faceoff in Ladakh.

Earlier on Saturday too he tweeted “PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression. If the land was Chinese: Why were our soldiers killed? Where were they killed?”.

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Jodhpur: Jodhpur, the cultural capital of Rajasthan, has a distinct identity as a handicraft and steel industry globally, but gradually the export of Guar gum is also happening in many countries for a long time. Annually, Guar gum export of Rs 1,200 crore is carried out from Jodhpur alone. It is a business that was not much affected during the corona period, instead, its demand is increasing.

Guar gum exporter Shreyans Bhansali informed that the demand in this field has kept on increasing, whether it is food, pharma, feed, textile trilling, oil drilling, or gas fracturing for extracting shell gas from the mountains. Guar gum is also used in making atomic bombs.

Bhansali added that many European countries, like Australia and the US, are dependent on India for our Guar gum, which has been in demand for natural products.

Goner Road, south of Agra Road. Out of the proposed area, only about 10 sq km is outside the Ecological Zone of the old masterplan.

In the remaining 4 sq km area, activities will be approved according to the Ecological Zone.

JDA sent the matter to the government after the High Court’s instruction in the Gulab Kothari case. The state government on October 11, 2019, directed the JDA to prepare the building parameters of the Heritage City.

After getting the order of the state’s Urban Development Department, guidelines were prepared for the activities that can be sanctioned in this area under the leadership of JDA Director Planning RK Vijayvargiya.

Over 30 ministers and MLAs meet Pilot First India Bureau Jaipur: Nearly 30 ministers and MLAs met Deputy CM Sachin Pilot on Saturday. These include Ministers Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Ramesh Meena, Udaylal Anjana, Bhajanlal Jatav, Ashok Chandna who discussed their concerns.

Moreover, MLAs Amar Singh Jatav, Harish Meena, Rakesh Pareek, Mukesh Bhakar, Ramnivas Gawadia, Indraj Gurjar, GR Khatana too met Sachin.

Other MLAs meeting him include Indira Meena, Murarilal Meena, BTP MLA Rajkumar Rot, Ramprasad.

In the meeting, various works related to Rural Development & Panchayati Raj were discussed. Everyone congratulated Pilot on Cong win in Rajya Sabha polls. After the meeting, Pilot left for New Delhi.

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क्रमांक SPL-1 दिनाक : 19.06.2020 ग्ाम पंचायत जोदिया में दनम्नदिदित काययों हेतु राजस्ान पंचायती राज दनयम 1996 के दनयमों के तहत पंचायती राज दिभाग, साि्वजदनक दनमा्वण दिभाग, जि संसाधन दिभाग, जन सिास्थय अदभयांदरिकी दिभाग, नगर दनगम एिं राजय सरकार के अदधकृत संगठनों में पंजीकृत सक्षम श्ेणी के संिेिकों / जीएसटी धारक फम्व दनधा्वररत प्रपरि में मोहरबनि दनदि​िाये काय्व के सामने अंदकत दतद् को 02 बजे तक समबननधत ग्ाम पंचायत / पंचायत सदमदत में बेची जाकर काय्व के सामने अंदकत दतद् को 4 बजे तक समबननधत ग्ाम पंचायत के सदचि द्ारा प्रापत की जाकर उसी दिन पंचायत सतरीय क्रय सदमदत के समक्ष सांय 5 बजे उपनस्त दनदि​िािाताओं एिं उनके प्रदतदनदधयों के समक्ष िोिी जािेगी। पंजीकृत संिेिकों द्ारा शतयों के अनुरुप िसतािेज प्रसतुत करने पर दनधा्वररत शुलक जमा कराकर ही दनदि​िा प्रापत की जा सकेगी। दकसी भी दनदि​िा को दबना कारण बताये दनरसत दकया जा सकता है। दनदि​िा प्रपरि के सा् अमानत रादश का चैक / नकि अिग-अिग काय्व का अिग-अिग दिफाफे में ग्ाम पंचायत जोदिया पंचायत सदमदत कोटकादसम दजिा अि​िर के पक्ष में स्ानीय बैंक शािा में िेय हो प्रसतुत करना होगा। यदि दनदि​िा प्रानपत दतद् को राजकीय अिकाश होगा तो आगामी काय्व दि​िस को दनदि​िा दिक्रय एिं प्रापत की जािेगी। समसत दि​िािों का नयाय क्षेरि समबननधत पंचायत सदमदत होगी । क्र. सं.

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FOUR DEATHS, 381 NEW CASES REPORTED IN RAJ Death toll climbed 337; 71 cases & 2 deaths were from Bharatpur

First India Bureau Jaipur: The state reported four deaths in last 24 hours taking the death toll to 337 so far. 2 deaths were reported from Bharatpur and one from Jaipur. A resident from another state also died in Rajasthan.

381 new cases of corona surfaced taking the number total positives in the state to 14537. Maximum 71 cases were reported from Bharatpur followed by 56 from Jodhpur, 44 from Jaipur, 40 from Dholpur,18 from Churu & Sirohi, 15 from Jaisalmer, 14 from Karauli, 12 each from Dungarpur, Jalore & Jhalawar, 11 each from Bikaner & Rajsamand, 8 from Barmer, 7 from

—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR A health worker taking sample of a man in the Walled City area on Saturday.

corona positives on Thursday is as follows – Ajmer 445, Alwar 340, Banswara 92, Baran 62, Barmer 183, Bharatpur 1316, Bhilwara 222, Bikaner 189, Bundi 10, Chittorgarh 204, Churu 244, Dausa 104, Dholpur 290, Dungarpur 408, Ganganagar 40, Hanu-

mangarh 48, Jaipur 2797, Jaisalmer 97, Jalore 223, Jhalawar 365, Jhunjhunu 286, Jodhpur 2377, Karauli 60, Kota 555, Nagaur 594, Pali 915, Pratapgarh 14, Rajsamand 183, Sawai Madhopur 75, Sikar 428, Sirohi 344, Tonk 196 and Udaipur 641.

Parents plan protest against pressure of paying fees

Rare solar eclipse, seen every 25 yrs, to last for 3 hrs

Udaipur, 6 from Sawai Madhopur, 5 from Pali, 4 each from Bhilwara & Sikar, 3 each from Kota & Nagaur and one each from Alwar, Chittorgarh, Jhunjhunu & Tonk along with 2 patients from other states.

The cumulative district wise tally of the

First India Bureau Jaipur: The All Private School Parents Association has decided to organise a protest in every private school against the pressure on the parents for not paying fees.

For this, representatives of the association along with the parents of students will go and interact with the school management.

They will hand over their demand letter to the schools and request them not to put unnecessary pressure regarding fees or other things due to unfavourable conditions induced by coronavirus and the following lockdown.

Young man murdered in his sleep First India Bureau Sikar: A youth identified as Dinesh Kumawat was murdered, with a sharp weapon, while sleeping in the courtyard of a house in Dulhepura village of Khandela police station area in Sikar. SHO Mahendra Meena said that the family found his body lying on the bed.

In primary investigation, it came out that Kumawat had an argument with his brothers.

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A review meeting will be held in this regard every Sunday, where important decisions will be taken.

The association has also demanded Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and the Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara to stop private schools from creating unnecessary pressure for fees or

other means.

In an association meeting in Central Park on Sunday morning, parents said that schools are making efforts to collect fees in the name of online classes or other things and the deadline is set as June 25, which is putting unnecessary pressure on the parents.

Jaipur: The solar eclipse will be seen in Anupgarh, Pataora and Suratgarh today. Renowned astronomers from across the country will be coming to witness the rare eclipse in Anupgarh. MLA Santosh Bawri is in constant contact with astrophysicists. As per estimates, the solar eclipse could be seen for 3 hours. Such an eclipse is seen in every 25 years where 99% of the sun is concealed by the moon. The administration has appealed to public to refrain from seeing the solar eclipse with naked eyes.

Martyr’s remains reach Uncle attempts home for a final send off to rape minor First India Bureau Jhunjhunu: The mortal remains of Ajay Kumar, reached his ancestral village of Jakhal on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Collector UD Khan and SP JC Sharma also paid obeisance to Shaheed Ajay Kumar.

The ambulance was embellished with flowers before the body was sent from BDK Hospital. Collector UD Khan, SP JC Sharma, District Soldier Welfare Officer Commander Parvez

Hussain and Tehsildar Yogesh Deol paid floral tribute. Post tribute, the body was taken to his village. Shaheed Ajay Kumar was cremated with state honours in Jakhal village.

A large number of people arrived for the last sighting of their beloved martyr.

Ajay Kumar was deputed in Leh-Ladhak region. While he was climbing the glacier, the bad weather condition led to his untimely death on Wednesday.

