One dead, three injuredin Doda road accident

DODA: A person died and three others recieved seriousinjuries when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded offthe road and fell into a deep gorge near Dudwar Morharea of Gandoh in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmiron Monday.

Reports said a load carrier (bearing registration numberHP38A -8893) skidded off the road and fell into a 250-feet deep gorge at Dudwar Morh on Gowari-Neli Road inGandoh sub-division when it was on its way to Neeli fromChanga Gowari.

SDPO Gandoh, Nawaz Mohd Khanday said that fourpersons associated with a telecom company were on theirway to a tower site when the mishap took place.

"After getting information, I along with a police teamimmediately rushed to the spot and along with localsshifted all the injured persons to PHC Changa, where doc-tors declared one of them as brought dead," said Khanday,adding that other seriously injured were shifted to GMCDoda for further treatment after first aid.

He said the driver's negligence might have caused themishap. The deceased has been identified as KareemBaksh (50), son of Mai, a resident of Tipri, Patshala-Bonjwah area of Kishtwar.

The injured have been identified as driver Mohd MussaS/o Mohd Hussain R/o Tipri Patshala, Bonjwah, BashirAhmed S/o Abdul Gani R/o Loran Mandi Poonch andMohd Ashraf S/o Kareem Baksh R/o Tipri Patshala TehsilBanjwah. Police has registered a case vide FIR No49/2020 U/s 279/337/304-A IPC at Police Station Gandohand investigation is going on.

1 dead, another injured after vehicle plungesinto gorge on Jammu-Srinagar highway

JAMMU: A man died while another suffered grievousinjuries in a mishap on Jammu-Srinagar highway inRamban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morn-ing, police said. An official said that a Srinagar-bound pick-up truck (bearing registration number JK14D 3673) carry-ing bovines went out of the driver’s control and plungedinto a deep gorge near army camp Digdool, resulting indeath of one person and injuries to another. After receivinginformation about the accident, the rescue teams compris-ing police, SDRF, local volunteers and a road opening partyof the Army stationed near the accident spot launched a res-cue operation, he said. After hectic efforts, the injured personwas rescued from the gorge and shifted to the district hospi-tal Ramban for treatment. The deceased was identified asMunir Ahmed and the injured as Keshu, both residents ofUdhampur.

Six absconders held in PoonchJAMMU: Police have arrested six absconders, including awoman, who were wanted in separate cases in Jammu andKashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Monday.

The six had been evading arrest for 6-13 years, they said.Several police teams conducted raids at different localitiesin Poonch district and arrested the absconders who wereidentified as Mohd Sahakeel, Mohmmad Aftar, MohmmadRiyaz, Khaliq, Shakeela Bi and Mohmmad Zabeer, the offi-cials said. Khaliq had been on the run since 2007 in a crim-inal case, they said. The six accused were nabbed by a teamof Mendher police station on Monday and they were pro-duced before a court after legal formalities, according to theofficials. The raids are part of steps taken by SSP RomeshAngral to trace and arrest absconders in order to bring downcrime graph in Poonch and for speedy disposal of cases.

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NEW DELHI: India is in amuch better position thanother countries in the fightagainst COVID-19 as a resultof "right decisions taken atthe right time", PrimeMinister Narendra Modi saidon Monday, asserting that thecountry has expanded itshealth infrastructure at arapid pace to deal with thepandemic

Speaking after virtuallylaunching COVID-19 testingfacilities in Noida, Mumbaiand Kolkata, Modi said that inthe fight against coronavirus,India has come to a pointwhere it does not lack inawareness, its scientific data isexpanding and resources arealso increasing.

Due to the "right decisionstaken at the right time" in thecountry, India is in a muchbetter position than othercountries in the fight againstthe pandemic, he said

The deaths due to the coro-navirus in India are muchlower than many big coun-tries, the prime minister said

Noting that India's recov-ery rate is also higher thanother countries and isimproving on a daily basis,Modi said the total number ofpeople who have recoveredfrom the virus is about toreach the 10 lakh mark

The virtual launch eventwas attended by UnionHealth Minister HarshVardhan and the chief minis-

ters of Maharashtra, WestBengal and Uttar Pradesh -Uddhav Thackeray, MamataBanerjee and YogiAdityanath

Prime Minister Modi said itwas imperative for the coun-try to develop corona-specifichealth infrastructure at a fastpace and pointed out that thiswas the reason that the Centrehad announced a package ofRs 15,000 crore at the begin-ning of the COVID-19 battle.

The country now has morethan 11,000 COVID facilitiesand more than 11 lakh isola-tion beds, Modi said

"While the country hadonly one COVID testing cen-tre in January this year, thereare almost 1,300 such labsnow," he said

At present, more than fivelakh tests are being conduct-ed in the country daily, andefforts are underway toincrease this capacity to 10lakh in the coming weeks, hesaid

Modi also noted that thecountry has become the sec-ond largest PPE kit manufac-

turer and has progressed fromnot having even a single PPEkit manufacturer as recentlyas six months ago, to havingmore than 1,200 manufactur-ers now, who are producingmore than five lakh such kitsdaily

The prime minister alsohighlighted that from beingdependent on imports, nowmore than three lakh N-95masks are being produced inthe country daily, annual pro-duction capacity of ventila-tors has become three lakhand there has also been a sig-nificant increase in the pro-duction of medical oxygencylinders

This has not only helpedsave lives but has also con-verted India from an importerto an exporter, he observed

Talking about efforts tocontain the spread of thevirus in rural areas, PrimeMinister Modi said there is aneed to develop new healthinfrastructure as well as boostthe already existing healthinfrastructure facilities in thevillages.

Due to ‘right decisions taken at right time’ Indiabetter placed in COVID-19 fight: PM Modi

JAMMU: In a majorboost to tourism sectorin Jammu region,Lieutenant Governor,Girish Chandra Murmutoday inaugurated themuch-awaited cable carproject between Bahuand Mahamaya temples,in the presence of Sh.Baseer Ahmad Khan,Advisor to theLieutenant Governor;Sh. Shamsher SinghManhas, MP; Sh. JugalKishore Sharma, MP; Sh.BVR Subrahmanyam,Chief Secretary.

The Lt Governor andthe First Lady Dr. SmitaMurmu, took the maidenride of the cable car afterthe inaugural function.He hailed the project andhoped that the servicewould become a majorhighlight of Jammu city.On spot directions wereissued by the Lt

Governor to keep theservice free for generalpublic for first 15 days ofoperation.

He also called for con-

structing a gaming zonefor kids and keeping spe-cial concessional ratesfor students and seniorcitizens.

Managing Director,Cable Car Corporation,Majid KA Drabu briefedthe Lt Governor about the

details about the project.The inaugurated sectionhas been built at the costof Rs. 33.65cr and hostsfacilities such as restau-

rant, walkways, lawns,gender based public con-veniences, park atMahamaya, ample park-ing space at Bahu, wood-en decks etc. The LtGovernor directed theofficers to immediatelyformulate a SOP for peri-

odic maintenance of themachinery.

Operationalisation ofJammu Ropeway willboost the pilgrimagetourism as it connectsthe three major templesof Jammu city; theJamvant Gufa (PeerkhoTemple), MahamayaTemple and Bahu FortTemple and will providerecreational facility toJammuites which waslong pending aspirationof people.

Among others whograced the inaugurationincluded Mayor JMC, Sh.Chander MohanSharma; DivisionalCommissioner Jammu,Sh. Sanjeev Verma;Deputy Mayor JMC,Smt. Poornima Sharma;members of the technicalcommittee and seniorofficers of civil adminis-tration and police.

Lt Governor inaugurates Bahu-Mahamayasection of Jammu Ropeway

Announces free of cost cable car service for first 15 days

JAMMU, JULY 28Lambasting cer-

tain vested elementsworking in PrasarBhaarti and makingattempts to demolishthe rich Dogra cul-ture and language,Dogri Sanstha,Jammu and TeamJammu todaydemanded with-drawal of recentlyissued orders thatspell doom for DograCulture and DogriLanguage.

Addressing a hur-riedly called joint pressconference, here today,President, DogriSanstha, Jammu,Professor LalitMangotra andChairman, TeamJammu, Zorawar SinghJamwal informed that“recently two ordersdated 29 June 2020(F.No. 01/07/2020-P1)and 21 July 2020 (F.No.01/07/2020-P1) havebeen issued by PrasarBhaarti, New Delhi.Both these orders spelldoom for Dogra Culture& Dogri Language”.

Professor LalitMangotra and ZorawarSingh Jamwal explainedthat “The import of thefirst order is to replacethe eight hour telecast of

the DD National pro-grammes from JammuDoor Darshan Kendrawith the telecasting ofKashir Channel fromSrinagar, and the secondorder is intended at

shutting down theJammu Door Darshan’slocal telecast of four andhalf hours and replace itagain with the KashirChannel.

The two orders, seentogether, tantamount tocompletely shuttingdown of programmes onDogra Culture, DogriLanguage and othermatters pertaining toJammu region. In otherterms this is an all outattempt towards deci-

mation of Dogra identi-ty”.

They further high-lighted that the valorousand peace-loving peopleof Jammu, who arepatriotic to the core and

have given exemplarysacrifices for the countryand nation, includingmaximum number ofsupreme sacrifices, havebeen treated shabbilyand unjustly both by theerstwhile J&K StateGovernments and theK a s h m i r - c e n t r i cGovernments at the cen-tre relegating them tothe status of 2nd classcitizens in their owncountry.

“However with the

change of the State ofJ&K to Union Territory,the people of Jammu,who had welcomed thischange, were expectingthat now at last Jammuwill get justice & dignitylong denied to it,” saidProfessor LalitMangotra and

Zorawar SinghJamwal, further lament-ing, “But, the said ordersof Prasar Bhaarti, havesadly belied the hopesand expectations ofDogras, and on the con-trary are aimed at belit-tling their language &culture.

These orders exhibittotal ignorance on thepart of those who are atthe helm of affairs aboutsocio-political, and geo-graphical situation ofJ&K and they appear tobe totally insensitive &oblivious to the greatsacrifices that Dograshave rendered for thiscountry”.

“They must knowthat Kashmir & Jammuare two distinctly differ-ent regions having dif-ferent languages, differ-ent cultural ethos & dif-ferent life styles. That iswhy J&K is the only statehaving two capitalsJammu & Srinagar.Shutting down of the

local Dogri programmesfrom Jammu & impos-ing Kashmir channel,which has negligiblecontent pertaining toJammu region, is notonly gross injustice toJammu but also a stepfraught with very dan-gerous consequences,”warned Professor LalitMangotra and ZorawarSingh Jamwal.

Dogri Sanstha, TeamJammu and people ofJammu region urgeupon the Prasar Bhaartiand the CentralGovernment to immedi-ately rescind the saidorders. The state politi-cal leadership of all par-ties is also appealed tourgently intervene andget these orders immedi-ately rescinded. It is alsodemanded to set up anew Duggar Channel forJammu region on thelines of Kashir Channelfor Kashmir.

The people of Jammuregion hope that theGovernment, both at thecentre & at the UT leveland other concernedauthorities will see thereason in our protestand will not compel thepeople of Jammu toadopt further agitationalmeans to get their gen-uine demands fulfilled.

Dogri Sanstha, Team Jammu lambast PrasarBhaarti for undermining Dogra identity

NEW DELHI, JULY 28The Rajasthan

government onTuesday (July 28)forwarded a revisedproposal toGovernor KalrajMishra seeking toconvene assemblysession from 31stJuly. The fresh pro-posal includes thegovernment's replyto the three condi-tions that theGovernor had earli-er raised in case thesession is convened,according tosources.

Chief Minister AshokGehlot today chaired theCabinet meeting to dis-cuss the points raised bythe Governor. Therevised note has been

forwarded to the RajBhawan today afterapproval from theCabinet, a PTI reportsaid citing officialsources.

The government noteis learned to have notmentioned if it wants toseek a vote of confidencein the assembly session.

On the issue of 21-day notice required forcalling the session,Rajasthan TransportMinister Pratap Singhsaid that 10 days havealready passed andasked why did the gover-nor not give a date if heis talking the notice.

Speaking to reportersin Jaipur, the ministersaid that it is for theBusiness AdvisoryCommittee of the assem-

bly to decide when askedabout the agenda of thesession.

Regarding seatingarrangement as persocial distancing norms

in the assembly, he saidthat it was for theSpeaker to look after.

Criticising the BJP,

the minister said that theparty has made it a pres-tige issue, adding thatthe BJP stands exposed.

In a related develop-ment, BJP leader Madan

Dilawar today filedanother petition beforethe Rajasthan HighCourt against the merger

of six Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) MLAs in thestate with Congressparty. This is the thirdpetition against themerger. Earlier in theday, Dilawar had filed asecond petition in theRajasthan High Courtchallenging the mergerof MLAs.

Dilawar told ANI thatthe petition seeks can-cellation of the member-ship of the six BSP MLAsfrom the state legislativeAssembly, adding"Rajasthan High Courthad dismissed my peti-tion observing that it didnot include a copy of theLegislative AssemblySpeaker`s order for themerger of the BSPMLAs. He (Speaker)deliberately did not give

me a copy of the order."Notably, Dilawar had

also sat on a protest inthe office of the VidhanSabha Secretary yester-day demanding a copy ofthe order given byRajasthan Speaker onthe merger.

In a relief for ChiefMinister Ashok Gehlot-led government, theHigh Court on Mondaydismissed Dilawar`splea against the merger.

Dilawar moved thepetition in the HighCourt seeking directionsto quash the merger ofsix BSP MLAs with theCongress party, whichhad helped the rulingparty in retaining amajority in theRajasthan LegislativeAssembly.

Ashok Gehlot government sends revised proposal to Governor KalrajMishra to convene Rajasthan Assembly session from July 31

NIA files charge-sheet againstsix persons for helping terrorists

of Pak-based JeM to infiltrateJAMMU: The NIA on Monday filed a charge sheet in aspecial court here against six persons for allegedly help-ing three terrorists of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad to infiltrate into the country, an official said.

Sameer Ahmed Dar, Asif Ahmed Malik, Sartaj AhmedMantoo, Suhaib Manzoor, Zahoor Ahmed Khan, all resi-dents of Pulwama, and Suheel Javid of Budgam havebeen charged with the relevant provisions of the IPC, theUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Arms Act,Explosive Substances Act and the Indian WirelessTelegraphy Act before a special NIA court here, an NIAspokesperson said. On January 31 this year, a truck wasstopped for checking by the officials at Ban Toll Plaza,Nagrota in Jammu on Pathankot-Sringar Highway at5:00 AM. Three freshly infiltrated Pakistani terroristswere found hiding in the vehicle.

While the driver Sameer and his two associates Asifand Sartaj escaped taking advantage of the pre-dawndarkness, the heavily-armed Pakistani terrorists insidethe cargo cabin of the truck started firing at the police,grievously injuring one security personnel. The securityforces launched a search operation in Ban forest area andkilled the three Pakistani terrorists while the driver andhis two associates were arrested.

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THE COVID-19 pandemichas sidelined the issue of cli-mate change. This can have

very serious consequences giventhat the matter had been receivingfar from adequate attention evenbefore the virus began its globalsurge. Two things have been imped-ing progress. First, leaders like USPresident Donald Trump andPresident Jair Bolsonaro of Brazilare known to be dismissive of theenvironmental threat. The second isa lack of will on the part of govern-ments and people to take effectivepreventive action.

