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Crackdown onillegal pharma Cos;two held for manu-facturing drug without license : HP CM

Supplying 55 litres percapita drinking waterdaily: Anil Vij; Ground-water pure in GanaurConstituency, saysBanwari Lal

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Expelled AAP councillorfinds mention in two more FIRs NEW DELHI: The name of ex-pelled Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Councillor Mohd Tahir Hussainhas been mentioned in twomore FIRs, though not as anaccused, in connection with theviolence that raged for fourdays in north-east Delhi lastweek.According to officials, the FIRsin which Hussain has beennamed were registered at Day-alpur and Khajoori Khas policestations.Meanwhile, a Delhi court earli-er today deferred the hearingon the anticipatory bail plea ofHussain, who is currently ab-sconding, in an FIR lodgedagainst him in the allegedkilling of Intelligence Bureau(IB) officer Ankit Sharma.

Delhi court convicts 7persons in custodialdeath of Unnao rapevictim's fatherNEW DELHI: A Delhi court onWednesday convicted sevenpersons, including expelledBJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sen-ger, and acquitted four othersin connection with the custodialdeath of the father of Unnaorape victim. District and Ses-sions Judge Dharmesh Ranaslated the arguments on quan-tum of sentence for March 12.The rape survivor's father diedon April 9, 2018, in police cus-tody. The court observed thatthe death of the victim is direct-ly attributable to the assaultadding that the deceased wastaken to the police station.

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President confersLalit Kala AkademiAwards on 15 artistsNEW DELHI; President RamNath Kovind on Wednesdayconferred the 61st annual LalitKala Akademi Awards on 15artists at an event in Rashtrap-ati Bhavan here. The artistswho were honoured includeAnoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi,David Malakar, Devendra Ku-mar Khare, Dinesh Pandya,Faruque Ahmed Halder, HariRam Kumbhawat, KeshariNandan Prasad, Mohan KumarT, Ratan Krishna Saha, SagarVasant Kamble, SatwinderKaur, Sunil Thiruvayur, TejaswiNarayan Sonawane, YashpalSingh and Yashwant Singh.The works of these artists willbe on display till March 22 atthe 61st National Exhibition ofArt at the Lalit Kala Akademigalleries in New Delhi. The LalitKala Akademi organises art ex-hibitions and award ceremoniesevery year to promote art aswell as to honour talents.

JK govt steps upcoronavirus vigilSRINAGAR: The Jammu andKashmir government onWednesday stepped up effortsto tackle any possible spread ofthe coronavirus to the UnionTerritory, appointing a senior of-ficial as the head of the taskforce to coordinate its efforts.Bhupinder Kumar, the Directorof the National Health Mission,was appointed as the inchargeof the coronavirus control ef-forts in the union territory, an or-der issued by General Adminis-tration Department said.The divisional commissionersof Kashmir and Jammu regionshave been made incharge ofthe programme in their respec-tive areas of jurisdiction.The move comes in the wakeof a sudden spike in positivecases of coronavirus affectedpersons in the country.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

Chandrayaan-3 will be launched inthe first half of 2021, Union MinisterJitendra Singh said, indicating thatthere could be a slight delay in thelaunch of the third moon mission.

In written response to a questionin Lok Sabha, Minister of State in thePrime Minister's Office Singh saidfour biological and two physical sci-ence experiments related to micro-gravity will be conducted during theGaganyaan project, India's mannedmission to space.

Singh said the revised configura-tion takes care of the robustness indesign, capacity enhancement formission flexibility and at the sametime retained the heritage of Chan-

drayaan-II to the extent possible."The tentative launch schedule

for Chandrayaan III is first half of2021. Chandrayaan III mission hasbeen configured based on the lessonslearnt from Chadrayaan II," Singhsaid. Chandrayaan-II hard-landed onlunar surface last year. The IndianSpace Research Organisation hadthen resolved to launch the projectagain. It had said the project is likelyto be launched by the end of the year.

Elaborating on the progress madeon Gaganyaan, Singh said hardwarerealisation has commenced forground test and space flight training

of four astronaut candidates has alsocommenced. "Four biological andtwo physical science experiments re-lated to microgravity from academicinstitutions are short-listed...," Singhsaid. National collaboration for de-sign, development and delivery ofhuman centric products such as crewmedical kit, crew health monitoringsystem, emergency survival kit,dosimeters, earmuffs and fire sup-pression system has started, Singhsaid. A three-week training pro-gramme for flight surgeon was alsocompleted at ISRO with participationof CNES, the space agency.

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Govt

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

(The Rajya Sabha and Loksabha were adjourned for theday on Wednesday amidruckus created by the the Op-position members over recentDelhi violence which claimedover 45 lives.

In Rajya Sabha Leader ofOpposition Ghulam NabiAzad and his deputy AnandSharma had given a suspen-sion of business notice underRule 267 over the Delhi busi-ness.

Responding to it, Chair-man Venkaiah Naidu said thatthe discussion will be held af-ter Holi.

At this, the membersstarted protesting and a visi-bly peeved Chairman said itseems that the Oppositionparties are not interested inany kind of discussion in theHouse. As many as 16 Zerohour mentions, including thatof deadly Coronavirus, weresubmitted, but the Oppositionstalled them, he added.

While the Oppositionleaders insisted on an immedi-ate debate on Delhi violence,the government wants it to beheld post Holi.

This was the third straightday when the proceedings

were disrupted since the be-ginning of second part of Bud-get session on March 2.

Parliament adjournedover Delhi violence

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

President Ram NathKovind on Wednesday re-jected the mercy petition ofPawan Gupta, one of thefour death row convicts inthe 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case. Gup-ta was the last convict tofile a mercy petition. Afterthat Tihar Authorities havemoved court to seek freshdeath warrant.

This comes after a Del-hi court, on Monday, stayedfor the third time the deathsentence of four convicts inthe case observing that theycannot be executed while amercy petition is pendingbefore the President. Advo-cate AP Singh, who is rep-resenting the Nirbhaya con-victs, had filed the mercypetition before the Presi-dent of India on behalf ofconvict Pawan Gupta onMonday. President Ram

Nath Kovind had on Febru-ary 5 rejected the mercy pe-tition of convict AkshaySingh Thakur. So far, mercypetitions of Vinay Sharmaand Mukesh Singh havealso been rejected. Howev-er, a "complete" mercy peti-tion of convict AkshaySingh Thakur has also beenfiled claiming that the pre-vious one, which was re-jected by the President, didnot have "complete facts".Meanwhile, Pawan Gupta'scurative petition seekingcommutation of his deathsentence to life imprison-ment was also dismissed.

President rejectsmercy petition ofNirbhaya convict

DeepikaPadukonecancels Parisfashion weekvisit

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

As many as 22 new cases of coronavirus cas-es have been reported in India taking the tallyof persons infected with the deadly virus inthe country to 28, the government said onWednesday.

The new cases have been reported fromAgra (6) and Jaipur (16). Meanwhile, two cas-es with high viral load have also been detect-ed in Telangana. Out of 28 cases, 15 are Ital-ian nationals.

"28 positive cases of the disease havebeen identified to date in the country. Out ofthese 28, three are from Kerala, one each fromDelhi and Telangana, six from Agra, an Italiangroup which had come to India for travellingand their Indian driver," said Union HealthMinister Harsh Vardhan during a press con-ference here. In Jaipur, the wife of the alreadyconfirmed coronavirus patient has been con-firmed for COVID-19. Also, the Italian na-

tional's team member and their Indian driverhave also been tested positive with the dis-ease.

Similarly in Agra, six family members ofthe Delhi patient were found infected with thevirus.

Coronavirus: 22 fresh cases reported Six members of a family found infected

‘17 Indians abroad found positive with COVID’NEW DELHI: Seventeen Indians have been infected with coronavirus abroad, the Ministry of ExternalAffairs (MEA) said on Wednesday.Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said 16cases were reported from Japan on the cruise ship and one from the UAE.He said the 16 Indians in Japan are being treated at onshore medical facilities in that country.He further said that the government evacuated a total of 766 persons -- 723 Indian nationals and 43 for-eigners -- from China. Similarly, 119 Indians have been brought back to India from the cruise ship inJapan, Muraleedharan said. "Air India has raised a bill of Rs 5.98 crore for operating two special flightsto China and an Indian Air Force flight carrying relief material to China also carried Indian citizens fromWuhan, China on its return journey," he said.Muraleedharan said an Indian Air Force flight carrying relief material to China also carried Indian citizensfrom Wuhan in China on its return journey. Expenditure details are yet to be received from Defence Min-istry. "Expenditure details for the special flight Japan to India - for evacuation is yet to be received fromAir India," he said.

Coordinated, collective effort in mission modeneeded to combat threat: Harsh VardhanNEW DELHI: Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that a coordi-nated and collective effort in a mission mode is needed to combat the threatdue to COVID-19 in the country. A press release from the Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare said, "We have to work as a unit to combat the threat dueto COVID-19 in the nation and a coordinated and collective effort in a missionmode is needed", said Vardhan. He said this while chairing the meeting with allthe senior officials from Government of Delhi, and Directors/Medical Superin-tendents of government hospitals in Delhi, in the presence of Dr. SatyendraJain, Minister of Health, Delhi Government. "Preeti Sudan, Secretary (HFW)apprised both the Ministers about the current evolving scenario, globally aswell as nationally. She informed that 78 countries are affected by COVID-19 ason date. She stated that high level of vigil and alertness is being maintained bythe states and the Centre in the prevention and management of COVID-19,"the press release said.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH MARCH 4:

Haryana Chief Minister, MrManohar Lal said that after the Easeof Doing Business in the State inwhich State currently ranks third incountry and first in Northern States,the next focus of the State Govern-ment would be on ‘Ease of Living’ soas to ensure that all necessary facili-ties are easily approachable to thepeople without any hassle.

Mr Manohar Lal said this whilereplying on the State Budget for theyear 2020-21 on the concluding dayof Budget Session of Haryana Vid-han Sabha here today.

He said that the Central Govern-ment would soon fix the parametersof Ease of Living and thereafter all theschemes and programmes would befinalized keeping in view those pa-rameters. He said that the State Gov-ernment is already giving special em-phasis on key areas of education,health, employment and self-reliance.Describing the statement made by theopposition parties on the pre-budgetconsultation meetings held by himwith different stakeholders as unfortu-nate, the Chief Minister said that theBudget for the year 2020-21 has beenprepared keeping in view the spirit of‘Sabka Sath -Sabka Vikas’ by incor-porating the suggestions given by dif-ferent stakeholders, MPs and legisla-tures of both ruling and oppositionparties. He said that about 300 sug-gestions were received from 52MLAs and those which have been

found viable have been included inthe Budget. He also assured that nextyear also, the suggestions to be givenby the legislatures would be consid-ered in the State Budget.

Next focus on easeof living: Khattar

Assembly approves budget

Eight bills passed CHANDIGARH: A total of eight billswere passed on the last day of theHaryana Vidhan Sabha budget ses-sion today, including the HaryanaState Council for Physiotherapy Bill,2020, the Haryana Panchayati Raj(Amendment) Bill, 2020, the IndianStamp (Haryana Amendment) Bill,2020, Haryana Official Language(Amendment) Bill, 2020, Punjab Ex-cise (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2020,Haryana Consolidation of ProjectLand (Special Provisions) Amend-ment Bill, 2020, Haryana ScheduledCastes (The Reservation in Admis-sion in Government Educational Insti-tutions) Bill, 2020 and the HaryanaAppropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2020.

Hike in diet moneyfor sportspersonsCHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Min-ister, Mr. Manohar Lal has approvedto increase the amount of daily dietmoney given to the players of theState from Rs 150 to Rs 250, whilewith this decision about 40000 play-ers of the State will be benefitted.Sharing more information about thesame, Haryana Minister of State forSports and Youth Affairs, Mr.Sandeep Singh said that a nutritiousdiet is very important for a player togive his best performance.

Govt seeks fresh warrant

LS passes DirectTax Vivaad SeVishwas BillNew Delhi: A bill to provide anopportunity to taxpayers tosettle their tax disputes bypaying just due taxes withcomplete waiver of interestand penalty by March 31 wasapproved by Lok Sabha onWednesday.The Direct Tax Vivaad SeVishwas Bill, 2020, which wasintroduced by Finance Minis-ter Nirmala Sitharaman in theHouse on March 2, waspassed amid din.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday ap-proved merger of 10 public sectorbanks into four with effect from thenew financial year beginning on April1. This includes amalgamation of Ori-ental Bank of Commerce and UnitedBank of India into Punjab NationalBank, amalgamation of SyndicateBank into Canara Bank, amalgamationof Andhra Bank and Corporation Bankinto Union Bank of India and amalga-mation of Allahabad Bank into IndianBank.

The move will result in creation ofseven large PSBs with scale and na-tional reach with each amalgamatedentity having a business of over Rs 8lakh crore.

"The mega consolidation will helpcreate banks with a scale comparable toglobal banks and capable of competingeffectively in India and globally," saidFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

"Greater scale and synergy throughconsolidation will lead to cost benefitswhich should enable the PSBs to en-hance their competitiveness and posi-tively impact the Indian banking sys-tem," she said.

Merger of 10 public sectorbanks into 4 from Apr 1

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

The Supreme Court Wednesday directed for-mer Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, servinglife sentence in a case related to the 1984 anti-sikh riots, to appear before an AIIMS Board onThursday to determine whether he needs to behospitalised.

A bench comprising chief justice S ABobde and justices B R Gavai and Surya Kantdirected Kumar to appear before the board10.30 am.

The bench was hearing a bail application

filed by Kumar on the ground of his medicalcondition.

"It appears that there is a certificate by DrRandhir Sud, Chairman, Institute of Diges-tive & Hepatobiliary Sciences, Medanta-TheMedicity, to the effect that Sajjan Kumar,who is the appellant, needs to be examined inorder to rule out major illnesses and that heneeds institutional care," the court observed.It noted the submission of Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta that Kumar was due for a med-ical examination at AIIMS according to theearlier report of AIIMS dated, December 10,2019.

SC directs Sajjan Kumar toappear before AIIMS board

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Apo Beas Pin 910902. 72778 have changed my name R/o Vill: Hussain Chak Po. Hansron I Kuldeep Singh S/O Arjan Declare That In My Army I, Mandeep Singh S/o Gurmail Harpreet Kaur to Harpreet (SBS Nagar) changed my daughter Singh R/O Vpo Daburji Distt S e r v i c e R e c o r d M y Singh Bagga R/o H.no. 240, K a u r K a h l o n . A l l name from Muskan to Muskan Amritsar Have Changed My Daughter Name Mentioned New Joginder Nagar Rama, concerned Note. Bangarh. Name To Kuldip Singh.Kasish Which Is Incorrect Mandi, Jalandhar Changed My 90001663372 63372H e r C o r r e c t N a m e I s Name Mandeep Singh To I, Gurnam Singh S/o Bhagu Ram I, Gurbax Ram S/o Shri Piara Kashish. Mandeep Singh Bagga. R/o Vpo. Kamam Teh-Nawanshahr R/o Vpo. Karyam Nawanshahr

90003 72778 (SBS Nagar) changed my name to (SBS Nagar) changed my son I No.14929570l Hav Siva I, Bakhtor S/o Charanjit R/o Gurnam Ram. name Sourav to Sourav Rattu.K u m a r A l a j a n g i S / o Vpo Maheru, Tehsil Phagwara, 63372 63372Sambasiva R/o Hno 10-6 Distt. Kapurthala-144402, I, Shivani Sareen W/O Bikramjeet I, Gurbax Ram S/o Shri Piara Near Venkateswara Theater, Have Changed My Name To Singh Ghumaan R/O House R/o Vpo. Karyam Nawanshahr Bhimadole, West Godavari Bakhtor Sandhu. No.10849 Near Suraj Bhan Ex (SBS Nagar) changed my son (andhra Pradesh).declare 72778 Mc,Mohalla Guru Nanak name Prince to Prince RattuThat In My Indian Army I, Gurdeep Kaur Gill W/O Pura,Bathinda Have Changed My 63372Service Record My Son Gurmail Singh R/O Vill: Name To Shivani Ghumaan. I, Kunishika W/o Manjinder Pavan Kumar Alajangi Dob M a k s u d r a T e h - P a y a l 63372 Kumar Nigah R/o Vill: Kot M e n t i o n e d 0 8 / 0 7 / 2 0 0 9 (Ludhiana) Changed My Name I Simran Mann W/O Sukhdeep Ranjha (SBS Nagar) changed Which Is Incorrect His To Gurdeep Kaur. Singh Sidhu R/O VPO Faridkot my name to Kunishika Nigah.Correct Dob Is 08/07/2008. 63372 Kotli Sabo (Bathinda) Have 63372

90003 I, hitherto known as Anubhav Changed My Name To Simran I, Anju Bala W/O Manoj I Chhinderpal Kaur Alias S/o Pardeep Kumar Kakkar R/o Kaur. Sharma R/O H.No-15100 Surinder Kaur W/o Jagtar Arya Samaj Street Makhu 63372 St.No-2 Guru Arjun Dev Nagar Singh R/o Romana Ajit Ferozerpur, Punjab-142044, I Dalbir Singh Alias Dalir Singh Gill Near Miltary Camp Ludhiana Singh (faridkot) Declare have changed my name shall S/O Harchand Singh R/O House Changed My Name After That I Have Known These hereafter be known as Anubhav No.12344 St No.9/3 Adarsh Nagar, Marriage Anju Sharma.Name And I Am The One Kakkar. Goniana Road Bathinda both 63372And Same Lady Of Both 63372 names are mine. I, Subhash Sharma S/O Late Names. I, hitherto known as Alka W/o 63372 Inderjit R/O H.No-15471

98723 Pardeep Kumar Kakkar D/o I Sonam Kumar Poswal , S/O St.No-13 Parbhat Nagar, I Angrez Singh S/o Chand Tilak Raj R/o Arya Samaj Street Udham Singh, R/O – Rani Ludhiana Declare That Inderjit Singh R/o Ghania (faridkot) Makhu Ferozerpur, Punjab- Nangla, Afjalpur Urf Raninagla, And Inderjeet Sharma Both Have Changed My Name To 142044, have changed my Hastinapur , Meerut, Uttar – Names Are One And Same Angrej Singh. name shall hereafter be known 250404 Have Changed My Person.

98723 as Alka Kakkar. Name To Soham Kumar Poswal 63372I. Herjinder Singh S/o 63372 . I, Nafisa Khatun W/O Firoz Balbir Singh Vpo Bhokhra I Akashdeep S/O Sh. Inderjit 63372 Khan R/O H.No-6824 Muslim (bathinda) Have Changed Singh R/O Gahun Distt. SBS I Sanjeev Kumar S/O Sh. Yasveer Colony Sherpur Focal Point My Name Herjinder Singh NAGAR Have Change My Singh R/O Vill Jarothi Distt Ludhiana Changed My Name To Harjinder Singh S/o N a m e A k a s h d e e p T o Hapur Have Changed My Name Nafisa.B a l b i r S i n g h . A l l Akashdeep Singh. From Sanjeev Kumar To 63372Concerned Please Note. 63372 Sanjeev Mandare. I, Nirmal Ram And Nirmal S/O

90004 I, Amanjot Kaur Boparai W/O 63372 Kartara Ram R/O VPO I , N r i n d e r K a u r W / o Ravinderjit Singh Ghuman I Parsotam Kumar S/O Sh. Duni Jandiala, Jalandhar Declare Lakhwinder Singh R/o Vpo R / O K a k r a l a K h u r d Chand R/O H No 12780, St No 1, That Both Names Are One And Boparai Madal Tehsil Patti (Ludhiana) Changed My Azad Nagar, Bathinda Have Same Person.Distt Tarn Taran Have N a m e A m a n j o t K a u r Changed My Name From Parsotam 63372Changed My Name To Ghuman. Kumar To Parshotam Lal. I, Shobha Raja Sawant W/O Narinder Kaur Please Note 63372 63372 Satwant Raja Raghunath R/O It I, Ravinderjit Singh S/O Surjit I, Gurjinder Singh S/o Ram Singh 17, FAD, Baddowal Cantt.