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Jodhpur: A minor had to undergo an attempt of rape by her own paternal uncle in Jaloda village of Lohawat. The victim’s brother registered a case against his uncle. A case of assault and harassment has also been filed. Lohawat SHO Imran Khan said that it happened on June 17. The family caught the accused when the girl started shouting.

Dept plans drive against child labour First India Bureau Jaipur: To end child labour in state, Labour Secretary Neeraj K Pawan instructed Labour Department to run a special campaign at a review meeting of departmental officers on Friday through video conference.

Pawan said that almost all industries were closed due to lockdown in last 2-3 months

and, with commencement of work in industries, all the workers are coming back from their places of residence to their place of

employment. We have to keep in mind that with the return of the workers, no child labourer should be employed by any business.

Pawan directed inspectors and officials of labour department to coordinate with all other concerned departments like police, child line, district administration, child welfare committees etc. and stop trafficking of

children. Recently, 10 child labourers working in a bangle factory in Kho Nagoriyan of Jaipur were rescued by the departmental officers and inspectors.

Under the campaign, inspection will be done mainly at brick kilns, crackers industry, incense sticks, hotels and restaurants. Legal action will be taken if a child labour is found employed.

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Int’l Yoga Day: We can beat corona by Yoga, says Governor

Airlines stoop low; start charging for selecting seats

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Jaipur: Aviation sector has suffered huge losses due to lockdown. No flights for nearly two months airlines cost loss of crores of rupees for the industry.

It has been 25 days since airlines started trying to spread their wings. The airlines are trying to minimise their losses by illegally fleecing the passengers by charging them in the name of seat selection.

Before corona, the seats were allotted free with boarding pass except for a few VIP seats. With reduced number of flights and passengers during unlock 1.0 airlines are leaving no stone unturned to fleece their customers.

Civil Aviation Ministry made it mandatory to web check in after it permitted resumption of the flight services. So

Jaipur: Governor Kalraj M i s h r a wished people of the state on International Yoga Day and said that, Yoga connects people, its practice can have a significant role in daily life. Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition and symbolises mental and physical unity. Yoga creates harmony between man and nature too. It also brings consciousness to our changing lifestyles and can help us to deal with climate change.

In time of corona pandemic, Yoga has an important role. We need to stay connected with nature and live with its progress. We can beat corona by Yoga Asanas.

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unlike earlier when the passengers received a boarding pass along with an allotted seat free of any charge, now the passenger has to print boarding pass where they are given the option to choose a seat for themselves. Different airlines are charging differently for the erstwhile free seats.

Indigo is charging Rs 400 extra upto second & third row, Rs 350 for rows from third to tenth, Rs 250 for rows from eleventh to twentieth and Rs 150 for rows from twenty first to thirtieth. Indigo is also

charging for aisle and window seats while the middle seat is free with a catch. Middle seat passengers will have to mandatorily wear a PPE kit. Those who don’t select any seat are given a middle seat by default.

Spicejet, apparently charging for the middle seat as well. It is charging Rs 899 from rows second to fourth including the middle seat, Rs 350 from rows fifth to eleventh with Rs 250 for the middle seat, Rs 200 for corner seats from seat 13 to 24 with Rs 99 for the middle seat.

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IN-DEPTH

UNENDING ROW OVER CONG’s POSERS ON LAC

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Never underestimate Chinese & their expertise in deception

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row broke out after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a statement on the Galwan valley clash in which 20 Indian soldiers were brutally killed told an all-party meeting that the Chinese had not transgressed the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh into the Indian territory. The all-party meeting was informed that the June 15 violence in Galwan happened because the Chinese tried to erect structures just across the LAC and refused to back off despite objections by Indian troops. Paying tributes to those martyred the prime minister said, “Those who tried to cross over into our territory were taught a befitting lesson by our brave sons of the soil.”

Because of them, there is no presence of Chinese on our side of the LAC, the PM said.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi also had a set of posers for the PM. She said that the meeting should have been called “immediately after the alleged Chinese intrusion in Ladakh on May 5. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused the PM of “surrendering” Indian territory to the Chinese. In a tweet, he asked, “If the land was Chinese, why were our soldiers killed?”

The PM’s Office called these a “mischievous interpretation” of what the PM had said. On June 19 China claimed that the Galwan valley was located on its side of the LAC although it has not been shown on the Chinese map since 1962.

As India weighs its options, the cry for boycotting Chinese goods and sponsorships has grown shriller. Over the years Chinese companies have tightened their stranglehold on the Indian to become India’s second-largest trade partner after America. While India’s share in China’s total imports is 0.9 percent, that of China’s in India is 15.3 percent.

From power plants, smartphones, telecom equipment, finished steel products, and computer parts to electrical appliances, Diwali lights, Ganesh-Lakshmi idols, and cycle air pumps, it exports a whole range of big and small items to India. The availability of cheap labour makes its products highly competitive against Indian goods. Whatever one may say about their quality, the pricing and attractiveness make Chinese goods popular with Indian buyers.

With WhatsApp forwards stoking the antiChina sentiment, India may close its doors on Chinese goods. But to expect a total ban on Chinese products may be neither practical nor feasible. Will the government consider starting a tariff war with China to at least slow down Chinese imports?

It remains to be seen how events unfold visà-vis China in the coming days. For the moment the government is under pressure over a perceived contradiction between the statements of the prime minister and S. Jaishankar, minister for external affairs. It also has to take a call on shutting the doors of the Indian economy on China. Until then we can dwell on our troops’ bravery and Chinese treachery.

K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India

I All the heavyweight in the Ministry of External Affairs were vehemently opposed to the visit.

I succeeded in persuading Rajiv Gandhi to ignore these aging worthies. The visit was roaring success.

After thirty-four years Sino Indian relations improved.

Rajiv Gandhi held his own in his crucial meeting with Deng Xiao Ping, which was an achievement in itself

arrived in Peking (not yet Beijing) in early July 1956 to take up my post as a third secretary. I was twenty-five years of age. China of the time was an underdeveloped country, but with a strong Government and formidable leadership, with Mao Tse Tung as the undisputed head.

My main task was to learn the language which had no alphabet and four tones.

A tutor was employed to teach me what is the most difficult language in the world.

It is also one of the oldest.

I used to get up at 7 am and drive to Peking University in my Volkswagen, a forty-minute journey. All my teacher spoke only Chinese. To begin with, I was completely at sea. A week later I joined a class that was exclusively for foreign students.

The teachers spoke English and French but spoke these languages sparingly. At the at the end of six months, I could read, write, and speak Chinese fairly well.

I left China in the summer

of 1958, a queasy leftist and an admirer of Mao Tse Tung.

I also read two famous novels “The Dream of the Red Chamber” and “All Men are Brothers”, a favourite of Mao. I was never again posted to China. On April 20, 1960 Prime Minister Chou En-Lai and Marshal Chen Yi, the foreign minister arrived in New Delhi for talks on the border issue with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. I was appointed liaison officer attached to Prime Minister Chou-En Lai. I spent several hours with him each day.

In my long life, I have met dozens of great and famous men but very few were as impressive and refined as Chou.

It is neither the time nor the place to go into the details of discussions Chou had with Nehru and other leaders. In short, we blew it.

I next visited China in 1984, for Secretary-level talks. Next with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1988. Finally in 2001 as leader of a Congress delegation.

All the heavyweight in the Ministry of External Affairs were vehemently opposed to the visit. I succeeded in persuading Rajiv Gandhi to ignore these aging worthies.

The visit was roaring success. After thirty-four years

Ever since 1956, I have followed the ups and downs of Sino Indian relations with interest, hope, and anxiety. The ongoing events in Ladhak and the Golwan Valley are worrying indeed

Sino Indian relations improved. Rajiv Gandhi held his own in his crucial meeting with Deng Xiao Ping, which was an achievement in itself.

Ever since 1956, I have followed the ups and downs of Sino Indian relations with interest, hope, and anxiety. The ongoing events in Ladhak and the Golwan Valley are worrying indeed.

On Friday evening the Prime Minister, after his meeting with the leaders of opposition parties addressed

India comes together during coronavirus pandemic

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n 1968, German mathematician Dietrich Braess made a rather fascinating observation. When you added an additional road between points A and B, it slowed traffic down rather than speed it up. The Braess paradox, as it is now called, is a counterintuitive observation that has been studied and expanded for over half a century, with applications extending beyond mathematics and traffic management. Ian Gemp and Sridhar Mahadevan, of the University of Massachusetts, found applications of the Braess paradox in computing and artificial intelligence networks.

If that is too nerdy, let us take an example of sports.

The addition of a star player can unintentionally weaken team performance

due to over-reliance on that player. Simply put, in situations of crowding and limited capacity (system stress), the availability of options could actually worsen a situation instead of improving it. The COVID-19 crisis has given many systems the opportunity to stress-test their capacity.

Many developing nations in Africa, Latin Americas and Asia are especially vulnerable, given a lack of resources, testing and medical equipment.

