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New Delhi (UNI)India’s single-day spike in novelcoronavirus cases yet again sur-passed the 60k barrier on Wednesdaywith the country reporting 60,963cases in past 24 hrs while 834 losttheir lives in the same period.

With this massive spike, COVID-19 tally reached 23,60,358.

Highest daily recoveries of 56,110were registered, taking the totalnumber of cured and discharged to16,39,599. The recovery rate rose to70.38 per cent, as per the UnionHealth Ministry update.

Currently, 6,43,948 cases are ac-tive pan India. The country conduct-ed a total number of 7,33,449 testsduring the previous day, which takesthe cumulative total of tests till Au-gust 11 to 2,60,15,297.

The worst-hit Maharashtra has1,48,860 active cases, followed byAndhra Pradesh 87,597, Karnataka79,614, Tamilnadu 52,810 and UttarPradesh at 48,998.

National capital Delhi has 10,868active cases while 8 people suc-cumbed in the past 24 hrs.

60,963 test positive, 834 diein past 24 hrs in India

Jaipur (UNI)Rajasthan Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot here onWednesday said he hasasked MLAs in his sup-port to forgive the rebelsto bring an end to politi-cal crisis and moveahead.

The assertion fromMr Gehlot came a day af-ter former chief ministerSachin Pilot returned toJaipur after Congresshigh command acknowledged hisgrievances against the leadership ofMr Gehlot and assured to addressthem.

"My message to MLAs is forgetand forgive. Move ahead," Mr Gehlottold mediapersons here.

However, the chief minister saidforgiving the rebels is not easy for hissupporters who have lived togetherin hotels and developed new bonds.

"It is quite natural forthem to be angry. Theylived together for morethan a month and devel-oped new bonds," hereasoned.

"But sometimes forthe nation, state andpeople, we have to makesacrifices. They under-stood this and acceptedmy appeal," Mr Gehlotstated.

In a jibe againstBharatiya Janata Party, Mr Gehlotsaid out of three planes destined forGujarat, only one took off.

Last week, the BJP ferried few ofits MLAs to neighbouring Gujarat toprevent crossovers between partiesbefore a Floor test.

The legislative supporting Gehlot,sequestered at Suryagarh Hotel inJaisalmer, have left for Jaipur in char-tered planes.

Forget, forgive rebels:Gehlot to his supporters

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalSampling has been reduced inBhopal view of the rising corona pos-itive patients in the city. Only 967samples have been taken during thelast 24 hours. Out of this, 86 new pos-itive patients have been found. While2000 to 3000 sampling was beingdone in the city for the last few days.

On Wednesday, a doctor’s coronareport from GMC was positiveamong patients found positive. Fourpeople from the same family havebeen infected with corona fromMachana Colony. A person has beeninfected from village GauharganjBairagarh.

As many as 86 new corona caseswere found in the capital Bhopal onWednesday. After 28 days the num-ber of positives has come down toless than 100. The total number ofcorona positives has now increasedto 8095 in the city. At the same time,7 people have lost their lives in 24hours due to corona infection. Now

the death toll has risen to 238.

Gyms reopenThe gyms all over the state have

reopened in the state with strict con-ditions. The district administrationshave asked gym operators to followstrict guidelines and conditions. Thegym operators and members heavedsigh of relief as gyms reopened aftera long period. The employees, train-ers and other staff working in gyms

have expressed pleasure. However,on the opening day there were nottoo many customers.

Home isolation of CM endsMeanwhile, the home isolation of

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan ends onWednesday. After that he will be ableto move out of CM House and joinvarious activities. On Tuesday, an-other of his reports came negative.

86 new cases of corona infectionwere found in Bhopal on Wednesday.

Corona under control:Narottam

Home Minister Narottam Mishrasaid that now the corona in Bhopal iscoming under control. Rapid testingis being done. The infection hasstopped, now patients are also com-ing below 100. The Home Ministerhas appealed to the people to avoidcrowding the temples.

Positive cases in Bhopal fall below 100 after 4 weeks

Agencies, MumbaiIn what comes as a blow to SanjayDutt fans, the actor has been diag-nosed with Stage 3 lung cancer, re-ports said Tuesday. Earlier today,Dutt tweeted saying he was going tobe on a ‘break’ for ‘medical treat-ment’ and asked his fans to not spec-ulate anything.

Sanjay Dutt was admitted over theweekend at the Leelavati Hospitaland got back to his Mumbai home aday later. His tweet announcing hishospitalisation just said that he hadtested negative for the novel coron-avirus and that he was under obser-vation.

Sanjay’s wife urges fans to stayaway from rumours

Hindi cinema actor Sanjay Dutt’swife Maanayata on Wednesday askedfans not to fell in prey to specula-tions and unwarranted rumours overthe health condition of her husbandwho has been diagnosed with stage

III lung cancer.In a statement, Maanayata said, ‘I

thank everyone who have expressedtheir well wishes for Sanjay Dutt’sspeedy recovery. We need all thestrength and prayers to overcomethis phase. There is lot that the fami-ly has gone through in the last fewyears but I am confident that this tooshall pass.”

Sanjay Dutt diagnosedwith stage 3 lung cancer

Bengaluru (UNI)Three people were killed and scoresof others were injured when the po-lice opened fire on a mob after vio-lence erupted over an offensive poston a social media platform here inDevarajeevanahalli and Kadugon-danahalli police station limits lastnight, sources said on Wednesday.

According to official sources, theincident happened Tuesday night,when a group of people of a commu-nity gathered near KG Halli policestation, demanding the arrest ofCongress MLA Pulikeshi Nagar’s rel-ative for posting an inflammatorypost about Prophet Mohammed in aFacebook post.

The group pelted stones andtorched nearby vehicles near theMLA’s house, which was also set onfire by the agitated crowd.

The police used tear gas shells toquell the violent protest. Soon afterthat the mob stormed into the policestation and pelted stones on the po-lice personnel.

Senior Police officers rushed tothe spot to pacify the crowd but theyalso became the mob’s target,sources said, adding, that is whenpolice opened fire that led to thekilling of three among the protesters.

The police have arrested theMLA’s relative for his offensive postonline and more than 150 others forcomprising the peace and harmony

of the society, they added.Meanwhile, curfew has been im-

posed in KG Haloli and DJ Halli lo-calities in East Bengaluru after a vio-lent protest broke out here over anoffensive social media post.

At least two people were killedand scores of others were injuredwhen the police opened fire on amob after violence erupted over an

offensive post on a social media plat-form here in Devarajeevanahalli andKadugondanahalli police stationlimits last night.

According to official sources, cur-few has been imposed in two locali-ties, where the law and order situa-tion have currently been brought un-der control.

The Commissioner has appealed

the masses not to resort to violence.An extra police force has been de-

ployed here as a precautionary mea-sure, the sources said.

Karnataka Home ministerBasavaraj Bommai, while condemn-ing the violent incident, has said,“Strict action would be taken againstanybody who would indulge in dis-turbing the peace and harmony.”

K’taka: 3 killed in police firing

Pravesh Kumar MishraNew Delhi: The seriousness withwhich the top leadership of the par-ty tried to end the internal infight-ing of the Rajasthan Congress,which had been going on for the lastseveral months, is considered to bea proof of the changing thinking ofthe party.

Political experts are assumingthat after party’s dissolution inMadhya Pradesh, party strategistshave started giving importance tothe strategy of strictness and recon-ciliation.

For the last several years, mem-bers of the Gandhi family them-selves have taken a front to end thecold war between senior and juniorleaders within the party at the cen-tral level. Now instead of the tradi-tional strategy of avoiding the dis-pute, the strategy of immediate res-

olution is being adopted. Sourcesare telling that former party presi-dent Rahul Gandhi and party gener-al secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

have prepared a concrete strategy toend the quarrel between the leadersat the state and central level afterdiscussions with senior party lead-ers.

It has been directed to all thestate in-charges that if there is nodispute at their level, then a multi-level effort will be made to resolve itimmediately at the central level. Itshallmark is seen in the ongoingcontroversy in Rajasthan.

In spite of efforts from variouslevels, when the dispute did notend, after taking drastic steps im-mediately, the central team of theparty started trying for reconcilia-tion, but when the matter was notresolved even with those people,Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka GandhiVadra took the front and after manyrounds of talks the Rajasthan dis-pute was resolved.

A senior party leader said thatexpectation and neglect are themain causes and factors at the rootof any dispute.

In such a situation, if the centralleadership has set itself tried to re-solve the dispute instead of the sec-ond-tier leaders then it will definite-ly have a positive effect.

The said leader said that the waythe hard-working leaders of the par-ty left the party due to mutual duelin various states including MadhyaPradesh, it is certainly bad for Con-gress.

Sources are telling that in Ra-jasthan, it has been agreed to re-solve the various causes of the dis-pute between Chief Minister AshokGehlot and former Deputy ChiefMinister Sachin Pilot with coordi-nation. The two factions will nolonger ignore each other’s honour.

Cong will resolve disputes with firmness and compromise

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Students move SC seekingintervention in CBSE class10, 12 compartment testsNew Delhi: A group of students onWednesday approached the SupremeCourt, requesting the intervention ofthe top court to stop the decision ofCentral Board of Secondary Educa-tion (CBSE) to conduct the compart-ment examinations for classes 10 and12.

All India Students Association(AISA) general secretary SandeepSaurabh, on behalf of more than 800students from across the country,through a letter petition to the ChiefJustice of India Sharad Arvind Bobdeand other judges, requested the ApexCourt to take suo moto cognisance ofthe CBSE’s decision to conduct theexaminations amid the Covid-19pandemic.

The letter said the CBSE’s decisionwill put students, parents, teachersand staff at risk as the Coronviruscases loom large.

Pranab Mukherjeeremains critical

New Delhi: Thehealth conditionof former Presi-dent PranabMukherjee con-tinued to remaincritical onWednesday, theArmy’s Researchand Referral(R&R) Hospital

said . ‘Mr Pranab Mukherjee’s healthcondition continues to remain criti-cal. Presently he is haemodynamical-ly stable and on ventilator,’ the hospi-tal bulletin on Wednesday said.

The former president’s conditionhad deteriorated on Tuesday after heunderwent an emergency life savingbrain surgery. Meanwhile, Congressleader and daughter of Mr PranabMukherjee, Sharmishtha Mukherjeeon Wednesday wished that Godwould do whatever is best for her fa-ther. In a tweet, the former presi-dent’s daughter said,“last year, Au-gust 8 was one of the happiest day forme as my dad received Bharat Ratna.

Democrat Joe Bidenpicks Kamala Harrisas running mateWa s h i n g t o n :Joe Biden, thep r e s u m p t i v eD e m o c r a t i cp r e s i d e n t i a lc a n d i d a t e ,picked SenatorKamala Harrisas his choice forvice president,making her thefirst Black woman and the first AsianAmerican to compete on a majorparty’s presidential ticket in the Unit-ed States. The announcement onTuesday capped a months-longsearch for a Democratic partner tochallenge President Donald Trump inNovember.

Biden on Twitter called Harris “afearless fighter for the little guy, andone of the country’s finest public ser-vants”. “Together, with you, we’re go-ing to beat Trump,” he said.

Harris, who ran for the 2020 De-mocratic presidential nominationagainst Biden, said she was “hon-ored” to join the ticket and would “dowhat it takes” to help him win.

Biden could “unify the Americanpeople because he’s spent his lifefighting for us”, she wrote on Twitter.

In choosing Harris, a 55-year-oldfirst-term senator from California,Biden is acknowledging the vital roleBlack voters will play in his bid to de-feat Trump. (Details on Page 5)

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State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 5,35,601 18,306Tamil Nadu 3,08,649 5,159Andhra Pradesh 2,44,549 2,203Karnataka 1,88,611 3,398Delhi 1,47,391 4,139Uttar Pradesh 1,31,763 2,176West Bengal 1,01,390 2,149Bihar 86,413 413Telangana 84,544 654Gujarat 73,163 2,695Assam 64,406 155Rajasthan 54,887 811Odisha 48,796 296Haryana 43,227 500Madhya Pradesh 40,734 1,033Kerala 36,932 120J and K 25,931 490Punjab 25,889 636Jharkhand 19,225 192Chhattisgarh 12,929 104Uttarakhand 10,432 136Goa 9,444 86Tripura 6,482 43Puducherry 5,900 91Manipur 3,941 12Himachal Pradesh 3,497 18Nagaland 3,031 8Arunachal Pradesh 2,327 3Ladakh 1,770 9A and N Islands 1,764 21Meghalaya 1,136 6Sikkim 913 1

World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 20,593,737 747,245USA 5,310,415 167,804Brazil 3,112,393 103,099India 2,360,358 46,536Russia 902,701 15,260South Africa 566,109 10,751Mexico 492,522 53,929Peru 489,680 21,501Colombia 410,453 13,475Chile 376,616 10,178Spain 373,692 28,581Iran 333,699 18,988UK 312,789 46,628Saudi Arabia 293,037 3,269Pakistan 285,921 6,129Bangladesh 266,498 3,513Argentina 260,911 5,088Italy 251,237 35,215Turkey 243,180 5,873Germany 219,614 9,268

Hizbul commander,soldier killedSrinagar: A top commander ofHizbul Mujahideen (HM) and a sol-dier were killed while a jawan wasinjured in a fierce encounter whichensued during a Cordon andSearch Operation (CASO) in southKashmir district of Pulwama in thewee hours on Wednesday, officialsources said.

Four Naxals killedSukma: Four Naxals were killed inan exchange of fire in Sukma dis-trict of Chhattisgarh, the policesaid. The gun-battle between thesecurity personnel and the Naxalstook place in the forest area of Ja-gargunda in the Sukma district.“Four Naxals killed in an exchangeof fire during a joint operation byDistrict Reserve Guard (DRG), 201battalion CoBRA and 223 battalionCRPF in the forest area of Jagargun-da, Sukma district today. Weaponsseized from the spot,” IG said.

Five feared death afterbus catches fireChitradurga: Five passengers, in-cluding two children, who wereheading towards Bengaluru fromVijayappura in a private bus arefeared to char to death when itcaught fire near KR Halli in Hiryurtaluk in the wee hours of Wednes-day. Police said the private bus wassaid to be carrying 32 passengerswhen it caught fire on NationalHighway 4 at KR Halli in Hiriyurtaluk of the district.

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Agencies, MumbaiAfter a notice was given to him

by Sushant Singh Rajput’s familymember, Shiv Sena MP SanjayRaut on Wednesday said he ismaking statements in the actor’sdeath case based on informationhe has and added that he will lookinto the matter if he has missedsomething.

“If there has been any kind ofmiss on our part, we will thinkabout it. But I will have to look into it. What Ihave said so far is based on the information Ihave, Sushant’s family is speaking on the basisof information they have,” Raut told reportershere. He said that a conspiracy has beenhatched to defame Maharashtra government.

Earlier, Anish Jha, lawyer of BJP MLA NirajKumar Singh, a relative of the deceased actor onWednesday said Raut has been given 48 hoursto apologize for his recent statements in con-nection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s deathcase. “His (Sushant’s) case is being investigatedbut people do not want the truth to come out. Ifdue to any political pressure or any other rea-son, he has delivered some controversial state-ment, he should apologise within 48 hours sowe won’t take any action further (against him).

Everyone makes mistakes hencewe have sent him a notice first,” hesaid.

Jha’s remarks came after Rautalleged that the relation betweenthe late actor and his father werestrained and had also accused theBihar Director-General of Police(DGP) of acting like the spokesper-son of the party.