72737 Singh R/O Kakrala Khurd R/o Vpo. Jandiala Pat t i Ludhiana Declare That My I, Shamsher Singh S/o Mukhtiar (Ludhiana) Changed My Name Mohanpuria Di Teh-Phillaur Actually Date Of Birth Is Singh R/o.v.p.o Fatahpur Ravinderjit Singh Ghuman. (Jalandhar) Pb, changed my name 15/05/1976.Chabbal Road Amritsar Have 63372 to Gurjinder Singh Kaler. 63372Changed My Son Name From I, Raghvir Singh S/o Harmel 63372 I, Shobha Raja Sawant W/O Sangarsh Singh To Parmjot Singh R/o Vill: Ghudani Kalan I, Veerpal Kaur W/O Surjeet Singh No: JC731227F, Rank Sub. Singh. Please Note It Teh-Payal (Ludhiana) changed R/O Hardasa (Ferozepur) Changed Satwant Raja Raghunath R/O

72737 my minor daughter’s name Name Veerpal Kaur Kang. 17, Field Ammunition, Depot I, Prinka D/o Naik Gurmel Manpreet Kaur to Manpreet 63372 C/O 56 APO, Baddowal Cantt. S i n g h R / o V i l l a g e Kaur Boparai. I , Arshdeep Kau r W/O Ludhiana Punjab Have Ramnagar, P.o. Chumo, 63372 Gurbirinder Singh Sran R/O Changed My Name From Distt. Jalandhar (punjab) I, Harmesh Lal S/o Chaman Lal New Talwandi Road Zira Shobha To Shobha Raja Have Changed My Name R/o Vill: Manewal Teh-Samrala (Ferozepur) Changed Name Satwant Vide Affidavit No From Prinka To Priyanka (Ludhiana) Pb, India, have Arshdeep Kaur Sran (After RVN 8963802 Dated 4/3/2020 (priyanka) Vide Affidavit known by both names Harmesh Marriage). Before Executive Magistrate From Notary. Lal and Ramesh Lal. 63372 Ludhiana East.

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PUBLIC NOTICESWe Kamlesh Kaur wife Gulzar Singh and Gulzar Singh son Gurbachan Singh resident ward no-7 Saini Mohalla. Tehsil Pehowa District Kurukshetra Our daughter Loveleen Kaur is out of earshot of our saying so we evict it from our movable and immovable property. It will be responsible for any transactions and good and bad deeds done by it in future. I and any other member of my family will have no connection with this.

84661I, Dinesh Kumar S/o Balraj Sharma R/o Chhotta Bazar Majitha Amritsar Punjab declare that my marriage was solemnized with Dinakshi D/o Rakesh Kumar on 28-09-2018 at Amritsar Punjab according to Sikh rites and ceremonies with full consent of parents of both sides in the presence of family members & Relatives. Vide affidavit No.AC 080831

72737I, Balwinder Kaur W/o Sh Gurdev Singh R/o H.no 43,near Pap Joginder Nagar Jalandhar Pb Declare That My Dob 18-3-1956 Wrongly Mentioned In My Passport And Other Some Documents But My Actual Dob Is 15-10-1955. All Please Note.

100012I Amrik Singh S/O Bhant Singh R/O Vpo. Lohatbaddi, Tehsil Raikot, Distt. Ludhiana, Hereby Declares That My Son Bittu & His Wife Alisa, Both Are Out Of My Control. So I Evicted Both Of Them From My Movable & Immovable Property. Anybody Deals With Them At His Own Risk.

63372I Bhagwan Devi W/O Late Bishan Dass R/O Bentabad, Gidderbaha (Sri Muktsar Sahib) Do Hereby Declare That My Son Krishan Kumar Was Out Of My Control. So I Evicted My Son Krishan Kumar From All My Moveable And Immoveable Property. If Any Person Will Deals With Krishan Kumar, He Will Be Himself Responsible, I Will Not Have Any Concern/Relation With That.

63372I, Simranjit Singh S/o Mangat Singh R/o Vill: Kalyanpur Po. Dhariwal (Gurdaspur) declared that I am studying in Guru Teg Bahadur international School Dhariwal. My date of birth in school certificate is wrongly written i.e. 10-12-2001. Whereas my actual DOB in birth certificate is correct i.e. 16-12-2001.

63372I, Sukhchain Singh S/o Hargobind Singh, holder of Indian Passport No. Z2441624 issued at Dubai on 11-09-2013 permanent resident of Vpo. Khara Teh and Distt. Faridkot Pin Code-152025 and presently residing at Sharjah, UAE do hereby change my name also from Sukhchain Singh to Sukhchain Singh Brar with immediate effect.

63372This is to inform you that covernote number 448455 to 448475 are missing from the record of M/s Oriental Insurance Company l i m i t e d , B a t h i n d a r o a d Muktsar. Police has registered the case against Complaint No. 037 Date 25/02/2020. All concerned please note that the company will not be liable for any kind of use of these cover notes and if anybody gets any news about the cover notes please i n f o r m t h e b r a n c h manager/divisional manager immediately.

63372I Pargat Dass S/o Jagan Nath R/o Sandharsi Tehsil Rajpura (Patiala) Declared that my daughter Sita Devi is out of my control. I disown her from my all moveable or immoveable properties. anybody dealing with her on his own risk

98765I, Sadhu Singh S/o Ujjagar Singh R/o Padiala Tehsil Kharar Distt. S.a.s Nagar Declare That My Son Gurtej Singh And His Wife Amandeep Kaur Both Are Out Of My Control. So I Evicted Both Of Them From My Movable & Immovable Property. Anybody Deals With Them At His Own Risk.

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Respect NationalFlag to avoid legal actionKARNAL (SHIV KUMAR SHARMA):There is a provision for punishment forinsulting the national flag or not followingthe rules made for it. Contempt proceed-ing can result be intiated as legal action.Superintendent of Police, SurendraBhaoria, while issuing advisory to makepeople aware about the honour of theNational flag, said that the National Flagrepresents the hopes and aspirations ofthe people of our country and hence itshould get the status of honour. There isa lack of awareness among the public aswell as government organizations andagencies regarding laws, practice andtraditions applicable to the display of Na-tional Flags.It has often been seen thatplastic flags are being used in place ofpaper flags on important national, cultur-al and sporting occasions. Everyone isrequested to use flags made of paper, headded.

People urged to playTilak holi, avoidchemical colours

ROHIT LAMSERTARAORI: The prominent personalitiesof town have urged the residents to cele-brate Holi with flowers not by colours.Talking to Yugmarg social activist, Shiv-nath Kapoor said that Holi is a festival oflove and youth should avoid hooliganismon this auspicious day. The MD of JanakiDas Rice Mills, Krishan Chand Singlasaid that we should enjoy this festival byplaying tilak holi and use of any kind ofchemicals must be avoided. Malkit Singhof Guru Nanak Rice Mills said that holi isa symbol of brotherhood and we shouldavoid use of water. Sadhu Ram Singla ofShri Ram Rice Mills said that we shouldplay tilak holi instead of using chemicalbased colours which are very harmful toour skin. He also appealed people to cel-ebrate this festival with social harmony.Praveen Garg of BD Overseas said thatevery drop of water is precious and wa-ter conservation is the responsibility ofevery citizen, so we should stop wastageof water.

Haryana Policereunites 2381 missingchildren with theirfamilies in 2019CHANDIGARH: Haryana Police hasachieved success in re-uniting 2,381missing children with their families duringthe calendar year 2019. Among thetraced missing children, 1,150 are boysand 1,231 are girls. Some of these chil-dren had been missing for a long periodof time.Giving this information here today, Di-rector General of Police (DGP), MrManoj Yadava said that Police hasbeen playing a significant role in tracingout missing children and uniting themwith their parents. Out of the total,1,929 missing children were traced andreunited by district police teams andthe remaining 452 were reunited by theAnti Human Trafficking Units of StateCrime Branch, who have also beendedicated to this noble cause.The DGP said that prime objective ofthis programme was to trace and re-unite missing children with families toprevent child trafficking and from per-sons who tried to engage them in beg-ging and other antisocial activities. Un-der the drive, police visit public placeslike railway stations, bus stands and re-ligious places, besides the institutionssuch as shelter homes to search forchildren who may have separated fromtheir parents. Our trained personnelscreened all the missing children andextract required information from themwhich helps in reuniting them with theirparents.

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3HARYANAEmphasis on good playgrounds: SandeepCHANDIGARH: Haryana Minister of State for Sports, Mr. Sandeep Singh said that as per thepopularity of the specific sports in a particular area of the state, the emphasis is being givenon providing good playgrounds on a priority basis. Apart from this, sports facilities are beingincreased in stadiums in a phased manner.The Minister said this while answering a question raised during the ongoing Budget sessionof Vidhan Sabha here today. The Minister made the House aware that the highest number i.e. 47 international playersplaying seven sports has emerged from Jind district. He said that a big Sports stadium is situ-ated at a distance of 8 kilometers from the village Hatt of Safidon Assembly Constituency andseven games are played in this stadium. YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4-

Haryana Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vijsaid today that as soon as a chunk of200 acres of land is available on theportal, the same shall be purchased bythe State Government and handedover to the Ministry of Health andFamily Welfare, Government of India,for the purpose of establishment of AllIndia Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS).

Anil Vij gave this informationwhile responding to the call for atten-tion in respect establishment of NewAll India Institute of Medical Sci-ences (AIIMS) at village Manethi, ofRewari district on the last day of theVidhan Sabha session here today.

The Minister said that the Min-istry of Health and Family Welfarehas decided to set up an AIIMS in var-ious underserved States with the in-tention to correct regional imbalancesin the availability of affordable/ reli-able Tertiary Health Care Servicesand also to augment facilities for qual-ity Medical Education in the country.

He said that Haryana Chief Min-

ister, while addressing a public meet-ing in Bawal, District Rewari on July4, 2015, made an announcement re-garding setting up of AIIMS in villageManethi.

He said that the establishment ofAIIMS in the State will provide an op-portunity for the Youth of the countryto undergo both under Graduate andPost Graduate Medical Education inall its branches and relevant fields tobring together educational facilities ofthe highest order at one place and willmitigate the prevailing shortage ofdoctors in the Country. He said thatsince the establishment of AIIMS

comes under the purview of Ministryof Health and Family Welfare, Gov-ernment of India; the matter was con-tinuously pursued with the Ministryby the State Government.

He said that Union Finance Min-ister, Government of India in his Bud-get Speech during Lok Sabha BudgetSession on February 1, 2019 an-nounced setting up of 22nd new AllIndia Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) in Haryana. Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfare, Govern-ment of India vide letter dated Febru-ary 5, 2019 granted approval of thesite identified at village Manethi, ofRewari district offered by the StateGovernment for the establishment ofNew All India Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS). Thereafter, Devel-opment and Panchayat Department,Haryana granted approval to the GramPanchayat, Manethi for lease of its224 acre 7 kanal 7 marla land at anominal rate of Rs. 1 per acre per yearfor a period of 99 years to Union Min-istry of Health and Family Welfare,for setting up of All India Institute ofMedical Sciences and Research atManethi, Rewari.

Waiting for finalization of landfor construction of AIIMS: Vij

BUREAU CHANDIGARH MARCH 4-

Haryana Co-operation Minister, Dr. BanwariLal said that the State Government is makingall necessary arrangements for smooth andhassle-free procurement of mustard seed of theState farmers. He said that 25 percent quantityof total production of mustard seed will beprocured under the price support scheme ofGovernment of India on behalf of the NAFEDand the remaining quantity of mustard seedwill be procured on behalf of the State Gov-ernment.

The Minister said this while answering aquestion raised during the ongoing Budgetsession of Vidhan Sabha here today.

He said that the Haryana State Agricultur-al Marketing Board has made arrangementsfor all basic amenities and facilities like roads,toilets drinking water, light, etc in the Mandis.Necessary instructions have already been is-sued in this regard to all the market commit-tees in the State.

Besides this, arrangements for packingmaterial, storage space, and funds, Iabour, andtransportation, etc. are being made by theHAFED and Haryana State Warehousing Cor-poration (HSWC) for smooth procurement ofthe mustard seed of the farmers of the State, he

added.He said that as on March 2, 2020, total 3,

86, 103 farmers have registered on 'Meri FasalMera Byora’portal for mustard seed crop Rabi2020 - 21 covering an area of 17.20 lakh acres.

The State Government intends to benefitthe farmers of the state by scheduling the ar-rivals in the mandis for hassle - free andplanned procurement and all the farmers willbe given gate passes generated through the e-Kharid portal.

Arrangements being made forhassle free procurement ofmustard seed: Banwari Lal

Task force formed totightening noose over illegalcolonizers : Mool ChandCHANDIGARH: Haryana Transport, Minesand Geology Minister, Mr. Mool Chand Shar-ma said that to prevent illegal colonies fromflourishing in the State, a task Force has beenconstituted under the chairmanship of theDistrict Magistrate for implementation of thesections of Haryana Development and Regu-lation of Urban Areas Act, 1975. Apart fromthis, efforts are also being made to avoid thepublic from investing their hard-earned moneyin these illegal colonies. The Minister sharedthis information while answering to a questionraised during the ongoing Budget session ofVidhan Sabha here today.

VIVEK RANAGHARAUNDA, MAR 4

In Dingar Majra village, farmers gath-ered at Gharaunda police station todayafternoon in connection with the case oftheft of electricity wires of tubewells.Farmers of Dinger Majra, Randhir Lath-er, Narsi, Ramdas, Naresh Golia, Jaikis-han Panchal, Hukam Singh Panchal,Amarsingh, Poona Ram, Vedpal Sharmatold that in the dark of night, miscreantsdisappeared with electric from their

tubewells. Expensive electric wires,motor starter and grips used in powersupply are constantly being stolen. Itemsworth upto Rs 20,000 are stolen fromeach tubewell. The theft has been report-ed by a dozen farmers. They presentedtheir case in front of the Gharaunda po-lice station in-charge and demanded re-covery of the theft of the farmers. Sta-tion in-charge Manoj Kumar said thatthe police is investigating theft. Theguilty accused will not be spared, headded.

Farmers seek action against electricwire theft from tubewells

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAR 4

Development works werestarted in lawyers located inWakil Pura and Bakra marketof Ward No 13. Mayor RenuBala Gupta started laying ofthe pipe line with hands ofelderly Nanak Chand. Drink-ing water pipeline will be re-placed in the area with anamount of about Rs 77 lakh.Ward 13 councilor Ish Gulati,Urban Circle President JaspalVerma, SDE Ranjit Singh andJE Sanjit Kumar were alsopresent. Renu Bala Guptatold that this pipeline of plas-tic and cement was about 35to 40 years old. In order to

provide clean and safe drink-ing water, engineers were in-

structed to make an estimateto change the pipeline, after

which this work has beenstarted today.

Elder lays foundation of drinkingwater pipeline in Karnal

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAR 4

Punjab & National BankManager, District Social Wel-fare Officer, Chief MedicalOfficer were preset duringopening Zero Balance Ac-count in District Jail Karnal.An awareness camp organ-ised about welfare schemesin District Court ComplexKarnal. Medical camp wasalso organized about derma-tology and mental health.District Legal Services Au-thority Secretary and CJM Amit Sharmainformed planted trees and Aadhaar cardof jail inmates were also prepared byAtal Seva Kendra in the jail premises.District Child Protection Officer Rajni

Gupta also gave a lecture to the convictsregarding legal rights. On this occasionleaflets about the rights of prisonerswere also distributed among the culprits.

Judge Amit Sharmaplants tree in jail

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAR 4

The two-day workshop on Digital Film andAid Film Making was concluded today at Pan-dit Chiranjilal Sharma Government College byAPJ Institute of Mass Communication fromMass Communication Department. In theworkshop, students of journalism gained prac-tical knowledge of various stages related tofilmmaking. Under direction of Pro. Piyush

Dutta, Dr. Rajeev Panda and Prof. NaveenGautam, the students shot short films and alsolearned the tricks of film editing. Principal Dr.Rekha Sharma congratulated the convenerRashmi Singh for the successful organizationof the workshop. Through these films made on the theme ofHoli, the students not only learned the film-making but also gave the message of waterconservation, social harmony and brother-hood.

Two-day workshop on digital filmmaking concludes in govt college

SHIV KUMARSHARMAKARNAL, MAR 4

The Government Pri-mary School Nanherahas become the talk ofarea for its achieve-ments and all the creditgoes to its teachers andGram Panchayat KalriNanhera. While talkingto Yugmarg, SarpanchKusum Kamboj, Mem-ber Panchayat Balinder Kamboj and Secre-tary Narinder Verma said that after seeing thededication of school staff the Panchayat hasdecided to cooperate the school management.

They said that the Panchayat offered manybasic amenities to school including renova-tion of washrooms, installation of solar pan-el, 24 hour water supply and beautification ofcampus. The school head Mahinder Kherasaid that all the efforts of Panchayat provedfruitful for the school and confidence of vil-

lagers have increased towards school man-agement. The counting of children is increas-ing day by day, which is really a positivesign, said khera.

He added that the installation of CCTVcameras in the school premises another ad-vantage in terms of security and all the staffworking hard for the upliftment of theschool. It is worth mention here that theschool has already secured first position inDistrict Karnal.

Govt school Nanherasets example in District

Supply of fortified floorthrough PDS starts as apilot project: Dushyant

CHANDIGARH, MARCH 4 – Haryana Deputy Chief Minis-ter, Mr. Dushyant Chautala said that on the basis of a surveyconducted by PGIMER Chandigarh, the supply of fortifiedfloor through Public Distribution System (PDS) in NaraingarhAssembly Constituency of Ambala district was started as a pi-lot project and presently fortified flour is also being distributedin five other districts of the State.

The Deputy Chief Minister said this while answering aquestion raised during the ongoing Budget session of VidhanSabha here today.

The Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio ofFood Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, in-formed the House that according to the survey the women in theState were found anemic and therefore it was decided to dis-tribute fortified flour. He said that fortified flour includes nu-tritional supplements like folic acid and iron.

He said that as no complaint of any adulteration in this flourwas reported and after a thorough investigation as per Indianfood safety norms, it is sent for distribution in the depot. Hesaid that if a member has a complaint about a particular depotin the State, it will be investigated.

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Take action against Cong leaders responsiblefor abusing Pawan Kumar Tinu : SAD

Intl womens day to be celebrates in city on March 7LUDHIANA: Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Mrs Amrit Singh today informed that InternationalWomen’s Day would be organised in the city on March 7, 2020. She said that a walkathon, cultural events, stalls etcwould be set up during this event. A meeting to review the arrangements for this event was chaired by ADC (D) MrsAmrit Singh in her office, here today.

She informed that the walkathon would be flagged off by Deputy Commissioner Mr Pradeep Kumar Agrawal fromNehru Rose Garden in Civil Lines at 6 pm on March 7, 2020, which would pass from College Road, Fountain Chowk,before culminating at Guru Nanak Stadium. She said that the cultural events and stalls of different government de-partments, NGOs and self help groups would be organised in the Guru Nanak Stadium, here. Mrs Amrit Singh urgedall the government departments to ensure that all arrangements for this event are put in place on time. She said thatthe main aim of organising this event is to create a sense of security in the minds of women.

SUMER GARGCHANDIGARH, MAR 4

Punjab Food Civil Suppliesand Consumer AffairsMinister Bharat BhushanAshu on Wednesdaywhile responding to aquestion raised in Vid-han Sabha said that stategovernment under theleadership of Chief Min-ister Captain AmarinderSingh would begin dis-tribution of sugar, tealeaves and ghee fromnext season.

Replying to a questionraised by Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma, Ashu said that Pun-jab Government is duty boundto fulfil all promises made bythe Congress party in its pollmanifesto in 2017. Govern-ment, in its Budget 2020-21has made a financial provisionin this regard, Ashu added.

During the tenure of SADGovernment many fake bene-ficiaries had been added asbona-fide for availing atta daal

scheme, Ashu said adding thatthis had led to the CongressGovernment to conduct a sur-vey to identify bogus cardholders.

Anyone genuine cardholder whose name is cut offfrom the list can apply againfor addition of his name in thelist, Ashu clarified.

