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Five die due totoxic gas in wellGONDA (UP): Five peopledied here on Tuesday afterbeing exposed to toxic gas ina well where locals used todump garbage, police said.The incident took place atRaja Mohalla in the Kotwalipolice station area while theywere rescuing a calf that hadfell into it.According to Additional Super-intendent of Police MahendraKumar said it was an old andunused well in which peopleused to dump garbage.On Tuesday afternoon, a calffell into the well. A man wentinto it using a ladder to pull outthe calf, he said, adding thatwhen the calf was rescued,the man fainted after inhalingtoxic gas.Four other people went downto bring him back but they toofainted, Kumar said. The ASPsaid police, fire brigade and lo-cal civic body personnel pulledthem out after much effort.

ED gets custody ofDeepak Kochhar till Sept 19MUMBAI: A special Preven-tion of Money Laundering Act(PMLA) court on Tuesday sentformer ICICI Bank MD andCEO Chanda Kochhar's hus-band Deepak Kochhar, whowas arrested in ICICI Bank-Videocon case, to the custodyof the Enforcement Direc-torate (ED) till September 19.The economic offences watch-dog had on Monday arrestedDeepak Kochhar in the matter.The case pertains to the al-leged misappropriation cited inloans given by ICICI Bank toVideocon. In January thisyear, the agency had provi-sionally attached movable andimmovable assets consistingof flat, land, seized cash, plantand machinery.

Two propertydealers shotdead in NoidaNOIDA: Two property dealerswere shot dead at a residen-tial society in Uttar Pradesh'sGreater Noida with police sus-pecting a link to an old rivalrybehind the act, officials saidon Tuesday.The incident took placearound 9 pm on Monday whenthe duo was sitting inside acar at the Ajnara Le Gardenresidential society in GreaterNoida (West), they said.Three people have been iden-tified as key suspects in theepisode, which the police saidis linked to an old enmity be-tween one of the deceasedand a rival group that hasclaimed multiple lives.

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India records over75 k new Covidcases; recovery rate77.65 pc; 1603corona casesreported

First batch of Russian Covid vaccine released into publicAGENCYMOSCOW, SEPT 8

The first batch of the Sputnik V vaccineagainst COVID-19, developed by Russia'sGamaleya National Research Center of Epi-demiology and Microbiology and the Russ-ian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) hasbeen released into civil circulation, region-al deliveries are planned in the nearest fu-ture, the Russian Health Ministry informs.

"The first batch of the 'Gam-COVID-Vac' [Sputnik V] vaccine for the preventionof the new coronavirus infection, developedby the Gamaleya National Research Centerof Epidemiology and Microbiology of the

Ministry of Health of Russia, has passed thenecessary quality tests in the laboratories ofRoszdravnadzor [medical device regulator]and has been released into civil circulation,"the ministry said in a statement. The Russ-ian health ministry registered the first vac-cine against COVID-19, named Sputnik V,on August 11. Moscow Mayor SergeySobyanin expressed hope on Sunday that the majority of the Russian cap-ital's residents would be vaccinated againstthe coronavirus within several months. Ac-cording to the health ministry, the deliveryof the first batches of the Russian vaccine tothe country's regions is planned in the near-est future.

Rhea arrested in drug case,sent to judicial custody

AGENCYMUMBAI, SEPT 8

Actor Rhea Chakraborty was ar-rested by the Narcotics ControlBureau (NCB) on Tuesday in adrug case linked with SushantSingh Rajput death case. "ActorRhea Chakraborty arrested byNarcotics Control Bureau inMumbai," said KPS Malhotra,Deputy Director, NCB. She is theninth person arrested in the ongo-ing case by the NCB.

Later, she was produced be-fore NCB court and sent to judi-cial till September 22.

Earlier in the day,Chakraborty reached NCB officein Mumbai for the third consecu-tive day for interrogation.

Her brother ShowikChakraborty and her associateSamuel Miranda have also beenarrested in the same case. Both ofthem have been sent to the NCBcustody till September 9.

Chakraborty had earlier fileda complaint before Mumbai Po-lice requesting that a First Infor-mation Report (FIR) be registeredagainst Sushant Singh Rajput'ssister, Priyanka Singh, Dr TarunKumar of RML Hospital, Delhiand others under IPC, Narcotic

Drugs and Psychotropic Sub-stances (NDPS) Act and theTelemedicine Practice Guide-lines.

In her complaint to the SeniorInspector of Police, Bandra Po-lice Station, Chakraborty statedthat Priyanka Singh had sent Ra-jput a prescription by Dr TarunKumar and he "appears to haveprescribed medication controlled

under Narcotic Drugs and Psy-chotropic Substances Act, 1985to Sushant without any consulta-tion as mandated by law." Thecase filed on the complaint of ac-tor Rhea Chakraborty had beentransferred to the Central Bureauof Investigation (CBI) as per theorders by the Supreme Court, ac-cording to the Mumbai Police onTuesday. "As per the complaint of

Rhea Chakraborty, a case hadbeen registered at Bandra policestation under sections of IPC, andNDPS Act. In line with the ordersby the Supreme Court of India,the case has been transferred tothe CBI for further investigation,"Mumbai Police spokesperson, NAmbika said. The CBI has regis-tered an FIR against Chakrabortyand others in connection with theactor's death.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, SEPT 8

'eSanjeevani' telemedicine service, thedigital platform of the Union HealthMinistry has provided three lakh tele-consultations.

"Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minis-ter for Health and Family Welfare hadpresided over a meet to commemoratethe platform's completion of 1.5 lakhtele-consultations on August 9. Theplatform has registered double that

number of consultations within amonth since then. One lakh of thesetele-consultations were held in the last20 days. The platform had completedthe first 1,00,000 consultations on July23 July and the subsequent 1,00,000 on August 18within a span of 26 days. It has com-pleted 3 lakh tele-consultations," saidthe Ministry in a release.

Ensuring physical distancing, thetelemedicine service connects doctorswith patients. It has provided essential

healthcare at a critical time when con-ventional medicine is perceived to berisky owing to the nature of the infec-tious disease.

eSanjeevani platform supportstwo types of telemedicine services viz.Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) andPatient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD)Tele-consultations. The former is animportant pillar of the AyushmanBharat Health and Wellness Centre(AB-HWCs) programme. This wasrolled out in November 2019.

'eSanjeevani' telemedicine servicerecords three lakh consultations

AGENCYCHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

The former Punjab DGP, SumedhSingh Saini faced another jolt asPunjab and Haryana Hight Court hasrejected his anticipatory bail pleahere on Tuesday in the 1991 BalwantSingh Multani case. The court hadreserved orders yesterday.

Besides an anticipatory bail pleain the matter, Saini had also filed apetition in the high court seeking ei-ther quashing of the case or transferof the matter to the CBI.

Saini was booked in May in con-nection with the disappearance ofMultani in 1991 when he was work-ing as a junior engineer with theChandigarh Industrial and TourismCorporation. Saini had approachedthe high court after a Mohali courtÂdismissed his bail plea in this case onSeptember 1. The Punjab police onSeptember 3 had claimed that Sainihad âœabscondedâ while denyinghis wife''s claims of withdrawal ofhis security cover. Saini faces arrestas a Mohali court had on August 21allowed the Punjab police to add amurder charge against him in thiscase. This came after two formerChandigarh police personnel, formerUT police Inspector Jagir Singh andformer ASI Kuldeep Singh, who arealso co-accused, turned approver inthe disappearance case.

Multani, who was a resident ofMohali, was picked up by police af-ter a terrorist attack on Saini, whowas then the senior superintendent ofpolice in Chandigarh, in 1991. How-ever, the police had later claimed thatMultani had escaped from policecustody of Qadian police in Gur-daspur. Saini and six others werebooked on the complaint of BalwantMultani''s brother, Palwinder SinghMultani, who is a resident of Jaland-har. The case was registered againstthem under sections 364 (kidnappingor abducting in order to murder), 201(causing disappearance of evidenceof offence), 344 (wrongful confine-ment), 330 (voluntarily causes hurt)and 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy) ofthe Indian Penal Code at Mataur po-lice station in Mohali.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

Haryana Transport Minister,Mr. Mool Chand Sharma di-rected the department offi-cers to form a joint investi-gation team of RoadwaysGeneral Managers and RTASecretaries for keeping avigil on private vehicles ille-gally carrying passengers inthe state. These teams willtake action against the driv-ers without documents, whodo not deposited tax regular-ly and those carrying pas-sengers illegally across thestate.

Mr. Mool Chand Shar-ma was presiding over a re-view meeting of the Depart-ment through video confer-encing here today. Severalimportant issues were dis-cussed in the meeting in-cluding, giving report ofchallans issued or fines im-posed by the RTAstaff to theheadquarters on a daily ba-sis, policy making with re-spect to commercial vehi-

cles older than 20 years,checking buses on interstateroutes, appropriate function-ing of buses, number of dys-functional buses and auc-tioning them, e-ticketing sta-tus, status of buses underKM scheme, insurance ofbuses, performance of Gen-eral Managers and deputa-tion of drivers in RTA of-fices. Transport Minister Mr.Mool Chand Sharma saidthat teams should be consti-tuted for regular inspectionof all private vehicles in-cluding, buses and maxicabs engaged in carryingpassengers illegally. Theseteams should be deployedfor checking on all nationaland state highways in thestate.

China's PLA confirmed fivemissing Arunachal men: RijijuNEW DELHI: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) hasconfirmed that 5 men missing from Arunachal Pradesh havebeen found by their side, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said.

"China's PLA has responded to the hotline message sent byIndian Army. They have confirmed that the missing youthsfrom Arunachal Pradesh have been found by their side. Furthermodalities to handover the persons to our authority is beingworked out," Rijiju said in a tweet.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has abductedfive boys from Upper Subansiri's Nacho region in ArunachalPradesh, Congress MLA Ninong Ering had claimed on Sat-urday and appealed to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh toensure their 'safe return'. "Five boys have been abducted byChina's People's Liberation Army from the Upper Subansiriarea.

HC rejects former Pb DGP Saini’s

anticipatory bail plea

Team to be formed tocurb illegal plying of

private vehicles in Hry

India welcomes Russia’soffer for phase 3 testingNEW DELHI: With Russia approaching In-dia for phase 3 trials of its Sputnik V vaccineagainst COVID-19 and for its manufacture inthe country, NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paulsaid on Tuesday that the government at-taches "great importance to this offer of part-nership from a very special friend" and therehas been significant movement on both thetracks. Answering queries during a pressconference here, Paul, who is Member(Health) in NITI Aayog, said the outreachfrom Russia has been extended to severalcompanies in India .

AGENCYSHIMLA, SEP 8

Two more legislators who were in contactand joint bencher of Covid positive MLAReeta Dhiman on Tuesday decided to under-go home quarantine. Talking to UNI, Secre-tary of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha saidthat BJP legislator Kamlesh Kumari belong-ing to Bhoranj Assembly segment and BJPMLA Pawan Nayyar from Chamba decidedto undergo home quarantine. He further saidthat they decided to undergo quarantine sinceMr Pawan Nayyar is a bench mate of Ms

Dhiman and Ms Kumari came in contactwith the infected MLA in the Assembly onMonday. BJP member of Assembly from In-dora Reeta Dhiman was tested positive fornovel Coronavirus on Monday however be-fore her test report was declared she was inthe House. At present, IPH Minister Mahen-der Singh Thakur, Ms Dhiman and CongressMLA Lakhwinder Rana was affected by thepandemic. Meanwhile, BJP legislatorParamjeet Singh Pammi from Doon assem-bly segment ad Mr Sukh Ram Chaudharywere welcomed back to the Assembly afterthey recovered from the virus.

Himachal: Two legislatorsundergo home quarantine

Two ISIS operativesplead guilty beforeDelhi courtNEW DELHI: Two "remorse-ful" people have pleadedguilty before a Delhi court in acase of criminal conspiracy bythe ISIS to establish its basein India by recruiting Muslimyouth through different socialmedia platforms to carry outacts of terror in the country.Accused Amjad khan and Mo-hammed Aleem moved appli-cations before Special JudgeParveen Singh on Monday,saying they were remorsefulfor the acts alleged againstthem , and undertook not toindulge in similar acts and ac-tivities in future, advocateQausar Khan said. The ac-cused want to return to themainstream society and reha-bilitate themselves, the lawyertold the court.

BMC serves notice toKangana for unauthorisedconstructionMUMBAI: Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) on Tuesdayhas served a notice to actor Kan-gana Ranaut for alleged unautho-rised construction in her office inMumbai, mentioning 14 violationsin the notice.Meanwhile, the Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) has alsoreached her office today.The notice has been issued undersection 354(A) of the Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation (MMC) Act. Thenotice has been served to stop theongoing work inside the officepremises and produce the permis-sions for the unauthorised con-structions.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

NATIONKARNAL, SEPT 8( ): Preparing for the festival season, Amazon India announced to expand its sort centre network. 5 new sort centres will be launched in Visakhapatnam, Farukhnagar, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Sort centers are the main and important part of Amazon's logistics network. These centres will help sort and deliver items at Amazon delivery stations located in delivery centres. Sort centres sort the packages of customers before delivery. This sorting is done based on the location and means of transporting the package of customers. Amazon India in its sorting (sorting) network like sort slide and auto sorter. The centres use technology and automation. Nanav Singh, Director, Amazon Transport Services, Amazon India said that our place is present. Customers like Amazon for fast, efficient and safe delivery of products. We are ahead of the upcoming festive season with a sort centre network. By expanding and investing in, customers and vendors are always ready to keep happy. Today when economic development is the priority of the country, this expansion, especially In this time, will create hundreds of opportunities for individuals and ancillary industries.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMA

Amazon to expand sorting network

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which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of

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RANVIR PARASHAR important work, then take special care by wearing markets and shopkeepers should follow all the KAITHAL, SEPTEMBER 8: mask, social distancing, and using sanitizer. It is instructions. Do not give goods to a person with no

mandatory to wear masks in the public places, if any mask in the shop and maintain social distance. Deputy Commissioner Sujan Singh said that as per person violates it, challans are being issued by Customers should have the Arogya Setu app the reports of Health Department, the number of special teams and police department appointed by downloaded, so that they continue to receive alerts corona positive cases is increasing every day, so the district administration. Till now, 18 thousand 81 and messages and other information related to people should be alerted. People must follow the people have been challaned in the district who do not Covid-19. So far, one lakh 30 thousand 659 persons instructions issued by the central and state wear masks, from which a fine of 90 lakh 40 have downloaded Arogya Setu App in the district. government to prevent the spread of corona thousand 500 rupees was collected. Deputy Those who do not have Android phone, give a infection. Do not leave the house without work and Commissioner Sujan Singh said that the general missed call on 1921, from which they will get if you have come out of the house for some public should avoid all the crowded areas in the information related to Corona.

Congress Seva Dal distributes masksKARNAL, SEPT 8 ( ): the task of distributing masks while performing their The Congress Seva Dal on Tuesday distributed masks to duties. On this occasion, Senior Deputy Principal passers-by at several locations in the city. The Health Madan Rana, Media Incharge Sunil Sharma, General Department has issued strict instructions to wear masks Secretary Baljit Chauhan, General Secretary Praveen, to prevent the corona epidemic. In such a situation, the General Secretary Jasvir Swamy, General Secretary Karnal unit of Congress Seva Dal gave masks to the Vishal Sharma, Secretary Manoj Kumar, Secretary needy people and the people who came out of the house Sandeep Kumar, Indri Block Deputy Prime Minister without putting masks under compulsion. On this Surjit Singh, Secretary Ashok Kumar, Secretary occasion, State General Secretary Jogindra Chauhan, Hariram, Block Pradhan Nising Sanjeev Kumar, State Secretary Jagir Saini and District Head Anil Secretary Amardeep, Secretary Ram Niwas, Joint Sharma said that the Congress Seva Dal was established Secretary Harsh Kumar, Joint Secretary Gaurav Deep, to serve the public. The entire world is struggling with Secretary Akash Saini, Secretary Advocate Gurjar and the corona epidemic. The Congress Seva Dal performed Indri Block Principal Haridas were present.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAUse face mask, social distance to prevent Corona : DC

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63372 To Dinesh Kumar. Name To Gurinderjit Singh. 63372 My Name To Samina. P e h o w a , d i s t t O pp . Kha l sa Co l l ege , Lakhwinder Singh R/O I, Rajbeer Kaur D/o Gurmail 63372 63372 I Boota Singh S/o Kapoor 63372 Kurukshetra Changed District Amritsar Punjab Village Pandori Arian, Tehsil Singh R/o Village Wara Chain I, Inderjeet Singh Bahia S/o I Simrandeep Kaur D/o Singh R/o Vpo Hambran I N a r i n d e r K a u r D / o My Name To Jagdish . Have Changed My Name Bholath, District Kapurthala, Singhwala Alias Ramgarh Baldev Singh R/o H.no. 24140 Gursharn Singh Jassal R/o D i s t t L u d h i a n a . Bakshish Ram R/o Vill- 84661 And Shall Hereafter Be Punjab, India Has Changed Tehsilzira ( Ferozepur) Pb India St.no. R-2 Guru Ki Nagri Jain Bhawan Road Mandi D e c l a r e d T h a t B o o t a k a d u p u r ( k a p u r t h a l a ) I Balbir Kaur W/o Service K n o w n A s A m r i t p a l My Name From Mandip Kaur Changed My Name To Rajbeer (bathinda) Pb, Changed My Mullanpur Distt Ludhiana Singh And Buta Singh Changed My Name To No. 1442042 Ex. Spr Singh. To Mandeep KaurKaur Dhaliwal Name To Inderjeet Singh. Ludhiana Have Changed My O n e A n d T h e S a m e Aisha Nahar. Chanchal Singh Resident 900020 72778

63372 63372 Name To Simrandeep Kaur Person. 63372 Of Vpo Bohani , Tehsil I , Hitherto Known As I, Navjot D/O Baldev Singh I Kiran Kaur W/o Jaspreet Jassal. 63372 I J a i d e e p S i n g h S / o P h a g w a r a D i s t r i c t Amritpal Singh Son Of R/O V.p.o. Panam Tehsil Singh Sidhu R/o Village Chak 63372 I Prabhjot Kaur Gill W/o Guriqbal Singh Khaira R/o K a p u r t h a l a H a v e Sewa Singh Residing At Garhshankar ( Hoshiarpur ) Fateh Singh Wala (bathinda) I Gursharn Singh S/o Harinder Singh Bhullar Vil lage Pindian Tehsil Changed My Name As H.no.5021/26, Joshi Pura, Have Changed My Name To Have Changed My Name To Joginder Singh R/o Jain R / o . V p o . R a m g a r h Khadoor Sahib District D a l v i r K a u r . A l l Opp . Kha l sa Co l l ege , Navjot Kaur.Kiranjeet Kaur. B h a w a n R o a d M a n d i Bhullar, Tehsil Jagraon, Tarntaran Have Changed Concerned Please Note. District Amritsar Punjab 72778

63372 Mullanpur Distt Ludhiana Dis t t . Ludh iana Have My Name From Jaideep 98706 Have Changed The Name I, Kulbir Singh S/O Pakhar Ludhiana Have Changed My Changed My Name To Singh To Jaideep Singh I, Hitherto Known As O f M y M i n o r S o n ’s S i n g h , R / O V i l l a g e Name To Gursharn Singh Prabhjot Kaur. Khaira. G u r p i n d e r S i n g h Angadpreet Singh Sahota Chuharpur,Po. Kulam (Sbs Jassal. 63372 63372 Warraich Son Of Daljit Age 15 Years And He Shall Nagar) Have Changed My

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63372 63372 K n o w n A s G u r p i n d e r S o h i a n K h u r d , B l o c k 1437/3, Ravidass Chowk, I Sukhwant Singh S/o Singh. Verka Dis t t . Amr i t sa r Garha, Jalandhar, Punjab - Bagh Singh R/o Village 900020 Have Changed My Name 144022 Have Changed My Gurusar (faridkot) Have I, Hitherto Known As F r o m S a r b j e e t S i n g h Name To Ravinder Bhalla.Changed My Minor F a i r y L u b a n a D / o Sandhu To Sarbjeet Singh. 72778Daughter Name Prabhjot K a m a l j i t S i n g h R / o 900020 I, Hitherto Known As Kaur To Prabhjot Kaur H .no .89 , P ree t Viha r, I, Harjeet Kaur W/o Avtar Ranjit Singh S/O Harnam Dhillon. P.o.rayon And Silk Mills, Singh R/o Bhandal Tehsil Singh,R/O Vill. Gopalpur,

63372 Amritsar Punjab Have Patti Distt. Tarn Taran P.o. Nurpur Bedi, Tehsil Changed My Name And Have Changed My Name Anandpur Sahib, District S h a l l H e r e a f t e r B e To Harjit Kaur R o o p n a g a r - 1 4 0 1 1 7 , Known As Fairy Kaur 900020 P u n j a b , I n d i a , H a v e Lubana. I , P a r v e j S i n g h S / o Changed My Name And

900020 H a r b h a j a n S i n g h R / o Shall Hereafter Be Known As I, Hitherto Known As V i l l a g e B h u c h a r Surjeet Singh.Baljit Kaur Sahota Wife Kalan,tehsil & Distt. Tarn 72778O f A m r i t p a l S i n g h Taran Have Changed My I Lachhman Singh Brar S/O R e s i d i n g A t Wife Paramjit Kaur’s Date Bahadur Singh R/O VPO H . n o . 5 0 2 1 / 2 6 , J o s h i Of Birth From 24-04-1986 Kauni Teh Gidderbaha Distt P u r a , O p p . K h a l s a To 14-04-1985. Sri Muktsar Sahib Have C o l l e g e , D i s t r i c t 900020 C h a n g e d M y N a m e Amritsar Punjab Have I ,Bikramjeet gil l S/o Lachhman Singh.Changed My Name And Amarjeet Singh ,R/O H.no 62647S h a l l H e r e a f t e r B e 67, Rose avenue By pass Known As Baljit Kaur Chowk Kapurthala Have

900020 Decla re tha t in some documents My Name is Bikramjeet Gill and in o the r documen t s my name is Bikramjeet singh . Both name one and the same pe r son .P l ease Note.

