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Geneva (UNI)WHO Health Emergen-cies Programme Execu-tive Director Dr MichaelRyan on Monday saidthat India is playing aleading role in the devel-opment of potential vac-cine candidate and alsoproducing potential an-ti-COVID drugs. “Sooverall India is making astrong contribution onthe international face”,the WHO official said during a mediabriefing on COVID-19.

The spurt in cases, according toDr Ryan, owed to the massive coun-try size and population. “India hasvery high number of cases. But Ithink we should obviously see thenumber of cases in India today

against the backdrop ofthe country’s size andmassive population of 1.3billion people”, he said.

Dr Ryan praised Indiafor the high-number oftesting that the countrywas conducting from thepast few days.

“India’s done well onsampling, done 20 milliontests already. It does on anaverage a half a milliontests per day. There has

been a move in last number of daysto really expand testing and to allowgreater freedom for medical practi-tioners to request testing. So the ap-proach to increasing that, the cre-ation of COVID diagnostic trainingcentre as well, is helping to expandthe capacity of testing.

India playing leading role inmaking COVID vaccine: WHO

Agencies, New DelhiThe Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare on Monday issued guide-lines and preventive measures tocheck the spread of COVID-19 in yo-ga institutions and gymnasiums thatwill reopen on August 5.

According to the latest guidelines,only establishments outside con-tainment zones will be allowed toopen. The guidelines asked the man-agement of gyms and yoga institutesto advise people above the age of 65years, people with co-morbidities,pregnant women, and children be-low the age of 10 not to use gyms andbe in closed spaces.

The concerned establishmentswere asked to change floor plans sothat an area of four square metres isallotted to one person. The place-ment of cardio and strength ma-chines should be at least six feetapart from each other. The use of

outdoor spaces is recommended.Apart from that, all social distanc-

ing and hygiene norms should befollowed while managing the crowd.Use of masks is mandatory.

However, during yoga and otherexercises, it is advised to use visor asmasks, especially N-95, during exer-cise may cause difficulty in breath-ing.

According to the guidelines, theestablishments should maintain thetemperature of indoor spaces be-tween 24 degrees to 30 degree Cel-sius as advised by CPWD, along withmaintaining the relative humidity inthe range of 40 per cent to 70 percent.

The guidelines also asked estab-lishments to promote cashless pay-ment methods. Installation and useof Aarogya Setu App was advised forall, including the management andcustomers of the establishments.

Govt issues guidelinesfor Gyms,Yoga centers

New Delhi (UNI)India's novel coronavirus casescrossed the 18 lakh-mark on Mon-day, marking the fifth consecutiveday when more than 50,000 freshcases were reported in the country.

The cases now stand at 18,30,949as 52,972 fresh cases were added tothe tally during the past 24 hrs. Thetally includes 5,79,357 active cases,11,86,203 cured/discharged/migrat-ed and 38,485 deaths. During thepast 24 hours, 771 people suc-cumbed to the lethal virus. The re-covery rate across the nation standsat 65.77 per cent, the Union HealthMinistry said in its regular morningupdate. Till Friday, India conducted atotal of 2,02,02,858 COVID tests.

TestingIn a landmark achievement, India

has tested 2,02,02,858 Covid-19 sam-ples so far.

With 3,81,027 samples tested in

the last 24 hours, the number of TestPer Million (TPM) has increased to14,640. Currently, the testing per mil-lion for India is 14,640.

While the country's TPM hasdemonstrated a steady upward trendindicating the growing testing net-work, 24 states and UTs have report-ed higher testing per million than thenational average, an official releasehere said.

Vaccine ApprovalThe Drugs Controller General of

India (DCGI) has given approval toSerum Institute of India, Pune toconduct Phase II and III clinical trialsof Oxford University-Astra ZenecaCovid-19 vaccine (COVISHIELD) inthe country.

This will hasten the developmentof the Covid-19 vaccine, the HealthMinistry said.

Globally, six vaccines are alreadyin Phase 3 of human trials or areabout to enter. The human trialphases consist of Phase 1 for safety,Phase 2 for efficacy and dosing, andPhase 3 for efficacy in a huge groupof tens of thousands of people.

The World Health Organizationtoday warned that there may neverbe a “silver bullet” for COVID-19even though a number of vaccinesare in the advance phase. The road tonormalcy is long.

India reports over 50,000 corona cases

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalOn Sunday, 921 new corona caseswere found in the state, while 8 pa-tients died during treatment in thecapital. This is by far the largest fig-ure in a single day in the last fourmonths. Earlier on July 29, therewere 917 cases.

The current pace of infected anddeaths has increased the tension ofthe government. On Sunday, Addi-tional Chief Secretary of Health De-partment Mohammad Suleman toldin the press conference that we can-not predict what will happen in thenext 15 days.

The transition will increase fur-ther in August, but to what level itwill go is difficult to say. Increasedpolitical, social and religious activi-ties are a big reason behind the tran-sition that has increased. Duringthis, Dr. Sraman Singh, director ofAIIMS Bhopal, was also present.

124 positives in BhopalCorona continues to wreak havoc

in the capital Bhopal. On the 10thday of Total Lockdown, 124 positive

cases have been found in Bhopal onMonday. This is the second consecu-tive day, when there is a decrease inthe number of infected in Bhopaland positive cases have come downto below 150.

With this, the number of infectedin Bhopal has increased to 6963. Thenumber of dead is increasing steadi-ly. Bhopal had the highest number ofeight deaths due to infection on asingle day on Sunday.

With this, the number hasreached 189. However, there hasbeen some relief in terms of thenumber of infected. On Monday, 65people were discharged from the

hospital while they were healthy.With 124 cases in the capital, as

many as 1861 people have been in-fected by the 10th day of lockdown.However, in the ten days of lock-down, the number of infected peopleon Monday is the lowest. On the oth-er hand, the BJP office has beenmade a buffer zone.

Vaccine not likely beforeyear-end

On the question related to thevaccine, , Additional Chief Secretaryof Health Department MohammadSuleman told reporters that it is lesslikely to come soon.

There are only two vaccines in theworld which are expected to comesoon. Oxford University’s vaccinemay come soon, but this vaccine isless likely to be commercialized byDecember.

In response to a question, the AI-IMS director said that herd immuni-ty is 60% positive of the entire popu-lation of the country. But now thevaccine is necessary for this virus.

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921 Covid cases in MP; 8 died in Bhopal

New Delhi (UNI)Union Communica-tions, Electronics &Information Tech-nology Minister RaviShankar Prasad onMonday said that hewas absolutely fine and has isolatedhimself at home for few days as hemet Union Home Minister AmitShah a day before the former BJPpresident tested Corona positive.

Mr Shah has tested positive onSunday for novel coronavirus infec-tion and was subsequently admittedto Medanta hospital in Gurugram ondoctors’ advice.

In his tweet, Mr Prasad said,‘Friends! I’m absolutely fine. To fol-low protocol I have isolated myself athome for few days as I had met AmitShah Ji on Saturday evening for anofficial meeting.’

The Law Minister said he wasworking from home and followinghis daily routine. ‘I am working fromhome and following daily routine in-cluding Yoga & exercise.

Karti Chidambaramtest positiveSivaganga: Congressleader and Lok Sab-ha MP Karti Chi-dambaram has test-ed positive forCOVID-19.

In a tweet on Monday, Karti, whois the son of former Finance ministerP Chidambaram said “I have justtested positive for #Covid. My symp-toms are mild and as per medical ad-vice, I am placed under home quar-antine.

I would urge all those who haverecently been in contact with me tofollow medical protocol.”

He is representing Sivaganga LokSabha constituency.

This comes a day after Lok Sabhamember M Selvaraj representing Na-gapattinam tested positive for Coro-navirus on Sunday.

He was admitted to the ThanjavurMedical College Hospital.

After K’taka CM, hisdaughter and 6 stafferstested positiveBengaluru: A day af-ter Karnataka ChiefMinister BS Yediyu-rappa tested positivefor coronavirus, hisdaughter and sixmembers of theChief Minister’s Office (CMO) havealso tested positive for COVID-19 onMonday.

“Six staff members at Chief Minis-ter BS Yediyurappa’s office test posi-tive for COVID19. One of his daugh-ters has also tested positive for theinfection,” the CMO said in a state-ment.

Issuing a statement from his hos-pital bed, the CM said, “After beinghospitalised on the advice of doc-tors, I am in good spirits with mildsymptoms. I am grateful for all yourgood wishes and blessings and willget back to my duties soon.

Ravi Shankar goes into self-isolation

Ram Mandir Bhoomi pujanAyodhya (UNI)Corona pandemic has dampenedthe spirit of Bhumi pujan of the Ramtemple here on August 5 as severalchampions of the decade old move-ment would not be present.

After Lal Krishna Advani, Dr Murli

Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharati,along with couple of Shree Ramjan-mabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust mem-bers announcing to skip the Bhumipujan function, now former UP chiefminister Kalyan Singh too decidednot to attend the function.

Trust general secretary ChampatRai too admitted here on Mondaythat due to Corona several old agethe leaders have been asked to jointhe programme virtually.

"We have expressed our regrets tothose who have not been invited. MrAdvani is 90 plus and how can hecome? Many other dignitaries also

not invited because of age consider-ations," he said with disclosing that175 people have been invited for theBhoomi pujan programmee.

He said RSS chief Mohan Bhag-wat, sah karwah Bhaiya Ji Joshi willreach Ayodhya by Tuesday nightalong with all other out station invi-tees.

"We have invited saints but notdefined by castes. But it is unfortu-nate that some still call themselvesas dalit. A total of 133 Hindu saintshave been invited covering all sectsand streams of Hindu religion. Saintfrom Janaki temple, Nepal has also

been invited," Mr Rai claimed.Among the invitees are Md Sha-

reef and Iqbal Ansari. Md shareef isthe one who cremates unclaimeddead bodies.

He has also been invited. Mr SalilSinghal, nephew of late VHP presi-dent Ashok Singhal will attend theprogramme.

"All invitation card will have a se-curity code. It will work only once. Soonce entered person will have to re-main inside. No mobile, no camerainside. One card one entry," Trust of-ficials said.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's nameis on the invite card, while no vehiclepass issued.

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Prashant Bhushandefends his tweetsagainst Present, Ex CJIsNew Delhi: Noted senior lawyerPrashant Bhushan, filed an affidavitbefore the Supreme Court and de-fended his tweets against Present, ExCJIs by terming it, "Exercise of rightto freedom of speech". In the 134-page affidavit, Prahsant Bhushan hasonly regretted that he did not noticethe motorcycle was on a stand whenhe questioned why Chief Justice ofIndia (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde was'riding a bike without a helmet.'

Supreme Court recently issuednotice to Advocate Prashant Bhushanon the contempt proceedings it hasinitiated against the activist-lawyerfor his alleged derogatory tweetsagainst the judiciary.

A bench of the Apex Court, headedby Justice Arun Mishra also had re-quested the Attorney General KKVenugopal to assist the court in thematter. "Notice of show-cause of whyhe shouldn't be hauled up for con-tempt has also been issued to AdvPrashant Bhushan," Justice ArunMishra said.

Another Vikas Dubeyaide held in UPLucknow: The sleuths of the SpecialTask Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradeshpolice arrested another aide of de-ceased gangster Vikas Dubey, whowas carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000 onhis head, from the Akbarpur area ofKanpur Dehat, STF sources said onMonday. STF sources here said that theSTF team arrested wanted miscreantRam Singh Yadav on Sunday night.

Information was received by theSTF that wanted criminal Ram SinghYadav was seen standing at the turnnear the Dr PC Verma clinic at theBara road in the Akbarpur area ofKanpur Dehat and was waiting to gosomewhere.

Acting on the tip-off, the STF teamreached the spot and arrested thewanted miscreant. During interroga-tion, the accused said that he hadreached Vikas Dubey’s house with hisdouble-barrel licensed gun at his be-hest. On Dubey’s instructions, he hadclimbed on one Prabhat’s terrace andfired indiscriminately at the police-men between the intervening nightof July 2-3, he added.

Rituals commence withGauri Ganesh pujaCount down for the Bhoomi pujanof the grand Ram temple to beheld on August 5 and to be done byPrime Minister Narendra Modi,have commenced with start of reli-gious rituals here on Mondaymorning. Amid the coronavirusthreat and security apprehension,the entire Ayodhya has turned intoa fortress. A total of 21 priests fromVaranasi, Ayodhya and Prayagrajstarted the ritual of Bhoomi pujanby organising Gauri Ganesh Pujathis morning at the Bhoomi pujansite in the Ramjanambhoomipremises. However except for thepriests and some Shree Ram-janambhoomi Tirath Khetra Trustmembers none were allowed to at-tend this puja due to the corona.

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Soil and water from every corner ofthe country will be used in the con-struction of Ram temple. So far,water of 100 holy rivers of thecountry has reached Ayodhya fromaround 1500 places. It has water ofmany rivers including Ganga, Ya-muna, Narmada, Godavari, Krish-na, Kaveri, Indus, Brahmaputra,Jhelum, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab, Vyas,as well as water of many sacredpools have been brought to Ayod-hya. Apart from this, the soil ofabout 2000 holy places hasreached Ayodhya.

As per the report, the soil will al-so be collected from places suchNagpur, the place where BRAmbedkar converted to Buddhismand Mhow, his birthplace.

Soil reaches from 2000 places

The first invita-tion card for the“Bhoomi Pujan”of Ram templein Ayodhya wasreceived by IqbalAnsari, who wasone of the liti-

gants in Ayodhya land disputecase.

“I believe it was Lord Ram’s wishthat I receive the first invitation. Iaccept it. Hindus and Muslims livein harmony in Ayodhya.

Ansari further said that peopleof Ayodhya follow the Ganga-Ja-muni civilisation and there is noill-feeling amongst anyone.

Muslim litigant IqbalAnsari gets first inviteto Ayodhya event

State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 4,41,228 15,576Tamil Nadu 2,57,613 4,132Andhra Pradesh 1,58,764 1,474Delhi 1,37,677 4,004Karnataka 1,34,819 2,496Uttar Pradesh 92,921 1,730West Bengal 75,516 1,678Telangana 66,677 540Gujarat 63,562 2,486Bihar 57,024 329Rajasthan 43,804 703Assam 42,904 105Haryana 36,519 433Odisha 34,913 197Madhya Pradesh 33,535 886Kerala 25,911 82J and K 21,416 396Punjab 17,853 423Jharkhand 12,523 118Chhattisgarh 9,531 58Uttarakhand 7,593 86Goa 6,530 53Tripura 5,374 27Puducherry 3,806 52Manipur 2,831 7Himachal Pradesh 2,703 14Nagaland 1,935 5Arunachal Pradesh 1,698 3Ladakh 1,466 7Meghalaya 874 5A and N Islands 734 8Sikkim 658 1

World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 18,301,179 694,008USA 4,821,575 158,457Brazil 2,733,677 94,130India 1,830,949 38,485Russia 856,264 14,207South Africa 511,485 8,366Mexico 439,046 47,746Peru 428,850 19,614Chile 359,731 9,608Spain 335,602 28,445Colombia 317,651 10,650Iran 312,035 17,405UK 304,695 46,201Saudi Arabia 280,093 2,949Pakistan 280,029 5,984Italy 248,070 35,154Bangladesh 242,102 3,184Turkey 232,856 5,728Germany 211,782 9,226Argentina 201,919 3,667

Proud have Rahul asbrother: PriyankaNew Delhi: Congress General Sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ex-tended warm wishes on the occa-sion of Rakshabandhan to all onMonday and said that she haslearned a lot from her brother RahulGandhi, and is proud to have him asher brother. She said that she is hasbeen with her brother during all goodand bad times, and she has learnedthe art of living life with truth andpatience from her brother.

