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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a meeting inNew Delhi.

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29, 2020Obituary2Glimpses of Future

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow,we would like to inform about thesad demise of Smt Kanta Koul(Kher) W/o Sh Jawahir Lal Kher,original residents of 59,Pamposh Colony, Natipora,Srinagar presently residing atNavi-Mumbai, on Friday, 21st ofAugust, 2020. Tenth Day Kriyawill be performed on Sunday,30th August, 2020 at Navi-Mumbai.IN GRIEF:J.L Kher -HusbandDr M.L Kher -Brother-in-lawSh H.L Kaul & Smt Shyama Kher -Sister-in-lawRenu Kher & Ravi Koul Jalali -Daughter & Son-in-lawDr Rakshita Koul & Rashika Koul -Grand DaughtersVikas Kher & Aarohi Kher -Son & Daughter-in-law

Smt Kanta Koul

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sorrow,we inform the sad and untimelydemise of our beloved fatherKaramyogi Kanth Ram RainaS/o Raghu Nath R/o 181/HDurga Nagar Sec 2 Roop NagarJammu, permanent addressLook Bhawan LarkiporaAnantnag, who left for heavenlyabode on 23-08-2020. 10th DayKriya will be performed on01/09/2020 at Muthi Ghat (NearDSE Office) at 9:00 AM.GRIEF STRICKENBrother & BhabiSmt. Khemashari Raina & Sh. A.N.RainaSon’s and Daughter-in-law’sSmt.Khemashori Raina & Sh. M.K.RainaSmt.Kiran Ji Raina & Sh.T.K.RainaSmt. Sangeeta Raina & Sh. Shuban Ji RainaSmt. Reshma Raina & Sh.Vinod RainaDaughter’s & Son-In-Law’sSmt. Jeeta Moti W/o Lt. Sh.Ashok Ji MotiSmt. Santosh Razdan W/o Sh. A.K. RazdanGrand Children:- Sheetal Raina & Sanjay Raina,Shivali Raina & Kuldeep Raina, Meenakshi & SunilJi, Neeshu Raina & Amit Raina, Rainu Raina &Surender , Sheetu Nehru & Manoj Nehru, NishuTickoo & Ajhay Tickoo, Dimple Bhat & Amit Bhat,Binny Razdan & Sumeet Razdan, Neetu Pandita &Sunny Pandita, Anupama Suri & Atul Suri, ArchanaGassi & Vikrant Gassi, Sandeep Raina, Rahul Moti,Aadesh, Arsh Raina, Ujjwal Raina, Kesar RainaGreat Grand Children’s: Sahiba, Govind, Chavvi,Krishna, Sanshi

Kanth RamRaina

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sor-row, we regret to inform aboutthe sad demise of our belovedSh. Kashi Nath Koul (PapaJi), S/o Late Sh Shanker Koul,R/o Hardu Chanam,Baramulla, A/P Billan BowliRoad, Behind Head PostOffice, Udhampur on Monday,24th August, 2020. Tenth DayKriya will be performed atDevika Ghat Udhampur on2nd September 2020 at 9:30AM However, in view of ongo-ing Corona Virus Pandemic,Condolences conveyed onphone shall be gracefully ac-cepted. Mobile :-9469166342,9796222179GRIEF STRICKEN:Smt Ratni Koul W/o Lt Anand Ram Koul -BhabhiSons & Daughters-in-lawSmt Phoola & Sh Ashok KoulSmt Usha & Sh Bansi Lal KoulDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt Anjali & Sh Surender ShallaSmt Nancy & Sh Tej Krishan DharSmt Pinkey & Sh Dalip Pandit

Sh. Kashi NathKoul

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sor-row, we inform the sad de-mise of our beloved Sh TrilokiNath Raina S/o Lt. Sh GopiNath Raina R/o Nowgam(Kuthar), Anantnag at presentPatoli Brahmana, Jammuwho left for heavenly abodeon 23-08-2020. Tenth DayKriya will be performed on 1-09-2020 (Tuesday) at MuthiGhat near Director SchoolEducation at 8.30 am.GRIEF STRICKENSmt Phoola Ji -WifeSmt & Sh D.N Raina (Babloo Ji)Smt & Sh Manohar RainaSmt & Sh Ramesh RainaSmt Honey & Sh Deep Ji -Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt Nancy & Sh Chaman Lal -Daughter & Son-in-lawSh Shamboo Nath Bhat -Brother-in-law& Grand ChildrenCONTACT : 9906967827, 9643100397

Sh Triloki NathRaina

UTHALAWITH PROFOUND GRIEF &SORROW WE INFORM THESAD AND UNTIMELY DEMISEOF OUR BELOVED LT SHBALDEV RAJ S/O SH KRISHANLAL R/O H.NO. 2908, MOH DAL-PATTIAN JAMMU. 10TH DAYLAKSHI 27/8/2020 AT 11:00 AMAT OUR RESIDENCE. UTHALAWILL BE PERFORMED ON 29-8-2020 (SATURDAY) AT 4.00PM AT MAHAJAN HALL SHALA-MAR ROAD JAMMU.GRIEF STRICKENSMT LAKSHMI DEVI - WIFESH RAJ KUMAR (RAJU) - SONSH RAJESH (RINKU) - SONMOB: 9810214246, 9419170000, 7298283516

SH BALDEVRAJ

10TH DAY KRIYAWith a deep sense of shock,we regret to inform the sad &untimely passing away of ourbeloved daughter-in -law, Dr.Sapna Kaul Sher W/o SahilSher, on 20 August in TexasUSA. 10TH DAY KRIYA shallbe performed on 29 August,2020 at 9 AM at Muthi Ghat(near DSE office).GRIEF STRICKEN:B L Sher- (Father-in-law) -9419148122Nirja Koul-(Mother-in-law)-9419204407COVID-19 Protocol may kindly be followed

Dr. Sapna KaulSher

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sor-row, we inform the sad anduntimely demise of ourbeloved father GovindParshad Sharma S/o Late Sh.Prabh Dayal Sharma VPOSwankha Ramgarh Sambawho left for heavenly abodeon 21-08-2020 (Friday). 10THDAY KRIYA will be performedon 30-8-2020 (Sunday) atSwankha.GRIEF STRICKENBrothers & BhabisSmt. Sunita Devi & Late Sh. Jeet Raj SharmaSmt. Manorma Sharma & Sh. GhanshamSharmaSmt. Chanchla Sharma & Sh. Bhim Raj SharmaSmt. Sushma & Sh. Vijay Kumar SharmaSons & Daughters-in-lawSmt. Sheetu Sharma & Sh. Sumit SharmaSmt. Shoba Sharma & Sh. Amit GanotraDaughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Parveen Sharma & Sh. Sat Paul SharmaManvi, Manyata, Arbi, Aleena-Grand ChildrenGanotra FamilyMob: 9419127429

GovindParshadSharma

10TH DAY KRIYAWith heavy heart and pro-found grief we inform the sadand untimely demise of ourbeloved Sh. Ajay Raina S/oLt. Sh.Niranjan Nath Raina,H/o Smt.Pupina Raina on20/08/2020 originally R/oKani Kadal, Srinagar, A/P.H.No.203, Colonals Colony, Bori,Talab Tillo, Jammu. Tenth DayKriya will be performed at MuthiGhat (near Directorate of SchoolEducation) on 29/08/2020 at 9a.m. In view of Pandemic, condo-lences conveyed on phone shallbe gracefully accepted. Mobilenumber's: 9796222344/6005054641/9419124329/GRIEF STRICKENSmt.Pupina Raina (Wife)Smt.Bimla Tikoo (Sister)Smt Ratni Ji & Sh.Ashok Raina (Brother & Babhi)Smt.Kiran Ji & Sh.Anoop Raina (Brother & Babhi)Smt.Manmeet Raina W/o Sh.Raj Rattan Raina(Sister in Law)Smt.Prem W/o Lt.Sh.R.L.Tickoo (Sister in Law)Smt.Shashi Dhar W/o Lt.Sh.B.L.Dhar (Sister in Law)Smt.Veena W/o Lt.Sh.P.K.Kundu (Sister in Law)Smt.Preeti Bala W/o Sh.J.P.Saraf (Sister in Law)Sh.Arvind Koul (Nephew)

Sh. Ajay Raina

10TH DAY KRIYAWith profound grief and sor-row , we inform the sad de-mise of our beloved Smt. JaiKishori Raina (Rani) R/oChinagund - Verinag Kashmirat present H.No 09, Lane No.4/A Laxmi-Vihar TomalColony, Anand-Nagar, Bohri,Jammu on 21.08.2020.TENTH DAY KRIYA will beperformed on 30.08.2020(Sunday) at Muthi Ghat NearDirector School of Educationat 8:30 A.M. GRIEF STRICKENSh. Janki Nath Raina - HusbandSmt. & Sh. Kumar Ji Raina- Daughter-in-law & SonSmt. & Sh. Kanwal Ji Raina - Daughter-in-law & SonSamast Parivar of Raina's, Koul's, Razdan's,Bhat's, Dhar's & Hangloo's.Mobile No.'s : - 7889540110, 9469261116,9419094103, 9149615542.WE MISS YOU BENJI (RANI) FROM "GRANDCHILDREN

Smt. Jai KishoriRaina

UTHALA/RASAM PAGRIWith profound grief and deepsorrow, we inform the sad de-mise of our beloved Smt. RajRani Sehgal on 20-08-2020R/o Plot No. 179, BakshiNagar, Jammu.UTHALA/RASAM PAGDHIwill be performed on 31-08-2020 at 5.00 P.M. at our resi-dence. GRIEF STRICKENSon & Daughter-in-lawSh. Ramesh Sehgal & Smt. Sunita SehgalDaughters & Sons-in-lawSh. Mohan Lal Saraf & Smt. Mohini SarafSh. Ashok Kumar Mantoo & Smt. Geeta MantooGrand SonRohit Sehgal & Arti Sehgal,Naveen Sehgal, Amit SehgalSehgal FamilyMob No: 9419792525/9149865043

Smt. Raj RaniSehgal

OBITUARYWith the heavy heart and pro-found grief we inform aboutthe sad and sudden demise ofour most adorable father Sh.Chaman Lal Bhat S/o KeshavNath Bhat R/o Katsoo,Pahalgam – Anatnag A/p,Ward No. 1, Hira Nagar Morh,Hira Nagar on 26-8-2020. TheTenth Day will be performedat Hira Nagar near RailwayLine- Hira Nagar Morh on 3rdSeptember (Thursday) at 8am. However in view ofPandemic condolences con-veyed on mobile shall begracefully accepted.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Rajni Bhat -WifeShri Vinod Ji & Neha - Son & Daughter-in-lawMr. Deepak Bhat -SonDaughter’s & Son-in-lawRekha Raina W/o Deepak Kumar RainaRenu Bhat W/o Suraj BhatVicky Pandita W/o Deepu PanditaSantosh Koul W/o Ashwani KoulGrand Children : Kapirath Raina, Bhrithi RainaVishal Bhat, Vivaan Bhat Digvi, Garvi PanditaMobile: 9858803763, 9797504459,9419726189, 9682535114

Sh. ChamanLal Bhat

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sor-row we regret to inform thesad demise of our belovedmother Smt. Uma Shri W/oLate Sh.Prem Nath PanditaR/o Poribagh (Pargochi)Shopian,Kashmir on 26-08-2020. Tenth Day Kriya will beperformed on 04-09-2020 atPargochi,ShopianGRIEF STRICKENDaughter-in-laws and SonsSmt.Sweety and Sh.Satish PanditaSmt.Goldy and Sh.Sanjay PanditaDaughters and Son-in-lawsSmt.Baby and Sh.Kamal JiSmt.Khanda Ji and Sh. Surinder JiSmt.Neeru and Sh.Ravi JiCONTACT- 9419415241, 9906969741

Smt. Uma Shri

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sor-row we inform the sad and un-timely demise of our belovedSh. Chuni Lal Ganjoo S/o Lt.Vasdev Ganjoo orginally resi-dent of Mohalla RamghatBaramulla Kashmir presentlyat H.No 8,Lane No. 4A AnandNagar Bohri who left for heav-enly abode on 26th of August2020. The 10TH DAY KRIYAwill be performed on04/09/2020 at 8.30 am atMuthi Ghat Jammu GRIEF STRIKENSmt Rani Ganjoo (Wife)Smt Tulsi Devi (Babi)Surinder Ganjoo & Reeta (Son & Daughter in law)Susheel Ganjoo & Sanju (Son & Daughter in law)Ramesh Ganjoo & Arti (Son & Daughter in law)Smt Shanta Suri (Sister)Veena & Ashok ji Dembi (Daughter & Son in law)Arti & Janak Kumar Dembi (Daughter & Son in law)Renu & Ujwal ji Kachroo (Daughter & Son-in-law)Anjali Mantoo & Ravinder Mantoo (Daughter & Son-in-law)Grand Children : Monika,Vishal, Shanky,Sahil,Vanshika,Sourav, Shreen,Kosheen,Tavisha,Vidanshi, Sneha, Natashaand NamrataMob: 9419236219, 9419664247, 9622223484

Sh. Chuni LalGanjoo

BARKHIOne year have passed sinceyou have left us for heavenlyabode, But you are alwaysalive in our memories andheart. Your teaching andblessings shall always withus. Barkhi of our beloved fa-ther Sh. Subash ChanderSharma S/o Late Sh. GianChand Sharma will be per-formed at our residenceH.No. 548 Sec-1 BhagwatiNagar on 29th Aug, 2020 at12 Noon.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Swarna Devi - WifeSon & Daughters-in-lawVikas Sharma & Kamini SharmaDaughter & Son-in-lawManju & Bhubneshwar SharmaGrand Children: Abhishek, Shaurya & ArjunAll Sharma FamilyMob.No: 9797501477, 9419193917

Sh. SubashChanderSharma

OBITUARYWith profound grief and sor-row, we inform the sad demiseof our beloved Smt. SharikaJee Fotedar/Parimoo W/oLate Sh. Shamboo NathFotedar R/o Sathu Bar BarShah Srinagar, A/P H. No.193-A, Hari Nagar (Near Govt.Middle School) Old Janipur,Jammu on 20-08-2020. TenthDay Kriya will be performed on29-08-2020 at 9:00 am atMuthi Ghat (near Directorateof School Education)Jammmu. In view of COVID-19, condolences conveyed onphone will be gracefully ac-cepted.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughter-in-lawsSh. Y.N. Fotedar & Phoola Raina (9971094087)Sh. B.N. Fotedar & Sarla Raina (9419202342)Sh. M.K. Fotedar & Jyotsna Koul (7006678910)Sh. M.L. Fotedar & Veena Watal (8825065500)Daughter & Son-in-lawSmt. Indira Fotedar & Sh. Anupam Bangroo(7006324546 & 7889632228)All Grand and Great Grand ChildrenAll nears and dears

Smt. SharikaJee Fotedar

KRIYA/UTHALAWith profound grief and sorrow,

we inform the sad demise of our

beloved Smt Vinod Sharma who

left for heavenly abode on

18/8/2020 Kriya will be held on

Friday, 28/8/2020 at our resi-

dence H/no 257/C Sainik Colony

Jammu and Uthala will be held

on Saturday, 29/8/2020 from 4 to

5 pm at Ram Mandir Sector D

Sainik Colony Jammu

GRIEF STRICKENSh Devinder Sharma (Husband)

(Daughter-in-law and Son)

Smt Purvaiya and Sh Arjun Sharma

(Daughter and Son-in-law)

Smt Samrity and Sh Vikas Khajuria

Smt Kanta Mehta (Sister-in-law)

Jethani & Jeth

Smt Kamlesh and Sh S N Sharma

Smt Neelam and Sh R N Sharma

SAMAST MANOTRA PARIVAR

Mob: 9419140193 ; 7889671774 ; 9086660106 ;

9086052880

Smt VinodSharma

BARKHIOne year passed since youleft for us but your memoriesare still in our hearts. Barkhi ofour beloved Father Late Sh.Brij Mohan Gupta S/o LateSh. Chirroo Ram Gupta R/oMahanpur Basohli will be per-formed on 29th of AugustSaturday at 11 AM at our resi-dence.GRIEF STRICKEN:Sons & Daughters-in-lawSh. Sushil Mahajan & Ramni GuptaSh. Ajay Gupta & Rekha GuptaDaughters & Sons-in-lawSmt. Veena Gupta & Sh. Sham Lal GuptaSmt. Neelam Gupta & Sh. Bua Dutt GuptaGrand ChildrenMobile No: 94191-47299, 7889967843

Sh. Brij MohanGupta

JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, AUgUSt 29, 20203 Glimpses of FuturelOcal

Jammu Aug 28

India can't trustCongress in next 200years, stated ravinderraina, President BJPJammu and Kashmir,while he was addressing aworker’s meet at Kathua.

J&K BJP Vice-President & PrabhariKathua district yudhvirSethi, State Secretarygopal Mahajan,Spokesperson & formerMinister rajiv Jasrotia,district Presidentraghunandan Singh, for-mer MLA Kuldeep, Seh-Prabhari Jangbir SinghChiku, BJP Working com-mittee member Prem Nathdogra, Janak Bharti , drNarinder, dist genSecretary rajesh Mehta,Naresh goswami,Municipality ChairmanNaresh Sharma, VijaySharma, Shashi Kanta andBdC Chairman raghubirSingh, district team,Mandal Presidents &

general Secretaries,Morcha Presidents &general Secretaries andother senior leaders of theparty were also present inthe meeting.

ravinder raina, took adig at Congress upon thestatement given by seniorCongress leader ghulamNabi Azad who is alsoleader of opposition inrajya Sabha as well as

served on various key con-stitutional posts of the gov-ernment as well as theCongress party.

ravinder raina, saidthat feeling Suffocation inCongress, ghulam NabiAzad has openly spoken onthe growing dissent in par-ty and it clearly proves thatCongress party has no in-ternal democracy. He alsosaid that the Congress par-

ty has denied right to speakto its workers, curbed in-ternal democracy and al-ways taken forward its onetime agenda to serve theinterests of single rulingfamily. “How the fair andpublic centric governmentcan even slightly be expect-ed from such a party?”, heasked.

ravinder raina, earlieraddressing the workers

meet, appreciated the par-ty workers for their com-mendable job during theCovid Lockdown. He saidthat the BJP workers havehelped the masses in everyway possible in the worsthours, caring little forthemselves and this speaksvolumes about the dedica-tion of BJP towards societyand the Nation.

yudhvir Sethi, in hisaddress, discussed the or-ganizational working inthe district and apprisedthe workers of the futureparty programmes. Heasked the party workers tofurther extend the partyideology to the generalmasses, while working forthe benefit of marginalizedsections of the society.

raghunandan Singhpresented vote of thanksand assured the party lead-ership that the party ac-tivists will leave no stoneunturned in the growthand development of theparty.

India can't trust Congress innext 200 years: Ravinder RainaGhulam Nabi Azad feeling Suffocation in Congress Shows

that party has no internal democracy

Jammu, 28.08.2020:

Alleging that anotherdoze of discriminatorytreatment had been admin-istered to Jammu region inthe form of drastic cut insubsidized Kerosene oilsupply to the region, Mr.Harsh dev Singh,Chairman-JKNPP & for-mer Minister said that BJPgovernment seemed to behell-bent to break its ownexisting records of its high-ly biased conduct againstits own core political con-stituency during the lastfew years. He said that thefigures provided by the FCSand CA department had re-vealed that while Kashmirregion was being floodedwith Kerosene oil supply,the Jammu region was be-ing made to content with amere sprinkling. Not onlythat some districts ofJammu were altogether de-prived of the supply ofKerosene only to transfertheir respective quotas toKashmir based districts.He was addressing mediapersons after admitting in-to party fold around 25

youth led by Mr. ravindraina, a noted educationistand businessman ofPaloura.