A recent report in The New YorkTimes, (last updated on July 15) byNadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka and Kendra Pierre-Louis,cites a New York Times analysis,based on research by Harvard andColumbia law schools and othersources, saying that the Trumpadministration has officiallyreversed, revoked or otherwiserolled back nearly 70 environmen-tal rules and regulations. More than30 other rollbacks are works inprogress.

A report by Sarah Gibbens in theNational Geographic, published onFebruary 1, 2019, mentions 15important decisions by the Trumpadministration that would adverselyimpact the environment. The list,which starts with the US withdraw-al from the Paris ClimateAgreement, includes decisions thatwould undo measures to ensureclean power and fuel, prevent airpollution and protect wildlife.Besides, the Trump administrationhas opened up public land to busi-ness and dropped climate changefrom the list of national securitythreats. Bolsonaro’s policiesregarding de-regulation of econom-

ic activity and tax cuts to encourageFDI are liable to severely damagethe environment and devastate thelives of Brazil’s indigenous com-munities.

As to the lack of will to take pre-ventive action against climatechange, one must begin by recog-nising that the task here is vast anddaunting, requiring basic and trans-formational changes in the patternof development followed by mostcountries since the industrial revo-lution in the second half of the 18thcentury. Whether in the form ofsteam produced by burning coal orelectricity generated by coal-basedthermal power plants, diesel orpetrol combustion, it has been driv-en by fossil-based fuel, the burningof which has been a potent cause ofair pollution. The institutionalstructures, management and/oradministrative procedures, commu-nication systems and, in morerecent times, information transferand processing, have all been basedon this form of energy utilisation.

Clearly, the pattern of fuel use hasto change. Of course, the use of fos-sil-based fuel cannot be given upimmediately. It has to be graduallyreduced and alternative forms ofenergy have to be harnessed. Hydroelectricity is a safe bet but its gener-ation is limited by the availabilityof dam sites and water. The worldhas taken baby steps towards theutilisation of solar and wind(through windmills) power. Eventhough the potential of both are yetto be fully grasped, it is doubtfulwhether they can by themselvesmeet the steady, gargantuanincrease in global energy demandsthat will continue.

This leaves one with nuclear ener-gy. It produces zero-carbon emis-sion as it is generated throughnuclear fission and requires less

land to produce more electricitythan any other clean air source. Thesecond is important at a time whenfinding land for establishing powerplants often prompts mass protestsagainst land acquisition, particular-ly in India. Against this, there is stilla problem of waste disposal, thoughtechnology is taking care of itthrough its re-processing and re-cycling to generate nuclear power.

The major fear, of course, is of thespread of radiation through acci-dents like the ones that occurred at

the Three-Mile Island in the US in1979, Chernobyl in Ukraine in1986 and Fukushima Daiichi inJapan in 2011. Clearly, one has toproceed very carefully and slowlyin generating and harnessingnuclear power. Indeed, what oneneeds is a mix in generation pat-terns to cater to diverse consump-tion demands with local variations.Solar panels, for example, havealready begun providing householdpower.

The mix will have to be differentfor different countries and evenregions, depending on the nature ofpower demand. This will requireplanning at the international,national and regional levels andalso huge amounts of investmentfor which the developing countrieswould require assistance. TheWorld Bank has increased climate-related spending and the UnitedNations Environment Programme(UNEP) has set climate change as a

priority in its capacity-buildingefforts. These efforts are con-strained, however, by funding, thatis not commensurate with the scaleof the challenge as well as by deep-er challenges in the developmentaid model. Under former PresidentBarrack Obama, the US hadpledged three billion dollars to theGreen Climate Fund a globalreserve fund created to, amongother things, help developing coun-tries invest in renewable and low-emission technologies. A sum of

one billion dollars had already beengiven during his tenure in office.Trump has pledged no money to thefund.

The question of funds is particu-larly important in respect of theintroduction of technologies toreduce emissions. An example isthe Carbon Capture and Storagetechnology, which focusses onsecuring and storing carbon dioxideemissions before they are releasedinto the atmosphere. Although it isstill in its early stages, successfulpilot projects offer hope of develop-ing and implementing it on a largescale.

Some countries are committed toimplementing variations of it andboth bilateral and multilateral coop-eration is under way. One, however,has still to wait and watch as imple-menting it on a large scale can beexpensive beside offering few obvi-ous economic benefits.

Meeting the costs of implement-

ing such technologies, indeed of allmeasures against climate change,will require political will. Thistakes us back to the second factoridentified at the beginning of thispiece as impeding the fight againstclimate change the lack of will onthe part of governments and peopleto take effective preventive action.Governments are constrained bygroups whose incomes and profitsare going to be reduced by theimplementation of climate changemeasures as well as the compulsionof having to decide among diversedemands on their resources. Peopleare generally hostage to their exist-ing ways of life. This applies espe-cially to the elite, who decide onpolicies and measures in every soci-ety and who enjoy all the comfortslike air conditioning, which is high-ly polluting, and conveniences thatpresent technology-powered civili-sation has brought them.

The answer lies in developing andintroducing non-polluting technolo-gies relating to heating/cooling,transportation, cultivation, con-struction and all other human activ-ities. The money and effort neededhave to be forthcoming, theCOVID-19 pandemic and the dis-ruption caused by it notwithstand-ing. It is important to recall herethat the ParisAgreement onclimate change,signed onDecember 12,2015, calls forholding theincrease in glob-al average tem-perature to wellbelow twodegree Celsiusabove the pre-industrial-revo-lution level and

to try to limit the temperatureincrease to 1.5 degree Celsiusabove it, stating that this would sig-nificantly reduce the risks andimpact of climate change. TheSpecial Report on Global Warmingof 1.5°C, released by theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) at Incheon,South Korea, on October 7, 2018,makes the chilling statement that atthe current rate, the global meantemperature is likely to rise to the1.5-degree mark sometime between2030 and 2052.

The world has already warmedone degree Celsius since the indus-trial revolution. Hence, it is really aquestion of another half degree.Further, the report clearly indicatesthat warming, even if limited to 1.5degrees Celsius, would not reducethe risks and impact of climatechange. Sea levels will continue torise beyond 2100, threateningcoastal ecosystems and infrastruc-ture. Flooding, drought and extremeweather events will wreak havoc oncommunities around the globe.Many species will continue to bedriven toward extinction andmarine ecosystems could face “irre-versible loss.” The is long and writ-ten on the wall. Humankind willignore it at its own peril.

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HC breather to PilotAFTER the Supreme Court’s observation that no party could suppress the

“voice of dissent” in a democracy by disqualifying members holding adifferent viewpoint under the anti-defection law, thereby holding on to

power, it was clear the way things would go in Rajasthan. So it came as no sur-prise that the Rajasthan High Court stopped the Speaker from taking actionagainst now-sacked deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and other rebel Congressleaders. The breather holds till Monday when the Supreme Court is to take up theHigh Court judgment as desired by the Rajasthan Speaker. And since the topcourt will need some time to deliberate and define the larger constitutional ques-tion of the Speaker’s powers and whether his moves were neutral or biased, therecould be some more delay for the stalemate to be resolved. In fact, the HighCourt reprieve gave further credence to Pilot’s contention that he was not againstthe party but the Chief Minister, making it look like an egoistic contest of theliked and the unliked. The Ashok Gehlot Government, which is in an ugly battleto see Pilot and his group turfed out, had hoped that it could use the anti-defec-tion law to disarm the rebels, arguing that their skipping the legislature partymeeting amounted to defiance and that the Speaker could take action even if theHouse was not in session. Pilot claimed that considering that he and his party hadnot initiated any move to self-destruct or leave the party on their own exceptexpress a divergence of opinion with the Chief Minister concerned, this infringedupon the right to “freedom of speech.” In fact, Gehlot’s provocative legal actionhas misfired and Pilot’s reactive strategy has worked for the time being. Vilelyderided and almost forced to break away, it is now easier for Pilot to take the helpof the BJP, which has been courting him for quite some time. Not only forreclaiming Rajasthan but to deal a body blow to the Congress as Pilot, likeJyotiraditya Scindia, has been close to its undeclared leader Rahul Gandhi. Aninkling of this came when Pilot, who had challenged the disqualification noticesin the High Court, added the Centre as a party to the case so that it can weigh inon whether the anti-defection law applies to his group or not. According to ear-lier Supreme Court judgments on clause 2(1)(a) of the 10th Schedule of theConstitution, any anti-party activity could be interpreted as voluntarily giving upmembership. Gehlot has, therefore, been building damning evidence of Pilot’sbreakaway moves, like parading MLAs claiming bribery offers and publicisingalleged tapes of senior BJP leaders coaxing rebels at Pilot’s behest. But Pilotsought to blunt that edge, threatening a legal suit and demanding authenticity ofsuch claims. The clouding up of legalese has meant that both Gehlot and Pilotwill have a tough time holding on to their men. Gehlot needs to prove that he hasmore than 101 MLAs in his support in the 200-member Assembly. If Pilot andhis group are disqualified after the top court considers the merits of his plea, thehalfway mark would come down and Gehlot could sail through. But with thePilot group voting against his Government, he would have it tough. Pilot couldactually get some advantage now as Gehlot has been dangling the Damocles’sword of disqualification over his rival’s loyalists, saying they would lose bycrossing over and gain privileges by staying with him. The breather means thatsome floaters could pitch in with Pilot. As of now, the Pilot camp has 19 MLAsand the BJP 72. Including smaller parties and Independent members, theOpposition has 97 at the moment. This is one of the reasons why Gehlot soughtan appointment with Governor Kalraj Mishra for a floor test as his supportersmarched to the Raj Bhavan soon after the “status quo” ruling. Although he hasherded his MLAs at Fairmont hotel, more delays will make that job difficult. Ifa floor test is held now and he wins, there cannot be fresh elections for the nextsix months. Meanwhile, the BJP will try to exasperate Gehlot as much as possi-ble, considering he had named Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat as thearchitect of toppling games and even written to Prime Minister Narendra Modiabout it. The Governor, while maintaining that he wasn’t against a floor test, saidhe needed some time to go over the rule book. The Supreme Court, too, has saidthe issues raised in the Speaker’s petition on the right to issue disqualificationnotices required “prolonged hearing” as it involved a “larger question” related tothe democracy. So clearly, the imbroglio cannot be resolved as fast as Gehlotwould have liked. Meanwhile, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati,who has accused Gehlot of poaching six of her MLAs, could be another hurdle.If she somehow manages to woo them back and decides to take the help of theBJP in doing so, Gehlot could have trouble. As for Pilot, he may not have theChief Minister’s chair still but given his solid Gujjar votebase, he could bargainhard for a leadership role. Jyotiraditya Scindia delivered 22 MLAs to the BJP inMadhya Pradesh and now, having got some positions for them in theGovernment, is attracting more MLAs to cross over. The BJP will spare no effortto bleed out the Congress.

SANJAY HEGDE

FORMER Rajasthan DeputyChief Minister Sachin Pilot’srebellion against Rajasthan

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, hascrashlanded in the Rajasthan HighCourt and the Supreme Court ofIndia. Upon Mr. Pilot’s invitation inRajasthan and Rajasthan AssemblySpeaker C.P. Joshi’s appeal to theSupreme Court, today’s judges seemto have rushed in, where their prede-cessors have feared to tread. There isConstitutional history behind judi-cial reticence, which is normallyexpected, in matters involving theworking of Parliament and legisla-tures. This history bears someretelling.

A retelling of the pastCharles Bradlaugh was elected to

England’s Parliament in 1880. Hewas an atheist and refused to takeoath as a Member of Parliament inthe name of god. The format of theparliamentary oath, only providedfor swearing in in god’s name. TheSerjeant of Parliament, one Mr.Gossett, refused to seat Bradlaugh inParliament without the oath in thatform. Bradlaugh appealed to thecourts. The courts said they could donothing. In Bradlaugh vs Gossett(1884), a court held the ‘decision ofthe House of Commons in resolvingnot to allow an elected Member,Bradlaugh, to take the oath, and theactions of the Serjeant at Arms inpreventing Bradlaugh from enteringthe House, were subject to the solejurisdiction of the House’.

In India, one Keshav Singh wassentenced to a week’s imprisonmentin 1964 for breach of privilege of theUttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.Subsequently, a petition filed by himwas listed before the LucknowBench of the Allahabad High Court.When the case was called out, thegovernment advocate was not pres-ent. The petition was admitted, andas the sentence was only one week,Singh was directed to be released onbail during the pendency of the case.The Assembly took umbrage to this.The order of stay passed by theBench of two judges was regardedas a breach of their privilege. Soonthereafter, the assembly made anorder directing the Marshal of theAssembly to arrest the two judgesand produce them before the Bar ofthe House. These judges approachedthe full Bench of the Allahabad HighCourt, which protected them from

arrest. According to ShantiBhushan’s recollections, JusticeNasirullah Beg, who had beenordered to be arrested and confinedby the marshals of the U.P.Legislative Assembly, was waitingwith a loaded gun, ready to shootdown the marshals and protect thehonour of the Allahabad High Court.

Hands-off approachAt this stage, the President of India

made a presidential reference to theSupreme Court on the relative pow-ers of legislative assemblies andconstitutional courts. The SupremeCourt, answering the reference, heldthat there is a broad separation ofessential powers of each organ of theState. However, the Court went on to

hold that a judge who entertains apetition challenging any order of thelegislature imposing any penalty onthe petitioner for its contempt“…does not commit contempt of thesaid legislature and the legislature isnot competent to initiate proceed-ings against that judge”.

Ever since, it has generally been a“hands-off” position as far as thecourts interfering in the workings oflegislative assemblies or Parliamentis concerned. The sole exception isunder the anti-defection law — aftera final order of disqualification hasbeen passed.

This is because, a Constitutionbench of the Supreme Court inKihoto Hollohan’s case in 1992 heldthat the Speaker acting in a disquali-fication matter acts as a tribunal andis subject to judicial review.However, the same judgment makesit clear that the Court will not inter-vene at an interim stage.

The majority very clearly held:“Having regard to the constitutionalscheme in the Tenth Schedule, judi-cial review should not cover anystage prior to the making of a deci-sion by the Speakers/Chairmen; andno quia timet actions are permissi-ble.” The same judgment furtherholds: “The Speakers/Chairmenhold a pivotal position in the schemeof Parliamentary democracy and areguardians of the rights and privi-leges of the House. They are expect-ed to and do take far reaching deci-sions in a Parliamentary democra-cy.”

When the Sachin Pilot episode isconsidered against this constitution-

al backdrop, it is clear that a mereissuance of a possible disqualifica-tion notice by the Speaker, has beencontested in constitutional courts,which have not rejected the chal-lenge at the threshold. Even in rou-tine petitions against notices of pro-posed administrative actions, courtsare reluctant to review at an interimstage. Almost invariably, the peti-tioner is told to answer the showcause notice and to challenge thefinal action only.

The Rajasthan High Court howev-er entertained a petition on behalf of19 MLAs who having ensconcedthemselves in a resort in a neigh-bouring State, proceeded to chal-lenge the Speaker’s authority to

decide, if they had committed an actof defection. Arguments at lengthwere addressed, almost as thoughthe limitations of the ConstitutionBench judgment in KihotoHollohan, had ceased to apply to thiscase. The Speaker chose to appearbefore the High Court and arguedthe merits of the matter, though hecould have at a preliminary stage,challenged the court’s jurisdiction tointervene at an interim stage. TheRajasthan High Court reserved itsjudgment, requested the Speaker todefer further proceedings and pro-ceeded to direct him to await judg-ment.