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72737I, Hitherto Known as Tejkirat Singh sandhu S / o S a t n a m S i n g h Residinga at 307 3 D a s h m e s h A v e n u e Majitha Road Amritsar-1 District Amritsar Punjab Have Changed my name and Shall hereafter be known as Tejkirat Singh

72737 I, Hitherto Known as Reena Rai daughter of Inder j i t Sharma W/o R a m a n d e e p M e h t a Residing at 11-B, Rani K a B a g h D i s t r i c t Amritsar Punjab have Changed my name and Shall hereafter be known as Reena Sharma.

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We,jagdish Lal S/o Des Raj Behl R/o Fouji Plot R/o 741/14, Fouji Plot , Tehsil Pehowa Distt (kurukshetra) Declares That Our Son Amit Behl And His Wife Sheenu Kawatra Are Out Of Our Control.we Disown Them F r o m O u r Moveable/immoveable Properties.we And Our Family Wil l Not Be Responsible For Their Act.

84661Our son Puneet Gupta and his wife Anchal Gupta are out of our control. We disown both from our all moveable and immoveable properties. We won’t be held responsible for their actions and dealings. Nirmal Chand and Mrs Suman Garg W/o Nirmal Chand R/o H.NO. 36/86, New Hari Avenue, Randhawa Road, Kharar (Mohali).

100071I Anju Bala w/o Late Bhupinder Aggarwal R/O # 2 1 7 2 S e c t o r 1 9 - C Chandigarh hereby affirm and declare that Motor Cycle (Pleasure) Reg. No . PB-65-E-2617 registered in the name of my Late husband Mr Bhupinder Aggarwal . After his death I intend to apply the ownership transfer of said vehicle in my name .If anybody has any objection ,intimate to RTO , Mohali within 15 days of this publication.

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I Kamlesh Kaur W/o Sher Singh R/o Vill. Sarai Banjara , Teh. Rajpura ( Patiala ) Declare That My Son Jaswinder Singh And His Wife Parvinder Kaur And Second Son Sukhwinder Singh Is Out Of My Control . So I Disown All From My Moveable / Immoveable Property . Anyone Dealing With Him / Her At Our Own Risk.

63372I, Santokh Singh S/o Narang Singh R/o Birmi (ludhiana) Pb, D e c l a r e T h a t M y S o n Amandeep Singh Is Out Of My Control. So I Disown With Him F r o m M y M o v e a b l e / i m m o v e a b l e Property. If Anybody Dealing With Him At His/her Own Risk.

63372I, Harwinder Singh S/o Gurcharan Singh R/o Vill: Samalsar (moga) Declare That My Son Mantar Singh And His Wife Anju Bala Are Out Of My Control. So I Disown With T h e m F r o m M y M o v e b a l e / i m m o v e a b l e Property. If Anybody Dealing With Them At His/her Own Risk.

63372I, Bhupinder Kaur W/o Late Gurmail Singh R/o Vpo. Nanga l Dis t t Ludhiana Informed That My Son Gursharn Singh And His Wife Lovepreet Kaur Is Out Of Our Control. So We Disinherit From My Moveable Immovable Property We Shall Be Not Be Responsible If Any Body Dealing With Him.

63372I, Kabultor Singh S/o Sh. Ishwar Singh R/o W.No. 8, Shiv Colony, Indri Road, Ladwa, Teh. Ladwa, Distt Kurukshetra, Haryana declare that my old address village Kasimpur tehsil Deoband district Saharanpur (UP) have changed the permanent address Shiv Colony, Indri Road, Ladwa, Teh. Ladwa, Distt Kurukshetra, Haryana, pincode 136132. All concerned please noted.

100046I Manjit kaur w/o Baldev singh R/o Dana patti Rudeke kalan tehsil tappa, Barnala declare that my Daughter amandeep kaur got married againt my will and out of my control.I disown her from my moveable and immovable property.Anybody can deal with with her at his own risk.

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I , No.15485370P LD H a n u m a n a R a m R / o Village Manda Basni Post Didwana Tehsil Didwana ( Nagaur ) State Rajasthan have changed my daughter name from Aditee to Aditi vide Affidavit No.691 dated 24.06.2020 before District Court Kapurthala.

63372I , Nirmala W/o No-15485370P LD Hanumana Ram R/o Village Manda Basni Post Didwana Tehsil Didwana ( Nagaur ) State Rajasthan have changed my name from Nirmla to Nirmala vide Affidavit No.620 dated 24.06.2020 before District Court Kapurthala.

63372I, Bhanwary Devi mother of No.15485370P LD H a n u m a n a R a m R / o Village Manda Basni Post Didwana Tehsil Didwana ( Nagaur ) State Rajasthan have changed my name from Bhanwary Devi to Bhanvari vide Affidavit No.689 dated 24.06.2020 before District Court Kapurthala.

63372I Diwakar Shukla S/O Ram Shankar Shukla R/O H.No. 6816/4A, Naveen Nagar St.No. 2 Haibowal Kalan Ludhiana Declare That In My Passport My Name Wrongly Entered As Dewakkar (Dewarker). My Correct Name Is Diwakar Shukla.

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LOST NOTICE1- I, Dinesh Kumar S/o Jagdish Parshad R/o Anaj Mandi Teh-Kharar (SAS Nagar) declare that my original Sale deed Vasika No. 1968 dated 21-12-1998, and original Transfer of ownership letter No. 3616 dated 0 9 - 0 4 - 2 0 1 3 a n d Original/Certified Copy of Sale Deed Vasika No. 25 dated 02-04-1985 and original Transfer of ownership Letter No. 2643 d a t e d 2 6 - 0 3 - 2 0 1 3 a n d Original/Certified copy of Conveyance Deed Vasika No. 10 dated 01-04-1985 and Original Allotment Letter No. 2287 dated 05-02-1975, and copy of GPA Pralekh No. 57 Book No. 4 Dated 18-12-1998 has been lost in Kharar dated 10-07-2019. If anybody found then contact at my above address.

63372I, Parvinder S/o Sh. Prithvi Singh R/o H. No. 8-G, School Cum Canal Area, Nilokheri, Tehsil Nilokheri Distt. Karnal declare that my Decree done in the court of justice Rd Jatian , Sub Judge Karnal in case no 247 year 1983 dated Desijan 27-09-1986 in case Kartar Kaur V/S Sharwan Singh. THE ABOVE SAID DOCUMENT lost at Nilokheri Bus Stand on 02 -09-2020.

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169 fresh coronacases reported inPanchkulaSD SHARMAPANCHKULA: 169 fresh Corona posi-tive cases and two deaths were reportedfrom Panchkula district today while totalof 218 cases were detected which in-cludes positive cases pertaining to othercities and states but detected and attend-ed by health authorities of Panchkula .Civil Surgeon Dr Jasjeet Kaur disclosedthat till date 4292 positive cases hadbeen reported with 3315 from Panchkula.Out of them 2039 cases had been treat-ed and discharged while remaining 1240are still active in the district . Two deathcases, with co morbidities which oc-curred today include a 69 years old malefrom Sector 20 Panchkula and 70 yearsold male from Sector 19 Panchkula tak-ing the total death toll to 36 in the district.Till date 47057 samples had been takenduly tested under RT-PCR and RapidAntigen methods, she added.

`Kisan Bachao MandiBachao’ rallySUSHIL PANDITYAMUNANAGAR: On September 10,Kisan Bachao Mandi Bachao Rally is be-ing organised by Bharatiya Kisan UnionHaryana at Pipli Grain Mandi. While in-forming the media about this, the StateVice President of Bhartiya Kisan UnionHaryana, Satish Sharma Dhodang saidthat the farmers are amgry with the 3 or-dinances issued by the government.Satish said that the rally, going to be heldat Peepli Grain Mandi will establish directdialogue with farmers against these ordi-nances. Through the rally, a strategy willbe prepared to withdraw the three anti-farmer ordinances with immediate effect.Sharma said the support price of cropshas become a joke with the farmers. Thepresent government believes only inspeech, the farmers of the country havebeen neglected but now they will not tol-erate. Satish said that the provision ofpunishable offense by the government onpurchases below the minimum supportprice should be included in the govern-ment's policy to ensure payment guaran-tee from the crop buyer and the paymentshould be sent through mandis as beforeso that the bank loan The rally is beingorganised with the aim of opposing theanti-farmer policies. He appealed to thefarmers to participate in the rally againstthe government's anti-farmer policies.

Poster making givesmessage of literacyGOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD: On the occasion of Litera-cy Day on Monday, middle school chil-dren of village Dhangali gave the mes-sage of literacy by making online posters.The competition was organised underthe guidance of Principal Vedpal in whichmany school children prepared postersrelated to literacy and gave a message toremove illiteracy. School teacher Man-preet Kaur said that Mehak, Komal,Aryan, Vinay said through posters thatcent per cent literacy is very important forsociety and its growth and progress.Principal Vedpal said that the state gov-ernment is running several schemes forliteracy and eligible children should takefull advantage. Yograj Sharma, SohanLal, Rajni Sharma, Sonia, Kiran Sharmaetc. were present on this occasion.

Govt trying to raiseincome of farmers: RanaGURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL: BJP district president Yogen-dra Rana said at a farmers' meeting heldin village Pundrak on Tuesday that theBJP government is a farmer friendly gov-ernment. To increase the income of thefarmer, the central and state govern-ments are constantly trying to raise thefarmer's income by improving the agricul-ture sector. Among the schemes madefor this are Bhavantar Bharti Yojana,Kisan Credit Card, Animal Farmer, CreditCard Crop Insurance Scheme, My Crop,My Details, Kisan Samman Nidhi, Allschemes are more than one and today'seducated youth can also use farming asan industry. PM Modi wants to increasehis income by adopting the same direc-tion. Modi has opened up the market forthe farmers in the international arena.State Convenor Legal Cell FarmerLeader Advocate Dhuman Singh Kirmichsaid that this ordinance will not eliminatemandia for farmers nor will there be anyeffect on MSP, which will be applicable inthe same way that the farmers ofHaryana were getting earlier. On this oc-casion, District Council Master NarendraGorsi, District General Minister and ViceChairman of Kisan Morcha said that thegovernment implemented the One NationOne Market Scheme to provide a fairprice for the crops to the farmers. Divi-sional President Rajesh Aggi, DivisionalPresident Kisan Morcha Vinod Gurjar, Di-visional General Minister Kisan MorchaDevendra Shyam Singh Chauhan, Jogin-der Singh, Rinku, Kapil Gurjar were pres-ent on the occasion.

Online Hindimonthly festivalbeginsKARNAL: Several programmes andcompetitions are being organised contin-uously for the all-round development ofchildren on behalf of District Child Wel-fare Council Bal Bhavan Karnal. The Hin-di monthly festival Hindi Hamara Gauravis being organised through WhatsApp incollaboration with Navyug’s `Each OneTeach One Foundation Delhi which willcontinue till 30 September. District ChildWelfare Officer Vishwas Malik said that inHindi Monthly Festival Competition,teachers day on September 5 and onSeptember 6, various activities and com-petitions organised in the first phasehave ended. Teacher's day results will bereleased after 26 September. The 11best participants have been selected inthe weekly end programme and thevideos of these participants have beenuploaded on the YouTube channel of BalBhavan Karnal.

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3HARYANAFarmers meeting held under Kisan MorchaMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: A meeting of farmers was organised in village Pundrak under the banner of Kisan Mor-cha BJP. On this occasion, District President Yogendra Rana and State Convenor Legal CellDhuman Singh Kirmich honoured the farmers by offering a turban to district General Secretaryand Vice President of Kisan Morcha. The chairman Zilla Parishad Master Narendra Gorsi saidthat the Agriculture Ordinance has been implemented by the One Nation One Market Schemeto provide a fair price to the farmers. District President Yogendra Rana said that the BJP gov-ernment is a farmer friendly government. To increase the income of the farmer, the central andstate governments are constantly striving to increase the income of the farmer by improvingthe agriculture sector.YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Resolve problems in online landregistration: Dushyant to officials

Video will be prepared for people to explain processBUREAU CHANDIGARH SEPTEMBER, 8:

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr.Dushyant Chautala has directed theofficers to immediately resolve all theproblems regarding online registra-tion of land so that the work of peoplecan be done without any hindrance.Taking a cognizance against the offi-cers showing negligence in the work,the Deputy Chief Minister said thataction would be taken against such of-ficers who are not serious about theirresponsibilities.

The Deputy Chief Minister saidthis while presiding over a meeting ofsenior officers of departments relatedto 'Registration Deed' at Haryana Ni-was today. In the meeting the DeputyChief Minister was informed that theprocess of taking online appointmentfor land registry was started but insome places there has been difficultyin selecting the collector rate, in thiscase instructions are being given tothe Deputy Commissioners.

The issues of portal link, conven-ience-deed, allotee-ID in industrial ar-eas, notification of 7-A in controlledarea and some technical glitches com-ing up on the website of Town andCountry Planning department werealso discussed in the meeting. It wasalso informed that an informative

video will be prepared for the peopleto explain the process of ‘Registrationof Deed' online. This video will be up-loaded on YouTube. Besides, it wasalso informed that training will alsobe given to the Deputy Commission-ers and District Revenue Officers forthe registry, who will further train theproperty dealers so that the eligiblepeople do not face any difficulty ingetting their registries done. On thisoccasion, Additional Principal Secre-tary to the Chief Minister, Mr. V.Umashankar, Additional Chief Secre-tary Revenue And Disaster Manage-ment Department, Mr. Vijai Vardhan,Principal Secretary, Development andPanchayat Department, Mr. SudhirRajpal, Managing Director, HaryanaState Industrial Infrastructure Devel-opment Corporation, Mr. AnuragAgrawal, Director, Consolidation ofLand holding and Land Records De-partment, Ms. Amna Tasneem, OSDto the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr.Kamlesh Bhadoo, and many othersenior officials were present.

Sports officers directed tosetup youth clubs in villages

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

Haryana Sports and YouthAffairs Department has di-rected all District Sports Offi-cers of the State to setup oneyouth club consisting 10-15youth members in each vil-lage at the earliest.

Principal Secretary,Sports and Youth Affairs De-partment, Mr. YogendraChaudhary said that a letter inthis regard, has been issuedby the department to all Dis-trict Sports Officers.

He said that State Gov-ernment has decided that anorganized youth organizationis necessary in every villageof the district, in which thoseboys/ girls from every sectionof the village should be se-lected who have the spirit ofdoing social service and canprovide social service in theirvillage, district, state andeven at national level if need-ed.

He said that where YuvaMandal is already functioningin every village of the districtand where there is no Yuva

Mandal then New Yuva Man-dals should be constituted.

The old youth Mandalshould be revived and theirregistration certificate and listof Executive Members shouldbe listed in the youth branchof the office of the DistrictSports and Youth ProgramOfficer so that the newlyformed youth Mandal can betrained from time to time,said Mr. Yogender.

He further said that tocomplete this task, assistancewill be taken from Chief Ex-ecutive Officer, PanchayatiRaj, Block and Panchayat De-velopment Officer, variousunits of Nehru Yuva Kendra

and District Administration.Besides this, National, Stateand District Youth Awardwinners will also be also in-cluded in this campaign.

He said that youth clubswhile giving a positive direc-tion to the energy of the youthcan play a pivotal role inawakening the society by or-ganizing awareness campaignthrough social activities fordrug eradication, environ-mental protection, womenempowerment and dowry system, HIV AIDS,drugs and other social evils. Alive example of this was high-lighted during COVID-19Pandemic.

Meritorious students canapply for scholarshipCHANDIGARH: The students who have scored 80 Percentile orhigher marks in the Senior Secondary Examination March 2020 ofBoard of School Education Haryana, Bhiwani can apply for ‘CentralSector Scheme of Scholarship for College and University Students’being run by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Gov-ernment of India, New Delhi till October 31, 2020. While, theprocess of inviting the applications started on August 16.The list of eligible students for this scheme has been uploaded onthe Board’s website.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMACHANDIGARH, SEPT 8:

Importing and exporting of chemical con-taining clinker from Darba siding near therailway station Chandigarh is spreadingpoison in the area around the clinker sta-tion, but the railways is not concernedabout it. Railways say that this stationwas built in 1950 and since then the workof import and export of goods on this sid-ing is going on, this poisonous clinkerwill come and go in this way. Ironically,the Pollution Control Board has also beensilent on this gruesome problem. Citizensof the residential areas around the railwaystation say that during unloading of theclinker, its chemical is poisoning the en-vironment and its citizens are sufferingfrom different kinds of diseases. Citizensaround the station have also made the ad-ministration aware of the hazards throughthe media, but no attention has been paid.The railway department is overcomingthis problem by saying that the depart-

ment has taken permission for import andexport of goods from the siding and thiswork will continue. On the other hand,the pollution control department is show-ing complete indifference towards it. Ac-cording to the provisions of the NGT, inthe event of increase in pollution on rail-way siding, there is an order to stop theloading and unloading of such clinker etc.even though the pollution control Board,despite exposing and vigorously keepingthe matter of pollution spread by com-mon citizens, there is no hearing. An at-tempt was made to talk to the officials ofChandigarh Pollution Control Board re-garding this problem. A woman officeralso received phone on the landline num-ber, but she avoided the callers by sayingthat the person discharging this responsi-bility can be talked on another number.The woman officer gave a number, butdespite repeated calls to that number, noanswer was received. The phone kept dis-connecting, when the bell rang. There hasbeen a repeated demand by citizens to

stop import of clinker from the aviary sid-ing near Chandigarh railway station withimmediate effect, but unfortunately thereis no one to listen to this serious problem.Now the question is, how and who willsolve this terrible problem of the citizensliving around Chandigarh railway sta-tion?

Non-compliance of NGT's order re-stricting movement of goods trains incase of pollution being uncontrolled

Strict instructions have been issuedby the NGT regarding pollution controlthat if pollution increases then the move-ment of goods trains on the concernedrailway side will be stopped with imme-diate effect, but this order is not being fol-lowed in Chandigarh. The work of un-loading poisonous clinkers and loadingthem in trucks continues on the Chandi-garh Railway side. Aware citizens saythat there is a huge irregularity in empty-ing goods from goods trains. Any goodsthat come on the side like coal and clink-er etc. are dropped from the rack once and

left on track for several days, then loadedin trucks and transported to the destina-tion. For several days, cement, coal,clinker lie on the railway track and pollu-tion continues.The clinker used in themanufacture of cement contains extreme-ly harmful chemicals. Here comes a rackfull of clinkers for the manufacture of ce-ment on the railway siding and from here,trucks are sent to the cement factories.While clinker and sand fly during un-loading from racks and loading in trucks,the atmosphere is polluted by its blowingeven while carrying overloading intrucks. While emptying the rack, consid-erable sand and clinker blows andspreads pollution. At the same time, theclinker flies again after loading the emp-ty goods from the rack in trucks. This hasproved to be completely poisonousaround 5 km radius around the railwaystation. While thousands of citizens areliving in this area, due to pollutionspreading from clinker, people are facingdiseases related to lungs etc. The pollu-

tion control department and the traffic de-partment have been silent on this issue.Aware citizens say that there is adminis-trative complicity in this irregularity fromsomewhere. The cement factories aroundChandigarh want their profits to continueand import export of clinker on the avia-tion siding is perhaps the result of irre-sponsible attitude of the pollution controlboard. There is a demand by the con-scious citizens that in view of the in-creasing pollution, a ban should be im-posed on the clinker at the Chandigarhrailway site with immediate effect.

This is the statement of the railwaySuperintendent of Chandigarh RailwayStation, Anil Agarwal.

He said that the railways has alreadyreceived permission for import and ex-port of goods like clinker from aviary sid-ing. A clinker's freight train arrives justonce a month. The clinker does notcome here, it goes from here, and thework will continue till any further ordercomes.

Railways want business, unconcerned with clinker spreading poison in the airPollution Control Board indifferent, chemical filled clinker being unloaded on railway siding causing diseases

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, SEPT 8

Illegal mining is in full swing at variousplaces in the district and it is not that theresponsible people are not aware of it, butstill there is no action being taken at all.The illegal land mining by mafias is in fullswing. The latest case is related to the vil-lage Sangoha- Sangohi where excavationis being done by the mafia. The mafia lurevillagers with money. Nearly 8 to 10 feetof soil digging work is being done near theroad from Sangoha to Churni. On the roadleading from Sangohi to Dard village,about 10 feet of soil is being dug up fromthe side of the road, due to which this roadhas been broken earlier and is still crack-ing in the rain. But the marketing boardand PWD department are also not awareof this.

The soil mafia takes permission forthe digging from the office. If the permis-sion is of 2 feet deep, then the soil is dugup to 4 feet. After permission of one place,soil is being dug up from two places. Soilfrom farmers is being sold at very highprices. After the strictures on sand mining,the soil mafia is executing this type ofgame on a large scale. When the officialsleave for a raid on the soil mining mafia,they get prior information about this fromthe sources, due to which they escapefrom this action. When the matter was

talked to Kuldeep, JCB operator who ismining the soil, he said that they have an8-foot digging permit and there is no lawmade which could prevent him from giv-ing permission or stop his machine.

When the matter was discussed withthe District Mining Officer Rajesh Sang-wan, he said that he has and wil;l check.He said strict action will be taken againstthose who do so. He reached the spot andtook stock of the situation. He said thatpermission is in four locations in Sangohavillage. But no permission has been givento Sangohi village and so action will betaken on digging the soil from there. Peo-ple are facing a lot of trouble due to thepoor condition of roads which are crack-ing as a result.

Mining mafia active in Indri Diamond Award honours givenSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, SEPT 8

The National Diamond Award honors ceremony was organisedby the Anti Corruption Foundation of India at the Hotel Di-venture which was presided over by National President Naren-dra Arora. On thisoccasion, individ-uals who havedone outstandingwork in the field ofhuman rights anderadication of cor-ruption wereawarded the Na-tional DiamondAward. NationalDiamond Award:Mohammad IqbalMansuri, International Director of Human Rights Internation-al Federation from Kota District of Rajasthan, National Direc-tor Reena Kinnar, District Director Kota Javed Khan Minta,State Director of Human Rights International Federation fromGodra, Gujarat, Gujarat Simran Kinnar, District of RajasthanRajasthan's Director of Human Rights International Federation,Rajasthan Komal Bai Kinnar was honoured with a mementoand certificate.

