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army doctor, TahawwurHussain Rana has been re-arrested by the US in LosAngeles on request of theIndian authorities. Rana(59)linked to Pakistan's spyagency ISI, was recently re-leased from jail when hewas found suffering fromCOVID-19 infection. OnJune 10, Rana, a co-accusedwith another ISI operativeDavid Coleman Headley,was picked up by the policein LA, re-arrested and sentto jail. ��

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BJP legislator OmprakashSaklecha has tested posi-tive for coronavirus afterCongress MLA KunalChoudhary. It has rattled many lead-ers in the party becauseSaklecha took part in Ra-jya Sabha elections on Fri-day. Earlier to polls for UpperHouse, Saklecha attendeda dinner at BJP office.There are chances thatthe disease will spread be-cause he was seen withoutmask during the BJP leg-islative party meeting.Saklecha’s wife also testedpositive for the disease.Saklecha and his wifewere admitted in ChirayuHospital in the state capi-tal. A little later, BJP legis-lators visited JP Hospitaland underwent a test.Legislators YashpalSingh Sisodia, DileepSingh Makwana, DevilalDhakad and others whocame in contact with Sak-lecha went through themedical test for the dis-ease. During the legislativeparty meeting, MLA Ra-jendra Pandey was sittingbeside Saklecha. Ramesh-war Sharma, Vishwash

Sarang and ArvindBhadauria were sitting infront of him.On the day of RS elec-tions and before that, Sak-lecha was seen with chiefminister Shivraj SinghChouhan, union ministerNarendra Singh Tomar,Prakash Javadekar andmany other leaders.According to sources,some prominent leaderswill undergo medical tests,because Saklecha waswith them.A large number of politi-cal events are taking placein the state. Although twolegislators tested positivefor the disease, there is nobar on such functions. Itmay pose hazard for publichealth.

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These are tough times andit's all about the mind. Na-tionwide lockdown due toPandemic COVID-19 hasnot only affected peoplephysically and economical-ly but mentally in a majorway. The impact of the dis-ease is so high that psychi-atrists are now gettingmore and more casescalled 'Coronaphobia'.This terminology 'coron-aphobia' has been derived

by experts to define thefeeling of emptiness, anxi-ety and fear in people ofbeing infected withCOVID-19.HoD of Psychiatry De-

partment in MahatmaGandhi Memorial MedicalCollege Dr Ram GhulamRazdan said, "The pandem-ic COVID-19 and the lock-down due to the same has

had an adverse effect onpeople as cases of depres-sion, anxiety and other is-sues are on the high. Weare also witnessing somepatients who are medicallyand physically fit but havea fear psychosis that theymight get afflicted by thedeadly virus."Sharing one of the cases,Dr Razdan said, "A 35-year-old man approached himwith the complaint of hav-ing COVID-19. However,his reports were negativeand he didn't have any oth-

er disease. But he kept onsaying that he had COVID-19 and will die if not treat-ed on time."The HoD counselled himbut he was continuouslysaying that he was Covid-hit and kept on seekingmedical care and was ask-ing for doctor's guaranteethat he was not COVID-in-fected. “After counselingthe patient, we was put onmedication for the sameand we told him to visitevery week for sessions,”he said. ��

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Madhya Pradesh is now13th most corona-infectedstate in the country, saidChief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan during ameeting to review COVID-19 situation in last 24 hourson Saturday. He said thatearlier, the state was posi-tioned at eighth spot.The CM said that with re-covery rate of 75.74%, thestate was behind Ra-jasthan with 77.68% recov-ery rate. He asked officersto focus on Javad city,which has reported a num-ber of cases. In Dewas, sev-eral staff of currencyprinting press had testedpositive. The state's tally on Satur-day evening stood at 11,772positive cases and 503deaths.

Corona claims 16-yr-old:The boy was undergoingtreatment in AIIMS aftersuffering a fracture in fe-mur on May 25. He was in-

fected during the course oftreatment. Meanwhile, theBhopal reported 48 positivecases taking its tally to 2,493 cases and 78 deaths.

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India on Saturday stronglyrejected China's claim ofsovereignty over GalwanValley in eastern Ladakh,asserting that attempts bythe Chinese side to "ad-vance exaggerated and un-tenable" claims are not at allacceptable.External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson Anurag Sri-vastava said China's claimover Galwan Valley was notin accordance with its ownposition in the past, notingthat attempts of transgres-sion by Chinese side wereinvariably met with appro-priate response from the In-dian troops.“The position with regardto the Galwan Valley areahas been historically clear.Attempts by the Chineseside to now advance exag-gerated and untenableclaims with regard to Lineof Actual Control (LAC)there are not acceptable.They are not in accordancewith China's own positionin the past,” he said. TheMEA spokesperson was re-sponding to a question onthe issue. The Galwan Val-ley was the site of the vio-lent clash between the twomilitaries on Mondayevening in which a Coloneland 19 other Indian Armysoldiers were killed. China'sPeople''s Liberation Armyhas not yet talked about thenumber of casualties it suf-fered during the cross-bor-der clash, the worst in 45years. ��

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Saturdaylaunched an employmentscheme with an outlay ofRs 50,000 crore for migrantworkers who returned totheir home states duringthe coronavirus-inducedlockdown.Launching the scheme,Modi said during the na-tionwide lockdown, the tal-ent from cities returned tovillages and it will nowgive a boost to developmentof rural areas.The 'Garib Kalyan RozgarAbhiyaan' will be imple-mented on a mission modein 125 days in 116 districtsof six states -- Bihar, Mad-hya Pradesh, UttarPradesh, Rajasthan, Jhark-hand and Odisha -- that re-ceived the maximum num-bers of migrant workersback.It will help expedite im-plementation of 25 publicinfrastructure works andthose related to augmenta-tion of livelihood opportu-nities.These 25 works are relat-ed to rural housing for thepoor, plantations, provi-sion of drinking waterthrough Jal Jeevan Mis-sion, and construction ofpanchayat bhavans, com-munity toilets, rural man-dis, rural roads, cattlesheds and anganwadi bha-vans, according to the Min-istry of Rural Develop-ment, which is the nodalministry for the project.

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The five-day state assemblymonsoon session will startfrom July 20 during whichthe state government willintroduce the budget. This will be the first ses-sion of the new BJP gov-ernment and also it will befirst session after the coro-na pandemic and nationallockdown. After the formation of thenew government in theleadership of chief minis-ter Shivraj Singh Chouhanfor the first time the sessionwill be held. On July 21, election ofspeaker and deputy speakerwill be done by the mem-bers. According to the sched-ule, on July 24 private busi-ness will be taken up in theassembly. The session willbe stormy as the Congresswill going to raise the issuesrelated to migrant labour-ers, farmers loan waivescheme and other corrup-tion occurred in last three tofour months. ��

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Amid the ongoing US-Chi-na trade war, Beijing ismaking its presence felt incountries like Nepal andBangladesh.Due to the trade war withthe US, China will increaseits foreign direct invest-ment (FDI) in Bangladeshthrough factory reloca-tions, especially in thegrowing export processingzones (EPZs), the Daily Starreported.According to experts,Bangladesh being a mem-ber of China's Belt RoadInitiative (BRI) might alsoprove to be a boon for thecountry amid the trade war.While Chinese policy-makers are tightening cap-ital flows to prevent a de-preciation of the yuan,Beijing's involvement invarious projects ofBangladesh has increasedover the years. After Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Dhaka in2016, the net FDI from China into Bangladesh in-creased to USD 506 million in 2017-18, whichwas only USD 68.5 millionin 2016-17.

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BHOPAL: Chief minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan appealed people toshun Chinese goods because of theIndo-China tension at Galwan val-ley in Ladakh. Chouhan said the Indian Army isdoing their duty, but is it necessaryto boycott Chinese products to break the back-

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These were confirmed by Chief Medicaland Health Officer.According to the bulletin released byCMHO, reports of total samples received tillSaturday night was 71,397 and total numberof samples tested positive are 4,329. As manyas 1,729 samples were tested negative on Fri-day “We have taken as many as 1,140 moresamples,” he added. As many as 947 patientsare undergoing treatment at various hospi-tals of the city. A total of 3,185 patients havebeen discharged so far.

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2 INDORE CITY A word from yoga experts todayINDORE: DAVV has organised webinar on June 21 to celebrate International Day of Yoga. DrMM Gore, who has been working in the field of yoga for last 34 years, will be the keynotespeaker. He will also receive the award for excellent service in the field of yoga. The secondkeynote speaker in the session will be Shriram Khelkar. He has an experience of working for 30years in the field of yoga. The webinar will be live from 7 am.

FREEPRESSSUNDAY | JUNE 21, 2020 | INDORE

OUR STAFF REPORTERIndore

A doctor was fined with Rs25,000 on Saturday by theIMC for throwing his clin-ic's waste in a public litterbin on a footpath outsideSGSITS College.According to IMC official,health officer Vivek Gan-grade was on his round inhis area when he found lit-ter falling out of a bin out-side SGSITS College. Thelitter consisted of dispensa-ry letter pad, medicinepackets etc, which shouldnot have been put in a pub-lic bin. Gangrade orderedchief sanitary inspectorAshish Kapse to investigatethe matter and it was foundthat the entire litter be-longed to Dr Malay Kumat,who runs a clinic in Yesh-want Niwas Road area. On the order of additionalcommissioner RajneeshKasera, the IMC team took

action against the doctorand called him on the spotand slapped a fine of Rs25,000 on him.The team also explained

to the doctor that litter binson the road are for publicuse and throwing garbageof a house or clinic is pro-hibited. They also advised

Dr Kumat to throw his dis-pensary litter in thegarbage collection vanwhich collects garbagedoor to door.

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Doc fined Rs 25K for throwingdispensary waste in public bin


Indore Municipal Corpo-ration on Saturdayslapped a penalty of Rs 20lakh on a road construc-tion company for damag-ing a sewage line whileconstructing a road thatresulted in sewage block-age in several adjoiningcolonies IMC commissioner, Prat-ibha Pal, said that IMChas given Landmark Cor-poration a contract to con-

struct a road fromGorakund Square toJairampur Bridge. Shesaid that soon after theroad construction startedthe IMC started receivingcomplaints of blockage ofsewage from surroundingcolonies. An IMC teamwas sent for inspectionand they found that whileconstructing the road the

company had damaged thesewage system of the area,which had been function-ing since the Holkar era. Commissioner Pal or-dered the company to re-pair the damaged sewerline at their own expenseand she also slapped fineof Rs 20 lakh on the com-pany for working negli-gently.

IMC SLAPS RS 20L PENALTY FORDAMAGING SEWAGE LINE

Company damaged line during road constructionWas functioning since Holkar era

Have been asked to dispose1.4L cases by June 30


A delegation of MP Tax LawBar Association and Commer-cial Tax Practitioners' Associa-tion met Commerical Tax com-missioner Raghvendra Singhand demanded extension of thelast date for disposing of theTime Bar Assessment Cases(TBAC) of FY 2017-18 from June30 to December 31.Ashwin Lakhotia president

MP Tax Law Bar Associationand Yeshwant Lobhane presi-dent Commercial Tax Practi-tioners' Association said thereare 1.4 lakh pending cases andit would be impossible to dis-pose of these cases in justeight days. They said that dueto coronavirus pandemic thecommercial tax departmenthad been closed and there wasno progress in these cases.Also, the tax consultants werebusy in filing GST Annual Re-turns GSTR-9A and 9C. TheTBACs are under the VAT Act,Central Sales Tax Act and En-try Tax Act.

Tax consultants demand moretime for disposing pending TBACs

STATUS OF CASES PENDING AT DIFFERENT LEVEL OF OFFICERSLEVEL OF NO. OF NO. OF PENDING OFFICERS OFFICERS CASES

Deputy Commissioner 13 2,300Assistant Commissioner 37 6,500Commercial Tax Officer 87 33,000Assistant Commercial Tax Officer 198 99,500TOTAL 1,41,300

Apollo docsoperate on kidunder govt'sRBSK scheme


Even as the governmentand most hospitals in thecity are fighting 24x7 to pre-vent the spread of coronavirus, a three-month-oldbaby with a rare congenitalheart disease was broughtto Apollo Hospital. On ar-rival, it was revealed thatshe had a rare cardiac dis-ease called ObstructedSupracardiac TAPVC,which needed immediatesurgery to save her.When the doctors realizedthat the huge expenseswere too much for the par-ents, the alert medical teamdid not waste time andswung into action to oper-ate on the child under gov-ernment's RBSK scheme.Following efficient med-ical care, the emergencysurgery happened on timeand the child is now com-pletely safe. It has been aproud moment for pedi-atric cardiac surgeon DrNishith Bhargava and histeam who performed thesurgery. The child was keptin ICU for three days anddischarged six days afterthe surgery.

Webinar on`Yogafor Everyone’


On International Yoga Day, a webi-nar themed 'Yoga for Everyone'will be organised by SVKM'sNarsee Monjee Institute of Man-agement Studies, Mukesh PatelTechnology Park, NH-3, Shirpur,District -Dhule, Maharashtra onJune 21 from 4 pm.The guest speakers includeSharad Munde from CaracasVenezuela, teacher of Indian Cul-ture (Yoga Ambassador), IndianCouncil for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Govt of India, Dr RS Gaud,(Director MPTP Campus), Dr Ash-wini Deshpande, (Associate Dean,SPTM). Rahul Dande (Chief Ac-countant & Administrator) will bethe convenor of the webinar. Pro-gramme coordinators will beSPTM Shirpur associate professorDr Shashikant B Bagade, MPTPCampus Yog Teacher BhalchandraNerpagar and SPTM Shirpur as-sistant professor Dr Ketan V Hat-ware. E-Certificates will be givento registered participants after re-ceipt of post-session feedback.

2 held for stabbing, robbingtwo persons in one night

Indore: City police on Satur-day arrested two persons forrobbing two people in Bangan-ga and Hira Nagar police sta-tion area on Thursday night. The accused have allegedly

confessed robbing many peo-ple in the city, and 10 mobilephones were recovered fromthem.Additional superintendent

of police Shashikant Kankanesaid that two unidentified mis-creants robbed a securityguard named ChandrapalSingh Choudhary of his walletafter injuring him. The ac-cused were on a white-coloured bike and they stabbedChandrapal twice and lootedhis wallet containing Rs 3000.Later, the accused reached inHira Nagar area and theyrobbed a person named SudhirSharma of Rs 8,000 and his mo-bile phone the same night. Act-ing on a tip-off, the police teamarrested Chetan Reel of Parde-shipura and Bhushan Sanoneof Lalgali area in Pardeshipu-

ra in connection with the tworobberies. Under sustained question-ing, the accused confessedtheir involvement in about adozen incidents. Two knivesand 10 mobile phones were re-covered from them. Policeclaimed that the accused alsorobbed ATM cards from manypeople. The accused werebooked in various police sta-tions for their involvement incriminal activities.


Standing in solidarity with thenation and as a mark of tributeand respect to the Galwan valleymartyrs, the Confederation ofReal Estate Developers' Associa-tion of India (Credai), the apexbody of the real estate sector, rep-resenting 20,000 developers panIndia, has urged its members notto depend on goods manufac-tured in China and encourageSwadeshi products.Elaborating further on the ini-tiative, Satish Magar, president,Credai (National), said, ''we appealto our member developers not todepend on Chinese goods and em-brace 'Swadeshi' or 'Made in India'way of life and business. Credairequests all the 250 allied indus-tries which are linked to the realestate sector to manufacture theseproducts locally especially theones which are currently beingimported from China and supportthe economy at large."

Following COVID, there hasbeen disruption in supply chainemanating from China which ledto delay in completion of projects.Local production and purchasewill lead to reduced procurementtime, minimal loss of productionhours and increased employmentopportunities. Most of the rawmaterials being used are alreadybeing manufactured by theMSME sectors in the country.Credai is ready to extend supportto the local manufacturers forproduction of materials whichare currently being imported andmake a shift from Videshi toSwadeshi. The sector already em-ploys more than 52 million work-force in the country and thismove will further multiply job op-portunities and give the requiredstimulus to the economy. Established in 1999, the Credai,is the apex body for private realestate developers in India, repre-senting over 20,000 developersacross 21 states and 220 city chap-ters across the country.

Go swadeshi, shun China:Credai to members


Under the Vande BharatMission, on Sunday an in-ternational flight will ar-rive from Kyrgyzstan.The Air-India Operatedflight will arrive fromBishkek, which houses a

high number of Indorestudents. Flight AI-1920will depart from FRU(Bishkek) for at 1.05 hoursand reach New Delhi at3.55 pm. After dropping passen-gers there, the flight (AI-1920) will depart fromNew Delhi at 4.55 pm for

the city and arrive here at6.25 pm. Finally after de-boarding the remainingpassengers here, the flight(now numbered AI-1438)will depart from the cityat 7.25 pm and reach NewDelhi at 8.55 pm.Aryama Sanyal, AirportDirector said, "We have

asked Air India to arrangeexpected arrival (ETA) at8 pm instead of 6.25 pm,the scheduled arrivaltime, so that domestic pas-sengers can follow the pro-tocol of social distancing.After their arrival, taketime to clear the termi-nal."

Evacuation flight from Kyrgyzstan to arrive today

THREE IN ONE TODAY: FATHER'S DAY, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA, WORLD MUSIC DAY

LOVING, BONDING WITH DADDY DEAR AS YEARS GO BYTINA KHATRI

Indore

Our pillar of strength that standsstrong in the toughest storm and yetbreaks apart with a tear in our eye isa brief understanding of a father forevery child. He might not be as ex-pressive as a mother, but his love canbe felt in every corner of the worldthrough his care and concern. Celebrating Father's Day today, i.e.June 21, the third Sunday of June, we

recognise this powerful bond andbring you heart warming real-life sto-ries. This year, June 21 is also Interna-tional Day of Yoga and World MusicDay. Both yoga and music have playedan essential role improving our bondwith our fathers and also helped inimproving our life experience inmany ways. Hence, some stories fromyogic sciences and music therapyhave been added as new colours to ourfather's day special this year.

For an army officer, his firstduty is always for the countryeven before fami-

ly. For Major GeneralOm Gulia it is no differ-ent. Yet, keeping upwith his duties as a sin-gle father, Gulia has seta unique example forevery man and father inthe country. In the words of Kanav,his 24-year-old son, "Fa-ther's Day is a very spe-cial day when it comesto the feeling of bondingwith the one who creat-ed a meaning of life forus since the time wewere on his arms play-ing with toys to the timewe become the shoulders to supporthim."He added that a father's bond isunique and grows in its own pace withlife. "Army is 'Service before Self' andfor every child born in Army family,we saw our father dressed in olive

green uniform adorned with stars onhis shoulders marching in rigid boots

leaving us home to takeover his first duty forthe country," Kanavsaid. From learning self-discipline, independ-ence to balance and pa-tience, he described hisfather as not only a sol-dier in the IndianArmy but a living ex-ample that walks andbreathes for the peoplewith commitment anddedication. Far away, yet alwaysnear is how Srishti,Gulia's daughtershared her experience.

"As a fauzi kid we learnt to do inde-pendent, be confident and caring be-cause most of the time my fatherwould be away from us on border linesserving his country. Thank you dadimmensely for being with me throughthick and thin!" she said.

PROTECTING THE COUNTRY & HIS LITTLE ONES ALONE: MAJOR GENERAL OM GULIA

CORONA WARRIORS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE

DAUGHTER

Daughters always stay as daddy'slittle girl, but as we progress inour lives, our daddy transforms

into more than a saviour. He not onlyrescues us, but guides us on our pathwith courage. Guiding his little girl to serve people asa corona warrior, cardiologist Dr Bharat

Rawat over-came his fearand inspiredher saying,"Ships mightbe safe at har-bour but that'snot what theyare meant for!" A daughterhelps a fathergrow in manyways; an exam-ple shared byDr Rawat, "Ihave now start-ed enjoying talk-ing to her aboutmy problems

which I used to discuss with my daddyearlier. She would listen to and counselme. Our best time is early morningwalks."Dr Kavya has been serving in Sri Au-robindo and helping patients deal withcorona blues since last three months now. Talking about his father KS Rawat,Rawat said, "I found myself in a newform of life when I returned fromNepal a couple of years back on mydad's 80th birthday and it has truly en-lightened me."

