First India-Jaipur Edition-28 June 2020

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COVID-19 UPDATE

WORLD

4,98,908 DEATHS

MAHARASHTRA 7,273 DEATHS 1,59,133 CASES

99,97,537 CONFIRMED CASES

DELHI 2,558 DEATHS 80,188 CASES

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INDIA

16,102 5,29,274 DEATHS

TAMIL NADU 1,025 DEATHS 78,335 CASES

CONFIRMED CASES

RAJASTHAN

391

DEATHS

GUJARAT 1,790 DEATHS 30,771 CASES

16,944

CONFIRMED CASES

UTTAR PRADESH 649 DEATHS 21,549 CASES

TIDDI TERROR

HITS FOUR STATES New Delhi: Locust swarms on Saturday, attacked four states including Rajasthan, Delhi Haryana and UP. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare informed that the insects were noticed in Jhunjhunu on Friday morning and control teams were deployed for their elimination. The leftover locusts moved towards Gurugram, from there to Faridabad and onwards to Uttar Pradesh.

Meanwhile, Several flights were affected due to the insect menace. “A small swarm of locusts has entered the Delhi border.

South and West districts have been put on high alert. We have also issued advisory to all district authorities to contain the spread of locusts, Delhi minister Gopal Rai said. —PTI Swarm of locust covered the sky around Jaipur on Saturday. Seen here is the swarm against the backdrop of historic Nahargarh Fort, perhaps giving the message of standing strong amid turbulent times when Corona and locusts are the new normal.

—PHOTO BY SUMAN SARKAR

SAMs FOR DRAGON HUNT IN LADAKHI SKY India deploys quick-reaction surface-to-air missile defence systems in the Eastern Ladakh sector to counter Chinese fighter jets, choppers —Pic for representational purpose only

New Delhi: Amid heightened Chinese fighter aircraft and helicopter activities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the Indian armed forces have deployed their advanced very quick-reaction surface-to-air missile defence systems in the Eastern Ladakh sector.

“As part of the ongoing build-up in the sector, the air defence systems of both Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have been deployed in the sector to prevent any misadventure by the Chinese Air Force fighter jets or the People’s Liberation Army choppers there,” government sources told ANI. Turn on P6

ASEAN TAKES POSITION VS CHINA’S VAST HISTORICAL SEA CLAIMS Manila: Southeast Asian leaders said a 1982 UN oceans treaty should be the basis of sovereign rights and entitlements in South China Sea, in one of their strongest remarks opposing China’s claim to virtually the entire disputed waters on historical grounds.The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations took the position in a statement issued by Vietnam on behalf of the 10-nation bloc.ASEAN leaders held their annual summit by video on Friday, with the coronavirus pandemic and the long-raging territorial disputes high on the agenda.

REMEMBER 1962: PAWAR Satara: NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, “We can’t forget what had happened in 1962 when China occupied 45,000 square kilometres of India’s territory. This is an issue of national interest and once should not bring in politics here.”

JINPING STALIN’S SUCCESSOR: US New Delhi: US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien launched the Trump administration’s sharpest attack on Chinese government, comparing President Xi Jinping to Russia’s brutal dictator Joseph Stalin whose policies killed millions.

‘We excel over others in battling Corona’ New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India fared much better compared to some other countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He made this observation while delivering the inaugural address to mark the 90th birth anniversary celebrations of Reverend Dr Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan. “Earlier this year, some people had pre-

dicted that the impact of the virus in India would be very severe.

Due to lockdown, many initiatives have been taken by the Government & in this peopledriven fight, India is much better placed than many other nations. India’s recovery rate is rising,” PM said.

He further warned that the time was not apt to “let our guard down”.

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PM Modi addressing during the 90th birthday celebrations of the Rev Dr Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan via VC in New Delhi.

India ‘lukewarm’ to Pak’s offer to re-open Kartarpur Corridor

8 STATES ACCOUNT FOR 85.5% COVID-19 CASELOAD

New Delhi: The government on Saturday rejected a proposal by Pakistan to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor on June 29 saying that cross-border travel had been temporarily suspended as part of measures to prevent and contain the spread of Covid-19. Describing Pakistan’s move to open the corridor in 2 days as a

New Delhi: Eight states, including Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu, contributed 85.5% of active Covid-19 caseload & 87% of total deaths due to the disease in India, according to Health Ministry. India has reported more than 500,000 Covid-19 cases with worst singleday jump of 18,552 cases on Saturday.

—ANI

NO CROSSBORDER TRAVEL

mirage of goodwill, government sources said this would only undermine the bilateral agreement.

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New Delhi: Crossborder travel between India & Pak has been temporarily suspended in view to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Further view would be taken in consultation with health authorities,” informed the sources.

POLITICAL SLUGFEST?

Those living in glass houses, shouldn’t throw stones at others: Patel After Enforcement Department officials swooped down on his residence to question him, Ahmed Patel went hammer and tongs against the BJP Government Darshan Desai New Delhi: Calm and in control after questioning by the Enforcement Directorate officials at his residence in an old Sterling Biotech Limited case on Saturday, Rajya Sabha MP and AICC Treasurer

Ahmed Patel dared the Narendra Modi Government, asserting, “ I have nothing to fear, let the law takes it’s own course. “ He went on to add, “Those who live in glass houses, should not throw stones at others.”

Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Patel was

acerbic: “The guests of Narendra Modi-ji and Amit Shah-ji came to my home.

They came, they questioned me, I replied to them and they left.”

He used strong words to criticise the BJP Government: “I really pity them.

When China has tak-

The guests of Narendra Modi-ji and Amit Shah-ji came to my home. They came, they questioned me, I replied to them and they left.

—Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel

en away our land, instead of fighting with them, they are fighting with the Opposition; when the Corona virus has taken the country in its grip, instead of fighting it, they are fighting with the Opposition.”

Later, in a press statement, Patel said,

“If you were to do an analysis, you will see a clear pattern over the past many years. Every time there is Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha election or the government is facing a crisis, one or more investigative agencies become active on the instructions of

one individual.”

“Unfortunately, this time the Modi government’s failure to manage an economic, health & national security crisis is now so huge, that none of the agencies can help spin the narrative.”

He said, “Nonetheless, our conscience is clear. We have nothing to hide, nor are we afraid to criticise & expose the government’s failures and their past corruption.”

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PICTURE PERFECT

The monsoon came four days ahead of its scheduled arrival. The last 27 days have witnessed 24% more than the average rainfall already. The data from June 1 onwards shows that Khalawar received a maximum of 105% more than its average rainfall. Jaipur is 6% short of its normal rainfall quota while Rajsamand is surplus by 88.2%. According to PHED, Rajasthan has received 58.10 mm rainfall since June 1, while Jaipur received a bit less viz. 42.75 mm. MeT has predicted 107% rainfall for the state. According to them the monsoon will be weak till June 30 and will be active in July. Meanwhile, a picturesque view of Statue Circle in Jaipur with clouds hovering over on Saturday.

—PHOTO BY SANTOSH SHARMA

More flights likely from July 1

Ajmer Dargah head slams Pak PM for calling Unlock 2.0: The airlines have given a schedule for 11 new flights to Jaipur airport authority Osama a ‘martyr’ First India Bureau

MORE PATROLLING AFTER LOCUST ATTACK

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Jaipur: More flights are in the offing when the central government moves towards further unlocking of routine activities. Aviation will have a special focus during Unlock 2.0.

While the airlines have given a schedule for 11 new flights to Jaipur airport authority, there is still some dilemma over this. But, one thing is sure that if these flights start, the Jaipur airport will get busy once again.

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Ajmer: Diwan of Ajmer Dargah, Saiyyed Zainul Abideen has lambasted Pakistan PM Imran Khan for calling terrorist Osama Bin Laden a martyr. Dargah Diwan said it makes clear that terrorism is a state policy of Pakistan and countries like China help it with money and weapons. Dargah Diwan said Pakistan has allowed LeT and JeM to operate from its soil for repeatedly targeting India.

Although, in the last one month since air travel was allowed to resume, the passenger traffic has not picked up as people have been afraid as well as dis-

tressed by new rules.

Not many flights have resumed but hopefully, their number may go up from July 1. Despite airlines handing over a schedule of 11 new

flights, there is little chance that all of them would become operational immediately. Currently, daily 15 flights to nine cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,

Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Varanasi, Guwahati, and Agra have been operational from Jaipur.

If all 11 flights take off then daily 26 flights to 16 cities would be available.

BD Kalla lays foundation stone Cong to hold protest over of student service centre fuel price hike on Monday First India Bureau

Bikaner: Ministers BD Kalla and Bhanwar Singh Bhati were touring their home turf on Saturday. They were together at the dedication ceremony of the student centre of MGSU. Minister BD Kalla informed his audience that they have dedicated developmental works worth Rs 1 crore in one day including a rainwater harvesting struc-

BD Kalla

ture. Kalla praised his colleague Bhanwar Singh Bhati mentioning his contribution to Bikaner while being the Higher Education Minister in the Gehlot gov-

ernment.

Energy Minister Kalla said that he had requested the CM to make all colleges, constituent colleges of concerned universities. He hoped that the state would soon have the long-awaited political appointments.

Speaking on the issue of the UG & PG examination, Minister Bhati said that the health of the students is of paramount importance for the government.

First India Bureau Jaipur: Pradesh Congress will organize a protest against the unparalleled hike in petrol and diesel on Monday.

The protest will be held at all district headquarters. After dharna, the congressmen would hand over a memorandum to the district administration in the name of the President.

Later, the party would

Sachin Pilot

carry its agitation at block level between June 30 and July 4.

Deputy CM Sachin Pilot said that during three months of the

lockdown the central government has several times increased petrol and diesel prices along with customs duty, which has put an unnecessary burden on the common man.

Apart from protests in states at districts and block level, the party would also run ‘Speak up on petroleum prices’ an online campaign on social media,” the PCC chief informed.

UDH min holds public hearing to redress grievances

Shanti Dhariwal while launching the book ‘Chambal teri yahi kahaani’ by Prabhat Singhal, former Joint director Public Relation on Saturday.

First India Bureau Kota: UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal spent the third day in home town, Kota. After spending the entire day on inspection of development works on Friday, he met people and conducted a public hearing at his residence on Saturday.

Hundreds of people thronged his place with their complaints while maintaining social distancing. He also handed over keys of the ambulance to MBS Hospital authorities donated by Jain Shwetamber community. Dhariwal told media that he had received several com-

plaints related to different departments and tried to resolve them over the phone.

Meanwhile, Kota airport’s mater has become ping pong between state and central governments.

When asked, Dhariwal said that the state government was ready to provide land for the airport but only Kota’s MP and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla can answer about the progress of its construction.