SAD holds meeting forpreparation of politicalconference on Mar 9

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL: Shiromani Akali Dal Badalgoing to hold a political conference atthe international festival Holla mohallaon March 9 in Sri Anandpur Sahib heldmeeting at various places in the cityon the occasion of preparations for theconference. A meeting was held todayat the historic Gurdwara Ghat Sahibwhich was attended by representativesof SAD and BJP. Dr. Daljit SinghCheema, SAD General Secretary waspresent. During the meeting,Bharatiya Janata Party BoardPresident Rajesh Choudary andShiromani Akali Dal Badal CircleJathedar Jagdev Singh Kuku.Speaking on the occasion, Dr. DaljitSingh Cheema said that the Congressparty has run away from its promisesand people have been disillusionedwith the Congress government.

5-day Casco CricketTournament concludes

KULABHUSHAN GARG GIDDARBAHA:Five day Casco CricketTournamen organised in memory ofBhola Singh at the Guru Gobind SinghSports Stadium in village Gurusar withthe support of city resident came to anend late last evening. At the end of thefestival, senior Akali leader SandeepSingh `Shani Dhillon’ participated aschief guest and distributed prizes to thewinners. In his address on thisoccasion, Shani Dhillon praised thetournament managers, saying that suchsports tournaments are very importantto keep the youth away from drugs.The managers said that a total of 20teams participated in this tournament.Malukpur team secured the trophy byfinishing first. Man of the Series went toSukhi Matha who awarded with awashing machine. On this occasion,Sahaldeep Singh, Youth LeaderHarbans Singh Sidhu, AdvocateSandeep Singh, Kulwinder Sidhu, KarniSidhu, Mita Gill, Deep Deariwala,Lovely Gill, Manu Sidhu, Radu Sidhu,Gora Jhorad, Harvinder and HarmeetKabaddi Players, Gora Sidhu , Jyoti,Roque, Jagtar Singh Dhaliwal, personalassistant 'Dimpy Dhillon', besidestourism manager and a large number ofvillagers were present.

Sugar, Tea leaves andghee distribution from

next season: Ashu

Paramjit Singh becomesASI for good service

CHET RAM RATAN NAWANSHAHR:Punjab PoliceAdministration promoted ConstableParamjit Singh as ASI, posted inNawanshahr district, Sahid BhagatSingh Nagar. Harjit Singh DSPD,Harnack Singh District Attorneyhonored him. On this occasion,Virender Singh Deputy Attorney,Raghvir Singh Inspector, ManojKumar, Bharat Bhushan Advocate,Gurdev Singh Reader, Kundan LalASI, Vijay Kumar Sharma werepresent on the occasion.

Two killed in accidentKIRAN AGNIHOTRI MAHILPUR: Two persons have beendied in an accident last night nearabout 12 midnight near a petrol pumpon mahilpur Chandigarh road. Policetook control both the vehicles to

investigate thematter. Baljitsingh s/o amriksingh r/omuggowal nearmahilpur andBinder s/oMohan singhr/o Khera werecoming from

Chandigarh in their truck numberPB07 H 0993 and got out of fuel nearthe villeage Baddowan. They broughtthe oil and were filling it in their truck.A TRAULA number PB 12 T 2786which was coming from their behind ina rash speed got struck behind them,both were severely injured. Baljit diedon the spot and Bind was died midwaywhen he was taking to hospital. SHOsukhwinder singh reached the spotand investigated the matter.

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, MAR 4

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)legislative wing on Wednesdayurged Vidhan Sabha Speaker RanaK P Singh to take action againstCongress legislators who had al-legedly abused, humiliated andmanhandled SAD MLA Pawan Ku-mar Tinu when he raised the issueof pending Scheduled Caste stu-dent scholarships in the Assembly.

SAD legislative wing, led by itsleader Sharanjit Singh Dhillon,while apprising the Speaker aboutthis incident, said Congress minis-ters and legislators resorted tolaunching a physical attack on MrTinu solely because he was askingfinance minister why funds meantfor the SC community and particu-larly the SC scholarship was notbeing disbursed. The SAD legisla-tors informed the Speaker that thefinance minister used a cuss wordagainst Tinu and instigated other

Congress legislators to attack him.Following this, they said, there wasa free for all and other Congressleaders started abusing and evenmanhandling the SAD MLA. Theysaid keeping in view the serious-ness of the issue it should be hand-ed over to the Privilege Committeeas a Dalit legislator had been hu-

miliated and insulted in the VidhanSabha. The SAD legislators whomet the Speaker in his chamber in-cluded Bikram Singh Majithia,Pawan Tinu, N K Sharma, Gurpar-tap Wadala, Rosy Barkandi, Man-preet Ayali, Harinderpal Chandu-majra, Baldev Khaira and DrSukhwinder Sukhi.

Selected candidates to be given letters shortly: SranPATIALA : To fulfil the mission "Ghar Ghar Rozgar" of Chief Minister Punjab Capt.Amarinder Singh, PSPCL has recently advertised approximately 5350 Nos. posts of various cat-egories of officers/officials. Appointment letters to 73 Nos. AEs and 2150 Nos. ALM's are like-ly to be issued in the month of March. CMD PSPCL Er. Baldev Singh Sran has told that writ-ten tests were conducted in the month of December/January to recruit balance 1750 Nos. offi-cers/officials of different categories ( AO, RA, JE/Electrical, JE/Civil & LDCs etc. )

Govt to organise "Multispeciality medical

camps" in stateLUDHIANA, MAR 4

In a bid to provide best healthcare facilities to citizens,the Punjab government would be organising “MultiSpeciality Medical Camps” in different parts of thestate. These camps would be organised in different ru-ral areas of the state from March 13-28, 2020. Whileproviding information, Civil Surgeon Dr Rajesh Ku-mar Bagga informed that in district Ludhiana, theseMulti Speciality Medical Camps would be organisedat village Chowki Mann on March 13 and at villagePakhowal on March 23, 2020. He informed that theSenior Medical Officers (SMOs) have been directedto find suitable places for successful organising ofthese camps. He informed that specialist doctors fromUSA and other countries would be attending thesecamps. The Civil Surgeon stated that for the benefit ofpatients, ambulances, adequate number of doctors andparamedical staff is being deputed.

He stated that tests of diabetes, lipid profile, ECG,blood pressure, heart related ailments etc would beconducted. He said that the patients who require fur-ther treatment, they would be treated as per the guide-lines of the health department. Medicines would alsobe provided free of cost to the patients, along with reg-ular followup for a period of three months. He statedthat “Multi Speciality Medical Camps” would be or-ganised at village Desian Kahna (Jalandhar ) onMarch 14, at village Chathe Sekhwan (Sangrur) onMarch 15, at Kartarpur (Jalandhar) on March 16, atvillage Kotli Arian (Adampur) Jalandhar.

PRIT PAL SINGHJALANDHAR, MAR 4

Additional Deputy Com-missioner Vishesh Sarangaltoday said that catwalk bythe Mothers and Daughterswould be the star attractionin the exclusive fair beingorganized by the district ad-ministration to mark theWomen’s Day on March7th.

Chairing a meeting ofthe high powered commit-tee constituted by theDeputy Commissioner Ja-landhar Varinder KumarSharma to make thearrangements for the event,the Additional DeputyCommissioner said that thefunction would be held atthe Nehru Garden (Compa-ny Bagh) on March 7th

evening and would com-mence at 4 pm. He said thatthe during the fair apartfrom other cultural items,catwalk by the Mothers anddaughters would be hall ofthe fame. Sarangal said thatthe catwalk would be organ-ized in four categories dur-

ing which various partici-pants would take part. TheAdditional Deputy Com-missioner said that the lead-ing schools, colleges,women entrepreneurs, peo-ple representatives and so-cial organizations would beparticipating in this fair. He

also said that during the fairstalls would also be in-stalled for exhibiting thehandicrafts, art and culture,food and other items of thestate. Sarangal said that dur-ing the fair lectures wouldalso be delivered by emi-nent personalities with theaim of motivating thewomen adding that specialthrust would also be laid onshowcasing the rich legacyof Punjabi culture throughseries of cultural items. TheAdditional Deputy Com-missioner further said thatthe duties have been as-signed to the staff for mak-ing this event a grand suc-cess. He said that for elicit-ing maximum participationof the women and girls theschool and colleges werealso being roped in.

Majithia demands passageof resolution in VS to

condemn Kamal Nath govtCHANDIGARH: Senior ShiromaniAkali Dal leader and former ministerBikram Singh Majithia onWednesday demanded the VidhanSabha pass a resolutioncondemning the Kamal Nathgovernment in Madhya Pradesh, inconnection with the alleged incidentof Sikh student forced to take offturban during Class 12 board examchecking. Taking up the issue duringzero hour in the Vidhan Sabha, MrMajithia while demanding passage ofa house resolution to condemn theincident, said Congress chief SoniaGandhi should also dismiss KamalNath for being party to this act. Hesaid the eighteen-year-old boy fromDhar district in Madhya Pradesh whosuffered acute mental agony andhumiliation by the act of examinationauthorities, had given a statement tothe MP Education Board.

CHARANJIT SINGH AMRITSAR, MAR 4

This is an era of womenemancipation and thewomen empowerment ispossible only through aconcerted focus onwomen education. Thiswas stated by Khalsa Col-lege Governing Council(KCGC) President Satya-jit Singh Majithia, whodistributed degrees to 969graduate and post-gradu-ate girl students at KhalsaCollege for Women(KCW), here today.

Giving a historical ac-count of various aspect ofthe women emancipationand their rights, Majithiaalso expressed regret overthe way the women istreated as commodity in

the market economy sys-tem. He asked the girlshowever to gain knowl-edge but at the same timebe humble as they are thebuilding blocks of thefamilies and society atlarge. KCGC honorarysecretary Rajinder MohanSingh Chhina, whopresided over the academ-ic function also stressedon professional educationamongst the girls. ``Thereis dire need to introduceskill development courses

to make youth and espe-cially girls `employable'in new era of profession-alism", said Chhina Thegirls students wearing theceremonial gowns tookthe degrees while the mer-itorious ones were alsobestowed with the hon-ours during the function.KCW Principal Dr. Man-preet Kaur read theprogress report citing theachievements of the Col-lege in academics, cultur-al activities.

Women education leads to womenempowerment: Satyajit Singh Majithia

RAGHVIR SINGHRAIKOT, MAR 4

With an aim to provide bestquality higher education tothe youth, the Punjab gov-ernment is makingseveral efforts.

Dr Amar Singh,Member of Parlia-ment from ShriFatehgarh Sahibconstituency, in-formed that a gov-ernment degree col-lege would beopened in Raikot town of thedistrict shortly.

Besides this, two mainroads of the district wouldbe repaired. Funds amount-ing to Rs 20.65 crore wouldbe spent on these projects.Dr Amar Singh informedthat Capt Amarinder Singh

led state government has de-cided to construct a govern-ment degree college at vil-lage Burj Hari Singh nearRaikot town of district Lud-hiana. He stated that this col-

lege would be con-structed with a costof Rs 8.83 croreand would benefityouth from at least50-60 villages ofthe area.

He further in-formed that the13.05 km long Ja-

graon (via Raikot)-Malerkotla Road and 19.20km long village Chhapar-Raikot Road were in poorstate and the commutersused to face several prob-lems. He stated that specialrepair of both the roadswould be carried out shortly.

All dev projects to be completedwithin set time frame: Amar Singh

HARPREET SINGH GILLRAIKOT, MAR 4

Budding Brains Internation-al School Raikot celebrated'Thanks Giving Day' dedi-cated to mothers. The eventwas held with the coopera-tion of School SocietyChairman Pawandeep SinghDhillon and Mrs. ManpreetKaur Dhillon, Chairpersonof the School Committee.

During this event, themothers of all the students

were invited to the school.During this event, the roleof the mother is as impor-tant in our life as breathingbecause the beginning oflife cannot be imaginedwithout the existence of themother. At this time, theschool also gave mothersthe opportunity to speak onthe topic of "What is a homeenvironment in exams" andon the positive topic of"sanitation" on children'shealth.

Raikot school celebrates 'ThanksGiving Day' to Mothers

Mothers, daughters catwalk to be star attractionduring all women fair on March 7th: ADC

NEERAJLUDHIANA, MAR 4

Additional Deputy Commis-sioner (Jagraon)-cum-CEODistrict Bureau of Employ-ment & Enterprises (DBEE)Ludhiana Neeru Katyal Guptahave informed that under theGhar Ghar Rozgar Mission,the Punjab government is or-ganising Punjab PlacementFair in five districts of the statefrom March 12-24, 2020. Shesaid that several big compa-nies would be attending thisjob fair and a total of 4310 va-cancies are to be filled bythem.

She informed that this fairis a golden opportunity for thestudents as the minimumpackage being offered by par-ticipating companies is Rs 3lakh per annum, whereas themaximum package of Rs 23lakh per annum. She urged thecolleges and universities tosend maximum number oftheir students for this job fair

as the companies are offeringgood packages. Neeru KatyalGupta informed that the stu-dents can apply and generatetheir hall tickets by registeringthem at websitewww.pgrkam.com. She statedthat details about participatingcompanies as well as the va-cancies, eligibility criteria etccan also be checked from theabove mentioned website.The Additional Deputy Com-missioner further stated thatthe freshers having first divi-sion in degree can also partic-ipate, whereas minimum ofone years experience is re-quired if the person is alreadydoing some job. She informedthat a company named DXCTechnology would be hiring1000 students for various va-cancies and so they would beconducting a Pre AssessmentTest for students having BE,B.Tech and MCA degrees at10 am on March 17, 2020 atChandigarh University, Mohali.

Govt to organisestate placement fair

from March 12-24

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

Applications invited from Sikh PilgrimsSHIMLA: A spokesperson of the State Government informed here today that theGovernment of India has intimated that a Jatha of 3000 Sikh/Sehejdhari Pilgrimswould be visiting Gurdwaras in Pakistan on the occasion of Baisakhi from 10th Aprilto 19th April, 2020. They will be visiting various historic Gurdawaras situated inPakistan. He said that those interested bonafide Sikhs of Himachal Pradesh that cansubmit their applications on plain paper mentioning complete name, date & place ofbirth, address, profession, copy of passport number/date/place of issue, date of lastvisit to Pakistan, which should be delivered to Section Officer (Home-C) in RoomNo. 104, Yojna Bhawan, Armsdale Building, H.P. Secretariat, Shimla-2. In case ofany inquiry/clarification interested Sikh pilgrims can contact on Phone No. 0177-2880527. The quota allotted to Himachal Pradesh is fifteen Pilgrims. The last datefor receiving the applications by the State Government is 20 March, 2020.

Blood Camporganized by AlpalaIndiaSHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: In the police station area,the two units of a renownedcompany Alpala India, donated 65units of blood. This is a continuous6th camp of the company, in whichthe company along with both its unitsand the local people of the adjoiningpolice station villages are alsoinvolved in this pious work. The sixmember team of doctors from PGIperforms all the necessary fitness,weekness, test before taking bloodand then sends it to the blooddonation. Company's managerHarvinder Singh said that all ourcompany employees, from officers toeveryone, celebrate this BloodDonation Camp like a festival. All theblood-giving members arethoroughly screened, all the blood-giving people and all the co-workersare provided with hiegenic food andfruits. Members of the companyincluded Arun Sharma, RajkumarDhiman, Kameshwar Thakur,Vaivabh Chaudhary, Salab Kumar,Anil Kumar and all the staff,personnel and locals were present.

Thieves flew awaywith scooties, cashand goodsJOGINDRA DEV ARYABANGANA: On Tuesday night,thieves broke into the police stationBanga and broke the locks of shopsand took away the goods. Accordingto the information, three scootershave been flown from an agency inBangana, cash, goods and electricalgoods from Sarai shops as well. Itmay be noted that there have beenserial burglaries in the area evenbefore this, but to this day, there isno clue of those burglaries. Policestation in-charge Manoj Kaundal saidthat complaints have been lodged inthe aforesaid burglaries. Unknownthieves who carry out the crimes willsoon be arrested by the police.

HIMACHAL/JK

AGENCYSHIMLA, MAR 4

Himachal Pradesh ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur onWednesday informed the stateAssembly that two peoplewere arrested for violation ofDrugs & Cosmetic ControlAct and manufacturing drugswithout license in theindustrial town Baddi of Solandistrict. Giving a suo motostatement in the House MrThakur further informed thattwo functionaries of M/SGlenmors Healthcare SaiRoad Baddi identified asAvinder Shukala and AnuragShukala were arrested afterbooking them under relevantsections on March 3, 2020.

The Chief Minister saidthat raw materials, foils andboxes of manufacturingspurious drugs were seizedduring the search of the saidfirm. He further said thataction have been taken againstthe alleged firm on acomplaint received from DrugAdministration ofChhattisgarh. TheChhattisgarh Administrationalleged in the complaint that acourier of medicines wasreceived from Adharsh FoilsBaddi which seemed to bespurious.

During the inspection andinformation of owners ofAdarsh Foils a team lead byAssociated. Drug Controllercame to know that MsGlenmors Healthcare SaiRoad Baddi was indulged inmanufacture of spurious drug.

The Chief Ministerrevealed that the team foundthat firm holds food productslicense but manufacturing

machines of tablets,capsules and oral liquid werefound on the spot. During theinspections printed rolls, foils,boxes, rubber stampcontaining the name of AlexaPharma Uttrakhand andAcemovic SP tablets byNirmaya Pharma Baddi wererecovered from the firm.

Mr Thakur furtherrevealed that a local courtawarded custody of theaccused and samples of seizeddrugs were taken and this caseappears to be prima facie caseof manufacturing spuriousdrugs.

The Chief Minister addedin the House that furtherinvestigation was beingconducted by AssistantCommissioner Food SafetySolan and Food Safety OfficerSolan and the unit have beensealed and police force wasdeployed on the spot.

Crackdown on illegal pharma Cos

Two held for manufacturingdrug without license : HP CM

State Govt laying emphasis on creatingquality education infrastructure: Jai RamSHIMLA: The state government was laying emphasis oncreating quality education infrastructure in the educationalinstitutions of the state and private sector could play a majorrole in this regard. This was stated by Chief Minister Jai RamThakur while interacting with a delegation of SwinburneUniversity of Technology, Australia led by its Pro ViceChancellor Ms. Monica Kannedy that called on the ChiefMinister here today. Chief Minister said that these efforts of thegovernment would enable the students to get the qualityeducation and be prepared and groomed to compete at top levelwithin the state. He said that more and more vocational andtechnical courses were being introduced at various levels, so asto create more employment and self employment opportunitiesfor the youth. Jai Ram Thakur said that the state governmentwas also welcoming world class private players to invest ineducation sector. He said that the Swinburne University ofTechnology, Australia can explore possibility to tie up with theinstitutes or even private universities in the state.

DINESH AGARWALSHIMLA, MAR 4

Indian National Congress onWednesday staged walkout from theHimachal Pradesh Assemblyprotesting against the ruling of chairfor not allowing them to raise theissue of COVID -19. As the Houseassembled for the question hour,leader of Opposition MukeshAgnihotri sought the ruling on theparty notice to discuss the issue ofCornonavirus suspending thequestion hour. He said that theyshould allowed to raise the issue sincea panic prevailed among the peopleafter hospitalisation of some patient.Speaker Vipin Singh said that he havealso received an information aboutthe Coronavirus from Chief MinisterOffice. The Opposition membercreated ruckus in the House whenSpeaker allowed the Chief Minister togive statement on the issue withoutallowing them to raise this issueunder the rule 67. The IndianNational Congress protesting againstthe ruling of chair staged walkoutalleging that they should be allowedfirst to raise their issue before the CMmakes any statement on the issue.Blaming opposition members to

create panic in the mind of peopleChief Minister said that no case ofCoronavirus detected in the state. Hesaid that currently 15 suspects whohave history of travelling to COVID-19 affected countries or foreignerstraveling to India were undersurveillance and kept in isolationwards. The Chief Minister said thatthree suspect including two in DrRajinder Prassad Medical CollegeTanda and one in Indra GandhiMedical College and Hospital Shimlawere admitted in the isolation wardson Tuesday as two of them belongedto Kangra district have history ofvisiting Italy and other to Bilaspur,visited North Korea. 'After collectingsamples of suspects Health Authoritywould sent them to NationalCommunicable DiseasesCentre(NCDC) lab New Delhi fordetection of Corona Virus.' The CMstated that so far 30 foreignerincluding 26 of China and four ofThailand have kept undersurveillance for fever, influenza andrespiratory problems and all werefound negative for the deadly virus. Alist of 145 people having history oftraveling to affected countries till Feb2, 2020 was received from the UnionGovernment.