The Supreme Court has askedthe Centre and the Maharashtra

and Bihar governments, respondents in the pe-tition filed by Rhea Chakraborty in connectionwith the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, to filea written note of all precedent judgments com-piled before the court by August 13.

A single-judge bench of Justice HrishikeshRoy, while hearing Rhea’s plea seeking to trans-fer the probe in the case registered against herin the matter from Patna to Mumbai, asked allparties to file a written note of all such prece-dent judgments by Thursday.

Former additional solicitor general Manin-der Singh, appearing for the Bihar government,submitted that Bihar Chief Minister had not in-terfered in the case and added that the recom-mendation for a CBI probe was based on theadvice of the concerned authorities.

What I said is based on information I have,says Raut after notice by Sushant’s kin

New Delhi (UNI)Differences between Saudi

Arabia and Pakistan havedeepened over Islamabad’shardline stance on Kashmirwith Saudi Arabia ending aloan and oil supply after Pak-istan’s threat to split the Or-ganisation of Islamic Cooper-ation (OIC).

The differences in their re-lations surfaced when SaudiArabia asked Pakistan to payback USD one billion. Pak-istan has also not receivedthe oil on deferred payments

from Saudi Arabia since Mayunder an agreement betweenthe two former allies for pro-vision of USD 3.2 billionworth the fuel. Pakistan hasbeen pressuring Saudi Arabiato convene a meeting of the57-member OIC on Kashmir.However, Saudi Arabia has re-jected the demand.

Pakistan Foreign MinisterShah Mehmood Qureshi hadasked Saudi Arabia to con-vene a meeting of the block ofIslamic countries after abro-gation of Article 370.

Mr Qureshi had threat-ened that if Saudi Arabia didnot support Pakistan, Islam-abad would call a meeting ofthose Islamic countries “whostand with us on Kashmir.’’This amounted to splittingthe 57 member block of Is-lamic countries.

‘I am once again respect-fully telling OIC that a meet-ing of the Council of ForeignMinisters is our expectation.If you cannot convene it, thenI will be compelled to askPrime Minister Imran Khan

to call a meeting of the Islam-ic countries that stand withus,’ Mr Qureshi had said.

Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan has also ex-pressed disappointment overSaudi Arabia’s refusal to holda meeting on Kashmir andsaid Islamic countries weredivided and could not cometogether for a meeting onKashmir. Saudi Arabia andPakistan had signed Memo-randa of Understanding(MoUs) worth USD 20 billionduring Saudi Crown PrinceMuhammad bin Salman’s vis-it to Pakistan in February2019. According to the MOUs,the agreement of USD 3 bil-lion cash support and USD3.2 billion oil facility per an-num had the provision of re-newal for two more years.

The UAE had also an-nounced a USD 6.2 billionpackage for Pakistan in De-cember 2018, including aUSD 3.2 billion oil facility.

Pakistan has already re-turned USD one billion Saudiloan - four months ahead ofits repayment schedule. Pak-istan has said it could also re-turn the remaining USD 2 bil-lion cash loan subject toavailability of a similar facili-ty from China.

Differences between Saudi Arabiaand Pakistan deepen over Kashmir

Puducherry (UNI)The Union Territory of

Puducherry reported the highest481 COVID-19 positive cases tak-ing the total active cases to 2,616and 5 patients died in the last 24hours. Health Minister Malladi Kr-ishna Rao in a video clip sent tothe media here on Wednesdaysaid, 413 new cases were reportedin Puducherry region, 67 in Yanamregion and one in Mahe region.

The fresh 481 cases is the high-est number reported in the last140 days.

Three persons died in the Gov-ernment Medical college, one inJipmer and one in Yanam Govern-ment hospital.

So far 6381 persons were infect-ed by the virus and of which 3669

were treated and discharged, 96died and 2616 persons were beingtreated in hospitals and in homeisolation.

Meanwhile, Director of MedicalServices Dr Mohan Kumar in aWhatsapp posting said that asmany as 138 persons were treatedand discharged in the last 24hours.

481 more COVID-19cases in PuducherryLucknow (UNI)

With recording 4583 new cases ofnovel coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh onWednesdsay, the total number of pan-demic cases in the state has reached to1,36,238.

The death toll also spiralled, takingthe fatalities to 2230 with 54 people suc-cumbed to the deadly virus in a day.

State additional chief secretary,Health Amit Mohan Prasad said thatthere are record 49,347 active cases inthe state while the recovered patientswere 84,661 including 4072 people weredischarged from hospitals today.

The state government has now fo-cussed on four planks for containingCovid-19 which is surveillance, contacttracing, testing and treatment, MrPrasad said. He said that the positivityrate of Covid-19 in the state was below 5

per cent as per the directive of theUnion Health ministry. “ From August 1to 11, the positivity rate in the state was4.8 per cent. Districts like Lucknow Kan-pur, Gorakhpur, Deoria and Varanasiwitnessed higher positivity rate whiledistricts like Hatras, Baghpat, Mahobaand some others recorded low positivityrate, “ he said.

UP records 4583 fresh Covidcases, active cases near 50K

COVID 19 tally crosses90 K in BiharPatna: COVID 19 cases con-tinue to surge in Bihar where3,741 new positive cases weredetected, taking the tally ofcoronavirus positive patientsto 90,553 in the state so far.Health department sourcessaid here today that of the newcases, Patna reported with 529cases followed by Begusaraiwith 254, Katihar 200, Saharsa175, East Champaran andMadhubani 169 each, Muzaf-farpur 160, Saran 148, Rohtas140, Purnea 124, Gaya 107,Vaishali 97, Bhojpur 95, Na-landa 92, West Champaran 86,Buxar 85, Samastipur andSitamarhi 81 each, Au-rangabad 77, Bhagalpur 70,Araria 71, Jehanabad 69,Gopalganj 61, Darbhanga 58,Supaul 57, Madhepura 55, Si-wan 54, Munger 52, Kis-hanganj and Sheikhpura 47each, Nawada 45, Kaimur 37,Jamui 34, Banka and Khagaria26 each, Arwal 21, Sheohar 19and Lakhisarai 18.

Assam COVID tallynears 65,000; over45,000 cured so farGuwahati: The overall COVID19 tally in Assam has reached64,406 with detection of over2,600 new cases in the last 24hours, while the recovered fig-ure crossed 45,000. StateHealth Minister Dr HimantaBiswa Sarma informed that2,669 new cases were detect-ed, out of 52,062 tests con-ducted yesterday. Among thenew cases, 399 were fromKamrup (Metro) district, 259from Dibrugarh, and over 100each from Karbi Anglong andTinsukia. The death toll has al-so touched 155 with four casu-alties yesterday.

COVID-19: Aurangabadreports three fatalities,123 new cases in one-dayAurangabad: Three patients,including a senor citizen, suc-cumbed to the COVID-19while 15 new cases were de-tected here on Wednesday,stated district administration.Of the deceased, one was asexagarian male while the oth-er two were a man and womanin their fifties, it added. Thenew cases were found hoursafter 108 people tested Coronapositive in the morning, tak-ing the day’s tally of infectedindividuals to 123.

2nd Covid hospital getsoperational in GoaPanaji: Goa Chief MinisterPramod Sawant on Wednes-day said that the second des-ignated COVID-19 hospital inthe state had become opera-tional. Speaking to reporters,he said, ‘’The state’s secondCovid hospital has started and27 patients have been admit-ted there today. Currently, fourprivate hospitals have alsoagreed to admit Covid pa-tients in the state.” Dr Sawantsaid the state government hadgot only Rs six crore from theCentre for Covid managementefforts and the news doing therounds that the state govern-ment had got Rs 1.5 lakh fromthe central government forevery new Covid-19 cases reg-istered in the state was false.

96 more test Covidpositive in Arunachal,total count 2327Itanagar: Ninety-six morepeople have tested positive forCovid-19 in ArunachalPradesh, taking the state’s tallyto 2327. Of 96 new cases, 27were reported from Anjaw, 19from Itanagar Capital Com-plex, 16 from West Siang, 12from Lohit, eight from PapumPare, six from East Siang, fourfrom Changlang, two eachfrom East Kameng and LowerDibang Valley, as per the bul-letin issued by the state Direc-torate of Health Services(DHS). All the cases reportedfrom Anjaw are Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF) per-sonnel detected in quarantinefacility. Out of the 19 casesfrom Itanagar Capital Com-plex , 13 were reported frompaid quarantine testing centrehere and six detected at checkgate.

“AIADMK will continue towork under leadership ofEPS and with OPS guidance:TN MinisterMadurai: “The AIADMK willcontinue to work under theleadership of Chief MinisterEdappadi K.Palaniswami andwith the guidance of DeputyChief Minister O.Paneersel-vam,” Revenue MinisterR.B.Udhayakumar said.

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Bhubaneswar (UNI)Covid casualties in odisha today

crossed 300 mark with the death ofnine more people while tally sur-passed 50K with a record new cas-es of 1876 people during the last 24hours.

Health and Family Welfare de-partment sources said the coviddeath toll today surged to 305 afternine covid patients succumbed tothe virus under treatment in hos-pitals and a record 1786 peoplewere infected with the coronavirustaking the total tally to 50,672 inthe state.

Of the nine fresh deaths regis-tered in the state, Ganjam districtreported four casualties followedby Rayagada (2) and one each inAngul. Balasore and khordha.

Sources said during the last 24hours a record spike of 1876 posi-tive cases on a single day was re-ported in the state from all the 30districts raising the total covid tal-ly to 50672 in the state.

The quarantine centres report-

ed 1182 positive cases and 694 cas-es were local contacts.

Khordha district reported high-est number of 297 positive casesduring the last 24 hours followedby Ganjam(260),Sundargarh(119),Cuttack(105), Rayagada (98),Balasore (81),Koraput (77),Ga-japati ( 71) and Mayurbhanj ( 70).

Till date Ganjam district has re-ported 13,575 positive cases and144 deaths, highest in the state fol-lowed by Khordha with 7178 posi-tive cases and 42 deaths and Sun-dargarh with 19 deaths and 2572covid positive cases.

Covid toll surpasses300 mark in Odisha

Srinagar (UNI)Opposing merger of different

engineering wings in Public WorksDepartment (PWD) and abolishingreservation for Self Help Group(SHG) of unemployed engineers,Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party(JKAP) president Syed MohammadAltaf Bukhari on Wednesday urgedthe administration to stop takingpolicy decisions in haste and endalleged anti-youth approach.

‘We vehemently opposed theJ&K government decision to sub-sume engineering wings of variousdepartments into PWD as themove will create too much of messand confusion on the ground’, theformer minister said in a state-ment here.

Mr Bukhari, who has himself re-mained a Public Works Minister inthe previous government in J&K,observed that the R&B departmentlacks the requisite capacity to han-dle such a broader mandate.

‘A small instance in place is the

snow clearance operation whichwas assigned by the Gulmarg De-velopment Authority (GDA) to themechanical wing of the PWD atGulmarg last year. The snow clear-ance which would otherwise take afew hours took three to four daysand the vital roads to this world fa-mous tourist destination remainedblocked for days together,’ he al-leged.

The JKAP president further saidthat there would be joblessnessbecause of the merger decisionand the technical staff who werepresently working in different de-partments were bound to face hi-erarchical issues in addition to thehiccups in their career progres-sion.

On setting up a committee ofadministrative secretaries to workon modalities for merger of over adozen departments with PWD, heasked that ‘Once the decision ofmerger has already been taken bythe previous Lt Governor led stateadministrative council withoutany prior home work or taking anystakeholders on board, what is thefun of constituting such a commit-tee to chalk out modalities now?’

Mr Bukhari stated that the J&Kgovernment should have consult-ed all the stakeholders for thread-bare deliberations before arrivingat any such arbitrary decision.

Stop taking policy decisions in haste,end anti-youth approach: Bukhari

Mr Qureshi had threatened thatif Saudi Arabia did not supportPakistan, Islamabad would calla meeting of those Islamiccountries “who stand with us onKashmir.’’ This amounted tosplitting the 57 member blockof Islamic countries.‘I am once again respectfullytelling OIC that a meeting ofthe Council of Foreign Minis-ters is our expectation. If youcannot convene it, then I willbe compelled to ask PrimeMinister Imran Khan to call ameeting of the Islamic coun-tries that stand with us,’ MrQureshi had said.

Munnar (UNI): With the re-covery of three more bodieson Wednesday, the deathtoll in the Pettimudi land-slide near here, rose to 55.The landslide had hit the es-tate lane area of Naya-makkad on Thursday night.A team of the National Dis-aster Response Force(NDRF) with the support of

non-governmental organisations and other agenciescontinued the search for missing persons. According toDevikulam Sub-Collector S Premkrishnan, 18 personsincluding nine children were missing and four estatelanes were completely buried in the landslide debris.The administration had shifted 65 families includingone family at the landslide site to a camp. It was expect-ed that more bodies swept into the river nearby. Withelectricity and communication facilities remaining cutoff, information on the search operations were beingtransferred to the District Collectorate with a mobiletower set up by HAM radio operators at Pettimudi.

Pettimudi landslide: 3more bodies recovered

454 jail inmatestest positive in twodays in UP’s BastiBasti: As 454 inmates ofthe district jail tested pos-itive for the novel coron-avirus in two days, it hascaused panic in this UttarPradesh district, officialsources said on Wednes-day. According to sources,the health department,after putting up a camp inthe district jail, had tested660 prisoners for COVID-19 on Tuesday out ofwhich 263 were found tobe positive.

Earlier, 374 inmateshad been tested on Mon-day out of which 191 test-ed positive for the conta-gion. Hence, 454 inmatesof the district jail werefound to be afflicted by theinfection in two days.

23 more fresh COVID-19cases in MeghalayaShillong: Meghalaya registered23 new COVID-19 positive cas-es as on Wednesday morning,taking the active tally to 642,while seven more persons re-covered from the viral disease,mounting the number of re-coveries to 517.

Eleven cases, includingeight Border Security Force(BSF) troopers, one armedforces and two civilians weredetected in East Khasi Hills,which is the most affected dis-trict in the state with 433 activecases (267 civilians, 96 BSFtroopers, 70 armed forces) ason date, Director of Health Ser-vices (MI), Dr. Aman War in-formed. Furthermore, he in-formed that ten more BSFtroopers in the West Garo Hillsand one person each in theSouth Garo Hills and NorthGaro Hills were also detectedwith corona virus infection.“Seven persons, includingthree in East Khasi Hills, oneeach in East Jaintia Hills andRi-Bhoi and two persons inWest Khasi Hills recovered ason Wednesday morning,” Dr.War said.

Militant groups call forI-Day boycott in NEGuwahati: The bannedUnited Liberation Front ofAsom (Independent) (UL-FA-I) and theNSCN/GPRN today calledfor boycott of Indepen-dence Day celebrations inthe entire North East re-gion.

In a joint statement,the two outfits said, “Thecolonial Indian Indepen-dence day is not a day offreedom of our people butof bondage.

Bhopal, Thursday, August 13, 2020 3City

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe forest department team caughta smuggler with 9 turtles on Tues-day evening. He had come toBhopal to sell turtles. The team hascaught the smuggler from the Poly-technic College posing as a cus-tomer. He was selling the Star Tur-tle pair for Rs 17,500. At the sametime, schedule forest tortoise for 25thousand rupees.

Sandalwood smuggler alsocaught: Meanwhile, the depart-ment has also arrested a sandal-wood smuggler while taking jointaction with the Eintkhedi police onthe information of the informer. 17kg of sandalwood was seized fromhim. Flying Squad in-charge RKChaturvedi said that the team ofWildlife Investigation Bureau of Ja-balpur had received information

that rare species of turtles are beingsmuggled. Some of these are beingsold in Bhopal. The team jointlycollaborated with Flying Squad andCrack Team No. 2 of Bhopal ForestDivision. It is worth mentioningthat even before this; many tortoisesmugglers have been arrested.

