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Now, its mandatory tomention 'country oforigin' on products NEW DELHI: The Govern-ment e-Marketplace (GeM),a Special Purpose Vehicleunder the Ministry of Com-merce and Industry, hasmade it mandatory for sell-ers to enter the country oforigin while registering allnew products on GeM, withan aim to promote 'Make inIndia' and 'AatmanirbharBharat'.Moreover, sellers who hadalready uploaded theirproducts before are beingreminded to update thecountry of origin, failingwhich their products will beremoved from the GeM.

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India-China agree to difusetension on Ladakh border

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 23

In a positive move, Indian andChinese armies have arrived at aconsensus to "disengage" from allfriction points in eastern Ladakhat a marathon meeting of top mil-itary commanders of the twosides on Monday, official sourcessaid. The talks were held in a"cordial, positive and construc-tive atmosphere" and it was de-cided that modalities for disen-gagement from all areas in east-ern Ladakh would be taken for-ward by both the sides, they said.

The Indian delegation at thenearly 11-hour talks was led by LtGen Harinder Singh, the com-mander of the 14 Corps, while theChinese side was headed byCommander of the Tibet MilitaryDistrict Maj Gen Liu Lin.

The talks were held in themidst of escalating tension be-tween the two countries follow-ing the killing of 20 Indian Armypersonnel by China's People'sLiberation Army (PLA) in a vio-lent clash in Galwan Valley onJune 15.

India termed the incident as a"premeditated and planned ac-tion" by the Chinese troops.

"There was a mutual consen-sus to disengage. Modalities fordisengagement from all frictionareas in eastern Ladakh were dis-cussed and will be taken forward

by both the sides," said a source.In the meeting, the Indian

delegation strongly raised the"premeditated" assault by Chi-nese troops on Indian soldiers in

the Galwan Valley and demandedimmediate withdrawal of Chinesetroops from all areas in easternLadakh where the two militariesare on a standoff, people familiar

with the development said.The Indian side also suggest-

ed bringing down the number oftroops by both sides in their rearbases along the Line of ActualControl, the 3,500 km de-factoborder, they said.

The first round of the Lt Gen-level talks were held on June 6during which both sides finalisedan agreement to disengage gradu-ally from all standoff points be-ginning with Galwan Valley.

Russia rules outmediationMOSCOW: Russia on Tuesdayruled out mediating between In-dia and China following the vio-lent clashes in the Galwan Valley,saying the two nations do notneed any kind of assistance to re-solve their disputes.Russian Foreign Minister SergeyLavrov's remarks came after avirtual conference of the foreignministers of Russia, India andChina. External Affairs Minister SJaishankar and Chinese ForeignMinister Wang Yi also attendedthe conference.The conference was held amidescalating tension between Indiaand China following the violentclashes in Galwan Valley on June15 that left 20 Indian Army per-sonnel dead, significantly escalat-ing the already volatile situation inthe region.

India asks Pak to cutdiplomatic staff by halfNEW DELHI: India on Tuesday announced that it has taken a decision toreduce the staff strength in Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and In-dian mission in Islamabad by 50 per cent as behaviour of the neighbouringcountry and its officials is not in conformity with the Vienna Convention andbilateral agreements on the treatment of diplomatic and consular officials.Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday summoned Charge d' Affairesof Pakistan Syed Haider Shah and informed that India had repeatedly ex-pressed concern about the activities of officials of Pakistan High Commis-sion. The decision to reduce the strength of high commission officials, whichis to be implemented in seven days, was conveyed to Shah.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 23

Hours after Baba Ramdev’s Patan-jali Ayurved claimed to have formu-lated medicines to combat the novelcoronavirus with products named'Coronil and Swasari', the Ministryof Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy,Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy(AYUSH) has taken cognizance ofthe same. The Ministry said that thefacts and details of the study on thebasis of which Patanajali is makingsuch claims are not known to it, anddirected the company to stop adver-tising the 'medicines' till the issue isexamined.

Patanjali claimed on Tuesdaythat its medicines 'Coronil andSwasari' can help patients recoverfrom COVID-19 within seven daysand that they have shown 100%favourable results during clinicaltrials on COVID-19 affected per-sons except those on life support.

Ramdev told that the medicineshave been developed by PatanjaliResearch Centre, Haridwar, and pri-vately-owned National Institute ofMedical Science, Jaipur, followingall protocols with clinically con-trolled trial-based evidence.

However, the ministry ofAYUSH has said in a statement thatit informed Patanjali that such ad-vertisements of drugs includingAyurvedic medicines are regulatedunder the provisions of Drugs andMagic Remedies (Objectionable

Advertisements) Act, 1954 andRules thereunder, as well as direc-tives issued by the central govern-ment in the wake of COVID-19 out-break.

The government notificationbars companies from advertising a‘cure’ without government ap-proval.

The ministry had also issued anotification on April 21 stipulatingthe requirements and the way the re-search studies on COVID-19 withAYUSH interventions/medicinesshould be undertaken.

At a launch press conference inHaridwar, Ramdev said, "The wholecountry and the world was waitingfor the medicine or vaccine forcoronavirus. We are proud to an-nounce that the first ayurvedic, clin-ically controlled trial-based evi-dence and research-based medicinehas been prepared by the combinedefforts of Patanjali Research Centreand National Institute of MedicalSciences (NIMS)".

Govt tells Patanjali tostop advertising

COVID-19 medicines

BJP MP PragyaThakur faints atevent in BhopalBHOPAL: Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) MP Pragya Thakuron Tuesday fainted for a briefperiod, during a ceremony or-ganised to pay tribute to SyamaPrasad Mukherjee, on his deathanniversary. The programmewas held in BJP's Bhopal office,during which Pragya Thakur'shealth deteriorated. Mukherjee(1901-1953) was a politician,barrister and academician, whowas the founder of BharatiyaJana Sangh, which went on thebecome BJP. Earlier today,Prime Minister Narendra Modiand senior BJP leaders, includ-ing Defence Minister RajnathSingh and BJP national Presi-dent JP Nadda, also paid trib-utes to Mukherjee.

Restaurants,hotels allowed tooperate with 50 pcstrength in PunjabCHANDIGARH: Chief Min-ister Captain AmarinderSingh on Tuesday an-nounced that hotels, restau-rants, marriage halls andother hospitality service in-stitutions will be allowed tooperate with 50 per cent ca-pacity in Punjab.The restaurants, hotels,among others, however, willhave to follow all standardoperating procedures(SOPs) as ordered by thegovernment.With this, the restaurantscan now provide dine-in fa-cility till 8 pm with 50 percent strength or 50 guests,whichever is less.The hotels have been for-bidden to open their bars,however, liquor can beserved in rooms and restau-rants as permitted under theExcise policy.

RJD national vice-presidentRaghuvansh PrasadSingh resignsPATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) national vice presidentRaghuvansh Prasad Singhhas resigned from his post.Raghuvansh Prasad Singh isclosed to RJD supremo LaluYadav's famiy. He is the excabinet minister. Singh is un-happy, due Rama Singh, for-mer Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)MP from vaishali as he is join-ing RJD on June 29. Singh iscurrently admitted to All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Patna as he was test-ed positive for COVID-19.Moreover he is also unhappywith Bihar RJD President Jag-danand Singh, earlier Raghu-vansh Prasad Singh hadraised a question over for-mer's style of working.

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Chandigarh: Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, has commenced the production of its most awaited All-New 5th Generation Honda City in India. The car is being manufactured at its Greater Noida plant in Uttar-Pradesh. The company’s plant had resumed manufacturing operations from mid-June following all government regulations and company’s safety protocols for COVID-19 prevention. The launch of the 5th Generation City is scheduled in July 2020.Commenting on the start of production, Mr. Rajesh Goel, Sr. Vice President & Director, Honda Cars India Ltd said, “We are delighted to begin the Production of All New 5th Generation Honda City which will be launched next month. The aspirational sedan comes with a rich legacy of over 22 years across four generations and has been synonymous with Honda brand in India. The excitement and anticipation around the 5th Generation City in the pre-launch phase has been extremely encouraging despite the currently prevailing market challenges.

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CLASSIFIEDI, Anmolpreet Singh Matharu S/o I, Amritpal Singh Matharu S/o I Ranjot Singh S/O Jagpal Singh I, Amarjit Singh Alias Amarjit I, Manjit Kaur W/o Sukhwinder Bhupinder Singh R/o Mallan Bhupinder Singh R/o Mallan R/O Phul Road, Rampura Phul Singh Manchanda S/o Joginder Singh R/o Village Gunowal P.o. Wala Khas Teh-Zira (Ferozepur) Wala Khas Teh-Zira (Ferozepur) Distt Bathinda Have Changed Singh R/o B-24-856 Harcharan Taragarh, Tehsil And Distt. changed my name to Anmolpreet changed my name to Amritpal My Name To Ranjot Singh Nagar Ludhiana Changed Name Amritsar Have Changed My Singh. Singh. Bhullar. Amarjeet Singh Manchanda. Name To Manjeet Kaur.

63372 63372 63372 63372 900020I, Jaswinder Singh Bimrah S/O I, Jasbir Kaur Manchanda W/o I, Hitherto Known As Gauravgeet Gurmeet Singh R/O Village Amarjeet Singh Manchanda R/o Singh Son Sukhdev Singh B o m b ( L u d h i a n a ) H a v e B-24-856 Harcharan Nagar Sekhon R/o H.no.219, National Changed My Name Into Ludhiana Changed Name Jasbir City Home, Near Golden Gate, Gt Jaswinder Singh. Kaur. Road, Amritsar Punjab 143001

63372 63372 Have Changed My Name And I, Ram Joti S/O husan Lal R/O I, Ravijot Singh Manchanda S/o Shall Hereafter Be Known As VPO Gobindpur District SBS Amarjit Singh R/o B-24-856 Gauravgeet Singh Sekhon.Nagar Have Changed My Name Harcharan Nagar Ludhiana 900020To Harjot Singh. Please Note. Changed Name Ravijot Singh. I, Raman Kumari D/o Surjit Singh

63372 63372 R/o H.No.72 Guru Har Rai I, Hardeep S/O Soma VPO I, Pardeep Singh S/o Pal Singh Avenue, Opp Khalsa College, Chak Bilgan District SBS R/o Bukan Wala (Moga) Changed Amritsar have changed my name Nagar Have Changed My Name Name Pardeep Singh Alias Ranjit to Ramanbir Kaur. Hardeep To Hardeep Singh. Singh. 900020Please Note. 63372 I, Navpreet W/o Bipan Saini R/o

63372 I, Gurcharan Singh S/o Kartar Mohalla Gugga Patti Hariana I, Ram Singh ( No.4477780H Singh R/o Bahona (Moga), I, hariana hoshiarpur Punjab-),Rank Hav.Unit 6 Sikhhli C/O Gurcharan Singh Alias Charan 144208 have changed my name to 56APO ) S/O Thakar Singh Singh Bothnames Aremine Navpreet Saini.Resident Of Village Teona P.O Andsame Person. 72737Teona, Teh-Bathinda District 63372 I Rashpal Singh, S/O Bachint Bathinda Have Changed My I, Gurpreet S/O Ravinder Kumar, S i n g h , R / O V p o . K o t l a Wife Name Manjit Kaur To Holder Of Indian Passport No. Gujran,Distt. Amritsar, Have Manjeet Kaur. R9205505, R/O VPO Bilga, Patti Changed My Name To Rachhpal

63372 Bhatti, Teh. Phillaur, Distt. Singh Please Note I , Vi s h a l B h a m b r a S / o Jalandhar (Punjab) India Have 72737Jaswinder Singh R/o Vpo. Changed My Given Name Is I, Preeti D/o Sh. Chander Bhan R/o Shahab Pur Teh-Nawanshahr Gurpreet And Surname Is H.No. 38, Ashok Nagar, Nandanpur (S.B.S. Nagar) changed my Dhiman. All Concerned Please Road, Jalandhar have changed my name to Vishal Singh Bhambra. Note. name from Preeti to Preeti Mariyan,

63372 63372 because I have already changed my I Harpreet Singh Sagal S/O religion from Hindu to Islam.Darshan Singh R/O H No 727782982/71, Mohalla Ajit Nagar, I , Hitherto Known As: Jasdeep Singh Raikot Road Jagraon District S/o Kuldip Singh, R/o Village: Ludhiana Have Changed My Sanghera, Tehsil: Batala, District: Name To Harpreet Singh. Gurdaspur, Pincode: 143605

63372 (punjab), India, Have Changed My I, Sukhwinder Singh Grewal S/o Name And Shall Hereafter Be Gurnam Singh R/o Vill: Mahaun, Known As Jasdeep Singh Sanghera.Teh-Khanna (Ludhiana) have 72778changed my name to Sukhwinder I harkirat kaur w/o amarvir singh Singh. parmar r/o h.no 32 near milk plant ,

63372 guru amar dass nagar ext jalandhar 1 I, Harmanjeet Singh Grewal S/o have change my name from harkirat Darshan Singh R/o Vill: Swaddi kaur to harkirat kaur parmar after Khurd (Ludhiana) have changed marriagemy name to Harmanjeet Singh. 72778

63372 I hitherto known as Jyothi W/o Roop I, Gurnam Singh Grewal S/o Bant Lal, R/o H.No. 1124, Bootan Mandi, Singh R/o Vill: Mahaun, Teh- PO Model Town, Jalandhar-144003, Khanna (Ludhiana) have changed Punjab, India, have changed my my name to Gurnam Singh. name and shall hereafter be known as

63372 Usha RaniI, Harjit Singh S/o Bhinder Singh 72778R/o VPO Amargarh, Teh- I have changed the name of my minor Malerkotla (Sangrur) have son Dushant to Dushyant. Chhinder changed my name to Harjeet Pal son of Amin Chand, Ward 2, Singh. Khansar Chowk, Safidon City, Distt.