Initially, all the awardees were welcomed with bouquets.Narendra Arora said that Mohammed Iqbal Mansuri, Interna-tional Director of Human Rights International Federation issetting the example of humanity. National Chief Director Gur-jit Singh, International Convenor Rinka Cheema, National In-charge Rajesh Jindal, State President Young Women Wing Sap-na Rana, Gursharan Singh, Pooja Sethi, Sonia, Vinny Rajputetc. were also present on the occasion.

Make the societyliterate: Gurjar

SUSHIL PANDITYAMUNANAGAR, SEPT 8

Delivering his message on International Literacy Day, Educa-tion Minister of Haryana Kanwar Pal Gurjar said that peopleshould make full contribution in making others lierate and theentire society literate.He said that literacy is ahuman right and it isnot only a tool of per-sonal empowermentbut also a major tool forhuman and social de-velopment. Increasingliteracy depends on ed-ucational possibilitiesthat we strive for. Liter-acy is the core of fun-damental education forall, as well as it playsan important role ineliminating poverty, curbing population growth, reducing childmortality, achieving gender equality and sustaining sustainabledevelopment, peace and democracy.

He said children are the future of our country. Educationhas great importance. Kanwarpal said that they people shouldtake a pledge on literacy day to promote education. The sacri-fices are small, but the importance and purpose of Yajna is verybig. In the same way, our small efforts will also take a big shapein the times to come. But we must strive hard for making peo-ple literate, said the education minister of Haryana.

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, SEPT 8

In the Ward No. 11 of Sha-habad at night, a mobile tow-er was installed on the roof ofa house of Mohalla Sanda in aclandestine manner. The resi-dents got to know about it thenext day in the morning. Alarge number of people gath-ered and opposed the towerthat was erected. People saidthat due to this tower thehealth of the public would beaffected. So this tower willnot be allowed to be installedthere. Shyam Lal Chugh,Rimpi Anand, Pawan Shar-ma, Amit Narang, KrishnaLal, Tilakraj, Brijlal Jagga,Harish Sethi, Rajeev Mana,

Gulshan Kumar Batra, HarishMadanad said that it is adensely populated area andhas narrow streets and thewaves emanating from thetower will be bad for health.

Pregnant women too will beharmed and it will also provebad for cardiac patients.

Seeing the people's anger,Municipal official BaldevrajChawla and MC Secretary

Surendra Malik reached thespot. The MC administrationheard the complaint of thepeople. Talking to reporters,Baldevraj Chawla said thatthe entire colony is talkingabout the demolition of thistower. That is why the effortof MC will also be that thistower be shifted elsewherefrom here. Surendra Maliksaid that due to this tower,there is a resentment amongpeople. On this occasionShyam Lal Chugh, RimpiAnand, Pawan Sharma, AmitNarang, Krishna Lal, Tilakraj,Brijlal Jagga, Harish Sethi,Rajiv Mana, Gulshan KumarBatra , A large number of Mo-halla residents including Har-ish Madan were present.

People oppose rooftop towerBJP organises Kisan seminar ISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA, SEPT 8

A Kisan Seminar was organised at Ismailabad on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata PartyKisan Morcha. Hundreds of farmers from the region participated in it. Kisan Morcha statepresident Samay Singh Bhati and sports and youth affairs minister Sandeep Singh partic-ipated as the chief guest in the programme. r Sandeep Singh said that the new agricultur-al ordinance is in the interest of farmers. The people of the opposition are deliberately mis-leading the farmers. With the new ordinance, farmers will have the freedom to sell theircrop anywhere at high prices and with the implementation of `One Nation One MarketPolicy, farmers will be able to sell their crop at a higher price anywhere in the country.Kisan Morcha state president Samay Singh Bhati said that some people are duping farm-ers in the name of Kisan Union and misleading the farmers. He said that the governmentwill buy the grain of the crop. But if a company or businessman wants farmers to buy hiscrop by paying more than the MSP prescribed by the government, then the farmer willhave the right to sell his crop to anyone in the entire country. If he finds no buyer then thegovernment will buy the grain of his crop. He said that beware of people doing politics inthe name of farmers because such people know how to cheat and bargain. He said that BJPis the first such government which has decided to provide a pension of ? 6000 per annumto farmers, starting from the scheme of farmers' pension scheme called Kisan SammanNidhi. In a year, ? 6000 is being deposited in the accounts of all farmers as an honor fundby the government. All the guests in the program were strongly welcomed by the KisanMorcha.

50,000 people viewed ‘New Udaan’ online classes projectFEROZEPUR (RAMESH KASHYAP): The ‘New Udaan’ project launched by the educationdepartment under the guidance of district administration was successful, amid corona pandemic foronline classes to the students of 6th to 12th classes on YouTube under banner of Chanan Munare,viewed by more than 50,000 people. While the world was paralyzed by the global epidemic Coro-na, India was not untouched by the lockout and the epidemic affected every sector, be it businessor employment resulting in closure of schools and colleges were closed. Student examinations werepostponed. The children were deprived of going to school-college and at the beginning of the newsemester the children had to stay away from their school. In view of the seriousness of the matter,an attempt was made by the District Administration and District Education Officer, Ferozepur inDistrict Ferozepur, Punjab. Harinder Bhullar who himself is a teacher with peculiar voice as an ac-tor, created a YouTube channel and recorded the lectures by the 14 subject matter experts and putthem online under title Chanan Munare for the students of 6th to 12th classes.

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SP JAINJALANDHAR, SEPT 8

Amid rising number ofCOVID cases, PunjabHealth and Family WelfareMinister Balbir Singh Sidhuon Tuesday inauguratedthree new CommunityHealth Centres (CHCs) inDada Colony, Basti Guzanand Khurla Kingra, estab-lished at a cost of Rs 16crore. A total of 80-beds inthese CHCs consisting 30-beds in Dada Colony andBasti Guzan and 20 inKhurla Kingra, has beenequipped with piped oxygensupply. Accompanied byMember of Parliament (MP)Chaudhary Santokh Singh,

MLAs Pargat Singh, SushilKumar Rinku, RajinderBeri, Avtar Singh JuniorBawa Henry, Hardev SinghLadi Sherowalia, DeputyCommissioner GhanshyamThori, Commissioner of Po-lice Gurpreet Singh Bhullar,Mayor Jagdish Raj Raja,and others, the Health Min-ister said that Punjab Gov-ernment led by Chief Minis-ter Capt Amarinder Singhwas committed to tackle thesurge in Covid cases andopening of these new CHCshad taken Covid bed capac-ity for level-II patients to364 in government healthsector of which 284 beds arebeing utilized in Civil Hospital.

Balbir Singh Sidhudedicates three new CHCs

at cost of Rs 16 croreKhullar emphasises for vigorousawareness campaign againstmisconceptions of COVID-19CHANDIGARH: Expressing graveconcern on spreading ofmisconceptions regarding COVID-19,Senior Vice Chairman of PunjabYouth Development Board Mr. PrinceKhullar today stressed oncomprehensive social mediacampaign to remove the growingstigma and discrimination associatedwith the patients. While thankingChief Minister Punjab for directingDGP to register cases againstrumour-mongers spreadingmisconceptions about disease andfloating/circulating false andmisleading videos, which arehampering fight against Coronavirus,he said that it is necessary thatreliable and accurate informationregarding COVID-19 should beprovided to all positive patients sothat they may not fall prey tomisinformation and their morale couldbe boosted for their early recovery.He said that this campaign wouldprovide relief to the patients, who aresuffering from mental agony alongwith COVID-19. He said that rumoursare being circulated by somemiscreants and people should notbelieve in such rumours and strictaction would be taken against them.He also expressed sympathy with theCorona warriors, who laid down theirlives while fighting against thispandemic.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

With a view to strengthen screen-ing of the population for timely de-tection of corona virus positive pa-tients to contain the spread of pan-demic, Punjab Government has de-cided to allow privatehospitals/clinics/labs to conductRapid Antigen Testing (RAT) forCOVID-19 after empanelmentwith District Health Authorities.

Giving details in press release,the Health Minister Balbir SinghSidhu said that guidelines havebeen issued to all the Deputy Com-missioners and Civil Surgeons ofState regarding allowing RapidAntigen Testing for COVID -19 byprivate health establishments. Hesaid that RAT kits would be pro-vided free of cost by the depart-ment. The Civil Surgeons will em-panel those private hospitals/clin-ics/labs who are willing to get em-panelled voluntarily for offeringtesting by RAT kits provided freeof cost by the Department. TheMinister said that the private hos-pitals/labs can charge maximum

Rs. 250 from the patients, in casethe kits have been provided by thehealth department. Earlier, rate ofRapid Antigen Testing (RAT) hasbeen reduced for private labs fromRs 1000 to Rs 700 inclusive ofGST and other taxes those havebeen using their own RAT kits.The private hospitals/labs will fol-

low SoPs for use of RAT kits pro-vided free of cost by the Depart-ment of Health and Family Wel-fare. Highlighting Standard Oper-ating Procedures for the RAT, Mr.Sidhu said that the private hospi-tals/clinics and labs should have aseparate isolated area for the sus-pected patients of COVID-19

where sample will be taken. Theperson taking samples will ensurecomplete Personal ProtectiveGear. The institution should havean arrangement of biomedicalwaste management generated bythe test as per the guidelines.

The Minister clarified that allrapid antigen test results are en-tered into the ICMR portal usingthe login ID credentials providedby the health department. For allAsymptomatic High-risk Contactof positive case and symptomaticpersons, who are negative by rapidantigen test, another NP/ OP swabto be collected in Virus TransportMedium (VTM) should be sent tothe identified real-time RT-PCRlaboratory for COVID-19 testingas soon as possible. The privatehospital shall arrange the requiredlogistics for such samples packthem and send to the RT-PCR test-ing Lab. The same can be sent tonearest Government Health facili-ty as per protocol. He said that thesamples sent by empanelled pri-vate hospitals/clinics shall be test-ed free of cost at GovernmentLabs.

Private hospitals, labs allowed to conductRapid Antigen Testing after empanelment

Two personsarrested with fakecurrency by CIA Jaitu

DHARAM PAL PUNNIJAITU: Under the direction of DistrictFaridkot SSP Swarandeep Singh,Seva Singh Malli SP (D) Faridkot,under the leadership of Mr. ParminderSingh DSP Jaito , Kulbir Chand Ateam of in-charge CIA staff Jaituapprehended 2 persons with fakecurrency today here during apatrolling at Mukatsar road. Theyhave been identified as Rajpal sonJangir Ram resident of Guru KaramSingh Basti Guruharsahai, JaswantSingh alias Raja son of Guddu Singhresident of Matta Basti Rorikapura.Two of them Gurmeet Singh Son ofBachan Singh and Vijay son ofManna Singh resident of gur karamBasti Guruharsahai were succeededto absconding on the spot.Accordingto the police information Rs 5 lakh 38thousand 900 hundred counterfeitcurrency and a computer along witha hard disk recovered from themduring primary investigation.

District Bureau of Employmentplaying vital role in providingemployment to youth: DC

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Disclosing this heretoday Deputy Commissioner ApneetRiyait said that under the mission ofPunjab Government Door to DoorEmployment District Employment andCarobar Bureau was playing a vitalrole in providing employment to theyouth day and night. He wasaddressing the selected youths fromvarious companies while handingover appointment letters. The secondemployment fair was organized bythe district administration in the seriesof sixth state level fair at the districtemployment and business bureautoday. He said that 12 localcompanies including Vardhman,Hoshiarpur Automobile, PratikaEngineering, Sardar Agro etc.participated in this job fair and about226 unemployed candidatesparticipated in the interview.The Deputy Commissioner said thatafter the interview process 141 boysand girls were selected on the spotby various companies present at thejob fair. He said that in this job fairthere were posts of 8th to 12th, ITIand graduation pass candidates. Hesaid that the next job fair in the seriesof this job fair would be held onSeptember 9 at 10 am in DistrictEmployment and Cabobar BureauHoshiarpur. Meanwhile HawkingsCooker Limited and other plywoodcompanies are participating which willbe interviewing 10th, 12th and ITIpass candidates for 347 posts.

Labs to strictly maintain confidentiality of patient data

SBI employees foundCorona positive

QADIAN (VERMA): The bank had been closed to-day after Gagandeep, assistant manager was foundcorona positive in the branch. Giving information inthis regard, the bank's manager Kulwant Singh saidthat the bank has been closed at the moment. Covidtest of all bank employees will be taken tomorrow.The bank will be opened only after everyone's reportarrives. He also informed that the junior bank man-ager has been detained. On the other hand, for the first time in Qadian, themaximum number of 8 new cases of corona caseshave been reported. Dr. Ranjit Singh SMO Har-chowal has told that samples of all these patientswere taken in the past. All patients have been de-tained.

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, SEPT 8

The family of the deceasedhas raised questions about thepolice action on the investiga-tion being conducted by thepolice in the case of 30-year-old unmarried businessmanMohit Aggarwal.

Addressing the press atDalhousie Road Pathankot,father Ashok Aggarwal,mother Meena Singla andbrother Varun Aggarwal, res-ident of Indira Colony, ex-pressed their grievances andsaid that he has a good busi-ness which his sons also run.Since March, Corona periodis going on, in such a situa-tion, his family used to closethe business on time and re-turn home, following the in-structions of the governmentand administration. In thesame episode, his son MohitAggarwal did not returnhome till 9 pm on July 1 nightand at 9:05 pm he got a call

that he was going to collectmoney and would come homewithin half an hour. Ashoktold that when Mohit did notreturn home even within thegiven time, he started callinghim but he didn't respond tohis calls. When he found thelatter's mobile switched off,he himself went to search forhim, amidst the uncertaintyand fear of some untoward in-cident but he could not befound. Around 4 am, P.C. ofthe police Members of theRK squad reached his houseand inquired about Mohit.Ashok further told that as he

was standing outside thehouse, the police justified hisapprehensions by saying thatMohit's body was foundhanging close to Kotli.

The Aggarwal family fur-ther said that after registeringa case, the police started tak-ing action, but it was fearedthat Mohit's case was not amurder but a suicide. He toldthat Mohit had already been avictim of the accident, inwhich a long rod was insertedin his leg and hand, due towhich he could not havehanged himself from the flyover.

Deceased businessman familyraises fingers at police

RAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR, SEPT 8

With the start of the tender-ing process for constructionof 100-beds PGI SatelliteCentre in Ferozepur at a costof Rs.490 crore, it is likely togive a major fillip tothe healthcare sectorin the region. Givingthis information, Par-minder Singh Pinki,MLA Ferozepur Ur-ban said, all formali-ties stand completedand the tender processof PGI Satellite Centre hasstarted and construction willalso start soon. Initially, it is100 beds plan at a cost ofRs.490 crore but its capacityis likely to be increased to400 beds.

He further said, once thisSatellite project is estab-lished, it will give a majorfillip to the healthcare sectorin the region. Pinki said, PGI

project was passed in 2012when there was a Congressgovernment at the Centerand since then due to thenon-allotment of land to PGImanagement for this projectdue to the SAD-BJP govern-ment in power, this project

has been delayedfor a long time. Hesaid that after thecoming of Con-gress governmentin Punjab, he hadworked day andnight to get theland cleared for

this project and handed overto the management and nowthe tendering process hasstarted and the work wouldstart soon. He said that hewas working hard for thisproject because bringing PGIin Ferozepur was not onlyhis dream but it was thedream of every Ferozepurresident which he wanted tofulfill.

Tendering process starts for100-beds PGI satellite centre

M K SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI,SEPT 8

In Gurudwara Shri vivahasthan Shri Guru Hargob-ind Sahib, situated at his-torical town Dalla, a Gur-mat Samagam was held.In this celebration, GyaniFoja Singh Sagar, BhaiSukhwinder Singh headGranthi, Gyani ManjeetSingh Khinda, HazuriRagi Amritpal Singh Lo-hian, raagi jatha of BhaiDaljit Singh, students ofParmhans Bhai Paro ji,Gurmat sangeet kalakender, all in their ownmanner connected thesangat with God. ThisGurdwara is situated at adistance of near about 6Km from holly city of Sul-tanpur Lodhi. Gyani FojaSingh Sagar present on theoccasion told sangats thatat this place, marraige of

Sixth Guru Shri Hargob-ind Sahib with MataDamodari took place in1604. Along with GuruSahib, Shri Guru ArjanDev ji, Baba Buddha ji,Bhai Gurdas ji, Bhai Sha-lo ji, Baba Bidhi Chand ji,all were present in vivahSamagam. This Gurud-wara Sahib is also knownas Gurudwara MataDamodri ji. The place ofresidence of MataDamodari Ji's Parents -Father Bhai Narain Das Ji(a descendant of BhaiParo Ji, a devotee of Sec-

ond Sikh Guru, Shri GuruAngad Dev Ji and ThirdSikh Guru, Shri GuruAmar Das Ji , who hadachieved highest state ofspirituality and so wasknown as Paramhans) andMother Mata Daya KaurJi. At this place, the mar-riage Ceremony of GuruHargobind Sahib Ji withMata Damodari Ji wasperformed in 1604.Manger of GurudwaraBauli Sahib Dalla, Kul-want Singh honoured reli-gious personalities withSaropas.

Gurmat Samagam held at Dalla VERMAGURDASPUR SEPT 8

Raees, a Pakistani youth whonoticed the two Indian per-sons in dilapidated conditionon the side of the road , in theviral video Raees toldthat when he was pass-ing through that roadhe found the both theguys in worse condi-tion. He immediatelyprovided them foodand asked them abouttheir dwellings.

After getting infor-mation about both of them, hemade a video viral on Inter-national Group of LordValmiki Sabha UAE. As soonas the video went viral, theyouth belonging to gurdeepsingh’s area started approach-ing him. Youth of his areatook both the guys along withthem and served them well.After contacting the relatives

of Gurdeep Singh, they havestarted process of sendingthem back by collecting iden-tity card and other docu-ments, those guys have ap-plied for emergency proof fortheir return to the Indian Em-

bassy. Raees told that

they will collec-tively spend mon-ey for their ticketsto return.

He is yet to gethis air ticket. TheIndian Embassyhas fully cooper-

ated. And hope that Gurdeepwill return home by nextweek. Raees said that he be-longs to Pakistan but after thevideo goes viral, he is receiv-ing calls from many Indiansand getting appraisal for thisnoble task. Raees said that heis quite surprised that the peo-ple of India are appreciatinghim.

International valmik Sabha managesto reach Gurdeep Singh's family

CHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHAR, SEPT 8

Education Minister Vijay In-der Singla launched the Am-bassador of the Hopecompetition, in whichstudents from all schoolsin Punjab were asked toparticipate. Thousands ofstudents from all overPunjab demonstratedtheir talent. . GurveerSingh, son of DilawarSingh of Kishanpura, aclass XII student of ourschool, took part in this com-petition and brought out thefirst place from across thedistrict, illuminating thename of the school, parentsand village.

He said that GurvinderSingh, a student of BabbarKaram Singh School, re-ceived the award and firstprize Apple iPad from Edu-cation Minister Vijay InderSinghal for illuminating the

name of District ShaheedBhagat Singh Nagar andBabbar Karam Singh Memo-rial School Daulatpur. Thewinning child of the district

was honored by the school'sFinance Secretary JaspalSingh Jadali, President Ke-har Singh, Vice PresidentTaranjit Singh Thadi, SchoolDirector Kripal Singh andPrincipal Sukhveer Singh.The management of the trustappreciated the initiative ini-tiated by Education MinisterVijay Inder Singhal to show-case their skills to schoolchildren.

Babbar Karam Singh Schoolstudent wins Apple iPad

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, SEPT 8

A meeting was held todayunder the chairmanship ofBhartiya Kisan UnionEkta Sidhupur under thechairmanship of BaldevSingh. The repeal of theAgriculture Ordinancewill be followed by a do-or-die battle in Punjab torepeal the ever-increasingrates of diesel, petrol,2020 electricity bill andother black laws. On Sep-tember 15, the entire roadin Punjab will be blocked

from 12 noon to 2 pm,near Bhai Ghania Chowkcanal in Bathinda, thefarmer leader said. Elimi-nate mandis and disen-franchise the mandi boardthat protects them. Ex-empt traders from all tax-es. This in itself provesthat the market committee

is ready to indulge andmany market committeeemployees will also beforced to sit at home.Leaders like Resam SinghYatri, Binat Singh Mahi-ma, Dara Singh Mais-arkhana, Amarjit SinghMia, Gurdev Singh werepresent on the occasion.

Farmers to hold road blockade on Sept15 against agriculture ordinances

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, SEPT 8

With the initiative ofSarpanch Falel Singh andYouth Leader JagmeetSingh for the most beautifulvillage in Bathinda district,even better work is beingdone and today thanks tothe efforts of HarsimratKaur Badal Cabinet Minis-ter Government of Indiaand Balkar Brar Groundwork has been started withthe grant given for coveringthe ground The foundationstone was laid by SarpanchPhalel Singh Bhokra with

Kar Kamla. Sikdar SinghAkali Former Sarpanch,Jagmeet Singh, HoneyBrar, Gursewak Singh For-

mer , Sukhmandar SinghAnd Sukhdev Singh Nam-bardar, Lachhman SinghRaghbir Singh , Kewal

Singh , Jaspal Singh, Presi-dent Amandeep Singh,Amna Kothe War LeaderKuldeep Singh RachpalBhokra , Balkaran Singh,Manga Sant Singh, MannuSharma, Natha Singh For-mer Member, Balkar SinghBhokra Circle JathedarAmarjit Singh , IqbalSingh, Gurbinder Singh andothers were present Theleaders said that sportswere essential for goodhealth so that the youthwould be encouraged tocome forward in this fieldfor which efforts wouldcontinue.