A co-equalThe High Court’s direction to the

Speaker, led to him moving theSupreme Court, questioning thecourt’s power to direct aConstitutional authority. The princi-ple of law being urged is thatConstitutional authorities cannotissue directions to each other. Theycan, at best, make a polite request.

In 1982, a Bench of the SupremeCourt, directed a single judge of theCalcutta High Court to urgently heara matter and proceed to judgment(A.K.M. Hassamanuzaman & Ors.v. Union Of India & Ors). The singlejudge in Calcutta, JusticeSabyasachi Mukherjee (later, ChiefJustice of India) proceeded to hearand decide the matter. He howeverrecorded in his judgment that theSupreme Court was only co-equalwith the High Court, as aConstitutional Court. Appellatepowers of the Supreme Court did notmake it a superior authority to which

the High Court was subordinate.Ever since, the Supreme Court hasbeen careful to couch its orders asrequests to any High Court, orConstitutional authority.

Constitutional courts have fol-lowed the same principle, inaddressing other Constitutionalauthorities. The Speaker of a Houseof legislature or Parliament, repre-sents that august body and is theguardian of its privileges. The Housecannot be ordered around in its inter-nal working, by any court, no matterhow high or supremely infallible itperceives itself to be. Unnecessaryconflict between organs of state maywell invite some Speaker, backed bya solid majority at State and Centre,to defy the courts, when it comes tothe internal working of the House ofParliament or legislature.

The last wordCourts are apolitical but keep get-

ting pulled into political thickets,especially in matters of mass defec-tions resulting in regime change.They must therefore be very charyof being turned into a third house ofParliament or legislature. The wallsof separation between constitutionalorgans, once breached, cannot bethen repaired against future intru-sions. Even under a sovereignConstitution, parliamentary and leg-islative supremacy in their spheresof functioning should be respected.The Supreme Court permitted theRajasthan High Court to proceed tojudgment on July 24, but directedthat its orders would not be imple-mented, as the Supreme Court itselfproposed to rule on the larger ques-tion of the jurisdiction of courts toentertain such pleas. The RajasthanHigh Court has thereafter decided toawait the Supreme Court judgmentand in the meanwhile injuncted theSpeaker from proceeding further.

The legal back and forth has ineffect granted the insurgent faction,precious time to consolidate theirplans of regime change. Mr Gehlothas now, correctly called for animmediate summoning of theRajasthan Assembly, to prove hismajority on the floor of the house.Political questions must beanswered in political forums and notbe confined to quibbling in courts.The Court must be mindful ofPortia’s warning in The Merchant ofVenice: “Twill be recorded for aprecedent. And many an error by thesame example/Will rush into thestate. It cannot be.”

Sanjay Hegde is Senior Advocate,Supreme Court of India

Staying away from political thickets

Even under a sovereign Constitution, parlia-mentary and legislative supremacy in their

areas of working must be respected

The forgotten threat

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UDHAMPUR: Dr. S.D. SinghJamwal IPS, IGP SecurityJ&K/ Director SKPAUdhampur inaugurated the2nd phase of plantation driveat Police Academy Udhampur.

While inaugurating the 2ndphase of plantation drive here atPolice Academy Udhampur, Dr.Jamwal himself planted amango tree plant. He said thatlast year during the 1st phase ofplantation drive, PoliceAcademy Udhampur has plant-ed a number of medicinal, fruitand avenue trees.

He said that last year a sepa-rate food park was created inthe Police Academy for thechildren of the police families.

He further said that duringthis plantation drive anothersuitable place for fruit garden atthe back side of the IndoorBlock has been identified inwhich more than 200 fruitplants of different kinds shallbe planted.

Dr. Singh said that ideabehind plantation of treesinvolving trainee officers is toinculcate a good sense amongthe young police officer toplant more and more trees tomake them environment

friendly. Prior to this Dr. Singh

reviewed the preparedness ofthe Independence Day Paradeto be held at Police Academyon 15th of August 2020 andimparted necessary directionsto the officers with regard tostrict implementation of SOPfor covid-19 pandemic.

He said all the parade con-tingent should wear face maskand shall observe enoughsocial distancing on paradeground.

Dr. Jamwal also inauguratedthe automatic sanitizermachine (touch free) at IndoorBlock which was denoted bythe Team Jammu for the use ofProb. Dy.SsP and Prob. Sub-Inspectors, who are undergo-ing their basic training atSKPA Udhmapur.

Among others, Dr. S.D.Singh, IPS, IGPSecurity/Director SKPAUdhampur was accompaniedby Sh. Mohan Lal, JKPS (SSP)Asstt. Director(Outdoor/Indoor), Shri MohdFaisal Qureshi JKPS (SSP)Asstt. Director (Admn.), Sh.Zorawar Singh JamwalChairman Team Jammu, Sh.Anupam Sambyal, Sh. VikeshAmba, Sh. Rahul SinghSambyal Team Jammu SambaUnit, Shri Ashish Rathore,CPO Chief Law Instructor,Shri K.K. Sharma Dy.SP (Q),Shri Suraj Singh Dy.SP(R&D), Shri Tahir HussainDy.SP (Admn), Shri Zaid SaifWani Dy.SP (Indoor/Int.), ShriSunmati Gupta Dy.SP(Outdoor), Shri RameshKataria Dy.SP(S)Administrative Officer, ShriSunil Kumar, Shri VikramParihar, Shri Ajay Dogra all Sr.Prosecutors and all others offi-cers of the Academy.

JAMMU : The NCCCadets of 2 J&K Girls Bn,Gandhi Nagar, in com-memoration of KargilVijay Diwas, felicitatedthe Veer Naaris and pre-sented a Speciallydesigned Memento tothem as a token ofrespect a unique way ofinculcating consolationand paying homage andtribute to the fallenheroes of the Kargil War.

Keeping in view thepandemic situation, allcompulsory precautionswere taken. Cdt. ShriyaGupta, Cdt. Meetali, Cdt.Avika Choudhary, Cdt.

Anu Choudhary alongwith ANO visited thefamilies of Shaheed Hav.Madan Lal, Vrc-18,Grenadiers, ShaheedSep. Balwinder Singh-8Sikh Regiment, ShaheedGrenadier UddaymannSingh, SM, 18Grenadiers, ShaheedSub. Bahadur Singh-8Sikh Regiment, ShaheedSub. Ravel Singh, SM-8Sikh Regement, ShaheedMajor Ajay Jasrotia, SM-13 JAK.

The Cadets interactedat length with the VeerNaaris, Parents andFamily members of the

heroes and listened to thetales of heroism wherefather of Shaheed LansNaik Devendra Singhshowed a 21 year old let-ter of his son with pridethat his son has bestowedhim. " My Son's life isshort but great, he will beremembered by the peo-ple of country till theworld ends" utteredKamaljeet Kour, theproud mother of ShaheedBalwinder Singh. A wal-let with bullet marks wasshowed to cadets by themother of ShaheedGranadier UdhayManSingh popularly known

as the 'Tiger of TigerHill'. She proudly said“my son was Sher.” Hekilled twenty beforeattaining martyrdom.

The tears rolled downfrom the eyes of VeenaJasrotia, the mother ofShaheed Major AjayJasrotia when CadetTaniya presented her aself made Sketch of herSon. Later, she tookcadets to his room andshowed them the pric-tures of Major Jasrotiafrom childhood to hismartyrdom. KamalaDevi, Veer Naari ofShaheed Madan Lal VrC

told cadets that "Uniformand Country was his firstlove".

She also showed hisuniform to cadets whichhe used to wear withproud.

Overwhelmed with allthe emotions and wit-nessing the saga of sacri-fice, Courage, Valour,Brotherhood, Pride,Integrity and Patriotism,the cadets also paid trib-ute to the fallen heroes atBalidaan Satambh bywreath laying ceremony.

Cadets also madePosters, Paintings,recorded speeches and

recited self composedPoems and uploadedthem on their socialmedia accounts to paytribute to Kargil Heroesunder the mentorship ofANO Capt. ShivaniSharma and C/T SumanBala. Cadets also tookpart in Webinar and QuizCompetition organisedby Jammu Group.

The CommandingOfficer, 2 J&K Girls Bn.Jammu, Col. R.K.Sharma, KC, SC, SMapplauded the efforts ofcadets and ANO for pay-ing the tribute to theMartyrs in a unique way

of visiting their familiesand advised them to con-tinue doing good work offelicitating them by pre-senting speciallydesigned mementos.

Dr. Sangita Nagari,Principal of the College

appreciated the efforts ofcadets for their volunteerparticipation despitemany constraints andANO, Capt. ShivaniSharma for putting herheart and soul and actbeyond the call of duty.

Kargil Vijay Divas: Girl NCC cadets of GCW Gandhinagar felicitate Veer Naaris3 News GALAXYNEWS

JAMMU | WEDNESDAY| JULY 29, 2020

LIST OF BTS 'S OF BSNL WORKING IN JMC AREA

S No. Site Name "Tower TypeG.B.T/R.T.T" "Height(m)" Address1 Ambphalla RTT 15 PN Khonsa Kashmiri Pandit Sabha Amphalla,Jammu2 Ambphalla-2 GBT 40 Smt. Harbans Kour W/o Lt S. Balwant Singh,463-F Puran Nagar,New Plot Jammu3 Anchor House GBT 40 Mrs. Neelam Daluja,Marble Colony,Opp Satyam Resorts,Anchor House4 Apna Vihar RTT 15 Mr. Bansi Lal , National Motors, pathankote Rd. Apna Vihar5 Aquaf Market RTT 12 Ghulam Hassin Mir, Addl DC Administrator Aquaf Market 6 Assembly Pole 4 Assembly-Jammu7 Bahu Fort RTT 12 Sh. Madan lal R/o Gorkha Nagar Jammu8 Bahu Fort-2 RTT 12 Vinay Khajuria , Bahu Fort, Jammu9 Bakshi Nagar GBT 40 BSNL Staff qtr Bakshi Nagar, Jammu10 Bakshi Nagar-2 RTT 15 President Gita Mandir Samiti, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu11 Barnai RTT 15 Sain Dass Lower Barnai PO Muthi, Jammu12 Bhagwati Nagar GBT 40 Directorate of design inspection and quality control, bagwati nagar road13 Bhatindi-1 GBT 40 BSNL Exchange, Bathindi Jammu.14 Bhawani Nagar RTT 15 Pradhan Kheer PathBhawani Ngar Janipur ,Jammu15 Chamber House Pole 6 Chamberhouse-Jammu16 Channi 3G Pole 6 Near Ritz Minor17 Channi Himmat Exg GBT 40 BSNL Exchange ,Channi Himmat Jammu 18 Channi Ramma GBT 40 Mr. Darshan Singh ,Channi Rama.19 Channi Sec.4 GBT 30 Faqir Din Choudhary S/o Mohd Din Chowdhay, Sec-4 Channi Himmat Jammu.20 Channi Sec-7 RTT 15 At Community Hall BSNL Colony CHMT.21 Chinar Wire GBT 40 M/S Chinar Wire,Phase-III,Industrial Estate,Gangyal22 CTSD Talab Tillo GBT 40 CTSD BSNL Talab Tillo , Jammu23 DC Office Jammu Pole 4 D. C. Office Complex, Jammu24 Dhoke Paloura RTT 15 Secretary , Chakiswar Sanstha Temple,Dhoke Paloura25 Digiana RTT 15 Sh, Mahant Manjit Singh Diagana Ashram Jt.26 Div Com Office Pole 6 Divisional Commissioner office complex Rail Head complex Jammu27 Dogra Hall GBT 30 Temple Guru Nabha Dass Ji Maharaj, Back side of Meridion Palace, Jammu.28 Durga Nagar RTT 15 Mr.Subhash Singh Chibb,Sector-1,Durga Nagar,Jammu.29 Fruit Mandi Jammu RTT 9 K.C Cold store Fruit Mandi ,Jammu30 Gandhi Nagar Exg GBT 40 BSNL Exhange Gandhi Nagar , Jammu.31 Gandhi Nagar Staff Quarter Pole 6 Staff Quarters, Main Stop, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.32 Gangyal Exg GBT 40 BSNL Exchange Gangyal Jammu.33 Greater Kailash RTT 15 Sh. S.S. Jamwal R/o Greater Kailash , Jammu34 Green Belt RTT 29 SDOP-1 office 69D/C Gandhi nagar, Jammu.35 GTB Nagar RTT 15 Sh. Darshan Singh R/o GTB Nagar Jammu36 Gulshan Ground RTT 15 Gulshan Ground Police HQ, Jammu37 Hari Market RTT 12 Samit Hotel Hari market Jammu.C/o Mr. Sameet Gupta 38 High Court GBT 40 Highcourt-Jammu39 Hotel Savoy RTT 15 Hotel Savoy Jammu,Residency Road,Jammu40 IQ Plot RTT 29 BSNL IQ Plot, Near Kranti Hotel, Railway Station Jammu41 Jain Bazar RTT 15 Mr. Vijay Verma Jain Bazar jammu Tel:257241842 Jammu University GBT 40 Jammu University , Jammu43 Janipur Exg GBT 40 BSNL Exchange Janipur Jammu.44 Jawahar Nagar Jmu RTT 29 Prithviraj Sharma H.NO 234, Lane no19,Jawahar nagar Jammu.45 Jewel Chowk RTT 9 Hotel Rajdhani Mr. Anil Gupta Near Jewel Chowk Jammu Tel. 200217646 JK Bank TalabTilo RTT 15 Theerath Kumar sole trustee Shiv Shaktisarva Dharam Theerath Nagar Talab Tillo, Jammu47 Kachi Chawni GBT 50 BSNL Exchange Kachichawni Jammu.48 Kanak Mandi Pole 4 Kanak Mandi, Jammu49 Kingsway RTT 15 Kingsway Banquet Hall,Near Viveka Nand Chowk,Jammu.50 Krishna Nagar RTT 15 Chopra Building C/o Mr. Anup Chopra Preeti Vihar, Kamat Road Krishna Nagar Jammu.51 Langer bye Pass GBT 40 Manohar Lal S/o Sh. Kaku Ram R/o H.NO 2 -C, Ward No 6 Langar, Jammu.52 Link Road RTT 15 Pawan Dev Singh Gali Rajputana Link Road Jammu53 Lower Muthi GBT 40 Smt.Preeta Devi W/O Sh Prem Nath, Lower Muthi, Jammu54 Mahajan Sabha RTT 15 Jammu Central Mahajan Sabha, C/O Mr. Romesh Chander Gupta,Ranbireshwar Temple,Jammu.55 Mahamaya GBT 60 Near Mahamaya Temple Jammu. 56 Manda GBT 35 BSNL Exchange Manda Jammu.57 Medical College RTT 15 Hotel Jammu View, C/o Sh Sanju Chadda,Near Medical college(GMC)Jammu58 Muthi GBT 40 Telephone Exchange ,Muthi59 Nanak Nagar RTT 15 Sardar Randhir Singh (Retd XEN ) ,H,no 149,Sector 1,Nanak Nagar Jammu.60 Nanak Nagar-2 RRT 29 Smt. Nirmal Kour sec-2 Nanak nagar jt.61 New Plot RTT 15 Dreamland Public School ,Mr. Pawan Gupta ,New Plot Jammu62 Nitco Lane GBT 40 Sh Desraj C/o Jittoo karayana store ,Nitco-lane,Jammu63 Old Janipur RTT 15 Mr. Rakesh Badyal, 175 old Janipur Jammu64 Paloura GBT 40 BSNL Bldg,Paloura-Jammu65 Paloura-2 GBT 30 Sh. Balwant Singh Manhas Ward No. 60 Opp. Raina HS School Paloura Jammu66 PalouraTop RTT 15 Deen Dayal Sharma, Main road, Palora, Jammu67 Panjthirthi RTT 12 Govt Quarters,Panjthirthi-Jammu68 Patoli Mangotrian GBT 40 Mrs. Neelam kumari Behind Shastri Memorial School Patoli Mangotrian,Jt.69 Peer Mitha RTT 15 Naseeb Ali ,H.no 122 Peer Mitha, Jammu70 Polytechnic RTT 15 Govt. Polytechnic, Vikram Chowk jammu71 Preet Nagar RTT 15 Mr. J.P. Sharma, c/o Sanjeeveni ayurdic clinic, Preet Vihar.72 Raghunath Bazar Pole 4 Near Chanderlok Hotel, Raghunath Bazar73 Patta Bohri RTT 15 NSM College of Education , Tilak Raj Mahajan Patta Bohri .74 RajPura Mangotrian GBT 40 Sh Kartar Chand Dogra ,Street no 20,F-20 Rajpura Mangotrian, Jammu.75 RaniTalab GBT 40 G.S Raina ,Rani Talab Diagana jammu76 Rehari Chungi RTT 15 Smt. Amerjeet Kaur, H.N. 466, Rehadi Chungi, opp Gurudwara,Jammu77 Rehari Colony RTT 15 Ashwani Suri,S/o Rachpal Suri H.no 254 Rehari Colony Jammu Tel:203063778 Resham Garh RTT 12 President Shiv Durga Mandir ,Reshamghar colony ,Jammu79 Residency Road RTT 15 Hotel PREMIER Residency Road ,Jammu80 Sainik Colony GBT 30 Sh Lalita Gupta C/O Vikas Marbles,National Highway ,Sainik Colony Jammu .81 Sainik Colony exg GBT 40 BSNL EXGE SAINIK COLONY JAMMU82 Sanjay Nagar GBT 40 Mr. Darshan Singh,H.No:-108,Sector-4,Sanjay Nagar,Jammu.83 Sarwal RTT 15 Ankush khajuria ,Fooduper Store, Patoli Road Sarwal ChowK.. 84 Satwari RTT 15 Pawan Kumar Shop No11, Satwari Airport Road ,Jammu85 Shakti Nagar GBT 40 BSNL Exchange Shakti Nagar Jammu.86 Shastri Nagar RTT 12 Dogra Hr.Sec. School Shastri Nagar Jt.87 Staff Qtrs Talab Tilo GBT 40 BSNL Staff Quarters Talab Tillo ,Jammu.88 Sunjwan GBT 40 Sunjwan(OLD)-Jammu89 Sunjwan RTT RTT 18 A.G.KOHLI, CHAIRMAN BN COLLEGE, SUNJWAN, JAMMU90 Super Bazar RTT 12 Superbazar-Jammu91 TalabTilo 2 RRT 29 Sh. Lal Chand, Street No 6 , F-21, Talab Tillo Jammu,92 TalabTilo Exg GBT 40 BSNL EXGE TALAB TILO JAMMU93 Top Sherkhanian GBT 40 Sh. Sampoorna singh, H.no 57,Top sherkhainah,jammu 94 Transport Nagar RTT 15 Telephone Exchange ,Transport nagar ,jammu95 Transport Nagar 2 RTT 15 Sh. Gian Chand ,Yard No. 6 Transport Nagar,Jammu96 Trikuta Apartment RTT 9 Trikutta Apartments,Trikuta Nagar Ext.Jammu97 Trikuta Complex RTT 12 Trikutta Complex,B.C.Road,Jammu. c/o Ex. Engineer,Tawi Bridge98 Trikuta Market RTT 15 Surinder Kumar R/o Near Rawalpindi Sweet Shop Trikuta Nagar Jammu99 Trikuta Nagar extn. RTT 15 Sameer Bharti R/o Sec-1 Tkt.Ngr, Jammu100 Trikuta Nagar Xge GBT 40 BSNL Trikuta nagar Exchange, Railhead Complex jammu101 Trikuta Nagar-2 GBT 40 Smt. Neeru Bala W/o VINOD LUTHRA, # 18, SEC.2A EXT. TRIKUTA NAGAR102 Upper Roop Nagar GBT 40 Sh Madhu Sudan, Chowdhary Lane, Upper Roopnagar , Jammu.103 Vikram Chowk RTT 12 Muncipal Building, Ware House Jammu 9419180871