63372 Jind.I, Paramjit Kaur W/o Harjeet 98732Singh R/o VPO Amargarh, Teh- I Army No. 15468556 DFR Krishan Malerkotla (Sangrur) have Kumar s/o Lal Singh resident of VPO changed my name to Paramjeet Jajwan , Tehsil & District Jind (HR) Kaur. declare that my mother has

63372 changed her name from Laxmi Devi to LICHMI vide Affidavit I, Daljit Kaur W/o Nirmal Singh No. 13242 dated 22.6.2020 before R/o Vi l l : Hawara Kalan District Court , Kapurthala, Punjab (Fatehgarh Sahib) have changed

my name to Harjit Kaur. 9870663372 I, Harjinder Singh S/o Jit Singh R/o

Vill. Akbarpur, Po. Surkhpur, Distt. I Reshma Rani Alias Narbada Kapurthala, Have Changed My Rani W/O Surinder R/O House Name From Harjinder Singh To N o . 1 0 1 , T i l a k N a g a r , Harjinder Singh Aujla .Bharmkumari Street, Gidderbaha

(Sri Muktsar Sahib) Have Declate 98706That I Am Known By Both The I, Deepak Kumar S/o sh. Sudesh Names. Kumar R/o Preet Nagar, Barara Teh

63372 Barara Distt, Ambala 133201 (Haryana) declares that Deepak Kumar I Beeru Singh Kalyan S/O Jarnail and Deepak Dutta is one of the same Singh R/O Village Taranji Khera person. Please Note it.Teh Sunam Distt Sangrur Have

Changed My Name To Beeru 98765(P)Singh. No.7778570W Hav (MP) Ajay

63372 Kumar of 10 Corps Provost Unit C/o 56 APO hereby affirm that my son I Sukhwinder Kaur W/O Avtar name has been erroneously Entered Singh R/O Ram Basti Sangrur as Shidhant Kumar in my service Have Changed My Name To record my son correct name is Sukhvinder Kaur.Sidhant Kumar. His date of 63372birth is 19 April 2001.I Renu W/O Parshotam Kumar

100078(B)R/O Mann Colony Sangrur Have No.7778570W Hav (MP) Ajay Changed My Name To Renu Kumar of 10 Corps Provost Bala.Unit C/o 56 APO hereby affirm 63372that my wife named Rekha I Jasvir Singh Dhillon S/O Piara Rani date of birth has been Singh R/O Vpo Alike Teh Phul erroneously Entered as 20 Distt Bathinda Have Changed My March 1980 correct date of Name To Jasvir Singh.birth of my wife is 20 March 633721979I Chanchal Singh S/O Amarjeet

100078(B)Singh R/O Vill. Sabanpur P.O. I , Om Parkash Dhiman S/o Doli Karasan Sub Tehsil Saha Distt. Ram R/o Rapriya Patti , Balu Ambala That I Have Changed My Tehsil Kalayat District Kaithal Name From Chanchal To declare that Parveen Ankit is my Chanchal Singh. Concerned Notereal son. I have changed my son 63372name from Parveen Ankit to I, Gurwinder Singh Bhathiara S/o Parveen Dhiman. Note all Bali Singh R/o Vill Punanwal , Tehsil concerned. Dhuri Distt Sangrur, Punjab, 148034

84451Change To Gurwinder Singh . I, Jasdeep Kaur W/o. Daler Concern Note .Tothar Vill Ajrana Khurd , 98726T h a n e s a r , K u r u k s h e t r a I, Renu W/o Sh. Kuldip Raj R/o VPO Changed Name Jasdeep Kaur Dhianpur Tehsil Dera Baba Nanak Tother .Gurdaspur ( Batala) have changed

84661my name to Renu Bala900020

I, hitherto Known as SUkhdev Singh Son Bhagat Singh R/o H.no.219, National City Home, Near Golden Gate, G.t. Road, Amritsar Punjab 143001 Have Changed My Name And Shall Hereafter Be Known As Sukhdev Singh Sekhon

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CHANDIGARH: A coalition of over 100 healthcare specialists have come together to launch Swasth, a nationwide telemedicine platform for Corona care, which digitally connects Indians to the best doctors and wellness providers. Swasth is a swift response promoted by the country’s health and technology leaders to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to leverage telemedicine as a national priority in the current stressed times. The mobile app-based service leverages India’s technology prowess to deliver equal and affordable healthcare to 1.3 billion people, cutting across geographical and income divides. This indigenous digital healthcare system is being launched at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged traditional service providers.

Swasth launched to provide free Corona care

BRIEFNEWS

Chandigarh: McDonald’s India – North and East has introduced two new ‘Chili’ burgers and Orange Fizz to its menu. Priced from INR 59/- (plus applicable taxes), the new burgers and drink are part of an all-day menu and are available through delivery and take-away counters from select restaurants in North and East of India. Chili Veg and Chili Chicken burger: The Chili Veg burger consists of a delicious vegetable patty made with an assortment of vegetables – carrot, peas, French beans, potato and cabbage flavor. The Chili Non-Veg burger features a sumptuous grilled chicken patty cooked with garlic, green and capsicum. The patties in both the burgers are spiced up with a hot chili sauce made with red chilies, tomato, onion, garlic, pepper, soy sauce and vinegar, then drizzled with shredded onions and packed in a lightly toasted bun.

McDonald’s India – North and East to Spice up your Taste Buds With All-New Chili Burgers

CHANDIGARH: Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer on Tuesday announced the commencement of bookings for the all-new Audi RS 7 Sportback. In its second generation, the Audi RS 7 Sportback offers improved performance and efficiency. Deliveries of the performance model will commence from August 2020 and this wide-bodied five-seater can be booked with an initial amount of INR 10 Lakhs. Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “Customers can book their Audi RS 7 Sportback online (www.audi.in) from the comfort of their home or can register their interest at the nearest Audi India dealership. The Audi India network across the country is equipped to cater to all customization and personalization requests.”

Audi India opens bookings for all-new Audi RS 7 Sportback

LUDHIANA:Best Price Ludhiana reinforces safety practices with token system for entry Walmart India operated Best Price stores in Ludhiana, which have been at the forefront of supplying essentials to the community during the lockdown, have further strengthened safety practices by introducing token-based entry system for walk-in customers. The two stores in Ludhiana, which were servicing the needs of thousands of kiranas during the lockdown through ecommerce channels and delivery model, are now stocked up with essentials for walk-in customers also.“For the safety of customers, each Best Price store in Ludhiana will allow only 50 people inside the store at a time. It has also created a safe waiting area right outside the store for children and senior citizens. Only one member will be allowed entry per membership card.

Walmart India encouragescustomers to order online

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL. JUNE 23: Indian Medical association (IMA) Nangal Branch has observed complete Shutdown of all Medical services today in protest against Clinical Establishment Act. All Hospitals, Nursing Home, clinics, Diagnostics Centres, Clinical Laboratories, remained closed. Meeting of IMA Members st rongly condem that Cl in ical Establishment Act requested Rana Kanwar Pal Singh Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha to use his influence on Punjab Govt. to withdraw CEA. Members present Dr B K Sharma, Dr B.S. Shergil, president Dr Ashok Sharma, Dr P.P. Singh, Dr Satbir Singh, Dr Ritu Raj, Dr Arun Jain, Dr Sanjeev Kapoor, Dr Jatinder Kaur, Dr JS Kehal, Dr Pankaj Singla, Dr Harvevek Gautam, Dr Santosh Sharma, Dr Jeewan Lata, Dr Harpreet Kehal, Dr Sangeeta Jain e.t.c. were present.

Indian Medical association(IMA) Nangal Branch Protests

CHANDIGARH : The phrase goes aptly with the stars of Zee Punjabi who made the most productive use of their lockdown free time. The three popular lead female stars of Zee Punjabi, the state’s Number One Family channel, Sara Gurpal, Sukh Trehan, and Khusboo Grewal have gained immense appreciation during the lockdown for spreading heartwarming and cheerful messages on the digital space in last three months. Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has left us with myriad emotions. We were battling with the panic and anxiety of what is in store for us in future; we were also celebrating the free time taking up art and craft habits or exploring the passion that we couldn’t do earlier because of time paucity. Film and television celebrities set the trend of indulging in fun or inspirational activities and shared positive videos on their Instagram and Facebook.

ROHTAK: A coalition of over 100 healthcare specialists have come together to launch Swasth, a nationwide telemedicine platform for Corona care, which digitally connects Indians to the best doctors and wellness providers. Swasth is a swift response promoted by the country’s health and technology leaders to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to leverage telemedicine as a national priority in the current stressed times. The mobile app-based service leverages India’s technology prowess to deliver equal and affordable healthcare to 1.3 billion people, cutting across geographical and income divides. This indigenous digital healthcare system is being launched at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged traditional service providers.

CHANDIGARH : Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced the shipment of its first ‘Make in India’ Affiniti Ultrasound machine from its Healthcare Innovation Center(HIC)in Pune. A premium-quality ultrasound system, Affiniti series is India’s most esteemed series from Philips Ultrasound with over 1700 installations across the country. Affiniti series of ultrasound systems offer doctors a powerful combination of performance and workflow for quick and efficient diagnosis with low operating cost. The Affiniti series is renowned for its exceptional image quality across applications such as radiology, obstetrics & gynecology as well as cardiology, thereby, making it a truly shared service system.

CHANDIGARH, JUNE 23: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel is paying the basic income for the May month to the employees of its distribution partners and retail franchise network across the country. It also paid the basic income for the April month to tide over the impact of lockdown which got extended till the end of May. “We understand that this extended lockdown has also reduced your returns during May, as it was for the month of April. In order to help you tide over this tough time, like in the month of April, we are extending a one-time support for the month of May as well,” said Manu Sood, Hub CEO – Upper North, Bharti Airtel Ltd in a letter to partners. Sood said that the lockdown extension for the months of April and May impacted and resulted in a drop in business across many other sectors and categories in much worse ways. “We all are going through an unprecedented situation.” “We are absolutely confident that things shall normalize soon and we will spring back and win in the market place,” Sood said.

Philips ships out first ‘Make in India’ Affiniti Ultrasound series for the domestic market from Pune, India

Swasth, a Tele-health Network, launched to provide free Corona care

Punjabi Stars entertain their fans during Lockdown

Airtel to pay May salaries to support staff of distributors, retail franchises

LUDHIANA: Uber today expanded its recently launched package delivery service ‘Uber Connect’ to Ludhiana and 13 other cities for enabling residents to send and receive parcels from each other and also order items from shops within city limits, while maintaining social distancing. Uber Connect’s second phase of expansion will see the new service launch in Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Indore, Mysore, Patna, Kota, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Ludhiana Nashik and Mumbai bringing the total count to 25 cities. All packages should be transportable on a two wheeler vehicle, be under 5 kilograms in weight, securely sealed and not include prohibited items such as alcohol, recreational drugs, or dangerous and illegal items.

Uber launches its package delivery service, ‘Uber Connect’, in Ludhiana

CHANDIGARH: BMW Group announced the introduction of its new brand and corporate identity for online and offline communications in India. The BMW, BMW i and BMW M communication logos have been completely reworked, with a new logotype and new design principles. The BMW brand now delivers on the expectations and visual style of today and is better suited for the digital age. #JustCantWait is the first communication campaign in India to reflect the new brand design. In the current challenging market scenario BMW Group India has transformed all facets of its businesses leveraging new age digital technologies to better serve its customers at the comfort of their home.

BMW introduces a new brand design in India with #JustCantWait campaign

PUBLIC NOTICES

I, Reshma W/o Vir Singh R / o S h e i k h u p u r (Kapurthala) have declared that my son Surinder Singh and his wife Jyoti Rani both are out of my control. so I disown them from my m o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e property. in future anybody deal with them with their own risk in future.

63372I, Manjinder Kaur D/o Jaswant Singh R/o Vpo. J i w a n p u r J a t t a n Te h -Garhshankar (Hoshiarpur) d e c l a r e t h a t m y a l l documents and school certificate my father name written as Jaswant Singh. B u t m y f a t h e r a l l d o c u m e n t s h i s n a m e written as Jaswant Rai. So both names Jaswant Singh and Jaswant Rai one and the same person.

63372I No.4475744Y Rank Hav Name Amrik Singh Of 10 Sikh Li S/O Joginder Singh R/O Village Liddran Distt Sangrur Declare That In My Army Record My Father Joginder Singh DOB Wrongly Entered As 2.06.1952 But His Correct DOB Is 1.01.1943

63372I No.4475744Y Rank Hav Name Amrik Singh Of 10 Sikh Li S/O Joginder Singh R/O Village Liddran Distt Sangrur Declare That In My Army Record My Mother Name And DOB Wrongly Entered As Beant Kaur And DOB 30.05.1957 But Her Correct Name Is Bant Kaur And Correct DOB Is 1.01.1946

63372I No.4475744Y Rank Hav Name Amrik Singh Of 10 Sikh Li S/O Joginder Singh R/O Village Liddran Distt Sangrur Declare That In My Army Record My Wife Name And DOB Wr o n g l y E n t e r e d A s Harvinder Kaur And DOB 0 5 . 0 8 . 1 9 8 3 B u t H e r Correct Name Is Harwinder Kaur And Correct DOB Is 12.04.1981

63372I, Richhpal Singh S/o Kanshi Ram R/o Vil l Surmi Tehsil Pehowa Distt (kurukshetra) Declares That My Elder Son Gurpal Singh And His Wife Savita Devi Out Of My Control. ,i Disown T h e m F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Properties. I And My F a m i l y W i l l N o t Responsible For Their Act And Conduct. Anybody Deal With Them.

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LOST & FOUND It Is For General Public Information That DMC ( Deatil Mark Sheet), Pass Certificate And Migration Certificate Of 10th Class CBSE Board Of Session 2017-18 Under Roll No 2146771 Of Gunika D/O Ajay Kumar R /O Sr i Muktsar Sahib Has Been Lost Some Where. If Any Body Found , Please Contact 98557-87878.

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We Vilakshan Goel S/o Sh. Shivji Ram Goel And Seema Goel W/o Sh. Vilakshan Goel R/o Near Jindal Public School W.no 10, A P Colony Dhuri, Distt. Sangrur Punjab Declare That My Son Rahul Goel Is Out Of Our Control.so I Disown With Him From My Moveable/immoveable Property. If Anybody Dealing With Him At His/her Own Risk.

98726I, Virbhan s/o Krishanpal r/o Ramnagar, b\s Jain Samarak, Malerkotla, Sangrur have dismissed my son Lovly Kumar and his wife Palvi Sharma from my property.Concerned note it.

100072I, Susmita tripathy spouse of No.15503411Y rank ALD Debas is Das res id ing a t Paschimpur purushottampur, Basantia, purba medinpur west bangal-721442 India declare that I have Changed my name from Susmita tripathy to Susmita Das vide affidavit no. AC 049061 dated 23 June 2020

72737I, no. JC280363Y Rank Sub name Jagbir Singh resident of Khatiwas, Tehsil & District Jhajjar, (Haryana) Pin-124103 my wife's Rekha Devi Correct Date of birth is 11-11-1981, Incorrect date of birth 04.12.1980 vide affidavit dated 22-06-2020 before Notary Publ ic a t Ferozepur.

900023I, no. JC280363Y Rank Sub name Jagbir Singh C/o 56 Apo Changed my daughter name Ku Nikita to Nikita & Correct Date of birth 12-07-2001, Incorrect date of birth 17-07-2001.

900023I, Ishwar Singh father of no. JC280363Y Rank Sub name Jagbir Singh resident of Khatiwas, Tehsil & District Jhajjar, (Haryana) Pin-124103 my Correct Date of birth is 02-05-1950, Incorrect date of birth 28.10.1946 vide affidavit dated 22-06-2020 before Notary Public at Ferozepur.

900023I Bhubaneswar Majhi (Existing Name of Spouse as per Change of N O K R ecords / Se rv ice Documents)is legally wedded spouse of No. 15130329A Rank RHM of Unit 1 Arty BDE CAMP C/o 56 APO,Ambala Cantt & VPO Badaberana ,Distt. Khurda,State Odisha.Have Changed my Wife Name from Banajotsna Majhi (Existing Name as per Change of NOK Records) To Banajyotsna Majhi (Proposed Adopted / New Name)& Changed DOB from 16.June.1978 To 16.May.1978..