Making our own path leavingbehind all the tested ones isnever easy, but with a sup-

portive father standing behind you,it becomes less of a challenge. Such is the story of Yoga PranaVidya senior healer and trainerVishakha Karnani, who heads In-dore centre now. Born and broughtup in Kolkata, she should havestayed in her hometown and followedthe usual path.Her calling from yoga took her on adifferent path of travelling, explor-ing and changing the world withspiritual practises. "Through all myadventures, though it might havebeen difficult, my father (business-man Mahendra Kumar Karnani)never said No. He stood by my deci-sion even if it was not his way of do-ing things," Vishakha said.

Despite being opposites, her fa-ther's support and acceptance helpedher in spreading yoga practisesacross India. "Yoga is more than

pranayama and yoga asana, it is away to connect with the higher pow-er and seeking spiritual growth,"Vishakha said.

SUPPORTIVE FATHER’S HELP CHART NEW WAYS OF LIFE

MUSIC CONNECTS FATHERS TO CHILDREN FOREVER

Music has a power that can help people bond and heal.With this bond flowing in the family, Shevgaonkar'shave a unique tradition of father's passing on music les-sons to their children. Learned music from his father (late Digamber Shev-gaonkar), an engineer and teacher Harshad Shev-gaonkar passed on these lessons to his 22-year-old sonRuchir. He remembers fondly the music lessons with hisfather and now his son.

LOCKDOWN TALES: FORMING BONDS WITH HAIRCUTSDuring lockdown, many families have come together andunderstood each other in better ways. An essential changeseen is in father-child bonds. The biggest bar-rier seen in fa-ther-son commu-nication was bro-ken by haircutsand attempts tobe like. "Duringthe hot summerand rising infec-tions, my sons and I shaved off our head and somehow, ithelped us bond better," hotelier Zafar Shaikh said. "My sonis much better than I could ever imagine, he gave me ahaircut, which was better than a professional haircut, it issurprising," Kamal Kant, JEE mentor, said.

Major General Om Gulia with hisson Kanav and daughter Srishti

Cardiologist Dr BharatRawat with his daughter

Dr Kavya Rawat

Vishakha Karnani (extreme left) with her father (second from right) and her family

Harshad Shevgaonkar and his son Ruchir

Zafar Shaikh with his sons

HOSPITAL RUBBISHESALLEGATIONS

SAYS PATIENT, THEIREMPLOYEE, DIDN'T HAVEANY SYMPTOMS HENCE

ADMITTEDOUR STAFF REPORTER

Indore

Health Department has decidedto slap a showcause notice toAditya Hospital on Saturday forallegedly treating a COVID-19patient in the hospital despitebeing in the "Green" category.The hospital administrationallegedly admitted that it 'treat-ed' its accountant three daysago. One more employee wasalso infected. Unfortunately,when his sample reportsshowed positive, they shiftedhim (the accountant) to Au-robindo Hospital and he died onSaturday during treatment. Theother employee of Aditya Hos-pital who tested positive is alsobeing treated at Aurobindo Hos-pital.

ADITYA HOSP'S VERSION

Hospital administrator, Dr Jitendra Sethiya,said they didn't treat any COVID-19 patient in

the hospital and the allegations are baseless."Our accountant was admitted to the (Aditya) hos-pital following weakness. As he didn't have anysymptoms, we admitted him. Later, he had fever af-ter which we immediately shifted him to a 'yellow'category hospital and was later shifted to a 'Red' cat-egory hospital on being positive," Dr Sethiya said.He confirmed that the accountant succumbed tothe disease but rubbished all allegations.

We sent a rapid response team to the hospital to getsamples of the staff. We learnt that they had treated apositive patient due to which we are serving a showcause notice to them. Aditya Hospital will have to re-ply in three days stating why its license should not besuspended," health officer and in-charge of RRT DrAmit Malakar said. He added that the area where thepatient was treated has been sealed.

NURSING STAFF OF MTH PROTESTED AGAINST PPE KITS

Nursing staff of MTH Hospital on Saturdayprotested against the PPE kits and alleged that

the new kits were not appropriate. Staff alleged thatthe new kits are made of some plastic-like materialand are suffocating."Previous kits were good but new kits are suffocatingand are of some different material. Staff protestedagainst the same after which the hospital administra-tion changed it and provided fresh kits," President ofNurses Committee, Ramesh Jat, said.

'Green' Aditya gets rap for'treating' COVID case

INDORE CITY 3St Vincent Pallotti School gives ration to 70 auto driversINDORE: The principal of St Vincent Pallotti School and other staff distributed ration to 70 auto-rickshaw drivers in the presence ofHira Nagar PS staff on Saturday under the 'V-Care' drive run by the school for needy people. Police said that the school principal,father Shinsan Sabestian and other staff were present at the time of distribution. The police made the staff and auto-driversfollow the social distancing norms. Police also lend a helping hand in the distribution work. They have distributed 16 kg packets ofration to all the 70 auto drivers. The packet has wheat flour, pulses, salt, sugar and other essential items.

FREEPRESSSUNDAY | JUNE 21, 2020 | INDORE

FP NEWS SERVICEMhow

Gaikwad area, infamousfor fights over issues relat-ed to property, witnessed afresh clash between afarmer's family and listedgoons of Kishanganj po-lice station on Thursday. Amember of the family wascritically injured whilethree others also receivedinjuries. Kishanganj po-lice have registered a casefollowing which the ag-grieved family presentedthe matter before mediapersons on Saturday.

Shyam Patel, com-plainant, told media thathis nephew Pramod's leftleg has been so severelydamaged that he may notbe able to walk normallythroughout his life but as

on one hand, the case wasregistered under very sim-ple sections, on the other,the name of the main ac-cused was "axed" from theFIR.

Pramod who is undergo-ing treatment at a privatehospital in Pithampur saidaccused Verma hadforcibly occupied the landthree years back, and theyhad approached the courtand after got an order thepolice had helped them totake possession lastmonth. "The accused is soblatant that despite a courtorder, they are not lettingus till our land and wehave to live in fear,"Pramod said.

Kishanganj police sta-tion in-charge ShashikantChorasiya said investiga-tion is on.

Farmer's kin attackedover property dispute

FP NEWS SERVICEMhow

Army authorities demol-ished bungalow no 70 onMall Road which was occu-pied by Ashwini Jaiswal. Itwas partially demolishedand the occupants weredriven out of it on March20 but they again occupiedit as Lockdown 1.0 hadstarted just after that.

Army officers along withlocal police and adminis-trative officials reached

the site early on Saturdayand asked the occupants tovacate the house as it wasset to be demolished.

When Jaiswal and hisfamily members saw theearth moving vehicles anda large number of employ-ees of the Mhow Canton-ment Board, they sat be-fore the machines askingthem for more time toshift. The authorities,however, didn't pay heedand went ahead with therazing job.

Army razes bungalownear Mall Road


Notorious land sharkChampu Ajmera finallyhad an end-run on Saturdaywhen the Crime Branchmanaged to arrest him. Hehad several hideouts,which include Ujjain,UP and the border area of Nepal in order to evadearrest.

CRIME DOSSIER15 property fraud cases

in Banganga, Lasudia, Teja-ji Nagar and Tukoganj po-lice station

A reward of Rs 30000was announced on him

Even as sources told FPthat he was arrested fromNepal, city police claimedthat he was held while hewas coming to city from Uj-jain in his SUV on SanwerRoad.

ARREST PLANChampu alias Ritesh

Ajmera, is a resident of Pali-wal Nagar area of the city.

ASP (crime) Rajesh Dan-dotiya said following a tip-off that Champu was com-ing to the city from Ujjain inhis SUV, Team CB rushed tothe spot on Sanwer Road andmanaged to pin him down.He was later hannded overto the Banganga police sta-tion staff as he was abscond-

ing following a case underBanganga PS.

CASES FILED

DIG HarinarayanachariMishra said four cases ofland fraud have been regis-tered against Champu atBanganga police station.He was missing in connec-tion with fraud in thename of selling flats inKalindi Gold City.

The accused was beingsearched for three othercases.

In Lasudai police sta-tion, 11 cases were regis-tered against him and oth-ers.

Thus, 18 cases wereregistered against him.

He was also involved in afraud case of SatelliteHills Colony in NaytaMundla under Tejaji Na-gar police station jurisdic-tion. Police claimed thathe was also wanted duringIndore police's driveagainst land sharks.

DDIIGG MMIISSHHRRAA saidChampu was involved inseveral frauds in which hetook money but didn't giveplots or flats to people.

7 fresh COVID cases in MhowMMhhooww:: Seven new covid cases have been reported here onSaturday. Of these, two persons have been admitted to thecovid ward of Military Hospital. Mhow civil hospital in-charge, Dr HR Verma corroborated this.

Also, one patient each has been reported from Raj Mohal-la, Kishanganj, Khurda, Mhow jail and Pithampur. Withthis, the total number of Covid patients is now pegged at 175and the toll reads 23. Mhow SDM Abhilash Mishra chaired ameeting of shop owners.

Bringing ahead the market resuming timing by two hours,Mishra issued an order and according to this, shopkeeperswill now operate from 9 am to 7 pm.

Notorious land sharkin Crime Branch net

RUNENDSCOUNTER OVER ARREST SPOT: SOURCES SAY NEPAL

BORDER, BUT COPS CLAIM SANWER ROAD

Champu Ajmera in red T-shirt

Medicalteam

attacked inJafrabad

FP NEWS SERVICEMhow

A medical team that hadreached Jafrabad villagenear Manpur in Mhowtehsil was attacked by agroup of villagers onSaturday afternoon.Team in-charge PrabhaKharve has submittedher complaint to Man-pur police.

She said in her com-paliant that a resident ofAyodhya ward had diedon Friday and his reportof being Covid positivearrived on Saturday.

Following this infor-mation, the teamreached the village totake samples of his fam-ily members and to in-quire about all thosewho had come in his con-tact. At that time, oneSandeep Rajput startedabusing the medicalteam.

He along with someothers also hurled stonesat the team.Prabha Kharve said, "allof us have signed thecomplaint and have giv-en our statements to thepolice and we want strictaction. They also said itwas getting difficult toconduct field work."

Hitendra Rathore,Manpur TI said the com-plaint has been receivedby the police and probeis underway.


Abbas Mehdi, Joint Direc-tor, Ministry of Electronics& IT, Government of Indiahas said that cyber crimesare of major concern thesedays and so they have beenhigh on the agenda of au-thorities. The Cyber securi-ty ventures pre-dicts that cybersecurity damagewill cost theworld $ 6 millionannually. Asmore and moredata are avail-able in digitalform, it makes it easy to an-alyze and generate insights,but at the same time theyare susceptible to securitybreaches.

Mehdi said this while ad-dressing a webinar organ-ized by Indore ManagementAssociation's Student Chap-ter under its series, Unfold-ing Secrets: The IMA wayon Saturday. The webinar'stopic was "Current trends ofCyber & Preventive Mea-sures".

Abbas Mehdi started thesession by asking is CyberSecurity a Concern? He saidcyber crimes are committedby educated, sophisticatedprofessionals who have in-depth knowledge of theTechnology. It's easy to com-mit and difficult to detectand also harder to prove.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF CYBER CRIMES

There are two types of cy-ber crimes… Malware andTrojans. Malware is a soft-ware that performs a mali-

cious task on a target deviceor network, e.g. corruptingdata or taking over a sys-tem. Trojans are named af-ter the Trojan horse of an-cient Greek history, the Tro-jan is a type of malware thatenters a target system look-ing like one thing, e.g. astandard piece of software,but then lets out the mali-cious code once inside thehost system.

COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS

The new 'work fromhome' concept has thrownup new challenges.

Use of personal devicefor businesses or handlingsensitive information.

Provisioning corporateasset to support remote lo-gin arrangements.

Proper deployment and

configuration of remoteservices, corporate VPNsand related to factor authen-tication methods

Low security standardsof home WI-FI systems.

GOVT. INITIATIVE FOR CYBER SECURITY

Establishment of NCIIPCCyber Swachhta Kendra'(Botnet Cleaning and Mal-ware Analysis Centre)Issue of Alert and Adviso-ry regarding cyber Attackand its measures.Issue Guideline to CISO re-garding their key roles andresponsibilities for secur-ing applications / infra-structure and complianceWebsite AuditCrisis Management planTraining and Mock drillPersonal Data Protectionbill

'Cyber security damage willcost world $6M annually'

10 GOLDEN RULES1. There are no guaranteed get-rich-quick schemes -

sound to good to be true?2. Never send money or give out your details when you

do not know/trust the person or company you are giv-ing them to.

3. Destroy personal information, shred documents, cred-it cards etc.

4. Log directly onto a website rather than clicking on thelink provided.5. Never reply to spam emails, even when you'retrying to stop them.6. Always remember: scammers are cunning andclever. They know how to manipulate you to pro-duce the response they want.7. Legitimate banks and companies will not askfor your details via email or phone.8. Just because a company has a well design web-

site doesn't means it is legitimate.9. Be suspicious. If you are unsure about anything, seek

advice from family or Police.10. Never get embarrassed by reporting a scam - If you

spot a scam report to the concerned authority.

Womanhangs selfFELT SHE HAD FAILED TO

BE A GOOD DAUGHTER, WIFEOR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

INDOREA woman reportedly com-

mitted suicide by hangingherself as she felt that shehad failed to become a gooddaughter, wife and daugh-ter-in-law.

According to the PS in-charge, Ashok Patidar, Nee-lam Nepali wife of PradeepNepali hanged herself onthe second floor of in-law'shouse at Akhand Nagar onSaturday.

Police have recovered asuicide note in which shewrote about her agony fornot being a good daughter,wife and daughter-in-law.Police said that Neelam'smother-in-law found herhanging inside the room.

Police believe that theNeelam was mentally tor-tured by her family mem-bers which compelled herto take her life. Police arequestioning her in-laws.

FP NEWS SERVICE Ujjain

The mystery behind deathof 32 SAF Battalion’s headconstable Balveer SinghChouhan, who was founddead on rooftop of his resi-dence on Friday morninghas been busted- it hasturned out to be a murdercase. During the investiga-tion his wife Rekha brokedown and made a stunningrevelation that she and herparamour had killed herhusband to get insuranceamount of Rs 40 lakh. ASP Amrendra Singh in-formed that head constableBalveer Singh (54) wasfound dead at his resi-dence, but from the onsetthe police suspected foulplay and considered hisdeath suspicious. His post-mortem report also con-firmed that he died due toasphyxia. Madhav Nagarpolice registered an FIRand launched a probe intomatter. During interroga-tion, wife Rekha admitted

that she and her paramourRavi resident of Shahdolstrangulated her husband.To show the incident asnormal, they took the bodyto rooftop of the house andput the body on a bed. After committing thecrime, Rekha remained inthe room and got the roomclosed from outside by Ravito ward of any doubt. Asper police Ravi is also mar-ried and had come to thecity on the pretext of visit-ing Mahakaleshwar temple

while Rekha (34) is the 3rdwife of Balveer Singh, histwo former wives werekilled in accidents. Policesaid accused Ravi is postedat CRPC, Raipur and cameto Ujjain on his motorbike.The police are searchingfor Ravi who absconded af-ter committing the crime. Police informed that thefollowing dispute with thedeceased, Rekha left hishouse in December 2019and lived in various hotelsof Jabalpur, Katni, Mandla

and Raipur with Ravi forabout 25 days. It was thenthat they both plotted toeliminate Balveer SinghChouhan. As per plan, theygot a Rs 40 lakh life insur-ance policy in the name ofthe deceased with Max LifeInsurance, Ujjain in March2020. Premium of Rs 25, 000and Rs 20, 000 was paid byRavi and Rekha, respec-tively and decided that theywill distribute the insuredmoney of Rs 40 lakh amongthem.


As per the medical bulletinissued by CMHO at 8.20 pmon Saturday, 3 more posi-tive reports took the num-ber of patients in the dis-trict to 837. While, twomore COVID-19 deathstook the toll to 69.

Corona patients beingtreated at CHL ?

Loclas were shocked tolearn about the dof a 50-year-old resident of Jais-ingpura in RD Gardi Med-ical College (RDGMC),who was admitted to CHLHospital, Indore Road 7-days-ago. On Friday he wasadmitted to RDGMC at10.25 pm, but he suc-cumbed within 20 minutesof his admission there. Hewas reported as coronapositive only on Friday. Ac-cording to sources it can besafely implied that corona-positive patients are beingtreated at CHL Hospital.

Earlier too many patientswho have been admittedthere turned out to be co-rona positive, this indi-cates that corona virus isroaming around the CHLHospital, Ujjain, said asource. The second deathwas recorded in SAIMS, In-

dore. A 70-year-old womanfrom Kamla Nehru Margwas hospitalised theresome 10-days-ago directly.

Residents of primeareas test positive New patients who testedpositive on the day included

30-year-old man fromArvind Nagar who runs apowerloom in Agar Road In-dustrial Area. While a 52-year-old man from TirupatiDham, Kanipura Roadcaught infection while per-forming carpenter workand a 39-year-old womanfrom Kamla Nehru Marg(Freeganj), whose husbandruns a kirana shop nearShaheed Park. So far 13, 824samples have been tested inthe district. Only three of380 reports turned out to bepositive as per health bul-letin, which is less than 1%,but the way corona is enter-ing new areas- the situationseems terrible.

Only one report awaited

According to CMHO, onlyone examination report isawaited now. With 6 morepatients discharged fromvarious hospitals, 679 pa-tients have been dischargedtill date. Total 91 active pa-tients are underf treatment.

Toll 69, cases 837

To ensure devotees do not get infected with the coronavirus duringtraditional bath on ‘Halharini Amavasya’ falling on Solar Eclipseday that is on Sunday, the local administration has deployeddistrict police, home guards and life saving boats at the majorbathing ghats of river Kshipra, in Ujjain on Saturday. Taking bathin the river has already been banned FP PHOTO

COVID-19 DISTRICT UPDATE

FP NEWS SERVICEUjjain

Western Railway Employ-ees Union (WERU) hadstarted food distributionfor the needy after begin-ning the lockdown. Zonehead SS Sharma informedthat from April 12 onwardsevery day 600 food packetswere distributed by theWERU to needy people.The campaign has con-cluded on Saturday after 70

days, Sharma added. Dur-ing concluding pro-gramme Praksh Chittodaand Surendrasingh Arorawere the chief guests. Onthis occasion RavindraUpadhyay, Pankaj SaxenaDeepak Pardesi, Arun Sax-ena Nitin Paul, AnilChoube, Dilip Surawat,Arvind Verma, VG Bokil,Kamlesh Kushwah, PravinMehta, Rajesh Rathore andother WERU memberswere present.

WREU’s food distributioncampaign concludes


The International Societyfor Krishna Conscious-ness (ISKCON) Ujjain’sgovernor BhakticharuMaharaj was adminis-tered plasma therapy inAmerica on Saturday. Hetested positive for COVID-19 infection in Americacouple of days ago. He had recently visitedUjjain in connection withNarsing Jayanti and re-turned back to Mumbaisome 20-days-ago fromwhere he reportedly flewto America. According toISKCON PRO Raghav Pan-dit Daas, a team of doctorsreviewed Maharaja’s cur-rent condition andprogress over last 12hours. “Maharaj remainsin a critical, but stable

state,” he informedadding, “Maharaj has re-ceived the plasma treat-ment and is receiving ex-cellent care from thehospital.” PRO said theprayers for Maharaj withdeep intensity and intent

are helping and are moreimportant now than everbefore. “We humbly re-quest you to continue withthe intense prayers,” heexhorted adding that thenext update will bereceived in about 12 hours.

Radio Dastakstarts Mission

CoronaFP NEWS SERVICE

Ujjain

City’s first communityradio ‘Radio Dastakand Unicef India to-gether started ‘Mis-sion Corona’ pro-gramme from Satur-day. Through this pro-gramme preventivemeasures to ward offcorona, caring of eld-erly people and pre-cautions for homequarantined were dis-cussed on Saturday.Ten episodes of theprogramme will beaired. Director AmritaKulshreshtha said thefirst episode of theprogramme was airedon Saturday at 5pmwhich will be againaired on Sunday andMonday at 1pm.