The UDH minister also said that he had visited development projects in the city and instructed engineers to expedite work while maintaining quality.

WILL ‘BABU-DOOM’ ACTUALLY DOOM GOOD GOVERNANCE? Rajendra Chhabra

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n any government, senior bureaucrats have the utmost responsibility of running the government and everyone looks up to their work ethics and the manner in which they carry out their responsibilities, whose message is carried out till the lowest rank personnel in the government. However, for the past few months, unusual instances have been reported regarding senior officials, and the clashes in babus, lack of coordination,

laying allegations, and even written complaints have done considerable damage to the image of good governance. Most worrisome is the fact that all this is happening on CS, ACS, and Secretary level.

The Corona pandemic has, it seems, has increased these flashes.

When the pandemic broke out in Rajasthan, ACS Home Rejeeva Swarup and ACS Medical Rohit Kumar Singh entered in a verbal bashing in front of CS DB Gupta who later pacified both of them and bro-

DB Gupta

Rohit Kumar Singh

Rajeeva Swarup

kered peace. A few days later, another clash occurred between Swarup and Singh in some other matter.

In another incident, wherein a committee was formed for migrant labors under ACS

Veenu Gupta and the order for formation was issued by ACS Medical Rohit Kumar Singh, but later the Home department issued a new order, sidelining Singh’s earlier order which did not go well with Singh who complained about

the Home department before the Chief Secretary.

Moreover, there was friction between ACS Home Rajeeva Swarup and ACS Industries Subodh Agarwal. The state government had to issue SOP on the

movement of migrant labourers, but due to delay, the Home department issued the orders, which irked Subodh.

In a major and important meeting in the state secretariat, a silent indifferent attitude between CS DB Gupta and ACS Finance Niranjan Arya is well known. It was in this meeting only that Arvind Mayaram and ACS Veenu Gupta joined their hands to ‘face’ Arya’s ‘plainspeak’. In one more case, when ACS PK Goyal tried to get the ACB to investigate on a matter, he came at log-

gerheads with CS DB Gupta.

A similar clash occurred between Rohit Kumar Singh and NHM Director Samit Sharma as when Singh started an investigation in a matter, Sharma gave a twopage long complaint against Singh to CS. Later, CS forwarded the matter, with his comment, to the CMO, where the matter lies pending. The tussle between ACS Rajeshwar Singh and Special Secretary Arushi Malik is well known, after which Singh took action against Malik

and gave a written complaint about her transfer to CS. ACS Industries Subodh Agarwal and Industries Commissioner Muktanand Agarwal are in a ‘cold war’ and such is the feud that the officials in this department have been polarised. There are still many, many more such incidents, however, all these incidents reveal that relations between senior officials are at an alltime low which is a major cause of concern for ‘Good Governance”!

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11 deaths, 284 new Corona cases, state tally nears 17k

4 deaths were reported from Jaipur, 56 cases were found in Alwar First India Bureau Jaipur: The state reported 11 deaths in preceding 24 hours taking the death toll to 391 so far. Saturday saw maximum 4 deaths from Jaipur, 3 from Jodhpur, 1 each from Ajmer & Baharatpur while one patient who succumbed was from another state.

In last 24 hours 284 new cases of corona surfaced taking the state toll to 16, 944.

Maximum 56 cases were reported from Alwar followed by 42 from Bharatpur, 40 from Jodhpur, 32 from Dholpur, 17 from Jaipur, 16 from Kota, 12 from Sikar, 10 from

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Barmer & Churu, Ajmer, 9 from Pali, 8 each from Sirohi, 5 from Ajmer, 4 from Udaipur, 3 from Bikaner, Dausa & Jhunjhunu, 2 from Rajsa-

mand and one each from Dungarpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Karauli, Nagaur & Sawai Madhopur and 5 from other states.

The cumulative district wise tally of the corona positives on Monday is as follows – Ajmer 489, Alwar 463, Banswara 94, Baran 65, Barmer 277, Bharatpur 1522, Bhilwara 245, Bikaner 245, Bundi 14, Chittorgarh 208, Churu 301, Dausa 131, Dholpur 587, Dungarpur 429, Ganganagar 53, Hanumangarh 60, Jaipur 3223, Jaisalmer 107, Jalore 274, Jhalawar 375, Jhunjhunu 333, Jodhpur 2645, Karauli 91, Kota 630, Nagaur 618, Pali 1074, Pratapgarh 15, Rajsamand 229, Sawai Madhopur 94, Sikar 509, Sirohi 445, Tonk 200 and Udaipur 681.

Raj HC to reopen on Mon with guidelines Jodhpur: High Court will reopen on June 29 after its summer vacations. HC administration has released a guideline keeping the Covid-19 threat in mind.

People will be able to enter the court premises only with e-gate pass.

Lawyers will also only be permitted inside if their name appears in the cause list released by administration. No other lawyer will be allowed inside. The senior citizen lawyers have been requested to keep away from the court proceedings until further orders. The guidelines ask everybody in court premises to observe social distancing.

CBI team to reach Sadulpur to initiate proceedings in matter Sadulpur: The Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) team from New Delhi would arrive in Sadulpur to investigate SHO Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi sui-

cide case on Monday.

Central Bureau Investigation Superintindent of Police DN Sharma is heading the investigation.

Station House Officer Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi’s body was

PROUD MOMENT

1989 batch IPS Mukesh Kumar Meena, who hails from Rajasthan, has been appointed the DGP of Goa police. Prior to the appointment, Meena was serving as additional DG in Mizoram.

India’s security priority for Modi govt: Gadkari

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Satish Poonia, Kailash Choudhary, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjunram Meghwal and Rajendra Rathore during Nitin Gadkari’s online address.

Jaipur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said India’s internal and external security is a priority for the BJP-led central government, asserting that the Modi government has done in six years what Congress could not do in 55 years of its rule.

He said there has been a rapid change in country’s infrastructure and the borders are secure with state-of-theart technology. He said road construction projects were started in full swing near Nepal and China borders from Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand to reach Mansarovar and the projects will be completed in next six months.

“We do not want to occupy any country and land. We do not want to enter any country. We

have brotherly relationship with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh and in every situation we stand by them,” he said.

“We don’t want to attack anyone but if anyone casts an evil eye on us that eye will be gouged out,” Gadkari

“We want this nation to become happy, prosperous and powerful”, he said

told BJP workers from state during an online address in Hindi.

The union road, transport and highways minister said Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave a special status to J&K, was a temporary provision and those who framed it

expected it would be removed soon.

“But this was not possible during the rule of Congress,” he claimed, adding it was PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah who removed Article 370.

He said internal and external security of the country is “our priority”, highlighting that incidents terrorism are almost nil and Maoism and Naxalism are on the verge of elimination. “We have been saying from day one that nationalism is our goal,” he said. “We want this nation to become happy, prosperous and powerful. We have worked with this idea to make India free from fear, hunger, terror and corruption. So, today, all our borders are safe,” he said. —PTI

found hanging from ceiling fan in his government quarter. In a suicide note addressed to the Churu superintendent of police, he had said he was not able to “bear pressure created

around him”.

His family, local leaders and Bishnoi community had demanded CBI inquiry, which the Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot led-Rajasthan government had accepted.

ADGP issues advisory

Corona testing facility reaches 20 districts

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Jaisalmer: The intelligence agencies have alerted the govt departments of the Pakistani agent and agencies. ADGP (Intelligence) has issued an advisory to the effect.

The govt departments in the border districts have been asked to be alert while using phones and mails as itcompromise the security of the country.

All departments have been asked to not share any information regarding the army or related information on phone or mail.

Jaipur: Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma informed that the permission to conduct corona tests for the 20th district in the state has been granted and soon all the districts will have this facility.

Till now 26 centers in 19 districts were armed with this facility. Dr Sharma was interacting during an interview with the All India Radio which was aired on stations of AIR on Saturday.

Dr Raghu Sharma said that the state has developed the capacity

Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi

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to conduct 38 thousand corona tests per day.

Dr Sharma said that the number of positive patients has in-

creased during the unlocking phase but the recovery rate of the state, which is highest in the country,

has kept the balance as 79% patients are recovering as of now.

He expressed satisfaction on the mor-

tality rate of 2.3% which is lower than many states and the national average of the country. The Health Minister informed that there are 3072 positive cases as of now out of which 2031 are admitted in hospitals and rest are home quarantined.

He assured people of the medical arrangements to fight Covid-19 in the state in terms of beds, ICUs, ventilators, PPE Kits, N-95 masks etc. He said the govt and the health set up was prepared for any eventuality.

Under the table activities Official held with ACB probes cop’s link with bribe of `1.17L man misusing his name increase in PHED dept First India Bureau Jaipur: The PHED department responsible for water supply in the state is taking corruption to new heights. Instances of contractors being paid without verifying the work done by them and changing the work orders to give favoured contractors extra benefit seem to be common for the liquidity rich department of the desert state.

The first case in point is from the fourth section office of Jaipur (South) where M/S Saini Industries was allotted a pipeline project which was to begin from June 17 but was changed to 27 April by XEN. The forgery came to light when the junior

‘SLOW PROGRESS’

accountant objected to the change.

The same XEN again put the rule book aside when the department allotted the work for maintenance of staff quarters, AEN office and electrical & sanitary works. The XEN on record objects to allotment at 16% less rates as it would compromise the

quality but later agrees to allot the work at much lower rates, 32%, without worrying about the quality. The tenders 44.45 and 46/209 bear the testimony of the under the table activity in the name of quality.

The XEN, better known for his liquor scandal in Gandhi Nagar, seems to take the foul play as routine as is apparent from a work order allotting a Tube well job to a Bharatpur based company with stringent conditions.

When concerned AEN acted according to laid conditions, the XEN went soft, for reasons known to himself, on Bharatpur based company and not only measured his work but also ordered payment.

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First India Bureau Udaipur: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Udaipur trapped a government official for the third consecutive day.

Additional Superintindent of Police Sudhir Joshi had received information that Badi Sadri tehsildar Laxmi Narayan Singh Rathore was returning to his home in Udaipur after receiving bribe of Rs 1.17,

lakh which he was carrying with him.

The ACB team intercepted his vehicle at Bhatewar circle.

During the search, the ACB team found Rs 1,00,500 from his pockets and Rs 16,500 from the vehicle. He couldn’t give satisfactory reply about the huge amount of cash found from his person and vehicle. The ACB seized the money and started investigation.

Bharatpur: ACB team from Jaipur reached the Udyog Nagar Police station of Bharatpur to investigate the case of a person demanding bribe on behalf of DIG of Bharatpur.

