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Cong attacksgovt overfertiliser, dieselprice hikeNEW DELHI: The Con-gress on Wednesday at-tacked the NarendraModi government over ahike in fertiliser prices,and said this will put anadditional burden of Rs20,000 crore on thefarmers.Party leader RahulGandhi said the govern-ment has increased theprices of fertilisers,petrol and diesel, andlowered agri subsidiesand income of farmers."What did Modi govern-ment increase? GSTand petrol, diesel andfertiliser prices; incomeof 'Modi's friends'; atroc-ities on 'annadatas'even during the pan-demic," he said in atweet in Hindi, citing anews report about therise in diesel and fertilis-er prices.

Cyclone Tauktae: 22 dead, 65missing from barge P305

Massive search operation on, 186 rescuedAGENCYMUMBAI, MAY 19

A Navy official on Wednesday in-formed that at least 22 personnelon board accommodation bargeP305 that went adrift in CycloneTauktae fury before sinking in theArabia Sea off Mumbai coast aredead and 65 still missing. "Searchand rescue operations are still onand we haven't lost hopes of bring-ing them ashore," an official said.However, the chance of findingsurvivors is getting bleaker as thehours pass by, he added.

The Navy said its personnel,battling extreme weather, have sofar rescued 186 of the 273 peoplewho were onboard barge P305 andalso two from tugboat Varaprada.

All personnel on board twoother barges and an oil rig ren-dered adrift hours before the "verysevere cyclonic storm" made land-fall on the Gujarat coast are alsosafe, a Navy spokesperson said.

The 22 bodies, which thespokesperson called Brave Na-ture's Victims (BNV), werebrought to Mumbai along with 125of the barge P305 survivors, hesaid.

Navy warship INS Kochireached Mumbai on Wednesday

carrying the bodies and 125 of the186 rescuees from P305.

"As of Wednesday morning,186 personnel of barge P305 havebeen rescued. INS Teg, INS Bet-wa, INS Beas, P8I aircraft andSeaking helicopters are continuingwith the search and rescue opera-tions," a Navy spokesperson said.

All the 137 personnel on bargeGAL Constructor were rescued onTuesday by the Navy and CoastGuard. The 196 personnel onbarge SS-3 and 101 personnel onboard oil rig Sagar Bhushan are

safe, the official said.Offshore vessels hired by

ONGC and SCI towing then tosafety. INS Talwar is also in thearea to assist in the SAR ops, headded.

The accommodation bargeP305 which was servicing ONGCoffshore operations sank on Mon-day evening, the official said,adding 184 of the 273 personnelon board have been rescued so far.

Three barges and an oil rigwith 707 personnel on board wentadrift on Monday. These included

barge P305 with 273 persons, car-go barge GAL Constructor with137 personnel on board, accom-modation barge SS-3 with 196 per-sonnel on board, and the SagarBhushan oil rig with 101 personnelon board, the official said.

AGENCYAHMEDABAD, MAY 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi onWednesday announced financialassistance of Rs 1,000 crore forimmediate relief activities in Cy-clone Tauktae ravaged state Gu-jarat.

Prime Minister also an-nounced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhto the next of kin of the deceasedand Rs 50,000 to the seriously in-jured in the cyclone in the states ofKerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maha-rashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and theUTs of Daman and Diu and Dadraand Nagar Haveli

Prime Minister Modi said theCentre is working closely with theaffected state governments in thewake of the situation post the cy-clone. Immediate financial assis-tance for these states would also begiven after the respective state

governments would share their as-sessments with the Centre.

According to the Prime Minis-ter's Office, the central govern-ment will deploy an Inter-Ministe-rial Team to visit Gujarat to assessthe extent of damage in the state,based on which further assistancewould be given.

Prime Minister said the Uniongovernment would closely workwith the state government at thisdifficult time to extend all possibleassistance for restoration and re-building of the infrastructure in theaffected areas. Prime Minister ex-pressed his solidarity with all thosewho suffered due to the cyclone indifferent parts of India and ex-pressed deep sorrow to the fami-lies who have lost their kin duringthe calamity. "We have to continuethe focus towards more scientificstudies relating to disaster man-agement," he stated.

Modi takes stock ofsituation, announcesRs 1000 cr for Gujarat

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

The Ministry of Electronics and Infor-mation Technology has again directedmessaging app WhatsApp to take backits new privacy policy and demanded areply within seven days, officialsources said on Wednesday.

"WhatsApp had earlier claimed thatit officially deferred its new 'PrivacyPolicy' beyond May 15. However, theMinistry in its communication todaystated that deferral of the privacy poli-

cy beyond May 15 does notabsolve WhatsApp from re-specting the values of infor-mational privacy, data securi-ty, and user choice for Indianusers," sources told . They saidthat in a communication sentto WhatsApp on May 15, theMinistry has once again told WhatsAppto withdraw its 'Privacy Policy 2021' asthe "changes to the privacy policy andthe manner of introducing these changesincluding in FAQ undermines the sacro-sanct values of informational privacy,

data security and user choicefor Indian users and harms therights and interests of Indiancitizens." The Ministry hasalso taken the same stand inthe Delhi High Court, wherethis matter is sub-judice.Sources said that taking up the

issue of discriminatory treatment to In-dian users vis-a-vis users in Europe, theMinistry has further stated that, "As youare doubtlessly aware, many Indian citi-zens depend on WhatsApp to communi-cate in everyday life.

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 19:

Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. ManoharLal since last one year has beenkeeping a close vigil on theproactive measures and strate-gies beings adopted by the StateGovernment to tackle the crisisdue to Corona pandemic.

Now as another majorhealth problem of 'Black Fun-gus’ has become an issue con-cern among the health expertsduring this Pandemic, Sh.Manohar Lal while taking strict cog-nizance of the same has directed the of-ficers concerned to make necessaryarrangements for its treatment. He alsodirected that all Medical Colleges in-cluding PGI Rohtak be notified for the

treatment of this disease.Sharing more information in this re-

gard, an official spokesperson said thaton one hand after the capping of private

hospitals and ambulance rateshas given a big sigh of relief tothe common man on the otherthe proactive steps taken bythe Chief Minister to ensureuninterrupted supply of oxy-gen to every needy patient hasalso been appreciated at alllevels.

The spokesman said thatPandit Bhagwat Dayal Shar-

ma Postgraduate Institute, Medical Sci-ences, Rohtak has been authorized totreat patients coming from Rohtak, Jind,Mahendergarh and Charkhi Dadri dis-tricts who are suffering from 'BlackFungus'.

Manohar Lal directs to makearrangements to tackle Black Fungus

Stay alert as Tauktaeapproaching towardsHaryana: DushyantCHANDIGARH: HaryanaDeputy Chief Minister, Sh.Dushyant Chautala, warned thepeople of the state regardingthe storm named Tauktaewhich is approaching towardsthe State. The Deputy ChiefMinister urged the people of theState to stay vigilant during thenext 48 hours and do not stepout considering the safety pointof view. The Deputy Chief Min-ister during the press confer-ence today said that accordingto the Meteorological Depart-ment, the flow of this storm ismoving towards Haryana viaGujarat, Rajasthan and speedof the storm can move up to 50kilometers per hour in most dis-tricts of the state from this after-noon to tomorrow evening.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesdaysaid vaccination can now be deferred bythree months after clinical recovery fromthe infection. The government further saidif an individual is infected with coronavirusafter the first dose, the second dose shouldbe also deferred by three months after re-

covering from the infection.There will be no requirement for

screening of vaccine recipients by a RapidAntigen Test kit prior to vaccinationagainst Covid-19, it further said.

The fresh rules are part of the recom-mendations by NEGVAC (the National Ex-pert Group on Vaccine Administration forCOVID-19), which have been accepted bythe Union health ministry.

Vaccination to be deferred by 3months post-Covid recovery

Centre reiterates demand for withdrawalof WhatsApp's new privacy policy

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I Jobanjeet Singh S/O I, Lovejot S/o Prem Lal I, Abhilasha Sharma W/o I, Naresh Kumar S/o Ram I, Neelam Kumar Sharma I Chandani W/O Kanwaljit I, hitherto Known as I, Jatinder Singh S/o Pargat Singh R/O PO. R/o Mall Pur Arkan Ra jan A r o r a R / o Nath Rahi R/o H.No.52, S/o Parshotam Dass S i n g h R / O Vi l l a g e H A R J E E T S I N G H Paramjit Singh R/o.Kothi Banwalipur, Teh. & Distt. Teh-Nawanshahr (SBS R a i C o l o n y GTB Nagar, Near Old Sharma R/o Mohalla Kanian Hussaini Tehsil SANDHU S/o KEHAR No.11-B, Moon Light Colony, Tarn Taran . I Have Nagar) changed my C h a n d i g a r h R o a d P W D R e s t H o u s e , Krishan Nagar Nurmahal Jagraon Distt Ludhiana SINGH residing at VPO Behind Redission Blue, C h a n g e d M y N a m e n a m e t o L o v e j o t N e a r D r . M i t t a l K h a n n a ( L u d h i a n a ) Teh-Phillaur (Jalandhar) H a v e C h a n g e d M y Attari, Gali Bazar Wali, Airport Road Rajasansi J o b a n j e e t S i n g h To Singh. Hospi ta l Nawanshahr have changed my name have changed my son N a m e To M a n d e e p A m r i t s a r - 1 4 3 1 0 8 Amritsar Punjab have Jobanjit Singh. 63372 (SBS Nagar) Pb, after to Manoj Kumar. name from Karan to Kaur. Punjab have changed Changed my name to

63372 marriage have changed 63372 Karan Sharma. My son 63372 my name and Shall Jatinder Hansmy name Abhilasha I, Swaran Kaur widow known by both names I , Dal j i t S ingh S/o hereafter be known as 72737Sharma to Abhilasha of Sukhdev Singh R/o K a r a n a l i a s K a r a n Kashmi r S ingh R /o HARJIT SINGH. I, Gurinderjeet Kaur W/O A r o r a . Vill: Ismailpur, Tehsil Sharma. Vill: Gohalwarh Teh & 900020 Varinderpal Singh R/O H

6 3 3 7 2 K h a n n a ( L u d h i a n a ) 63372 Distt. Tarn Taran have I, hitherto Known as N o . E - 1 3 / 2 3 3 8 N e a r I , N e r o o W / O Jiwan have changed my name I Kuldip Kaur W/O changed my name from J A S P A L K A U R Chakki Master Bua Singh Kumar R/O Mohalla to Sawarn Kaur. Sarabjit Singh Vpo Jatana Daljit Singh to Daljeet SANDHU W/o HARJIT G h a n u p u r Defence Colony, Near 63372 ( L u d h i a n a ) H a v e Singh. SINGH residing at VPO K a l e , C h h e h a r t a Oliver Public School, I, Ravinder Singh S/o Changed My Name To 63372 Attari, Gali Bazar Wali, ,Amritsar Have Changed K a p u r t h a l a H a v e Sukhdev S ingh R/o Kuldeep Kaur. I, Prabhjot Kaur W/O A m r i t s a r - 1 4 3 1 0 8 My Name To Gurinderjit Changed My Name Vill: Ismailpur, Tehsil 63372 Preet Kamal Singh Punjab have changed my KaurF r o m N e r o o T o K h a n n a ( L u d h i a n a ) I Malkiat Singh S/O K e n s r e y v p o n a m e a n d S h a l l 72737 Neeru. h a v e c h a n g e d m y Gurdial Singh R/O Lehra M a n d i a n i , D i s t t hereafter be known as I, hitherto Known as

63372 minor daughter's name ( L u d h i a n a ) H a v e L u d h i a n a H a v e JASPAL KAUR. CHARANJIT KAUR from Amant Kaur to Changed My Name To Changed My Name To 900020 W/o MANGAL SINGH Amanat Kaur. Malkit Singh. Prabhjot Kaur Kensrey. I,hitherto Known as R/o. Village Rampur Po

63372 63372 63372 G U R J E E T S I N G H Qadian Tehsil Batala I Simone W/o Harish I, Gurcharn Singh Alias I, Balwinder Kaur @ S A M R A N S o n o f Distt Gurdaspur Punjab. K u m a r C h o l l i R / o Charnjeet Singh S/O Balvinder Kaur W/O S U R J E E T S I N G H have changed my name Mohalla Purian Near Nahar Singh Resident Of Deepak Singh R/O VPO r e s i d i n g a t and Shall hereafter be Shiv Mandir Malerkotla Dhaul Kalan Tehsil Payal Nehianwala Dis t r i c t V.P.O.Bishankot Tehsil& known BEANT KAUR(Sangrur) have changed Ludhiana That I Am Bathinda Have Declare D i s t t . G u r d a s p u r , 72737m y n a m e S i m o n e Known By Both The That Balwinder Kaur @ P u n j a b , P I N C O D E I, hitherto Known as Cholli. Above Names. Balvinder Kaur Are 143512 have changed SUMANDEEP KAUR

63372 63372 Both The Name Of my name and Shall D/o RAJ SINGH R/o. I, Kirandeep Kaur D/o I Kirti Lata Shukla W/O Mine. hereafter be known as 377, ward No.17, Tehsil Pawan Dass R/o Bamal, Piyush Dhingra House No 63372 GURJEET SINGH. Patti Distt TarnTaran Tehsil Dhuri (Sangrur) 2534,Sector -40c , Near I, Rupinder Kaur W/o 900020 Punjab. have changed have changed my name M o t o r M a r k e t Satnam Singh R/o 408, I, hitherto Known as my name and Shall to Aisha. Chandigarh 160036 Have Village Pandori Lubana, RAJWINDER KAUR herea f t e r be known

63372 Changed My Name Kirti P.O. Pandori Waraich Wife of SARANJIT SIMRANJOT KAUR Dhingra. Amritsar Rural-143008 S I N G H r e s i d i n g a t MALHI

63372 have changed my name VPO Bhalojla, Tehsil 72737I Parmjit Singh S/O to Kaur is my Surname K h a d o o r S a h i b , I Tamanna W/o Safi Sukhdev Singh R/O and Rupinder is my Dis t r i c t Tarn Taran Muhamad R/o Ja i to Village Bassian Teh given Name. Punjab have changed (Faridkot) have changed Raikot Distt Ludhiana 900020 the name of my minor my name to Tamanna have known by both I, Rupinder Kaur W/o Daughter’s GUNVEET Khan.names Parmjit Singh & Satnam Singh R/o 408, KAUR CHEENA AGE 98723Paramjeet Singh. Village Pandori Lubana, 05 YEARS and she I, Simranjit Kaur W/o

63372 P.O. Pandori Waraich S h a l l h e r e a f t e r b e Jaspal Singh Matharu R/o Amritsar Rural-143008 known as GUNVEET S a r a n g w a l T e h s i l h a v e c h a n g e d m y KAUR. Shahkot, Distt Jalandhar daughter’s name From 900020 have changed my minor Aliyapreet Kaur to I Gurjot Singh son of daughter name from Kaur is her Surname Paramjit Singh resident Jaismeen to Jaismeen and Aliyapreet is her of VPO Khiranwali , K a u r M a t h a r u . A l l given Name Dis t r ic t Kapur tha la , concerned may note.

900020 Punjab have changed 600022I, Dawinder Singh S/o my name from Gurjot Mi lkha S ingh R/o Singh to Gurjot Singh VPO Dinewal District Padda. All Concerned Ta r a n Ta r a n h a v e please notechanged my name 98706from Dawinder Singh I C h a r a n j i t K a u r to Davinder Singh. Dhillon W/o Late Sh.

900020 Gamdur Singh Dhillon R/o 183/A/1, Shant N a g a r , B a t h i n d a . That my adopted son names are Karndeep Singh @ Karandeep Singh both names are same and one person

100078I , S u r i n d e r S / o H a z a r a R a m R / o V. P. O . M e g h o w a l Ganjian, Tehsil & Dis t t . Hosh ia rpur, ( P u n j a b ) , h a v e changed my name f r o m S u r i n d e r t o Surinder Pal.

72778I, hitherto known as Kamlesh Kaur W/O S u r i n d e r P a l R / o V P O M e g h o w a l Ganjian, Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur - 1 4 6 0 0 1 , P u n j a b , India have changed my name and shall hereafter be known as Kamlesh Rani.

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PUBLIC NOTICESWe, Vijay Kumar s/o Jagan Nath & Inderjit Kaur w/o Vijay Kumar, R/o Moh; Panj P i p l a n , B a h a d u r p u r , Hoshiarpur, declare that our son ‘Hitesh Saini & his wife Diksha Jagota & their children are out of our control, so we hereby dis-inherited them from our moveable / immoveable property. All concerned please note.

63372I, Sukhversha Kumari W/o Ramesh Chand R/o Vill and Po. Hajipur Tehsil Mukerian Distt. Hoshiarpur (Punjab) Pin Code-144221 declare t ha t i n a rmy r eco rds documents of my son No. 14938621P Rank L/Nk Name Deepak Sharma my name written as Sukhvarsha Kumari. But my correct name is Sukhversha Kumari.

I, Surinder Kaur alias Surinderpal Kaur W/o Kamaljit Singh R/o Vpo. Dhulkot Distt. Ludhiana declare that i known with the name of Surinder Kaur, S u r i n d e r p a l K a u r , Shinderpal Kaur all name are mine . Su r inde r Kaur, Sur inderpa l Kaur and Shinderpal Kaur is a same person.

I , M o h a n S i n g h S / o Gurcharan Singh alias Charan Singh S/o Bhanga Singh R/o Fatehgarh Teh-Morinda Distt. Ropar declare that my father Gurbachan S i n g h r e a l n a m e i s Gurcharan Singh alias Charan Singh. my father have known by name of Gurcharan Singh alias Charan Singh.

I Sunita Rani D/o Paras Ram, House -48, Milk Colony, Dhanas Chandigarh. My Nephew Abhishak Rana S/o Jatinder Kumar and Niece Kanchan Rana, Ishani Rana D/o Jatinder Kumar out of my control. I Disown them f r o m m y m o v e a b l e / immovable proper t ies . Anybody deal with them at their own Risk.

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BEFORE SH. MANISH KUMAR LOHAN, HCS, ASSISTANT ESTATE OFFICER, EXERCISING THE POWERS OF THE ESTATE OFFICER, U.T., CHANDIGARH. S U B J E C T: - Tr a n s f e r o f o w n e r s h i p rights to the extent of 100% share in respect o f H o u s e No.130, Sector 20-A, Chandigarh (RP-9104) in the name of i) Prem Chand Kaushal S/o Sh. Bishamber Lal Kaushal, ii) Smt. Meenakshi Bhalla W/o Sh. Dinesh Kumar Bhalla, iii) Smt. Neelam Mohindru W/o Col. Y. Mohindru and iv) Sh. Anil Kaushal S/o Sh. Prem Chand on the basis of Intestate Death of Late Smt. Suman Kaushal W/o Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal. It is notified for the information of general public and all concerned that as per record of this office, the ownership of the property known as House No.130, Sector 20-A, Chandigarh bearing file No.RP-9104 to the extent of 100% share stands in the name of Smt. Suman Kaushal W/o Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal. It has been intimated by i) Prem Chand Kaushal, ii) Smt. Meenakshi Bhalla, iii) Smt. Neelam Mohindru and iv) Sh. Anil Kaushal that Late Smt. Suman Kaushal W/o Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal who was the owner of the property/house has expired/died on 03.12.2020. It has further been intimated that Late Smt. Suman Kaushal W/o Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal has left behind the following legal heirs:- (1) Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal (Husband) (2) Ms. Meenakshi Bhalla (Daughter) (3) Ms. Neelam Mohindru (Daughter) (4) Sh. Anil Kaushal (Son). Now, i) Prem Chand Kaushal S/o Sh. Bishamber Lal Kaushal, ii) Smt. Meenakshi Bhalla W/o Sh. Dinesh Kumar Bhalla, iii) Smt. Neelam Mohindru W/o Col. Y. Mohindru and iv) Sh. Anil Kaushal S/o Sh. Prem Chand has applied to this office for the transfer of ownership rights of 100% share of the above said Plot/House in their names on the basis of Intestate Death of Late Smt. Suman Kaushal W/o Sh. Prem Chand Kaushal. If anybody has any information about any legal heirs of the deceased owner other than mentioned above, the same may be intimated in writing to the Estate Officer, Sector 17, Chandigarh immediately. If anybody have any objection upon the mutation of the said property in favour of the above named applicants then he/she/may may furnish the same in writing alongwith supporting documents in the office of the undersigned within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which this property shall be mutated accordingly and no and no further claim whatsoever shall be entertained later on. SH. MANISH KUMAR LOHAN, HCS, ASSISTANT ESTATE OFFICER, EXERCISING THE POWERS OF THE ESTATE OFFICER, U.T., CHANDIGARH.