Flood situation worsens in UPLucknow: The flood situation inUttar Pradesh worsened as 173 ofthe total 820 flood-affected villagesin 15 districts got marooned onMonday. Officials here said that thesituation worsened when Nepal re-leased 4.12 lakh cusecs of water onSunday leading to flooding in theGhagra river and leading to thebreaching of Bhikaripur-Sakauraembankments in Tarabganj tehsilsin Gonda district.

Explosion in ONGCpipeline at NaziraGuwahati: Nearly months after Bagh-jan Oil Well fire in Assam which is yetto be doused, an explosion occurredin a gas pipeline of ONGC at Nazira inupper Assam’s Sivasagar district to-day. State owned ONGC said that theexplosion occurred on the company’spipeline at Rig No 2 at Seuj Chaporiin Geleki.

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Bhopal, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 2Nation

Shimla (UNI)The COVID-19 tally mounted to

2,703 in the state after 69 new cas-es were detected in last 24 hours, asenior state officer said.

Additional Chief SecretaryHealth Mr R D Dhiman said onSunday that 27 people tested posi-tive in Solan, 11 in Mandi, 10 inShimla, Eight in Kangra, six inHamipur, four in Chamba, two inBilaspur and one Sirmaur.

He said that 57 patients werecured and discharged in the stateincluding 23 in Sirmaur, 27 Solan,seven each in Kangra and Una,two in Shimla and one in Bilaspur.

Now tally mounted to 690 inSolan with active 396 and cured288.

The tally in Mandi stood at 183with 134 active and 46 cured.

Likewise in capital city Shimla.the total number of cases stood at178 in Shimla with 93 active and 82cured.

As many as Kangra houses total476 cases including 130 active and341 cured, 313 in Hamipur, 31 ac-tive and 279 cured, 113 in Chambadistrict with 38 active and 74cured, 101 in Bilaspur 36 activeand 65 cured and 346 in Sirmuar167 active and 167 active.

Total tally increased in the stateupto 2703 including 1,115 activeand 1,559 cured people. So far 12people succumbed to the virus inthe hill state and 15 others shiftedto other states.

HP registers 69 new COVID-19cases, 2,703 in totalPuducherry (UNI)

As many as 178 more personstested positive for Coronavirus tak-ing the total number of active casesto 1515 while four patients died inthe Union Territory since the last 24hours. According to the COVID 19status released by the health depart-ment here on Monday, 125 new cas-es were reported in Puducherry re-gion, 9 in Karaikal region, 42 inYanam region and two in Mahe re-gion.

As many as 37 persons testedpositive for the virus were admittedto the government medical college,22 to Jipmer, 66 to be admitted, nineto Karaikal GH, 42 to Yanam GH andtwo to Mahe GH.

As many as 102 persons were dis-charged after treatment from hospi-tals in the last 24 hours. 22 were dis-

charged from the government med-ical college, 30 from Jipmer ,41 fromCovid Care Center (CCC), threefrom Karaikal GH and 6 from YanamGH. Presently, 331 persons are be-ing treated in the government med-ical college, 341 in Jipmer, 294 inCCC, 66 to be admitted, 57 inKaraikal GH, 151 in Yanam GH andtwo in Mahe GH.

Another 273 people with minorsymptoms of Coronavirus are beingtreated in home isolation.

So far, 3982 persons were infect-ed by the virus and of which 2411were treated and discharged, 56died and 1242 persons were beingtreated in hospitals and 273 inhome isolation. Meanwhile, Direc-tor of Medical Services Dr MohanKumar in a Whatsapp posting saidthat three persons died at the gov-

ernment medical college and one inJipmer. A 71-year-old man fromMuthialpet died at 1045 pm on Au-gust 2 due to COVID Pneumonia inJipmer and a 55-year-old male fromMudaliarpet died in the govern-ment medical college at 1029 PMlast night due to Acute RespiratoryDistress Syndrome (ARDS), CovidPneumonia,and Type 1 Respiratoryfailure.

Another woman from Ku-ruchikuppam here succumbed toCOVID in ICU of the governmentmedical college at 3.58 PM yester-day due to severe COVID Pneumo-nia and the third death in the gov-ernment medical college is also awoman from Mudaliarpet who diedat 5.55 pm on Aug 2 due to ARDSwith Type 1 Respiratory failure andCOVID Pneumonia.

178 more test positive for COVID-19, 4 dies in UT since last 24 hrs

Srinagar (UNI)Shops and business estab-

lishments remained closedand traffic was off the roadswith strict restrictions beingre-imposed from Monday inthe summer capital, Srinagarand other parts of Kashmirvalley to ‘curtail the spread ofCOVDI-19 pandemic’.

The restrictions come twodays ahead of the first an-niversary of the scrapping ofspecial status of J&K and itsbifurcation into two UnionTerritories on August 5.

Deputy Commissioners ofdifferent districts of Kashmirvalley said strict restrictionswere ordered in view of thespike in the number of coro-navirus cases.

Despite officials assertingthat the lockdown was im-posed to curtail the spread ofCOVID-19, Iltija Mufti,daughter of former chiefminister Mehbooba Mufti,said that ‘it is clearly being

done to ensure that angerand frustration felt by peoplein Kashmir remain hidden’.

J&K on Sunday witnessed444 new COVID-19 cases ofwhich the highest 69 wererecorded in Udhampur, fol-lowed by 65 in Jammu and 62in Srinagar. Eight people —including four from Srinagar— died due to COVID-19 onSunday, taking the death toll

due to the infection in theUnion Territory of J&K to 396.

“Strict restrictions havebeen imposed on movementof individuals, vehicles andall activities in Kashmir val-ley, particularly Srinagar,which is the worst hit area interms of deaths and freshCOVID-19 cases,” officialssaid.

However, they said essen-

tial service and medicalemergencies, besides govern-ment officers, banks andconstruction work have beenkept out of the ambit of re-strictions and people associ-ated to these sectors wouldbe allowed to move afterproper verification.

All the roads and marketplaces, including Lal Chowk,the nerve centre of the sum-mer capital, have been sealedwith authorities seeking co-operation from the public tocurtail the spread of COVID-19 by strictly adhering to thelockdown.

Shops and business estab-lished were closed and trafficwas off the roads in down-town, civil lines, uptown inSrinagar in view of the lock-down. Security forces havealso been deployed instrength in city and its out-skirts to strictly impose thelockdown.

Strict restrictions re-imposed in Kashmir

New Delhi (UNI)Congress leader

Digvijaya Singh onMonday urgedPrime MinisterNarendra Modi topostpone the RamMandir bhoomipujan citing ‘in-auspicious time’for the auspiciousceremony.

Mr Singh wasreferring to lead-ers—Union HomeMinister, Karnata-ka CM , UP BJPp r e s i d e n tSwatantra Dev andother state leaders of the party—whohave recently contracted the COVID in-fection.

Taking to twitter, the Congress leaderdescribed the whole situation, where theBJP leaders have contracted the virus, asa bad time and urged postponement ofthe event.

He further claimed that it was due toignoring the beliefs of the Sanatan Hin-du Dharma that all priests of the Rammandir have been found to be COVIDpositive. Besides, UP Cabinet MinisterKamal Rani also lost her life to the conta-gion. UP BJP chief, country’s Home Min-ister, MP CM and BJP chief have alsotested positive indicating an inauspi-cious phase, he said.

He further tweeted that, ‘August 5 be-ing a ominous time for the ceremony as

already beingwarned by

Jadadguru Swa-mi Rupanand JiMaharaj. It was forPM Modi’s conve-nience that thistime was sought.“Is our PM evenbigger than theage old beliefs ofthe Hindu Dhar-ma, ‘ he ques-tioned , furtherwondering is itHindutva ...?’

It is after yearsof struggle thatthe time has come

for the temple construction, please donot let the dogma be a hurdle to it,’ Singhsaid.

Mr Singh further questioned that insuch conditions shall the PM and UP CMnot go under quarantine?

Is going under quarantine onlymandatory for the commoners ..., not forthe PM and CM...the period for quaran-tine is 14 days, he wondered.’

The Congress leader further said, ‘Bylaying the foundation of the temple in aninauspicious time how many more peo-ple you want to send to the hospital ?..Mr Yogi you only please make our PMunderstand.

All the limits of the Sanatan Dharmaare being breached in your presence ,why are you helpless..? and bound to letall this happen.’

Digvijaya urges PM to postponeRam temple bhoomi pujan, citesominous Muhurta

Telangana reports 983more Coronavirus postive casesHyderabad: As many as 983more COVID-19 positive caseswere reported till 2000 hourson Sunday taking the totalnumber of cumulative cases to67,660. The death toll stands at551 with 11 more fatalities re-ported during the last 24hours,according to a statehealth department bulletinhere on Monday. Till yesterday,1019 people made a successfulrecovery taking the total num-ber of recoveries to 48,609.There were 18,500 active casesnow. Greater Hyderabad Mu-nicipal Corporation (GHMC)area recorded a maximum of273 COVID-19 cases followedby the neighbouring RangaReddy district which registered73 Coronavirus cases.

Mah: Aurangabad registers87 fresh COVID-19 casesAurangabad: With the detec-tion of 87 fresh COVID-19 cas-es on Monday, the total tallyhas surged to 14,640 in thedistrict. Out of 87 detectedfresh cases, 49 hailed from ur-ban parts and 38 from ruralparts of district, said districtadministration sources thismorning. While 10,901 werecured and already dischargedand 484 lost their lives duringthe treatment. At present,3,255 patients are undergoingtreatment, they added. Thedistrict witnessed six deathsand detection of 226 cases onSunday.

Nirupam lashes at BMC,Mumbai Police over quarantining Bihar IPS OfficerMumbai: Senior Congressleader Sanjay Nirupam onMonday slammed the Brihan-mumbai Municipal Corpora-tion(BMC) and Mumbai Po-lice as Bihar IPS Officer VinayTiwari, who landed here tohead probe into the SushantSingh Rajput death case, wassent into quarantine. Express-ing displeasure over the issue,he tweeted in Hindi, “Lookslike, #BMC And Mumbai Po-lice have gone mad. IPS officerTiwari who came to investi-gate Sushant Singh Rajput’sdeath has been quarantinedtill August 15. How will it beinvestigated?” “The ChiefMinister should intervene im-mediately. Tiwari should bereleased and Mumbai Policeshould help in the investiga-tion or else the suspicion willincrease,” he demanded.

Ramesh Kumar takescharge as SECVijayawada: Mr NimmagadaRamesh Kumar took charge asAndhra Pradesh State ElectionCommissioner (SEC) here onMonday. Mr Kumar was rein-stated by the state govern-ment after the High Courtpassed an Order in favour ofhim and the Supreme Courtrefusing to grant stay on theHC verdict after a SpecialLeave Petition (SLP) was filedby the government. Talking tothe media, Mr Kumar said thatas per the notification issuedby Governor BiswabhusanHarichandan he took chargeand informed the matter tothe Election Commission’sSecretary and all District Col-lectors in the State. He saidthat the Election Commissionis an autonomous constitu-tional body and works withoutbias. The SEC hoped that theState government would ex-tend all cooperation. It may bementioned here that RameshKumar was sacked by the gov-ernment in the month of May,2020 for postponing localbody election without con-sulting the government andappointed Madras High Courtretired Judge Kanagaraj.

Varanasi registers 55new cases, tally surgesto 3,148Varanasi: Varanasi district inUttar Pradesh registered 55new cases of COVID-19 andone death from the virus onMonday. With these new addi-tions, the total numbers ofcases and deaths in Varanasinow stand at 3,148 and 63, re-spectively. Official sourcessaid that 300 test results ob-tained from BHU on Monday,out of which 55 tested posi-tive. Sources said that a 42-year-old patient succumbedto the virus while receivingtreatment at BHU. Out of thetotal number of cases record-ed in the district so far, 1,247have recovered completely,while 1,838 are currently un-dergoing treatment.

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New Delhi (UNI)President Ram Nath Kovind on

Monday celebrated Raksha Band-han with members of the nursingcommunity at the Rashtrapati Bha-van here.

The nurses, who included repre-sentatives of the Trained Nurses’ As-sociation of India, the Military

Nursing Service and the Presi-dent’s Estate Clinic, conveyed rakhigreetings to the President.

During a brief interactive ses-sion, the nurses offered rakhis to thePresident and also narrated theirexperience in dealing with theCovid-19 pandemic. The President

felicitated them and describedthem as saviours who are not onlysaving lives but also risking theirown lives in the line of duty.

“Such commitment to dutyearns respect for nurses who havebeen performing the role of front-line Covid warriors,” he said.

Traditionally, on the day of Rak-sha Bandhan, sisters seek theirbrothers’ protection to keep themfrom harm’s way, the President said,adding that in case of nurses, it isthey who through their dedicationand commitment extend a helpinghand to their brothers and ensureprotection for all the people.

President celebrates Raksha Bandhan with nursing professionals

Chennai (UNI)Asserting that the ruling

AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would notallow the three-language policy asenvisaged in the Centre’s New Edu-cation Policy (NEP), Chief MinisterEdappadi K Palaniswami on Mon-day categorically stated the two lan-guage policy would continue in theState.

In a statement after holding ahigh-level meeting with Ministersand senior officials on the NEP atthe State Secretariat here, he reject-ed the three language policy pro-posed by the Centre and said itwould not be allowed in the State

He said it was saddening andpainful to note that the NEP hasstressed on the three language poli-cy,” the Chief Minister said, adding,the state would continue to imple-ment the two-language policy”.

“Though the NEP has proposedlanguage policy, the AIADMK gov-ernment will never ever allow it inTamil Nadu and will continue to im-plement the two-language policy’,

Mr Palaniswami added.He also urged Prime Minister

Narendra Modi to respect the col-lective sentiments of the people ofthe State and the political partiesfavouring only the two-languagepolicy in the State.

Urging the Centre to reconsiderits stand on the three-language pol-icy taking into account the overallviews of the people of the State, the

Chief Minister also appealed to MrModi to allow the States to imple-ment their own language policy ac-cording to their views. If the inter-ests of Tamil language or that ofTamils was affected, the govern-ment would take steps at once,” MrPalaniswami said and pointed outthat his government had opposedthe three language policy in thedraft NEP and also wrote to Mr Mo-di in this regard on June 26, 2019.

The people of Tamil Nadu werefirm in following the two-languagepolicy for more than 80 years andhave expressed their sentimentsover the issue through protests atdifferent points of time.

Citing the 1965 anti-Hindi stir,Mr Palaniswami also recalled thehistoric resolution passed in theState Assembly abolishing the threelanguage policy in all schools onJanuary 23, 1968 during the tenureof C N Annadurai as Chief Ministerwhile removing Hindi from the Statesyllabus and allowing Tamil andEnglish.