Take India, which declared an ambitious lockdown to flatten the curve.

While fairly successful in controlling the spread — except for stray incidents of super-spreaders — has left many stranded and helpless. In an unmanageable democracy of India’s size, this would have led to mass starvation, medical emergencies and, in des-

peration, large-scale civil disobedience. But then, the Braess paradox kicked in.

While citizens of many developed nations waited for governments to take action, India saw communities pitching in to augment state capacity.

Sense of Community The sleepy coastal town of Pondicherry (or Puducherry) is retiree heaven.

Thousands of empty-nesters and couples move there in search of peace, camara-

derie and spirituality. Lockdown meant they wouldn’t have access to pharmacies, medical tests and facilities.

The Sri Aurobindo Ashram set up an outreach program the day lockdown was announced. Merging technology, grassroots volunteers and government machinery, this program now reaches out to thousands of seniors that need blood tests, medicines and, in some cases, even complex palliative care.

Sexuality is a taboo topic

in India. This means sex workers, intersex and eunuch communities as well as transsexuals often fall under the radar of public services. Sewa Bharti, a social organization in New Delhi, set up a distributed network of doctors available through a 24-hour helpline. A group of low-income sex workers contacted the organization through the helpline and, two weeks in, Sewa Bharti was distributing grocery kits to over 900 affected people. Those at the bottom of society’s pecking order are now top priority for this organization.

The Annamrita Foundation, in partnership with the Reliance Foundation, has repurposed its school kitchens and sends out 180,000 meals each day. If you thought that’s a staggering number, imagine this. If 1% of India’s popu-

lation is logistically impacted — locked down, immobile, daily-wage earners — we are talking about 13 million people. That is more people than London, Paris and Frankfurt put together.

Comprehending the scale of the challenge, the Akshaya Patra Foundation partnered with over 50 corporate houses, including Coca Cola, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Infosys and Walmart, and 100,000 online donors to provide over 30 million meals in April. Incidentally, former US President Barack Obama had acknowledged that “In just a few years, Akshaya Patra has become the largest single feeding programme in the world.” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commended its effort, saying that “Akshaya Patra is that vessel in which food never ends.”

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the nation on TV, he said, “Neither has anyone entered our territory nor is any of our posts under anyone’s capture. In Ladhak, our twenty jawans got martyred. But they taught a lesson to those who were eyeing India territory… Today, we have the capability that none can dare to look towards us with ill intention.”

All leaders supported the Prime Minister, with the exception of Sonia Gandhi, who charged the government with, “loosing valuable the time between May 5 when the Chinese intrusions were first reported, and June 6, when talks between corps commanders took place.”

She continued, “Even after June 6 meeting efforts should have been made to talk directly, at the political and diplomatic levels, to the Chinese leadership.”

“We failed to use all avenues and the result is the loss of 20 lives”. This was hardly the occasion to adopt such a tone and use the word she used. Usually, her verbal restraint is praiseworthy.

One word of caution. We must never underestimate the Chinese and their expertise in deception.

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CORONA UPDATE

India records highest single-day spike of 14,516 COVID-19 cases ACCORDING TO HEALTH MINISTRY, THE DEATH TOLL HAS GONE UP TO 12,948 IN THE COUNTRY WITH 375 PERSONS SUCCUMBING TO THE DEADLY INFECTION

New Delhi: With the highest single-day increase of 14,516 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count stood at 3,95,048 on Saturday.

The death toll has gone up to 12,948 in the country with 375 persons succumbing to the infection. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of cases includes 1,68,269 active cases, 2,13,831 cured/discharged/migrated and 12,948 deaths.

Maharashtra with 1,24,331 cases continues to be the worst-affected state in the country with 55,665 active cases while 62,773 patients have been cured and discharged in the state so far. The death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 5,893 in the state.

48-hour lockdown imposed in Dehradun

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The number of confirmed cases in Tamil Nadu also crossed the 50 thousand mark on Saturday and reached 54,449.

A health worker wearing a protective suit checks temperature of a woman before taking her swab sample for COVID-19 test in New Delhi on Saturday.

—PHOTO BY PTI

5-day institutional quarantine order rolled back New Delhi: Lt Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal has withdrawn the controversial order issued by him which stated that anyone found positive for coronavirus in the national capital will have to undergo mandatory institutional quarantine for five days.

LG Delhi@LtGovDelhi Regarding institutional isolation, only those COVID positive cases which do not require hospitalisation on clinical assessment & do not have adequate facilities for home isolation would be required to undergo institutional isolation.

The Delhi government had opposed the order, stating that dis-

mantling its home isolation strategy could have an adverse effect.

Dehradun: In the view of surging cases of COVID-19 in Uttarakhand, a 48-hour lockdown has been imposed in Dehradun, Shweta Chaubey, Superintendent of Police, Dehradun city said on Saturday.

According to the SP, the lockdown was imposed on Friday evening and will be lifted on Monday morning at 7 am. “A 48-hour lockdown has been imposed in Dehradun in the backdrop of increasing cases of COVID-19. The lockdown was imposed on Friday evening and will be lifted on Monday at 7 am,” Chaubey said.

Shops except those which are selling essential commodities are allowed to run during this period, added the senior police official.

According to the Union Health Ministry, the state has reported 2,177 cases of COVID-19 including 718 active cases, 1,433 recovered and 26 deaths so far.

—ANI

Hoping 10 mn people will join me on Yoga Day: Min New Delhi: Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Patel said he hopes that 10 million people will join him in performing Surya Namaskar on this year’s International Day of Yoga on Sunday.

With the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic looming large, International Day of Yoga will be celebrated on digital media platforms sans mass gatherings and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message would be the highlight of the occasion.

Yoga Day will go digital for the first time since June 21, 2015, when it began to be celebrated annually across the world, coinciding with the Summer Solstice each year.

This year’s theme is ‘Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’ and people will be able to join the cele-

DIGITAL OBSERVANCE

New Delhi: With the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic looming large, International Day of Yoga will be celebrated on digital media platforms and PM Modi’s message would be the highlight of the occasion. Yoga Day will go digital for the first time since June 21, 2015, when it began to be celebrated annually. People will be able to join the celebrations virtually at 7 am on June 21.

brations virtually at 7 am on June 21.

I will perform Surya Namaskar at Purana Qila and I urge everybody to join me in performing Surya Namaskar from their homes. PM Narendra Modi has given the gift of Yoga Day to the world and we should practice Yoga in our daily life, he said. —PTI

No decision on resuming Pak spy drone shot down by BSF in Kathua district international flights: Puri New Delhi: No decision on resuming international flight operations has been made so far. “The exact time when we will resume international flight depends on other countries to be open to receive flights,” Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. India resumed domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months amid the coronavirus pandemic. International passenger flights continue to remain suspended even now.

“Any suggestion that i n t e r n a t i o n a l traffic has opened up and we are the only one not to open up

750 FLIGHTS FOR STRANDED

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri addressed a press conference and noted that at least 750 private domestic carriers, along with 300 Air India flights, will operate in the coming days as part of the ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ to bring back Indians stranded abroad in the third and fourth phases of Vande Bharat Mission,” he added.

‘ADOPT SWADESHI PRODUCTS TO BREAK CHINA ECONOMICALLY’ Rewa: MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has appealed to people to adopt swadeshi products while boycotting Chinese goods to break the neighbouring country economically.”India’s gallant defence forces shall give a fitting response to China. I urge to my brothers and sisters to demolish China economically,” said Singh.

He said it is the duty of every citizen to encourage and adopt swadeshi products as guided by PM Modi. Chouhan had announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore, a house/plot and a government job to one family member of Naik Deepak Kumar from Rewa, who lost his life in the face-off with China in Galwan valley.

needs reality check. The exact time when we will resume international flight depends on the other countries to be open to receive flights,” he said. “...In the absence of a decision on resumption of international civil aviation which will depend on other countries opening up, we are left with no option but to continue what I call evacuation and repatriation flights under managed and controlled condition,” the minister added.

Futhermore, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said “There is a significant amount of traffic between India&North American continent.

We may think of opening flights on a case to case basis.” —ANI

New Delhi: One more attempt by Pakistani agencies to drop weapons across the international border using drones has been foiled by the Border Security Forces at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.

Upon conducting a thorough search of the payload on the Paki-

MAN RAKES IN RS 49 LAKH VIA ILLEGAL TOBACCO SALE Mumbai: A 27-year-old man has earned eye-popping Rs 49.14 lakh by selling banned gutkha & other tobacco products during the lockdown.

Police also seized gutkha worth Rs 5.53 lakh from the arrested accused Rakesh Kumar Gupta, a resident of suburban Mankhurd, during a raid.

Sale of tobacco and related products remains banned during the lockdown under the Disaster Management Act 2005. “Police found huge cash and a large number of tobacco substances, which were stocked to sale at higher prices, with Gupta.

stani drone, arms and ammunition have been recovered.