98765(P)I, Smt Kanwal Moni (Existing name of spouse as per change of Next of Kin Records/ Service Document), spouse of No JC-226360-X Rank Ex Sub Name Ashok Kumar resident of H. No. 182, Jaggi Colony, Phase - III, Teh & Distt – Ambala (Haryana) have changed my name from Kanwal Moni (Existing name as per change of Next of kin record/ Service Documents) to Kanwal Mohini Sharma (Proposed/ adopted new name) Date of Birth 24-10-1958 vide Affidavit dated 23.June.2020 before Ambala City Court .

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returns byJune 30:Arora

GURPREET KASHYAPKARNAL, JUNE 23

Secretary (Haryana) and A.A. ofNational Association of Tex Profes-sionals. I. FTP State Vice PresidentAdvocate Sanjay Arora said that theincome tax payers whose incometax returns for the financial year2018-19 have not yet filled theiroutstanding returns by June 30, willnot get a chance! Apart from this,he also informed that for those whohave not been able to invest for taxsaving till now, June 30 is also thelast opportunity. It is known thatthis date was till 31 March whichwas reduced to 30 June due to lock-down. Sanjay Arora also said thatthe GST for March- April returnscan also be filled till June 30 with-out late fees!

MC Commissionerinspects cleaning

systemRENU AGGARWALAMBALA, JUNE 23

Municipal commissioner ParthaGupta Tuesday inspected the areasof Jandali village, Kaulan village,Mata Rani Chowk etc. under theAmbala city cleanliness system. Heissued necessary guidelines relatedto cleanliness to the cleaning offi-cers / assistant cleaning officerspresent during the inspection so thatpeople do not face any difficultyduring rainy days. Apart from this,the cleaning inspector / assistantcleaning inspector present was alsoinstructed to ensure the cleanlinessin his ward and get every problemdisposed of immediately and wher-ever the garbage is lying, instruc-tions were given to lift the garbagefrom all those places and to main-tain the sanitation system in theirrespective area. Apart from this, healso inspected the work of convert-ing sewerage and old drinking wa-ter line from model drinking waterline to new drinking water line inthe model town area for drainage ofdirty water under Amarut project.

Blood donationcamp held inJain temple

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 23

A blood donation camp was organ-ised in Jain Aradhana Temple tocommemorate the birthday ofAcharya Shri Piyush Ji Maharaj, onthis occasion, a large number ofblood donors from the Indri con-stituency donated blood. On thisoccasion, Guru Ji blessed everyonewith his speech. Volunteers of theNehru Yuva Kendra arrived on timeand donated blood to the volunteersof Sayyid Chhapra Mandal presenton this occasion. On this occasion,God gave the youth to go ahead inthe game. He said that if we want toavoid the Corona epidemic, then wehave to increase the immunity inour blood and this is possible onlywhen we take part in physical exer-cise and sports. Hundreds of peopleparticipated and received the bless-ings of the Guru, where such a workgives the soul a feeling, there is alsoa Prasad of happiness.

Haryana Police bag3rd rank for faster

passport verificationCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

The Ministry of External Affairs,Government of India has onceagain recognized the efforts ofHaryana Police in passport verifica-tion as the State Police has baggedthird rank in passport verificationacross the country.

Giving this information here to-day, Director General of Police(DGP), Haryana, Mr Manoj Yadavasaid that State Police has broughtdown the passport verification tofive days. We are also trying tobring it down to less than five daysin the near future. He congratulatedall ranks of the Police force andadded it was a matter of great pridethat Haryana Police had securedthird place in recognition of pass-port verification services being pro-vided to the citizens in the state. Healso commended all the field unitsfor their excellent performance andrecognition at national level.

NEWS BRIEFS

3HARYANAAnti-Drug Day on June 26RANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL: International Anti Drug day will be observed in Kaithal on June 26.Tthis was stated by SP Shashank Kumar Sawan. He said that seminar to bringawareness among the masses shall be organised by the local police under the su-pervision and guidance of DSP Kulwant Singh. It will be attended by the policeofficers, staff, doctors, social workers. PRO Roshan Lal Khatkar said that the dis-trict police were committed to nab the culprits involved in drug peddling.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020

Govt signs agreement with JioTV to promote online classes

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, JUNE 23:

In a bid to bring about qualitative improve-ment in the education of school students,Haryana has entered into an agreementwith 'Reliance Jio TV' under Chief Minis-ter 'Distance Education Programme' amidCOVID-19.

Giving information about the same,Haryana Education Minister, Mr. KanwarPal said that under the agreement madewith Reliance Jio TV all the four channelsof Eduset will now be available on Jio'splatform free of cost. He informed that themain objective of the State Government isto impart education to every school studentin the present situation of Covid-19. Withthis new initiative of the government, stu-dents will be able to watch all four channelsof Eduset through TV, laptop, desktop,tablet and mobile. Apart from this, thebroadcast content on TV will be availableon Geo-TV for a week so that the students

can watch the same according to their con-venience and time.

The Education Minister informed thatthis step of the State Government will ben-efit about 52 lakh Hindi and English medi-um students studying in government and

private schools of the state under HaryanaSchool Education Board, CBSE Board andother boards.

He informed that there are about 94lakh subscribers of Jio in Haryana whichmakes it easy for most of the people of thestate to access 'Reliance Jio TV'.

He informed that separate educationalmaterial is relayed for the students of theState who are preparing for competitive ex-amination of JEE (Joint Entrance Examina-tion) and NEET (National Eligibility cumEntrance Test).

Praising the Chief Minister's 'DistanceEducation Programme' of the HaryanaGovernment, the Education Minister saidthat even in the adverse conditions duringCovid-19, the task of imparting necessaryeducation to every student has been carriedout. This 'Distance Education Programme'has been going on since April 15, 2020. Thenew agreement with the State Govern-ment's Reliance Jio TV will benefit stu-dents from remote areas.

Move to benefit 52 lakh students in state

KU releases activitycalendar of DYCA

BUREAU KURUKSHETRA, 23 JUNE.

Vice Chancellor of Kurukshetra Uni-versity, Dr. Nita Khanna released thecalendar of cultural and youth leader-ship activities for the year 2020-21 tobe organized by Department of Youthand Cultural Affairs and UniversityCultural Council.

The spokesperson also informedwhether the activities will be organ-ized online or on campus will be de-cided as per prevailing Covid-19 con-ditions. The planner gives details ofprogramme to be organized includeTalent shows in the affiliated colleges,Guru Shishya Workshop, Literary andFine Arts Workshop, Voice of KUK,Hindi Day Celebrations, Youth Festi-vals, Inter Zonal Festivals, ScienceDay, Ratnavali Celebrations, Rat-navali Saang Festival.

On this occasion, KurukshetraUniversity Registrar Prof. BhagwanSingh Chaudhary, Dean Student Wel-fare Prof. Anil Vashisth, Director Pub-lic Relations Department Prof. BrajeshSawhney, Director, Department ofYouth and Cultural Programs, Dr. Ma-hasingh Poonia, Kurukshetra Univer-sity Cultural Council President Dr.Hariprakash Sharma, Deputy DirectorDYCA Dr. Gurcharan Singh, DeputyDirector of Public Relations Depart-ment Dr. Deepak Rai and many digni-taries were present, including.

Gets Rs 85crore grant KURUKSHETRA: The state govern-ment has released Rs 85 crore asbudget grant for the year 2020-21 toKurukshetra University. KU ViceChancellor Dr. Nita Khanna said thatdue to special intervention of HaryanaGovernor Satyadeo Narain Arya andChief Minister Manohar Lal, the gov-ernment has released the annualgrant to Kurukshetra University.The VC said that in the preciousyears, the annual grant was issued infour installments but the Governmenthas released this grant in one install-ment due to emergent situationcaused by Covid-19.Dr. Nita Khanna Said that earlier, theuniversity received a budget grant ofRs 21 crore 25 lakh as the first install-ment from the government. Now thebudget grant of Rs 63 crore 75 lakhhas been received as the second in-stallment. The Vice Chancellor saidthat the salaries of the teachers andemployees of the university has beenreleased. The pension of retired em-ployees will be deposited in their ac-counts today. Vice Chancellorthanked the Chief Minister, Haryana,Governor of Haryana and FinanceDepartment, Haryana for providingbudget grant for the year 2020-21 inone go

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, JUNE 23

The lockdown was held in thecountry in view of the coronaepidemic, but it was relaxed inview of the needs and problemsof the people, not completelyremoved. Giving this informa-tion, the station in-charge Sat-pal Singh said that the ruleswere made by the governmentregarding the lockdown. Butsome people were not follow-ing the rules. Due to this, a

checking campaign was carriedout by the police in Indri city

today. 15 people who did notwear masks were challaned and

were fined on the spot. The sta-tion in-charge said that this ac-tion will continue.

He appealed to people tofollow the rules of lockdown.Save yourself and others' lives.This epidemic spreads throughcontact with each other, socialdistancing is very important tobreak this chain.

Stay in homes, stay safe,avoid congestion. He askedpeople to cooperate with the ad-ministration and government tocontrol this epidemic.

15 challaned for not following lockdown rules

Bhatia holds virtual speech conference DARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI, JUNE 23In the Punjabi Sabha located in the city of Neelokheri, a virtual speech conference was or-ganized in which Sanjay Bhatia district president Jagmohan Anand and former MLA ofNeelokheri BhagwanDas Kabirpanthi mainlyattended the secondterm of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. Bhag-wan Das Kabirpanthi,who presided over theprogram giving infor-mation to the achieve-ments of the first year ofthe state, said that theformer MLA said that inorder to save the peopleaffected by the Karonaepidemic, Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi took many decisions. Warmly welcomed First MP paid tribute to Shya-ma Prasad Mukherjee and paid tribute to 20 martyred soldiers in Galvan by keeping a 2minute silence. The MP in his address organized the workers and went in the midst of theparty's policies. Also called to apprise the activists and administered the oath to the work-ers and people not to buy sugar products at the end of the event. On this occasion MP San-jay Bhatia, former MLA Bhagwan Das Kabirpanthi, Jagmohan Anand distt President,Meena Chauhan state Mahamantri Mahila Morcha, Shiv Nath Kapoor were present.

Industrialists call to boycott Chinese goods

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, JUNE 23

Paying tributeS to the Indian soldiers martyred in the skirmish between India andChina, the industrialists of Taraori said that their sacrifices will never be forgot-ten. The sacrifices they have made for the country will always be remembered.They said that now the time has come to give a befitting reply to China and Pak-istan because India is being attacked again and again, but now there is a need toanswer them back. M.D. of Shiv Shakti Inter Global Ramesh Gupta and MD ofBharat Industries and Nathiram Gupta, president of Tarawadi Mandi Aadhati As-sociations, said that China has always put itself in the dock by doing such acts inthe past. But his behavior is completely intolerable. Naresh Bansal, President ofRice Millers and Dealers Association, MD of Galaxy Basmati Rice And philan-thropist Vijay Goyal said that in every previous war with China, the example ofIndian soldiers who showed their valor can never be forgotten. Naresh Bansal saidthat we should unite and boycott China and Chinese goods. Om Shiv Shankar RiceMill's M.D., social worker Anil Gupta, Vice President of Rice Millers and Deal-ers Association and MD of Gurunanak Rice Mill C. Malkit Singh Chaupri saidthat the time has come to give a befitting reply to China's attitude. It would be bet-ter that every Indian should now unite and take a pledge to boycott Chinese goods.If there is success in breaking the economic backbone of China, then the name ofIndia in the whole world will be shining. Rakesh Hans and Roshan Lal Gupta, sec-retary and social workers of Taraori Mandi Arhati Association and Bharat VikasParishad Branch Taraori, said that the current situation is very sensitive.

MC, fire workers starthunger strikeKARNAL: Employees associated with Mu-nicipal Employees Union and Fire BrigadeEmployees Union have started a hungerstrike in the Municipal Corporation office toimplement their demands. On the first day,21 workers sat on a hunger strike. The restof the employees shouted slogans againstthe government. The unit was headed byVirbhan Bidlan and the operations wasdone by unit secretary Rajkumar Dhillo.State secretary Sharda and organizer anddistrict head Ashok Procha said that thestate government is discriminating againstthe sanitation workers under the cover of theCorona epidemic. On the one hand, the gov-ernment is calling the employees Coronawarriors, on the other hand, the interests ofthe employees are being attacked. A de-mand was made that the employees be in-cluded in the insurance cover of 50 lakhs.During the Corona period, the layoffs of theemployees should be stopped and the em-ployees who have been removed from thejob should be put back. On this occasionRam Singh Dhillo, District Secretary IndrajitChanalia, Kapil Arya, Pankaj, Kailash Tyagi,Brahmajit, Omprakash, Ashok Kumar, ShivBaksh, Parmal, Surendra Kumar, Tejpal,Pawan Kumar, Aman Kumar, Raju from FireBrigade Employees Union.

Atrocities on Hindusin Nuh: Khatri

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, JUNE 23

The Central Executive of Mata Mantari Devi CharitableTrust took a unanimous decision that a new election ofthe Farmers Organisation Wing of Haryana State be an-nounced. In which Swami Suresh Khatri was appointedState President and Dr. Dhiraj Saini from Kurukshetraand General Secretary from Balu Singh Tanwar NoahMewat. On this occasion, Swami Suresh Khatri took the

initiative of handing over the letter to the Chief Ministerthrough Deputy Commissioner on the atrocities happen-ing with the Hindus in Noah, Haryana. Keeping in mindthe Farmers' Organization Haryana Pradesh Social Dis-tancing, all the District Deputy Commissioners will begiven a memorandum regarding the occupation of spe-cial places visiting the religious places in Noah, Haryanaand taking back the Hindu religious places. The Gov-ernment of Haryana will be requested that the CMManohar Lal should immediately take note of the atroc-ities against Hindus in his own country. Also, the atroc-ities on our sister daughters should be stopped and strictaction should be taken against the culprits. A letter to thiseffect has been prepared by newly appointed HaryanaState President Swami Suresh Khatri. Which will be as-signed to the commissioner of Noah through Balu SinghTanwar, General Secretary of Noah Region. In which cur-rent information of Hindu population in Noah district hasalso been sought. In this information, a separate assess-ment of Hindu general and Dalit caste has been sought.What is the situation here at present and what kind of in-structions or rules are the Haryana government making forit so that the Hindu community does not have to suffer il-literacy in their own house. Farmers' Organisation is tryingto show the feeling of belongingness in our country by co-operating with the Haryana State Government.

4PESSIMISM LEADS TO WEAKNESS, OPTI-

MISM TO POWER.

WILLIAM JAMES

WINNERS MAKE A HABIT OF MANUFACTURINGTHEIR OWN POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS IN AD-

VANCE OF THE EVENT.

BRIAN TRACY

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, As-

trologer and VastuExpert known for

her accurate winning ofBJP minister Kirron Kher,

as wellw i n n i n gof Punjabelectionsby Con-gress. ARIES:-You are a

good leader and that willhelp you grow your finan-cial aspects as well as youcarrier aspects.

Lucky Color:-GreenLucky Number:-1

TAURUS:-You are beingstupid by trusting thesame persons again and

again who have ditchedyou in the past.

Lucky Color:-OrangeLucky Number:-12

GEMINI:-Makeconstant ef-forts whenyou seri-ously wantto anddon't hesi-tate in say-ing no to theinvitations ofparties.

Lucky Color:-GreyLucky Number:-11

CANCER:-You are cry-ing for the things whichare already lost.