NOTICE BSNL Towers are

installed and alreadyworking at the addressLocations as per the List.Public is hereby informedto convey the objections, ifany,with regards to thesame to Jammu MunicipalCorporation, Jammu with-in the seven days from thedate of the publication ofthis notice.

O/o PGMTD,BSNL, Jammu

Dr. S.D. Singh Jamwal IGP/Director Police Academy,inaugurates plantation drive at SKPA Udhampur

MANDI: People of Manditoday showed resentmentagainst the health depart-ment of Poonch for theirnegligence and irresponsi-bilities towards the patientscare. As Per the statement ofsome locals the Dental chairof sub District hospitalMandi (SDH) is not func-tioning from the sincedecade due to which thepoor patients of the far flungarea are suffering lot.

People coming from farflung belts of Mandi Tehsildue to amid covid19 lock-down ,when reach SDHMandi face hardships anddifferent problems. Due tothe non functional of Dentalchair defung for the sincedecade they had face a prob-lems and move towardsPoonch District hospitalDuring amid covid19. Alocal Mohd Afzal Magray

said that the Sub DistrictHospital (SDH) caters topatient-care of around 1.75lakhs population in the area.

With non functional dentalchair for the since decade,the patients especially oldagers, pregnant women arefacing a lot of hardships,Afzal said.

When contacted, BlockMedical Officer, Mandi, DrMushtaq Ahmad Bukharisaid that the Dental cahirwas beyond repair.

“We even had broughtengineer to repair it but it isbeyond repair again he said,We have passed a letter cumapproaches to higher author-ities for procure a new den-tal chair but all in vain.Locals urged DDC PoonchRahul Yadav, DirectorHealth services jammu tolook into the matter andarrange new dental chair assoon as earliest.

Amid Covid-19 Dental Chair in SDH Mandi notfunctioning for the since decade, public suffer

Husband, mother-in-law bookedfor domestic violence

JAMMU: A case of domestic violence has been reportedat Miran Sahib. One lady namely Taniya Kaith W/oLovesh Kumar R/o village Kotli Mian Fateh Miran Sahiblodged a written report against her husband LoveshKumar and Mother in law namely Tilki Devi R/o KotliMian Fateh. Stating both the accused physically harassedand beaten her at home.

Due to which she has got injury in her backbone. Policeafter taking cognizance has lodged a case FIR No.133/2020 U/S 341/323/34/IPC and started investigation.

Municipal Committee Surankote thanksto Director Urban Local Bodies Jammu

SURANKOTE: The municipal Committee Surankotethankful to Director Urban Local Bodies Jammu for hisvisit at MC surankote.

He also inaugurated the municipal office and theCommunity Hall in presence of president ChoudharyM umtaz Ahmed, vice president Sanjeev Sharma,C ouncillors, EO MC Choudhary Mushtaq Ahmed,Sanitary Inspector Maneer Khan and all staff members ofMC Surankote.

That was waiting for a period of one year. Directorurban local assured us that we will standing with MCsurankote for resolving every issue of MC surankote andthe respected people's of the town surankote.

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JAMMU: Third Eye AntiCrime Team a NGO called onTehsildar Bishnah Sh SohanLal Rana and welcomed himwith Bouquet of flowers forhis New Joining in Bishnah.

Anti Crime Chairman ShamLal Gupta apprised him aboutthe difficulties being faced bythe locals of Society.

Sham Lal Gupta briefedTehsildar Bishnah , his NGOis working for the bettermentof Society and many aware-ness Programs and BorderFiring Camps have beenorganized by their NGO inthis regard.

He told NGO is workingwithout Salary andGovernment funds in Society,He raised many issues includ-ing problem faced by SeniorCitizen's in Tehsil.

Gupta told, out goingTehsildar Raman Chalotrahas made Place in everyonesheart and he expects the

same from Sohan Rana.Tehsildar Rana told him

about various schemes for thelocals of Society and assuredhim that TehsilAdministration will Co-oper-ate and work for the Society.

During DiscussionTehsildar Sohan RanaAppreciated efforts of NGOand asked Gupta to continuetheir work in future.

Municipal Corporator SahilGupta was Present during theMeeting.

Those Present include

Sansar Chand, Ravi Kumar,Rakesh, Rajesh and TusharDigra.

Anti Crime Team Calls onTehsildar Bishnah

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JAMMU: Hailing the Lt. Governorfor his statement that J&K adminis-tration has no objection to therestoration of 4G connectivity inthe erstwhile State, Mr. Harsh DevSingh, Chairman-JKNPP & formerM inister today called upon theUnion Government to ensure highspeed mobile internet services inthe J&K UT at the earliest.

He said that Central governmenthad earlier taken the stand that theJ&K administration would take thecall over the issue. And after cate-goric unambiguous statement bythe Lt. Governor ruling out anyopposition to restoration of 4Gservices, the said facility needed tobe restored immediately. He wasaddressing a press conference inJammu today.

Speaking to media persons, Mr.Harsh Dev said that providing 2Gservices in J&K despite chargingfor 4G connectivity was an organ-ized loot which could not have beenpossible without the involvement ofbigwigs holding top positions in thegovernment. “The Lt. Governor has

however spilled the beans. If the Lt.Governor as the Head of the UT hasno objection to 4G services, thenwho has been responsible for denialof the said facility to 13 millionpeople of J&K despite they havingbeen made to pay tariff plan fixedfor 4G services, questioned Singh.He endorsed the viewpoint of Lt.Governor that Pak would continuewith its nefarious activities irre-spective of whether we have 2G or4G connectivity. Asserting that con-tinuance of 2G services on mobile

phones has made a mockery of theusers, Mr. Singh said it was excep-tionally feeble, slow and disallowsaccess to all the sites. “While thestudents still continue to suffer inattending on- line classes in view ofCorona pandemic, the online serv-ices including the procurement ofthe domicile certificate remaininaccessible in the far flung areasdue to the absence of 4G internetservices.

The comm ercial houses, thetraders, the businessmen, the pro-

fessionals and the media fraternityhave incurred huge losses worthcrores.

Besides all bad things would con-tinue to happen even with 2G. Butall good things which can happenonly with 4G would continue toremain elusive”, said Singh.

Questioning the criminal silenceof the Jammu based BJP leaders onthe sensitive issue, he said that thesaffron govt. after assuming powerresorted to the nasty policy of coer-cion and oppression.

He asked the government to tight-en its security network and cau-tioned the telecom giants to stoplooting the people.

Prolonged internet blockade ofthis kind is bizarre. Panthers partywould be forced to launch a hugestir if full fledge high speed 4Gmobile internet services are notrestored at the earliest”, roaredHarsh. Rajesh Padgotra, ProvincialPresident, Surinder Chouhan,District President Jammu (Rural) &Khajur Singh, Joint Secretary werealso present in the press conference.

NPP hails Lt. Governor’s statement on 4GProviding 2G services despite charging

for 4G is organized loot: HarshJAMMU: Prominentsocial activist Er.RishiKaul Kilam NationalJoint Secretary &Spokesperson Youthwing of Ncp whiledemanding the restora-tion of 4G internet serv-ices in both the UT's ofJ&K with immediateeffect as it is not a luxuryor a craze now.

4G has become partand parcel in our day today affairs.

Er. Rishi said as we allknow that technology hasbrought a revolution inour life style and the peo-ple have become handi-capped and dependenton some technologybased devices to run theirday to day affairs.

If we talk of 4G it playsan important role infacilating the studentcommunity. The tradersand big business estab-

lishments because the online has become thenecessity and order ofthe day. It is to someextent true that some badelements in the unionterritory of J&K havemisused the services of4G for their neferiousdesigns compelling theadministration to stop itsservices for some time.

Now since the politicalscenario has consider-adebly improved so thesituation demandsrestoration of 4G serviceespically in the interest ofstudents who fill up theirforms online andDomicile certificates. It isrequested to the admin-istration to restore 4Gservices.

Er. Rishi Kilam appeals the Lt. Governor to restore4G services & not make youth handicapped

JAMMU: In the firstweekend lockdown, DisttPolice Jammu implement-ed the order of Distt.Magistrate Jammu strictlyon ground.

In this regard, Distt.Police Jammu registerstotal no.of 06 FIRs u/s 188IPC against 10 differentviolators at different Policestations.

02 FIR were registered atP/S Pacca Danga, 01 FIRwas registered at P/SArnia, 01 FIR was regis-tered at P/S Peermitha, 01

FIR was registered at P/SBus Stand and 01 FIR wasregistered at P/S Satwari.Jammu Police has left nostone unturned during thisCovid-19 pandemic.Jammu Police is helpingthe public in different dif-ferent ways from last 5months of this covid-19pandemic, but simultane-ously taking action againstviolators. In future also,Violators of WeekendLockdown will be bookedand dealt strictly underlaw.

Jammu Police registered 06 FIRs againstviolators of 1st Weekend Lockdown POONCH: Today

Childline Poonch NationalDevelopment Youth Clubpresented souvenir to Mr.JB Singh, Sr. Journalist

KHALSA EXPRE SSNEWSPAPER, Poonch, forhis dedication of worktowards Journalism andsociety. His is voice of poorwhich always highlights theissues of society by makingefforts to reach every cornerof District Poonch evenduring lockdown.

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NEW DELHI: Former India cricketerAakash Chopra on Monday said that thereason that Virat Kohli-led Indian teamcould not win the World Cup last yearwas probably because India did not havea World Cup-winning team.

India were pegged to be one of thefavourites going into the tournament, butthe team crashed out of the semifinalafter losing to New Zealand. Chopraderived at the conclusion that the team’sbalance was not correct, after he com-pared India’s 2011 World Cup-winningteam with the 2019 team that lost in thesemifinal.

Speaking on his Youtube channel‘Aakash Vani’, Chopra compared the twoIndian teams: “If you have to choosebetween Tendulkar and Rohit, whom willyou choose, very tough call. They mayjust cancel each other out because Rohithas struck 5 centuries in a World Cupedition, which no one has done. BetweenRahul/Dhawan and Sehwag, my heartsays to keep Sehwag ahead, put let mekeep Dhawan ahead just for argumentsake.” “Between Gambhir and Kohli, nodoubt this Kohli of 2019 is definitelyahead of Gambhir of 2011. AlthoughKohli was there in the 2011 team as well,but there is a lot of difference between

that Kohli and this Kohli. Yuvraj Singh iswinning this race hands down againstDinesh Karthik/KedarJadhav/Pant/Pandya as a batsman, as abowler, as a full package match-winner,”he added.

“Virat Kohli of 2011, we can keepPant/DK/Kedhar/MSD ahead of him.Raina is again a match-winner. Whomwill you compare with, probably HardikPandya. Raina is ahead that time even ifyou compare him with Kedar,” he wenton.