A security official said, “One US-made M4 rifle, two magazines, 60 rounds of ammunition, and seven grenades have been recovered.

Primary investigation suggests that this delivery was being made for

one ‘Ali Bhai’ as the payload was carrying his name.”

The official added, “

The drone is eight-feet wide blade-to-blade and seems to have been controlled by the Pakistani picket opposite the Panesar Post of the BSF on this side of the Kathua sector.”

These acts by Pakistani agencies are aimed at arming Jaishe-Mohammad terror-

ists, who are active in Kashmir and trying to carry out terrorist acts of violence and disrupt peace and order.

Similar attempts to smuggle weapons have been foiled earlier in other areas bordering Pakistan, especially in Kupwara, Rajouri & Jammu sectors. —ANI

SOCIAL DISTANCING GOES FOR A TOSS! Labourers on a boat defying social distancing norms as they go for water-hyacinth cleaning work towards the wetland area of Dankuni, in Hooghly on Saturday.

PUDUCHERRY REPORTS 30 COVID-19 +CASES DAILY: GUV BEDI Puducherry: Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi said that though the Union Territory has a small population it is reporting 30 COVID-19 positive cases everyday, hence, people need to be very careful and protect their lives and livelihood. “We are getting 30 active COVID cases everyday in a small population like Puducherry. If our

law enforcement, medical staff and sanitation workers will also get affected then who will protect us?

We have to be very careful and protect our lives and livelihood,” said Bedi.

“This is not the time for small functions and not the time to invite people.

We must wear a mask, keep sanitation and social distance,” she added.

J&K: 4 CIVILIANS INJURED IN CEASEFIRE VIOLATION Baramulla: Pakistan on Saturday, violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rampur sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, informed a few reliable sources.

Four civilians have been injured in the ceasefire incident. The unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan was through the firing of mortars and other weapons, which started in the morning hours. A befitting reply is being given by the Indian Army. Earlier on Friday, Pakistan violated ceasefire in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district.

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PM MODI LAUNCHES EMPLOYMENT SCHEME FOR MIGRANT WORKERS New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an employment scheme for migrant workers, saying that during the coronavirus-induced lockdown the talent from cities returned to villages and it will now give a boost to development in rural areas.

Launching the ‘Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan’, Modi said there are some people who may not appreciate efforts of villagers in the fight against the novel coronavirus but he applauds them for their efforts. The way villages have fought coronavirus has taught a big lesson to the cities, he added.

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that neither is anyone inside India’s territory nor has anyone captured its posts, with Rahul Gandhi accusing Modi of having “surrendered” Indian territory to Chinese aggression.

“PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression.

If the land was Chinese: Why were our soldiers killed? Where were they killed,” he asked on Twitter, tag-

Pradhan thanks PM for connecting 4 dists of Odisha to Abhiyaan

PM Narendra Modi addresses during the launch of ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ through video conferencing, in New Delhi on Saturday.

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Talent has returned from cities during the lockdown, those whose labour and skills were behind the rapid growth of cities will now boost development of villages with the help of this scheme, he said.

The Garib Kalyan

Rozgar Abhiyaan was launched by Modi via video conference in a village in Katihar district of Bihar in the presence of CMs of five states - Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and a minister from

‘PM has surrendered Indian territory to Chinese aggression’ ging the prime minister’s remark.

In a statement on the all-party meeting called by Modi on Friday to discuss the situation at the India-China border, the government said, “At the outset, PM clarified that neither

is anyone inside our territory nor is any of our post captured.”

A host of senior Congress leaders have hit out at PM, asking if there is no intrusion what is the fuss about and why flag meetings for deescalation of borders

Odisha. The scheme with an outlay of Rs 50,000 crore will be implemented on mission mode in 125 days in 116 districts of the six states to which the maximum number of the migrant workers have returned. —PTI are being held.

The categorical statement by PM came in the wake of reports that Chinese military has transgressed into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control, the de-facto border, in several areas of eastern Ladakh including Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley.

EAM S Jaishankar in a conversation with his China counterpart conveyed that the Chinese side sought to erect a structure in Galwan Valley on “our side of LAC.”—PTI

Solar eclipse 2020: India to witness ‘Ring of Fire’ today Hyderabad: The first visible eclipse of the decade, classified as the ‘Annular Solar Eclipse’ and popularly known as the ‘Ring of Fire’, will occur on June 21.

The annular phase will be visible only in few places of northern India, while the rest of the country will observe this event partially, a press release from Planetary Society, India said on Friday.

Across the world the eclipse in various phases will occur between 9.16 AM IST-3.04 PM IST. The greatest phase of the eclipse will be at 12.10 PM. “In India depending on the location of a per-

CHARDHAM TEMPLES TO REMAIN SHUT TILL SUNDAY AFTERNOON Dehradun: Ahead of solar eclipse, all the Chardham temples in Uttarakhand will remain closed from 10 pm on Saturday till Sunday afternoon. Due to the solar eclipse, the temple of Badrinath-Kedarnath and Gangotri-Yamunotri will remain closed from

10 pm on Saturday.

Bhuvan Chandra Uniyal, the priest of Badrinath Dham, said that ‘Sutak’

which started from 10.25 pm on Saturday, will remain till 1.53 pm on Sunday. . This will be the first solar eclipse of the year 2020 in which the moon will cover the Sun, making it a ‘fire ring’ during the maximum phase of the eclipse.

son from the central path, the eclipse, mostly in the partial phase, will be visible between 9.56 AM to 2.29 PM,” it said.

Across the world this is visible in the region covering Africa except Western and Southern parts, South East Eu-

rope, Middle East, Asia (except North and Eastern Russia), Indonesia, among others.

Though the central path of the eclipse begins it journey in Congo (Africa), in India it traverses from Suratgarh (Rajasthan), Sirsa and Kurukshetra (Hary-

ana), Dehradhun, Chamoli and Joshimath in Uttarakhand thus giving people in these areas the opportunity to observe the Sun as a ring of fire. After its stint in India it will continue towards China, Taiwan and end in Pacific Ocean, —PTI

the situation as a consequence of the bravery of our armed forces,” it said.

The Congress as well as a number of strategic affairs experts raised questions over Modi’s remarks asking if there was no transgression by the Chinese military in Galwan Valley then where did Indian soldiers die. They also wondered whether Modi gave a clean chit to China over the standoff.

“The sacrifices of the soldiers of the 16 Bihar Regiment foiled the attempt of the Chinese side to erect structures and also cleared

the attempted transgression at this point of the LAC on that day,” the PMO said.

“The words of the prime minister ‘those who tried to transgress our land were taught a befitting lesson by our brave sons of soil’, succinctly summed up the ethos and the values of our armed forces,” it said. The PMO said Modi assured that India’s armed forces will leave no stone unturned to protect the country’s borders.

“Attempts are being made in some quarters to give a mischievous interpretation to re-

marks by the prime minister at the all-party meeting on Friday,” it said. —ANI

New Delhi: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for connecting 4 districts of Odisha namely, Ganjam, Bhadrak, Bolangir and Baleshwar along with the states of Bihar and Jharkhand to ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’.

In a tweet, Pradhan said, “I thank PM Narendra Modi for connecting 4 districts of Odisha - Ganjam, Bhadrak, Bolangir & Baleshwar along with the states of Bihar & Jharkhand to ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ & focusing on the overall development of Eastern India.” Prime Minister Narendra

Modi on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on Saturday through video conferencing.

This Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan with a duration of 125 days, will work in mission mode and involve focused implementation of 25 categories of works or activities in 116 districts, each with a large concentration of returnee workers in 6 states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in his speech credited workers for giving him the idea of starting this welfare scheme. —ANI

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VIJAY KHANDUJA APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE

Vijay Khanduja, presently posted as Director in the Ministry of External Affairs has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

SRIKAR REDDY APPOINTED OSD, COMMERCE

Srikar R Reddy has been appointed as OSD (JS level), Department of Commerce for a period of three years. He is a 2001 batch IFS officer.

D MADHUKAR NAIK APPOINTED PS TO MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI

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MAHESH CHANDRAN APPOINTED OSD TO MURALEEDHARAN

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PALLAVI AGARWAL RELIEVED TO JOIN AS MEMBER SECRETARY, NMA

Pallavi Agarwal has been relieved to join as Member Secretary, National Monuments Authority (NMA) under the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi on deputation basis. She is an IRS-IT officer.

DIMPLE VERMA IS NOW ACS IN UP

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ALLAHABAD HC JUSTICE PANKAJ JAISWAL TO RETIRE ON SEPT 30

Justice Pankaj Jaiswal, Judge of Allahabad High Court, will retire on September 30, 2020.

HP HRC GETS CHAIRPERSON IN JUSTICE PS RANA Dharmendra Pradhan with PM Narendra Modi.