ACB team will investigate the connections accused Pramod Sharma had with departmental and non departmental people in Bharatpur. The ACB team led by Additional SP Prithviraj Meena questioned the complainant SHO CP Choudhary for several hours. The team will also question the policemen deputed at the residence of the DIG Laxman Gaur along with checking some files ly-

Laxman Gaur

ing at the office section of the DIG residence.

ACB is also in process of checking the call details of the policemen deputed at the DIG’s official residence which will most probably disclose the network of accused Pramod Sharma.

ACB had demanded their mobile numbers on Friday. According to sources the ACB has already recorded statements of some SHOs of

Bharatpur range posted at distant police stations in Karauli and Dholpur. ACB is investigating the pretext on which Pramod used to frequent Bharatpur as he resided in Jaipur.

ACB will also question police personnel hailing from Kaman and nearby areas.

Pramod Sharma was arrested in Jaipur for demanding & receiving a bribe of Rs 5 lakh on behalf of DIG Laxman Gaur for keeping complainant SHO CP Chodhary in good books of the DIG and helping with his ACR. DIG Laxman Gaur admitted knowing the accused but denied any connection with his activities.

Gaur was made APO late Friday night.

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IN-DEPTH

TO HOLD OR NOT TO HOLD EXAMS

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ith the pandemic raging, lakhs of students who take university examinations every year find their future in jeopardy as the states cannot arrive at a consensus on whether or not to hold the final year exams. Some states want the exams to be rescheduled, others want them cancelled. A few others ask if all the students can be promoted.

In the last week of May, Maharashtra government cancelled all university examinations and also of the affiliated colleges. Announcing the decision, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said that students will be given an average mark based on their performance in the previous exams. About a week later the state governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, as Chancellor, granted permission to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences to conduct examinations of all levels.

Union HRD minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal has directed the University Grants Commission to review its exam guidelines for 2020.

Many interpret it to mean that the final year exams may be cancelled. The move could prove disastrous for many a student who would lose one academic year.

Giving average marks as in Maharashtra will be as ruinous as having no exams. Can’t exams be rescheduled for say in October or November? Students’ future can’t be toyed with, notwithstanding the pandemic.

WILL DARK SKIN MATTER IN INDIA

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fter Unilever’s support of Black Lives Matter movement in the US, the Hindustan Unilever, its Indian arm, realised that a woman’s fair or light skin alone cannot be a yardstick for her loveliness. Having long consigned dark and dusky beauties to backstage the company, as also some of its competitors, cashed in on Indian’s craze for fair skin which it once thought was aspirational like slimming. It has now decided to drop ‘Fair’ from its product after allegations that its advertisement promoted racism. Emami, which markets a facial product under the Fair & Handsome brand name, is also said to considering a name change. Shaadi.com and other matrimonial sites too may relook at ads promoting racism with every eligible bachelor looking for a ‘fair complexioned’ bride.

A similar controversy broke out in 2003 when feminists called the HUL ads “humiliating”.

The fascination of Indians for fair skin is ingrained in their minds and is unlikely to change anytime soon. Few may find a dusky woman beautiful, but for a vast majority fair is the pigment they want. Not even “wheatish” or “brown”.

Even Bollywood songs like “gorey rang pe na itna gumaan kar” and “chandan sa badan, chanchal chitwan, promoted the fair skin.

Racist comments, like the one made by Indian players against a West Indian cricketer, are common. African students coming to India are often welcomed with racial slurs. Even South Indians are not spared.

The leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party called Khan ‘a national security threat’ K NATWAR SINGH The author is Former Minister of External Affairs of India

P The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi made outrageous antiIndian observations the same day. He said, “After being beaten and embarrassed” by China, India was trying to find excuses for an operation against Pakistan. He asserted that “India will receive a response in kind for whatever it does”.

If I am not mistaken, it was an 18th-century European statesman who said, “A country gets the government it deserves”

rime Minister Imran Khan was undoubtedly one of the greatest cricketers of all time.

As Prime Minister of Pakistan, he is likely to be a minor footnote in the history of his country. His two-year tenure as Prime Minister has been, to put it mildly, dismal, not disastrous. He is a provincial level politician.

On Thursday, June 25, in his speech in the National Assembly, speaking on the foreign policy be called the bigoted, murderous Saudi Arabian monster, Osama Bin Laden a martyr. “The Americans came to Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden. What happened after that? The entire world cursed us and spoke ill of us”.

What else should have the world said? Congratulate Osama bin Laden for masterminding 9/11, when nearly three thousand people lost their lives in the twin towers in New York.

However, the Prime Minister rightly got a tongue lashing from opposition leaders. “Bin Laden brought terrorism to our lands and the PM calls him Shaheed.” The leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party called Khan “a national security threat”.

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi made outrageous antiIndian observations the same day. He said, “After being beaten and embarrassed” by China, India was trying to find excuses for an operation against Pakistan. He asserted that “India will receive a response in kind for whatever it does”. If I am not mistaken, it was an 18thcentury European statesman who said, “A country gets the government it deserves.”

This futile India baiting shows how little Mr Q knows about India. Does he not remember 1971.

Two days ago, two seniormost leaders from Rajasthan asked for the return of Rahul Gandhi as Congress President.

Both Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot do not indulge in Chamchagiri, but surely they know that Rahul Gandhi has, for the last several months shown no interest in returning to the post, which now his mother occupies.

When Rahul Gandhi resigned after the dismal performance of the Congress in the 2019 Lok Sabha election he had publicly declared that no member of the Gandhi family would replace him. Regardless of this pronouncement, Sonia Gandhi becomes “Interim President”.

That “Interim” period has now lasted more than a year. The Congress has neither been rejuvenated nor revitalized. It has seen no reform.

The party finds itself in a catch 22 situation. The Gandhis are both an asset and a liability. If they were to announce their final decision to opt-out and ask the Congress working committee to elect a non-Gandhi then the party would splinter. If they do not fade away then the sterile status quo will continue.

As a result, the Modi Government will have a free ride in

The Prime Minister rightly got a tongue lashing from opposition leaders.

“Bin Laden brought terrorism to our lands and the PM calls him Shaheed.” The leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party called Khan “a national security threat”

Parliament. This will mean a virtual political monopoly.

Suppose, Rahul Gandhi is persuaded to become President, what miracle would he perform. Will he decide that the Congress Working Commit-

Why disaster preparedness cannot wait T

he world has been planning for the future in the mistaken belief that it will resemble the past. But as COVID-19 coincides with cyclones in South Asia and the Pacific and vast locust swarms in East Africa, the need to prepare for a world of unexpected shocks has become clearer than ever. Epidemics, floods, storms, droughts, and wildfires are all expected to become more frequent and severe, affecting hundreds of millions of people each year.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global wake-up call.

And as leaders of international organizations, we understand both the grave threat and the potential opportunity for change that it represents.

In particular, COVID-19

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and recent climate disasters have shown that we must step up investment in preparedness now, instead of waiting for the next crisis to hit. The choice is clear: delay and pay, or plan and prosper.

We know that investing in disaster preparedness is worth it – both in terms of human lives saved and economic returns. Research by the Global Commission on Adaptation, for example, shows that benefit-tocost ratios for climate-adaptation investments range from 2:1 to 10:1.

To be sure, preparing for major shocks involves substantial outlays. Building resilience to climate impacts could cost $140-300 billion annually by 2030, while meeting World Health Organization minimum standards for pandemic preparedness will

require up to $3.4 billion per year.

But these sums are small compared to the costs of not being prepared. Natural disasters already cost hundreds of billions of dollars a year; with a 2˚C increase in temperature, according to one estimate, damages from climate change could reach $69 trillion by 2100.

The human cost is high, too. An analysis by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) last year found that doing nothing could increase the number of people who need international humanitarian aid because of floods, storms, droughts and wildfires every year – currently 108 million – 50%

by 2030. The total could nearly double, to 200 million people, by 2050.

Moreover, the coming year represents a critical window for investing in resilience, because governments will spend trillions of dollars to restart economies after the pandemic.

The danger is that financial resources, and with it the political appetite for change, will then shrink.

That is why now is the time for the rich world to help poorer countries reboot their economies and boost their resilience to future threats, including climate change.

For example, although Cyclone Amphan recently wreaked havoc on India and Bangladesh and killed dozens of people, earlywarning systems saved countless more lives. Accurate forecasts, along with

decades of planning and preparedness, enabled the two countries to evacuate more than three million people and keep the death toll far lower than it would have been in the past.

Before Cyclone Amphan made landfall, for example, the IFRC sent funds to the Bangladesh Red Crescent chapter, which helped 20,000 vulnerable people receive dry food and drinking water, first aid, safety equipment, and transportation to cyclone shelters.

At the same time, the chapter helped implement COVID-19 safety measures, such as disinfecting shelters, making additional space available to allow for social distancing, and providing personal protective equipment.

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tee elect ten members and the President will appoint the other ten. The last time elections for the CWC were held was in 1992 at the Tirupati AICC session i.e. twenty-eight years ago.

Will Rahul Gandhi do away with the pest called, “Special Invitees”? He should if he wants the Congress to be a dynamic and forward-looking political outfit.

Will he abandon his penchant for using unseemly language, keep calling the Prime Minister, chor, afraid and much else. His great grandfather, his grandmother, his father, his mother never used/uses unbridled vocabulary like Rahul.

Will he refrain from speaking on unimportant matters every other day. Why is he throwing away his very exceptional legacy? He has everything going for him. Don’t blow it. Lastly, choose your advisers after mature consideration.

I am half through John Bolton’s book “The Room Where it happened”. It is revealing, depressing, anti-Trump, and hilarious. Bolten was fired as National Security Advisor after nineteen months.

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TWEET Prakash Javadekar @PrakashJavdekar Sambari Challan, Bonda tribal trainee, Village -Bandhuguda, Dist-Malkangiri, Odisha. This cashewnut processing unit closed for last 2 yrs. Under PM’s AtmaNirbharBharat package,Bonda Development Agency has started a training-cum-job program for migrant tribal workers & local women Harsimrat Kaur Badal @HarsimratBadal_ I commiserate with the family of Lance Naik Saleem Khan who sacrificed his life in line of duty in #Ladakh. The brave son of Punjab, who belonged to Mardaheri village in Patiala district, will always be remembered for his supreme sacrifice. #JaiHind

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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan made this remark at the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting through video conferencing

INDIA’S RECOVERY RATE OVER 58 PC, FATALITY RATE NEAR 3 PC: HEALTH MIN

Diagnostic material for 4.7L RT-PCR tests given by ICMR

PM has surrendered: Centre taking us along in Covid-19 fight: Kejriwal Rahul targets Modi

A medic collects samples during door-to-door serological survey to analyse the spread of COVID-19 at Paharganj in New Delhi.