”MSD of 2011 vs MSD of 2019, nodoubt MSD of 2011. Harbhajan Singh is amatch-winner, so is Jadeja, may be 50-50.Jaddu will get more numbers for fielding,Harbhajan Singh for bowling, Jadduslightly ahead in batting in internationalODI stage,” he further said.

”Let us cancel out Zaheer andBumrah, they are at par as bowlersalmost, both are match-winners. Shamislightly ahead of Munaf. You will have tokeep Nehra ahead of Kuldeep or Chahal,”Chopra said.

“So if you see the full comparison,MSD’s team of 2011 has won. That iswhy, if there is a match Dhoni’s team isstronger and a match-winning team,” theformer India batsman concluded.

‘India probably did not have World Cup-winningteam in 2019’: Aakash Chopra

LONDON: Leicester Citystriker Jamie Vardy wonthe Premier League’sGolden Boot award for thetop scorer after finishingthe season with 23 goals.

Vardy was unable toscore in Leicester’s 2-0final day loss toManchester United onSunday a result whichmeant the Foxes missedout on a ChampionsLeague place and had tosettle for fifth place andthe Europa League nextseason.

The 33-year-old is theoldest player to win theaward and the first fromLeicester City and poppedArsenal’s Pierre-EmerickAubameyang andSouthampton’s DannyIngs, who finished on 22goals each.

“It’s a wonderful indi-vidual achievement,” saidLeicester managerBrendan Rodgers. “Wewouldn’t be where we are

without his quality andgoals.

“He’s a joy to workwith, has a great mentali-ty and has such quality.It’s a huge accolade andwe’re all delighted forhim.”

Manchester City’sBrazilian keeper Edersonwon the Golden Gloveaward, moving aboveBurnley’s Nick Pope aftercollecting his 16th cleansheet of the season in theseason in a 5-0 winagainst Norwich.

Pope conceded inBurnley’s 2-1 defeatagainst Brighton andended with 15 shut-outs.

Jamie Vardy wins PremierLeague’s ‘Golden Boot’

CHENNAI: Former worldchampion ViswanathanAnand's struggles contin-ued in the USD 150,000Legends of Chess onlinetournament as he sufferedhis sixth consecutivedefeat with a 2-3 loss toIan Nepomniachtchi ofRussia.

Anand started thesixth round match with adraw as he came up withgood defensive moves tokeep the Russian at bay ina 53-move draw.

H o w e v e r ,Nepomniachtchi wentahead by pulling off a 34-move win in the secondgame. The third saw theplayers sign peace after 48moves.

The five-time worldchampion then foughtback well to claim thefourth game in 42 movesto push the contest intothe Armageddon (a tie-breaker).

Nepomniachtchi wonthe decisive tie-break in41 moves to shatter thehopes of the 50-year oldIndian superstar and lefthim winless after sixrounds. World championMagnus Carlen continued

his winning run and topsthe standings with 17match points.Nepomniachtchi is secondon 16 followed by compa-triot Vladimir Karmnik(12).

Anand, who is makinghis debut on the MagnusCarlsen Tour, lies ninthwith three points.

Legends of Chess is aunique event whereCarlsen, Ding Liren,Nepomniachtchi andAnish Giri, semifinalistsat the Chessable Masters(part of the MagnusCarlsen Tour), received anautomatic invite and are

up against six legendsaged 40-52, who have beenat the top of world chess atvarious points in theircareer.

The winner of thisevent will qualify for theUSD 300,000 Grand Final,scheduled from August 9to 20.

Results Round 6: IanNepomniachtchi beatViswanathan Anand 3-2;Magnus Carlsen beat DingLiren 2.5-1.5: Anish Giribeat Peter Leko 2.5-1.5;Vladmir Kramnik beatBoris Gelfand 3-2; PeterSvidler beat VasylIvanchuk 3-2.

Nepomniachtchi inflicts another defeaton Anand in Legends of Chess tourney

NEW DELHI: FormerIndia all-rounder YuvrajSingh believes the BCCIdid not manage his formerteammates such asHarbhajan Singh,Virender Sehwag andZaheer Khan well towardsthe end of their careersand hoped the board willrecognise the efforts ofmatch-winners in thefuture and honour themfor their contributiontowards Indian cricket.

Yuvraj, who retiredfrom international cricketlast year after playing for19 years, did not get afarewell game and nei-ther did Zaheer orSehwag.

Yuvraj also feels thatthe way BCCI handledhim towards the end ofhis career was ‘unprofes-sional’, although it wasn’tsurprising for him.

“Giving someone afarewell, that’s not for me

to decide. It’s up to theBCCI.

But I felt the way thatthey managed metowards the end of mycareer, was very unpro-fessional,” Yuvraj toldSportsKeeda.

“But looking back atsome of the great playersfrom India - Harbhajan[Singh], [Virender]Sehwag, Zaheer Khanwere also badly misman-aged. It’s part of Indiancricket, I have seen that inthe past so I wasn’t reallysurprised.”

Yuvraj last played forIndia during the tour ofWest Indies in 2017.Earlier that year inJanuary, Yuvraj made hisfinal comeback into theIndian team during theODI series againstEngland and smashed acareer-best 150 in Cuttack.Yuvraj was part of theIndia’s squad for the 2017

Champions Trophy wherehis only significant contri-bution was a knock of 53against Pakistan.

Yuvraj, whoannounced his retirementin the middle of the WorldCup last year, wants theBCCI will pay respect tosome of the greats of thegame, who couldn’t finishtheir careers on a high.

“But in the future,anybody who has playedfor India for a long timeand has been throughtough situations, youshould definitely honourhim. Give him thatrespect, somebody likeGautam Gambhir, whohas won two World Cupsfor us. Sehwag, who hasbeen the biggest match-winner after SunilGavaskar in Tests.Zaheer, who has 350wickets, Laxman... andall these guys,” saidYuvraj.

BCCI treated me unprofessionally; Harbhajan,Sehwag, Zaheer badly mismanaged: Yuvraj Singh

NEW DELHI: The reasonwhy Virender Sehwag wasregarded as one of themost destructive openersof his time was because ofhis ability to stick to hisstyle of play from the firstball itself. It rarely mat-tered which format of thematch Sehwag is playing.

It did not matterwhich bowler is in front ofSehwag. It did not matterwhat situation India wasunder. Sehwag wouldcome out to the middle,and start hammeringbowlers for boundarieswith ease rarely seen on acricket pitch.

Perhaps this is whySehwag went on to pair upwith some of the bignames of the sport at thetop - including SouravGanguly, SachinTendulkar, GautamGambhir, and in somegames, even RahulDravid. Sehwag managedto find success with themall, as he rarely shiedaway from playing his owngame.

Sehwag became the2nd Indian to score a dou-ble hundred in the ODIs.Sehwag also became thefirst person to get a tripleton for India in Tests. Heis also only the fourth per-son to score more than onetriple Test ton - only afterSir Don Bradman, BrianLara and Chris Gayle.

Looking at his style ofplay, many would think

that Sehwag would be agreat limited-overs cricketof his time.

But in fact, Sehwagmanaged to find equal,perhaps even more suc-cess in Test cricket. This iswhy his former openingpartner Gambhir believesthat no other player canhave an impact likeSehwag in the longest for-mat.

“No one can matchSehwag’s impact in Tests.No one actually thoughthe could be such a success-ful Test opener. Peoplealways thought he wasalways going to be a muchmore successful white-ballcricketer. But if you lookat his records, he is farmore successful in red-ballcricket. And that isVirender Sehwag for you,”Gambhir said on the latestepisode of Star Sports’Cricket Connected chatshow.

Gambhir went on torecall the 2008?Chennai

Test in?England whereSehwag scored 83 runs inthe 2nd innings on a turn-ing pitch to help India wonthe match. “I rememberone inning which wasplayed in Chennai whenwe won the Test matchagainst England. We werechasing around 350-odd(387, actually) on a turner,where they had GraemeSwann and MontyPanesar, and VirenderSehwag got 60-odd runs(Sehwag had scored 83).

“Just by scoring 60?(83actually), if you canbecome man of the match,that shows the impact ofthe person,” Gambhirsaid. “And, just setting upthe game, if VirenderSehwag bats till Lunch,you will be at around 100.Not a lot of team approachTest cricket like that,when you are batting onDay 1, you want to be asloose as you can. ButVirender Sehwag wasabsolutely differnet.

‘No one can match his impact in Test cricket’: GautamGambhir’s massive praise for India batting great

NEW DELHI: Britain’s Andy Murray isstill feeling “apprehensive” about travel-ling to New York for the U.S. Open amidthe COVID-19 pandemic but the formerworld number one says he is mentallypreparing for the Grand Slam.

The United States has the highestnumber of confirmed COVID-19 cases inthe world and reported over 50,000 casesdaily during the last seven days.

The U.S. Open, which is due to starton Aug. 31, will be held without specta-tors, and organisers are planning to setup a strict bio-security “bubble” aroundthe tournament to mitigate the risk of

contracting the virus.“Four or five weeks ago, we were pret-

ty sceptical about it,” Murray told Britishmedia. “But mentally at some stage youneed to start preparing and planning forthat. “If it wasn’t happening, my schedulefor practising, my rehab, would all be abit different. Mentally I’m planning for itto go ahead.” Murray, a three-time GrandSlam singles winner, returned from aseven-month injury layoff last month at acharity event organised by his brotherJamie. “The issue for us is the travel, sowe’ll probably be a bit apprehensive get-ting over there,” he added.

‘Apprehensive’ Andy Murray mentallyswitched on for U.S. Open

LIVERPOOL: Bournemouth's five-yearstay in the Premier League ended despitea 3-1 win at Everton on the final day ofthe season.

Eddie Howe's side needed wins fromArsenal against Watford and West Hamagainst Aston Villa, as well as its ownwin at Everton, to clinch another lateescape. But Villa's 1-1 draw at West Hamensured it just survived and thatBournemouth's efforts came too late.Villa stayed one point clear and bothBournemouth and Watford which lost 3-2at Arsenal were relegated.

Everton defender Leighton Bainesannounced his retirement after his 420thand final appearance for the Toffees.

"I am incredibly proud to have repre-sented Everton for the past 13 years andmy decision to retire has been a difficultone to make," the 35-year-old formerEngland defender said in a message toEverton fans on the club's official web-site. Howe named an attackingBournemouth lineup and was rewardedwith an early lead after Joshua King con-

verted a penalty in the 13th minute.Brazilian forward Richarlison was penal-ized after moving the ball with his arm.

With Arsenal leading againstWatford, Bournemouth still needed WestHam to score against Villa.

But Moise Kean equalized for Evertonin the 41st after being picked out at theback post by Theo Walcott.

Dominic Solanke restored the visitors'lead in first half injury time.

Everton dominated possession with-out creating clear chances in the secondhalf. Callum Wilson should have scoredfor Bournemouth before substituteJunior Stanislas finally made it 3-1 with10 minutes of regular time remaining.

However, Jack Grealish's late goalwas enough for Villa to survive atBournemouth's expense.

Villa finished with 35 points, followedby Bournemouth on 34, ahead of Watfordon goal difference. Norwich City wasalready relegated and finished the seasonon 21 points after a 5-0 drubbing atManchester City.

Bournemouth relegated despitewin at Everton; Baines retires

ROME: A hat trickmoved Ciro Immobilewithin three goals of over-taking Gonzalo Higuain'ssingle-season record forSerie A with two matchesremaining.

Immobile netted twopenalties and also scored amagnificent strike inLazio's 5-1 win at HellasVerona on Sunday.

He now has 34 goals in34 matches four morethan Cristiano Ronaldoatop the Italian league'sscoring chart.

Higuain scored 36 forNapoli in 2015-16.

Immobile's second goalof the night was a thing ofbeauty: Set up by JordanLukaku on the left flank,he curled a shot into thefar top corner.

Lazio moved level on

points with third-placeAtalanta, one point behindInter Milan.

Juventus, which is fivepoints ahead of Lazio, canclinch a record-extendingninth straight title with awin over Sampdoria laterSunday.

OTHER RESULTSRoma increased its grip onfifth place by beatingFiorentina 2-1 with twopenalties from JordanVeretout.

Udinese won 1-0 atCagliari and secured a26th straight season in thetop flight.

Lecce remained in therelegation zone after con-ceding a stoppage-timedecider from Musa Barrowin a 3-2 loss at Bologna.Also, Torino was held 1-1at already-relegated Spal.

Immobile scores hat trick,nears single-season record

NEW DELHI: The InternationalCricket Council on Mondaylaunched the inaugural ICCMen’s Cricket World Cup SuperLeague that will determine quali-fication for the ICC Men’s CricketWorld Cup 2023 with the topseven teams automatically book-ing their spot at the event inIndia.

"Introduced to bring contextto One Day International (ODI)cricket, the Super League willdetermine qualification for theICC Men’s Cricket World Cup2023 with the top seven teamsautomatically booking their spotat the event in India," read ICC'sofficial statement.

It will feature 13 teams thatinclude the 12 ICC Full Membersand the Netherlands, who quali-fied by winning the ICC WorldCricket Super League 2015-17.

The Super League will haveeach side play four home and fouraway three-match series and willwitness its first series when theworld champions England willhost Ireland on July 30 inSouthampton.

England skipper Eoin Morgancommenting on the launch said,"We’re looking forward to playing

cricket again and to the ICCMen’s World Cup Super League.

Given the situation, it will bequite different to the last time weplayed at home, when we liftedthe World Cup at Lord’s, but it’snice to be starting our journey forthe next edition of the tourna-ment."

He added, "I’m sure cricketfans all over the world will beexcited to see white-ball cricketresume and we’re looking forwardto the challenge.

Ireland are a talented teamwho have shown over the yearsthat they can beat the best on

their day. We look forward towhat promises to be an interest-ing series."

Andrew Balbirnie, CaptainIreland expressed, "It’s a privi-lege to be playing in the inaugu-ral series of the ICC Men’s WorldCup Super League.

It is obviously going to be ahuge challenge taking on theteam that won the World Cup justa year ago but we have preparedwell and have taken confidencefrom our form over the earlymonths of 2020."

"What is important is that weare getting back on the field. I

hope international cricket’sreturn is steady during thesechallenging times. I look forwardto the Irish side putting on a goodperformance in the upcomingseries as we start our campaignfor World Cup qualification,"added Balbirnie.

Geoff Allardice, ICC GeneralManager - Cricket Operationsopined, "We are delighted to getthe ICC Men’s Cricket World CupSuper League underway withworld cup winners Englandagainst Ireland.

The league will bring rele-vance and context to ODI cricketover the next three years, as thequalification for the ICC Men’sCricket World Cup 2023 is atstake.

The Super League gives crick-et fans around the world evenmore reasons to watch as thedrama of league cricket unfolds."

He added, "The decision lastweek to move the World Cup backto late 2023 gives us more time toschedule any games lost due toCOVID-19 and preserve theintegrity of the qualificationprocess, meaning it will be decid-ed on the field of play, which isimportant."

ICC launches Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League todetermine qualification for 2023 World Cup in India

ROME: It's no exaggeration to saythat Cristiano Ronaldo had more ofan impact on Juventus' record-extending ninth straight Serie Atitle than anyone else.

The five-time Ballon d'Or win-ner matched a record by scoringin 11 straight league matchesbefore the break for the coron-avirus pandemic and quicklyregained his form during therestart by reaching the 30-goalmark after only 30 games in hissecond season in Italy.