Congress stages walkout on COVID-19

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, MAR 4

A two-day training camp for census officers, sub-divisional officers, tehsildars, naib tehsildars andexecutive officers and secretaries of city counciland panchayats concluded today in DRDAauditorium for successful implementation ofCensus 2021.

Census 2021 will be run in two phases underwhich the work of house listing and updating ofNational Population Register (NPR) will beconducted from May 16 to June 30.

Whereas during 9 February to 28 February2021, population census will be done. In this two-day training camp, officials were informed aboutthe house listing and the update of the NationalPopulation Registrar. Also, information about theprocess of collecting data was given through themobile app Assistant Director Praveen Kumar,Statistical Investigator Akhilesh Kumar,Narpatram Advisor were also present on theoccasion.

Two-day trainingcamp concludeson census 2021

PREETI RANAHAROLI, MAR 4

Haroli BJP Yuva Morchatoday distributed laddusafter Prof. Ram Kumar giventhe responsibility ofspokesperson in the state BJPteam. They also celebratedhis induction as BJPspokesman. BJYM workersled by Yuva MorchaPresident Kamal Sainishouted slogans in favor of

BJP leaders. On thisoccasion, the Yuva Morchaactivists also thankedNational President JagatPrakash Nadda, ChiefMinister Jairam Thakur, StatePresident Dr Rajeev Bindal,Union Minister of State forFinance Anurag Thakur,former State President SatpalSatti and said that evenbefore Prof. Ram Kumargiven responsibility of asspokesperson, he has been

holding various party post.On this occasion Haroli BJPMandal General SecretaryNarinder Rana, ChananSingh, Satish Thakur, AmitKatwal, Hariom, YogeshKumar, Aman, GoldieKaundal, Anoop, VishalRana, Pankaj Chodhari,Manish, Jaswant Singh,Bindu, Pankaj, GauravKumar, Gulshan Kumar,Satish, Sushil and otheractivists were also present.

BJP Yuva Morcha hails elevation of Ram Kumar as spokesman

SHIMLA, MAR 4

Governor BandaruDattatraya said that alldepartmental officers shouldtake effective steps tocomplete various works in atime bound manner so thatpeople could get betterfacilities. He said thatspecial care should be takenfor ensuring the quality ofdevelopmental works.

While presiding over thereview meeting ofdevelopment works today inthe Deputy CommissionerOffice premisesDharamshala, GovernorBandaru Dattatraya said thatall officers should visit thefield and inspect thedevelopmental worksregularly. He said thatefficient efforts should bemade to provide benefits ofall the schemes andprograms of government toevery section of the society.

The Governor said thatappropriate steps should alsobe taken to provide housingfacilities to the poor andeligible people. He said thatnecessary steps should be

taken for water conservationand better drinking waterfacilities should be ensuredto every household.

The Governor said thatall basic facilities should beprovided in governmenteducational institutions andmodel schools should alsobe developed. He said thatspecial attention should alsobe given to motivatechildren to participate insports and cultural activities.

He said that appropriatesteps should also be takenfor ensuring betterexamination results ingovernment educationalinstitutions besidesenhancing the learningoutcome of the students. Hesaid that emphasis should belaid on working withreadiness to develop e-

learning and smart classesfacilities in all schools.

He directed the officersof the Youth Services andSports Department to ensuremaximum participation ofyouth in the Fit IndiaProgram and specialprograms should beorganized for schoolchildren. The Governor saidthat there is immense scopeof self-employment inagriculture sector. Hedirected to set up moderntraining centers in rural areasto train unemployed youthand farmers. The Governorsaid that all villages shouldbe connected with roads toprovide better connectivityas it opens the roads ofdevelopment. He said thatwide publicity of all welfareschemes and programsshould also be ensured sothat maximum eligiblepeople could be benefited.

Earlier, DeputyCommissioner RakeshPrajapati welcomed theGovernor and detailed aboutthe development worksbeing done in Kangradistrict.

Take effective steps to completeworks in time: Governor

No contamination in troutfish eggs from J&K: Min

SHIMLA, MAR 4

Himachal Pradesh government stated in thestate Assembly on Wednesday that it hasconducted the seed testing of five lakh eggsof trout fish procured from state of Jammu& Kashmir and it was not contaminated.

Giving suo moto statement in the HouseAnimal Husbandry and Fishery MinisterVerinder Kanwar stated in the House thatreference of spoiling of seedlings was madeby Member of Assembly Sunder SinghThakur during the discussion on GovernorAddress.

The Member mentioned during thediscussion in the House that virus wasdetected in the five lakh eggs which werebrought from J&K as the Government has

procured contaminated seedlings of trout.Kanwar stated in the House that

Government have conducted quality testingof alleged fish seeds at Directorate ofColdwater Fisheries Research, Bhimtal inUttrakhand and no virus was detected in thesample. Responding the statement made bythe members that ponds of Trout farmers orrearer were falling idle due to lack of eggsthe Minister said that seed farms of Patlikhulwere destroyed due to flash flood in 2018-19. The Government was forced to procurethe five lakh trout eggs from J&K andsupplied to the farmers. The Governmentalso decided to import the 10 lac eggs oftrout from ID Obba Denmark which wouldbe provided to farmers to cater the shortfall,he added.

Soldier injured, 3 structuresgutted in massive fire in Kupwara

SRINAGAR: A soldier was injured while three structures andtwo vehicles were gutted in a massive fire in an Army camp in theborder town of Kupwara, official sources said on Wednesday.They said fire broke out inside an Army camp of 41 RashtriyaRifles (RR) in Khumriyal in Kupwara on Tuesday evening. 'Firetenders were rushed to the area to douse off the leaping flames,clearly visible from a distance,' they said. However, they said asoldier was injured while three structures and two vehicles weregutted before the fire was brought under control. 'The cause of thefire was not immediately clear,' they said, adding that a case hasbeen registered and investigation has been taken up ascertain thecause of the fire.

Cleanliness campaignconducted in GramPanchayat Saned

SHANTI GAUTAMBBN: M.S.M.E. Sanitation campaign inGram Panchayat Saned wasconducted by the department incollaboration with Nalagarh UdyogSangh. Employees of industries likeFujikawa Power, Paramount Polish,Pacific India, Alliance Otometer, HiTechCorporation, Hotel Gyanz, SepianPharma etc., MSME officials-employees and local peopleparticipated and Mr. Radhey ShyamGaushala cleaned aroundKasambowal. Inauguration of thecleanliness campaign has been doneby General Secretary of NalagarhIndustry Association, Anil Sharma andBIR Singh program coordinator MSMEadministered the cleanliness oath. Hesaid that cleanliness should be adoptedin your life and keep your surroundingsclean, so that while the environmentwill be clean, there will be freedomfrom diseases. He said that if a personspreads dirt, it would be right thateveryone change their habit and do notspread dirt. Fujikawa Power and GroupPresident Operation H.R. Suman saidthat the owner of the company and thepresident of Nalagarh Udyog Sangh,Subodh Gupta, has run a CleanNalagarh green Nalagarh campaign.Under it, a continuous cleaningcampaign has been carried out andplantation is done every year. FujikawaPower and Group President OperationH.R. Suman, Panchayat memberRamlok, Hotel Gyanaj's managerJayaprakash, Alliance Otometermanager Shamsher Singh, AssistantManager Admin Ashwani Sharma.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

Prof Nirpjit Kaur Gill memorial awardfunction on March 7LUDHIANA: Punjabi Sahit Akademi President Prof Ravinder Bhathal informed that Prof Nir-pjit Kaur Gill Memorial Award would be presented to four women professors of Punjabi litera-ture, during a function to be held at Ramgarhia Girls College, Miller Ganj, here, at 11 am onwardson March 7, 2020. This award would be presented to Late Prof Kanwaljit Kaur, Retired Profes-sor, Government College for Girls Ludhiana, Dr Ramesh Inder Kaur Bal, Director, Partap Edu-cational Institutions, Ludhiana, Dr Jasbir Kaur Kesar Chandigarh and Dr Gurnam Kaur Bedi. Thisaward has been set up by the family of Prof Gurbhajan Singh Gill in the memory of Prof NirpjitKaur Gill. This award would comprise of a citation, a shawl and Rs 21,000 cash prize. Prof Nir-pjit Kaur Gill was a professor of Punjabi language at Ramgarhia Girls College, Ludhiana, from1983 till 1993.

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OUR CORRESPONDENTKHARAR / MOHALI,MAR 4

In view of the growing scareof Coronavirus in the coun-try, the district health de-partment is fully prepared todeal with any eventual situ-ation in the district, assertedcivil surgeon Dr ManjitSingh on Wednesday.

He reiterated that the dis-trict residents need not pan-ic as there is no confirmedcase of Corona virus infec-tion in Punjab as of now,however they need to becautious and alert to savethemselves from the deadlydisease. He said peopleshould avoid indulging inrumors as these can aggra-vate the situation. He saidthat all medical arrange-ments have already beenmade in the governmenthealth facilities and privatehospitals have been issuednecessary instructions to be

ready in case of any emer-gency. He informed that asuspected patient from Mo-hali was admitted to the Dis-trict Hospital on Wednesdayand his samples have beensent to the All India Instituteof Medical Sciences (AI-IMS), New Delhi fromwhere the test report will beavailable within next twodays. The suspected patient,whose condition is stable,had visited USA some daysago and had come in contactwith a Coronavirus patientthere. He is suffering from

fever and cough. 'Presentlythere are around 300 peoplewho have been kept undermedical observation in thedistrict as a precautionarymeasure. These people hadvisited various Coronavirusaffected countries in the pastdays or had contact withpeople having travel historyof these countries." divulgedthe civil surgeon. He addedthat all these people areasymptomatic and thehealth teams are regularlyvisiting them and examiningtheir health as a precaution.

They have been advised tostay isolated at their homesat least for 28 days after thevisit to the affected coun-tries. Meanwhile, a healthteam led by Civil surgeonand District EpidemiologistDr Harmandeep Kaur held ameeting with doctors andparamedical staff of majorprivate hospitals at the For-tis hospital on Wednesdayand gave them tips for tak-ing samples of suspectedpatients and also for wear-ing Personal ProtectionEquipment (PPE) kit.

Coronavirus scare: One suspected patient admittedto district hospital, samples sent to AIIMS

OUR CORRESPONDENTFATEHGARH SAHIB,MAR 4

Vintage Car Rally will attractthe people especially youthduring the Sirhind CraftsMela-2020 which is beingorganised by district admin-istration in association withDistrict Cultural Society.While disclosing this infor-mation, Deputy Commis-sioner Ms. Amrit Kaur Gillsaid that the car rally will beorganised on March 14 forthe first time in the district

and it would end at AamKhas Bagh coveringKhamano, Bassi Pathana andFatehgarh Sahib. She washere to preside over a meet-ing to review preparednessof craft mela at Aam KhasBagh.

DC said that the ownersof these vintage cars will becoming from different citiesand the better maintenanceof these old cars will also en-courage the youth to main-tain their vehicles well. Gillinformed that in the craftsmela, artists from several

states with their handicraftitems will be visit the city tosell them on reasonable rates.She added thata nominalcharge of Rs 20 will becharged as entry ticket fromthe visitors. She said thataround 150 stalls will be or-ganised in this mela.

DC also informed thatprominent Punjabi folksinger Satinder Sartaj willalso be performing on thelast day, March 15.

Vintage car rally will attractvisitors during crafts mela: DC Kishan Kumar visits

three district centers

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU: Secretary SchoolEducation-cum-Chairman PunjabSchool Education Board PunjabKishan Kumar has reviewed thePeriodic Centers for the Eighth and10th Annual Examinations conductedby the Punjab School EducationBoard. After visiting the three borderdistricts of Gurdaspur, Amritsar andTarn Taran, he said that they havevisited the border areas and foundthat parents have been made awareof their children from the very first dayof the session. He said that as perthe directions of the PunjabGovernment, the students have beenprovided necessary facilities in theexamination centers. He said thatthese practices were being conductedin a fear-free environment for thestudents and appreciated the effortsof the department officials, teachersand employees of Punjab SchoolEducation Board for the completereplication of the copy. He said thatbesides providing quality education tothe students in the governmentschools, the Congratulating teachersand school heads for the immensesuccess of the Smart Schoolcampaign in their border areas, hesaid that the maximum number ofadmissions receipts from variouspublic schools for the admission ofstudents in public schools from PrePrimary to XII is being promoted.

Legal way should be adoptedto go abroad: DC

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: DeputyCommissioner Apneet Riyat said thatgoing abroad legally is the safe andright way. He was addressing todaywhile presiding over the Round TableConference on Safe and LegalMigration on behalf of the Center forResearch in Rural and IndustrialDevelopment (CRID). He stressedthe need to make concerted efforts tomake people aware to migrateabroad safely and legally, saying thatit is the need of the hour that peopleshould take the path of safe goingabroad. He said that this is a veryimportant issue and there are lots ofNRIs from Doaba region andespecially Hoshiarpur and there hasbeen a lot of increase in theenthusiasm of youth to go abroad. Hesaid that the Punjabis have gone toevery corner of the world and provedtheir strength in different areas.

Two Day InternationalPunjabi Sahit Utsavorganises at HMV

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR:The PG Department ofPunjabi organised a literary two dayInternational Punjabi Sahit Utsav incollaboration with Punjab SahitAcademy Chandigarh under theproficient directions of Principal Prof.Dr. Ajay Sareen at HMV. Beginningwith the pious lighting of lamp andrecital of DAV Anthem, the eventproceeded towards presentation ofplanters to the guests of honour Sh.Varinder Sharma, IAS, DeputyCommissioner Jalandhar, M.C.Sharma, Secretary DAVCMC andgalaxy of distinguished scholars Dr.Atamjeet, Dr. Satish Kumar Verma,Dr. Sarabjit Sohal, Dr. KewalDhaliwal, Dr. Rawel Singh, Kang andDr. Kuldeep Deep.. Navroop Kaur,HOD Punjabi briefed about theachievements of the department andhighlighted the efforts put up by themtowards the promotion of Punjabilanguage.DAVCMC alsoongratulated the college for the eventand extended an open invitation toPunjab Sahit Academy to organisetheir events in any of the DAVinstitutions. Dr. Satish Kumar Vermainitiated the discussion by reflectingon the power of discourse anddisclosing how wonderfully the syntaxof Punjabi language has depicted thepurity of females.Two parallelsessions were conducted in which Dr.Satnam Manak and Dr. HarchandSingh Bedi were the guests.

Students take precaution themselves from any kind of infection to wear mask at Sector 17 Plaza in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Photo by: S. Sharma

Seminar on Guru Nanak Dev Ji held

CHARANJIT SINGH AMRITSAR, MAR 4

CKD Institute of Management and Technology (CK-DIMT) organized a seminar on "Sri Guru NanakDev Ji di Shakshiyat Ate Vichardhara". Chief Khal-sa Diwan Honorary Secretaries S. Swinder SinghKathunangal and S.Surinder Singh Rumalian Walewitnessed the event as a special guests. After a warmwelcome, Dr. Amarjeet Singh, Director of center onstudies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib & Head, GuruNanak Studies Department, as a keynote Speakerthrew light on the life and philosophy of Sri GuruNanak Sahib.

He narrated couplets from Sri Guru Granth Sahibji and described the criteria on which human being isjudged in the court of supreme power. He explainedthe qualities Guru ji has described, a real humanshould possess. Money is not the actual source ofhappiness. One should protest the negative extremi-ties, atrocity, and exploitation.

CHET RAM RATAN NAWANSHAHR, MAR 4

Amber Singh Yaad, studiedup to 12 at Kirpal Sagar Acad-emy, is a resident of progresstoday, he also learnedGerman, while doing+2 in non-medicalsubjects. After gradu-ating from DoabaGroup of College,Chhokran received aMaster's Degree fromLovely ProfessionalUniversity.

Sometime heworked with AdvocateKuldeep Singh at Nawan-shahr Court. The desire tolearn foreign languages wasalways growing in the memo-ry of Amber Singh. He startedlearning Turkish in Mysoreand arrived in Istanbul on atourist visa in 2015. He was

married to Arzu Derea Mir, anemployee of the Ministry ofDefense. Yaad began workingas a Turkish / English teacherin Istanbul's schools. He hasalso received the title of Best

Teacher from sev-eral schools. Am-ber Singh Yadavand his family arecoming to Indiain May 2020.Chairman Dr.Karmajit Singh,Principal Mar-garet, Vice Chair-person Parminder

Kaur, Gurdev Singh, AshokRaina, Dr. Jasvir Chawla,Murli Dharan etc. were pres-ent. Linguistics Remem-brance Father Prakash SinghYadav has been serving as aPublic Relations Officer, PRfor a long time, at the Unity atKirpal Sagar.

Amber Singh Yaad feelsPunjabi language proud

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, MAR 4

Deputy Commissioner B.Shrinivas has been award-ed to contribute most ofthe blood and basic assis-tance to the residents ofBathinda by Governor ofPunjab, VP Singh Bad-nore, President of IndianRed Cross Society PunjabState Branch, on Tuesday.

Secretary Red CrossDarshan Kumar said thatduring the annual generalmeeting held in Chandi-garh, Bathinda DistrictRed Cross Society re-ceived first aid from Pun-jab and received first po-sition in the area of volun-tary donation. He saidthat the Deputy Commis-

sioner thanked the peopleof the district for theirsupport to the Red CrossSociety for their basicsupport and for organiz-ing blood camps in thedistrict by the social serv-ice organizations. He saidlast year a special mission

was run in schools andcolleges in the district toprovide basic support bythe St. John Ambulancewith the help of the RedCross Society. Under thiscampaign, First Aid to10047 school studentsand youngsters belonging

to the rural area were pro-vided by Naresh Pathani,the master trainer of theprimary support center.Blood donor Raj KumarJoshi was also honoredwith the award in the fieldof social service andblood donation.

DC gets award for better services

ARYAN KALIAZIRAKPUR, MAR 4

In zirakpur bus stand ofsinghpura, peoples are fac-ing problems because busesare stopping far away fromthe bus stand.

Giving information re-garding this, persons whotake buses regularly on thebus stand namely Saurabh,Mahesh, Jagdish and JasbirSingh said that from the daywhen this bus stand estab-

lished here, no buses arestopping on the bus standand are stopping far awayfrom the bus stand and bythis they are helplesslystanding far away from thebus stand where buses stop.

Buses stop only bydriver only on their ownwish, they added. SDM saidthat he will talk to DSP re-garding this and they'll takeaction on this issue verysoon.

People upset due to non-stop of bus at bus stand

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

UP Deputy CM refutes allegations of Congresson horse-trading in Madhya PradeshLUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya onWednesday refuted allegations of Congress regarding horse-trading of MLAs inMadhya Pradesh and said the BJP doesn't indulge in such politics. "We believe inthe democratic process and don't indulge in this kind of politics. BJP always thinksabout the interests of people," Maurya told ANI. "Congress leaders are themselvesconfused. While former CM of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh is accusing BJP ofgiving Rs. 5 to 10 crore to Congress MLAs, his own party leader PL Punia issaying that we are offering Rs. 25 crore to each of them," he said. The remarkscame after allegations were levelled against the BJP for reportedly holding MadhyaPradesh MLAs against their will at a Gurugram hotel.

7Cong slams BJP govtin Gujarat over infantdeathsNEW DELHI: The Congress onWednesday held the BJP government inGujarat responsible for the death of over15,000 infants during treatment atnewborn care units across the state inthe last two years. Responding to a setof questions raised by Congress MLAsin the Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday,Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, whoalso handles the Health portfolio, saidthat out of the 1.06 lakh infants admittedto such units during 2018 and 2019across the state, 15,013 babies diedduring treatment. These deaths werereported from sick newborn care unitsset up in almost all districts of the state.On Wednesday, Congress' chiefspokesperson Randeep Surjewala heldthe BJP government responsible forthese deaths. "15,013 infants died.Everyday 20 infants are dying. Themaximum number of infant deaths --4322-- in Ahmedabad. This is AmitShah's parliamentary constituency," hesaid in a tweet. "Will the cries of babiesbe heard? Will anyone raise questions?Will the TV media show courage?"Surjewala asked.