Lucky Color:-BeigeLucky Number:-5

LEO:-You will be in de-mand at your social lifeand your weekend will bebusy.

Lucky Color:-WhiteLucky Number:-

28V I R G O : - Yo uare being rude tosomeone whohas a liking foryou, so it's better

to explain yourselfwell rather than

fighting over it. Lucky Color:-Lemon

Lucky Number:-39LIBRA:-Share problemswith loved ones. Get onwith minor repair jobsaround the home.

Lucky Color:-Golden

Lucky Number:-89SCORPIO:-Financialproblems will disappearbut don't make new in-vestment decisions in theshare market during thistime period.

Lucky Color:-YellowLucky Number:-28

SAGITTARIUS:-Youare over thinking aboutthe issues which are notthat important.

Lucky Color:-BeigeLucky Number:-2

CAPRICORN:-Entre-preneurs must try for theloans. Past differencecould easily cause quar-rels today. A somewhateasier day for students.Regular employment af-

fairs run smoothlyenough.

Lucky Color:-LemonLucky Number:-7

AQUARIUS:-Romancewill be much in yourmind. Independent effortsare unlikely to bring spec-tular gains.

Lucky Color:-PeachLucky Number:-4

PISCES:-You need toadapt the changes hap-pening in your life if youwant to grow and moveforward. Never regretthings that have alreadyhappened; it's good tolearn from it. Health willbe satisfactory.

Lucky Color:-YellowLucky Number:-21

Announcing the national lockdown to containCovid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister NarendraModi on March 24 cautioned the people that it

could take us 21 days to win the war against the virusas opposed to the 18 days the Pandavas took in the Ma-habharata. The Prime Minister’s announcement wasfollowed by assessments of experts and think-tanksabout the time we would take to flatten the curve of thespread of the infection. On his part, Mr Modi furtherexhorted the people to say thanks to the medical frater-nity for their service in the Covid-19 warfare; he alsogot the armed forces join the thanksgiving ceremonywith a floral show. In between, the country extendedthe lockdown twice, and we are now in Unlock 1.0.

It is now going to be three months in a couple ofdays since lockdown 1.0 was announced. Far from be-ing over, the war gets worse by the day. The total num-ber of cases crossed four lakhs on Sunday with the sin-gle biggest spike of 15,413 cases; it was less than 500on March 25. The number of infections had reachedone lakh in 64 days and two lakh in 15 days; and in

10 days, it added the next one lakh. Nobody nowtalks about flattening the curve. And the less said aboutthe medical fraternity, the better. Hospitals in majorcities are being overwhelmed while doctors and otherstaff get infected. Shortage of personal protectiveequipment, the sourcing of which has been taken overby the Union government, has been reported from allover. The machinery of the state governments, whichare fighting the war on the ground, is at the end of theirtether; it could fray any moment, thanks to the lack offinancial, human and knowledge resources. In between,this nation left the lakhs of guest workers to their fate,and many of them met with it while trekking their wayhome. It is not that there is no silver lining. There arestates such as Kerala and Karnataka that have resistedthe advance of the virus successfully. Dharavi, Asia’sbiggest slum where 8 to 10 people live in one facilityand use shared toilets, has chased the virus out, thanksto the determined efforts of the Brihanmumbai Munici-pal Corporation and the Maharashtra government.Bhilwara was an earlier success story. They all had onesingle script: aggressive contact tracing, testing, quar-antine and treatment. The Union health ministry metic-ulously lauds success stories, but that’s not enough.The government must make it clear if it really wants towin the war on the virus and if yes, then it should tak-ing cues from successful models, and roll it out acrossthe country with all the powers at its command.

Modi govt should focuson real task over Covid

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020

Editorial

Literature & CultureUrine test can revealquality of your diet

In a recent study, scien-tists have completedlarge-scale tests on a

new type of five-minuteurine test that measures thehealth of a person's diet, andproduces an individual'sunique urine 'fingerprint'.

Scientists at ImperialCollege London in collabo-ration with colleagues atNorthwestern University,University of Illinois, andMurdoch University,analysed levels of 46 differ-ent so-called metabolites inthe urine of 1,848 people inthe U.S.

Metabolites are consid-ered to be an objective indi-cator of diet quality - andare produced as differentfoods are digested by thebody, say the research team,who published their find-ings in the journal NatureFood.

The work was fundedby the U.S. National Insti-tutes of Health and HealthData Research UK.

Dr Joram Posma, authorof the research from Imperi-al's Department of Metabo-lism, Digestion and Repro-duction said: "Diet is a keycontributor to human healthand disease, though it is no-

toriously difficult to meas-ure accurately because it re-lies on an individual's abili-ty to recall what and howmuch they ate. For instance,asking people to track theirdiets through apps or diariescan often lead to inaccuratereports about what they re-ally eat. This research re-veals this technology canhelp provide in-depth infor-mation on the quality of aperson's diet, and whether itis the right type of diet fortheir individual biologicalmake-up."

The findings revealedan association between 46metabolites in urine, andtypes of foods or nutrientsin the diet. For instance,certain metabolites correlat-ed with alcohol intake,while others were linked tointake of citrus fruit, fruc-tose (fruit sugar), glucoseand vitamin C. The teamalso found metabolites inurine associated with di-etary intake of red meats,other meats such as chicken,and nutrients such as calci-um. Certain metaboliteswere also linked with healthconditions - for instancecompounds found in urinesuch as formate and sodium

(an indicator of salt intake)are linked with obesity andhigh blood pressure.

Professor Paul Elliott,study co-author and Chairin Epidemiology and PublicHealth Medicine at Imperialsaid: "Through carefulmeasurement of people's di-ets and collection of theirurine excreted over two 24-hour periods we were ableto establish links betweendietary inputs and urinaryoutput of metabolites thatmay help improve under-standing of how our dietsaffect health. Healthful dietshave a different pattern ofmetabolites in the urine thanthose associated with worsehealth outcomes."

In a second study alsopublished in Nature Foodby the same Imperial team,in collaboration with New-castle University, Aberyst-wyth University, and Mur-doch University and fundedby the National Institute forHealth Research, the Med-ical Research Council andHealth Data Research UK,the team used this technolo-gy to develop a five-minutetest to reveal that the mix ofmetabolites in urine variesfrom person to person.

Now China versus JapanThe dispute between China and Japan

is brewing in the East China Seaover the chain of Senkaku/ Diaoyu

islands which may trigger new politicaltension in Asia over the years.

China shares its borders with 14 coun-tries but it is in loggerhead with most na-tions over territories including islands.Tensions over the rocky chain, 1,200 miles(1,900 kilometres) southwest of Tokyo,have simmered for years, and with claimsover them dating back hundreds of years,neither Japan nor China is likely to backdown over territory considered a nationalbirthright in both capitals, CNN reported.

Both Tokyo and Beijing claim the un-inhabited islands, known as the Senkakusin Japan and the Diaoyus in China, as theirown, but Japan has administered themsince 1972.

But since mid-April, Japan has spotted67 Chinese government ships near the wa-ters of the islands. If Japan retaliates, itcould trigger a conflict that will even bringthe United States on to the table as Wash-ington is obligated to defend Tokyo, due toa mutual defence treaty signed betweenthe two countries, in case any foreign pow-er attacks the Japanese territory.

Last week's announcement from theJapanese coastguard that Chinese govern-ment ships had been spotted in the watersclose to Senakaku/Diaoyu Islands has fur-ther heightened fears of a possible con-frontation. In response to the increasedChinese presence, Yoshihide Suga, Japan'schief cabinet secretary, reasserted Tokyo'sresolve at a news conference last Wednes-day. "The Senkaku Islands are under ourcontrol and are unquestionably our territo-ry historically and under international law.

It is extremely serious that these activitiescontinue. We will respond to the Chineseside firmly and calmly," Suga said. In astatement cited by CNN on Friday, China'sForeign Ministry echoed that the Japanesegovernment's sentiments, from the reverseperspective. "The Diaoyu Island and its af-filiated islands are an inherent part of Chi-na's territory, and it is our inherent right tocarry out patrols and law enforcement ac-tivities in these waters," the statementread.

Similar comments were recently pub-lished in China's state-run Global Timesnewspaper. The report, titled "Japaneseconservatives disrupt recovering China-Japan ties by hyping Diaoyu Islands dis-pute," criticised attempts underway inJapan's Okinawa prefecture to change theadministration of the islands, noting itcould do serious harm to Japan-China rela-tions. Japan formally recognised the chainof islands as part of the Japanese sovereignterritory in 1895. A group of settlers manu-factured dried fish and collected feathers,with the islands having more than 200 in-habitants at one point, according to Japan'sForeign Ministry. Japan then sold the is-lands in 1932 to descendants of the origi-nal settlers, but the factory failed around1940 and the islands were eventually de-serted. The Japanese surrender at the endof World War II in 1945 only served to fur-ther cloud the issue. The islands were ad-ministered by the US occupation force af-ter the war. But in 1972, Washington re-turned them to Japan as part of its with-drawal from Okinawa. Meanwhile, self-governing Taiwan, which Beijing regardsas a Chinese province, also claims owner-ship of the chain.

India's real estate will ex-perience a paradigm shiftas the national economy

feels the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Real estate occupiers andinvestors will receive somerespite due to the govern-ment's 270 billion dollar re-lief package, said the profes-sional services firm special-ising in real estate and in-vestment management.

But they will need to re-consider pre-crisis prioritiesand accelerate new strategicinitiatives to adapt to thenext normal in the economy.

All segments of real es-tate will be impacted in someform or the other due toCOVID-19 but the economiccontraction will lead to somepre-crisis trends and themesthat will have to be fast-tracked, said JLL's report ti-tled 'The Next Normal --Real estate in a post-COVIDworld.'

The report stresses thatbroader adoption of industrymegatrends will reshape andreinvigorate the sector forlong-term growth.

"As we reopen our busi-nesses in a staggered man-ner, let us brace ourselves tothe short-term jolts and beready to embrace the im-pending prospects of growthin the medium to long term,"said Ramesh Nair, CEO andCountry Head (India), JLL.

"Real estate as an assetclass is here to stay. Howev-er, reinvention is importantto remain relevant in the nextnormal world. We are seeingfast-paced adoption of tech-nology and artificial intelli-gence and these are mostlikely to be the new catalystsof growth in the next nor-mal," he said.

Nair added that the focuson health, sustainability and

wellness is also seeing a re-newed vigour and is becom-ing the leitmotif across assetclasses.

In the last decade, saidthe JLL report, India's realestate sector has experiencedseveral disruptions led bytechnology and changingpreferences. However, thesedisruptions have only ex-panded the gamut of real es-tate offerings while redefin-

ing the way we live andwork. On one hand, consoli-dation of the residential mar-ket is likely to further gainmomentum with a strongemphasis on credibility andfinancial strength and on theother, de-densification andsplitting up of offices arelikely to gain centre-stage.

The report said officemarket fundamentals arestrong with low vacancy,

steady rentals and limitedupcoming supply. It is ex-pected to recover the fastestonce the outbreak is undercontrol. The residential mar-ket's revival hinges on the in-tensity and duration of a pan-demic. As consumer senti-ments improve post the lock-down period, sales in the af-fordable and mid segmentsexpected to show initialgreen shoots of recovery to-

wards the end of 2020 withthe onset of the festive sea-son.

While annual invest-ments crossed 5 billion dol-lars in the last three years,2020 started on a weakernote. The time period be-tween January to March sawa 58 per cent decline in in-vestments year-on-year withtransactions paused.

A nationwide lockdownmeant no face-to-face meet-ings, site visits, legal duediligence and financial clo-sure, therefore leading totransactions coming to astandstill.

"Income stability, indis-pensable business operationsand occupational density areexpected to be the key deter-minants for investment eval-uation. Data centres, logis-tics (including warehousing),critical office outsourcing fa-cilities and global in-housecentres are expected to at-tract capital," said the report.

In the short term, the in-stitutional investors are ex-pected to be risk-averse andcautious over the next fewquarters leading to extendedinvestment cycles. Institu-tional investors are expectedto assess the progress in eachsector and are likely to focuson asset management andsupport projects that requirelast-mile funding in the shortterm, the report added.

Indian real estateprepares for re-entry

Sweeney among theNightingales

Apeneck Sweeney spread hiskneesLetting his arms hang down tolaugh,The zebra stripes along his jawSwelling to maculate giraffe.

The circles of the stormy moonSlide westward toward the RiverPlate,

Death and the Raven drift aboveAnd Sweeney guards the hornèd gate.

Gloomy Orion and the DogAre veiled; and hushed the shrunken seas;The person in the Spanish capeTries to sit on Sweeney’s knees

Slips and pulls the table clothOverturns a coffee-cup,Reorganised upon the floorShe yawns and draws a stocking up;

The silent man in mocha brownSprawls at the window-sill and gapes;The waiter brings in orangesBananas figs and hothouse grapes;

The silent vertebrate in brownContracts and concentrates, withdraws;Rachel née RabinovitchTears at the grapes with murderous paws;

She and the lady in the capeAre suspect, thought to be in league;Therefore the man with heavy eyesDeclines the gambit, shows fatigue.

POEMS

T. S. ELIOT

(BY T. S. ELIOT )

The NDA crossed100 Rajya Sabhaseats on Friday, fur-

ther consolidating theBJP as India’s dominantpolitical force in its 40thyear. The BJP wasformed in April 1980 af-ter its members were ex-pelled from the JanataParty, the joint Opposi-tion force launched threeyears earlier to counteran authoritarian IndiraGandhi. One of its com-ponents was the JanSangh, launched in 1951.

According to its ownrecord, the Jan Sanghwas the result of three

events. First, the death ofSardar Vallabhbhai Patelin December 1950, sec-ond, Syama PrasadMookerjee’s resignationfrom the Nehru govern-ment, and the election,also in 1950, and subse-quent forcing out of P.D.Tandon as Congress pres-ident. Tandon was seenas a Hindu conservativeopposed to Nehru’s secu-larism, and after Patel’sdeath Nehru forced Tan-don to resign.

Another event, alsoacknowledged by the JanSangh as important to itsformation, was the ban-

ning of the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh af-ter Mahatma Gandhi’s as-sassination in 1948 andthe arrest of its leaderM.S. Golwalkar. TheRSS was not registeredas a political organisationand the ban was lifted in1949, on the conditionthat it adopt a constitu-tion, that it agreed to do.

At this point, insidethe RSS, and published inits mouthpiece Organiser,there began a series of ar-ticles arguing why theRSS should participate inpolitics. Golwalkar’s so-lution was to not make

the RSS itself a politicalbody but to allow work-ers to set up a party.

They joined S.P.Mookerjee, earlier headof the Hindu Mahasabha,and the Jan Sangh wasformed with Mookerjeeas its leader. Golwalkarasked some of his peopleto join the party’s struc-ture, including DeenDayal Upadhayay, whowas a pracharak in UttarPradesh. Later, Atal Be-hari Vajpayee and LalKrishna Advani, who waswriting film reviews forOrganiser, were alsoasked to join.

As BJP’s story evolves, willBengal set tone for its future?