Accused got trapped: One of theemployees of the forest depart-ment team struck a deal with ac-cused Ujefa Abid Ali Bohra, son ofAbid Ali, 26, while posing as a cus-tomer. After this, the team arrestedhim on the pretext of giving money.Sandalwood smuggler caught fromEintkhedi: The Flying Squad teamarrested sandalwood smuggler Fer-oz, son of Sattar Khan, from Ein-tkhedi in a joint operation with thepolice. An axe and a motorcyclehave been seized from him. Tor-toises have been smuggled inBhopal even before: On 11 August2018, 53 turtles were caught fromBhopal station. Subsequently, awoman and child were caught bySTF Wildlife while they were tryingto smuggle turtles. On September17, 2019, the team of STF WildlifeBhopal and the Lucknow Police ar-rested an international smugglerIrfan Khan from Lucknow.

9 rare turtles recoveredfrom smugglers

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe State Tourism DevelopmentCorporation has resumed opera-tion of all its hotels and restau-rants located in the state for foodlovers. Managing Director of theCorporation, S. Vishwanathan in-formed that all hotels and restau-rants in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur,Gwalior, Khajuraho and Pach-marhi regions are being re-openedon the demand of tourists. In thefirst phase of Unlock-1, the Corpo-ration had opened 35 hotels andrestaurants in the state.

The Corporation has reopenedPalash Residency, Wind and Wavesand Picnic at Kerwa. Wind andWaves and Picnic @ Kerwa havebeen favorite destinations fortourists during the rainy season. Atthe same time, all hotels andrestaurants of the Corporation in-cluding Hotel Kalchuri Residencyin Jabalpur, Tansen Residency inGwalior have been re-opened for

tourists and food lovers.Vishwanathan told that all ho-

tels and restaurants are being op-erated in strict adherence to theguide line issued by the UnionMinistry of Tourism and StateHealth Department and the stan-dard operating procedures issuedfor hotels and restaurants. TheTourism Development Corpora-tion had stopped operations inthese hotels and restaurants due toCovid-19.

It may be noted that the FoodHome Delivery Service and TakeAway Service launched throughthe MPT Fusion App run by theTourism Development Corpora-tion since May-June for food loversremain unchanged. The Corpora-tion is offering safe home deliveryservice and take away facility of fa-vorite dishes to food lovers fromRooftop Restaurant situated atMinto Hall in Bhopal, Tansen Resi-dency of Gwalior and KalchuriResidency of Jabalpur.

All Tourism Development Corporationhotels and restaurants reopen

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalSri Krishna Janmashtami was celebratedwith enthusiasm in the city. Due to Coronainfection, people celebrated Janmashtamiin their homes. This was the first timewhen devotees visited Sri Krishna onlineon social media during the puja-aarti intemples. Only a limited number of priestsand pundits worshipped and anointed theLord. There was a Janmotsav Aarti at mid-night and songs and greetings started toresonate with it. Prasad of Makhan-Mishriand Panjiri was distributed.

Many temple committees includingISKCON temple in Patel Nagar madearrangements to help devotees take part inonline Puja-Aarti. On the night of AshtamiTithi, the people of the Smart and Shaivasect celebrated the birth anniversary of SriKrishna. On Wednesday, many familiescelebrated the Janmashtami in the after-noon. Astrologers say that the Ashtamidate is only till 11 am.

Crowd in marketsA crowd appeared in the markets on the

Janmashtami. People bought statues ofLaddu Gopal, peacock feathers and flute,tiaras, clothes and worship materials.

There was auspicious coincidence ofJupiter in Sagittarius along with Kritikaand Ashtami on Janmashtami. At the sametime, lighting has been decorated in manytemples including Birla Mandir, ShreejiMandir Lakherapura, Barkhedi Radhakr-ishna Mandir of the city.

A bronze cow statue was installed in theBanke Bihari Markandeya Maharaj Templeat Chachabardarpura, a 21 kg 500 grambrass statue made by the devotees was in-

stalled near the court of God in the temple.In the Dadaji Dham temple located

near Raisen Road Shri Krishna Janmashta-mi and the birth anniversary of Anant ShriDadaji Ji Gurudev was celebrated on smallscale due to corona pandemic. Special at-tractive adornments of Shri Krishna andRadha were done with clothes and orna-ments. Aartis of Lord Shri Krishna andAnant Shri Dadaji Gurudev Sainikhedawere performede. All devotees followedthe governmental instructions while en-tering the temple with a hand wash, allwith a mask after sanitizing their hands.After this, only a limited number of devo-tees were allowed to visit the temple. It wasmandatory for all to follow social distanc-ing.

Variety of things offered toLaddu Gopal

Janmashtami festival was celebratedwith great pomp all over state. Accordingto religious beliefs, Lord Bal Gopal Krishnawas born on the day of Janmashtami.Everyone knows that Lord Krishna’s childform is called Laddu Gopal. On the auspi-cious day of Janmashtami, a variety ofthings offered to Laddu Gopal. On the dayof Janmashtami, devotees made aata pan-jeri and offered it to Lord Krishna. It is verytasty and according to religious beliefs,Laddu Gopal is very fond of it.

Lord Krishna loves Makhan Mishri verymuch. Lord Krishna is also called MakhanChor. On Janmashtami, devotees madesure to offer makhan mishri. According toreligious stories, Laddu Gopal lovedMakhan Mishri so much, due to which hestarted being called Makhan Chor.

To worship Lord Krishna, on the holyfestival of Janmashtami, devitees definite-ly offer Makhana Paak to krishna. LadduGopal loves Makhana Paak.

Panchamrit has great importance onthe holy festival of Janmashtami. Lord Kr-ishna is anointed from Panchamrit on thefestival of Janmashtami. After consecra-tion of Laddu Gopal, it is taken as Prasad.Panchamrit is made from ghee, batasse,milk, honey, gangajan and basil.

Celebrations in other citiesThe birth of Lord Krishna was celebrat-

ed at 12 noon on Tuesday at the GopalTemple, Banke Bihari and VidyadhamTemple in Indore. At the same time, Jan-mashtami was celebrated on Wednesdayin Yashoda Mata Temple, ISKCON Temple,Govardhannath Temple, Jankinath Tem-ple, Swami Narayan Temple, GeetaBhawan Temple and Murali Manohar

Temple. This time due to Corona, devoteeswere not allowed to enter any temple. Thistime the baby shower ceremony was notplayed at the Yashoda Mata temple. All thetemples, including the ISKCON temple,were decorated with flowers with electrifi-cation. The Vidyadham Temple andISKCON Temple have an online system ofdarshan for the devotees.

The celebration will be celebrated on 11August at Sri Banke Bihari Temple. TheLord will be adorned with flowers. Will cel-ebrate the birthday at 12 pm.

Janmashtami 11 will also be celebratedin the Gopal temple. There will be ShringarAarti at 7.30 am followed by a bath fromPanchamrit at 10 am. The birth anniver-sary will be celebrated at night.

The festival was celebrated in YashodaMata Temple. There was an abhishekamwith electrical decorations in the temple.New dress and dressing were done. Therewas Janmashtami celebration in the night.

The celebration was held at the Sri Rad-ha-Krishna Pranami Temple. God had aspecial decoration. There was birthday cel-ebration in the night.

Janmashtami was celebrated on in ShriGovardhan Nathji Temple. Electrical deco-ration was done. Lord Krishna had a spe-cial dressing.

In the ISKCON temple, Krishna Janmot-sav began after satsang and abhishek.There were online bhajans, satsangs andcelebrations.

Tableau of Krishna decorateKamal Nath’s house

In the politics of Madhya Pradesh, nowit is the turn of Krishna Bhakti after Hanu-

man Chalisa and Rama Dhun. Former CMand state Congress president Kamal Nathwas absorbed in Krishna Bhakti. On theoccasion of Janmashtami, Krishna’s seduc-tive tableau at was decorated at his officialbungalow. After the tirade of BJP leaders,the Congress leaders say that the Congressparty believes in all religions. Ram or Kr-ishna is not the legacy of any one party,they belong to everyone.

After Ram temple Bhoomi Pujan, now itwas the turn of Krishna Leela in the RamMaya region. This time due to the corona,crowds or public events were not seen inthe temples, but tableau and bhajans wereheard echoing in the houses of the leaders.Janmashtami was celebrated at the formerCM Kamal Nath’s official residence. Earlier,a day before Bhoomipujan of Ram templeconstruction, Ram Durbar was decoratedin Kamal Nath’s house and HanumanChalisa was recited. Many senior leadersof the party also participated in it.

The Congress party has been followingthe path of soft Hindutva since the time ofthe 2018 assembly elections. Even beforethe 2018 assembly elections, Kamal Nathstarted the campaign of the party afterworship in Mahakal temple. After that,Hanuman Chalisa was read aloud in MintoHall before the government fell. On com-ing to power, the government announcedthe construction of Gau Shala and RamVan Gaman Path. The Congress party istrying to change its image through reli-gious festivals. Congress believes that reli-gious events cause pain in BJP leaders.This should tell them. The Congress be-lieves in all religions and all religion festi-vals are celebrated. To derive its politicalmeaning is to waste unnecessary time.

Women tie Rakhi on Nath’s wrist

On the occasion of Janmanshtami,women tied rakhi on the wrist of formerchief minister Kamal Nath at the StateCongress office.

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalTheater artist Narendra Gehlot’syounger daughter died late onTuesday night during treatment atHamidia Hospital. The doctorssaid she has died of suspected poi-soning. However, post-mortemwould reveal the exact cause ofdeath.

Earlier, Narendra Gehlot’s elderdaughter Shivani had died on Au-gust 7. Narendra Gehlot hadreached Hamidia along with histwo daughters on August 7 in seri-ous condition. While Shivani diedon the same day, younger daughterPayal died on Tuesday night.Narendra Gehlot had leveled seri-ous allegations of negligenceagainst the doctors of HamidiaHospital. Divisional Commission-er Kavindra Kiyawat has formed a3-member team of senior doctorsto probe into the charges.

Meanwhile, Kolar police havearrested two persons including awoman for molesting and assault-ing a 19 -year-old girl at Sarwad-haram colony on Sunday. The ac-cused identified as Rupesh Rajputwas acquainted with the victim asthe two were neighbours. The ac-cused used to molest her and onSunday evening when she was on

her way to home accused held herhand and molested her. The victimopposed after which the accusedleft the spot and threatened her.Frustrated over the actions of theaccused, victim went to his houseand complaint with his wife whereaccused and his wife assaulted thevictim.

The victim returned home andreported the incident to her familyand later a complaint was lodgedwith the Kolar police. Based on thecomplaint after the preliminary in-

vestigation a case of molestationand assault was registered and Ra-jesh and his wife were arrested lat-er in the investigation.

2 held with raw materialfor liquor

The excise department hasnabbed two miscreants from Kaj-likheda and Jhiri villages and re-covered 5000 kg of raw material ofcounty-made liquor on Monday.According to the excise officials,acting of a tip-off, raw materialused for county-made liquorwhich was hidden in plastic bags

were recovered. The recovered rawmaterial which was worth Rs 2.5lakh was disposed by the excise de-partment teams.

Meanwhile, gold and silver jew-ellery worth Rs 70000 were burgledfrom Tribhuwan Vihar under Pi-plani police station area on Mon-day. Police said that the victim,Vinod Kumar, had gone to Barelion August 3 and when he returned,the valuables were found burgled.A complaint was lodged with thepolice by the victim in which thevictim stated that they left thehouse along with his family to cel-ebrate Rakshabandhan and whenhe returned the door of the housewas open and on entering, thevaluables were found burgled.

The victim claimed that goldand jewellery worth Rs 70,000 wereburgled. Domestic help and secu-rity guards would be questioned inthe further investigation. The vic-tim runs a medical shop at Barkhe-di market. Meanwhile, electronicgoods were burgled from Skills De-velopment Office under Govind-pura police station area on Tues-day. According to the police, acomplaint was lodged by AkshayJain regarding burglary of goodsfrom the office.

Theater artist’s younger daughterdies during treatment

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe city received intermittent light showers anddrizzle on Wednesday although the skies re-mained covered with dark clouds throughoutthe day. However, light to moderate rain withone or two heavy spells occurred over parts ofEast Madhya Pradesh.

The Skymet Weather said monsoon trough ispassing through Ganganagar, Hisar, Bareilly,Gorakhpur, Gaya, Jamshedpur, Digha and to-wards the North East Bay of Bengal.

A cyclonic circulation is seen over North EastRajasthan and adjoining area. An east westshear zone is running along latitude 18 degreesnorth. A cyclonic circulation is seen over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Gujarat. A cy-clonic circulation is seen over East Assam.

The weathermen said during the last 24hours, moderate to heavy rain occurred oversub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam,Meghalaya, and East & Central Uttar Pradesh.

Light to moderate rain with one or two heavyspells occurred over parts of Bihar, East MadhyaPradesh, Gujarat, north Konkan and Goa, Ker-ala, and isolated pockets of Haryana.

Scattered light to moderate rains occurredover Western Himalayas, parts of Delhi, East Ra-jasthan, coastal Karnataka, interior and northcoastal Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, isolated

pockets of Telangana, Jharkhand, Andaman andNicobar Islands.

Moderate rain with few heavy spells expected During the next 24 hours, light to moderate

rain with few heavy spells are expected over Gu-jarat, East Rajasthan, Konkan and Goa, parts ofUttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, sub-Hi-

malayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Megha-laya, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.

Scattered light to moderate rains is possibleover western Himalayas, Punjab, Haryana, Del-hi, Vidarbha, Marathwada, Bihar, Jharkhand,Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andaman and NicobarIslands, Kerala, and isolated pockets of TamilNadu.

City receives drizzle; light to moderate rain over East MP

Janmashtami celebrated with fervour at homes, online programmes held

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Corporation had opened 35 hotels-restaurants in Unlock-1

Tried to sell for Rs 25000 per turtle, forest deptteam trapped them by posing as customer

Truck operatorsend strikeBhopal: Transport and RevenueMinister Shri Govind Singh Rajputinformed that the transport unionhas announced to end their strikeat 12 o’clock on Wednesday nightafter the government’s assuranceon the demands of truck operatorsin the state. Functionaries of theOperators Association will discusstheir demands with the TransportMinister in Sagar on Thursday.Truck operators had been onstrike since last August 10 overtheir 4-point demands. After theconclusion of the strike, the truckoperators will continue their ser-vices from Thursday.

Transport CommissionerMukesh Jain said that the officialsof the Truck Operators Associationhave been invited to discuss theirdemands under the chairmanshipof Transport Minister Shri Rajput.During the meeting with NationalPresident of Indore Truck Opera-tors and Transport Association Mr.CL Mukati, Vice President Mr. Vi-jay Kalra, Mr. Rakesh Tiwari andChatar Singh Bhati various issueswill be discussed including dieselprice hike, goods tax and penaltyduring Corona period and corrup-tion at checkpoints, providing in-surance protection etc.

He informed that apart fromthis, the demand of waiving tax inthe corona period will be dis-cussed with the state’s major busoperators.