TN govt oppose NEP’s three-language policy

New Delhi (UNI)Former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha

member Amar Singh was cremated here on Monday.His last rites were conducted by his daughters

Disha and Drishti at Chhatarpur crematorium.The 64-year old leader passed away on Saturday in

Singapore, where he was undergoing treatment for thepast six months after his kidney transplant.

Singh’s mortal remains were brought from Singa-pore to Delhi in a chartered plane on Sunday and tak-en to his Chhatarpur residence from the airport.

Earlier on Monday, Union Defence Minister Raj-nath Singh paid floral tributes to Amar Singh at thelatter’s residence.

BJP Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia andactor-turned-politician Jaya Prada also paid tribute toAmar Singh at his residence.

Jaya Prada was also present at the crematorium.Several other leaders visited the residence of Amar

Singh on Sunday and on Monday to pay their last re-spects.

Due to COVID-19 protocol, a limited number ofpeople attended the funeral, where the departedleader’s wife Pankaja was also present.

Former SP leader AmarSingh cremated in Delhi

26 more test positive forCOVID-19 in ArunachalItanagar (UNI): Twenty-six more peopleincluding two healthcare workers inArunachal Pradesh have tested positivefor COVID-19 , taking the total numberof cases in the state to 1698.

Of the 26 new cases, eight were re-ported from Itanagar Capital Complex,six from Lohit, four from East Siang,three from West Kameng, two from EastKameng , one each from Changlang,Lower Dibang Valley and Leparada, asper the bulletin issued by the state Direc-torate of Health Services (DHS).

Six cases from Lohit are returnees de-tected by RDT-Ag in quarantine facility .Out of the four cases from East Siang,two are healthcare workers, one is ateacher and one retired person. All theeight cases from Itanagar Capital Com-plex were reported from different areasof the region. Out of the 26 new cases, 22are asymptomatic and four sympto-matic. As per the bulletin issued by theDHS last night, 27 COVID-19 patientswere discharged following their recoveryfrom the virus. Of the 27 discharged, 14were from Itanagar Capital Complex,seven from East Siang, five from Namsaiand one from Tirap. Arunachal Pradeshrecorded 1698 COVID-19 cases so far.Out of these, active cases in the statestands at 699 , discharged 996 and threedeath.

To continue with 2-language formula: Palaniswami

Meghalaya registers28 more freshCOVID-19 casesShillong: Twenty-eightmore persons, weretested positive forCOVID-19 in Megha-laya till 11 pm on Sun-day, taking the total ac-tive cases to 633, ahealth officials said onMonday.

Bhopal, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 3City

Chronicle Reporter,Bhopal

Under the Latest andpopular online series ofIndira Gandhi RashtriyaManav Sangrahalaya en-titled ‘object of theWeek’, The “ Parwa “ Aleather bucket . It is col-lected from Bhind, displayed inthe audience as the 1st Exhibit ofthe August2 020 through officialwebsite, Facebook, Instagram andtwitter page of the IGRMS.

In this regard Dr. Praveen Ku-mar Mishra, Director, IGRMS saidthat,Due to spread of COVID-19pandemic the museums through-out the world are closed but iden-tifying different innovative ways toremain connected to their visitors.Indira Gandhi Rashtriya ManavSangrahalaya (National Museumof Mankind) has also taken upmany new initiatives to face thechallenges posed by this pandem-ic. In one such step it is coming upwith a new series entitled ‘Objectof the Week’ to showcase its collec-tion from all over India. Initiallythis series will focus on the mas-terpieces from its collection whichare considered as unique for theircontribution to the cultural historyof a particular ethnic group orarea. These masterpieces belongto the “AA” & “A” category. Thereare 64 objects in these categories.

Parwa is a leather bucket usedto lift water from hand dug well orlined well for irrigation work. It iscollected from Bhind, MadhyaPradesh. The device consists of aleather sheet shaped into a circu-lar deep bucket, stitched to araised iron hanger. The hanger is

tied to a rope which pass-es over a pulley to lowerthe bucket into the well.After the bucket is filledthe rope is pulled byhands. For large Parwa therope is fixed to the yoke ofbullocks to increase theleverage. The bullocks

walk down on an earthen ramp tolift the water. The large buckets as-sist in drawing large quantity ofwater which is channelizedthrough small, narrow drains to-wards the irrigation field.

‘Parwa’ a leather bucketused to lift water

Bhopal (UNI)If you are between 18 and 35

years old plus passionate regard-ing sustainability, here’s some-thing that is guaranteed to reallyinterest you.

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During the digital Hack, partic-ipants go through an immersiveinnovation process – facilitated byUNLEASH alumni – and collabo-

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“The ability of UNLEASHHacks to facilitate collectivegrassroots action is the need ofthe hour,” says Mr Raj Shah who isFounder of Ikigai Healing Foun-dation and part of the Hack’s exe-cution.

The Organising Team compris-es people who have previouslybeen part of the UNLEASH inno-vation lab and are therefore famil-iar with its methodology. TheUNLEASH Hacks India Team isbuilt with four passionate youngleaders having a background incommunity health and welfare,climate resilience, energy effi-ciency, climate policy, agriculture,groundwater management andsustainable livelihoods.

“India is the country fifth mostvulnerable to the impact of cli-mate change and COVID-19 hasexacerbated the situation. It isvital for the nation’s young mindsto come together, look at thequandaries in a new light andinnovate implementable solu-tions,” avers Ms Ishani Palan-durkar, an Organising Teammember.

Hackathon for sustainabilitythrough global innovation lab

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Former MLA, cloth merchant,media employee die

In the capital on Sunday, 8 pa-tients, including former Amarwa-da MLA Manmohan Shah Batti anda cloth merchant of Chowk Bazar,died of infection. Four patientsdied at Chiratu, while four otherssuccumbed at AIIMS. The deathtoll has now risen to 189. Batti wasadmitted at Chirayu. He was alsothe national president of the All In-dia Gondwana Party. Apart fromthem, Jayant Basal, working in themarketing department of a mediagroup at the MP Nagar Press Com-plex also dieed.

PR employee Corona positive

On Monday, the corona reportof a government employee of thePublic Relations Departmentcame out positive. At the sametime, the report of the wife of a se-nior journalist has come positive.With this, Corona report of 8 peo-ple has come positive in SudamaNagar. One from Arera Colony, onefrom Char Imli, two from AIIMScampus and one from AIIMS staffhave also been found infected.Two members of the same familyfrom 11 Mills Victory Park, 5 mem-

bers from Saket Nagar, two mem-bers of the same family from BDAColony Koh-e-Fiza, two from thesame family from Police LinesGovindpura, two from the samefamily from Shankar Garden Sem-ra Road, and a jawan from Piplanipolice station tested positive. Thereport of two members of thesame family from Shahpura andone from SBI Head Office has

come out positive.

Disease spreads faster ifnot controlled in 110 days

Contagious disease will be diffi-cult to rein in if not controlled in110 days. AIIMS director said thatif infectious disease is not con-trolled after 105 to 110 days thenits spread increases rapidly. Lock-down was imposed to prevent

spread of virus. United Kingdomhad said that we will not do thelockdown. They focused on herdimmunity, but later they had tochange this strategy to lockdown.We can’t wait for the peak. Con-stant measures are being taken tostop virus from spreading.

Suleman said that the positivityrate in Bhopal is the highest com-pared to other cities. This is 13%.

While it is 10.2% in Barwani, 8.3%in Indore and 7.7% in Jabalpur.While in MP this rate is 2.3%. Therate in the country is 8.8 percent.Earlier, 10 percent of the country’scases were from MP.

Infection easily treatablein early stages

AIIMS director Dr SarmanSingh said that Corona affectsmore to those people who havelow immunity or who have heartor lung disease. Also, Coron-avirus quickly infects childrenand the elderly. Dr Singh saidthat Corona infection is easilytreatable in the early stages,whereas in advanced stage it be-comes difficult to save the pa-tient. Therefore, as soon as thereare symptoms of cold, cough,flu, a doctor must be consultedimmediately. In the early stages,the patient can be treated byhome quarantine. Dr Singh in-formed that Sero Surveillancei.e. Rapid Antigen Tests are beingstarted in Bhopal, Ujjain and In-dore with which more number oftests can be done in less time.The results of this will also beobtained soon.

Bed capacity of hospitalsincreased

It was informed that the bedcapacity of hospitals in the statehas been increased. The numberof general beds has been in-creased from 2428 to 24 thou-sand 560. The number of generalbeds with oxygen is 5,983 which

will be increased to 7,910 by Au-gust 31. HDU beds are 1188which will be increased to 2204by the end of this month. Thenumber of ICU beds has been in-creased from 537 to 681, which isbeing increased to 1606 by theend of this month. At present 22percent of the total capacity ofGeneral Beds and General Bedswith Oxygen is being used. At thesame time, 29.9 percent ICUbeds are being used for the treat-ment of Corona.

Giving information aboutCorona control and treatment,the Additional Chief Secretarysaid that health arrangements atmany levels have been improvedto treat Corona infected in thestate. In this, the testing capacityhas been increased from 600 permillion to 9334 per million.

He informed that fever clinics,testing capacities are being in-creased and quarantine centersare being operated on prioritybasis in each district. Along withthis, effective work is being donefor Corona control by Identify,Isolation, Test and Treat based onthe I.I.T.T method.

Suleman said that MadhyaPradesh is in better condition inCorona infection. Initially, thestate was ranked 3rd-4th in thecountry. Now the state has cometo the 15th position in terms ofactive cases and recovery rate.Fatality rate has improved andhas come down from 10.3 per-cent to 2.7 percent. The state’sshare in the number of activecases in the country amounts toonly 1.6 percent.

921 Covid cases in Madhya Pradesh; 8 died in Bhopal

Harish Dubey / Lalitmohan Goyal,Pohri

It has been a myth since thebeginning about the Pohri assem-bly constituency that the peoplehere change their MLA in everyelection, this myth was broken byBJP’s Prahlad Bharti by winning ittwice in 2008 and 2013 but in 2018election the public pushed PrahladBharti to the third place and gavethe same message that the peoplehere believe in change and do nottake time to deny those who do notlive up to the expectations.

Although big leaders are not vis-iting Pohri due to Corona crisisand lockdown, but electoral activi-ties are clearly visible in Pohri’smarkets, street corners. Last timeSuresh Rathkheda won on theCongress ticket. He has receivedthe reward of toppling the KamalNath government and made aminister of state in the Shivraj gov-ernment. Rathkheda is a strongsupporter of Jyotiraditya Scindia,

so Scindia’s personal and politicalreputation is at stake here.

Scindia has called his own sup-porters to Pohri and asked them togather for Rathkheda. The samequestion is being asked in politicalgalleries that Scindia will be able toget him to cross the electoral stale-mate on his own despite the strongmobilization against MinisterRathkheda in the BJP camp itself.Congress and BJP leaders are alsoindulging in defamation againstRathkheda. Several implicationsare being made of Congress statepresident Ram Nivas Rawat com-ing to Pohri to meet former BJPMLA Narendra Birathare. It is amatter of discussion that RamNivas Rawat, who has contestedthe election from neighboringVijaypur seat, is himself eyeingPohri seat. The name of Ramnivaswas also mentioned in the firstpanel.

On the one hand, Rathkheda’scandidature in the BJP is unques-

tionable. But there are half a dozenprominent contenders in the Con-gress, so it has become a difficultdecision for Congress. DistrictPresident Param Singh Rawat, con-sidering himself a candidate, hasstarted public relations in the vil-lage and countryside. The name ofKailash Kushwaha, who last con-tested on BSP ticket, is also in theeyes of Kamal Nath. Many Con-gressmen have also met KamalNath in Bhopal to protest againstthe claim of Harivallabh Shukla, atwo-time MLA from SamantaParty. In view of the 28 thousandvoters of the Yadav communityhere, the name of Kisan CongressDistrict President Ram Singh Yadavhas also emerged.

Rathkheda made a blueprint for development

Suresh Rathkheda has beenaccused of being inactive for a yearand a half, but as the challenge of

the by-election draws closer, hisactivism has increased. He has metShivraj Singh for the Bhumi pujanof Sarkula Dam to be built at a costof 220 crores. This dam was stuckdue to lack of funds allocated dur-ing the time of Kamal Nath govern-ment. He has also designed therenovation of ponds at Dhauriyaand Piparghar. He also wants tohave a power station in Chhach.On the other hand, the Congressleaders are calling this blueprint apolitical gimmick.

Victory in Ritkheda question of Scindia’s reputation

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn the coincidence s that came

70 years later, on the last Mondayof Sawan, the Raksha Bandhan sawimmense love of the sisterstowards their brothers. Despite thelockdown in the Corona epidemic,many sisters managed to reachtheir homes and the brothers alsowent to get Rakhi tied on theirwrists at their sisters’ homes. Thesisters tied a raksha sutra on thebrothers’ wrist and prayed for longlife and prosperity. They alsoprayed to God to save the wholefamily from the corona epidemicand showered blessings for thewell-being of younger brothers.

Due to the lockdown, the trainsand buses are not running so manysisters could not reach the homesof their brothers living in the cityas well as in other cities. In such asituation, social media became thesupport of expressing love towardseach other. Through video calling,

the sisters mingled with the broth-ers and cheered.

Rakhi and sweets shopsremained closed but sisters man-aged to purchase items like gajak,chikki, son papadi etc. to sweetenthe mouths of siblings. But the saleof rekhis was much low comparedto other years.

Every year the sisters used tohave long queues in the jailpremises to tie rakhi, but this timedue to Corona epidemic, permis-sion was not granted. The sisterswere given a chance to meet theirbrothers online for a limited peri-od.

Rakhis tied to wrist ofbrothers suffering from virus

Celebrating festivals duringCorona crisis is a challenge. Deptof Education of the Bhopal Schoolof Social Sciences, transformed

this challenge into an opportunityand organised an online workshopon ‘Weaving Rakhi Bonds’. MrDharmendra Mewade, an interna-tional artist, demonstrated mak-ing of beautiful Rakhis using avail-able homemade articles. The par-ticipants followed the stepsintriguely and made equally artis-tic Rakhis on 1st August 2020. Thisworkshop was coordinated by MsGousiya Parween, art and craftteacher at the department.

In her vote of thanks Dr SheenaThomas, Head, Department ofEducation, shared her happinessfor the event organised to cele-brate the beautiful bond of broth-er and sister in unprecedentedtimes of Corona. The departmentof Education conducted manywebinars on current topics tooptimise learning during lock-down.

Ms Gousiya Parween took theRakhis woven out of love to Chi-

rayu COVID care hospital whichwas then tied to the wrist ofbrothers suffering from the virus.

Dr Fr John PJ, Principal BSSS,said that this event is in tune to thecollege vision ‘Towards a betterworld’. BSSS always endeavours tocontribute towards any humani-tarian cause and this is one suchmove to celebrate the festivalamidst the devastating Pandemicsituation.