FP NEWS SERVICEUjjain

Municipal commissionerKshitij Singhal on Satur-day took the feedbackfrom ward nodal officialsabout cleanliness and vis-ited Mangal Colony, IndiraNagar, slum areas, YadavNagar, Milky Pura,Chakor Park, Depotsquare and old workshoplocated at Maksi Road.Visiting old workshopempty land he instructedthe concerned officials tochalk our new project forthe corporation.The commissioner alsointeracted locals in Man-gal Colony and askedthem to properly segre-gate garbage before pour-ing in the garbage collec-

tion vehicle. On this occa-sion additional commis-sioner Manoj Pathak,deputy commissioner Yo-gendra Patel, BhavishyaKhobragade, and other of-ficials were present.

Encroachmentsremoved from

Ghasmandi areaUjjain Municipal Corpo-ration (UMC)’s team onSaturday removed en-

croachments from Ghas-mandi area. The teammembers removedmakeshift kiosks from theroad and freed the govern-ment land.

Plasma therapy administeredto ISKCON head in America

ISKCON Ujjain’s governor Bhakticharu Maharaj during NarsingJayanti FP FILE PHOTO

Ujjain: Doctors and paramedical staffers celebrated 1-year-old Covid positive girl’s birthday at RD Gardi Med-ical College. On this occasion doctors arranged a cake andwished good health to the girl.


District Congress Com-mittee on Saturday al-leged that due to wrongpolicies for telecom sec-tor of Union governmentthe biggest governmenttelecom company BSNLis being ignored and itsservices are deterioratingby the day. Spokesperson Vivek Gup-ta alleged that in name ofbroadband and fiber netconnection the consumersare suffering due to sub-standard services ofBSNL. The BSNL claiming

good speed with fiber net-work plan but as per usersspeed is very poor and net-work connection gets in-terrupted frequently.Gupta told that due topoor services students andemployees are sufferingwhile working from home.Gupta further told thatcustomer care services arealso poor as not proper at-tention is being paid to thecomplaints. Customers arealso suffering from reluc-tant behavior of local offi-cials hence the complainthas been lodged at office ofcircle manager Bhopal,Gupta added.

Work from home woes

Slow & broken netconnection irksBSNL customers

FP NEWS SERVICESatwas

An all party meeting wasorganised by the State Con-gress secretary BuntyJoshi at the local bus standon Friday to pay tribute tothe brave soldiers killed inthe clash with the Chinesemilitary. Gopalan Narayan Vyas,Ex-vice president KamleshJoshi, Indian Army soldierVinod Gurjar, regionalvice president of Employ-

ees Congress Rajesh Joshi,State Congress secretaryBunty Joshi appealed tothe people present to boy-cott Chinese goods. BJPMandal president SohanPatel, Sumit Palasia,Sandeep Sharma, SalamKhan, Sajyan Yogi, GoluRathore, Jagdish Rathore,Shobhit Vyas, Yogeshar-ma, Dr Rajesh Yadav, OmUpadhyay, Sevak Yadav,Mohit Sharma, BhagatSingh Gurjar, Lalu and lo-cals were present.

India-China border clash:Tribute paid to martyrs

Waqf Committee members paytribute to martyred soldiers

FP NEWS SERVICEJaora

Members of DistrictWaqf Committeepaid homage to themartyrs of Galwanvalley at a dargah.The members alsoperformed a dua ask-ing the almighty tobring an end COVID-19 pandemic. Committee mem-bers observed a twominute silence forthe martyrs. Thedargah committeemembers felicitatedWaqf board vicepresident Saeed RashidAli, secretary DilawarKhan and others. MuslimRashtriya Manch Ujjaincoordinator Hameed Khanand Gurmukh Sharma

were also welcomed withflowers at the event. AbuSaeedi Langar treasurerSanjeev Kumar and vicepresident Gopal Singhal,committee coordinator

Prof Imran Hussain andothers marked their pres-ence. Bale Khan conductedthe programme and secre-tary Shahnawaz Khan pre-sented the vote of thanks.

FP NEWS SERVICENagda

In a shocking incident inNagda, a 13 year old wasshot near his knee. Hisfamily members informedthe hospital that an ironrod got pierced into his leg.The accused has been ar-rested and booked underrelevant sections of theArms Act, 1959.According to ASP AkashBhuria and CSP ManojRatnakar, Dr Anand Shar-ma of Janseva Hospital in-formed the police on June

10 that a teenager, ArjunSingh Rajput, 13, has ar-rived for treatment. Theboy and his family saidthat Arjun got hurt in anaccident, however, DrSharma got suspicious. DrSharma then advised himan X-Ray, after which hefound a bullet-like metal inArjun’s leg. The boy wasoperated and the bulletwas taken out. The police had thenlodged a report on thestatements of the doctors.Victim Arjun said that hewas looking for his cow

late on June 9 near thebanyan tree in his neigh-bourhood, when he saw agroup of men fighting. Oneof them shot him. Arjunnoticed that the area nearhis knee was bleeding andfell down. His brotherDeepak arrived and tookhim home. When the police doubtedArjun’s statements, theyfurther probed the case.The police then caught Ar-jun’s cousin Kamal, whohad accompanied him tothe hospital. Upon interro-gation, he confessed that hewas checking a pistol at hisuncle, Dilip Singh’s house.Arjun suddenly arrived atthe place and got shot. The police arrested Ka-mal Singh and seized thesaid pistol. He has beenbooked under section 307of the Arms Act. Birla-gram station sub-inspectorRam Singh Dangi, headconstable BabluDaga, con-stable Pooja Nahata andothers probed the matter.

4 UJJAIN CITYFREEPRESSSUNDAY | JUNE 21, 2020 | INDORE

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HUMIDITYMORNING: 84per cent, EVENING: 48 per cent

SUNRISE: 5.42 am , SUNSET: 7.16 pm

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Ujjain

Dharm Yatra Mahasanghand Teerth Purohit Ma-hasabha demanded toopen city’s temples andother religious placeswithout any delay. On Sat-urday Dharm Yatra Ma-hasangh state head AshokKotwani and national sec-retary Pt SurendraChaturvedi handed overthe memorandum to thecollector, divisional com-missioner, mayor, MLAsand Municipal Corpora-tion president demandingto open religious places.Chaturvedi informedthat only Mahakaleshwartemple is open to all whileChintaman Ganesh,Shani Temple, HarsiddhiTemple and other famoustemples are still shut.Chatruvedi further toldthat for the betterment ofcity’s economy, templesshould be opened soon toattract the tourists.

Rs 50,200 collectedas spot fine

Ujjain: Corona Squad im-posed spot fine of Rs50,200 on 57 institutionsand individuals on Satur-day for not-following rulesof physical distancing,opening left-right sideshops and not wearingmasks within the limits ofUjjain Municipal Corpora-tion. ADM BidishaMukherjee said that spotfine of Rs 4,500 was im-posed on 16 persons fornot wearing masks, Rs20,500 on 25 shops for notfollowing left-right rule,Rs 20,900 against 13 insti-tutes for not followingphysical distancing, Rs1000 on retail sales and Rs3,300 on non-complianceof curfew time.

Cousin shoots brother, booked


A Class X girl was al-legedly raped by her tutorat his home in Khajranapolice station jurisdic-tion. The accused wasarrested on Saturdaywithin an hour after thecase was filed. The copshave also seized hisbike.Khajrana PS staff saida 16-year-old girl haslodged a complaint thatbeing weak in maths,she sought tuition fromher neighbour Hamja.On June 8, the girl's par-ents had gone to attend afunction at a relative'splace but she remainedat home. The accusedreached the girl's houseand took her to his homeon the pretext of solvingmaths. There he allegedlyraped and threatenedher of dire conse-quences. The girl was soscared of the accused

that she couldn't confessabout it to anyone. On Sat-urday, she reported thematter to her parents andlater lodged a complaintwith the police.

Khajrana PS is corona-freeIndore: Deputy Inspector General of police inspected Khajrana PS and declared it as aCORONA-FREE police station of the city on Saturday. DIG said before entering the PS, allpersons and policemen have to go through temperature check and oxygen check.

MADHYA PRADESH 5FREEPRESS

SUNDAY | JUNE 21, 2020 | INDORE

BJP, Congresspull up socks

OUR STAFF REPORTERBHOPAL

The BJP and the Congresshave begun to pull up theirsocks for the ensuing by-elections after the RajyaSabha polls.Although both parties donot know when the by-elec-tions for 24 seats will beheld because of the coronapandemic, they are payingfull attention to it.The BJP has 22 candi-dates ready for the elec-tions. It has to choose can-didates for Agar and Jouraconstituencies.Since the Congress has

difficulties in choosingcandidates for 24 seats,there happens to be a stir-up in the party.Congress men seekingtickets for the by-electionshave begun to meet formerchief minister DigvijayaSingh and MPCC presidentKamal Nath. Of the 24seats, the party had legis-lators from 23. Nevertheless, after 22 ofthem crossed over to theBJP, new aspirants fortickets have cropped up.Nath has clearly said thetickets will be distrib-uted on the basis of sur-vey. Since the Congressdoes not have popularfaces in these constituen-cies, it is trying to wooBJP leaders. The BJP has begun tohold meetings of its elec-tion operation committeeand election management

committee.The party has planned tohold meetings from booth

level to Vidhan Sabha lev-el. The BJP will highlightthe failures of the Kamal

Nath government whichruled the state for 15months.

POST RS POLLS, RACE FOR BY-ELECTIONS BEGINS

GOT 36 VOTES IN RS ELECTIONSOUR STAFF REPORTER

BHOPAL:

The Congress will field PhoolSingh Baraiya from Bhander seatin the ensuing by-elections tomake up for his defeat in the RSpolls. A resident of Gwalior, Baraiya,has fought assembly electionstwice but lost. Now, he wants totry his luck on Congress ticket. Once a president of Bahujan Samaj Par-ty’s state unit, he left the party and formedBahujan Sangharsh Dal. A leader of SC community in Gwalior-Chambal division, he is well-connected at

grass root level. He fought assembly elec-tions from Gwalior rural in 2018 and fromGohad in 2013 but lost. Former chief min-ister Digvijaya Singh brought him to the

Congress in 2019. The BJP made an issue for keep-ing Baraiya at number two in RSelections calling it an insult to SCcommunity. The Congress knowsthat BJP will raise the issue in by-elections too. Therefore, the party will try tosilence the BJP by giving ticket toBaraiya. The Congress has no

good candidate to be fielded from Bhanderseat, so Baraiya is all set to get the ticket.This is reason Baraiya has not spoken aword against any Congress leader despiteBJP’s provocation.

Baraiya to be fielded from Bhander,to make up for defeat in RS polls

MLA TENDERS APOLOGY, MAYNOT FACE ANY ACTION

BHOPAL: The state BJP unitwill send a report to the partycentral leadership on cross-vot-ing by legislator Gopilal Jatav infavour of the Congress.The report will be sent to BJP’sstate incharge Vinay Sa-hasrabuddhe and a decision onJatav will be taken only afterthat. BJP’s central leadership was cautiousabout the RS elections and Jatav’s cross-voting in favour of Congress nomineeDigvijaya Singh has jolted the BJP. Nev-ertheless, the state BJP unit has decidednot to raise the issue.Both the chief minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan and home minister NarottamMishra dressed down Jatav for his act ofomission. He left for his constituency inGuna after that.

The by-elections will be held inthe Gwalior-Chambal regionwhere Jatav community is domi-nant.The BJP is scared of takingstrong action against Jatav as itmay spark anger among his com-munity and have an adverse ef-fect on the election. The BJP state unit, after a dis-

cussion with its central leadership, mayissue a notice to Jatav to end the matter. Jatav has been telling the state partyleadership that he cast vote in favour ofDigvijaya Singh by mistake. Jatav said he could neither think ofleaving the party nor of deceiving it.

Report on Jatav to be sent to BJP central leadership

RELAXES ANGST,HELPS CONQUER FEAR

ANKITA ANANDBhopal

Yoga has been the art peo-ple have practised sinceages. Nation will celebrateInternational Day of Yogaon Sunday. Free Press ze-roed in on how yoga hashelped people to counteranxiety during lockdownand fight fear of pandemic. When the government an-nounced the nation-widelockdown, yoga made head-way as a life saviour. Oldand young found an escapein yoga. Not able to go out-doors, they turned to onlinemedium like Facebook live,Zoom app and Google meet.Yoga instructor PawanGuru told Free Press thatlockdown helped him reachout to a bigger audience. Hesaid more than 6,000 peoplepractised yoga with him onFacebook live during lock-down daily. Aadarsh Yoga AdhyatmikKendra owner Mahesh Ag-grawal said pandemic mayhave brought with itselfnumerous difficulties but itconnected people. Aggraw-al said morning yoga is beststress buster and relievesailing people. He said he didn’t chargefee for classes as the solemotive of yoga is to achieveinner peace and unite one’s

external being with the in-ternal self. “People are indire need of motivationnow,” he added.Homemaker SeemaChoubey, a patient of highblood pressure, said shewas not used to having herfamily at home all thetime. She said lockdownmultiplied her householdchores and she had to at-tend to every family mem-ber’s needs with equal pri-

ority. All this while, yogahelped her to calm hernerves, she added. Saloni Shrivastav, a stu-dent of BSSS Bhopal, said itseemed difficult to staylocked at home. She was in-spired by one of herfavourite film stars whoshot a video practisingyoga to fight stress. Shrivastav said yogahelped her in retain herconcentration.

International Day of Yoga today

Yoga is super hit in corona times Rhythmic yoga breaks monotony

Rhythmic yoga is believed to be a trendfrom west, where people practise yogaon music. A 2.5-minute set with 20-25asanas on music beats lets peopleenjoy the exercise. Mohit, the yogaguru at LNCT Bhopal, and owner ofDivyanka Art Academy, told Free Pressthat he makes his students practiserhythmic yoga once in a week to breakthe monotony. Mohit said the setgenerally begins with namaskar asanaand includes vakrasana, adho mukhaasana, dhanurasana and many othersto relieve hand, waist, legs, stomach,neck, head and chest at one go.Rhythmic yoga helps to gain

momentum and stretches every body part in short time, said Mohit. Shiva tandavastotram is people’s most favourite song to practise yoga on, he added.

Yoga is a must to combat COVID-19Mansarovar Ayurvedic Medical College and Research Professor Dr Rakesh Pandeytold Free Press that yoga helps to gain control over one’s body. It helpsdetoxification of body, strengthens metabolism, improves concentration,increases immunity and offers relief to patients with asthma, insomnia, stress,blood pressure, diabetes etc. COVID-19 can be kept at bay with strong immunity,which yoga helps to develop, he said. Pranayama and asanas like surya namaskar,sarvangasana, matyasyasana and shavasana can be practised amidst busyschedule, added Pandey.

5 held for damaging ATMOUR STAFF REPORTER

Indore

Five persons were arrestedwhile they were trying to breakopen an ATM in Chandan Na-gar area early on Saturday. Oneof the accused was arrestedfrom a nullah in a bid to flee.

THE HUNCH & THE CHASEEven as a hunch, Chandan Na-gar TI Yogesh Singh Toimar, hadinstructed the patrolling officerto check the ATMs and banks ofthe area, the patrolling teamfound the shutter of this ATMbooth half closed. The suspi-cious police team halted therewhen the accused began to flee.The team informed their senior

officials after which they chasedthe accused. One of them (ac-cused) jumped into a nullah toescape but an alert constablealso jumped in and grabbed theaccused. After that, his accom-plices were also arrested.The accused have been iden-tified as Najish alias Nasjais ofGanesh Nagar, Juber Ansari ofSouth Toda, Raja of SahyogNagar, Shanu alias Shahnawazof Sector E in Chandan Nagarand Sameer Israr of ChandanNagar area of the city. The po-lice are fetching their record toknow about their involvementin previous crimes. SP MaheshChand Jain has announced areward of Rs 2000 for the policeteam.

Truck carryingillicit liquor worthRs 4.5 lakh seized

BHOPAL: The Ratibad po-lice have seized a truck car-rying liquor worth over Rs4.5 lakh on Saturdayevening. The accused Shiv-ank Tiwari was held withthe truck and on being ar-rested he tried to influencethe cops saying the truckbelongs to one Sharmaji.SHO Ratibad Sudesh Ti-wari said he received aninput about a truck ferry-ing illicit liquor and hechased it in his SUV in theafternoon. He also shot avideo of the incident. Theaccused said there were 89cartons of liquor insidethe truck and when thecops quizzed him, he saidthe truck belongs to Shar-ma.The accused Shivank isson of Manish Tiwari, aliquor baron. The liquorshop that he owns is at Sak-shi dhaba and as the date ofhis permit to stock theliquor was ending on Satur-day, he was transporting itto some other location, saidthe accused.SHO said the truck wasseized near Neelbad andthe accused was booked un-der Excise Act. The accusedsaid the liquor was beingtaken to Bhopal from Sak-shi dhaba. Additional su-perintendent of police(ASP) Rajat Saklecha saidaccused did not show thedocuments pertaining toliquor stocks and that iswhy he was arrested.

RTI activist demands coronadeath audit, compensationOUR STAFF REPORTER

BHOPAL

RTI activist Ajay Dubeyhas demanded audit of co-rona death cases and ade-quate compensation to thefamilies of deceased in thestate. He also demandedproper check-up of allMLAs and officials of Vid-han Sabha after sendingthem in quarantine afterBJP MLA Om Prakash Sak-lecha and his wife weretested positive for theCOVID-19. RTI activist further saidthat even PS health FaizAhmed Kidwai had raisedthe issue of negligence byhospital management andreferral in corona deaths.He has written letters tocollectors and CMHOmentioning four cases ofdeath in Bhopal, Indore

and Shajapur. He said, “We demand foraudit in corona death casesand action should be takenagainst officials, if theyfound guilty. Bereaved fam-ilies should be given propercompensation.”Many states have formedaudit committee to lookinto matter. The committeegoes through the casesheets, investigations, and

death summary of the de-ceased before classifying itas a COVID-19 death. TheDeath Audit Committee fol-lows the guidelines pre-scribed by the ICMR. Hos-pitals are mandated to sub-mit their death summariesto the committee within 24hours. Death Audit Com-mittee is an independentbody which examines eachof these cases.

Tutor held forClass X girl rape

Two criminalsarrested formurderous

attack on manOUR STAFF REPORTER

BHOPAL

The Pipalni police havearrested criminalRamu Madrasi and hisbrother Raju Madrasifor stabbing a man af-ter a fight with his rela-tive.The accused hadthrashed niece of vic-tim Omprakash Onhe,a resident of Chandbadslum.After the incident, thewoman went to the po-lice station and lodgeda complaint. However,the cops are yet to ar-rest them.The two accusedreached at the woman’shouse in the morningand after a verbal spat,they thrashed her.The woman’s relativeOmprakash intervenedand it led to a brawl be-tween them. Om-prakash then informedthe police and a casewas registered. Whenthe accused they cameto know about the case,they reached at Om-prakash’s house andstabbed him. Piplanipolice registered anoth-er case and arrestedthem. Omprakash wassaid to be out of danger.SHO Piplani ChainSingh said the accusedare criminals and theyhave been arrested forthe murderous attackand the knife used inthe assault has alsobeen seized.


The deputy commissionerof labour department SSDixit was suspended in acorruption case on Satur-day. The Lokayukta policeare likely to extend investi-gation into the corruptioncase from Monday. On Friday evening, hisaide was caught by BhopalLokayukta team for takingthe bribe of Rs 1 lakh fromthe complainant. GouravSharma in his complaint

to Lokayukta police saidhe runs a mess in Shramo-day Vidhayalaya in Indore. The commissioner wasasking the bribe of Rs 1.50lakh to clear bills of Rs 15lakh. The mediator Vipul Shar-ma was called near crimebranch office in Bhopal.The Lokayukta police setup a trap. As soon as themoney was handed, the po-lice arrested the accused.The police booked both ofthem on corruptioncharges.

On Saturday, the stategovernment suspended thedeputy commissioner andattached him in Indore of-fice. He was also havingthe charge of secretary ofunorganised labour wel-fare board. The labour de-partment deputy secretaryChotte Singh was givencharge of the secretary ofunorganised labour wel-fare board. SP LokayuktaManu Vyas told Free Pressthat presently the policeare looking into details ofthe case.