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R R SHELLY The Deputy Commissioner thanked labour contractors in the Mini in the natural disaster as well as for social KARNAL, MAY 19: In the Corona them for their support in this time of the Secretariat and Sukhdev & Company and religious programmes. They are a epidemic, the transporters and labour epidemic. This information was given got RTGS of Rs 51 thousand. source of inspiration for the people of contractors of the grain market Karnal by the District Food Supply Controller He said that during this time of other districts. He said that the lives of jointly presented cheques worth Rs 10 Nishant Rathi. He said that on pandemic social and religious common people are being affected in lakh 52 thousand to the District Disaster Wednesday, a cheque of Rs 10 lakh 1 institutions and business class need to the corona epidemic. This is a very Management Relief Fund headed by thousand was given to the Deputy come forward to help the common man. difficult phase in which every Ashok Khurana to the Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav of He said that Karnal is a virtuous land of resourceful person should come Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav. the grain market Karnal transporter and the donors who are always ready to help forward to help the country.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

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KHAMANON MAY 19 AJAY ARORA: MLA Bassi Pathana Gurpreet Singh GP has started various development works in the town here today. He kicked off the work of making new interlock tiles built road at Garcha colony of the town. Speaking on the occasion he said that our government is fully committed for overall development of the state. The government is beautifying the villages and cities with help of adequate funds. He further said that the sewerage project for the town would be started soon. President NP Khamanon doctor Amarjeet Sohal, councillor Gurinder Singh Soni, Ranvir Singh, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Kulwant Singh, E.O Amandeep Singh, Sukhwinder Singh. SO Jaswant Singh, Sohan Pal Singh and Hasan Singh were also present on the occasion.

MLA GP starts development work in town

Gaba holds 45th blood donation campSHIV KUMAR SHARMA of millions of sufferers. Gaba said no degree is KARNAL, MAY 19 required to save people. The degree of humanity is

sufficient for this noble work. On this occasion, Dr. Pankaj Gaba today organised the 45th blood Sanjay Verma told the importance of donating donation camp for the children suffering from blood to all blood donors and he said that by Thalassemia as well as pregnant females. The donating blood, many of your diseases will go blood donation camp was held at the civil hospital away and this will strengthen the immunity today. On this occasion, Pankaj Gaba said that your system of the donor. Sachin Budhanpur, Akash actions affect more than your words. Those are Sirswal, Sonu Sharma, Rahul Shahpur with him fortunate who donate blood. They can save three , Pradeep Dhillon, Piyush Sharma were also lives by doing so.They can bring smiles on the faces present on the occasion.

Transporters, contractors donate Rs. 10.52 lakh

Mobile phonesnatcherarrestedRANVIR PARASHARKAITHAL- According to the or-der of Superintendent of Police,Lokendra Singh, a resident of Dis-trict Jind was arrested by the San-gatpura police in the case ofsnatching a purse and mobilephones during a police campaignto arrest criminals. During the in-terrogation, his two other accom-plices involved in the crime werealso identified. A 2-day police re-mand has been obtained from thecourt. Under SP Lokendra Singh,the investigation was led by PoliceSadar Sub Inspector Jaibhagwan.ASI Baljeet and HC Suresh ofChowki Sangatpura arrested theaccused, son of Dharmabir Singh,resident of Mohangarh ChapraHall tenant Shastrinagar Jind.

Govt’s antifarmer face

exposed: Garg

RAVI KUMARBABAIN, MAY 19

The lathi-charge on the farmers inHisar has crossed all the limits ofatrocities. The farmers, who weredemonstrating peacefully, werefired by the police and a barbariclathi-charge along with tear gas.The incident must be condemned,said Garg. Industrialist and philan-thropist Sandeep Garg was talkingto journalists in Babain. He saidthat while the entire country isfighting the Corona epidemic, theChief Ministers of the state aremobilising the public in the pretextof a government programme.

He said that the entire countryhas been battling the Corona epi-demic for a year so the govern-ment should have been alert. Butthe result of the government's neg-ligence is the lack of facilities ingovernment hospitals today. Hesaid that the government shouldworry about the farmers in thisphase of the epidemic, abandon itsarrogance and accept the demandsof the farmers.

Hry Edu Depttlaunches

CPGRAMS portal CHANDIGARH: The 'CP-GRAMS portal' launched byHaryana Education Departmentfor the resolution of complaintshas proved effective due to whichthe grievances of the people willbe resolved on the online portal in-stead of registering complaints atShiksha Sadan, Panchkula.

Giving detailed information inthis regard, Deputy Director, Di-rectorate of Secondary EducationGrievance Cell, Smt. Urmila Ban-gar today said that the departmenthas prepared Director, SecondaryEducation Department PortalNumber-1 and Director, Sec-ondary Education DepartmentPortal Number-2 for receivingcomplaints.

She said that during the monthof April, 4530 complaints were re-ceived on portal number-1 and 347complaints on portal number-2,out of which 4272 and 346 com-plaints were resolved respectively.

Registration ofdeeds work go

smooth in tehsilsCHANDIGARH: The work ofRegistration of Deeds is going onsmoothly in Tehsils and SubTehsils of Haryana. As many as2459 deeds were registered and re-ceived revenue of Rs. 39.58 croreduring the last two days. This wasstated by Additional Chief Secre-tary and Financial CommissionerRevenue, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal.He said that on May 17 as many as1120 deeds were registered in 75Tehsils and 143 sub Tehsilsagainst 1617 e appointments andreceived revenue of Rs 22.02crore. On May 18 as many as 1339deeds were registered against1838 e appointments and receivedrevenue of Rs. 17.56 crore.

One IAS transferredCHANDIGARH: Haryana Gov-ernment has issued transfer andposting orders of one IAS officerwith immediate effect.

Mukesh Kumar Ahuja,Deputy Commissioner, Panchku-la, Chief Administrator, Shri MataDevi Shrine Board, Panchkula,Director and Special SecretaryHospitality Department has beenposted as Commissioner, Munici-pal Corporation, Panchkula in ad-dition to his present duties.

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People complain against health dept apathyMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: In view of the second wave of corona epidemic, the Health Department started ad-ministering g vaccines to the people. In the Indri region, instead of giving health care to thelocal people, the department is engaged in helping people from people outside the region.But the people of Indri are running from place to place to get the Corona vaccine. While theoutsiders are getting help in the government hospital. There is anger among the people forthis. Amit Kumar, Neeraj, Sonu Jarnail Singh, Joni, etc. said that they talked to the officialsabout this. Dr. Pankaj Kamboj of the Government Hospital said that the person who gets thevaccine is first registered on the portal. There is no discrimination. People must register onthe portal to get vaccinated.

Police crackdown on Covid drug,oxygen black marketeers, 76 held

BUREAU CHANDIGARH, MAY 19:

Haryana Police is constantly steppingup action against black marketers ofCovid drugs and oxygencylinders across the state.As of today, police has ar-rested 76 accused en-gaged in blackmarketingof oxygen, oxygen cylin-ders and Remdesivir in-jections. Simultaneously,the hunt for other accusedis on.

The Director Generalof Police (DGP),Haryana, Sh. Manoj Ya-dava said that a total of132 Remdesivir injec-tions and 411 oxygen cylinders wererecovered by lodging 37 FIRs acrossthe state. Instead of making the recov-ered cylinders and injection a caseproperty, these are being given to civ-il administration for treatment of in-fected patients.

Amid the ongoing crackdown onblack marketers, police is actively en-gaged in serving the home isolated in-

fected patients by ensuring home de-livery of oxygen cylinders across thestate. Demand for oxygen and coviddrugs shot up following a spike innumber of cases, he added.

He informed that 23 FIRs hadbeen registered in connection withblack-marketing of Remdesivir vial in13 districts and 55 accused personshad been arrested in these cases whichled to the recovery of 132 oxygencylinders. Similarly, 21 accused havebeen arrested who engaged in black-marketing of oxygen and oxygencylinders by lodging 14 FIRs against

them in seven districts after the re-covery of 411 oxygen cylinders.

He said that police action is beingcontinued against such unlawful peo-ple. Helpline numbers have also beenissued to prevent black marketing andhoarding of medicines and oxygencylinders in the state. Citizens cangive information in this regard on mo-bile number 7087089947 and toll-freenumber 1800-180-1314.

Another coronawarrior losesbattle to virus,DGP mournsDGP, Sh. Manoj Yadava expressedgrief over the sad demise of E/SI Ra-jinder Singh, who breathed his last atPGIMS, Rohtak today after battlingCovid-19. Singh was posted at PoliceStation, PGIMS Rohtak. DGP ex-pressed his heartfelt sympathies withthe bereaved family members andprayed for eternal peace of the de-parted soul.

Bedi president of HumanResources Do It India

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, MAY 19

Ayan Foundation's Chairman Karna Pratap Singh Bedihas been made the National President of Human Re-sources Do It India for which he thanked PankajChaudhary, the founder of this institution. Karna Prat-ap Singh Bedi said that through this institution, wher-ever there will be a need for human management re-sources in the interest of the country and society, helpwill be sent there. Karna Pratap Singh was talking to re-porters at his residence in Shahabad. He said that dur-ing the course of Covid, work will be done to helpCovid positive patients. In addition food and medicineswill be supplied.

He said that Let's Do It India is working in 180countries and the goal of all is public service. He saidthat due to Covid, youth are taking suicidal steps, whichis not in the interest of the society, due to stress. He ap-pealed to the best doctors and psychologists of thecountry to make the youth aware through videos etc. sothat they do not resort to desperate steps like suicide.He said that the responsibility that Let's Do It India hasentrusted to him will be handled brilliantly. Sahil Gu-liani was present on the occasion.

Prithviraj Chauhan's birthanniversary celebrated

RAVI KUMARBABAIN, MAY 19

Prithviraj Chauhan's 855th birth anniversary was celebratedon Wednesday at the Globe Heritage International School. Onthis occasion, the principal of the school, Pooja Kamboj, in-formed the children about the great warrior of the countryPrithviraj Chauhan. She said that Prithvi Raj Chauhan was agreat warrior in the Indian histo-ry. Prithviraj was the last Hinduruler born in the Chauhan dy-nasty. At the age of just 11, hetook over the rule of Delhi andAjmer after the death of his fa-ther and spread it far and away.

But in the end he became avictim of dirty politics and losthis princely state. But after his de-feat no Hindu ruler was able to fillthe gap. Prithviraj Chauhan was askilled warrior from childhood.He had learned many skills of war. Prithviraj Chauhan, thegreat ruler, was born in 1149. Prithviraj was the child of Ma-haraja Somvera of Ajmer and Kapuri Devi. Chand Bardai,Prithviraj's childhood friend, was no less than a brother to him.Chand Bardai was the son of the daughter of Anangpal, ruler ofthe Tomar dynasty. Chandbardai later became the ruler of Del-hi and in collaboration with Prithviraj Chauhan built Pithora-garh, which still exists in Delhi under the name Old Fort.Prithviraj Chauhan was always vigilant about the expansion ofhis kingdom and this time he chose Punjab for his expansion. Atthis time, Punjab was ruled by Muhammad Shahabuddin Ghori.He ruled from Bathinda in Punjab. It was impossible to rulePunjab without fighting Ghori, so for this purpose Prithviraj at-tacked Ghori with his huge army. In this war, Prithviraj exer-cised his authority over Hansi, Saraswati and Sirhind.

NIRMAL SAINIRADAUR, MAY 19

The whole country is fight-ing hard to avoid the infec-tion of Corona epidemic.Corona positive cases areincreasing in rural areas. Inview of this, Karma YogiAssociation has come for-ward to help people. Themain purpose of this is tosanitise the entire area byrunning a campaign in allthe villages. MangaramMarupur, head of the Kar-ma Yogi Association, saidthat the association will doeverything possible to prevent infection.

All the villages in the area will be sani-tised. On Wednesday, villages like Alahar,Jaipur, Kartarpur, Palewala, Nachraun andRatangarh were sanitised. On this occasion,Deputy Principal of the Association Praveen

Kumar, General Secretary Amar Singh, Trea-surer Sachin Kumar, Joint Secretary SanjeevKumar, Pradeep Kumar, Kesar Singh,Sandeep Kumar, Prakash, Nikka Singh,Shyam Singh, Yashpal Alhar, Balveer Singhand Ajmer Singh etc. were present. are.

Sanitation done by Karma Yogi AssociationR K KASHYAPCHHACHHARAULI, MAY 19

A customer alleged that fake and burntnotes came out from an ATM locatedat Pratap Nagar bus stand. The personcomplained to the bank about this.Giving information, Ashwani, a resi-dent of Araiyawala, said that he worksas a contractor and has opened a com-pany with his savings account in a pri-vate bank. He said that at around12:00 pm on Wednesday, he went tothe ATM at Pratap Nagar to cash outwhere two ATM machines are in-stalled, one of which is SBI Bank andthe other is of ICICI. He withdrew anamount of 70,000 separately from theATMs of 2 banks SBI and IndusIndBank. After withdrawing the cash,when he was counting he found about8 notes of Rs 500 fake and 5-6 of 500

notes were mutilated. He said that hewanted to speak to the bank's customercare number on the spot, but no one re-ceived the phone nor did the bank'sATM machine have any CCTV cameraof any kind nor any security personnel

was deployed. He complained to theconcerned banks. In this regard, whenthe complainant reached the concernedbank, the mutilated notes from theATM were replaced there and was toldthat no notes were fake.

Damaged notes come out of ATM

R R SHELLYKARNAL, MAY 19

The state government is alert forthe treatment of black fungus.Separate wards have been made ineach district of the state for treat-ment of black fungus. A separateward of 20 beds has been made inKalpana Chawla GovernmentMedical College in district Karnal.Black fungus patients of Karnal,Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Yamunana-gar will be treated in KCGMC asper the government's instructions.All arrangements have been madefor this. Dr. Jagdish Dureja, Direc-tor of KCGMC, said that the dis-ease of black fungus can causeproblems for the patients of Covid.The state government has taken allappropriate steps to check this dis-ease and provide health benefits tothe patients. Many doctors believethat taking oxygen without doctor's

advice is also a cause of black fun-gus. He informed that medical in-stitutes have been declared by thegovernment for all districts of thestate, where patients suffering fromblack fungus will be treated.

Patients can get treatment atPt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sci-ences, Rohtak, Rohtak, Jind, Ma-hendragarh and Charkhi Dadri Dis-trict patients can get treatment atShaheed Hasan Khan Mewati Gov-ernment Medical College in NalharNuh Hathin Subdivision of PalwalDistrict, Mewat. Patients can alsoget treatment at Bhagat PhoolSingh Government Women Med-ical College Khanpur Kalan inSonipat and Panipat, MaharajaAgrasen Medical College Agrohain Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad and Ya-munanagar district can be treated atKalpana Chawla GovernmentMedical College Karnal.

Black fungus patients can gettreatment at medical college

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 19

The DLSA organised a Covid VaccinationCamp at ADR Centre in coordination with theHealth Department. All employees over andunder 45 years of age were vaccinated in thiscamp to prevent Covid epidemic. In this camp,103 persons were vaccinated, in which morethan 90 employees were vaccinated. JusticeRajan Gupta, Judge, Punjab and Haryana HighCourt and Executive Chairman, Haryana StateLegal Services Authority, Panchkula, started aproject on 26 March to prevent Corona diseaseby remaining clean, wearing masks, maintain-ing social distancing etc. The District LegalServices Authority, Karnal, along with the

Health Department, under the guidance ofJagdeep Jain, District and Sessions Judge andChairman, District Legal Services Authority,Karnal organised Covid awareness as well asCovid relief activities in Haryana. Camps wereorganised for the employees of Karnal Court,District Legal Services Authority and DistrictCourt.

DLSA holds Covid vaccination camp

R R SHELLYKARNAL, MAY 19

Subhash Chandra, executivevice-president of the SwachhBharat Mission, has said peo-ple must support each otherduring the Corona period. Thisfight can be won with mutualsupport and confidence. Cau-tion is necessary with treat-ment, two yards of distanceand cleanliness is necessary.Subhash Chandra was address-ing the people at the vaccina-tion program in Seva Bharti onWednesday. He got the vaccination centre setup at the provincial office of Seva Bharti to-day.

He spoke to the cleaning inspector of theMunicipal Corporation, Mahavir Sodhi whosent his team there and got the entire areasanitised. He appreciated the work of SevaBharti and honoured him by giving him a me-mento. State President of Seva Bharti SatishChawla said that Sewa Bharti is distributingMahasudarshan Ghan Vati, conspicuous boil-ing powder, Oxygen to the patients. In addi-tion, vaccination, food arrangements, oxime-ter service, plasma donation, phone and otherfacilities are being provided by the team ofdoctors. Campaigns are being made to

arrange beds in hospitals.Subhash Chandra said that while all reli-

gious, social institutions are engaged in theirown level of service work in this epidemic,the provincial office of Seva Bharti has alsomade a vaccination centre in the last few days,in which hundreds of people get vaccinateddaily. During this time he was accompaniedby Satish Chawla President Seva Bharti, OmVerma Office Head, Ram Mehar OfficeHead, State Executive Member Shri OmPrakash Atreja, Office Head Om PrakashVerma, Bharat Bhushan, Sanjay Pandey,Vikas Sharma District Coordinator SwadeshiManch, Nikhil, Rinku , Dharamvir etc. werealso present.

People must support eachother during pandemic

Goraya demands package for vegetable growersSHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, MAY 19

Former JJP district president InderjitSingh Goraya, who resigned fromJananayak Janata Party due to thefarmers' movement, told journaliststhat after listening to the problems offarmers of vegetable producing vil-lages Padhana Gangar Sandir andKhediman Singh, most of the veg-etable markets are closed. The gov-ernment has not given any other option through which farmers can get the full rate of veg-etables. The situation is that after applying the cost of Rs 40-50 thousand, they are beingforced to destroy their crops. For the help of the Chief Minister, he had written a letter tothe government demanding to give a special subsidy amount to the farmers.

R R SHELLYKARNAL, MAY 19

Deputy Commissioner NishantKumar Yadav on Wednesdaydispatched 8 ambulances fromthe Dr. Mangal San Auditori-um premises. All these ambu-lances will be deployed at 8CHCs established in the dis-trict. Advance Life Sport(ALS) ambulances areequipped with all modern fa-cilities. Now with the intro-duction of this facility, patientscoming from far-flung areaswill reach KCGMC and Dis-trict Headquarters at the gov-ernment hospital soon andtheir lives will be saved.

Speaking to the media onthe occasion, the DC said thatthe district administration had25 BLS ambulances but now

the number has increased dueto the arrival of 8 ALS ambu-lances. These 8 ambulances

are equipped with modern fa-cilities, they are speciallyequipped with oxygen, lab

technician and trained staff hasbeen deployed so that the pa-tients do not face any problemon the way and they will beable to reach the hospital assoon as possible.

He said that the said 8 am-bulances have been receivedby Deloitte India, which is acommendable work in thishour of crisis. Oxygen concen-trators have already been givento the district administrationby this company and furtherassurances have been given tocooperate in raising resourcesto prevent the corona epidem-ic. SDM Ayush Sinha of Kar-nal, SDM Sumit Sihag of Indri,Civil Surgeon Dr. YogeshSharma, Head of AmbulanceAssociation, Sumit Thakurwere also present on the occa-sion.

DC flags off 8 ambulances

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, MAY 19

“Running away from public servicein this hour of crisis is the crimeagainst humanity and the nursingstaff of AIIMS Bathinda has swin-dled with their profession by aban-doning public on god’s mercy inthis pandemic.”