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the COVID-19 recovery rate has surged over 58 per cent in the country with around 3 lakh cured and discharged patients.

“Our recovery rate has gone above 58 per cent and out of the total 5 lakh confirmed patients around 3 lakh people have recovered from COVID-19. The rest are also on the road to recovery and will hopefully return to their homes safe and sound,” Dr Harsh Vardhan said. He further said that 85 per cent of the patients came from eight states and Union Territories and not just this “over 87 per cent of the unfortunate deaths due to the disease also came from these eight states.”

Dr Harsh Vardhan said that the testing facilities have been ramped up significantly in the country and yesterday alone over 2,30,000 tests were conducted in the

Our mortality/fatality rate is near 3 per cent which is very less. Our doubling rate has come down to nearly 19 days, which was 3 days before the lockdown.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday renewed his attack on PM Narendra Modi over the Coronavirus outbreak.

The government has no plan to defeat the pandemic and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ‘surrendered’ as he refuses to fight coronavirus, Gandhi tweeted.

“COVID-19 is spreading rapidly into new parts of the country.

GOI has no plan to defeat it. PM is silent. He has surrendered and is

‘MORTALITY RATE REMAINS LOW AMID RISING CASES IN INDIA’

Union Health Minister

USE OF DEXAMETHASONE DRUG RECOMMENDED

1,026 approved labs in the country.

Earlier in the day, a GoM meeting under the chairmanship of Dr Harsh Vardhan was being held through video conferencing. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri were also present in the meeting. —ANI

New Delhi: On Saturday when the total corona cases crossed 5 lakh, director of AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria has said that mortality rate in country remains low amid the rising cases. Guleria said that although the number of cases has been rising, the rise is not as high as compared to those in other countries like in the US, which has reported a surge of 80,000.

All pilgrims will be tested for COVID-19

DC Sanjeev Verma along with other officials during the meeting.

wal; Director ULB, Virji Hangloo; GM JKRTC, Swarn Singh; Director Health Services, Dr Renu Sharma; RTO Jammu, Dhananter Singh; Joint Director Tourism, Neelam Khajuria and other officials, according to an official

CO-OP BANKS COME UNDER RBI AS PRESIDENT CLEARS ORDINANCE New Delhi: In order to ensure the safety of depositors across banks, President Ram Nath Kovind promulgated the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. The Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as applicable to Cooperative Banks. It seeks to protect the interests of

New Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal lauded the central government’s cooperation in the Corona pandemic. On Saturday, he briefed the press via VC. It said, “There are currently 13

14-DAY SEROLOGICAL SURVEY BEGINS IN DELHI

—Dr Harsh Vardhan,

DC Jammu reviews Amarnath Yatra 2020 arrangements Jammu: Jammu Divisional Commissioner Sanjeev Verma on Friday chaired a meeting of the heads of concerned departments and highway districts, and Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to review the arrangements being put in place to ensure smooth conduct of this year’s Amarnath Yatra.

The meeting was attended by IG Traffic, T Namgyal; SSP Traffic NHs, JS Johar; SSP Security Jammu, SS Kot-

refusing to fight the pandemic,” he tweeted attaching a news report

by The Print, which claimed that neither the government nor ICMR held a meeting in over two weeks.

thousand 500 beds in Delhi. Of these, 6500 have been acquired. The Delhi government is conducting 20 thousand tests every day. In the fight against Corona, the center has taught us to hold hands. “ The condition of corona infection started deteriorating in Delhi earlier this month. In such a situation, the Union Home Minister Shah called an all-party meeting. A committee was formed under the leadership of Dr Vinod Paul.

depositors and strengthen cooperative banks by improving governance and oversight by extending powers already available with RBI in respect of other banks to Co-operative Banks as well for sound banking regulation, and by ensuring professionalism and enabling their access to capital.

release. The DCs along with SSPs of Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Ramban also attended the meeting via VC. A threadbare discussion was held regarding various arrangements for making the yatra successful. —ANI

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has included the use of Dexamethasone as an alternative to Methylprednisolone for managing moderate to severe COVID-19 cases. In a fresh clinical management protocol for managing COVID-19 cases issued on Saturday, the ministry stated: “The ministry has updated clinical management protocol for managing COVID-19 cases. Now, it recommends to use Dexamethasone as an alternative choice to Methylprednisolone for managing moderate to severe cases of COVID-19.”

Rising cases: J’khand extends lockdown till July 31 Ranchi: As a measure to control the number of COVID-19 cases in Jharkhand, the state government on Friday announced that the lockdown would be extended till July 31.

“With the cooperation of all of you in the struggle against coronavirus, we have been successful so far, but the struggle is still going on. Considering the seriousness of the situation, the state government has decided to extend the lockdown till July 31,” Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren said in a tweet. —ANI

PETROL, DIESEL PRICES RISE IN DELHI FOR 21ST STRAIGHT DAY New Delhi: Fuel prices were hiked by the oil marketing companies for the 21st day in a row on Saturday. Petrol and diesel will now cost Rs 80.38/litre and Rs 80.40/litre respectively in the national capital. The price of petrol is increased

by Rs 0.25 per litre while that of diesel by Rs 0.21 per litre. Rates differ from state to state depending on the incidence of VAT. Notably, oil marketing companies have been adjusting retail rates in line with costs after an 82-day break from rate revision amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

New Delhi: The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Saturday began a 14-day serological survey across Delhi to ascertain the presence of anti-bodies among people. Under the survey, from June 27 to July 10, blood samples from 20,000 persons will be tested, said a Health Ministry statement.

New Delhi: To bolster Covid-19 management efforts in the national capital, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has supplied diagnostic material for carrying out 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests to the 12 functional labs in Delhi till date, the Union health ministry said.

It has provided 1.57 lakh RNA extraction kits essential for carrying out tests and 2.84 lakh VTMs (Viral Transport Medium) used for collecting and transporting swabs to laboratories.

Besides, a 1,000-bed full-fledged hospital for Covid-19 patients in Delhi, developed by DRDO and to be manned by doctors and paramedical staff from the Army would be functional next week from an area near Dhaula Kuan, the ministry said.

This new hospital would have a referral relationship with AIIMS, New Delhi and the facility would be equipped with oxygen,

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ventilators as well as an ICU, the ministry said in its statement.

In view of the sudden surge in coronavirus infections, the apex health research body ICMR has approved antigen-based rapid tests and supplied 50,000 such kits to Delhi government free-of-cost for supporting Covid-19 containment efforts, the statement said. —ANI

Locust swarms spotted near Delhi airport, pilots asked to be cautious New Delhi: Delhi Air Traffic Control (ATC) on Saturday directed pilots of all airlines to take necessary precautions during landing and take-off of aircraft in view of locust swarms seen near the airport in areas along Gurugram-Dwarka Expressway.

A team has been set up to monitor the situation.

“Pilots of all airlines have been warned about the locust has seen near the airport, we have set up a team to monitor in view of the locust,” a senior ATC official told ANI.

AI BRINGS HOME 144 STRANDED FROM UKRAINE Chandigarh: A special Air India flight brought home 144 stranded Indians from Ukraine under the Centre’s ‘Vande Bharat’ mission. “Air India flight no.

AI1928 carrying 144 Indians from Borispol (Ukraine) via Delhi landed at Chandigarh International Airport on June 27 at around 12:50 am,” according to an official statement. The mission, which started from May 7, is in its third phase.

Present Delhi Airport is operational and all flights movements are as per schedule, an airport official said.

After the resumption of domestic flight oper-

NARCO-TERROR MODULE BUSTED IN J&K; TWO TERRORISTS HELD Kupwara: Acting on the basis of a tip-off regarding a narco-terror smuggling module, the joint team of Indian Army and Kupwara Police arrested two persons and seized approximately 13.5 kg of narcotics estimated to be worth Rs 65 crore. The two accused have been identified as Manzoor Ahmed Lone and Gh

Mohd Lone, residents of Bijhama and Lachipora in Baramulla district. Two pistols, four magazines, 55 live rounds, four hand grenades and 10 detonators were also seized from the accused. “The duo was working in close tandem with PoK based terrorist handlers and were involved in drug trade,” Police said.

ation, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport operates around 500 total aircraft in a day.

Swarms of locusts that have crossed over

to India from neighbouring Pakistan have been causing havoc in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and MP ravaging standing crops for over a month now. —ANI

ANDHRA: AMMONIA GAS LEAK AT FACTORY IN KURNOOL, 1 DEAD Kurnool: One person has died following ammonia gas leak at a factory in the outskirts of Kurnool district’s Nandyal town, an official said on Saturday. Officials and fire tenders are present at the spot. “Ammonia gas leak was detected at a factory in the outskirts of Kurnool district’s Nandyal town. One person has died. Concerned officials and fire tenders deployed at the spot,” District Collector said. On May 7, styrene gas, which leaked from the gas plant of LG Polymers in Visakhapatnam, had claimed over 10 lives.

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra comments on Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan New Delhi: A day after PM Narendra Modi launched ‘Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan’, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the Yogi Adityanath-led UP government saying that only publicity will not provide employment.

“Yesterday, an employment event was started in Uttar Pradesh with a lot of publicity,” Priyanka wrote in a Facebook post. She alleged that most of the categories of employment mentioned at the event is not in good health. “The condition of small and medium scale industries is so bad that as per an estimate, 62 per cent of MSMEs will cut jobs and 78 per cent will cut wages,” she wrote.

Later she asked, “In such a situation, what is the Uttar Pradesh government trying to

‘Nadda specialises in speaking half-truths’

Recently, the incidents of suicide by migrant laborers from outside in Bundelkhand are before us. Tragic incidents of suicide have come to light in Kanpur due to financial constraints and lack of employment. Will only publicity provide employment?

—Priyanka Gandhi, Congress leader

hide? Will only publicity provide employment?” —ANI

New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram accused BJP chief JP Nadda, of being an expert in “speaking half-truths” and said that Rs 20 lakhs deposited in the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation “from PM National Relief Fund in 2005 was for tsunami relief work in Andaman and Nicobar.”

This comes in response to the allegations by Nadda in the wake of the Opposition raising questions on the government's position over standoff with China at LAC. Nadda tweeted details of 'Partner Organisation and Donors Year 2005-2006' and 'Partner Organi-

P Chidambaram

sation and Donors Year 2007-2008', which shows that PMNRF donated funds to RGF. In a series of tweets on Saturday morning, Chidambaram accused the BJP of unnecessarily attempting to draw parallels between China's intrusion which took place recently and the events which had taken place 15 years ago. —ANI

Govt misleading nation: Surjewala New Delhi: Congress on Friday accused the BJP of engaging in “diversionary tactics” on the issue of Chinese incursions and restoration of status quo ante goes.