Madhya Pradesh jail admin-istration suggested otherstate jail authorities togrant parole to undertrialsand prisoners to maintainthe social distancing in thejails. The state jail administra-tion and the CommonwealthHuman Rights Initiative

(CHRI) have organised a na-tional webinar on COVID-19preparations in the jails. The organiser DirectorGeneral, Jail, SanjayChoudhary told the DGs ofjails that around 7,000 un-dertrials and prisonershave been released on pa-role in MP. This helped thejails to reduce overcrowd-ing by 19 per cent. The second step to prevent

infection, the administra-tion has decided to ban thefamily meeting with the jailinmates till June 30. Howev-er, they have given facility totalk them on phone. Installa-tion of phone numbers haveincreased four times, so thatmaximum number of fami-ly members can call theirmembers in the jail. The DG of Tihar jailSandeep Goyel shared the

prevention taken in the jailthat the administration hasprepared the CoronaRakchak Dal. They are in-volved in creating quaran-tine and isolation prepara-tions for the prisoners andalso for the staffers. The officials of MP, Punjaband Tihar who get infectedwith corona virus are sent tohome quarantine, but the of-ficials of Maharashtra are

kept in the jail premises. TheDG of Delhi jail Gagan Shri-vastava informed that in thepresent situation, the admin-istration has to take care ofthe mental health of prison-ers. Specialist from FortisHospital, Dr Shrivastava in-formed that three things aremost important -social dis-tancing, hand wash andmask - in COVID period andpost period. In the webinar,officials from Tamil Naidu,Haryana, Jharkhand, Gu-jarat, Telengana, Bihar,Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh,Rajasthan, West Bengal andOdisha participated.

NATIONAL WEBINAR ON COVID-19 PREPARATIONS IN PRISONS

‘Parole to undertrials, prisoners willhelp maintain social distancing in jails’

FP NEWS SERVICEDewas

Collector ChandramouliShukla inspected Mataji kiTekri recently. During theinspection, the officerswere instructed to take careof cleanliness in the templepremises. During the in-spection, Municipal Corpo-ration CommissionerVishal Singh Chauhan,SDM Pradeep Soni and oth-er officials were present.During this time, he di-rected that the lights onthe tekri area should be re-paired and chairs placedon the circumambulation

route and other placesshould also be arranged.Adequate beautification ofthe Tekri area is to bedone.During the inspection,Collector Shukla instruct-ed that the visitors comingto the tekri should havedarshan only after follow-ing the social distancing.Special care should alwaysbe taken for arranging san-itization. He gave instruc-tions that also keep inmind that the visitorsshould be wearing masks.He also gave necessaryguidelines regardingdrinking water.

Collector inspectsMataji ki Tekri

Deputy labour commissioner SS Dixitsuspended on corruption charges

Free books, stationery forSC/ST students put on hold

BHOPAL : Free books and stationery for stu-dents belonging to Scheduled Castes andTribes for the academic session 2020-21 hasbeen put on hold by the higher education de-partment.Corona pandemic has changed a lot ofthings, especially in education sector. Allschools and colleges are closed despite ease ingeneral lockdown. Exams in colleges acrossthe state have been postponed. General promo-tion has been announced for students of firstand second year.Though University Grants Commission hasannounced new academic session for collegesand universities from September onwardsbut final decision has been left to the commit-tees formed at university level. Considering uncertainty in the new academicsession the higher education department hasput buying of books and stationery meant forSC/ST students on hold.

6 MISCELLANYFREEPRESSSUNDAY| JUNE 21, 2020 | INDORE

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high

Where knowledge is freeWhere the world has not beenbroken up into fragments Bynarrow domestic walls Intothat heaven of freedom, my

Father, let my country awake.-Rabindranath Tagore

The tragic end ofSushant Singh Ra-jput has triggered a

debate on depression,mental illness and thelikes especially in thecities and among profes-sionals and celebrities giv-en the asking rate in theirlives.Free Press, in its endeav-

our, tries to join the dots tofind answers to variousquestions that numbs themind.Manifestations of de-

pression can vary fromperson to person as de-pression is an unseen ene-my that eats up the societysilently and gradually.Especially in today’s pro-

fessional world, employeeshave to outsmart each oth-er, sometimes by hook orcrook through their per-formances and in the tin-sel industry the pressureis of untold level. A wholemarketing and packagingnetwork is required to re-main afloat. One muststrive all time to be at theright place and to be seenwith the “right” person(s)and a lot of socializing isrequired at the cost ofyour personal liking.It may be recalled

that Bollywood star Deepi-ka Padukone had spokenabout her fight with de-pression. She had alsocalled for greater publicdiscussion to help handleand tackle the mentalhealth crisis.Deepika had said that

her experience during a“professional high” re-vealed the illness’ and shealso urged for a pro-activecampaign for those whosuffer the mind disease.“Mental illness crept up

on me when I least expect-ed it,” Padukone had re-

ported.“The perceptionand the general under-standing was that I was ata professional high,” shehad said at the World Eco-nomic Forum in Davos.“But what I was also expe-riencing was this hollow,empty, pittish feeling ... Iwould just cry out ofnowhere.”Padukone was diagnosed

with depression in 2014.She also noted that stig-

ma and lack of awarenesssurrounding mental ill-ness can make it difficultfor sufferers to reach out.In India, an estimated 7.5%of the population suffersfrom some kind of mentalillness, says WHO.Mental illness refers to a

range of mental healthconditions — disorderswhich affect one’s mood,thinking and behaviour.Examples of mental ill-ness include depression,anxiety disorders, schizo-phrenia, eating disordersand addictive behaviours.Many people have mental

health concerns, but sucha concern becomes mentalillness when ongoing signsand symptoms cause fre-quent stress and affectyour ability to function.Even if one isn’t suffer-

ing from a severe mentalillness, the daily stressorsof the modern age can af-fect anyone and mind it…negatively.However, all is not lost.

There are many ways inwhich you can keep your-self healthy mentally, wehave listed a few ways be-low:Be kind towards yourselfand othersTake time for restExercise at least a fewtimes a weekParticipate in activitiesthat you enjoySurround yourself with apositive support networkPractice gratitudeEat a balanced dietSleep!Educate yourself on men-tal healthMental health problems

run in the family?Researchers suggest that

some mental health prob-lems may run in families.For example, if you have aparent with schizophre-nia, you are more likely todevelop schizophreniayourself. But no one knowsif this is because of ourgenes or because of otherfactors, such as the envi-ronment we grow up in, orthe ways of thinking, cop-ing and behaving that wemay learn from our par-ents.How about Urban living?The detrimental effects

of urban living have longbeen recognized, includinghigher rates of heart andrespiratory diseases. Re-cent studies reveal that ur-ban living can also haveadverse effects on mentalhealth.The risk of having de-

pression—the most preva-lent mental disorder in theworld, characterized bylow mood and feeling help-

less—is 20% higher in ur-ban dwellers than thosewho live outside cities.Meanwhile, the chances ofhaving psychosis—a se-vere disorder which is as-sociated with hallucina-tions, delusions, paranoiaand disorganizedthought—is 77% higher inurban dwellers than inpeople living in rural ar-eas. The risk of developinggeneralized anxiety disor-der is also 21% higher inurban than rural dwellers.

Senior Associate Editor, Free Press, Indore

High asking rate, failed relationships, botched up career can add up to ruin the mind,but inner strength, spiritual approach is the need of the hour to tide over crisis

In my last article I had leftthe readers to ponder over apossible way ahead to dealwith China. In the mean-while China as per its pastpractice attempted totakeover Galwan by use offorce, violating five agree-ments signed between Indiaand China on Border Man-agement along the LAC be-tween 1993 to 2013 not totalk about shattering theperceived bonhomieachieved during the Wuhanand Mamallapuram sum-mits of 2018 and 19. Galwanis a defining moment in In-dia – China relations, unac-ceptable and condemnabledeserving an appropriateresponse. It has violatedevery provision of the vari-ous agreements signed be-tween the two countries,which essentially talk ofexercising restraint and re-solving issues through dia-logue at military, diplomat-ic and political level.Henceforth, we need to ban-ish the idea that Chineseare our friends. They neverwere, they never will. Rela-tions are now going to fluc-tuate in the zone of no warno peace or a conflict. We need to deal with them

in a measured and guardedmanner. Twenty of ourbrave soldiers have beenmartyred and some moreare battling for their lives

but knowing our doctors Iam sure they will give theirall to save our brave sol-diers. We should also re-alise that we have two notone adversarial nationsalong our frontiers and Iam not even talking of thegrey zone warriors of Pak-istan. There is a power dif-ferential and we need totake that into account inour response to the emerg-ing situation with China.But we also need to realisethat China cannot afford todeploy everything oppositeus. It also has its share ofworries commencing fromJapan, Philippines, Viet-nam, Malaysia, Indonesiaand Australia beside theUS. Other aspect which weneed to be cognizant off isthe economic strength ofChina. The trade deficit ofIndia is over USD 60 bnplus. China exports 75 % ofits raw material for Phar-ma, 82% semi-conductor de-vices, 81% antibiotics and73% telecom equipment toIndia. Not to talk of thecritical rare earth materialfor which China is the ma-jor supplier in the world.Finally it has single partyrule which takes a longterm perspective of its na-tional security affairswhich reflects in its betterdefence preparedness interms of weapon systemsand military infrastruc-ture.However, is everything go-

ing China’s way? I amafraid not. The world opin-ion is against it postCOVID19. The US and even

EU seem determined to haltthe dragon’s bullying mili-tary and economic aggres-sion. Vietnam, Philippines,Japan and Australia in par-ticular are aggressively dis-posed to it. Indian DefenceForces have extensive com-bat experience. Indian Sol-diers have proved theirmettle in all wars fromWW1 to date. The 62 waslost due to reasons wellknown to all and not due tothe quality of soldiering.China has been undertak-ing defence reforms so it isin the middle of reorgani-zation hence not fully stabi-lized. It has started reori-

enting towards maritimedomain but still has a longway to threaten Indianmainland seriously. Al-though we do need to becareful of our island secu-rity as some suspiciousnaval activities around An-daman Nicobar Islandshave been reported. Way ahead lies in first re-

solving the current disputein short term by politico-military – diplomatic meas-ures. If matters don’t get re-solved then there exist anumber of quid pro quo op-tions in the military do-main. Second we need tostitch together a multina-

tional platform to respondto the China – Pak powerdifferential with India. Get-ting the nations un-favourably disposed to Chi-na for such an initiativewithout raising hacklesshould become the secondpillar. Third we need to ex-ploit the Chinese fear ofgetting choked by its neogh-bouurs in its quest to get ac-cess to warm waters otherthan Malacca. We often talkof China encircling Indiathrough string of pearls.But if we examine critical-ly it is China which is trulya landlocked country andstruggling to breakout from

its concentric circle think-ing. It has on its rim almostall nations involved in somedispute or the other espe-cially East China Sea (ECS)and SCS. Mongolia andRussia have settled theirdisputes but remain suspi-cious of China. We need toleverage their uneasy rela-tions with China. On top ofit, we have a resurgent Tai-wan and highly unstableHong Kong. Even in Tibetand Uighurs there are pres-ence of strong undercur-rent against the Han (domi-nant class of China) Chi-nese. It is time we leverageTibet, Uighur and Hong

Kong issues overtly andcovertly. Information oper-ations and cyber warfarehave become a norm be itthe US, Russia, China, Pak-istan or Israel. Along theland frontier India musthold on to its frontiers morecoherently. It is no use liv-ing in a dream that India –China border is a settledborder. It must firmly comeunder the operational con-trol of the Army with ITBPbeing placed under com-mand the Army. We cannothave a situation on a hostileborder being handled byforces under entirely differ-ent chains of command re-porting to different min-istries and operating in si-los with no or limited later-al command, control, com-munication and coordina-tion mechanism. India haseffectively blocked Chinafrom the South – SW pre-venting it access to warmwaters of the IndianOcean other than thatfrom Malacca Strait, mak-ing it highly vulnerable tointerdiction. So we canclearly appreciate that itis China which is land-locked and struggling tofind a way out to meet itsenergy and trade needsthrough Warm Waters.Hence its quest to convertGwadar port into a la Sin-gapore to bypass Malaccathrough its flagship CPECproject of OBOR. If CPECfails OBOR will fail, a sit-uation which will makeChina’s economy highlyvulnerable. It is to gener-ate multiple options for al-

ternate access to IOR thatit is also attempting ac-cess through Myanmarand Bangladesh into Bayof Bengal. Finally, the maritime do-

main must become the ac-tual flank of decision. Chi-na would be operatingalong extended lines ofcommunications despiteits string of pearls strate-gy. But India has to pres-ent a joint maritime frontto deal with China by a co-ordinated effort throughagreements under QUADor JAI. We also need tocontinuously build on ourmaritime capability andoperating bases in ourarea of interest throughagreements such as theMutual Logistics SupportArrangement (MLSA), ac-cess to ports of IOR coun-tries has already been ne-gotiated with countrieslike Sabang Port, Indone-sia, Duqam Port Oman, USbase Diego Garcia, Frenchbase on Reunion Islands.But it must also develop itsIsland territories as it proj-ects our influence in themaritime domain lest weare surprised by the Chi-nese. Along with all this,rapid buildup of militarycapability has become anexistential necessity for usif we want to keep ourcountry safe, secure andtake it forward to become asignificant power in theworld. Because in thewords of Chankya, “If youwant to win, make him (en-emy) believe you cannot bedefeated.”

Road Beyond Galwan Face OffLt General

Dushyant Singh

WHEN THE MIND SOBSROBIN ROY

Don’t you forget about the case of ParveenBabi. She was mentally fragile and it is believed that Parveen suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. Rumour mills

claim that Parveen’s mental disorder wasdue to her alcoholism which resulted out

of her failed relationships

Corona is the most power full virus ofthis century which has spoiled inwhole world just in 6 months. If we

talk for India’s prospect it has impacted onevery fields like social, academic, econom-ic development, unemployment etc.In this human base society any negative

incident happened it creates problems butas every coin have two sides we must haveto think about positive. Scientist and Med-ical experts of whole world are trying to in-vent vaccine for this disease and we hopein next 6 months it would be ready. By thathuman life cloud besafe till that we mustimprove our immunity power throughAyurvedic medicines.India before Corona:-If we talk about India before corona so

not only India whole world runningsmoothly in every sector.our social areawas so large but now it has shirked in ourhome or till work place. Earlier we talkedand met with every body so close but it’snot possible. Now I remind the message of“ Shri madbhawatgeeta” Change is the ruleof the world . India after corona:-This thing we can discuss in two parts.A. Impact of corona timeB. Negative Impact of corona timeA. Impact of corona time:-

1. Human became more conscious fortheir self as well as for their family.

2. To use limited things human has ad-justed .

3. Every country is standing on one plateform to help each other.

4. Number of Animals got opportunity tostroll in neat and clean atmosphere

5. Many extinct species now protected.6. Some good inventions have happened

in medical filed like “ PlazmaTherpy”7. We can say effective and use full med-

ical facilities are available.8. Most important online education and

their value understood by every one.9. Online money transfer process in-

creased which stop black money also.10. Intoxicated product was not available,

Hence it reduced road accident andother crimes also.

11. People started to believe on extra pow-er that is God.

12. Increase the value of homemade foodand deices

13. The importance of YOGA understoodby every one.

14. Simple living and high thinking valueunderstood by every one.

15. Digitalization is changing human worksystem. Zoom and google meeting isusing by everyone

16. Now we have new slogan “Local for Vo-cal”. And made India independent

B. Negative Impact of corona time :- 1. Not India but whole world economical-

ly effected.2. By this virus infection many brilliant

people are no more.3. The Progress of development either be-

came slow or stop.4. Education system or you can say most

of students would be effected becausethey not habitual for online study aswell as at many villages Inter net facil-ities or connectivity are not up to themark.

5. At research place research works areaffected.

6. Medical facilities are available but dueto infection everyone is avoiding to goto hospitals.

7. Due to slowing business governmentincome is reduced.

Be confident, do regular exercise & Yoga,become strong, keep passion, support tofamily and country by using local product.We would have to convert corona’s negativeimpact into positive, accept the challengesand change it into opportunities. Weshould have to design strong, independent& power full India. We must work togetherand Make India again “The golden bird” sothat India escort the world & get the title of“Super Power”.

C O R O N A T I M E

New opportunities after CoronaDR. NARENDRA DHAKADFormar Vice Chancellor,

DAVV, Indore

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The nationwide lockdown an-nounced by the Centre is notsimilar to the proclamation ofEmergency, and the right of anaccused to bail cannot be cur-tailed when police has failed tofile charge sheet within the pre-scribed time, theSupreme Courthas said.The SC observa-

tion came duringthe hearing of anappeal against aMadras HighCourt order to re-ject the bail appli-cation of the peti-tioner.An apex court

bench comprisingJustices AshokBhushan, MR Shah and V Ra-masubramanian said that earli-er court order that the restric-tions, which have been imposedduring the period of lockdownby the Centre, should not givethe right to an accused to prayfor grant of default bail eventhough charge sheet has notbeen filed within the prescribedtime under Section 167(2) of theCode of Criminal Procedure is'clearly erroneous" and hencenot in accordance with law. Citing the ADM Jabalpur case,

the bench noted that the right tolife and liberty under Article 21of the Constitution cannot besuspended even in an Emer-

gency. "The claim of the prose-cution that by order of thiscourt dated March 23, the periodfor filing of charge sheet underSection 167 CrPC stands extend-ed is specifically rejected," saidthe top court. The bench noted that it is of

the clear opinion that the singlejudge erred in holding that the

lockdown an-nounced by theCentre is akin tothe proclamationof Emergency.The bench noted

that no restric-tions imposed dur-ing the lockdownshall operate as re-striction on therights of an ac-cused, as protect-ed by Section 167(2) regarding his

indefeasible right to get defaultbail on non-submission ofcharge sheet within prescribedtime."The contrary view taken by

single judge in the impugnedjudgment is not only erroneousbut also sends wrong signals tothe State and the prosecution,emboldening them to act inbreach of liberty of a person,"said the bench. The top court set aside the

High Court judgment and di-rected that appellant be releasedon default bail subject to fur-nishing a personal bond of Rs10,000 with two sureties to thesatisfaction of the trial court.

'Ready to deal with any situation along LAC IAF Chief‘��

The Indian Air Force is "well prepared" and"suitably deployed" to counter any securitychallenge along the border with China, AirChief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Satur-day as a deadly clash between troops of thecountries in eastern Ladakh triggered fears ofa fresh confrontation.He said the IAF was aware of the Chinese air

force's capability, its airfields, operational basesand deployment of its platforms in the region, as-serting that his force has taken all necessary stepsto handle all contingencies. The Chief of Air Staffwas speaking after reviewing the combined pass-ing-out parade of officers at the IAF academy inDundigal."We are aware of the full situation, be at LAC

(Line of Actual Control), be it deployments be-yond LAC," he said.“We are determined that wewill not let the sacrifice of the Galwan brave-hearts go in vain,” Air Chief Marshal Bhadau-ria said referring to the killing of 20 Army per-sonnel in the Galwan Valley clash on Monday

night. At the same time, he said all efforts arebeing made to resolve the situation peacefully.The Indian Air Force has put all its frontline

bases along the 3,500 km de-facto border withChina on high-alert and moved in additional as-sets like fighter jets and attack helicopters aspart of heightened state of preparedness fol-lowing the clashes.The IAF chief was at the LehIAF base on Wednesday where he reviewed op-erational preparedness of the force."It should be very clear that we are well pre-

pared and suitably deployed to respond to anycontingency. I assure the nation that we are de-

termined to deliver and will never let the sac-rifice of our braves of Galwan go in vain," hesaid.Bhadauria said the IAF has carried out a full

analysis of the situation and initiated neces-sary action accordingly to handle any contin-gency that may arise with "this kind of deploy-ment". "We know what their (Chinese) fieldsare. We know what their air fields are, wherethey are deployed, what are the operationalbases," he said referring to the Chinese airforce. On Wednesday, the government put all the

frontline bases of the Indian Army and the IAFalong the Line of Actual Control with China onhigh alert in view of the Galwan clashes.Though, every year China makes deployment

and conducts air exercises in the region, therewas an increase in activities this time, the IAFchief said. "The security scenario in our regionmandates that our armed forces remain preparedand vigilant at all times. The development at LACis a small snapshot of what we are required tohandle at short notice," he added.