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Russia has taken thewhole world by surpriseby making Corona vac-cine. Russia has madethis drug, leaving behind100 countries includingAmerica. Preparationsare being made to pro-duce it from Septemberand to apply this vaccineto people from October.In Russia, this vaccinewill be first given to doc-tors and health workers.The entire world will beable to get its benefitslater this year or earlynext year. The vaccine-linked website states thatphase-3 clinical trials willbe conducted in the restof the world includingIndia. It has also beensaid that Indian compa-nies have shown interestin producing the vaccine.However, no officialinformation related toIndia or Indian compa-nies has been given yet.At the same time, on thisissue, AIIMS Director Dr.Randeep Guleria has saidthat first we have tomake it clear that thevaccine is safe. RussianPresident Vladimir Putinhas claimed that theworld’s first corona vac-cine has been prepared.Approval has also beenreceived from the HealthMinistry of Russia. Putinhas also told that he hasgiven this vaccine to hisdaughter. After the claimof Russia, discussion hasstarted in the wholeworld. Putin has said thathis country has createdthe world’s first coronavaccine. The name of thisvaccine is Sputnik V. Thisname is also special.Sputnik was the name ofthe world’s first satellite,which was launched bythe Soviet Union in 1957.Connected to this satel-lite, the world’s first coro-na vaccine has beennamed. A different virus‘adenovirus’ has been

used for this vaccine. Asimilar vaccine has alsobeen developed atOxford University andChina.

Russia’s Ministry ofDefense and GamalayaNational Center havemade it together. It hasclaimed to be 100 per-cent successful in clinicaltrials. The clinical trialwas started on 18 June.38 volunteers have par-ticipated in this trial.Immunity has evolvedagainst the virus in thesevolunteers during thetrial. After the trial, thefirst group was dis-charged on 15 July andthe second group on 20July. However, the vac-cine is yet to be finalized.In such a situation, ques-tions have also beenraised about its approval.At the same time,Russian companySistema has talked aboutmass production of thevaccine by the end of thisyear. The WHO has saidthat the vaccine is goingto be in the third phasetrial. The WHO haswarned about theRussian vaccine and saidthat if a license is issuedfor the production of avaccine without testingthe third phase, it canprove to be a very dan-gerous step. Other coun-tries in Europe, includingthe US, have expresseddoubts about theRussian vaccine. India’sHealth Ministry has notofficially said anything inthis regard, but AIIMSdoctors have said thatuntil the final Russiantest is successful till thenit should not be used.However, the news ofRussian vaccine produc-tion has definitely boost-ed the morale of warriorsfighting against Corona.This has raised hope thatthe vaccine will be avail-able soon.

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By Kajal ChatterjeeAfter achieving his dream of

Pakistan following almost a year-long blood bath with his call of“Direct Action Day” leading to “GreatCalcutta Killings” taking the “cake”;M.A.Jinnah preferred to act “pious”promising “equality” of all citizens inthe new nation irrespective of theirreligion and other demographic cre-dentials! But what we had witnessedthereafter is nothing but systematicmarginalisation and persecution ofreligious minorities in Pakistan!Hardly surprising because when anation has been carved out on thebasis of religion itself with the goalbeing “Homeland for Muslims”; howcan it be expected that just on thesingle stroke of independence, allvitriol of hatred would automaticallyyield place to communal bonhomieand harmony! Actually it was notmeant to be because the concept ofPakistan was itself based on thefoundation of Islamic dominanceand animosity towards other reli-gious groups engineered throughviolence at its filthiest!

Ayodhya development can also beseen in that very “light”! Thedemand of Ram Temple right uponthe site of an existing mosque, riot-igniting marauding Yatra of the Rathon its journey path demanding thetemple, deluge of vitriol and choicestabuses targeting a particular com-munity, thereafter ultimate demoli-tion of the mosque itself by overrid-ing all norms of law make it the the

darkest chapter of independentIndia! Not to forget the “gift” of com-munal fire to rage the nation for sev-eral months following the barbaricdemolition!

With such a violent historybehind the Ramjanmabhooni sagawith muscle-flexing and mindset ofreligious domination by subjugationof a particular community being thedeterminant factors with the divinename of Ram being exploited as amere instrument; how can it beexpected that the Ram Temple, builtupon the foundation of such nega-tive factors, would represent a “har-monious nation” with “justice forall” and “exclusion of none”!

Just like Muslims ChristiansBuddhists Parsis tribal communitiesand atheists, innumerable Hindusalso do not view Ram as any “deity”to be worshipped in temples! In eyes

of them, Ram is only an epic herolike Yudhisthir or Arjun whose sagaof life needs to be enjoyed in textplays or films! Also there exist manyHindus who might see the “divine” inRam; but vehemently opposeexploitation of his name to playcommunal politics or demolition ofa shrine of “alien” religion to “reha-bilitate” him! So by no sense of logicneither anybody can brand all 1.3billion Indians as “Ram-mayas” norcan claim the “bhoomi pujan” as

“victory of Hindus”! Rather heads ofall true Hindus had hanged down inshame when Babri Masjid wasdemolished marking the darkestchapter in the history of indepen-dent India ensuring “unencroached”space for upcoming of the temple! Sofar from viewing it as “Hindu victo-ry”; true Hindus and real Indiansbelieving in secularism fraternityequality and religious tolerance seethe whole episode as “defeat ofConstitutional values”!

And how can 15th August and 5thAugust be compared with the“Common” factor being “Freedomfrom slavery”!

While 15th August 1947 was a cul-mination of an united fight launchedby the Kshudiram Boses, AshfaqullaKhans, Bhagat Singhs, Netaji and hiscomrades Colonel Prem Sahgal-Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon-General Shah Nawaz Khan to put anend to British imperialism alongwith the non-violent struggle envis-aged by Mahatma Gandhi withJawaharlal Nehrus, Abul KalamAzads, Sardar Patels, Khan AbdulGhaffar Khans following him; 5thAugust is a culmination of riot-ignit-ing Rath Yatra, ultimate demolitionof the shrine and a supreme psycho-logical assault upon the sentimentsof not only Muslims but also upon allsecular Indians believing in the spir-it of diversity as envisaged by theConstitution. As a matter of fact 15thAugust and 5th August lie in exactopposite pole as far as purity is con-cerned.

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Perhaps the most obvious placeto seek enlightenment is India’sspiritual capital, Varanasi. Thisancient city, which has beendubbed the real City of Light(sorry, Paris), has long been a holycentre for Hinduism. ForBuddhists, too, Varanasi holdsgreat significance, for it was herethat Buddha is said to have givenhis first sermon.

Pilgrims come from all overIndia to bathe in the sacred watersof the Ganges.

Varanasi accepts pilgrims fromall over India and beyond, whocome to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges in an attempt to sanitise theirsouls. While the city offers plenty of beauty in its numerous temples, such asthe must-visit Vishwanath Mandir Temple, and on sunset cruises along theriver, travellers should be prepared to see the ritual of death played out daily.Some come here to cremate loved ones; others simply come to die in a citydeeply connected to the cycle of life.

Observing this reality, however, can have an unusually uplifting and peace-enhancing result, and strolling the colourful ghats along the Ganges is an expe-rience you’ll find nowhere else in the world. If you’re here for a soulful experi-ence, take a sunrise yoga session at Assi Ghat, one of the biggest and mostvibrant along the river, and return in the evening when it comes to life withhawkers and a holy fire ritual.Managing Editor- Sumeet Maheshwari, Group Editor- Kranti ChaturvediEditorial Board Send article on email - chroniclebpl@gmail.com

Emphasised on increasing the usage of AarogyaSetu as well as doing effective contact tracing within72 hours. At the same time, basic precautions likewearing masks, washing hands, ‘Do Gaj Ki Doori’have to be diligently followed.

Narendra Modi

May the grace of Lord Krishna be with you andyour entire family forever. Best wishes to all of you, SriKrishna Janmashtami. Long live Sri Krishna.

Arvind KejriwalNeighbour said to me: Daysafter Bollywood rapperBadshah was summoned by theMumbai Crime Branch forquestioning regarding the fakesocial media followers case, thepolice sources claimed that hehas reportedly confessed tohaving paid a whoppingamount of Rs 75 lakh for theadvertisement of his single‘Pagal Hai’.

I said: Badshah categoricallydenied the charges. The singer’sstatement claimed that he hasnever been involved in suchpractices and is cooperatingwith Mumbai Police.

Mumbai Police CrimeBranch is also investigating ifthe amount allegedly paid byBadshah to the advertisingagency was about to get fakefollowers or for some other ser-vices.

Badshah had previouslyclaimed that the song garnered7.5 crore views in a day, makinga world record. However,Google denied the tall claim.

Neighbour said to me: Thecrime branch has sought a listof all his followers from the rap-per. Badshah happens to be thefirst Bollywood celebrity to besummoned by the crime

branch in relation to the fakefollowers’ scam. Sometimeback, the Mumbai Police hadbusted the social media fakefollowers’ racket and severalBollywood celebrities, sportspersonalities and some highprofile builders were alleged tobe guilty of buying followers.

I said: The matter came tolight after Bollywood singerBhumi Trivedi found a fake pro-file of hers on social media. Inthe investigation so far,Mumbai Police have found afew Bollywood celebrities,sports personalities and asmany as 176 high profile peoplewho have allegedly paid to getfollowers.

Badshah is known for hisHindi, Haryanvi, and Punjabisongs. He started his career in2006 alongside Yo Yo HoneySingh in his hip hop groupMafia Mundeer. He split fromHoney in 2012 and released hisindependent Haryanvi song KarGayi Chull, which was lateradopted into the 2016Bollywood movie, Kapoor &Sons. His music has been fea-tured in Bollywood soundtracksfor films such as 2014 filmsHumpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniaand Khoobsurat.

Badshah’s fake popularity

HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones,today launched the Nokia 5310 across leadingmobile retail stores of India. Reimagining theoriginal Nokia 5310 Xpress Music, the Nokia 5310brings with it an MP3 player and FM radio(which can be played wired or wireless), com-bined with powerful, dual front-facing speakersletting you carry your favourite tunes with you onthe go. The Nokia 5310 remixes classic designwith a slick new feel and battery that’s built tolast, keeping you connected day after day.

Sanmeet Singh, Vice President, HMD Global,said:

“The Originals have always had a special placein our portfolio, as much as in our hearts and the hearts of our fans. Nokia 3310and Nokia 8110 together have millions of users in the country. We’re very excit-ed to be able to keep the trend going with the Nokia 5310, which has receiveda very warm welcome and acceptance by online consumers across India overthe past few weeks.”

“With the reimagined original Nokia 5310, we’ve brought to our consumersacross India, a unique proposition, which is delightful not just for featurephone users, but also to smartphone users who will want to own the phone astheir companion device. This popular phone is now coming to leading mobileretails outlets across the country and I’m sure our fans will love to own it.”

Spiritual India: Varanasi a trail of enlightenment Nokia 5310, now available across leadingmobile retailers in India

By Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit

PM Modi deservesa big applause forcreating a goldenchapter in Ayodhya.Modi is the firstprime minister to visit the RamJanambhoomi and offer prayers atthe sanctum sanctorum where thedeity has been worshipped since1949, escalating the row over thesmall plot of land on which amosque had been built in the 16thcentury.

Hindus believe the Babri Masjid,was built over a temple dedicatedto Lord Ram, whose birthplace isalso considered to be at the site.The construction of Ram Mandir inAyodhya is a great honour for everyHindu who were tirelessly fightingon the issue of Babri Masjid casenearly for the past two centuries.Exactly three decades before, onthe same day the Supreme Courtapproved the construction of theRam Temple at the disputed site, onNovember 9, 1989, the VHP had put

the first stone for the Ram Mandirin Ayodhya. Now Ayodhya is set tobecome the center national atten-tion again with the beginning of theconstruction of the grand RamTemple in the town.

The historic event showcases thetriumph of one of India’s longestcampaigns, one that found reso-nance with millions in the countryand abroad. It marks the culmina-tion of a sustained political cam-paign by his party, the BharatiyaJanata Party, for a temple to be builton the spot where a Hindu mob,watched by some BJP leaders,demolished a more than 400-year-old mosque in 1992 sparking riotsthat left almost 2,000 dead. EveryDiwali, Hindus across the globe cel-ebrate the return of Lord Ram toAyodhya as the victory of good overevil.

The Ram Janmabhoomi issuegained political currency after thethen BJP president L K Advani start-ed his ‘Ram Rath Yatra’ in 1990.Modi as a national office-bearer inthe BJP played an important role inAdvani’s ‘Ram Rath Yatra’.The

senior leader, who is also key archi-tect of the Ram Janmabhoomimovement, LK Advani said: “It’s mybelief that Ram Mandir will repre-sent India as strong, prosperous,harmonious nation with justice forall and exclusion of none.”Construction was approved by thesupreme court in November, whenit ruled that a temple could be builtand land provided elsewhere for anew mosque, ending a protractedlegal dispute.

Expressing the gratitude of allthe people who had made hugesacrifices for Temple moment, PMModi has rightly said “A grand tem-ple will now be built for our RamLalla who had been staying in a tentfor decades.

Today, Ram janmbhoomi breaksfree of the cycle of breaking andgetting built again - that had beengoing on for centuries and the tem-ple symbolises India’s rich heritageand will be an inspiration for all ofhumanity.”

Ram Janmabhoomi is one of themajor pilgrimage centers for theHindus of India. In Ramayana the

mythical granth of Hindus, it is saidthat Ram’s birthplace is on thebanks of the Sarayu River inAyodhya town. Ayodhya has been inthe midst of a dispute and contro-versy, since last many decades,which has only increased since late1980s. The controversial issue ofRam Janambhoomi and BabriMasjid has always been a big influ-ence on Indian politics for severaldecades. Lord Ram is the embodi-ment of grace, dignity and deco-rum.

This is the historic day for India -the largest secular democracy inthe world that saw the end of a dis-pute spanning several centurieswhich had pitted the Hindu andMuslim communities against eachother in the courts. The RamMandir will be etched in the sandsof time as a symbol of Hindu awak-ening and restoration of pride of acommunity that has alwaysbelieved in ‘live and let live’ and itwill also bring economic activity tothe region which has over the lastso many years seen only politiciansand politics.

Ram Mandir a symbol of “Hindu Pride”

While 15th August 1947 was a culmination of an unitedfight launched by the Kshudiram Boses, AshfaqullaKhans, Bhagat Singhs, Netaji and his comrades Colonel

Prem Sahgal-Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon-General ShahNawaz Khan to put an end to British imperialism along withthe non-violent struggle envisaged by Mahatma Gandhi withJawaharlal Nehrus, Abul Kalam Azads, Sardar Patels, KhanAbdul Ghaffar Khans following him; 5th August is a culmina-tion of riot-igniting Rath Yatra, ultimate demolition of theshrine and a supreme psychological assault upon the senti-ments of not only Muslims but also upon all secular Indiansbelieving in the spirit of diversity as envisaged by theConstitution. As a matter of fact 15th August and 5th August liein exact opposite pole as far as purity is concerned.

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Agencies, IslamabadPakistan Minister for Energy

Omar Ayub Khan acceptance thatSindh will not have surplus gasfrom 2021 onwards and theprovince will not be able to meetits own demand from its produc-tion has revealed the crisis thatawaits in the future.

Dawn quoted Khan as sayingthat the country is currently facinga gas shortage of about 3.5 billioncubic feet per day.

He was testifying before a panelof the parliament’s upper house.

Khan further said that the gasload shedding would continueduring the upcoming winter as theproduction of indigenous gas wasdecreasing while the demand wason the rise, reported Dawn.

This revelation comes afterPrime Minister Imran Khan hadcommented that the country hasreached a “tipping point” afterwhich it will see only success hasfallen flat.

He was speaking at the inaugu-ration ceremony of Ravi Riverfront

Urban Development Project.The Energy Minister’s statement

has come amid Saudi Arabia’sstrong stance against Pakistan.