“To suppress the facts, BJP President JP Nadda, Modi Government and their puppet allies in the media have unleashed a diabolical design of disinformation, distraction and diversion from the real issue of Chinese incursions and restoration of status quo ante, which is the solemn duty of the Modi Government,” Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement. Surjewala further accused the union government of misleading the nation on the issue of Chinese

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POWER Gallery GOVT SET TO RETAIN DR RAJ KIRAN RAI AS UBI MD & CEO

Whispers are that the tenure extention of Dr Raj Kiran Rai, MD & CEO of Union Bank of India has been approved by PMO and notification will be issued shortly.

MUKESH KUMAR MEENA APPOINTED DGP, GOA

Mukesh Kumar Meena has been appointed Director General of Police in Goa. He is a 1989 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre and presently posted in Mizoram.

MS ANURADHA PRASAD IS ALSO DG, ESIC

Randeep Singh Surjewala

transgressions.

“Unmistakable facts in the public domain are that the Chinese have committed grave transgressions in the Galwan Valley including at PP-14, where our 20 Jawans were martyred on June 15-16, 2020. In fact, the Chinese have reoccupied PP-14 and constructed tents and other structures,” Surjewala said.

Ms Anuradha Prasad, Additional Secretary, Labour & Employment, has been assigned an additional charge of Director General, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) till the appointment of a regular incumbent. She is a 1986 batch IDAS officer.

SOUMITRA DASGUPTA APPOINTED ADG (WILDLIFE) IN EF&CC

Soumitra Dasgupta has been appointed Additional Director General of Forests (Wildlife) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He is a 1989 batch IFS officer of West Bengal cadre.

RAVI PAHWA TRANSFERRED AS ADG VIG-III IN POSTAL DIRECTORATE

Ravi Pahwa, ADG Investigation, has been appointed as ADG, Vigilance III, Postal Directorate with immediate effect. He is an officer of Indian Postal Service.

MHA’S CONSULTANT TERM EXTENDED

Jobs calling: Trains from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar running full

New Delhi: There is strong evidence of “reverse” migration with several Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Howrah, Delhi and Secunderabad-bound special mail and express trains from states like UP and Bihar running full.

The reservation status for these trains from June 26 to June 30 was at 100% with more people on the waiting list, rail ministry data showed, indicating that migrant workers who had gone to their homes in the hinterland are returning to cities. The return of these workers augurs well for the economy as businesses reopen, though it means there is a need for more measures to check the spread of Covid-19. Data showed that at least 64 trains on down routes were fully booked.

Reverse journey a re-

lief for industry Another 11 trains had more than 90% bookings, data showed. Although the workers were not expected to remain confined to their home states indefinitely because of the “push” factor of backwardness which causes them to move out, their return to the industrialised states so soon after they exited in droves comes as a surprise.

Some of the places where they were employed before the pandemic hit the economy remain hobbled by the virus and few industries are working at their full capacity.

Also, with states like UP and Bihar expanding the scope of MGNREGA to create jobs and with the Centre continuing to provide free PDS grains, many expected the workers to prefer the safety of home. —Agencies

ITBP constable shoots self dead inside Delhi police station New Delhi: An ITBP constable allegedly shot himself dead with his service weapon inside the premise of Karol Bagh police station here on Friday, police said.

According to police officials, on Friday, Sandeep Kumar of ITBP 22 Battalion Sangam Vihar with other staff arrived at the police station Karol Bagh for duty.

“After performing the duty Kumar was waiting for his bus in police station Karol Bagh. He fired at himself by his weapon Insas which he was carrying” police said in a statement. Kumar, 31 years, joined as a constable in ITBP on February 12, 2009.

The deceased constable was son of late Shambhu Nath Yadav resident of Kevalti village-Kevalti , Khajani District of Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur.

Kumar was performing duty under the supervision of Assistant Commandant Rajan Babu, who was immediately informed and necessary proceeding is being conducted, police said. —ANI

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Fake news menace: Review petition of lawyer dismissed New Delhi: Supreme Court had recently dismissed a review petition filed by lawyer Anuja Kapur seeking a direction to revisit its earlier order and pass appropriate directions or guidelines to the Union of India (UOI) to frame rules to stop circulation and publication of fake news in social media platforms and other networking sites.

“We have carefully gone through the review petition and the connected papers filed therewith. We do not

find any ground, whatsoever, to entertain the same. The review petition (filed by lawyer Anuja Kapur) is, accordingly, dismissed,” a three-judge bench, headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde, and also comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and

Teachers can be called corona warriors: HC

New Delhi: Delhi HC, while hearing a petition over pending salaries of teaching staff in North MCD schools in the national capital, on Friday observed that teachers doing their duty during the pandemic can be equated to corona warriors.

“Teachers belong to one of the noble professions and as they are made to do COVID-19 duty also, they can be equated to COVID-19 warriors,” a division bench of Justices Hima Kohli and S Prasad said. HC was hearing a petition, filed

by Akhil Dilli Prathmik Shikshak Sangh, that stated that teachers have been discharging their duties in schools being run by the respondent, but they have not received their salaries ever since March.—ANI

Sanjiv Khanna, said.

The review petition was filed before the Supreme Court in April last year, in connection with fake news menace seeking a direction from the top court to revisit its April 8, 2019, order, which had first dismissed her petition on the issue.

Advocate Kapur, in her petition, sought a direction from SC to grant her an oral hearing on the present petition and pass any such further orders as this court may deem fit.—ANI

‘Stop the case against actor Mohanlal’ Kochi: The Kerala government on Friday submitted an application in a local court requesting to stop the prosecution of ivory possession case against Malayalam film actor Mohanlal.

Government requested to stop the prosecution “immediately for the interest of justice”. ‘’The legality of the possession of two elephant tusks by Mohanlal was accepted by the competent authority.” —ANI

The MHA has extended the term of Om Prakash, Asstt Director (Disaster Management) as Consultant for six more months w.e.f. June 13, 2020.

MADAN SINGH IS ALSO DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ASI

Madan Singh has been assigned an additional charge of Deputy Director, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Ministry of Culture. He is a 2017 batch ICAS officer.

21 INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE OFFICERS GRANTED NFU TO SAG

As many as 21 officers of Indian Statistical Service (ISS) have been granted Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) to Senior Administrative Grade (SAG). The officers are: Anshu Singh, Rajnish Mathur, Anindita Sinharay, Sourav Chakrabortty, S Bhattacharya, Rahul S Jagtap, Anindya Banerjee, M S Subramanya Rao, Rajeswari Kasturi, Avanish Kumar Mishra, Sanjib Basu, S Leena, Deepti Srivastava, Vandana Marwah, Syed Iqbal Shuja Naqvi, Ganga Kumar, Kamla Kanta Nath, Chandradeep Kumar Jha, Alok Kumar Verma, Hansraj Yadav and P Palanivel.

THREE ITS OFFICERS GET NEW POSTINGS

Three Group-A, JAG level ITS officers, who were in the waiting list, got new postings. Accordingly.

Anil Bhatia has been posted in HP LSA, Vijay Prakash joins Delhi LSA and Neeresh Sharma will join MP LSA. S K CHILAMKURTI POSTED IN SWR

Satish K Chilamkurti on his return from deputation to RVNL will be posted in South Western Railway.He is an IRSSE officer.

MS. MEENU SETHI APPOINTED SC’S VACATION OFFICER FOR JULY 2020

Ms. Meenu Sethi, Deputy Registrar, has been appointed as Vacation Officer in the Supreme Court for month of July 2020.

DELHI POLICE OFFICER PROMOTED

Anuj Kumar, has been promoted as Addl DCP, South Delhi. He was injured during riots in Delhi.

FROM PG 1 ‘We excel...

The prime minister greeted the Mar Thoma Metropolitan and wished him a “long life and best health.”

“Dr Joseph Mar Thoma has devoted his life for the betterment of our society and nation. He has been particularly passionate about the removal of poverty and women empowerment,” the prime minister said.

Praising the Mar Thoma Church for its contributions to the country the Prime Minister added that it has worked to bring a positive difference in

the lives of people in the country in areas of healthcare and education.

“The Mar Thoma Church is closely linked with the noble ideals of Saint Thomas, the Apostle of Lord Christ.

India has always been open to spiritual influences from many sources. It is with this spirit of humility that the Mar Thoma Church has worked to bring a positive difference in the lives of our fellow Indians,” Modi said.

Followers of the Mar Thoma Church from India and abroad participated in the programme

through video conference. —ANI

India ‘lukewarm’... which required India to share information with Pakistan a week before the date of travel. Any further decision, they said, would be taken in consultation with health authorities and other stakeholders concerned.

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had announced earlier in the day that Pakistan was ready to reopen the corridor on the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

“As places of worship open up across the world, Pakistan prepares to reopen the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor for all Sikh pilgrims, conveying to the Indian side our readiness to reopen the corridor on 29 June 2020, the occasion of the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh,” he had tweeted.

The pilgrimage to Kartarpur gurudwara in Pakistan had been “temporarily” stopped in March this year as the novel coronavirus hit the 2 countries. The corridor has until now remained largely unaffected by hostilities in

ties with both sides acknowledging the significance attached to it by the Sikhs. Indo-Pak ties this month hit a new low after India detained and expelled 2 Pakistan officials here for espionage. After Pakistan authorities retaliated by intimidating Indian officials in Islamabad, even kidnapping 2 Indian mission staff, the government called for Islamabad - for the first time since 2001 - to halve its high commission strength here. Official sources here said though that Pakistan was trying to create a mirage of goodwill by

proposing to resume Kartarpur corridor on June 29, at a short notice of 2 days, while the bilateral agreement provided for information to be shared by India with Pakistan side at least 7 days before the date of travel. “This would need India to open up the registration process well in advance,” said a source.

Besides, according to India, Pakistan has not built the bridge on their side across the flood plains of Ravi river despite having committed to it in the bilateral agreement. “With the advent of monsoon, it

would need to be evaluated whether pilgrim movement is possible through the corridor in a safe and secure manner,” he said.—ANI

SAMs for...

In the last couple of weeks, the Chinese forces have brought in heavy air superiority aircraft like the Sukhoi-30 and its strategic bombers to the rear locations which have been detected flying near the Indian territory maintaining the 10 km plus distance from the boundary.

Sources said that India is also very shortly

getting a highly capable air defence system from a friendly country which can be deployed.

Attacking PM Modi Kapil Sibal said, “Quick action should be taken to resolve the LAC issue with China. PM must address the people to clear the air and publicly condemn brazen Chinese incursion,” Mr Sibal said, adding, “(PM) must promise that if anyone has captured Indian territory we will push them back.