Man killed afterscuffle over drug;three heldMUMBAI: A 32-year-old man wasallegedly killed by three persons after ascuffle over marijuana in Mumbai, apolice official said on Wednesday. Theincident took place on a skywalk nearCotton Green station in central Mumbaion Tuesday night when the deceased,Amin Patel, and his friend BuntyKamble (34) were sitting and having achat. At that time, three persons camethere and demanded a packet ofmarijuana from them, the official said.When Patel told them that they did notpossess the drug, the three accusedhad an argument with them and startedbeating both of them, he said. One ofthe accused allegedly hit Patel on hishead with a bamboo stick, causingbleeding injuries. Patel collapsed andwas rushed to a hospital where doctorsdeclared him dead, the official said.Following a police complaint lodged byKamble, the three accused werearrested, he added.

SC lifts RBI ban ontrading incryptocurrency

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court onWednesday lifted RBI ban on tradingin cryptocurrency, saying curb on itstrade is illegal. Justice R F Narimanallowed the plea challenging the RBI'sApril 6, 2018 circular which bannedthe trading. The bank had directedthat all entities regulated by it shall notdeal in virtual currencies or provideservices for facilitating any person orentity in dealing with or settling those,post which cryptocurrency exchangeand other organisations moved theApex Court. It had submitted to thecourt an affidavit on the steps taken toprotect the banks and other entitiesunder its regulation from risks intrading of virtual currencies. Acryptocurrency (or crypto currency) isa digital asset designed to work as amedium of exchange that uses strongcryptography to secure financialtransactions, control the creation ofadditional units, and verify the transferof assets. Cryptocurrency operateindependent of the Reserve Bank.The petition was filed by the Internetand Mobile Association of India.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

A week after the communalviolence in northeast Delhi, theresidents are slowly picking upthe pieces as the government'srelief and rehabilitationmeasures have kicked in amidtight vigil by security forces.

The police have beenconducting flag marches andholding meetings with the localsin Jafrabad, Maujpur, Babarpur,Chand Bagh, Shiv Vihar,Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar andMustafabad where the violence,that sparked from protests overthe amended Citizenship Act,was the most intense. In

Mustafabad, an Eidgah has beenturned into a relief camp, and thelocals too have opened theirhomes for those seeking shelter.Many families have soughtrefuge at the relief camps inMustafabad and Shri RamColony, with others preferringtheir relative's house. Studentsare appearing for board exams

that was postponed in the riot-affected. The police andparamilitary personnel aremaintaining a tight vigil outsidethe centres. However,government schools in the areawill remain closed till March 7.

Some people are visitingtheir burnt out homes to assessthe damage. Many of those who

fled during the violence are stillfearful about returning and saythey would wait for a week morebefore deciding anything. TheDelhi Police has registered 436FIRs and arrested or detained1,427 people in connection withthe communal violence thatclaimed 42 lives and left over200 injured.

Delhi violence: People picking up the pieces amid tight security

PM, Nadda, Shah to skip Holi celebrationsamid mounting coronavirus threat

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

BJP president J P Nadda onWednesday announced that hewill neither celebrate nororganise Holi Milan in an effortto reduce mass gatherings toavoid the spread of novelCoronavirus.

'The world is battlingCOVID-19 Novel CoronaVirus. The countries andmedical fraternity are jointlymaking efforts to contain its

spread. Keeping this in mind,this year, I will neither

celebrate Holi nor organiseHoli Milan,' Mr Nadda said in

his tweet.He wished the people 'Stay

Safe, Stay Healthy'.Earlier, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and UnionHome Minister Amit Shah alsosaid that they have decided notto participate in any 'HoliMilan programme' this yeardue to the threat of the deadlyvirus.

'Experts across the worldhave advised to reduce massgatherings to avoid the spreadof COVID-19 NovelCoronavirus. Hence, this year, Ihave decided not to participatein any Holi Milan programme,'the Prime Minister said in hismissive. Shah appealed toeveryone to avoid publicgatherings and take good care ofthemselves and the families.

Samples of Coronavirus infected man'sfamily taken: Bulandshahr CMO

BULANDSHAHR: Familymembers of Coronavirusinfected Delhi man have beenkept in isolation and theirsamples have been collected fortests to detect the deadly virus,Bulandshahr Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO) KN Tiwari toldANI on Wednesday. "We got toknow that the man's familyresides here. We tracked theirfamily and took their samplesand asked them to stay inisolation," Tiwari said. The

man, who is a Delhi resident,had tested positive forCoronavirus on Saturday. Hehad a travel history from Italy,which has witnessed a surge inCOVID-19 cases. Earlier inthe day, six people from Noidawho had been put underobservation for suspectedCoronavirus infection afterthey attended a birthday partyhosted by an infected Delhiresident, have tested negativefor the virus.

SC directs trial court to ensurepresence of absconding

Nithyananda in rape caseAGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

The Supreme Court on Wednesdaydirected a trial court inRamanagara district of Karnatakato ensure the presence ofabsconding self-styled godmanSwami Nithyananda to face trial ina 2010 rape case.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice SA Bobde also allowed aplea by K Lenin alias NithyaDharmananda, former driver ofNithyananda and had filed acomplaint against Nithyananda,for cancellation of non-bailablewarrants issued against him.

The apex court ordered thecancellation of the non-bailablewarrants issued against thecomplainant in the case on thecondition he shows up before thetrial court in Ramanagara districttoday itself.

He had challenged theKarnataka High Court's Februaryorder where non-bailable warrantswere issued against Lenin for notappearing before the court forrecording evidence.

"Having heard the counselappearing for the petitioner andupon perusal of the record, we seeno reason to interfere with thejudgment and order passed by theHigh Court, which merely directsthe petitioner to give evidence insupport of his complaint," read theapex court order passed onTuesday.

Expect Shaheen Bagh protesters to comeup with amicable solutions, says Hedge

NEW DELHI, MAR 4

Sanjay Hegde, one of the two interlocutors appointed by the Supreme Court to hold talkswith protesters at Shaheen Bagh area to convince them to hold the agitation at analternative site, said that they expect the protestors to come up with amicable solutions."We urged them to understand their role as responsible citizens under the Indianconstitution and find solutions keeping inmind other fellow citizens. We said that weinterlocutors were not going to impose anydecision on them, but rather expectedsolutions to emerge from their side," Hegde'sstatement read. "With the oncoming festivalof Holi, we requested them to embracepositive solutions for the best interest of thecountry and the constitution," it added. Thestatement added that upon resuming talks,the team of interlocutors had expressed theirappreciation to the protestors formaintaining peace at the protest site despite violence in other parts of Delhi. "Inaccordance with the orders of the Supreme Court, which has directed us to resume ourdialogue with the protesters at Shaheen Bagh, we went to the site of the protests on March3. We expressed our appreciation to the protesters for maintaining peace at the protest site,despite the violence that has recently rocked other parts of Delhi," it read. The protesters,according to Hegde, were made aware of the fact that the team of interlocutors would bereadily available to them "whenever they are collectively ready with any possibleresolution of the current situation." On February 17, the Supreme Court had appointedsenior lawyers Hegde and Sadhana Ramachandran,besides former CIC Wajahat Habibullah, to hold talkswith protesters at Shaheen Bagh area to convince themto hold the agitation at an alternative site. Theinterlocutors had submitted their reports to the SC in asealed cover on February 24. Thousands of people, themajority of them women, have been holding a sit-inprotest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)and the proposed NRC at Delhi's Shaheen Bagh areasince mid-December last year.

BJP rule in Tripuraworst than 1975’s

emergency: CPI (M)AGENCYAGARTALA, MAR 4

While BJP celebrating thesecond anniversary of theirgovernment in Tripuraclaiming success, oppositionCPI (M) came down heavilyon the ruling dispensationaccusing them of snatchingaway all democratic rights ofthe people and broughtemergency like situation. TheCPI (M) state secretaryGoutam Das urged the youthsto raise an arm against thegovernment, as it becameanti-people. A large numberof youth were appointed invarious departments atmeagre payment oncontractual basis underprivate agencies againstsanctioned posts in pick andchoose a method. The cultureof middlemen emerged as thebiggest curse in Tripura underBiplab Kumar Deb’s rule;Das alleged adding that not asingle poll promise wasfulfilled in last two yearsexcept for nepotism andfavouritism in the name oftransparency. The rules of lawhave been frustrated underBJP’s rule and criminal

became more powerful andpolice became party cadres,he alleged. “Muscle, moneyand media power were usedwith false pledges by BJP in2018 assembly elections toinstall the government and assoon as the governmentformed, they turned eyes fromtheir promises and becamehostile against the commonpeople," Das said and allegedthat law and order hadcollapsed in the two years ofBJP "misrule". As many as 13CPI(M) workers weremurdered in last two years ofDeb’s rule but none wasarrested, while 15 partyworkers died due to heartattack due to panic created byBJP. Altogether 141 CPI (M)party offices were burntdown, 322 party officesransacked and 69 forcefullyoccupied by BJP in Tripurasince 2018.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night tweetedthat on he was considering leaving social media on Sunday.(The irony of announcing this on social media was lost on

some.) Even after six years of watching the PM in action, manystill did not recognise the tweet for what it was: a gimmick. Therewas a hubbub on Twitter; one emotional right-wing handleclaimed that if the PM left, she too would leave social media for-ever. The PM’s threat was never going to be permanent — hisparty has most effectively used social media such as Twitter,Facebook and WhatsApp as weapons in the political fight todominate the public narrative and to gain power. Social media isthe BJP’s Brahmastra.

As the PM himself on Tuesday confirmed, he would leavesocial media only for a day. Sunday is International Women’sDay, and the PM’s handle would be devoted to the posts bywomen who inspire him. One can safely conclude such womendo not include journalists like Rana Ayyub, who conducted anundercover investigation to detail the extent of the conspiracybehind the 2002 Gujarat riots, or Swati Chaturvedi, whose book,I Am a Troll, details the BJP’s well-oiled sinister propaganda ma-chine (and attack dogs) on social media.

The PM has always been seen to support the cause ofwomen, as with the “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao” slogan, eventhough the Women’s Reservation Bill continues to languish in aparliamentary limbo for over two decades. So what was the bigdeal about him staying off social media on Sunday? Could ithave been part of carefully crafting an image of ascetic detach-ment from the world? Is he trying to be the distant but benevo-lent father of the nation that his COO, home minister Amit Shah,is running?

More likely it was to distract from the unfavourable socialmedia coverage the international community was witnessing onaccount of the Delhi riots. It is not just the usual suspects thathave expressed concern at the police-aided violence againstthose protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Eventhe United Nations Commission on Human Rights has filed anapplication on the CAA in the Supreme Court, and India’s long-standing friend Iran called it a “wave of organised violenceagainst Indian Muslims” and “senseless thuggery”. The PM wasshaken and so reached into his bag of gimmicks.

With followers threatening to boycott social media plat-forms, the PM accomplished another aim: to frighten the socialmedia platforms that they risked losing millions of users andthereby significant revenue. While the PM’s minions spoke ofstarting an “Indian” social media platform, this is mere postur-ing. In the coming days, expect the PM’s men to try arm-twist-ing Twitter, etc, to tighten the screws on those Indians who insiston giving the violence against anti-CAAprotesters anything oth-er than a right-wing spin. Having seen Jack Dorsey and others inaction, one cannot be optimistic that social media platforms willforever remain free and open to speak truth to power.

EditorialNo more than a trick tosidetrack, chill riot flak

8THE MORE REFINED AND SUBTLE OUR MINDS,

THE MORE VULNERABLE THEYARE.

PAUL TOURNIER

A GREAT ARTIST CAN PAINT A GREAT PICTUREON A SMALL CANVAS.

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER

SPIRITUALISM

STARS TALKSSeemaa Singh, Vedic as-

trologer known forher accurate predictions

of winning BJP minister Kir-ron Kher, as well winning of

Punjab elec-tions by Con-gress. She hasmany lectureson astrologyin India andAbroad. ARIES :-You can, if

you wish, allow partners tomake the running, so whynot settle down and put yourfeet up? Your own skills ex-tended to the business worldand your handling of recentfinancial scares should haveleft you with a sense of con-fidence and control.

TAURUS :- You hate to beproved wrong, but it's an un-fortunate fact that Mercury,ruling your brilliant mind, isbound to give the bestideas to partners andassociates. At leastthat's what itlooks like tothem.GEMINI :-Even minor dif-ferences of out-look could be thecause of disagree-ment under today's stri-dent planetary picture, yet ifworking relationships are in-volved you would be unwiseto risk a dispute just now. CANCER :- Relationshipswith children and youngerrelatives may be slightly

fraught, but at the very leastyou should attempt to get tothe bottom of long- standingdifficulties.

LEO :- It's matter ofswings and round-

abouts. One thingto be said inyour favour isthat at least youknow whereyour loyaltieslie, a fact that is

always importantin getting you

through periods ofuncertainly. VIRGO:- The Moon is play-ing a substantial role for mymost of the day, making youslightly more sensitive thanusual, but also heighteningyour natural compassion.

LIBRA :- In many waysyour financial situation ap-pears to be intolerable, andno one could blame you forgiving up now. But if youpersevere for a little longerthe picture will becomemuch clearer. SCORPIO :- You are still indanger of banging your headagainst an emotional brickwall. SAGITTARIUS :- It's yourhouse of dreams which isstrong at the moment; some-thing is going on behind thescenes, but you're not quitesure what. CAPRICORN :- Make anearly start today, especially ifyou want to give yourself aleg-up. However, don't act inhaste, otherwise you'll dis-

rupt an important partner-ship. AQUARIUS :- Life is farfrom simple. Pluto's stridentalignment may encourageyou to speak your mind andmake firm decisions. How-ever, appearances are notwhat they seem and you'd bewell advised to extreme cau-tion in all delicate, volatileand volcanic situations.PISCES :- The emphasismust now be on long-termplanning rather than short-term results.

You may not be aware ofthe fact that you are rapidlyapproaching a period inwhich your ideals and ambi-tions will be called into ques-tion as never before. Get agood story ready!

PMK grasps cinema’s power, belatedlyI do sense the power of films,in that movies have the abili-ty to literally change people’sminds.

— Nicolas Cage

Much, much beforeNicolas Cage spokethese words above, or

was even born, politicians inTamil Nadu, particularly thosefrom the Dravidian stock, re-alised the power of cinema inshaping people’s thoughts andused the silver screen effective-ly for their ideological propa-ganda.

It would not be an exagger-ation to say that one of the rea-sons for the DMK rompinghome to power in 1967 wasfilms, particularly those script-ed by the party’s leaders C.N.

Annadurai and M. Karunanid-hi, at a time when the nationalparty, Congress, frowned uponcinema and lost out on the elec-toral and cultural fronts. Sincethen, i.e. the 1960s, tinsel townhas paved its own smooth ac-cess road to the political high-way of Tamil Nadu, enablingmany to straddle both cinemaand politics the same time. Forsome political aspirants, a ca-reer in movies has handed outwild card entry into politics.But all through the rough andtumble of Tamil Nadu historywhen the dividing line betweenpolitics and movies was gettingblurred, the Pattali MakkalKatchi (PMK) stood out, look-ing down upon films and film-stars since its inception threedecades ago until Draupathi hit

the screens on February 28. Af-ter taking his entire family andsenior party colleagues towatch the film, the partyfounder, Dr S. Ramadoss,tweeted that the film was in-spired by a statement that hehad made in 2014, thus reveal-ing that the movie, which hashence been slammed by mostreviewers, has a direct link toPMK’s political views. The2014 statement was on Rama-doss’s pet peeve: Fake registermarriages used to extort moneyfrom parents of innocent girlsof his caste. As a politician, whoinitially spoke of larger issueslike social justice and Tamilpride in general, Mr Ramadossover the years confined his fightto the welfare of his castegroup, the Vanniyars.

Plant breeding is thebackbone of modernagriculture and has con-

tributed towards crops im-provement since the advent ofagriculture. The goals of cropimprovement have evolvedover the period of time andplant breeders have utilizedthe available information andtools to deliver improved va-rieties. Breeders today havemultifaceted challenges, in-cluding enhanced nutrientcontent/ output, sustainablecultivation/production alongwith higher productivity inour changing environment.Though the principles ofplant breeding remain thesame, today's breeders areequipped with scientificknowledge in the form ofgene sequences and agronom-ic data and modern moleculartools.

A variable plant populationis a basic requirement forbreeding, which may be natu-rally occurring or generatedby treating seeds with chemi-cals or radiation to generateplants with variable traits, aprocess called mutationbreeding that has been usedfor improving wheat, rice,barley, pearl millet, jute,groundnut, chickpea, mungbean, black gram, sunflower,cotton and banana. Thechanges caused by mutagene-sis can be large and dramaticand require extensive selec-tion.

In depth information aboutgrowth and genetics of thecrop and technology toolshave simplified the selectionprocess in breeding but thebottleneck of time-consum-

ing multiple crosses and gen-erations remain. Develop-ment of improved variety cantake anywhere between 7 to13 years, depending on thecrop.

Dr. Ravi Khetarpal is theExecutive Secretary of AsiaPacific Association of Agri-cultural Research Institutions(APAARI) based at Bangkok,said,Gene editing is the latestbreeding tool that enables thebreeder to make precisechanges in genes for im-proved traits. Multiple backcrossing and laborious selec-tion has been a norm in plantbreeding, even when mutage-nesis and molecular tools areused to generate and screenvariations respectively.

Gene editing can generatethe precise improved trait inthe plant variety of choicewithout any need of extensiveback crossing and selection.Most gene edited plants donot have any foreign gene in-serted in them and are similarto conventionally bred plants,therefore many nations, likeUS, Canada, Argentina, Aus-tralia, Japan and Russia donot regulate them. Exemptionfrom regulatory oversight hasmade the technology accessi-ble to small and mediumscale industries and institutes,fostering innovation. Both

mutagenesis and convention-al breeding have some unin-tended changes that are se-lected out over generations.Due to the specificity and ac-curacy of the process, suchunintended changes are negli-gible in case of gene editedplants. These too can be iden-tified and selected out, whileretaining the improved trait.The first gene edited crop cul-tivated was low saturated andzero trans-fat soybean thatwas commercialized in 2019.More edited crops in thepipeline include waxy corn,non-browning mushroomsand apples, drought tolerantrice, disease resistant wheat,rapid flowering compacttomatoes, herbicide resistantrice and cassava, potato withenhanced processing traitsand low gluten wheat. Otherbenefits of the technology in-clude editing for improvednutritional properties, newtastes, reduced levels of aller-gens, disease resistance andincreased shelf-life.

The robust gene editingpipeline clearly demonstratesthat it's a tool of choice for thebreeders as it allows efficientutilization of genetic variabil-ity.

The economics of generat-ing gene edited crops and ex-emption/ low regulatory over-sight would make editing thetool of choice for many re-gional crops with smallermarkets that have been longneglected. On the other hand,over-regulation with highcosts will let this opportunityslip away, especially for thesmaller crops including horti-cultural crops.

Political acumen, that spe-cial quality of mind thatcan manoeuvre through

the intensely competitiveecosystem of elections, will betested in the next round ofelections, covering both the lo-cal bodies and the state assem-blies. That is to say, MamataBanerjee, Amit Shah-Naren-dra Modi, Nitish Kumar, Te-jaswi Yadav and the other par-ties, whose capacity is to addvalue or cut into votes, willneed to do more than postur-ing and repeat themselvesabout who they are.

The next series will be anequally challenging test of po-litical consciousness about thewider implications and greaterresponsibilities of every voterwho chooses to participate.From local body elections upto the state Assembly, everyvote will contribute to the larg-er struggle that is underway,between two ideas of India,between a majoritarian Stateand an inclusive, secular one;between all citizens equal inall respects and some citizensless equal than the rest.