Speaking to media per-sons, Mr. Singh revealedthat the statistics providedby FCS and CA and avail-able on its official websiteas well revealed that thegovernment had approvedallocation of 2748 kiloliters of SubsidizedKerosene Oil (SKO) forKashmir region for Augustand same quantity forSeptember 2020 as well.On the contrary, he re-vealed the allocation for alldistricts of Jammu regiontotaled 396 kilo liters forAugust and same quantityfor September.Furthermore, the alloca-tion for rajouri andUdhampur districts was‘zero’ for both August andSeptember, said Singhadding that this was only atip of the iceberg with suchprejudiced treatment hav-ing been going on for pastquite some time.

Mr. Singh said that notonly in SKO but the FCSand CA department had re-

moved thousands of eligi-ble persons of Jammu re-gion from BPL categoriesthereby depriving thebonafide persons of thebenefits of various govern-ment schemes. Even theopening of new ration de-pots in Jammu region hadbeen kept on hold despiterepeated announcementsfor their early establish-ment while providing ade-quate number of such de-pots and fair price shops invarious districts ofKashmir.

regretting the unabat-ed pace of discrimination

against Jammu region inmultifarious fields even af-ter reorganization of State,Mr. Singh said that BJPwas playing dirty politicsmerely to woo Kashmirvoters. He regretted thatwhile Kashmir and Ladakhcontinued to get focused at-tention of helmsmen, whatwas falling in the kitty ofJammu was only peanuts.Sounding a note of cautionto BJP rulers, Mr. Singhsaid that while the saffronparty would lose its coreconstituency of Jammudue to its policy of Kashmirappeasement, the lotus

shall never bloom inKashmir.

Prominent amongthose who joined PanthersParty included yog rajSingh, Kailash Singh,Maan Singh, Bhanu PartapSharma, Anil Kumar,Sanjay Sharma, MohitSharma, rohit, BalwainderSingh, Akash Singh, Akhil,Nikhil, deepak Kumar,Vivek, gagandeep, SahilJamwal, Karan besidesothers. Mr. SurinderChouhan, districtPresident Jammu (rural)-JKNPP was also present onthe occasion.

Around 25 youth led by Ravind Raina join NPP

While Kashmir flooded with Kerosene, Jammu gets a mere sprinkle: Harsh

JAmmu AuG 28

NPP Supremo, Prof.Bhim Singh has urgedPresident of India, Shriramnath Kovind to con-vene an urgent meeting ofall the recognized politicalparties in J&K to seek theiropinion on what needs tobe done to save Jammu andKashmir from the presentdisaster created by forcingstatehood into two Unionterritories namely,Jammu & Kashmir andLadakh. NPP Supremo hasurged the President ofIndia to call an urgentmeeting of all three recog-nized political partiesnamely, NationalConference, PdP and J&KNational Panthers Party asthere are only three recog-nized political parties inJ&K including in Ladakhalso. NPP Supremo hasstrongly argued withKashmir-based regionalpolitical parties likeNational Conference andPdP to wash the presentsituation and the tempera-ment of some national po-litical parties in the coun-try. He advised NationalConference and PdP lead-ers to keep in mind thatJKNPP is also a recognizedpolitical party in J&K andLadakh and no politicalparty shall be allowed to ig-nore Jammu province andits leadership. He hopedthat the present situationcreated in J&K shall be un-derstood by the Kashmiripolitical parties also whohave been calling all partymeeting as it is appearingin the newspapers with no

political participation ofPanthers Party which has astrong mandate of the peo-ple. NPP Supremo con-veyed to NC leaders to con-sult the leadership of PdPand JKNPP also. He saidthat Article 370 has totallya different meaning andmandate compared toArticle 35-A in Chapter-IIIof the Indian Constitution.Prof.Bhim Singh advisedNational Conference lead-ership and the PdP that thesituation deserves to bediscussed in a close meet-ing of the leadership of allthe three recognized politi-cal parties. He expressedsurprise that someKashmiri leaders claimingto be representatives of allJ&K people have failed tounderstand that Article 35-A was not the part of theIndian Constitution as itwas introduced by thePresidential Order in 1954only to keep the control ofChapter-III on fundamen-tal rights. Article 35-A wasonly a three months man-date to keep Kashmirileader Sheikh Mohd.Abdullah without claimingany fundamental right in1954. NPP Supremo, a Sr.Advocate in the SupremeCourt and Bar-at-Law hasbeen arguing and even to-day his writ petition ispending in the SupremeCourt against the existenceof Article 35-A. Prof.BhimSingh said that Kashmirileaders have forgotten thatfundamental rights weretaken away from J&K by35-A and that could nothave lasted for more thansix months though this 35-

A remained an illegal lawfor several years. He saidthat J&K Public Safety Actimposed by J&K Assemblywas illegal, unconstitution-al and could not have sur-vived today when 35-A isgone. Prof.Bhim Singh saidthat his writ petition is stillpending in the SupremeCourt challenging the con-stitutionality/validity ofArticle 35-A. He conveyedto the Kashmiri leadershipin NC and PdP that nodemocratic leadershipshall allow the fundamen-tal rights to be squeezed byany law. He said thatArticle 35-A was unconsti-tutional, is still unconstitu-tional and many politicalleaders including Ms.Mehbooba Mufti are stillsuffering under illegal andunconstitutional law. Hehoped that dr. FarooqAbdullah shall also re-member that it was this lawwhich had kept SheikhMohd. Abdullah in illegalprison after dismissing himfrom the power.

He said that he is plan-ning to hold a meeting withthe leadership of all threerecognized political partiesfirst and sort out thatArticle 370 should not beconfused into Article 35-Awhich is dead and gone. Itlapsed on the orders of thePresident. therefore,Article 370 is open for dis-cussion and the laws creat-ed/applied in J&K since1927 by the Ordinance ofMaharaja Hari Singh can-not be shaken or thrownaway by any authority oflaw created by the Indiangovernment.

NPP urges President of India tocall urgent meeting of all J&Krecognized political parties

SRINAGAR, August 28:

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party

(JKAP) president, Syed Mohammad

Altaf Bukhari, on tuesday appointed the

first batch of office-bearers of the party

including the Senior Vice President.

Senior leader of the Party Sh. ghulam

Hassan Mir has been appointed as the

Senior Vice President of the party.

the JKAP president also appointed

Sh. Aijaz Ahmad Khan, Sh. Choudhary

Zulfikar Ali, Sh. Zaffar Iqbal Manhas and

Sh. Usman Majid as the Vice Presidents

of the Party.

Sh. rafi Ahmad Mir, Sh. Vijay Bakaya

and Sh. Vikram Malhotra have been

nominated as general Secretaries of the

party.

Bukhari has appointed Haji

Mohammad Ashraf Mir and Sh.

Jagmohan Singh raina as the Provincial

President and Provincial Vice President

of the party for Kashmir province respec-

tively. Sh. Javid Hassan Baig has been

appointed as the Spokesperson of the

party. Bukhari has appointed Sh. Manjit

Singh and Sh. Syed Asghar Ali as

Provincial President and Provincial Vice

President respectively for Jammu

province.

Smt. Namrita Sharma has been ap-

pointed as the In-charge Womens’ Wing

of JKAP for Jammu province.

JKAP appoints firstbatch of office bearersGhulam Hassan Mir is Sr. Vice President

Srinagar, Aug 28:

to review performance of thebanks operating in the districtfor the first quarter ending Junefor Financial year 2020-21, J&KBank conducted a district Levelreview Committee (dLrC)meeting of Anantnag districtthat was chaired by thedistrictdevelopment Commissioner(ddC) Kuldeep Krishan Sidha.

the meeting, organised byLead Bank Office of the district,was attended byLead districtManager (LdM) MohammadAfaq, LdO reserve Bank ofIndia, Cluster Head Anantnag,ddM NABArd, and AVP ZonalOfficeAnantnagbesidesrepresentatives from all banks in the districtand district officers of the line

departments. ddC Anantnag, who is also

chairman of dLrC, stressed up-on all banks to focus on agricul-ture and allied activities to in-volve unemployed youth in in-come-generating activities relat-ed to dairy, sheep farming & fishfarming. Emphasizingupon theneed to establish Agri-process-ing units, he assured all helpfrom the district administrationin this regard.

the chairman dLrC appre-ciated the role of banks duringthe recent Kisan Pakhwada,wherein 54457 cases were sanc-tioned in the district taking totaltally of KCC beneficiaries to105344.

Speaking of the credit dis-pensations under variousschemes, LdM Anantnag told

the meeting that despite Covid19 pandemic and subsequentlockdown, the banks in the dis-trict have disbursed rs 308.58Cr during the first quarter of theFy 2020-21.

“rs 203.26 Crhave been dis-bursed under priority sector andrs 105.32 Crfrom non-prioritysector,” he said while adding thatdeposits in the district have in-creased from rs 5664.64Cr torS5796.32Cr.

Cd ratio has increased from64.23% to 65.02% in the district.

Furthermore, the ChairmandLrC directed all the line de-partments and banks to conductprograms to increase awarenessamong the people about the so-cial security schemes and otherdevelopmental programs of thegovernment.

J&K Bank conducts DLRC meeting in Anantnag

Jammu Aug 28

Mayor, JammuMunicipal Corporation, Sh.Chander Mohan gupta to-day chaired meetings ofgeneral Functions &Finance & PlanningStanding Committee(s) inthe Conference Hall of JMCalongwith the Members ofthe general FunctionsStanding Committee, Sh.dinesh gupta, S.SuchaSingh, Sh. Akshay Sharma,Smt. Sunita gupta, Smt.Anu Bali and Members ofthe Finance & PlanningStanding Committee Sh.Anil Kumar, Ms. NidhiMangotra, Sh. Ashok Singh,Smt. Neena gupta, Smt.Anita Sharma, Sh. gouravChopra. JointCommissioner (Adm.), Sh.Aashish gupta, JointCommissioner(W), Sh.Sunil thusu, Chief AccountsOfficer, Sh. dheeraj Jandial,Asstt. Commissioner (r),Sh. Sudhir Bali, Secretary,Ms. tinna Mahajan andother officers/officials ofJMC also remained presentin the meetings. A thread-bare discussion on the re-dressal of burning issues ofgeneral Function andFinance & PlanningStanding Committee(s)were discussed.

Mayor, submitted a pro-posal in the generalFunction StandingCommittee meeting that asHon’ble dy. Mayor has al-ready communicated thismatter regarding d.C. officeChowk leading towardsPeer-Kho as JamvantChowk and the statue ofrishi Jamvant Ji should beinstalled at the Chowk. theMembers of the StandingCommittee approved the re-naming of the Chowk andinstallation of the statuethere after approval of theHouse. Immediate remedialsteps to redress grievancesof the general Public for in-stallation as well as ratifica-tion of LEd Street Lightswithin the jurisdiction ofJMC.

Mayor, directed theconcerned authorities for to

expedite the process of re-cruitment of 600 SKC’s , ex-pedite the developmentalworks of Jammu City, onehigh mast light to be in-stalled in every ward of JMCwith the consent of council-lors of the wards, expeditethe repair works of Nallahs,outsourcing of hoardingsremovals, signage boards tobe installed on latest tech-nology, construction of roadupto Bandurakh andKotbhalwal dumping site,hazardous waste to be col-lected separately in autos.He further directed theMunicipal VeterinaryOfficer to ensure that dur-ing Navratras, both theslaughter houses should re-main close and all meatshops should also be closed,illegal slaughtering to bebanned.

Mayor JMC chaired meeting of General functions

& Finance & Planning Standing Committee

Jammu 28th of August, 2020.

the eight day of Natrang’sInternational theatre talk Showon Facebook Page of Natrang wit-nessed magnificent interaction byone of the most celebrated person-alities of Indian theatre,Arundhati Nag who shared her‘Vision of theatre’ with the globalaudience. terming this talk showas one of the biggest happenings inthe field theatre at present times, in

which theatre personalities of in-ternational repute share their valu-able experience at a single plat-form, director Natrang,Padmashri Balwant thakur ex-pressed his gratitude towards thestalwarts of theatre who enlightenthe global audience with their vi-sion and intellect. Introducing theresource person, gauri thakur in-formed that recipient ofPadmashree and Sangeet NatakAkademi Award, Arundhati Nag

has been involved with multilin-gual theatre in India for over threedecades. Following her marriage tolegendary Kannada actor-directorShankar Nag, her association withtheatre continued in Bangalore,where she performed several playsin Kannada: girish Karnad's AnjuMallige, 27 Mavalli Circle based onthe famous play Wait Until dark,Sandhya Chayya (Jayant dalvi),girish Karnad's Nagamandala, andBertolt Brecht's Mother Courage as

Hulaguru Huliyavva. She alsoworked in several Kannadamovies: Accident (1984),Parameshi Prema Prasanga (1984)and Nodiswamy, NaviroduHeege(1987). She is the founderand the Managing trustee of theSanket trust, established in 1992,which runs ranga Shankara, a the-atre space in Bangalore rangaShankara offers a quality theatreexperience for theatre lovers in thecity.

I wish to see International class performancespace in every city of India: Arundhati Nag

Gupta urges LG towaive off water,electricity bills

Jammu August 28

J&K president of National democraticParty Indian (NdPI), rajesh gupta onFriday urged the Lt governor, ManojSinha to waive off water and electricitybills for next one year from March 2020 totill March 2021 in view of Covid 19 out-break. In a statement gupta asked govern-ment to come up with concrete reliefmeasures for a larger section of the societywhose livelihood has got affected by thelockdown imposed by the authorities inview of Coronavirus pandemic.

NdPI chief said, on one hand such re-strictions are the need of the hour while onthe other government should also takenecessary steps to mitigate the sufferingsof people affected by the lockdown.

JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, AUgUSt 29, 2020lOcal4Glimpses of Future

SRINAGAR, AuGuST 28:

the Chief Secretary, B Vr Subrahmanyam todaychaired a meeting of StateLevel SanctioningCommittee (SLSC) forPradhan Mantri KrishiSinchayee yojana (PMKSy)and reviewed progress madeunder the scheme.

AdministrativeSecretaries of Animal &Sheep Husbandry, Forest,Ecology and Environmentand rural development &Panchayati raj along withconcerned Heads ofdepartments participated inthe meeting.

the Chief Secretary saidthat the department shouldconverge efforts under vari-ous schemes and bridge thegaps through location spe-cific innovative interven-

tions to ensure extension ofirrigation facilities to everyfarm.

the Committee ap-proved rs. 601.12 crore an-nual action plan of PradhanMantri Krishi Sinchayeeyojana for the year 2020-21.the annual plan lays empha-sis on various componentsunder the schemes Per dropMore Crop (PdMC), HarKhet Ko Paani (HKKP),Integrated WatershedManagement Plan (IWMP)and Accelerated IrrigationBenefit Programme (AIBP).

It was informed that as aresult of previous interven-tions, area irrigated by borewells, community WHt andfarm ponds has increased by6798 Ha, whereas, area un-der micro-irrigation- drip,sprinkler and rain guns, hasgone up by 6766 Ha. these

measures have increasedcrop production by 30%,saved water by 70% and ben-efitted 7,000 agro-depen-dent families, besides, re-ducing water runoff andrecharging ground waterreservoirs.

In the current financialyear, the department hasproposed bringing 12,000Ha additional areas underirrigation and reducing thegap between ultimate irriga-tion potential and irrigationpotential by converging 144existing schemes.

the State LevelSanctioning Committee also

approved top up subsidyamounting to rs. 10.26crore including 55% centralassistance, as MicroIrrigation Fund fromNABArd, which will pro-vide financial assistance tofarmers adopting micro irri-gation techniques as a partof sustainable agriculturalactivities.

Earlier, while chairing ameeting of State LevelExecutive Committee ofNational Livestock Mission(NLM), Chief Secretary ap-proved rs. 32.24 crore ac-tion plan of centrally spon-sored scheme for the year

2020-21. NLM is an umbrel-la scheme comprising sub-missions on livestock devel-opment, feed & fodder de-velopment and skill devel-opment, technology & ex-tension.

the proposed actionplan envisages developmentof poultry developmentprojects and hatcheries,strengthening of sheepbreeding farms, improvingbiosecurity, establishmentof nucleus breeding stock ofgurezi sheep, establishingfeed testing laboratory andcreation of new water re-sources, among others.

Livestock output to double in 5 years

CS approves Annual Action Plansof PMKSY and NLM for 2020-21

Asks Department tointroduce location specificinnovations to bring moreareas under irrigation

SRINAGAR, AuGuST 27:

A two-member Centralteam has complimented theJammu and Kashmir adminis-tration for its COVId-19 con-tainment strategy towardscontrolling the virus spreadwhile suggesting models ofsome states in order to flattenthe pandemic curve and subse-quently reduce the same.

the team, however, askedthe concerned to go for aggres-sive awareness campaignamong the masses about thedisease and ramp up moretesting in contaminated zones.

the two member team tooka detailed meeting onthursday late evening at CivilSecretariat here to review theCOVId-19 containment strat-egy in J&K.

the meeting was attendedby Financial CommissionerHealth and MedicalEducation, divisionalCommissioner Kashmir,director SKIMS Soura

Srinagar, Md National HealthMission J&K, Principalgovernment Medical CollegeSrinagar, Principal SKIMSMedical College Bemina,director Health ServicesKashmir while Principalsgovernment Medical Colleges,Jammu, Anantnag, Baramulla,doda, Kathua and directorHealth Services Jammu par-ticipated through video con-ferencing.

Pertinently, Member ofNational Institution fortransforming India (NItI)Aayog, dr Vinod Kumar Paul,along with dr S K Singh,director National Centre fordisease Control (NCdC) Newdelhi were on a two-day visithere to discuss various issuesrelated to COVId-19 manage-ment.

on the occasion, dr Paulobserved that all the goodpractices are being employedin J&K to contain COVId-19while suggesting the adminis-

tration to study ‘delhi Model’and telangana’s HItAM appin order to flatten the pandem-ic curve and subsequently re-duce it with the best COVIdmanagement practices.

the team expressed satis-faction on testing and treat-ment protocol and suggestedfor the up gradation of 24X7call centre into high qualityhelpline centre to guide peoplein times of their need. themembers called for death au-dit and gave suggestions to an-alyze the data of COVId-19 pa-tients coming from homes andfrom COVId Care Centres inorder to study the fatalitiesand the causes into the delaywhile reaching hospitals, ifany. the Central team recom-mended that the focus shouldbe more on strict containment

strategy and surveillancethrough SArI/ILI cases, sero-logical survey and increase inlab network to widen testingcapacity. It also highlightedthe major concern areas withregard to timely clinical man-agement along with testingand surveillance in the highrisk population with co-mor-bidities and ambulance re-sponse time to be strictly mon-itored. While suggesting morefocused approach towardshighly densely populated ar-eas, the team asked the healthofficers for fresh and reviseddemarcation of containmentzones, strict monitoring andcontrol of activities in thesezones, Contact tracing andQuarantining of Contacts of allinfected persons with the useof Aarogya Setu and Itihas

App. Earlier, FinancialCommissioner Health andMedical Education, Ataldulloo briefed the visitingteam on the current status ofCOVId-19 in J&K and thesteps being taken up to containthe spread of the virus in theregion. He informed the meet-ing that six labs are workingacross the J&K and so far8,88,177 tests have been con-ducted with 900 tests per mil-lion, adding that the daily test-ing range from 12 to 14 thou-sand while it would be in-creased from 20,000 to25,000 in coming days. He in-formed that rapid Antigentest has given an edge to thealready existing testing capac-ity, informing 1,21,619 testshave been conducted so far.the meeting was informedthat in total of 638 deaths, 20percent accounted for fatali-ties without co-morbiditieswhile rest 80 per cent deathsare related to co-morbidities.Besides, logistics and suppliesare being given to hospitals interms of ventilators, masks,thermal thermometers, PPEkits, N-95 masks, rAt, VtM,sanitizers etc. the meetingwas further told that non-COVId-19 activities are alsogoing on in J&K viz OPd,Ayushman Bharat, maternalhealth, dialysis services, newborn and child health etc.