Sisters rain blessings, tie love onbrothers’ wrist despite lockdown

Cong was marginalizedafter Rajmata left party

The Congress and BJP-JanaSangh have won here only seventimes in the elections held, sothis seat cannot be called thestronghold of any one party. In1993, Vaijyanti Verma also wonas an independent, althoughthis situation was created due totechnical flaws due to her notgetting the B-form of Congress.Since 1967, after RajmataScindia left the Congress, theJana Sangh has been in holdingthis seat for 13 consecutiveyears. The situation changedafter Madhavrao joined the Con-gress. In this seat of 2.18 lakhvoters, 18.8% votes of ScheduledCastes and 18.1% of Tribal Class-es play a decisive role.

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Turmoil after meeting between Ramnivas and Birthare; Congressmen reach Nath’s court to stop Shukla

Param Singh Rawat Kailash Kushwah Hariballbh Shukla Suresh Rathkheda

Pre-school educationcentres to be monitoredBhopal: It will be compulsory toregister the pre-school and newlyrun school centers in the privatesector by the Department ofWomen and Child Developmenton the departmental portal. Ac-cording to the instructions of theNational ECCE Policy 2013 and theNational Commission for Protec-tion of Child Rights, it has been de-cided to regulate and monitor thepre-school and newly run pre-school centers in the private sec-tor. Registration facility of thesepre-school education centers isbeing started from 4 August 2020.It will be necessary to register on-line for pre-school and new pre-school education centers on theportal of Women and Child Devel-opment Department. Penal actionwill be taken at the concerned pre-school education center (nurseryschool, play school, kindergarten)if found to be operated withoutregistration.

EDITORIAL

Founder : Late Shri Ramgopal MaheshwariInspiration: Late Shri Prafulla Kumar Maheshwari

The foundation stonelaying ceremony for theconstruction of thegrand Ram temple inAyodhya is taking placeon 5 August. TheSupreme Court gave ahistoric verdict onNovember 8 last year forthe construction of aRam temple in Ayodhya.Actually, the construc-tion of the temple inAyodhya was awaited forthe last 500 years. Manydecades long battle wasfought for the construc-tion of Ram temple. Afterthe partition of India in1947, Ram temple landdispute was the biggestdispute in which hun-dreds of lives have beenlost. Now that the templeis under construction,we will have to end thebitterness of the past. Itis a pleasant fact thatHaji Iqbal Ansari, aMuslim party in the judi-cial dispute, andPadmashree MohammadSharif, who cremated theunclaimed dead bodies,were first invited. It isevident how deeplyGanga-Jamuni culture isrooted in our country.

By first inviting HajiIqbal Ansari andMohammad Sharif, theRam Janmabhoomi TirthSamiti has set a goodexample of mutual good-will. In view of the cur-rent environment, it wasdesperately needed. Thishas sent a very positivemessage. However, thereis a need to avoid themanner in which frenzyis being spread on socialmedia and electronicchannels regarding thelaunch of temple con-struction. It is absolutelyunnecessary to do so.The construction of Ramtemple is a religious andspiritual issue and not acommunal issue. It isLord Ram who createdour eternal culture.

Rama is called MaryadaPurushottam because ofstrict adherence to thehighest ideal of humani-ty. Therefore, the dignityof Rama’s ideals remainsintact; it is the responsi-bility of all of us. TheSupreme Court has alsoexpressed the same sen-timent in its judgmentthat the construction ofthe Ram temple willprove to be a pledge toinspire the next genera-tion. Faith towards Ramis not just a matter ofHindus, all the residentsof India consider Ram asan inspiration. This isthe reason that after theSupreme Court’s deci-sion of November 8,there has not been a sin-gle communal tensionincident in the entirecountry. The way thedecision on the Ramtemple was welcomed bythe Christians andMuslims of the country,it is the responsibility ofHindus to appreciatethis feeling.

The construction ofRam temple should be asymbol of harmony; itshould be an example ofmutual brotherhood thatcan inspire whole world.The manner in which theIndian judiciary and theexecutive have resolvedthe Ram temple disputeis a unique example ofitself in the entire world.The hysteria that is beingspread on social mediaand electronic channelsis worrying. This shouldbe avoided. However,according to the RamJanmabhoomi TeerthKshetra Trust, the Ramtemple will be 161 feethigh and will now havefive domes instead ofthree. The model of Ramtemple will remain thesame as that of VishwaHindu Parishad, but willincrease its length, widthand height.

Achieving cultural harmony

By Dr Duggaraju Srinivasa Rao India, in recent months, has suf-

fered major intelligence failuresthough the government of NarendraModi won’t concede. The failure of theopposition to pose intelligent ques-tions on this intelligence failure hashelped Modi and his team to get awaywith those failures. Barring personalattacks on the competence of Modi,questions which make the Union gov-ernment to stand and answer are notproperly posed by main oppositionparty, Congress. Rahul Gandhi has animage problem and his gaffes are somany that questions posed by himlose relevance in no time. But thatdoesn’t mean that nation is not enti-tled to know what is happening in theintelligence agencies and why theyare failing on a regular basis.

The Chinese withdrawal from theGalwan valley is attributed to theinformation gathered by Indian intel-ligence agencies and NationalSecurity Advisor Ajit Doval’s personaleffort in countering Pakistan Chinanexus. But what actually happenedduring that time was China roped Iraninto its influence, using its hugemoney power, to the disadvantage ofIndia. This is only latest of 2020 storyof India’s external and internal intelli-gence failures series. Almost eachmonth there is one failure in intelli-gence gathering. The shock of July isfrom Iran where that country unilat-erally shunted away India from theon-going construction of railway linefrom Chabahar port to Zahedan.

This is a strategic infrastructureproject along the Iran-Afghanistanborder which was signed in 2016 as apart of broader trilateral agreement.This project where India has alreadyinvested $500 million was meant toconnect Iran to central Asia bypassingPakistan. Phase I of this project wasinaugurated in December 2017 andentire project is scheduled for com-

pletion by March 2022.But Irandropped India without any hint, onthe silly excuse of ‘delayed funding’,and hooked to China as that countrypromised $400 million IranianNational Development Fund and alsoa 25 year military support for protect-ing Iran.

China somehow convinced Iranthat India is closer to USA and Israeland their interests will be betterserved by ignoring India and joining

hands with them and Pakistan. As perthe new agreement is going to supplyIranian crude at a much discountedprice, China will build road and railinfrastructure connecting Chahabar(Iran) and Gwadar(Pakistan) ports.Thus the idea of isolation of Pakistanby India was blown of but the newChina-Pakistan-Iran nexus is firmedup posing a danger to the geopoliticalinterests of India.

Such a crucial agreement withChina could not have happenedovernight and lot of things might havehappened behind the screen beforethe ‘drop shock’ to India and that is

where the failure of intelligence agen-cies is glaring. The same intelligenceagencies let down India by their fail-ure to report what is happening inChina on the early period of Corona.

There seems to be no hint fromIndian intelligence agencies on thenew virus hitting Wuhan and Chinataking some secretive measures tocontain that. That initial failure togauge China properly coupled withcollection of information on Corona

guidelines defying gathering ofTabligh Jamaat in Malaysia madeIndia to suffer heavily in terms healthand economy.

The internal intelligence agencies’lethargy is fully exposed in their fail-ure to contain the Delhi Tablighi meetwhere Muslims from the Coronainfested countries freely interactedand spread the Corona across India.

The foreign Tablighis could freelyroam across India and stay in remoteSouth Indian mosques unquestionedby local authorities itself is the testi-mony of the total failure of centralagencies to alert the states on foreign-

ers movements. India is paying aheavy price of over 100 day lockdownbecause of that intelligence failure. Interms of money the cost that intelli-gence failure may run into over onelakh crore rupees. More glaring is thefailure of agencies to alert on theexpanding Chinese foot print in theHimalayan area. Not only the agen-cies failed to report on the Chinestroop movement into Galwan valleywhich made India to lose 20 brave sol-diers but the agencies could not evensmell what is happening in such asmall hilly nation, Nepal.

That country could challenge Indiaon the border front by making claimson the Indian soil and venture tomake the fight official with the Nepaliparliament passing a resolution onthat country’s claim and even unilat-erally altering the maps.

India may finally sort out thatproblem with Nepal when CM Oli isunseated and that country movesaway from Chinese influence but theimage of India and its authority inSouth Asia is certainly dented. Theanti CAA protest at Shahin Bagh andthe pitched battle of those protesterson the eve of US President DonaldTrump is another saga of intelligencefailure.

A protest which should have nib-bled in the bud, through early intelli-gence report, was allowed to continuefor months. Those were the dayswhen the union government’s author-ity was challenged in its own capitalcity. Whether it is the total failure ofthe intelligence agencies or the failureof the Modi government to utilise theinputs from the agencies and act ontime is what is not known. Whoever,the official or political, is responsiblefor the failure must open his mouthanswer the questions on the loss offace for the country.

*Retired Professor and freelancecontributor.

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Nearly half ofAmericans thinkthat antibiotics areeffective in treatingviruses like coldsand flus, accordingto the PewResearch Center.This, despite thefact that the FDAclearly states on itswebsite, “WARN-ING: Antibioticsdon’t work forviruses like coldsand the flu,” noth-ing that they “don’tfight viruses, theyfight bacteria.”

Not knowing scientific facts like these isn’t just potentially embarrassing – itcan be costly. For example, “using antibiotics for viruses can put you at risk ofgetting a bacterial infection that is resistant to antibiotic treatment,” the FDAnotes — leading to high healthcare costs. And not understanding cooking tem-peratures at higher altitudes can lead to unsafe food preparation and illness,which also can result in health care costs.

Wishing Rakshabandhan all those sisters whocould not meet today! Next Rakshabandhan we willcelebrate with pomp.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Of possible spiritual experiences in India, this is the most remarkable—iteven earned a place on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanitylist this year—the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage sees millions of Hindu devoteesgather in one of four locations to bathe in the waters of the holy Ganges.Supposedly the world’s largest peaceful gathering of pilgrims, the Kumbh Melais held every 12 years at each location, and is a stunning spectacle to behold.The next event will be held in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, from 15th January to4th March 2019.Managing Editor- Sumeet Maheshwari, Group Editor- Kranti ChaturvediEditorial Board Send article on email - chroniclebpl@gmail.com

It is distressing that the Home Minister has testedpositive for Covid-19. I wish him a speedy recoveryand good health.

P. Chidambaram

India’s democracy is damaged when GOI illegallydetains political leaders. It’s high time MehboobaMufti is released.

Rahul Gandhi

Neighbour said to me: Knownfor large-scale packaging andtrade of rakhi, wholesale marketsin India are struggling to makeends meet due to the impact ofthe coronavirus pandemic. Onan average, rakhi trade in Indiagenerates a revenue of crores,which is down this year, tradersclaim. People, including someself-help groups, are directly orindirectly involved in the pack-aging, boxing and pasting ofrakhis. Due to a sudden spike incoronavirus cases in the last fewweeks, a temporary closure ofmarkets in some areas has beenimposed.

I said: Manufacturing ofrakhis generally begins in March.Production was already affecteddue to the lockdown. However,closure of markets has furtherstrained matters. Traders askedthe administration to open mar-kets at least for the rakhi seasonbut they say they are boundbecause of the rising cases.

Neighbour said to me: Covid-19 is new and scientists under-

stand little about how it behavesand spreads. The cost of creatinga vaccine to protect peopleagainst the new coronavirus willrun into billions of dollars andcould take many months. Hereare some of the reasons why.

I said: Technology is enablingnew methods of exploring vac-cine candidates for trial, butthere are already a few tried andtested ways to make them. In allof them, scientists try to stimu-late the body’s immune systemto combat invasive pathogens.That’s commonly done by creat-ing something so similar to thepathogen that the body begins tocreate antibodies to fight off thereal thing. The most commonway of doing this is to makewhat’s called attenuated vac-cines – those that are made ofweaker strains of the actualpathogen. Reared on animalcells outside of human bodies,they are then extracted andinjected in a single tiny dose.Some flu vaccines are culturedon chicken eggs.

Corona attack on Rakshabandhan

TikTok must either be soldor blocked in the US due tonational security concerns,Treasury Secretary StevenMnuchin said Sunday in thelatest ominous US warning tothe Chinese-owned app.

TikTok, he said, simply“cannot exist as it does.”

Mnuchin did not commentdirectly on President DonaldTrump’s threat Friday to barthe wildly popular video-shar-ing app.

The secretary recalled that the Committee on Foreign Investment in theUnited States—which he chairs—is reviewing TikTok, which is especially pop-ular with young audiences who create and watch its short-form videos andhas an estimated one billion users worldwide.

But in one of many fronts in US-Chinese relations that have turned practi-cally poisonous these days, US officials have said it could be a tool for Chineseintelligence. TikTok denies any such suggestion. “I will say publicly that theentire committee agrees that TikTok cannot stay in the current format becauseit risks sending back information on 100 million Americans,” Mnuchin saidSunday on ABC. Mnuchin said he has spoken to leaders of Congress includingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the top Democrat in the Senate, ChuckSchumer about what to do with TikTok’s operations in the US.

Take part in the Kumbh Mela TikTok must be sold or blocked in US, says Mnuchin

By TK NandananIt is true that there are certain

boundary disputeissues with Chinaandthese issues are not yet settledthough peaceful situation is prevail-ing along the LAC in the easternLadakh. In retaliation, China has alsobeen given a befitting reply in the bor-der issues and now these issues arealmost not hot anymore as Chinesearmies have already withdrawn fromthe encroached areas. But as a furtherfollow up action to banning 59Chinese apps, the Directorate Generalof Foreign Trade (DGFT), an arm ofthe commerce and industry ministryissued a notification on late Thursdayevening amending the import policyof colour television from free torestricted category. As per this notifi-cation, India has now restrictedimports of Chinese colour televisionsto encourage domestic manufactur-ing. The move is aimed at boosting

local production and is in line withPrime Minister Narendra Modi’srecent “Vocal for Local” call.

While welcoming Modi’s motto‘Vocal for Local’, it may be remem-bered that Chinese electronic equip-ment is of world standard quality oreven beyond that, and restricting theirimport will surely miss the people ofIndia high quality equipment withlower price tags on them.

Therefore, what the governmentmust do is avoid restricting the colourtelevision import from China, so thatit must continue importing electronicitems and start manufacturing thesame quality items in India and onceIndia is able to manufacture highquality electronic items that can evenoutperform the Chinese ones,the gov-ernment can consider restricting theimport of further items from China.This is the wisest move India canresort tobecome the best electronic

hub in the world. Youth with good cre-ative talents must be encouraged toconceive innovative ideas in electron-ic field, which should complementour dally life, and private companieswhich can promote researches in thisfield must also be promoted.

It is equally important to note thatModi government’s Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme has gota well response from multinationalcompanies including Pegatron(Apple’ssecond-largest contract man-ufacturer), Samsung and other 20companies. The PLI scheme aims atturning India as a smartphone exporthub that could ultimately take onChina and other east Asia’s electronichubs.

The PLI scheme launched onSaturday is expected to promoteexports significantly around 60 percent of the production. Ravi ShankarPrasad, Minister for Electronics and

Information Technology said, “ThePLI scheme to herald a new era inmobile phone and electronic compo-nents manufacturing. Production ofRs.11.50 lakh crore and out of the totalproduction, we are aiming 60 per centof it for exports in next five years. Thisis a major boost to Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s Make in India andAtmanirbhar Bharat.”