The decade-long friendship be-tween both countries took a sharpturn when Pakistan Foreign Minis-ter Shah Mehmood Qureshi issueda blunt warning to Saudi Arabia af-ter the latter refused to act againstIndia over Kashmir issue.

As a retaliation, Saudi Arabia is-sued a statement that loans or oilsupply will no longer be given toPakistan.

Islamabad was also made to payback USD 1 billion to Riyadh,which was part of a USD 6.2 billionpackage announced by Saudi inNovember 2018, which included atotal of USD 3 billion in loans andan oil credit facility amounting toUSD 3.2 billion.

The deals were then signedwhen Crown Prince MuhammedBin Salman made a visit to Pak-istan in February last year, theMiddle East Monitor reported.

Islamabad has been pushing forthe foreign ministers’ meeting ofthe Organisation of Islamic Coop-eration (OIC) since India abrogat-ed Article 370, which gave specialstatus to the erstwhile state of Jam-mu and Kashmir.

After Pakistan failed to gathersupport from the OIC members onKashmir on May 22, Prime Minis-ter Imran Khan said, “The reason isthat we have no voice and there is atotal division amongst (us). Wecannot even come together as awhole on the OIC meeting onKashmir.”

Sindh will not have surplus gas from2021 onwards: Pak Energy Minister

Agencies, Sao PauloBrazil on Tuesday recorded

52,160 new COVID-19 cases and1,274 more deaths from the disease,the health ministry has said.

So far, Brazil has 3,109,630 con-firmed COVID-19 cases nationwide,with the country’s total fatalitiesreaching 103,026.

According to the ministry, thehardest-hit state is Sao Paulo, thecountry’s most industrialized andpopulated state, with 25,571 deathsand 639,562 cases of infection.Brazil is one of the countries hardesthit by the pandemic, second only tothe United States, both in terms ofcaseload and death toll.Russia’s COVID-19 total countexceeds 900,000Moscow: Russia’s total count ofCOVID-19 cases has topped 900,000after growing by 5,102 in the past 24hours (4,945 yesterday), the coun-try’s coronavirus response centersaid on Wednesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Russiahas confirmed 5,102 COVID-19 cas-es in 84 regions, of which 1,404 (27.5percent) have been detected active-ly, with people showing no clinicalsymptoms,” the response centersaid in a statement. This brings thetotal case count to 902,701, with thedaily increase standing at 0.6 per-cent. Moscow has registered 689coronavirus cases in the past 24hours, which is more than any otherregion in Russia, followed by theSverdlovsk Region with 167 casesand St. Petersburg with 161 cases(compared to 694, 168 and 157 yes-terday, respectively).

No new cases have been record-

ed in the Chukotka Autonomous Re-gion. A total of 129 COVID-19 pa-tients died in Russia in the past 24hours (130 on the previous day),which brings the death toll to15,260. As many as 7,123 coron-avirus patients have been dis-charged (6,494 yesterday), bringingthe total number of recoveries to710,298. According to the Russianpublic health watchdog, Rospotreb-nadzor, over 31.3 million tests to de-tect COVID-19 have been conduct-ed in the country since the begin-ning of the outbreak, and 234,000suspected virus carriers remain un-der medical monit.Number of COVID-19 cases inUS Texas over 500,000Houstan: The number of confirmedCOVID-19 cases in the US state of

Texas surpassed 500,000 on Tuesdayas hospitalizations dropped.

According to Texas Health andHuman Services, as of Tuesday thereare 500,620 confirmed COVID-19cases reported in the state, 8,913more cases than that of Monday.The death toll reached 8,710.

Official figure also showed thatthere were 7,304 people hospital-ized for the coronavirus as of Aug.10. The hospitalizations dropped totheir lowest level since early July.

Though figures look better, TexasGovernor Greg Abbott said at a newsconference Tuesday that the pan-demic has not left the state.

“COVID-19 still spreads acrossthis region and across the countryjust as fast as it did in July,” he said.Turkey reports 1,183 newCOVID-19 casesAnkara: Turkey confirmed 1,183

new COVID-19 cases, raising the to-tal diagnosed cases to 243,180, Turk-ish Health Minister Fahrettin Kocasaid. Meanwhile, 15 people died inthe past 24 hours, taking the deathtoll to 5,873, Koca tweeted.

Turkish health professionals con-ducted 61,716 tests in the past 24hours, bringing the overall numberof tests to 5,387,751, he said. A totalof 1,185 patients recovered in thelast 24 hours, raising the total recov-eries to 226,155 in Turkey since theoutbreak. There has been a 32-per-cent decrease in hospital admis-sions for the past three days, theminister said.Afghanistan reports 76 newCOVID-19 casesKabul: Afghanistan on Wednesdayreported 76 newly confirmedCOVID-19 cases, taking the coun-

try’s total to 37,345, the country’sMinistry of Public Health said.

Within the past 24 hours, 418tests were conducted, and 76 werepositive COVID-19 cases in 10provinces of Afghanistan’s 34provinces, the ministry said in astatement.

Up to 1,345 deaths have beenrecorded since the outbreak of thepandemic in the country in Febru-ary, an increase of 10 within the past24 hours.

Out of the total infected people,26,694 have recovered, including279 who showed improvement andwere discharged from hospitalssince early Tuesday.Australia records 21 coronavirus deathsCanberra: Australia’s coronavirusdeath toll has surpassed 350 on thenation’s deadliest day of the pan-demic.

Authorities on Wednesday con-firmed 21 new deaths from COVID-19 in Australia, all of which were inVictoria, taking the national deathtoll to 352 and Victoria’s to 267.

Australia has now recorded itsdeadliest day of the pandemic onfour consecutive days and sur-passed the previous highest dailynumber of 19.

A statement from the Depart-ment of Health and Human Servicesin Victoria said on Wednesday that“16 of the 21 new deaths are linkedto known outbreaks in aged care fa-cilities. To date, 267 people havedied from coronavirus in Victoria.”Their deaths came as Australia sur-passed 22,000 confirmed cases ofCOVID-19.

Brazil reports 52,160 more COVID-19 cases, 1,274 new deathsFirst batch of Russian vaccineagainst COVID-19 to bereleased within 2 weeksMoscow: The first batch of theRussian vaccine againstCOVID-19 is expected to be re-leased within two weeks,Health Minister MikhailMurashko said on Wednesday.On Tuesday, the RussianHealth Ministry registered thefirst coronavirus vaccine in theworld. The vaccine, namedSputnik V, was developedjointly by the Gamaleya Re-search Institute and the Russ-ian Defense Ministry. “Withintwo weeks, the first batch ofthe vaccine will be released,”Murashko said at a press con-ference. “The vaccination willbe voluntary anyway. Some ofthose doctors who alreadyhave immunity against thecoronavirus, there are around20 percent, ... think they do notneed vaccination, it will be upto them to decide,” Murashkoassured.

Rocket hits Green Zonein Iraq’s capitalBaghdad: A Katyusha rocketlanded on Tuesday in theheavily fortified Green Zone inthe Iraqi capital Baghdad with-out causing casualties, theIraqi military said. The attacktook place in the eveningwhen a rocket fired from theabandoned military base of al-Rashid in southeastern Bagh-dad landed near the suspen-sion bridge in the zone, whichhouses some of the main Iraqigovernment offices and the USembassy, the media office ofthe Joint Operations Com-mand said in a statement.Iraqi security forces seized an-other rocket set for firing in thesame launch area, the state-ment said.

Moscow accuses NATOof contributing toincreasing tensions inBaltic regionMoscow: NATO’s steps arefraught with increasing con-flict potential, including in theBaltic region, given that the al-liance does not maintain dia-logue with Moscow, RussianForeign Ministry’s Second Eu-ropean Department DirectorSergey Belyaev told Sputnik inan interview. “NATO’s actions -which often verge upon provo-cation and aggression — cre-ate preconditions for increas-ing the conflict potential, in-cluding in the traditionallycalm Baltic Sea region, wherethere are no problems requir-ing a military solution. Espe-cially given that there is in factno real dialogue between Rus-sia and the alliance, and themilitary contacts are blocked,”Belyaev said, commenting onthe Baltic Sea security situa-tion. Russian armed forces areless active in the Baltic regionand in the Arctic than those ofthe NATO member states, thediplomat noted.

Moscow says London’sgroundless accusationsaffect bilateral dialogueMoscow: London’s groundless“interference” and “hacking”accusations against Moscowcontribute to some negativeinformation background,which affects the bilateral dia-logue, Russian Foreign Min-istry’s Second European De-partment Director SergeyBelyaev told Sputnik in an in-terview. In late July, a UK par-liamentary committee re-leased a report on “Russianmeddling,” accusing Moscowof making attempts to under-mine the global order throughengagement in internationalorganizations. Prior to that,the UK National Cyber Securi-ty Centre claimed that Russia-linked hackers made attemptto steal information related toCOVID-19 vaccines develop-ment from UK, US and Cana-dian pharmaceutical compa-nies and scientists.

Lebanese president vowsfull probe into Beirutport’s deadly blastsBeirut: Lebanese PresidentMichel Aoun vowed to contin-ue investigations into the ex-plosions that rocked Beirut onAug. 4, killing 171 people andwounding around 6,000 oth-ers. “I will not remain silentnor will I rest until we reveal allthe facts about these explo-sions; referring the explosionsto the Supreme Judicial Coun-cil is the first step in this direc-tion,” Aoun said in a state-ment. Primary information re-veals that ammonium nitratestored since 2014 in ware-house No. 12 at Port of Beirutmay have caused the explo-sions in Beirut.

MUSTREADAccording to the ministry,the hardest-hit state is SaoPaulo, the country’s most in-dustrialized and populatedstate, with 25,571 deaths and639,562 cases of infection.Brazil is one of the countrieshardest hit by the pandemic,second only to the UnitedStates, both in terms of case-load and death toll.Ankara: Turkey confirmed1,183 new COVID-19 cases,raising the total diagnosedcases to 243,180, TurkishHealth Minister FahrettinKoca said. Meanwhile, 15people died in the past 24hours, taking the death toll to5,873, Koca tweeted.

Agencies, WashingtonWhite House hopeful Joe Biden

named Kamala Harris, a high-pro-file black senator from California,as his vice presidential choice to-day, capping a months-long searchfor a Democratic partner to chal-lenge President Donald Trump inNovember.

“I have the great honor to an-nounce that I’ve picked @Kamala-Harris — a fearless fighter for thelittle guy, and one of the country’sfinest public servants — as myrunning mate,” Biden, 77, said onTwitter.

“I’m proud now to have her asmy partner in this campaign.”

The decision, announced intypical 2020 style on social media,is a huge one for Biden as he aimsto build a broad coalition of votersto oust Trump from the WhiteHouse.

Taking to Twitter shortly afterthe announcement, Harris saidshe was “honored” to join Biden as

nominee for vice president, andwould “do what it takes to makehim our Commander-in-Chief.”

“@JoeBiden can unify theAmerican people because he’sspent his life fighting for us. And aspresident, he’ll build an Americathat lives up to our ideals,” shewrote. For Harris, being elevatedonto a Democratic presidentialticket is the political moment of alifetime. And if they win, the 55-year-old Californian becomes theautomatic frontrunner in the racefor the 2024 or 2028 Democraticnomination.

Harris has been a barrier-break-er for much of her political career.

Her parents were immigrants tothe United States — her fatherfrom Jamaica, her mother from In-dia. She was the first black womanelected as California’s attorneygeneral, and only the second blackwoman, and the first woman ofSouth Asian heritage to be electedto the US Senate.

Kamala Harris Democrats’ pick forUS Vice-Presidential candidate

Agencies, SeoulSouth Korea and the United

States will kick off their annualjoint military drills this week butwithout mobilising U.S.-basedtroops after scaling back the pro-gramme due to coronavirus con-cerns, a military source in Seoulsaid on Wednesday.

The allies have been discussinghow to adjust the exercises, whichusually begin in August, with thecoronavirus threatening to disruptthe travel of U.S. personnel.

The programme involves tensof thousands of soldiers from bothsides, though it is largely focusedon computerised simulationsrather than live field training.

The exercises will be held fromAug. 16-28 but in a reduced scale,though the timeframe was extend-ed by a couple of days to disperseparticipants and minimise nightactivities, the military source said,adding that a formal announce-ment would soon be made.

Seoul’s defence ministryspokesman said the plans have notyet been finalised. JacquelineLeeker, a spokeswoman for U.S.Forces Korea (USFK), said regular

training is aimed at maintaining“trust, proficiency and readiness”but did not provide details.

The 28,500-strong USFK has re-ported at least 65 COVID-19 casesamong its troops, employees andtheir families since July, promptingconcerns among some South Ko-rean residents near their base. Allwere confirmed upon arrival orwhile in two-week mandatoryquarantine.

Leeker said the U.S. Army hasstepped up its preventive controlmeasures, and requires soldiers toundergo a test before travelling in-ternationally, effective Aug. 21.

The combined drills are closelymonitored by North Korea whichcalls them a “rehearsal for war”and had already been reduced inrecent years to facilitate U.S. nego-tiations aimed at dismantling Py-ongyang’s nuclear programmes.

This year’s exercises also pro-vide a chance to assess South Ko-rea’s readiness to take overwartime operational control (OP-CON), and the change could com-plicate President Moon Jae-in’sdrive to complete the transfer be-fore his term ends in 2022.

S Korea, US to hold smaller militarydrills due to coronavirus

Agencies, MoscowUS National Institute of Allergy

and Infectious Diseases Director An-thony Fauci has doubts that Russiaduly established the safety and effi-ciency of its coronavirus vaccine, hesaid at a virtual event hosted by Na-tional Geographic on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Russia announcedregistering the world’s first coron-avirus vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, setto be produced industrially. Presi-dent Vladimir Putin has endorsedthe vaccine, saying it has passed allnecessary checks and is capable ofbuilding a strong immunity againstthe coronavirus.

“I hope that the Russians have ac-tually, definitively proven that the

vaccine is safe and effective,” Faucitold the event moderator, as quotedby National Geographic, adding “Iseriously doubt that they’ve donethat.”

As argued by the health official,“having a vaccine ... and proving thata vaccine is safe and effective are twodifferent things.”

The Russian vaccine was devel-oped jointly by the Moscow-basedGamaleya Research Institute and theRussian Defense Ministry. A total of76 volunteers have participated inthe clinical trials until now. Russianofficials estimated the productioncapacity at 500 million doses in thenext 12 months, including at facili-ties abroad.

Top US health official ‘seriously doubts’ Russiaverified safety of Coronavirus vaccine

Agencies, WashingtonU.S. Representative Ilhan Omar

held off a well-funded challengerTuesday and won the Democraticprimary in her congressional dis-trict, putting her on track for re-election in November along withother members of the “Squad” offour liberal freshmen.

Omar defeated attorney AntoneMelton-Meaux, who had accusedher of prioritizing her celebrity overher constituents, and several otherchallengers. One of the first twoMuslim women to be elected toCongress in 2018, Omar won 57.2%of the vote Tuesday compared with39.4% for Melton-Meaux in Min-nesota’s 5th district.

“In Minnesota, we know that or-ganized people will always beat or-ganized money,” Omar, 37, said in astatement. “Despite outside effortsto defeat us, we once again broketurnout records.”

Progressive Democrats have gen-erally done well this primary cycle.With Omar’s victory, all four mem-bers of the liberal group of con-gresswomen nicknamed the“Squad” are expected to be re-elect-

ed in the autumn.The best-known “Squad” mem-

ber, Representative Alexandria Oca-sio-Cortez of New York, dispatcheda primary challenger in June. Lastweek Representative Rashida Tlaibwon her primary, and the fourthSquad member, RepresentativeAyanna Pressley, is running unop-

posed in her primary in Massachu-setts next month.