Central Team compliments J&K for COVID-19containment strategy in controlling virus spread

Suggests ‘Delhi Model,Telangana’s HITAM app toflatten pandemic curve,

subsequently reduce disease

SrINAgAr, AUgUSt28; Financial Commissioner,Health and MedicalEducation department, Ataldulloo, today inauguratedState-of-Art Nucleic Acidtesting (NAt-PCr) facility atgovernment Medical CollegeSrinagar for safer qualityblood transfusion funded un-der National Health Missionin the Ut.

Mission director,National Health Mission,J&K, Bhupinder Kumar,Principal govt. MedicalCollege, Srinagar, dr Samiarashid, Head of departmentBlood & transfusionMedicine gMC, Srinagar, dr.rubi reshi State NodalOfficer, NHM, dr.Mohammad Shafi Koka,were also present on the oc-casion. Speaking on the occa-

sion, Atal dulloo said thatwith the implementation ofNobel Prize winning NAt-PCr technology, the Bloodtransfusion safety in the Utwill now be of Internationalstandards.

this facility shall help inearly detection of transfusiontransmission infections likeHIV, Hepatits “B” andHepatitis “C” Virus. He saidthat, NAt testing facility hasbeen funded by NationalHealth Mission and all theblood donations in three ma-jor tertiary care hospitals viz;SMHS, Lal ded, Bone & JointHospital shall be screened,he added. BhupinderKumar, Mission directorNHM, J&K said that byadopting this technology asan integral part of bloodtransfusion services, safety of

patients and wellbeing of thepeople of Union territoryshall be ensured by providingan additional layer of safetyto blood recipients.

the first such facility inthe Union territory has al-ready been inaugurated onJune 14th at govt. MedicalCollege, Jammu ensuring thehighest level of blood safetyin the region, he added.Principal gMC Srinagar saidNAt-PCr helps to detect the

presence of life threateningviruses HIV, HBV and HCVthat may be present in theblood donated in window pe-riod of the infection, and canbe missed by conventionalscreening technologieswhich ensures additionalsafety to blood recipients.there are many reports high-lighting the incidence oftransfusion transmittedInfections (ttIs), especiallyin the patients receiving mul-

tiple transfusions in criticalconditions like thalassemia,Cancer or Cardiac surgeries.dr. rubi reshi, Head ofdepartment, Blood &transfusion Medicine gMC,Srinagar said that, “Blood do-nations screened with worldclass NAt PCr technologywill reduce the risk of infec-tion in 3 patients, as everyunit of blood can be trans-fused to three people whenseparated into components.

Atal Dulloo inaugurates NAT-PCR at GMC, SrinagarBlood donations screened

with this world classtechnology will reduce risk of

infection significantly

BANDIPORA, AuGuST 28:

the district AdministrationBandipora under the chairmanshipof Assistant Commissioner revenuereyaz Ahmad Beigh today conveneda meeting to review flood prepared-ness in the district.

On the occasion, the ACr direct-ed the concerned officers to keeptheir men and machinery ready withtents, sandbags, life jackets, and oth-er rescue equipment.

the meeting was informed thatsandbags are available at vulnerablespots and all other requisite arrange-ments have been put in place to dealwith any situation.

It was also given out that the vul-nerable low lying flood prone areashave been identified and close vigil isbeing maintained there to ensure thesafety of the people and plug theweak banks of streams and rivers.

the meeting was informed that acontrol room has been established ingurez, Sumbal and Bandipora andthe numbers have been notified sothat people can contact in case ofemergency. People can also contactthe district Control room on 01957-225322 and 7006630771.

the Jal Shakti department wasdirected to ensure the availability ofwater tankers for the supply of waterin case of disruption to water supplyin any area besides the departmentwas also directed to make available

the dewatering pumps at vulnerablelocations as precautionary meas-ures. ACr directed all the concernedofficers to re-verify and re-assess thedesignated safe shelter buildingswith respect to their safety and avail-ability of basic minimum facilitiestherein besides identifying addition-al buildings for the purpose as perthe requirements of vulnerable ar-eas. All the officers were also direct-ed to put all their staff on high alertand ensure their presence in officesand other required places. It was alsogiven out that there is adequateavailability of essentials in the dis-trict and LPg stock is also available.

Meanwhile, people living in lowlying areas and along mountainstreams have been advised to remainalert and not to venture near theswollen water bodies.It was also giv-en out that the vulnerable low lyingflood prone areas have been identi-fied and close vigil is being main-tained there to ensure the safety ofthe people and plug the weak banksof streams and rivers.

Earlier disaster response Forceconducted a mock drill at PoliceLines Bandipora to test the pre-paredness by the SdrF in case of anyflood like situation. during the mockdrill, the trained cops conductedmock drills of a flood situation evac-uating the persons trapped in floodwaters and rescuing them to safer lo-cations.

SHOPIAN, AuGuST 28:

districtdevelopmentCommissioner (ddC)Shopian, ChoudharyMohammad yasin todayconvened a meeting ofofficers and Fruitgrowers Association totake stock of thearrangements put inplace to make AglarFruit Mandi functional.

during the meeting,threadbare discussionwas held on various is-sues like installation ofstreet lights, uninter-rupted power supply,potable drinking watersupply and better roadconnectivity to theMandi.

While reviewing theprogress of works, theddC directed the exe-cuting agencies to gearup the pace of work andfill the gap created due toCOVId-19 pandemicand emphasised on

pressing additional menand machinery for com-pletion of works withinthe stipulated time.

the ddC on the oc-casion said that the oldFruit Mandi Arhama willbe shifted to Aglar FruitMandi on September 7,2020 and directed theconcerned for digging abore well along with apump inside the Mandito fulfill the scarcity ofwater supply.

He stressed on inter-departmental coordina-tion to execute their re-spective plans so that theFruit growers may notface any kind of incon-venience.

the ddC also direct-ed the police that trailersand non-local vehiclesshouldn't be allowed toenter Aglar Fruit Mandiand proper checking becarried out on a daily ba-sis in this regard.

Executive OfficerMunicipal Committee

Shopian was directed toensure proper cleanli-ness in and outside theMandi and lifting ofgarbage on daily basis toavoid spread of COVId-19 virus in the Mandi.

the ddC also direct-ed Ex. Er Pdd for rapidrestoration of trans-former and installationof rest of electric polesfor better power supplyto the Mandi.Hestressed on interdepart-mental coordination toexecute their respectiveplans so that the Fruitgrowers may not faceany kind of inconven-ience.

Additional deputyCommissioner, SheikhAbdul Aziz, ASPShopian, dSP traffic,and other concerned of-ficers and officials at-tended the meeting be-sides President Fruitgrowers Associationwas also present in themeeting.

Aglar Fruit Mandi to functionsoon: DDC Shopian

District Administration B’pora

reviews flood preparedness

Information for the GeneralPublic regarding FloodsSRINAGAR, AuGuST 28:

the general Public is being informed that due to contin-

uous rains over the last two days the water level in river

Jhelum and its tributaries has increased. At Sangam, the lev-

el is now reducing and at present is 15.95 ft. as against the

danger level of 21 ft. While as the gauge level at ram

Munshibagh is presently 15.77 ft. against the danger level of

18 ft however, the level of ram Munshibagh, Srinagar is like-

ly to increase as peak discharge from South Kashmir will

reach Srinagar and move further towards north. As per the

statement issued here by Irrigation and Flood Control

department, the weather forecast is being predicted

favourable and the water levels are expected to reduce there-

fore people are requested not to panic but remain alert and

vigilant. the statement further reads that in case of any

emergency people are requested to contact Irrigation and

Flood Control department and district Administration of

respective districts.

Union Minister administersoath to Lokesh Dutt asChairman Joint ERCSRINAGAR, AuGuST 28:

Union Power Minister r.K. Singh on Friday adminis-

tered oath, through video conferencing, to Lokesh dutt Jha

as Chairman Joint Electricity regulatory Commission for

the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Other members were also administered Oath by the

Minister. Advisor to Lieutenant governor Baseer Ahmad

Khan, Principal Secretary Power development department

rohit Kansal and other senior officers attended the Oath cer-

emony. Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister said

that the challenge before the Chairman and the members is

of a higher degree but they have to take responsibility and

serve the interests of public. He said that we need to put in

place a viable and sustainable system for the benefit of public

good. He said that the ultimate objective of all systems is to

serve the public in a sustainable manner.

JAMMU, SAtUrdAy, AUgUSt 29, 20205 Glimpses of FuturelOcal/natiOnal

Gurugram Aug 28

BMW Motorrad India

will open pre-launch

bookings for the new

BMW g 310 r and BMW g

310 gS – the two largest

selling premium motorcy-

cles from the BMW

Motorrad stable in India.

Customers are getting a

special opportunity to

book the bikes from 1

September 2020 on-

wards, ahead of the offi-

cial launch.

to book the bikes pre-

launch, customers can

visit any BMW Motorrad

dealership or fill up an en-

quiry form online at

www.bmw-motorrad.in.

deliveries will be done on

a first come first serve ba-

sis. Mr. Vikram Pawah,

President, BMW group

India said, “BMW

Motorrad India has built a

very robust position

among motorcycling en-

thusiasts in India. With

the BMW g 310 bikes,

thousands of riding en-

thusiasts have entered the

premium world of BMW

Motorrad to explore rid-

ing in a completely differ-

ent way. these two bikes

offer a true BMW experi-

ence at competitive costs.

refined, redefined and

reenergized, the BMW g

310 r and BMW g 310 gS

are now back in new BS-

VI compliant variants.

With the pre-launch

bookings, customers and

riding enthusiasts have a

chance to secure the pur-

chase ahead of the launch

and be the first in the

world to ride these new

bikes on the roads.” the

BMW g 310 r and the

BMW g 310 gS motorcy-

cles have been driving the

momentum for BMW

Motorrad India with a

share of over 85% in year-

ly sales. the BMW g 310

r represents everything

BMW Motorrad stands

for: innovation, quality

and powerful product

substance. designed

specifically for the world

market, it takes the typi-

cal BMW premium aspi-

ration to the segment un-

der 500 cc. It embodies

the pure essence of a

BMW roadster and offers

dynamic performance

and comfort on any road.

the BMW g 310 gS takes

this excitement a step fur-

ther into the typical gS

territory that stands for

robust adventures on two

wheels. the BMW g 310

gS is a genuine gS: a

highly contemporary

product with a level of

versatility that is current-

ly unrivalled in the seg-

ment. Nimble and agile in

traffic, yet supremely ro-

bust over tough terrain,

its agility opens up a

whole new world of riding

experience. to enable

customers to own BMW

Motorrad motorcyles of

their choice, BMW

Financial Services India

will offer customized and

flexible financial solu-

tions. Customers can also

get their loans pre-ap-

proved before delivery

takes place. For complete

peace of mind, all BMW

Motorrad bikes come with

a standard warranty for

‘three years, unlimited

kilometers’, with an op-

tion to extend the warran-

ty to fourth and fifth year.

road-Side Assistance, a

24x7 365 days package

further ensures prompt

services in case of break-

down and towing situa-

tions.the BMW g 310 r

represents everything

BMW Motorrad stands

for: innovation, quality

and powerful product

substance. designed

specifically for the world

market, it takes the typi-

cal BMW premium aspi-

ration to the segment un-

der 500 cc. It embodies

the pure essence of a

BMW roadster and offers

dynamic performance

and comfort on any road.

Pre-launch bookings

can be done through the

BMW Motorrad author-

ized dealer network, pres-

ent across important cen-

ters in India including

delhi (Lutyens

Motorrad), Mumbai

(Navnit Motors), Pune

(Bavaria Motors),

Chennai (KUN

Motorrad), Bengaluru

(tusker Motorrad),

Ahmedabad (gallops

Autohaus), Kochi (EVM

Autokraft), Hyderabad

(JSP Motorrad), Indore

(Munich Motors),

Lucknow (Speed Motors),

Chandigarh (Krishna

Automobiles), Jaipur

(Pratap Motorrad),

raipur (Munich Motors),

Cuttack (OSL Prestige)

and ranchi (titanium

Autos).

GOVERNMENT OF UNION TERRITORY JAMMU & KASHMIR

JAMMU POWER DISTRIBUTION CORPORATION LIMITED

oFFICE oF ThE ExECUTIvE ENGINEER, ElECTRICDIvISIoN-II,JPDCl GaNDhINaGaR JammU

CIN No:U40300JK2013SGC003898e-mail: [email protected]} Tel/Fax - 0191-2458521

e- NIT No: 53 of 2020-21 Dated. 21-08-2020

INvITaTIoN:-For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir, the Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPD-CL Gandhi Nagar Jammu, hereinafter referred as ‘Employer’, invites online e-bids from reputed Companies or registeredElectrical contractors / Self Help Groups having valid A-Class Electrical Contractors License issued by Jammu and KashmirGovt. for ‘Supply, Installation, Testing And Commissioning of LT line For extension of Electric Supply to Environment Park atRaika’.1. Bidders are advised to study the Bidding Document carefully. Submission of e-Bid against this SBD shall be deemed to have

been done after careful/conscious study and examination of the procedures, terms and conditions of the Standard BiddingDocument with full understanding of its implications.

2. The tender document is available at website http://jktenders.gov.in. Interested Bidders may view, download the e-Bid docu-ment, seek clarification and submit their e-Bid online up to the date and time mentioned in the table below:

A Tender Document Sale/Download Start Date 22.08.2020; 10.00 AM

B Tender Document Sale/Download End Date 11.09.2020; 04:00 PM

C e-Bid submission (start) date & time 22.08.2020; 12:00 PM

D e-Bid submission (end) date & time 11.09.2020; 04:00 PM

E Submission of Hard Copy of Tender Fee 11.09.2020 up to 04:00 PM

F Commercial and Technical Bid opening date & time 12.09.2020; 02:00 PM

G Online financial e-Bid opening date & time Will be communicated to the Technically Qualifying Bidders(Only of the technically qualified Bidders)

H Venue of opening of techno-commercial Bids Soft Copy Electronically & Hard copy in the Office of the Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCL Gandhi Nagar Jammu

I Tender Value Rs. 10.15 Lakhs

J Cost of e-Bid document Rs. 1000 (Non-Refundable)

K Amount of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) Rs.20300 .00

3. The Bidders of States other than UT of J&K, shall have to pay the e-Bid document fee in the shape of Demand Draft /(Non-refundable) payable in favour of the Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCL Gandhi Nagar Jammu of anyNationalized Bank on or before 11.09.2020 upto 16:00 Hrs.

4. The Bidders of Union Territory J&K, shall have to pay the e-Bid document fee in the shape of e-Challan, treasury Challan/re-ceipt, in favour of Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCL Gandhi Nagar Jammu (Cost of Tender to be credited toHead : 0801) (Non-refundable) on or before 11.09.2020 upto 16:00 Hrs.

5. The original demand draft or e-Challan, treasury Challan/receipt shall be submitted in a separate envelope to the Office ofthe Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCL Gandhi Nagar Jammu and should reach at least one day before openingof commercial and technical e-Bid. The scanned copy of the Demand Draft/ e-Challan, treasury Challan/receipt must be up-loaded along with the e-Bids.

6. Bidders must quote for all the particulars of the item in the Technical Bid and in the price schedule/BOQ of financial bid. Thebids of Bidders who will not quote for all the particulars for any item in technical and financial bids shall be liable to be rejectedat the discretion of the Employer keeping in view the interest of the JPDCL.

7. All the e-Bids must be accompanied by the scanned copy of EMD in the form of CDR/FDR/Bank Guarantee only from anyNationalized/Scheduled bank only pledged to Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCL Gandhi Nagar Jammu. NoInterest shall be payable on Earnest Money deposited with the Department.

a) Hard Copy of original instrument of EMD shall be demanded from the successful bidder(s) after the opening of the Financiale-Bids.

b) The date and time of opening of Financial-Bids shall be notified on Web Site http://jktenders.gov.in. This is conveyed to thetechnically qualified Bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address. The Financial-bids shall beopened accordingly online on the same Web Site.

8. The e-Bids will be electronically opened in the presence of Bidder’s representatives, who choose to attend at the venue, dateand time mentioned in the above table. An authority letter of Bidder’s/OEM representative will be required to be produced.

9. The JPDCL reserves the right to cancel any or all the e-Bids/ the e-Bid process without assigning any reason thereof if anymajor lapse/deviation is found. The decision of the JPDCL will be final and binding.

10. In the event of date specified for e-Bids opening being declared a holiday for JPDCL office then the due date for opening of e-Bids shall be the following working day at the appointed time and place.

11. All the required documents excluding Price Schedule/BOQ should be uploaded by the e-Bidders electronically in the PDFformat, whereas Price Schedule/BOQ should be uploaded electronically in the same BOQ sheet provided with the SBD.

12. To participate in e-bidding process, Bidders have to get ‘Digital Signature Certificate (DSC)’ as per Information TechnologyAct-2000, to participate in online bidding. Hard Copy of Cost of Tender Document must be delivered to the Office of the Executive Engineer Electric Division-II JPDCLGandhi Nagar Jammu in sealed cover at least one day before the scheduled date of opening of the commercial and technicale-Bids. The sealed cover shall be super scribed as “COST OF TENDER DOCUMENTS AGAINST e-NIT NO: 53 of 2020-21Dated: 21-08-2020.”

Executive EngineerJPDCl, Electric Division-II

JammuDIP/J-1436-P/20

UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR

oFFICE oF ThE ExECUTIvE ENGINEER (PhE) JalShaKTI mECh. DIvISIoN NoRTh JammU

e-mail: [email protected]. 0191-2549374

NoTICE INvITING TENDERe-NIT No. 98 of 2020-21

For and on behalf of President of India, Executive Engineer, (PHE) Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu,invites tenders by e-tendering mode from the reputed/registered firms for the below mentioned work.