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Seven foreign nationals,who participated in theTablighi Jamaat congre-gation in Delhi'sNizamuddin area, haveapproached the SupremeCourt challenging theirblacklisting by theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA).The seven foreign

nationals -- including twofrom Thailand, one eachfrom Kenya, Mali,Morocco, Tunisia andMalaysia -- have soughtdirection for the Home

Ministry to remove theirnames from the blacklistand reinstate their visas.The plea, filed through

advocates Fuzail AhmadAyyubi and AshimaMandala, also soughtdirections to the Ministryof External Affairs(MEA) to facilitate theforeigners to return totheir respective coun-tries.One of the petitioners

named Fareedah Cheema,a Thai national in theseventh month of herpregnancy, said that shewas quarantined in

March, like other foreignnationals but wasreleased from quarantineonly in late May and isstill at a facility underrestricted movements,without the avenue to goback to her home nationand experience herchild's birth with securi-ty and dignity, with herloved ones.The petition sought to

declare the decision ofthe MHA of blacklistingthe foreign nationals whoattended the TablighiJamaat congregation as"arbitrary".

Chinese goods'boycott won't help,

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Advising against boycottof Chinese goods, formerFinance Minister andsenior Congress leader PChidambaram on Satur-day stressed that Indianeeds to become self-re-liant as much as possiblebut without decouplingfrom the rest of theworld."We should not bring up

issues like boycott (ofChinese products0 whenwe are discussing verygrave matters like the de-fence of India," the Con-gress leader told the me-dia through videoconfer-ence here.The Congress leader

pointed out that boycottof Chinese goods by Indi-ans will not hurt the com-munist country's econo-my. "What part of Chi-nese trade with India isChina's world trade? It's afraction." Chidambaramsaid that India must con-tinue to be part of theglobal supply chain.The former Union Min-

ister was responding to aquestion on the growingdemand for boycott ofChinese products in thewake of the killing of 20Indian soldiers inLadakh's Galwan Valleyby Chinese People's Lib-eration Army (PLA) onMonday night.

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Bharatiya Janata Party Presi-dent JP Nadda lashed out atthe CongressParty and itstop leader-ship on Sat-urday target-ing bothRahul andSonia Gand-hi for theirstand on the India-China faceoff. "When we are fighting inGalwan, a leader is damagingthe morale of forces with histweets. He is showing his lim-ited intellect. (He is asking)why have our forces gone un-armed. Don't you know inter-national treaties? And theydidn't go unarmed. Why areyou exposing your limited in-tellect?," asked Nadda whileaddressing a virtual rally.He also hit out at the former

Congress President objecting

to his choice of words. Naddasaid the language used byRahul Gandhi doesn't showthe "sankskar" (upbringing)of an Indian family, very sub-tly resurrecting his mother'sorigin."Let alone respecting PM

Modi, you didn't even respectyour own PM and tore a copy

of his ordinance," remarkedNadda referring to an incidentin 2013 when Rahul Gandhibranded the then ordinance tosave convicted legisla torsfrom disqualification as "com-plete nonsense" and tore up itscopy in public. The incidentsparked a massive row afterwhich then Congress PM Man-

mohan Singh reportedly want-ed to resign.Rahul Gandhi, in a strong

statement after the India-Chi-na face-off in Ladakh allegedthat Prime Minister NarendraModi surrendered Indian ter-ritory to Chinese aggression.The stand taken by Congress

interim Chief Sonia Gandhi atFriday's all party meet alsodrew flak from Nadda. He said,"Yesterday the Prime Ministerheld an all party meeting. Withone voice, all leaders said thatthe whole country is standingwith the Prime Minister. Butthe Congress was asking whathappened, how it happened,where it happened." The grandold party was represented bySonia Gandhi at the meeting.Questioning the Modi govern-ment about "intelligence fail-ure", Sonia Gandhi remarked,"In fact, even at this late stage,we are still in the dark aboutmany crucial aspects of thecrisis."

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With declining infiltration ofterrorists into Jammu andKashmir due to changed secu-rity apparatus after the revoca-tion of Article 370 of Constitu-tion, Pakistans ISI along withKhalistan Zindabad Force(KZF) and other terroristgroups has adopted a newmodus operandi to fuel terrorstrikes in India.Reports from security agen-

cies revealed that the spyagency Inter-Services Intelli-gence is now using drones todeliver arms and ammunition

from across the InternationalBorder (IB) into the Indian ter-ritory.A change in ISI's tactics were

noted within a month after theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) on August 5 last yearrevoked the special status, orlimited autonomy, granted un-der Article 370 to Jammu andKashmir.Nearly a dozen Chi-nese commercial drone sor-ties, carrying almost 100 kg ofarms and ammunition, weresent from across the borderinto Punjab by the Pakistan-based Khalistani terror groupin close coordination with the

ISI between September 9 and16 last year, said officials theBorder Security Force(BSF).Those drones with 10 kgpayloads flew for almost sevenkm from their launch pads at aheight of 2,000 feet to deliverthe deadly payload.The latest such instance was

noticed on Saturday morningwhen BSF troops shot down aPakistani HexaCopter dronecarrying one M4 carbine ma-chine (US-made), two loadedmagazines (60 rounds), andseven Chinese grenades nearthe IB in Jammu and Kash-mir's Kathua district.

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A day after the all-partymeeting in which all na-tional political parties ex-tended their support to thegovernment on the India-China standoff, PunjabChief Minister AmarinderSingh on Saturday urgedthe Centre to change itspolicy to allow soldiers atthe borders to open fire intheir own defence and forprotecting the nation's ter-ritorial integrity.Making it clear that hedid not support sendingsoldiers to the LAC with-out weapons, the ChiefMinister said in the sev-enth edition of his Face-book Live, #AskCaptain,that the government's poli-cy should be that "if theykill one of ours, we shouldkill five of theirs."It was absolutely wrongto send soldiers unarmed

or not to allow them to de-fend themselves, he said,adding that when he andhis Army colleagues usedto do patrolling during hisposting along the LAC fortwo years, they carried allkinds of weapons."We are in the nuclear eraand we are carrying andbeing beaten by dandas,"quipped the CM, express-ing shock at the fact that 20Indian soldiers, includingfour from Punjab, had losttheir lives in an attack bystick wielding and stone

pelting Chinese troops,who he asserted simplycould not be trusted.Lamenting the demise offour Punjabi soldiers in theGalwan Valley clash, theChief Minister said it wasextremely unfortunate,even though "as army men,we are always prepared totake the bullet".Besides increasing thecompensation for theirnext of kin from Rs 12 lakhto Rs 50 lakh, his govern-ment has decided to nameschools after the martyrs,said Amarinder Singh,adding that he had spokento two of the families sofar.On the issue of Sikhs forJustice (SFJ) lawyer Gur-patwant Singh Pannu ex-tending support to China,the CM said he was notonly propagating, but wasactively involved in pro-moting separatism and ter-rorism in India.

China again...Srivastava said Indian troops are fully familiar with thealignment of the LAC in all sectors of the India-Chinaborder areas, including in the Galwan Valley."They abide by it scrupulously here, as they do else-where. The Indian side has never undertaken any ac-tions across the LAC. In fact, they have been patrollingthis area for a long time without any incident," he said.Srivastava said the Chinese side attempted to trans-gress the LAC in other areas of the western sector of theIndia-China border areas since mid-May."These attempts were invariably met with an appro-priate response from us," he said.Srivastava said India expects that Chinese side willsincerely follow the understanding reached between theforeign ministers of two countries recently to ensurepeace and tranquillity in the border areas.

Spurn Chinese ...In Madhya Pradesh, Rashtriya Jagran Manch is spear-heading the campaign. The traders are also advisingpeople against buying Chinese goods. Traders’ organi-sations say that an awareness campaign will belaunched so that Chinese items are not sold.

5-day MP...Presently in the assembly the BJP has 107 members andthe Congress has 92 MLAs. The total strength of the as-sembly is 206. Among rest two MLAs are from BSP andfour were elected as independents, but Samajwadi Par-ty MLA Rajesh Shukla had also became an independentas the party expelled the MLA from the party.

26/11 accused ...Assistant US Attorney John J. Lulejian revealed to thecourt that the Indian government, as per the Extradi-tion Treaty signed between the US and India in 1997, re-quested for the re-arrest of Tahawwur Rana, involved inthe Mumbai attacks in 2008, in which more than 166 peo-ple were killed by a Pakistan based terror outfit. The As-sistant US Attorney also said that India has informedthat Tahawwur Rana is being prosecuted for a numberof offences, including the conspiracy to execute a sen-sational murder.Earlier in 2018, a National Investigation Agency(NIA)team from India was in the US to seek the extradition ofRana, who co-conspired with Headley to help in the exe-cution of the Mumbai attacks a decade ago, in which 10terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba held the city hostagefor three days as they killed more than 166 people and se-riously injured 100 others.Rana was convicted in the US in 2013 and ordered toserve a 14-year prison term. According to his record inthe Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, the ter-rorist was serving his sentence at San Pedro, California.Tahawwur Rana was due for his release in 2021, afterserving nine years in prison.Meanwhile on Friday, US District Judge JacquelineChooljian in the District Court, California, scheduledhis hearing for June 30. His attorney has been asked tosubmit his plea by June 22 and the US government's re-sponse is due by June 26. Assistant US Attorney Lule-jian said that the offences for which Rana's arrest war-rant was issued were covered by the Extradition Treaty.As per dossier of the Indian agencies Tahawwur Ranawas born in Chichawatni in the province of Punjab,Pakistan. Rana attained his medical degree from theCadet College Hasan Abdal, a military residential col-lege in Pakistan. In this college, he met Headley, who be-came a major ISI operative. A physician by profession,Rana served as a captain general duty practitioner inthe Pakistan Army Medical Corps. Rana and his wife,who is also a physician, immigrated to Canada in 1997,and obtained Canadian citizenship in June 2001. Thecouple lived primarily in Chicago and owns severalbusinesses including an immigration service agency.

Coronaphobia...He added “This was not the first case as a woman ofabout 28-30 years too had approached him about a monthago with the same problem. She had fever, for which shehad taken medication and was healthy but she was anx-ious and wary of having COVID-19.”Dr Razdan said such psychological problems areknown as ‘Somatization Disorders’ in which patientdoesn’t have the disease but is scared and feels that ithas hit him.

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Two days after comingout of prison on bail,the Uttar Pradesh Con-gress chief Ajay KumarLallu has announcedthat the party will holda campaign across theState to “expose thescams” occurred underthe Yogi Adityanath-ledBJP government. “Chief minister YogiAdityanath is sitting inthe lap of scamsters.That's why he has main-tained silence overscams which haveemerged in educationand animal husbandrydepartments,” Lallutold the media.Congress plans to takethis campaign up toblock and village levels.

SRINAGAR: Pakistan resorted to unpro-voked ceasefire violation on the Line ofcontrol (LoC) on Saturday in Jammu andKashmir's Kupwara and Baramulla dis-tricts.Police sources said Pakistan resortedto unprovoked firing and mortar shellingon the LoC in the Keran sector of Kupwaradistrict after which the Indian army start-ed retaliating."Heavy firing exchanges are going on be-

tween the two sides in Keran sector",sources said.The same sources said firing and shellingexchanges have also started between thetwo sides in the Haji Peer sector of Uritehsil in Baramulla district.On Friday also Pakistan violated bilater-al ceasefire on the LoC in the Tangdhar sec-tor of Kupwara district and Nowshera sec-tor of Rajouri district.

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spike of 14,516 casesNEW DELHI: India on Saturday saw another record spikeof 14,516 new COVID-19 cases in a single-day, pushing thetally to 3,95,048, while the death toll rose to 12,948 with 375new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministrydata.The number of recoveries continued to surge with

2,13,830 patients cured so far, while there are 1,68,269 activecases, according to the updated official figures at 8 am. One patient has migrated. "Thus, around 54.12 per cent

of the patients have recovered so far," an official said. Thetotal number of confirmed cases includes foreigners.India registered over 10,000 cases for the ninth day in a

row. The country has witnessed a surge of over two lakhinfections from June 1 till 20 with Maharashtra, TamilNadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh among the top fivestates that have seen a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.

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A Pakistani drone, loadedwith a sophisticated rifleand seven grenades, wasshot down by the BorderSecurity Force along theInternational Border inKathua district of Jammuand Kashmir on Saturday,officials said.This is the first such in-cident in Jammu regionwhen a drone carryingarms and explosives wasshot down by the BSF,frustrating Pakistan's at-tempt to smuggleweapons into the UnionTerritory using the hexa-copter, they said.The China-made hexa-copter, weighing about 17.5kgs and having a payloadof 5.5 kg including a so-phisticated US-Made M4semi-automatic carbineand seven Chinesegrenades, was spotted hov-ering in the skies by a BSFpatrol party at Rathua vil-lage in the vicinity of Bor-der Out Post (BOP) Pansararound 5.10 AM and wasshot down by the guardswho fired at least ninerounds, the officials said.They said it entered intothis side from Pakistanand such attempts havebeen made in various sec-tors over the past one year.There were intelligence in-puts about possible use ofdrones for smugglingarms and ammunitionfrom Pakistan."This is the biggest

achievement and averted amajor incident. We arealert to the situation andkeeping an eye on 'aakash'(sky), 'zameen' (land) and'paataal' (subterranean)activities," IG of BSF, Jam-mu frontier, N S Jamwalwho rushed to the Hirana-gar sector, told reportersthere. He said the 8 ft × 6.2ft drone came fromThakurpora post inNarowal-Shakargarh sec-tor in Pakistan and wascarrying the M4 semi-au-tomatic carbine, its twomagazines, seven Chinesegrenades and some otheritems. Four batteries, a ra-dio signal receiver and twoGPS were also seized, theofficials said."It was 150 to 200 ft abovethe surface and had en-

tered 250 to 300 metres intothis side. Most of its partsare Chinese made and con-nected with the Winch sys-tem which is used to dropthe payload at the receiv-er's end and accordinglydisconnect it so that it canreturn to Pak," the IG said.He said the police have

started an investigationand "we are hopeful of get-ting further leads" to iden-tify the person who wassupposed to receive thearms consignment."Had the weapons fallen

into the hands of a terror-ist, he could have launchedan attack within a shortestpossible time. We do notrule out an attempt to car-ry out an immediate attackusing the the weapons," theofficer said .

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Samples of 14 healthcareworkers deputed at theChief minister YogiAdityanath official resi-dence, have been collectedfor covid19 test as one ofthe security personnel post-ed there was tested positivea few days ago. The development prompt-ed the government machin-ery to put 14 health workerson test as they conducthealth checks of all thosevisiting him. Their reportswere awaited. On Saturday, UP 112, theemergency service of thestate was also affected asit’s head quarter in Luc-know was shut for 48 hoursfollowing five persons fromthe technical team testedpositive. The cops in the morningshift were asked to leave thepremises at noon. Thosewho are deputed in the sec-ond and third shifts weredirected to work fromhome. “Calls are beingrouted through Allahabadcentre. The police alsourged people to contactthem via another number1073 or social media han-dles,” Additional DirectorGeneral Aseem Arun saidin a statement.

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Sat-urday rolled back the order on five-day insti-tutional quarantine in the national capital.The Lieutenant Governor had on Friday or-dered five-day mandatory institutional quar-antine for every Covid-19 patient under homeisolation.A day later, he withdrew the order and said,"Regarding institutional isolation, only thoseCovid positive cases which do not require hos-pitalisation on clinical assessment and do nothave adequate facilities for home isolationwould be required to undergo institutionalisolation."The development came after Delhi govern-ment opposed the order, asserting that institu-tional quarantine will make people evade test-ing which will further increase the spread ofthe infection.At the Delhi Disaster Management Authori-ty meeting on Friday, the city government alsoraked up the issue of shortage of healthcarestaff at the quarantine centers to oppose the L-G's order. Meanwhile, the national capitalrecorded a single day spike of over 3,000 freshcoronavirus cases on Friday. Delhi has 53,116total confirmed cases, out of which 2,035 havesuccumbed to the deadly disease.

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A 25-year-old person was"accidentally" shot bymen from his own groupin a Panaji suburb on Sat-urday during an attack ona house, following whichnine persons were arrest-ed, Goa Police said.Sonu Yadav later died ofgunshot wounds at a cityhospital. Yadav was part of thegroup that allegedly at-tacked the house of ImranBepari at St Cruz village,but was shot dead by oneof his accomplices."During the course ofthe investigation, nine ac-cused were apprehended,including two juveniles...one countrymade revolverwas also seized," policesaid.The police believe thatthe attack was a result ofprevious enmity.

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Known for government con-trol and censorship, Chinesesocial media has now re-moved Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi's speech and India'sofficial statements on the bor-der row.Modi's June 18 remarksabout the country's border sit-uation became inaccessible tousers on WeChat.The Prime Minister's re-marks came in the aftermathof the bloody faceoff in Gal-wan Valley in eastern Ladakhin which 20 Indian soldierslost their lives on Mondaynight. The Chinese side hasnot yet revealed the number ofcasualties on its side.Modi emphasised that whileIndia desires peace, the coun-try is capable of giving a be-fitting reply when instigated.MEA spokesman AnuragSrivastava's statement on the

border row was also removedfrom the official WeChat ac-count.A message on WeChat said,"Unable to view this contentbecause it violates regula-tions."Ahead of his visit to Chinain 2015, Modi also opened anaccount on Sina Weibo, whichis considered the Chineseequivalent of microbloggingplatform Twitter. However,the account has not postedany content related to the bor-der tensions with China.

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Bhubaneswar: Puri Gajapati DibyasinghaDeb on Saturday requested Odisha ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik to take appropriatesteps to approach the Supreme Court for apartial modification in its order so to permitRatha Yatra only in Puri city, the 'moola-peetha' of Lord Jagannath.Deb, also chairman of Sri Jagannath Tem-ple Managing Committee, requested theChief Minister through a letter to reconsid-er the sensitive issue of not holding a RathYatra in Puri. "The Managing Committeeand the Chhatisa Nijoga unanimously decid-ed to appeal to the state government to im-mediately move the hon'ble Supreme Courtfor a modification of the court order, so as toallow the world-famous Ratha Yatra in Puri,"

said Gajapati. Hearing a petition by an NGO, the SupremeCourt on Thursday stayed Rath Yatra acrossOdisha in view of COVID-19 situation.Debsaid performance of the annual Ratha Yatrain Puri is sanctioned and mandated by sa-cred scriptures, such as Skanda Purana,Brahma Purana, Neeladri Mahodaya, Ba-madeba Samhita etc. "JagadguruShankaracharya Swami NischalanandaSaraswati Maharaj, who is revered as thesupreme religious authority in the religiousaffairs of Shreemandira, has expressed hislearned view in favour of hon'ble SupremeCourt reconsidering and modifying its Or-der of June 18 so as to enable conduct ofthe Rath Yatra in Puri," he added.

Lucknow:A Special CBI courthearing the Babri mosque demo-lition case on Saturday directedthe National Informatics Centre(NIC) to make arrangements forvideo conferencing to recordstatements of nine accused, in-cluding including formerdeputy PM L K Advani."The NIC should be written toensure the video conferencingfacility at the residence of theaccused whose list is enclosedalong with this order," specialjudge S K Yadav said.The office of the court, in com-pliance with the order, will senda communication to the NIC thatcomes under the Ministry ofElectronics and InformationTechnology. The list comprisesnames of Advani, MurliManohar Joshi, former UP CMKalyan Singh; Mahant NrityaGopal Das, Acharya Dharmen-dra Dev, RN Srivastava, JaiBhagwan Goel, Amar Nath Goeland Sudhir Kakkad.These accused have to deposeunder section 313 of the CrPC.