Heavy showers likely in parts of Madhya Pradesh: IMD

Bhopal: As rains lashed parts of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, IMD said the state has recorded 142% excess rainfall since June 1.

Heavy showers were likely at some places in Sidhi, Singrauli, Rewa, Mandla and Balaghat districts, senior meteorologist G D Mishra said.

“The rest of the state, barring Gwalior, Bhind and Jabalpur districts, has received excess rainfall. The state has recorded 131.7 mm rainfall since June 1,” he said. The usual rainfall recorded in this period was 54.5 mm and going by this, the state has received 142 % excess rainfall, he added. —PTI

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Retired Justice PS Rana has been appointed as Chairperson, Human Rights Commission in Himachal Pradesh.

Defence Min to attend 75th Victory Day parade in Moscow New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay a three-day visit to Russia beginning Monday to attend a grand military parade in Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War. The defence minister’s visit comes in the midst of an escalating border standoff between India and China, particularly after the killing of 20 Indian Army personnel by Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on June 15.

“Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will pay a visit to Moscow to attend the victory parade

on June 24 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War,” the defence ministry said in a statement.

Officials said Singh is going ahead with the visit, notwithstanding the border row with China, due to India’s decades-old military ties with Russia.

“I wish a safe journey to Defence Minister of strategic partner

India @rajnathsingh who is scheduled to depart to Moscow on Monday to witness the Great Victory Day Military Parade on June 24,” Russian Ambassador Nikolay Kudashev tweeted.

The parade was originally scheduled on May 9, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A tri-service 75-member Indian military contingent has already reached Moscow to participate in the parade.

“The visit of the defence minister will strengthen the longstanding special and privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia,” the ministry said. —PTI

in Chicago in 2011 of providing material support to the Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which planned the Mumbai terror attack and for supporting a never-carried-out plot to attack a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed in 2005. He was accused of allowing David Coleman Headley to open a branch of his Chicago-based immigration law business in Mumbai as a cover story and travel as a representative of the company in Denmark.

Rana has been

charged “with murder and murder conspiracy in India, according to court documents”, he had however been cleared of the more serious charge of “providing support for the attacks in Mumbai.”

“Rana’s lawyer said at trial that he had been duped by his high school buddy, Headley, an admitted terrorist who plotted the Mumbai attacks. The defence called Headley, the government’s chief witness who testified to avoid the death penalty, a habitual liar and manipulator,” according to the article. —ANI

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Gehlot also requested PM Modi to give 100% financial support for the material used in MGNREGA in true spirit of welfare of the poor. CM Gehlot has also requested free 5 Kg wheat for 2 months for 3,57,258 helpless families in the state along with one Kg chana per family.

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“The prime minister’s observations that there was no Chinese presence on our side of the LAC (Line of Actual Control) pertained to

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Chief Marshal Bhadauria said here. Bhadauria was speaking at the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) at Air Force Academy in Hyderabad.

His remarks come days after 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives in the violent face-off on June 15-16 during an attempt by the Chinese troops to unilaterally change the status quo during the de-escalation in eastern Ladakh.

Speaking about the

current border situation with China, he said: “We are aware of the situation, be it on LAC or beyond, be it their air deployments, their posture and kind of deployments. We’ve full analysis and we have taken necessary action that we need to take to handle any contingency that may come up.”

“We are monitoring all the moments and we are aware of the full situation,” he added.

He further said that in spite of the “unacceptable Chinese action” at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, which claimed lives of

20 Indian Army personnel, efforts are underway to ensure that the current situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is resolved peacefully. He asserted that the IAF is determined to deliver and the development at the LAC in Ladakh is a small snapshot of what the force is required to handle at short notice. —ANI

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However, “he was not able to get out of prison before being arrested to face extradition to India,” prosecutors were quoted as saying.

Rana was convicted

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Yoga Day will go digital for the first time since June 21, 2015, when it began to be celebrated annually across the world, coinciding with the Summer Solstice each year. This year's theme is 'Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’ and people will be able to join the celebrations virtually at 7 am

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ith the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic looming large, International Day of Yoga on Sunday will be celebrated on digital media platforms sans mass gatherings and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message would be the highlight of the occasion.

Yoga Day will go digital for the first time since June 21, 2015, when it began to be celebrated annually across the world, coinciding with the Summer Solstice each year.

This year’s theme is “Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family’’ and people will be able to join the celebrations virtually at 7 am on June 21. The Indian missions abroad are trying to reach out to the people through digital media as well as through the network of institutions which support yoga, officials said.

The Ministry of AYUSH had planned to hold a grand event in Leh, but cancelled it due to the pandemic. On December 11, 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21 as ‘’International Day of Yoga’’, months after PM Modi had proposed the idea. A message from Prime Minister Modi will be the highlight of the International Day of Yoga which will be observed on electronic and digital platforms on June 21, the AYUSH ministry said on Thursday.

“Due to the current global health emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the focus this year is less on such celebrations and more on people performing Yoga at their respective homes with participation of the entire family,” the ministry said.

The prime minister’s remarks will be televised at 6.30 am, a statement by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) said.

As has been the practice in International Day of Yoga (IDY) observation, the PM’s message will be followed by a live demonstration of a 45-minute Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) by a team from Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga. The CYP drill has been designed keeping in mind people of different age groups and of varied walks of life, the ministry had said in its statement.

“Yoga is found to be especially relevant in the pandemic situation, since its practice leads to both physical and mental wellbeing, and increases the individual’s ability to fight diseases,” it said.

PM Modi on Thursday had urged people, in a video message, to observe the day from the confines of their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This year, the event will highlight the utility of yoga for indi-

viduals, to develop immunity to combat the global pandemic and strengthen the community in managing some of the significant aspects of this crisis,” Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, president, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) had said earlier this month.

The ministry and ICCR, through the ‘’My Life - My Yoga’’ video blogging competition which was launched by the prime minister on May 31, has sought to raise awareness about yoga and inspire people to prepare for and become active participants in the observation of IDY 2020.

The contest has two legs -- the first one consisting of an international video blogging contest wherein the winners will be picked within a country. This will be followed by global prize winners who will be selected from different countries.

To enter the contest, participants were required to upload a three-minute video of three yogic practices (‘kriya’’, ‘asana’’, ‘pranayama’’, ‘bandha’’ or ‘mudra’’), including a short video message/ description on how the said yogic practices influenced their lives.

The videos could be uploaded on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the contest hashtag #MyLifeMyYogaINDIA and appropriate category hashtag.

Entries could be submitted by participants under three categories-- youth (male and female aged under 18), adults (male and female above 18 years) and yoga professionals (male and female), Kotecha said.

This made it a total of six categories in all. For India contestants, prizes worth Rs 1 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 will be given for first, second and third positions within each of the categories. The Indian missions abroad will give away prizes in each country.

At the global level, cash prizes worth USD 2,500, USD 1,500 and USD 1,000 along with a trophy and certificate will be given to those ranking first, second and third, respectively.

The blogging contest which has started on various digital platforms such as MyGov.gov.in will end on Sunday. The jury will then later collectively decide and announce the names of the winners.

Yoga programmes are organised across the globe by Indian missions every year, but this year will be different. Several missions are organizing digital events to mark the occasion.

Thousands of yoga enthusiasts in Texas and adjoining US states are all set to roll out their mats to bend and twist their bodies in complex postures from the safety of their homes with acclaimed yoga guru Baba Ramdev on livestream to mark the International Day of Yoga on Sunday.

Five asanas working professionals can do at workstations

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ith the coronavirus pandemic forcing everyone to stay at home, our bedrooms now resemble our offices. But that is no reason we don’t

have any time for workout anymore. If anything, this is a good time to practice or learn yoga. There are several yoga exercises that can be done at one’s worksta-

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tion or, in this case, our houses. On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, here is a list of exercises that can be done during work hours:

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hile being seated on your chair, raise both your arms towards W the air. Stretch and hold for five seconds. Place your left palm over the right elbow and stretch your arms apart. Repeat with the other arm. Do 20 repetitions. This will relieve the hand muscles of the constant stress due to the over-use of the computer and mobile phone.

CALF RAISES wing your neck to the right, left, back and front. Move them S slowly from side to side to the count of five. Repeat 10 times. This will help ease the tension in the neck and relieve any minor sprains.

LEG RAISES AND ROTATION

alf raises are a simple set of exercises that can be done standC ing near the workstation, in the washroom or even the canteen.

For this exercise, raise your toes as high as you can. Hold for three seconds and then lower them slowly. Repeat 30 times or till you feel a burn in the calf muscles. This will help prevent swelling of feet due to sitting in one place and can also help tone the calves.

hile seated on your chair, lift your feet parallel to the ground.

W Rotate your feet clockwise and anti-clockwise three times each. Bring them back to the original position. Repeat 10 times.