S. Name of work Name of Cost of Earnest Validity Bid No Division document/ Money of Rates validity

tender fee(in Rs)

1. Replacement of Components of PHE Jal 200/- 02% of 180 days 180 LT Control Panels of Tube Wells Shakti quoted daysPeer Kho and allied works. Mech. rates

DivisionNorth Jammu

Date of Publishing : 26-08-2020 04.00 pm. 1. Bid documents can be seen at and downloaded from the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 26-08-

2020 (04.00 pm). 2. The Bids shall be deposited in electronic format on the website http://jktenders.gov.in from 26-08-2020

(04.00 pm) to 04-09-2020 (04.00 pm).3. The complete bidding process will be online http://jktenders.gov.in.4. The Technical bids received shall be opened online on 05-09-2020 (04.00 pm) or any other subsequent

date in the office of Executive Engineer Jal Shakti PHE Mech. Division North Jammu.5. The Financial bids of the bidders shall be opened online after scrutinizing the technical bid in the office of

the Executive Engineer Jal Shakti PHE Mech. Division North Jammu in presence of the bidders whowish to attend. If the office happens to be closed on the date of opening of the bids as specified, the bidswill be opened on the next working day at the same time and venue.

6. Bids must be uploaded along with scanned copy of cost of tender document in the shape of e-challan /copy of receipt from treasury favouring Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammuindicating name of work by crediting the requisite charges to MH:0215 (Revenue), scanned copy of theearnest money / bid security in the shape of CDR pledge to Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech.Division North Jammu will also be required to be uploaded alongwith. The original instruments in re-spect of cost of document, EMD and other relevant document of L1 bidder will be required to be submit-ted to the Executive Engineer PHE Jal Shakti Mech. Division North Jammu within 10 days after openingof financial bids on line. No separate intimation about opening of financial bids will be sent by this office /by the tender opening authority. In case the original documents are not submitted by the L1 bidder within10 days after opening of financial bid, the tender will be cancelled and the bidder will not be allowed toparticipate in any further / future tendering process in the division for a period of one year.

7. The date and time of opening of financial bids will be notified on website http://jktenders.gov.in and con-veyed to the bidders automatically through an e-mail message on their e-mail address.

8. The original documents when submitted by L1 bidder for the cost of tender documents, EMD, specifiedin the tender document should be same as uploaded on line (Scanned copies) otherwise allotment willnot be issued, the tenders will be cancelled and the bidder will not be allowed to participate in any further/ future tendering process in the division for a period of one year.

9. Bid security of successful tenderer will have to be in form of CDR of any scheduled bank and shall haveto be valid for one year or more after last date of receipt of Bid.

10. Only such firms should submit tender, who have requisite infrastructure and workshop facility for carry-ing out similar type of job which may be inspected by the competent authority before awarding the jobcontract so as to access the working capacity of the tenderer. The workmanship and material usedshould be of high quality and as per the specifications of the job order / tender.

11. The bid for the execution of work shall remain open for acceptance for a period of 180 days from the dateof opening of bids. If any bidder/tenderer withdraws his bid/tender before the said period or makes anymodifications in the terms and conditions of the bid, the earnest money of the firm shall stand forfeited.

12. The tenderers are advised to visit the site of work / inspect the parts to be fabricated before uploadingtheir tenders so as to acquaint themselves with exact measurement and site conditions.

13. Special conditions as per Finance Department order No. OM A/24 (2017)-651 dated 07-06-2018.i. Furnishing of hard copies of bids immediately after submission of e-tenders is dispenses with. The same

should be obtained only from the bidder who is declared as L-1 after opening of financial bids.ii. The cost of tenders should be collected by introducing e-challan or simply uploading a copy of neces-

sary treasury challan / receipt. iii. Similarly, instead of insisting on actual call deposit receipt, a copy of same duly pledged to the con-

cerned department should be uploaded by the tenderers. However, before allotting the work or issuingthe supply order, the original CDR should be obtained and kept on record.

14. Other details, instructions and terms and conditions can be seen / downloaded from the bidding docu-ment.

Sd/-Executive Engineer

(PhE) Jal Shakti mech. Division North Jammu

DIP/J-3756/20

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An awareness camp onlabour laws was organizedtoday, which was attendedby the Chairman MunicipalCommittee and other elect-ed members and ExecutiveOfficer of the civic body.

the participants weremade aware about the vari-ous labour laws enacted forthe protection of legal rightsof the workers by the gov-ernment. the welfareschemes meant for the un-organised sector workersparticularly for buildingand other constructionworkers were also dis-cussed. Assistant LabourCommissioner, ghanshyamBasotra, informed that the

registration of constructionworkers is being conductedon fast track basis under theMission Mode projectlaunched by the govern-ment through labour de-partment. He appealed theMC members to aware theworkers and facilitate theirregistration by online modeon website *www.jk-bocwb.gov.in, so that theycan avail the benefits of thewelfare schemes launchedby the J&K building andother construction workerswelfare board. Further, theAssistant LabourCommissioner also dis-cussed and made the partic-ipants aware about the pen-sion scheme launched bythe government of India .

Awareness camp on labourwelfare schemes held at Doda

NoticeI Pardeep Mengi S/o

Lt. R.N Mengi R/o C-10,Bharat Nagar Talab TilloJammu has applied fortransfer of my vehiclebearing Regd. No.JK02AC-0988 in favour ofSushil Khajuria S/o Lt.Sh. Satpal Khajuria R/O270,Sector-1, Lane-6Dogra Nagar MuthiJammu. Objections if anymay be conveyed to RTOJammu with in sevendays from the date of pub-lication of this notice.

NoticeI Musarat Hussian

S/o Mohd. Ramzan R/oNarwal Balla Jammu hasapplied for transfer of myvehicle bearing Regd.No. JK02BG-6867 infavour of Rakesh KumarS/o Dev Raj R/o Reasi.Objections if any may beconveyed to RTO Jammuwith in seven days fromthe date of publication ofthis notice.

NoticeI Anuj Mehra S/o Dev

Raj R/o ManayalBrahmna Jammu, hasapplied for transfer of myvehicle bearing Regd.No. JK02BX-0641 infavour of Kabir Din S/oFaqir Din R/o H.No.4,HariBudda Teh.Havelli Distt.Poonch. Objections if anymay be conveyed to RTOJammu with in sevendays from the date of pub-lication of this notice.

NoticeI Shubham Krishan

Koul S/o Sham lal KoulR/o H. No. 31, Lane-11,Laxmi Puram, ChinoreJammu has applied fortransfer of my vehiclebearing Regd. No.JK02BB-5223 in favour ofDwarka Dass S/oShahna Dass R/o ChanniNanak PO. SatwariJammu. Objections if anymay be conveyed to RTOJammu with in sevendays from the date of pub-lication of this notice.

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Rot within, threats without

Has the institution of the CAG served the aam aadmi?

To avoid war, always be readyBy : ANIRuDDHA CHAKRAvARTy

though India is a peace-lovingnation, when threatened, it musthave the capability to defend itself.Capability, to be credible, must beconsistent over long periods of time.As the confrontation with China es-calated in eastern Ladakh, manyIndians wondered whether war wasa possibility. Under the circum-stances, a query of that nature isquite justified. If there is anythingthat is constant with the evolution ofmankind, it is conflicts and wars. thenature, type and duration of warsmay differ but conflicts have neverleft the human race. Prehistoric soci-eties were violent and nothing seemsto have changed. As per the ImperialWar Museum (UK) data, militaryconflicts took place every year in the20th century, too. there were onlyshort periods of time when the worldwas free from war. the total numberof deaths caused by armed conflictduring the 20th century has been es-timated at 187 million. It, therefore,necessitates deliberation as to why,despite making unbelievableprogress, humankind is unable to re-solve differences through non-vio-lent means. Von Clausewitz states inhis classic book On War that, “War isnothing but a duel on extreme scale.War is, therefore, an act of violenceintended to compel our opponent tofulfil our will. War is a mere continu-ation of policy by other means.”Wars are executed when vital inter-ests of a nation are threatened.Military and other instruments ofnational power are employed on theadversary to execute a national or

political policy, mostly as a last re-sort, when other efforts have not suc-ceeded. the summation is that twoor more nations are involved and itconcerns each country’s basic andfundamental values.

this brings us to the thought thatis this relevant in today’s intercon-nected, digitised and highly com-mercial world? One needs to consid-er, first, whether the vital nationalinterests would change or be negoti-ated, if threatened and second, in thehighly interdependent world, wouldit be possible to negotiate a settle-ment by means other than war?Vaclav Smil, after examining armedconflicts of the past two centuries, inthe book, global Catastrophes andtrends: Next Fifty years says, “themost important finding regarding

future likelihood of violent conflictscomes from Lewis Fry richardson’ssearch for causative factors of warand his conclusion that wars arelargely random catastrophes whosespecific time and location we cannotpredict but whose recurrence wemust expect.” the probability ofwars and conflicts in future cannotbe ruled out. However, the natureand scale may be different. the pos-sible spectrum of conflict in today’sworld is very wide indeed. A nationmay choose to fight a war with its ad-versary even by proxy, as Pakistan isexecuting in Kashmir for the last fourdecades. At the lowest end of thespectrum is the low-intensity con-flict and at the highest is nuclear war.However, the level of escalation,once commenced, cannot be con-

trolled fully as the adversary neednot be governed by the escalatoryladder that one has planned to exe-cute. depending upon how soon thenational intention is fulfilled, con-flicts/wars could be limited in scope.It could be limited to a particular ge-ographical area, limited by interna-tional/binational commitment, lim-ited by use of weapon systems or lim-ited by time. A classic example oflimited conflict is the Kargil Warwherein it was limited to the geo-graphical area of Kargil, limited byIndia not crossing the Line ofControl (LoC) and was terminatedon July 26, 1999, once all thePakistani encroachments were evict-ed. With modern technologies, warscould also be fought by kinetic, non-kinetic means or a combination ofboth. Whereas the lethality of kineticweapon systems is ever-increasing,in terms of range, accuracy andstand-off attacks, the threat of non-kinetic systems like in the field of cy-ber and space is indeed very potent.New systems like directed EnergyWeapons (dEW) can bring a changeto warfare. Likewise, a well-orches-trated cyber attack can immobilisean adversary. History has shown thatskilful employment of new weaponsystems can significantly enhancethe chances of victory. How does thisplay out in the Indian context? Asiais home to two of the most populouscountries of the world India andChina. despite being old civilisationswith many common understand-ings, the two nations have quite dif-ferent political systems, ideologiesand cultures. Border problems, too,

By : PRAmODE mISHRA

Public interest would be bestserved if the national auditor movesinto a more collaborative ratherthan a confrontationist mindset.With India turning 74 recently, it istime to reflect on an institution thatBr Ambedkar once described as themost powerful one in the country.One that would keep a close watchon all government spending: theComptroller and Auditor general(CAg). All institutions have beencreated to serve and protect therights and interests of citizens, thustheir utility has necessarily to beviewed from the perspective of anaam aadmi (common man). Wehave thus to examine how far hasthe CAg addressed the daily con-cerns of the masses. Each time aCAg is appointed, there is alwaysmuch noise regarding the mannerin which the executive selects thecandidate and how such proceduresare detrimental to the independ-ence of the body. But does this aloneaccount for the functioning of theAudit department? the CAg makesbig news when critical reports onimplementation of certain schemesare published. the CAg’s report onacquisition of rafale, allocation of

coal blocks, auction of spectrum,conduct of the Commonwealthgames and so on brought it into thelimelight. However, do such reportsaddress the concerns of an ordinarycitizen? the Union and Stategovernments spend humongousamounts of money on welfareschemes to provide basic amenitiesto the underprivileged. It is in theform of free grain, housing, health,pension, free education, supply oftextbooks and so on. People livingBelow the Poverty Line (BPL) areentitled to such facilities, thus it is adetermining criteria for a host ofbenefits. the preparation of theBPL list is mired in controversywith complaints regarding inclu-sion of ineligible people and exclu-sion of eligible ones. Has the CAgever taken up an audit of such animportant activity? One of thedefining features of good gover-nance is speedy grievance redres-sal. A robust system in which an in-dividual lodges a complaint and aneffective machinery that looks intoit verifies its genuineness and pro-vides a quick remedy. Allgovernments have created sepa-rate departments for addressingpublic grievances. It is often seenthat complaints from the public are

routinely disposed of with a stan-dard answer “settled.” Has the CAgever verified whether the complainthas been settled? Has he ever com-mented on the effectiveness or ro-bustness of the grievance redressalmechanism? the right toInformation (rtI) Act was intro-duced with great fanfare and wasmeant to empower citizens. Underthe rtI, all departments were toproactively disclose information. Acursory examination ofgovernment websites would show

that they are hopelessly outdatedand one cannot even find the tele-phone numbers of key officials. Hasthe CAg ever raised such issues?governments make a great noiseregarding the ease of doing busi-ness. Every year, goaded by theWorld Bank, a report is releasedshowing the great advances made inthis sphere. Has the CAg ever ex-amined how easy or difficult it is foran ordinary person to get a SC/Stcertificate, a legal heir certificate, a

By : AJOy KumAR

the broadcast media is lessabout news and more about trPs.this is definitely not what was ex-pected of the fourth pillar. It can jus-tify survival but can it leave a legacy?.I remember television news used tobe very different. I recall it to be asource of trusted information andthe news anchors, who pioneeredand brought the news to our homes,used to be respected, well-read andthoughtful individuals. this mightseem unimaginable and incompre-hensible to young readers today be-cause television news now appears tobe unrecognisable as being thefourth pillar of democracy it wasdecades ago. News media has under-gone dramatic changes from thoserose-tinted days when the news wasnot a 24x7 business but a way to keepcitizens informed about what was go-ing on in their country and across theworld. the advent of cable news, pio-neered by news organisations in theUnited States (US) like CNN,changed all that and made newschannels a 24x7 source of contentbut essentially with the same amountof information. CNN dealt with thissituation by no longer limiting itselfto the news at all. As reported in theEconomist, CNN has filled its chan-nels with original films and televi-sion series that are either licensed by

it or produced in-house. It has foundmajor success by adopting this ap-proach. For example, when it got onboard the late celebrity chef AnthonyBourdain to travel to exotic places ina show titled Parts Unknown, ithelped the channel attract close toeight million new viewers.therefore, news channels now areless about the news and more aboutthe views. television news today canbattle any soap opera for trPs. If youwant to see how thin the line betweena soap opera and a news channel is,

just look at the manner in which thedeath of an actor, Sushant Singhrajput, has been dealt with by newschannels with his alleged girlfriend,rhea Chakraborty, at the centre ofthe media trial. Just to give you anidea of what counts as news nowa-days, one national media channelran a programme titled Sushant parrhea ka kaala jaadu (Sushant was avictim of rhea’s black magic) with aheavy dose of graphic images and analarming lack of intelligence. Whennews channels show content like

this, they not only speak about thestory but inevitably (and, perhaps,intentionally) become the storythemselves. the coverage by certainsegments of the “news” media duringthis entire episode has been misogy-nistic, hateful and frankly speaking,a source of embarrassment for acountry that calls itself the largestdemocracy in the world. We must notforget that one of the basic tenets ofprogressive democracy and a fair le-gal system is that anyone accused of acrime is presumed innocent untilproven otherwise. It is a principlethat these “news” channels are wellaware of, as evident by the fact thatthey keep this in mind when speak-ing about Pragya thakur, a 2008Malegaon bomb blast accused andcurrent Member of Parliament butforget about it when it comes to thedeath of an actor. this farcical mediatrial has truly revealed the rot thathas set in deep in the field of journal-ism. News anchors and organisa-tions that produce and broadcast thistype of news need to think long andhard about the pressures and impactof such incessant media coverage. Ithas the potential to lead to cases ofdepression and, possibly, even sui-cides. I pray that we never see suchan outcome but what if such an un-fortunate situation does arise? Willthese news channels cover each oth-

Rot within on Page 7

To avoid war on Page 7

has the institution on Page 7

Glimpses of FutureEStABLISHEd IN 1986

India has a role to play, post Covid-19

Both the coronavirus pandemic and the climate cri-

sis have raised fundamental questions about how

to ensure the health and well-being of the world's

people and how nations must cooperate to advance the

common good. young people are particularly looking for

bold steps towards sustainability, equality and social jus-

tice. today is the time for bold leadership on clean energy

and climate action. India shall take the lead to be at the

helm of the ambitious leadership we need. India can be-

come a true global superpower in the fight against climate

change if it speeds up its shift from fossil fuels to renewable

energy. India's proportion of renewable energy rose from

17 per cent to 24 per cent while coal-fired power declined

from 76 per cent to 66 per cent. this is a promising trend

that needs to continue. renewable energy needs to grow.

And coal use must be phased out. that must be our story of

smarter, stronger, cleaner economies for the 21st century,

creating more jobs, more justice and more prosperity. All

the countries, especially the g20 countries shall be urged

to commit to carbon neutrality before 2050 and to submit,

well before the November 2021 UN Climate Change

Conference, more ambitious nationally determined con-

tributions and long-term strategies that are aligned with

the goal to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees.

Indian leaders shall also take the decisions, make the in-

vestments and adopt the policies necessary to continue

this vital journey. India must end its reliance on polluting,

financially volatile and costly fossil fuels and instead in-

vest in clean, economically resilient solar power. today, as

we endure the twin crises of COVId-19 and climate

change, this effort has never been more important. A rap-

idly heating world threatens even more disruption and ex-

poses even further our world's deep and damaging imbal-

ances. As nations look to recover from the COVId pan-

demic, their commitment to doing better would include

transforming economic, energy and health systems to save

lives, create stable, inclusive economies and stave off the

existential threat of climate change. India has a key role to

play in that vital effort as India has all the ingredients for

exerting the leadership at home and abroad envisioned.

India's top priorities - poverty alleviation and universal

energy access - can be key drivers in these efforts.

Investments in renewable energy generate three times

more jobs than investments in polluting fossil fuels,

guterres said such job creation is an opportunity that can't

be missed as the COVId-19 pandemic threatens to push

many people back into poverty.

H I S T O R Y T H I S D AY

1952 : “Red Scare” dominates American politicsAs the presidential election of 1952 begins to heat up, so do accusations

and counteraccusations concerning communism in America. the “red

Scare”the widespread belief that international communism was operating

in the United States came to dominate much of the debate between

democrats and republicans in 1952. On August 27, 1952, the New york

times front page contained three stories suggesting the impact of the red

Scare on the upcoming election. In the first story, the republican-dominat-

ed Senate Internal Security Subcommittee released a report charging that

the radio Writers guild was dominated by a small number of communists.

the guild, whose members were responsible for producing more than 90

percent of the programs on radio, had purportedly been run by a small

Don’t forget Kedernath

SC-appointed panel points out glaring violations in the Char dham

highway project that could trigger more landslides. We don’t learn from

our mistakes and seem to have forgotten the 2013 flash floods of

Kedarnath. Why else would we be again playing with eco-sensitive zones

recklessly, flouting every rule in the book? If the warning by the Supreme

Court-appointed high-powered committee is anything to go by, there is

brazen violation of forest and wildlife laws by the Char dham Pariyojana of

the Ministry of road transport and Highways (MortH). In July, the

Narendra Modi government approved a zonal master plan (ZMP) for de-

veloping the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone, a 4,179.59 sq km stretch from

gaumukh to Uttarkashi. Ever since, environmentalists have been up in

arms saying the area was geologically fragile and any development could

Don’t forget on Page 7

1952 on Page 7

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The other issue that needs to be debated iswhether the CAG should blow his whistle post-event. Can we not move into a system wherein theinstitution renders advice and suggests a courseof action before the event? Like a system of ad-vance ruling? This would be in the larger public in-terest. What is the point of blowing the whistleafter public money has been wasted? It is betterthat we prevent a wrongdoing rather than com-ment after the mischief has been done. The IndianCAG is perhaps the only organisation which looksat the functioning of all tiers of Government.