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Con-necticut, Vermont and Georgia allheld primary elections for Congresson Tuesday. The outcome will helpset the stage for November electionsto the House of Representatives andSenate that will determine the bal-ance of power in Washington.

Melton-Meaux, an attorney, crit-icized Omar for her comments onIsrael, some of which have beenseen as anti-Semitic, as well as herfailure to show up for some Housevotes. His campaign raised over $4million and received support frompro-Israel groups. Omar has apolo-gized for some of her statementsabout Israeli lobbying power, andher campaign said she had goodreasons for missing some votes. Po-lice reforms were a top campaign is-sue in Omar’s district, where GeorgeFloyd, a Black man, was killed in po-lice custody in May, touching off na-tionwide protests. Omar called forrestructuring the police depart-ment, while Melton-Meaux said thepolice function should be “morenarrowly focused.”

‘Squad’ sweep as Omar holds off primary election challenger

Omar defeated attorneyAntone Melton-Meaux,

who had accused her of priori-tizing her celebrity over her con-stituents, and several other chal-lengers.

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US threat on TikTok issheer gangster logic anddaylight robbery: ChinaAgencies, Beijing: The US threat-ening to force a sellout within 45days or ban TikTok is ‘sheer gang-ster logic and ‘daylight robbery’,said Chinese Foreign Ministryspokeswoman Hua Chunying onWednesday on Wednesday.

“Without producing any solidevidence, the US administration istaking actions against TikTokbased on the presumption of guilt,and threatening to force a selloutwithin 45 days or simply ban it.The “deal” is sheer gangster logicand daylight robbery,” Hua tweet-ed. Hua further said, The movesare utterly disgraceful. The wholeUS govt is ganging up like tigerspreying on a rabbit.

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Every 15th of August, we cele-brate our nation’s Independencewith utmost pride. The day marksthe annual anniversary of India’sindependence from the British Rajin 1947. A grand ceremony is heldat Delhi’s Red Fort in which Presi-dent and the Prime Minister ad-dress the nation, and hoist the na-tional flag to celebrate the day. Thisyear, the celebrations at the RedFort on 15 August is likely to consistthe Prime Minister Narendra Mo-di’s speech, a 21-gun salute, the Na-

tional Anthem, and the unfurling ofthe National Anthem, as reportedby The Hindu.

As we tackle the hard times, welook back upon the struggle of peo-ple that allowed India to be a freenation and turning to books seemsinstructive. We have compiled areading list of fictional and non-fic-tional novels that tell the story ofIndian Independence. While thereare many incredible books thathave documented India’s struggle,we have picked 5 fictional and non-

fictional accounts that left a markin our conscience.

5 fictional and non-fictionalbooks to read this IndependenceDay.

Train to Pakistan byKhushwant Singh

It is a fictional account set in thefictive town of Mano Majra on theIndia-Pakistan border. The book re-counts the Partition of India, butinstead of depicting the partition inpolitical terms, it focuses on thehuman side of the story.

Freedom at Midnight byDominique Lapierre and LarryCollins

This book tells the story of thelast year of the British raj, rightfrom the appointment of LordMountbatten to the death of Ma-hatma Gandhi. It is an unbiased ac-count of the politics and bloodshedaround the partition.

The Discovery of India ByJawaharlal Nehru

Written by the country’s first

Prime Minister when he was im-prisoned by the British. The booktalks about Indian history, philoso-phy and culture as viewed from theeyes of Pandit Nehru fighting forthe independence of his country.

Midnight’s Children by SalmanRushdie

The 1981 novel tells the story ofthe protagonist, Salman Sinai, whois born at midnight of the day Indiagot its independence. Saleem andother children born at midnight areendowed with an extraordinary tal-ent. Through Saleem’s gift, we get towitness a family saga with India ofthe 20th century as a backdrop.

Autobiography of An UnknownIndian by Nirad Chaudhari

It is Chaudhari’s autobiographyand tells of his life from childhoodin Bengali countryside through hisyouth in Calcutta, right up to thecountry’s independence. It is an as-tonishing work of self-discoverytold with such sparkling tone that itbecomes impossible to put thebook down.

Independence Day 2020: 5 books that giveyou a glimpse of the rich history of India

South actress Suja Varunee and legendary ac-tor Sivaji Ganesan’s grandson Shiva Kumar arebeaming in happiness ever since they wel-comed their baby boy, ‘Adhvaaith’. The proudparents leave no stones unturned to make beau-tiful memories with their little munchkin. Yes-terday (August 11, 2020), as India celebratedJanmashtami with fervour, many celebritiestook to their social media handle to extend bestwishes to fans. Bigg Boss Tamil 1 fame SujaVarunee also celebrated the festival, and in thecutest way possible, with her song Adhvaaith.

Suja Varunee took to her Twitter handle toshare photos of her Janmashtami with her babyboy, and it is all things love. The actress dressedup her little bundle of joy Adhvaaith as Lord Kr-ishna on the special occasion, and he lookedcute as a button. The baby boy is hardly one yearold, is seen decked up as Chota Gopal aka LordKrishna’s avatar. Adorned with a pearl necklace,earrings, anklets, and a flute in hand, Adhvaaithlooked too cute for words.

Suja Varunee looked beautiful in a royal bluesaree as she held baby Adhvaaith in her arms forsome mesmerizing pictures. The mother-sonduo flashed a wide smile as they posed for thecamera. She also penned down a heartwarmingwish for fans on Janmashtami as she wished forlove, peace, and happiness in everyone’s life.

Suja Varunee tied the knot with to her long-time boyfriend and actor Shiva Kumar in No-

vember 2018. The duo was reportedly in a rela-tionship for almost 11 years. Suja Varunee hasappeared in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, andMalayalam films and is known for movies likeMilaga, Pencil and Kidaari. Shiva Kumar has fea-tured three films, but he could not make it big asan actor in Tamil film industry.

Bigg Boss Tamil 1 fame Suja Varunee’sson Adhvaaith looks adorable as Lord Krishna on Janmashtami

‘Janmashtami’ is a Hindufestival celebrating the birth ofLord Krishna. As per the Hin-du calendar, Lord Krishna, anavatar of Lord Vishnu, wasborn on the eighth day of theBhadra month. Kangana Ra-naut is a great admirer of LordKrishna as she thinks he is theonly ‘Fashionista incarnationof God’.

So, on the auspicious occa-sion of Janamashtami, Kan-gana Ranaut takes a break

from her hard-hitting state-ments and shares a fewglimpses from the most fasci-nating and enchanting visit ofher life.

Kangana Ranaut’s teamposted some throwback pic-tures from her Dwarika temple(Gujarat) visit on Instagram.Her team captioned it, “Of allthe places I’ve visited on thisplanet, Dwarika remains themost fascinating and enchant-ing, in fact it’s not even aplace, it’s a little cluster of un-named ecstatics...” - KanganaRanaut. Happy #Janamashta-mi2020 guys.

On the work front, KanganaRanaut regularly shares herstatement via social mediawhether it is on politics or onBollywood controversies.

On the professional front,the last time that we saw Kan-gana Ranaut in Ashwiny IyerTiwari’s directed ‘Panga’ (2020)along with Jassie Gill andRicha Chadda in central roles.Her upcoming projects in-clude Vijay A L’s ‘Thalaivi’,Razneesh Ghai’s ‘Dhaakad’,and Sarvesh Mewara’s ‘Tejas’.

Who is Kangana Ranaut calling the‘Fashionista incarnation of God’!

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If you wish toenlighten yourselfabout the rich historyof India, then thesefictional and non-fictional books mightbe able to give you aglimpse into the oldworld.

Rhea Chakraborty has reportedly re-vealed the details of her 2019 Europe tripwith Sushant Singh Rajput. As per India To-day, the actress has said that she witnessedsigns of mental illness in the late actor dur-ing their trip to Florence, Italy. They re-portedly stayed at a 600-year old heritagehotel that had old paintings on the walls.Sushant reportedly hallucinated after hav-ing seen a particular painting that show-cased Saturn devouring his child, claimsRhea who was with her brother back then.

The actress has further added how theyhad to cut their trip short becauseof Sushant’s ill health. She hasclaimed that the late actor’scondition worsened after theirreturn to Mumbai. Rhea hasstated that he used to shout,scream, and sometimesstart crying. That’s not all.The actress has revealed sheherself fell into depressionwhile helping Sushant whenhe was already undergoingtreatment for his mental con-dition.

Rhea has reportedly statedthat the late actor asked her toreturn home on June 8 so thatshe could recuperate from thesame. She has further revealedabout having sought an ap-pointment from a psychiatristfor herself. Not only that but theactress has said that she did notstep out of her room untilshe heard of Sushant’sdemise on June 14. Asper a report by IndiaToday,

Sushant hadsent a text toShowikChakraborty onJune 10 to askabout Rhea’swell-being.

Sushant SinghRajput’s girlfriendRhea Chakrabortyhas alleged thatshe herself fellinto depressionwhen the lateactor wasundergoing

treatment forhis mental

condition.

Rhea Chakraborty states she soughtpsychiatrist’s help for herself whenSushant Singh Rajput was on treatment

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Anna Faris sends ex husbandChris Pratt and KatherineSchwarzenegger a gift after theywelcomed a baby girl

Chris Pratt welcomed a baby girl with hiswife Katherine Schwarzenegger. The cou-ple, who tied the knot last year, announcedthe arrival of their little angel this week ontheir respective Instagram accounts. Shar-ing the first glimpses of their munchkin,Chris and Katherine revealed they havenamed their daughter Lyla MariaSchwarzenegger Pratt. The newly-turnedparents were showered with love and wish-es from their family and friends. SeveralGuardians of the Galaxy and Avengers:Endgame stars were among the list of well-wishers.

E! News has now revealed that Chris’ ex-wife Anna Faris too congratulated the cou-ple. The former spouses have maintainedan amicable relationship despite their split.The former couple shares a son, Jack, to-gether. Following the arrival of the baby,sources told the international outlet thatthe actress reached out to Chris and Kather-ine to congratulate the duo.

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Bhopal, Thursday, August 13, 2020 7Sports/ Business

New Delhi (UNI)Rajasthan Royals fielding coach,

Dishant Yagnik has tested positivefor Covid-19, the franchise said onWednesday.

“The franchise implemented anextra test for all players, supportstaff and management travelling tothe UAE in addition to the two tests recommended by BCCI, toensure as robust a process as pos-sible,” the Royals said in a state-ment.

“We request everyone who hasbeen in close proximity to Dishant

in the past 10 days to self isolateand get tested for COVID-19.

“We can confirm that no Ra-jasthan Royals or other IPL playershave been in close proximity toDishant in the past 10 days.

RR fielding coach Dishant Yagniktests positive for COVID-19

Mumbai (UNI)Auto major, Tata Motors

on Wednesday announcedthe launch of its new initia-tive ‘Sanitised by Tata Motors‘to assure customers aboutthe highest standards of safe-ty being followed in their cardealerships, nationwide.

With this novel initiative,customers will be delivered afully sanitised new vehiclefrom the Tata Motors dealer-ships. Specially designed la-bels confirming ‘Sanitised byTata Motors’ will be pasted onthe vehicle post sanitisation,and the vehicle will remainuntouched by the dealershipteams till it’s delivered to thecustomer.

Taking precautionarymeasures a notch higher, thevehicle key too will be hand-ed over to the customer in asanitised and box, especiallydesigned to avoid any directcontact of the dealer staff.

Speaking about the initia-tive, Mr Vivek Srivatsa, HeadMarketing, Passenger VehicleBusiness Unit (PVBU), TataMotors said, ‘At Tata Motors,safety is the top priority for

us, our customers as well asour dealers at all times.

Accordingly, we have tak-en utmost care at all dealer-ships and service centres tomaintain requisite social dis-tancing, minimise physicalcontact with the vehicles andenhance the levels of saniti-sation and hygiene. With ‘TheSanitised by Tata Motors’ ini-tiative, we are further instill-ing a sense of confidence inour customers, assuringthem that they are alwayssafe while engaging with TataMotors. This will help cus-tomers conveniently accessour ‘New Forever’ range ofcars and SUVs.’

Tata Motors launches new initiative‘Sanitised by Tata Motors’

Kolkata (UNI)Mahindra Manulife Mutual

Fund, a wholly owned subsidiaryof Mahindra and Mahindra Fi-nancial Services Limited (MMF-SL) launches ‘Mahindra ManulifeArbitrage Yojana,’ an open endedscheme for investment in arbi-trage opportunities available inequity, derivatives and debt mar-kets.

The scheme is suitable for in-vestors who are looking for shortterm investment options with rel-atively low risk, tax efficient re-turns, and looking to park moneyin a scheme relatively less im-pacted by market volatility.

The New Fund Offer opens onAugust 12, 2020 and closes on Au-gust 19, 2020.

The scheme will reopen forcontinuous sale and repurchasefrom August 25, 2020. MahindraManulife Mutual Fund wouldadopt best-in-class market strate-gies and invest in arbitrage posi-tion between cash & futures trad-ing on exchanges, invest in basketof stocks and short the corre-sponding futures against it, or de-rive higher returns from the im-plied cost of carry between theunderlying and the derivativesmarket.

Ashutosh Bishnoi, MD and

CEO, Mahindra Manulife MutualFund said, “The investor partici-pation in arbitrage market overthe years have seen a steady risedue to immense underlying op-portunities available. MahindraManulife Arbitrage Yojana is suit-able for Investors who are seekingincome through arbitrage oppor-tunities between cash and deriva-tive market and arbitrage oppor-tunities within the derivative seg-ment over short term. Thescheme will use several strategiesto identify arbitrage opportuni-ties across market cycles and offerreturns at relatively lower volatili-ty and lower risk.”

Mahindra Manulife ArbitrageYojana under normal circum-stances would invest minimum65-100% in equity and equity re-lated instruments including equi-ty derivatives, upto 35% in debtand money market securities in-cluding tri-party repo, reverse re-po.

And, under defensive circum-stances the scheme would invest0 - 65% in equity and equity relat-ed instruments including equityderivatives, upto 35 - 100% indebt and money market securitiesincluding tri-party repo, reverserepo, and upto 10% in units is-sued by REITs & InvITs.

Mahindra Manulife Mutual Fund Launches‘Mahindra Manulife Arbitrage Yojana,’ an openended scheme investing in arbitrage opportunities

Agencies, WashingtonFormer World No 1 Serena

Williams survived a stern test inLexington on Tuesday, coming frombehind to beat Bernarda Pera 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the inaugural Top SeedOpen.

“It was a really calm atmosphere,really chill,” Serena said after thematch. “I can’t say I disliked it. It wasdifferent; I’ve been through so manythings in my career. I think I won to-day because I was calm for once, sothat was really helpful.”

Williams was playing her firstmatch since helping lead the UnitedStates to a Fed Cup victory overLatvia, and her first tournamentsince the Australian Open in Janu-ary, with the WTA tour having beenshut down due to the COVID-19pandemic in early March.

“I haven’t played, like a lot of

players have managed to play littlethings against other players. I’ve on-ly been training, so I was missingshots, but getting back into theswing of things at the same time.”

Five points from defeat in thesecond set, the 23-time Grand Slamchampion showed off her inim-itable fighting spirit to dispatch Peraafter two hours and 16 minutes onCenter Court.