If you say so, the public and the entire opposition will stand behind you and your promise,” he said.—ANI

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SUPPLIES OF MASKS HAVE RUN LOW AS CORONAVIRUS HAS SPREAD, AND FASHION HOUSES AND CARMAKERS ARE AMONG THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE STARTED MAKING THEM TO PROTECT HEALTH WORKERS AND OTHERS AS RESTRICTIONS BEGIN TO EASE IN MANY PLACES WHAT DOES THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAY ABOUT MASKS? he WHO says if you are Tto wear healthy, you only need a mask if you are taking care of a person

with COVID-19. The WHO also advises people to wear one if they are coughing and sneezing, and says

HOW MANY MASKS ARE NEEDED? & HOW MANY ARE BEING PRODUCED?

WHO estimates Tcal he89masks million mediare needed

globally every month while the coronavirus pandemic lasts, together with 76 million examination gloves and 1.6 million goggles and face visors.

At the start of the outbreak, US officials estimated that the country needed 300 million face masks to cope with COVID-19 in 2020. Since then, US manufacturer 3M, which made 550 million masks in 2019, has said it will produce 2 billion this year at

plants around the world.

In February, China’s daily production of all types of masks soared from around 10 million to 115 million by the end of that month, and production has expanded 12-fold since the pandemic started.

Supplies of masks have been disrupted by countries banning exports or requisitioning supplies within their borders and shortages of specialist fabrics used to make the more advanced types of respirator masks.

they are only effective if combined with frequent handwashing.

Official advice varies from country to country.

The UK government, for example, advises wearing a face covering in enclosed spaces where social distancing isn’t possible.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), similarly, recommends wearing masks in places where social distancing is not possible, such as shops, to slow the spread of the virus. Like the UK, it advocates simple cloth face coverings and says surgical masks should be reserved for health workers.

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he humble face mask has become sought after across the globe.

Supplies of masks have run low as coronavirus has spread, and fashion houses and carmakers are among the companies that have started making them to protect health workers and others as restrictions begin to ease in many places.

Many governments are making the wearing of masks a precondition for lifting lockdowns, allowing people to return to shops, offices and factories. And

with any potential vaccine many months away, billions more masks are going to be needed.

As a result, prices are soaring. Basic surgical masks that until last year cost a few cents are now retailing at as much as $1.25 each in some places and prices of respiratorgrade N95 masks, which stop at least 95% of particles, have been reported as high as $25.

As coronavirus continues to claim lives across the globe, here’s what you need to know about face masks.

WHERE ARE MASKS COMPULSORY? ore than 50 counM tries are reported to have made it com-

pulsory to wear a face mask in public places, including Venezuela and Vietnam, which were among the first to act.

The Czech Republic was the first European nation to mandate masks, on 18 March.

Some airlines, including American, Lufthansa, and United, have announced that face masks will be compulsory in terminals as well on flights. Eurostar, which operates train services between England and France, also requires passengers to wear masks.

WHERE ARE THE WORLD’S MASKS BEING MADE?

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ast year, China made just over half of the world’s masks. This year, the share is expected to climb to 85%. The global market for disposable masks was worth $75 billion in the first quarter of this year and is expected to grow at a rate of over 50% for the next seven years.

Since the pandemic started, many companies have started producing

masks, including carmaker BMW, which has said it will produce millions of masks to protect its staff and other people against the virus.

Around the world, entrepreneurs have started making masks, but not all are of sufficient quality to meet international standards. The United States, the Netherlands, Spain and Turkey have all rejected imported

batches on quality grounds.

China did not just stop selling masks — it also bought up much of the rest of the world’s supply.

According to official data, China imported 56 million respirators and masks in the first week after the January lockdown of the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged.

Many countries impose fines for failing to wear masks and some are distributing them

WHAT TYPES OF FACE MASKS ARE BEING USED?

anufacturers M across the world are producing three

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free. In France, failure to wear a mask on public transport can incur a fine of up to $145.

types of mask – surgical masks, respirators and cloth face coverings.

Surgical masks are designed to protect patients from infection during surgery, for example if a doctor coughs in an operating theatre. Respirators, on the other hand, filter air passing in and out of the mask.

Cloth face coverings, including home-made masks, are recommended by the CDC as they help

stop the wearer from spreading infection.

But COVID-19 is spread by microdroplets emitted when breathing which can enter the body through the eyes and mouth.

To combat microdroplets, health workers wear visors for eye protection. The WHO says the best way to avoid infection is to wash hands frequently and avoid touching your face. A mask may help you stop spreading the virus but hygiene is the key to avoiding getting it, it says.

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PM COULD ANNOUNCE CORONA VACCINE ON AUGUST 15! he shock to Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev

by AYUSH ministry, on the discovery of Coronil medicine for Corona Virus, is not for nothing rather has a well thought out policy of the Centre behind it. If reliable sources are to be believed, the trial of the corona vaccine in Government’s Pune laboratory is in its final stages, and scientists have successfully tested it on mice and rabbits, the

results of which are encouraging. Now it is being tested on humans, and it is believed that by the end of July, the picture about this vaccine will be clear. If human trials are successful too, then on the coming Independence Day i.e. on August 15, the Prime Minister can dedicate this Made in India Corona vaccine to the citizens.

This vaccine is not only important for the people but will also strengthen and grow the stature of India before the international community. Perhaps this was the reason why Ministry of AYUSH conducted its investigation on Baba’s investigative drug Coronil. Baba, who had once waved saffron in the 2014 elections, had also given Rs 20 crore to the PM Care Fund, despite this, his graph has continuously fallen in Modi government 2.0.

Because ever since his business interest has started dominating Baba’s yogic interests, he has consistently made good connections to

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T non-BJP leaders, and he also praised West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

Meanwhile, Baba has been told that Centre does not want that the mode of announcement chosen by him for Coronil makes Indian government look bad in international community, hence the AYUSH Ministry has taken the step.

when India was looking for support after clash, its supposed closest friend, USA, also spoke four days later, that too in a cautious manner. On the other hand, when our soldiers attacked Pakistan, Late Sushma Swaraj was our foreign minister, and because of her efforts, 48 countries were standing with India. Even during Doklam dispute with China over Indo-Bhutan-Tibet border, countries like Japan had openly attacked Chi-

INDIA COULD GET A NEW EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER ollowing the violent clash between the Indian-Chinese military in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, questions have been raised over efficacy of our diplomacy due to silence of international community. The PM travelled around the world to improve relations with other countries, due to which Rahul Gandhi started calling him ‘Tourist PM’.

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ANAND PAL SINGH ENCOUNTER CASE

Sanwrad violence: 24 ‘agitators’, now accused CBI gives clean chit to Rajasthan police, cops breathe sigh of relief

Rajeev Gaur Jodhpur: After nearly three years of gunning down dreaded gangster Anand Pal Singh in an encounter, the Rajasthan police breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gave its clean chit in the matter. The Rajput community had demanded CBI investigation alleging that the gangster was killed in a fake encounter, but the CBI has instead filed a chargesheet against 24 ‘agitators’ for violence and riot in Sanwrad village following Singh’s death.

While filing the charge-sheet at a special court in Jodhpur, the

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merican President Franklin D Roosevelt had once famously said, “To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor- sail, not drift.” The politician, who has a distinction of staying President for a period of 12 long years has professed various political theories, but the most famous being on the lines of “never sail in

CBI said Lokender Singh Kalvi played a key role in the riot. He had urged people to gather at the village and refused to cremate Anand’s body, killed in an encounter on June 24, 2017.

On July 12, Kalvi organised a ‘shradhanjali sabha’ at Sanwrad, Anand’s village, to pressurise the government to accept their demands, t h e

KHATTAR GOVERNMENT SAVED BY THE THREAD he Congress, distressed after the fall of Kamal Nath govt in MP, started working on a strategy to take revenge on BJP and for this, Haryana was chosen as a target. The reins of this mission were handed to former CM Bhupendra Singh Hooda. Once Hooda received green signal from the party high command, the senior leaders started an exercise to unite MLAs who are fed up of Khattar and his ministers. The highest resentment among the MLAs was about the working style of the Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala. It is believed about Dushyant that once a file reaches him, he holds it with him for a long time and thus nothing gets done. Such is his arrogance that he does not even listen to CM Manohar Lal Khattar. Since many

CBI said. Kalvi and his supporters allegedly visited the police control room at Sanwrad Tiraha and threatened officials to accept their demands.

Several people delivered hate speeches to instigate the crowd, which pelted stones at the police vehicles, causing injuries to the police personnel, the CBI said.

Some police personnel were allegedly

Anand Pal Singh

held captive in a house and the crowd snatched their arms (including .9 mm service pistol and cartridges), mobile phones and other items, it said.The unruly mob also attacked and burnt the vehicle of the Nagaur Superintendent of Police, it’s alleged.

Kalvi, along with 22 others and a woman, named Seema Raghuvanshi, has been named in the chargesheet. Sukhdev Singh Gugamedi, Hanuman Singh Khangta, Mahipal Singh Makrana, Yogender Singh Katar, Durg Singh, Ranjit Singh Mangla, Ranjeet Singh Gendia, Ranveer Singh Guda, Okender Rana, Charanjeet Singh Kanwar are also named among others.

na and we had open support from South and South East Asian countries. However, now word is that PM is seriously discussing issue of whether any political person should be given the reins of foreign policy, and there is a strong rumour that option of bureaucrat-turned-politician, MEA S Jaishankar is being sought.

TRUTH ABOUT INDIAN MEDIA COMES TO FORE! hen our army entered into a violent skirmish with China in Galwan Valley, a large group of eminent journalists arrived in Leh to cover the ground developments. Because of Corona pandemic, Leh administration told them to cover the issue from Leh Airport itself. Further they were told that they would have to stay in

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quarantine in their respective hotel rooms for 7 days. Hence these ‘renowned’ journalists and their crew tried to leave the hotel but police personnel did not allow them to exit. So these well-known people found a way to gargle with China and went to the roof of their hotel and started reporting from the terrace. In fact, standing on the terrace, they also showed the Galwan Valley, which is incidentally hundreds of miles away from their actual spot, but all this was done in the hope of retaining their ‘title’ of being number one media house.

Now citizens of Ladakh are busting these acts of TV channels by making videos on social media and thwarting the claims, and as saving grace these enthusiastic reporters are trying to show the report of the museum in Ladakh.

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important departments are with Dushyant, the execution of many schemes are also stuck.

If sources are to be believed, Hooda was fast engaged in contacting the angry MLAs and at one time he got the support of 40 of 90 MLAs of the state. Before Hooda was able to fulfill his motives, a minister in Khattar govt, Chaudhary Ranjit Singh, who has two important ministries power and jail, got a whiff of Cong’s plan and immediately informed Khattar about the bid to destabilize government.