As much as other issues,parliamentary democracy in amulti-party federal State willalso be on trial. The one-size-fits-all blueprint of theBharatiya Janata Party will betested against the manyfaceted politics of entrenchedregional parties. Different bag-gages from the past will beshadows that will create dis-

comfort for the leaders, organ-isations, parties and voters.The BJP, on the contrary, hasno qualms about reusing itstested formula, regardless ofthe consequences of causingpublic mischief, to draw theline between natural enemiesand uneasy allies. In the heartof Kolkata, not some north-eastern fringe area as in NewDelhi, BJP cadres shouted —Desh ki gaddaro ko, golimaaro … ko. It was provoca-tive and it was targeted againstwhoever rose to the bait. Byinviting action under the Indi-an Penal Code, sections 505and 153A and others too,which the West Bengal gov-ernment has done againstthose identified as shoutingthis slogan, the BJP has made

mischief, deliberately andwith forethought.

Ever since legislating theCitizenship Amendment Actthe boundary separating BJPfrom its foes is more sharplydrawn than ever before. Thelimitations of a one-point strat-egy — majoritarian politicsversus Muslim appeasement— leave less room for ma-noeuvrability for the BJP.

By that measure, MamataBanerjee is the enemy; NitishKumar is not. In West Bengal,the BJP considers itself theonly alternative to the Trina-mul Congress. In Bihar, theBJP cannot afford to act toughwith Nitish Kumar because itknows that it could lose a greatdeal if it directly charged theJanata Dal (United). Out-

smarted by Nitish Kumar,when he pushed through, withthe BJP’s support, resolutionsagainst the National Registerof Citizens, demandedchanges to the National Popu-lation Register, and threw in anew demand for a Caste Cen-sus in 2021, the BJP knows ithas to cut its losses to keep thecoalition going. There is an al-ternative in Bihar and it couldwin.

The simplest reason forthe use of the dogwhistle in theheart of Kolkata — goli maaro— could be BJP’s limited un-derstanding of the culture andtraditions of politics in WestBengal.

It seems to have looked atthe maths and come to theconclusion that if the partycould gain six plus per centvotes in Delhi, where too, itwas the only challenger to theAam Aadmi Party, by blowingthe dogwhistle, the BJP canexpect to cover the three plusper cent distance that separatesit from the Trinamool Con-gress in terms of vote share, asthe 2019 general election re-sults showed. Against the Tri-namul Congress vote of 43.28per cent in 2019, the BJP gar-nered a whopping 40.25 percent, gaining from the totaldecimation of the CommunistParty of India Marxist led LeftFront which lost over 16 percent votes. In 2014, the BJP’svote share was 17 per cent. In2016, its vote share in the state

Assembly elections was 10.2per cent. In West Bengal, BJPhas succeeded in attractingvoters, but not all voters arethe “core” support it needs towin without resorting to dan-gerous and incendiary adven-turism.

The BJP has used its onlynarrative, with its variationsand additions, to trap NitishKumar and Mamata Banerjeeto play by the rules of the com-munal divide game, till now.Reacting to the “goli maaro”provocation, Mamata Baner-jee accused the BJP of “statesponsored, planned genocidein Delhi.” After her deafeningsilence since the riots in thenational capital, the ferocity ofthe attack and the TrinamulCongress accusation in Parlia-ment that the BJP “had bloodon its hands,” is exactly as ex-pected. Anything less wouldhave diminished MamataBanerjee’s appeal amongMuslim voters on the one handand Hindu voters who abhorcommunal politics. The nextelections, in Bihar and WestBengal will be flavoured bythe larger politics of citizen-ship and legacy papers. It willimpact the local body elec-tions, all 110 municipalitiesand corporations in West Ben-gal’s urban locations, eventhough such elections tend tobe very local, where familiari-ty about candidates varies thereaction of voters, from con-tempt to respect. Past local

body elections in West Bengalhave been bloody; the Trina-mul Congress has been pillo-ried for leading the violence. Ithas contributed to voter disen-chantment with the party, eventhough Mamata Banerjee’spersonal popularity remainsmostly intact.

The just released projec-tion of Mamata Banerjee assynonymous with West Ben-gal is one way of outsmartingthe BJP, which does not have aface that can win in West Ben-gal. But that is not enough. Todefend West Bengal’s culture— social and political — thepolitical establishment in thestate has to find a way ofstrengthening the habits ofcommunal harmony andpeaceful coexistence that wasput into place after 1947 by aconsensus among politicalparties. Post-1946-riots-Kolkata established the prece-dent of political consensus, re-flecting the everyday accom-modations of communities liv-ing in close proximity, withthe usual baggage of frictionand fellow feeling.

As much as the voter, whowill have to make a consciouschoice in West Bengal to af-firm the culture of fraternity,the political leadership of sec-ular parties, especially Mama-ta Banerjee, comprisingaround 56 per cent of thevotes, will need to find waysof minimising the space avail-able for the BJP.

Bengal war: Just political smarts won’t be enoughAs much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in

a multi-party federal State will also be on trial

Gene editing in crops-A Strategic Interventionin Boosting Agriculture: Dr. Ravi Khetarpal

What decides our success?

SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV

Do not try to put up arecipe for your suc-cess. For example,

twenty-five years ago, every-one wanted to become a doc-tor. If you want to study, thefirst choice was medicine. Letus say you became a doctor,but then everyone came to ayoga program and stoppedhaving to go to doctors. Busi-ness will go down. It will nolonger be a good profession togo into. Anyway, very fewpeople are becoming doctors

because theywant to becomedoctors. Thereare a few doc-tors who reallywant to be doc-tors, understandthe human sys-

tem and serve people, but oth-ers are becoming doctors be-cause they think it is lucra-tive. It is quite disturbing forme that someone's sickness isa lucrative business, becauseyou would not want everyoneto become healthy.

So, do not put a recipe onyour success. Real successhappens when you use your-self to your full potential. Ifthat has to happen, you needperception and an active in-

telligence. "How do I growmy intelligence?" Don't wor-ry about that. The importantthing is to enhance your per-ception. If you are able to seelife just the way it is, youhave the necessary intelli-gence to conduct it well. Ifyou are not able to see life theway it is, your intelligencewill work against you.

People today are trying tobroaden their minds, whichmay make one socially suc-cessful, not truly successful.If you want to be truly suc-cessful, you must be able tosee everything just the way itis, without distortions. If youcan see everything just theway it is, life becomes a play,a game. You can play it joy-fully and you can play it wellfor sure. If you can play itwell, people will say you are

successful. If you have to findfulfillment, if you have toknow the joy of doing some-thing, you will only know itwhen your action is total -hundred percent. In every-thing that you are doing, ifyou are absolutely hundredpercent, you will notice youraction will have a certainsense of exuberance. My ac-tivity stretches for almosteighteen to twenty hours aday, seven days of the week,three hundred and sixty-fivedays a year. Maybe in some-one else's mind this wouldlook like slavery. It is not sofor me, because I spend mydays in absolute exuberance,and that is so for lots of peo-ple around me. This is suc-cess, if you want to name itthat way. But what I wouldsay is, this is life.

So, do not put a recipe on your success. Real successhappens when you use yourself to your full potential

Not just overnight sleeptests, artificial intelli-gence (AI) too has the

potential to improve efficien-cies and precision in sleepmedicine, resulting in a morepatient-centered care and bet-ter outcomes, researchershave found. The electrophys-iological data collected dur-ing polysomnography — themost comprehensive type ofsleep study — is well-posi-tioned for enhanced analysisthrough AI and machine-as-sisted learning, according to anew position statement fromthe American Academy ofSleep Medicine.

“When we typicallythink of AI in sleep medi-cine, the obvious use case isfor the scoring of sleep andassociated events,” saidCathy Goldstein, associateprofessor of sleep medicineand neurology at the Univer-sity of Michigan. “Thiswould streamline theprocesses of sleep laborato-ries and free up sleep tech-nologist time for direct pa-tient care.” Because of thevast amounts of data collect-

ed by sleep centres, AI andmachine learning could ad-vance sleep care, resulting ina more accurate diagnosis,prediction of disease andtreatment prognosis.

“AI could allow us to de-rive more meaningful infor-mation from sleep studies,given that our current sum-mary metrics, for example,the apnea-hypopnea index,aren’t predictive of thehealth and quality of life out-comes that are important topatients,” elaborated Gold-stein. “Additionally, AImight help us understandmechanisms underlying ob-structive sleep apnea, so wecan select the right treatmentfor the right patient at theright time, as opposed toone-size-fits-all or trial anderror approaches,” she addedin a paper published in theJournal of Clinical SleepMedicine. Important consid-erations for the integration ofAI into the sleep medicinepractice include transparen-cy and disclosure, testing onnovel data, and laboratoryintegration.

AI can improve diagnosis,treatment of sleep disorders

handigarh : Although more than one in every four PC users in India has lost their content or data in the Cpast, research* done by Western Digital in

November 2019 in the country, finds that one in every two respondents does not take complete back up of their content. Eighty-four percent of the audience blamed a virus attack, system crash, o r a f o r g o t t e n password as the main reasons for losing their data. According to the report, 42% of the respondents cited the paucity of time and the tediousness of the data backup process as the key deterrents for backing up the i r content. Among the researched group, only 24% of females and a meagre 18% among the 36-45 age group back up their data. In the wake of consumers' behaviours, Western Digital has introduced its newest My Passport™, its slimmest 5TB** portable hard drive, in the Indian market. The latest generation of the My Passport line is up to 30% smaller than its predecessor and offers much higher capacity.

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oga is constantly evolving all extremely important. For starters, you can while maintaining this one leg at a time, vrikshasana on a day-to-day basis, with stand completely straight, with your posture. helps build muscle Yvery few asanas remaining feet hip-width apart, facing forward. The eventual aim should get it to be throughout the leg – right

constant and standing the test of Then slowly bend your right knee in line with the hips horizontally. from the feet and ankles, to time. The modern hatha yoga we and place the right foot on your left Keep breathing deeply and the shins, calves, knees and practice, as well as derivatives like inner thigh. Make sure the raised mindfully, bringing your hands to a thighs. It makes the legs ashtanga and vinyasa, have prayer position near the chest. If much stronger and used to their roots in ancient yoga, you have good enough balance, better endurance. It also helps albeit with modern slowly raise the arms upwards with better flexibility in the interpretations. However, one in prayer position, until they’re legs.of the most common asanas overhead. Gently release when Since the hips in vrikshasana that have found its way down you’re done with 5-10 breaths, are opened out, it increases the ages and remained and get back to the starting flexibility and strength in that undiluted is the vrikshasana. position. Repeat on the other area. Because of the way in This is derived from two side. If you’re having trouble which posture is weight-words ‘vriksha’, which means placing your foot on the inner bearing, the bones of the hips tree in Sanskrit, and ‘asana’, thigh, you can place it below and the pelvic region are also which means posture. This your knee. Don’t however, strengthened along with the ‘tree pose’ dates back to place it directly on the side of muscles, keeping hip ancient mythology, and there your knee as this could lead to osteoporosis at bay. It also are in fact references of it in knee problems later. gives you strong glutes and is the Ramayana. Lord Ravana Since vrikshasana is primarily a good for the uterus and stood in vrikshasana for balancing posture, it aids in ovarian health.penance, praying to Lord improving balance – both Since vrikshasana creates a Shiva for a boon, and the physical and emotional. Just as sense of balance within the posture has been considered a tree is able to balance while body, it also translates into powerful ever since. Here's all staying firmly rooted, the mental wellbeing, building about vrikshasana and its posture aims to keep your body focus and concentration, benefits it has to offer. and mind from wandering and making your mind sharper Although it seems like a stay balanced while being in the and lesser prone to foot is at a 90-degree angle to the simple posture, you’ve got to get moment. You’ll find that your body meandering. It helps stabilise floor, where the toes are pointing vrikshasana right, if you want to is more centred from within, and it the nervous system, making it downwards and the heel is pointing reap its benefits and avoid injuries. creates a sense of calm and functional to an optimum. up. Do not rotate or move your hips So getting in and out of the posture, equilibrium. Besides its qualities of – they need to stay facing forward. as well as staying in it correctly, are Since you’re using the weight of enabling mental performance.Move the right knee out as much as

SD College emerged Chandigarh City Champions in Red Bull Campus Cricket 2020!

handigarh: OPPO, a leading global premium smart device brand, todayexpanded its popular Reno series with the launch of Reno3 Pro in CIndia. Equipped with world’s first 44MP+2MPDual Punch-Hole

camera andpowered by the all-new ColorOS7, Reno3 Pro is designed to change the way we capture and experience our world. As an ideal companion to capture images that are #ClearInEveryShot, the Reno3 Pro revolutionises smartphone photography. Reno series has been a hallmark of OPPO’s prowess i n b r i n g i n g innovation encased in elegant design. With the new Reno3 Pro, OPPO aims to empower users to discover, explore and capture more beauty in life through its various t e c h n o l o g i c a l innovations. The exemplary camera setup helps you capture photographs with extreme clarity and high quality. Commenting on the launch, Mr. Elvis Zhou, President, OPPO India said, “Consumer-centric innovation remains at the heart of our product strategy. As we look to move the industry forward with intelligent connectivity and innovations in 5G and IoT, we want to continue bringing products and services that are meaningful to our consumers. Keeping up with this endeavour, we are extremely excited to bring Reno3 Pro to the Indian market.

handigarh : From a breath taking season in 2020, the ninth edition of the only global cricket tournament for university Cstudents, Red Bull Campus Cricket kicked off in India

across 32 cities with city qualifiers from 13th February to discover and nurture budding cricketers from college campuses. The Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals deepens their

association with the energy drink giant Red Bull in India and plans to continue scouting talent f r o m t h e a n n u a l i n t e r n a t i o n a l T 2 0 tournament for college cricket teams – Red Bull Campus CricketRed Bull Campus Cricket 2020 city qualifiers are taking

place from 13th February to 28th March across 32 cities in India - Mumbai, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Indore, Pune, Nagpur, Goa, Raipur & Rajkot in the West; Jalandhar, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaipur, Jammu, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Meerut and Dharamshala in the North; Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Kochi, Mysore and Vizag in South; and Kolkata, Tripura, Guwahati, Ranchi, Bhubaneshwar, Patna and Jamshedpur in the East. Tripura & Rajkot are the two new cities that have been added for this edition and will be part of the East and West Zones respectively.

Microsoft and Accenture Collaborate to Help Entrepreneurs Amplify Social ImpactCHANDIGARH - Microsoft Corp. and Accenture are teaming to help deepen the reach of entrepreneurs and startups that are focused on social impact and sustainability. The joint initiative will provide hands-on support and technologies to social enterprises, helping them build scalable solutions and business models that can lead to more tangible and lasting benefits for a greater number of people around the world. Microsoft and Accenture's collaboration is part of their shared vision to amplify the societal impact of emerging technology with the long-term goal of reaching a million lives globally. Through the program, Microsoft Research India and AccentureLabs will help social enterprise startups test and validate proof-of-concepts; conduct design thinking sessions to help them re-envision the impact of their solutions; and provide support in exploring and using Microsoft technologies.

Oppo launches financial services platform Oppo Kash

Dev Samaj College of Education holds workshop on Resume Writing

urlal Singh is a young energetic Asstt. Director of Punjab,who is Gactive in this field for last two

years. In an interaction with this media person Gurlal Singh stated that he hails from village Achhewala in district Ferozpur. Gurlal Singh born in March 1999 completed +2 from local Govt Senior Secondary School.He was very

crazy about Music videos from his childhood .His father Harbel Singh and mother Malkeet Kaur always supported him.Later he tried his luck in video

direction field. He has worked with well known Producer-Directors of Punjab and learnt intricacies of video and film direction from them. Young and talented Gurlal Singh has associated with some popular music video projects of upcoming Punjabi singers like Gurnam Singh’s video song “Toodi” and singer Duo Fateh-H and Jassi-X Music video titled “Woofer Di Boss” as a Asstt director. Above video songs are released by YDW Production and Analog Records. Hard working director Gurlal Singh is working on short video film project , which will be release shortly.

Direction is creative work: Gurlal Singh

Mitsubishi Electric to SupplyElevators to AIIMS in HPCHANDIGARH: Mitsubishi Elevator India Private Limited announced today that it has secured a major order from the “All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.” The order consists of a total of 64 elevators, including 48 of a model that is exclusive to the Indian market, at this Indian government-owned medical facility, which houses a hospital and a national medical institute. By means of these high quality elevators and services, Mitsubishi Elevator India aims to provide the safe and reliable vertical transportation required by medical facilities. This order is a big boost to Mitsubishi Elevator India’s “Make in India” program under which the company started Manufacturing in India in 2016 and has been expanding production and portfolio for the Indian market.Order Overview and Main Features: Of the 64 elevators, 48 are "NEXIEZ-LITE MRL," models designed exclusively for the Indian market which were released in April 2019 and are manufactured by IMEC. They are equipped with specific functionality required in India such as automatic emergency landing devices, which operate in the case of a power failure, as standard.

OPPO Launches Reno3 Pro with World’sFirst 44+2MP Dual Punch-hole Camera

CHANDIGARH : Oppo, marked its foray into the growing world of financial services with the launch of Oppo Kash. Presenting a one-stop solution for the growing financial needs of India's new-age consumers, Oppo Kash will be pre-installed in all Oppo smartphones, in addition to being available for download on Google Playstore for all Non Oppo users. With the launch, Oppo aspires to make the world of financial services easily accessible to every Indian. Oppo Kash aims at partnering with customers across their life cycle and having a deep relationship with 10 million customers and an AUM of 50,000 crore. After establishing a formidable reach across the length and breadth of the country, the platform aims to have 6 offerings in the next 18 months - payments, lending, savings, insurance.

HANDIGARH: Mumbai based Raka Reputation today launched a unique Cservice,RakaPRonline.com, India’s first

virtual Public Relations (PR)agency. The service is based on the strengths online as well as offline as it is being offered across 81 cities in 18States &3 UTs. These include all metros, mini-metros and most state capital cities besides other important regional markets. Focused on catering SME’s requirements across India, RakaPRonline is aimed tosuit the pockets of small and medium businesses while offering cutting-edge solutions conveniently. RakaPRonline.com is an arm of 20-year old Mumbai based Raka Reputation Management Services Pvt. Ltd. The Company has handled over 250 clients from 18 diverse business sectors including manufacturing, FMCG, lifestyle, entertainment, healthcare, real estate, pharma, technology, eCommerce, banks, finance companies, etc. It has also managed communications for 242 IPOsduring last 13 years. Briefing aboutthe service, Sushil Bahal, Managing Director, Raka Reputation said, “This will surely benefit the SMEs across the country who were not able to use PR due to cost and geographical barriers.