Punjab Medical Education andResearch Minister Om PrakashSoni today, while terming this agi-tation as unwarranted and undesir-able, said that it was totally ridicu-lous at that time when we need toput all their resources in one direc-tion to save the people.

In a press statement issued heretoday, Mr. Soni said that today en-tire world is battling to contain andbreak the chain of this highly con-tagious disease through doctors,staff nurses and paramedical staff.Appreciating the social workersrole to provide succour to patients,he said that when everyone is en-gaged to save the humanity but thenursing staff of AIIMS Bathindawhich was sent to Rajinder Hospi-tal to take care of the corona pa-tients, was deliberately endangeredthe lives of the people by stagingunethical protests. The CabinetMinister informed that 400 staffnurses were recruited at AIIMSBathinda in past and now only 45level 2 beds and 20 level 3 beds

were being available in AIIMSBathinda. Due to which the Direc-tor AIIMS Bathinda with the ap-proval of Government of India haddecided to send the nursing staff ingroups of 50-50 for the duty in fourgovernment medical colleges of thestate. He said that when the Patialadistrict administration had knowabout the arrival of staff nursesfrom AIIMS, then they instantlyarranged the accommodation forthese nurses in governmentwomen's hostel of Prof. GurrsewakSingh Government Physical Educa-tion College, Patiala and all the nec-essary arrangements were made forthe accommodation such as clean-ing, sanitation and hygienic facili-

ties. He said that all the facilitieswere duly checked by warden in thepresence of SDM Patiala, PrincipalGovernment of Medical Collegeand Medical Superintendent. Mr.Soni stated that nutritious food wasalso being provided to these nursesin the Hostel Mess, the quality ofwhich was personally checked bythe Principal Government Medical

College and the Medical Superin-tendent. Soni the rest of the de-mands of these nursing staff weremet on the spot. These also de-manding coolers and fridge in everyroom and air conditioner bus to fer-ry them to Rajindra Hospital andthe department and the district ad-ministration is tryouts arrange thesethings.

AIIMS Bathinda nursing staff deceive theirprofession by not rendering service: Soni

Govt starts drive for comorbid jail inmates in 18-45 age groupCHANDIGARH: The Punjab Government is approaching the task of getting the people vac-cinated in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, with a missionary zeal so as to ensure that nobodyis left behind in this holistic endeavour. Disclosing this here today, Jails Minister SukhjinderSingh Randhawa said that as part of the ongoing process, a total of 543 jail inmates (18-45 agegroup) with co morbidities have been vaccinated. The minister further pointed out that the vac-cination for the inmates falling in the age group of 18 -45 years (with comorbities) will be com-pleted expeditiously. Divulging details, the Registrar Cooperative Societies and Nodal Officerfor Covid vaccination in the State Vikas Garg said that Amritsar accounts for the most numberof jail inmates inoculated with total count of 245 while in respect of Hoshiarpur the numberstands at 113, Rupnagar 74, Ludhiana 38, Kapurthala 18, Gurdaspur 23, Ferozepur 15, SriMuktsar Sahib 8, Bathinda and Jalandhar 4 each and Fatehgarh Sahib 1.

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, MAY 19

Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Ad-ditional District Magis-trate(ADM), Sangrur, whileexercising the powers vestedto him under Section 144 ofthe Code of Criminal Proce-dure 1973 (Act No. 2 of1974) strictly enforces theinstructions to the ownersand managers of hotels,restaurants and charitablehomes located within thedistrict Sangrur.

The ADM in his orderssaid that no person should beaccommodated in hotels,restaurants and charitablehomes without the proof ofhis/her identity. Details ofpersons staying in hotels,restaurants and charitablehomes Etc. such as tele-phone number and home ad-dress Etc. should be enteredin the register maintained bythem. If the management ofa hotel, restaurant or charita-ble homes find the activityof a staying person, suspi-cious than they should im-mediately contact the con-cerned police station, ADMadded.

The ADM in his ordersfurther said that in Sangrurdistrict and other cities fallsunder this district a largenumber of hotels, restaurants

had been opened, parties etc.have been organized androoms have also been pro-vided for overnight stays. In-cidence of murder, rape &other crimes in hotels restau-rants is on the rise in thesedays and sometimes in thelure of money owners chargeextra money from their cus-tomers without getting anyproof of identity and giverooms to them without mak-ing an entry in their register.

Apart from this, there isno provision of CCTV cam-eras in hotels and restau-rants, due to which in case ofcrime, the criminals aftercommitting crime in thesehotels & restaurants runaway. Due to non-availabili-ty of any record, crime agen-cies find it difficult to traceout the criminals. Therefore,there is an urgent need toavoid these practices and inthe public interest, followthese orders, which wouldremain in force till July 16, 2021.

No one should beallowed to stay withoutproof of identity: ADM80 gms of gold

ornaments and 1.70lakh rupees stolen

GAGAN BAWADHARIWAL: Targeting a house invillage Dadwan, the thieves stolegold jewelery and cash. Aggrievedelderly woman Parvez Kumari(widow) wife Jagdish Chandra,resident of village Dadwan, said thatshe had gone with her daughter andson-in-law to Ludhiana for treatmentin the past. Someone called himfrom behind and told that the doorlocks of his house were broken.When he returned to his home fromLudhiana to village Dawan, henoticed that there was luggagescattered in the rooms. The entirecontents of the bed box and ironcupboard were destroyed. Thevictim woman said that afterinvestigation, she came to know thateighty grams gold jewelery lying inthe bed box and about Rs one lakhand 70 thousand rupees weremissing. At the same time,information related to the theftincident has been given to thepolice station Dhariwal.

Maharani Sahiba MandirCommittee organises freevaccination camp

PAWAN KALIAKAPURTHALA: The MaharaniSahiba Mandir Committeeorganized a day long free covid-19vaccination camp with the supportof Civil Hospital, Kapurthala. Around150 people from the age group of18-44 years were vaccinated withcovishiled vaccine. As a goodgesture Mandir Committee providedfree refreshment and medicines tothe people after vaccination. Sr.Medical Officer Dr. SandeepDhavan said that health departmentcommitted to provide freevaccination at the doorstep of thepeoples for their convenience. Hesaid number of teams had alreadybeen constituted for said purpose.He also apprised that more than1.20 lakh peoples in Kapurthala hadbeen vaccinated. Mandir CommitteePresident Lovish Kalia, SecretaryAjit Kumar and Shashi Pathak said“Vaccination is only solution wehave to fight the pandemic.

Together we all canend carona :Nirmaljeet KaurSURESH KUMAR BHOA: In order to remove thedreaded disease spreading in thecountry, all of us can be united by thecooperation of the government andthe administration,this disease can be

overcome.NirmaljitKaur said that atthis time ourcountry is goingthrough a very badphase because aterrible disease likeCarona has spread

in the country and this disease haskilled many people but on behalf ofthe administration. One should notroam because this disease is causedby connecting with each other, so byfollowing social distancing, we canstay away from this disease.She saidthat if we all stand unitedly with thegovernment and the administrationand follow the rules, then this diseasecan be overcome very quickly.

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, MAY 19

In a major crackdownagainst drugs, the DistrictPolice have apprehendedthree persons including awoman with a recovery of1.6 kg Heroin, 580 gmOpium, 560 gm Gold, Rs50 Lakh approximatelyDrug money, one swift carPB02 BH 4443 from them.On the directives of DGPDinkar Gupta and IG Ja-landhar Range KaustubhSharma, the district policehas intensified campaignagainst drugs and smug-glers, which led to a hugerecovery of drugs and drugmoney.

Disclosing this here to-day, SSP Navjot Singh Ma-hal said that a police partyintercepted a car near Tan-da Chowk on Tuesday toask whereabouts the per-sons travelling in. On sus-picion, the police partychecked the pockets of ayouth and found 45 gramheroin from one of hispockets and 25 gram & Rs.50,000 from the pocket of

another youth. The bothhave been identified asPushpinder Sionmgh aliasTinku of local Naraian Na-gar and Amit Choudhary ofmohalla Bassi Khawaju.After recovering drugsfrom their possession acase under section u/s 21,29, 60-61-85 had been reg-istered at Model Town Po-lice station. During prelim-inary investigation it cameto fore that the both ac-cused were indulged indrug peddling and theyprocured the drugs fromJasvir Singh alias Gajjuand his accomplice Ja-groop Kaur, who was in-dulged in the drug ped-dling with him. NavjotSingh Mahal informed thatacting swiftly on the inputs

of preliminary investiga-tion as team a team underSP (D) Ravinder Pal SinghSandhu along with DSP(D) Rakesh Kumar, SHOModel Town KarnailSingh, CIA Incharge ShivKumar, Narcotic Cell in-charge Surjit Singh andLady Sub Inspector JasvirKaur was constituted to getinto the bottom of the druglords and smuggling. Thepolice party raided thehouse of Jasvir Singh aliasGajju at Green Avenue,Jandiala, Amritsar. JagrupKaur, who lives with JasvirSingh and works with himin smuggling illicit drugs,was apprehended by thepolice party with 100gmheroin while Jasvir Singhmanaged to flee.

Major crackdown against drugs,two youth, woman arrested: SSP

JAGDISH LAL KALSI BANGA, MAY 19

No stagnation will be allowedin the country. Arriving at vil-lage Chakdana in Aur blockto review the developmentworks, MLA Angad Singhsaid that the Punjab govern-ment was releasing generousgrants to provide urbanamenities to the villages ofthe state.

He said that the problemsof the people of the villagesof the constituency were be-ing addressed on priority ba-sis. During this he reviewedthe works costing around Rs.50 lakhs in Chakdana villageincluding Solid Waste Man-agement, Solar Lights, PondRenovation, Wastewater

Drainage, Water RechargeStructure and Soak Pit, Bram,School Park, Rural Connec-tivity.

And kettle sheds. Heurged the village panchayat topersonally supervise all theongoing development worksin the village so that therewould be no shortcoming inthe quality of work. SarpanchAnjana Rani, Panch SarabjitKaur, Tajinder Pal Singh,Kuldeep Kaur and KarnailSingh, Balwinder Singh,Sukhwinder Singh, AvtarSingh Tari and others werepresent on the occasion. Cap-tion: MLA Angad Singh withthe youth at the village sportsstadium during the review ofdevelopment works at villageChakdana.

MLA promises dev of allNawanshahr villages

CHANDIGARH:InvigoratingLiquid Medical Oxygen (LMO)supplies, Punjab's second OxygenExpress to reach Bathinda on19th May today evening with 30Metric Tonnes (MT) from Hazirato further boost up the stock oflife-saving medical oxygen insouthern parts of Punjab.

Disclosing this here, seniorIAS officer supervising the Oxy-gen Control Room Rahul Tiwarisaid that the department has over-come the Oxygen crunch and en-gaged all their sources to providemuch needed relief to COVID pa-tients through uninterrupted med-ical supplies. ''MARKFED hasbeen roped in to carry O2 sup-plies through express trains,'' hesaid adding that earlier first oxy-

gen express was run betweenBokaro and Phillaur which hasnow started on regular basisbringing 40 MT LMO to Punjab.This supply is being distributed incentral and northern Punjab.

Reiterating the commitment toprovide best of healthcare facili-ties to patients, Mr. Tiwari saidthat the second train will came inBathinda today evening and theconcerned Deputy Commissionerwill receive the consignment.This train will now run on regularbasis.

''We are working on aggressiveplanning and ensuring medicalsupplies from all sources and thegovernment has also been push-ing the central government to in-crease its quota,'' he stated.

Punjab's second oxygenexpress on way to Bathinda

SUKH NAHARJAGRAON, MAY 19

As per the instructions ofShiromani Akali dal presi-dent Sukhbir Singh Badal,the jagraon branch of partyhas organized "langar" forCOVID-19 patients with amotive of helping them intheir recovery. Telling moreabout this, district presidentGurcharan Singh Grewal,constituency incharge SRKaler, former chairman Kan-waljeet Singh Mallah saidthat the SAD leaders andworkers have been collabo-ratively contributing in thisunconditional help for peo-ple.

They further said thatSAD high command de-serves praise for this thoughtof social welfare but someleaders AAP have yet against

started criticizing SAD.They said that AAP MLASarvjit Kaur Manuke chal-lenged SAD by talking aboutinvolvement of Shiromanicommittee in "langar seva"held by Shiromani Akali dal.Grewal, Kaler and Mallahsaid that if AAP happens toprove involvement of Shiro-mani committee in langarseva, they will surely accepttheir fault and asked Manuketo resign from her position ifshe fails to prove this.

The SAD leaders saidthat the party workers shouldbe applauded for this serviceand it is disappointing tohear such irresponsible state-ments on this. They advisedAAP MLA and the entireparty to stop politicizing thematter and work for com-mon people during this timeof need.

Liquor contractors violatingorders of administration

BHOA (SURESH KUMAR): While the cases ofcarona epidemic are increasing day by day and newrules are being implemented by the governmentevery day. Many shopkeepers are being strongly in-structed to close the shops and on Saturday and Sun-day except for essential items, complete demolitionhas been imposed,but these rules are not affecting theliquor business. No action is being taken on liquorcontracts. One such case was seen on the liquor con-tract near village Govindsar on Sundarchak-KotliLink road under Bhoa where liquor is being sold in-discriminately by opening shutter from below due tolockdown but administration's attention is not goingto this side and from many contractors, by cutting theshutter a little bit, liquor is being sold indiscrimi-nately and at a much higher rate than the MRP fromthe local shopkeepers. While talking,the shopkeeperssaid that almost all shops have been ordered to beclosed after 1 pm, except the essential goods from thegovernment.They said that the laws are equal foreveryone. If the pandemic is to stop, then strict actionshould also be taken on liquor contracts.

Politics on SAD's 'langarSeva' for Covid-19 patients

DHARAM PAL PUNNI JAITU, MAY 19

At the call of Municipal Em-ployees Action CommitteePunjab, sanitary workershave gone on strike for lastfive days. Sweepers have alsobeen holding dharna at theMunicipal Council officeover their demands.

Due to strike city was notcleaned and piles of rubbishwere seen at various places.Sweepers today gathered infront of the city council officeand chanted slogans againstthe government and the ad-ministration. Naib Singh gen-eral secretary of workers fed-eration Punjab, Charandaspresident of sweeper union

Jaitu, Ram Karan district sec-retary demanded that the con-tract workers under the Mu-nicipal Council should bemade permanent and themore should be recruited ac-cording to the area of the city.They said that the amount ofVAT should be doubled to paythe salaries of the employeesor the salaries should be re-leased from the exchequer ofthe Punjab government.

Sanitary workers chant slogans againstgovt, Admn for their demands

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, MAY 19

Market committee Jagraonchairman Satinderpal SinghKaka Grewal fulfilled thepromise he made with thearhtiyas of vegetable market.It is worth mentioning thatthere was a demand of instal-lation of a water cooler inmain vegetable market of thearea as there are 28 Arhtiyashops in the vegetable market.The inaugural ceremony wasperformed by chairman KakaGrewal.

In his address, Grewalsaid that he has fulfilled thepromise made with arhtiyas asone water cooler has already

been installed and he is intalks with the administrationto install another water cooleras well. He further informedthat a resolution has beenpassed to construct a newwashroom in the vegetablemarket and the constructionwork will start very soon.Arhtiya association presidentJagjeet Singh thanked chair-man Grewal and said that thisis the main vegetable market

of the area but therewere no soundarrangements ofdrinking water in themarket causing in-convenience foreverybody. He furthersaid that chairman

Grewal has appointed twosanitary workers to look aftercleanliness and sanitation inthe area. At this occasion, ja-graon market committee sec-retary Jashandeep Singh, su-pervisor Avtar Singh, GyanSingh, Gurpreet SinghOberoi, Amarjeet Singhoberoi, Manohar Lal, LuckyNanda, Happy Chitkara,Gurmeet Singh, Gobin Oberoiand others were present.

Chairman Grewal inaugurates watercooler at vegetable market

KULJIT SINGH AMRITSAR, MAY 19

During the Kuljit SinghKovid-19 epidemic, manyNGOs in the district havecome forward for the better-ment of humanity and manypeople have personally ex-tended their support to thefamilies of Corona victimsor other needy people.Apart from this the businessestablishments were alsoassisting the district admin-istration in distributing re-lief materials to the needythrough the Red Cross. In asimilar vein, the Confedera-

tion of Indian Industry (CII)today presented a check ofRs. 4 lakh to the DeputyCommissioner GurpreetSingh Khaira in the RedCross Society AmritsarCovid-19 Relief Fund.

Khaira thanked the CII andsaid that his initiative in thisdifficult time was highlycommendable and wouldhelp many needy people.The Deputy Commissioneralso appealed to the other

organizations of the districtto come forward and extendtheir support to the CovidRelief Fund so that theneedy could be helped. TheDeputy Commissioner saidthat the Red Cross had dis-tributed medicines as wellas rations to the poor duringthe Corona epidemic and allthis was possible only withthe help of the donors. RajivSajjade, Chairman, CII Am-ritsar and Karan Verma,Vice Chairman, CII Amrit-sar said that our organiza-tion has been working withthe Punjab Government tocombat this epidemic.

CII contributes Rs 4 lakh to Covid-19 relief fundKARANPREET DHANDRALBARNALA, MAY 19

The State School EducationDepartment under the guid-ance of Education MinisterVijay Inder Singla and Educa-tion Secretary Krishan Kumarhas taken many initiatives toprovide quality education tothe students of governmentschools at the school level aswell as to guide them towardshigher education and employ-ment. Under these initiativesthe department has set up a'Punjab Career Portal'. Withthe help of this portal, stu-

dents will be able to easilychoose employment as pertheir qualifications and pref-erences, including choosingtheir field of higher educationin themselves and otherstates, abroad. Disclosing thishere today District EducationOfficer Secondary and Ele-mentary Sarabjit Singh Toorsaid that under the able guid-ance of Punjab Governmentthe Education Departmenthas been making new initia-tives for the quality educationof the students of governmentschools on a daily basis. Aportal 'Punjab Career Portal'

has been set up to provide ca-reer guidance to the studentsof class IX to XII of govern-ment schools. Each student'spersonal ID will be generatedto use this portal followingwhich students will be able toget information about 450professions, about 1150 en-trance exams and about 1200scholarships of about 21000colleges and universities intheir country and abroad. Thedepartment is also imple-menting capacity buildingprogrammes for teachers touse ID properly so that teach-ers can guide the students.

‘Punjab Career Portal’ to beboon for students: Toor

3 held with 50,000narcoatics pillsKULJEET SINGHJANDIALA GURU: SSP RuralDhruva Dahiya is constantlycampaigning against illegal drugs.Under this campaign, action takenunder the Zero Tolerance Policyagainst Drugs by S.I. LovepreetSingh SHO Thana Mattewal led byAbhimanyu Rana ASP Majitha.Under Sameer Kumar, Suraj Kumarson Akshay resident Majitha Roadand Gurmukh Singh son Joga Singhresident Mallunangal have beenarrested. SHO Mattewal hadreceived secret information that theabove three youths wereintoxicating drugs and who werecurrently on their way to FatehgarhBangles Road Amritsar to supplythe drugs. In this case action hasbeen initiated against the saidaccused by registering a case in thepolice station Mattewal.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

nCoV: 5 deaths, 255 new cases reported in HamirpurHAMIRPUR: Five people have lost their lives due to the dreaded virus and 255new cases were detected in the HP’s Hamirpur district by the night of Tuesday.Besides, 423 older cases have been cured and declared fit, said CMO,Hamirpur, Dr. RK Agnihotri today. He said that the total number of the positivecases had risen to 11,862 and that of active cases to 2,561. The CMO said that169 people had lost their lives and now the number of cured people stood at9,131. He has appealed to the people to beware of the virus and not to ventureout without any work and abide by the COVID-19 guidelines for their ownwelfare and safety.

HIMACHAL/JKChildren givemessage of goodhealth by yoga

SHANTI GAUTAMBADDI: With corona restrictions,Suncity colony and their children runcampaign to make them fit throughexercise and yoga. The gathering iscompletely banned. Keeping this inmind, children of the colony are doingexercise daily through yoga teacherKishore Thakur's fast meditation,Yogi-Jogging, Surya Namaskar, Theypractice pen-sitting, posture andpranayama. Yogacharya KishoreThakur says that in today's era,children's mental development aswell as physical, Yoga is the bestthing for social, spiritual andintellectual development.