Venus Williams sweeps pastAzarenka to face Serena atTop Seed OpenWashington: Two former World No1 players and Grand Slam champi-ons took to the court for a first-round tussle at the inaugural Top Seed Open on Tuesday, andVenus Williams beat VictoriaAzarenka 6-3, 6-2.

Serena Williams makes triumphantreturn at Top Seed Open

New Delhi (UNI)New Zealand middle order batsman

Ross Taylor has revealed that he is not sureof representing his team at the T20 WorldCup 2021 in India.

Australia who was to host the T20 WorldCup this year, has now been further post-poned to 2022 due to COVID-19 pandem-ic. India will host 2021 edition while Aus-tralia has bagged the right to hold 2022edition. “Oh! Not sure. As you get older,things slow down a little bit, but yourtraining and experience and your mindbecome even more important,” Taylor toldESPNcricinfo.

earlier, this February Taylor became thefirst New Zealand men’s player to featurein 100 T20Is.

Taylor floated in the middle order inNew Zealand’s most recent T20I series athome against India, and struck 166 runs infive innings at an average of 41.50 andstrike rate of 131.74.

Taylor will play for Guyana Amazon

Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League(CPL), in their opening match againstTrinbago Knight Riders starting from Au-gust 18 in Trinidad and Tobago.

“Yeah, it has been a strange time allaround,” he said. I haven’t gone this longwithout playing any cricket since I was inhigh school. So, yeah obviously isolationand all those other things are a little bitstrange, but it is what it is,” he said.

“You know it’s going to be strange foreverybody at the CPL. Nobody has played

international cricket for a while, so every-one is going to be nervous, I’m sure. So, thetraining and early games are very impor-tant. The atmosphere in Twenty20 cricketis a lot of what you play and we get the bestcrowds in that format. So, to play in frontof nobody but knowing that people athome will be watching and cheering uson, it’s going to be a bit strange, but at thesame time something that we’re going toget used to,” he opined.

Taylor is expected to fill the void creat-ed by the withdrawal of CPL veteranShoaib Malik, who is currently on tourwith Pakistan in the UK.

“Shoaib Malik has got a fantasticrecord, especially in Twenty20 cricket andespecially for Guyana as well,” Taylor said.“I think he has got that anchor role - and arole that I’ll be looking to do as well,” theKiwi batsman said.

“Every team is stacked with qualityspinners and we expect spin to play a bigpart and probably reverse-swing through-out the whole tournament,” he said.

Not Sure of representing his team at T20World Cup 2021 in India, says Ross Taylor

New Delhi (UNI)Iconic Indian goalkeeper ‘Spider-

man’ Subrata Paul lauded fellowcustodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhuas he went down memory lane look-ing back at their relationship sayingthat his younger colleague “hasmany glorious years in front ofhim.”

In a live chat with AIFF TV, Subra-ta congratulated Gurpreet for “win-ning the Arjuna Award and the HeroISL Golden Glove.”

“I have seen the hard work heputs in. He has always been eager tolearn and has always learnt from hismistakes, and has continued togrow. He is still young and has lotmany years left in his playing ca-reer,” quipped Subrata, who re-ceived the Arjuna Award himself in2016.

“I hope he keeps his head downand continues the hard work. I wishhim good luck for the future. May

you win more Golden Gloves, Playerof the Year awards and I hope you bethe first goalkeeper to win the Pad-ma Shri. When you win anything asa goalkeeper, I feel proud. I am veryhappy to see the

younger generation do well,” themodest Subrata averred.

It was at the AFC Asian Cup 2011that Gurpreet received his first BlueTigers call-up — the same tourna-ment where Subrata Paul won

hearts of football fans across thecontinent with his performances,that earned him the nickname of‘Spiderman.’

“He was my roommate in 2011.From day one his never-say-die atti-tude stood out for me. I saw that hewas always trying to learn. He hashis idols but he does things his ownway and doesn’t copy anyone,which I respect. We have a lot incommon, in terms of mentality,”Subrata said.

The goalkeeping duo both hadstints with top-division Europeanclubs, with Subrata signing for Dan-ish club FC Vestsjaelland in 2014,and Gurpreet spending three seasons in Norway withStabaek FC. The former revealedhow they were in touch at the timeand how Gurpreet “transformed” af-ter his stint in the Norwegian topflight, where he also became thefirst Indian to play in the UEFA Eu-ropa League.

Subrata Paul backs Gurpreet Sandhuto win more accolades in the future

Mumbai (UNI)Reliance Foundation Under the

Women’s Global Development andProsperity (W-GDP) initiative hasannounced a new partnership withUS Agency for International Devel-opment (USAID)

New partnership would bridgethe gender digital divide in India.

The partnership was an-nounced at a W-GDP event onTuesday, hosted by Deputy Secre-tary of State of the United StatesStephen Biegun and with specialguest, Advisor to the President ofthe United States Ivanka Trumpand Deputy USAID AdministratorBonnie Glick. The event was livestreamed.

Advisor to the President, IvankaTrump said ‘The W-GDP Fund wascreated to source and scale themost innovative programs to ad-

vance women’s economic empow-erment. We are leveraging the re-sources and expertise of the USgovernment and the private sectorso that activities have enduring,deep effects on the communitiesthey reach.’

Acting Administrator, USAIDJohn Barsa said “Global prosperitywill remain out of reach if we ex-clude half the population. At theUS Agency for International Devel-opment (USAID), we believe in-vestment in women is key to un-

locking human potential on atransformational scale. The W-GDP Fund at USAID is financinginnovative solutions to close theeconomic gap between womenand men and help our partners ad-vance on their Journeys to Self-Re-liance.”

At the event, through a virtualvideo message, Founder andChairperson, Reliance FoundationNita M Ambani, , said ‘I am delight-ed and proud to announce that Re-liance Foundation is joining forceswith W-GDP, through our partner-ship with USAID.

Together, we shall launch the W-GDP WomenConnect Challengeacross India, in the fall of 2020. Atthe heart of this partnership, is ourshared goal to help bridge both thegender divide and the digital di-vide in India.’

Reliance Foundation makes partnership with W-GDPBUSINESS

Sensex ends negativeat 38,369.69 ptsMumbai: Snapping a winningstreak of last four sessions, the BSESensex on Wednesday fell by 37.38pts to settle at 38,369.69 on profitbooking by local operators athigher level.

The nifty of national stock ex-change eased by 14.10 pts to11,308.40.

The Nifty recorded days highand low at 11,322 and 11,242.65pts respectively.

The day opened in red, as theSensex dropped by 86 pts to38,321.13. During the day, it tum-bled down nearly 282 pts to38,125.81, days low before closingat 38,369.69, easing by 37.38 ptsfrom its previous close.

The sectoral indices thatdragged the market were HealthCare, Consumer Durable, Metal,Realty and Telecom stocks.

Unal on verge of Getafemove, COVID-19 stillthreatens La LigaMadrid: Spanish La Liga clubGetafe are on the verge of sign-ing Turkish international strik-er Enes Unal on a five-yearcontract. Getafe will pay Villar-real around 10 million eurosfor the striker who spent lastseason on loan at Valladolid,scoring eight goals in 37matches in all competitions.Meanwhile, Villarreal are set toconfirm the arrival of midfieldduo Dani Parejo and FrancisCoquelin from nearby Valen-cia, with the arrivals expectedto be confirmed either later onThursday or on Friday. Valen-cia were in the news for a dif-ferent reason on Mondaywhen they were one of severalclubs to confirm that membersof their squad had tested posi-tive for COVID-19 on the re-turn to pre-season training.Several other clubs also report-ed positive test results on thereturn to work, with Betis strik-er Loren Moron reported bythe club to have been isolatedafter testing positive. Threemembers of the DeportivoAlaves squad also returnedpositive tests and are currentlyisolating at home, while in thesecond division, Las Palmas,Mallorca and Espanyol all is-sued communiques explainingplayers had tested positive forCOVID-19, although all ofthose affected have also beenreported to be asymptomatic.

Indonesia targets to qualifyfor main division of FIDEOnline Chess OlympiadJakarta: Indonesia is targettingqualification for the main divi-sion of the FIDE Online ChessOlympiad 2020 which is beingstaged, Indonesian Chess As-sociation said on Wednesday.Being held via chess.com, theinternational sports event, thefirst online tournament orga-nized by the InternationalChess Federation (FIDE), isscheduled from July 25 to Au-gust 30. “If we look at the com-position of the Indonesianteam’s opponent in pool A,then if we are able to enter thetop three and qualify for themain division, that’s good andmakes us proud,” the associa-tion’s Chairman Utut Adiantosaid on Wednesday. The tour-nament is participated by 163teams from around the world,which are divided into five di-visions. The Indonesian teamis grouped in the second divi-sion which is divided into fivepools. Indonesia is in pool Awith Germany, Bulgaria, Be-larus, Australia, Belgium, thePhilippines, Bangladesh, Turk-menistan and Kyrgystan.

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I-Day Celebrations : GCOT announces‘Gramodaya Bandhu Mitra Puraskar’Hyderabad (UNI): Gramodaya Chamber of Com-merce and Technology (GCOT), a non for profit So-cial Enterprise, founded by the Alumni of OsmaniaUniversity, to emancipate the life of Rural dwellers,on Wednesday announced “Gramodaya Bandhu Mi-tra Puraskar” on the eve of 74th Independence DayCelebrations.

The puraskar was in recognition of the yeomanservice rendered by individuals and institutions toprovide succor and uplift the vast majority of ourpopulation dependent on agriculture and allied ac-tivities for livelihood, said Vasanth Kumar Damas-thapuram (popularly known as ‘Delhi Vasanth’), anAlumnus of Osmania University and MIT School ofGovernment, Pune, in a release here.

GCOT has instituted the “Gramodaya BandhuMitra Puraskar” to commemorate the 150th BirthAnniversary of the Father of the Nation MahatmaGandhi, and is recognizing the outstanding initia-tives of Individuals and Institutions globally, work-ing on Gandhian perspective of Agriculture, RuralDevelopment and self-contained villages by pre-senting the awards, Mr Vasanth said.

These Awards will be presented annually fromthis year onwards for exceptional contributionsmade to the rural economy.

FIFA and AFC to reschedule WorldCup qualifiers in Asia due to covid-19Kuala Lumpur: Faced with COVID-19 situation in many football play-ing countries, FIFA and the AsianFootball Confederation (AFC) havejointly decided that the upcomingqualifying matches for the FIFAWorld Cup Qatar 2022 and AFCAsian Cup China 2023, scheduled totake place during the internationalmatch windows in October and No-vember 2020, will be rescheduled in2021.Asian Football Federation(AFC) in its website said with theaim of protecting the health andsafety of all participants, FIFA andthe AFC will continue to work to-gether to closely monitor the situa-tion in the region and to identifynew dates for the respective qualify-ing matches.

Long-distance runner Hassan readyto break one-hour world recordParis: World 1,500m and 10,000m champion Sifan Has-san is attempting to break the one-hour world record atthe Wanda Diamond League meeting in Brussels onSeptember 4, organizers of the AG Memorial VanDamme announced.

The Dutch runner will have to cover more than18.517km within 60 minutes to break the record set in2008 by Ethiopia’s Dire Tune.

The World Athletics assumed if Hassan is at her best,that distance should be within her capabilities. Whenshe set a half-marathon PB of 1:05:15 in 2018, Hassancovered roughly 19.375km during the first hour.

“This is a strange and difficult season, but I havebeen able to continue my training as well as I could andI feel fit and healthy,” said Hassan.

“There are very few occasions to compete thesedays, and I am delighted with the invitation from theAG Memorial Van Damme to attack the one-hour worldrecord. It is a strong record but I take the challenge withboth hands and I believe that I’m in the right shape tosucceed,” she added. An attack on the men’s one-hourworld record (Haile Gebreselassie’s 21.285km) hadbeen previously announced with four-time Olympicchampion Mo Farah and Belgian Bashir Abdi set to take onthe challenge. They will now be joined by Norway’s SondreMoen, who has set his sights on breaking the Europeanrecord of 20.944km set by Jos Hermens in 1976.

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalRenowned lyricist and Urdu poetRahat Indori was laid to rest in thepresence of few family membersand close friends in Indire’s ChotiKhajrani cemetery late on Tuesdayevening. Indori had died on Tues-day following a heart attack, Be-cause of the Covid-19 restrictions,poet’s numerous fans bid him tear-ful adieu to him from their homes.Only 20 persons were present at thespot, most of them were wearingpersonal protection equipmentkits. Indori’s mortal remains werebrought from the Sri Aurobindo In-stitute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS)covered in a special bag and takento the cemetery for burial.

Governor, CM expresses griefThe Governor Smt. Anandiben

Patel has expressed profound griefover the death of renowned PoetRahat Indori. In her condolencemessage, Smt. Patel has said thatRahat Indori was a big name in theworld of Urdu literature. His poetryhad a unique style. Rahat Indoriwas famous worldwide for his dis-tinct style. She mentioned that theuntimely death of such a renownedpoet is an irreparable loss to thestate and country. Smt. Patelprayed to the Almighty to grantpeace to the departed soul andstrength to the bereaved family tobear this loss.

The Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has expressed profoundgrief over the demise of renownedPoet Rahat Indori. Chouhan saidthat the death of the beloved poetRahat Indori, who was ruling heartsof crores of people with his poetry,is an irreparable loss to MadhyaPradesh and country. I pray to theAlmighty to grant peace to the de-parted soul and strength to the be-reaved family and admirers to bearthis great loss.

Build museum in Indori’smemory

Former cabinet minister of thecountry Shri Sajjan Singh Vermahas expressed deep condolences

on the demise of the country’s fa-mous poet Rahat Indori ji and inview of the contribution of RahatSaheb demanded to announce theaward in the field of art in hismemory. Verma said Indori madethe city famous all over the worldand demanded that a museum bebuilt in his memory.

Shri Verma said that Rahat Sa-heb was invaluable heritage of thecountry, he always talked aboutpublic welfare and propagated allreligions, his personality was notan idol of any identity. He associat-ed Indore with his name for lifeand called Rahat Indori. Indoreand the state are always indebtedfor hiscontribution. In order tokeep the memory of Rahat Sahabalive, the honorable Chief Ministershould announce the award ofstate level in the state very soonand in Indore, a museum or audi-torium related to the field of artshould be built in his memory, Ver-ma demanded.

City artists pay homageArtists of Bhopal and the state

have paid their rich tributes to Ra-hat Indori. The death of Rahat In-dori, is an end of an era, saidrenowned playwright NazirQureshi. Rahat Indori was an inspi-ration for every poet lover acrossthe globe. His political satirical po-ems were loved and appreciated bythe poem lovers. Nazir Qureshi saidthe way Rahat Indori used to pre-sent his poetries filled with satireand intense reality was phenome-nal. His love for his country was al-ways visible in his writing. Theyoungsters have a lesson from Ra-hat Indori’s life. They should learnthat creativity and originality, talentand pure passion can lead you tosuccess. Nusrat Mehdi, Director Ra-jya Anand Sansthan, expressed hergrief through Facebook handle,while quoting one of his famous po-ems ‘Bas Ki Ab Taab Nahin’. Anoth-er writer, Rafi Shabbir said he metIndori only once. But Rahat Indoriwas one of his own kinds of poet. Hewas a writer and was always a star inPoet’s meets, he said.