Foundation stone of defence ground work at Bhokra laid

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Covid: Eight departments at U'khandSecretariat sealedDEHRADUN: Eight departments at the Uttarakhand Secretariat have been sealedafter four people tested positive for COVID-19. The eight sealed departmentsinclude health, agriculture and horticulture, according to sources in the Secretariat.Among those who have tested positive for coronavirus are a secretary and a jointsecretary. Further details are awaited. On Sunday, two ministers of the stategovernment were found infected with COVID-19. While Urban Development MinisterMadan Kaushik has been admitted to AIIMS after he was found positive for thevirus, agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal has been forced to stay in quarantine aftertwo persons at his residence tested COVID-19 positive.

HIMACHAL/JKTwo Rohingyas amongthree arrested in ATMbreaking case in JammuJAMMU: In a major breakthrough,Jammu police on Tuesday claimed tohave cracked the case regarding theattempt to break an ATM, afterarresting three persons, including twoRohingyas and a renowned burglarknown as "Babloo Chor" from TrikutaNagar area here. Police spokesmanhere said that a written complaint waslodged at Bahu Fort Police Station onSeptember by one Rattan Lal of Jagti,Nagrota, who is a manager at InfoSystem Ltd stating that duringintervening night of Sept 2-3, someunknown burglars attempted to breakopen ICICI ATM installed near BaggarMandi, Trikuta Nagar. "A case wasregistered and investigation started.Police teams were constituted andafter strenuous efforts, the team ledby Station House Officer, DeepakPathania, apprehended the accusedpersons," said the spokesman. Thosearrested were identified as BablooKumar famously known as "BablooChor" of Bhagalpur (Bihar), presentlyliving in Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, Noor-Ul-Islam and his son Hussain Ahmed,residents of Burma, at present living inMarathi Mohalla, Trikuta NagarJammu. "On questioning, suspectsconfessed to their crime and thepolice recovered items like modem,cutter with 14 metre wire, steel rod,hammer, knife and blades from theirpossession. Police sources also saidthat both Noor ul Islam and Babloohave criminal records and werepreviously also found involved innarcotics and several cases of theftare registered against them atdifferent police stations.

Srinagar-Jammuhighway reopens, onlystranded vehicles to plySRINAGAR: Traffic was resumed onTuesday on the 270-km-longSrinagar-Jammu national highway, theonly all-weather road connecting theKashmir valley with the rest of thecountry, after remaining suspended onMonday due to landslides andshooting stones. However, onlystranded vehicles were allowed tomove towards Kashmir, a traffic policeofficial told UNI today. Meanwhile, thehistoric 86-km-long Mughal road andthe national highway, the only roadlinking Union Territory (UT) of Ladakhwith Kashmir, were through forvehicles carrying essentials and freshfruit. Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammuhighway was suspended again onMonday afternoon due to freshlandslides and landslides. However,the National Highway Authority ofIndia (NHAI) and Border RoadsOrganisation (BRO) has pressed intoservice machines and men to clearthe landslides to put through thetraffic, he added. He said vehicleswhich had left different parts of theJammu, mostly trucks loaded withessentials and oil and gas tankers,were stopped at different places. Theroad was put through and all Kashmirbound vehicles were allowed to movethis morning, he said adding novehicle will be allowed from theopposite direction. Only one-waytraffic will continue to ply on thehighway due to continued threat oflandslides and shooting on thehighway, he added. He said onlyvehicles carrying fresh vegetable areallowed to ply on Mughal road,connecting Shopian in south Kashmirto Poonch and Rajouri in Poonch. Nopassenger vehicle will be allowed toply on the road which is seen as analternative to Srinagar-Jammuhighway.

Three arrested for hoistingPak flag, grenaderecovered in north KashmirSRINAGAR: Security forces arrestedthree persons for hoisting Pakistaniflag and recovered a hand grenade inthe north Kashmir district ofBandipora, a police spokesman said.He said police station Hajin inBandipora received an informationthat some miscreants have hoisted aPak flag at main market at Hajin onSeptember 6. An FIR case number35/2020 under relevant Sections ofthe law was registered andinvestigation taken up, he said. Hesaid during the course of theinvestigation, police said threepersons identified as Mujeeb Shamas,Tanveer Ahmad Mir, Imtiyaz AhmadSheikh all residents of Mir MohallaHajin who were working under thedirection of local active militants ofLasher-e-Toiba (LeT). He saidPakistani flags was hoisted at mainBazar Hajin with a view to create fearpyschosis and incite anti-nationalfeelings among the common people ofHajin town.

HP Congress demands discussion,Speaker disallows, party walks out

UNISHIMLA, SEP 8

The opposition Congress onTuesday staged a walkout fromthe Himachal pradesh stateAssembly session following thedecision of the Speaker to notallow grand-old party membersto participate in the discussions.

As the Vidhan SabhaSpeaker Vipin Singh Parmarallowed the Health and FamilyWelfare Minister Rajiv Sehjal'sto reply over the COVIDsituation, the Congress partydemanded that they too shouldbe allowed to speak on the sameissue. Leader of OppositionMukesh Agnihotri said thatsince the Speaker allowed theminister to participate in thediscussion, one of oppositionmembers should also be allowedto speak, and requested that thetime of the session be extendedafter 1700 hrs, however, therequests fell on deaf ears. TheHouse was discussing on theprevailing COVID-19 pandemicsituation under rule 67,adjourning the entire businesswhich started on Monday.Giving a reply on the discussion,the Health Minister said that anFIR has been lodged regarding

irregularities in the purchasesmade by the Health Departmenton the basis of the StateVigilance probe. He said thatHealth Department Director hasbeen arrested and booked alongwith others who are involved inthe case. Earlier the OppositionCongress party cordoned thestate Assembly here on Tuesdayaccusing the state governmentof failing to handle the COVID-19 pandemic and rampantcorruption which occurred in thepurchases of the healthdepartment. The protest meetingwas addressed by HimachalPradesh Congress Committeepresident Kuldeep SinghRathore, leader of Opposition inthe state assembly Mukesh

Agnihotri. A memorandum washanded over to Chief Minister

by Rathore in the state assemblyafter the protest.

Lodges protest against hikein bus fare, petro prices

SHIMLA: Himachal PradeshCongress Committee onTuesday staged a protest againstthe alleged anti people policiesof the BJP government atChaura Maidan, here in Shimla.They protested against pricehike in bus fares, petrol &diesel, corruption by BJPministers during the ongoingCOVID-19 crises, especially inthe purchases of sanitizers,health equipments andventilators. Addressing agathering of Congress workers,Pradesh CongressCommittee(PCC) president,Kuldeep Singh Rathoreappealed to the party workers tostrengthen themselves in thefield against the BJP sincecorruption in the state is at thehelm. He said that the ministersof the government are busymaking land deals forthemselves and the recenthealth scam is an example of

governments insensitivitytowards public issues. Hefurther said that fake degreesare being sold in the state andjobs are being given to outsiderswhereas the unemployed youthin the state are still waiting forpromises made by Modigovernment of creatinge twocrores jobs per year. Rathoresaid that administration is acomplete failure as employeesare being transferred with theright political affiliations andsome officers are behaving as ifthey are political agents of theBJP. Congress is keeping a strictvigil on all these issues and wewill not allow the BJP to sell outthe properties of our state. Hesaid that whether it is BJPgovernment at the centre or inthe state people are fed up withtheir anti people policies andhave understood that the BJP isbusy in looting the people evenin this pandemic situation.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur during 2nd day of HP Vidhan Sabha MonsoonSession at Shimla on Tuesday.

Speaker urges members tofollow COVID SoPs in Assembly

SHIMLA, SEP 8

Himachal Pradesh AssemblySpeaker Mr Vipin Singh Parmar onTuesday urged all the members tofollow Standard OperationalProcedures of COVID-19 whiletaking part in the session for their aswell as people's safety. On thesecond day of Monsoon session, MrParmar said apparently somemembers have been found floutingCOVID rules in the House,Assembly lobbies and outside. 'Aspeople look up to you and have highexpectations, a certain kind ofresponsible behaviour is expectedfrom you. Also, being people'srepresentatives you interact withthem on a daily basis. So we shouldensure thermal scanning before

entry in the House. In case of anyCoronavirus symptom, kindly resortto home quarantine and undergoCovid testing,' he suggested. Duringthe ten-day session, members shouldbe seen wearing masks, usingsanitizers and maintaining socialdistancing. The Speaker stressedthat it is part of Covid-SOPs thatwhile taking part in the discussionmembers should not shout as itcould spread the virus.

Woman loses Rs 20 lakhin lieu of an expensive

car online fraud

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, SEP 8

A woman from Una lost Rs 20 lakhs in the guise ofonline farud. According to the police, the victimordered the goods online from a shopping website.After a few days, he was asked to come out of aluxurious expensive car in a lucky draw based onhis online goods ordered in one of the samewebsites. In this message, if you did not take a car,you were asked to put money online forregistration and other expenses on taking cash. Inthe same jest, the victim had put about Rs 20 lakhin his account on different days, but despite this heneither got the car nor the money back. Victim gota case registered with the police. Police has startedinvestigation.

ANWAR HUSSAINNALAGARH, SEP 8

SDM Nalagarh Mahendra PalGurjar and Special OfficerCovid-19 Sankalp Gautamarrived today at Covid CareCenter Kalu Flag for surpriseinspection. SDM interactedwith Kovid-19 patients thereand listened to their problems.SDM Nalagarh took stock ofthe arrangements made for thepatients there and alsoinstructed the Special Officerand the Nodal Officer of theCovid Care Center to get adiet chart for the patients

there. He instructed theExecutive Engineer of theWater Power Department tostop the water leakagehappening there. SDMNalagarh also orderedBBNDA officials to resolvethe problem immediatelyafter accidental powerproblem. While encouragingthe patients, they alsoprovided their own andspecial officer's telephonenumber to solve any problemthey were facing and orderedthe Tehsildar Baddi toinspect the Covid CareCenter twice a week.

SDM makes surprise visitto Covid Care Centre

Liquor smugglingbusted, one arrested PANKAJ KATNAUNA, SEP 8

The team formed under theleadership of Sadar policestation in-charge GauravBhardwaj on the basis ofsecret information from aresident of village Dangeda,who runs a shop in thevillage panchayat Kurialaunder the district Una sub-divisional headquarters, hasbeen successful in catchinghuge amounts of illicit liquor.At the same time, liquorsmugglers were stirred assoon as the raid was reported.According to the informationreceived, the Sadar policestation was informed that theillegal liquor business wasgoing on in the said villageand the local people also hadto face a lot of problems dueto the alcoholism. In themeantime, a team formedunder the leadership of SHOGaurav Bhardwaj of the

police station Unna hasrecovered 2 boxes of liquor,liquor orange, orange, liquor,liquor, liquor, liquor, liquor,liquor and liquor of RoyaltyStag whiskey.

Whose volume is 45hundred milliliters. In such asituation, the district policehas achieved a great successunder the campaign againstdrug addiction. On the otherhand, Sadar police station in-charge Gaurav Bhardwaj has

given strict warning to alldrug addicts that they shouldstop their illegal business assoon as possible.

Otherwise the policeadministration willimplement the strictest actionagainst such anti-socialelements in the interest of thesociety by implementing thestrictest action. At the sametime, the local villagers havepraised this big action of thedistrict police administration.

Congress, BJP both have dupedyouth till date: Subhash Kumar

AMB, (KISHORI LAL BAINS) SEP 8

The newly appointed BSP district president, SubhashKumar of Una district said in a statement issued that bothCongress and BJP have duped the youths till date. He saidthat unemployment and inflation have reached the peak.

Which is sheer cross-border with youthand common people. He further saidthat government has failed on everyfront. And the public is fed up withthem and has learned their reality.Subhash Kumar added that he will playthe responsibility of BSP DistrictPresident with complete dedicationand honesty and to spread the ideology

of BSP to the people, all the BSP workers will be takenalong and strengthen the BSP. The party will be morestrengthened under the leadership of BSP SupermomMayawati. And Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar'sideology will reach the masses. He also said that in thecoming assembly elections, BSP will contest all the seatsin Himachal Pradesh and will form the government. In theupcoming Panchayat elections BSP will play animportant role in district Una. And in the upcomingpanchayat elections, BSP will contest and win 17 ZilaParishad seats in the district.

One held with 1944tramadol capsules

JYOTI SYALAMB, SEP 8

The Narcotics team formed by Himachal PradeshPolice from the village Karluhi of Ambsubdivision under Chintpurni assemblyconstituency of District Una, today recovered1944 tramadol capsules from a person. Accordingto the information, the SCC team searched aperson on suspicion, from which the policerecovered 1944 tramadol capsules. The person hasbeen identified as Sanju resident of Karluhi. DSPAmb Manoj Jamwal told that police and team hadtaken joint action, in which they have beensuccessful, they said that the police has started thenext action by taking the person in custody.

Quarterly meeting of mandi committee concludesJOGINDER DEV ARYAUNA, SEP 8

The quarterly meeting ofAgriculture Produce MarketCommittee Una was heldtoday under thechairmanship of APMCPresident Balveer SinghBagga. In this meeting,income from the month ofMay 2020 to the month ofAugust 2020 was Rs.78,95,307 lakhs andexpenditure of Rs. 53.89,504lakhs was approved. Apart

from this, the actual incomefor the year 2019-2020 isRs.2,28,89,736 and theexpenditure isRs.1,62,83,261 and theproposed income for the year

2020-21 is Rs.6,37,60,000 / -and the expenditure isRs.6,18 , The budget of Rs10,227 which came from theBoard's office was alsodiscussed.Chairman Balbir

Singh Bagga informed that1000 saplings were plantedby the Forest Department inthe vacant land in TakarlaMandi and grading packingunit under the scheme of e-names in Submandi, Takarlaand Rampur containing Rs.45,00000 for planting shedand potato gradersapproved. Dr. Jai Singh Sen,Deputy Director, AnimalHusbandry Department saidthat 44 gaushas have beenmade by the department. Heinformed that if a registered

society wants to run theGaushala operation, thenthe department providesassistance at the rate of Rs.500 per cow. For this thenumber of cows should bemore than 30. While givinginformation from theHorticulture Department,K. Bhardwaj said that52000 saplings and about100 orchards have beenplanted by the department.About 50 orchards havebeen planted in theBangana region.

Health department team inspects several shops in MatourKHARAR (OUR CORRESPONDENT) : A teamof Health Department headed by Distt. Health Offi-cer Dr. Subhash Kumar today checked severalkaryana stores and dhabas in Mataur. Four sampleswere also taken during their routine visit under Tan-drust Panjab Mission of Punjab Govt. As per infor-mation received from the department expiry datesof food items and food licences were also checkedwarning to all the shopkeepers who are not follow-ing covid 19 precautions. As per information thisvisit was not to harass anyone but to provide goodand unadulterated food to the public.

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Tree plantation driveby Rotary Club

OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR, SEPT 8

Rotary Club Kharar starteda Tree Plantation Drive atlocal cremation groundRam Baag on Tuesday.Kharar SDM HimanshuJain IAS inaugurated theproject. On the occasionRtn Ashok Chand Attripresident,Rtn HarinderSingh Secretary,Rtn Man-

mohan Singh PDG, RtnPawan Verma,Rtn HarpreetSingh Rekhy, RtnKamaldeep Singh Ti-wana,Rtn SIS Kora RtnKuldip Singh Hira and RtnGurmukh Singh were pres-ent.

A total of 40 trees ofdifferent kinds were plant-ed and tree gaurds weresponsored by the Munici-pal Council Kharar.

Mohali school holdswebinar on precautionarymeasures

MOHALI: Oakridge InternationalSchool hosted the first ever virtualInter school primary parliamentarydebate. Gems CambridgeInternational School, Hoshiarpur ,Chinmaya Vidyalaya Nauni Salon ,MRA Modern Public School , UnisonWorld School , St. soldier SchoolDhaukali , Richmondd Global School, GD Goenka World School Sohnaetc. Participated in this onlinedebate. During the session,participants presented ideas aboutthe precautionary measures to betaken once the school reopens afterthe pandemic. Later, they moved ondiscuss over the distribution ofresponsibilities between individualsand organizations. The event onceagain reiterated that the digitalnatives ace in learning the bestpractices and demonstratedexceptional communication, socialand self-management skills duringthe session. Principal of the schoolRamanjit Ghuman informed at themoment that Participants had atraining session conducted byOakridge School a week prior to theevent in order to keep the studentscurious, to set the expectations, givea clear idea about the formalparliamentary proceedings.

Eminent personalities attendAkali leader Manjit SinghSaini funeralCHET RAM RATTAN NAWANSHAHAR: Last farewell wasgiven to former senior president AkaliDal Manjit Singh Saini, formerpresident of Sejal Eyes and TrucksUnion Manjit Singh Saini who passedaway last night at 66 years old. Hisonly son Kuljit Singh Lucky crematedChikha at Banga Road Nawanshahartoday Ajinder Trustee memberJaginder Singh Saini was the eldestson of former truck union presidentManjit Singh. Kuljit, District UrbanPresident of Youth Akali Dal. Jarnail Singh Bahadur, Budh SinghBalkipur District President, GurbakshSingh Khalsa Shiromani CommitteeMember, Manjinder Singh Ballia Aarti,Shankar Duggal Urban President,Bhupal Singh Jadla Doaba BC WingPresident, Jathedar Tara Singh SinghSheikhupur, Madam Shubh SainiNational Saini Samaj Women Leader, Jinderjit Kaur, Seth Jagdish SinghLali President Truck Union, ParamSingh Khalsa, Davinder Singh SainiPresident NRI Society, Vikas SoniCongress Leader, Rajwinder SinghHeer President Tahli Sahib. Apartfrom Ajit Singh Sahota, Raj KumarDSP Nawansh Heer, Ratan Lal Jain,Pandit Rahul Rahon, leaders ofvarious political and non-politicalparties were present in largenumbers.

People urged not to fallprey to misleadingmessages on social mediaASHOK KAURAKAPURTHALA: MLA KapurthalaRana Gurjit Singh and DeputyCommissioner Deepti Uppal hasvisited Kala Sanghian and Sunnarwalto motivate the people for COVIDsampling to keep the further spreadof virus under check and urged themnot to fall prey to the maliciousmessages being spread by the antisocial elements. MLA Rana Gurjitsingh said that the purpose of thisvisit was to build confidence amongstmasses towards Covid testing so thefurther spread of Corona could becontained efficaciously. He said thatthe State Government was making allout efforts to control the virus bymaking people aware about COVIDbesides controlling the CSR in thedistrict. Urging the people to shun thefalse propaganda against the testingand treatment of covid , Rana GurjitSingh made it clear that peopleshould not take it as a social stigmaas he got tested himslef thricebesides 8 of his family members weretested positive who later on emergedas victorious against the Corona withstrict adherence of health safetyprotocols/home isolation guidelines.Addressing the people at KalaSanghian, Deputy Commissioner saidthat the District Administration wouldtake strict action against the anti-social elements, who were indulgedin spreading rumours as it was a warlike situation to save the previouslives of our citizen. She said that tofacilitate the people at their doorstepsthe district administration hasconstituted 64 teams which wouldcover the whole district by screeningand testing of people having age of60 or above .

SP JAINKHARAR, SEPT 8

Panchayat Samiti Khararhas decided to demolish theexisting Bus Stand Buildingat Kharar and construct aNew Modern Bus Standhere.

As per the informationreceived in this regard, aresolution to this effect waspassed taken at a meeting ofthe Panchayat Samiti heldyesterday which waspresided over by Chairper-son Ranvir Kaur. As per theinformation received, it wasstated in the meeting thatthe existing bus stand ofKharar is about 70 years oldand the population ofKharar city has increasedtremendously. Now peoplehave a lot of trouble gettingbuses from here in the cur-rent situation. Ranvir Kaur,Chairperson, PanchayatSamiti said that the Pan-chayat Samiti has 11 kanalsof land at this place and alsothe Municipal Council has3 kanals of land. She saidthat the Panchayat Samiti

would construct a newmodern bus stand in a totalof 14 kanals by annexingthese 3 kanals of land of theMunicipal Council. Hesaid that negotiationswould be held to provide al-ternative space to the Mu-nicipal Council in lieu of its3 Kanal plots. She said thatthe cost of construction of

bus stand would be borneby the Panchayat Samiti atits own level. Asked aboutthis, SDM Kharar Himan-shu Jain who has played avital role in the planning ofconstructing a new modernbus stand at this place saidthat the Panchayat Samantihas passed the resolution.He said that this modern

Bus Stand would have of-fices on the First Floor andvarious government officesat other parts of the citywould be shifted to thisplace. He assured that afterthe construction of this busstand, it would be very con-venient for the large num-ber of people going out ofKharar and those coming to

Kharar. It may be recalledthat the foundation stone ofthis bus stand was laid in2006 when Capt.Amarinder Singh was theChief Minister of Punjabbut the work has not startedtill date. At this time peoplehave to stand on the roadeven during hot summerand rainy season.

Panchayat Samiti Kharar decidesto construct modern bus stand

KULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU, SEPT 8

Police post incharge ASITarsem Singh said that hewas present at Mohalla PatelNagar Jandiala Guru Chowk,including his police party,that he saw a youth comingfrom Bundala side motorcy-cle splendor born numberPB02BZ 8837 colour black,on Seeing the police party heturned backward, whose mo-torcycle fell to the ground, itwas searched by the police

party on suspicion and awaxy envelope was found inhis pajamas.

When asked for the ad-dress, he called his nameGurpreet Singh alias Raja sonBalvindra Singh residentSheikhfatta Gate. In that en-velope, police found 131 in-toxicating pills. SI BalrajSingh, who is investigatingthis case, said that the drugwas bought from Jyotisar, aresident of Suraj. The policeis also conducting raids forSuraj's arrest.

One accused held with131intoxicating pills

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

Online applications hasbeen sought from eligiblestudents for Pre-Matric,Post-Matric and Merit-cum-Means Based Schol-arships for Youth belong-ing to Minorities of Pun-jab. The eligible candi-dates can apply online forscholarships till October31. Disclosing this here to-day a spokesperson of theDepartment of Social Jus-tice, Empowerment andMinorities said that theyouth belonging to theSikh, Muslim, Buddhist,Parsi Jain and Christian

communities of the statecould avail the benefits ofthese schemes for the year2020-2021,. He said thatnew applicants and thecandidates for renewal ofscholarships under these100% Centrally SponsoredSchemes could apply tillOctober 31.