As soon as BJP got idea of Hooda’s plan, they lured in 5 Cong MLAs, while on the other hand, Abhay Chautala did not give any special consideration to Hooda, so Khattar government was saved by a thread!

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Manohar Lal Khattar

Modi’s leadership made Ram Temple, CAA possible: Thakur Vaishali New Delhi: The young and dynamic Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur has once again stressed that under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has ‘effectively fought the battle against coronavirus.’

He also said that tough and historic decisions like settlement of the Ram Temple issue and the amendment to the Citizenship Act were not possible without the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The four time MP and BJP’s young Turk addressed a virtual rally of the party’s youth wing’s Uttarakhand state unit. During the virtual rally, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat de-

‘Tough and historic decisions were not possible without the strong leadership of PM’

Anurag Thakur

scribed the BJP Yuva Morcha as the party’s “power house”.

He said the young BJP workers, in collaboration with the administration, have done a commendable

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job by supplying relief material to the common people during the COVID-19 pandemic and creating awareness about the disease.

The chief minister also said his govern-

ment has fulfilled 85 per cent of the commitments made in the party’s vision document for 2017 assembly polls.

“Gairsain has been made the summer capital of the state in accordance with the aspirations of the people and a massive crackdown has been launched against corruption,” Rawat said.

He asked the Yuva Morcha workers to become social media warriors and take the state government’s programmes and policies to the people.

“Your government has not only taken significant steps for the welfare of the poor, youths, women and farmers, but also for a section which belongs to no particular caste or religion,” Rawat said during the virtual rally.

Na-Wajib! Could Ali’s ‘ministry boat’ navigate to dire straits? two boats at once.”

However, closer home, it appears that former BSP MLA, who jumped into Congress fold - Wajib Ali - has not heard of the saying well known in the desert state as well! Ali, who hails from Nagar constituency, appears to be doing what the elderly have professed naught!

Well, apparently Ali is trying to “cosy up” to the two alleged ‘factions’ in Congress par-

ty - Gehlot camp and Pilot camp. Rumour has it that twice in the month of March, Ali had gone to meet deputy CM Sachin Pilot at his Delhi home. This is in sharp contrast to the polity in state since the group of six BSP MLAs, of which Ali is a member, have always claimed Gehlot to be their leader as from day one they showed their allegiance and loyalty in the towering Chief Minister. Interesting-

MIXED MOTIVE Sources reveal that after trying to ‘ford the river’ in the ‘Pilot dingy’, he has realised that it would be Gehlot who would get him across the river in his ‘ship’ and thus, while keeping one foot in Pilot camp, Ali is trying to score points with Gehlot camp too, hoping against hope that when the time comes he would be securely placed in both the boats. ly, word is that Ali has also distanced himself from his peers, and while the other five legislators can be seen together, the young MLA from Nagar has chosen to be aloof.

But where there is

ambition, there is a lust for power. And it appears that the power bug has bitten this legislator too who has ‘sailed’ in deeper waters ie is now trying to lobby hard for a ministeri-

al position. This, he believes, can be achieved by marketing himself as representative from the Mev community and is simultaneously running campaign on social media.

Sources reveal that after trying to ‘ford the river’ in the ‘Pilot dingy’, he has realised that it would be Gehlot who would get him across the river in his ‘ship’ and thus, while keeping one foot in Pilot camp, Ali is trying to score points with

G e h l o t camp too, h o p i n g against hope that when the time comes he would be securely placed in both the boats, but not realizing that by these actions, there are more chances of him ‘capsizing’ or more threatening, drift away into obscurity!

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Communication is the key to a relationship. City First opens the doors on the ways to keep communicating with your beloved even during difficult times!

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ilence, arguments, discussions and misunderstandings are just the many ways of communication of couples who love each other. Expression of emotions is the base of communication and as long as the basic parameter of respect and love is maintained, I believe even arguments and angry silence to be positive.

By the way, couples who finally get divorced often cite

a lack of communication as one of the most common reasons. Experts believe there are different conversational and communication patterns that men and women employ.

These distinct patterns are what tend to lead to friction.

Keep the line of communication open. Nourish the connection with your partner, both emotionally and physically. Talk to each other, every conversation does not have to be deep and analytical, one can just discuss day to day things that deepen the connection. And laugh together, enjoy little things with each other.

You are two separate individuals, disagreements are natural and healthy, just keep aggression out of the communication. It is healthy to argue and have divergent opinions, the way you talk, tone and words that you use are the issues that will make or mar a relationship.

Some counsellors say that disagreements, handled properly, lead to healthier conversations, keep the relationship interesting and enhance intimacy.

There is a lot of sense to the old adage, “don’t let the sunset on an argument’.

Makeup before you go to sleep! Going to sleep with negativity and waking up disgruntled will lead to a disharmony within and outside.

Have a couple of solutions to deal with communication barriers.

You can try the ten-second rule or every major fight must end with a dinner date and lovemaking over the weekend- whatever works but keep it quirky and fun.

Apologise if you are wrong, don’t allow ego issues’’to make things worse. Last but definitely not least, try to listen and understand what are the real issues of your partner and remember, not everything has a solution and most arguments are of much less important than your relationship.

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ARIES

MAR 21 - APR 20 Sunday to Thursday- balanced thinking and easy flowing communications make this an excellent time for business deals, social media, asking for favours and self-promotion. It will be easier for you to understand things, to make sense of the details of your goals and how to achieve them. Friday to Sunday -brings harmony to your relationships. It is likely you will be friendly and outgoing even if you are a shy person. This is the right time to tell someone special you love them, to ask them out on a date or even propose.

TAURUS

WEEKLY JUNE 28 TO JULY 4

LINDSAY LOHAN’S BIRTHDAY FALLS IN THE COMING WEEK, ON JULY 2. IN THIS YEAR SHE WILL EXPERIENCE IMPORTANT TURNING POINTS, OR BEGIN NEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON HER LIFE

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LIBRA

SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Sunday to Wednesday- will be such a busy and hectic time it may become difficult to make sense of everything. Information overload can lead to scrambled thinking. This could lead to misunderstandings or arguments if you do not make sense or say something you do not really mean. Thursday to Sunday-increased charm and smooth communication make this a time of love, friendship and diplomacy. You can bring people together. This is a great time to find peaceful settlements to disputes and break down barriers.

SCORPIO

APR 21 - MAY 20

OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22

Sunday to Friday-brings success through positive change. Powerful forces working behind the scenes can lead to spiritual and personal growth, wealth creation and professional advancement.

This should be a time of great satisfaction with your achievements. Your success should be accompanied by more influence and popularity.

Saturday and Sunday-a general feeling of wellbeing and ease make this a good weekend for socializing and relaxing but you may have to watch a tendency toward excess when it comes to food.

Sunday to Friday-you should be focused and driven to succeed. A mix of effort and good luck gives you the power and influence to make a big difference in your life. Business success, wealth, travel, or a promotion at work are possible. This is a good time to help those less fortunate than yourself. Saturday and Sunday- increased intuition and flashes of insight lead to self-discovery and revelations. These insights combine with increased self-confidence, to allow you to express the more unique or quirky side of your personality.

GEMINI

MAY 21 - JUNE 21 Sunday to Wednesday-brings the determination and endurance to succeed at almost anything. You can methodically plan out your course of action in the most efficient way. A strong work ethic and attention to detail mean you can attack complex and difficult tasks. This is a good time to make solid progress with a long-term project.

Thursday to Sunday- brings positive change and excitement. Being more willing to take risks allows you to take full advantage of unexpected opportunities that can lead to a new direction.

CANCER

JUNE 22 - JULY 23 Sunday to Thursday- clear and quick thinking can be channelled into all mental work and communications. With such an active mind this is a good week to express what is on your thoughts through writing or speaking. Friday to Sunday -is a good time to make important changes in your life because of a willingness to experience new things and meet different or unusual types of people. You may even feel the anticipation building, sensing better things. Your love life can benefit from open-minded desires.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22

Sunday to Thursday-a focus on your thinking and communications makes this a very busy time mentally with lots of interactions, paperwork, bills, letters, emails, and short trips around town. Great focus allows you to fine-tune your goals. Friday to Sunday-enhanced communication and social skills make this an excellent time for making new friends and for dating. Show your appreciation for someone through a gift or some other display of love. You could receive a compliment, letter, invitation, gift or even some money.

CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20

Sunday to Friday-increased power and influence brings positive change and success. Spiritual and personal growth, wealth and career advancement are possible. A strong urge to reform something in your life will coincide with an opportunity to do just that. Saturday and Sunday-is a time of excitement, positive change, and greater personal freedom.

You should feel a strong urge to break free from routine, doing something totally different from your normal activities. Flexibility and open-mindedness bring pleasant surprises and thrilling experiences.

LEO

AQUARIUS

Sunday to Wednesday-brings the stamina and patience to complete the hardest of tasks. This is a good time to channel any recent frustration or anger into hard physical work or a creative project. Thursday to Sunday-is a good time for starting a new course of studies to improve your career prospects. This is also a good time to apply for a new job, or ask for a promotion or pay rise. Past experience and fond memories give a rare opportunity to find spiritual peace, acceptance, and wisdom.

Sunday to Friday-a profoundly lucky streak brings great opportunities to accomplish things on a grand scale. Your enterprising spirit can lead to prominence and wealth. This will be associated with big issues that affect many people and you can have a powerful influence on the lives of other people. Saturday and Sunday- matters of love and beauty come to centre stage. don’t miss this opportunity to tell someone you love them. You should feel like shouting it from the rooftops anyway.

JULY 24 - AUGUST 23

VIRGO

AUG 24 - SEP 23 Sunday to Friday-you should feel an incredibly strong need to make big changes. Setbacks or challenges will not discourage you. Continual growth is your path to personal mastery and prosperity. Saturday and Sunday-a lack of inhibition lets you express your identity fully, more in tune with who you really are. You may be pleasantly surprised by an unexpected change. You could discover new ways of doing old things by taking advantage of new technologies.

JAN 21 - FEB 19

PISCES

FEB20 - MARCH 20 Sunday to Thursday- thought-provoking ideas and kinky sense of humor make this a good time for socializing. You could make new friends who are younger or from different backgrounds than your own. Studies and exams should go well. Friday to Sunday-you will be in touch with your feelings and will intuitively say the right thing at the right time. Increased charm make this a good time to ask for a favour or loan. An eye for a bargain and appreciation of beauty makes this a good time to shop for gifts and beauty products.