The court prepared a list ofabout 1,000 questions to be askedfrom almost all the accused. Thetrial court framed the questionson the basis of evidence pro-duced by the prosecution agencyCBI regarding the complicity ofthe accused. "The special courtinforms an accused about theparticular fact and evidencewhich came during the trialagainst him and then asks himto speak as to what does he wantto tell about this," CBI counselLalit Singh said. "In this way, thecourt asked about 1,000 ques-tions from the 13 accused whohave deposed so far and thecourt may follow similar pro-ceedings with the rest of ac-cused," Singh added.In the list, Advani is suggestedto depose before the specialcourt on June 30; Joshi on July 1;Kalyan on July 2; RN Srivastavaon June 22; Mahant NrityaGopal Das on June 23; Jai Bhag-wan Das on June 24; Amar NathGoel on June 25 and SudhirKakkad on June on 26.

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Approach SC for modified order on Rath Yatra: Gajapati to CM

Will discuss Tahawwur Rana's extradition with Centre: DeshmukhMUMBAI: The Maharash-tra government will discusswith the Centre the extradi-tion process of TahawwurRana, recently rearrested inthe US for his alleged in-volvement in the 26/11 Mum-bai terror attacks, stateHome Minister Anil Desh-mukh said on Saturday.Rana had been declared a

fugitive by India. Pakistani-American terrorist DavidColeman Headley had toldinvestigators that he had act-ed as an agent of Rana dur-ing the 26/11 attacks, Desh-mukh said. "We will discussRana's extradition processwith senior police officialsin Maharashtra and at theCentral- level," he said.

KABUL: The US State Department says COVID-19infections have been reported at its embassy in theAfghan capital and the staff who are affected includediplomats, contractors and locally employed staff.The State Department did not say how many were

affected. An official at the embassy in Kabul, who couldnot be identified because of not being authorized to talkto the media, said as many as 20 people were infected,the majority of whom are Nepalese Gurkhas, whoprovide embassy security.

Coronavirus hits US Embassy in Kabul

YOSHITA SINGHNew York

Geoffrey Berman, the pow-erful US attorney for theSouthern District of NewYork who has investigated anumber of associates ofPresident Donald Trump,has said that he has not re-signed and has no intentionof doing so after the JusticeDepartment moved abrupt-ly to oust him.Attorney General WilliamP Barr on Friday an-nounced that PresidentTrump planned to replaceBerman."I learned in a press re-lease from the AttorneyGeneral tonight that I was'stepping down' as UnitedStates Attorney. I have notresigned, and have no inten-tion of resigning, my posi-tion, to which I was appoint-ed by the Judges of the Unit-ed States District Court for

the Southern District ofNew York," Berman said ina statement on Friday night.He asserted that he willstep down when a presiden-tially appointed nominee isconfirmed by the Senate."Until then, our investiga-tions will move forwardwithout delay or interrup-tion. I cherish every daythat I work with the menand women of this Office topursue justice without fearor favour - and intend to en-sure that this Office's im-

portant cases continueunimpeded." Berman'sstatement came in responseto Barr announcement thatTrump intends to nominatethe current Chairman ofthe Securities and Ex-change Commission JayClayton as the next UnitedStates Attorney for theSouthern District of NewYork.Barr said in a statementthat he thanks Berman,"who is stepping down aftertwo-and-a-half years of

service" as Manhattan's topfederal prosecutor."With tenacity and savvy,"Barr said Berman has done"an excellent job leading oneof our nation's most signifi-cant U.S. Attorney's Offices,achieving many successeson consequential civil andcriminal matters. I appreci-ate his service to the De-partment of Justice and ournation, and I wish him wellin the future." Barr addedthat on his recommenda-tion, Trump has appointedCraig Carpenito, currentlythe United States Attorneyfor the District of New Jer-sey, to serve as the ActingUnited States Attorney forthe Southern District ofNew York, while the Senateis considering Clayton'snomination. The appoint-ment will be effective July 3and Carpenito will workclosely with Berman to "en-sure a smooth transition."

"I learned in a press release from the AttorneyGeneral William P Barr tonight that I was 'stepping

down' as United States Attorney. I have notresigned, and have no intention of resigning, myposition, to which I was appointed by the Judgesof the United States District Court for the Southern

District of New York"—US attorney Geoffrey Berman

Brazil cases hit 1mAGENCIESSao Paulo

Brazil's governmentconfirmed on Fridaythat the country hasrisen above 1 millionconfirmed coron-avirus cases, secondonly to the UnitedStates.The country'shealth ministry saidthat the total nowstood at 1,032,913, upmore than 50,000from Thursday. Theministry said thesharp increase wasdue to corrections ofprevious days' under-reported numbers.Brazilian PresidentJair Bolsonaro stilldownplays the risksof the virus afternearly 50,000 deathsfrom COVID-19 inthree months, saying

the impact of socialisolation measureson the economycould be worse thanthe disease itself.Specialists believethe actual number ofcases in Brazil couldbe up to seven timeshigher than the offi-cial statistic. JohnsHopkins Universitysays Brazil is per-forming an averageof 14 tests per 100,000people each day, andhealth experts saythat number is up to20 times less thanneeded to track the virus.Official data show adownward trend ofthe virus in Brazil'snorth, including thehard-hit region ofthe Amazon, aplateau in cases anddeaths in the coun-

tries' biggest citiesnear the Atlanticcoast, but a risingcurve in the south.In the Braziliancountryside, whichis much less pre-pared to handle a cri-sis, the pandemic isclearly growing.Many smaller citieshave weaker healthcare systems and ba-sic sanitation that'sinsufficient to pre-vent contagion."There is a lot of re-gional inequality inour public healthsystem and a short-age of professionalsin the interior," saidMiguel Lago, execu-tive director ofBrazil's Institute forHealth Policy Stud-ies, which advisespublic health officials.

Corona fears and anxietyahead of Trump’s rally

AGENCIESWashington

Pressing ahead in a pandemic, PresidentDonald Trump looked to reverse a declinein his political fortunes Saturday by re-turning to the format that has so often en-ergised himself and his loyal supporters:a raucous, no-holds-barred rally beforetens of thousands of ardent fans, this timein Tulsa, Oklahoma.The rally was shaping up to be one of thebiggest indoor events in the US since largegatherings were shut down in March be-cause of the coronavirus, and it wasscheduled over the protests of local healthofficials and as COVID-19 cases spike inmany states. The event was expectedto draw crowds of protesters tothe area as well.It's been more than threemonths since the nationlast saw a Trump rally.The unemploymentrate stood at about 3.5%that March 2. The num-ber of coronavirus casesin the U.S. was estimatedat 91. "Our country isstronger than ever before,"

Trump declared.Now, the unemployment rate stands at13.3%, based on the most recent monthlyreport.The number of confirmed coronaviruscases has soared to about 2.2 million. Thenumber of deaths reported in the U.S. hassurpassed 119,000. Outrage over the crim-inal justice system's treatment of minori-ties following the death of George Floydand other African Americans hasspawned protests around the nation. Onlyabout a quarter of Americans say thecountry is headed in the right direction.Trump understands the stakes and wasdetermined to return to his signaturecampaign events.

He dismissed complaints thatbringing together throngs foran indoor rally riskedspreading the coronavirusas nothing more thanpolitics."Big crowds and linesalready forming inTulsa. My campaignhasn't started yet. Itstarts on Saturdaynight in Oklahoma!"Trump tweeted Friday.

Attorney probing Trump allies refuses to quit

WASHINGTON: The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trumpwill host a 4th of July event despite pleas from lawmakers to cancel over concernsregarding the coronavirus pandemic, media reports said.In a statement on Friday, the White House announced that the President and FirstLady Melania Trump, with the Interior Department, will host the 2020 "Salute toAmerica" on the South Lawn of the White House and Ellipse on July 4, The Hillnews website reported.The event will feature music, military demonstrations and flyovers to celebratethe nation's service members and veterans, as well as an address from the Presi-dent.Donald Trump first hosted a "Salute for America" on July 4, 2019, bringing troops,tanks, helicopters and fighter jets to the streets of the nation's capital.But this year's event comes despite pushback from lawmakers that holding a massgathering could put people at risk of contracting the coronavirus, which has so farinfected 2,219,976 people and killed 119,099 others in the country.Both tallies are currently the highest in the world.

July 4th event is on: WH

CORONACURE

CORNERNovartis haltsHCQ trial Swiss drugmaker Novartishas announced todiscontinueHydroxychloroquine (HCQ)clinical trial over acuteenrollment challenges thathave made completion ofthe trial infeasible, and notbecause any safety issueswere reported or efficacyconclusions made.The Basel-based companysaid that it will, however,continue the worldwidesupply ofhydroxychloroquine forclinical trials and upongovernment requests.

MMR vaccine to the rescueThe administration of avaccine unrelated to thenovel coronavirus, such asthe one used for measles,mumps, rubella, or MMR,may serve as a preventivemeasure against the worstdisease complications ofCOVID-19, scientists say.Researchers, includingthose from the LouisianaState University in the US,said live attenuatedvaccines, which are madeusing weakened strains ofa disease causingpathogen, providenonspecific protectionagainst lethal infections.They said these vaccinescan induce "trained" innateimmune cells for improvedhost responses againstsubsequent infections.

Countries battle between lockdown and reopeningMEXICO CITY: Mexico City hasdelayed a planned reopening ofbusinesses until coronavirus infec-tions drop, its mayor has said, ascases continue to surge nation-wide.The city had been hoping to openhotels, restaurants and shoppingcentres on Saturday as part of itstraffic-light system for easing thelockdown, the BBC reported.But on Friday, Mayor ClaudiaSheinbaum said the capital citywould remain at red - the highestlevel of lockdown - until next week.

MELBOURNE: Australia's Victo-ria state is set to reimpose house-hold restrictions from Monday af-ter recording double-digit increasesin COVID-19 cases for a fourth con-secutive day.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrewssays household gatherings will berestricted to five guests and out-door gatherings to 10 people untilmidnight July 12.Andrews said Victoria recorded25 new cases on Saturday, thebiggest daily increase in two months.

RIYADH:More than 1,500 mosquesare due to reopen Sunday in the holycity of Mecca amid strict health pre-cautions after three-month closuredue to the COVID-19 pandemic inSaudi Arabia, a media report said.Late last month, mosques re-opened across Saudi Arabia, exceptin Mecca, for congregation prayersas part of a phased plan for gradualreturn to normalcy, said the Gulfnews report.On Sunday, nearly 1,560 mosques inMecca will reopen for worshippersstarting from the Fajr prayer.

MADRID: Spain’s state of alarm,the emergency mechanism proppingup the nationwide lockdown to con-tain COVID-19, will expire midnighton Saturday, 98 days after it firstcame into effect.In an unprecedented situation dur-ing the country's history, the days un-der lockdown in Spain progressed atvarying speeds, reports Efe news.But with the gradual easing of re-strictions, life has slowly returned tothe streets, squares, shops, highways,factories, offices, bars and beachesup and down the country.

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• UK: Summer solstice revellers urged not to go

to Stonehenge

• China reports 34 new coronavirus cases;

submits virus genome sequence to WHO

• Pak resumes international flights

• Guatemala replaces health minister mid-pandemic

• German slaughterhouse virus cases exceed 1K

• South Korea sees most new cases in 3 weeks

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Climate & corona are both important: GretaAGENCIES / Stockholm

Swedish teen activist GretaThunberg has said that theworld needs to learn the les-sons of coronavirus andtreat climate change withsimilar urgency.In an exclusive interviewwith the BBC, Thunbergsaid: "People are starting torealise that we cannot keeplooking away from thesethings... We cannot keepsweeping these injusticesunder the carpet".She said the lockdown has

given her time to relax andreflect away from the publicgaze.Thunberg shared with theBBC the text of a deeply per-sonal programme she hasmade for Swedish Radio.In the radio programme,which went online on Satur-day morning, the young ac-tivist looks back on the yearin which she became one ofthe world's most high-profilecelebrities.It was in the UN that shedelivered her famous "howdare you" speech. "You have

stolen my dreams and mychildhood with your emptywords", she told the worldleaders gathered in the UNAssembly lastThunberg told the BBCthat she knew it was a "life-time moment" and decidednot to hold anything back.The activist said that theonly positive that couldcome out of the coronaviruspandemic would be if itchanges how we deal withglobal crises: "It shows thatin a crisis, you act, and youact with necessary force."

AGENCIESHong Kong

As the pro-democracy andanti-national security lawprotests in Hong Kong con-tinue to draw attention tothe atrocities being com-mitted by China, the Bei-jing government seems tohave become moreadamant in isolating HongKong and imposing itsdominance in the city.In the bid to muzzle thegrowing dissent voices, theChinese government has in-cluded the word "collusion"in the national security law.With this move, the legisla-tion has now criminalised"activities of foreign and ex-ternal forces to interfere inthe affairs" of Hong Kongand anyone who "colludeswith foreign states in plot-ting to harm the mother-land's sovereignty, territori-al integrity and security"will be sentenced between 10years and life in jail, theSouth China Morning Postreported.This new weapon to silencethe Hong Kong protesters,has given rise to fresh angeramong the people.

China’s newweapon tosilence HKprotesters

AGENCIES / Dublin

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkarslipped in a quote from the 2004 Amer-ican teen comedy film, "Mean Girls"during his daily briefing on theCOVID-19 situation in the country, amedia report said.As the Prime Minister announcedplans to scale back COVID-19 restric-tions, he said on Friday: "Some haveasked whether there is a limit to whatwe can achieve," the Metro newspaperreported.

Quoting the moment Lindsay Lo-han's character in the movie wins theMathletes championship finals,Varadkar said: "My answer is that thelimit does not exist."It appears that "Lord of the Rings"star Sean Astin bet Varadkar "50 quid"to slip the "Mean Girls" reference intohis next speech, said the newspaper.The wager was in response to theIrish leader quoting Astin's part ofSamwise during a previous COVID-19briefing.In it, Varadkar had said: "So, this af-

ternoon let me end with words ofhope. In the end, it's only a passingthing this shadow, even darkness mustpass. A new day will come, and whenthe sun shines, it'll shine out the clear-er." During Friday's briefing, thePrime Minister said that, with someexceptions, Ireland will move to phasethree from June 29.Hairdressers and barbers will re-open and gatherings of up to 50 peopleindoors will be allowed after the gov-ernment brought forward a series ofrelaxation measures.

Irish PM a fan of ‘Mean Girls’?

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Anxious about the spread of thecoronavirus and your own im-munity? Claustrophobic on be-

ing bound in your home largely? Sink-ing into depression at not being able tomeet people you love and pursuing oth-er activities like gym-exercising thatkeep you upbeat otherwise?The two-word sure-shot solution to

your problems is Yoga. As a recent re-search from the University of SouthAustralia (that examined 19 studiesacross 6 countries) and published in theBritish Journal of Sports Medicineconfirmed – movement-based yoga cansignificantly improve mental healthduring the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, the original and deeper intent

of Yoga has always been to enable its

practitioners enjoy sound mentalhealth, in all circumstances – despitepopular associations of Yoga withphysical health alone. The BhagavadGita defines yoga as samatvam yogahuchchayate�– a state of the highest men-tal equilibrium, a calm mind that is notswayed by the dualities of existence.Of course, such a state is not easy to

attain or retain, given the nature of thehuman mind, which is habitually asrestless as a drunken monkey bitten bya scorpion, in the lexicon of ancientrishis. The mind is a maze of disor-dered feelings, ideas, and its variousmodifications (vrittis) like knowledge(right or wrong), imaginations, vaguethoughts floating in sleep, and memo-ries can create hellish sufferings, trig-gering stress. Under stress, the body re-leases more of stress hormones likeadrenaline, resulting in tighter mus-cles, increased blood pressure, loweredimmunity, and shallow breathingwhich lowers oxygen supply to the

body; also food assimilation isaffected. Continued stressgenerates more toxins thanthe body can throw out.Eventually, these mentaldisturbances (Adhi) cul-minate in physical ail-ments (Vyadhi).Since Yoga recognis-es that the body is eas-ier to control thanthe mind, and themind and body areintimately connect-ed, it aims to gaincontrol of the mindby working on thebody. Different Yogaasanas, pranayams,and kriyas (cleansingactions), while entail-ing bodily movements,profoundly impact themind, strengtheningpositivity. A fact, whichis endorsed by manycelebrity yoga practition-ers like Shilpa Shetty, Malai-

ka Arora, AishwaryaaDhanush, Shikhar Dhawan,

Vikram Sathaye, and AnkurTewari. Says actor Yami Gautam,

known for her fitness regime, “Yogais a lifestyle... It helps me stay positiveand keeps my skin glowing.”Unlike other physical practices,

which do not require full mind engage-ment – in a gym, one can keep walkingon treadmill, while talking on phone orlistening to music – while doing asanas(postures), the mind has to be continu-ously involved. Almost all body move-ments in yoga are synced with breath-ing patterns; like in hastapadasana, youinhale deeply while stretching yourarms upward and then exhaling, lowerthe arms to grasp your ankles. Thus, the yoga asanas,when practiced

correctly, firm up the mind as much asthe body. Observes yoga teacher Shaila-ja Menon in her book Yoga Shakti,“Every time…we direct the mind tostay on the body in asana practice or toshift the focus to the breath andcount… breaths, the underlying thrustis to strengthen our capacity to directour minds and shift our attention tostay where WE choose. That capacity isthe KEY to release from suffering, andit is the path to freedom.” Regular prac-tice of asanas for even 20 minutes everyday contributes to keep both mind andbody stable and flexible.Even more mind-beneficial than

asanas is the practice of pranayama(breath regulation). Our rishis madethe vital discovery that breath corre-sponds to thought. Our minds are gen-erally unsteady since our breath is ir-regular and shallow. While we cannotcheck the incessant flow of ourthoughts, we can regulate our breath.Through regular practice of differentpranayams (breathing exercises) such

as anulom vilom,which involve deep,conscious breathing, our breathingslowly becomes steady, and so do ourminds. Also, pranayamsaid better oxy-genation of the lungs and thus all cellsof the body – result, all organs functionoptimally. Regular practice ofpranayams for even ten to fifteen min-utes every day keeps the mind-bodymachine robust, boosting immunity.

However, to realise the full benefit ofYoga – the ability to remain focussed onone’s highest goal at all times – oneneeds to also imbibe certain mental at-titudes. Rishis evolved different concep-tual techniques to control the mind likePratipakshabhavana.It means to con-sciously cultivate opposite positivethoughts whenever a destructive ornegative thought occurs in our minds,regarding ourselves or others. Whenwe do so, we feel instant calm and re-lief. This method reminds us that otheroptions exist, and our negative thoughtis based on our past hurts. It allows usto begin changing damaging thoughtpatterns.Another important attitude that yoga

advocates and which is pertinent todayto fight COVID-19 is the niyama of Ish-warpranidhaana – surrender to a higherreality. Ishwarsignifies the universe.Yoga urges us to believe that this uni-verse is both benevolent and meaning-ful. It also reminds us that our egos, in-telligence, knowledge, etc. are limited.So it makes sense to place our faith in ahigher reality. Such faith induces astrong, positive and affirming state ofmind.Lockdown is ideal time for both the

uninitiated and those familiar withYoga, to delve deeper into its riches.