The applicant applyingunder these schemesshould belong to a minori-ty community (Sikh, Mus-lim, Buddhist, Parsi Jainand Christian). Only stu-dents who are studying in agovernment or recognizedprivate university / institu-tion, colleges / schools canapply for the scholarship.

Only students, who havesecured at least 50 per centmarks in the previous ex-amination, will be eligiblefor the scholarship underscheme, he added. The eli-gible students can applyonline at www.scholar-ships.gov.in or www.mi-norit-yaffairs.gov.in web-site links or through Na-tional Scholarship App onmobile till October 31. Thespokesperson clarified thatthe details of the samebank account should be en-tered on the student portalwhich is in working condi-tion so that there would beno hindrance in the pay-ment of scholarship.

Minority students can submitonline applications for Pre-Matric,

Post-Matric scholarships

CHANDIGARH, SEPTE 8

In their continued crackdownon rumour mongering, Pun-jab Police has arrested nam-bardaar of Jattpura village inLudhiana for uploading fakeand objectionable post abouthuman organ trafficking atRajindra Hospital Patiala onFacebook and spreading ru-mours about Covid-19 lead-ing to panic amongst citizens,besides tarnishing the stateGovt efforts to contain thepandemic.

The accused had beenidentified as Mandeep Singh@ Deepa s/o Mohinder Singhr/o Village Jattpura PSHathur. An FIR No. 72 dt07.09.2020 u/s 188 IPC 54Disaster Management Act PSHathur has been registered in

the case. Investigation has re-vealed that Mandeep had up-loaded a post on his Face-book Profile "Deepa DhillonJattpura" on 24.08.2020wherein he made disparagingremarks about Rajindra Hos-pital Patiala and referred to itas being a Centre for Human

Organ Trafficking and lev-elled baseless allegation thatthey kill people by injections,etc. against the Hospital, aspokesperson disclosed.

The accused has admit-ted that he had uploaded thePost in haste in emotion ashis Uncle (Sarpanch of his

Village) had died recentlydue to COVID-19, thespokesperson added. No-tably, the Punjab Chief Min-ister Captain AmarinderSingh on Monday had direct-ed the DGP to crack down onall rumour mongers and webchannels spreading misinfor-mation among the peopleabout the pandemic. Discsol-ing further, the spokespersonsaid that mobile phone whichwas used to upload the posthas been confiscated and isbeing forensically examinedto ascertain all facts. In a sep-arate case, Jalandhar policehave registered an FIRagainst ten persons includingson of an ASI for partyingduring night curfew restric-tions & for possessing illegalweapon.

Nambardar held for spreadingrumours about Covid

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 8

Aam Aadmi Party has an-nounced to start protestagainst Congress MLABal-winder Singh Dhaliwalfrom Phagwara after hisname surfaced in a multi-crore scam in post-matricscholarship scheme for Dalitstudents along with cabinetminister Sadhu SinghDharamsot. In a statementissued from the party head-quarters, Leader of the Op-position Harpal SinghCheema questioned ChiefMinister Amarinder Singhand Punjab Pradesh Con-gress President Sunil Jakharas to what was the compul-sion that the Chief Ministerand the Punjab CongressPresident are hell bent to

save Minister Sadhu SinghDharamsot and his entiregang responsible for slaugh-tering the future of numer-ous dalit students.

Harpal Singh Cheemasaid that a documentary in-vestigation by a senior IASofficer had exposed the en-tire corruption scandal in-cluding the gang's ringleaderminister but the stubborn-ness or helplessness withwhich Chief Minister

Amarinder Singh was reluc-tant to dismiss Dharamsotraises doubt that a majorchunk of misappropriatedfunds meant for the educa-tion of Dalit students mighthave found it's place in theChief Minister's 'Moti Ma-hal' or Siswan Farm House.Harpal Singh Cheema saidthat it was not possible forthe Minister and the DeputyDirector to carry out aplanned scam of Rs. 64Crores without the knowl-edge of Director, departmentof Social Welfare and Bal-winder Singh Dhaliwal wasthe director at that time.Cheema announced that theAAP's ongoing protest inNabha (which has reachedits ninth day today) wouldcontinue till strict action.

AAP announces siege of MLA Dhaliwal'shouse along with Dharamsot

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, SEPT 8

Continuing its strict vigilover the drug peddlersalong with frontline duty inCovid-19 pandemic, theCommissionerate Policeon Tuesday arrested a truckdriver and seized 110-kgpoppy husk from the heavyvehicle.

The accused has beenidentified as BalwinderSingh (45) of Railu Majravillage, Rupnagar District.Disclosing more informa-tion, Commissioner of Po-lice Gurpreet SinghBhullar said that a team ofCIA staff-1 laid a Naka inParagpur on national-high-way and the team stopped atruck (PB65-E-7989)

loaded with homoeopathicmedicines for checking. Hesaid that during question-ing of its driver, the copssuspected and a search wascarried out in a truck andfound six plastic bagspacked with poppy husk

weighing 110-kg. In pre-liminary interrogation,Balwinder told that he hadbrought poppy husk fromRajasthan and was in thedrug business for last twoyears, Mr Gupreet SinghBhullar said and added that

Balwinder was in touchwith a peddler namely Di-nesh of Rajasthan and waspushing the poppy huskhere with his help. He saidthat before entering Jaland-har, Balwinder had sup-plied a drug consignmentin Ludhiana's Dehlon to aperson on the instances ofDinesh and also had to de-liver 100-kg poppy huskhere to latter's link and 10-kg was to be sold out byhimself. Commissioner ofPolice said that he used toget Rs 30000 as a commis-sion for each quintal ofsupplying the drugs. Hesaid that the accused hasbeen booked under section15,61 and 85 of the NDPSAct and would be producedin local courts.

Police bust interstate drugsmuggling racket BUREAU

JALANDHAR, SEPT 8

As many as 601 unemployedyouth today got job place-ments during a Job Fair or-ganized at the District Bu-reau of Employment and En-terprise Office.

Divulging the details,Deputy CommissionerGhanshyam Thori said that752 unemployed youth tookpart. As many as 103 compa-nies including Zomato, 9 to 5Technologies, Saavi Interna-tional, ICICI (NIIT), Ajay In-dustries, Gripwell Tools,TDK Valves, Apex Electri-cals, BR Industries and oth-ers had participated in the jobfair physically and virtuallymode during which 601 un-employed youth got place-ments. The Deputy Commis-sioner said that these Job

Melas were acting as a cata-lyst to transform the destinyof the youth. He said that theyouth who have got jobs dur-ing the fair would become anactive partner in the socio-economic growth of the state.He said that this was anothermilestone to channelize theunbounded energy of theyouth of the state in a posi-tive direction.

The Deputy Commis-sioner said that the job fairswere, in fact, a first of itskind initiative of the stategovernment to provide alivelihood to the unemployedyouth of the state.

He added all Covid pro-tocols including social dis-tancing and masking werestrictly followed during thejob fair.

601 youth get placements duringjob fair at DBEE office

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, SEPT 8

The medical report of 23 per-sons in district Pathankot wasreported to be positive onTuesday. This was stated bySanyam Aggarwal, DeputyCommissioner, Pathankot.

He said that due toCovid, various awarenessprograms were being run inPathankot district.

He said that peopleshould follow the instructionsgiven to prevent being thevictim of corona.

He stated that now inPathankot district, there aretotal 1761 cases of coronapositive out of which 1215people have recovered andsent back home under the

discharge policy of Punjabgovernment. He said thatpresently 516 cases of coronapositive were active inPathankot district and so far30 people have died due tothis virus.

23 new corona casesreported in Pathankot

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PM Modi running campaign to sell govtcompanies: RahulNEW DELHI: Attacking Narendra Modi government on reports of governmentplans to sell off 25 per cent stake in the Life Insurance Corporation, Congressleader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi isrunning a campaign to sell government companies. 'Modi ji is running a campaignto sell government companies. To compensate for a Self made Economic collapsethe country's assets are being sold one by one. Selling LIC by putting the futureand trust of the people at stake is another shameful attempt of the Modigovernment,' Mr Gandhi said. The Congress leader also posted on his Twitteraccount a news report that the government plans to sell off 25 per cent stake inLIC. The Congress has been constantly attacking the PM and the NDAgovernment on its decision to privatize government companies and PSUs.

7KMV students wincreative writingcompetition

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya-,PG Department of English organized‘The Story Tellers’, a national inter-college/collegiate creative writingcompetition for bringing out the creativityof the students. The competition washeld online in which students from theirhome participated with full zeal andenthusiasm. Principal Prof. (Dr.) AtimaSharma Dwivedi lauded the efforts of DrMadhumeet, Head, PG Department ofEnglish and other faculty members formotivating the students to participate inthis noble initiative E- certificates weregiven to all the winners as well as to allparticipants. It is important to mentionthat best stories out of this competitionwill also be published by KMV.

Technical EconomicAdviser from President ofGhana’s Office interactswith LPU students

JALANDHAR: Technical EconomicAdviser from President of Ghana’s OfficeDr Samuel Kwadwo Frimpong interactedwith students of LPU, particularly newlyadmitted. He talked about youth,economy, development in Ghana andrelation between India and Ghana. Heguided students on varied issues andadvised them to live a passion full lifewith dedication and devotion for beinga global leader. Along with severalGhanaian students, Indian studentsfrom all parts of the country alsoimbibed the utilitarian and pragmaticthoughts ardently. The session wasorganized by one of the prestigiousstudents’ organization Hult Prize atLPU, which saw participation ofGhanaian students along with manyother international and nationalstudents. Noteworthy, Ghana'sNational Development PlanningCommission is currently leading todevelop a 40 Year Long TermDevelopment Plan (2018-2057).

Bulandshahr: Car-lifters arrested afterencounter with policeBULAND SHAHR: Two car lifters werearrested following a brief encounter,according to Senior Superintendent ofPolice (SSP) Bulandshahr SantoshKumar Singh. The SSP said that the carlifters, after booking a car from Delhi'sAnand Vihar area, had taken it awayafter beating up and leaving the drivertied up on New Delhi-Badaun highwayon July 26. "The police had traced thegang and were keeping a watch onthem, on September 6 the gang alongwith the stolen car and one otherindividual were going towards Delhi. Thepolice stopped them which led to anencounter, following which they werearrested," SSP Singh told reporters here.The police have recovered threecountry-made pistols and live bullets,along with the stolen car from theaccused. "All accused have beenarrested in connection with the car liftingincident. The third person in the car hadbought it from them," Singh added.

Karnataka forestsquad busts gang ofpoachers, 6 heldKopalla: Mangaluru Forest TraffickingSquad officials have arrested six peoplefor illegally possessing one live femaleblackbuck, skins and heads ofblackbucks in Koppala district onMonday. The squad has seized 20 skinsand 2 heads of blackbucks, one livefemale blackbuck and 3 bikes atHunasihal village of Koppala district.After getting the tip-off, officers arrestedsix people in connection with the case.

India records over 75 k new Covidcases; recovery rate 77.65 pc

UNINEW DELHI, SEP 8

India on Tuesday registered aspike of 75,809 new COVIDcases during the past 24 hours,while 1,133 more peoplesuccumbed to it in the sameduration, Health Ministry said.

The spike on Tuesday waslower as compared to the pastthree days' over 90 k cases.

Country's overall tally nowstands at 42,80,423, as per thegovernment data.

While the active case loadhas increased to 8,83,697,fatalities due to the virus havereached 72,775 till date, with1,133 more people losing theirbattle to the deadly virus sinceMonday. On the brighter side,recoveries have crossed 33 lakhmark reaching 33,23,950 after73,521 people werecured/discharged.

The recovery rate nowstands at 77.65 per cent, whilethe fatality rate is at 1.70 percent presently.

According to the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR), in the past 24 hours,10,98,621 samples were tested,

taking the total tests conductedto 5,06,50,128, till date.

Globally, the United Statesof America remains at the top

spot with over 61 lakh casecount so far , followed by Indiaat number two and then Brazilat third spot.

1603 corona cases reportedin Marathwada

AURANGABAD: At least 1603 corona infected patients werespotted across the eight districts of Marathwada region ofMaharashtra during the past 24 hours. While 38 corona positivepatients succumbed in these districts during the same period, theauthorities said on Tuesday. All the districts data collected by UNIstated that Beed district was the worst affected with ten deaths and158 fresh cases, followed by Latur 9 deaths 247 cases, Nanded 7deaths and 336 cases, Osmanabad 169 cases and 5 deaths,Aurangabad 4 death and 438 cases,Parbhani 2 deaths and 67 cases,Jalna 156 cases one death and Hingoli 32 cases, data added.

2,392 new cases inTelangana; 11

deaths up toll to 906HYDERABAD: Telanganaposted 2,392 fresh coron-avirus cases and 11 moredeaths, taking the tally of in-fections to1.45 lakh in thestate. Greater Hyderabad Mu-nicipal Corporation (GHMC)accounted for the most num-ber of cases with 304, fol-lowed by Rangareddy 191,Karimnagar 157 and Med-chal Malkajgiri 132 districts,a government bulletin said onTuesday, providing data as of8 pm on September 7. With11 fatalities, the toll rose to906, it said. The cumulativerecovered cases stood at 1.12lakh while31,670are undertreatment. As many as60,923samples were tested on Sep-tember 7. Cumulative-ly,18.27 lakh samples havebeen tested. The samples test-ed per million populationwas49,234, it added.

SC dismisses plea seekingits intervention to rein in

increased fuel pricesAGENCYNEW DELHI, SEP 8

The Supreme Court onTuesday dismissed aplea seeking the court'sintervention to rein inthe increased prices ofpetrol and diesel acrossthe country. A bench of the apexcourt, headed by Justice RohintonFali Nariman, asked the lawyerappearing for the petitioner "doyou really want to press it then wewill impose heavy costs." Thepetition was filed by Kerala-basedadvocate Shaji Kodankandathseeking the Supreme Court'sintervention on the inreased pricesof fuel in the country. Notably, a

petition seekingdirection to reducethe "irrational andunjustified taxes inthe form of exciseand VAT" imposedon petrol and dieselacross the countrywas also filed in the

Delhi High Court last month.However, the petition was laterwithdrawn by the petitioner. Thiscomes after several protests wereheld across the country byopposition parties, including theCongress, Telugu Desam Party,etc. and some independentassociations and organisationsseeking to bring down the prices ofpetrol and diesel.

Amit Shah remembers Bard ofBrahmaputra Bhupen Hazarika

NEW DELHI: Union HomeMinister Amit Shah on Tuesdaypaid tributes to singer BhupenHazarika on his birth anniversary,saying the maestro enriched thelives of millions with his musicand strengthened social harmony.Hazarika was a playback singer,lyricist, musician, poet andfilmmaker from Assam. "Tributes

to Bard of Brahmaputra & prideof India, Bharat Ratna Dr.Bhupen Hazarika ji on hisjayanti. As a music maestro andmulti-faceted personality,Bhupen Da enriched the lives ofmillions with his musiccompositions strengtheningsocial harmony and universalbrotherhood," Shah tweeted.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, SEP 8

For the first time, the Indo-TibetBorder Police (ITBP) has sentfemale doctors to forward operatinglocations in Ladakh.

From sending troops from Leh totaking care of them at the forwardlocations, the ITBP female doctorshave given all kinds of charge.

Considering the tensed situationat the border, ITBP has changed itsstandard operating procedure (SOP),which did not allow any femaleofficer to be deployed at suchlocations.

The department, irrespective ofgender, has sent female doctors andother staff a few weeks ago. Theofficials claimed that earlier, onlymale doctors were sent to the

forward locations near to the Line ofActual Control (LAC).

According to the ITBP topofficials in Leh, female officers arenow deployed at the border area totake care of troops along with otherpara-medics.

Importantly, these femalesdoctors have been tasked to

supervise the medical requirementsof troops. They have been deployedin different strategic locations withother paramedics to assist them. Thatis not all, pharmacists and nursingassistants have been deployed inmassive numbers to deal with anysituation and sufficient supply havebeen sending consistently as per therequirement.

The base in Leh, where troopsare reaching from parts of thecountry, have to go through from astrict medical check-up and have tohave a fitness certificate. Here also, afemale officer has been givencharge.

A female doctor, Dr KatyayaniSharma is heading the medical baseand responsible to send only fittroops to forward locations. Everytroop has to undergo three stages of

check-ups before getting finalclearance by Dr Sharma. Followingthis, the doctor issues fitnesscertificate to them.

Apart from China, COVID-19 isanother threat in Leh. For this, ITBPis sending troops to such locationswith fitness checks, which take days.

ITBP, who is receiving troopsfrom all parts of the country, hasmade a base in Leh where aftergetting quarantine for prescribeddays. The troops undergo four stagedphysical check-up.

After receiving troops, they haveto stay for a limited period inquarantine centre to ensure that theyare not infected with COVID-19. InLeh, troops have to go throughtemperature check, vital check andblood test, which are mandatory tosend troops to forward locations.

For first time, ITBP deploys femaledoctors at forward locations in Ladakh

FIR registered by Rhea Chakraborty illegal,contempt of SC's orders: Vikas Singh

NEW DELHI, SEP 8

The FIR registered at Bandrapolice station by actor RheaChakraborty is "clearlyillegal and contempt of theSupreme Court's orders",said Vikas Singh, lawyer ofRajput's father on Tuesday.

Singh said he will takestrong action to ensure thatthe FIR, which namesRajput's sister PriyankaSingh, Dr Tarun Kumar ofRML Hospital, Delhi andothers under various sectionsof the IPC, and NarcoticDrugs and PsychotropicSubstances (NDPS) Act, doesnot deflect the trials inanother direction. "The FIR,which has been registered isclearly illegal and clearly acontempt of the orders of theSC. The SC had very clearlysaid that if the Mumbai

police as part of its inquestproceedings come acrosssome cognisable offence inthe death of Sushant then thatcould be referred to CBI,"Singh told reporters here."We will take strong action toassure the accused doesn'tsucceed in deflecting the trialinto another direction to saveherself and to ensure the lawdoesn't take its full course,"he added. The lawyer saidthat the FIR registered wasclearly a contempt of theSupreme Court's orders on

three grounds. Two of those,according to Singh, areearlier judgements of theSupreme Court in other caseswhile the third was "the spiritof the judgement in RheaChakraborty's case." Hefurther alleged that theBandra police station seemedto be like a "second home"for Chakraborty by stating,"The FIR has been registeredas if to oblige the accused,because sections of the IPCand the NDPS Act have beenused liberally, without even

looking into the content ofthe complaint made by RheaChakraborty.

This whole attemptappears to be somehow tohelp the accused and todeflect the investigation in adirection so that the accusedgets some benefit." Earliertoday, the Mumbai police hadsaid that it was transferringthe case registered on thebasis of Chakraborty'scomplaint to the CBI. In hercomplaint to the BandraPolice Station, Chakrabortyhad stated that Priyanka Singhhad sent Rajput a prescriptionby Dr Tarun Kumar and he"appears to have prescribedmedication controlled underNarcotic Drugs andPsychotropic SubstancesAct, 1985 to Sushantwithout any consultation asmandated by law."

No power on earth can segregateArunachal from India: BJD MP AcharyaNEW DELHI, SEP 8

No power on earth can segregateArunachal Pradesh from India andChina must know it, said Biju Janta Dal(BJD) leader Prasanna Acharyacondemning the Chinese ForeignMinistry spokesperson Zhao Lijian'sstatement that China has neverrecognised the region and claimed it tobe "part of China's south Tibet region'."

the Rajya Sabha MP from Odishasaid that there was no question ofhaving a discussion with China andIndia should stand firm on its resolve.

"As regards Arunachal Pradesh,China has repeatedly said that they donot recognise Arunachal as part ofIndian territory, this is an old story. Theworld community has recognizedArunachal Pradesh as an integral part ofIndia. It is astonishing why China isrepeatedly denying reality," Acharyasaid. Acharya also expressed concernsover the incident of firing taking placeat the Line of Actual Control (LAC) inthe eastern Ladakh sector.

"No doubt this is an unfortunateescalation attempt by the ChinesePeoples Liberation Army (PLA) and Ithink this is a clear indication of what isgoing to happen in the coming days.Therefore, the Indian government andArmy have to remain alert on theborder," he said. "I personally believethat we should not have confidence onthe talks made by the Chinesegovernment on the negotiation table,because in the past whenever such anagreement has been arrived at, in thenext 24 to 48 hours China has violatedit. We must be very careful and alert, wehave full confidence in the bravery ofour Armed Forces," Acharya added.

MUMBAI, SEP 8

The Maharashtra governmenton Tuesday scrapped the70:30 region-wise formula foradmission in medical coursesin the state.

The formula impliedreservation for 70 per centlocals (from that region) inmedical colleges and 30 per

cent from rest of the state.Making an announcement

in the state Assembly, MedicalEducation Minister AmitDeshmukh said admissionswould now be based on theresults of students who haveappeared for the NationalEligibility cum Entrance Test(NEET). "Instead of the 70:30quota, it would be 'one

Maharashtra, one merit'," theminister said. Students andparents in the state had sincelong been demanding thescrapping of the contentious70:30 formula for admissionsin medical courses. Under thequota, 70 per cent seats inmedical colleges werereserved for students in theirdistricts.

Maha govt scraps 70:30 admissionnorm in medical courses

Farmers, laborers and traders to protestagainst govt at Pipli rally: Ladi

ROHIT LAMSARTARAORI, SEPT 8

President of Kabaddi ClubSaunkada, BhupendraSingh Ladi said that farmersand agents are on the vergeof ruin due to the newordinance implemented bythe government. He saidthat the implementation ofthe new ordinance wouldupset the farmers, laborersand traders and they willwage a war against the

government. He told thatthe rally in Pipli is going tobe held on September 10, inwhich the policies of thegovernment will berevealed. Visiting severalvillages of Nilokhedi, thepresident of Kabaddi ClubSaunkada, BhupendraSingh Ladi invited farmers,traders and laborers to therally to be held onSeptember 10. He urged allpeople to reach the rally inmaximum numbers.

RJD reminds BJP of its'negligence' towards

migrant workers in BiharPATNA: After BJP launched a campaign in Bihar'Na bhoole hai, Na bhulne denge' seeking justicefor late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the RashtriyaJanata Dal (RJD) has hit out at the rival party,targetting it for its negligence towards migrantworkers amid COVID-19.