For his 31st goal, Ronaldoscored the opener when Juventusbeat Sampdoria 2-0 on Sunday toseal the title with two games tospare.

Ronaldo needs only one moregoal to break a tie for theJuventus single-season record forleague goals set by Felice Borel in1933-34.

Ronaldo's 10 goals after thelockdown are more than anyother player has scored inEurope's top five leagues, withManchester City's RaheemSterling and Bayern Munich'sRobert Lewandowski each scor-ing nine.

"Records are always impor-tant, but the important thing isthat the team wins," Ronaldosaid.

"These things are nice, butthe scoring title is a natural

process that comes as a conse-quence of scoring to win gamesfor the team."

At 35, Ronaldo has startedevery match since the restart."He has this incredible ability torecover," Juventus coachMaurizio Sarri said.

"I think it's just in his DNA,his ability to project himself on tothe next goal, every time. Hismental and physical recovery rateis definitely unique."

Ronaldo has developed aneffective partnership with PauloDybala during the restart.

"We might have somemoments in a game where we

don't cover the penalty area toperfection, but everything is com-pensated by their individualstrength," Sarri said.

"We're talking about two play-ers who combined to score 41goals this season. That's a world-class level." Until recently, themost consecutive titles won inSerie A had been five, first set byJuventus from 1931-35.

The five-season streak wasthen matched by Torino from1943-49 including a period inter-rupted by World War II; andInter Milan from 2006-10.

Juventus already has thelongest streak in Europe's top five

leagues. Although BayernMunich, which recently won theBundesliga for the eighthstraight time, isn't far behind.

The longest top-flight streakanywhere in Europe was 14 setby Latvian club Skonto from1991-2004 and Lincoln ofGibraltar from 2003-16.

The one major criticism sur-rounding Juventus's previouseight titles was that the teamwasn't pretty to watch.

The first three titles wonunder Antonio Conte and thenthe next five under MassimilianoAllegri involved teams character-ized for their suffocating defenseand timely counterattacks.

First-year coach Sarri wasexpected to install his eye-open-ing system of swift passing andoffensive wizardry a system hehoned to near-perfection atNapoli before overcomingdoubters to direct Chelsea to theEuropa League title last season.

But with individual stars likeRonaldo, Dybala and Higuainable to decide matches on theirown, the consensus is thatSarriball hasn't quite been fullyimplemented in Turin yet.

If Sarri can get his preferredmidfielder Jorginho to leaveChelsea and join him at Juventusnext season, however, the coachcould make more of an impact.

Ronaldo’s impact was decisive for Juve’s 9th straight title

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NEW DELHI: TheNational Company LawAppellate Tribunal(NCLAT) has upheld theAdani Group firm - AdaniPorts & Special EconomicZone's take-over plan ofthe debt-ridden DighiPort.

A three-memberNCLAT bench dismissedthe plea filed by promoterVishal Vijay Kalantrichallenging the orderpassed by the Mumbaibench of NationalCompany Law Tribunal(NCLT), which hadapproved the Rs 650-croreresolution plan by AdaniPorts & Special EconomicZone (APSEZ) on March5.

The appellate tribunalrejected Kalantri's sub-missions contending thatNCLT has failed to con-sider objections raised byit over the resolution plansubmitted by APSEZ andrejected the settlementproposal submitted by his

company Balaji InfraProjects Ltd (BIPL).

"All objections raisedqua the action of the'Resolution Professional'during CorporateInsolvency ResolutionProcess (CIRP), approvalof 'Resolution Plan' of'APSEZ' by theCommittee of Creditorsand its subsequentapproval by theAdjudicating Authoritybeing unfounded are here-by repelled. "There is nomerit in this appeal andthe same is dismissed,"said the NCLAT benchheaded by ActingChairperson Justice B LBhat. The appellate tribu-nal also observed that all"possible endeavours aremade by the promoters tofrustrate the CIRP andthwart all attempts atresolution" of the corpo-rate insolvency andrevival of Dighi Port,thereby jeopardising thelegitimate interests of all

stakeholders and defeat-ing the object of the legis-lation. "At the very out-set, we may observe thatthe instant case is yetanother instance of thepromoters not letting thegoose escape from theirdragnet, though it nomore lays golden eggs,"said NCLAT. It furthersaid: "We say so as in theinstant case this is thethird attempt to stall theprocess, the earlier twoefforts on the part of pro-moters having fizzled out.The NCLAT also observedthat due procedures werefollowed while approvingAPSEZ's resolution plan.

"It is not disputed thatthe fair value and liquida-tion value was deter-mined by the dulyappointed registered val-uers and the approvedresolution plan was con-sidered with regard to itsviability and feasibility interms of the provisions ofthe I&B Code' and CIRP

Regulations."Nothing has been

brought to our notice todemonstrate that theapproved resolution planof APSEZ' contravenesany provisions of law, itsaid in its order passed onJuly 24.

The only issue raisedis that the settlementoffer emanating from thepromoter is better, asregards maximisation ofthe value of the assets ofthe company and sub-serves the interest of allstakeholders.

"This argument, in thenature of such settlementoffer being superior to theapproved Resolution Planof 'APSEZ' in the contextof a financial matrix, via-bility and feasibility, can-not be accepted for thesimple reason that thedecision regarding feasi-bility and viability of aResolution Plan qua theintended objective of I&BCode' is essentially a busi-

ness decision resting uponcommercial wisdom of theCoC and is not amenableto judicial review, NCLATsaid.

Dighi Port, which isbeing developed by BIPL,promoted by industrialistKalantri, in the Raigaddistrict of Maharashtra,owes over Rs 3,000 croreto the lenders and is goingthrough the corporateinsolvency resolutionprocess.

The promoter, throughthe holding companyBIPL, had offered Rs 680crore to the financial cred-itors besides Rs 50 croretowards the CIRP costsand payment to opera-tional creditors, whichwas rejected inSeptember 2019. The res-olution plan submitted by'APSEZ' was approved bythe 'Committee ofCreditors' with an over-whelming majority ofabove 99.68 per cent voteson September 19, 2019.

NCLAT upholds Adani Ports & Special EconomicZone’s takeover of Dighi Port

MUMBAI: The public sector banks’ planto raise $6 billion in fresh equity capitalis inadequate to mitigate anticipatedrisks from economic disruptions causedby the Covid-19 pandemic. They will needadditional capital support from the gov-ernment, their owner, to absorb stress,according to Fitch Ratings.

The rating agency also warned thatreduction in the state's majority share-holding in some banks may dent deposi-tor confidence and could lead to negativerating action as their long-term ratingsare anchored to state support.

Several large state-owned banks haverecently announced plans to raise a totalof around $6 billion in fresh equity fromthe capital market. State-owned banksalready face significant execution risks inraising equity due to depressed stockmarket valuations and weak investorinterest, the agency said in a statement.

"The proposed capital amounts, ifraised fully, will likely add only around100-150 basis points to state banks' exist-ing common equity Tier-1 (CET1) ratios.Under our high stress scenario, this mayprovide some interim capital relief, test-ing the banks' ability to raise fresh equi-ty on their own. But, it will not be enoughto stave off heightened solvency risks. It

would also increase the prospect of fur-ther regulatory forbearance," the agencysaid. Fitch said a recent news report cit-ing the government's plan to reduce thenumber of state banks to five from 12while selling majority stakes in severalothers, including Bank of India could addto uncertainties.

It may also reduce investor appetiteat a time when government capital sup-port has stuttered, and an acceleration innew coronavirus cases is hampering ameaningful economic recovery andincreasing risks for banks' balancesheets. “We believe the proposed stakesales will be very challenging in the cur-rent economic climate and in light of thepotential capital shortfalls we calculateat the state banks in our stress test.

$6 bn capital raised by PSBS inadequateto safeguard against stress: FitchSINGAPORE: Oil prices

edged down on Monday asrising coronavirus casesand tensions between theUnited States and Chinapushed investors towardsafe-haven assets.

Brent crude dipped 10cents, or 0.2%, to $43.24 abarrel by 0041 GMT whileUS West TexasIntermediate (WTI) crudewas at $41.24 a barrel,down 5 cents.

The fall in oil mirroredmoves in broader financialmarkets in Asia amid con-cerns about escalating ten-sions between the world’stwo biggest economies fol-lowing the closure ofembassies in Houston andChengdu. Global coron-avirus cases, meanwhile,exceeded 16 million.

Still, Brent is on trackfor a fourth straightmonthly gain in Julywhile WTI is set to risefor a third month asunprecedented supplycuts from the

Organization of thePetroleum Countries andits allies includingRussia, as well as in theUnited States, proppedup prices.

Oil demand has alsoimproved from the deeptrough seen in secondquarter, supportingprices, although the recov-ery path is uneven asresumption of lockdownsin the United States andother parts of the world iscapping consumption.

Investors are alsowatching for any impactfrom storm Hanna whichbattered the Texas coastover the weekend, threat-ening heavy rains inTexas and Mexico. Oil andgas producers and refin-ers said on Friday thatthey did not expect thestorm to affect operations.

The rebound in oilprices has also encour-aged the world’s top pro-ducers to increase outputand exports again.

Oil slips as rising coronavirus cases,US-China tensions weigh on markets

NEW DELHI: Gold pricesjumped to record highs onMonday as an intensifyingUS-China row hammeredthe dollar and cementedexpectations that centralbanks would continuepumping out stimulus toease the economic painfrom a worsening coron-avirus pandemic.

Spot gold rose 1.5% to$1,928.83 per ounce by0306 GMT after hitting anall-time high of $1,933.30.US gold futures climbed1.4% to $1,924.20.

Silver too joined therally, jumping 4.5% to itshighest since September2013 at $23.86 per ounce.

With the dollar sub-stantially weaker, “a lot offunds are moving into goldright now,” said EdwardMeir, analyst at ED&FMan Capital Markets.

“And as long as the(virus situation) getsworse, the market is dis-counting more stimulusfor a longer period of timeand in bigger quantities,and all of that is bullishfor gold,” he added.

The dollar fell to anear two-year low versus

major currencies as astandoff betweenWashington and Beijingshowed no signs of abatingwith both sides orderingthe closure of consulatesin Chengdu and Houston.

The Covid-19 outbreakalso continued to worsen,with more than 16.13 mil-lion people cases globallyand 644,836 deaths, driv-ing expectations of morestimulus globally to easethe economic blow.

Gold tends to benefitfrom widespread stimulussince it is considered ahedge against inflationand currency debasement.

The White House and

Senate Republicans havereached “an agreement inprinciple” on the next coro-navirus relief bill, a WhiteHouse official said onSunday.

Gold’s record run maygain further momentumon technical buying and asstop losses are taken out,said Jeffrey Halley, a sen-ior market analyst atOANDA, adding “the moveto $2,000 an ounce willhappen much more quicklythan the move from$ 1 , 8 0 0 - $ 1 , 9 2 0 . ”Elsewhere, platinum rose1.4% to $926.58 and palla-dium climbed 0.5% to$2,230.16.

Gold soars to all-time high as dollardive adds fuel to record run

NEW DELHI: Domesticequity markets this weekwill largely be steered bycorporate earnings, devel-opments on US-Chinarelations front and Covid-19 trends, analysts said.

Globally, investorsseemed treading cautious-ly last week amid deterio-rating US-China ties andan uncertainty about eco-nomic recovery due to stillsurging Covid-19 cases inmany countries. Lastweek, China ordered theUS consulate in Chengduto be closed, in retaliationfor the US closure of theChinese consulate inHouston following spyingallegations. On the coron-avirus front, India’s over-all cases tally climbed to13,85,522 and the deathtoll from the virus infec-tion rose to 32,063 onSunday, official datashowed. Globally, thenumber of Covid-19 cases

has topped 1.6 crore andthe death toll reachedclose to 6.5 lakh.

“Record virus infec-tions in India have alsounsettled investors, withits related delay in busi-ness and earnings recov-ery. Global markets werealso affected on account ofrising US-China tensions.Any further developmentsin this front will impacttrade this week,” saidVinod Nair, Head ofResearch, Geojit FinancialServices.

On the corporate earn-ings side, Kotak MahindraBank, Tech Mahindra,HDFC and RelianceIndustries are among thecompanies to file theirquarterly financial resultsthis week. Another majorevent that markets wouldtrack is the Fed interestrate decision onWednesday.

Last week, the BSE

Sensex logged gains of1,109 points or 2.99 percent and the NSE Niftyrose 292 points or 2.68points. “Investors willkeep a close eye on theupcoming earnings com-mentary, US-China esca-lation, impact of coron-avirus on the economy anddevelopment on vaccine,”said Sumeet Bagadia,Executive Director, ChoiceBroking. Also, crude oilmovement and rupee-dol-lar trend would be moni-tored by investors, ana-lysts said.

Siddhartha Khemka,Head - Retail Research,Motilal Oswal FinancialServices Ltd, said, “Afterthe recent spike in Nifty,market is expected to con-solidate for a couple ofdays, given flaring US-China relations and per-sistent rise in virus cases.Thus, the market volatili-ty is likely to continue.”

Corporate earnings, geopolitical events toset market course this week: Analysts

NEW DELHI: AlembicPharmaceuticals onMonday said its board hasgiven an approval to raiseup to Rs 1,000 crorethrough a qualified insti-tutions placement (QIP).

The board, at its meet-ing held on Monday, hasaccorded its approval toraise up to Rs 1,000 crorethrough a QIP issue ofequity shares, AlembicPharmaceuticals said in aregulatory filing.

Further, the board hasdelegated its authority toa fund-raising committeewhich shall be authorisedto take decisions withrespect to the issue, itadded.

On May 22, the compa-ny's board had passed anenabling resolution toraise up to Rs 1,200 croreby issue of securities.

A l e m b i cPharmaceuticals hasthree research and devel-opment (R&D) facilities

two in India's Vadodaraand Hyderabad, and onein the US.

According to its web-site, the company has sixformulation and threeactive pharmaceuticalingredient (API) manufac-turing facilities.

Five formulation pro-duction units in Gujaratare located nearVadodara, three atPanelav and two at

Karakhadi. This apart,one facility is located inSikkim.

The company current-ly manufactures generaloral solids in Panelav andis in the process of puttingup oncology oral solids andoncology injectable facili-ties at the same location.

Besides, two API man-ufacturing plants locatedat Panelav and one atKarakhadi.

Alembic Pharma gets board approvalto raise up to Rs 1,000 cr via QIP

NEW DELHI: Officers atGAIL Ltd the state-ownedgas marketing and trans-mission company continueto oppose the government’splans to unbundle its gastransmission business andgas marketing businesses,and claim that the Centrehas not replied to orapproached the GAILOfficers Association (GOA)on their concerns regardingthe proposed unbundling.

GOA had, in 2018, writ-ten to the Prime Ministerand the PetroleumMinistry to express itsopposition to the move, cit-ing concerns about the via-bility of the two businessesas separate entities and theimpact of the move on thecompany’s plans to expandits pipeline network.Recently, PetroleumMinister DharmendraPradhan had reaffirmedthe Centre’s plans tounbundle GAIL’s gas mar-keting and transmission

businesses to make it morecompetitive and “increasecredibility.” One of themajor concerns which thegovernment hopes toaddress with the proposalis to assure natural gasconsumers of equal accessto GAIL’s 12,200-km gaspipeline network whichaccounts for around 70 percent of the gas pipeline net-work in India.