NEWS AT AGLANCE 103 more COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand

DEHRADUN: With an increase of 103 COVID-19 cases, Uttarakhand's tallyof coronavirus cases reached 2,505 on Tuesday. According to the HealthBulletin issued by the Directorate of Medical Health and Family Welfare,Uttarakhand, the tally includes 1,541 cured and recovered patients while 920active cases are there in the state. 29 deaths have been reported due to thedisease in the state so far. The doubling rate for Uttarakhand in the pastseven days stood at 22.37 days while the percentage recovery for patients inthe state is at 61.52 percent, according to the Health Bulletin.

Virbhadra Singhturns 87, HP CMgreets

SHIMLA: Six-time former HimachalPradesh chief minister VirbhadraSingh on Tuesday celebrated his 87birthday at his ancestral house here atHolly lodge with his family membersand a few guests. State Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur and his son and MLAVikramaditya Singh and his wife andformer MP Pratibha Singh wereamong the people who turned to wishhim. Earlier, Singh had made anappeal to his supporters to not turn upin large numbers to greet him in viewof the pandemic. Mr Singh celebratedhis birthday without much Fanfare anda very thin gathering of his close aidesand family members. Singh who issuffering with the renal ailment for lastone year is avoiding public function,however, he attended the recentCongress legislative Party Meetingand recent Budget Session. Singh wasborn to Raja Padam Singh of BushahrState on 23rd June 1934 at Sarahan.Currently, he is a member of the Arkiassembly of Solan district.

BJP observes deathanniversary of Dr ShyamaPrasad MukharjeeSHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh BJP onTuesday remembered the founder ofJan Sangh and social reformerShyama Prasad Mukherjee on hisdeath anniversary. Sanjeev Katwal,State Vice President of BharatiyaJanata Party, said that today thesacrifice of Nationalist thinker Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee wascelebrated in all the 68 assemblyconstituencies of HP and also at thestate BJP office, Deep Kamal. He saidthat all the workers offered garlandsand wreaths on the portrait of Dr.Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in theirhomes all over the state. Katwal saidthat Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjeewas born on 6 July 1901 in Kolkata.His father Ashutosh Mukherjee was anoted educationist, rich in versatility.He told that Dr. Shyama PrasadMukherjee passed the tenthexamination in 1917 and obtained alaw degree in 1923 and went abroad,returned home as a barrister fromEngland in 1926. He became the ViceChancellor of Kolkata University On 8August 1934, at the young age of 33,the youngest of Kolkata University.

Bailey bridge nearIndia-China border inU'khand collapsesPITHORAGARH: A bailey bridge inthis district of Uttarakhand, nearly 50km from the Sino-India border,collapsed when a truck carrying a JCBmachine was crossing it, an officialsaid on Tuesday. The truck driver andthe JCB machine operator wereinjured as the 40-feet-long bridge, builtin 2009, crashed on Monday under thecombined weight of the truck and theJCB machine, SDM of Munsyari A KShukla said. The weight-bearingcapacity of the bridge was 18 tonnewhile the combined weight of the JCBmachine and the truck was 26 tonnes,he said. The SDM said the truck driverand the JCB machine operator havebeen admitted to a hospital inMunsyari. Around 15 border villages ofJohar Valley have been cut off. Legalaction will be taken against the truckdriver, the official said. Construction ofanother bridge will take at least 15days, the SDM said.

Entry of people toHimachal to be allowedonly as per SOPSHIMLA: Keeping in view the reportsappearing in a section of media todayregarding restriction on entry of peopleto Himachal Pradesh, an officialSpokesperson of the state governmenthas clarified that the state governmenthas already allowed the movement oflabourers, businessmen, traders andfactory workers into the state as per thestandard operating procedure (SOP)already issued by the state governmentto facilitate the industries, businessmenand fruit growers and governmentutilities. He said that they would beallowed to enter the state accordingly.The Spokesperson clarified that therestrictions imposed by the stategovernment for issuing e-passes wereonly for other people. He said that thishas been done to discourage the entryof people who want to come to theState without any valid reason.

Two COVID-19patients die in J-KSRINAGAR: Two COVID-19 patientsdied in Jammu and Kashmir during thepast 24 hours, taking the total numberof fatalities to 87, officials said onTuesday. An 85-year-old man, fromKulgam district of south Kashmir, wassuffering from heart block andhypertension. He died at S K Instituteof Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Hospital,they said. A 58-year-old woman fromSrinagar district's Natipora area diedlate last night at Chest DiseasesHospital, the officials said. She wassuffering from pneumonia, diabetesand hypertension, they said. Withthese, the number of COVID-19related fatalities in the union territoryhas risen to 87.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020

ASHA workers play pivotal role incontaining corona pandemic: CM

Incentive of Rs. 2000 per month to be givenAGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 23

The State Government hasdecided to provide an incentive ofRs. two thousand per month forthe month of June and July to allthe ASHA Workers of the State.This was stated by the ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur whileaddressing the ASHA workers ofthe State through VideoConferencing from Shimla today.

He said that the Coronapandemic has took the wholeworld by surprise and caught themedical fraternity unprepared. Hesaid that Himachal Pradesh haseffectively fought this virus andASHA workers of the State haveplayed a pivotal role incontrolling this virus. He said thatASHA workers not only helped indetecting the people with ILIsymptoms, but also helped inmotivating the people in strictlyfollowing the quarantine norms.

The Chief Minister said thatthe Active Case FindingCampaign launched by the StateGovernment was evenappreciated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi. He said that the

Prime Minister has evensuggested the chief ministers ofother states to follow HimachalPradesh and launch this campaignin their respective States to detectpatients with influenza likeillness. He said that not only this,the ASHA Workers also wereplaying a vital role in educatingthe masses regarding importanceof social distancing and use offace masks to prevent spread ofthis virus. Jai Ram Thakur saidthat although the COVID-19

cases in our country wereincreasing, but still the situationwas under control. He said that asmany as 4.65 lakh deaths havebeen reported in fifteen mostseverely affected countries of theworld with a total population of142 crore, whereas in India with apopulation of 135 crore, as any as13,699 deaths have been reportedtill date. He said that credit of thisgoes to the timely decision oflockdown taken by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

He said that the ASHAworkers also played an importantrole in sensitizing the people inhome quarantine to strictly followthe norms so as to ensure that theyand their family members remainsafe. The Chief Minister said thatthe State Government hassucceeded in checkingcommunity spread and credit ofthis goes to the ASHA Workers.He said that the State Governmentwould consider all the genuinedemands of the ASHA workersympathetically.

He also interacted with theASHA workers on the occasion.

Additional Chief SecretaryHealth R.D.Dhiman said that theASHA workers have played amajor role in containing theCorona pandemic in the State. Hesaid that the Active Case FindingCampaign launched by the StateGovernment has been appreciatedby the Prime Minister also.

Principal Private Secretary tothe Chief Minister Dr. R.N. Batta,Director Health Services Dr. B. B.Katoch, Special Secretary HealthDr. Nipun Jindal and otherofficers were present on theoccasion.

Sports infrastructureneeds to be strengthened

in state: GovernorAGENCYSHIMLA, JUNE 23

Governor Bandaru Dattatrayahas stressed to strengthen thesports infrastructure andproviding facilities like indoorstadiums to further promotesports activities in the State.

He was interacting withthe office-bearers of HimachalPradesh Olympic Associationon the occasion ofInternational Olympic Day,today. Rural Development andPanchayati Raj MinisterVirendra Kanwar was alsopresent on the occasion.

He said that there was nodearth of sports talent in thestate but efforts should bemade to facilitate them. Hesaid that the youth was quitestrong, have natural staminabut, they should be givenplatform and chances byproviding facilities like indoorstadiums. He said that thesports infrastructures shouldbe developed on PPP mode byincluding renownedsportspersons. He advisedpromoting indoor sports likekabaddi and volleyball in theState, as it required less space.

Dattatraya said that moreemployment opportunitiesshould be given to the players.He expressed satisfaction thatwomen players of the State

were performing best atinternational level. He saidthat sports camps should beorganized for selectedsportspersons of tribal areas.He appreciated the efforts ofthe organizers and said thattheir initiative would help indeveloping a new environmentof sports in the state.

Virendra Kanwar, who isalso the Vice-President ofHimachal Pradesh OlympicAssociation apprised theGovernor about various stepsbeing taken by the stategovernment to promote sportsactivities.

He said that every yearvarious sports activities wereconducted as a way toencourage people to activelytake part in sports for goodhealth and promote Olympismand the Olympic movement onthe occasion of InternationalOlympic Day. He added thatthis year the Association wascelebrating the events onlinedue to COVID-19.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, JUNE 23

A virtual meeting was organized by BJPMandal Nalagarh on Dr. Shayama PrasadMukherjee's sacrifice day under thechairmanship of Divisional PresidentBaldev Thakur. BJP's state vice-presidentand 2017 BJP candidate of Arki VidhanSabha Ratan Singh Pal, former NalagarhMLA KL Thakur was also present in themeeting. The meeting was started by formerMLA KL Thakur with wreaths were placedon Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's photo.Ratan Singh Pal and former MLA said thatsacrifice of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjeehas proved to be meaningful and thepurpose with which he gave his sacrifice forthe nation has been fulfilled today. Hisdream has been fulfilled by the Modigovernment of BJP. Mukherjee had opposedthe Nehru-Liaquat agreement and said thata country should not have 2 `Vidhan’, 2`Nishan’ and two `Pradhan’ . Theyconsidered Jammu and Kashmir as an

integral part of India, which was fulfilledby the Modi government and also fulfilledhis dreams by abolished Article 370 and 35-A forever. The Modi government at theCenter also fulfilled Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel's dream of Akhand Bharat. He tookvery important decisions like Section 370,35-A, Ram Mandir Construction, andCitizenship Amendment Bill whichstrengthened the country.

Virtual meeting over Dr ShyamPrashad Mukherjee held

Govt misusing public money invirtual rallies: Mukesh Agnihotri

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, JUNE 23

The BJP led government inHimachal is misusing moneythrough virtual rallies. This wasstated by Leader of OppositionMukesh Agnihotri during a pressconference in a private hotel. Hesaid that entry is being done forVIP people from the entrancesbut for the general public e passeshave been closed, now those whoare not getting the pass arereaching the district headquartersthrough the train, the governmentshould make rules one for all. Hesaid that the government shouldclarify the situation regarding theforthcoming Panchayati electionsand added that the Panchayati Rajelections should be held inDecember. He asked thegovernment to stay home that ifelections could be held inBiharand the ElectionCommission should get it done. Ifit is, then Panchayati elections inHimachal can be held on time. He

said that when the tenure s isover, the state government will bein an effort to make theadministrator sit, if theadministrator sits, thegovernment will use the thiefdoor, which we will not beallowed. Government shouldclarify the situation, whetherPanchayat elections will beconducted on time or not.Leading opposition to the risingprices of diesel and petrol, theLeader of Opposition MukeshAgnihotri said that rates of dieseland petrol are increasing day byday and now it has become out ofpeople’s reach.

Crorona warriors power,water employees honoured

JOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA, JUNE 23

National Union of Journalists today honouredthe employees and officers of the Departmentof Water and Power by giving certificates fortheir services in lockdown during the coronaepidemic. The award was given by theNational Executive member Jogindra DevArya and the District Vice President RajeshThakur. Organization members Abhishek,Rohit Sandhu, Krishna Kumar were present onthe occasion. Officers and employees of the

Water Power Department include AssistantEngineer Harbhajan Singh, Junior EngineerAshish, Aman Kumar, Raj Bibhag, MahendraRana Forman personnel Ajay Kumar,Harikrishna, Pawan Kumar, Malook Chand,Nanak Chand, Dinesh Kumar, Jagdev Chand,Ashok Kumar Sharma, Ravi Kumar, SanjeevKumar, Kamal Dev, Man Chand, Yogesh,Prince, Rakesh Kumar, Gurdev Singh, ChamanLal, Vibhishan, Ajay Kumar, Vinay KumarSurveyor, Ramesh Kumar, Amit Patial, Omkar,Kanta Devi, Anita, Hoshiar Singh, PradeepKumar, Rohit, Gurdev Fitter, Prem Chand.

Manoj Dogra becomes media in-charge of BJYM Chintpurni JOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA, JUNE 23

After the top leadership ofHimachal Pradesh, ManojDogra resident of Talmehrawas made media in chargeof BJP Yuva MorchaChintpurni for the secondconsecutive term. Hethanked BJP MandalChintpurni, the state ChiefMinister Jairam Thakur,Union Minister of State forFinance Anurag Thakur,Panchayati Raj MinisterVirendra Kanwar, MLABalveer Chaudhary andHimuda Vice President

Praveen Sharma and BJYMDistrict President KamalSaini for the faith imposedon him. Manoj Dogra saidhe will discharge thisresponsibility with fullsincerity, integrity and hardwork. He said that he willtake public welfare

schemes of the Central andState Government to thepeople. On this occasionChintpurni MandalPresident Kuldeep Singh,Divisional GeneralMinisters Mahesh Maihataand Jaidev Khata, StateMember ShambhuGoswami, OVC MorchaDistrict President RajkumarDogra, Minority MorchaDistrict Head Bashir Khan,Mahila Morcha PresidentRajni Mankotia, OVCMorcha President TarsemLal , BJP Board VicePresident Kewal Sharma,IT Cell Coordinator Karan

Thakur, DivisionalSecretary and formerPresident Sukhdev SharmaTalmehra, Deputy PrimeMinister Jeevan SinghTalmehra, former ShivMandir CommitteePresident Rajendra ThakurTalmehra, BBC MemberAshok Sharma Talmehra,Ramesh Dogra, SandiDogra, Shivam, Madan LalSharma have thanked all thetop leaders for handing overthe command of media in-charge of Chintpurni BJPYuva Morcha to ManojDogra for the secondconsecutive time.

No case of illegalfelling in Chopal

area: Govind ThakurSHIMLA, JUN 23

HP Forest Minister Govind Singh Thakur onTuesday said that there were no case of illegalgreen felling in the Chopal area of Shimla district.

While reviewing ongoing projects in theChopal forest division through video-conferencing, he said that no case of illegal fellingwas reported during the year 2019-20 in Chopalforest division. This was made possible by theforest department by observing strict vigil, grouppatrolling and monitoring through drone cameras,he added.

State Forest Minister said that the decisiontaken by Chopal forest division to construct checkdam from pine leaves was a commendable step.

After the scientific study, efforts would bemade to replicate the same in the other parts of thestate. In the last three years, permission has beengranted in 114 cases under Forest Rights Act while15 cases under FCA, he said. He said that thevacant posts in the Chopal forest division would befilled up on priority so that all the pending workscould be completed in a time bound manner.

PREETI RANAHAROLI, JUNE 23

Rana Ranjit Singh, presidentof Una District CongressCommittee, assisted the pooron the occasion of the birthdayof Virbhadra Singh, a 6-timeChief Minister. Rana providedrelief money to Ashok Kumarof village Pandoga. AshokKumar has been running ill fora long time and has no source

of income for two time meal.Rana went to his house andpresented a relief amount ofRs 2100 and food items toAshok Kumar himself andpresented fruits and sweetsand food items for thechildren. Rana was alsopresent along withRamprasad, the former headof Pandoga village. Ranafurther assured Ashok Kumarof all possible help.