RJD, in a translated tweet, said, " Neitherforgotten nor will let we let anyone forget! Withthe tricks of diverting focus; will not let you forgetthe real issues!" Along with this tweet, RJD has putout four pictures similar to the stickers and postersbearing late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's photosreleased by the BJP.

One of these pictures read with translated textread, "How you (BJP) left over 40 lakh populationof Bihar to die. #WeWillNotForget." "With thehelp of police, labourers were lathi-charged duringCorona," read another picture by RJD.

Earlier, the BJP's cultural cell- Kala SanskritiManch released stickers and masks bearing photosof Sushant Singh Rajput as a part of the campaignseeing justice for the late actor.

8I HAD A TERRIBLE EDUCATION. I ATTENDED A

SCHOOL FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBEDTEACHERS.

WOODY ALLEN

PROSPERITY IS A GREAT TEACHER; ADVERSITYA GREATER.

WILLIAM HAZLITT

Wild and unabashedly outrageous, a little far outin its brazen attempt to exploit the voter’s sen-timent as son of the soil, the BJP’s improbable

“Justice for Sushant” campaign, launched ahead of theelections to the Bihar legislative Assembly, invites themedia today to a spot of introspection. The media isguilty of according the death of Bollywood actorSushant Singh Rajput too much priority. To this end, ithas blithely allowed itself to play into the hands of po-litical lobbies that quickly converted the coverage into arunning skirmish between the ruling party at the Centreand the Opposition-led Maharashtra government. Hun-gry for TRPs, the media remained oblivious. Rigour, duediligence and facts were tossed to the winds in the courseof a media trial, masquerading as an investigation.As floods raged through Bihar, alongside Coronavirusand recession, the big media invisibilised the sufferingsof the poor and the marginalised. The post-truth mediawas shy of putting governments on the mat. The socialmedia fostered echo chambers; cancel culture, andtrolling and real life stalking of ones with uncomfortableviews. But the cardinal sin committed by the media wastrying to reverse-engineer the tastes of its audience andin so doing it underestimated it, badly. The masses areintelligent. They do not enjoy an exact overlap with theclasses to which the journalist aspires to belong likeevery other middle class citizen. But they vote out gov-ernments. They have sections that are semi-literate andthey also comprise minds that are not influential but arefar more educated than the journalist themselves. Themasses may be entertained by melodrama and kitsch butthey know how to distinguish between news and enter-tainment. Sometimes, they knowingly opt for the latter.At other times, they do so in the former’s absence. Butto perpetrate their particulate frauds, journalists were en-couraged to buy into the toxic middle class culture of mi-sogyny, shame, fear and fascination of “drugs” and var-ious “nobler than thou” tribalisms that coexist as cogni-tive dissonances, indeed neuroses, in people’s psychesand milk them no end. It was surprising how the jour-nalist of a television channel kept steering the conversa-tion away to the topic of drugs even after RheaChakraborty dropped repeated clear hints about SushantSingh being stressed out about the possibility of a“#MeToo-type allegation” prior to his death.Chakraborty has just been interrogated by the CBI andthis adds to her statements new weight. It is also sur-prising how large sections of the media gave zero cur-rency to the possibility that Sushant Singh’s death mighthave been the result of a suicide.

‘Justice for Sushant’holds mirror to media

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Editorial

Literature & HealthGene test can predict risk of

medications causing liver injuryScientists who were working on a

way to determine the viability ofbatches of tiny liver organoids have

discovered a testing method that mayhave far broader implications. They dis-covered a gene test that can possibly pre-dict the risk of medications that cause liv-er injury. Their study published in thejournal Nature Medicine reports identify-ing a "polygenic risk score" that showswhen a drug, be it an approved medica-tion or an experimental one, poses a riskof drug-induced liver injury (DILI).

The work was conducted by a con-sortium of scientists from CincinnatiChildren's, Tokyo Medical and DentalUniversity, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. inJapan, and several other research centresin Japan, Europe and the US. The find-ings take a large step toward solving aproblem that has frustrated drug develop-ers for years.

"So far we have had no reliable wayof determining in advance whether amedication that usually works well inmost people might cause liver injuryamong a few," says Jorge Bezerra, MD,Director, Division of Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition at CincinnatiChildren's. "That has caused a number ofpromising medications to fail during clin-ical trials, and in rare cases, also cancause serious injury from approved med-ications. If we could predict which indi-viduals would be most at-risk, we couldprescribe more medications with moreconfidence," says Bezerra, who was notinvolved with the study. Now that reliabletest might be just around the corner. "Our

genetic score will potentially benefit peo-ple directly as a consumer diagnostic-likeapplication, such as 23andMe and others.People could take the genetic test andknow their risk of developing DILI," sayscorresponding author Takanori Takebe,MD, an organoid expert at CincinnatiChildren's who has been studying ways togrow liver "buds" for large-scale use inresearch. The team developed the riskscore by re-analysing hundreds ofgenome-wide association studies(GWAS) that had identified a long list ofgene variants that might indicate a likeli-hood of a poor reaction in the liver to var-ious compounds. By combining the dataand applying several mathematicalweighting methods, the team found a for-mula that appears to work.

- The risk score takes more than20,000 gene variants into account.

- The team confirmed the score's pre-diction power in cell culture, in organoidtissue and by using patient genomic dataalready on file.

Anoted scholar and ex-pert on Asian affairshas raised concerns

over the gross human rightsviolations in Xinjiang and Ti-bet as he alleges that China'sCommunity regime embez-zles the COVID-19 crisis tomuzzle the voice of dissents.

Dr Burzine Waghmar,Staff of SOAS University ofLondon was interacting withTsering Passang, ConvenerGlobal Alliance for Tibet andPersecuted Minorities on the9th Black Day Anniversary ofChen Quanguo's appointmentto the mastermind of Tibetanatrocities and Uyghur geno-cide.

On August 28, a protestoutside the United Nationsoffice in London was held tomark the anniversary of theappointment of party secre-tary, Chen Quanguo, on hisfour years completion as par-ty secretary in XinjiangUyghur Autonomous Regionfrom 2016 to 2020.

And before that, from2011 to 2016 he was a partysecretary of the Tibet Au-tonomous Region. "We allknow what he has done in Ti-bet and what he has been do-ing in east Turkistan," saidTsering. Xinjiang or EastTurkistan as it is known to itsindigenous inhabitants, the

Uyghurs, is on China's West-ernmost front which borderseight countries. The home to12 million Uyghurs and otherethnic minorities, Xinjiang isstrategically significant forthe politburo and ChineseCommunist Party.

"Not just Uyghur as a lan-guage, but any and everytrace of Islamic identity iscrushed in order to robotical-ly reprogram them as HanChinese citizens. And thesechildren have been dislocat-ed, removed, forcibly takenfrom their parents and theirfathers are practically dead or

disappeared for all we knowand their mothers have practi-cally become a concubine forHan Chinese man", said Dr.Burzine.

He added, "It is no exag-geration, there is nothing sen-sationalist or melodramatic inpointing that out. It reallymust be driven home. It is notxenophobic to point that outas well. I need to point thatout too because it is all verywell to say that the world isout to get China during thecurrent COVID-19 crisis andthat we have seen outbreaksof xenophobia which in itself

are regrettable and must bechallenged. True, but thatought not to be an excuse forcondoning what the Chinesehave been doing pre-COVID-19 too. So, xenophobia sim-ply does not explain the ac-tions of the Communist par-ty's murderous regime, im-plementation policies acrossXinjiang, and Tibet."

Dr Burzine said, "Thehundred-plus odd nationali-ties or ethnic minorities thatare part of the PRC (People'sRepublic of China), withinwhich we have Uyghurs andTibetans are all considered

well by Marxist, Leninist,evolutionary social thinkingas lesser citizens. Now, thisisn't given, regardless of whatleftist progressive like to pa-rade and the Maoist thoughtin this case, taking a cue fromMarxist Leninism, that all cit-izens are equal and that werun an egalitarian society,well anything but that be-cause according to the Maoistand Chinese communist par-ty, the Han Chinese individ-ual is first amongst equals asthe citizens of the PRC. Hematters and not just that he isthe default category of whatan ideal Chinese citizenought to be and that Tibetans,Uyghurs among other minori-ties, who are shall we say lesscivilised ethno-socially, cul-turally and politically oughtto emulate. Within that con-text, lies the politics of exclu-sivism. We cannot deny that",said the scholar.

When asked about forcedorgan harvesting of Uyghur,Dr. Burzine, "Hair and bodysamples have been found tak-en from Uyghur too which iswhy I brought in the Nazi fac-tor that Nazi's used to takehair samples from Jews inAuschwitz, Treblinka, andother death camps and collectthem for making wigs andbody fats were taken from

Jews and other decedents toproduce soap. So my analogywith Nazis is neither blaringnor erroneous. I do back upwhat I say. Because this iswhat the CCP is doing inXinxiang too with Uyghurbody parts".

It is estimated that around1 million Uyghurs have beenforcibly detained by the Chi-nese government in a wide-spread network of prison-likefacilities.

Chinese authorities callthe detention camps "voca-tional training centres" andsay their detention efforts areaimed at combating terrorismand extremism, but the evi-dent repression of Uyghurshas been condemned interna-tionally.

"The PRC has hijackedthe global war on terrorwhich is an otherwise entire-ly serious genuine trans-na-tional operation since Octo-ber 2001 and operation en-during freedom which was toget to Al-Qaeda, which hascreated murder and Mayhemand Afghanistan was just astate and a name but al Qaedastaging posts for terror but theChinese have jumped on tothat Bandwagon and decidedto eliminate any oppositionbut particularly targeting theUyghurs.

China targeting peoplein Xinjiang and Tibet

Picture this mood setter:It's a cool April eveningon the banks of the East

Lake in Wuhan. The year is2018, some months after atesting standoff in Doklam,Bhutan, between Indian andChinese troops. NarendraModi and Xi Jinping are lis-tening to the dulcet notes ofancient Chinese string instru-ments and flutes playing asweet Bollywood hit of yes-teryear.

By the time the music setsthe mood, the two leadershave taken a stroll by the EastLake without their official del-egations in tow, have sat in ahouseboat, without their dele-gations, partaken of Chinesetea, teased only by the gentlelakeside breezes. The song the

Chinese musicians are playingwith elegance, plucking pear-shaped lutes, zithers, blowingmelodiously on Chineseflutes, is a carefully chosenKishore Kumar-Asha Bhonsleduet which goes

Mil jaye is tarahdo lehrein jis tarahphir na hona judahan yeh vaada rahanIt is a song where two

lovers pledge never to sepa-rate.

This song helped definethe so-called “Wuhan Spirit”.Later the following year, inMamallapuram (or Mahabs,as it is locally known) nearChennai, in another informalsummit setting, which is tosay, without the rigidity of of-ficial positions, Xi was to tell

the media, looking as pleasedas a fat Chinese cat that hadjust tasted its favourite cream,that he had “heart to heart dis-cussions” with Modiji on bi-lateral matters. This heart toheart moment was branded byspinmeisters as the “ChennaiConnect”. What the formalcommunications were toclaim later, after both thesemutually rewarding meetings,where each leader much betterunderstood the other’s strate-gic perspectives on a range ofissues, reveal as much as theyconceal. But Modiji was to de-clare with much satisfaction:“The first informal summitbetween India and China lastyear in Wuhan led to fresh sta-bility in our relations and gavea fresh momentum. Strategic

communication between ourtwo countries has also in-creased. The Wuhan summitinstilled a new momentumand trust in our relations andtoday’s ‘Chennai Connect’ isthe start of a new era in India-China relations.”

Significantly, Xi Jinpingsaid that such informal sum-mits have helped “initiate dis-cussions on many issues” andhe was happy that Modi hadmooted the idea. So we knowwhose idea it was, these one-on-ones to better understandthe other. That the Chinese re-sponded, and that after 18meetings between Modiji andXi Jinping, the comfort of“strategic communication”has entered the lexicon ofdiplomacy.

Wuhan and the garden of false expectations

The active ingredientsfound in sunscreenhave detrimental effects

on freshwater ecosystems, ac-cording to new research byUniversity of Alberta biolo-gists,

Results of the researchwere published in the journalScience of the Total Environ-ment. The results show thatlong-term exposure to ultravi-olet (UV) filters--includingavobenzone, oxybenzone,and octocrylene--is lethal forsome organisms living infreshwater environments.One of the largest sources ofUV-filter contamination inboth marine and freshwaterenvironments is from sun-

screen leaching off of the skinwhile swimming. "We doknow that UV-filters are par-ticularly devastating to coralreefs and cause bleaching, butthere has been almost no re-search on what the effects areto freshwater animals," ex-plained Aaron Boyd, a gradu-ate student in the Departmentof Biological Sciences and

lead author on the paper. "Toaddress this, we examined theeffects of UV-filters in thewater flea, Daphnia magna."

The results show that ex-posure to UV-filters over a48-hour period prevented thefleas from navigating throughtheir environment. Exposureover a 14-day period--similarto what might occur near pop-

ular beach areas--provedlethal for the tiny crustaceans.

"This is particularly badfor a freshwater ecosystem asa whole, as Daphnia are animportant part of the foodchain for many smallerspecies of fish," added Boyd,who completed this researchin collaboration with graduatestudent Connor Stewart, un-der the supervision of Assis-tant Professor TamzinBlewett and Professor KeithTierney. "Losing a Daphniapopulation would put all ofthe species that rely on themat risk of starvation, and incertain conditions couldcause the local ecosystem tocollapse."

Ingredients in sunscreen can damagefreshwater ecosystems: Researchers

'Weighty wits!' What's the use of learning,Ahead?If it can't help in earningBreadWho can erase fate's

writings,On forehead?If at first, the spark of igniting,Initiative dreads When evil thoughts pop up in mind,Incessantly or beyond rescind,Mortal turns all blunt and unkindWhile head's empty, anything creepsHow can one think of purging it deep?If already filled with non sense heapsWhence one can oft make,Pure feelings emanate ?Unless dross in head's drained awayAnd a firm grip on nerves swaysThrough weighty wits all

the way.

POEMS

Dr. Ashwani Kumar

By : Ashwani Sharma, PrincipalGov't Degree College

DhanetaDist. Hamirpur, H.P.

Probiotic supplements,when taken alongside acalorie-controlled diet,

may help children and adoles-cents with obesity lose weight,according to new research.The study, being presented ate-ECE 2020, found that obesechildren who were put on acalorie-restricted diet and giv-en probiotics Bifidobacteriumbreve BR03 and Bifidobacteri-um breve B632, lost moreweight and had improved in-sulin sensitivity comparedwith children on a diet only.

These findings suggestthat probiotic supplements anda calorie-controlled diet mayhelp manage obesity in theyounger population and re-duce future health risks, suchas heart disease and diabetes.Obesity is a global health con-cern and can lead to a numberof life-threatening conditions,such as diabetes and heart dis-ease. Treatment and preven-tion is a serious public healthchallenge, especially in chil-dren and adolescents. Bifi-dobacteria are a group of pro-biotic bacteria that are part ofthe natural gut microbiomeand help with preventing in-fection from other bacteria,such as E.coli, and digestion ofcarbohydrates and dietaryfiber. During digestion, they

release chemicals called short-chain fatty acids, which playan important role in gut healthand controlling hunger. Lownumbers of Bifodobacteriamay impair digestion, affectfood intake and energy expen-diture, leading to body weightgain and obesity. Previousstudies suggested that probiot-ic supplementation with Bifi-dobacteria could help restorethe composition of the gut mi-crobiome, which may aidweight loss and could be a po-tential approach for obesitymanagement. However, cur-rent research uses mixtures ofdifferent strains of probioticsand does not examine the ef-fects of administering Bifi-dobacteria alone. Dr Flavia

Prodam and her team at theUniversity of Piemonte Orien-tale aimed to assess the impactof Bifidobacteria probiotictreatment in children and ado-lescents with obesity on a con-trolled diet, on weight loss,and gut microbiota composi-tion. 100 obese children andadolescents (6-18 years) wereput on a calorie-controlled dietand randomly given eitherprobiotics Bifidobacteriumbreve BR03 and Bifidobacteri-um breve B632, or a placebofor 8 weeks. Clinical, bio-chemical, and stool sampleanalyses were carried out todetermine the effect of probi-otic supplementation onweight gain, gut microbiota,and metabolism.

Probiotic supplements plus controlleddiet may manage childhood obesity

ohtak/ Hissar : In preparation for the festive season, Amazon India has announced the expansion of its sort centre network. RThe 5 new sort centres will be launched in Vishakhapatnam,

Farukhnagar, Bangalore, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Apart from these new buildings, Amazon India will also expand8existing sort centres to increase its overall sortation area to more than 2.2 million square feet, across 19 states. With this expansion, Amazon Indiawill strengthen its delivery speed and connectivity forcustomers and sellers, ahead of the festive season. Sort centres are central to Amazon’s logistics network and help sort and deliver goods to Amazon delivery stations across the country. The Sort Centers sort customer packages before they are shipped to delivery stations. The sortation happens based on the location and mode of transportation of the package to customers. Amazon India uses technology and automation such as Sort Slides and Auto Sorters in its sortation network. Sort Slides allow fast manual sortation of packages and Auto Sorters are completely automated machines that perform end-to-end sorting of packages. This automated and expanded network helps increase the speed of transporting packages for customers and sellers in the country. “Wherever they are, customers trust Amazon for fast, reliable and safe delivery of products. By expanding and investing in the Sort Centre network, we are positioned to ensure continued customer and seller delight, ahead of the upcoming festive season. This expansion will create hundreds of opportunities for individuals and ancillary industries especially during this time when economic growth is a priority for the country.”

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SHIMLA: The world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand realme today, launched its much-anticipated 7 series smartphone in realme 7 and realme 7 Pro variants. It features leading-edge cameras and fastest charging technology in the price segment. Both realme 7 and realme 7 Pro are the first to have passed the TÜV Rheinland Smartphone Reliability Verification, containing 23 major and 72 minor tests, and covering many common usage scenarios. Adding to the excitement of tech-lifestyle enthusiasts, realme also introduced their all-new range of personal category products such as the realme M1 Sonic Electric Toothbrush, realme AdventurerLuggage and fashionable realme Tote Bag.

Realme 7 series smartphone priced from INR 14,999

umbai: Disney Channel is all set to treat its young viewers and families with an all new DIY show ‘Imagine That’, starting September 6th 2020. MHelmed by every child’s favourite art mentor and friend Rob, the show

brings imagination alive through DIY with upcycling as the key theme. One of the pioneering faces of DIY art, Rob promises to take the Imagine That experience to a whole new level for young fans and their families. The show will focus on a child’s

natural creative palette through experiential initiatives, all centred around repurposing. The show will see Rob engage with children as their mentor and friend who encourages their imaginative minds through fun and innovative DIY. It aims at inspiring the young ones to create top quality art out of materials that are usually discarded at home. Be it robots from bottle caps, monsters from egg shells, gorillas from kitchen cutlery, fish out of cables and other home e-waste; ‘Imagine That’ will focus on upcycling everyday items and much more. “A child’s mind is filled with curiosity and imagination and with Imagine That, we are encouraging kids to push the boundaries of their creativity. The show, will take DIY a step further by making innovative and fun artsy products out of simple and easily available day-to-

day things. I personally believe that imagination and creativity together can make a change the world we live in and this show will help kids and their families have lots of fun with DIY while understanding the process of repurposing”, said Rob.

FanCode launches online sports fan merchandising store - ‘FanCode Shop’

Invesco Mutual Fund unveils Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund

Disney channel brings popular artist rob for ‘imagine that’

CHANDIGARH – FanCode, India’s first multi-sport aggregator platform by Dream Sports, has launched ‘FanCode Shop’, an online sports fan merchandising store, that will provide easy access to a range of authentic and affordable fan gear of leading sports brands. The FanCode Shop has kicked-off with official licensed merchandise of India’s biggest homegrown sports brands - the 6 IPL teams - Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, and Kings XI Punjab. The FanCode Shop will offer a wide array of fan merchandise that includes official match jerseys, t-shirts, jackets, joggers, caps, masks, phone covers, coasters, keychains, wristbands and much more. The fan gear will cover a wide variety of ranges, designs and styles, creating something for every type of fan to proudly flaunt their fandom. FanCode Shop will use technology to innovate and deliver rapid turnaround times in both the creation and distribution of fan gear, ensuring that fans will have the latest, most topical designs of their favourite sports brands and teams. Fans can explore and buy official merchandise of their favourite IPL team on www.shop.fancode.com.