(Munmun Ghosh is a certified yoga instructorand a yoga practitioner for past 25 years. She can

be reached on [email protected])

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Wellness

se YogaIn times of COVID-19 when people are clueless abouthow to boost immunity andmental well-being, MUNMUNGHOSH writes how yogasans &pranayams can do the needful

hoga…

Yoga: The Art of Mental EquilibriumWHAT: Techno-monk and Lifestyle coach, Gopinath ChandraDas will deliver a lecture on how with the help of yoga wecan strike a perfect balance between body and mind andmake your life simple and stress-free. WHEN: Today, 9 am till 10 am WHERE: On Zoom, ID: 2465719266, Password: Yogi

‘YogNaad’ ft. Rahul Sharma WHAT: ThisInternational Yoga Day,listen to themesmerizing tunes ofSantoor Maestro RahulSharma on the virtualevent ‘YogNaad’. Theevent is organized bythe The Yoga Instituteon account of theInternational Yoga Day.This unforgettable liveperformance by themaestro is definitely a

not to be missed event and is free for all. The event can beattended on the Facebook and YouTube page of The YogaInstitute. WHEN: Today, 5:30pm to 6:00pmVISIT: The Yoga Institute on Facebook, YouTube &@theyogainstituteofficial on Instagram

Healthy Talk with Rujuta Diwekar WHAT: Listen to the ‘healthy’ conversation between Dr.Hansaji Yogendra, Yog Guru and Director at The YogaInstitute and Celebrity Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar live. Theywould talk about the importance of yoga and health lifestylealong with the importance of a healthy diet in your day today routine. The session is free for all and is going to be aninteractive session where the audience can involvethemselves and be a part of the same. It can be attended onthe Facebook and YouTube page of The Yoga Institute.WHEN: Today, 11:30 am to 12:10 pmVISIT: The Yoga Institute on Facebook, YouTube &@theyogainstituteofficial on Instagram

Beautiful connection of Yoga andMental Well-Being

WHAT: ThisInternationalYoga Dayexperiencethe beautifulconnectionbetweenYoga andMental well-being withDr. HansajiYogendra,Yog Guru

and Director at The Yoga Institute and India lifestyle coachand Motivational speaker, Gaur Gopal Das. This interactivesession can be attended LIVE on the official Facebook andYouTube page of The Yoga Institute and free for all wherethe audience can ask their queries.WHEN: Today, 7 pm to 7:45 pmVISIT: The Yoga Institute on Facebook, YouTube &@theyogainstituteofficial on Instagram

Yoga-Thon 2020WHAT: Yoga-thon is a full-day virtual yoga festivalorganised by Ira Yoga Wellness (www.irayogawellness.com)to celebrate the International Yoga Day. Participants will getan opportunity to learn about the various forms of yogafrom the wonderful team of teachers at Ira Yoga Wellness.The event will be streamed LIVE from 7 am- 7 pm on variousonline platforms, and will include exciting contests,giveaways, and influencer collaborations.WHEN: Today, 7 am till 7 pm TO REGISTER VISIT: www.insider.in

Yoga for respiratory & ImmuneSystems

WHAT: On theoccasion ofInternational YogaDay, Jai Sisodiya, anadvanced YogaAcharya, woulddescribe thesignificance of threeintermediate posturesand specific breathingtechniques which canimprove ourrespiratory systemsand could be thegateway to a positiveand healthy life.Generally 1/4th to thof lungs functionsthroughout the day.

You will be taught how we can use 100% of lungs andboost both the respiratory parts as well as immune systems.On the other hand, Acharya will also explain the importanceof a healthy diet and how it can shape our overall well-being. WHEN: Today, 8:30 am till 9 am WHERE: On Zoom, ID: 2465719266, Password: Yogi

Pranayama Workshop WHAT: Breath is the bridge which connects life toconsciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.What is Life? What is it that we all are searching for? In ourconstant quest for a better, far improved, well rounded life,we often tend to miss the quintessential aspect of Life- OurBreath. The challenges posed by day to day tasks of our lifeleave us stressed and worried. An easy breathing techniqueof Yoga can help us release the stress. These breath controlpractices of Yoga are called ‘Pranayama’. Pranayama is oneof the most potent yet under used yogic practices for bothmanaging anxiety and boosting immunity. Learning toconsciously manipulate your breath trains your nervoussystem to sync up with your immune system, hormonalsystem, and detox systems.WHEN: Today, 8 am & 5 pm TO REGISTER VISIT: www.insider.in

Your YogaDay planner Grab your smartphone or laptop and

stream these online events which we havehand picked for you with an aim to make

your Yoga Day fun and memorable

Now that the lockdown iseasing, we can allbreathe easy right?

Wrong! The easing is happeningfor economic reasons, but thedanger of the COVID-19 conta-gion hasn’t disappeared.We now know how pressured

confined living can get. Be it liv-ing alone and isolated, or withmany people in close confineson a 24x7 basis have their ownset of challenges. Compoundthat with being faced with noth-ing but bad news day after daycan unnerve even the strongestamongst us. The resultant fearis enough to trigger our basicfight or flight instinct, andwhen we realise that we are un-able to do either, the sense ofhelplessness can cause a personto become emotionally reactive -which shows up in the form ofanger or depression. Leftunchecked, these emotions canassume dangerous proportions,to the point of becoming a phys-ical threat for not only the per-son experiencing it but also thepeople around. We all do get angry, but then,

we simmer down. If a person isfeeling angry all the time, theymay be actually experiencing acase of depression. In this arti-cle, we look at the connectionbetween anger and depression,as well as the other symptomsand diagnosis of depression. Iwill also discuss the holisticways of treating both anger anddepression.Here are some tips on how to

manage issues with anger anddepression:Use your body’s senses as anearly warning system: Similarto managing stress, listen toyour body, and pay attention tothe physical signs of anger.

Step back, and when possi-ble, walk away: Once you’reable to recognize that you aregetting angry or upset, it’s im-

portant to take a step back andgive yourself a moment to calmdown.

Deep breathing and musclerelaxation: Deep breathing canhelp calm your body down,while also focusing your atten-tion on something other thanwhat was getting you upset.

Ask yourself if it’s worth it:Most of the time when we getangry, it is out of proportion tothe situation we’re in. Angercan be useful in a dangerous sit-uation (like when you feel physi-cally threatened), but most ofthe time getting angry simplydoesn’t help.

Give your anger a healthyoutlet: If you feel yourself get-ting worked up, try giving yourtension a positive outlet. Anyform of indoor or outdoor exer-cise is the best way around. Depression is caused by imbal-

ance of energy in various or-gans like liver, spleen, stomach,heart; phlegm heat troublingthe heart, etc., each type pro-duces different symptoms inbody. Liver inflammation cancause lot of agitation in mindand bring on suicidal tenden-cies.Patient could be treated by

studying symptoms related toeach problem, but it is difficultto meet patient in present cir-cumstances, so here are a fewways to find an internal balanceto sort out anger and depressionworked out by the Acusansthanbased on Ayurvedic acupres-sure. The treatment can be done by

stimulation and pasting gramsor pea seeds, cluster or five starmagnets on point or applyingcolours, in an efficient and easymanner. There are ten MegaMeridians, five on palm side ofthe wrist and five on back sideof the wrist. Each mega-meridi-an is energy gate for a particu-lar organ, endocrine gland, al-lergy, lymph, circulation sys-tem, treatment for degenerationof bones etc., numbered 4, 1, 0,2, 3 on palm side of wrist and 6,7, 9 8, 5 on back of wrist.

Here are some basic treatments:1. Colourtherapy fordepression,stress andphobia: Applygreen, red andyellow colourwith the helpof a sketch penon the pointsshown in theimage below.You can also

use felt pen or a colour marker.

2. Depression and Insomnia:Byol magnet has power toenhance indicated by ↑ or re-duce↓, the energy as shown bythe arrow symbols. Mind, brain,soul behaves in a particular

manner due to imbalance in en-ergy level of the organ, glandetc. To balance the same for de-pression or insomnia, one has topaste chakra magnet on righthand Mega Meridians no. 7 ↑ 8↓ and on Left hand MegaMeridians 8 ↑ 7 ↓

3. Treating depression withNail Therapy: Paste AyurvedicByol magnets (small size) on the

pointsshownin thepic-turesbelow.Yellowsidetou-chingskin forpointswith ↑

and white side touching forpoints with ↓ indication.Index finger Left hand 8, 0 ↑ 7, 9 ↓Right Hand8, 0 ↑ 7, 9 ↓

4. Anxiety, nervousness andhysteria treatment:

Paste Chakra magnets on theleft hand mega-meridians, palm1 ↑ and 2 ↓ and back sidemeridians 8 ↑ and 6, 7↓

5. Target the thyroid gland:Overactive(Hyper)thyroidgland dueto excessTSH secre-tion by an-terior pitu-itary caus-ing depres-sion, confu-sion,weight lossetc. Paste aByol mag-net white

side touching or green gramgerminating point on the skinon meridian TW 2.

6. Anger due to inflammationof liver: Paste methi seed or a

Byol Mag-net on PtLiv 2. Makesure thatthe whiteside of themagnetshould beon the topas shown inthe imagebelow. If you

want tolearn aboutMegaMeridiansand Sujok

Meridians in details then pleasevisit www.artofselfhealing.in

(From increasing metabolism toovercoming physical problems,through a series of article, Prof

Luthria will speak about the art ofself-healing through different heal-

ing techniques.)

mind Clear the

Su-Jok, a therapy whichpromises to treat physical ailments canalso keep mental problems at bay, Prof. G B Luthria tells us how

Here’s the list of some basic asanasand pranyams which you shouldtry: Asanas: Tadasana, Konasana, Va-jrasana, Parvatasana, ShavasanaPranayams:Anuloma viloma, UjjayBrahmari, Sheetali, Sitkari

here won't be public gatherings, no live eventshappening nor doing yoga together with friends— the coronavirus pandemic has changed theway the International Yoga Day will be celebrat-

ed this year. Yoga needs no introduction. The benefitsof this ancient form of physical, spiritual and mentalpractice are way too many and over the years, has be-come an important part of millennials' daily lives. Ithelps not only one stay physically, but mentally fit as well. Speaking about the importance of yoga in COVIDtimes, Ira Trivedi, author and yoga acharya, says, “Yogaworks on many levels: mental, physical and emotional.And, amid the coronavirus crisis, we need yoga morethan before as yoga can help strengthen respiratory sys-tem, boost immunity and also help manage stress, ten-sion that these uncertain times have brought with it.”

ADAH SHARMA, ACTOR: Padmasanaon the mallakhambrope is my favouriteasana. My mother isa yoga teacher andI've been doing yogawith her since I wasa child. Now, duringlockdown, we havebeen meditating to-gether. We also doyoga on the mal-lakhamb rope to-gether of which Ishared a video do-ing shavasana onthe rope

GURMEET CHOUDHARY,ACTOR: With gyms inac-cessible yoga is the onlyway to keep oneself fit. Ihave been doing isha kriyatwice daily along withchanting ‘Om’. Yoga forme is finding my innerpeace. I have always been afitness fanatic. Duringlockdown it’s important tokeep fit mentally as well asphysically. Hence I havetaken to yoga extensively.

ALANKRITA SAHAY, ACTOR:Yoga is importantfor me because it’snot a workout it’s awork-in: It helpsme inhale the fu-ture and exhale thepast...it teaches meto live in the pres-ent. I am very ob-sessive about thepast and future,but yoga helps mestay calm and fo-cused. I started do-ing yoga in 2013along with my bestfriend Nirupama.She is very spiritu-al and believes inmagic like me.During one of ourtrips to Goa we at-tended a workshopon yoga and then there was no looking back for us. WhenI have hard days, I just breathe and try to let go as theasanas teach us — letting go is the hardest asana. I enjoybeing there in the moment that’s the only time I feel freeand away from the chaos. I’m still balancing and learningmore about me and my body through yoga.

VATSAL SETH, ACTOR:Yoga is one of the most im-portant things peopleshould practice because ithas a lot of benefits. Sincebreathing exercise is animportant part of yoga ithelps you to control yourbreath, calms you down.Most of the asanas are in-spired from animals, na-ture and when you startpractising yoga regularlyyou see the difference. Ilove doing the gomukh

asana: It does wonder for the whole upper, lower body andis amazing for the back.

KRANTIPRAKASH JHA,ACTOR: Yoga isa way of lifewhere you notonly take careof your body,but also yourinner self. Italso paves wayfor you to spendsome 'me' time.It teaches youpatience. It alsoteaches you torespect yourbody. If yourbody is healthy,your thoughtsbecome healthyand if thoughtsare healthyyour world ishealthy. Myfavourite ismayurasana,sirsasana andchakrasana.

TARUN KHANNA, ACTOR: Iwas into yoga since childhood.I did a lot of Karate as welland a lot of Karate exercisesinclude yoga asanas, but areknown by different names. Ipractice yoga for an hourevery day in the morning, it isa part of my daily routine ir-respective where I am. I make

sure I sit in vajrasana while having food. I have also mas-tered mayurasana over the years and now I am practisingbakasana and will eventually look at doing a handstand.Yoga is very good for an actor as it helps in concentratingand internalising thoughts. I would recommend yoga toeveryone.

APARNA DIXIT, ACTOR: I absolutely love yoga speciallyhead stands are my favourite. It soothes me, gives mepeace, teaches me balance physically and emotionally. Ifeel yoga is something that brings a positive change inyou fromwithin. Themore youpractice it,the more itheals andstrengthensyou. I makesure to dobreathingexercisesregularly.Yoga is likea calmamidst allthe chaosaround us.

he Yoga Institute of India, in collaboration with celebrity yoga expert ShrradhaSetalvad, will be celebrating International Yoga Day with ‘One World Yoga Anthem’.This anthem will feature Shrradha Setalvad creating a powerful light sound displayof yoga asanas. One World is a visual masterpiece, which aims to make each viewer

transcend to the plane of spirituality blessed by Siddhanath Gurunath, with the powerfuland resounding sound of ‘Om’. Celebrating this iconic day are a number of Bollywood starslike of which include Juhi Chawla, Madhoo Shah, Bhagyashree and Saiee Manjerekar, amongothers. The video also features internationally acclaimed yogis such a Kino Mac Gregor fromMiami, USA and Miguel Sant’ana from Brisbane, Australia. The song will be launched viaFacebook Live and YouTube today at 10.05 am, on Times Music Spiritual’s channels.

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n the lengthy post, Twinklehas shared a lot of momentsshe spent with her father.From tasting alcohol with

him to exchanging relationshipadvices, Twinkle spoke about manythings that define their bond. "Father's Day, for me, will always bein December. If my father hoped for aboy as his firstborn, I was never told.All I know is what he said to mymother: That I was the best presentshe could have ever given him as I en-tered the world, feet first, on his 31stbirthday. He always called me Tinababa, never baby, andthough I didn't realise itat that point, my up-bringing was differentfrom all the other younggirls around me. The re-strictions drawn aroundtheir adolescence didnot define mine. Thepermanent marker, onethat would later bepassed onto their hus-bands, to enforce thecircle of captivity didnot exist in my case,"Twinkle wrote on herwebsite Tweak India. "He was the one whogave me my first sip ofalcohol, Scotch on therocks in a glass tooheavy for my hand. Iwas permitted to peerinto the living room

with its shaggy white carpet and itsbejewelled people. The light from thechandelier was diffused by the smokethat enveloped the room like a di-aphanous veil, then the epitome ofliberated sophistication...When Istarted dating, we exchanged advice.He told me that he was looking for apartner who would lie down in his lapas they would read the same book to-gether. I laughed, 'Dad, this is nevergoing to happen. Your expectationsare ridiculous. What if they readslower than you or want to take abreak? Just find a decent woman who

can tolerate your nonsense and thatshould be enough'," Twinkle wrote. Wittily, she recalled how Khannahad once asked his daughter tohave "four boyfriends at atime". "Don't have oneboyfriend,' he once saidto me, "always havefour at a time. Thatway your heartwill never be bro-ken. A suggestionthat held me ingood stead, thoughI never told himthat the only manwho had the power tobreak my heart was myfather," she said. Twinkle also explainedthe importance of a father'srole in his daughter's life. "Adaughter needs her father's pres-ence in her life for many reasons.What she needs most is to knowthat she has someone to lean on,to depend upon, besides herself.My father may not have beenstanding by my side, holding myhand through every stage of life,but somewhere deep inside, Iknew that I could count on him.When he looked at me, regard-less of how angry he was, therewas a singular reflection, onethat never faltered -- his completebelief in me," she emphasised.

—IANS

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY

Seeking solace in yoga...Actors, producers speak to Manasi Y Mastakar about the importance of yoga in their lives

T DEEPSHIKHA DESH-MUKH, PRODUCER:Yoga, for me, is uni-versal goodness. Itis that which helpsme manage stress,calms my anxiousmoments and keepsme relaxed. Whiledoing yoga not onlydo, I feel elevated inmind but also bodyand soul. A kind ofcalmness enters meand I feel the stressleaving me by thesecond, my mindgets devoid of clut-ter and my thoughtprocesses also takea direction. I can’timagine a morningwithout pranayama.Everyone who isbusy during the dayneeds to engage insome amount of

yoga to feel the energy. While I do it for just 20 minutesgiven my hectic schedule, the process gets me going forthe day ahead. Not only does yoga calm my nerves but italso keeps the muscles in motion. While I am biased to-wards pranayama and breathing exercises, I wish Icould make more time to do the asanas. During work,even during a short break, I do attempt to do simpleasanas and pranayams to relax my body and mind.There is nothing like yoga to keep the momentum going.For those who have not tried yoga at all, you must, itwill make a world of difference. My favourite yogaasanas are all types of inversions.

KARISHMA KOTAK, ACTOR: I guess it’s im-portant to take someout everyday foryourself and justbreathe. It helpsin keepingour mentaland physicalhealth intact.It helps us toconnect tonature. Fur-thermore,your body be-comes moreflexible afterconsistentyoga practiceand you alsodevelop a greatsense of self-dis-cipline and self-awareness. Inshort, we need todo this to alignour thoughtsand ourchakras. I lovesurya na-maskars.

Coming Soon A biopic on Sushant

Singh Rajput he late SushantSingh Rajput's lifeis now the subjectof an upcoming

biopic. The film will bemade in Hindi, Telugu andTamil languages, and themakers plan to release it in2022. Reportedly, the filmwill be financed by com-mon public funding, andhave an official social me-dia page. The yet-untitledproject is to be directed byNikhil Anand. "It is painful to accept thefact that Sushant is nomore with us physically. Hewas an inspiration to everycommon man who wantedto make it big. He was notonly an excellent artist be-yond par, but also a greathuman being along with be-ing an intelligent person.I hope that he is happywherever he is. Mymovie on him will bea tribute to him andit's my dream now tomake him immortalin the cinematicworld. I also hopethat it inspiresmore people to bethe part of the in-dustry and achange comes. Ihope the nega-tives lessen andBollywood givesthe talent morepreference overnepotism,"Anand said. "The movieshall be started ina couple ofmonths as the situ-ation of the pandem-ic gets better. In the mean-while, the team will be

working on the story, castand the movie makingteam. The movie will be re-leased nationwide. The ef-forts will be made to re-lease it worldwide so that itreaches and inspires andtouches a maximum num-ber of people," he added. As part of research andpreparation for the project,Anand plans to meetSushant's relatives, family

and friendsto makethe moviemore ac-curate.—IANS

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Let the music play!Singers, music composers speak toSandeep Hattangadi about what theday means to them and how thepandemic has changed the way it will be celebrated this year

HARIHARAN, SINGER: Weare all going through trou-bled times due to the pan-demic and continuouslystaying indoors can trou-blesome. With this, musicis the only source of heal-ing minds and making peo-ple feel better. Normally,we hold performances andrecord songs, but this timeround we are still groping

in the dark waiting for the pandemic to subside.

ANUP JALOTA, SINGER:Normally, we celebrate theday with a party. But thistime, the pandemic hasmade it impossible for peo-ple to come together. So wewill be celebrating it virtu-ally with many singerscoming together, singingsongs, etc. It will be at leastsix months before peoplecan come together and for

me to give a public performance. My heart bleeds forthose musicians on a daily wage.

NIKHIL KAMATH, MUSICCOMPOSER: Today, onWorld Music Day, I wantpeople to spend the day byspreading music of loveand respect. Let us spreadlove to all human beings bysinging songs of love andhope. Music is the onlyforce has the ability toreach hearts. It refreshes

and makes you feel alive. So sing ballads of love andhappiness.

JAVED ALI, SINGER: TheWorld Music Day has a lotof importance for me asmusic means everything tome. Music has given me alot in life and I am thankfulto it. I believe music hasthe power to be a healerand make one feel better af-ter listening to music. Itcan also cut across bound-aries and bind people.

GARY LAWYER, SINGER &MUSIC COMPOSER: Atthis point of time, due tothe pandemic I am at a lossfor words. Normally, wefriends and musicians gettogether on this day andcelebrate it with some newsong or album. But, thistime round its not feasible.But, I am still posting my

singles and music videos on various platforms andthis gives me a great deal of satisfaction.