Rana gives Rs 2100 to pooron Virbhadra’s birthday

Jai Ram Thakur inspectsdevelopmental works in Seraj

Assembly constituencySHIMLA, JUNE 23

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur todayvisited Thunag and Bagsiad areas ofSeraj Vidhan Sabha constituency ofMandi district and inspected variousprojects being undertaken in theseareas. He inspected the underconstruction work of the minisecretariat being constructed at a costof Rs. 16 crore, Rs. 6.82 croreadditional building of guest house ofpublic works department and Rs. 3.50crore trekkers hut at Thunag.

The Chief Minister also inspectedthe under construction work of thebuilding of 50-bedded civil hospitalBagsiad to be constructed at a cost ofRs. 26.50 crore. He asked the officersto ensure time bound completion ofthese projects besides qualityconstruction. Deputy CommissionerRugved Thakur, SP Gurdev Sharma,Chief Medical Officer Dr. DevenderSharma, Chief Engineer PWD DaraSingh and other senior officersaccompanied the Chief Minister.

Guru Amar DassPublic Schoolcelebrates Yoga Day

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Under the ableguidance of S.Ajit Singh Sethi SchoolPresident, the members of the SchoolManaging Committee, Sonika Singh(Vice Principal) and Renuka (InchargeOnline Classes ) Guru Amar DassPublic School celebrated onlineInternational Yoga Day. On this dayschool students performed online yogaasanas and also made various postersto depict different asanas. Adocumentary was also made tomotivate the parents as well as thestudents towards a healthy lifestyle.On this occasion President S.AjitSingh Sethi motivated the parents andthe students to perform yoga duringthis difficult phase of Covid -19.

One week online workshopon fashion apparel and selfgrooming concludes

JALANDHAR: One week onlineworkshop on Fashion Apparel and SelfGrooming concluded at Hans RajMahila Maha Vidyalaya. Around 50students participated in this workshop.During the workshop, from FashionDesigning department, Rishav told theparticipants about fabric beautification,Beenu told them about ribbon workand Navneeta told them aboutFashion Illustration. FromCosmetology department, Mukti Aroratold the participants about hair care,Aditi told them about nail art andParvashi told them about hair styling.Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen saidthat such workshops enhance theconfidence of the students duringpandemic times. She alsocongratulated Coordinator MeenakshiSyal and faculty members for thesuccessful workshop.

Shut down Bengaluru for 20days to curb coronavirusspread: KumaraswamyBENGALURU: Instead of sealing afew areas, the entire state capitalshould be shut down for 20 days inview of the rising COVID-19 cases,former Karnataka chief minister H DKumaraswamy said on Tuesday. In aseries of tweets, the JD(S) leader saidsealing some areas would not serveany purpose and that weaker sectionsof the society should be taken care ofimmediately. "Stop playing with humanlives. It will not serve any purpose toseal a few areas. If you care for thehuman lives in Bengaluru, shut downthe city totally for 20 days. Else,Bengaluru will become another Brazil.People's lives are more important thanthe economy," Kumaraswamy tweeted.Asserting that "mere announcement" ofrelief package by the state governmentfor drivers, weavers, washermen andvarious other sections was notenough, he asked it to immediatelysupply groceries to the weaker sectionand transfer at least Rs 5,000 to 50lakh workers. "Mere announcement ofthe package will not be sufficient. Itshould be implemented immediately.The government should not sit idly byshowing a rosy picture,"Kumaraswamy tweeted. TheKarnataka government on Mondaydecided to seal five places in the cityfrom where the maximum number ofcoronavirus cases have beenreported. Chief Minister B SYediyurappa took the decision at ameeting with ministers and officials onMonday.

200 Indian evacuees fromMaldives arrive in TNTUTICORIN: As many as 200stranded Indian nationals wererepatriated by the Indian Navy fromMaldives as part of the Samudra Setumission of the Government of India.Indian Navy Ship Airavat arrived herefrom Maldives with 200 Indiannationals at the VOC Port thismorning, officials said. As many as 64people who arrived today hailed fromKanyakumari district while the restwere from many other districts, theysaid. Upon arrival, the passengerswere screened by the Port Healthofficials and their luggages weresanitised as part of COVID-19 healthprotocols.

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Akhilesh slams UP CM on issue of providing jobsLUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday attacked Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathover the issue of providing one crore jobs to people of the state. "Chief Minister made claim ofproviding one crore job in a rally but someone go and ask people what they got in their bags," Yadavsaid in a tweet in Hindi. Seeking to provide employment to migrant workers, Adityanath had recentlyannounced a plan to generate 1 crore jobs and asked officials to increase work avenues under theCentre's flagship Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGA) as well as in industriesand construction units. In a separate tweet, Yadav tried to corner the state government for sendingnotices to consumers for snapping their power connections over non-payment of bills. "In a state wherethere is no work, business, and employment, where 'badla sarkar' is sending notices to consumers tosnap their power connection as they could not deposit bills. This in inhuman. Those who are working,their cost is also increasing like diesel-petrol. Condemnable," the SP leader said.

Centre's top agenda isincluding PoK in India:

Dr Jitendra Singh

AGENCYNEW DELHI, JUNE 23

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh onTuesday said that the Centre's topagenda currently is includingPakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) inIndia. "We had been instructed togive due importance to Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, along the linesof treatment meted out to the North-East (in NDA rule). Nobody canimagine what is going to happen inthe future, and top priority on the listof agendas is to make POK part ofthe Republic of India and bring itback to the form in which MaharajaHari Singh gave it to us," Singh saidduring the 'Jammu-Kashmir JanSamvad' being held through videoconferencing. Union PetroleumMinister Dharmendra Pradhan alsospoke at the rally being held today.On the occasion of the deathanniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sanghfounder Syama Prasad Mukherjee,Singh said that the renaming ofChenani-Nashri tunnel after him wasfitting tribute for his contribution to

the country. "In the last 70 years, thepriority of other governments wassuch that no project in the countrywas named after Syama PrasadMukharjee, but the first national-level road project named afterMukherjee is in this region. It is the9 kilometres long, Chenani-Nashritunnel," Singh said. Mukherjee diedin police custody on June 23, 1953,after he was arrested by the Jammuand Kashmir police for entering theerstwhile state without a permit.

Bathinda thermal plant to providea windfall for Pb: Manpreet BadalPunjab’s largest Industrial Park to be set up replacing Thermal Plant, says Fin Min

S P JAINCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

Punjab Finance MinisterManpreet Singh Badal todaysaid that the shutting down ofthe loss-making and smoke-spewing Bathinda ThermalPlant will provide a windfallfor Punjab, paving the way forthe creation of the largestindustrial park in Punjab.

Addressing the mediapersons during a pressconference here today, theFinance Minister said thatwhile the Bathinda ThermalPlant was shut down threeyears ago due toenvironmental, economic, andadministrative issues, therecently approved plan willrevitalize and rejuvenate theeconomy of Southern Punjab.

The Finance Minister alsoinvited companies that arerelocating from China to investin the new Bathinda IndustrialComplex, stating that this willemerge as another industrialhub. Additionally, Bathindacity will gain 164 acres ofwater bodies and lakes thatwere earlier a part of thethermal plant. Similarly, thevacant power colony thatstretches across 280 acres willaccommodate the entire civil

and police lines. Moreover,Bathinda residents are alreadybreathing free of pollutionspewed by coal power plant, hesaid. The Finance Ministerstated that the BathindaThermal Plant, which wasinitially established in 1974,was the oldest in Punjab, and ithad outlived its original life of25 years. According to CentralElectricity Agency (CEA)guidelines, all non-viablethermal plants that haveexceeded a 25-year life spanare to be closed.

The cost of electricitygenerated at Bathinda was overRs 7.70 per unit, while thePunjab government isnowadays purchasing power atrates ranging between Rs 2.30-2.70 per unit, he said, addingthat the thermal plant was

running at a plant load factor ofonly 7.23 per cent, which madeit unviable. Also, the annualrunning cost of merelymaintaining the thermal plantwas over Rs 110 crore.

The Ministry of Forests hasalready asked thermal plants toinstall Flue-GasDesulfurization, SuspendedParticulate Matter (SPM), andmercury control equipment,failing which they would haveto pay a daily penalty of 18lakh per day. The state wouldhave to pay this additionalpenalty. Moreover, afterclosing down the thermal plant,not a single employee - be itregular or contractual - wasretrenched; and all employeeswere accommodated, hecategorically said. Elaboratingon the Punjab Cabinet's newdecision, Mr. Manpreet SinghBadal said that 164 acres ofwater bodies and lakes,established for the power plant,will now be connected to thewater supply system. Bathindarelies on canal water for itswater needs, and it has anexisting storage capacity of 10days of water supply. With theaddition of these lakes,Bathinda will increase thewater supply storage byanother 60 days. Secondly, the

280-acres power colony of thethermal power plant will beused to accommodate the entirecivil and policy administration,ranging from the DeputyCommissioner to Class-IVemployees. Otherwise, thesehouses would have fallen intodisuse. This shifting of civiland police lines will vacate 65acres of land in Bathinda city,making way to a CentralCommercial Complex that willbe the envy of entire Punjab, headded. Thirdly, 1320 acres ofland that was previouslyoccupied by the defunctBathinda power plant and ash-dikes, etc, will now beconverted into an industrialpark — which will be thebiggest in Punjab. The PunjabGovernment is approaching theUnion Government to establisha pharmaceutical park inBathinda, which could be oneof the three such parks in thecountry. Alternatively, a full-fledged industrial park will beestablished at the site.Bathinda, an education andmedicine hub, will also emergeas an industrial hub. Moreover,this park will also benefit fromthe existing railway line andcarriage facilities that wereearlier utilized by the thermalplant.

We should stop using Chineseproducts: Maha dy CM

MUMBAI: Maharashtra deputyChief Minister Ajit Pawar onTuesday said China would beforced to mend its ways ifIndians stop using productsmanufactured by that country.Pawar's comments came a dayafter the Shiv Sena-led stategovernment announced a "statusquo" with regard to MoUs signedwith three Chinese companies inview of the Galwan Valley faceoff in which 20 Indian soldierswere killed. "We must take astrict position against the countrywhich does wrong to us. (Indian)citizens should not use Chineseproducts. If 125 crore of ourpeople do that, China will bestraightened out," Pawar, whoholds Finance portfolio, toldreporters here.

Delegation of Chandigarh Beopar Sangh meetsSatya Pal Jain against entry fee in grain market

RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

A delegation of the Chandigarh BeoparSangh led by its General Secretaries SatPal Gupta and Sunil Kansal met SatyaPal Jain, Ex MP today and submittedhim a memorandum against entryfee/parking fee in Grain Market, Sector26, Chandigarh.

The delegation told Jain that in theGrain Market, Sector 26, Chandigarh,before COVID, the parking fee used tobe charged only from the commercialvehicles. However, now the contractor

has started charging the entry fee, underthe garb of parking fee, even from thenon commercial vehicles of shopkeepers and customers visiting grainmarket. They said that because ofCOVID the business of all sections hasgone down considerably and this type offorcible collection of entry fee, in thename of parking fee, is further adverselyaffecting the business of everybody inthe grain market, Chandigarh. Thedelegation consisted of Bajrang LalSingla, Rajesh Munjal, Pawan Garg,Surender Goel, Harish Kumar & AmitJain.

Bathinda ranks 6thin Mission Fateh

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 23

Bathinda district is currently ranked sixth in the state inMission Fateh and people are continuously joining thismission. This information has been given by the DeputyCommissioner of the district B. Niwasan. He said that thismission can be connected with Fateh through Kova applaunched by the Punjab Government which is completelysecure. This app contains all the information related to Covid19 disease, government services related to this subject,medical aid. Through this app, the person concerned can alsoknow how far the nearest corona patient is. DC said that 1945people have joined Mission Fateh in the last 5 days in thedistrict through this app.

20 tested positive including5 employees of CIA staff and7 workers of AIIMS hospital

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, JUNE 23

The outbreak of Corona virusis spreading in variousdistricts of Punjab and todaya major blast of Corona virushas also taken place inBathinda. He is undergoingtreatment but belongs toBathinda district. Policepersonnel have also beeninfected with the coronavirus. A total of 20 patients,including five CIA staff andseven AIIMS workers, havetested positive, bringing thenumber to about fifty. Hasarrived Confirming this,Civil Surgeon of the HealthDepartment Amrik Singhsaid that all the patients wereundergoing treatment andother employees who camein contact with the policepersonnel were also beingexamined. An Asha worker

came forward to coronavictims. Surprisingly, largegatherings can be seen in themarkets and especially by theactivists and political partieswho are raising their voicesagainst the Punjabgovernment. Socialgatherings are also beingblown up by large gatheringsOn the other hand theadministration is not payingany attention to this.

Private hospitals, clinics remain shut down CHET RAM RATTANNAWASHAHAR, JUNE 23

Indian Medical Association(IMA) of Punjab todayprotested against theimposition of Punjab clinicalestablishment Act 2020.They shuttered doors ofhospitals and clinics. IMArepresentatives havesubmitted a memorandum toGovernment through electedrepresentatives and Deputycommissioners demandingits immediate withdrawal butGovernment ignored ourdemands. It seems thatgovernment has becomeinsensitive and is leastbothered about the health ofpeople. In such a situation wewere left with no alternativethan to shutdown our

hospitals to jolt governmentout of deep slumber. Even ifnow Government doesn’twake up to reality we will beforced to escalate theagitation which we don’twant to do in view of theCorona pandemic. If such aneventuality arises

Government will be entirelyresponsible for anyuntowards happening to thehealth status of the people.Government shouldimmediately defer theimplementation of this actand engage in talks with theIMA Punjab.

Mission Conquest: Penalty of overRs 35 lakh imposed on violators

DALJEETAJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, JUNE 23

The Punjab Government under the leadership of Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh has launched a massive awareness campaign to winthe war against Corona, besides making concerted efforts to win thewar against Corona. Under the 'Mission Fateh' launched by the stategovernment in a unique initiative, awareness is being spread to useprecautions in view of Covid-19, while those who spit in masks andin public places are also being fined. Disclosing this here todayDeputy Commissioner Mrs. Apneet Riyait said that under 'MissionFateh' the use of masks while going out of the house has been ensuredto prevent the spread of Corona effect. He said that a fine of Rs.34,78,400 has been imposed in the district so far for not wearing themask and spitting in public places. He said that 8415 challans havebeen issued for non-wearing of masks and a fine of Rs. 34,51,500 hasbeen imposed. In addition, 146 persons have been fined Rs 26,900 forspitting in public places. Apneet Riyait said that as per the instructionsissued by the government, wearing a mask is very important andspitting is also prohibited in public places. He appealed to the peopleof the district to prove that they are responsible citizens by maintainingsocial distance along with the above precautions.