43 people ofBangana panchayatcorona positiveJOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA: There have been somecases of corona infection in the state,but the danger has not yet beenavoided. Chief Minister JairamThakur is constantly appealing to thepeople not to take any kind ofnegligence. A slight looseness in theprevention of corona greatlyincreases the risk of spreading theinfection. A recent case has come tolight that coronary infection has beenconfirmed in 43 people of onepanchayat of Bangana subdivision.After getting so many corona casesin the village, the administration hasdeclared this area as a ContainmentZone. Block Primary Medical OfficerHet Ram Kalia said that the HealthDepartment sealed the Charada andChhataihar villages of SukdiyalPanchayat and declared it aprohibited area. People reportedly didnot follow the instructions related toCovid-19, after which the cases ofinfection in the village increased.

Chief Minister urgesto donate bloodvoluntarilySHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai RamThakur urged the Non GovernmentalOrganizations (NGOs), ReligiousOrganizations and Youth to comeforward for donating blood voluntarily.He said that there was alwaysdemand for blood to cater to theneeds of the patients of variousailments. Chief Minister urged thepeople to donate blood voluntarily asthis was the biggest service towardsmankind. He said that blood donationcamps should be organized indifferent parts of the State strictly asper the Covid protocol.

U'khand records secondblack fungus deathDEHRADUN: Uttarakhand hasreported its second black fungus ormucormycosis fatality with a 72-year-old woman dying at the All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences inRishikesh, a senior doctor said onWednesday. The woman, who hailedfrom Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, diedduring treatment on Tuesday, ENTsurgeon Amit Tyagi, who leads a teamof doctors attending on mucormycosispatients at the hospital, said. A 36-year-old man had succumbed to theinfection at the AIIMS in Rishikesh onFriday last week. Meanwhile, fivemore patients with symptoms of blackfungus have been admitted at thehospital, taking their number so far to30 out of which two have died, Tyagisaid. An 81-year-old woman fromRishikesh has been discharged afterbeing recovered from the infection,Tyagi said.

Jai Ram Thakur reviews Covid-19situation in Kangra District

AGENCYSHIMLA, MAY 19

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurtoday while reviewing Covid-19situation in Kangra district atDharamshala expressed concernover the increase in number ofCovid related deaths in the districtand felt need for ensuring that theserious patients be shifted to healthinstitutions immediately from homeisolation so that proper treatmentcould be made available to them.Chief Minister said that StateGovernment had increased the bedcapacity from existing 1500 to about5000 to cater to the demands ofCovid patients in the State. He saidthat on the request of StateGovernment the CentralGovernment has also increased thequota of oxygen from 15 MT to 30MT. He said that the StateGovernment has also urged theGovernment of India to furtherenhance the oxygen quota for theState by 10 MT. Jai Ram Thakursaid that keeping in view the gravityof the situation, the StateGovernment was also increasingICU beds in the health institutions ofthe State. He said that 20 additionalventilators have been provided forDr. Rajendra Prasad MedicalCollege, Tanda and 25 additionalventilators for IGMC, Shimla. Hesaid that arrangements have beenmade to ensure adequate supply ofoxygen in Civil Hospital, Nurpur.Chief Minister said that in order toensure adequate staff in the healthinstitutions, State Government hasrecruited about 3000 employees onoutsource basis to cater to the healthrequirements of the people. He saidthat efforts were also on to make

fresh appointments in healthinstitutions. He said that the StateGovernment has also issued SOPsfor dead body management of Covidpatients. He said that theGovernment has also decided toprovide financial assistance to nextof kin of the corona deceased tocarry the dead body to their native

places if they wish to do so. Jai RamThakur said that efforts must bemade to strengthen the homeisolation mechanism as about 90percent of the total Covid patientswere in home isolation. He saidthat elected representatives such asMLAs, Pradhans, BDC members,Zila Parishad members and ward

members must actively participatein strengthening the home isolationmechanism by keeping in touchwith the family members of thecorona patients. He said thatusually the delay in shifting thecorona patients from homeisolation to hospitals results inhealth deterioration of coronapatients. He said that paramedicalstaff must also regularly monitorthe health parameters of the homeisolation patients. Chief Ministeralso launched Home Isolation Kit'Sanjeevni' of district Kangra forthe patients under home isolationin the district. He said that the kitwould be provided to every patientin home isolation. He said that thiskit would help the patients inspeedy recovery from corona virus.Jai Ram Thakur also interactedthrough video conferencing withCovid patients admitted in ZonalHospital Dharamsala and Dr.Rajendra Prasad GovernmentMedical College, Tanda. Besidesinquiring about their health he alsoenquired about the treatment andquality of service being provided tothem in the hospital. Chief Ministeralso took stock of the progress ofMakeshift Covid Hospital, Paraurthrough video conferencing anddirected the executing agency tocomplete this at the earliest. Hewas apprised that this MakeshiftHospital would be completedwithin 2-3 days. Jai Ram Thakursaid that Severe Acute RespiratoryIllness (SARI) Ward had beenstarted at Ayurvedic HospitalDehra to cater to the healthproblem of the people of the area.He said that similar ward hasalready been made functional atPalampur few days ago.

Greenko Group provides oxygenconcentrators to State

SHIMLA: Greenko Group, one of the largest clean energy companiesin India, provided the first consignment of 30 large medical oxygenconcentrators with 10 litres per minute capacity to Himachal Pradeshto fight Corona pandemic in the State here today. General Manager,Anup Banyal and Deputy General Manager Vinod Kumar of thecompany handed over the consignment. The consignment was receivedby the Chief Secretary Anil Khachi. The second consignment of 20oxygen concentrators is in transit and would be delivered in a week'stime. Chief Secretary thanked the Greenko Group for this noble gestureand said that this would go a long way in fight against Covid-19.Principal Secretary Urban Development Rajneesh and Director UrbanDevelopment Abid Hussain Sadiq were also present on the occasion.

Now call single number-108for COVID related transport

AGENCYSHIMLA, MAY 19

A spokesperson of Healthdepartment said here thattimely shifting of Covid-19patients from home to healthcare facility and inter-facilitytransfer in the case of referralis imperative to ensure betterclinical outcome. Keeping inview the increasing numberof Covid positive casesduring this second wave ofCovid-19 and to provideservices to the Homeisolated patients, in case theyrequire shifting to theinstitution. He said that therespective districtadministration has beenasked to explore all availablemeans of transportation suchas vehicles available withArmy, Paramilitary, ESI,

Hydroelectric projects etc. tofacilitate the movement ofCOVID-19 confirmed/suspected patients, inaddition to the ambulancesdeployed by Health Sector.

He informed that forease of accessibility all theambulances which have beenmobilized by the respectivedistricts are being mappedon to 108 for the smoothdischarge of transportservices. Any patient who iscurrently at home and iseither a known case or asuspected case of Covid-19may call up 108 formobilization of ambulance.The call centre executivewill assign the ambulanceonly after the confirmationfor shifting is received fromthe concerned District nodalperson.

Fight against Corona strengthened withsupport of Anurag: Virendra Kanwar

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, MAY 19

The consignment of medicalequipment sent to the district Unaby Union Minister of State forFinance and Corporate AffairsAnurag Thakur arrived in Unatoday, which was presented toDeputy Commissioner RaghavSharma by Rural Development,Panchayati Raj, Agriculture,Fisheries and Animal HusbandryMinister Virendra Kanwar. On thisoccasion, Chairman of the SixthState Finance Commission, SatpalSingh Satti, Vice President ofHPSIDC Prof. Ram Kumar, DistrictBJP President Manohar Lal,General Secretary RajukmarPathania, BJP State Media In-chargeSumit Sharma, CMO Dr. RamanKumar Sharma and others werepresent. Kanwar thanked the UnionMinister of State for Finance onbehalf of District Una for help. Hesaid that 5000 three-ply masks, 300

N-95 masks, 2000 globs by AnuragThakur. 100 Face Shield, 400 PPEKit. 150 oxygen masks, 100 NRMs,50 pulse oximeters and 100 oxygenregulators are included. This reliefmaterial has strengthened the fightagainst Corona in District Una.Kanwar said that for the last threeyears, Anurag Thakur MP has beencontinuously doing public servicethrough the mobile health service.In the Corona crisis, people were

assisted through these ambulancesby going door-to-door. He said thatevery BJP worker is fighting theCovid-19 epidemic under theguidance of the national leadershipand is working by putting himselfahead in the work of public service.At the same time, some people areengaged in negative politics. Hesaid that everyone should learn fromAnurag Thakur and come forwardto help in the Corona crisis.

Surendra Sharma sets exampleto fight corona battle

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, MAY 19

It is easy to blame the government for everything, but in oursociety there are also people who become an example in frontof others by their actions. One such example is presented bySurendra Kumar Sharma of District Una. Sharma, a resident ofFriends Colony, fought for several days against Coronahimself in the foster DCHC, while taking up the task ofcleanliness in his ward himself and set an example to others.With his inspiration, when the other patients of the ward alsofelt better, he too became involved with this mission. He said,"We cannot curse the government for everything. As aresponsible citizen of the country, if we do not cooperate, whowill do good. There was no shortage in foster care DCHC.Staff for cleanliness deployed and doctors also monitorpatients continuously as well as boost their morale. Allpatients are well taken care of and better treatment facilitiesare available to all.When Sharma started getting symptoms ofKovid, he remained isolated and stayed at home for 6 days.But when the fever did not break, he underwent a CT scan andfound that the infection was spreading to the lungs.

Chaitanya Sharma extendshelp to corona hit families

PANKAJ KATNAGAGRET, MAY 19

Chaitanya Sharma hasrecently been elected as theDistrict Council. Evenbefore taking up his post, hewas carrying out hisresponsibilities. He helpedmany families and patientsthrough Una's securitycampaign. Even today, he ishelping the Corona victimsin every possible way tofulfill his political and socialduties. Through his social

work, he is giving themessage that if the intentionsare true, then together, thecorona-like epidemic can bedefeated. There werespeculations about ChaitanyaSharma that no plan could berealized without the supportof any political party. But thespeed with which this youngleader is serving hisconstituents has surprised allthe parties. Chaitanya,working on his own strength,has proved that one needs tobe destined to work, not by

any political party. WhenSahil asked ChaitanyaSharma on phone to comehome, Chaitanya Sharmasent Sahil to the house andtook him safely from Mohalito Bhanjal Ghar. Similar isthe case of Jyoti fromPirthipur who was admittedto Hoshiarpur Hospital withher family. Jyoti narrated hergrief over the phone toChaitanya Sharma, whoimmediately sent the vehicleto Jyoti and her family toPirthipur.

Shoolini University takes lead to provide COVID relief in rural areasDINESH AGARWALSOLAN, MAY 19

Solan-based ShooliniUniversity has taken theinitiative to provide medicalrelief to covid patientsprimarily in the rural areasof Solan district ofHimachal Pradesh. Therelief includes provisions forabout 100 beds, along withnecessary medicalequipment like oxygencylinders and concentrators,ventilators and other ICU

facilities. The University hasset a target of funding reliefworth about Rs. 1 crore and

has already generated aboutRs 75 lakh for the purpose.Part of a consignment of

medicines and oxygenconcentrators has alreadybeen received. The funds areto be utilised in associationwith the Himachal Pradeshgovernment healthdepartment afterconsultations with the stateHealth Minister Rajiv Saijaland Non-GovernmentalOrganisations (NGOs). Thefirst of the Yogananda CovidCare Centres is in the processof being established atSultanpur village withprovision of 18 beds and

steps are being taken to set upanother centre in Kandaghattehsil shortly. The projectwas conceived and executedby the senior management ofShoolini Universityincluding its Chancellor ProfP.K Khosla, President of theFoundation for Life Sciencesand Business ManagementSaroj Khosla, ProChancellor Vishal Anandand Vice Chancellor ProfAtul Khosla who madepersonal contributions to setup the fund.

1.90 lakh samples collected throughmodified 102 ambulances

SHIMLA, MAY 19

A Spokesperson of the Health department informed heretoday that to increase the sampling in the far flung anddifficult to reach areas, the State has started mobilesampling services through customised vehicles. He saidthat the State was amongst the first in country to launchsuch sampling services in the month of April 2020 and tilldate, more than 1,90,000 samples have been collectedthrough these modified 102 ambulances.

He said that to add to the accessibility of testing of therural population, the State has now started sampling andtesting services through Jeevan Dhara Mobile Health andWellness Centres, which were launched in the State on18th November 2020. Government Spokespersoninformed that during the last week, total of 695 sampleswere collected through these Mobile Medical Units(MMUs) and out of these 64 turned out to be Covidpositive. He further informed that this service is beingprovided on the door steps of the far flung areas.

Painting competitions of students from May 26CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to conduct paintingcompetitions to inculcate creative interests in the students of government schools. Disclosingthis, a spokesperson of the education department said that these competitions will be conduct-ed at school level from 26th May to 29th May 2021 under the 'Parho Punjab, Paraho Punjab'project. The students of VI to X classes will be able to take part in these competitions. Differ-ent topics are allotted for painting for each class. These competitions are being held online dueto closure of schools. The first three students will be awarded with certificates. According tothe spokesperson, the department has taken this decision to motivate the students towardspainting and to sharpen their hidden talent as well as to provide them a positive environmentduring the phase of Covid pandemic.

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RAJIV JAINCHANDIGARH, MAY 19

The first meeting of Project Gover-nance Committee for 24X7 WaterSupply Project (PAN City) fundedby Agence Francaise De Develop-ment (AFD) and European Unionwas held under the Chairmanshipof Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviserto the Administrator, U.T., Chandi-garh , today wherein the dignitariesfrom AFD and European Unionwere also present through onlinevideo conference.

The Chairman welcomed theparticipants and appreciated the un-derstanding of AFD and EuropeanUnion for the need of 24X7 WaterSupply System in the city for sus-tainable environment and energyefficiency, as well as to improvethe quality of life for the citizens.

Bruno Bosle, Country DirectorAFD India expressed his delight tobe a partner in the strategic growthof city and particularly mentionedthe impact of Gender Action PlanComponent of the project forWomen Empowerment in the city.Daniel Hachez, Head of Coopera-tion, Bangkok EU mentioned theyears old relationship with Europeand Chandigarh and expressed his

gladness to be a part of the financ-ing of this project as a grant, par-ticularly financing of long termtechnical assistance (LTTA), ca-pacity building, Gender ActionPlan and installation of Smart Wa-ter Meters for lower income groupand economically weaker sectionof the city.

K.K. Yadav, Commissioner, Mu-nicipal Corporation, Chandigarhgave detailed presentation on thescope of project, procurement plan,terms of the contract and othercomponents of the project. TheCommittee reviewed all the docu-ments and the same were approvedby the Chairman for submitting to

AFD and Govt. of India for theirapproval. The Credit FacilityAgreement (CFA) between Govt.of India through Department ofEconomic Affairs and AFD is ex-pected to be signed in the month ofJuly, 2021.

After the signing the Credit Fa-cility Agreement (CFA), an agree-ment is expected to be signed be-tween AFD and Municipal Corpo-ration, Chandigarh in the month ofSeptember, 2021 and the first in-stallment of loan is expected in themonth of December, 2021. TheChairman directed that besidescompleting all the formalities, thepreparation of tender documents

and hiring of LTTA should be donesimultaneously to speed up the startof work. Other who were present inthe meeting were Arun KumarGupta, IAS, Principal Secretary,Local Govt. U.T., Chandigarh, Del-phine Brissonneau, Programme Of-ficer, EU Delegation, India, AnkitTulsyan, AFD Sector Manager forthe Water and Sanitation PortfolioIndia, N.P. Sharma, Chief GeneralManager, Chandigarh Smart CityLimited, Chandigarh, ShailenderSingh, Chief Engineer, MunicipalCorporation, Chandigarh, NaliniMalik, Chief Finance Officer,Chandigarh Smart City Limited,Chandigarh.

Meeting for providing 24 hourswater supply in UT held

Enquiry committee formedagainst Zirakpur hospital

SHASHI PAL JAIN MOHALI, MAY 19

Various complaints were re-ceived against New Life lineHospital Zirakpur regardingwhich an enquiry committeewas constituted by DC Mo-hali. The enquiry conductedby the committee consistingof SDM Dera Bassi, DSPZirakpur and SMO Dhakoli,found that New Life lineHospital Zirakpur is not fol-lowing proper medical pro-tocols and guidelines as is-sued by the state govern-ment. The rates that they arecharging for an ICU bed withventilator are not as per

norm as issued by the gov-ernment of Punjab and arehighly excessive.

So, Based on the con-tents of the enquiry report ,an FIR No 291 u/s 269, 270,188 IPC and section51(b),58of Disaster Management act2005, section 3 of EpidemicDiseases acts 1897 has beenregistered in Police StationZirakpur, informed SatinderSingh, SSP Mohali.

This FIR has been regis-tered against Dr ManishGoyal of New life line Hos-pital Zirakpur. Investigationof the case will be done indepth to uncover any newfacts that come to fore.

Thatai takes over asAbohar MC Mayor

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: Senior-most Congresscouncilor Vimal Thatai onWednesday took over charge asMayor of the Municipal Corporationat a simple and brief ceremony thatfollowed Covid protocol in letter andspirit. District Youth Congress ex-president Sandeep Jakhar, ex-councilor Sanjeev Chahar,Superintending Engineer SandeepGupta and Tax SuperintendentVikram Dhuria were present on theoccasion. Thatai said that the MCcan ban digging of recentlyconstructed streets for any purposefor next three years. People will beadvised to shun the illegal tendencyof making encroachments. MC hadalready taken up developmentworks worth Rs 60 crore, he added.

Webinar on careeropportunities in banking,insurance at Modi CollegeJAGDEEP CHOPRAPATIALA: The Department ofBusiness Management andPlacement Cell of Multani Mal ModiCollege here on Wednesday hasorganized a webinar on the topic of‘Career Opportunities in Bankingand Insurance’. The objective ofthis lecture was to equip thestudents with required informationregarding the preparatory processfor placements and to discuss withthem various job openings andcareer opportunities in banking andinsurance sector. The expertspeaker in this webinar was Sh.Kanwaljit Singh, lead Trainer,Centre for Investment Educationand learning. The Principle of theCollege Dr. Khushvinder Kumarwhile welcoming the main speakersaid that banking and insurancesectors are lucrative job sectors withgood salary packages but are highlycompetitive. He told that ourDepartment of BusinessManagement and placement cell isproviding quality education in bothareas. The speaker was formallyintroduced by Dr. Neeraj Goyal,Head of Department of Businessmanagement. He motivated thestudents to focus on learning theskills and practical aspects of afinancial career. He said that thislecture is important to understandthe current job market and how wemay prepare ourselves for it.

4700 drug pillsfound from clinicGAGAN BAWAGURDASPUR: Addicted to sellingand possessing drugs under theguise of clinics, CIA staff arrestedhim with a large quantity ofintoxicating drugs. CIA StaffIncharge Inspector Vishwanath waspresent during the patrol.Meanwhile, he got the secretinformation that accused BaljitSingh alias Bina resident of KidiAfghana is accustomed to sellingand possessing drugs under theguise of Agamjot clinic. He iscoming in a bus from Gurdaspurwith a youth with drugs.On getting the information, thepolice blocked the blockade inNainkot. Meanwhile, accused BaljitSingh held the envelope in his handas soon as he got off the bus. Thepolice overpowered him. Aftersearching the envelope at DSP (D)Rajesh Kakkar attendance, 4700intoxicating pills were recoveredfrom it. Police station Kahnuwanhas registered a case against theaccused and started the next action.