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29 , 2020natiOnal7 Glimpses of Future

disturb the natural slope of the mountains and trigger land

slips. But the government is in a rush to clear the ZMP be-

cause it wants to expedite the 900-km Char dham high-

ways project, which will connect the four pilgrimage sites

of gangotri, yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, easing

pilgrim access. Hence, against better counsel, the project is

on course. this despite the geological Survey of India

(gSI) report on the 2013 tragedy categorically saying that

landslides and flooding had been caused by the ever-en-

croaching and rampant construction. Successive

governments have overlooked geological features and

drainage patterns, and allowed illegal construction on riv-

er banks and over natural water channels in the name of in-

frastructure development in the hills. If the current ob-

server group’s warning is ignored, we could be looking at a big-

ger tragedy. the project preparations have already caused incalcu-

lable and long-term damage to the Himalayan ecology. trees

have been felled, hills have been cut and excavated materi-

al has been dumped without valid permission on various

stretches, burying flow channels and threatening local

habitat. there is brazen misuse of old clearances issued to

the Border roads Organisation (BrO) during 2002-2012

and over 200 km have been added on their basis. this is

not only illegal but also defeats the regulatory purpose

since the scope of work has changed drastically and the

present road widening work requires major excavations

into hill sides. Plus, there has been a violation of the apex

court’s directive as the Uttarakhand government had said

in an affidavit in April 2019 that stretches where work had

not begun would be subject to the assessment of the

Supreme Court. But in clear violation, at least 60 km of the

stretch has been coopted into the site map. Besides, the

Ministry disregarded the panel’s view that the developer

should not start new work and restore vulnerable slopes

before the yatra season to avoid landslides. As it is, there

has been a lot of heartburn over the new Environment

Impact Assessment (EIA) draft Policy 2020.

Environmentalists have accused the government of not

just watering it down but also taking away the voice of the

people who would be affected by development proj-

ects the most. And violations for a project that is consid-

ered to be Prime Minister Modi’s dream will only erode the

government’s credibility where its environmental commitment

is concerned.

Don’t forget ......................................................................exist despite efforts to come to an understanding. On thewestern border, Pakistan, with its deeply-troubled eco-nomic condition, obsession with continuance of proxy warin Kashmir and lack of democratic values, remains a poorState in constant flux. Our threats from both northern andwestern neighbours, are therefore quite real and do notseem to be diminishing in the foreseeable future.

A prediction of whether these threats will end in wars isdifficult to make. It is, however, necessary to note thatkeeping the theory of war in mind, execution of war as a lastresort of implementing the nation’s will and policy re-mains very real. the role of world bodies and multilateralapproaches to prevent conflicts and wars are of great im-port but they have their own limitations in inter-State con-flict resolution. though the United Nations (UN) has per-formed better than its predecessor, the League of Nations,but lack of true representation of the world in the UNSecurity Council (UNSC) and vested interests of individualnations, do curtail it from preventing conflicts betweenStates. When a crisis deepens, every country, includingthose with friendly relations, would consider the overallstrategic scenario prevailing at that time and react keepingtheir own national interests in mind. Such reactions neednot necessarily be in favour of one or the other adversary.In other words, a country should have the capacity to de-fend itself. this would lead us to the aspect of capability de-velopment. the significant facet to be deliberated is skillvis-à-vis intention. Whereas intentions can change withina short period of time, proficiency cannot. Capability, to becredible, must be consistent over long periods of time andmost importantly, keep the threat of war in mind. Any dilu-tion in perception of threat of war can immensely set backproficiency development, thereby seriously impacting anation’s war-waging power. Capacity development has toconsider future technologies, too. Advancement of tech-nologies in the world and their possible usage by the adver-sary need to be constantly scanned and systems upgradedto meet these challenges. Prior to World War II, despite aban, the germans developed tanks and air power, un-known to the world. And when the Allies learnt about it, itwas too late and these systems contributed notably togerman victory in battles. the entire spectrum of conflict,from low-intensity conflict to nuclear war, as also threatsfrom kinetic and non-kinetic use of systems need to be fac-

tored in. While weapons/equipment/other war-like mate-rial form one part of capability development, the other im-portant part is human resources development. A highmorale of the armed forces is a battle-winning factor. So isthorough training of all personnel in war-like conditions,in an all-arms integrated environment. Another vital ele-ment in capacity development is strategic self-reliance indefence production. the war-waging capability of thearmed forces can be seriously neutralised if anyweapon/equipment, ammunition or even a small part of asystem, being imported from another country, is denied ordelayed. As per SIPrI (Stockholm International Peaceresearch Institute), in 2019, India was the third-highestmilitary spender of the world at $71.1 billion, next only tothe US and China. Plus, in the time period between 2015-2019, India was the second-largest importer of weapons,accounting for 9.2 per cent of the world’s arms import. thegovernment’s policy of Atmanirbhar Bharat has created awin-win situation. On one end, strategic self-reliance canbe achieved and on the other, it can create opportunitiesand much-needed employment in the country. However, itis necessary to highlight that such systems produced in thecountry have to be world-class, meeting the operational re-quirements of the armed forces in terrain and situationsthat they need to be employed in. Any faulty productionwould endanger the lives of soldiers and the security of thecountry, besides being economically self-defeating in thelong-term. India has always been a peace-loving country,with no territorial ambitions and has contributed to theworld in every field. Such an attitude is instilled in the cul-ture of majority of Indians. Hence conflicts and wars arenot desirable. though India is a peace-loving nation, whenthreatened, the capability must exist to completely annihi-late the adversary and protect our culture. Another valuewhich is deeply embedded in Indian culture is Ahimsa.this word is sometimes misunderstood and portrayed asmeek submission. Whereas, it has quite a different mean-ing. Ahimsa prohibits thoughts of causing injury to others.It does not mean that if physically threatened, you do notretaliate. you should retaliate and strike the attacker sohard that he is rendered incapable of any further threat.the fear of defeat, just by the strength of your retaliationwould, therefore, suffice to keep him away. this is deter-rence by capability development.

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er and examine any possibility of black magic being re-sponsible or hold the mirror to themselves? the field ofjournalism, however, is not merely under threat due to therot within from actors in its own fraternity but more dan-gerously so and in a much more tangible sense from theoutside. A study that examined attacks on journalistsfound that there have been nearly 40 killings of journalistssince 2014 with 21 of the deaths being directly linked totheir professional work. What is all the more discouragingis that only three convictions have taken place since 2010.As per reports, these attacks were allegedly committed bymembers of political parties, religious sects, studentgroups and criminal gangs. Just this past week, we heardthe sad news of a journalist being shot dead in UttarPradesh. However, this story has received nowhere close tothe attention that has been given to this media trial. Wehave not seen news organisations or news anchors raisethis issue or use its resources to bring attention to this seri-ous threat to our democracy. Instead of protecting theirown community, that has been the unfortunate victim ofviolent crimes and pressures, some television anchorshave used their influence and the platform to focus their

stories on the influence of black magic in an ongoing inves-tigation. this is the true tragedy of television news. I oftenhear that news channels are in a race for trPs and need todo whatever they can to get attention as it is a question ofsurvival. While this is an explanation, it is far from an ac-ceptable one. Justifying the action of news anchors, by say-ing that news channels can only survive the new reality of24x7 reporting by compromising all journalistic integrity,is no different from defending corrupt bureaucrats orpoliticians who say that they can only survive in their fieldby taking bribes and junking their integrity. they are alldrinking from the same well. In fact, when I was speakingto my son, who is a lawyer, about the sad state of affairs oftelevision news, he exclaimed that it’s not all bad becausethese “journalists” have added a layer of respectability tothe lawyers. In the end, however, any real change can onlycome from the actors on the screen themselves. History isthe only real judge and when this period is looked back atby future generations, anchors, who had the opportunity tomould generations, will either be classified as Edward rMurrows or risk being called spokespersons of a formatthat can only be said to be inspired from radio rwanda.

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mutation done for property on the death of the owner?Should the CAg not be ranking departments according tothe ease of access? Computerisation has been introducedin a big way in government departments as it not onlymakes life easy for the citizens but brings in greater trans-parency. A huge amount of money has been invested inthis exercise. Ideally a citizen should be able to accessgovernment services like obtaining various kinds of cer-tificates online. Has the CAg ever examined the effective-ness of computerisation on service delivery? An institu-tion becomes vibrant and retains the trust of citizens aslong as the people can identify with it. Citizens would re-pose trust in it as a guardian of their rights and protectorof their interests if they perceive it to be doing so. do theyhave such a perception about the CAg? the CAg’s officehas to increasingly focus its attention on what is trou-bling our citizens. Public delivery of services should al-ways be the focus area if the institution is to remain rele-vant. there is yet another area which needs to be revisit-ed. Over the years, the Audit department has beenlabouring under the belief that accountability is best en-forced through post-event fault finding. the approachhas been to identify cases of malfeasance, infraction ofestablished procedures and waste of public money. Whilethese are important findings, does it provide any kind ofassurance to citizens regarding systemic integrity?

Should the CAg not be looking at systemic issues ratherthan wasting its resources in examining one-off transac-tions? the other issue that needs to be debated is whetherthe CAg should blow his whistle post-event. Can we notmove into a system wherein the institution renders ad-vice and suggests a course of action before the event? Likea system of advance ruling? this would be in the largerpublic interest. What is the point of blowing the whistleafter public money has been wasted? It is better that weprevent a wrongdoing rather than comment after themischief has been done. the Indian CAg is perhaps theonly organisation which looks at the functioning of alltiers of government. the Union government, Stategovernments, Union territories, Urban Local Bodiesand Panchayats. It is the only organisation, which looksat such varied departments of government like atomicenergy, space, defence, Public Sector Units and so on. Ithas over the years acquired rich and varied expertise. thetalent pool available is unmatched. It should direct its en-ergies for more purposeful activity. Public interest wouldbe best served if it moves into a more collaborative ratherthan a confrontationist mindset. I write this not to criti-cise the functioning of the CAg but to remind ourselves tostep back and start looking at things from a different per-spective. I would have succeeded in my efforts if it gener-ates a healthy debate.

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1952 .......................................................clique of communists for at least the last nine years.

According to the subcommittee report, communist subver-

sion of the guild was merely one step in a larger effort to

control the media of the United States—including radio,

television, movies, and book publishing. the second front-

page story was a report that the American Legion was de-

manding, for the third year in a row, that President Harry

S. truman dismiss Secretary of State dean Acheson for his

lack of vigor in dealing with the communist threat. the

Legion report declared that the department of State was in

desperate need of “god-fearing Americans” who had the

“intestinal fortitude not to be political puppets.” the or-

ganization demanded a quick and victorious settlement of

the Korean War, even if this meant expanding the war into

China. the third story provided a counter of sorts to the

previous two stories. It reported a speech by democratic

nominee for president governor Adlai E. Stevenson, in

which he strongly criticized those who used “patriotism” as

a weapon against their political opponents. In an obvious

slap at the Senate Subcommittee and others, such as

Senator Joseph McCarthy, Stevenson repeated the words

of the writer dr. Samuel Johnson: “Patriotism is the last

refuge of scoundrels.”

the governor claimed that it was “shocking” that good

Americans, such as Acheson and former secretary of state

general george C. Marshall, could be attacked on the

grounds that they were unpatriotic. the three related sto-

ries from the front page of the times indicated just how

deeply the red Scare had penetrated American society.

Accusations about communists in the film, radio, and tele-

vision industries, in the department of State and the U.S.

Army, in all walks of American life, had filled the newspa-

pers and airwaves for years. By 1952, many Americans

were convinced that communists were at work in the

United States and must be rooted out and hunted down.

republicans and their allies were obviously planning to

use the red Scare to their advantage in the presidential

election of that year, while the democrats were going to

have to battle the perception that they had been “soft” on

communism during the administration of President

truman (who came to office in 1945 following the death of

Franklin d. roosevelt). the republicans were eventually

victorious, with dwight d. Eisenhower scoring a victory

over Stevenson.

PRESS TRuST Of INDIAChandigarh, Aug 28

A Punjab Police teamraided the house of formerstate dgP Sumedh SinghSaini here in the earlyhours of Friday in a case re-lated to the disappearanceof a person after a terroristattack on him inChandigarh in 1991.However, Saini was notfound there, officials said.the raid was launched aday after a Mohali court re-served its order on an an-ticipatory bail plea filed bythe former Punjab directorgeneral of Police in thiscase. On August 21, thecourt had allowed thePunjab Police to add a

murder charge againstSaini in the case. the movecame after two formerChandigarh police person-nel, who are also co-ac-cused, turned approver inthe disappearance case.the former Punjab dgPwas booked in the month of

May this year in connec-tion with the disappear-ance of Balwant SinghMultani, who was a juniorengineer with ChandigarhIndustrial and tourismCorporation. Multani, whowas a resident of Mohali,was picked up by police af-

ter the terrorist attack onSaini, who was then thesenior superintendent ofpolice in Chandigarh, in1991, according to the FIr.Saini and six others werebooked on the complaint ofBalwant Multani's brother,Palwinder Singh Multani,who is a resident ofJalandhar. the case wasregistered against themunder sections 364 (kid-napping or abducting in or-der to murder), 201 (caus-ing disappearance of evi-dence of offence), 344(wrongful confinement),330 (voluntarily causeshurt) and 120 (B) (criminalconspiracy) of the IndianPenal Code at Mataur po-lice station in Mohali.

Punjab Police raids ex-DGP SumedhSaini's house in Chandigarh

PRESS TRuST Of INDIANew Delhi, Aug 28

the water level of the yamuna in delhirose to 204.30 meters on Friday morning,precariously close to the warning mark of204.50 meters, officials said. "the waterlevel was recorded at 204.30 meters at theOld railway Bridge at 9 am. It was 203.77metres at 10 am on thursday," an official ofthe irrigation and flood control departmentsaid. the water level rose because more wa-ter was released from the Hathnikund bar-rage on tuesday. the flow rate was 36,557cusec at 5 pm on tuesday, the highest in thelast three days, he said. the water dis-charged from the barrage which providesdrinking water to delhi normally takes two-three days to reach the capital. Water wasbeing released into the yamuna at the rateof 11,055 cusec at 8 am on Friday.

"the flow rate has remained between10,000 cusec to 25,000 cusec over the last

two days, which is not very high. therefore, the water level of the river is

expected to recede," the official said. Onecusec is equivalent to 28.32 litre per sec-ond. the river had swelled to 204.38 meterson Monday, which was just a metre belowthe danger mark of 205.33 meters.Normally, the flow rate at the Hathnikundbarrage is 352 cusec, but the discharge is in-creased after heavy rainfall in catchmentareas. Last year, the flow rate had peaked to8.28 lakh cusec on August 18-19, and thewater level of the yamuna had hit the206.60 meter-mark, breaching the dangermark of 205.33 meters. the delhi govern-ment had to launch evacuation and reliefoperations after the overflowing river sub-merged many low-lying areas. In 1978, the riverhad swelled to the all-time record water level of207.49 meters. In 2013, it had risen to 207.32metres. delhi's Water Minister SatyendarJain had Monday said the government wasready to deal with any flood-like situation.

Yamuna water level nears warning mark in delhi

PRESS TRuST Of INDIAHyderabad, Aug 28

telangana recorded 2,932new COVId-19 cases taking the to-tal number of those infected by thevirus in the state to 1,17,415. thedeath toll rose to 799 with 11 morefatalities, a state government bul-letin said on Friday, providing dataas of 8 pm on August 27. Out of the2,932 fresh cases, the greaterHyderabad MunicipalCorporation (gHMC) reported520, followed by rangareddy(218), Medchal Malkajgiri (218),Karimnagar (168), Nalgonda(159), Khammam (141), Jagityal(113), Mancherial (110), Suryapet(102) and Siddipet (100) districts.All 33 districts in the state reported

positive cases in double digits.the number of samples tested inthe state, cumulatively crossed12 lakh and stood at 12,04,343with 61,863 samples tested onAugust 27. the samples testedper million population was32,439, the bulletin said. thecase fatality rate in the state was0.68 per cent, while it was 1.83per cent at the national level.the total number of people whohave recovered from the infec-tious disease so far was87,675,while 28,941 were under treat-ment. the recovery rate in thestatewas 74.6 per cent, while itwas 76.33 per cent in the coun-try. the number of individuals inhome/institutional isolationwas 22,097.

Telangana records 2,932 new COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths

PRESS TRuST Of INDIAPune, Aug 28

A 30-year-old doctor isbeing hailed as a real"COVId warrior" after hedrove an ambulance to ferrya critically ill elderly coron-avirus patient to a hospitalfrom a care centre here. drranjeet Nikam said since thedriver of the ambulance sud-denly fell ill and there was noone to replace him immedi-ately, he decided to step inalong with another doctor,rajendra rajpurohit, to en-sure the patient gets urgentmedical attention. Nikamtook control of the wheel anddrove the 71-year -old pa-tient in the ambulance to ahospital after his oxygen sat-uration level dipped at the

COVId care centre where hewas undergoing treatment.the patient was underNikam's watch at the COVIdcare centre set up in theMarketyard area. "the inci-dent took place around 2 amon Monday. I was at theCOVId care centre when Ireceived a call that an elderlypatient's oxygen saturationlevel has gone down. "Afterconsultation with seniordoctors, it was decided toshift him to a bigger hospi-tal," said Nikam. He said thecentre has its own ambu-lance van but its driver hadfallen sick just a few hoursago and he was under med-ication and on saline at thefacility. "It was not appropri-ate to ask him to drive thevan in that condition. So we

called '108' emergency am-bulance service but the calldid not get connected. "Wealso made calls to anotherdriver but he was also notreachable," Nikam told PtI.

the doctor said since pa-tient's condition was wors-ening, he decided to drive theambulance himself. "I alongwith one more doctor(rajpurohit) got into the am-bulance van and drove out ofthe care centre. We went to acouple of hospitals but couldnot get an ICU bed for the pa-tient. "Finally, a bed wasavailable at a private hospitalwhere the patient was admit-ted," he added. Nikam, aBHMS doctor who has hisown clinic in the Parvatiarea, said the condition ofthe patient was now stable.

Doctor turns ambulance driver,ferries patient to hospital

PRESS TRuST Of INDIANew Delhi, Aug 28

the Supreme Court onFriday said that states anduniversities cannot promotestudents without holding fi-nal year exams bySeptember 30. Upholdingthe UgC decision to hold fi-nal year exams, a benchheaded by Justice AshokBhushan said if any statefeels they can't conduct ex-ams by that date, they mustapproach the UgC for newdates to hold the exam. yuvaSena, the youth wing of theShiv Sena, is one of the peti-tioners in the apex court andhas questioned the UgC's di-rective to hold examinationsamid the coronavirus pan-demic.

States, universities cannotpromote students withoutholding final year exams by

Sept 30: SC

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29 , 2020intErnatiOnal8 Glimpses of Future

Tokyo, Aug 28

Japan's longest-serving prime minister,Shinzo Abe, said on Friday that he intends tostep down because a chronic health problemhas resurfaced. He told reporters that it wasgut wrenching to leave so many of his goals un-finished. Abe has had ulcerative colitis sincehe was a teenager and has said the conditionwas controlled with treatment.