‘Have four boyfriends at a time’ On Father’s Day, Twinkle Khanna pens an emotional note remembering

her father, the late superstar Rajesh Khanna

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Everyone is looking forward to a timewhen India unlocks completely. Thatwould mean the whole array of activ-

ities that we could do before lockdown, or atleast some part of it. From June 8, coun-tries like Belgium opened up the doors oftheir bars, while the laid-back café life ofParis also re-started. As India grapples withmore increasing number of coronaviruscases, for us, perhaps, the opening and re-sumption of cultural activities and eating-out is not expected to begin soon. This be-ing Pride month, with drag shows going on-line, the oeuvre of artistes and performersfrom the LGBTQIA+ community never ac-tually saw a pause. Does a gay-friendly bar mean a bar

specifically planned and designed forgay people? Or does it mean a generallyfriendly place that accepts theLGBTQIA+ community as its own. Akind of bar where everyone, feels ab-solutely at home. We look at five Indian bars which have

flagshipped inclusivity, and hence helpedin creating a nightlife and an afterhours at-mosphere in their cities that felt safe forthe LGBTQIA+ community. With their pres-ence, members of the community can lookforward to these watering holes even whena complete unlock takes place.

� PDA – MARTINIS AND MORE, DELHI:Celebrity Chef Ritu Dalmia wanted to cre-ate a space the community could call theirown. When PDA was started by her compa-ny DIVA, and PCO – a speak-easy cocktailtavern, it became exactly that. A placewhere the community could chill, settlinginto the vibe of the place. The bar wants tocelebrate the equality that was brought onwhen Article 377 was declared void, andshow its love to people they consider theirown. Coasters have the rainbow and apride flag has been painted on a wall. Notto miss at PDA – Rainbow Thursdays. Thatnight is also a bar-takeover night by mem-bers of the community. Public relationsprofessional Noor Enayat and LGBTQIA+dating app developer Ishaan Sethi havebeen some of their bar hosts.

�DOOLALLY, MUMBAI: Across outlets, sev-eral events have taken place to celebratethe community. Hosted by the likes of Har-ish Iyer, the taproom has presented moviebashes such as Spoil The Cinema where amovie is seen differently. These events areabout breaking free from the previous nar-ratives that surrounded the movies, andseek to analyse characters “projected asgay” too. Other Doolally events have includ-ed What the Folks! where parents of mem-bers from the community meet and discuss

issues that concern them about their chil-dren who have come out. Queer quizzeswere also part of Doolally’s schedule whereparticipants were asked questions relatingto the history of the community. “We lovehaving created a supportive venue. Some ofour staff is also from the community. Ourstaff knows that all guests are supposed to

be treated the same,” says themanagement.

�KITTY SU, MUMBAI, DELHI, CHANDIGARH; KittyKo, Bengaluru:The PureLove Thursdays at Kitty Suand Kitty Ko are quite leg-endary and are seen as thepioneer in creating anightlife scene which isholistic. People from thecommunity love hangingout here, because it’swhere they can truly ex-perience a sense of free-dom that has not alwaysbeen possible in theoutside world. PDA be-tween members of thecommunity takes

place uninhibitedly at theevent, as they catch the entertainmentthat’s been planned for the night. In Mum-bai, Pure Love Thursday is often presentedby Rage, which brings to the venue dragshows. The drag shows range from bellydancing to duet dances on popular Hindisongs and solo performances in shimmer-ing music and lighting. The best part is any-one can perform — be a drag queen or kingfor the night. After lockdown started Ragebegan to hold drag nights on Kitty Su’s In-

stagram page going liveon Thursdays, like before,but this time on the inter-net (hashtagged #queer-antine). Kitty Su’s otheronline Insta posts includeconversations with MayaThe Drag Queen, in part-nership with Vh1, andphotoshoots featuringdrag artistes talkingabout shape-shifting,breaking rules and onhow one can portray one-self and one’s gender.

�GIGGLE WATER, HYDERABAD: Before thevirus, at Rainbow Sun-days which happenedevery Sunday, people fromthe community camedressed in all their finery,with full make up on, andlet their hair down. Pro-moters curated dragshows just like Kitty Suand these Sundays weresome of the most sought-after nights at the club.Remarks Vaibhav Modi,

curator of Rainbow Sundays, “Sometimesthere was no place even to move on Rain-bow Sundays. It is high time we had placesthat are more inclusive. We don’t want sepa-rate spaces for different genders, colours,castes, and creeds. At Giggle Water even ifyou are a gay couple you are absolutely giv-en couple entry and you don’t have to poselike friends.”

�COWBOYS CAFE, NASHIK: Prior to theportentous virus which came and forced ho-tels and restaurants to shut shop, CowboysCafe at Meuse Jupiter Business and LuxuryHotel in Nashik was planning on hostingLGBTQIA+ pride nights every fortnight oreach week. Plans got shelved as the lock-down put entertainment and partying onthe back-burner. Now, when the govern-ment eventually flags off the opening ofrestaurants, Cowboys Cafe plans to pick upwhere it left off. The hotel’s GM ShahidSyed was the VP of Operations at Neos barin Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, which alsohad the tradition of LGBTQIA+ nightsevery fortnight, and thought to bring thesame concept to Cowboys. “I like the factthat members of the community never cre-ate a nuisance. Also now the phenomenonis legalised so why not. I’m going to call myevent manager after the lockdown and plan the themes for the Pride nights,”shares Syed.

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The lockdown goes on, but so doesour bid to make the most of atime when going online is the best

way to find all-new-activities. Everyoneis doing their best to find respitethrough the sanctuaries provided by theinternet, when being stuck at homepushes us to discover new online plat-forms which today have become themain sources of entertainment. Whereconversations take place virtually, andwhere virtual meet-ups and webinarsare the order of the day. The exchangeof ideas and thoughts now happens onZoom and one is continually learninghow to make technology work for theirbusiness. Pride month is no different. Around the world, from New York to

Dublin to Seattle, drag performancesand acts by the likes of queer artistesBilly Porter and Black Belt Eagle Scout,parade retrospectives, trans film series,and the marriage of themes like #black-livesmatter and ending police brutalitywith the LGBTQIA+ movement will besome virtual offerings of US and Euro-pean Pride parades. Events which hith-erto took place at venues, on roads and

in maidans, are now online. The great-est benefits of the events happening on-line is that people from any part of theworld can tune in. Another advantage isthat many events which were paid-forearlier will now be available to interest-ed folks for free. The 11th Kashish Mumbai Interna-

tional Queer Film Festival will go on-line this year. While passes have to bebought to watch the films, the panel dis-cussions and the opening and closingceremonies can be viewed online with-out a ticket. The festival is now calledKashish 2020 Virtual and mirrors howplanners have adapted to new realities. Says Sridhar Rangayan, Festival Di-

rector, “Kashish is the first major filmfestival in India to go completely online.It will be a nine-day festival. It willshowcase 100+ Indian and internationalLGBTQIA+ films as well as have paneldiscussions and filmmaker interactions.The films will be available for viewingon a special online platform, which wewill publicise on our website when thetime is right. The schedule for the festi-

val will also be available there, and itwill drop in at a certain time. There willbe links on our website which will leadparticipants to the films they want towatch, which will be available for only24 hours for which passes will be re-quired. People can watch the panel dis-cussions on YouTube which can be ac-cessed any time, even after the festival.With the festival going on the web, itwill now open up to the whole world,which was not the case earlier.”The British Council India is holding

the Digital Pride Festival (#PrideAtH-ome) along with another initiativecalled More Films for Freedom, in part-nership with The Queer Muslim Proj-ect, till June 28. The digital pride festi-val will bring together talents from In-dia and the UK’s queer arts communi-ties, from fields like music, dance andthe theatre, whose art will celebrate anew atmosphere of inclusion. ‘MoreFilms for Freedom’ will feature threeshort films with LGBTQIA+ leitmotifs,made by Syrian, South African andPalestinian filmmakers, available from

June through September. The social me-dia platforms details and the festivalschedule can be found on British Coun-cil India’s website.LGBTQIA+ podcasts are a new thing

where subjects like coming out, queerparenting and more are tackled openlyand frankly. One such podcast, calledAzaad Awaaz, is hosted by filmmakerMozez Singh on Amazon’s AudibleSuno. Shares Singh, “I didn’t want tobring only celebrities on board. I want-ed to also invite ‘real people’. Eachepisode is different. We have had on airlawyers for the Article 377 petition andone of the petitioners Keshav Suri (whois a huge LGBTQIA+ icon) to discusswhat went into filing the petition. Wealso invited a trans man, who is a pilot,who spoke about his ‘horrific journey’from female to male. The podcasts re-veal how the guests went through a trialby fire and are now telling their stories.We are planning season two at a timewhen it will be possible to meet, becausewe prefer it when participants feed ofeach other’s energy in a studio.” Then there is a #21DaysAllyChallenge

that has been planned by Pride Circle, aconsulting company in India promotingequality at workplaces for LGBTQIA+community. The challenge will be onefor Allies. One can register for the chal-lenge before July 1 and complete tasksthat have been set, mainly geared to-wards sensitising the society toLGBTQIA+ issues. Some challenges in-clude reading LGBTQIA+ books andlearning about intersectionality and itsadjuncts. Participants earn points asthey complete tasks and the highestpoint earners win prizes worth Rs

20,000 each along with certificates. “We found that we were not really able

to engage enough people through thecompanies we work with and hencethought up this 21-day-challenge. Ittakes 21 days to learn a new habit. Wewanted to neutralize biases and reachpeople through multiple touch points.The first few challenges are directed ateducation and legal perspectives aroundthe world. To help people knowLGBTQIA+ laws that are local to them.We also wanted people to have theawareness to check with someonewhich pronoun they identify with, incase someone doesn’t identify with theirassigned pronoun. The challenges alsocreate cognizance about supportingLGBTQIA+ businesses, for example, or-dering a birthday cake from a bakeryowned by an LGBTQIA+ person, callingout ‘homophobic’ jokes and using theright vocab,” shares Ramkrishna Sinha,Pride Circle’s Co-Founder. If this issomething that excites you, you can reg-ister for the challenge on https://thep-ridecircle.com/21daysallychallenge/.

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PRIDEMAITHILI CHAKRAVARTHY speaks to organisersto give an insight into how they clinched the

opportunity to take Pride month online

The new place of

I’m so lonely, that’s okay I shaved my head —I’m not sad”, Nirvana’s lyrics ringing in thehollows of Covid isolation as Kurt Cobain

busts out an experience bleeding through his six-string. A cut, a slice through the skin as one re-strings the old guitar oneself for the first time,sliding one by one thin resonant metal and bleed-ing from it; we have this summer solstice, theWorld Music Day. Did it really take a world pan-demic for a musician to learn how to restringtheir guitar themselves? This year, we must talk about the rebirth of the

old and the new in musicians across the genres asthey struggle and cope through this new realitywith their fretboards or their keyboards — as real-ity slides from C major to a bleak F minor. Gigsand shows, performances on stage are prohibitedand regulars are having a hard time not being outthere shouting their expressions through theirchosen medium.Saachi Mendon is a Blues and Jazz musician

who recently debuted with her album ‘Until NextTime’ in December 2019 and plays live aroundMumbai in various known venues. Having cometechnically from a blues background, she’s cur-rently exploring Funk as a genre. “Funk has be-come so much of an inclination, that I hope I don’tforget my roots after all of this is over,” she tellsamused. Quarantine has made this possible, asisolating with an instrument at hand really doesgive one the mental freedom and the time to ex-plore the uncharted waters of one’s creativeprowess. This is a sentiment resonated by severalmusicians as not only does music provide a sooth-ing outlet for angst — the frustration of isolationand the forbidden fruit of performance is bring-ing about a rebirth of ideas musically in thosewho’ve dedicated their lives to their strings andtheir frets. Internationally, we have Julia Lerner, a German

classical music hall pianist who currently teachesat institutes like Jugendmusikschule, Ludwigs-burg, Hear and Now Musikschule, Stuttgart, Ger-many. She tells us about her delightful quarantineproject which took flight from the nests of isola-tion. As a way of not being able to perform and be-ing cooped up, Julia launched a project to substi-tute the stage. The Queen song ‘Show Must GoOn’, so very much relevant to the fight againstthese dreadful times, was chosen as musiciansfrom around Germany and the world came togeth-er to form a video compilation of this song withJulia leading. This was a success. Moreover , shesays, “I grew up as strictly a classical musicianand I had always wanted to explore jazz, and nowwas the time, now were the days, I downloadedsome tutorials and I can in no way say I am a goodat it, but at least I’ve begun. It’s funny to explorethis newer genre. It’s reckless.” This points to acertain trend in the world of music of musiciansleaving their old selves if just for a while to touchupon something completely new, even if it issomething of an antithesis to their original form.“The next time I walk up the stage, I will not walk,I will run up there,” she says speaking of the rev-erence she feels for the instrument before a per-formance. And maybe, if the audience is lucky, theElegy of Rachmaninoff may have a touch of jazz. As for the spectrum of amateur-ship, Shagnik

Chakravrarty, a student and a self-taught musi-cian tells us, “One of my aims in degree collegewas to at least attend amateur-ship in any instru-ment. I had time now and I started doing a courseon my old small piano and really loved it. Hence Iinvested in an actual keyboard now and if not forquarantine I don’t know if my musical journeywould’ve fully begun.” The Black Swan state ofthe world currently maybe doing the music worldmore good than harm, or so it seems. What is it that all of these musicians from across a

spectrum of genres, from the calm and pell-mell tum-ble of blues and jazz to the set wonders of classical,have in common? We can see that musicians every-where have begun to reinvent the old and define thenew. This year we have in the air the spirit of rein-vention and revolution, nothing is set in stone any-more and music as it is, a collection of beautiful fre-quencies arranged just so, follows suit. Is music and are musicians now up for a rebirth,

a renaissance 2.0 of sorts, with everything in theworld collapsing and rebuilding at the same time?Maybe there is an evolution, maybe there is a rev-olution, but musically, nothing seems to beat thesolid fact that it will always exist to accompanyeach and every phase that mankind togetherwalks through. This can be seen from the fact a new genre has

emerged in these past couple months of worldquarantine called ‘Bardcore’. It is the sort of thingwhich makes one wonder at the sheer creativeprowess of humanity— Bardcore being a me-dieval revival of older instruments and vocalswith Anglo-Saxon translations of modern songs(even Lady Gaga’s, yes). If this is not a reinventionof the old for a newer world that we now face, withthe talk of the new normal et cetera, then what in-deed is? Music like history will repeat itself andso will musicians like revolutionaries be its re-vivalists.Kurt Cobain’s words of madness, Freddie Mer-

cury’s words of hope — “My soul is painted likethe wings of butterflies, Fairy Tales of yesterday,grow but never die”, but all in all, Nirvana fans, “Ishaved my head” nonetheless, as the drama ofMahler's Symphony drops the curtain — to a new-er world outside.

Musical renaissance 2.0

On World Music Day, STUTI KUTEspeaks to musicians who are

adapting to and even reinventingthemselves during the pandemic

KASHISH opening ceremony last year

(From left) Sushant Digvikar AKARani Kohinoor (drag queen), MozezSingh & Bidisha Mohanty AKA Badshah Kohinoor (drag king)

Sridhar Rangayan (centre) withmembers of KASHISH core team

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YNever say never becauselimits, like fears, areoften just an illusion”.- Larry Brown

ASSOCIATED PRESSLondon

Paul Pogba made an im-mediate impact on hisreturn from surgery,earning a penalty con-verted by Bruno Fer-nandes that recoveredfor Manchester Uniteda 1-1 draw at Tottenhamin the English PremierLeague on Friday.While the teams have

endured three monthswithout games in thepandemic, Pogba hasn'tplayed since December.And he entered only inthe 63rd minute at an

empty Tottenham stadi-um with the hosts lead-ing from Steven Bergwi-jn's 27th-minute strikethrough goalkeeperDavid de Gea's hands.“David is disappoint-

ed with it but the ball

was moving," Unitedmanager Ole GunnarSolskjaer said.Pogba, whose United

future has been miredin uncertainty, helpedto inject some attackingdynamism that United

had been missing.After Pogba was bun-

dled off the ball by EricDier, Fernandes nettedhis third penalty sincejoining United in January.“Paul showed some

real quality out there,”Solskjaer said. "He con-tributed really, reallymuch for us to get apoint and maybe couldhave helped us to get thethree points. He dideverything a midfieldershould do. He tackled, hewon the ball. He playedpasses and he showedsome skills, so fantasticto have him back.”

United was denied asecond penalty whenVAR overturned the de-cision to penalise United is three points

behind fourth-placedChelsea having playedan extra game. But fifth

place will clinch a Cham-pions League spot ifMan City's two-year banfrom Europe is upheldnext month for breakingfinancial rules. Totten-ham remained fourpoints behind United.

Manchester United's English striker Mason Greenwood (R) vies for the ball against Tottenham Hot-spur's Dutch midfielder Steven Bergwijn (L) during the English Premier League football match

Man U, Spurs go DutchPogba, helped to inject some attacking dynamism that United had been missing

It was almost the second penalty incident which wasgoing to be the key moment of the game, until VARintervened and overturned the decision. Instead,United’s 81st-minute goal from the spot was to provepivotal as it broke our defensive resistance just when itlooked like we might hold on to Bergwijn’s opener.

Key moment"I thought we were very, very good, strong, fresh in ourattacking units, and then in the last 20 minutes when theystarted making their changes and pushing a bit more... Ididn’t have on the bench Lucas and Dele, or if they’dstarted, Son or Lamela or Bergwijn, so for us it wasdifficult. "

Jose's view

ASSOCIATED PRESSBarcelona

Barcelona was held at Sevillato 0-0 for its first stumblesince the resumption of playin the Spanish league follow-ing a three-month stoppagefor the COVID-19 pandemic.The slip gives Real Madrid

the chance to pull level atopthe Spanish league withBarcelona. Madrid trailsBarcelona by three points be-fore it visits Real Sociedad onSunday to complete round 30of 38. Madrid holds the head-to-head goal difference withBarcelona in the case of a tie.Barcelona defender Gerard

Pique said the two points thedefending champions left inSeville on Friday could be de-cisive."It is going to be difficult to

win this league because wedepend on the results of oth-ers now, and I don't thinkMadrid is going to dropmany points," Pique said."We lost a chance today.

And seeing how we haveplayed (...), it is going to bedifficult." Coach QuiqueSetién, however, said the

fight was far from over."We knew beforehand that

it would be difficult to win allthe games left, practicallyimpossible, and that this wasone of the toughest matcheswe faced," Setién said."It is frustration of the mo-

ment. (.) I am sure (Pique)will feel different tomorrow,and I am sure that Madrid

will drop points, too. We haveto be optimistic."Lionel Messi went closest

to breaking the stalematewhen his first-half free kickwas cleared on the line by de-fender Jules Kounde, leavingthe Argentina star on 699 ca-reer goals for club and coun-try. Barcelona's all-time lead-ing scorer was stifled by

Sevilla's defense anchored byformer Manchester Citymidfielder Fernando. Messihad scored in the previoustwo matches, both Barcelonawins, since the league re-sumed.Sevilla, which played

without its normally veryloud fans at its SánchezPizjuán Stadium as man-dated by health officials inall league games, re-mained in third place at 10points behind Madrid.Villarreal moved into

contention for a top-fourfinish and a ChampionsLeague berth after it wonat Granada 1-0 thanks toGerard Moreno's earlystrike. A third straightvictory left Villarreal inseventh place but just twopoints out of fourth.Leganés snatched a 1-1

draw at Mallorca in amatch between two teamsin the relegation zone.Both goals came from freekicks, with Salva Sevillaputting Mallorca earlyand Óscar Rodríguezequalising with threeminutes left.

Sevilla hold Barca, do Real favourFPJ CORRESPONDENT

Dhaka

Mashrafe Morataza who ledthe Bangaldesh cricket teamhas tested postive for Covid-19, his brother MorsalinMortaza confirmed on Satur-day.

"My brother has had a feverfor two days. He did the testlast night. Today came thetest positive. He is at home inisolation," Morsalin toldCricbuzz.The pacer becomes the sec-

ond high-profile cricketer af-ter former Pakistan captainShahid Afridi to test postivefor the deadly virus.

After Afridi,Morataza tests+ve for Covid

‘India serieswill be

incredible’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

NEW DELHI: Star batsman Steve Smith is looking forwardto India's tour of Australia, saying he can't wait to play in themuch-anticipated series which will be "incredibly special".India will tour Australia for three ODIs, four Tests and

three T20Is between October this year and January, 2021."They are an amazing side and can't wait to play them when

they come out to Australia this year, will be something in-credibly special," Smith was quoted as saying in Star Sportsshow 'Cricket Connected'.

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