1,600 MGNREGA contractual employeeshold sit-in dharna for service regularization

RAMESH KUMARFEROZEPUR, JUNE 23

While the nation is fightingwith the Corona pandemic,around 1,600 contractualemployees of theMGNREGA today heldprotests throughout the statedemanding regularisation oftheir services by mergingtheir services in thePanchayat Department. Theemployees on protest sinceJune 18 have furtherintensified their agitation toregister their protest. Randhir

Singh, Senior Vice President,Amrit Singh, Press Secretaryand Manse Khan, FinancialSecretary said that the

contractual employeesworking under MahatmaGandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Act

(MGNREGA) in Punjab hadappealed to the governmentnumber of times, to addresslong-pending issue ofregularisation of their servicein Rural DevelopmentDepartment. They furthersaid, the appointment of1,600 employees was madeby adopting the procedure forappointment as regularemployees in a transparentmanner and the governmentbefore coming to power hadpromised to regularize thedirect recruitment contractualemployees on priority.

Akali families of Kahalwan village ofQadian constituency join Congress

VERMAQADIAN, JUNE 23

Impressed by the development worksbeing carried out by Qadian MLA FatehJang Singh Bajwa, former AkaliSarpanch Pratap Singh has joined theCongress party along with hundreds ofhis supporters. Addressing on theoccasion, MLA Fateh Jang Singh Bajwasaid that full respect would be given tothe workers who joined the party andthe Qadian assembly constituencywould be beautified. Special attentionwill be given to drainage of dirty waterand cleaning of ponds in the villages.Sports stadiums and gyms will beconstructed for the youth. Giving

information on this occasion, AkaliSarpanch Pratap Singh, who joined theCongress party, said that he wouldparticipate in the party's activities withthe Bajwa family. Among the familiesjoining the Congress party with PratapSingh were Dr. Gurdev Singh, MohanSingh, Chanchal Singh etc.

Pakistani fiance appealsIndo-Pak govt to open

border for marriageVERMAGURDASPUR, JUNE 23

While the whole world has been affected due tocoronavirus, marriages between people of India andPakistan have also been greatly affected. At present inPakistan, the marriage of young women of two Hindufamilies, which is to take place in Punjab, has beenstopped due to the closure of India-Pakistan border dueto coronavirus. Samaila (35) of Pakistan, a resident ofJohanabad, Lahore, has stated that her engagement hastaken place in 2015 with Kamal Kalyan son of OmPrakash Madhuban Colony, Raj Nagar, Jalandhar. Shefurther said that Om Prakash seems to be her uncle inthe relationship. His family was called to Lahore athis brother's wedding. However, he could not getmarried due to lack of visa from Pakistan. But sincethen, the interactions between the two families haveincreased. Samayala said that she and Kamal Kalyanused to talk to each other gradually they came closeto each other and fell in love.

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Chairman Machhli Kalan honoured by several villageleaders of constituencyOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: Leading leaders and dignitaries of several villages of Kharar constituency today hon-ored Harkesh Chand Sharma, Chairman, Market Committee Kharar for his services to the society.The leaders said that after becoming Chairman of the Khara Market Committee Sharma was tak-

ing interest in solving the problems faced by the residents of thisconstituency. They said that Sharma Listen to the problems ofthe people and take effective steps to solve them. He also dis-tributed rations to the needy during the epidemic. They said thatthe residents of this area are very happy with his appointmentas he has always been with the people of this area.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

Punjab Government todayissued detailed guidelinesfor normal opening ofrestaurants, hotels and otherhospitality services. Earlier,Punjab Government had is-sued guidelines for phasedreopening of places of wor-ship, hotels, restaurants,other hospitality servicesand shopping malls. In the-ses guidelines the state gov-ernment has relaxed theconditions for opening ofall types of hospitality serv-ices.

Disclosing this here to-day, an official spokesper-son of Punjab Governmentsaid the restaurants are al-lowed with 'dine-in' facilitytill 8 pm with 50% occu-pancy or 50 guests,whichever is less. The man-agement would complywith the SOPs under whichrestaurants in hotels are al-lowed to serve food includ-ing buffet meals upto 50%of their seating capacity or50 guests, whichever is less.

In addition, the restau-rants would also be open topersons other than hotelguests but the timings forboth the hotel guests as wellas persons from outsidewould be till 8 pm. Howev-

er the bars in the hotelsshall remain closed butliquor could be served inthe rooms and restaurants,as permitted under the ex-cise policy of the State.

He further informedthat marriages other socialfunctions and 'Open-Air'parties in banquet halls,marriage palaces, hotelsand open venues could be

organised upto 50 persons.The number of guests ex-clusive of catering staffwould not exceed 50 per-sons. The size of banquethall and venue for 50 per-sons shall at least be 5,000sq. feet based on require-ment of 10' x10' area for aperson for the purpose ofmaintenance of adequatesocial distancing.

He added that the barswould continue to remainclosed in banquethalls/marriage palaces.However liquor could beserved in the function as perthe excise policy of theState. The SOPs for hotelsand other hospitality servic-es would be strictly fol-lowed. The management ofhotels and other hospitality

services would be obligedto comply with the SOPs ofunion health ministry. Dis-trict authorities have alsobeen directed to ensurecompliance of guidelinesand other SOP dependingupon the local situation.The district authoritiescould also impose addition-al restrictions as deemednecessary, he added.

Govt allows restaurants dinein with 50 per cent occupancy

Members of DistrictRed Cross Societyattend Akhand Path

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: The members of the DistrictRed Cross Society on Mondayattended the Akhand Path held in thevillage in the memory of the 5 year oldchild Aditya who succumbed to burnson 16th June, 2020 when the slumdwellings in the village caught fire. Aspart of this commitment, the societytoday undertook distribution of 85packets of Atta to the slum dwellersand the other people of the poorsections of the society living in villageteur. The society also contributed 70more packets of Atta to the langarbeing run for the labourers in thevillage. Pertinently, the District RedCross Society, as per the directions ofthe DC Girish Dayalan, is undertakingphilanthropic activities in the districtsuch as distribution of masks, handsanitizers and the ration with a view tohelp the needy sections of societyduring the corona virus pandemic.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

Social Security, Women andChild Development MinisterPunjab Aruna Chaudhary di-rected the Department of So-cial Security, Women andChild Development to form asub-committee to formulate acomprehensive and effectivepolicy to improve the healthcare and education of childrenaged 0-6 years.

Presiding over a meetingof the State Early ChildhoodCare and Education Council atPunjab Bhawan here today,Ms. Chaudhary directed the de-partment to ensure that the pro-posals and suggestions of allparties are received beforepreparing and implementingthe policy. She said that allrounder development of chil-dren is very important for thecountry and society. Therefore,the ECCE (Early ChildhoodCare and Education) policymust be effective.

The Minister said thatECCE encompasses the insep-arable elements of care, health,nutrition, play and early learn-ing within a protective and en-abling environment. It is an in-dispensable foundation for life-long development and learn-ing, and has lasting impact onearly childhood development.

It is imperative to accord prior-ity attention to ECCE and in-vest in it since it is the mostcost effective way to break theintergenerational cycle of mul-tiple disadvantages and to re-move inequity, leading to longterm social and economic ben-efits.

She said that the stateECCE Policy reaffirms thecommitment of the Govern-ment to provide integratedservices for the holistic devel-opment of all children, alongthe continuum, from the prena-tal period to six years of age.The Policy lays down the wayforward for a comprehensiveapproach towards ensuringsound foundation for survival,growth and development ofevery child with focus on careand early learning. It recog-nizes the synergistic and inter-dependent relationships be-tween the health, nutrition psy-cho-social and emotional needsof the child.

Chaudhary said that gov-ernment shall promote to de-velop appropriate practices ofECCE through a multi prongedapproach of laying downnorms and quality standards ;developing framework; provi-sion of appropriate and ade-quate play material, conductingprogramme assessment andchild assessment.

Aruna Chaudhary directsto formulate policy to

improve health of children

42000 youth volunteersjoin Mission Fateh:ChairmanOUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR: The current corona viruscrisis has placed a huge responsibilityon the shoulders of the youth to makethe people aware about safetyprecautions to ensure protection fromthe pandemic, opined Chairman,Punjab Youth Development Board Mr.

Sukhwinder SinghBindra, on theoccasion offelicitation ofYoung MissionFateh Warriors.Honouring theyouth volunteers

with the Mission Fateh Warrior badges,he exhorted them to continue theawareness activities. He informed thattill date, nearly 42000 youth volunteershave downloaded the COVA app andjoined as Mission Fateh Warriors.Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bindrainformed that that the Punjab YouthDevelopment Board along with theYouth Services Department,over13500 Youth Clubs and 1585 NSSUnits is undertaking awarenessgeneration activities. Besides, studentsfrom 18 Universities and 572 collegesas well as the600 Red Ribbon Clubshave also been roped in and areexhorting the common people tostrictly follow the health protocols suchas wearing of masks when going out,washing of hands for 20 seconds withsoap as often as possible andmaintaining the social distance.

Enforcement teams penaliselockdown violators under'Mission Fateh

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU: To stave off the spread ofCovid-19, S.S.P Faridkot SwaranjeetSingh made enforcement teams under'Mission Fateh launched by PunjabChief Minister Captain AmarinderSingh.SSP ordered strictly to followthe rules of lockdown, it has beenmandatory everyone to wear facemask at public places.Enforcementteam incharge S.I Vakeel Singh andASI Darshan Singh told to the mediapersons said that Today here ourpolice teams checked various part ofthe Jaitu town and challaned the 32people who were not wear the maskand violating the guidelines oflockdown . S.I Vakeel Singh and ASIDarshan Singh Sekhon awareness tothe people on the spot and said that Itis compulsorily to wear mask for everyperson, who is out for whatsoeverpurpose and reason at public placessuch as street, hospital, office, andmarkets and also appealed to thepeople for maintaining socialdistance.on this time ASI Buta Singh,Gursmeet Singh and constable AnmolVerma were present.

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR, JUNE 23

The District Police here to-day honoured 80 publicvolunteers for making ex-ceptional contribution to-wards ensuring the successof Mission Fateh, by pre-senting them with badges.

These public volunteersassist the police at nakasand check points in mak-ing the people aware re-garding the safety precau-tions to be undertaken inthe wake of corona viruspandemic such as wearingmasks when going out,maintaining social distanc-ing and washing handswith soap for 20 secondsas often as possible. Dis-

closing this here today, aspokesman from the de-partment said that as perthe directions of the SSPKuldeep Singh Chahal, theDistrict Police is activelyinvolving common peoplein the fight against coronavirus and in the process en-couraging them to be Mis-sion Fateh Warriors aspublic participation is very

important in making themission fateh a success.Divulging more, he saidthat the District Police un-der the guidance of theSSP, is also renderingvaluable service in ensur-ing the success of MIS-SION FATEH by ensuringstrict action against thosenot wearing masks, spit-ting at the public placesand failing to maintainingthe social distance in ac-cordance with the guide-lines of the Government.From the 20th of May,2020 till 21st of June,2020, the District Policehas issued challans to 2202persons for various of-fences such as not wearingof the proper masks.

Banquet halls permitted to hold functions with fifty persons

Police exhorting public tobe part of Mission Fateh

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, JUNE 23

The Punjab & Haryana HighCourt on Tuesday rejected theplea of the existing privatemini bus operators for a stayon receipt of applications bythe Punjab Government forgrant of new mini bus permits.

The existing operatorshad challenged the grant ofnew permits, as announced byChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh in line withhis government’s commit-ment to check monopoly andundue profiteering in thetransport business, and hadsought a stay on receipt of ap-plications for the same. Refus-ing to stay the process of re-ceipt of applications, the court

accepted the state govern-ment’s contention that theJune 30 deadline set for thepurpose was a matter of ad-ministrative convenience, andthat the process for grant ofpermits, which covered morethan 1400 rural routes, waslikely to take some time.

Defending the stand of theGovernment, Rameeza Ha-keem, Additional AdvocateGeneral Punjab, contended

that the petition by existingmini bus operators was noth-ing but a ruse to keep new op-erators out, cartelize ruraltransport, and maintain themonopoly of current bus oper-ators, many of whom hadbeen operating on routes forthe past 25 years without anyhealthy competition. It may berecalled that Chief MinisterCaptain Amarinder Singh had,during the Budget Session ofthe Legislative Assembly, an-nounced the issuance of 5000mini-bus permits, and theTransport Department had ac-cordingly issued public no-tices inviting applications forgrant of such permits. Theprocess was initiated in earlyMarch 2020 through a public drive.

HC refuses to stay Punjab'smini bus permit drive

Anotherhomeless girl

finds shelter atParbh Asra

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARA, JUNE 23

Another homeless girl wasgiven shelter last night atParbh Asra, Kurali which is a

a care cen-ter forh o m e l e s sp e o p l e .B h a iShamshe rSingh andBibi Rajin-der Kaur

Padiala, Chief Managers ofthe institutes said that ayoung girl Manju (20) whowas lying in a state of home-lessness due to her mentalcondition was given shelter.

CHARANJIT SARNAJAGRAON, JUNE 23

The work of installing premixon Kotha Khanjura bypassfrom Jagraon has been startedby former minister MalkitSingh Dakha at a cost of Rs 54lakh. It may be mentioned herethat this road falls under thezone of Block Samiti memberSatinderpal Singh Kaka Grew-al and construction of road wasstarted on the demand of theresidents of the area.

Dakha said that the mainroads of Jagraon city likeKacha Malik Road, KotheKhanjura Bypass Road besidesBassian Road from Raikothave been completed and the

remaining ones would be con-structed soon. He said that un-der the development drivelaunched by the Chief MinisterCapt. Amarinder Singh in Pun-jab, the development work wasin full swing.

He said that developmentworks were underway in thecity as well as in the villages.Block Rural President JagjitSingh Kaunke, Urban Presi-dent Ravinder Kumar Sabhar-wal, Gopal Sharma, Bachittar

Singh Chitta, Sarpanch Gur-simran Singh Rasulpur, Nach-hatar Grewal, SarpanchParamjit Singh, Sarpanch Gur-simran Singh Rasulpur, Tejin-der Singh Nanni, RavinderSingh Toor, Nirbhai SinghBhola. , Jagdeep Sidhu, ManjotGrewal, Gurjit Singh Gita,Utam Singh, Paramjit Singh,Gurmel Singh Kaile, KuldeepSingh Kaile, Manager Bhupin-der Singh and Darshan Singhwere present.

Laying premix work starts atKotha Khanjura bypass

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, JUNE 23

No matter the area of raj nagarhas been sealed but Raj nagararea of Nangal will becomeLudhiana's area ofShimla Puri whereSituation is not con-trolled, if the admin-istration will not fo-cus on this. Somegreedy people of Rajnangar in sack ofsome money hadmade Some Small Houses andgive it to migrants on rent.These migrants would also goin other states for work like Hi-machal e.t.c. which will prove acorona bomb soon. This matter

was raised, when Speaker RanaKP Singh visits sealed area andhe also said to the SDM to in-quire this. But this matter is ex-posed when last night Some lo-cals has been barricading the

area and 7 laborers has comewho has not any health checkup and those locals were sendthem back and there is nocounting of people who wereliving in this area.