Representatives ofGOA said that there wasunderutilisation of GAIL’spipeline network and thatthey had received informa-tion, based on an RTI plea,from the Petroleum andNatural Gas RegulatoryBoard (PNGRB) that therehad been no complaintsalleging misuse of marketpower by GAIL made to theregulator. Capacity utilisa-tion for GAIL’s transmis-sion business stood ataround 52 per cent inFY19.

“Such a move may be

suitable when Indiabecomes a more mature gasmarket,” said a representa-tive of GOA, noting thatthe gas marketing andtransmission businesseswere able to add stability toGAIL’s overall financialhealth in scenarios wherethe profitability of the gasmarketing business may behit by fluctuations in inter-national natural gas prices.Another GAIL officer notedthat profits from the gasmarketing business hadhelped the company investin further building gasinfrastructure, and thatthere was concern aboutviability of these business-es as separate entities.“The businesses supple-ment and complementeach.

Whatever we earn fromproduction plants, it goesinto infrastructure proj-ects,” said a GOA represen-tative, who did not wish tobe quoted.

GAIL officials opposing unbundling of marketing,transmission businesses say no response from govt

BEIJING: Asian stock markets weremixed on Monday amid US-China tensionsand concern a recovery from the coron-avirus pandemic might be weakening.

Tokyo declined while Shanghaiswung between gains and losses. HongKong and Australia advanced.

Wall Street ended last week downafter a new diplomatic flare-up betweenWashington and Beijing and mixed earn-ings reports.

Global markets have regained most ofthis year's losses but forecasters warn therebound might be too big and too early asvirus case numbers rise in the UnitedStates and some other economies.

Weak stock prices speak volumes ofsoured risk appetite amid escalating US-China risks, worsening virus outbreaksand a flagging recovery, said HayakiNarita of Mizuho Bank in a report.

The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo fell 0.5% to22,629.30 while the Shanghai CompositeIndex was little-changed at 3,197.47. TheHang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.4% to24,810.18.

The Kospi in Seoul advanced 1.1% to2,226.56 and Australia's S&P-ASX 200was off under 0.1% at 6,022.90. NewZealand lost 0.4% while Singapore andJakarta advanced.

On Friday, Wall Street's benchmarkS&P 500 index lost 0.6% to 3,215.63. TheDow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.7%,to 26,469.89. The Nasdaq composite fell98.24 points, or 0.9%, to 10,363.18.

Investors were rattled by the latestUS-Chinese diplomatic feud. The Trumpadministration told Beijing last week toclose its consulate in Houston. Chinaresponded by ordering the closure of theUS consulate in the southwestern city ofChengdu. That adds to strains over trade,technology, Hong Kong and human rightsthat have sent relations between the twobiggest global economies plunging totheir lowest level in decades.

Investors also are worried about arise in US layoffs as spiking coronavirusinfections lead more businesses to shutdown. Extra unemployment benefitsexpire this week.

Asian stocks mixed amid US-Chinafeud, economic unease MUMBAI: HDFC chair-

man Deepak Parekh onMonday made strong pleato Reserve Bank of Indianot to extend the morato-rium beyond August assome borrowers who havethe ability pay, are takingadvantage of the relax-ation to defer payments.

Refraining fromresponding to the call, RBIgovernor Shaktikanta Dassaid there is lot of interestin suggestions given byParekh, adding that hehad taken note oif thembut would not be able tocomment on them immedi-ately.

The governor wasinteracting with membersof Confederation of IndianIndustry (CII).

In March 2020, RBIallowed the loan moratori-um as a step to mitigatethe burden of debt servic-

ing and enable continuityof viable businesses andhouseholds impacted bythe Covid-19 pandemic.RBI initially allowed it forthree months ending May2020 and later extendedthe period by anotherthree months till Augustend.

While agreeing withRBI governor's optimismabout economic prospectsat webinar by CII, Parekhsaid there is talk anotherextension of three months."This (moratorium) isgoing to adversely impactthe financial sector enti-ties especially small non-banking finance compa-nies (NBFCs)," he said.

Parekh also made outcase for RBI directly buy-ing corporate bonds to pro-vide much liquidity andone-time restructuring ofloans.

Don’t extend loan moratorium, it is beingmisused, Deepak Parekh urges RBI

NEW DELHI: RelianceIndustries (RIL) has dominatedthe Indian equity markets withits share in the total market cap-italisation (market-cap) of allBSE listed companies nearly dou-bling in the past two years.

Mukesh Ambani-controlledcompany saw its combined mar-ket-cap (partly and fully paidshares) hitting the Rs 14.38 tril-lion mark at the bourses onMonday. With this, RIL account-ed for 9.8 per cent of the totalmarket-cap of BSE listed compa-nies of Rs 147.23 trillion.

Thus far in the calendar year2020 (CY20), RIL’s market-caphas surged 49.8 per cent, or Rs4.77 trillion, from Rs 9.59 trillionon December 31, 2019. In compar-ison, the S&P BSE Sensex haslost 7.7 per cent so far in CY20with the combined market-cap oflisted companies slipping 5.3 percent during this period.

On December 31, 2014, RILaccounted for 2.9 per cent of thetotal BSE listed companies mar-ket-cap of Rs 98.36 trillion. Sincethen, the company’s market-capjumped nearly five-fold from Rs2.88 trillion.

With the stock more than dou-bling since its March 2020 lows,

RIL has further fortified its posi-tion in the S&P BSE Sensex withthe counter now accounting fornearly 16.7 per cent of the index’sweight. In CY20 beginning, itsweight in the Sensex was 10.8 percent. Despite its recent run, ana-lysts at BNP Paribas believe, RILstill has multiple catalysts inplace in terms of a stake sale inits retail venture and a potentialsale in oil-to-chemicals (O2C)business segment even at a lowervaluation. “We believe FY22 willsee a rebound in refining/chemi-cal margins which will aid earn-ings as global growth stabilises.

We expect refining margins of$9.5/barrel for FY22 and increas-ing for FY23 as – after a transi-tionary FY22 – growth shouldreturn for both gasoline / jet fuel.

Chemical business should bemore stable going into FY22 andas global economies revive shouldonce again see improvingspreads,” wrote Amit Shah, ananalyst tracking the company atBNP Paribas in a July 24 note,while maintaining the targetprice at Rs 2,317.

Over the past four months,Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of RILin the telecom venture has raised

Rs 152,056 crore (about $20.2 bil-lion) from a dozen marquee globalinvestors by selling about 33 percent stake in the firm.

In the process, RIL hasbecome the zero net debt compa-ny, after it cumulatively raised atotal of Rs 212,809 crore throughrights issue, the combined invest-ments in Jio Platforms, andinvestment by BP. The company’snet debt was Rs 161,035 crore atthe end of FY19-20.

Over the last three years,RIL’s stock performance has beenoutstanding. In 2017/18/19, thestock rallied 70 / 22 / 38 per cent,respectively versus the Nifty'srise of 19 / 3 / 12 per cent duringthis period. Driven by continuedstrong performance, since end-2014, RIL is up 4.1 times versusthe Nifty’s modest rise of 30 percent, suggests a Nomura's July 16report. While the run has beenvery strong, and valuations aregetting rich, Nomura stillbelieves the outperformance maysustain. “The outlook for Jio hasimproved significantly with alarge stake sale and strategic tie-ups with Facebook and Google;accordingly, we raise ourEV/EBITDA multiple for Jio to11x (9x earlier).

RIL now accounts for 10% of all BSE-listedcompanies’ combined market cap

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AFTER Sushant’s death, Iturned to understand whathappened and that was

when I realised my perceptionswere also wrong, what he hadactually gone through, and I wasovercome with guilt and shame:Kangana Ranaut explains whyshe is so vocal about seeking#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput

When you first heard thenews that Sushant Singh Rajputhas died, what were yourthoughts?

I have to admit that I was notfollowing Sushant and his career.I don't follow anybody. But myfirst reaction was shock, sheerdisbelief. To me, he was (at thatpoint) just another star, verypromising and very talented. Iwould admit that at first, itlooked like an impulsive thingthat he might have done. Ithought maybe because everyoneis locked down, and this is a veryunusual situation, so maybe thatgot to him? I was not thinkingabout all the layers.

Sushant and I, we never real-ly crossed paths. But we werealways really close, you know.For example, when he was new,we had a common friend calledSandip Ssingh. He even came toone of my birthdays I think, my25th birthday, with Ankita. Iremember speaking to Ankitathat night and not him. Later, Iknew that he was doing 'Ram-Leela', and then he did not do it.I used to get all the updates.Kamal Jain, who was the produc-

er of 'Manikarnika', worked withSushant in the Dhoni film also.Every now and then, he used totalk about Sushant. When I waslearning horse riding, he used tosay that he organised the train-ing for Sushant also. He used towake up at 4am and finish thetraining at 6am. Once at Kamalji's office, I had reached andSushant had just left. There wassome kind of connection, butnothing direct.

(After his death) I calledKamal ji, and I spoke to him. AndAnkita being a dear friend, Ispoke to Ankita. I spoke toSandip. Because that's what youdo, right? You try and under-stand what just happened.

Kamal ji told me thatSushant spoke to him days agoand said, 'Make a big film withme. Kamal ji, you have toannounce a big film with me.Everybody has banned me.'That’s what he said to KamalJain. From there, I was very curi-ous about this situation.

And then I understood hispersonality. I asked Kamal ji,how he was, I asked those regu-lar questions – was he into drugsor a sex maniac as people hadportrayed him? I had read blindsabout him that he is having sexwith anything that moves. AndKamal ji was like, 'What rubbish!He was a genius, no drugs, hewas very health conscious' andall of that. And one thing he said– that he was very ambitious.But he wasn't thick-skinned. If

you are ambitious and thin-skinned, how is that gonnawork?

When I spoke to Ankita,she said right from the begin-ning, there was so much humil-iation that he could not take it.This is how she summed it up.She said that I knew this boysince he was working in seri-als, he became a top actorthere, and then he did audi-tions after auditions, rejec-tions after rejections, andthen he got into the big badworld of Bollywood. (Then)every filmmaker wanted thisboy from Bihar, they were fight-ing for his dates and he was sogrounded. But one thing that shealso said about him was that hewas not thick-skinned. He wouldsit on Twitter when he was newand would fight with fans, ask-ing 'why did you think thatabout me? Why did you say thatabout me? I am not this personthat you are saying.' Ankitatold me that she used to tellhim ki abhi ye toh hoga na.Everybody will have theirperception of you, why areyou so bothered about it? Hejust could not take that, hecould not take what peoplethought about him.

She said, over a peri-od, the bad PR, the gang-ing up, the public humil-iation, he just could nottake it. He has hadenough – that's whatshe said.

AM I T A B HBACHCHAN, whois undergoing treat-

ment for Covid-19 at theisolation ward of theNanavati hospital inMumbai, has opened upabout how not seeing ahuman being for weekscan affect the mental stateof the patient. He revealedthat he utilises the oppor-tunity to sing in darkness.

He wrote in his blog,“In the darkness of thenight and the shiver of thecold room , I sing .. eyesshut in attempted sleep ..there is no one about oraround .. and the freedomto be able to do that willextend I know if in theWill of the Almighty thereis release ..”

He went on to talkabout the lesser knownside effects of treatmentfor the novel coronaviruswhich requires a person tospend weeks in completeisolation. He said thatthough the nursers anddoctors visit him in theward, he doesn’t get to seetheir faces since they arealways covered in PPEkits.

He wrote, “The mentalstate sparks from thestark reality that theCoViD patient , put in hos-pitalised isolation , nevergets to see another human.. for weeks .. There arethe nurses and the doctorson visit and medicine care.. but they ever appear inPPE units .. you never getto know who they are ,what are their features,

expressions because theyare forever covered in theunits for protection .. allwhite beings about ..almost robotic in theirpresence .. they deliverwhat is prescribed andleave .. leave becauselonger stay has the fear ofcontamination.”

The actor mentionedthat the doctor underwhose guidance the treat-ment is being carried out,never lends that “hand ofassurance”, he rathertalks to the patient viavideo call which is “thebest under the circum-stances” but still imper-sonal.

Talking about theafter effects of coming outof weeks in isolation, hewent on to share, “...does ithave an effect psychologi-cally mentally , psycholo-gists say it does .. patientsafter release are tempered.. they are given to consul-tation with professionalmind talkers .. they are

afraid to be in public forfear or apprehension ofbeing treated differently ..treated as one that hascarried the disease .. apariah syndrome .. drivingthem into deeper depres-sion and in the lonelinessthat they have just comeout of .. And even thoughthe disease may have leftthe system the cases of alow fever pursuing for 3-4weeks is never ruled out ..”

Sharing his amaze-ment on how things havechanged during the coron-avirus pandemic, Amitabhwrote, “The World has notfound a fool proof method-ology on the disease ..every case is different ..each day a new symptomis under observation andresearch .. Never beforehas the medical realmbeen so handicapped .. notjust one or two regions ..the entire Universe .. Trialand error were never insuch great demand thannow ..”

Amitabh Bachchan writes about how coronavirusaffects patient’s mental health

Kangana on her crusade for Sushant Singh: Yes,it is about Sushant, but it is also about my life

ACTION star Vidyut Jammwal doesnot agree with the notion that onecannot make friends in Bollywood.

He says he is not a star son and has sur-vived in the industry because offriendship.

"I've heard this in the industrysince I came in that you can't makegood friends in the industry. I don'tbelieve it. I am not a star son. I haveonly survived over here because offriendship. Like a friend said, 'Ibelieve in you, but Idon't have a budg-et'. So, people havereally stood by meas I have stood bythem," Vidyut told.

The actor isgearing up for therelease of hisupcoming film,"Yaara", where theidea of friendship iscentral to the plot.He opened up whilediscussing hiscamaraderie withco-stars AmitSadh, KennyBasumatry andVijay Varma.

"I can say thatthese guys are myvery good friends.When you see thefilm you can seethere's nothingfake," he said.

The actorrecalled a momentwith Vijay while shooting in Dehradun. "Iremember when we were sitting I toldhim, 'tu bahut badha star banega, ladke(you'll become a very big star, boy)', andhe started laughing. After 'Yaara', he shot

for 'Gully Boy'. And the day I was proudfor him, I had not been proud like this for

anybody in a long time. This is the kindof friendship I have with Vijay,

Amit Sadh and KennyBasumatry." Directed byTigmanshu Dhulia, "Yaara" isa Bollywood remake of theFrench film "Gang Story".

The story of the film is set inNorth India, and is about the

rise and fall of a group of fourfriends operat-ing along theIndo-Nepal bor-der.

How differ-ent will this filmbe from the oth-ers he has donetill now? "Thefans will get tosee VidyutJammwal from20 to 50 fromthis youngscrawny guy to ag r e y - h a i r e dman. This isnew, to startwith. It will befun to watch.

The film isabout friendshipand I think wehave not had agreat story onfriendship since'Zindagi NaMilegi Dobara'.

So, I amexcited to be a part of it, because all fourof us are really good friends. You can seeour camaraderie on screen," Vidyut saidabout the film, which launches onFriendship Day, July 30, on Zee5.

I’m not a star son, have survived becauseof friendship: Vidyut Jammwal DESPITE theatre

owners vehementlyopposing the direct-

to-OTT release for movies,many filmmakers seemkeen on getting their fin-ished projects out o thestreaming platforms forthe audience to see. Andwith his latest film Ludoheaded the web way,director Anurag Basu, too,feels that this is the timeto adapt and go for thebest available option.