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nce Upon a Time in Hollywood’ actress Margot Robbie will take the charge in leading the bandwagon of a female led version of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. A report stated that actress Margot is a part of the film being made by Disney, from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise. The upcoming film’s script is written

by Christina Hodson, who was on board as a writer for Margot Robbie’s ‘Birds of Prey’.

This does not come as a surprise that Margot Robbie and Christina Hodson are collaborating once again on an intriguing project. The upcoming venture is expected to be a reboot version of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. The concept of the film was presented to the franchise’s insider and story writer, Ted Elliott in the month of October last year. Craig Mazin of Chernobyl fame, will reportedly write the story for the female lead version of Pirates of the Caribbean with Margot Robbie in the lead. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise films which were backed by Jerry Bruckheimer will be making his return for the reboot film.

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‘Amidst My Own, on phone’

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n Indian cinematographer shot an entire movie on iPhone during the pandemic in the US, setting a new trend for post-Covid filmmaking. Kalpak Pathak shot the entire 90-minute feature film, called ‘Amidst My Own, on phone’.

“Due to the current scenario, where cost cutting and budget

films are most preferred, shooting films on iphone is gaining prominence, not widely though. Filmmaking in Hollywood is changing due to the pandemic and with technological advancements, shooting a film on an iphone, though a rare feat, can be seen as the future of low budget filmmaking,” said Kalpak Pathak, a cinematographer based in Los Angeles, USA. —Agency

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h e Bombshell’ actress, Charlize Theron revealed during an interview that she would happily star in the sequel to her 2008 film ‘Hancock’. The actress who featured in films like ‘Atomic Blonde’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and ‘The Italian Job’, revealed how she had thoughts about the film Hancock’s sequel when the film was about to hit the big screen. The fans and film audiences are delighted to hear what the ‘Big Little Lies’ actress had to say about Hancock’s sequel. The fans are hoping that the sequel indeed gets made. The actress also mentions how she would say yes to the film’s sequel in a heartbeat.

Now, on the work ...her post front, the Hollywood actress will feature in Shruti Haasan the upcoming film, ‘The Old Guard’. This film features Charlize Theron as an immortal fighter. The character that Charlize Theron is essaying in ‘The Old Guard’, will remind the fans of a ruthless assassin.

But, there is a twist in the tale. In the much-awaited thriller, The Old Guard, Charlize Theron’s hruti Haasan is enjoying character is trying to save the her own company during world from the brutal villains. the lockdown. Every now and then, she takes to Insta—Agency gram to share her pictures and videos asking her fans to celebrate themselves. Recently, the actress shared a close-up photo of herself on Instagram. In her latest photo, Shruti Haasan is flaunting her birthmarks in one of her eyes and filming on the balcony of Mannat. shared a note on how she finds it One can also see a huge camera setspecial. Also, she encouraged her up in the clipping. fans to celebrate themselves and While Shah Rukh Khan was busy not worry about their looks. working on his balcony, the paShruti wrote, “yes those are parazzi managed to get a picture of birthmarks in my eye - no it’s not the superstar in work mode. In the some weird reaction - no it’s not a snap, the superstar is seen in a plain disease- yes they get lighter and black shirt, blue jeans and dark sundarker just like freckles - yes it’s glasses. There are large light and a very common- yes I have had them camera set-up in front of him. Anfor years and years and I think other man is seen holding a mic in they’re super special. and YES you the same frame. should celebrate all the things that —Agency make you YOU.” —Agency

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hile the country continues to battle the Novel Coronavirus pandemic, the shooting of a few TV shows resumed on Friday, after almost three months of lockdown.

Speaking about Bollywood, it looks like Shah Rukh Khan is also back to work. Recently, a video is going viral on the internet, in which Badshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan is seen

still from the video

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WHAT’S HAPPENING!

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ivisional Commissioner, KC Verma inspected St Edmund’s School in Jawahar Nagar in his effort to increase the reach of govt’s corona awareness campaign. Verma inspected various sections of school which will be frequented by the students when they return to school after reopening. While addressing the school staff, Verma said that the awareness campaign posters should be put on the school notice board and shared on the Facebook page of the school, apart from sharing it on Whatsapp groups of schools in which parents and students participate. He said that by the time the students return to school their awareness level about coronavirus should be such that social distancing and other precautions like frequently washing hands becomes their habit. Commissioner Verma took feedback on hygiene and sanitization aspects in the school from the management. The school management assured Verma about the preparedness to keep up with the government guidelines.

LUNCHEON!

Left to right: Ashok Sancheti, Taruna Chakerwati, Sandeep Chakravorty and Alok kumar CITY FIRST USA

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aipur Foot USA organised a luncheon farewell for Consul General of India in New York, Sandeep Chakravorty. The luncheon was attended by prominent members of the community who gathered President American Indian Public Affairs Committee, Jagdish Sewhani; Chairperson Jaipur Foot USA, Prem Bhandari; Founding director of Vayu, Ashok Sancheti and President, Paresh Birla (Council of Indian Organizations in Greater Philadelphia); Manish Ingle, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (Council of Indian Organizations in Greater Philadelphia) and Arvind Vora, President (Shanti Fund). Air India Regional Manager, Kamal Roul remembered the contribution of Chakravorty and wished him all the best!

Country Head (U.S.) State Bank of India (SBI), Ashwini

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FAREWELL THE LEGEND!

Rajnedra Bardiya with guests at the event

Kumar Tewari, noted that Consul General stood by SBI as well as other public sector undertakings and provided all the support that was required.

During the occasion, community leaders were united in appreciating Consul General’s contributions in strengthing ties with the community, setting new high standards for consular services, initiating and implementing new and improved platforms to strengthen the response management system of Consulate and assisting the community during COVID-19 crisis.

Arvind Vora deeply appreciated Consul General’s initiative to establish Gandhi Peace Garden at SUNY Old Westbury campus. Birla and Ingle commended Consul General’s efforts in building a close relationship between the Consulate and the community in Philadelphia. cityfirst@firstindia.co.in

Rajnedra Bardiya (Centre) with his sons, Gaurav and Vikas CITY FIRST

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ardiya Group organised a High Tea event at the newly constructed ‘The Legend’ at Tonk Road, Jaipur, where the visitors were briefed about the 7 Star Lifestyle Residency Building. According to the International Standard, superior ultra Residency ‘The Legend’ has many features including a high model look and a luxurious lobby like

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a 7 Star Hotel.

In an exclusive conversation with First India, the owner of Bardiya Group, Rajendra Bardia said that the unique and super luxurious combination of beautiful lobbies and infinity pools in The Legend are major attractions as it resembles with the Dubai Palace. He also shared that 114 ultraluxurious flats have been built in the apartment which has a 35000 square foot club.

Apart from the house, it has a spa, Saloon Baquent, Indoor Badminton, Indoor Square Playground as well as Sports Play Arena, Billiards, Mini Theatre, rooftop Infinity Pool. Fight lobby Nick Attraction will remain .....

The project has taken full care of the demand of children by keeping three mini swimming pools and with regards to fitness, the jogging track and gym are specially designed for the vigilantes.

For the residents, three basements parking has been made, in which more than 400 vehicles can be parked easily.

RAJASTHAN: On behalf of Rashtriya Association Agro Input Dealers Association, New Delhi, a check of Rs.11,00,000 was given to Union Cabinet Minister in Ministry of Jal Shakti, Gajendra G Shekhawat as a contribution to PM CARE fund on Saturday. On this occasion, Jaipur MP, Ramcharan Bohra; RAIDA Sarakshank Ex-MLA, Mohanlal Gupta; General Secretary, Pramod Sharma; Treasurer Satyendra Chaudhary and Executive Member Avinash Kalani were present.

RAJASTHAN: Revenue minister Harish Chaudhary unveiled the poster for Mahatma Gandhi Jeevan darshan Jan Jagran campaign. During the event, PCC Spokesperson, Vichar Vyas along with the Gandhi Jeevan Darshan team was present at the occasion.

RAJASTHAN: In an ongoing weekly series of sessions organised by FICCI FLO, Jaipur, under the leadership of Chairperson, FLO Jaipur, Wandana Parnami, a workshop was organised on the Paradigm shift ‘Offline to Online’, featuring Founder and MD Mauverick, Bindu S Sastry on Saturday.

RAJASTHAN: Ajit Kumar from the Kasula Chitra Kala Academy, Jaipur, was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation for his active participation in ‘Fire Art’, by the High Range Book of World Records during ‘Stay Home and Stay Fit’ campaign initiated by the Government of India.

GUJARAT: FICCI FLO Ahmedabad organised a webinar on ‘How to be a smart traveller post-COVID-19’ under the leadership of Chairman FICCI FLO, Ahmedabad, Taruna Patel. The session was delivered by renowned travel expert Shoba Mohan (Founding Partner, RARE India), where she threw some light on many facets related to travel and tourism.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST ROULADE T

his a high protein low carb meal.  200 grams boneless chicken breast 

60 gms Whipped Yoghurt

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50 grams Peanut

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8 to 10 Pepper Corn

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Ginger Garlic Paste

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Cloves, Cinnamon 3 gms each.

For Stuffing 

3 eggs

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Chopped fresh mushrooms

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Small onion, half tomato, half red bell pepper all finely chopped

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5 ml Olive oil

First mix all chopped veggie and saute with 5ml olive oil in a nonstick pan with Cayenne pepper, dry thyme, chives, oregano and Himalayan salt to taste.

When done, put it aside to cool.

Now take a glass bowl and mix all Ingredient of A.. except chicken breast makes a fine marinade.

Take chicken breast make a pocket by cutting breast into c form, stuff the sauteed ingredients into it and then coat it with e marinade of glass bowl preheat Oven till 220 deg, put till 15 to 20 mts till perfectly roasted. Take it out from the oven and cut into pieces and serve with cold Veggies Crudets.

Please note the while dish is finished in just one teaspoon (5ml olive oil).

GUJARAT: On the occasion of the International Day Against Drugs, a unique awareness campaign was launched in Surat by the Youth Nation, an organisation working tirelessly to free and keep today’s generation from drug addiction, standing at the city’s traffic junction with various posters and conveying the message of ‘Say No to Drugs and Yes to Life’.

RECIPE BY Chef Dhaval Jariwala is the Executive Chef of Nutri5- the Only Heath Cafe in Gujarat to Serve Authentic Nutrition rich food.

RAJASTHAN: Khandelwalas Got Talent (KGT) Season 2 is going to be organised online this time by Khandelwal Social Society, owing to the pandemic.

President of Khandelwal Social Society, Gaurav Katta shared that short listed candidates need to showcase their talent in front of the jury members Manik Paul and Priyanjali Das. Out of which, 35 candidates are going to perform their talent during the Grand Finale, on July 05.