Rahat Indori laid to rest

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhanhas said that a roadmap of Atma-NirbharMadhya Pradesh is being prepared to real-ize the Atma-Nirbhar Bharat of the PrimeMinister Narendra Modi. Important sug-gestions have been received during the 4-day webinar to achieve this goal. Groupsof Ministers are being formed to give finalshape to the roadmap by incorporatingthese suggestions. Groups of Ministers willpresent their draft by August 25. After thecontemplation with the members of theNITI Aayog, the final shape to the roadmapof Atma-Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh will begiven by August 31 and this will be imple-mented by September 01 in the state with atarget of the next 3 years. The Chief Minis-ter Shivraj Singh Chouhan further men-tioned that ‘Physical Infrastructure’ groupwill comprise Minister Gopal Bhargava be-sides other ministers and the coordinatingofficer will be I.C.P. Keshri.

‘Good Governance’ group will have Min-ister Dr. Narottam Mishra besides otherministers and the coordinating officer willbe S.N. Mishra. ‘Education and Health’Group will comprise Minister VishwasSarang besides other ministers and its co-ordinating officer will be Mohammad Sule-man. Similarly, the Economy and Employ-ment group will comprise Minister JagdishDewda besides other ministers and the co-ordinating officer will be Dr. Rajesh Ra-joura. Chouhan was addressing the con-

cluding session of the 4–day webinar today.Promotion to indigenous medical treat-

ment Culture and employment orientededucation The Chief Minister Chouhan hassaid that indigenous medical treatmentmethods like Ayush, tribal medicalmethod, yoga etc. will be promoted in thestate. On the other hand our education willbe culture and employment oriented.

We don’t have to follow west blindly. Vo-cational course will be started from class 6itself. Traditional knowledge will be docu-mented and fully equipped schools will bepromoted. A ‘PrakharYojana’ will be intro-duced to hone talents.

Promotion to tourismThe Chief Minister Chouhan has said

that keeping in view the vast scope intourism in Madhya Pradesh, tourism willbe promoted. ‘Buffer me Safar’ is a goodsuggestion. To boost religious tourism, de-velopment of Mahakaleshwar, RamrajaMandir, Datia, Maihar, Salkanpur etc. willbe carried out. The Narmada Path and RamVan Gaman Path will be developed.

One District One IdentityWork will be done to highlight the best

characteristic of each and every district ofthe state. ‘Local’ will be made ‘Vocal’. Ef-forts will be made to ensure that every vil-lage and town become self-reliant. Smalland Cottage industry will be promoted inthe state.

One Nation One MarketWork will be started to realize the con-

cept of ‘One Nation One Market’ to ensuremaximum value of farmers’ produce. Effec-tive implementation of the amendments,made in the Mandi Act will be ensured.Farmer Producer Organizations will bestrengthened. Organic farming will be pro-moted. Madhya Pradesh has potential tofulfill the need of edible oil of the wholecountry. For this, edible oil and pulses willbe promoted in the state.

Efforts to be made to increaseexport of agricultural produce

The Chief Minister Chouhan has saidthat the state is well known for its bumperagriculture production, but our agriculture

export is just 0.8 percent. Efforts will bemade to increase the export. Food process-ing industries, cold storage and other agri-cultural produce processing will be pro-moted. Animal husbandry and dairy sectorwill also be developed in the state.

Establishment of Global ParkIn order to promote M.S.M.E., Global

Park will be set up in the state and smallcraftsmen and traders will be linked with it.Full heed will be paid to ‘Ease of DoingBusiness’ and ‘Ease of Living’ in the state. Itwill be ensured that common man lead acomfortable life in the state.

Start Your Business in 30 DaysChief Minister Chouhan said that “Ease of

Doing Business” will be implemented effec-

tively in the state. The process of setting upindustries will be made so simple that we willbe able to say to any entrepreneur that “Startyour business in 30 days”. MSME will be inte-grated. Work will be done on the MukhyaMantri Dakshata Samvardhan Yojana.

Arrangement of ‘Out of budget fund’Chief Minister Chouhan said that a team

of senior officers will be constituted to gen-erate “Out of Budget Fund” for AtmanirbharMadhya Pradesh, which will work in this re-gard. Chief Minister Chouhan thanked allthe ministers, subject matter experts, mem-bers of NITI Aayog, etc. for joining the webi-nar. Processing of agricultural produce willhave to be encouragedCEO, Planning Com-mission Amitabh Kant said that agricultureaccounts for 42 percent share in the SGDP ofMadhya Pradesh, but there is a shortage ofindustries based on agricultural producehere. Processing of agricultural produce willbe encouraged in the state. Along with this,there is a need to promote tourism industryand e-commerce in the state.

Excellent work done in health sectorAmitabh Kant said that very good work

has been done in the field of health, institu-tional delivery, vaccination etc. in MadhyaPradesh. There is a need to improve thework of reducing maternal and infant mor-tality in the state. He stressed the need toopen medical colleges in every district of thestate. These can be opened in P.P.P. mode.

Work on roadmap of Atma-Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh to begin from Sept 1

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalChief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has said that efforts shouldbe made that every person seekingemployment should get employ-ment to the best of his ability andemployment seekers should becomeso capable that one day they are in aposition to give employment to oth-ers.

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatan integrated job portal will be de-veloped in Madhya Pradesh. Its ben-efits will be made available to theneedy. This will make it easier foryouth to get employment in variousfields according to their skills. Skillmapping during Corona periodthrough Rozgar Setu Portal helpedidentify more than seven lakh skillfulpersons in Madhya Pradesh.

Work was done to provide em-ployment to them. About 40 thou-sand people who returned from oth-er states leaving their permanentjobs got immediate employment inthe state. Taking this system forward,the idea of developing a new portalhas come up. From startups toMSME sector in Madhya Pradesh,talent will be given opportunities tomove ahead. They will not be disap-pointed. Efforts will be made tomake villages financially self-reliant.

Member of Parliament and for-mer Union Minister Jayant Sinhasaid that organizing webinars is im-portant for the creation of Atmanirb-har Madhya Pradesh. Self-reliancemeans creating one’s own destiny.Madhya Pradesh has done goodwork in the field of agriculture andirrigation. States like Jharkhand cantake inspiration from MadhyaPradesh. Sinha said that the new in-dustrial policy of the country is inthe making. In this, special attentionwill be paid to the development offood processing industry. MadhyaPradesh can bring good results inthis sector. Union Minister Sinhasaid that the efforts of enabling vari-ous establishments in the economicsector, development of startup activ-ities, eco-friendly sustainable devel-opment are helpful for progress.

Sinha said that concerted effortshave been made in the past by ChiefMinister Chouhan for the develop-

ment of Madhya Pradesh. He said heis confident that Madhya Pradeshwill play a very important role in thegoal for Atmanirbhar Bharat.. ChiefMinister Chouhan was addressingthe session on “Economy and Em-ployment” in the Atmanirbhar Mad-hya Pradesh webinar.

Will follow Sinha’s suggestionsChief Minister Chouhan said that

the suggestions given by formerUnion Minister Sinha in the one-daysession of Economy and Employ-ment on the fourth and concludingday of the four-day webinar in whicheconomic sector experts, senior offi-cials, policy makers, prominent pub-lic representatives from across thecountry took part to prepare aroadmap for Atmanirbhar MadhyaPradesh, will be implemented. ChiefMinister Chouhan said that the dis-cussions being held today are of spe-cial importance so that the wheel ofeconomy does not stop in the Coro-na period, for this, solutions willcome out through multidimensionalbrainstorming.

Inaugurating the discussion ses-sion of economy and employment inthe webinar, Chief MinisterChouhan said that every person as-pires for a happy life. Two things arevery important for this. One how aperson can remain happy, secondthat a person never dies. Chief Min-ister Chouhan said that the secondthing is not possible, but for a happylife, food clothing, shelter and em-ployment is required. The personwants happiness of mind, intellectand soul along with body.

Efforts in industry will be increasedChief Minister Chouhan said that

efforts should be made to lay a net-

work of small and cottage industriesin Madhya Pradesh. Successful ef-forts have been made in the past tobring large industries also. MadhyaPradesh will work at a fast pace inthe efforts being made by PrimeMinister Modi for AtmanirbharMadhya Pradesh. Chief MinisterChouhan said that provision of loanguarantee and 15 percent subsidywas made for the youth setting upindustries that under the Yuva Udya-mi Yojana launched during the lasttenure.

Efforts will be made to implementthis scheme afresh. Prime MinisterModi has also raised concerns aboutthe development of industries in thesmall, medium and micro industriessector. Efforts must be made to en-sure maximum assistance to entre-preneurs setting up such industriesso that they do not have to botherabout the availability of capital andtheir work goes on smoothly.Arrangements for better industryoperations were also made alongwith reforms in labour laws duringthe Corona period in the state in theinterest of labourers. Chief MinisterChouhan said that the biggest prob-lem faced by the economy duringthe Corona period was that revenuegeneration also declined. Despitethis all possible efforts were made.How people’s livelihood could be se-cure was the biggest concern.Schemes like Street Vendors Yojanaprovided considerable support.

Efforts were also made to ensurethat job seekers in Madhya Pradeshhad some cash in hand along withjob security. Online payments werealso made to various beneficiaries.Efforts are also being made to pro-vide capital for business in Madhya

Pradesh. Chief Minister Chouhansaid that efforts should be made tohelp the youth to start small busi-nesses, talents from startups toMSMEs must not get frustrated.

All must jointly fulfill Prime MinisterModi’s resolve for self-reliance

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatPrime Minister Modi not only wor-ried about bringing the economyback on track during Corona periodbut has also made concerted effortsin this direction. A strong economyfuels the vehicle of progress.

We all have to follow the path ofself-reliance that Prime MinisterModi has initiated by launching AgroInfrastructure. Chief MinisterChouhan said that while imple-menting Vendors Yojana in urban ar-eas, the initiative of Street Vendor’sWelfare Scheme was taken in Mad-hya Pradesh for rural areas. Fruitvendors, tea stall owners, cobblers,carpenters, blacksmiths, Bansodsand similar small traders will be ableto upgrade their business on receiv-ing loan of Rs 10 thousand withoutinterest under this scheme. Just asPrime Minister Modi found a way toincrease the sources of income forthe needy during the Corona periodfrom MNREGA, similarly, efforts willbe made for the availability of capitalin different areas.Facelift in agricultural sector

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatfacilities like roads, water, electricity,education, health and good gover-nance changes the economy. Alongwith this, agriculture has a specialcontribution in strengthening theeconomy. Madhya Pradesh waschanged from a Bimaru state to astate that could maintain a growthrate of 20 percent for many years.

Irrigation was made possible inabout 42 lakh hectare area. MadhyaPradesh recorded the achievementof bumper agricultural production.Chief Minister Chouhan said thatfarmers have directly benefited fromthe efforts to strengthen agriculturalinfrastructure and value addition.Farmers got the facility of One Na-tion-One Market with the amend-ment in Mandi Act.

Integrated job portal to be developed in the state: CM

The way the Election Commission had an-nounced to conduct the Bihar Assemblyelections on the scheduled time, after thatthe by polls in 27 seats of Madhya PradeshAssembly were also expected to be held ontime, but at present it does not seem likely.The resignation of 16 rebel Congress MLAswas approved by the speaker on 19 March,while the resignations of all six rebel minis-ters of the Scindia camp was already ac-cepted on 14 March. There is a rule for by-elections in vacant seats within a period ofsix months and this six-month period is be-ing completed only a month from now. Theagility shown by the Election Commissionabout the election of Bihar seems to bemissing in the MP by-election. Seeing this,the apprehension of the politicians seemsto be true that elections to MP Assemblywill have to be postponed.

16 of these 27 seats are in Gwalior-

Chambal area. Due to the large number ofseats, the maximum emphasis of Congressand BJP is on this zone.

Both parties are well aware that in thegame of saving, demolishing and makinggovernment, these 16 seats of Chambal willplay pivotal role. That is the reason,whether the by-elections are on time or af-ter the six-month constitutional term ends,the two main rivals want to keep theirpreparations full. Election managers ofboth parties are outwardly showing theirconcern about delay in by-poll but secretlythey are happy that the Corona crisis hasgiven them some more time for electoralpreparation.

However, in Gwalior Chambal, the elec-toral tone is getting better. Although politi-cal activities in the region have come to astandstill due to the Corona protocol, theprogrammes of both the major parties haveincreased sharply in all the 16 seats. It iscertain that BJP will contest elections on all

16 seats of Gwalior zone in the name of Jy-otiraditya Scindia, Shivraj Singh andNarendra Singh Tomar. Here, Home Minis-ter Dr. Narottam Mishra is conducting thecampaign of BJP’s election strategy. Mishrawent to homes of big leaders of his partyincluding Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya, AnupMishra, Kaptan Singh Solanki, Vivek She-jwalkar, besides Pradyumna Singh, ImratiDevi, Munna Lal Goyal, who joined BJP af-ter quitting Congress and held long talkswith all of them. He also visited Pritam Lod-hi, who is close to Uma Bharti. On the oth-er hand, the entire election campaign ofthe Congress in the seats here is dependenton Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh.

Kamal Nath engaged in strength-ening his camp

Congress politics in Chambal has beeninfluenced by Digvijaya Singh after Scindi-aÕs departure, but Kamal Nath is busy indeciding the electoral exercise here. In

Gwalior Chambal, the Congress was divid-ed into Scindia and Digvijaya camps, butnow Kamal Nath has become a stronggroup within the party. Kamal Nath’s closeaide and MP Congress Committeespokesperson KK Mishra have been camp-ing in Gwalior for the past one-and-a-halfmonths and Mishra is informing Nathabout the updates. MP Rajmani Patel alsovisited Gwalior zone this week and tried tomobilize the backward class in favor ofCongress.

Corona’s havoc on Gwalior CongressThe corona in Gwalior has wreaked hav-

oc on the Congress. The state vice-presi-dent of the party Brijmohan Parihar diedafter being a victim of Corona, whileGwalior city Congress president Dr. Deven-dra Sharma, spokesperson Anand Sharma,former MLAs Ramaveran Singh, Prem-narayan Yadav, Ashish Pratap Rathore andDistrict President of Shivpuri Congress

Corona have come in the grip of the virus.The illness of these leaders has affected theactivities of the party. However, it is com-forting for the party that many of theseleaders have returned to office after recov-ering.

Govind Singh active in the regionDr. Govind Singh, who was a powerful

minister in Kamal Nath’s cabinet, was nom-inated for the post of Leader of Oppositionbut despite Kamal Nath taking up this posi-tion, his expectations have been damp-ened, despite this, he did not let his tonedown against the BJP government. Now hehas given an ultimatum by writing a letterto the Chief Minister that if the illegal min-ing of sand is not banned till August 13,then on August 15, Independence Day, hehimself will fast for a day at the districtheadquarters. The Bhind administration isengaged in postponing fasting by assuringhim of action.

Chambal’s archrivals now in same teamIn Morena district politics, PHE minister

Aindal Singh Kansana and former BJP dis-trict president Gajraj Singh Sikarwar havebeen considered as archrivals. Both havebeen contesting from Sumavali seat, Aindalhas been an MLA from here for four times,while Gajraj and his son have won threetimes. After Aindal left the Congress andjoined the BJP, both are now in the sameparty. The two leaders met at a function,forgetting the grievances, the election wasdiscussed. Aindal is the BJP candidate inthis by-election and the decision of thiselection will decide the political future ofGajraj Singh along with Aindal Singh.

By-polls may be delayed but leaders engaged in manipulations in ChambalGwalior-Chambal Diary

Harish Dubey

Shivraj Singh Jyotiraditya Narendra Tomar Digvijaya Singh Kamal Nath

If the election is postponed, thecandidates will get bonus time tostrengthen the position

After one month, the deadline of six months will be over, but the election programme is not ready yet

BJP will contest in the name ofScindia, Shivraj, Tomar, then Nathand Digvijaya will be face of Cong