It may be good to bear in our mindthat Chinese smartphone industriesare a flourishing industry and theirsmartphones are marvellous pieces ofengineering excellence and thesesmartphones are sold like hot cakesthroughout the world. It may be notedthat world-class main electronicindustries are all situated in the south-east Asia (Japan was once the world-famous hub for all kinds of electronicitems) and India is not far away fromthis region and surely, there will be anera of electronics boom in India too.

India restricting the import of Chinese electronic goods is not wise

A protest which should have nibbled in thebud, through early intelligence report, was

allowed to continue for months. Those were thedays when the union government’s authoritywas challenged in its own capital city.Whether itis the total failure of the intelligence agencies orthe failure of the Modi government to utilise theinputs from the agencies and act on time is whatis not known.Whoever, the official or political, isresponsible for the failure must open his mouthanswer the questions on the loss of face for thecountry.

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Agencies, Hong KongChinese President Xi Jinping is all set to

sideline the democratically elected repre-sentatives and civil servants of debt-riddenPakistan to expand his direct influence overthe political and economic processes of thecountry, according to Hong Kong-basedAsia Times.

The Chinese President is now all set tounleash the hapless Pakistani governmentand Army to expand the Chinese Commu-nist Party’s (CCP) influence over Pakistan.

“Since 2016, Xi, the General Secretary ofthe Communist Party of China has beenforcing the Pakistani establishment to putpressure on the government (it was NawazSharif’s government back then) to sidelinethe Planning Ministry’s role in the imple-mentation and monitoring of the multibil-lion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corri-dor (CPEC),” the opinion piece observedand went on to explain that “Xi pushed forthe creation of a supra-constitutional CPECAuthority that would freelance the manage-

ment of the predatory infrastructure andpower-generation projects under his directcommand”.

“The proposal was rejected then, but lastyear it was again presented before PrimeMinister Imran Khan. The reason given wastimely completion of the projects,” the arti-cle said.

Calling Pakistan Prime Minister ‘full-fledged puppet’ of the military establish-ment, the news platform said that it waseasier of Xi to manipulate the Pakistani lawto fulfil his “desire to take over the PlanningMinistry of Pakistan and in future the coun-try itself.”

It was not a surprise when retired armygeneral Asim Bajwa was appointed asChairman of the newly created China-Pak-istan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA)in November 2019.

The CPECA itself was established in Oc-tober 2019 through an Ordinance therebyproofing itself from public scrutiny, since itgave sweeping powers to the Authorities.

China sidelines Pakistan govt

Agencies, Rio De JaneiroBrazil on Sunday recorded 541

more coronavirus-related deaths inthe past 24 hours, taking the nation-al death toll to 94,104, according tothe country’s health ministry.

Meanwhile, tests have detected25,800 new infections, taking the to-tal caseload to 2,733,677, the min-istry said, Xinhua reported.

Brazil has become the hardest hitcountry in Latin America and thesecond-worst hit worldwide, secondonly to the United States in deathsand total number of COVID-19 in-fections.

The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’smost populous state, is the epicen-ter of the national outbreak, with558,685 infections and 23,317deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro,with 167,225 infections and 13,572deaths, and Ceara, with 176,580 cas-es and 7,709 deaths.Russia registers 5,394 COVID-19cases in past 24 hoursMoscow: Russia has registered 5,394COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours(5,427 yesterday), bringing the cu-mulative total to 856,264, the coun-try’s coronavirus response centersaid on Monday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Russiahas confirmed 5,394 COVID-19 cas-es in 83 regions, of which 1,413 (26.2percent) have been detected active-ly, with people showing no clinicalsymptoms,” the response centersaid in a statement.

This brings the total case countto 856,264, with the daily increaseamounting to 0.6 percent.

Moscow has registered 693 coro-

navirus cases in the past 24 hours,which is more than any other regionin Russia, followed by the SverdlovskRegion with 196 cases and theKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Regionwith 172 new cases (compared to664, 199 and 168 yesterday, respec-tively). No new cases have beenrecorded in the Chukotka Au-tonomous Region and the NenetsAutonomous Region. A total of 79COVID-19 patients died in Russia inthe past 24 hours (70 on the previ-ous day), which brings the death tollto 14,207.Peru sees 428,850 cases ofCOVID-19, 19,614 deathsLima: Peru on Sunday reported428,850 cases of COVID-19 after3,657 new cases of infection weredetected in the previous day.

The country’s COVID-19 deathtoll rose to 19,614, according to theHealth Ministry.

Health authorities have conduct-ed 2,404,046 tests to detect the virus.Of those who tested positive, 13,743people required hospitalization, in-cluding 1,410 on ventilators in in-tensive care units.

Peru’s government maintainslockdown measures in seven re-gions with the worst outbreaks,though a nationwide curfew is stillin place.UK Coronavirus tally surpasses 304,000London: The number of COVID-19cases in the United Kingdom has in-creased by 744 in the last 24 hours,reaching 304,695, according to thecountry’s Health Department.

On Saturday, the daily increasewas 771.

“As of 9am [08:00 GMT] on 2 Au-gust, 304,695 people have testedpositive for coronavirus in the UK,”the department said. On March 11,

the World Health Organization des-ignated the COVID-19 outbreak as apandemic.S Korea reports 23 more COVID-19 cases, 14,389 in totalSeoul: South Korea reported 23more cases of the COVID-19 as of0:00 a.m. Monday local time com-pared to 24 hours ago, raising thecountry’s total number of infectionsto 14,389. The daily caseload fell be-low 30 due to a sharp drop in localinfections, but it continued to growin double digits owing to importedcases. Of the new cases, 20 were im-ported, lifting the combined figureto 2,461. The imported cases grew indouble figures for 39 straight dayssince June 26.

The number of domestic infec-tions was three, marking the lowestin 87 days since May 8. No moredeath was confirmed, leaving thedeath toll at 301. The total fatality

rate stood at 2.09 percent.Colombia’s COVID-19 cases reach317,651, death toll hits 10,650Bogota: Colombia’s Ministry ofHealth on Sunday reported a total of317,651 cases of COVID-19, with139,037 cases considered active.

The death toll rose to 10,650 after320 more patients died from the dis-ease in the previous day.

As many as 11,470 new caseswere detected in the same 24-hourperiod, including 4,447 in Bogota,2,279 in the department of Antio-quia and 642 in the Valle del Caucadepartment. The total number ofpeople who recovered rose to167,239. A nationwide lockdown isin effect through Aug. 30.China registers 43 new COVID-19 casesBeijing: China registered 43 newcoronavirus cases in the past 24hours, 10 COVID-19 patients recov-ered over that period, which is fourless than the day before, the coun-try’s National Health Commissionsaid on Monday.

Out of the 43 new cases, 36 are lo-cal, while the rest are imported. Ac-cording to the commission, most ofthe local cases have been registeredin Xinjiang, an autonomous territo-ry in northwestern China, wherenew sparks in infection were recent-ly reported.

The country’s total number ofconfirmed coronavirus cases nowstands at 84,428, the death toll is4,634. The total number of recov-ered individuals in China stands at79,013. The total number of import-ed cases is 2,085.

Brazil: Coronavirus death toll crosses 94k-markFormer Pope Benedictis seriously ill Berlin: Former Pope BenedictXVI is seriously ill after return-ing to the Vatican from a visitto Germany, German newspa-per Passauer Neue Presse re-ported on Monday, citing hisbiographer. Benedict, aged 93,has become very frail and hisvoice is barely audible, authorPeter Seewald told the daily.But at a meeting with Seewaldon Saturday, German-bornBenedict appeared optimistic,and said he might pick upwriting again if he regains hisstrength, the report said,adding he was suffering fromshingles. Benedict came to hisnative Bavaria in June to payhis ailing brother GeorgRatzinger a final visit.Ratzinger, aged 96, died short-ly afterwards. [nL8N2EF4BQ]It was Benedict’s first trip out-side Italy since 2013, the yearhe resigned the papacy.

Red Notice fugitive backin China to face the lawBeijing: A Chinese fugitivesuspected of perpetrating du-ty-related crimes has returnedto China to face the law, Chi-na’s top anti-graft authoritysaid Monday. Qu Zhilin, for-mer chief of a community-lev-el branch committee of theCommunist Party of China(CPC) in Qingdao, east China’sShandong Province, fled over-seas in February 2018, accord-ing to a statement by the CPCCentral Commission for Disci-pline Inspection and the Na-tional Supervisory Commis-sion. Qu has surrendered hisembezzled money to the au-thorities. In July 2018, the Li-cang District supervisory com-mission in Qingdao launchedan investigation against Qu,and he was listed on the Inter-pol Red Notice in March 2020,the statement said.

Several opposition parties inVenezuela not to take part inParliamentary electionsBuenos Aires: A number of op-position parties in Venezuelawill not be participating in theparliamentary elections set totake place on December 6, astatement released by the Na-tional Communication Centerof opposition leader JuanGuaido says. “The Venezuelandemocratic parties called onall the social and political sec-tors of the country to build anew democratic offensive forthe salvation of Venezuela,”the Sunday statement says,adding that 27 parties have“unanimously agreed not toparticipate in the electoralfraud.” The previous parlia-mentary election was held inVenezuela in 2015; the powersof the current convocation ofthe National Assembly expirein December 2020.

Landslides kill 10 inNepal as heavy rainstake toll in South AsiaKathmandu/Dhaka: Heavyrain in Nepal triggered land-slides on Monday that killedeight labourers at a construc-tion site and two members of afamily, taking the toll in floodsand landslides to 177 since lateMay. Elsewhere in South Asia,the annual rainy seasonbrought more misery with atleast 135 people killed inBangladesh since late June inthe longest-running floodsthere in more than twodecades, while floods havekilled nearly 120 people anddisplaced millions in the Indi-an states of Assam and Bihar.Nepali government official-Murari Wasti told Reuters thatthe labourers were sleeping ina tin-roofed shelter near thecapital, Kathmandu, when thelandslide hit. “Rescuers dugthrough the mud and took outall eight bodies,” Wasti said.One injured labourer had beentaken to hospital.

Over 1,300 firefightersbattling Apple Fire insouthern CaliforniaLos Angeles: Over 1,300 fire-fighters were battling a fast-growing wildfire burning outof control on Sunday in River-side County of Southern Cali-fornia. The blaze, dubbed “Ap-ple Fire,” forced around 8,000local residents to be evacuat-ed, the authorities said. Thefire started on Friday night andhas scorched 20,516 acres(83.1 square km), according tothe latest information updatedby the California Departmentof Forestry and Fire Protection(Cal Fire). A total of 1,360 fire-fighters backed by helicoptersare battling on the scene, butthey have been unable to con-tain any of it so far.

MUSTREADBrazil has become the hard-est hit country in Latin Amer-ica and the second-worst hitworldwide, second only tothe United States in deathsand total number of COVID-19 infections.Beijing: China registered 43new coronavirus cases in thepast 24 hours, 10 COVID-19patients recovered over thatperiod, which is four lessthan the day before, thecountry’s National HealthCommission said on Mon-day.

Agencies, WashingtonThe SpaceX Crew Dragon “En-

deavour” spacecraft carrying twoNASA astronauts parachuted to asplashdown in the Gulf of Mexicooff the coast of Florida on Sunday,completing a two-month missionto the International Space Station(ISS). The spacecraft splasheddown off the coast of Pensacola,Florida at 2:48 p.m. EDT (1848GMT) Sunday.

The weather conditions ap-peared “great” for the parachutesplashdown, tweeted NASA Ad-ministrator Jim Bridenstine.

The SpaceX recovery vessel GONavigator was waiting at thelanding zone. The recovery teamshave reached the SpaceX Dragoncapsule and gathered the para-chutes in the water.

The recovery teams arepreparing to open the hatch to re-trieve NASA astronauts RobertBehnken and Douglas Hurley, ac-cording to NASA live broadcast.

The astronauts are expected toget out of the capsule within anhour after the splashdown.

The return began at 7:35 p.m.EDT Saturday, when the CrewDragon spacecraft autonomouslyundocked from the ISS Harmonymodule. After an approximately19-hour return journey, thespacecraft began deorbit burn at1:56 p.m. EDT Sunday, and de-ployed four main parachutes.

The return of the test flightwith the two astronauts from theISS marks the first splashdown ofan American crew spacecraft in

45 years, said NASA.It also wrapped up the test

flight for the first commerciallyowned and operated crewedspacecraft under NASA’s Com-mercial Crew Program.

“It was an honor to witnesshistory as @NASA and @SpaceXlaunched American astronautson an American rocket fromAmerican soil to the @Space_Sta-tion in May. Today, we welcomehome @AstroBehnken & @As-tro_Doug! On behalf of a gratefulNation, thank you!” U.S. VicePresident Mike Pence tweeted.

Astronauts Behnken and Hur-ley took off from U.S. soil on May30, riding aboard Crew Dragonspacecraft in a historic test flightto the ISS.

They arrived at the ISS in theCrew Dragon on May 31, wherethey performed tests on CrewDragon in addition to conductingresearch and other tasks with thespace station crew.

The mission, dubbed Demo-2,is the first crewed launch to orbitfrom U.S. soil since NASA’s shut-tle program ended in 2011, andalso the first-ever manned spacelaunch by a private company,ushering in a new era of U.S.space exploration.

This is SpaceX’s final test flightfor NASA’s Commercial Crew Pro-gram and will provide critical da-ta on the performance of the Fal-con 9 rocket, Crew Dragon space-craft, and ground systems, as wellas in-orbit, docking and landingoperations, according to NASA.

SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic splashdown off Florida

Washington (UNI)Officials from the White House

said that the US presidential elec-tion will be held on November 3 asplanned after President DonaldTrump earlier raised the possibili-ty of delaying it.

“We’re going to hold an elec-tion on Nov 3 and the president isgoing to win,” White House Chiefof Staff Mark Meadows on Sundaytold CBS’s Face the Nation.

Meadows’s remarks wereechoed by presidential campaignadviser Jason Miller, who told FoxNews Sunday that “The election isgoing to be on Nov 3 and Presi-dent Trump wants the election tobe on Nov 3.”

Trump raised the possibility onThursday of delaying the coun-

try’s presidential election in No-vember, alleging that “universalmail-in voting” will make the 2020election “the most inaccurate andfraudulent” in history.

Meanwhile, Trump on Thurs-day suggested delaying the U.S.elections, an idea immediately re-jected by both Democrats and hisfellow Republicans in Congress -the sole branch of governmentwith the authority to make such achange.

Critics and even Trump’s alliesdismissed the notion as an unseri-ous attempt to distract from dev-astating economic news, butsome legal experts warned thathis repeated attacks could under-mine his supporters’ faith in theelection process.

US presidential election tobe held in Nov as planned

Agencies, MiamiThe Florida coast looked set

to avoid major damage late onSunday with Tropical Storm Isa-ias keeping offshore as it rum-bles north, although it couldstrengthen to a hurricane by thetime it reaches the Carolinas onMonday packing heavy windsand rain.

By 8 p.m. ET (0000 GMT), Isaias was about55 miles (90 km) east-southeast of CapeCanaveral, Florida, heading north-north-westward with top sustained winds of 70miles per hour (110 km per hour), the Nation-al Hurricane Center said.