Raka PRonline’s service aimed to cater to SMEs

CHANDIGARH : Bringing exceptional performance and revolutionary power, iQOO (i-koo), is all set with the sale of its first flagship device. The much awaited iQOO 3 portfolio is now available for sale. The #MonsterPerformance smartphone, iQOO 3 caters to the needs of today's data and performance hungry generation. The iQOO 3 will be available in two attractive color options for the first sale-Quantum Silver and Tornado Black. The iQOO 3 will be available in three variants - 8+128GB 4G, 8+256GB 4G and 12+256GB 5G priced at INR 36,990, INR 39,990 and INR 44,990 respectively. Commenting on this occasion, Mr. Gagan Arora, Director-Marketing, iQOO India said that we are very excited to introduce one of the best-performing device in the country. With industry-first innovative features and technology backed by 5G capabilities, iQOO 3 is a bundle package of best-in-class features, attractive offers and aggressive pricing in the premium segment. handigarh Amidst recent communal violence in Delhi which

claimed precious lives, the two families from Kashmir and CHaryana stood tall and epitomized brotherhood, love, affection and sacrifice by swapping kidneys to save the lives of their loved ones.Ifra Jan ( 20) who hails from Kulgram village near Anantnag showed exemplary courage at this young age by coming forward to donate her kidney to a man from Yamunanagar whose wife donated her kidney to

Ifra’s mother under swap transplant at Alchemist Hospital, Panchkula. Talking to media d u r i n g a p r e s s conference here on We d n e s d a y , D r Neeraj Goyal , kidney transplant surgeon and consultant of urologist at Alchemist said that Zubaida

Bano (47) was suffering from kidney failure for over 2-yr. She was undergoing regular dialysis at a hospital in Srinagar. However her condition started deteriorating in the last 1-yr due to need of regular dialysis and required immediate transplanted. Dr Neeraj further informed initially her husband was willing to donate his kidney however on medical examination he was found unfit for kidney donation. Even their daughter Ifra was found to be ineligible due to blood group mis-matching with her mother. There was no other eligible donor in the family with matching blood group, said Dr Neeraj.

handigarh: Holi marks the arrival of a season of hope, myriad colours and good harvests and is one of the most revered festivals of India. Holi Calso means a mix of family get-togethers and visits, which means

binging on unhealthy snacks and sweets that in the long run can have a significant impact on one’s health. During the festivities, it’s easy to let go and lose track of one’s food intake, and overindulge in sweets and comfort food. This year, let’s replace unwholesome or calorie laden food with almonds and plan for a healthier Holi. Whether it’s within the gifts we share with friends or family, or festive recipes, or the snacks we serve as a part of the celebrations – almonds are nutritious and healthy, and can easily be incorporated in the Holi festivities. Leading Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan said, “Holi is a great occasion to spend quality time with your friends and family. It is also a time when a lot of us indulge in sweets. As someone who’s very health conscious, I personally believe in offering almonds instead of sweets as they are a healthy choice. The benefits of daily consumption of almonds is also proven by years of global research which showcase the positive impact they have on type 2 diabetes, heart health and weight management.” According to Fitness enthusiast and Supermodel, Milind Soman, “Holi, for a lot of people, is a power packed festival – there’s dance, lots of family visits, and let’s not forget the vibrant colours and pichkari play. During Holi, we certainly need to keep our energy levels at their optimal best and a great way to do this is by keeping a handful of almonds nearby. Almonds provide energy, and you can easily snack on them when hunger strikes to ensure you are energized, in the right way, to take on the festivities.”

Celebrate Holi with the goodness of almonds!

Kashmir, Haryana families swap kidney to save lives of their loved ones

handigarh: Dev Samaj College of Education, Sector 36 B, Chandigarh organised a C'Workshop on Resume Writing' in the college

campus. Dr. Angnese Dhillon, the principal of the college welcomed the chief guest Dr. Jasvir Kaur with a sapling. Dr. Jasvir Chahal, Visiting Professor, Fraser Valley, India and Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh was adjudged as the Resource person for the event. During the workshop, she updated the students about the features of a good resume and highlighted soft skills and interview facing techniques. She groomed the students about facing the interview. The students of B.Ed, M. Ed, PGDCA and CGC, Landran participated in the event, which was an interactive session where students’ queries were addressed upon.

Saggu again posted as DA Legal AmritsarCHANDIGARH: Sh Salwinder Singh Saggu who has been transferred from the post of District Attorney (Legal) Amritsar to District Attorney Vigilance (Inquiries) Punjab Chandigarh duty at Prosecution Tarn Taran has again been posted

as District Attorney (Legal) Amritsar by cancelling his transfer order dated 17th Feb 2020. Punjab Government has issued orders in this connection here on 3rd March 2020.

Appointment letters to 73 AEs to be issued this monthPATIALA: To fulfil the mission "Ghar Ghar Rozgar" of Hon'ble Chief Minister Punjab Capt. Amarinder Singh, PSPCL has recently advertised approximately 5350 Nos. posts of various categories of officers/officials. Appointment letters to 73 Nos. AEs and 2150 Nos. ALM's are likely to be issued in the month of March. CMD PSPCL Er. Baldev Singh Sran has told that written tests were conducted in the month of December/January to recruit balance 1750 Nos. officers/officials of different categories ( AO, RA, JE/Electrical, JE/Civil & LDCs etc. ) The result for the same has been declared and put on the official web site www.pspcl.in of PSPCL and the candidates can check the same there. The letters to successful candidates who have been found suitable on the basis of merit are being sent for completion of various departmental formalities and shall be given appointment letters shortly. Er. Baldev Singh Sran further informed that the complete process of recruitment has been conducted online in a fair & transparent manner.

Tally Release 6.6 with Browser Accessudhiana, : Tally Solutions, India’s leading business management software provider, today announced the global Llaunch of its latest release Tally.ERP 9 Release 6.6 bringing

the Tally experience on web browsers. With the launch of this release, Tally aims to assist businesses access critical business data anywhere through any device, securely and privately, while keeping the data on customer’s machines itself.

The release empowers entrepreneurs with business information like business reports and invoices. This will be accessible to them on web browsers, r e m o v i n g t h e dependency of having a particular type of computer or device, or installing Tally for the access. During the

launch Mr. Balaji S, General Manager- North Zone, Tally Solutions said, “We are delighted to launch Release 6.6, as it is our first step towards enabling connectivity for SMEs. This release will enable business owners to interact a lot more with their business data as it will be readily available wherever they are. They will now be better informed about the health of their business and be able to take decisions faster for their business growth.”

Film Star Tamannah to endorse Mobile Premier League

handigarh: India’s largest mobile gaming platform, Mobile Premier League (MPL), has brought on board Cacclaimed actor Tamannaah Bhatia of Baahubali fame, to

endorse the brand. Tamannaah joins Indian Cricket Captain Virat Kohli, who recently renewed his association with MPL, as Brand Ambassador of the skill gaming platform. She will represent and

endorse the brand across channels. Tamannaah’s appeal across Bollywood and Regional Films and her diverse work resonates with MPL’s userbase, which comes from all across the country and enjoys gaming on the MPL platform with its variety of gaming content. As a platform that helps users monetize their skill in gaming, MPL’s brand resonates with Tamannaah’s fame, built on

her talent and hard work in the film industry. “I am excited about being associated with MPL. In a short span, MPL has grown to become India’s largest mobile gaming platform that rewards skill, and has impacted people across the country.

ilm and video production line is always tough and challenging, says Fyoung energetic production

manager of Punjab Jaspal Singh, who is working in this field for last six years. A resident of village Rampur Jagir Tehsil Sultanpur Lodhi in district Kapurthala Punjab.The talented Production line

manager stated that he was fond of film video production from his early stage. Born in August 1987, this young Production Manager Jaspal completed +2 from Govt Senior Secondary School. Later he tried his luck

in Film production field. His father Jit Singh and Mother Charanjit Kaur always encouraged him to settle in this field. Soft Spoken Jaspal Singh has worked with so many Music video projects as a production manager .Everyone appreciated his hardwork and talent. According To Jaspal Singh, he is associated with popular video songs of Punjabi Singers like Harpreet Rana’s solo track “Pyaar Ni karna” and Sukhjinder Alfaz’s video song “Bewafaiyan-2 . These video Projects are released by Analog Records and YDW Productions.

Production line is tough: Jaspal Singh

1 in 2 PC users don’t take a full backup of their content, unveils a study by Western Digital

All about Vrikshasana and its benefits

mritsar: Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd, the makers of Jawa Motorcycles, today flagged off the Jawa Nomads Punjab Ride here at Amritsar today. The Punjab Ride, aka Punjab Ada Tor 2020 is the second big ride under the Jawa Nomads initiative, after the grand

success of Ibex Trail 2019 in Ladakh. It is an exciting six days, five nights and 1250kms ride for 30 Jawa Nomads through the heart of Punjab. The ride will conclude in Chandigarh on March 8, 2020. Jawa Nomads is an official ride programme of Jawa Motorcycles, exclusively for Jawa customers. It is more than just riding to a destination, but about riding with the purpose of

giving back to the community.Anupam Thareja, Co-Founder & Director, Classic Legends Pvt Ltd, said: “This initiative is very close to my heart. The people of Punjab have an emotional connect with the Jawa brand and we want to celebrate the intertwined legacies of Jawa and Punjab. Every Jawa ride is a “Ride to give back” and this will be no exception. From the armed forces to SOS villages in Punjab we will be giving back to as we ride along.” The Punjab da

Tor started on a spiritual note and the spirit of giving back with a seva at Shri Harmandir Sahib. During the ride, Jawa Nomads will ride to Hussaniwala with a stop at Khem Karan - graveyard of battle tanks and spend some time with the BSF Jawans, and pay tributes at Attari border by installing a Borderman statue as a tribute to the BSF Jawans who guard our borders. The nomads will also ride through scenic Harike Wetland, Ludhiana, Nakodar, Jalandhar, Nangal Dam, Anandpur Sahib before arriving in Chandigarh.

Jawa Nomads Punjab da Tor 2020 kicked off at AmritsarHOSHIARPUR-DSP Kulwant Singh Sandhu and Reader Parminder Singh putting stars as Amarjeet Singh promotion to ASI

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Sidharth Malhotra announces next project action flick in double role

arjaavaan' actor Sidharth Malhotra on Wednesday announced his next project which will be an action flick produced by MBhushan Kumar and Murad Khetani. The actor took to

Instagram to make an announcement about the untitled film in which he will be seen essaying a double role. The film is a remake of Tamil blockbuster film 'Thadar' which released in 2019. The actor posted a picture of himself posing with the producers of the film. "Double trouble! Excited to be a part of this ultimate entertaining thriller, in association with @bhushankumar, @muradkhetani and @v__________k. See you at the movies on 20th November 2020," wrote Malhotra along with the picture. Later, co-producer Kumar also took to Twitter to announce that the action sequence is based on true events and will go on the floors in May this year. "Elated to announce my next collaboration with @MuradKhetani starring @SidMalhotra. The film which is an action thriller inspired by true events is all set to go on floors this May and release on 20th November 2020," tweeted Kumar. The film will be helmed by Vardhan Ketkar and will hit the theatres on 20 November 2020.

Deepika Padukone cancels Paris fashion week visit as COVID-19 cases mount in France

ollywood actress Deepika Padukone, "Deepika Padukone was scheduled to travel to reports, resulting in the death of two citizens. who was invited by the international France to attend Louis Vuitton's FW2020 Padukone recently created waves across the Bfashion house Louis Vuitton to attend its Show at the ongoing Paris Fashion Week but globe with her campaign for the Louis Vuitton

event at the Paris fashion week, had to cancel she had to cancel the trip due to the fashion brand. The actress is set to appear in her trip due to the increasing number of worsening of the coronavirus situation in the upcoming flick '83' as Romi Dev following COVID-19 cases in France. An official France". COVID-19 has reportedly affected which she would also feature in the official spokesperson for the actress stated that over a hundred people in France according to remake of 'The Intern'.

'Don't get involved with a married man': heartfelt message wins hearts

Neena Gupta's

ans had nothing but aise dialogues hain jo main leads to nowhere. Toward appreciation for apko sunaungi." She then the end, she asked her FNeena Gupta after spoke at length about how 'friends' to try not to fall in

she posted a powerful gettin love with a married man.video on social media, g "Do not fall in love with a giving advice based on her married man, I've done this personal experiences. before, I've suffered..that The actor who is is why I'm telling my currently at friends...Try not to do Mukteshwar, it," said Neena Gupta. Uttarakhand, on The video grabbed Monday as a part of the attention of many her 'Sach kahun and scores of toh' series of posts, favourable updated a new comments poured in.video on Instagram An Instagram user where she recalled commented on the some accounts from actors' bravery for her past and laid sharing her personal emphasis on not getting experience on social involved with a married media. "That's really man. The 60-year-old actor courageous to share your invbegan the video by saying, story with a moral," the olved with a "Sach kahun toh kuchh user commented.married man eventually

Taylor Swift sends 'loveand prayers' to Nashville tornado victims

fter storms and tornadoes ripped through Nashville and neighbouring Acounties in the early hours of Tuesday

(local time), singer Taylor Swift took to social media to send prayers to those affected. The 'Lover' singer extended her heartfelt message to the Nashville tornado victims on Twitter. "My heart is with everyone in Tennessee who has been affected by the tornados. Sending you my love and prayers," the tweet read. Earlier pop singer Miley Cyrus, who has her roots set in the Nashville city of Tennessee also expressed sorrow over the disaster that hit her home state. As many as 22 people have lost their lives in Tennessee following severe storms and tornadoes, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirmed. According to Mayor John Cooper, 48 buildings collapsed in Nashville, others were damaged and about 150 people have been taken to hospitals because of the storm.

Star-studded 'Kudi Nu Nachne De'song from 'Angrezi Medium' is out!

he much-awaited dance track 'Kudi Nu Nachne De' from Irrfan Khan's 'Angrezi Medium' featuring Bollywood divas Alia Bhatt, Anushka TSharma, Katrina Kaif and others, was dropped on Wednesday. The

lead actor of the flick, Irrfan Khan, announced the release of the track by sharing its video on Twitter. "Let your hair down & dance like nobody's watching! #KudiNuNachneDe out now Crooned by Vishal Dadlani and Sachin-Jigar, the three-minute and two-second video sees impromptu and effortless dance moves by the stars from different locations.

Hutton denies 1983 rape accusationscar-winning actor follow through on her threat to Timothy Hutton has go to the press with her false Ostrongly denied the story. When I became aware of

accusation of raping a teenager this, I went to the FBI, signed a in 1983. In a statement sworn statement, and filed a released by Hutton after criminal complaint against Ms BuzzFeed published the story Johnston for extortion. I will not on Monday, the star said: "For stop fighting to expose this the past two-and-a-half years, I story for what it is -- a failed have been the target of multiple extortion attempt based on extortion attempts by a woman something that never named Sera Dale Johnston to happened." Hutton concluded. extract millions of dollars from According to Deadline, in an me." "She threatened that if I interview with BuzzFeed News, did not meet her demands, she Sera Dale Johnston alleged would go to the press with a that in 1983, Timothy raped her

actor continued. "What's really false allegation that I sexually when she was a junior high going on here is that Ms assaulted her 37 years ago in school student, in a Vancouver Johnston's extortion attempts Canada. I never assaulted Ms hotel room while another man failed. She then decided to Johnston," the 'Almost Family' looked on and participated.

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HFCL bags Rs 196crore purchase orderfrom L&TNEW DELHI: Himachal FuturisticCommunications Ltd (HFCL) hasreceived a purchase order worth Rs196 crore from Larsen & Toubro forthe supply of optical fibre cables toconstruct Telangana fibre grid (T-Fibre). The delivery schedule is forone year. The grid is under BharatNetphase two programme of the Centre.BharatNet forms one of the key pillarsof Digital India initiative. It is a projectof national importance, envisaging toconnect by providing broadbandconnectivity in about 2.5 lakh grampanchayats in the country.

US hits Taliban withairstrikeHEMLAND: The United Statesconducted an airstrike against Talibanin Nahr-e Saraj of Helmand district,said US military spokesperson onWednesday. This was a defensivestrike to disrupt the attacks, PajhowkAfghan News reported citing thespokesperson. "The US conducted anairstrike on March 4 against Talibanfighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand,who were actively attacking an AfghanNational Security Forces checkpoint.This was a defensive strike to disruptthe attack. This was our 1st strikeagainst the Taliban in 11 days," thespokesperson said. "To be clear- weare committed to peace, however wehave the responsibility to defend ourAfghan National Security Forcespartners. Afghans and US havecomplied with our agreements," headded. This comes hours after morethan 20 Afghan soldiers and policeofficers were killed in northernAfghanistan overnight in the latestTaliban attack. The increase in theviolence comes follows the USPresident Donald Trump a telephonicconversation with Taliban leader cwhere the latter promised to reducethe violence in the country. Theviolence by the Taliban and counter-attack by the US jeopardise the peacedeal signed four days back. TheUnited States and Taliban signed ahistoric agreement with an aim to bringpeace to Afghanistan by thewithdrawal of US forces.

RBI to ensure orderlyfunctioning offinancial markets asCOVID-19 spreadsMUMBAI: Amid expectations of majorcentral banks to take measures formitigating the economic impact ofcoronavirus outbreak, the ReserveBank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday itstands ready to take appropriateactions to ensure orderly functioning offinancial markets. Global financialmarkets have been experiencingconsiderable volatility with the spreadof coronavirus triggering risk-offsentiments and flights to safe haven.The RBI said spillovers to financialmarkets in India have largely beencontained.

Indonesia orders airport closure aftervolcanic eruptionHANOI: The Indonesian government on Wednesday ordered the closure ofAdi Soemarmo International Airport in central Java after Mount Merapi eruptedashes up to 6 kilometers into the air a day before, a local official said. Theeruption lasted about eight minutes, according to Indonesia's Geology andVolcanology Research Agency. Authorities here also warned people to notventure within three-kilometers radius around the volcano. The 2.930-metremountain, located near the cities of Yogyakarta and Solo, is one of the mostactive volcanoes in Indonesia. Its eruptions in 2010 killed over 350 people.

WB announces up to USD 12 bn as emergencyaid to countries coping with coronavirus

AGENCYWASHINGTON, MAR 4

As coronavirus reaches morethan 60 countries, the WorldBank Group has pledged tomake available an initialpackage of up to USD 12billion to assist countriescoping with the health andeconomic impacts of the globaloutbreak.

The bank on Tuesday (localtime) released a statementannouncing an emergency fasttrack package that includeslow-cost loans, grants, andtechnical assistance. "We areworking to provide a fast,flexible response based ondeveloping country needs indealing with the spread ofCOVID-19," said World BankGroup President DavidMalpass. "This includesemergency financing, policyadvice, and technicalassistance, building on theWorld Bank Group's existinginstruments and expertise tohelp countries respond to thecrisis," he added. The statementfurther stated that the financingis designed to help membercountries take effective actionto respond to and, wherepossible, lessen the tragic

impacts posed by coronavirus.The organisation asserted that

it would prioritise the poorestand most at-risk countries in

distributing the aid to counterthe effects of the virus.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

The government on Wednesdaypermitted NRIs to own up to 100per cent stake in disinvestment-bound Air India. The decisioncomes at a time when thegovernment is looking to sell 100per cent stake sale in the nationalcarrier. Union minister PrakashJavadekar said the Cabinet hasapproved allowing Non-ResidentsIndians (NRIs) to hold up to 100 percent stake in Air India.

Allowing 100 per centinvestment by Non-ResidentIndians (NRIs) in the carrier wouldalso not be in violation of SOECnorms. NRI investments would betreated as domestic investments.Under the Substantial Ownershipand Effective Control (SOEC)framework, which is followed in theairline industry globally, a carrierthat flies overseas from a particularcountry should be substantiallyowned by that country's governmentor its nationals. Currently, NRIs canacquire only 49 per cent in AirIndia. Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) in the airline is also 49 percent through the governmentapproval route. As per the existing

norms, 100 per cent FDI ispermitted in scheduled domesticcarriers, subject to certainconditions, including that it wouldnot be applicable for overseasairlines.

In the case of scheduledairlines, 49 per cent FDI ispermitted through automaticapproval route and any suchinvestment beyond that levelrequires government nod. OnJanuary 27, the government cameout witha Preliminary InformationMemorandum (PIM) for Air Indiadisinvestment. It has proposedselling 100 per cent stake in AirIndia along with budget airline AirIndia Express and the nationalcarrier's 50 per cent stake inAISATS, an equal joint venturewith Singapore Airlines.

AGENCYWASHINGTON, MAR 4

India has the third highest trade-related illicit financial flowamong 135 countries with 83.5billion dollars (about Rs 6.08lakh crore) -- or 3.05 per cent ofgross domestic product (GDP) --escaping the government's taxnet, according to US-based thinktank Global Financial Integrity(GFI).

The GFI classifies as illicitflow funds that are illegallyearned, transferred or utilisedacross an international border.The primary sources of illicitflows include grand corruption,commercial tax evasion and

transnational crime.In its annual update 'Trade-

Related Illicit Financial Flows in135 Developing Countries:2008-2017,' GFI examined trade-related illicit financial flowsacross 135 developing countriesand 36 advanced economies bytrading partner, commodity,region and per cent of total tradeamong other indicators.

By analysing individualcountry government tradestatistics supplied to the UnitedNations Comtrade database, GFIidentified value gaps ormismatches in the reported data.

In terms of averages over theten-year period, the countrieswith the largest identified value

gaps were nearly the same asthose leading in 2017: China(482.4 billion dollars), Russia(92.6 billion dollars), Mexico(81.5 billion dollars), India (78billion dollars) and Malaysia(64.1 billion dollars).