Concerns about Abe's health began thissummer and grew this month when he visiteda tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for un-specified health checkups. He is now on a newtreatment that requires IV injections, he said.While there is some improvement, there is noguarantee that it will cure his condition and sohe decided to step down after treatmentMonday, he said. It is gut wrenching to have toleave my job before accomplishing my goals,Abe said on Friday, mentioning his failure toresolve the issue of Japanese abducted yearsago by North Korea and a territorial disputewith russia. He said his health problem wasunder control until earlier this year but wasfound to have relapsed in June when he had anannual checkup. In a country once known forits short-tenured prime ministers, the depar-ture marks the end of an unusual era of stabili-ty that saw the Japanese leader strike upstrong ties with US President donald trumpeven as Abe's ultra-nationalism riled theKoreas and China. While he pulled Japan outof recession, the economy has been battered

anew by the coronavirus pandemic, and Abehas failed to achieve his cherished goal of for-mally rewriting the US-drafted pacifist consti-tution because of poor public support. Abe is apolitical blue blood who was groomed to fol-low in the footsteps of his grandfather, formerPrime Minister Nobusuke Kishi. His politicalrhetoric often focused on making Japan a nor-

mal and beautiful nation with a stronger mili-tary and bigger role in international affairs.Abe, whose term ends in September 2021, isexpected to stay on until a new party leader iselected and formally approved by the parlia-ment. Abe became Japan's youngest primeminister in 2006, at age 52, but his overly na-tionalistic first stint abruptly ended a year lat-

er because of his health. In december 2012,Abe returned to power, prioritising economicmeasures over his nationalist agenda. He wonsix national elections and built a rock-solidgrip on power, bolstering Japan's defence roleand capability and its security alliance withthe US. He also stepped up patriotic educationat schools and raised Japan's internationalprofile. Abe on Monday became Japan'slongest serving prime minister by consecutivedays in office, eclipsing the record of EisakuSato, his great-uncle, who served 2,798 daysfrom 1964 to 1972. But his second hospital vis-it Monday accelerated speculation and politi-cal maneuvering toward a post-Abe regime.Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation andsometimes polyps in the bowels. People withthe condition can have a normal life expectan-cy but serious cases can involve life-threaten-ing complications. After his recent hospitalvisits were reported, top officials from Abe'sCabinet and the ruling party said he was over-worked and badly needed rest. His health con-cerns came as his support ratings plunged dueto his handling of the coronavirus pandemicand its severe impact on the economy, on topof a stream of political scandals. there are aslew of politicians eager to replace Abe.

Shigeru Ishiba, a 63-year-old hawkish for-mer defence minister and Abe's archrival, is afavourite next leader in media surveys, thoughhe is less popular within the governing party.A low-key former foreign minister, FumioKishida, defence Minister taro Kono, Chief

Cabinet Secretary yoshihide Suga, and eco-nomic revitalisation minister yasutoshiNishimura, who is in charge of coronavirusmeasures, are widely mentioned in Japanesemedia as potential successors. Abe was oftenupstaged in dealing with the coronavirus pan-demic by tokyo governor yuriko Koike, a for-mer governing party conservative who is seenas a potential prime minister candidate bysome. But she would have to first be elected toParliament to be in the running for the top job.the end of Abe's scandal-laden first stint asprime minister was the beginning of six yearsof annual leadership change, remembered asan era of revolving door politics that lackedstability and long-term policies. When he re-turned to office in 2012, Abe vowed to revi-talise the nation and get its economy out of itsdeflationary doldrums with his Abenomicsformula, which combines fiscal stimulus,monetary easing and structural reforms.Perhaps Abe's biggest failure was his inabilityto fulfill a long-cherished goal of his grandfa-ther to formally rewrite the US-drafted paci-fist constitution. Abe and his ultra-conserva-tive supporters see the US-drafted constitu-tion as a humiliating legacy of Japan's WorldWar II defeat. He was also unable to achievehis goal of settling several unfinished wartimelegacies, including normalizing ties withNorth Korea, settling island disputes withneighbours and signing a peace treaty withrussia formally ending their hostilities inWorld War II.

Japan PM Shinzo Abe says he's resigning for health reasons

Washington, Aug 28

Indian-origin Senator KamalaHarris, the democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has blastedPresident donald trump for failing toprotect the American people from thedeadly coronavirus pandemic by be-ing "fixated on the stock market" andcaving in to China. In a blisteringspeech hours before trump deliveredhis acceptance speech to therepublican National Conventionfrom the South Lawn at the WhiteHouse, Harris alleged that the presi-dent's policies have been "a recklessdisregard" for the danger a pandemicwould pose to American lives.

"donald trump has failed at themost basic and important job of aPresident of the United States. Hefailed to protect the American people.Plain and simple. trump showedwhat we, in the legal profession,would call a reckless disregard for thewell-being of the American people,"Harris said. With the republicanleaders attending the four-day con-vention largely downplaying the im-pact of the COVId-19 pandemic,which has killed over 180,000 peopleand infected over five million othersin the US, Harris pointed out that

trump's failure to address the healthemergency more aggressively is em-blematic of a tweet-driven presiden-cy. "Here's what you have to under-stand about the nature of a pandemic:It's relentless. you can't stop it withthe tweet," the 55-year-old Senatorfrom California told trump. Insteadof rising to meet the most difficult mo-ment of his presidency, trump frozeand was scared. And he was petty andvindictive, she said. She said trump"doesn't understand the presidency"and believes it is "all about him."

the republican convention is de-signed for one purpose: to soothe thepresident's trump's ego, to make himfeel good, Harris said. "But here's thething: He's the President of theUnited States, and it's not supposed tobe about him. It's supposed to beabout the health and the safety andthe well-being of the American peo-ple." "And on that measure," sheadded, "donald trump has failed.""He never appreciated that aPresident swears an oath before godand country to protect Americaagainst threats seen and unseen. It'shis duty. It's his obligation to protectus. And yet, he has failed. Miserably,she said. Harris alleged that trump

"caved" in when the US needed him tobe tough on the Chinese government.

"On January 24th, he praised thetransparency of the Chinese govern-ment. He said, quote, China has beenworking hard to contain the coron-avirus. the United States greatly ap-preciates their efforts and trans-parency. It will all work out well. "Butthey weren't being transparent. they

blocked public health inspectors fromthe CdC, from getting the access andinformation they needed to protectAmerican lives, she said, referring toChina not allowing American healthexperts to visit Wuhan, the centralChinese city where the coronaviruspandemic emerged last year before itspread across the world. "donaldtrump stood idly by. And folks, it was

a deadly decision. Instead of rising tomeet the most difficult moment of hispresidency, donald trump froze. Hewas scared. He was petty and vindic-tive, Harris said. She said trump was"fixated on the stock market" as hethought that shutting down the eco-nomic activities to contain the spreadof the coronavirus in the countrywould harm his interests. Former vicepresident Joe Biden and his runningmate Harris from the democraticParty are challenging Presidenttrump and Vice President MikePence from the republican Party inthe November 3 presidential election."Here's the thing, donald trump's in-competence is nothing new. that hasalways been on full display. But inJanuary of this year, it became deadly.that's when the threat of a virus thatwould endanger the world firstemerged. trump dismissed thethreat. Joe Biden sounded the alarm,she said. It would be the beginning ofa pattern that persists to this day.trump telling us not to worry, that thevirus will, quote, disappear, that aquote, miracle is coming. Joe Biden,saying we need a plan, a nationalstrategy, a President who is willing tolead, willing to be a role model for our

nation. For our children, Harris said.this was the first major policy at-

tack by Harris against trump aftershe was nominated by the democraticParty as its vice-presidential candi-date last week, becoming the firstIndian-American and first Blackwoman to be picked by a majorAmerican political party for the toppost. As President, Joe Biden will puta plan into effect on day one, she as-serted. develop and deploy rapid testswith immediate results. Make suretesting, treatments, and ultimately, avaccine reach all Americans, includ-ing communities of color, who havehistorically been left behind.Manufacture the medical suppliesand protective equipment we need,she said. And make them right here-inAmerica, so we're never again at themercy of China and other foreigncountries to protect our own people,she added. A Biden Administrationwill put in place a nationwide maskMandate-it's not a burden to protecteach other. Harris alleged that beforethe virus hit, trump made the countryvulnerable. After it was struck, hefailed to do what was necessary. As itcontinues, he's making it worse everyday, she said.

Trump has shown reckless disregard for wellbeing of American people: Kamala Harris

Dubai, Aug 28

Israel has listed an ElAl flight taking off Mondayfor Abu dhabi, whichwould be Israel's first com-mercial passenger flight tothe United Arab Emiratesafter the two countriesagreed to a US-brokereddeal to normalise rela-tions.

the website of theIsrael Airports Authoritylisted the flight on Friday,which US officials earliersaid will include officialsled by President donaldtrump's senior adviserand son-in-law JaredKushner. Other US offi-cials on board will includenational security adviserrobert O'Brien, Mideastenvoy Avi Berkowitz andenvoy for Iran Brian Hook.Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu ear-lier announced that his na-tional security adviser,Meir Ben-Shabbat, willlead Israel's delegation. Anumber of Israeli govern-ment ministries will alsosend representatives, in-cluding the directors of theforeign and defense min-istries and the national avi-ation authority, he said.

the Israel AirportsAuthority said the flight

would be numberedLy971, a nod to the UAE'sinternational calling codenumber. A return flight toBen gurion InternationalAirport on tuesday will benumbered Ly972, Israel'sinternational calling code.Authorities in Israel andthe UAE did not immedi-ately acknowledge theflight. the US Embassy inAbu dhabi did not imme-diately respond to a re-quest for comment. thetwo countries agreed tonormalise relationsAugust 13. By August 16,telephone calls began ring-ing between the UnitedArab Emirates and Israel,marking the first concretestep of a US-brokereddiplomatic deal betweenthe nations that requiredIsrael to halt plans to an-nex land sought by thePalestinians. the historicdeal delivered a key foreignpolicy victory to trump ashe seeks reelection, and re-flected a changing MiddleEast in which shared con-cerns about archenemyIran have largely overtak-en traditional Arab sup-port for the Palestinians.Palestinians maintain itputs a just resolution to theMiddle East conflict evenfarther out of reach.

Israel lists first commercialpassenger flight to UAE

Kabul, Aug 28

roadside bombs strucktwo vehicles carrying civil-ians in separate attacksFriday in southernAfghanistan, killing at least14 people, including threechildren, and woundingthree others, officials said.the spokesman forKandahar province's gover-nor, Bahir Ahmadi, said theblast in the first attack inSpin Boldak district killed13 people and was so strongthat officials were havingdifficulty identifying someof the victims.

A second bomb explod-ed Friday in the afternoonon the same road hitting atruck. the driver was killed

and three children werewounded, Ahmadi said. Hesaid the victims were ontheir way to a wedding cere-mony. Provincial councilmember yousuf younosi

said the two roadsidebombs killed 19 civilians.the discrepancy betweenthe two numbers could notimmediately be accountedfor. No one immediately

claimed responsibility forthe attacks but both thetaliban and Islamic Stategroup affiliate are active inthe area. Ahmadi accusedtaliban insurgents of plac-ing the bombs. But talibanspokesman ZabiullahMujahid denied the insur-gent group was responsiblefor the attacks saying thearea used to be a battlefieldand the bombs were likelyfrom that time. the vio-lence comes as hopes are onthe rise for intra-Afghantalks to decide the war-torncountry's future. Afghancivilians continue to bearthe brunt of the war, despiteefforts to launch peace talksbetween the Kabul govern-ment and the taliban.

Afghan officials: Roadside bombskill 14 in separate attacks

Berlin, Aug 28

the European Union hasagreed to impose sanctions on up to20 senior Belarus officials suspect-ed of election fraud and the crack-down on protesters and is likely toput President AlexanderLukashenko on its list at somepoint, the bloc's foreign ministerssaid Friday at a meeting in Berlin.In Vienna, the Organisation forSecurity and Cooperation inEurope offered to mediate betweenthe two sides in Belarus, with chair-man Edi rama pledging not to in-terfere in internal affairs, but at thesame time stressing human rightsabuses must end.

Belarus' authoritarian presi-dent of 26 years has faced weeks ofprotests since he was reelected to asixth term on August 9 with 80 percent of the vote. the oppositionsays the poll was rigged and the EU,among others, disputes the results.

In the first four days of demonstra-tions that followed, Belarus securi-ty forces detained almost 7,000people and injured hundreds withrubber bullets, stun grenades andclubs. At least three protesters died.Around 180 people were detainedat rallies on thursday. We havegeneral agreement on how the listwill be structured and who will be,more or less, on the list, Czechrepublic Foreign Minister tomasPetricek told reporters. However,the technicalities involved in legallyfinalizing the list won't be conclud-ed for at least another week. Askedwhether the Belarus president willbe hit by a travel ban and assetfreeze, Petricek said he believesthat Lukashenko should be on thelist. the question is whether in thefirst stage, or a later stage if there isno progress. Lithuanian ForeignMinister Linas Linkevicius agreedthat Lukashenko should be on thelist now, but he acknowledged that

there may be tactical reasons tokeep the Belarus leader off.Lithuania had tabled its own list of118 officials. Some countries prefera gradual approach that wouldratchet up pressure by adding morenames progressively if Lukashenkofailed to enter into talks with theopposition. greece and Cyprus arealso believed to be demanding thatsanctions be slapped on turkey forwhat they say is its illegal energy ex-ploration in the easternMediterranean before the twocountries agree to the measuresagainst Belarus. russian PresidentVladimir Putin warned thursdaythat he stands ready to send policeto Belarus if protests there turn vio-lent, but sees no such need yet.Linkevicius said that we cannot ex-clude this invasion, and that the EUmust also send a clear warning torussia. german Chancellor AngelaMerkel told she stressed the impor-tance of Belarus' sovereignty in a

recent call with Putin. I hope thatsuch a unit won't be deployed, shetold reporters in Berlin. the EU hassupported proposals from theOSCE to promote dialogue inBelarus, one of the organisation's57 member nations, and has said itstands read to provide assistance tofurther them. In a special meetingon the situation in Belarus inVienna on Friday, rama, who is theprime minister of Albania, laid outthe case for the organization to as-sist in facilitating talks betweenLukashenko and the opposition.For the country to move forwardsafely and as securely as possiblewill require mutual understandingand cooperation inside Belarus,rama said. And our role should beto help bring that about. He empha-sized that if we are to play a con-structive role it is not for us to takesides and that the OSCE could pro-vide dispassionate third partycounseling.

EU firms up Belarus blacklist as OSCE offers to mediate

Peshawar, Aug 28

At least 16 people, in-cluding a woman and twochildren, were killed andeight others injured due toflash floods caused by tor-rential rains in northwestPakistan's KhyberPakhtunkhwa district, adisaster management offi-cial said on Friday. Eightpeople died in UpperKohistan district, six inSwat and two in Shangladistrict of the provincedue to the floods onthursday night, an officialof the Provincial disasterManagement Authority(PdMA) said, adding that40 houses were damaged

in these areas. the flood water inun-

dated houses in Shahgramand teerat area of Swatdistrict from where sixdeaths and injuries toeight people were report-ed. PdMA directorgeneral Pervez Khan andSecretary of relief rushedto the affected areas tooversee rescue activities.the rescue activities areunderway in full swing inthe affected areas and peo-ple are being shifted tosafer places, Khan said.Chief Minister K PMehmood Khan, who alsohails from Swat, has ex-pressed concern over theloss of life and property.

16 people killed in flash floodsin northwest Pakistan

Wellington, Aug 28

New Zealand's govern-ment and its foreign spyagency are getting involvedafter cyber attacks disruptedtrading on the nation's stockmarket several times thisweek. the attacks have affect-ed the private company NZXwhich hosts the market, halt-ing trading for up to severalhours at a time. FinanceMinister grant robertson saidFriday that ministers had askedthe govt CommunicationsSecurity Bureau intelligenceagency to help stop the at-tacks. We as a governmentare treating this very serious-ly, he said, adding that securi-ty concerns prevented himfrom saying much more.

New Zealandinvestigatingstock marketcyber attacks

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29 , 2020HEaltH9 Glimpses of Future

I have always read and heardthat it’s 70 per cent of your diet and30 per cent of your physical exer-cise that determine your weightloss journey. I categorically re-member the day when my trainerinstructed me to add more proteinsto my diet if I want to lose weight.turns out, I misunderstood himbecause because what I thought hemeant was that more proteinmeans more weight loss but I wastotally wrong. Moderation is thekey. However, by the time I under-stood this, it was too late for me.that’s why I want to share my expe-rience so that none of you fall preyto what I did. these are the five rea-sons that make me understood thateating too much protein can haveadverse effects on the body:

1. I included too much proteinin my diet and ended up gaining 4more kilos yes, eating too muchprotein can lead to weight gain. Iwas in complete shock when I usedthe weighing machine and foundout, that instead of losing, I’vegained weight. the main culpritswere eggs and chicken, the twothings on which I was surviving.Excessive protein spiked up mycholesterol level, making me flabby

instead of flat. When I narratedthis weight gain saga to my trainer,he told me that I need to bring mod-eration in consuming protein as itgets stored in our body in the formof fat. too much amino acid re-leased by it can lead to weight gain.

2. It made me dehydrated andbloated : I used to feel thirsty all thetime when I was on the protein diet.

When I spent time researching onit, I found that when there is toomuch protein in the body, the kid-ney has to work extra hard to flushit out. due to this, important min-erals like magnesium, potassium,and sodium are also flushed fromthe body which causes severe dehy-dration. this also added to my fa-tigue level and at times, I used to

experience severe headaches. thisalso lead to bloating for me.

3. the smell of my breath sud-denly became foul My breathwasn’t that bad when I used to gulpgarlic on an empty stomach but toomuch protein also gave me a badbreath. this happened due to theprocess called ketosis where storedfat was burned by my body to re-lease energy since I was on a low-carbs diet. 4. I was unable to poopproperly A protein diet doesn’thave that much fibre in it which af-fected my gut and I ended up withconstipation. 5. I had some majormood swings : Only carbs can bringjoy to me, be it in the form ofparatha, chhole bhature, or a goodserving of pasta. Honestly, justthinking about these makes mefeel good. All this happens be-cause carbs are known to boostserotonin levels which keep themood in check. When I was on alow-carb diet, I used to be so irrita-ble and fussy. So, this was my story.too much protein turned my lifeupside down instead of nurturingmy body. that’s why, if you’ll askme my views on protein, I’dstraight up tell you moderation iskey.

I went on a protein-heavy diet andhere’s why I don’t recommend it

Women suffer from en-dometriosis when endometrialtissue grows outside the uteruson various sites such as theovaries, bowel, and the lining ofthe pelvis. Hormonal changescaused by the menstrual cycletend to affect the misplaced en-dometrial tissue, owing to whichthe area becomes inflamed andpainful. this means the tissuewill grow, thicken, and breakdown just like your endometriallining. Over time, the tissue thathas broken down has nowhere togo and becomes trapped in thepelvis region.

this condition can be catego-rized into one of four stages—minimal, mild, moderate, and se-vere—depending upon the exactlocation, extent, and depth of theendometriosis implants as wellas the presence and severity ofthe scar tissue and also the pres-ence and size of endometrial im-plants in the ovaries. this com-monly occurring condition cangive a tough time to women as itleads to irritation, scar forma-tion, difficulty in conceiving, andpainful periods. thus, it is essen-tial to tackle this condition at theright time by seeking immediatemedical attention.Endometriosis tends to influence

fertility in many ways such as dis-torted anatomy of the pelvis, ad-hesions, scarring of the fallopiantubes, inflammation of the pelvicstructures, altered immune sys-tem functioning, and altered eggquality. Can Endometriosis betreated? Endometriosis cannotbe permanently cured but it can

surely be managed with an ap-propriate line of treatment. Painmanaging medications, hormonetherapy, laparoscopy (a mini-mally-invasive surgery) can beused to deal with it. you will besuggested a treatment based onthe stage of the condition. doesendometriosis mean infertility?