HANDIGARH: On the occasion of World EV Day, Tata Motors today announced the launch of C‘NEXON EV 3D Commerce’, an immersive

visualization of its entire Nexon EV range on its website. Powered by Eccentric Engine’s One 3D platform,it is a first of its kind experience providing customers with a detailed and holistic purchase experience that saves time and effort.In light of the ongoing pandemic, Tata Motors has taken the lead in ensuring customer safety and enhancing their purchase experience by introducing this initiative to provide an immersive experience of the product while boosting the morale of prospective buyers. The Nexon EV 3D Commerce is a 360° virtual experiencewhich allows customers to explore colors, variants, features, and accessories of the Nexon EV in great detail. This will be the first automotive E-Commerce experience with 3D at its core, right from the Home Page. Speaking on the launch,Mr. Ramesh Dorairajan, Head – Sales, Marketing and Customer Care, Electric Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “We are constantly looking at ways and means of improving customer experience and engagement. The current pandemic hasurged businesses to change their approachand adapt in accordance with the new normal.

handigarh : Invesco Mutual Fund announces the launch of its newfund Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund, (an open-Cendedequity schemeinvesting in maximum 20 stocks across

market capitalization (i.e. Multicap)). Invesco India Focused 20 Equity Fund seeks to generate capital appreciation by investing in upto 20 stocks with a flexibility to move across the market capitalization range. The fund will adopt a high conviction approach to investing with meaningful allocation to each stock idea yet maintaining a balance between conviction and diversification.Currently, a large portion of the portfolio will be invested in large-cap stocks (approx. between 50% - 70%), exposure to midcap stocks will be in the range of 30% to 50%,whileexposure to small-cap stocks will be in therange0 – 20% of the portfolio(based on current views and may change from time to time). Further, the portfolio will comprise of both growth and value stocks. The fund will be benchmarked to S&P BSE 500 TRI. The fund will be managed by Mr. Taher Badshah, who has over 26 years of experience in the Indian equity markets. Speaking at the launch, Mr. Saurabh Nanavati, Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Mutual Fundsaid“If you analyze the data you will find a handful of stocks have contributed to most of the returns at different points in time. Further, there is also huge divergence in returns across and within the sectors which lays emphasis on the right stock selection.Our investment expertise and research prowessenables us to identify the right investment ideas with the potential of generating wealth and helping investors get closer to their financial objectives.” “Over the last 12 years, our thorough research, risk management processes and comprehensive in-house coverage of Indian equities have enabled us to deliver strong and consistent returns across our equity strategies.

urugram: Skill Faculty of Management & Research Study of SVSU organized an International Webinar on GNew Education Policy 2020: Emphasising on Skill

Education with the world-renowned personalities. The evening was dazzling with the gracious presence of Padma Bushan Prof. Jagdish Sheth the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of

Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University, Sh. J a y a n t S h a h , P r e s i d e n t o f A c a d e m y o f Indian Marketing, Mr. Raj Nehru

Vice-Chancellor SVSU & MD, HSDM, Prof. R. S. Rathore, Registrar, SVSU along with the other faculties and students. Approx. 200 educationists, Industry members participated across the country. The Chief Guest of the evening Dr. Sheth spoke about the education policies of developed countries like the USA, the UK, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, etc, and emphasized the importance of Skill education.

Amazon India Expands its Sort Centre Network ahead of The Festive Season

Benelli Launches Exclusive Dealership in ChandigarhCHANDIGARH:Benelli, a leading worldwide manufacturer of premium bikes and Adishwar Auto Ride India - Mahavir Group, launched its 30th exclusive showroom in Industrial Area Phase 1 Chandigarh. The showroom showcases the newly launched BS6 Imperiale 400, under the dealership of 'Atharva Autospace'. The Imperiale 400 is a Retro-Classic motorcycle inspired by the Moto-Bi range produced by the Italian superbike brand in the 1950s. The Imperiale 400 was recently launched in India with prices starting from Rs. 1.99 Lakhs (Ex-showroom). Customers can book the Imperiale 400 with a minimum amount of Rs. 6000. Bookings can be done at the Benelli-Chandigarh showroom and online by logging onto - india.benelli.comThe Imperiale 400 is offered in three colour options - Red, Black and Silver.The Imperiale 400 is offered with a 3-year Unlimited Kilometre Warranty and 2-Year complimentary service as standard.

HANDIGARH: India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT),today Cannounced the launch of the Sonicision™ Curved Jaw

Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System, which is a next generation ultrasonic dissection device that delivers the combined benefits of enhanced precision to surgeons with convenience and safety in the operating room. “Overcoming healthcare’s biggest challenges has

been the driving force b e h i n d t h e development of our energy products for more than 50 years. Sonicision is a new age technology which is designed to enhance mobility in

the operating room and enable a safer surgery.” said Madan Krishnan, vice president, India Medtronic Pvt Ltd and Minimally Invasive Therapies Group APAC. “Medtronic is committed to developing smart products and procedural solutions in the area of surgical innovation to improve clinical outcomes.”Sonicision Curved Jaw Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System is indicated for soft tissue incisions when bleeding control and minimal thermal injury are desired. The device canbe used as an adjunct to or substitute for electrosurgery, lasers, steel scalpels in general, plastic, paediatric, gynaecologic, urologic, exposure to orthopedic structures (such as spine and joint space),and other open and endoscopic procedures.

handigarh: A first of its kind screening app for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) - ‘First Screen’ has been developed by Orkids Foundation. The foundation provides Cremedial intervention to children with special education needs, especially those with

Specific Learning Disabilities. Orkids is the largest chain of multidisciplinary clinics in India and operates in the Chandigarh, Haryana & Punjab regions as well. Founder of Orkids Foundation, Dr. Geet Oberoi said, “The app aims at early identification of children who may

be at the risk of developing SLD (Specific learning disabilities). It also allows for early intervention well before the formal age of diagnosis at 8years. It’s a free android app, available in both languages, Hindi and English.” ‘First Screen’ app covers nine major domains; reading & spelling, written expression, oral language, motor skills, attention, social skills, mathematics, executive functions, and memory. The app includes a test of 90 scoring items with 3-point answers; yes, maybe, no/NA. It takes 20-25 minutes to complete the test after which visual feedback (as opposed to text) is given with possible recommendations for the future. And for accuracy purposes, the test must be filled by a parent or a teacher who has known the child for at least 6

months. Dr. Geet Oberoi underlined, “The Guidelines for Assessment of various Disabilities under the ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ Act 2016, notification ‘Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment’ (MSJE) mentions a screening test for children to be used at 8 years, class 3 to aid identification of children with SLD.

Orkids Foundation develops ‘First Screen’ app for screening learning disabilities among kids

himla: With the monsoon rains bringing cheer all around, it is Simperative for us to not let our

guard down. We must keep an eye on what we eat in this season. There is a need to maintain good immunity as many microbes are hyper-active during this time andit is an optimum conditions for germs to thrive. People need to hence focus on consuming proteinaceous foods that will boost the immunity. Chicken being a staple diet in India, the healthy additions it provides like minerals and vitamins helps in strengthening the immunity and it is advisable to include this thrice a week.It can be consumed in boiled, steamed, and fully-cooked form to have a balanced diet Nutritionist Ms.Muthu lakshmi, Founder, Nutrizone says, “People in India always have a taste for chicken legs and we tend to consume more of it not realizing the nutritional value it holds. During the monsoon, it is always best to keep a check on our health and increase our diet to keep the immunity on a high.

Eat chicken thrice a week for boosting immunity,

says Suguna foods

Shri Vishwakarma Skill University is conducting exam of terminal year students from 17th September 2020

Nihar Shanti Pathshala Funwala honors hardwork of teachers

udhaina :Nihar Shanti Pathshala Funwala honor the hard work of our teachers as they Ladapted to a challenging world of teaching

from home, particularly during the pandemic. Through a very real yet fun digital film, the brand aims to convey a heartfelt message to all those childhood heroes - thank you teachers for learning, so that the country's future can keep learning. Nihar Shanti Pathshala Funwala has successfully trained 50,000 teachers to help improve English education during the lockdown. These teachers have been instrumental in providing uninterrupted education to children in rural India while the schools remained closed. It is this dedication of teachers to learn in order to teach effectively that Nihar Shanti Amla aims to honour and thank. Speaking about this campaign, Koshy George, Chief Marketing Officer, Marico Limited said, "Nihar Shanti Pathshala Funwala has always been committed towards improving the quality of children's education.

TATA Motors Launches NEXON EV 3D Commerce

HANDIGARH/ Patiala: In the face of the current challenging times, farmers across the country have Ccontinued to work relentlessly. Their behind-the-scene

hardworkhas ensured that millions of consumers continue to receive food every day across the country. As part of its continued

efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, PepsiCo India today announced i t s commitment to provide hygiene kits to the farmer community in Channo village of Sangrur district in Punjab. Ensuring the well-being and safety of farmers who have been braving the challenging times head-on, hygiene kits

being distributed will include both masks and sanitisers- both being essential in the fight against Covid-19. Pratap Bose,Agro Director, PepsiCo India, said, “We at PepsiCo India are grateful to all our farmer friends who have been working tirelessly and risking COVID-19 to ensure food being available on our tables.

Arvind's brand ARROW ties up with Hrithik RoshanChandigarh / Ludhiana: ARROW, the American menswear brand from Arvind Fashions Limited, announced fashion icon and super star Hrithik Roshan as brand ambassador & kicked off its campaign 'On Top of the World' featuring the actor. This announcement comes ahead of the brand's big city expansion plans & launch of 25 new 'New York' styled fashion stores. ARROW Brand Ambassador, Hrithik Roshan, said, "I consider style to be an extension of one's personality. Suiting up with ARROW, adds a touch of the brand ethos to my appearance. Its seasoned adaptability to fashion trends since 1851 and decades of consumer trust, have me proud to endorse ARROW." The brand is opening another 20 new stores in the coming festive season. Speaking on the expansion plans, Shailesh Chaturvedi, Managing Director and CEO, PVH brands at Arvind (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein & ARROW), said, "With our emphasis on glamorizing ARROW brand further with this powerful campaign, we are seeing a large growth opportunity in big metro cities.

Metronics Unveils New Innovation for Surgery

Eating Almonds May Help Improve Heart and Nervous System’s

handigarh: Mental stress is among the psychosocial factors thought to ccontribute to cardiovascular disease

(CVD) risk. Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of the fluctuation in time intervals between consecutive heartbeats, is an important indicator of the cardiovascular system’s response to stress and it is thought that lifestyle factors including physical activity and diet might impact HRV. Higher HRV represents greater adaptability of the heart in response to environmental and psychological challenges, while low HRV is linked to cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death. As part of a recent clinical trial, researchers at King’s College London measured HRV in participants undergoing a mental stress challenge and saw improved measures of HRV in participants who had been replacing typical snacks with almonds over a six-week period. The study was funded by the Almond Board of California. This new research finding was part of the ATTIS study, a 6-week randomized control, parallel-arm trial, where participants with above average cardiovascular disease risk consumed a daily snack.

PepsiCo India Provides Hygiene Kits to Thousands of Farmers in Punjab

Micro ATM is a gamechanger in India - RapiPay

handigarh : RapiPay, India’s fastest-growing fintech company that uses a Cfranchised retail network to provide

Banking Business Correspondents (BCs) services to customers has recently launched Micro ATMs (mATMs) pan India. The company, which is the Fintech subsidiary of Capital India Finance Limited (CIFL), firmly believes that for ATM cash withdrawals, Micro ATMs are a game changer for Indian consumers, especially the marginalized population located in Tier 2, 3 towns and rural India. Moreover, RapiPay’s BC model plays a strong role in building an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ by providing self-employment opportunities to Lakhs of Indian retailers. On the launch of this new service, Mr. Yogendra Kashyap, MD & CEO, RapiPay said, “We are delighted to share that our Micro ATMs have received a tremendous response from the market and we have been able to install over 25,000 devices within a month of its launch.

hile most of us are introduced to the plant food as a staple in WThai food and a popular

element in cocktails, health benefits of lemongrass and it has been used in India for many years for medicinal purposes and is also an Ayurvedic favourite. While the common misconception is only to have lemongrass when you dine in a Thai restaurant or when you are into rapid weight loss, may find it surprising to know that the plant is beneficial in relieving stress, promotes sound slumbers while also boosting immunity.1. DIGESTION ACTION"Lemongrass has been used in Chinese medicine since ancient times to treat occurs when your body feels weak or tired body. So what are you waiting for? Get stomach related discomforts like periodically due to the lack of healthy red that teapot rolling! constipation, bloating or indigestion," blood cells which carry enough supply of 3. WEIGHT LOSS POTIONinforms Garima. The plant has a cooling oxygen to the all body's tissues," says You will commonly find lemongrass tea is element which helps to soothe the irritated Garima. Some studies have shown positive used as a detox tea to kick-start your stomach while keeping your digestive effects of lemongrass tea in boosting the metabolism and help you lose weight. If functions in check. "The primary process of erythropoiesis (production of you are wondering if this super-component in lemongrass is called citral red blood cells in the body). "This effect of ingredient can make for a great weight-which aids the process of digestion," she lemongrass is possibly due to the presence loss partner, the answer is yes! adds. It is best to serve lemongrass as an of nutrients like folic acid, copper, Lemongrass stimulates the metabolism ingredient in hot beverages after meals for thiamine, iron, zinc, etc.) as it also has rate of the body, thus promoting you to it to work the best. Research has also antioxidant and pharmacological lose weight. "Moreover, it also acts as a shown that the oil extracted from properties as well," she says. In research natural diuretic (these are the lemongrass helps to relax the muscles. done by Medical News, the study suggests compounds that helps you get rid of the 2. BYE-BYE ANEMIA that drinking lemongrass tea infusions excessive fluids of water retention and Anaemia is a condition that develops when daily for 30 days can increase bloating ) which stimulates weight loss your blood lacks enough healthy red blood haemoglobin concentration, packed cell and puts you one step closer to you desired cells or haemoglobin. "This condition volume, and red blood cell count in the weight goal!" explains Garima.

Why you need to include lemongrass in your dietKarnal's Ebro India gets certification

KARNAL, SEPT 8 (SHIV KUMAR SHARMA): the most desirable workplaces, for their behavior Ebro India, known for its great culture, has again and environment friendliness. How is trust received certification of 'Great Place to Work'. measured in the world and successful This initiative accepts the best places to work in companies? Trust is measured through two more than sixty countries around the world. pillars of analysis. On one hand, the employee Considerable achievement, especially since its survey (Trust Index a survey) examines the inception, Ebro India has developed all good culture of the organization through its employees' systems and policies to create a great culture in answers, which focuses on the five dimensions the company. The notable point is that Ebro India that employees have in their vision. And on the has been gaining recognition in various other hand, the work environment is measured categories since 2018 as Great Place to Work through an investigation of its culture (Culture Institute. It has been certified in 2018 and ranked Audit) conducted through nine areas of practice 11th among mid-size organizations and defined in the leader's vision. recognized as India's best in 2019. Every year, Vision of employees: He told that employees more than consider 10,000 organization organizations as a great from 60 place to work. different Trust those for countries have whom they been analyzed work. and evaluated Experience for the Great what they do, Place to Work Work with the Institute to people with achieve whom they workplace certification in manufacturing. The work, Trust is the cornerstone of an excellent Great Place Institute for Work Place is a global work environment. This arises through the research, advisory, and training unit that helps credibility of the owners, the respect with which organizations identify, create and maintain employees feel they have been treated, and the excellent places to work through the justice with which they expect to be treated. The development of high trust cultures. This degree of pride in the organization and the level information was given by the company's of true connection and camaraderie that management officer Yashpal Singh. He pointed employees feel are essential components. From out that the list of certified institutions has been a leadership point of view, a great place to work prepared based on the assumption that is one, where leaders achieve the goals of the employees have HR practices and policies organizations. Get people to give their best, implemented in their respective companies and Work as a team and family, all in an environment organizations through a survey that conducts in of trust.

handigarh, Union Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal will inaugurate blood donation Ccamps to be held in nine places across the tricity on

September 10 the mark the 57th birthday anniversary of BJP supremo Sanjay Tandon. These blood donation camps will be organized in collaboration with various blood banks namely PGI, GMCH-32, Rotary Blood Bank, Civil Hospitals based at Panchkula and Mohali and few local NGOs. The camps which would be inaugurated through webinar by Piyush Goyal in the presence of BJP's national spokesperson for economic affairs Gopal Krishna Agarwal also features a talk on 'Atma-nirbharr Bharat' which will be broadcast at all the venues. This is the biggest event marked by nine blood donation camps during the corona pandemic in recent times in which organizers are targeting to collect more than one thousand units. In a press release, the organizer Sanjay Tandon told that camps are being organised at Zakir Hall & Blood Bank, PGI, Blood Bank Center, GMCH 32, Rotary Blood Bank, Sector 37, Community Center, Sector 43 , Shiva Manas Mandir, Industrial Area - Ph 2, two locations of Dispensary at Mauli Jagran, Competent Synergy, Mohali and Stan Professionals, Mohali . The organisers have requested that only blood donors arrive at the venue, keeping social distancing in mind. Along with certificates & mementoes, Sanjay Tandon will also be presenting sanitizers and masks to fight against the Corona.

Piyush Goyal to inaugurate blood donation camps

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GLAMOURGLAMOURAYUSHMANN hails Berlin Film Festival's announcement to keep

awards gender-neutralctor Ayushmann Khurrana on Monday lauded the Berlin Film Festival's decision to keep its performance awards gender-Aneutral from next year. "I, wholeheartedly, laud the Berlin Film

Festival's decision to award gender-neutral recognitions and I hope all film festivals across the world and India follow suit. We are all actors at the end of the day and gender divisions only highlight the long prevalent divisive nature of societies," he said. "Thus, it is important that gender-neutral awards should become the norm when it comes to adjudicating the best work in a year," Khurrana added. Khurrana feels films and film-stars can do their bit constantly to have such relevant conversations in a bid to achieve gender parity in society. "Gender divisions are too deep-rooted and the film industry can really do their bit to champion change. Gendered awards, according to me, are totally outdated and should be scrapped," the 'Vicky Donor' actor said. He went on to plead to all award fun ctions in India to take the inevitable

trend seriously. "I seriously hope all award functions in India take a step in the right direction and do what is the most obvious thing towards having a more progressive society. For me, good performances are good performances and they should be seen without the gender lens," he said. The world-renowned Berlin Film Festival had earlier last month

decided that its performance awards will be gender-

neutral for next year's edition.The festival said

that instead of bestowing the best male actor and the best female actor, they will bestow the best leading performer.

fter premiering on online video streaming platform Disney+ Hotstar, actor Sushant ASingh Rajput's last film 'Dil Bechara' has

released in theatres of New Zealand and Fiji. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Instagram to share the exclusive information about the film's release. "Xclusiv: After its premiere on #DisneyPlusHotstar, #DilBechara has released in *theatres* in #NewZealand and #Fiji... Despite tough competition from #Tenet + releasing in limited screens/shows, #DilBechara has done FANTASTIC," he wrote. Adarsh also shared that film raked in a total of New Zealand Dollars 48,436 in New Zealand and Fijian Dollar 33, 864. The film became a blockbuster hit in India soon after its release with both critics and fans pouring love over Rajput's last film.

Sushant last film

released in New Zealand, Fiji theatres

'Dil Bechara'

Sonam pays tribute to on her birth anniversary

Neerjactor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja who for me, and I couldn't have been The Ram Madhvani-directorial was portrayed the character of more thrilled to have honoured her produced by Fox Star Studios and Acourageous flight attendant legacy in my own way," she wrote in Bling Unplugged. The film hit the big

Neerja Bhanot in 'Neerja' on Monday the caption. screens on February 19, 2016.paid tribute to the iconic flight "Every time I talk about Neerja, I just Besides Sonam Kapoor, 'Neerja' also attendant. Sonam took to Instagram go on and on, and rightfully so-- for starred Shabana Azmi, Jim Sarbh, to share a few pictures of the late her story till date, continues to inspire Shekhar Ravjiani and Yogendra Tiku flight attendant who lost her life millions around the world! in pivotal roles.while saving passengers of a #NeerjaBhanot The film narrated the real story of hijacked flight. #HappyBirthdayNeerja," she Neerja, an Indian flight attendant for The 35-year-old actor added. The movie 'Neerja' received the airline Pan American World complimented the post with a note several awards, including two Airways who gave her life saving the about Neerja Bhanot. National Film Awards and six lives of 360 passengers on Pan Am "Celebrating Neerja's courage, Filmfare Awards. Sonam received a Flight 73, which was hijacked by charm, and outlandish love for life-- Special Mention for her role in the terrorists during a stopover in on her birth anniversary. Playing biopic at the 64th National Film Karachi, Pakistan, on September 5, her was a life-altering experience Awards. 1986.

Urmila gets nostalgic as clocks 25 years 'Rangeela'

elebrating the actor as she penned the lyrics of behatarin safar par mere silver jubilee of her the title song. Urmila also posted saath..jo ab tak jaari hain.mere C1995 romantic- some gorgeous throwback dil ki gaharaiyon se aap sabka

drama, actor Urmila pictures from the song as she bas shukriya dhanyavaad Matondkar got nostalgic dances on the upbeat number. In thanks.ek chhote ghar ki bade and penned a note as the close- sapanon vaali ladaki ka saath she felt humbled and up dene ke lie." Added Matondkar as grateful. She she extended thanks to her fans extended thanks to and the movie lovers. Her tweet all the movie roughly translates to: "And all of lovers for lending you went with me on a long support to 'a and wonderful journey ... girl with big which continues till now. dreams who Thank you all, thanks from belonged to the depths of my heart. a small Thank you to support a girl

house.' with big dreams who "Chal belonged from a small house.

mere # 25yearsofRangeela sang #Grateful #humbled."sang. Written, directed and produced lele by Ram Gopal Varma -

picduniya 'Rangeela' featured Matondkar, tures, the ke rang Jackie Shroff and Aamir Khan in 'Chamatkar' actor looks .ho ja the lead roles. The film also stunning as she sports a colourful rangeel marks A. R. Rahman's debut cap, with her curly luscious locks a re," Hindi film with an original score are left to open the air. "Aur aap tweeted the and soundtrack.sab chale..ek lambe aur 46-year-old

Aur aap sab chale..ek lambe aur behatarin safar par mere saath..jo ab tak

jaari hain.mere dil ki gaharaiyon se aap sabka bas shukriya dhanyavaad thanks.ek chhote ghar ki

bade sapanon vaali ladaki ka saath dene ke lie.

Choose happiness over everything else: Preity Zinta pens her thoughts

xuding positive vibes, actor Preity Zinta on Tuesday advised fans to 'choose happiness Eover everything else.'

As her 'Tuesday Thought', the 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' actor wrote on Twitter, "One positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.""Choose happiness over everything else. #TuesdayThoughts #DailyInspiration #BePositive #Ting," added Zinta.Zinta has been quite active on social media and has been updating fans on her quarantine activities by posting pictures and videos. Earlier, on the occasion of Teacher's Day, Preity Zinta recalled the influence of late dance master Saroj Khan, stating that she was her "strongest critic" and posted an adorable throwback picture with her.

Aarav wants to be away from the limelight: Akshay

ollywood star Akshay Kumar says his son Aarav wants to have a life away from the Bmedia glare and create his own identity.

Aarav was born to Kumar and actor-author Twinkle Khanna in 2002. The couple are also parents to seven-year-old daughter, Nitara."My son is very different. He just doesn't want to tell anyone that he's my son. He wants to be away from the limelight. He wants to have his own identity.