After passing the Florida coast overnight,the storm is expected to keep offshore whilegrazing Georgia and southern South Carolinabefore heading inland over eastern SouthCarolina or southern North Carolina on Mon-day night.

“A turn toward the north and north-north-

east along with an increase inforward speed is anticipated onMonday and Tuesday,” said theNHC, which issued a hurricanewatch for parts of South andNorth Carolina.

Storm surges, when a stormpushes tidal levels above nor-mal, of up to 4 feet (1.22 m), andflooding also threatened some

of the areas in Isaias’ path, forecasters said.Isaias, which was downgraded from a hur-

ricane on Saturday, is expected to move up-ward along the East Coast and reach Washington, Philadelphia and New York City on Tuesday before moving into New Eng-land.

The Palm Beach area, where PresidentDonald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is located,emerged largely unscathed from the stormafter it brushed off the coast, with authoritiesreporting no widespread damage and noflooding.

Tropical Storm Isaias grazesFlorida, heads up East Coast

Agencies, ColomboSri Lankan President Gotabaya

Rajapaksa hopes to tighten his holdon the nation’s fractious politics inan election on Wednesday thatcould elevate his brother and allowthe two to change the constitution ifthey prevail.

Rajapaksa, who claims credit forcontrolling the spread of the newcoronavirus in the island nation,hopes to install his elder brotherand former president - current care-taker Prime Minister Mahinda Ra-japaksa - in the post formally withan outright election victory.

Sri Lanka has reported 2,816 in-fections of the new coronavirus and11 Covid-19 deaths as of Sunday.The totals are lower than in neigh-bouring south Asian countries, heldin check by a strict lockdown sinceMarch.

“We will make it safe for you tovote,” said chief election commis-sioner Mahinda Deshapriya, urgingpeople to vote without fear.

The Rajapaksa brothers, whobuilt their political careers as Sin-halese Buddhist nationalists, are

best known for crushing Tamil sepa-ratists fighting for a separate home-land for their ethnic minority. The26-year civil war ended under the

elder Rajapaksa’s presidency.Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who won thepresidency in November, is not upfor re-election in the parliamentarypolls. Given the support the broth-ers enjoy among the Sinhalese ma-jority, Mahinda is favoured to be-come Prime Minister over SajithPremadasa, analysts say. Sri Lankadoes not have a tradition of con-ducting political opinion polls.

The opposition candidate is theson of Ranasinghe Premadasa, whowas assassinated while President bya Tamil suicide bomber in 1993. TheRajapaksas want to return to thepresidency powers that were dilutedby previous governments as part ofreforms to prevent abuses of power.

“The majority community in SriLanka have (shown) that they havealready decided they want the Ra-japaksas back by voting GotabayaRajapaksa into the presidency,” saidJayadeva Uyangoda, an indepen-dent political commentator. Thequestion, he said, is whether theywill get a big majority to makesweeping changes.

Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa hopesto tighten grip on power in election

Rajapaksa, who claims creditfor controlling the spread ofthe new coronavirus in the

island nation, hopes to install hiselder brother and former presi-dent - current caretaker PrimeMinister Mahinda Rajapaksa - inthe post formally with an outrightelection victory.

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Homicides surge in 50largest cities in US.: reportWashington: Homicides havesurged 24 percent this year in the50 largest cities across the UnitedStates, against the backdrop of acoronavirus pandemic, an eco-nomic slash and a national unrestover racial injustice and police vi-olence, according to the latest da-ta compiled by the Wall StreetJournal. There were a total of 3,612homicides so far this year in the 50largest U.S. cities, an analysis ofcrime statistics of the newspapershowed.

In all, 36 of the 50 cities studiedsaw homicide rise at double-digitrates, representing all regions ofthe country, said a WSJ report onSunday.

Shootings and gun violence al-so rose, while many other violentcrimes such as robbery fell, saidthe report, adding that the murderrate is still low compared with pre-vious decades.

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Bhopal, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 6Leisure

In June, Netflix India announceda package of entertainment con-sisting of 17 films that are all set topremiere directly on the digitalplatform in the coming fewmonths. Ever since the OTT plat-form has revealed these names,Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena:The Kargil Girl has become the talkof the town.

Karan Johar’s Dharma Produc-tions and Zee Studios’ film GunjanSaxena: The Kargil Girl is a biopicbased on the Indian Air Force’s firstwoman pilot in combat, whoplayed a crucial role in the 1999Kargil War - Flight Lieutenant Gun-jan Saxena. After the announce-ment of the movie last year, Janhvi’sfans are pretty much excited towatch her giving a tribute to the re-al combat warrior who has servedthe nation and has always empow-ered women. The film also starsbiggies like Angad Bedi and PankajTripathi that makes it morethrilling. Karan Johar has alwaysshown interest in periodic dramasand pro-military films that high-light our history and the army re-spectively. He was credited earlierfor producing films like The GhaziAttack and Kesari under his pro-duction house Dharma Produc-tions.

Here are the five reasons towatch this biopic on a woman whoplayed an important role in Indianhistory.

1. Stellar Cast: The success of a

film is majorly dependent on itscast, and in this case, the castamazingly fits the characters. Theaudience will be able to enjoy theperfect fusion between the fresh-ness of Janhvi Kapoor, the raw tal-ent of Angad Bedi with the years of

experience that Pankaj Tripathiholds. Pankaj Tripathi, who earlierplayed a negative character in Net-flix’s Sacred Games is back but thistime in the role of a loving and car-ing father.

2. An Inspiring Story: The film is

based on true events from the lifeof IAF’s Flight Lieutenant GunjanSaxena. Coming from an army fam-ily, Gunjan too dreamed to join themilitary. Her dream became true in1994 when she cleared the ShastraSeema Bal exams. During the KargilWar in 1999, the responsibility ofoperation Vijay was given to Gun-jan where she had to supply medi-cine and food to the army fightingahead and to keep a watch on thePakistani Army. She flew the Chee-tah helicopter which was a symbolof hope for the Indian Army.

3. Enthralling Visuals: Eventhough the film is not completely awar movie but it will show a fewhistorical glimpses of Indo-Pakborder from 1999’s Kargil War. Asthe technology has outshined theIndian Cinema in the past fewyears, it is for sure that it would be atreat to our eyes to see JanhviKapoor flying a combat Cheetahhelicopter above the line of control.

4. An Emotional Father-Daugh-ter Bond: It is true that there is awoman behind every successfulman, but it is also a fact that behindevery successful woman there is afather who has supported her. Gun-jan Saxena’s father was himselfarmy personnel and he entirelysupported Gunjan to achieve hergoals. Being in the army for yearshe knew about the tension at theborders and yet sending his daugh-ter to serve the nation on the front-line prove that he was lionhearted.

While Gunjan is played by Jhanvi,Pankaj Tripathi plays the on-screenfather and this bond will surely giveyou both tears and goosebumps.

5. Intriguing Background Music:One of the most important ele-ments of the films based on mili-tary events are the background mu-sic or sound effects. The script con-sists of love, drama, patriotism, andwar sequences; all these moods aretotally different and demands a dif-ferent form of music. The music di-rectors of Gunjan Saxena: TheKargil Girl have completely justifiedthe script by providing a variety ofmusic according to the scenes. Themusic when Janhvi is flying her he-licopter between the mountains isabsolutely intriguing.

6. Director Sharan Sharma: Gun-jan Saxena: The Kargil Girl will alsomark Sharan Sharma’s directorialdebut. With great script and storyalong with some big names likeKaran Johar’s Dharma Productions,Zee Studios, and Netflix have madeSharan’s entry in the industry amemorable one. To make a film ona subject like this needs a braveheart. After watching the trailer,you can say that Sharan has flaw-lessly sailed the boat.

Helmed by Sharan Sharma,Gunjan Saxena will be releasing onAugust 12, 2020, ahead of Indepen-dence Day and we cannot wait tosee Janhvi Kapoor in the characterof this brave Indian Air Force pilotthat made history.

Here are six reasons one cannot miss JanhviKapoor’s Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

Frontline workers have beenputting themselves at risk of contract-ing Coronavirus themselves. Theyhave been at this for over 125 daysnow. They are exhausted. Fatigue isreal. Their mental health too is suffer-ing in the process among other things.

Experts came together to discussand raise funds for these healthcareworkers who have been tirelessly do-ing their duty. Medical experts includ-ing Dr Mulffi Ladakwala, Dr SiddhantBhargava, Dr Karishma Vijan, Dr An-jali Chhabria and Deanne Pandaytalked about how to maintain healthand ensure it doesn’t degrade, duringthe Coronavirus Pandemic.

This live was conducted to raisefunds and awareness on how to main-tain health during Covid-19.

Some of the important points ofdiscussion included:

Impact of Covid-19 on mentalhealth:

People have never died alone sothey are scared of the pandemic. Thisis why it is affecting their mentalhealth more.

Maintaining a routine is impor-tant. Here’s how to do it:

Divide your day into 5 - - Me time- Work time

- Time to learn a new skill- Time to connect with friends- Time to give back to nature, soci-

ety or anybody else you wish to, inyour own way.

If you are still feeling low, it is bestto reach out to your friends, family orexperts who can help you.

Do not neglect this feeling, it willdo more harm than good to not justyourself but people around you aswell. While it is not necessary to workout every day, it is necessary to get outof your bed and keep the body mov-ing.

Make sure you are doing what youlove. Find a reason to jump out of bedevery morning. Ikigai is the Japanesesecret to a long, healthy life. It is thepure joy of doing something with allyour focus, love and energy. If youhaven’t found it yet, use this time tofind out that you love and keep sometime apart for focusing on this.

While the number of cases seemsto be reducing, with a one-day recordof just 700 in Mumbai, Dr MulffiLadakwala clears the air about the de-cline in the number of COVID positiveresults. People are getting blood testsand scans done without actually do-ing the COVID tests. So the numbercan’t be true. People are self-quaranti-ning themselves without the scare ofBMC shutting everything up.

A lot of home remedies have beenprescribed to keep the virus at bay.But will all the home remedies likeHaldi, kadha etc. help in increasingthe immunity?

The experts say no. They recom-mend everybody eat a normal andbalanced meal. Dr Siddhant recom-mends not to overdo stuff. He alsobelieves that if you have not had allthe home remedies for years, it ismiraculously not going to increaseimmunity.

Lockdown has you mentally and physically exhausted?

The video also gives asubtle nod to Amazon PrimeVideo’s association with Tin-der for the launch of BandishBandits

Produced and created byAmritpal Singh Bindra anddirected by Anand Tiwari,the romantic musical dramastars Ritwik Bhowmik andShreya Chaudhry in theleads and also features

Naseeruddin Shah, AtulKulkarni, Sheeba Chaddha,Kunal Roy Kapur and RajeshTailang, and an OriginalSoundtrack by the legendarymusical trio Shankar EhsaanLoy Prime members in Indiaand across 200 countries andterritories can stream theshow from 4 August 2020.

Amazon Prime Video to-day released a new musicvideo for Chedkhaniyaan -from its upcoming seriesBandish Bandits. Sung byShivam Mahadevan andPratibha Singh Baghel, thisfun and peppy song takes usthrough the romance andnok-jhoks of couples in theireveryday lives.

The music video of Chedkhaniyaan fromAmazon Original Series Bandish Bandits’will leave you with a warm and fuzzy feel

Akshay Kumar sharedthe first look of RakshaBandhan and revealed thathe was dedicating the samefor his sister.

Akshay Kumar made theoccasion of Raksha Band-han an even more specialone for his beloved fans ashe announced his new filmon social media. Directedby Aanand L Rai, Akshay’snew film is titled ‘RakshaBandhan’. The actor alsoshared the first look of thefilm and revealed that hewas dedicating the same forhis sister. Akshay also re-vealed that this film is thequickest film he has signedin his career so far.

Sharing the poster, hewrote, “A story that touchesyour heart so deeply & soinstantly,it’s the quickest

I’ve signed a film in my ca-reer.Dedicating thisfilm,#RakshaBandhan tomy sister,Alka & to the mostspecial bond in theworld...that of a brotherand sister.Thank you@aanandlrai, this one isvery special.”

As the poster showcases,the film is likely to highlightthe brother-sister bond.Written by Himanshu Shar-ma, Raksha Bandhan is setto release on 5 November,2021. While Akshay is al-ready making plans for nextyear, his two big films for2020 — Laxmmi Bomb andSooryavanshi are yet to re-lease.

Akshay Kumar announces new film ‘Raksha Bandhan’by Aanand L Rai; Shares first look on the occasion

Sanya Malhotra gave a bang-on performance and aced themany phases of a real life charac-ter, Anupama Banerji in theShakuntala Devi biopic. PlayingShakuntala Devi’s daughter’scharacter, the actress hasbeen receiving rave re-views across for hercharacter.

Sanya has por-trayed 20 years of thereal life character-from an adolescent,to a teenager, to amatured adult, amother, a wifeand it hasbeen noth-ing less thana treat forthe audi-e n c e s .With sucha beauti-ful char-acter, thea c t r e s sprovedher ver-satility

once again.Here’s what the audiences are

saying,‘While the world will praise the

performance of @vidya_balan tothe skies, and rightly so, you

Sanya, were a revelation!You truly held your own in

front of a powerhouseperformer.. Hope we getto see more of you..

‘Ma’am you did anamazing work in themovie. Really lovedhow beautifully u de-picted ur emotionson screen?? Admire u

since the days ofSt. Francisschool and bigfan of yourdance. Keepmaking usproud ma’am.Whenever seeu onscreen wego like humari

school meteacher ...

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Sanya Malhotra yet again winshearts of the audiences with herperformance in Shakuntala Devi

04 August 2020

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Wamiqa Gabbi’s red-hot look is theperfect blend ofcuteness & hotness!

Punjabi beauty queen,Wamiqa Gabbi once againgrabbed the attention of her fanswith her adorable expressions.As an actress, she acquired greatrecognition from her moviessuch as ‘Nikka Zaildar 2’, ‘DilDiyan Gallan’ and many more.

In her recent post, she sharedtwo pictures with totally differ-ent expressions; one classy andother notorious. Her photos inred-hot look are mesmerizingthe fans and she captioned them“Picture 1 - When you feel likeeverything is fine.

Wamiqa Gabbi is not only fa-mous Punjabi actress but alsoworked in Hindi, Tamil andMalayalam. In fact, she wonFlowers Indian Film Award for‘Best Debut Actress’ for Malay-alam film “Godha”. Besides this,she will be seen in next in thePunjabi movie “Galwakdi” bySharan Art,oppositeTa r s e mJassar.

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Former Argentinastriker Ruben leavesRosario CentralBuenos Aires: Former Argenti-na international striker MarcoRuben parted ways withRosario Central and raised theprospect of ending his careerat the age of 33. Ruben’s con-tract with the Argentinian Su-perliga club expired in Juneand he failed to agree on a newdeal following the appoint-ment of Cristian Gonzalez ashead coach on July 5. “I wantto announce my decision tonot play for the rest of 2020,”the former Villarreal playersaid in a statement on Sunday.“I see this as a pause in my ca-reer, though time and circum-stances will tell if this break isdefinitive or not.” Ruben made117 first-team appearancesand scored 54 goals for RosarioCentral after rejoining his orig-inal club from Mexico’s Tigresin 2014. He spent 2019 on loanat Brazil’s Atletico Paranaense.