Infertility can be one of thecomplications of endometriosis.Some women having en-dometriosis may find it difficultto get pregnant, as for pregnancyto occur an egg must be releasedfrom an ovary, travel via fallopi-an tube, become fertilized by asperm cell and attach itself to the

uterine wall to start developing.Having endometriosis may dete-riorate the quality of eggs, dis-turb the tubo-ovarian relation-ship and hamper implantation ofthe fertilized egg, thus contribut-ing to reduced fertility. Still,some women with mild to mod-erate endometriosis can conceiveand carry a pregnancy to term. Itis imperative for a woman withendometriosis to reach out andconsult a fertility specialist. Asuitable treatment will be givento the women to help her con-ceive. How can one conceive withendometriosis? those with en-dometriosis having fertility is-sues can also get pregnant anddeliver healthy babies with thecorrect treatment and medica-tion. the treatment may varyfrom person to person. Some pa-tients may need fertility treat-ment such as IVF. IVF is com-monly opted by couples whowant to become parents and arefacing challenges. In-vitro fertil-ization (IVF) is one of the types ofassisted reproductive technology(Art) that works using a combi-nation of medicines and surgicalprocedures in order to helpsperm fertilize an egg after whichthe fertilized egg is implanted inthe uterus.

Here’s how endometriosis can affect your chances of getting pregnant

Periods aren’t easy. theycan cause pain and severediscomfort in many women.Which is why it is importantto eat healthily when men-struating. Agrees dr rohiniPatil, nutritionist andfounder of Nutracy Lifestyle,who says, “menstruationdoesn’t hurt itself, but thecramps or other symptomsmay be uncomfortable.during this time, girlsshould take extra care oftheir diet and sanitation.”this is primarily because animproper diet can result inpain, headache, nausea, di-arrhea among many othersymptoms. Ahead, the nutri-tionist has shared a few fooditems women should eat andalso steer away from duringperiod. take a look and sayhello to healthy periods! “It’scommon to experience a dipin your iron levels duringyour periods, particularly ifyour menstrual flow is heavy.Often, this leads to body pain,fatigue and dizziness,” saiddr Patil, adding that greenleafy vegetables help combatthe same. Make sure you alsoincorporate water-rich fruits

such as watermelon and cu-cumber. If you have sugarcravings, switch to sweetfruits. “this can help curbyour sugar cravings withouteating a lot of refined sugarwhich can cause your glu-cose levels to spike and thencrash” she suggested. In fact,a warm cup of ginger tea canhelp you feel better becauseit has anti-inflammatory ef-fects, which can soothe achymuscles. ginger may also re-duce nausea. Chicken andfish A great source of ironand protein, make sure youadd these to your diet.Eating protein is essentialfor overall health and canhelp you stay full for a longerperiod of time. “It is rich inprotein and omega 3 fattyacids. Consuming iron willcounteract the dip in ironlevels while menstruating,”said dr Patil. Quinoa andlentils Quinoa is rich in nutrientslike iron, magnesium and pro-tein. “It is also gluten-free andwill make you feel fuller.Whereas lentils are greatsources of protein and canalso be replaced with meatfor vegans and vegetarians.

they are also rich in iron,making them a great addi-tion to the diet,” she said.Nuts and dark chocolateMake sure you include darkchocolate in your diet be-cause it is rich in magnesiumand iron. Nuts are equallyimportant, so make sure youhave a handful of them everyday. “Most nuts are rich inomega 3 fatty acids and are agreat source of protein. Ifyou don’t want to eat nuts ontheir own, add them in yourfruit smoothies,” suggestedthe nutritionist. Water thisdoes not need an explana-tion; we all know that drink-ing water is important.“Staying hydrated can re-duce the chance of getting de-hydration headaches, which is acommon symptom of men-struation,” says the nutri-tionist. things you shouldavoid Salt and spicy foodSteer clear of fried food andreadymade snacks includingpackaged food since they arerich in salt and sodium.“Consumption of excess saltcauses water retention thatleads to bloating during yourperiod,” said dr Patil.

We might like it in dif-ferent sauces, or in soup,or as a part of our salads,but you can’t deny that noone can say ‘no’ to pasta.this Italian dish is lovedall across the world, fromthe US to India. generallymade from durum wheatflour, pasta is consumedin multiple forms likespaghetti, fusilli, tortelli-ni, cannelloni, penne, andmacaroni. All of these areboiled in water to be pre-pared for consumption.

But, did you know thatthe widely consumed re-fined pasta could put youat the risk of high glucoselevels, insulin resistanceand high blood pressure?But, this doesn’t mean youstop eating pasta. Instead,you need to shift to wholewheat pasta given that it isa great source of fibre, se-lenium, copper, man-ganese, and phosphorus.Hence, if you’re a pastalover, we say you make ashift right about now.Clearly it is not as bad foryour health as you thoughtit was and can come withmultiple benefits as longas the ingredient used tomake it is healthy. So, let’stake a look at the goodnessthat pasta brings to yourplate:

1. It has antioxidantproperties

Antioxidants preventcell damage that is causedby highly unstable mole-cules known as free radi-cals which are concernedwith ageing, heart disease,and cancer.Manganese ispart of an antioxidant en-zyme called superoxidedismutase (SOd) and 140gram or one-cup servingof whole wheat pasta is en-riched with 97% of ourdaily need for manganese.

this is why you could ac-tually consider makingpasta a part of your weeklydiet.

2. It is low on sodiumand cholesterol-free :Pasta contains low sodiumlevels and absolutely nocholesterol. this makes ita functional food to con-sume.

3. It is rich in folic acidFolic acid is a very cru-

cial nutrient for everypregnant woman. One cupof enriched pasta can sup-ply you with about 26% ofthe daily recommendedvalue. So, mothers-to-be,it’s time for you to goItalian.

4. It can be a part ofyour balanced diet :Around 45 to 65% of ourcalories must be from asource of carbohydrates,preferably complex carbo-hydrates. Whole wheatpasta is a great source of it.When combined with leanprotein and vegetables,pasta makes a completeand wholesome meal thatcaters well to our dietaryneeds.

5. It helps you avoidhunger pangs

So, if you are a suckerfor Italian food and havebeen keeping away frompasta because of your diet,this is your good news forthe day! try to avoid heav-ily processed pasta. Wesuggest you consume asmall to regular portion ofwhole wheat pasta. Whileyou are at it, you must alsotry to reduce the sugary,and high-fat ingredientsfor making your pasta.So,it turns out that you don’tneed to avoid pasta whenyou want to be healthy.Instead, you should justconsume whole wheatpasta!

Turns out pasta is not badfor your health! 5 convincingreasons to add it to your diet

Most of you alreadyknow that jaggery is ahealthier alternative to re-fined white sugar. It is sobecause certain plant phy-tochemicals and mineralsalts get preserved in jag-gery which is good for yourhealth. Lately, jaggery hasbeen gaining popularity forbeing the healthy way ofadding sweetness to yourdesserts. If jaggery is sogood and is loaded with an-tioxidants, then why re-strict it only to consump-tion and not apply it on theskin? to get a clearer pic-ture on how jaggery canbenefit your skin, we con-tacted dr Priyanka reddy,dermatologist, technologistand founder at the dNASkin Clinic, Bangalore. drreddy told us that jaggeryhas nutrients and selenium,a powerful antioxidant,which can be very beneficialfor your skin. It also has an-ti-ageing properties thatcan prevent the appearanceof wrinkles. Moreover, jag-gery has glycolic acid whichsmooths your skin texturemaking it soft and supple.

“When used with theright ingredients, jaggerycan also help with acnescars and reduce pigmenta-tion,” says dr reddy. Here’show you can use jaggery onyour face: Jaggery is a com-pletely natural ingredientwith no side effects. So,preparing face masks withjaggery can be a simple andeasy process if one is using

ingredients found easily athome. 1. Jaggery with hon-ey and lemon take 1 table-spoon of powdered jaggery,1 teaspoon of honey and afew drops of lemon juice.Mix all the ingredients to-gether to make a paste.Apply the paste on your faceand leave it to dry for about10 minutes. Wash it off withlukewarm water. you canrepeat this process 1 to 2times a week. How it helps:the honey in the maskmakes your skin soft andnourished whereas lemoncleanses your skin. thispack acts as a natural skin

softener and also has anti-ageing properties due to thejaggery. 2. Jaggery withtomato juice and turmericpowder take one 1 table-spoon of powdered jaggeryand add 1 teaspoon of toma-to juice to it along with a fewdrops of lemon juice and apinch of turmeric powder.Create a paste and apply iton your face. Leave it on for10 to 15 minutes. Wash it offwith lukewarm water. youcan apply this mask 3 to 4times a week. How it helps:turmeric has antisepticproperties while tomatojuice works towards remov-

ing scars and blemishes.Combined with jaggery, itbecomes the perfect post-acne mask. 3. Jaggery withgrape pulp and black teatake 1 teaspoon of grapepulp, 1 teaspoon of cooledblack tea, a pinch of turmer-ic, 1 teaspoon jaggery pow-der, and a few drops of rosewater. Make a paste with allthe ingredients. you can ad-just the consistency of thepaste by adding more rosewater. Leave it on to dry for15 minutes and wash it offwith lukewarm water. youcan apply it once or twice aweek.

Here are 3 super sweet waysto use jaggery for supple skin

Foods women should eat andavoid during their period

With the COVId 19pandemic infecting mil-lions of people across theworld, minimising mortali-ty remains the top focus ofthe medical community aswell as policymakers. Whileit is evidently understoodthat the elderly and peoplewith co-morbidities such asheart disease, diabetes, kid-ney disease or hypertensionare at higher risk of mortal-ity from the novel coron-avirus, new evidence hasrevealed a close link be-tween obesity and a higherrisk of complications.Studies have indicated thatobese people face a greaterrisk of intubation and deathfrom COVId 19. In thislight, controlling obesity isnot just a general healthconcern anymore but hasbecome specifically impor-tant in controlling mortali-ty from COVId 19. thehigher the weight, thegreater the risk As early asMarch, a small study inChina first indicated thatoverweight Chinese pa-tients were more likely todie from COVId 19 as com-pared to their lighter coun-terparts. Now, a new studypublished in the Annals ofInternal Medicine has con-cluded that patients withobesity had an increasedrisk for intubation or deathwith the risk highest forclass 3 obesity. In fact, forobese people the risk washigher than overweightpeople. the researchersanalysed data from 2,466

patients hospitalised withsevere acute respiratorysyndrome coronavirus 2 in-fection. Interestingly, theassociation with obesitywas observed in adultsyounger than 65 years butnot in older adults. Obesity,already a global epidemicIncreased consumption ofunhealthy processed andnutrient-dense foods andreduced physical activityhas over the past 50 yearsunleashed an obesity pan-demic across the world.According to WHO, morethan 1.9 billion adults aged18 years and older wereoverweight in 2016. Ofthese over 650 million wereobese. In fact, the world-wide prevalence of obesitynearly tripled between 1975and 2016.

Considered a healthburden of the developedworld earlier, obesity is in-creasing rapidly in develop-ing countries such as Indiain recent years. An estimatesuggests that in India morethan 135 million individu-als were affected by obesity,which is a risk factor for aseries of chronic diseasesincluding diabetes, hyper-tension, cardiovascular dis-ease, to name a few. Obesityinterferes with immune re-sponse Not only does obesi-ty makes patients with co-morbidities more vulnera-ble to COVId-related com-plications, adipose fat di-rectly interferes with thebody’s immune response aswell.

Is obesity linked to severeCOVID-19 complicationsand increased risk of death?

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29 , 2020EntErtainmEnt10 Glimpses of Future

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma expectingtheir first child in January 2021!

'You'll always have my shoulder to lean on,' Farhan Akhtar'sbirthday wish for Shibani Dandekar will melt your hearts

Alia Bhatt shares asunkissed picture witha cryptic message

Randeep Hooda hospitalised;undergoes major surgery

Richa Chadha finally opens up on when she and Ali Fazal will

tie the knot next; says, 'It is only wise to wait for the vaccine

When Juhi Chawla stole heartsduring the national costumeround at Miss Universe 1984

richa Chadha and Ali Fazalwere earlier slated to get marriedin April this year only for thecoronavirus pandemic to put aspoke in their plans. Any hopethat the situation would get bet-ter in time for a wedding date lat-er this year was put to rest asCOVI-19 spread like wild fireand the situation, though some-what under control now, isn'tfavourable for a lavish wedding.Unfortunately, Ali's mother alsopassed away in Lucknow on 17thJuly, and his big Hollywoodmovie, death on the Nile, is alsoscheduled to release on 23rdOctober, which makes any mar-riage plans in 2020 highly un-likely. Well, richa Chadha final-ly came clean on when she andAli Fazal are likely to tie the knotnext in an interview withBombay times. “yes, it is unlike-ly that we will get married thisyear, because the pandemic is farfrom over. We would not like to

endanger anyone due to our cele-bration. It is only wise to wait forthe vaccine. this was inevitable.there’s nothing we could do tocontrol this, so we took a sensibledecision. In the second week ofMarch itself, we had decided thatwe won’t get married in these con-ditions. People travelling wouldface a health risk and safety ismost important right now,” saidthe Fukrey actress. In an earlierinteraction with Bt about herwedding, Ali Fazal had said, “Ofcourse, it is a bit disheartening be-cause we were all geared up, andpreparations were on in fullswing, but it is fine. the idea is tocelebrate our special day withpeople close to us - our friends andfamily. Once things settle downand when the time is right, hope-fully, we will come back and thenew world will celebrate with us. Idon’t know what kind of weddingcelebration it will be now, giventhe new norms, but let’s see.”

andeep Hooda has been hospitalised underworrying circumstances. the actor was recentlyseen outside a hospital in Mumbai, wearing amask, where he was papped by photographers.A source close to randeep informed times ofIndia that it wasn't a regular hospital visit and,in fact, the actor had been admitted earlier to-day in the morning for a major surgery, whichhe has probably undergone as you read this.Even a COVId-19 test was conducted, thoughthat emerged as negative. No word on the out-come of his surgery has arrived yet. Earlier,randeep Hooda had opened up on hisHollywood film, Extraction, with ChrisHemsworth, where he had revealed to IANS,"We practiced for weeks. We attended work-shops and started with the basics of holding agun, firing a bullet, throwing a punch. First, itwas done individually and then it was Chris andI and then other actors. So the preparation workis what gives the scenes spontaneity. In Indianmovies, people don't pay too much attention toprepping for an action scene. they just turn-upon sets, and sometimes it's just about the starvalue. But Chris came for all the rehearsals. Samwas helming it as well as physically shooting it,operating the camera, jumping on top of cars,hanging from ropes to capture the scene, so thatmade a huge difference.

An old video of Juhi Chawla from the national costumeround at the Miss Universe competition of 1984 has surfaceonline, and it's everything that any fan of the actress as alsolovers of all things nostalgic could wish for. the videoshows Juhi attired in a gorgeous, pink lehenga choli, com-plete with a beautiful nose ring and mangtika. So strikingwas the ensemble she wore that the future actress went onto win the round back then. She can be heard introducingherself in the video as, “Namaste, I am Juhi Chawla,Bombay, India.” Earlier, Juhi Chawla had opened up in anexclusive interview with us on how she's endeavouring tomake her business avenues more environmentally friendlyand the funny discussion she has with KKr co-owner andclose friend, Shah rukh Khan over them. “that is some-thing we took up...when I got to know about plastic hazard,I got after them on every platform available to me becausewe all have area of influence. I have KKr or myself as aknown face. So, I use every avenue we already have to makepeople aware. I started with KKr only and thank god theywere open to me, Shah rukh included, and they listenedand agreed to do what I want. About three years ago, we gotrid of all the plastic items in the stadium. And I'm talkingabout Eden gardens (in Kolkata), which has 60,000 spec-tators on a good day,” said the darr actress. Elaborating onthe changes made and how SrK gets amused, but alwaysgoes along with her, she added, “All the cheer items weremade of plastic back then, so we said, 'no,' they all have togo. the have to be eco-friendly. All our KKr flags, all otheritems that were synthetic all gone. they're all made of cot-ton now. All the waste generated on match day is segregat-ed. Unfortunately, the one thing we still can't get rid of isplastic bottles because glass is not allowed in a stadium. Westill don't have an answer for that. there are some timeswhen Shah rukh and the others just go along with what Isay, and there are other times when they tease me and say,'there she comes, she'll start talking about trees again.'Sometimes Shah rukh and the others just laugh at me, butthey're the ones who do it, while I make all the noise.”

It looks like it is babyboom in Bollywood.Anushka Sharma is preg-nant. Indian captain ViratKohli made it official with apicture. He posted a picturewhere we can see AnushkaSharma's baby bump. thebaby is arriving in January2021. In the picture,Anushka Sharma is wearinga polka dot dress and we cansee her baby bump.Congratulations have comepouring in from fans. thecouple tied the knot in

december 2017 and peoplewere eager to see an additionto the family. Well, this is in-deed great news. We canimagine the couple asadorable parents-to-be.Fellow cricketer HardikPandya also welcomed a sonsome days back. Sania Mirza,Alia Bhatt, taapsee Pannu,Samantha Akkineni havecongratulated the couple.Anushka Sharma has beenon a professional high of late.Her production, Paatal Lokhas been one of the most crit-

ically acclaimed web showsof recent times. Even her filmfor Netflix, Bulbbul has doneexceptionally well. Both ofthem got great reviews fortheir content. Virat Kohliand Anushka Sharma spentquality time together in thislockdown, something theirbusy schedules did not letthem do otherwise. the cou-ple got married in Italy in2017. It was a dream wed-ding where the couple lookedstraight out of a fairy-tale.they had been dating for a

long time before that. Viratand Anushka are one of thebest pairs of Bollywood. Hehas always credited his wifefor being brutally honest andtransparent. AnushkaSharma says Virat is com-pletely non-pretentious andlike her, he does not take himseriously. Anushka Sharmahad not signed a film for along time and people didwonder if family planningwas on their mind.BollywoodLife congratulatesthe couple.

Actor-filmmaker

Farhan Akhtar on

thursday posted a birth-

day wish for his girl-

friend, actress Shibani

dandekar, on social me-

dia. In a picture Farhan

posted on Instagram, he

is seen twinning in black

with Shibani. "you'll al-

ways have my shoulder to

lean on. Happy birthday

shibani dandekar love

you," he captioned the

image, in which Shibani

rests her hand on

Farhan's shoulder.

Shibani's sister Anusha

dandekar also wished

the former on social me-

dia. "Happy Birthday

chicken, I don't think I

could love a person more

than I love Apeksha

(Shibani and Anusha's

sister) and you. there is

no bigger protector and

anyone braver than you. I

love you with all of me...

Can't wait to celebrate

soon, miss you so so

much," Anusha wrote on

Instagram.