Only covid vaccination will protect your generation: Kapoor

NAWANSHAR (JAGDISH LAL KALSI): An in-tense vaccination campaign has been launched to pre-vent Kovid. Under this link, 541 eligible personswere vaccinated against Covid today. Thus far a totalof 127692 doses have been taken by the eligible ben-eficiaries in the district including first dose and sec-ond dose. Civil Surgeon Dr. Disclosing this here to-day Gurdeep Singh Kapoor said that 72 eligible per-sons were vaccinated in Health Block Nawanshahr,

220 in Balachaur, 99 in Muzaf-farpur, 30 in Mukandpur, 40 in Su-jjo, 30 in Banga and 50 in Sarwa.Dr. "We will continue to win thecorona virus with the Kovid vac-cine," Kapoor said. "The vaccine isthe key to defeating the coronavirus and it will protect our family,our generation, our society and ourcountry," he said. Dr. Kapoor saidthat now construction workers in

the age group of 18 to 44 years, their family mem-bers, persons suffering from co-morbidities, familymembers of healthcare workers and everyone above45 years of age are eligible for vaccination. He ap-pealed to all eligible persons to get vaccinated assoon as possible. He said that in order to save pre-cious human lives from the epidemic, the district wasnow vaccinating all the days of the week. "Let's allmake sure that every eligible person gets the vac-cine," he added. Officials and staff of the health de-partment are playing an important role in preventingthe spread of covid and creating a healthy and safe fu-ture and the people should also give their full supportin these efforts of the health department.

SUKH NAHAR JAGRAON, MAY 19

Social welfare association"AbbNahi" has been workingto tighten the noose againstthe fraud NRI grooms. Thepresident of the associationSatwinder Kaur Satti whoproudly introduces herself asa dalit resident from villageToose has approached SC/STcommission Punjab askingfor justice.

Satwinder Kaur Sattidaughter of Shingara Singhresident of Toosa districtLudhiana submitted a com-plaint to SC/SC commissionPunjab member Dr. TarsemSingh "Siyalka" in which shementioned that she belongsto a minority community andhas been a victim of fraud byNRI groom. She also saidthat she has formed as asso-ciation named "abnahi" seek-ing justice for herself and

several other girls who havebeen a victim to such harass-ment. Satti further said thatthere have been conspiraciesto spoil her image in publicas some people edited herpictures inappropriately andposted them on social media.On this, she filed a complaintat local police station andalso sent applications toChandigarh but no action hasyet been taken in this case.She alleged that due to thisnegligence of police, she be-came subjected to harass-ment in her village toosa on24 july 2020 accusing somehigh caste people of village

of physical vio-lence. She alsomentioned that shesubmitted a com-plaint regardingthis at SSP jagraonoffice but the op-posite party man-aged to dismiss the

matter. After contacting thecommission, Satwinder Sattiaddressed press in which shementioned that she had sentan application to Punjab stateSC/ST commission memberDr. Tarsem Singh Siyalka onwhatsapp and after meetinghim today, she has demandedfor actions against injusticethat has happened to her.

Punjab SC/ST commis-sion member Dr. Siyalka ad-dressing press said that hehas received a complaint inwhich the victim has accusedinvolvement of jagraon po-lice in injustice happened to her.

Satti complaints to SC, ST commission regardingcaste based discrimination, harassment

District Admn prepares againstcorona disease in rural areas : DC

GURDASPUR (GAGAN BAWA): The district administra-tion has taken up the matter to deal with the growing coronadisease in the rural areas and today the Deputy CommissionerMr. Mohammad Ishfaq in a meeting with the officials has madeextensive preparations for the work to be done. Mr. Rahul Ad-ditional Deputy Commissioner (J), Mr. Balraj Singh Addition-al Deputy Commissioner (Development), all Sub DivisionalMagistrates, Civil Surgeons and other concerned officers werepresent on the occasion. The Deputy Commissioner said thatVidhan Sabha wise campaign would be launched against coro-na disease in the rural areas in which the services of all the de-partments would be sought. He said that the Sarpanch of thevillage and the BLOs would form a joint team of staff of vari-ous departments of Village Wise to check the corona symptomsin the village and conduct testing at home.

DALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR, MAY 19

Inaugurating the Corona FreeVillage Campaign on behalfof the district administration,Covid Vaccination, Testingand Awareness Cam-paign was started in aphased manner under thesupervision of civil andpolice officers of the dis-trict in rural areas today.Giving information,Deputy CommissionerApneet Riyait said thatwith the support of the Pan-chayats of the villages and theresidents of the villages, itwas started with full enthusi-asm in all the sub-divisions ofthe district on behalf of theSDMs.

She said that under thiscampaign, Covid-19, whichis spreading its foot in the vil-lages, will be stopped by fol-lowing the joint efforts ofeveryone and following the

instructions of Covid. Shesaid that during the first waveof corona from the panchay-ats, significant efforts havebeen made to prevent thevirus and now again the pan-chayats come forward to

complete the corona free vil-lage campaign to eradicatethe virus from the rural areas.Can go. Deputy Commission-er told that representatives ofHealth Department, Panchay-ats, GOGs and various organ-izations have given morestrength to this campaign, dueto which it was easy to spreadawareness, while more andmore beneficiaries were vac-cinated and tested.

Corona free villagecampaign launched

CHET RAM RATTANNAWANSHAHAR, MAY 19

Deputy Commissioner Dr.Sheena Aggarwal today re-viewed arrangements madein hospitals to deal with co-rona in government andprivate hospitals in district.

During the meeting withrepresentatives of variousprivate hospitals, includingadministrative and healthofficials, in the meetingroom of the district admin-istrative complex, DC dis-cussed treatment and careof Covid patients in healthinstitutions, medical oxy-gen, medicines and more.She also urged to adoptconcrete system to ensuretreatment of critically illpatients of Covid-19. Healso instructed private hos-pitals to increase the num-

ber of beds for Level-3covid patients and set up ahelp desk to provide infor-mation on the health statusof Kovid patients in theirhospitals. She said that therelatives of the patientsshould be kept informedabout the condition of theirpatients and no complaintshould be lodged in this re-gard.

Dr. Sheena Agarwal hasinstructed the officers tofully activate all the sam-pling teams. She also urgedthe teams of all the 10 vac-cination centers working inthe district to function inthe best manner. She saidthat Fateh kits should bemade available at home topatients living in confine-ment. Seeing the shortage

of pulse oximeters, she ap-pealed to the patients whohad earlier received thesepulse oximeters and nowthey should submit thesepulse oximeters to theirnearest government healthcenter. Dr. Rajan Singh,who was on duty at Rajin-dra Hospital, Patiala, wasalso honored on the occasion.

DC reviews arrangements to deal with corona in hospitalsANIL VERMABATHINDA, MAY 19

Central University of Punjab,Bathinda (CUPB) donatedessential medicines, Refrig-erators, Computer Set andPrinter to Community HealthCentre, Sangat Tehsil andSub Divisional HospitalGhudda Village.

CUPB Officials, facultyand staff members voluntari-ly contributed a sum of Rs2.75 Lakhs to help the lessprivileged during the situa-tion of health emergency.The items that were donatedto Community Health Cen-tre, Sangat include essentialmedical supplies related toCOVID management, 1 Re-frigerator (185 Ltr capacity),1 Computer Set and 1 Print-

er. In addition to this, 1 Re-frigerator (185 Ltr capacity)was provided to Sub Divi-sional Hospital, Ghudda forstorage of medicines and oth-er items. The above itemswere handed over by Prof.

Raghavendra P. Tiwari, theVice Chancellor, to Dr. AnjuKansal, SMO, CommunityHealth Centre, Sangat andDr. Navdeep Kaur Sran,SMO, Sub Divisional Hospi-tal Ghudda on May 18.

CUP employees donate medicines,refrigerators, computer to CHC

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, MAY 19

Initiated by former MLASarup Chand Singla forCorona Epidemic Patientsand their Family MembersSukhbir Singh Badal, Presi-dent Shiromani Akali Dal,former Deputy Chief Minis-ter Punjab lauded the langarservice and patted the formerMLA on the back and in-structed the constituency in-charges of Shiromani AkaliDal to start langar service intheir respective constituen-cies. He slammed the ChiefMinister Capt AmarinderSingh and said that both thevaccines have been adminis-tered. There is no danger to

his life so get out of CaptainSahib Moti Mahal and getoxygen to save the dyingPunjab. He said that the gov-ernment should provide freetreatment to the patients suf-fering from corona in privatehospitals as well. He said thatarrangements should be

made to save the dying Pun-jab. He said that Capt.Amarinder Singh was fight-ing an internal battle to savehis seat.

SAD Chief handed over15 Oxy Kans Trainers forBathinda city to 20 formerMLAs and said that Shiro-

mani Akali Dal was trying itsbest to help the people. Healso strongly condemned themistreatment of the media bythe Congressmen at the Mu-nicipal House yesterday.Asked to hand over the man-agement of Kovind Centerset up by the Congress partyin the city to Dera Sirsa,Sukhbir Badal alleged thatcollusion between the Con-gress and the Dera was com-ing to light. Accompanyinghim on the occasion were for-mer minister Sikander SinghMaluka Sarup Chand SinglaJagdeep Singh Nakai BalkarSingh Brar Chamkaur SinghMann Nirmal Singh SandhuRajwinder Singh HarpalSingh.

Sukhbir praises Thapri SaroopSingla's help for corona patients VERMA

QADIAN, MAY 19

Under the guidelines ofSCERT Punjab, District Edu-cation Officer Harpal Singhand Deputy District Educa-tion Officer LakhwinderSingh, told that a competitionof the students in governmentschools will be held at schoollevel in group in schoolsfrom May 20 to May 25. Giv-ing information in this regard,State Resource Person Chan-drasekhar and District Men-tor Narinder Singh Bisht saidthat this competition is beingconducted with the objectiveof developing the Englishcommunication skills of thestudents studying in class VIto XII. The competition willbe conducted in the form of

zoom classroom or recordervideo clip at school levelfrom class VI to class XII. Itis necessary for all the stu-dents of middle high and sec-ondary schools of the districtto participate in this. On thisoccasion, state resource per-son Chandrasekhar is con-ducting zoom meetings withthe teachers in the blocks tomake it successful.

Show and tell competition tobe held from May 20 to 25

SUMER GARGSANGRUR, MAY 19

Dr. Anjana Gupta, Civil Sur-geon(CS), Sangrur said thatto curb the growing spreadof corona virus in villagesthe Rural Covid Fateh Pro-gram(RCFP) had beenlaunched. Under this, thepeople in the villages wouldbe made aware about testingand vaccination for coronavirus, she added.

Dr. Gupta said that underthe 'Pedu Kovid Fateh Pro-gram', community health of-ficers of the health depart-ment at the village level,multipurpose health work-ers, Asha, school teachers,Anganwadi workers, policepersonnel would mobilizeand make people aware

about Covid 19. She said thatin view of the increasing cas-es of coronavirus in the vil-lages, the sampling was be-ing increased in the rural ar-eas with the help of variousdepartments.

She said, "all the activi-ties related to Covid are be-ing done at the Health andWellness Center". Coron-avirus sampling was beingdone in the villages for theconvenience of the people,she added.

CS, Sangrur starts RCFP to curbspread of corona in villages

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

Karnataka receives 2 lakh doses of CovishiedvaccineBENGALURU: mKarnataka received 2 lakh doses of Covishied vaccine onWednesday as part of the order placed by the state government, Health, andMedical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar informed. "The state has so farreceived 10,94,000 doses;- 9,50,000 Covishield and 1,44,000 Covaxin, as part ofdirect procurement from manufacturers. It has also received an additional1,11,24,470 doses from the Government of India," Sudhakar said. Karnataka hasbeen witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths. The state is one of theworst affected states by the coronavirus pandemic. It reported 30,309 newCOVID-19 cases and 525 deaths on Tuesday. The total case tally in the state hasreached 22,72,374, with 5,75,028 active cases and 22,838 fatalities so far.

7HMV to hold conferenceon EnvironmentConservation

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: PG Department ofBotany of Hans Raj Mahila MahaVidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab, incollaboration with Punjab BiodiversityBoard is organizing an e-InternationalConference on “Plant Biodiversity andEnvironment Conservation” (ICPBEC-2021) on 20 th -21 st May, 2021.Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareenillustrated that This is the firstconference in Punjab Region holding incollaboration with Punjab BiodiversityBoard as told by ConferenceCoordinator Dr. Anjana Bhatia. ShivRaman Gaur, IAS (Retd.), Director,Higher Education, DAVCMC, New Delhiand Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareengave all wishes to the entire team forthe success of the InternationalConference.

Maharashtra: 2arrested for poachingchinkara in PunePUNE: Two people were arrested forallegedly poaching a chinkara, aprotected animal, at a forest inMaharashtra's Pune district, an officialsaid on Wednesday. The forest teamalso recovered the carcass of achinkara (also known as Indiangazelle), a rifle and six cartridges fromthe poachers on Tuesday night, hesaid. During patrolling in the Kalas-Kazad forest area in Indapur circle, theforest department's team spotted sometorch lights in the dark. "The team gavea chase intercepted two people on amotorcycle. During their checking, theblood-soaked carcass of a chinkarawas found in a gunny bag which theywere carrying," Deputy Conservator ofForest (Pune division) Rahul Patil said.The accused, identified as MaheshMane and Dattatray Pawar, werearrested and booked under provisionsof the Indian Forest Act and the Wildlife(Protection) Act, 1972, he said.Chinkara is included in the endangeredspecies list.

WHO provides 100oxygen concentratorsto J&KSRINAGAR: The World HealthOrganisation (WHO) has provided 100oxygen concentrators to Union Territory(UT) of Jammu and Kashmir to fightagainst COVID-19, Health & MedicalEducation Department (HMED) J&Ksaid on Wednesday. Meanwhile, J&KUT has received fresh consignment ofCovishield vaccine to further intensifyimmunization drive, HMED said.However, the Employees Joint ActionCommittee (EJAC) has expressedserious concern over alleged shortageof vaccine in the Kashmir valley. HMEDsaid the WHO has provided 100 oxygenconcentrators to support UT of J&K inCovid Pandemic mitigation efforts. J&Khas on Tuesday received freshconsignment of Covishield vaccine. Theimmunisation drive in Jammu andKashmir division to continue on a warfooting from May 19. The governmenthas also ensured for a continuoussupply of vaccine doses to meetrequirements, the HMED said. Almostall political parties have expressedconcern over closing of vaccinationcentres in the Kashmir valley, whereonly few hundred people werevaccinated against thousands in Jammuregion. The EJAC president FayazAhmad Shabnam also expressedserious concern over the non-availabilityof COVID-19 vaccines for six days inthe valley. Voicing the concerns thesenior trade union leader said, "not asingle person has been vaccinatedsince past six days in Valley till lastnight, while as there has been nopaucity of the vaccine at Jammu on theother hand. " Both the divisions need tobe treated equally and there shouldn'tbe any irrational and uneven distributionof vaccine”, he said in a statement.

Singapore objects to Kejriwal'sCOVID-19 variant remark

Government says CM does not speak for IndiaAGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

Singapore on Wednesdayconveyed to Indian HighCommissioner P Kumaran itsstrong objection to Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal'scomments that a variant ofCOVID-19 found in that countrywas particularly harmful tochildren and could cause a thirdwave of infections in India.Following Singapore foreignministry's reaction regretting the"unfounded assertions" byKejriwal, External AffairsMinister S Jaishankar said theDelhi chief minister does notspeak for India. MEASpokesperson Arindam Bagchisaid the Indian HighCommissioner conveyed to theSingapore government that theDelhi chief minister had nocompetence to comment onCOVID variants. In its statement,the Singapore foreign ministrysaid there is no "Singaporevariant" and that the strainprevalent in many of the COVID-19 cases in recent weeks is theB.1.617.2 variant, which was firstdetected in India. "Singapore

Government called in our HighCommissioner today to conveystrong objection to Delhi CM'stweet on "Singapore variant".High Commissioner clarified thatDelhi CM had no competence topronounce on Covid variants orcivil aviation policy," Bagchitweeted. The Singapore foreignministry said it is disappointedthat a prominent political figurehad failed to ascertain the factsbefore making such claims.Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal onTuesday called for cancelling allair services with Singapore withimmediate effect saying a strainof coronavirus found in thatcountry could reach Delhi in theform of a third wave. "The new

form of coronavirus in Singaporeis said to be very dangerous forchildren. It could reach Delhi inthe form of a third wave. Myappeal to the Centralgovernment: 1. Cancel all airservices with Singapore withimmediate effect 2. Work onvaccine alternatives for childrenon a priority basis," Kejriwal hadsaid in a tweet in Hindi. In aseries of tweets on Wednesday,Jaishankar said Singapore andIndia have been solid partners incombating the pandemic andappreciated the country's role as alogistics hub and oxygensupplier. "Their gesture ofdeploying military aircraft to helpus speaks of our exceptional

relationship," Jaishankar said."However, irresponsiblecomments from those who shouldknow better can damage long-standing partnerships. So, let meclarify- Delhi CM does not speakfor India," he said. Singapore'sMinistry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) said the assertions madeby Kejriwal were "unfounded"."MFA regrets the unfoundedassertions made on Facebookand Twitter by Chief Minister ofDelhi Arvind Kejriwal that avariant of COVID-19 found inSingapore was particularlyharmful to children and couldcause a third wave of infectionsin India," it said. "MFA isdisappointed that a prominentpolitical figure had failed toascertain the facts before makingsuch claims," it said. The MFAsaid it met High CommissionerKumaran this morning toexpress these concerns. "Ashighlighted by MOH in its pressrelease of 18 May 2021, there isno Singapore variant . The strainprevalent in many of theCOVID-19 cases in recentweeks is the B.1.617.2 variant,which was first detected inIndia," the MFA said.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

The Delhi High Court onWednesday refused to put aninterim stay on Phase 2-3 clinicaltrials of Covaxin COVID-19vaccine for the 2-18 age group.The Court has issued a notice tothe Centre, Central DrugsStandard Control Organizations,and others on the petition soughtfor quashing of nod given toBharat Biotech for phase 2/3clinical trial of Covaxin for theage group 2-18 years. The benchof Justice DN Patel and JusticeJyoti Singh, on Tuesday, soughtresponse from all therespondents and refused to putan interim stay on the trial asprayed by the petitioner.

A Public Interest Litigation(PIL) was moved to the court,which sought to quash theCentral government'snotification, dated May 13, thataccorded permission to conductthe Phase II/III clinical trial ofCovaxin for 2-18 age group to itsmanufacturer, Bharat Biotec Ltd.The petition had also soughtdirection from respondents toplace on record the details of the525 children who will besubjected to phase II/III clinicaltrial of the Whole Virioninactivated Coronavirus vaccine.The petitioner, Sanjeev Kumar,also sought Court's direction tothe state to criminally prosecutethe persons involved in suchtrials, and the persons having

authorised conduct of such trialsin the event of any death or lossof peaceful and pleasantenjoyment of the life of anytoddler or minor children. Thepetition stated that the orderwhich requires the conduct ofPhase II/III clinical trial ofCovaxin by the Bharat BiotecLtd. on 525 healthy volunteers(very young children rangingfrom 2 years old to 18 years old)is "prima facie unlawful,arbitrary and against the settledprinciples of law and naturaljustice" because the term'Volunteer' itself means 'A personwho freely offers to dosomething'. It further states that aperson can offer to do anythingonly if he/she is capable ofunderstanding the consequencesof his/her act. "In the presentcase, the subject matter ofclinical trials being minors; eventoddlers who, for the reason oftheir age only, are not capable ofeven speaking and understandinglanguages in a proper manner,and hence cannot be supposed to'Volunteer' for the aforesaidclinical testing," read the plea.

Delhi HC refuses to putstay on Phase 2-3 clinical

trials of Covaxin

GORAKHPUR, MAY 19

During the tough times whenGorakhpur witnessed deathsand sufferings due toCOVID-19, a group of 15young volunteers callingthemselves 'Team Madad'have emerged as saviours,helping people with food,medicines and counselling.

From providing informa-tion about vacant ICU bedsand ventilators to deliveringmedicines and arrangingtransportation, the teamwhich comprises students,professionals, social activistsand journalists, has come tothe rescue of the needy.

One of the members,Satya Charan Rai, told PTIthat the volunteers came incontact on social media dur-ing the first wave of coron-avirus and formed a team.

"We started holding on-

line meetings and decided tofeed migrant labourers. Eachone of us started distributingfood with the help of localvolunteers in their respectiveareas," he said.