This will help tone the hamstring muscles.

EYE FOCUS EXERCISES yes are the most ignored Edespite during workouts. This is the fact that they are

your palms together till you feel them radiate heat. Cover your eyes immediately with your palms and close your eyes for 20 seconds. Repeat five times. Working out does not necessarily mean spending hours at the gym while leading a sedentary lifestyle in office. Apart from the abovementioned exercises, aim to eat healthy. Besides, make it a habit to get up from your chair every one hour and walk 50 steps. Your body will thank you later.

the most exposed to artificial lights and glare from the computer and mobile phone.

Three sets of eye exercises can help reduce the strain on them. First, stare away from your computer and blink for 30 seconds. Repeat at least 10 times during office hours.

Second, stare at an object that is at least 50 feet away. Blink normally while doing this.

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WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF POINTING FINGERS AT CHINA? rashant Kishor (PK) was once the apple of the eye of Modi and BJP and had a very important role in framing the election strategy for 2014. Just check out one of his latest tweets- The war against Corona was won in 21 days and nobody turned up to fight against China. Now what is left, is economic development well that will be taken care of by govt data personnel…. there is no need to worry as the govt says that everything is alright.

And to become Atma Nirbhar (Self Reliant) just keep following our election campaign. Even if you ignore the implacability of this statement, how will you turn a blind eye to what PM Modi said on Indo-Chinese standoff in all party meeting, “Neither has anyone intruded into our territory nor has anyone taken over any post. Nobody can dare to take even an inch of our land.” Now look at the irony that MoS Defence, Sripad Nayak in his recent Goa

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visit, told media in clear terms that India will not spare Chinese as they attacked our soldiers by intruding on our land.

Meanwhile, how can you forget all the Bhakt News channels harping on the story that Chinese have taken over two thirds of 134 Km long Pangong Lake. The Chinese soldiers are still here and no Indian can think of setting foot over here. So the question is where did the skirmish take place on June 15 ? We all are certain that the Indian soldiers didn’t enter the Chinese territory, so it means that the Chinese invaded our territory and attacked our soldiers. China is still declaring the Galwan valley to be its territory.

Why is nobody giving a befitting reply to China?

WHAT DOES CHINA WANT? hy is China treating India as an enemy? In the changed scenario, the race to become a ‘super- power’ has been redefined with the whole world behaving in a typical bipolar way and the world is clearly divided between

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ticed ever since the agreements of 1993, 1996 and 2005 so that no accidental use of weapons make us subject to international mockery.

Sources say that CDS Bipin Rawat had alerted the Army Chief on this.

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RAM MANDIR CONSTRUCTION POSTPONED ishwa Hindu Parishad has postponed the construction date of the Ram Temple yet again, this time until July 2. The logic forwarded by VHP is that it is being done as a mark of respect for the 23 martyred soldiers at the Indo-Chinese LAC. But sources say that the postponement is due to an old dispute between VHP and the Modi govt and yet another date could be announced, if the dispute continues.

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the USA & China. Earlier, Pakistan was piggybacking the USA as the latter had made it a base for its war in Afghanistan. Drubbed by it, Pakistan took refuge in the Chinese patronage. China had its eyes on taming India too. In the 18 meetings held between PM Modi and Xi Jinping in the last 6 years, China had the same calculation in its mind. Then came an era, when Narsinmha Rao led India as a new symbol of economic liberalisation, which continued during

the Vajpayee’s regime as well. China kept observing the developments as it saw Indian-US ties grow stronger. Finally, ‘Namaste Trump’ by PM Modi took Chinese concerns to unprecedented heights only to be complimented by BJP IT cell’s propaganda holding Wuhan responsible for the spread of Corona. This made China take out its famous weapon, dagger.

tion creates distance?

Well that is quite relevant when you find that NSA Ajit Doval was involved in talks with China for a long time now. When NSA Doval received the news of Chinese infiltration in Ladakh region on May 4, he called up his Chinese counterpart to seek an explanation on the intrusion.

Chinese counterpart is said to have placated Doval asking him not to worry about small tensions at border. It seems strange that NSA Doval believed

his Chinese counterpart in his simplicity.

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WE AREN’T FLAWLESS! hen Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked the reason for our soldiers being weaponless while patrolling, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar immediately replied that it was in accordance with an agreement between India and China that soldiers will not be carrying any weapons during patrolling. Army sources say that this was being prac-

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FACT CHECKER OR FAKE TAKER? ver since the PIB started its fact checking mechanism, it has on many occasions, declared many factual news as ‘fake.’ Most glaring example is of the news that appeared when the tension be-

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tween India and China had just started surfacing in the Galwan valley in Ladakh. The news said that the UP Special Task Force had issued an advisory to its jawans to delete all the Chinese Apps from their mobiles and also ask their families to do so. They were given a list of 52 Chinese Apps as ready reckoner.

The PIB ‘Fact Checker’ immediately refuted it as fake news and said that the UP STF had issued no such advisory.

AND IN THE END… he IT cell of BJP has been blaming Jawahar Lal Nehru for failure of our foreign & defence policy. For example, Nehru is blamed for losing Aksai Chin to China who still holds it.

And now since we have lost the Pangong Lake to China as Chinese have been claiming openly, one awaits a tweet from BJP IT cell with another Nehru photograph blaming him for losing the Pangong Lake too.

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Yoga helps improve body PM Modi led the nation from the front: Nadda at Raj rally immunity, says Dr Raghu BJP chief also hits out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on Ladakh standoff

Says it is effective in thwarting corona & keeping virus infection at bay First India Bureau Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma has wished the people on the occasion of World Yoga Day and appealed them to stay fit and do yoga. Dr Sharma said that Yoga is an ancient Indian wisdom given to us by our saints and sages. He said, with Yoga, one not only benefits physically but also mentally.

Dr Sharma added that Yoga is capable of treating any illness without any medicine.

He called Yoga effective in making a person agile both physically and mentally which leads to the ability to focus.

“Yoga is effective in thwarting corona as well as it helps in improving the body immunity which helps in keeping the virus

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infection away,” the Health Minister appealed to people to follow health protocol while celebrating Yoga day. He appealed to people to regularly wash hands, wear masks and follow social distancing.

Meanwhile, on the instructions of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma, now COVID-19 can be tested in state private medical insti-

tutions and labs for Rs 2,200. In this regard, ACS health Rohit Kumar Singh has issued instructions to all private hospitals and labs.

ACS Singh said that 20 government hospitals are conducting the corona tests free of cost while tests are also being done at four private labs approved by NBL and ICMR. ACS (Health) Rohit Kumar Singh informed that the state has capped the Cov-

id-19 testing charge at Rs 2,200 for private labs, against the fee of Rs 3,500 to Rs 4,500 which were earlier charged.

In view of the manufacturing and smooth availability of RT-PCR testing kits in the country and to provide easy and accessible testing facilities to the public at low prices, State Government, after consultation with representatives of Sawai Mansingh Medical College, private medical colleges, private hospitals, private testing laboratories, and by exercising the powers conferred in Section 4 of the Rajasthan Epidemic Act, 2020, the maximum rate of RTPCR test of COVID-19 was capped at Rs 2,200 (inclusive of GST / all taxes) in private testing laboratories approved

by NABL accredited and ICMR in the state.

New Delhi: BJP Chief JP Nadda on Saturday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “dynamic leadership” in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and implementing various welfare schemes to help the countrymen amid the pandemic.

Addressing a ‘Rajasthan Jan Samvad Rally’, Nadda said that the gap of six decades has been bridged in six years under his [Modi] “dynamic” leadership. “As per ‘Feed the Needy’ programme, 5 crore people were provided ‘Modi ration kits’ containing ration for up to 30 days, this is how our party workers provided their service,” he said.

“PM Modi led the nation from the front and took a timely and bold decision of imposing the lockdown, he said.

Vasundhara Raje, Satish Poonia and Rajendra Rathore listen as JP Nadda addresses virtual Rajasthan Jan Samvad Rally on Saturday.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

Nadda also targeted Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on the Sino-India face-off in Ladakh, alleging he was lowering the morale of defence forces through his tweets.

Nadda said, “some opposition leaders are demonstrating their limited knowledge” and “asking why did the soldiers go unarmed”.

He went on to say that if the country has listened to a leader after one like Lal Bahadur Shastri it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

—ANI

RAJE KNOWS HOW TO SET THINGS RIGHT! The craze for former CM Vasundara Raje at Jan Samvad Rally was more than evident with scores of female party workers dressed in similar sarees with lotus masks and youth sporting similar bhagwa safa all wanting to hear Raje. Raje hasn’t lost her sense of humour which she displayed at the rally. Since Raje has average height like the women of the region, she falls a little short for the standard microphone position. Normally a wooden platform is kept as a riser for her but it

MUCH AWAITED MOVE

RHB to start drive for allotment of strip of land from July 1 Shivendra Parmar Jaipur: Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) will soon start a campaign for allotment of the strip of land for which a large number of people were eagerly waiting for.