Actress Alia Bhatt might be getting trolled forher upcoming movie, Sadak 2, but she seems deter-mined to keep her face towards the sunshine. theactress took to Instagram to share a sunkissed pic-ture of herself, but what catches attention is thecaption. Keep your face towards the sunshine andthe shadows will fall behind you," she wrote alongwith the photograph, in which she is seen wearingan oversized shirt as she flips her hair back, with aswimming pool and greenery in the backdrop.Lately, the actress has been facing flak on socialmedia, because she is a star kid. Earlier this month,the trailer of her upcoming film "Sadak 2" becamethe third most disliked video in the world and themost disliked youtube video in India. released onAugust 12, the trailer of "Sadak 2" has been trolledby many netizens as it is seen by people as a shiningexample of Bollywood nepotism -- a topic whichbecame the talk of the town after actor SushantSingh rajput's death in June. Filmmaker MaheshBhatt's movie stars both his -- Alia and Pooja Bhatt-- along with Sanjay dutt and Aditya roy Kapur,youngest brother of Bollywood producer Siddharthroy Kapur.

JAMMU SAtUrdAy AUgUSt 29 , 2020lOcal11 Glimpses of Future

JK reports 649 Active Positive and 1683 recovered (including 35

cases recovered today), 58 deaths; Kupwara has 2014 posi-tive cases (including 25 cases reported today) with 633Active Positive, 1336 recovered (including 11 cases recoveredtoday), 45 deaths; Bandipora has 2056 positive cases (in-cluding 30 cases reported today) with 719 Active Positive,1312 recovered (including 30 cases recovered today), 25deaths and ganderbal has 1343 positive cases (including 38cases reported today) with 580 active positive cases, 744 re-coveries (including 36 cases recovered today) and 19 deaths.Similarly, Jammu has 2769 positive cases (including 109cases reported today) with 869 active positive cases, 1862 re-coveries (including 38 cases recovered today), 38 deaths;rajouri has 880 positive cases (including 08 cases reportedtoday) with 113 active positive cases, 762 recovered (includ-ing 02 cases reported today), 05 deaths; ramban has 635positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 06 ac-tive positive, 628 recoveries (including 01 case reported to-day), 01 death; Kathua has 822 positive cases (including 27cases reported today) with 169 Active positive, 650 recov-ered (including 08 cases recovered today), 03 deaths;Udhampur has 778 positive cases (including 23 cases report-ed today) with 141 active positive cases, 635 recovered, 02deaths; Samba has 706 positive cases (including 09 cases re-ported today) with 196 Active Positive, 508 recoveries (in-cluding 19 cases reported today), 02 deaths; doda has 400positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with 65active positive cases, 333 recoveries, 02 deaths; Poonch has398 positive cases (including 08 cases reported today) with77 active positive, 318 recoveries (including 03 cases recov-ered today), 03 deaths; reasi has 364 positive cases (includ-ing 05 cases reported today) with 58 active positive, 306 re-coveries (including 124 cases recovered today) Kishtwar has216 positive cases (including 06 cases reported today) with31 active positive cases and 184 recoveries and 01 death .According to the bulletin, of the total 35831 positive cases inJ&K 6357 have been reported as travelers while 29474 asothers.

the Bulletin said that the breakup represents districtsfrom which the patients have been traced or are ordinarilyresiding. the bulletin has informed the people that, the bestway to protect themselves from COVId-19 is by maintainingphysical distance of at least 2 meter from others, frequentlycleaning hands with an alcohol based hand sanitizer orwashing them with soap and water and following good respi-ratory etiquette and hygiene.

As a measure for social distancing in public places andworkplaces wearing a face cover is compulsory.

the bulletin again explained that early detection ofCOVId-19 can prevent the spread of disease so we need to beresponsible for the well-being of ourselves and everyonearound us. “Not disclosing symptoms could put life of indi-viduals and their families at risk. In case of symptoms likefever, cough and difficulty in breathing report early. do notfear, call COVId-19 helpline numbers and seek medical ad-vice”. Advisory has further exhorted upon the people not tostep out of home, unless absolutely necessary. “If you have tomove out for unavoidable reasons, ensure that you wear amask and practice social distancing, personal hygiene andfrequent hand washing with soap and water.” In case of anyemergency people can avail free ambulance services 24x7 attheir doorsteps by calling on toll-free number 108 while aspregnant women and sick infants can avail free ambulanceservices by dialing toll-free number 102.

Four Militants spokesperson said.He said later on, Parray was transferred from

Awantipora district to Anantnag district, where he tookaway four rifles from the other officials and joined the mili-tant outfit.

fter joining the militant group, Parray got active in thearea and distributed the snatched weapons among his closeassociates, the spokesperson said, adding that he was themain handler of the proscribed outfit Al-Badr and was in-volved in recruiting youth into terror ranks. All the killedmilitants had a long history of terror crime records and wereinvolved in planning and executing several terror attacks inthe area, including attacks on police and security establish-ments, the police spokesperson said. Parray and Suhail Bhatwere also involved in the recent abduction and killing of apanch from Khanmoh area of the city, he said, adding thatthey were also involved in abduction of a territorial Armysoldier Shakir Manzoor Wagay, a resident of Shopian whohas been reportedly killed. Police on Friday recovered thebody of the panch, who was reported missing 10 days agofrom Khonmoh area of the city, from Shopian district ofsouth Kashmir. Local residents of dangam village inShopian informed the police that a body seems to have beenburied inside an orchard of the village, police said. the de-ceased man was later identified as Nisar Ahmad Bhat, 45, apanch affiliated with the BJP, who was reported missingsince August 19 by his family at Panthachowk in the city.

the police spokesperson said keeping in view the pre-vailing pandemic due to COVId-19 and to ensure the safetyof people from inherent risk of contracting the infection, thebodies of the militants shall be sent to Handwara for burialpurposes after completion of all formalities. the nearestfamily members of the killed terrorists shall be allowed to

participate in the last rites at Handwara, he said.Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition,were recovered from the site of the encounter and they havebeen taken into case records for further investigation and toprobe their complicity in other terror crimes, the spokesper-son added.

25K People in Jammu and Kashmir in the form of a workshop-cum-

exhibition and other initiatives. the minister said a work-shop held in January this year has thrown light at the signifi-cant presence of bamboo green in Jammu, Samba andKathua and a few bamboo-based micro level enterprises andentrepreneurs. He said in the light of this, the CBtC will takeup technical collaboration and partnership with the Jammuand Kashmir administration for setting up common facilitycentres, cane and bamboo technology parks, cane and bam-boo industrial parks, FPO, clusters and hi-tech nurseries onBOt (Built-Operate-transfer), turnkey basis with theirfunding support as the case may be in due course. the Unionminister said a team from the ministry will soon visit Jammuand explore a field training programme for bamboo farmingin the region. Singh said the experience of the northeasternstates will help the artisans of Jammu and Kashmir to bettertheir economic conditions and also assist in commercial ex-ploitation of bamboo grown in this region. He said of late,bamboo is being used in low cost housing and as construc-tion material.

He said in the coming years, bamboo awareness campswill be organised in different parts of the country.

Centre caused due to shortfall in gSt collections and lockdown,

has completely ignored the plight of the states.“the compensation cess was designed to cover losses

that the states may incur due to the implementation of gSt.While the states are facing acute shortage of funds to meettheir day to day expenses, the way Central government hasasked the states to borrow the shortfall from rBI at the rea-sonable rate of interest or to chalk out a plan in consultationwith rBI will only result in collapse of respective state econo-my,” he said. the government has made an estimate of ashortfall of rs 2.35 lakh crore based on the expected cess col-lection for the remaining months and rs 97,000 crore on theCovid impact. “the actual numbers can go up if the revenuecollection remains lower than the estimates in the comingmonths of the fiscal. In such a case, the burden on the stateswill further go up,” he said.

the Centre is only talking about the compensation forthis year. What if the compensation requirement is higher inthe next two years till 2022? he asked.

“the compensation requirement gets compounded at arate 14 per cent from the base year of 2016-17. So anyway therequirement will be higher in the coming years,” saidAbhishek Jain, Ey tax Partner.

Further, possibility of a differential treatment by rBI tothe states cannot be ruled out. “As the Centre is facilitatingthe borrowing, the non-BJP ruled states can face issues inraising money. If the rBI is not willing to lend the entireamount estimated by such states, there could be issues,” saidBatra. Further, the Centre has only raised the FrBM limit by0.5 per cent and states need a higher limit to accommodatecompensation borrowing. “In order to make such a borrow-ing, Kerala would need the borrowing limit to be raised by 1.5per cent. the Centre has not said anything on that,” saidIssac.

Restrictions the roads, they said. However, some private vehicles

were seen plying. the officials said security forces have beendeployed in strength in other areas of the Valley to preventany untoward incident.

the restrictions were imposed to maintain law and orderin these areas in view of the eighth day of Muharram, theysaid. the traditional Muharram procession, to mark theeighth day of the 10-day Muharram mourning period, usedto pass through these areas, but have been banned since theeruption of militancy in 1990, as authorities maintain thatthe religious gatherings have been used for propagating sep-aratist politics.

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Jandhan yojana," he added.the graphics shared by himshowed that more than 40 crore bank accounts have beenopened so far with more than 63 per cent of the beneficiariesbelonging to rural areas. Over 55 per cent of them arewomen. the government has said that it has been able to di-rectly transfer welfare benefits to the needy due to thescheme.

J&K unstable but had no evidence to back their claim, the offi-

cer said. during questioning by police on why he tried tosnatch the rifle, dar said, "Allah ka hukam tha (It was an or-der from Allah)", the officer added.

CONT FROM PAGE 1........................................................SRINAGAR, AuGuST 28:

the Committee consti-tuted for coming up withproposals for revival ofBusiness Sector in Jammuand Kashmir today metdelegations and deputa-tions of the business, in-dustries and commercefraternity of Kashmirdivision here today atSales tax complex underthe Chairmanship ofAdvisor to Lt. governorK.K Sharma.

It was also attended byits members includingFinancial CommissionerFinance, dr. Arun Mehta,Commissioner Secretary,tourism, Zubair Ahmed,Chairman JammuKashmir Bank, r.KChibber, SpecialSecretary, Finance,Shamim Wani, directorIndustries and CommerceKashmir, MehmoodAhmed and other seniorofficers.

the Advisor while in-teracting with the deputa-tions said that thegovernment by constitut-ing the Committee is ex-ploring the ways andmeans of reviving the busi-ness and related activitiesin Jammu and Kashmir

which has undergone a lowebb and has been badly hitlike in other parts of thecountry due to the Covid-19 pandemic. He said thatthe suggestions would beformulated and sent to theconcerned for undertakingthe necessary interven-tions for revival of busi-ness in Jammu andKashmir.

the deputations whocalled on the Committeeincluded Kashmir tradersand ManufacturesFederation, KashmirChamber of Commerceand Industries, Kashmirtransporters WelfareAssociation, Kashmirtraders and ManufacturesFederation and KashmirEconomic Alliance,Federation Chamber ofIndustries Kashmir,Kashmir Hotel andrestaurant Associationand Federation, KashmirEconomic Forum,Kashmir youthEntrepreneursFederation, travel AgentsAssociation, House BoatAssociation, KashmirIndustrial revival anddevelopment Forum,PHd Chamber, JKEconomic Confederation,Khonmoh Industrial

Association and televisionProfessionals UnitedForum.

the meeting also de-cided to hold awarenesscamps across the districtsof Ut in order to createawareness about the AtamNirbar Bharat Schemewhich has a special focuson rejuvenating the eco-nomic profile and activi-ties besides providing thenecessary infusions.Finance, industries de-partment and Jammu andKashmir Bank would becoordinating the campsacross Jammu andKashmir so that the entre-preneurs are providedwith an ample knowledgeabout the Scheme and in-terventions of the Centralgovernment.

While responding tothe demands of the depu-tations regarding gSt re-imbursement, theCommittee assured that itwill be automated for thebenefit of the industrialunits so that timely settle-ment of the claims is en-sured.

the IndustrialAssociations andFederations raised severaldemands related to ease ofdoing business, gSt

reimbursement, Powertariffs, Waiver of loansand interest, gEM issuesand also the issues ofhandicrafts and artisansassociated with them.

young entrepreneursalso raised the demands ofa separate desk for them inJK bank for speedy singlewindow clearance of theircases. they also demandedwomen entrepreneur ordi-nated schemes be also tak-en care of while formulat-ing plans for business re-vival in the Ut.

Hotel associationraised the issue of desig-nating hotel business as anindustrial sector so thatthe benefits extended tothe industrial sector are al-so given to them, waivingoff the electric bills andother issues.

transport associationsraised the issue of com-pensation to public trans-porters, renewal of validityof old insurance policies ofall types of commercial ve-hicles, waiving of late fee/penalty on account of doc-umentation, roll back oftoken tax hike, Special eco-nomic package and budg-etary support for replace-ment of old / medium bus-es and other related issues.

Houseboat OwnersAssociation raised the is-sue of financial support,waiver of electricitycharges, rehabilitation ofhouse boat owners againstsurrender of registrationcertificates.

the Committee whileholding detailed delibera-tions with the business andindustrial associations ofKashmir assured themthat the suggestions putforth would be taken intoconsideration while for-mulating a comprehensiveprogram for revival ofbusiness in the Ut.

Committee for business revivalmeets deputations, delegationsof Business fraternity in Kashmir

Trying to explore ways for reviving business

sector in JK: Advisor Sharma

uDHAmPuR, AuGuST 28:-

Adhar seeding of beneficiaries of social Assistanceschemes was today reviewed by district developmentCommissioner, dr Piyush Singla here at a meeting of offi-cers of concerned departments. the meeting discussed indetail about the Aadhaar generations and seeding of ac-counts of beneficiaries covered under various welfareschemes like National Social Assistance programme(NSAP), Marriage Assistant Scheme, ISSS, MgNrEgA(Job card holders),NFSA,ICdS beneficiaries etc were dis-cussed in detail. the ddC emphasized on universal cover-age under Aadhar generation and adhaar seeding in thedistrict. He said linkage of the bank accounts of all thebeneficiaries of various schemes with their Adhar numberis imperative for the effective and transparent implemen-tation of the schemes. ddC asked the concerned agenciesto put in place requisite machinery and manpower so thattarget of 100% enrollment can be achieved within thestipulated time. Strict instructions were issued to theBanks/other agencies to generate adhaars of left out pop-ulation on priority and expedite the process. LdM wasasked to share the daily consolidated report with AddCOffice. Cluster Head J&K was asked to setup 08 moreAadhaar registration centres in far flung areas within 15days. the ddC stressed that Adhaar based transactions isthe main priority of government for effective and hassle

free disbursement of benefits under different beneficiaryoriented schemes. “So Adhaar generation and Adhaarseeding with bank account needs to be done on priorityand without any delay”, he added.

dPO ICdS was asked to submit the daily report ofAadhaar registration under 5 year age by the Anganwadiworkers in their respective areas.

NoticeI Umang Sharma S/o

Sudesh Kumar R/o-222,W.No.15, RehariColony near PoliceStation Jammu has ap-plied for transfer of my ve-hicle bearing Regd. No.JK02CA-8732 in favour ofJameel Ahmed S/o FaridHussian R/o VillageLower Rangoora nearGolf Ground Jammu.Objections if any may beconveyed to RTO Jammuwith in seven days fromthe date of publication ofthis notice.

NoticeI Sandeep Kumar S/o

Pasinda Ram R/oChakrali Suhagni GhoManhasan, Jammu hasapplied for transfer of myvehicle bearing Regd.No. JK02CG-6471 infavour of Mohd. ShahrajS/o Mahmood HussianR/o Dharana PunchMendhar (J&K).Objections if any may beconveyed to RTO Jammuwith in seven days fromthe date of publication ofthis notice.

Social security schemes: DDC Udhampurreviews Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries

KISHTWAR, AuGuST 28:

district developmentCommissioner, rajinder Singhtara, today reviewed the progress ofimplementation of the centrallysponsored Pradhan Mantri Adarshgram yojana in the district, here at ameeting of PMAgy convergenceCommittee.

Village drab of Block trigamand village Nejoo of Blockdrabshalla with over 50 % SC popu-lation have been selected for the im-plementation of PMAgy inKishtwar district.

the district administration hasidentified 27 works under Pradhan

Mantri Adarsh gram yojana(PMAgy) for the 2 villages.

PMAgy scheme is meant for em-powerment and Socio- economicuplift of Scheduled Castes by fillinginfrastructural gaps in their habita-tions. Under the scheme, rs 20 lakhhave been earmarked for each vil-lage for development and gap fillingin six identified sectors. So far rs 10lakh have been released for eachgram. district Social WelfareOfficer, (member Secretary) tariqParveez Qazi, said that need basedassessment, in consultation withVillage Convergence committeeheaded by Sarpanch of the con-cerned village, was done and a total

27 works under designated sectorswere identified for execution inthese villages.

the ddC directed the officers ofrdd, Social Welfare, Jal Shakti,Health, PWd, Pdd and other de-partments to prioritize the workswith high outcome. He stressed onearly execution of works for sustain-able development on the ground.

the meeting was attended byAssistant Commissionerdevelopment, Kishore SinghKatoch; Chief Education Officer dr.Kuldeep Sharma; LdM, NaseerAhmed; Executive Engineer, PddNarutam Kumar besides other offi-cers and officials.

DDC Kishtwar reviews implementation ofPMAGY at convergence committee meeting

27 works being executed in 2 targeted villages

JAmmu, AuGuST 28:

divisional CommissionerJammu, Sanjeev Verma today askeddeputy Commissioner of Jammu di-vision to scale up testing of vulnerablegroups and take measures to sendasymptomatic covid 19 patients tohome quarantine. He also asked dCsto provide oximeters to the patients.

He passed these directions, whilechairing a meeting of dCs to reviewthe Covid-19 testing and other relatedissues in the districts. It was informedin the meeting that the district admin-istrations have started the measuresfor sending asymptomatic patients tohome quarantine and scale up sam-pling/testing in offices, business es-tablishments and other vulnerableplaces. the dC Udhampur informedthat the district administration hasidentified nine vulnerable locationsincluding Business establishments,Banks and government Offices in the

town. He also informed that testing isin progress with average 500 testsbeing done per day. All other dCs alsoinformed about the covid situationand management strategy adopted intheir respective districts. It was in-formed that committees have beenconstituted to monitor parametersset for sending asymptomatic pa-tients to home quarantine, which in-cludes a patient without symptoms,availability of separate room andwashroom at his home and use ofArogya setu app by the patient. thediv Com asked the dCs to providesuch patients pulse oximeters and putup identification posters on the gateof their home He also directed for ap-pointing local medical officers for reg-ular monitoring of such patients, likechecking oxygen level and providethem helpline numbers for contactinghealth services in case of emergency.the div Com sought district wise test-ing capacity and availability of oxime-

ters and rapid antigen testing kits inthe districts. Some dCs sought morerAt Kits and oximeters. the meetingwas attended by deputyCommissioner Jammu, AdditionalCommissioner Jammu besidesOfficers of health department andother concerned, while deputyCommissioners of Jammu divisionparticipated in the meeting throughvideo conferencing. Later, in anothermeeting the div Com discussed thealignment issue of Jammu- Akhnoorfour-lane road project. the meetinghad threadbare discussion on align-ment issue from Bhagwati NagarChowk to Canal Head- the part ofpackage 1 of the project. the engi-neers of NHIdCL apprised the divCom about the proposed alignmentsfor final approval. All the officers gavetheir valuable suggestions for the fi-nalization of alignment fromBhagwati Nagar Chowk to CanalHead.

Div Com Jammu asks DCs to send asymptomaticCovid patients to home quarantine

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