Team "Madad", whichmeans "help", has sevenwomen members and it hasalso been actively workingtowards arranging plasmaand providing counselling.

"We also contacted pub-lic representatives to

strengthen our drive and cir-culated our phone numberson social media after whichwe started getting calls roundthe clock," Rai said.

During the second waveof the pandemic, especiallylast month, many peoplewere not getting medicines sowe started contacting whole-salers and helped in deliver-ing and providing informa-tion about the availability ofmedicines," he said. The team

collected data on vacant bedswith the help of patients asthe hospitals did not cooper-ate, he said, adding that a listof COVID hospitals was alsocirculated on social media.

Rai further said that aWhatsApp group includingthe team members and ad-ministrative officials wasformed which was very help-ful in extending help to theneedy. Talking about the sup-port they received from offi-cials, he mentioned that Sadartehsildar went out of the wayto help patients.

On the team's efforts inrural areas, he said, "The con-dition is now getting better inGorakhpur and there is nocrisis of oxygen and beds butthere is a surge in COVIDcases in rural areas which is areal challenge as the health-care system is not strongthere."

COVID volunteers in Gorakhpur emerge as savioursHealthcare workers fight vaccinationhesitancy in Maharashtra villages

GADCHIROLI, MAY 19

Only 40 people aged 45 years and abovehave taken their COVID-19 shot inDhanora tehsil villages in Gadchirolidistrict of Maharashtra. This is not astory of just one village. According tograssroots healthcare workers inDhanora tehsil, rumours are doingrounds in the district that people will dieor become infertile after taking thevaccine. Sadashiv Mandawar, an Ayushworker working in the area informedANI that healthcare workers arespreading awareness about vaccinationin villages and trying to encouragepeople to take the jabs.

"Residents of Dhanora tehsilvillages, Gadchiroli district are hesitantto take COVID-19 vaccines due to lackof awareness. Only 40 people of 45years and above took the vaccine.Others think they will die afterinoculation. The elderly think,

vaccination for 18 years and above willmake them infertile," said the Ayushworker. "We share our experience withthem that we're healthy after taking thevaccine to encourage them. But they sayfrontline workers get different vaccines.We're trying to create awareness withhelp of other departments in thevillage," he added. Sunanda Tulawi,sarpanch of Dudhamaal village in thetehsil said despite the public awarenesscampaign, vaccine hesitancy is stillprevalent in the area.

Six new AIIMS fully functional, 7partially functional: Health MinistryNEW DELHI, MAY 19

The Central government hasapproved setting up 22 newAll India Institute ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS)so far under Pradhan MantriSwasthya Suraksha Yojana(PMSSY) out of which sixare already fully functional,informed the Ministry ofHealth and Family Welfareon Wednesday.

The ministry said out ofthe total 22 new AIIMS, sixAIIMS at Bhopal,Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur,Patna, Raipur and Rishikeshare already fully functionaland in another sevenAIIMS, OPD facility andMBBS classes have startedwhile only MBBS classeshave started in five moreinstitutes.

The ministry also said

that these AIIMS haveadmirably responded to thechallenge of the secondwave by expanding bedcapacities for treatment formoderate and severeCOVID patients. "Startingfrom the second week ofApril 2021, more than 1,300oxygen beds and about 530ICU beds, dedicated forCOVID treatment, havebeen added in theseInstitutions and the current

availability of oxygen andICU beds available forpeople is about 1,900 and900 respectively," it said.

According to the healthministry, COVID treatmentfacilities have been startedfrom AIIMS at Raebareliand Gorakhpur duringApril-May, 2021 which hashelped the State of UttarPradesh to proactively servepatients of remote districtslike Fatehpur, Barabanki,Kaushambi, Pratapgarh,Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar,Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar,Maharajganj, Kushinagar,Deoria, Ballia, Mau andAzamgarh.

Currently, there are1,925non-ICU oxygen bedsand 908 ICU beds includingventilator are available indedicated COVID beds in12 new AIIMS.

PATNA, MAY 19

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaderTejashwi Yadav on Wednesdayconverted his governmentresidence into a COVID-19 carecentre.

Yadav has set up the centre at 1polo road in Patna from his privatefunds. He said that it has all thenecessary medical equipment,beds, oxygen and provision for freefood.

While speaking to ANI he said,"I request the state government toconvert all the governmentresidence provided to us into

COVID-19 care centres, quarantinecentres because people are notgetting beds, oxygen and othermedical facilities at the governmenthospitals." "Being a responsibleopposition, we want to give ourresidence to the state governmentfor the people," he added.

As per the rules, it has been

decided to hand over the COVIDcentre to the state government. Inthis regard, he has written a letter tothe government asking it to take upthe COVID care centre.

He added that he has written aletter to Chief Minister NitishKumar but has not received anyreply. "I urge the state governmentto take over the COVID-19 centreand we are there to help in any way.Just let us know what we can do tohelp them," he further said.

Meanwhile, Bihar reported6,286 fresh Covid cases and 111deaths on Tuesday in the past 24hours.

Tejashwi Yadav converts his governmentresidence into COVID-19 care centre R.SINGH

PATHANKOT, MAY 19

The village Ghoh,has been inspected by the in-charge Thakur Amit Singh Mantu of theLegislative Assembly, Sujanpur. He has saidcorona vaccine has been given to 100 people andto avoid the corona epidemic, people have beenmotivated to get more and more vaccines, keep asocial distance and must wear masks beforeleaving the house. He said that the Chief Ministerof Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh hasannounced that the village which is 100%vaccinated will be given a grant of Rs. 10 lakh tothe village, so all the sarpanches panchayatmembers should cooperate with everyone to maketheir village corona free, 100% vaccination intheir village. They said that 181 and 112 numbershave been issued by the Punjab government that

no resident of Punjab should go hungry, so ifsomeone needs to eat, then the police can call theabove numbers to give food.They can call 104 formedical facility and if needed, an ambulance cancall 108. He said that the Chief Minister of Punjabmade very good decisions for the convenience ofthe public about the corona epidemic. Goingunder which 3000 registered laborers of Punjabwill be given to their accounts, on this occasionSarpanch, Pachan, Satish Kumar, Rishu Pathania,Rikki Bhalla, Ram Singh etc were present.

Recall West Bengalgovernor, says Shiv SenaMUMBAI, MAY 19

The Shiv Sena onWednesday demanded thatWest Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankar beimmediately recalled,claiming that attempts werebeing made to createpolitical instability in thestate.

The conduct of the WestBengal governor is "againstthe Constitution", aneditorial in the Senamouthpiece 'Saamana'alleged in the wake of theongoing political tusslebetween the TMC-led stategovernment and theopposition BJP.

"Attempts are beingmade to create instabilityand unrest in WestBengal...the governor shouldbe immediately recalled,"

said the Sena, whichextended support toTrinamool Congress (TMC)head and Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee ahead ofthe state polls held recently.

The arrest of four TMCleaders by the CBI inconnection with the Naradasting tape case smacks of"political vendetta", theMarathi daily furthercharged.

"They were caught oncamera taking bribes in thethe 2014 Narada stringoperation. But why no actionagainst the other twoaccused - Mukul Roy andSuvendu Adhikari - who arenow with the BJP? Havethey become clean sincethey are now in the BJP andfought elections against(TMC head) MamataBanerjee?" it asked.

Amit Mantu inspects vaccine centre

8LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS WHILE YOU ARE BUSY

MAKING OTHER PLANS.

JOHN LENNON

DO NOT DWELL IN THE PAST, DO NOT DREAM OFTHE FUTURE, CONCENTRATE THE MIND ON THE

PRESENT MOMENT.

BUDDHA

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

Our biggest enemy coronaOur biggest enemy Corona,What country are you fromLike an uninvited guestThe whole world cried.All the people of your country, eat creatures ,To avenge them,Only human beings are eaten.Just do it nowDon't be fooledYour end is nearPeople don't like you anymore;By injecting they want to killPeople hate you from the heart.You separated the people,to be awayThe mouth also covered Washing hands too.By stopping children's games,Tell me what you found now.You snatched the childhood of children,You put the old ones inside rooms.Many died of fear of you,

You did not even allow the rites to be ceremonised ;Not allowed to make final visit.The pride of men is broken,You too arrogant coronaYou inhabit the world of bliss, now be away andlet the children playGet rid of the lockdown,let them remove their mask,You are very angryYou make the poor starve, they pray to God,To get rid of you nowNow stop this horrible sceneand let the world be a bouquet again.

(By: Dr. Balcharanjit Singh Bhatia)

Palestinians go on strikePalestinians across Is-

rael and the occupiedterritories went on

strike in a rare collectiveaction against Israel's poli-cies on Tuesday as Israelistrikes rained down onGaza and militants fireddozens of rockets from theHamas-ruled territory.

With the war in Gazashowing no sign of abatingand truce efforts apparentlystalled, the general strikeand expected protests couldagain widen the conflict af-ter a spasm of communalviolence in Israel andprotests across the occupiedWest Bank last week.

Tuesday's airstrikestoppled a six-story buildingthat housed libraries andeducational centres belong-ing to the Islamic Universi-ty, leaving behind a mas-sive mound of rebar andconcrete slabs. Desks, of-fice chairs, books and com-puter wires could be seen inthe debris. Residents siftedthrough the rubble, search-ing for their belongings.

Israel warned the build-ing's residents ahead oftime, sending them fleeinginto the predawn darkness,and there were no reports ofcasualties. Israel said it wastargeting militants, theirtunnels and rocket launch-ers across the territory.

The whole street startedrunning, then destruction,an earthquake, said JamalHerzallah, a resident of thearea. This whole area wasshaking. Heavy fightingbroke out May 10 whenGaza's militant Hamasrulers fired long-rangerockets toward Jerusalem in

support of Palestinianprotests against Israel'sheavy-handed policing ofthe Al-Aqsa Mosque com-pound, a flashpoint site sa-cred to Jews and Muslims,and the threatened evictionof dozens of Palestinianfamilies by Jewish settlers.

At least 213 Palestini-ans have been killed inheavy airstrikes since, in-cluding 61 children and 36women, with more than1,440 people wounded, ac-cording to the Gaza HealthMinistry, which does notbreak the numbers downinto fighters and civilians.

As the fighting dragson, medical supplies, fueland water are running lowin Gaza. Ten people in Is-rael, including a 5-year-oldboy and a soldier, havebeen killed in the ongoingrocket attacks launched

from civilian areas in Gazatoward civilian areas in Is-rael. The fighting is themost intense since a 2014war between Israel andHamas, but efforts to halt ithave so far stalled. Egypt-ian mediators are trying tonegotiate a cease-fire, butthe US has stopped short ofdemanding an immediatestop to the hostilities and Is-rael has so far vowed topress on.

With no end in sight tothe fighting, Palestinians inIsrael, east Jerusalem andthe occupied West Bank ob-served a general strike onTuesday. It was a rare showof unity among Palestiniancitizens of Israel, who makeup 20% of its population,and those in the territoriesIsrael seized in 1967 thatthe Palestinians have longsought for a future state of

their own. Life had alreadyground to a halt in Gazawhen the fighting began.The strike was intended toprotest the Gaza war and Is-raeli policies that many ac-tivists and some rightsgroups say constitute anoverarching system ofapartheid that denies Pales-tinians the rights affordedto Jews. Israel rejects thatcharacterisation, saying itscitizens have equal rights. Itblames the war on Hamas,the Islamic militant groupthat controls Gaza, and ac-cuses it of inciting violenceacross the region.

Leaders of the Palestin-ian community in Israelcalled the strike, which wasembraced by the interna-tionally-backed PalestinianAuthority in the occupiedWest Bank, where min-istries and schools were

closed. Most businesses ap-peared to be observing thestrike, and protests were ex-pected. MuhammadBarakeh, one of the organ-izers of the strike, saidPalestinians are expressinga collective position againstIsrael's aggression in Gazaand Jerusalem, as well asthe brutal repression by po-lice across Israel.

The war has also seenan unusual outbreak of vio-lence in Israel, with groupsof Jewish and Palestiniancitizens fighting in thestreets and torching vehi-cles and buildings. In bothIsrael and the West Bank,Palestinian protesters haveclashed with Israeli forces.

The Israeli military saidTuesday it fired at 65 mili-tant targets, including rock-et launchers, a group offighters and the homes of

Hamas commanders thatthe army said were beingused for military purposes.It said more than 60 fighterjets took part in the opera-tion. The military said italso shot down a drone ap-proaching the Israeli borderin the northeast, far fromthe Gaza fighting. It did notsay where the unmannedaircraft originated, but it'spossible the drone camefrom Syria. The militarysaid Palestinian militantsfired 90 rockets, 20 ofwhich fell short into Gaza.Israel says its missile de-fences have interceptedabout 90% of the rockets.

Israel's strikes havebrought down severalbuildings and caused wide-spread damage in the nar-row coastal territory, whichis home to more than 2 mil-lion Palestinians and hasbeen under an Israeli-Egyptian blockade sinceHamas seized power fromrival Palestinian forces in2007. The attacks havedamaged at least 18 hospi-tals and clinics and entirelydestroyed one health facili-ty, the World Health Organ-isation said in a new report.Nearly half of all essentialdrugs in the territory haverun out.

It said the bombing ofkey roads, including thoseleading to the main ShifaHospital, has hindered themovement of ambulancesand supply vehicles. Over41,000 displaced Palestini-ans have sought refuge inUN schools in Gaza, whichwas already struggling tocope with a coronavirusoutbreak.

Literature & Health

Educational intervention enhances student learning: Study

Interpersonal relationships mayhelp medical patients live longer

Providing medical pa-tients with social sup-port leads to an in-

creased chance of survivaland elongation of life- sug-gest the findings of a newstudy. Such findings come ata critical time as doctors andhealthcare professionals seeknew ways to improve careand decrease mortality. Theresults of the novel researchfrom BYU were published inthe journal PLOS Medicine.

"The premise of the re-search is that everyone isstrongly influenced by theirsocial context," said BYUcounselling psychology pro-fessor Timothy B. Smith, leadauthor of the study. "Relation-ships influence our behaviourand our physical health. Wenow know that it is possibleto prolong life by fosteringcoping and reducing dis-tress."

Julianne Holt-Lunstad,BYU psychology professorand co-author of the study,said the findings support oth-er research published by theNational Academy of Scienceand that there is now ampleevidence that social needsshould be addressed within

medical settings. "From pae-diatrics to geriatrics, physi-cians may encounter patientswho are struggling. Thesedata suggest that social inter-ventions integrated withinclinical treatments that helppatients cope and reduce dis-tress also improve their sur-

vival," she said. The research analyzed

data from 106 randomizedcontrolled trials includingover 40,000 patients to studythe effects of having psy-chosocial support. Suchgroup meetings or family ses-sions that promoted healthy

behaviours by giving the mo-tivation to exercise, encour-agement to complete medicaltreatments, or group supportfor diet adherence resulted ina 29 per cent increased prob-ability of survival over time.

"Providing medical pa-tients with social support can

be just as helpful as providingcardiac rehabilitation forsomeone recovering fromheart disease," said Smith. "Itcan be just as helpful as a dietor lifestyle program for obesepatients or treatment for alco-holism among patients withalcoholism."

In a study of low-income,urban youth in the US, re-searchers at Columbia

University Mailman Schoolof Public Health found thatstudents exposed to Pho-tovoice, an educational inter-vention, experienced greaterimprovements in STEM-ca-pacity scores and environ-mental awareness scorescompared to a group ofyouth who were not exposedto the activity.

The results of the studywere published in the Inter-national Journal of Qualita-tive Methods. The resultssuggest that the Photovoiceactivities may be associatedwith improved learning out-

comes. "Our findings sug-gest that the Photovoice ac-tivities result in greater envi-ronmental awareness andmay be associated with im-proved learning skills," saidNadav Sprague, doctoral fel-low, Environmental LifeCourse Epidemiology at Co-lumbia Mailman School.

Photovoice uses com-munity members' knowledgeand perspective to addressknowledge gaps in acade-mia, research, and policy-making. Most often used inpublic health research. theparticipant is engagedthrough taking photos on agiven topic in combinationwith narrative discussions in

a focus group setting.Sprague and colleagues fromWashington University in St.Louis studied the STEM-ca-pacity, environmental per-ceptions, and environmentalawareness of 335 low-in-come, St. Louis PublicSchool students aged 9 to 15.Students in the study wereassigned to one of two inter-vention groups, a Photovoiceenvironmental education in-tervention group or a tradi-tional intervention groupwithout a Photovoice activi-ty. The investigators alsoevaluated outcomes among acontrol group of youth, whodid not participate in eitherintervention. After the inter-

vention, both STEM-capaci-ty and environmental aware-ness for the Photovoice inter-vention group were signifi-cantly higher than that of thecontrol group of youth whodid not participate in the in-tervention and did not expe-rience any significant im-provements in STEM- ca-pacity or environmentalawareness. Both environ-mental education interven-tions were run by Washing-ton University and Gatewayto the Great Outdoors(GGO), a nonprofit organi-zation that provides environ-mental health and STEM ed-ucation to low-income ele-mentary and middle schools

in Chicago and St Louis."There is an environmentaljustice issue. Low-incomeand non-White children of-ten have less access to na-ture and greenspace thantheir high-income or Whitecounterparts," said Sprague,who also founded Gatewayto the Great Outdoors. Re-searchers believe focused-based environmental educa-tion is a potential answer tohalt or slow human-drivenclimate change, biodiversityloss, overuse of natural re-sources, environmentalhealth disparities, deforesta-tion, and other human-caused environmental issues.

EDITORIALHemmed in: Religious gathering

contributed to second wave

There can be no better proof of the tragedy ananti-scientific mindset can wreak than the scaleof the pandemic in the country today. Recently,

the World Health Organization put down the resur-gence of Covid-19 infections in India to three factors:the emergence of a more transmissible variant of theSARS-CoV-2 virus, a number of extended politicaland religious gatherings and a relaxation or abandon-ment of Covid precautions. Although WHO said thatthe exact proportion of the contributions of each couldnot be determined, certain points stand out too dis-tinctly to be ignored. While scientists the world overare still fighting to control the virus, it must be re-membered that the more transmissible variant consid-ered to be of global concern by WHO was detected inIndia in October 2020. There was plenty of time tostrengthen the medical infrastructure and implementprecautions; the country had already experiencedwidespread illness and death. The political leadership,which habitually ignores expert advice in everysphere, appears to have turned its back on the poten-tial of the virus variant and gone ahead with its ownagenda. That agenda included permission for theKumbh Mela. According to government figures,around six million devotees visited Haridwar to takethe holy dip in the Ganga for Mahakumbh in Aprilalone, when the infection had accelerated sharply.Overcrowding and violations of Covid precautionsled to its rapid and massive spread. Added to this werethe panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh and assem-bly elections in four states and one Union territory, allof which meant rallies and processions which themost powerful political leaders conducted through themonths of virus resurgence. Social distancing andmasks seemed to have been forgotten. If the Indian es-tablishment flaunts the notion that, as the prime min-ister declared, India has defeated the virus, the peopleare likely to believe it. All a scientific attitude needsis trust in expert guidance, and the humility to knowthat a majority government does not mean it is pos-sessed of magic that will put down the virus with aspell or drive it away with conch shells. The analysisof factors by WHO demonstrates that India, withsome of the best scientists in the world, is being forcedback into a deadly morass of false beliefs.

POEMBoth Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effectiveon B.1.617 Covid-19 strain: US Study

COVID-19 vaccines developedby Pfizer and Moderna workagainst B.1.617 variant of the

virus that was first identified in In-dia, according to a new study.

The study shows that the newlyidentified SARS-CoV-2 variantsidentified in India areneutralised well by an-tibodies in individualsvaccinated with bothvaccines. "This findingpredicts that eventhough the new vari-ants are highly trans-missible, vaccinatedindividuals will be pro-tected from infectionwith the new variants,"senior author ProfessorNathaniel R Landautold on Tuesday. The lab-basedstudy, which was carried out by theNYU Grossman School of Medicineand NYU Langone Center, is con-sidered preliminary.