RHB Commissioner Pawan Arora informed that RHB will start a campaign from July 1 to August 31 for the allotment of the strip of land for people desir-

ous of using it for construction. He said that during this period, the consumers will be able to get the allotment by paying 1.5 times of the reserved residential price, which was earlier calculated on twice the reserved residential price.

The move will come as a big relief for the people waiting to use the strip of land for the construction of houses. RHB will allot those lands adjoin

existing plots owned by people that do not have the scope of being used as independent plots.

After the allot-

ment, the land will be eligible for construction under the existing building by-laws. According to the board commissioner, people

desirous of allotment will have to attach a DD of Rs 25,000 with the application form which will be adjusted in the allotment amount.

Applications can be submitted to the concerned Resident Engineer or Circle Office.

The format of the application can be downloaded from the board’s website, it will also be available for free from the board offices.

The application form

will have to be deposited with the site plan of the proposed land in three copies.

The site plan should mandatorily show the original plot with land/plot/ road/structure in East, West, North and South directions along with the area of the land strip.

RHB will try to allot the applied land within 30 days of application.

The amount men-

tioned in the allotment cum demand letter will have to be deposited within 60 days else it will stand nullified.

RHB will be taking action against the people who already have the possession of the strip of land along with the original plot considering them as illegal encroachers if they do not apply for the allotment. The move is being seen as a catalytic move for the real estate market.

was missing this time. In her trademark humorous self, she told audience that she probably must be invisible to them and in all probability she won’t be visible to anybody. Raje had just completed her dig at organisers that the wooden riser was placed. Everybody at rally was discussing the episode in two distinct tones. One view was rather philosophical which said that all days are not similar while second one was that Raje knows how to set things right.

Husband, wife found dead at Rajsamand First India Bureau Rajsamand: A man was found hanging in a suspicious condition while his wife was found dead in Khamanore village panchayat area in Rajsamand district.

Khamnore cops reached the spot on getting information after which FSL team from Udaipur was called. Prima facie deaths appear to be suicide though reason is unknown.

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oga is a philosophical, ethical, spiritual, and physical practice. It is based on ancient texts written thousands of years ago. In Western countries, one mainly knows about the physical part: the practice of “Asanas” (postures and movements) and breath control (”Pranayama”).

It’s true that yoga has a special relationship to us, to India.

While yoga is not a singular tradition, India is usually seen as the land of its birth. In recent years, the government has made worldwide headlines with its promotion of yoga. We now have a national yoga ministry and extensively promote, today June 20, as International Day of Yoga. But yoga has also long

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YOGA!

been a participatory culture with practitioners in many different places.

Late 19th-century advocates of yoga, such as Swami Vivekananda, thought that the practice could represent a distinctively Indian contribution to the world.

When Iyengar’s now-classic Light on Yoga appeared for an international English-reading audience, it represented Indian cultural heritage in empowering rather than embattled ways.

While we usually think of Light on Yoga as a set of physical instructions, it also offers cultural instructions about how to consider the practice. Iyengar’s manual brought together philosophical description, imaginative storytelling and scientific language.

Anticipating today’s hot question of whether yoga is religious, Light on Yoga suggests that yoga is not exactly a religion in itself: Instead, “it is a science of religions, the study of which will enable a sadhaka the better to appreciate his faith.”

The ultimate objective of yoga practice is the harmony of the body and the mind. This balance then leads to the liberation of the soul. It was this idea of spiritual freedom, envisioned by many later practitioners as emancipation from the pressures of capitalist ideologies, that contributed to the further spread of yoga in totality -asanas and pranayama, in the West.

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HEALING NOTES! tain road ahead because of an unmeasurable, indefinable, defiant enemy; music can, and is serving as a monumental psychological leveler.

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efore a crucial match, listening to Eye Of The Tiger or Sadda Haq sets our pulses racing!

After a long day at work, nursing that well-deserved drink, we drift off to the lilting strains of Koi Ye Kaise Batae by Jagjit Singh from the soundtrack of Arth. Or unwind mind & body with some soulful Blues or the poignant wisdom of Tujhse Naraz Nahi Zindagi. Lovers bask in each other’s scent as they playfully tease, serenaded by Tum Ho, or the soothing Sade. Even the great Shakespeare dramatically submitted to the awesome power of music when his Twelfth Night character Duke Orsino commands, “If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it..’!

That music transcends race & rank, caste & creed, nationality and notional differences, is undeniable.

Music, for those who are exponents, students and practitioners of it, and for listeners, casual or serious, informed or amateur, even to ordinary folk, encompasses a myriad of attributes.

DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY!

The involuntary tapping of one’s feet at the faintest whiff of a Bhangra Beat is clear evidence of the innately stress-busting quality of music. Working professional, students, the elderly, the young & restless, we all find solace in some form

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HEAL THE SELF, HEAL THE WORLD!

When I was recovering from Cancer, I used to listen to music all the time. It

A SIGN OF THE TIMES!

Ultimately, music’s higher purpose, not unlike any other art-form, is to record, preserve, and reflect on the times. Be they bygone eras through cultural & musical legacy, or current sociology through popular culture and music.

On World Music Day, we ought to remind ourselves of divine gift that music is, and reiterate to ourselves and to the world, Heal The World, with music!

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TAURUS

GEMINI

CANCER

Stay calm, listen carefully and refrain from overreacting. Getting along will require discipline.

Don’t start something you cannot finish. Concentrate on making self-improvements and peace of mind. A new approach to an old idea looks promising.

You’ll crave change, but unless you have everything in place, sit tight. A little time spent organizing and preparing will ensure your success.

Fond memories will lead to searching online for someone from your past and beware you might them too, don’t dwell too much.

You’ll have the stamina and discipline to get things done. Declutter your space to make room for the changes you want to make to your lifestyle. Cutting down on the amount of stuff you have will also reduce your responsibilities. Be open and speak up.

Check to make sure all your documents are updated. Be prepared to make a move regarding your investments, pending settlements or legal issues, or a health concern that needs your attention.

Clear vision, facts and figures will lead to positive change.

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LIBRA

SCORPIO

Emotional decisions will not turn out as planned.

Take a step back, and concentrate on personal goals you can make in the confines of your own space. Aiming for perfection will raise self-awareness and a greater understanding of what it is you want.

You’ll come up with a plan that works well. Time and energy will be all it takes to put your plan into motion.

There will be plenty of time and room for expansion once you have mastered preliminary groundwork.

Plan well and focus on your goals.

Take care of your responsibilities. Your words won’t mean much if you don’t follow through.

Letting emotions take over and turn an uneasy situation into utter chaos will set you back. Leave no room for error or criticism. Take a deep breath and calm down to focus.

Take care of money matters, contracts and documents that need updating. Consider creative ways to lower your overhead and to invest in you, your skills and whatever you want to pursue.

Monitor a change regarding a partnership very carefully.

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PISCES

Take care of pressing matters at home. Listen to everyone’s concerns, and monitor the situation before putting rules in place. A good deed will be appreciated and rewarded. Take care of your health, and nurture meaningful relationships. a shopping trip will be full of fun.

Take care of pressing matters at home. Listen to everyone’s concerns, and monitor the situation before putting rules in place. Act the leader that you are. A good deed will be appreciated and rewarded. Take care of your health, and nurture meaningful relationships.

Keeping busy will help you avoid an argument with someone who lives with you. Making physical and personal changes that encourage looking and feeling your best are worth considering. Start a fitness program, yoga or aerobics, will be of great benefit in the long run.

Keep your emotions tucked away someplace safe. Offer compassion and understanding, and you will find it easier to keep your opinions to yourself. A positive attitude will encourage others to pitch in and help you improve your current situation.

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or genre of music. The calming character of music is particularly pertinent in today’s scenario, with many of us experiencing varying degrees of stress, anxiety, depression even, ever since the world has been witnessing the covid 19 pandemic.

Trapped in our homes, too scared to venture out, with cases of the virus and resultant deaths spiking, jobs and livelihoods lost, careers hanging in the balance, and a largely uncer-

Music also is, from a human being’s formative years, a wonderfully creative pursuit. Young children who seem inclined artistically, if exposed to music, can go on to adopt music into their lives, and by consequence, not just a cathartic creative vent but also its many positive characteristics such as its ataractic impulse, its judgement and bias-free tranquillity, and its ability to touch the soul. People who inculcate music into their lives tend to be happier, feel more fulfilled, are more content and view life through a slightly different, less-harsh, more optimistic and sensitive lens.

The best part about this, is one doesn’t HAVE to practice music professionally, as a career or as a job, to derive the above mentioned benefits from it.