Corona spreading continuesunabeted in Raj Nagar of Nangal

CEO's decision on privatehospital made people

hostile: Dr. KashmirNAWANSHAHAR (CHET RAM RATTAN):IMA of Punjab on the decision to close private hos-pitals, nursing and clinics. A meeting was held inBanga today under the chairmanship of Kashmir

Chand Pradhanin which all theprivate hospi-tals and clinicsof Banga werec o m p l e t e l yclosed. He saidthat this bill ofthe Punjab gov-ernment was de-

clared as anti-people. The implementation of this billwill put more burden on the patients. The associationdemanded the withdrawal of the anti-people and anti-hospital bill. He appealed to the people to cooperatewith the association in opposing the bill. Dr. Kavin-dra Sood said that fulfilling the conditions as per thebill would increase the cost of hospitals.Civil hospital doctors

protest against bill

CHARANJIT SARNAJAGRAON : Doctors at a civil hospitaltoday staged a protest rally against thegovernment's implementation of theClinical Establishment Bill, wearingblack badges. On this occasion, S. M.O. Dr. Sukhjivan Kakkar and Senior Dr.Surinder Singh Jhamat said that theimplementation of this bill wouldadversely affect the medical services.On this occasion, the doctors B. B. S.Protested against the increase in fees.Dr. Deepak Goyal, Dr. Tejinder Singh,Dr. Anupreet Sethi, Dr. Ranbir Kaur, Dr.Radha Goyal and Dr. Sumita Sahedevwere present on the occasion.

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU, JUNE 23

Keeping in view the fore-cast of heavy and earlymonsoon this time by themeteorological departmentin the coming monsoonseason, the district admin-istration has started prepa-rations to deal with thepossible danger of floods.

Deputy CommissionerShivdular Singh Dhillon,who himself has seen thedetails of the work beingdone on the banks of Raviand Beas rivers in the dis-

trict in the past, instructedSDM Ajnala and SDMBaba Bakala Sahib tomove to their respectiveareas to ensure that theworks being carried outby the Riverside IrrigationDepartment are complet-ed in time so that theserivers do not become adanger to the people inrainy days. Establishmentof flood control rooms at

district level and SDMlevel, equipment requiredin case of crisis, list ofmachines, boats, tarpau-lins, divers etc. to be usedin each SDM and DSP of-fice. He said that besidesthis the senior officers ofthe army should also beco-ordinated on this issueand they too should be appealed for help in caseof need.

DC directs to set up floodcontrol room in district MK SHARMA

SULTANPUR LODHI,JUNE 23

Farmer Kulwant Singh ofSherpur village, who went towithdraw money from his sav-ings account at the local Capi-tal Bank, along with the Kisanmajdoor Sangharsh Committeeleaders, caused a commotionwhen the bank refused to payhis own money.

The farmers staged a dhar-na in front of the bank, sur-rounded it and chanted slogans.However, the protest came to ahalt after the bank employeesassured them of withdrawingthe farmer's money. SukhpreetSingh Pasan Kadim, Senior

Vice President, Kisan MazdoorSangharsh Committee, DistrictKapurthala said that a farmerhad plowed his land and set alimit in the bank in which Kul-want Singh had given his guar-antee. He said that citing this,the bank today refused to paythe money deposited in his account which was a gross injustice.

Bank seizes account of farmers LOKESH KUMAR WALIAGARHSHANKAR, JUNE 23

Police and the administrationshould take stern actionagainst hundreds of over-loaded tippers on theroads of Hoshiarpurdistrict, said CPI (M)District SecretaryComrade DarshanSingh Mattoo, DistrictSecretariat MemberGurmesh Singh, Sub-hash Mattu, GurnekSingh Bhajal, Harbha-jan Singh Atwal, MohinderKumar Badhowan, GurdialSingh Kotli, GurbakhshSingh. Mattoo said that due to

the operation of overloadedtippers, the roads were dam-aged and there was a fear ofloss of life and property of thepeople walking on the roads.

Overloaded tippers some-times overturn onpassing small vehi-cles, for example inGarhshankar-NangalShahpur hill in 2019,a tipper overturned onthe car of a merchantfrom Jalandhar andthe driver died andthe merchant was seri-

ously injured. Four hours lat-er, the driver's body and theinjured trader had to be re-moved from the car.

CPI (M) to fight againstillegal mining

AGENCY games in his roller-coaster career, rebound f rom of a tough "Test cricket allows you to test NEW DELHI, JUN 23 said nothing beats the Test situation," he added. It''s a view y o u r s k i l l s a n d m e n t a l

experience. He hasn''t, however, similar to India captain and toughness...Just be dedicated, A limited-overs marauder he might played a five-day game since Gayle''s former IPL teammate enjoy what you do. Even if it''s not be but West Indies swashbuckler 2014. "Test cricket is the ultimate. Virat Kohli, a man who claims to within the sport, there''s always Chris Gayle says there is nothing Playing Test cricket also gives have picked up life lessons from something in open out there for more challenging than Test cricket, you a chance, how to live life the traditional format. you," Gayle said.a format which can also help one because playing five days of Often accused of focussing "So, if one thing doesn''t work, understand the vagaries of life. cricket is very challenging. It tests entirely on the shorter formats, the always remember there''s another

Speaking to Indian cricketer you so many times, makes sure 4 0 - y e a r - o l d e n c o u r a g e d opportunity for you. So please Mayank Agarwal for BCCI''s you are disciplined in everything youngsters to strive to play Tests don''t be heartbroken if you are online show ''Open Nets, Gayle, you did," he said. but not be so driven that they do not cricketer and don''t make within the who has played 103 five-day "It also teaches you how to have a life beyond cricket. cricketing arena," he added.

MELBOURNE: Australia and New Zealand have become the clear favorites to jointly host the 2023 Women's World Cup after Japan withdrew from bidding.The combined bid performed significantly stronger than its only remaining rival, Colombia, in the FIFA inspection report scoring 4.1 to 2.8. Japan was marked 3.9 out of 5 and was likely to split the voting on FIFA's ruling council among the seven Asian Football Confederation representatives. FIFA, soccer's world governing body, will vote Thursday. Praising Japan's decision to quit the contest as "another impressive show of Asian football unity, AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa called on Asia members to vote for the cross-confederation bid. "This is the most technically impressive of the bids that the council must choose from on June 25 and we must be guided by the experts," he said.

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NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Tuesday said that none of the contracted players of the SLC have sought permission to take part in the PDC T10 League."Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) wishes to announce that none of the contracted players of the SLC have sought permission to take part in a contest 'PDC T10 League' nor Sri Lanka Cricket has endorsed a tournament called 'PDC T10 League' #SLC #LKA," SLC tweeted.As per media reports, several Sri Lankan players were scheduled to play in the league, set to start on June 25. In another tweet, SLC wrote, "Several recent media reports published stated that several Sri Lanka players will take part in a tournament called 'PDC T10 League,' which, according to the said reports will be held in Sri Lanka, starting 25th June."

Australia-NZ favoured for 2023 Women's WCup after Japan quits

Imran Khan backs PCB to criminalise match-fixingNEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board has Prime Minister Imran Khan's backing to criminalise match-fixing, PCB chairman Ehsan Mani has confirmed.When contacted Mani to ask whether Imran Khan has backed the PCB to criminalise match-fixing, he replied: "Yes, he has lent his support". The Pakistan Cricket Board has been vocal in the past about bringing in legislation to make match-fixing a criminal offence.As per the current rules and regulations, the board does not have the legal authority to check the bank accounts of the concerned authorities whenever a match-fixing incident is reported.Now whenever the new legislation comes into force, match-fixing is likely to become a criminal offence and the punishment for offenders will also be specified.Over the last few years, Pakistan has reported several match-fixing cases. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir were involved in the spot-fixing scandal in a Test match against England in 2010. The ICC banned these players for a period of 5-10 years in November 2011.

No contracted player soughtpermission to participate inPDC T10 League: SLC

AGENCY daughter who is 6 and a son who is 3. So I play with his kids or roam around freely as NEW DELHI, JUN 23 was more worried about their health since he is currently serving 14-day home

the two are in high risk age groups," quarantine as per the guidelines of Kerala Back home after nearly three months of Sreejesh told a news agency. "On one side I government. "I am really happy to be confinement because of the COVID-19 was feeling homesick and on the other I back home but I am still confined in a pandemic, Indian hockey team didn''t want to risk them by going home room in the first floor of my house. My goalkeeper P R Sreejesh says he fought because there were chances of contracting family members are all staying against his mental demons during the the virus while travelling. downstairs and I am under home lockdown phase by reading a lot of "So I got involved into reading for quarantine upstairs," said the 32-year-old. "motivational" literature. peace. I read a lot during the lockdown, "Though I can see my children but I can''t

With his father, who is a cardiac from fiction, non-fiction to motivational touch them and it''s really frustrating." patient, and two kids back home in books. These helped me to think India''s number one goalkeeper said Kerala, Sreejesh admitted that it was differently. The Champions Mindset is a though they were in a safe place at SAI, tough to keep away negative thoughts book that I read again." The book is written Bengaluru, they needed a month''s break during the lockdown period but he by Zeiger, who was the 2008 Ironman 70.3 as slowly the players were feeling channelised his energy by reading -- world champion and represented the mentally fragile after being away from American Olympian triathlete Joanna United States at the 2000 Summer home for such a long time.Zeiger''s ''The Champions Mindset - An Olympics in triathlon. The book talks about "We were in the best and safest place. Athlete''s Guide to Mental Toughness''. mental toughness and comebacks of Though we were under lockdown but still

"It was really tough as our lifestyle athletes in professional sports. we could roam around inside the campus since March 25 when the government hockey players were allowed to leave the changed completely. The main thing was to The Indian men and women hockey in small groups. But we never had such a announced the nationwide lockdown to facility after being granted a month''s strike a balance in your thoughts. My father teams were stuck at the Sports Authority of lengthy camp and it started to affect the control the COVID-19 pandemic. break. Though he is back at home, is a heart patient and I have two kids -- India (SAI) South Centre in Bengaluru players.

But on last Friday, the "homesick" Sreejesh still has some time before he can

Reading books helped Sreejesh keep mental balance

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020

SPORTS

LONDON: Former captain Rashid Latif says the outcome of Pakistan's upcoming tour of England is hard to predict as the teams are playing under unprecedented circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Pakistan team, which is to depart for England on June 28, was hit hard on Monday with three players testing positive for coronavirus. The first of the three Tests begins on July 30 at Lord's while the three-match T20 International series begins at Headingley on August 29."It is difficult to predict whether Pakistan can win the series or not because this time conditions and environment is very different from previous tours," Latif said."And don't forget, even last time our batting generally struggled without Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq in England," he added. Pakistan won the first Test at Lord's but lost the second at Headingley in 2018.

Difficult to predict whether Pakistan can win or not: Latif on England

Wasim Jaffer appointedUttarakhand head coachAGENCY be a big challenge. I am MUMBAI, JUN 23 happy that I am starting from

the bottom and for me, it is Former India opener and g o i n g t o b e a g o o d domestic stalwart Wasim experience," he added.Jaffer has been appointed head The 42-year-old said he coach of the Uttarakhand e n j o y e d m e n t o r i n g c r i c k e t t e a m f o r t h e youngsters during his time in upcoming domestic season. Mumbai and Vidarbha and is J a f f e r c o n f i r m e d h i s looking forward to turning appointment to a news t h i n g s a r o u n d f o r agency, stating the contract Uttarakhand.was for a year. "I have heard that a lot of

The highest run-getter in talented players are coming Ranji Trophy, Jaffer had from there. I am hoping to announced retirement in turn them into good players March this year after playing and (Uttarakhand) as a good for over two decades, team," he said.primarily for domestic giants "In my last five-six Mumbai and Vidarbha. This years, I have mentored will be his first stint as a head youngsters; it is something coach with a team. which I enjoy, to be honest. I

"I am becoming the head take a lot of happiness to help coach of any team for the first the youngsters and see them time. It is very challenging grow," added Jaffer, who has and something new for me, featured in 31 tests and two straightaway after my playing ODIs for India.career and I'm looking Uttarakhand had reached forward to it," Jaffer said. the quarterfinals in their

"This is a new team, they debut Ranji Trophy season in have done well. They played 2018-19, where they lost to the quarterfinals (of the Ranji Vidarbha, by an innings and Trophy in 2018-19 season) 115 runs. They failed to against Vidarbha. But they advance to the quarterfinals have gone back to Group D in the next season from (Plate group), so it is going to Group C.

Paine fears Boxing Day Test against India could be shifted out of MCG

AGENCY control. "Certainly, from a player''s Australia with some world-class MELBOURNE, JUN 23 point of view, we want to be playing in stadiums. If something had to change,

front of big crowds at the best venues then, again, we have plenty of Australia Test captain Tim Paine fears and a big day like Boxing Day is options." If the match is shifted to the Boxing Day Test against India could something that everyone looks Perth, the CA plans to hold it at the be moved out of the iconic Melbourne forward to and a big part of that is Optus Stadium, which can sit 60,000 Cricket Ground in the wake of rising playing at the MCG," the keeper- supporters and is regarded as the best cases of coronavirus in Victoria. batsman said in a video message venue in Australia outside the MCG.

With the case load rising in Victoria, posted on CA website. There were also reports that the match Cricket Australia (CA) is open to the "Fingers crossed things are going match can be held at an empty MCG idea of shifting the Boxing Day Test to well enough that we can do that but, as I depending upon the situation at that Perth, where the situation is under said, we are spoilt for choice here in time.ROME : Paulo Dybala remains as dangerous as ever

despite nearly 50 days with the coronavirus. Cristiano Ronaldo had already given Juventus an early advantage by converting a penalty when Dybala doubled the lead with a splendid, curving effort in a 2-0 win at Bologna in the Serie A restart for both clubs on Monday.Resuming its chase for a record-extending ninth straight Italian league title, Juventus moved four points clear of Lazio, which visits Atalanta on Wednesday. It was a welcome complete performance for Juventus after being held scoreless over two Italian Cup matches and losing the final to Napoli last week when Dybala's saved kick in the penalty shootout proved key. "It was essential to win," Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci said. "It was tough to restart after so long. Those two matches were underwhelming. This is the right path. We need to have the desire to bring home the result at any cost."

Test cricket is ultimate, teachesyou how to live life: Chris Gayle

Virus-hit Dybala still dangerous for title-chasing Juventus

Simmons says he was racially abused in England league cricketMANCHESTER, JUNE 23: West Indies coach saying. "It's not a nice thing to face. Especially in the can do to show our solidarity with the movement. We Phil Simmons has revealed that he was subjected to leagues where you're by yourself sometimes. It definitely have plans to show our unity and our racial abuse during his league cricket stint in England. affected my wife when I was up there. It's not a nice backing to it," Simmons said. "The chats with the Simmons was a vital cog in the Leicestershire squad thing. I played in three or four different leagues. It English are on-going and by the end of this week which won the County Championship in 1996. He also was one particular league up in the northeast," he we'll see what we can do together," he added. The played in various leagues in England in the 80s and added. Simmons has also confirmed that the West 'Black Lives Matter' movement has gained 90s. "I encountered quite a bit of racism up in the Indies squad will show their solidarity with the Black momentum after the demise of an African-American leagues. In county cricket, I haven't really Lives Matter movement when the Test series against man named George Floyd, following a police officer, encountered that much. But I have encountered it in England begins. later identified as Derek Chauvin, pressed his knee the leagues," ESPNCricinfo quoted Simmons as "We definitely are thinking about things that we on Floyd's neck.