Professor Landau and the teamof researchers worked on bloodsamples from people who were vac-cinated with Pfizer or Moderna vac-cines. The blood drawn was ex-posed in a lab to engineeredpseudovirus particles that containedmutations in the "spike" region ofthe coronavirus, which were partic-

ular to either the B.1.617 or B.1.618variants, first found in India. Andthis mixture was exposed to lab-grown cells, to see how many wouldbecome infected. Researchers foundan almost four-fold reduction in theamount of neutralising antibodies Y-

shaped proteins the immune systemcreates to stop pathogens from in-vading cells. "People should getvaccinated. It will protect them,their family members and will slowthe emergence of new variants,"Landau asserted. President Bidenannounced on Monday that he willexport 20 million doses of vaccinesfrom Pfizer In., Moderna Inc andJohnson & Johnson, on top of 60million AstraZeneca doses he hadalready planned to give to othercountries.

handigarh: The ReFashion Hub is a collective that aims to raise awareness and drive conversation about water Cstewardship in India’s textile industry for long term positive

climate impact. As a part of this initiative, a national level multi-stakeholder consultation was organized by Centre for Responsible Business (CRB) with support from Alliance For Water Stewardship and Water Management Forum (under Institute of Engineers India), on 18 May 2021, to build consensus on establishing wastewater as a resource and dealing with it in a sustainable way by the textile industry. Shri Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles delivered the keynote address and subject matter experts such as Mr. Rijit Sengupta, CEO, CRB, Er. Narendra Singh, President, Institution of Engineers of India, Dr K Ramesh, Senior Manager - Process Engineering/R&D, Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company, Chetan Kumar Sangole, Head, Sustainability Desk, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Ankur Khanna (Owner, Khanna Industries), Dinesh Chopra (Member, Indian Chemicals Council and Ex-Director, Honeywell) and Archana Datta, National Coordinator, for India, Switch Asia - RPAC, United Nations Environment Program, discussed various aspects of wastewater reuse, policy interventions and incentives as panelists of the workshop. During the virtual conference, industry leaders, textile industry bodies, government and development agencies addressed various aspects of wastewater reuse, holistic perspective of wastewater as a resource, policy recommendations, scheme incentives, and built a collaborative approach towards long-term and sustained action.

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 19 : Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer today, announced an extension on Standard Warranty, Extended Warranty and Service plans for its customers in India. For all Audi customers whose Standard Warranty, Extended Warranty and Service Plans were set to expire during the lockdown periods of April, May and June 2021, an extension of their policy till 30th June 2021 will be applied. This initiative is a part of Audi India’s relentless focus on Customer Centricity. Mr. Balbir Singh Dhillon, Head of Audi India, said, “Safety is of paramount importance to Audi India. In line with the need of the hour of staying home and staying safe, we are rolling out extensions on Standard Warranty, Extended Warranty and Service Plans for existing Audi customers until June 30, 2021. Audi customers can be rest assured that they have the opportunity to extend their plans and receive seamless services for their Audi cars.”

Audi India announces extension on standard warranty

handigarh : After a ground-breaking Season 1 that left audiences asking for more, Hotstar Specials Cpresents Out of Love has returned with its second

season on Disney+ Hotstar VIP. Actors Purab Kohli and Rasika Dugal reprise their roles as estranged couple Meera and Akarsh in the drama series where everything is fair in hate and war! Three years after exposing her husband Akarsh’s betrayal, Dr. Meera’s life is finally back on track. But when he reappears desperate for payback, her world cracks in ways she never could have predicted. With a singular focus on revenge, the story gets murkier and more complicated than ever before. Out of Love Season 2 is available for all subscribers of Disney+ Hotstar VIP and Disney+ Hotstar Premium, with the finale episode releasing this Friday. Speaking about children and how a rift between parents can affect the mental health of a child, actor Purab Kohli said, “I see lots of times people say that we shouldn't do this or that in front of our children. I feel that if we shouldn't do something in front of our children then we shouldn't be doing it anyway.

Actor Purab Kohli opens up about parenting

Online as effective as offline learning - confirms LEAD data of 20,000 students

Ram Subramanian’s holistic visionwas admirable: Tamannaah Bhatia

Sony Xperia Ace 2 With MediaTek Helio P35 SoC, 4,500mAh

Battery Launchedashmir : In order to address the need for an effective and long duration control of mites in apples, leading agrochemical Kcompany Insecticides (India) Limited (IIL) today launched

‘Kunoichi’, a Japanese miticide that is effective at all motile stages of the mite. ‘Kunoichi’ can effectively deal with the problem of mites that affect apples and will be soon available to authorised dealers in the region. “Mite infestation in apple farms peak during the months of May and June and mites are often found hidden alongside the veins on the underside of the leaves, unless it is a widespread infestation. Kunoichi has been recommended by SUKAST, Kashmir for control of mites in apple and we are hopeful, the farmers in the valley will find it promising. Kunoichi is the latest and one of the most effective miticide available in the world today. It starts action in 6 hours of its spray. IIL is proud to be a partner of Japan’s leading company Nissan Chemical Corporation since 2012 and with the launch of Kunoichi.

Shakti Pumps Records Highest Ever Quarterly and Yearly Profits

HANDIGARH / JALANDHAR : Shakti Pumps (India) Limited has continued Cwith its growth run in Q4 and FY21

displaying a fantastic performance. The company's total revenue in Q4 of 2020-21, between January and March, 2021 rose to Rs. 321.11 crore from Rs. 93.78 crore in Q4 FY20. The company also registered its highest ever Q4 EBITDA at Rs. 51.35 Crore as compared to a Rs. (1.41) crore in Q4FY20. The company also reported its highest ever quarterly profit. In Q4 FY21, the company made a net profit of Rs. 30.50 crore, as compared to a Rs. 6.15 crore loss in Q4FY20. For the year 2020-21, the company's revenue from operations stood at Rs. 933.43 crore, as compared toRs. 386.91 crore in FY20. Similarly, EBIDTA for 2020-21 stood at Rs. 145.82 crore, as compared to Rs. 16.33 crore in FY20. During this period, the company made a net profit of Rs. 75.59 crore, as compared to Rs. 14.08 crore loss in FY20. Commenting on the Results, Mr. Dinesh Patidar, Chairman and Managing Director said that, "We are glad to declare good financial performance, on account of robust growth in our domestic solar pumps market. The PM-KUSUM scheme has contributed to our growth during the financial year.

IIL Launches Japanese Miticide ‘Kunoichi’ for Apple Cultivators of Kashmir Region

ll of us aim at being healthy and mobility/flexibility which must be trying to cancel out cheat meals. Calorie As Bhat ia s ta tes , this is a mean, you can never indulge into fit. But at times, what we improved with a structured exercise plan burning is the bonus and not the goal of l i fes tyle change that you can’t something that doesn’t fit the criteria of Aperceive as ‘fit’ – on seeing that targets these in a graded manner,” the exercise programme.” pick and choose when to fol low your diet plan? Cue, the International No

what’s portrayed through media, or what notes Bhatia. She points out that the caloric value of and when not to . But does this Diet Day!people around us say – can be different At most times, people opt for dieting to foods is measured in a from reality. In order to achieve that level lose weight and maintain fitness. Bhatia controlled environment in a fitness, people take up different diets like rightly says, “We need to stop associating lab. But in our bodies, keto, paleo, Mediterranean, and so on. the word diet with short-term goals. It is hormones and enzymes decide There are some major how these calories points that they forget to are released and acknowledge though. used. “All calories Most of us may not fit are not equal. the unimaginable Foods with similar societal standards of calories take “ideal body shape and different pathways size”, but that doesn’t once digested and always mean we are not their fate depends fit and healthy. Celebrity on our hormones. nutritionist and dietician Calorie counting Shwetha Bhatia, who is without paying also a wellness guru, attention to quality entrepreneur, sports and quantity of consultant and a fitness nutrients does not athlete, points out, make sense, even “Health and fitness is within a calorie determined by body deficit plan. You composition rather than may lose weight

a lifestyle change that keeps you fit and body weight. Body composition is the but healthy weight loss healthy, if that’s what you aim to be. And muscle-fat ratio.” If we lead a healthy means less fat mass while that does come at a price but has huge lifestyle – eat the right food and exercise gaining or maintaining rewards: ‘good health with a great regularly – and even then if we might not muscle,” Bhatia adds.looking body!’” Bhatia wants everyone be 'thin', we are perfectly fit and fine. Keeping all this in mind, one to get the basics right; “Stop obsessing “Fitness is determined by a number of needs to understand oneself, over calories consumed and burnt; parameters like cardiorespiratory fitness, and take up a diet that best exercise is for improving fitness, not muscular endurance, muscular strength, suits one’s body and its needs.

undernagar: Heralding a revolution coming months in remote and distant areas in the digital learning sector, Aakash where students who wish to clear SEducational Services Limited competitive exminations have no access to

(AESL), the national leader in test proper coaching. For any information for preparatory services, the Sundar Nagar has launched its third centre, parents can and a one-of-its kind contact Mr Rakesh Virtual Classroom K u m a r a t center at Sundar 9805003918. This is N a g a r t o w n i n the third VSAT centre Mandi district of opened by Aakash, Himachal Pradesh. the other two located Classes will be in Punhana in Nuh delivered through district of Haryana New Age Satellite and Najafgarh in Te c h n o l o g y t o Delhi. Aakash students who wish to Chaudhry, Managing become Doctors and Director, Aakash IITians. The center has two classrooms, is Educational Services Limited, said “AESL is equipped with state-of-the-art audio video known for innovative applications and products equipment and can accommodate upto 80 that have revolutionized the way information students at a time. AESL plans to open technology is used to deliver new age learning more such centres across India in the to next generation learners.

MBALA / ROHTAK : An empirical analysis on academic performance of 20,000 students between AAcademic Year 2019-20 and post COVID year 2020

has revealed that online learning is as effective as offline learning. The analysis by EdTech player LEAD further indicates that students who had more than 80 percent attendance during online classes scored 45 percent higher than those students who had irregular attendance. The results abate the continued apprehensions of parents regarding learning efficacy in online classrooms – a new normal that was observed across India following school closures since March 2020. The middle and end of the year assessment for Academic Year (AY) 2019-2020 and AY 2020-2021 also indicates that online schooling has maintained the language fluency and numeracy similar to offline mode. For core subjects English and Maths, students who scored 79 percent and 77 percent respectively in AY 19-20 were observed to have scored 75 percent in both subjects in AY 20-21. The pattern was noted in mid-term exams as well across pre-primary, primary and secondary grades indicating that the right use of technology, teacher training and well-structured curriculum can provide good quality learning to children until schools can reopen safely.

Waste water management is a matter of survival for textile industry in India: Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

Understand that diet is a lifestyle change, on international no diet day!

Vi Announces Covid-19 Special Relief Offers for 60 Mn Low Income Users

Facebook expands COVID-19 Announcement tool to India to share essential and timely COVID-19 related updates

handigarh :Today we are expanding COVID-19 Announcement in India, which is a tool for the health departments of States and Union Territories to share essential CCOVID-19 related updates with their communities. This is part of our ongoing efforts

to support the public health authorities' work to keep people safe and informed during the coronavirus public health crisis. India is the second country after the US to launch this feature and we have partnered with 33 states and Union Territories to roll this out in their respective jurisdictions. The COVID-19 Announcement feature will give health departments the ability to push out timely, credible COVID-19 and vaccine information to people in their local communities/ state jurisdictions. States will be able to issue these alerts statewide or to specific cities within their state.When posts by state health department pages on Facebook are marked as COVID-19 Announcements, we amplify their reach so that people located in the community are more likely to see them. We will send notifications to people located in the affected area, and will also show that information on the COVID-19 Information Center. This will help distribute important and urgent updates related to COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccination efforts to people in the community.COVID-19 Announcements can be used to communicate:· Information on existing COVID-19 resources, such as helplines· Updates on hospital bed availability in districts, such as Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds and oxygen supported beds· Changes to existing COVID-19 rules and regulation that can impact communities and day-to-day actions, such as lockdowns, night curfews and changes to treatment protocols· Information about vaccine eligibility and registration, and the logistics of acquiring a vaccine

KRAFTON announces pre-registrationsfor BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA

athinda: In the wake of For this cause, the group's rising Covid 19 cases C o r p o r a t e S o c i a l Bin the ongoing second R e s p o n s i b i l i t y ( C S R )

wave of the pandemic, Maire initiative is being funded by Tecnimont Group, a global the Ind ian subs id ia ry, leader in the transformation of Tecnimont Private Ltd natural resources with a strong (TCMPL).commitment to industrializing As per the understanding, green chemistry and circular Smile Foundation will procure economy, today announced and distribute German-made that it has partnered with 10 litre oxygen concentrators I n d i a n N G O , S m i l e to government hospitals for F o u n d a t i o n , f o r t h e supporting and strengthening distribution of Oxygen the Covid19 Care Centres in concentrators to government the city. Relevant Government hospitals through District Hospitals in the city would Health Nodal Office at place request at the district Bathinda in Punjab. level which would be mapped

W i t h t h e c i t y and identified by District experiencing a sharp rise in Health Nodal Office and Smile Covid cases over the past few Foundation to ensure these months, both the entities will oxygen related concentrators work in tandem to help tide are reached to the much-over the shortages of the needed Covid pat ients crucial oxygen concentrators. battling for life.

Maire Tecnimont Group Partners withSmile Foundation for Covid Relief

handigarh: Not many actors get a chance to show their versatility within a single show. But, it is learned that CChhavi Pandey of Dangal TV's Prem Bandhan has now

received this opportunity. As per the current storyline, Chhavi’s character - Janki is no more. The show has also taken a leap introducing her in a bold new avatar. Janki was seen as a typical bahu, sweet, simple, humble and sanskaari. In her new avatar as Jaya, Chhaviwill be seen as a business tycoon - strong, bold, and ambitious who is ready to take over the industry and destroy the Shashtrifamily. Talking about her new fierce look wherein Chhavi is seen in some very fashionable sarees she says, “I am honestly loving my new look. It is a refreshing change from the Bahu avatar I was in all this while. The personality of my new character Jaya is very strong and the look perfectly conveys that. I'm getting to wear really pretty sarees and some beautiful jewellery. It's like a long break from the regular crying and I am very excited to see how the audience likes my new look and the major twists in the story.” She also adds, "I feel the way a character dress portrays its traits and the look of a character helps tell the story to the audience. It also helps actors get

Chhavi Pandey to be seen in a bold and fierce avatar

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL)launches VSAT center in Sunder Nagar

UDHIANA/PATIALA: An empirical analysis on academic Lperformance of 20,000 students

between Academic Year 2019-20 and post COVID year 2020 has revealed that online learning is as effective as offline learning. The analysis by EdTech player LEAD further indicates that students who had more than 80 percent attendance during online classes scored 45 percent higher than those students who had irregular attendance. The results abate the continued apprehensions of parents regarding learning efficacy in online classrooms – a new normal that was observed across India following school closures since March 2020. The middle and end of the year assessment for Academic Year (AY) 2019-2020 and AY 2020-2021 also indicates that online schooling has maintained the language fluency and numeracy similar to offline mode. LEAD School Co-founder and CEO Sumeet Mehta said.

Online as effective as offline learning - confirms LEAD data

of 20,000 students

odhpur, -- KRAFTON, today announced pre-registration for BATTLEGROUNDS JMOBILE INDIA. Developed by

KRAFTON, the pre-registration for the game is now live on Google Play Store for fans in India. Players pre-registering for BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA will get 4 amazing rewards, the Recon Mask, the Recon Outfit, Celebration Expert Title, and 300 AG. These rewards are for fans who pre-register, so get ready to dive in and enjoy the battle royale experience on BATTLEGROUNDS with your friends.Players can follow the simple steps to pre-register seamlessly.To pre-register for BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA, please visit the Google Play Store Link and click on the “Pre-Register” button, and your rewards will automatically be available to claim on game launch. Set in a virtual world, BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA is a battle royale game where multiple players employ strategies to fight and be the last man standing. A free-to-play, multiplayer experience from KRAFTON, players can battle it out in diverse game modes which can be squad-based or even one-on-one. Featuring diverse maps with different terrains on a virtual setting, BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA utilizes the full capabilities of Unreal Engine 4 to bring alive fantastic worlds augmented by 3D sound, to build a truly immersive experience on a mobile phone.

ony Xperia Ace 2 has been unveiled in Japan as the successor to the Xperia Ace Sthat launched in May 2019. The phone is a

compact, budget-friendly smartphone from Sony powered by an octa-core MediaTek SoC. It comes in a single RAM and storage configuration and is offered in three colours. Sony Xperia Ace 2 has a dual rear camera setup and a display notch for the selfie camera. The phone comes with IPX8 water resistance rating and runs Android 11 out of the box. Sony Xperia Ace 2 costs JPY 22,000 (roughly Rs. 14,800) for the sole 4GB RAM + 64GB storage model. It is offered in Black, Blue, and White colours. As of now, there is no information on the international availability of the Sony Xperia Ace 2. Sony Xperia Ace 2 runs Android 11 and features a 5.5-inch HD+ (720x1,496 pixels) display that has a notch for the selfie camera. Under the hood, the Xperia Ace 2 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 SoC and comes with 4GB of RAM. The 64GB onbaord storage is expandable via a microSD card (up to 1TB). For photos and videos, the Sony Xperia Ace 2 packs a dual rear camera setup that includes a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. At the front, there is an 8-megapixel selfie shooter.

handigarh: Bobby Deol and Twinkle Khanna redefined romance with their Cunparalleled on-screen chemistry in

Barsaat. 26 years since its release, and yet the Bollywood lovers out there can’t get enough of Tina and Badal’s love story.Get ready to witness 101% Shuddh Romance with Zee Bollywood’s premiere ofBarsaat on 21st May at 9 pm.Reminiscing the special moments from the film, Bobby Deol shared, “Anything that is first is always special. The zeal one has while starting something new is unique. Barsaat was my first movie and there are so many memories attached to the film. One of the things I remember, at that time I was fascinated with sunglasses and I had a blue pair, which was my favourite. I wanted to wear them in the song ‘Teri adaao pe marta hoon’. Back then, I didn’t know they would become so popular. The audience loved that look and it became a fashion trend. There’s another thing that comes to my mind, during a horse-riding scene I met with a minor accident and broke my leg. Luckily, it was my last scene of the movie. There are quite a few moments from the movie that I cherish even today. I am truly excited for the film’s premiere on Zee Bollywood and hope that the audience would enjoy watching it just as much as they did back then.”

I have so many memories attached to my first movie: Bobby Deol

URUGRAM / HISAR : Vi, India’s leading telecom operator, today announced Gspecial Covid-19 relief offers for its 60

million low-income customers to help them stay connected at all times during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic. As a special relief offer, Vi will provide Rs. 49 pack Free to over 60 million low income customers due to the current situation. The pack offers talktime of Rs. 38 and 100 MB data with a validity of 28 days. With this Vi is hopeful of enabling its customers to stay connected safely, and have access to all necessary information in these challenging times. As a special gesture, with this one-time offer, VIL will be extending benefits worth up to Rs. 2,940 Mn to the low income group users in the country. Additionally, Vi has also launched a new Combo Voucher RC79 offering huge benefits to a large base of the population. This special recharge comes with the benefit of Double Talktime of Rs. 128 (64+64) and 200 MB of data for a validity of 28 days for a limited time period.

handigarh : Anuradha is a young ethical hacker whose biggest worry at hand is Cselling her father’s house so she can

pay for his Alzheimer’s treatment. Overnight, their lives take a dramatic turn: Anuradha finds her father Ganesan next to a woman’s dead body in that same house. A leading crime novel writer with symptoms of erratic behaviour, all the evidence points in Ganesan’s direction. Bringing alive this riveting murder case, Disney+ Hotstar VIP is set to launch its next Hotstar Special - November Story – a crime thriller series that unveils the shocking story behind the horrid murder. Actor Tamannaah Bhatia brings her versatile talent to the series with the gripping portrayal of Anuradha, an ethical hacker who embarks on a quest to solve this perplexing case and save her father. Can she unravel the mystery behind the murder and save her father? Speaking about her experience of working with debutant director Ram Subramanian, actor Tamannaah Bhatia said, “The two things that I was looking for in a web series were a relatable script and a strong character that would pique audience interest. When Ram Subramanian approached me with the script for November Story, not only did it align with these two parameters, but the holistic vision he embodied for a series as complex as this, was extremely admirable. This well rounded vision along with his impressive storytelling skills got me to sign November Story.

handigarh: McDonald’s India - North and East has introduced 3-piece meals starting at Cjust INR 99*. This is a part of McDonald’s

commitment to offering incredible value to its customers while serving up more of the delicious food customers crave. The new 3-piece meals feature a choice of burgers from all time McDonald’s favourites like McAloo Tikki or McEgg, or popular classics such as Chicken McGrill, McVeggie or McChicken, along with fries and coke. These meals will be available for a limited time at McDonald’s restaurants in North and East India across platforms including McDelivery, drive-thru’s, take away, or in-store (wherever allowed by the local authorities)**. Customers can also place their McDelivery order via WhatsApp by simply sending ‘Hi’ to 9953916666 and following easy steps. “We have built this menu with variety and value firmly in mind for value and satiation seeking customers. Customers can enjoy their favourite McDonald’s menu items at a great value offered with McDonald’s elevated food safety and hygiene standards,” said, Rajeev Ranjan, Chief Operating Officer, McDonald’s India – North and East. Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. operates McDonald’s restaurants in North and East India.