Even as a lifelong hobby, a little bit of music, every day, will strike the ‘right note’!

helped me heal, not just physically but perhaps more crucially, psychologically. The same alleviating aspect of music is applied, as a prescribed therapy, across the world, in a slew of medical situations, by a vast number of medical practitioners. That’s as far as music’s individual-healing capacity is concerned.

Arguably its even greater healing dynamism can be seen across borders, when cross-country tensions are diffused by cultural engagement, of which music is an indispensable and integral part. Warring nations, warn-torn and ravaged countries, gain from the bountiful heling touch of music, directly, or even indirectly, when music is used to raise funds, awareness and propagate action & advocacy. It isn’t a coincidence that the king of pop sang a song titled ‘Heal The World’.

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Bollywood celebs who are totally into yoga are proof enough that yoga is a boon not just for health and fitness but also for looks. The Divas of Bollywood swear by yoga as a cure-all.

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Malaika Arora has always been one of the fittest celebrities in Bollywood.

She’s taken her passion for yoga one step ahead by investing in a yoga startup and opened a yoga studio in Mumbai.

“Everybody has a different outlet, for me, I found that in yoga. It helped me at a very precarious stage in my life and I’m grateful,” she says.

ON THE GO

WITH YOGA For Shilpa Shetty, the secret behind her slim waistline is a daily dose of yoga that she has continued for years. She has released numerous DVDs and given several tips on how to lose weight through yoga and attain good health. The favourite yoga poses of Shilpa includes Padahastasana (for flat tummy), Dhanurasana (to strengthen back muscles), Bhujangasana (regulates the metabolism effectively), Vrikshasana (for perfect stability and balance) and Ardha Salabhasana (good for the nervous system.

For Bollywood beauty Jacqueline Fernandez, yoga is a perfect stress buster. It’s also something that helps her detoxify her skin.

“You sweat out all the toxins while practising,” she says. A firm believer of ‘a healthy mind resides in a healthy body’, yoga has always been an indispensable part of her fitness regimen. “I have been doing it as far as I can remember,” she says.

And after almost a decade of practising it, Nargis Fakhri is a devoted practitioner of Hatha yoga today. “It was pretty tough for me at first but I loved the way I felt afterwards, so I continued to go on,” says Fakhri. What worked for her was the feeling of accomplishment she experienced when she was able to do the asanas.

In her own words, yoga has been a sort of mental and physical transformation for her.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s weight loss wasn’t easy, considering she had a baby and some work commitments to fulfil.

The diva is not a gym person and does not follow any specific workout. In one of her interviews, she admitted that she was never serious about the workout and prefers yoga sessions over workout.

According to her, yoga is the best way to keep the powerful fit and flexible. She indulges in jogs and brisk walks first thing in the morning, followed by a 45 minute yoga session, which also include power yoga.

Many people are curious to know the secret behind Amisha Patel’s toned body as well as fitness. She shared that she does not believe in a monotonous workout as she considers it to be bad. She feels that Yoga is one of the best ways to keep your body healthy and maintain the figure at the same time.

“I work out for an hour every day when I am not shooting. I often try new Yoga exercises to keep my workout schedule exciting.”

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PAPA KEHTE HAIN… CITY FIRST RAJASTHAN & GUJARAT

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t’s Fathers’ day today and though we need no special day to love, adore and care for the most special man in our life, still this day is a reminder that Dads are special!

Fathers are special for so many reasons, they provide a sense of security and safety within the home and put aside their own desires and dreams to fulfil the same of their family.

A dad might say NO but he has your best interests at heart, many a time he carries the burdens deep within and amidst the storms of life, Dads provide a stable foundation City First, send all the dads across a big HUG and a THANK YOU on behalf of its readers and also talks to a few of its readers on ‘the message they would like to give to their fathers on this special day. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in We might not say this often but the world without you and all the other dads out there, wouldn’t be so great. Over the years, you have always managed to teach us what’s right and what’s wrong. You have shown us how to be brave with unflattering love that you gave.

There is no possible way we could pay you back for all that you have done for us growing up. Happy Father’s day to the man who made us what we are today. We love you, Papa!

—ARCHI AND DHARA SEERWANI

THE CURRENT

DEAR DAD (BOTH OF YOU)

Thank you is a very small word to express my deepest gratitude.

One of you is responsible for my existence in this world and the other added meaning to it. One of you have raised me with ingrained values and the other continued with that ethos. Both of you today have taken a step backwards to give me that forefront.

I know both of you are the pillars on which I stand. I will try not to let you down. I promise I will continue to walk that path with the utmost integrity.

—APRA KUCHHAL

For all those times when I craved for something far from home, only my father could console me. On this day, I would like to wish my Dad a very Happy Father’s Day and thank him for standing by me all my life. —DIPALI JOSHI

Dad, for all the time you were there for me and I didn’t say. For all the time showing me the way and I didn’t say. For always being patient with me even when I made it difficult for you and I didn’t say. For believing in me and encouraging me to dream and I didn’t say. I didn’t say, thank you. Thank you, Dad, for being the best father one could only imagine.

Happy Father’s Day —KIMBERLY FERNANDEZ

WHAT’S HAPPENING!

astrological scenario MAHESH BANG

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strologer Mahesh Bang has predicted that the protest in America will settle within two weeks and there will be peace regarding this matter. This after demonstrations erupted in cities across the US in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in the hands of police.

In 2018, Bang predicted that according to America’s horoscope, it will be in its worst time until next year and covid19 case will increase rapidly.

Bang was recently recognised internationally for predicting the onset of the pandemic which the world is still grappling with.

According to his research approximately every 20 years, whenever the two major planets Jupiter and Saturn come close to each other by being situated together in one zodiac sign, retrograde and less than 30 degrees to each other, this alignment has a negative global impact and poses a cloud of danger. The three big, influential and largely populated countries, namely America, China and India are negatively affected as per their horoscope. Bang said there were negative forecasts for China pushing it into war or prejudice from other

countries. In 1962 and 1963 when the same planets were aligned, there was the Indo-China war.

Now according to Bang’s calculation, the very same combination is on the verge of alignment, the build-up is being seen with the India and China conflict and Hong Kong protests which are causing difficulties for China. The current India-China tension will not lead to war now, but from November 20, 2020, to April 4, 2021, when again these planets will be together, the probability increases astrologically and there will be peak tension between India and China or America and China. This could lead to an economical war or a small war between India and China at the border or second wave of COVID-19.

In the last 100 years’ cycle, when these planets were aligned, the biggest Historical events were;  1920 - Spanish flu 

1939 to 1945 - Second World War

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1962 & 63 - Indo-China tensions & war

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1981 - Beginning of the HIV Virus

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1999 to 2001 - Kargil War (worldwide anxiety about a nuclear bomb being used), massive earthquake in Bhuj in Gujarat, 9/11 twin tower incident

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Dec 2019 to 30 June 2020 - horrific Australian fires, America-Iran tussle, Volcano and earthquakes, American riots and worldwide protest and now COVID 19 pandemic.

GUJARAT: To celebrate the occasion of International Yoga Day 2020, Anuvrat- Jeevan Vigyan Academy, Surat is going to organise a session on ‘Doing Yoga and Beating Corona’, today at 8 AM, featuring C R Paatil in the conversation with Alka Sankhala.

RAJASTHAN: Grandchildren of Senior Journalist Rajendra Chhabra, Avika and Aarav along with their mother, Swati Chhabra are all set to practice Yoga and spread awareness to commemorate the International Yoga Day today.

GUJARAT: As per the guidelines of AYUSH ministry, all 36 Ayush dispensaries of Vadodara district performed a digital as well as a live demonstration of Yoga practices, to commemorate the International Yoga Day, and spread the awareness about the importance of Yoga through all social media platforms.

GUJARAT: To celebrate the occasion of World Music Day, Majestic Music Festival is going to organise an Instagram live session featuring Milan, Barely Unknown, RJ Swapnil and Krunal, today at 8 PM.

HAPPY B’DAY!

MLA Shrimadhopur Deependra Singh (left) and MLA Chomu Ramlal Sharma celebrated their birthdays on 20 June, Saturday. We wish them all the best!

GUJARAT: During the ongoing semilockdown, more than a thousand schoolgoing children of Vadodara of 9th and 10th standard have initiated a project named CHIEF (Children and elders are friends), to help the elderly by giving them food packets, ration kits and medicines in need.

GUJARAT: MLA Harsh Sanghavi, Constituency Majura, is all set to celebrate International Yoga Day. To mark the occasion and spread the awareness, he shared a picture on Facebook and captioned it, “What’s your favourite yoga pose? Mine is this. #DoYogaBeatCorona”

GUJARAT: Amidst the ongoing fight against the pandemic, Sankalp Sari from Surat has been preparing two lakh packets of Saree including homoeopathic medicine and masks. These packets will be delivered from village to village so that women can get health protection along with sari.