That's what the whole thing and I understand it. So, I let him be the way he wants to (sic)," Kumar told host Bear Grylls in the upcoming episode of Discovery's

"Into the Wild with Bear Grylls". The actor, who will next be seen in horror comedy "Laxmmi Bomb", said he has tried to inculcate his father's values in his son. "He's (my father was) the only influence I have in my life and I've followed all his rules and all his things that he has taught me. And I hope my son gets that," Kumar added. The much-anticipated episode of the adventure show will premiere on September 11 on Discovery Plus app at 8 pm and on September 14 at 8 pm across 12 Discovery channels.

Russia records 5,099 COVID-19 cases in past24 hoursMOSCOW: Russia has registered 5,099 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours (5,185yesterday), which brings the cumulative total to 1,035,789, the country's coronavirusresponse centre said on Tuesday. "Over the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed5,099 COVID-19 cases in 83 regions, of which 1,184 (23.2 per cent) have been de-tected actively, with people showing no clinical symptoms," the response centre saidin a statement, adding that the total count has reached 1,035,789. Moscow recorded695 cases, St. Petersburg registered 210 cases, and the Rostov region confirmed147 new cases. No new cases were recorded in the Chukotka Autonomous Regionand the Nenets Autonomous Region. In the past 24 hours, Russia recorded 122COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 17,993, and 6,772 recoveries, taking thetotal to 850,049.

Fitch lowers India FY21 GDP forecast to minus 10.5 per centAGENCYMUMBAI, SEP 8

Fitch Ratings has sharply loweredits forecast for India's grossdomestic product (GDP) growthfor the current fiscal year (FY21)and expects it to contract by 10.5per cent as compared to its earlierestimate of 5 per cent contraction.

Multiple challenges areholding back the recovery both inthe short and medium-term, itsaid in its latest Global EconomicOutlook. New cases of thecoronavirus continue to increase,forcing some states and union

territories to re-tightenrestrictions, though theselocalised containment measuresare generally less stringent thanin March and April. "Thecontinued spread of the virus andthe imposition of sporadicshutdowns across the countrydepress sentiment and disrupteconomic activity," said Fitch.The severe fall in activity has alsodamaged household andcorporate incomes and balancesheets amid limited fiscalsupport. A looming deteriorationin asset quality in the financialsector will hold back credit

provision amid weak bank capitalbuffers. Besides, said Fitch, highinflation has added strains tohousehold income. Supply-chaindisruptions and excise dutiesincreases have caused prices torise. "However, we expect

inflation to slow amid weakunderlying demand, an easing insupply-chain disruptions and agood monsoon."

Fitch said the GDP shouldrebound strongly in Q3 2020amid a re-opening of theeconomy but there are signs thatthe recovery has been sluggishand uneven. The PMI balanceshave bounced back but theyimply that the level of activity isstill well below its pre-pandemiclevel in Q3. Still-depressedlevels of imports, two-wheelersales and capital goodsproduction indicate a muted

recovery in domestic spending. InQ2, India recorded one of thesharpest GDP contractions in theworld. GDP shrank a staggering24 per cent year-on-year -- almostdouble Fitch's expectationembedded in the June GlobalEconomic Outlook -- amid theimposition of one of the moststringent global nationwidelockdowns. All demandcomponents except governmentconsumption fell massively in thequarter. Private consumption lostmore than 27 per cent quarter-on-quarter while investmentslumped by 43 per cent.

Equity indices fall amid geopoliticaltensions, metal stocks drag

AGENCYMUMBAI, SEP 8

Equity benchmark indicesclosed in the negative terrainon Tuesday as investorsadopted a guarded stance dueto escalating geopoliticaltensions. Incidents of firingwere reported overnight onthe Line of Actual Control ineastern Ladakh sector whereIndian and Chinese troopshave been engaged in astand-off for over threemonths. Several marketexperts also said thatconcerns over stock marketsrunning ahead of economicrealities have led investors toadopt a cautious approach. Atthe closing bell, the BSE

S&P Sensex was down by 52points or 0.14 per cent at38,365 while the Nifty 50was down by 38 points or0.33 per cent at 11,317.Except for Nifty IT whichgained by 1.2 per cent, allsectoral indices at theNational Stock Exchangewere in the red with Niftymetal cracking by 3 per cent,pharma and PSU bank by 1.6

per cent each and realty by1.7 per cent. Among stocks,Bharti Infratel dropped by8.1 per cent to Rs 212.20 pershare while Bharti Airtelslipped by 3.5 per cent. Metalmajors Hindalco and TataSteel were down by 3.9 percent and 3.8 per centrespectively while TataMotors skidded by 4.4 percent.

GIC Re reports Q1 net loss ofRs 497 cr as premiums declineGIC Re reports Q1 net loss of

Rs 497 cr as premiums declineMUMBAI, SEP 8

Government-owned GeneralInsurance Corporation ofIndia (GIC Re) has reported aconsolidated net loss of Rs497 crore in the first quarterof the current financial year asagainst a net profit of Rs 192crore in Q1 FY20. It saidthere has been a reduction inbusiness partially due tostrategic reduction of riskacceptance and partially dueto the reduction of overall

direct premium in India. Thecompany reported a pre-taxloss of Rs 783 crore in Q1FY21 as against a pre-taxprofit of Rs 159 crore in Q1FY20. "The global scenariofor the insurance industry hasshown weak trends due to

Covid-19 situation. GIC Re,however, expects to see arebound in business duringthe rest of the year," it said ina statement. Consolidatedgross premium income of thecompany was Rs 15,983 crorein the quarter ended June ascompared to Rs 21,110 crorein the same period of lastfiscal year. Investmentincome of the group was Rs1,178 crore as against to Rs1,413 crore reported in thesame period.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GDP should reboundstrongly in Q3 2020 amid are-opening of the economybut there are signs that therecovery has been sluggish

and uneven

Rupee settles 25 paise lower at 73.63MUMBAI: The rupeedepreciated 25 paise andsettled at 73.63(provisional) against the USdollar on Tuesday amid risein demand for the Americancurrency from banks andimporters. At the interbankforex market, the rupeestarted off on a tepid note at73.63 and finally closed at73.60 against thegreenback, down 25 paiseover its previous close. Thelocal unit traded in a rangeof 73.37 and 73.64 per US

dollar during the session.On Monday, the rupee hadsettled at 73.35 against theUS dollar. Meanwhile, thedollar index, which gaugesthe greenback's strengthagainst a basket of sixcurrencies, rose 0.43 percent to 93.11. On thedomestic equity marketfront, the 30-share BSEbenchmark Sensex wastrading 174.22 pointshigher at 38,591.45, and thebroader NSE Nifty rose38.05 points to 11,393.10.

Californiawildfires spread

over record 2million acres

CALIFORNIA, SEP 8

Wildfires in California havecovered more than 2 millionacres this year, according tothe California Department ofForestry and Fire Protection(Cal Fire), setting a record fora single fire season. "Thisyear, wildfires have nowburned over 2 million acres.There have been 8 fatalitiesand more than 3,300 structuresdestroyed," Cal Fire said in aMonday update, adding that"Much of California iscurrently under a Red FlagWarning for strong, gustywinds and low humidity."According to Cal Fire, morethan 14,100 firefighters arenow battling blazes acrossCalifornia. Daniel Swain, aclimate scientist at theUniversity of California, LosAngeles (UCLA), says thisyear's wildfire season inCalifornia has set a newrecord. "Incredibly, thisslipped in 'under the radar' dueto the more acute short-termwildfire crisis: 2020 has noweclipsed 2018 for the mostacres burned in California.

Samsung wins USD 6.6 billioncontract from Verizon to create 5GNEW YORK: Samsung Electronics Co.will develop 5G network infrastructurefor Verizon Communications under aUSD 6.65 billion deal announcedMonday. The contract runs through2025, according to a Samsungcorporate filing. Samsung and Verizonhave worked together before. In 2018,for example, Samsung technology wasbehind a 5G home service that Verizonoffered to some customers in California,Texas and Indiana.

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Chelsea's EthanAmpadu joinsSheffield United onseason-long loanLONDON: Chelsea on Tuesday an-nounced that Ethan Ampadu hasjoined Sheffield United on a season-long loan."Ethan Ampadu will continue his de-velopment in the Premier Leaguewith Sheffield United after joiningthe Blades on a season-long loan,"Chelsea said in a statement.Sheffield United manager ChrisWilder is delighted with the additionof "outstanding young player" Am-padu to the squad."Ethan is an outstanding youngplayer for Chelsea, and we'veworked really hard to get his signa-ture for the season," Sheffield Unit-ed's official website quoted Wilderas saying."We need to thank Frank Lampardand the people at Chelsea for help-ing making this happen. We've got agood relationship with them andthey know we're going to take goodcare of him," he added.Ampadu had spent last season withthe German club RB Leipzig.

Chris Lynn joinsMumbai Indianssquad in Abu DhabiABU DHABI: Australia's openingbatsman Chris Lynn on Tuesdayjoined the Mumbai Indians squad inAbu Dhabi ahead of the upcomingIndian Premier League (IPL) 2020.Australia's James Pattinson andNew Zealand's Trent Boult hadjoined the Mumbai Indians lineuplast week. Pattinson was named asa replacement for Lasith Malinga asthe Sri Lankan pacer will be missingthe tournament due to personal rea-sons."Chris Lynn arrived at Abu Dhabi inthe morning today. Trent Boult andJames Pattinson had joined theteam last week," Mumbai Indianssaid in an official statement.Lynn will now be confined to his ho-tel room for six days as he under-goes quarantine as a precautionarymeasure against the coronavirus. Ifthe Australian batsman returns withthree negative COVID tests in thistime frame, he will join his team-mates in training ahead of the tour-nament. All players and team per-sonnel are required to undergo asix-day quarantine period after land-ing in the UAE and everyone needsto be tested for COVID-19 thrice.Once, they all test negative forCOVID-19, the players can starttraining in the UAE with their team-mates. Lynn has made his way toAbu Dhabi from Trinidad and Toba-go as he represented St Kitts andNevis Patriots in the Caribbean Pre-mier League (CPL). His side failedto reach the semi-finals of the tour-nament and Lynn had a poor run ofform with the bat. The opener man-aged to score just 138 runs fromnine matches.

Kylian Mbappe testspositive for coronaNEW DELHI: Paris Saint-Germain(PSG) and French footballer, KylianMbappe, has tested positive forcoronavirus. As a result, the playerwill miss France's clash againstCroatia in the ongoing NationsLeague.French Team took to Twitter andwrote: "Kylian Mbappe will miss thegame against Croatia. His COVID-19 test - carried out by UEFA thismorning - was positive, and he wasisolated from the rest of the squad."France are scheduled to take onCroatia on Wednesday. Last week,PSG had confirmed three new coro-navirus cases which took the totalnumber of cases in the club to sixas they had already announcedthree cases before that. "The latesttests for PCR SarsCoV2 carried outon the Paris Saint-Germain firstteam confirmed three new positivecases. The players are following theappropriate health measures," theclub had said in a statement.

We must do everythingto keep Boxing DayTest at the MCG: WarneMELBOURNE: Spin legend ShaneWarne has urged Cricket Australiato keep the iconic MCG as the ven-ue for the Boxing Day Test againstIndia later this year despite growingCOVID-19 cases in the state of Vic-toria. The governing body is set toannounce the schedule for India'stour of Australia this week which willinclude four Tests and there arefears that the Melbourne CricketGround (MCG) may lose the BoxingDay Test. "Cricket is the 2nd biggestsport in the world behindsoccer(fact) & the biggest day onthe Aust sporting calendar is theBoxing Day test. We must try & doeverything possible to keep it at theMCG this year. FYI- The Melb Cup& the AFL GF are the next biggestevents in Aust !," Warne wrote.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

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Sastre pens one year deal with Hyderabad FCAGENCYHYDERABAD, SEPT 8

Hyderabad FC have confirmed thesigning of Spanish midfielder LluisSastre as they continue to strengthentheir squad ahead of the upcomingseason of the Indian Super League.The 34-year-old former LaLigamedio joins from Cypriot side AEKLarnaca and has penned a one-yeardeal till the end of the 2020-21 sea-son.

"I am very happy and excited tobe able to play for Hyderabad FC inthis season of the ISL. I have heard alot of good things and I am alreadylooking forward to starting trainingand meeting my teammates and thecoach and working towards ourgoals," said Sastre who becomes the

third new foreign signing for the sea-son after Joao Victor and Joel Chi-anese.

Hyderabad FC Head CoachManolo Marquez has followed Sas-tre's career closely, and is confidentabout the qualities he will bring in tothe squad. "He's a central midfielderwith a lot of quality, and likes to ar-rive in the rival box too. Technically,he is a fantastic player and has playedfor FC Barcelona's B team.

"He has always been an importantplayer in all the teams that he hasplayed for. We expect not just goodfootball from Lluis, but experienceand leadership will also be some ofthe things that he will bring to HFC,"said Marquez.

A product of the famed La Masiaacademy, Sastre featured for FC

Barcelona's youth teams including atwo-year stint with FC Barcelona B(2005-07). His impressive perform-ances in the Segunda B saw him be-ing signed by Real Zaragoza fromwhere he joined SD Huesca on loaninitially before making a permanentmove after a promotion clinching sea-son. He spent the next four years innorth-east Spain before moving toLaLiga side Real Valladolid in 2012.

Following a three-year spell withValladolid, he moved to Leganes(2015-17), helping them to a promo-tion to LaLiga, before achieving thesame feat in his second spell withHuesca (2016-19). He made his firstoverseas move in 2018-19 when hejoined Cypriot side AEK Larnacahelping them to a runner-up finish inhis first season.

AGENCYDUBAI, SEPT 8

Ahead of the upcoming edition ofthe Indian Premier League (IPL),Delhi Capitals pacer Kagiso Rabadahas said that the team wants to be themost consistent in this edition of thetournament.

The IPL 2020 is scheduled to beplayed in the UAE from September19 till November 10 in the UAEacross three venues -- Dubai, AbuDhabi, and Sharjah.

Delhi Capitals had made it to theplayoffs in the 2019 edition underthe leadership of Shreyas Iyer andthe side would now be hoping to gotwo steps ahead to win their maidenIPL title.

"We had a really good season in2019, so I know that we can chal-lenge and win this competition be-cause we came really close last sea-son, so mentally I guess that helps.But also, it is a new tournament sowe have to start again and we've gota nice group put together, niceteam," Rabada said in an official re-lease issued by Delhi Capitals.

"We have to start again and startthe whole process, so hopefully wecan get off to a good start but win atthe end of the season -- we want tobe the most consistent team and winat times when we really, really needto win," he added.

Rabada had picked up 25 wick-ets in just 12 matches in the 2019edition of the tournament and he isnow back training for Delhi Capitalsafter completing his six days of iso-lation. "It feels good to be running inand to be with some teammates aswell. It is of course some old team-mates and some new ones," he saidpost his first nets session with thefranchise this season.

Delhi Capitals wants tobe the most consistentteam this IPL: Rabada AGENCY

MELBOURNE, SEP 8

Flamboyant Indian batsman YuvrajSingh, who retired last year, is eyeing astint in the Big Bash League and CricketAustralia is trying to help him find ateam, a media report has said.

No Indian player has ever featured inthe BBL as the country's cricket board(BCCI) doesn't allow active players totake part in overseas league.

The 38-year-old Yuvraj had retiredfrom international and domestic cricketlast year, clearing the decks to ply histrade in foreign leagues across the globe.

According to a report in 'SydneyMorning Herald', Yuvraj's manager Ja-

son Warne of W Sports & Media hasconfirmed that Cricket Australia was try-

ing to find a franchise that would be in-terested in the former Indian all-rounder.

"We're working with CA to try tofind him a home," Warne said on Mon-day.

Yuvraj, the 2011 World Cup playerof the tournament, last played for Indiain 2017. The left-handed batsman hasscored 8701 runs in 304 ODIs, besidestaking 111 wickets for India. He has alsoplayed 40 Tests and 58 T20Is for thecountry. However, as per the report, "in-terest in Yuvraj from BBL clubs had beenmodest to date." Australian Cricketers'Association president Shane Watson,who plays for the Chennai Super Kingsin the IPL, feels inclusion of Indian play-ers to BBL would be "incredible".

Yuvraj Singh eyeing a stint in BBL,CA trying to find a club for him

AGENCYMELBOURNE: Melbourne Stars onTuesday announced the signing of pacerBilly Stanlake from Adelaide Strikersahead of the upcoming season of the BigBash League (BBL). This agreement willalso see Stars' pace bowler Daniel Wor-rall move to the Strikers in return.

Stanlake has played 39 BBL match-es so far, managing to take 34 wickets inthe competition. The 25-year-old has

been part of Australia's ODI and T20 in-ternational squads in recent years and iscurrently in UAE with his Indian PremierLeague side, SunRisers Hyderabad.

"The Melbourne Stars have been avery successful club for a long time inthe BBL. While they haven't lifted thetrophy yet, they have been a serious con-tender almost every season and I hope Ican contribute to taking that final step,"Stanlake said in an official release issued

by Melbourne Stars."I'm looking forward to meeting up

with the guys later in the year and gettingstuck into what I'm sure will be a slight-ly different campaign to normal but it'llbe great to get underway," he added.

Melbourne Stars head coach DavidHussey said that Stanlake will bring adifferent dimension to the bowling unit and the side would get morebalanced.

Billy Stanlake signs withMelbourne Stars ahead of BBL

AGENCYNEW YORK, SEPT 8

Serena Williams, VictoriaAzarenka, and TsvetanaPironkova on Tuesday scriptedhistory by becoming the firsttrio of mothers ever to reach thequarterfinals of the same GrandSlam.

Williams, Azarenka, andPironkova have each bookedtheir spots in the quarterfinalsof the ongoing US Open.

"For the first time in GrandSlam history, three moms areinto the quarterfinal. 1. SerenaWilliams 2. Victoria Azarenka3. Tsvetana Pironkova," USOpen tweeted.

In another tweet, US Openwrote: "dare we say this is the...mother of Grand Slams?"

There were nine mothers inthe draw when the tournamentgot underway on August31.

Williams on Mondaycruised into the quarter-fi-nals of the US Open aftersecuring a win over MariaSakkari. She had registereda 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 victoryover No.15 seed to advancein the competition.

It took Serena twohours 29 minutes to securea last-eight matchupagainst fellow mom,Pironkova. Also, this wasWilliams' 100th win onArthur Ashe and a 53rdGrand Slam quarter.

Pironkova, playing inher first WTA event in overthree years, had defeatedAlize Cornet to progress in

the tournament. Azarenkacompleted the history-mak-ing trio with a fourth-roundwin over Karolina Mucho-va.

Only three moms haveever won a Slam in theOpen era: Kim Clijsters,Evonne Goolagong andMargaret Court. If any oneof them manages to winthis year's US Open title,she will get her name addedinto the list.

Williams, who is 38years old, is the oldestamong the aforementioned quarterfi-nalists. Azarenka andPironkova are 31 and 32years old respectively.

US OPEN: Three momsstorm into quarterfinals

Bopanna-Shapovalov fail to advanceto men's doubles semi-final

NEW YORK: Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian part-ner Denis Shapovalov on Tuesday failed to secure a semi-final spot in theUS Open after losing to the Dutch-Romanian duo of Jean-Julien Rojer andHoria Tecau.

In the men's doubles quarterfinals, Rojer and Tecau secured a 5-7, 5-7win against the Indian-Canadian pair to advance in the competition.

Rojer and Tecau will now compete against Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares.The Croatian-Brazilian team had defeated Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski,last week's Western & Southern Open finalists, 6-2, 7-6(4) on Monday in thequarter-finals. It is the first time they have reached a Grand Slam semi-finalas a team. Earlier, Bopanna-Shapovalov had defeated German pair KevinKrawietz and Andreas Mies in the second-round clash. After losing the firstset, Bopanna and Shapovalov had made a comeback and clinched the nexttwo sets and won the game by 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

AGENCYDUBAI, SEPT 8

Anil Kumble, the head coach ofKings XI Punjab (KXIP), onTuesday said that the side boughtGlenn Maxwell in order to givethe line-up a much-needed im-pact player in the middle.

The 2020 edition of the IPLwill be played in the UAE fromSeptember 19 till November 10across three venues -- Dubai,Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.

In the players' auction whichwas held in December 2019,Maxwell was bought by KXIPfor INR 10.75 crore. The side hadalso increased depth in theirbowling ranks after acquiringWindies pacer Sheldon Cottrellfor INR 8.5 crore.

"In the players' auction weaddressed that we needed an im-pact player and that is why webought Glenn Maxwell. He canfield and bat, he is a gun fielderas well. The other part was thatwe needed a fast bowler who canbowl at the death that is why welooked at Sheldon Cottrell. Over-all we are satisfied with the squadwe have. In the end, it's aboutkeeping the things simple,"Kumble replied to an ANI in-quiry during a virtual interaction.

Kings XI Punjab will be ledby KL Rahul this year, and Kum-ble is well aware of the qualitiesof the Karnataka-born batsmanhaving seen him from childhood.

Talking about KL Rahul'sleadership, Kumble said: "Know-ing KL and some of the playersfrom the past really helps. I haveseen KL from his childhood. Sofar he has been brilliant, he

knows the players better than me,he has been with the franchise fortwo years, he is very relaxed, hehas been in the scene for a whilenow, he understands the nuancesof the game, so all of that put to-gether it really helps, I am happywith the start we have had, I amlooking forward to the IPL underhis leadership." Kumble alsogave his take on MS Dhoni play-ing the IPL 2020 after announc-ing his retirement from interna-tional cricket. The former Indiacoach said that the wicket-keeperbatsman would be highly moti-vated to do well for Chennai Su-per Kings (CSK). "I don't under-stand what is the meaning of ex-tra motivation. I am sure Dhoni ismotivated that is why he is here.Knowing MS, he will obviouslygive his 100 percent, even when Iplayed IPL's second season, I hadretired, the last two seasons Iplayed in IPL, I was retired. I amsure MS will be as motivated.

Bought Maxwell as weneeded an impact playerin the middle: Kumble

Knowing KLand some ofthe players

from the past reallyhelps. I have seen KLfrom his childhood.So far he has beenbrilliant, he knowsthe players betterthan me, he has beenwith the franchise fortwo years, he is veryrelaxed, he has beenin the scene.

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