“In such times, youcan’t call people to thetheatres and filmmakerscan’t wait for too long ontheir ready films, becauseit’s costing them money.

There are a lot ofthings involved with arelease of a film. On OTTplatforms and even onsatellite releases, there’sa transparency of money.In theatres, we don’tknow. You’re never sure,”he says.

Elaborating on hisviews, Basu adds thateveryone wants to releasetheir films “safely” butthat safe word “doesn’tcome” with theatres.

“When the theatreowners say that picture neitna business kiya hai, wehave to take their wordfor it,” he points.

However, the directornotes that there are bothadvantages and disadvan-tages in releasing a filmmeant for theatres on anOTT platform.

“When you make afilm for the theatre, thelanguage of cinema is dif-ferent.

The way you’re shoot-ing and telling the story,that changes. When youwrite for theatres, youwrite with an interval inmind.

So there’s a beginning,middle and end in thefirst part, and sameprocess is there for thesecond half.

If a filmmaker knowsbeforehand that his filmswill release on the web, hecan do a better job aboutit,” he explains, whileadding that the pros of adigital release include awider reach.

“All that an entertain-er in performing arts

wants is that their workreaches maximum people.That is only possibletoday with OTTs,” heshares.

Currently busy withthe post production ofLudo, which was slated torelease in April, the film-maker says he’s steppingout, but with caution.“We’ve to go out, we can’thelp it.

The work cannot bedone from home, we’ve togo to the studios. Butthankfully, most of thework was done because itwas supposed to come outearlier. I’m excited andlooking forward,” he ends.

There is a transparency of money with OTTsbut not with theatres: Anurag Basu

Working on Shakuntala Devihas been a very fulfilling

experience: Sanya MalhotraACTRESS Sanya Malhotra has really stunned

the audience with her astounding charactersin her films. With different characters in dif-

ferent genres of films, she has even proved to theaudience her ability to play distinctive characters infilms.

This timearound, she is all setto astonish the audi-ence with her role inthe biographical filmShakuntala Devi,where the actresswill play the role ofShakuntala Devi'sdaughter, AnupamaBanerji.

Talking abouthow her upcomingfilm explores a moth-er-daughter dynam-ic, Sanya shares`Working on Shakuntala Devi has been a very fulfill-ing experience. Being a part of such a talented castand crew was very special - especially since this oneexplored a mother-daughter equation."

Describing her chemistry with her co-stars andhow the film is distincitive from the others, theactress further shared "Not something we see verymuch of in Bollywood. I, of course shared a lovelychemistry with Vidya ma'am. Similarly, I was alsofortunate to spend a lot of time with Jisshu whoplays my father in the film".

Recently, the audience was even bestowed upona music video from Shakuntala Devi titled 'RaniHindustani brought to them in the melodious vocalsof Sunidhi Chauhan. The film is all set to release on30th July 2020 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Apart from Shakuntala Devi, Sanya's next proj-ect includes Anurag Basu's LUDO along withGuneet Monga's Pagglait. So make sure to catchsight of Sanya in her next!

WITH the coronavirus situa-tion in the country,there's more emphasis

on projects that are beingmade for the OTT platformsand Zareen is ready to takethe plunge

If there's one actresswho has tried out variedgenres and successfullynailed her stint ineach one of them, itwould be ZareenKhan.

The beautifulheroine who madeher debut oppositesuperstar SalmanKhan, might nothave had an easyroad, because shedidn't have theprivilege or enti-tlement that manyothers enjoy, butshe's consciouslymade some calcu-lated choices thathave worked wonder-fully for her. Herfilms and charactersfrom Veer to HateStory 3 to Housefull2 - show a completegraph for a per-former. Right now,Zareen has taken aquantum leap fromher contemporariesand played a char-

acter that many of her peers would shyaway from. In her next film Hum Bhi

Akele Tum Bhi Akele, the talentedstar will be seen playing a homosex-ual character, trying to reduce thestigma around the LGBTQ commu-nity in the country.

The film, that was being read-ied for a theatrical release, is

now planning to take the digi-tal route. With the situation inthe country, there's more

emphasis on projects thatare being made for theOTT platforms andZareen is ready to takethe plunge. She asserts,"I'm definitely open todoing web series.

If a great offer comes,why not? I'd love to be apart of it. There are a lotof misconceptions aboutme not being comfortablewith the digital space.

But I'm willing to trythat space out for sure,

especially given the kind ofgreat content these platforms

are showcasing today. It's beenour only source of entertain-ment right now throughout thelockdown. So, when a goodscript comes my way, I'd defi-nitely jump onto the webbandwagon." We're sureZareen will be flooded withoffers now and it's only abouttime that we see her make herbig digital debut!

I’m completely open to doing shows andfilms on OTT platform: Zareen KhanADITI SAJWAN, last

seen in 'ChidiyaGhar', is returning to

television after almostthree years. She willplay Jodha in'Akbar Birbal',which featuresAli Asgar andVishal Kotianas the mainc h a r a c t e r s .While she ishappy with theway her career isprogressing, on thepersonal front, Aditiwas all set to tie the knotwith actor Zeb Khan, herboyfriend of more than adecade. However, the pan-demic has forced them toput their plans on hold.The two, who had first meton the set of 'Jai ShriKrishna', fell in love duringthe course of 'Meera' (2009-2010), their second showtogether.

Aditi shares, “AfterZeb’s mother was diag-nosed with cancer a fewyears ago, he had been tak-ing care of her. By the timewe started thinking aboutmarriage, her conditionworsened and she passedaway in November, lastyear. Her demise left bothof us devastated and so,when the lockdown start-ed, I moved in with Zeb, as

I didn’t want to leave himalone at such a juncture.We were planning to getmarried this year, but we

want to celebrate ourwedding with all

our loved ones,and go toMaldives onour honey-moon. We havedecided to post-pone the wed-

ding till that ispossible.”

While Zeb’sfamily has given their

consent to their relation-ship, Aditi’s kin areagainst the match. Shesays, “My family hasn’tbeen able to come to termswith our relationship, aswe belong to different reli-gions. After waiting for solong for their approval, I’vestopped expecting it now.When I get married, I willinvite them’ I hope theywill attend it and bless us.”Talking about making acomeback to TV after threeyears, she says, “I workednon-stop for six years, andwas physically exhaustedafter I completed my lastshow. In fact, I was hospi-talised for almost a month.Slowly and steadily, Iregained my health, andam now ready to take upnew projects.

Zeb and I had planned to getmarried this year: Aditi Sajwan

MUCH like othersectors, showbizindustry has taken

a massive hit due to theCovid-19 crisis, as theatrescontinue to remain shutfor over four months now.

While there’s still noclarity on when they’llreopen, theatre ownershave been workingtowards formulatingstrategies that would beimplemented once they geta go ahead to operate. Insuch a situation, thoughactor Harsh VarrdhanKapoor feels the “financialpinch” that cinemas mustbe facing, he insists that“slow and steady” is theway forward for any activ-ity involving a huge gath-ering. “It’s not cheap torun cinemas, so they’ve toopen up at some point withsafety measures in placeand with implementationof social distancing andregular sanitisation of thepremises. But I hope theyknow what they’re doingand that it’s well thoughtout. I hope that they’re notdesperate to start withouthaving mapped out a prop-er health protocol, whichthey should be capable ofexecuting,” the 29-year-oldsays. Kapoor also foreseessome major overhauls in

the coming year about thedealing between theatresand producers.

“This is a good opportu-nity in my opinion for pro-ducers to renegotiate profitsharing deals they havewith cinemas. For a verylong time, those ratioshave been unfair.

Another issue whichneeds to be addressed iswhen a film comes out andif it doesn’t do well in thefirst couple of shows, theexhibitors remove the filmto make way for a morepopular film. That's not theway to do it,” says theactor, who doesn’t hesitatein questioning the integrityof cinema chains.

The Mirzya (2016)actor asserts that it’s high

time that cinemas, espe-cially given the currentscenario, adopt a more flex-ible approach when itcomes to releasing differ-ent kinds of films. Citingthe example of his 2018film, Bhavesh JoshiSuperhero, which didn’tget enough screen and timeto play at theatres, Kapoorsays, “You cannot releaseevery film in the same way.A big film, for exampleSooryavanshi, will have tohave a different releasestrategy than a BhaveshJoshi. In the West, theyfirst release films in fivescreens and then after theresponse, they go wider.The whole way theexhibitors handle releaseswill have to be revisited.”

Cinemas shouldn’t be desperate to start without properhealth protocols: Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor

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NEW DELHI: The gov-ernment on Monday toldthe Supreme Court thatKashmir Bar Associationpresident Mian AbdulQayoom's detention wouldnot be extended beyondAugust 6 even as hislawyers demanded hisimmediate release.

Solicitor General TusharMehta informed a Benchheaded by Justice SanjayKishan Kaul that Qayoom'scurrent detention under theJammu and Kashmir PublicSafety Act (PSA) was dueto expire on August 6 andthe government would notextend it.

Terming his detention asillegal, senior advocateDushyant Dave and advo-cate Vrinda Grover, repre-senting Qayoom, demandedhis immediate release, con-tending his fundamentalrights were being violated.

The top court askedMehta to seek instructionsas to if Qayoom could bereleased on bail before theexpiry of his detention peri-od on August 6 and postedit for further hearing on July29.

The Supreme Court had

on July 23 deferred thehearing on Qayoom's peti-tion against his detentionafter Mehta said the issuewas under consideration ofthe authorities concerned.

"Soon we will have areply from the concernedauthority," Mehta had toldthe Bench.

"If required the learnedSolicitor General cansecure instructions within24 hours and the matter belisted tomorrow. I am will-ing to argue on merits,"Dave had said, adding,"Habeas Corpus petitionscannot be delayed anddragged in this manner."

Qayoom, who suffersfrom many ailments, hasbeen under detention sinceAugust 5, 2019, following

nullification of Article 370of the Constitution.

On May 28, a divisionBench of the J&K HighCourt had dismissed hispetition against his deten-tion under the Public SafetyAct.

While upholding his pro-longed detention, the HighCourt had suggested that heshould submit a representa-tion declaring that he had"shunned" his ideology.Then the governmentauthorities would exercisetheir discretion "to take adecision" on any such rep-resentation, it had said.

On July 15, the SupremeCourt had sought to knowthe basis of Qayoom's con-tinued detention under theJ&K Public Safety Act.

"These are COVID19times...He is 73 years old.We want to know on whatbasis you would like todetain him in Delhi's Tihar(Jail)? Moreover, his deten-tion period per order isabout to expire," the Benchhad told Mehta.

As the Solicitor Generalsaid Qayoom's ideologywent against national inter-est, the Bench had said,"His ideology remains thesame.”

“All the earlier FIRsagainst Qayoom date as farback as 2010. In the currentscenario would you stilllike to keep this pending?"it had asked.

On June 26, the top courthad issued notice to theJ&K Administration onQayoom's petition chal-lenging the May 28 order ofthe J&K High Courtupholding his detentionunder the Public Safety Act,1978.

It had also directed theauthorities to provide himsummer clothing and dailyessentials in Tihar Jailwhere he is currentlylodged.

Mian Abdul Qayoom’s detention under PSA not to beextended after August 6: J&K administration tells SC

NEW DELHI: Fivesites across the countryare ready for the thirdand final phase ofhuman trials of theOxf or d-A str aZenecaCOVID-19 vaccine,Secretary ofDepartment ofBiotechnology (DBT)Renu Swarup said onMonday.

This is an essentialstep because it is neces-sary to have data withinthe country before thevaccine is administeredto Indians, Ms Swaruptold.

The Serum Instituteof India, the largest vac-cine maker in theworld, has been chosenby Oxford and its part-ner AstraZeneca tomanufacture the vac-cine once it is ready.Trials results for thefirst two phases werepublished earlier thismonth.

According to MsSwaroop, the DBT ispart of any COVID-19vaccine effort in India"... whether it is fund-ing, whether it is facili-tating the regulatoryclearances or whether itis giving them access todifferent networkswhich exist within thecountry".

"The DBT is now set-ting up Phase 3 clinicalsites. We have alreadystarted working onthem and five sites are

now ready to be avail-able for Phase 3 trials,"Ms Swarup told in atelephonic interview.

The Pune-based SIIhas also sought permis-sion from the DrugsController General ofIndia (DCGI) for con-ducting Phase 2 and 3of human clinical trialsof the potential vaccine.

It had said earlier itwill start manufactur-ing the vaccine evenbefore the final nod soit is ready with sizablevolumes once the vac-cine gets all permis-sions.

"DBT is closely work-ing with every manu-facturer and Phase 3trial of Serum (insti-tute) is importantbecause if the vaccine

has to be successful andit has to be given to theIndian population weneed to have the datawithin the country.

"For that a Phase 3trial has been proposed.Five sites are ready.Within some moreweeks, they should beready for manufactur-ers to take them up forclinical trial studies,"the DBT secretary said.

On July 20, scientistsannounced that thecoronavirus vaccinedeveloped by OxfordUniversity appears safeand induces a strongimmune response with-in the body after thefirst phase of "promis-ing" human trialsagainst the deadly dis-ease that has infected

over 1.45 crore peopleacross the world andclaimed more than sixlakh lives.

Doses of the vaccinewere given to 1,077healthy adults agedbetween 18 and 55 infive UK hospitals inApril and May as part ofthe Phase 1 clinical trialand results, publishedin The Lancet medicaljournal.

The results show theyinduced strong anti-body and T-cellimmune responses forup to 56 days after theywere given.

Scientists behind thetrials found theresponse could be evengreater after a seconddose.

In Phase 1 of humantrials, a vaccine is givento a small number ofpeople to test safety. Itis also given to check ifit stimulates theimmune system.

In the second phase, itis administered to hun-dreds of people splitinto groups such aschildren and the elderlyto see if the vaccine actsdifferently in them.

DBT readies five sites for final phase ofhuman trials of Oxford COVID vaccine

JAMMU: In a significant decision withregard to management of COVID-19 patientsand in line with the earlier decision of reserv-ing four tertiary hospitals in Srinagar as refer-ral centres, the three tertiary hospitals inJammu city shall now also be only referralhospitals for COVID-19 admissions.

This was decided in a meeting chaired bythe Chief Secretary, B. V. R.Subrahmanyam, to review COVID-19 mit-igation measures in Jammu and Kashmir,here today.

Financial Commissioner, Health &Medical Education, Secretary, DisasterManagement, Reconstruction, Relief andRehabilitation, Director, National HealthMission, Principal, Government MedicalCollege, Jammu, Director Health Services,Jammu, and other senior officers of Health

and Administration participated in themeeting.

With an aim to maintain availability ofbeds in tertiary hospitals across Jammu andKashmir for acute COVID-19 cases whorequire specialized treatment or intensivecare, it was decided in the meeting, on thelines of the decision declaring SKIMS,Srinagar, SKIMS, Medical College,Bemina, Chest Diseases Hospital andSMHS Hospital as referral only hospitalsfor COVID-19 patients, to institute a simi-lar mechanism in Jammu city and declareGMC, Jammu, CD Hospital and ASCOMS,Sidhra as referral only hospitals forCOVID-19 patients. These hospitals shallnow admit only such COVID-19 patientswho have been referred to by other hospi-tals of Jammu Division.

Home quarantine for asymptomatic COVID patientswith no co-morbidity, asymptomatic contacts

Asymptomatic patients to be sent home with an oximeter

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