Tokyo Paralympicscompetition scheduleannouncedTokyo: The Tokyo 2020 orga-nizing committee on Mondayannounced the schedule of thedelayed Paralympic Games,which will be held from August24 to September 5, 2021. Theschedule will “in principle” beas close to originally plannedfor 2020 but for operationalreasons the start and endtimes of certain events havebeen adjusted. The Tokyo 2020Paralympic Games will feature539 events, across 22 sportshosted at 21 venues. The firstmedalist will be decided in thewomen’s cycling time trial pur-suit on August 25, one day af-ter the opening ceremony.

Pole vaulter Nageotteclears world-leading4.92m in AtlantaNew York: American polevaulter Katie Nageotte set aworld-leading mark of 4.92meters on Saturday in Mariet-ta, Georgia, near Atlanta. Theleap sent the 29-year-old toNo. 6 position on the all-timelist. Her previous best outdoorwas 4.83m, which she clearedon 18 July, also in Marietta.

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Thiruvananthapuram (UNI)An app developed by a technol-

ogy startup mentored by KeralaStartup Mission (KSUM) has beenselected from India for a specialgrant of USD 5,000 instituted by aSan Francisco-based mobile mar-keting technology company.

The GoK Direct-Kerala App, de-veloped by Qkopy Online Services,won the ‘COVID-19 ResilienceGrant’ from App Samurai INC, andbecame the sole startup from thecountry to bag such a covetedprize, a release said here on Sun-day.

The startup is among the 12winners from across the globe. Theselection committee was im-pressed by Qkopy’s communityimpact through its technology andservices in all extraordinary cir-cumstances like Nipah, Keralafloods and COVID-19.

GOK Direct – Kerala app pro-

vides updates and accurate infor-mation from the state governmentstraight to the local community.The final list of apps was selectedbased on their potential to helpthe community during the pan-demic, potential to become to-morrow’s unicorns, and readinessto scale-up.

The aim of the grant is to fur-ther these outstanding apps’ reachin order to advance their impactand benefit to the community dur-ing the pandemic.

App developed by technologystartup selected from India forspecial grant of USD 5,000

Kolkata (UNI)Welcome the monsoons like never before! SpiceJet,

the country’s favourite airline, today launched a limit-ed period ‘1+1 offer’ sale.

Under this special offer, SpiceJet is offering one-way base fares starting as low as Rs 899 (excluding tax-es) for travel on the airline’s domestic network.

The five-day sale launched today will be open tillmidnight of 7th August, 2020 for the travel period un-til 31st Mar, 2021.

Some of popular routes available for starting salefare of INR 899 (excluding taxes) include Hyderabad –Belgaum, Belgaum - Hyderabad, Ahmedabad – Ajmer(Kishangarh), Ajmer (Kishangarh) -Ahmedabadamongst others.

As part of this special offer, the airline is also offer-ing a free flight voucher worth the base fare of thebooked flight.

Customers booking a flight during the sale will geta complimentary flight voucher with a maximum val-ue of INR 2000 per booking.

The voucher, which can be used for future ticketbookings, will be e-delivered to the customer within48-hours of booking and will have a validity of travelperiod until 15th October, 2020.

Spicejet has also come up with attractive offers on

its add-on services that can be availed during this saleperiod.

Flyers can purchase add-on services like preferredseats and You 1st (services like priority check-in, pre-ferred boarding and bag out service) for just Rs 149.

Customers can also upgrade to SpiceMax at a spe-cial price of INR 499 only.

Shilpa Bhatia, Chief Commercial Officer, SpiceJet,said, “With our special ‘1+1 offer’ sale, we aim to de-light our passengers with never before ticket pricesand a complimentary flight voucher for the next trav-el along with exciting add-on benefits. “

SpiceJet announces special 1+1 offerwith sale fares starting at Rs 899

Mumbai (UNI)Auto major, Bajaj Au-

to reported a decline of32.89 per cent in its totalsale at 2,56,041 as com-pared to 3,81,530 unitssold in July 2109.

Company’s total two-wheeler sale for July2020 registered a de-cline of 26 per cent to2,38,576 units com-pared to 3,22,210 unitsin July 2019.

In domestic marketcompany sold 1,52,474 units of 2 wheeler in July 2020 down by 11 per centcompared with 1,70,978 units sold in July 2019.

Exports of two-wheeler for the month of July 2020 dipped by 43 percentto 86,082 units compared with 1,51,232 units sold in July 2019.

The commercial business saw a drop of 81.15 per cent in domesticmarket at 6,502 units in July 2020 as compared 34,492 units sold in July2019.

The exports for commercial business decline by 56.67 per cent to10,774 units in July 2020 as compared with 24,828 units sold in July 2019.

In total, Bajaj Auto sold a total of 17,276 commercial vehicles in July2020 as compared to 59320 units in July 2019, down by 70.87 percent.

Bajaj Auto July 2020 total vehicle salesdeclines by 32.89 pc to 2,56,041 units

Mumbai (UNI)Public Sector Lender Bank of India has reported a

jump of 3.5 times in its standalone net profit for thequarter ended June 30, 2020 at Rs 843.60 crore for theperiod ended June 30, 2020 as against net profit of Rs242.62 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2019,dueto lower loan provisions and rise in other income.

Total income for the quarter ended review grew by3.52 per cent to Rs.11941.52 crore as compared to Rs11526.95 crore during the period ended June 30, 2019.

Bank by lower loan-loss provision of Rs 767 crore ascompared to Rs 1,873 crore in the year-ago period),and a 43 per cent increase in other income at ?1,707crore (?1,195 crore).

Bank other income for the quarter under reviewgrew by 43 per cent to Rs 1707 crore as compared withRs 1195 crore for the same quarter a year ago period.

Other income includes fee and commissions, for-eign exchange and derivatives revenue, gain on sale /revaluation of investments, and miscellaneous in-come.

Net Interest Income (NII) in quater ended June 30,2020 was down marginally to Rs 3,481.1 crore from Rs3,485.4 crore, compared to the same period a year ago.Domestic net interest margin also fell to 2.73 percentfrom 3.03 percent, YoY.

Pre-provision operating profit increased to Rs2,844.52 crore from Rs 2,271.35 crore in the same peri-od last year.

Asset quality during the quarter improved signifi-cantly as gross non-performing assets (NPA) fell 6.1percent to Rs 57,787.8 crore from Rs 61,549.9 crorewhile net NPA declined 7.3 percent to Rs 13,275 crorefrom Rs 14,320.1 crore, compared to the previousquarter.

Gross NPA as a percentage of gross advances fell by90 bps to 3.6 percent from 3.9 percent and net NPA asa percentage of net advances decreased by 30 bps to3.6 percent from 3.9 percent, on a sequential basis.

Total provisions in quarter under review declinedto Rs 1512.07 crore from Rs 8,141.92 crore in the previ-ous quarter. Provisions during quarter ended Jue 30,2020 were at Rs 1,911.98 crore.

Bank of India Standalone Q1 netsurges by 3.5 times to Rs 843.60 cr

Dubai, (UNI)

Ireland pacer Josh Little hasbeen reprimanded for using “in-appropriate” language againstwicket-keeper batsman JonnyBairstow during the second ODI against England inSouthampton.

‘’Little was found to havebreached Article 2.5 of the ICCCode of Conduct for Players andPlayer Support Personnel, whichrelates to “using language, ac-tions or gestures which disparageor which could provoke an ag-gressive reaction from a batterupon his/her dismissal during anInternational Match, ‘’ ICC saidin a statement.

It was a Level 1 breach and onedemerit point has been added tothe disciplinary record of Little,for whom it was the first offence

in a period of 24 months.The incident occurred in the

16th over of England’s innings,when Little used inappropriatelanguage towards Jonny Bairstowupon his dismissal in the secondODI on Saturday.

Little admitted the offence andaccepted the sanction proposedby match referee Phil Whitticaseand as such, there was no needfor a formal hearing.

On-field umpires David Millnsand Alex Wharf, third umpireMike Burns and fourth officialMartin Saggers levelled thecharges.

Level 1 breaches carry a mini-mum penalty of an official repri-mand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s matchfee, and one or two demeritpoints.

Ireland’s Josh Little reprimandedfor using ‘inappropriate’ languageagainst Bairstow

Agencies, CanberraAustralian tennis

player Nick Kyrgioshas announced thathe will not play at theUS Open over coron-avirus fears.

In a video postedon Sunday, Kyrgios -Australia’s secondhighest-ranked maletennis player - said hemade the decisionout of respect for thepeople who have losttheir lives to COVID-19.

The tournament isset to start on August31 at its usual home in New York, but without fans present.

“I will not be playing this year at the US Open,” Kyrgios said.“It hurts me at my core not to be out there, competing in one of the

sport’s greatest arenas, Arthur Ashe Stadium.“But I’m sitting out for the people, my Aussies, for the hundreds and

thousands of American people who have lost their lives. For all of you.“It’s my decision.”It comes days after Ash Barty, the women’s world number one, an-

nounced on Thursday that she has withdrawn from the Grand Slam be-cause of “significant risks involved due to COVID-19.”

Kyrgios has been an outspoken critic of his fellow tennis stars amid thecoronavirus crisis.

Australian tennis star Kyrgios withdrawsfrom US open over COVID-19 fears

Mumbai (UNI)The Board of Control for Crick-

et in India (BCCI) on Monday in-vited bids for the team’s kit spon-sor and official merchandisingpartner rights through a tenderprocess.

The move comes on the backof Nike’s (current apparel spon-sorship right holders) deal com-ing to an end in September thisyear. Nike had a four-year dealwith the BCCI for 370 crore with aroyalty of 30 crore.

Nike have had a long standingassociation with Indian cricket.They’ve designed and suppliedkits for the men’s, women’s as wellas the U-19 teams since they as-sociated with BCCI in 2006.

Under the Invitation to Tender(ITT), the winning bidder will begranted the right to be the kitsponsor and/ or the official mer-chandising partner and variousother associated rights.

“The terms and conditionsgoverning the submission andevaluation of bids including eligi-bility requirements and perfor-mance obligations are contained

in the ITT which will be availableFrom August 3, 2020 on receipt ofpayment of the Tender Fee of RsOne lakh. The ITT will remain forpurchase till August 26, 2020,” theBCCI said in a statement.

‘’The BCCI reserves the right atits discretion to cancel or amend

the bidding process at any stagewithout providing any reason.Merely buying the ITT does notentitle the purchaser to bid, butto bid the purchaser must buy theITT in the name of theperson/entity desiring to bid,’’ itadded.

BCCI invites bids for kit sponsor of Team India

Mumbai (UNI)The Indian Premier League

2020 will be played from Septem-ber 19 to November 10 in UAE, theGoverning Council of the tourna-ment announced after a virtualmeeting on Sunday.

“The matches will be played inDubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi,subject to necessary clearancesfrom the Government of India,”said an official statement.

The 53-day tournament willhave 10 afternoon matches, start-ing at 1530 hrs IST and the eveningmatches will start at 1930 hrs IST.

The Governing Council also de-cided to retain all its sponsors, in-cluding Chinese mobile companyVIVO.

The Chinese sponsorship be-came a topic for debate after theclashes between the Indian andChinese troops in the Galwan Val-ley in June and BCCI had an-nounced that it will review IPL’ssponsorship deals.

Franchises will be allowed a 24-player squad and the IPL Govern-ing Council has given the greenlight for Covid-19 replacements -

franchises will be allowed to re-place a player if he gets unwellduring the course of the tourna-ment.

In another important decision,the IPL GC also approved thewomen’s IPL( Women’s T20 Chal-lenge) , which will also take placein the UAE and will comprise threeteams with four matches to be

played during the IPL Playoffweek.

“The Governing Council alsodiscussed the comprehensiveStandard Operating Procedures(SOPs), which will be finalised withthe agencies to execute and delivera bio-secure environment for safeand successful conduct of IPL2020,” said the statement.

IPL 2020 from Sep 19 to Nov 10 in UAE,Covid-19 replacements allowed

BUSINESS

Kansai Nerolac Paints Q1consolidated net declinesby 77.08 pc to Rs 33.47 crMumbai: Kansai Nerolac Paintshas posted a decline of 77.08 percent in its net profit for the quar-ter ended June 30, 2020 at Rs33.47 crore as against Rs 146.02crore for the quarter ended June30, 2019.

Total income for the quarterunder review decline by 58.23 percent to Rs 647.08 crore during theas compared to Rs 1549.18 crorefor the quarter ended June 30,2019.

Commenting on the results,Mr H M Bharuka, Vice Chairmanand Managing Director, KansaiNerolac Paints Ltd said, “Therewas an unprecedented demanddestruction this quarter due tothe lock down imposed on ac-count of COVID -19.

Both sales and bottom-linewas impacted as a result. Sales inApril were a complete washoutacross. Sales of Decorative hasseen revival in May and June withthe company registering doubledigit volume growth in both themonths.

Solara Active PharmaSciences appoints BharathR Sesha as MD and CEOMumbai: Solara Active PharmaSciences said that its Board of Di-rectors in its meeting held onMonday approved the resignationof Mr Jitesh Devendra as Manag-ing Director and Directorship ofthe company. The board also ap-proved the appointment of MrBharath R Sesha as Managing Di-rector and CEO of the Companywith effect from today.

Bharath is an Engineering grad-uate with a management degreefrom the Institute for Technologyand Management, Chennai. He al-so has a master’s degree in Inter-national Management from Thun-derbird School of Global Manage-ment, United States.

Bharath joins Solara from Nal-co Water, India where he was theManaging Director responsible forthe growth strategy. He has overtwo decades of experience and adecade leading diverse businessesincluding pharmaceuticals andhas held CXO level positions incompanies like Philips, DSMSinochem Pharmaceuticals, RoyalDSM NV.

Bhopal, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 8Capital

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalChief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan has said that properarrangements of food, water andcleanliness should be ensured atthe quarantine centres, so that thepeople admitted here do not get achance to complain. He said thatall district collectors should ensureproper arrangement of screeningof people coming from outside onRaksha Bandhan. He said that vigi-lance should be maintained in thestate, so that no lockdown situationcan be created in any district. ChiefMinister Chouhan was reviewingthe situation and arrangements ofCorona through video conferenc-ing from Chirayu Hospital on Sun-day.

During the review of Jabalpurand Rajgarh district, Chief MinisterChouhan directed that precautionssuch as wearing masks, sanitiza-tion and physical distancing forprevention from Corona should bestrictly followed. He instructed tomaintain special vigilance in hos-pitals.

In the meeting it was informedthat patients with serious ailmentshave also recovered from Corona inJabalpur.

Among them is Nusrat Parveenwho recovered after being on venti-lator for 10 days. Similarly, BalramJaswani suffering from cancer andRevaram suffering from heart dis-ease also defeated Corona.

Rapid Antigen Test startedIt was informed in the video

conference that the process ofRapid Antigen Test of Corona hasstarted in the state. As many 507tests were conducted in the stateon July 31 and 1021 on August one.This will enable quick identifica-tion of Corona affected persons.Special attention must be paid to

contact history and samplingInstructions were also given to

all districts to increase sampling ofCorona test and identify contacthistory of the Corona affected per-sons and strengthen the system ofchecking the persons who come incontact. Information was also tak-en by the Crisis ManagementGroup of all districts to review thelatest status of Corona infectionand to ensure management ac-cordingly.