"It is notable that China was

the country with the largest valuegap by far for each year over theten-year period while Russia,Mexico and India repeatedlyranked among the second or thirdlargest average value gapsthroughout the period," said theGFI report. Others like Malaysia,

Brazil, Poland, Thailand, Turkeyand Indonesia also consistentlyranked within the top 10 largestaverage value gaps in terms ofUS dollars over the period.

GFI identified a total valuegap of 8.7 trillion dollars in tradebetween the 135 developing and36 advanced economies over theten-year period. In 2017, themost recent year for which dataare available, the total value gapin trade between advancedeconomies and developingcountries was 817.6 billiondollars. The act of trademisinvoicing is a major type ofillicit financial flow and can beused to evade customs duties,VAT taxes and currency controls

among other illicit activities. Italso deprives developing countrygovernments of desperatelyneeded tax revenues."Developing countries are losinga significant percentage of thevalue of their trade transactions.In 2017, the value gap associatedwith trade misinvoicingamounted to 18 per cent ofdeveloping country trade," saidGFI President and CEO TomCardamone. "If the integrity oftrade transactions cannot beassured, it is unlikely countrieswill be able to achieve the UNSustainable Development Goalsby the 2030 deadline," he saidadding data asymmetry is a keyproblem in trade misinvoicing.

Govt permits NRIs toown up to 100%stake in Air India

India has 3 pc of GDP escaping tax net: GFI report

Cases exceed 1,000 in JapanTOKYO: The number ofthose infected with theCOVID-19 virus in Japanhas surpassed 1,000, with thedeath toll remaining at 12,national media reported onWednesday, citing the healthministry. On Sunday, thenumber of those infectedstood at 947, with the deathtoll of 12. Most - 706 people- of those 1,001 infected arethe passengers and the crewmembers of the quarantinedDiamond Princess cruise

ship, while another 14 areamong those evacuated fromvirus-hit China via charterflights, according to the Ky-odo news agency.

In total, coronavirus cas-es have been reported in 27out of the 47 Japanese pre-fectures. The northernmostisland of Hokkaido, whichadvised its residents againstleaving home and declared astate of emergency on Fri-day, claims the most of con-firmed cases - 79.

New Zealandconfirms 2nd case

WELLINGTON: NewZealand confirmed thesecond case of COVID-19 onWednesday. After returningto Auckland from northernItaly last week, a woman inher 30s has tested positive forthe new virus. She iscurrently quarantined athome, along with her family.The country's first case wasconfirmed last week. PrimeMinister Jacinda Ardern saidthat New Zealand is wellprepared to deal with theepidemic and has a plan inplace. The second confirmedcase showed that somepeople with the virus haveonly displayed mild tomoderate symptoms so thepatient has not been requiredto be hospitalised, Ardernsaid. Medical workers aretracing those who had closecontact with the secondconfirmed case, includingpassengers on board Air NewZealand flight NZ0283.

Tricog raises USD 10.5 mnin Series B Funding

BANGALORE: Tricog, one of the world's largest healthcareanalytics firms, has raised USD 10.5 million in Series B fund-ing round from The University of Tokyo Edge Capital (UTEC),Japan; Aflac Ventures, LLC, Japan; TeamFund, US and DreamIncubator, Japan. Existing investors Inventus Capital andBlume Ventures also participated in this round. In a statementissued here on Tuesday, the company said the investmentcomes two years after Tricog's Series A funding round, bring-ing the company's total funding to 17.5 million USD. Since theprevious round, Tricog has grown it's presence in over 12 coun-tries in South-East Asia and Africa. Tricog's AI-powered plat-form has been used by over three million patients globally forwellness, screening and diagnosis of acute as well as chronicheart diseases. Founded in 2015 by Dr Charit Bhograj, Dr Zain-ul Charbiwala, Dr Udayan Dasgupta and Abhinav Gujjar,Tricog leverages it's deep medical and technology expertise, toprovide Virtual Cardiology Services to remote clinics, poweredby ground-breaking AI and medical experts. Tricog's InstaECG platform has been deployed in over 2,500 Cathlabs, Hos-pitals, Clinics and Diagnostic Centres, to help diagnose andmanage patients with critical cardiac diseases.

Sensex ends 214 pts lower,Nifty gives up 11,300

MUMBAI: Resuming its downward spiral, equity benchmarkSensex ended 214 points lower after a highly volatile sessionon Wednesday as concerns over rising cases of coronavirus inIndia kept domestic investors on the edge.

After gyrating over 945 points during the day, the 30-shareindex settled 214.22 points or 0.55 per cent lower at 38,409.48.

The broader NSE Nifty closed 52.30 points or 0.46 per centdown at 11,251. Top laggards in the Sensex pack included In-dusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, ITC, UltraTech Cement andHDFC Bank, while Sun Pharma, Tech Mahindra, M&M andAsian Paints ended with gains. Traders said the domestic mar-ket turned increasingly jittery as 28 coronavirus cases wereconfirmed in India.

At the beginning of the session, only six cases were re-ported. Global stocks, on the other hand, rallied after the UScentral bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point in an effort to support the economy in the faceof the spreading coronavirus. Fed Chairman Jerome Powellnoted that the coronavirus "poses evolving risks to economicactivity". The rate cut, however, failed to cheer Indian in-vestors. There are still a lot of uncertainty on how the majoreconomies will contain the spread of the virus, according toAshika Institutional Equity Research.

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China defeatIndia in Fed Cupopening clashNEW DELHI: India lost the openingmatch of the Fed Cup Asia/OceaniaGroup I against China by 3-0 marginat Dubai on Tuesday.Playing against the full-strength Chi-nese team, which comprises ofthree top-50 players on the WTArankings, Indian challenge came upshort even as India's highest-rankedplayer Ankita Raina survived twomatch points but lost to China's topplayer Qiang Wang 1-6, 6-2, 6-4,eventually.Raina, world number 160, put up aninspired fight before succumbing toWang in a battle that lasted twohours and 24 minutes and Chinatook an unassailable lead of 2-0 be-fore the doubles rubber later in theday.In the first rubber, Rutuja Bhosalestarted the proceedings for team In-dia against Shuai Zhang who ranks35 in the world. Zhang opened thescoreboard for China with a 6-4, 6-2win in one hour and 16 minutes.The 26-year-old Sowjanya Bavisettidebuted for India in the doublesmatch with Riya Bhatia accompany-ing her in the match that lasted 50minutes.China's Shuai Peng and YiFan Xubeat the Indian pair 6-0, 6-1 in thethird rubber. India will next playagainst Uzbekistan, who started offwith a 0-3 defeat to Korea.India is scheduled to play Korea,Chinese Taipei and Indonesia in theremaining competition. In thisround-robin competition, the top twosides will advance to the play-offs tobe played on April 17-18.

Tackling Poonam Yadavwill be the key in semi-final: England skipperHeather KnightSYDNEY: As England gets ready tolock horns with India in the semi-fi-nal of the Women's T20 World Cup,skipper Heather Knight has said thattackling spinner Poonam Yadav willbe a crucial factor in the game.Yadav performed well against Aus-tralia in the opening match and hasso far taken nine wickets in the on-going T20 World Cup."We've practised for her a lot, Ithought we played her outstandinglyin the last T20 World Cup and thatwas due to the preparation we had.She's a massive threat for them andis an improved bowler since the lastWorld Cup, so for us to be success-ful, we're going to have to play herand all their spinners well. That's go-ing to be key in the game," Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC) quotedKnight as saying."We've started to get some playersin real form and the players thataren't, you feel like they're justround the corner and can produce ina massive game such as the semi-final," she added.

Boult, Fergusonreturn to NZ's squadfor ODI seriesagainst AustraliaCHRISTCHURCH : Pacers TrentBoult and Lockie Ferguson havebeen added to the Kiwi squad forthe upcoming ODI series againstAustralia, New Zealand Cricket(NZC) confirmed on Wednesday.Apart from Boult and Ferguson,Matt Henry has also been added tothe squad.The trio of Boult, Henry and Fergu-son was ruled out of the recent one-day series victory over India with in-juries but will return as the specialistseamers alongside Tim Southee,Kyle Jamieson.These pacers will hold the key ifNew Zealand wants to become thefirst Kiwi side to win an ODI serieson Australian soil."Playing Australia in Australia is oneof the great challenges in worldcricket and you know you will be se-verely tested in all aspects of thegame. Our one-day unit is a prettysettled one with plenty of experi-ence and I think that showed in therecent series against India," NZcoach Gary Stead said in an officialstatement.

Lahiri seeks to turnfortunes around at ArnoldPalmer InvitationalORLANDO: Indian golfer AnirbanLahiri, who is going through a roughpatch this season, will hope for aturnaround when he tees off at theArnold Palmer Invitational golf tour-nament. Lahiri has endured hislongest stretch without a top-10 fin-ish at the start of the wrap-aroundseason since he got onto the PGATour in late 2015. The 32-year-oldhas slipped to 480th in the rankings,the lowest in almost a decade sinceNovember 2009. The Palmer Invita-tional tournament has been onLahiri's schedule for last three sea-sons, though the results have notbeen very pleasant.

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AGENCYKANDY, MAR 4

As Sri Lanka gets ready to lock hornswith West Indies in a two-match T20I se-ries, skipper Lasith Malinga has said thathe hopes of having a team which is un-afraid of taking risks.

Sri Lanka recently whitewashedWest Indies in a three-match ODI seriesand now the team would be hoping ofshowing a good performance in theshortest format.

"There's a new coaching style herenow. This is a time when players get toconsistently play. Because of that con-sistency in selection, players have gotself-confidence about their place in theteam. I think over the next three to four

matches we will get a team that is un-afraid to take risks. That's my hope,"ESPN Cricinfo quoted Malinga as say-ing.

"The selectors and team manage-ment feel this is the best 15 T20 playersin the country, so I don't think it shouldbe a big problem to give them matchesconsistently," he added.

Sri Lanka has not been able to showconsistent performances in the shortestformat, and they recently lost the seriesagainst India in January this year.

"When you start winning matches,the bad things in our game seem to geterased, and the good things are notice-able. That's the situation now, which I'mhappy about. Fitness-wise, a bowlershould be able to bowl four or five overs.

And when a bowler goes to the middle,he should be able to complete that gamewithout getting injured. We've seen thatfrom our players now," Malinga said.

Almost all the batsmen in Sri Lan-ka's top seven made contributions duringthe ODI series, with Avishka Fernandoand Kusal Mendis standing out amongthe team. "If a team is to win, you needat least seven players playing some-where near their best. We saw that in theODI series - lots of great individual per-formances influenced the result," Malin-ga said. "For a while, we didn't havebatsmen who could get among the runsfrequently enough, and they weren't fin-ishing games. But now their mentalityhas come good. I'm hoping they'll keepplaying well in the T20s," he added.

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Hoping to see a team unafraid of taking risks: Malinga

AGENCYMUMBAI, MAR 4

Former India spinner Sunil Joshi was onWednesday named chairman of the na-tional selection panel by the BCCI'sCricket Advisory Committee (CAC),which also picked ex-pacer HarvinderSingh for a place in the five-membergroup.

The CAC, comprising Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik, picked thetwo selectors with Joshi replacing SouthZone representative MSK Prasad.

In an unprecedented decision, theBCCI said the CAC will review the pan-el's performance after one year and make

recommendations accordingly."The committee recommended Mr

Sunil Joshi for the role of Chairman ofthe senior men's selection committee.The CAC will review the candidates af-

ter a one-year period and make the rec-ommendations to the BCCI," read astatement from BCCI Secretary JayShah.

Harvinder was chosen from centralzone and replaces Gagan Khoda in thepanel.

The existing members of the selec-tion panel are Jatain Paranjpe, DevangGandhi and Sarandeep Singh.

"We have picked the best guys forthe job," Lal told PTI.

The CAC had shortlisted five candi-dates for interviews -- Joshi, Harvinder,Venkatesh Prasad, Rajesh Chauhan andL S Sivaramakrishnan -- from a list of 40applicants.

Sunil Joshi named selection committeechairman, Harvinder added to panel

AGENCYSYDNEY, MAR 4

As India gets ready to lock hornswith England in the semi-final ofthe Women's T20 World Cup,skipper Harmanpreet Kaurheaped praise on 16-year-oldShafali Verma, saying she hasbrought in positivity and happi-ness into the team.

Earlier today, Shafali rose tothe number one spot in theWomen's T20I batting rankings.

"She's very naughty, gets somuch happiness and positivity tothe team, always wants to enjoyit and when batting with hershe's motivating you and releas-ing pressure, that kind of playeryou need in your team," ICCquoted Kaur as saying.

"She's enjoying the moment.Whoever is playing, wants toplay for the country and givetheir best, she's enjoying for theteam. We're wishing her goodluck," she added.

Shafali has played just 18T20Is so far, but with remark-able batting performances in theongoing Women's T20 WorldCup, she has managed to reachthe pole position.

The youngster has scored485 runs in the shortest formatof the game at a strike-rate of146.96. In the ongoing tourna-

ment, she has made 161 runs,with the highest being 47 againstSri Lanka.

"Now this team has beentogether for a long time, welearn a lot from each other,learn a lot of cricket. It makesit easier for players such asShafali because when anybodyenters the team, they seeeveryone is working together.They also feel nice and try todo what others are doing,"Kaur said.

"Right now, what we are try-

ing to do, is give individual rolesso that everyone can come andperform for the team. I didn'tperform with the bat but theteam is doing well and we areenjoying that. That is more im-portant for us," she added.

India topped Group A in theWomen's T20 World Cup as theside registered wins in all theirgroup-stage fixtures.

Now, the team will lockhorns against England in thesemi-finals on Thursday, March5.

Shafali has brought positivityinto team: Harmanpreet Kaur

India to take on England in semis today

Shafali Vermaattains number onespot in ICC Women'sT20I rankingsDUBAI: India's 16-year-oldbatting sensation ShafaliVerma has risen 19 slots toreach the number one spotin the ICC Women's T20Ibatting rankings, the apexcricketing body revealed onWednesday. Shafali hasplayed just 18 T20Is so far,but with remarkable battingperformances in the ongo-ing Women's T20 WorldCup, she has managed toreach the pole position. Theyoungster has scored 485runs in the shortest formatof the game at a strike-rateof 146.96. In the ongoingtournament, she has made161 runs, with the highestbeing 47 against Sri Lanka.Smriti Mandhana hasdropped down two spotsand is now ranked six.Jemimah Rodrigues hasalso slipped two positionsand is now at the ninth spot.In terms of bowling rank-ings, India's Poonam Yadav,who took four wickets in thefirst match against Australia,has risen four slots to reachthe eighth position.

AGENCYRAJKOT, MAR 4

Saurashtra entered their secondsuccessive Ranji Trophy final witha 92-run win over Gujarat on dayfive of their semifinal here onWednesday.

Saurashtra captain and leadpacer Jaydev Unadkar led fromthe front with a seven-wicket haulas Gujarat were bowled out for234 in the final session on dayfive.

Chasing 327, Gujarat had re-sumed the day at seven for one.They were down and out at 63 forfive before captain Parthiv Patel(93) and Chirag Gandhi (96)shared a 158-run stand to raisehopes of an improbable win.

However, Unadkat removedboth the set batsmen to fashion amemorable win for his team.

Saurashtra will host Bengal inthe final from March 9. Saurashtrahad lost last year's title clash to Vi-darbha.

Resuming on seven for one,the visitors lost their second wick-et on the same score.

Unadkat struck early as he re-

moved Samit Gohil (5), who wascaught at second slip.

Unadkat had his third scalpwhen took a return catch to sendback Dhruv Raval (1). Gujaratwere in trouble at 18 for three.

When it looked like BhargavMerai (14) and skipper Parthivwere steadying Gujarat's ship, Pre-rak Mankad broke through bytrapping Merai in front of thewicket.

Mankad bowled in the goodlength area and as it shaped backinto the right hander, Merai shuf-fled across and failed to connect.

Merai went for a review, butthe decision did not come in hisfavour, as Gujarat slipped to 60 forfour. Soon, it became 63 for fiveafter Rujul Bhatt (1) also fellcheaply.

Parthiv held one end up andthen found an allay in Chirag asthe visitors took lunch at 105 forfive. Patel and Gandhi looked sol-id in the second session while alsohitting a flurry of boundaries tokeep the scoreboard ticking. Theirheroics helped Gujarat to take teaat 206 for five, still needing 121runs in the final session.

Unadkat leads Saurashtrato second successiveRanji Trophy final

AGENCYSYLHET, MAR 4

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsmanMushfiqur Rahim has been rested for thefinal ODI against Zimbabwe.

"Mushfiqur will not be playing aswe want to see one of the youngsters inthis game before they are picked for thePakistan ODI next month. We don't wantto hand them a debut there," ESPN-cricinfo quoted chief selector MinhajulAbedin as saying.

Rahim had opted out of Pakistantour citing security concerns.

"It was a tough decision for me toopt-out of the series. But one needs tounderstand the fact that I even decided tonot be part of PSL [Pakistan Super

League] because that is to be played inPakistan. My family is not permittingme. Life is never ahead of cricket,"Cricketpakistan.com.pk had quotedRahim as saying.

The 32-year-old said that the fami-ly's worry over his security is the mainreason to opt-out of the series againstPakistan and the Pakistan Super League.

"Like I have said before, my familyis concerned with me traveling to Pak-istan. Keeping them in worry I do nothave the mentality to go and play in Pak-istan," Rahim had said.

After the conclusion of the third ODIagainst Zimbabwe on March 6, the teamwill play two T20Is. The hosts have an unassailable 2-0 leadin the series.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAR 4

Ahead of hosting the ISSF ShootingWorld Cup, National Rifle Associationof India (NRAI) secretary Rajeev Bha-tia said nothing has been decided so faras NRAI are getting regular health ad-visory from the government due to theoutbreak of coronavirus in many coun-tries.

"Every day we are getting someadvisory from Government of India.We are watching that and we will see.Nothing has been decided so far onthat, there is no cut-off date given byISSF to say that we are cancelling orpostponing the tournament," Bhatia

told a news agency. There has been un-certainty over the hosting of WorldCup as NRAI has yet to take a finalcall. India are scheduled to host a com-bined World Cup from March 15 to 26at the Dr Karni Singh Range here. "Wecan say any day. We will see the con-ditions and if the conditions are more

conducive, we will do it," he added.Prime Minister Narendra Modi onTuesday reviewed the country's pre-paredness regarding the deadly coron-avirus and urged people to not panicwhile assuring that all requisite stepsto contain the virus are being taken. OnMonday, a person each from Delhi andTelangana were tested positive forcoronavirus. Both the patients are sta-ble and being closely monitored, theMinistry of Health and Family Welfaresaid. Global deaths due to coronavirusoutbreak rose above 3,000 with thenew count in China mainland rising to2,912. The deadly virus that originatedin China late last year continues tospread around the world.

AGENCYKUALA LUMPUR, MAR 4

The Badminton World Feder-ation (BWF) on Wednesdayshifted the Asia Champi-onships 2020 from Wuhan,China, the epicentre of thecoronavirus (COVID-19)outbreak, to Manila, in thePhilippines.

The decision was con-firmed by Badminton Asiaand the event will now beheld from April 21-26.

The championships fallwithin the Tokyo 2020Olympic Games qualification

window and is one of the lastopportunities for athletes toqualify for the OlympicsGames.

Badminton Asia revealedit had been working closelywith the Philippine Bad-minton Association (PBA) tosecure visas for all athletesfor the individual champi-onships.

"We have been trying tosecure visa approval for allplayers and officials so theycan be granted entry intoManila for this important andprestigious tournament," thestatement read.

"We would like to takethis opportunity to thank thepresident of the PhilippineBadminton Association andrelevant staff, together withthe Government of the Philip-pines for assisting on thismatter," it added.

Global deaths due tocoronavirus outbreak roseabove 3,000 with the newcount in China mainland ris-ing to 2,912. The deadly virusthat originated in China latelast year continues to spreadaround the world and has in-fected more than 80,000 peo-ple.

Asia Championships 2020 shifted toManila due to coronavirus outbreak

Nothing has been decided so far: RajivBhatia on ISSF Shooting World Cup

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