Ambulance systemChief Minister Chouhan said

that it is necessary to monitor thetime that an ambulance takes toreach the patient. Additional ChiefSecretary Health Mohammad Sule-man informed that there is ade-quate arrangement of ambulancesin all the districts and funds werealso provided to the collectors forarranging additional ambulanceswhen needed. In the same se-quence, information was given thatadequate number of other ma-chines needed for treatment in-cluding ventilators is available inthe state.

Collector must ensure examination ofpeople coming from outside onRaksha Bandhan: CM

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalTechnical Education, Skill

Development Minister Yashod-hara Raje Scindia has said thatthere is a perception among thepeople that only traditionaltrades are trained in ITIs. Weneed to change this thinking.Minister Yashodhara RajeScindia was reviewing the activ-ities of the Department of SkillDevelopment and Employmentthrough a video conference onWednesday.

Skill Development MinisterYashodhara Raje Scindia said that at present it hasbecome necessary to introduce modern trades inITIs. Artificial intelligence has made its mark inevery field today. He said that in future four to fiveITIs will be identified and Artificial Intelligencecourse will be started in them.

The minister said that to get better results from

ITI, it is necessary to recognizethe deficiencies of these insti-tutions.

He instructed that by form-ing cells, identify those ITIswhose performance is notgood.

This cell should also collectcomplete information abouthow many students from whichITI have completed their train-ing from which trade.

With this we can provideemployment to youth in coor-dination with industries.

In the meeting, Director SkillDevelopment Shri Dhanraju gave information aboutgrading of ITIs, skill development for industrial valueaddition, National Trainee Promotion Scheme etc.

Principal Secretary, Technical Education, Skill De-velopment, Mrs. Caroline Khongwar Deshmukh at-tended the meeting through video conference.

Artificial Intelligence course to be started in select ITIs

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalAdditional Chief Secretary

Health Mohammad Suleman saidthat all arrangements are beingmade to prevent Corona infectionand for proper treatment of infect-ed persons. Work is being done onpriority for timely identification,arrangement for quarantine andtimely testing of Corona suspectsin the state.

The society will also have toplay an important role in these ef-forts being made by the state gov-ernment for Corona control andtreatment. Rapid antigen tests arenow being started in the state. TheAdditional Chief Secretary, Healthmet media representatives in theSamanvay Bhavan on Sunday andinformed about the campaign be-ing conducted at the state level forCovid-19 and the arrangementsbeing made by the state govern-ment.

Suleman said that the effectiveway to prevent the spread of infec-tion of global pandemic like Coro-na is to break the Corona chain bytaking all precautions. Lockdownis not a permanent solution. It ad-

versely affects the economy andlivelihood of the people. It is betterto take necessary precautions andstrictly follow guide line to preventpeople from Corona infection.People should not go to crowdedplaces without urgent work, mustwear mask essentially while leav-ing the house.

Giving information about Coro-na control and treatment, the Ad-ditional Chief Secretary said thathealth arrangements at many lev-els have been improved to treatCorona infected in the state. Inthis, the testing capacity has beenincreased from 600 per million to9334 per million. He informed thatfever clinics, testing capacities arebeing increased and quarantinecenters are being operated on pri-ority basis in each district. Alongwith this, effective work is beingdone for Corona control by Identi-fy, Isolation, Test and Treat basedon the I.I.T.T method.

Suleman said that MadhyaPradesh is in better condition inCorona infection. Initially, thestate was ranked 3rd-4th in thecountry.

Continuous rise in arrangementsof Corona treatment

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalChief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan is corona infected and isundergoing treatment at ChirayuHospital. On Tuesday, Coopera-tives Minister Arvind Bhadoria metCM in the hospital and inquiredabout his health. During this,Bhadoria’s wife Archana Singh tieda rakhi on Chouhan’s wrist andpresented a quince. Bhadoria’s wifeand his son are also Corona posi-tive. Both of them are admitted toChirayu Hospital along with minis-ter Bhadoria.

CM Chouhan’s third report hasalso come positive, so he will haveto stay in hospital for a few moredays. He has been admitted to Chi-rayu Hospital since July 25 after hetested corona positive. The CMsaid on the occasion of Raksha-bandhan, Corona warrior SisterSaroj, posted in his ward in thehospital, tied a rakhi with great af-fection. I wish her a happy andhealthy life, the CM said.

CM Shivraj tweeted: Sister

Archana requested me to tie rakhiin the hospital today. I pray for mysister’s early recovery and a happylife.

Cooperative Minister ArvindBhadoria also tested Corona posi-tive, he is also hospitalized. OnMonday, he met the CM along withthe family and inquired about hishealth.

Meanwhile, the CM expressedhis regret on Twitter for turningaway from the sisters on Raksha-

bandhan. The Chief Minister haswritten- ‘Congratulations to you onSneha Parv Raksha Bandhan. Everybrother should fulfill his promiseto protect the honour and pride ofthe sisters. Celebrate the festival athome during the corona crisis, sothat every brother and sister can behealthy and longevity. Today, forthe first time on the festival of Rak-shabandhan, I am away from mysisters, but emotionally, with myheart, I am near my sisters. Sisters,I will always work for your welfareand prosperity, bless your brother.’

CM Chouhan appealed- ‘Thesisters are tying the raksha sutra onthe wrists of their brothers. Theymust take a vow that they will wearmasks, make a defense distance of6 feet and keep vigilance in defenseof corona. Those sisters who arenot able to visit the brothers physi-cally, they should take this promiseon the phone that every brothershould take full care and vigilancein protecting Corona.

Shivraj celebrates Rakshabandhan in hospitalChronicle Reporter, Bhopal

Due to the lockdown, 90% ofthe rakhis remain in the godownsthis time in Bhopal. Rakhi whole-salers are estimated to lose aboutRs 50 lakh.

These merchants had orderedthe rakhis from Kolkata about 15days ago. All their preparationswere put on hold by a suddenlockdown.

Bairagarh, Lakherapura,Jumerati, Lalwani Press Road inBhopal have more than 25 whole-salers of rakhis.

They sell rakhis in Bhopal, Se-hore, Ichchawar, Raisen, Vidishaand Hoshangabad. But this timethe traders from outside Bhopalcould not come to Bhopal. Mean-while, due to the opening of In-dore market, traders of thosecities went to Indore.

Dilip Ahuja, the wholesaler ofthe Rakhis, says that this timemost traders had ensured thatthey would sell only the rakhismade in the country. Therefore,rakhi was sourced from West Ben-gal on a large scale.

After Rakshabandhan only10% of business takes place

Now most traders are expect-ing some goods to be sold by Jan-mashtami after the lockdownopens.

Anupam Aggarwal, generalsecretary of the Confederation ofAll India Traders (CAIT) says thatthere are many societies that cel-ebrate Rakhi till Janmashtami.

Then most of the sisters could noteven visit their brothers due to aban on the travel. Therefore,traders are expecting a little bit ofbusiness. But most of the busi-ness has been destroyed.

20 K rakhis made bywomen SHGs did not sell

CAIT general secretary VivekSahu said that on an average eachwholesaler had ordered goodsworth Rs 3 to 4 lakh. Almost all oftheir merchandise remained inthe shop and warehoused. Therakhis made by domestic womenof the Abha Merchant Federation(CAT) to stop Chinese rakhis inthe city did not sell due to lock-down. The merchant associationhopes that after the lockdown isover, people will buy these rakhistill Janmashtami. Under the su-pervision of CAIT’s local unit,women had made more than 20thousand rakhis. But most of therakhis were not sold. Now CAT of-ficials are motivating themselvesto buy these ashes through socialmedia.

90 pc Rakhis remain unsold

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalRituals will begin from Tuesday for

the bhumi pujan worship of Lord Ra-ma’s temple construction in Ayodhya.On 5 August, Prime Minister NarendraModi will arrive for the main eventand perform bhoomi Pujan. UmaBharti, a prominent face of the RamMandir movement in the 90s, will notparticipate in the foundation stoneprogramme even though she is in Ay-odhya. She gave information about this by tweetingherelf. Uma said that ever since she heard of AmitShah and UP BJP leaders being Corona positive, Ihave been concerned for the people present at thefoundation stone of the temple in Maa Ayodhya, es-pecially for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Uma Bharti tweeted: I will leave today fromBhopal. I can meet an infected person till I reach Ay-odhya tomorrow evening in a situation where@narendramodi and hundreds of people are present,

I will keep distance from that place.And only after @narendramodi and allthe group has left, will I be able to seeRamlala.

She wrote - I will leave today fromBhopal. I can meet an infected persontill I reach Ayodhya tomorrowevening. In a situation where Naren-dra Modi and hundreds of people arepresent, I will keep distance from thatplace.

I will perform Aarti on the banks ofSaryu the day after tomorrow. When the Prime Minis-ter ends the programme and leaves, I will reach there.And only after the entire group has left, I will come tosee Ramlala.

I have sent this information to the senior officer ofRam Janma Bhoomi Trust in Ayodhya and the PrimeMinister’s Office. Exclude my name from the list ofthe group present at the time of Narendra Modi’sfoundation laying program.

Uma Bharti not to attend Ayodhya bhumi pujan programme

Milind Mujumdar, IndoreThe voices of dissidents are rising

rapidly in the BJP and have alarmedthe party’s national leadership. Thedisgruntled BJP leaders are express-ing their dissatisfaction by makingstatements in the media. The party

is facing a difficult situation due tothis. The party is currently in a stateof chaos as Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan, State PresidentVishnu Dutt Sharma, State Organi-zation General Secretary Suhas Bha-gat and Cooperative Minister ArvindSingh Bhadoria, who have beenplaying a management role in theparty for the last few days, are Coro-

na positive.According to sources, State In-

charge Dr. Vinay Sahastrabuddhecan come to Bhopal after August 10for damage control. Among the BJPdissidents, the most vocal is formerminister Ajay Vishnoi. However, sur-prise is being expressed on AjayVishnoi’s attitude as he is an oldfriend of Chief Minister Shivraj

Singh Chouhan. According tosources,

All India Organization GeneralSecretary BL Santosh has also taken feedback about the activitiesof the dissidents going on in thestate BJP.

Concerns over dissent in BJP

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalChief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan has said that Anganwadicentres have an important role in re-moving malnutrition of children andwomen and keeping them healthy.Its importance has increased evenmore during the Covid-19 phase.

Other departments should alsoassist in enabling Anganwadi cen-tres. Officers and ministers shouldalso assist in making necessarychanges in the arrangements by in-specting the Anganwadi centers dur-ing the tour in the districts. Cent per-cent results can be obtained bypreparing an action plan for nutri-tion campaign. Improvements mustbe made in the implementation ofwomen and child developmentschemes at the grassroots level.Whatever shortcomings are noticedmust be fulfilled. Chief MinisterChouhan directed that to make vari-ous arrangements at Anganwadicenters, the Women and Child De-velopment Department should in-crease coordination with various de-partments.

Chief Minister Chouhan gavethese instructions while reviewingthe operation of Anganwadis of thestate through video conference fromthe hospital on Sunday.

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatthe stigma of malnutrition should beremoved by creating a movementand mass campaigning. Its actionplan should be prepared by next Au-gust 15. Chief Minister Chouhan saidthat the Anganwadi workers havedone a good job under the circum-

stances of Covid-19, for which theydeserve to be lauded.

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatthe target of providing nutritiousfood to children through Anganwadishould be fulfilled. The goal is toconstruct 100 percent Anganwadicentre buildings in the state. Fromnow on, Anganwadi centers will notbe operated in any house in thestate. They will get their own build-ings. Arrangements for it must bemade in community buildings orother vacant government buildings.Woman and Child Development De-partment Minister Smt. Imarti Devi,Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains,Additional Chief Secretary ManojShrivastava, Principal SecretaryAshok Shah were present in the re-view meeting.

Concrete arrangement of ready toeat and take home ration must be

madeChief Minister Chouhan instruct-

ed through video conference fromthe Chirayu Hospital that during theCovid-19 infection period, the workof providing ready-to-eat nutritionalsupplements to all children in the 3-6 age group should be done smooth-ly by the 53 thousand 668 self-helpgroups. Be operated with. Ready toeat arrangements have been madeunder the implementation of Localfor Vocal. As per the the same provi-sion, all eligible beneficiaries shouldbe ensured provision of take homeration in intervals of 15 days. This re-sponsibility should be fulfilled by theAnganwadi workers. Chief MinisterChouhan said that monitoring of thenutritional level and immunizationof children is also being done insmall groups at designated places bymeasuring their weight. Anganwadi

workers should also visit people’shouses and advise them on preven-tion of Corona infection.

Chief Minister Chouhan alsosought information about supply ofnutritious food to eligible beneficia-ries of families who migrated toMadhya Pradesh during Corona in-fection period.

Work on three-tier strategy mustChief Minister Chouhan has said

that the Women and Child Develop-ment Department should prepare athree-level strategy and ensure itsimplementation. The works to bedone immediately must be priori-tized while short term and long termgoals should be set. Quarterly, halfyearly and yearly targets can befixed. Information technology basedsystem should be developed for in-spection of Anganwadi centers. Itcan also be linked to a single citizendatabase. With better monitoringsystem, the role of Anganwadi cen-ters will become even more impor-tant.

Usefulness of Anganwadi centersmust be increased by removing

their drawbacksChief Minister Chouhan said that

the utility of Anganwadi centersshould be enhanced by removingtheir drawbacks. Drinking waterarrangements should be ensured inthe centers. For this, arrangementsshould be made after studying thepossibility of hand pump installationand water supply from the pipeline.In centers where there are no kitchensheds and toilets, efforts must bemade to arrange them.

Nutrition campaign will be launched in the state

High command will summon state leadership; State in-charge for damage control Dr. Sahastrabuddhe may visit Bhopal next week

Dr. Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, Raghunandan Sharma, Ajay Vishnoi

Raghunandan bringingdissidents together

Senior BJP leader Raghunan-dan Sharma actually remainsthe organization minister of thedissidents. Raghunandan Shar-ma, who once left the party withUma Bharti, has also been anRSS official at one time. He is an-gry since he was not given theRajya Sabha ticket again. He isgathering the dissidents of theBJP. They have held a meetingwith Anoop Mishra, Dheeraj Pa-teriya, Narendra Birathare. An-other meeting is proposed to becalled on August 9, which in-cludes Jai Bhan Singh Powaiyaand Dr. Gaurishankar Shejwar.

More defections possibleThe BJP is facing the most dif-

ficulty in persuading the old BJPcandidates of the assembly seatswhere the by-elections are to beheld. In these seats, BJP has al-ready confirmed the tickets ofScindia supporters who havechanged party from Congress. 12such leaders have also beenmade ministers. According tosources, the old BJP leaders feelthat their career is blocked.Many of them are in touch withCongress leaders. The Congressis assuring them the ticket. LikeBamori’[s former MLA and for-mer minister KL Agarwal, BJPleaders can change the party andcontest on the Congress ticket atsome other seats.

Minister Bhadoria’s wife also Corona positive, applies tilak on CM’s forhead