McDonald’s launches incredible 3-piece meals starting at just INR 99

HANDIGARH/ LUDHIANA: In view of the restrictions Cannounced by several state

Governments across India to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, announced an extension of the warranty and free service period for all its commercial vehicles that were scheduled to expire in the period of 01 April 2021 to 30 June 2021. This will be a one-month extension, applicable across all states and union territories of India.Tata Motors prioritises the safety and health of its customers, channel partners and the overall community. The company is committed to providing its customers with a smooth and convenient after-sales experience during these challenging times. Furthermore, Tata Motors announces the following extension of its after-sales and value-added services, to ensure smooth transportation of goods and essential products:One-month extension for free services previously scheduled owing to the restrictions in many states.

Tata Motors extends warranty and free service period

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

GLAMOURGLAMOURhe much-awaited second season of tremendous job, along with the always-fantastic Amazon Prime Video's critically- ensemble cast," the creators said in a statement.Tacclaimed web series "The Family "We are confident we have carved out an exciting

Man" is slated to be released on June 4, the season for you all, despite having to work through streamer announced Wednesday. the pandemic. Hopefully the new season will be Fronted by Manoj Bajpayee, the series was worth the wait. These are extremely difficult times, scheduled to return earlier this year. and we hope and pray for better times. Please stay The new season will see Bajpayee's Srikant safe, mask up, and vaccinate as soon as you can," Tiwari pitted against a new, powerful and they further said.brutal adversary named Raaji, essayed by Aparna Purohit, Head of India Originals, Amazon Samantha Akkineni, who makes her digital Prime Video, said the new season of "The Family debut with the show. Man" is bigger, more complex and dials up the The streamer also released the trailer of the action.nine-part thriller which will see Srikant continuing to jostle between the duality of being a middle class family man and a world class spy and trying to save the nation from an imminent attack.Packed with exciting twists and an unexpected climax, the upcoming season of the edgy action-drama series will give a riveting "We're confident that the viewers will be enthralled glimpse of the two worlds of to witness the face-off between Srikant and his Srikant. nemesis. It's a pleasure for everyone here at Creator and director duo Raj Amazon to unveil a content gem that connects with Nidimoru and Krishna DK said audiences in India and beyond and we just can't wait they are delivering on the for the launch of the show's new season next promise that season two will month," Purohit added.be out by end of this summer. Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi, Seema Biswas, Darshan

"The wait will finally be over Kumar, Sharad Kelkar, Sunny Hinduja, Shreya on 4 June as Srikant Tiwari Dhanwantary, Shahab Ali, Vedant Sinha and Mahek

will return with a thrilling Thakur round the cast as well. The show also storyline, and 'danger features names from Tamil cinema, including Mime really has a new face' Gopi, Ravindra Vijay, Devadarshini Chetan, Samantha Akkineni, Anandsami and N Alagamperumal.who has done a

The Family Man season 2 to premiere in June

My work is myenjoyment: Neena

here is nothing else that gives her "I am hungry for good scripts and roles. more pleasure than work, says After many days I got a good offer so I Tveteran actor Neena Gupta, who thought let's eat this one," she

is growing strength to strength in her quipped.career spanning almost four decades. In Reflecting on her life and career, the the last few years, Gupta has become 62-year-old actor said during her one of the go-to senior performers when heyday she would work round-the-it comes to 'unique' characters in films clock and chose to slow down to like "Badhaai Ho!", as well as web enjoy her marital life with Delhi-based series "Panchayat" and "Masaba chartered accountant Vivek Mehra, Masaba". only to realise that she loves what Her latest release "Sardar Ka she does.Grandson", in which she plays Sardar, "I worked so much in my life. I had a the 90-year-old grumpy matriarch who child to look after that I had no time wishes to see her home in Lahore one for myself. So when I got married, I last time, is the latest addition to that list. said okay, now I will not work and "When you are young, you get all sorts enjoy family life because I have never of roles. When I heard the story, I loved enjoyed (it). I was always working... it. I was jumping. Sometimes when there was no enjoyment," she said.somebody is narrating, you start "But then I realised that my enjoyment visualizing it. Also, you don't get a role is my work. There is nothing else that like this, it is very rare that you get a role gives me pleasure than my work. I am like this to play at my age," the National a good housewife too, I can cook, can School of Drama graduate told PTI polish shoes, etc. But my work gives me about "Sardar Ka Grandson", which more pleasure and that's why I will released on Netflix Tuesday. work," Gupta added.

Emma Watson denies engagement rumors

hile breaking her silence on her 'dormant' career, actor Emma Watson recently slammed Wmedia for spreading false rumours about her

engagement with beau Leo Robinton.The 'Harry Potter' star sparked engagement rumours with her entrepreneur boyfriend Robinton, two years ago when pictures of the couple kissing on a street went viral on the internet. Since then, several times the paparazzi spotted the couple spending quality time together, but rumours of their engagement started doing the rounds on social media after Watson and Robinton were photographed during a rare sighting in Los Angeles over the weekend.Denying all the speculations, Emma on Tuesday took to her Twitter handle and with a string of tweets, she addressed her fans about the same while taking a dig at the media reports regarding her 'dormant' career."Dear Fans, Rumours about whether I'm engaged or not, or whether my career is 'dormant or not' are ways to create clicks each time they are revealed to be true or untrue," the 31-year old wrote."If I have news - I promise I'll share it with you," she added in a follow-up tweet; while in another she wrote, "In the meantime please assume no news from me just means I'm quietly spending the pandemic the way most people are - failing to make sourdough bread (!), caring for my loved ones and doing my best not to spread a virus that is still affecting so many people."Watson concluded in a separate tweet that she is "sending so much love" to her fans while hoping for them to be fine in these unprecedented times. She also thanked front-line workers for working hard to keep everyone safe and well.As per reports from Fox News, Watson and her entrepreneur beau were spotted exiting a local store in Los Angeles over the weekend in just the pair's second public sighting since they were first romantically linked in October 2019.The duo has kept their relationship a low profile and as per Fox News, they were last spotted out and about during a coffee run in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood in November 2020.

Kunal Kemmu proves he is a true-blue Anil Kapoor fan

ollywood actor Kunal Kemmu on comes out Credits: @sakpataudi." The clip Tuesday chanelled his inner Anil was filmed by Kunal's wife and actor Soha BKapoor fan to bring a smile to the Ali khan.

faces of his social media followers, amidst In the video, while filming, Soha goes to the the ongoing health crisis. Kunal took to his terrace of her building to see the after-Twitter handle and proved that he is a true effects of heavy rains due to cyclone Anil Kapoor fan by sharing a video in which Tauktae. There she finds Kunal dancing and he could be seen flaunting his never-seen- singing 'Jeena Nahi' while channeling his before side, as he danced to the veteran inner Anil fan.actor's 'Jeena Nahi' song from the 1988 The post was retweeted by several netizens, film 'Tezaab'. Along with the video, he among whom was Anil himself who shared tweeted, "When my inner @AnilKapoor fan Kunal's video in a tweet that read, "Killed it!"

Jennifer Love Hewitt announces pregnancy

merican actor-singer Jennifer Love Hewitt announced on Tuesday A(local time) that she is pregnant and

expecting her third child with husband Brian Hallisay.According to Page Six, the couple is already parents to a 5-year-old son, Atticus, and a 7-year-old daughter Autumn. "We had always been open to a third, but definitely didn't think in the crazy year that the entire world was having that it would necessarily be this moment. I feel like we've been able to so far raise two really special kids who will be great role models," the 42-year-old actor Hewitt told People magazine.

NEWS AT AGLANCE

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021

One held with 7gm smackAJAY ARORAKHAMANO: The Police have nabbed a youth with 7GMsmack from his possession. SHO Khamanon HarminderSingh said that Suspect has been caught by a joint teamof STF and Khamanon Police. The suspect has beenidentified as Jaswinder Singh alias jaggi of villageShamaspur Singha PS Khamanon. The Police haveregistered a case of NDPS act against Suspect.

NEWSHMV student selectedfor 'Swachhta SaarthiFellowship'HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: With the vision ofholistic growth of students HMVCollegiate Sr. Sec. School student ofSSC-II (Medical) Diya Ahuja gotselected for “Swachhta SaarthiFellowship” sanctioned by the office ofPrincipal Scientific Advisor, DST Govt.of India. She becomes the onlystudent of Sonia Secondary Level(Category-A) who got selected from

Punab. Thisfellowship is aninitiative toempoweryounginnovators totheir innovativeandsustainablesolutions forconversion of

waste to wealth. Diya Ahuja will workunder the supervision of MeenakshiSayal and Vandana to develop thetechnology for converting Paddy Strawinto wealth which would be beneficialto the society and will also motivateyoung minds.Principal Prof. Dr. AjaySareen congratulated Diya andmentors Meenakshi Sayal andVandana for this brilliant achievement.

Newly appointedDeputy Mayor AjayKumar honoured

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT: On behalf of theMunicipal Corporation Workers Union,an honor ceremony was held in theMunicipal Office under thechairmanship of President RamanKumar and President DharminderThakur, in which the newly appointedDeputy Mayor Ajay Kumar washonored by offering a bouquet onbehalf of the Union.The Deputy Mayorthanked the union.On this occasion,he said that he assured that he will tryto resolve the demands of theemployees on the basis ofinitiative.On this occasion, CouncilorRoshan Lal Soni Vice-President RahulSharma,Sikander,Pankaj, Vikas,Sheru,Varinder Singh etc. werepresent.

Newly appointedMayor Panna LalBhatia honoured

R.SINGHPATHANKOT: On the behalf of theMunicipal Corporation Workers Union, anhonor ceremony was held in theMunicipal Office under the chairmanshipof President Raman Kumar andPresident Dharminder Thakur, in whichthe newly appointed Mayor Panna LalBhatia was honored.The mayor thankedthe union. On this occasion, he said thathe assured that he would try to resolvethe demands of the employees. He saidthat the employees of the corporationworked very well in the epidemic and heis with the staff in this epidemic.

Sr. Vice ChairmanBasant honoured atStock ExchangeANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: Punjab State TradersBoard's Sr. Vice Chairman BhupinderSingh Basant today visit StockExchange, Feroze Gandhi Market, whereexchange's chairman T.S. Thapar,Parmod Goyal, Sanjeev Gupta, AshokGupta welcomed him. On this occasionSh. Basant discussed on the variousissues of business after Covid-19situation. 'Covid-19 put bad effect onvarious businesses, but the StateGovernment led by Capt. Amrinder Singhis giving relief to various businesses' hesaid. He added that Punjab governmenthas given instructions to Governmentofficials to promote the governmentschemes between businessmen andtraders, so they take its benefits. T.S.Thapar while welcome words demandedfrom Basant to raise issue of tradersbefore the State Government to Basant.

80 bedded temporary Covidhospital to come up at Mohali

GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, MAY 19

In order to tackle the COVIDcrisis by way of providingtimely treatment and furtherramping up the bed capacity inthe state, Government of Punjabthrough Department of Healthhas initiated the process ofgranting approval for setting upof temporary COVID hospitals.

First such project at Mohaligot NOC within 24 hoursofsubmission of the applicationbased upon Self Declarations.Inorder to ensure prompt andhassle-free clearances in thesedifficult times, relevant Govtdepartments have made relaxedStandard operating proceduresfor encouraging people to set upmake-shift COVID hospitals inthe state.The departmentsinvolved are Department ofHealth,Local Government,Housing and UrbanDevelopment, Punjab Pollution

Control Board, Public WorksDevelopment, and Labour.

Invest Punjab has been madethe nodal office to facilitateissuance of allrequisiteNOCs/in-principle approvalsfrom all concerned departments.The person/group who intendsto open a temporary hospital canapply to invest Punjab by simply

filling an application form andsubmitting Self-Declarations.This has been done to ensurethat any person/group desirousof opening a makeshift hospitaldoesn’t need to visit multipleoffices and getsthe clearances ina timebound manner.The finalauthority to issue in-principleapproval lieswith Department of

Health.The first such in-principle

approval up on Self Declarationsto immediately startconstructionwas granted to M/sMohali Medical Group Pvt. Ltdfor setting up an 80-beddedtemporary hospital in Mohali.Sharing the details, Sh. RajatAgarwal, CEO Invest Punjabsaid that Invest Punjabfacilitated expeditious approvalof the project by coordinatingwith all concerned departmentsandall the required NOCs weremade available to Department ofHealth for granting approvalwithin 24 hours. All thedepartments have been workingtogether to battle the COVIDcrisis and have ensured thatevery NOC is granted onpriority basis. He further saidthat any person/group with anintention to open a temporarycovid hospital can approachInvest Punjab for guidance andnecessary facilitation.

Adviser launches Mini Covid carecentre in Sec 47 Community Centre

CHANDIGARH, MAY 19

The Project Q Mini Covid Centrewas inaugurated today in Sector47 Community Centre in thepresence of Sh. Manoj Parida,Adviser to the Administrator,Chandigarh. This mini Covidcentre was launched by RotarySatellite Club of Chandigarh inassociation with ChandigarhAdministration. This is the 20bedded centre has been made toprovide relief to the sufferings ofPatients. Many philanthropistsand Rotarians played a pivotal

role in functioning of this.Sh.Manoj Parida, Adviser to theAdministrator expressed hisgratitude to Rotarians RKSaboo, Tanu Mehtani and MPSingh for contributing in thewelfare of the society in suchtough times. He also said that, “The Chandigarh Administrationwill extend every possible helpto run this makeshift hospital.”Sh. Yash Pal Garg, CEO,.Chandigarh Housing Board-cum- Nodal Officer for MiniCovid Centres was also presentthere.

'India Needs Oxygen' song launched by Manish MinkCHANDIGARH, MAY 19

"India Needs Oxygen" by ManishMink, this song has been releasedrecently by Manish Mink Studio andActors En Route a theatre groupworks in Mumbai , Manish mink isfrom Chandigarh, he is rapper,lyricist and actor in this video.

Manish Mink said that Myhands and mind are tired to writeRest in Peace every day 20-30 postson facebook. Our loved ones are justgoing away because we are keepingfingers on mouth as silence. thiswhole things inspired me to writethis song.we can hope for betterfuture if we correct our present.

Thats whole in the video.Every lives matter that's the

mantra I follow, I thanks the entireteam of" India Need Oxygen"songand actors En Route Group,specially Sneha Kumar whocoordinated everything with ease.She is Graduated from NationalSchool of Drama and art inherits inher mind and heart.

Lucky Singh, Abhinay Shuklaand Saurabh Jaiswar also worked onpost production ,how technically wecan improve things they kept a keeneye .this song will take you to theemotional journey simultaneouslyask rational questions for the reallife we are living in.

To give tribute to the dead oneswe should spread this social song"India Needs Oxygen ' byManishMink. Manish Mink saidthat the song in detail, he said thecurrent situation impacted his life ashe lost a family member to thispandemic. 2nd wave of Covid-19showed us how bad Indian HealthCare System is our country onlyspend 1.26% GDP on healthcaresystem. The Economic Survey 2019-20 has released informationregarding the medical infrastructureevincing a shortage of doctors in thecountry. The doctor-population ratioin India is 1:1456 against the WHOrecommendation of 1:1000.

District Mentor raises awareness regardingenrollment by meeting of 8 blocks

SARWANQADIAN, MAY 19

Today in eight blocks of districtGurdaspur Online meeting of blockmentors and teachers of Punjabi heldunder the supervision of D.MGurdaspur Surinder Mohan, and wereinspired by resouce person Ranjit Kaur.During the meeting, State CoordinatorDr. Harpal Bajak, Urging the blockmentor to take part in making everycampaign run by the department asuccess, District Education Officer(SEC) Gurdaspur S. Harpal Singh in hisaddress encouraged the teachers andalso imparted such trainings to theteachers. He said that it is necessary toinfuse new energy, on this occasionvarious BMs of eight blocks appreciatedthis special initiative of the educationdepartment and encouraged the teachersto teach the subject of mother tonguePunjabi in government schools in amore efficient and meaningful manner.Under the guidance of Block Mentor

Satinderpal Singh, training was given tothe teachers to make video clips. StayOn this occasion Harpal SinghSindhwali District Education OfficerGurdaspur Ji held a joint meeting offour blocks of Block Batala-1, Batala-2,Block-Dhianpur and Block FatehgarhChuria under the zoom meeting ofdifferent blocks.

Memo hands over to SDM regardingward problem: Vikas Krishn

BIPAN SETHIAHMEDGARH, MAY 19

Councilor of Ward No. 12 handed over a demand letter to localSDM Vikramjit Singh Panthey to elevate the area of hisward.Vicky Sharma while issuing a press note stated that thearea of the ward has become lower due to the newly builtrailway road with interlocking tiles, which is feared toaccumulate rainwater in the streets of the ward. He said thatthere is already a problem of drainage which has become moreand more. He said that we also know that this problem is notnew nor is it going to be fixed soon as it is a big budget. He hasrequested the Punjab government to solve this problem so thatour ward and city dwellers can get rid of this problem. Hewarned the Punjab government that if the problem is not solvedin the coming time, we have to be forced to struggle.

State, central govt shouldprovide assistance to laborers

RAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT, MAY 19

In the era of carona epidemic, domestic laborers are fallingprey to starvation. They have not been made part of theiragenda by the Punjab Government and the CentralGovernment.This mostvulnerable section ofthe society has beencompletely deprived ofgovernment facilitiesfor a long time. Whilethis class has the mosts i g n i f i c a n tcontribution in the creation and improvement of society.While talking to the press, Punjab Domestic Workers UnionChairman Master Subhash Sharma, CTU Punjab GeneralSecretary Natha Singh Dhadwal, Finance Secretary ShivKumar jointly said that first of all these domestic laborersshould be provided government facilities because all thepeople have almost banned the arrival of these laborers in theirhomes due to the fear of corona.Due to which it has becomevery difficult for these domestic laborers to take care of theirfamily. Many of these women, who are widows and are barelytaking care of their family by sweeping the house, have alsosuffered a slowdown in corona call nowadays.

Account holders of Hindu Co-operative bank facing troubleRAJINDER SINGHPATHANKOT, MAY 19

The Satyagraha sit-indemonstration being run by theSangharsh Committee of theaccount holders facing trouble dueto non-withdrawal of their owndeposited capital from the HinduCooperative Bank, took 11 monthsto complete and the struggle enteredits 12th month.On this occasion, apress conference was convened bythe Sangharsh Committee,whileaddressing Chairman, Rajat Balisaid that now that all the money ofthe Hindu bank has gone green, it isbeyond our comprehension to start

the bank in such a situation. MLAAmit Vij had said that it will start onMay 1, but today even half of Mayhas passed, but his promise is alsoproving to be an assurance.RajatBali further said that the committeehas decided that if this problem isnot resolved in the month of June,then they will sit on hunger strikeand if it happens, the death row will

also be kept.Now the second waveof Corona has also started showingits bad form, due to the lockdown,the entire business has come to astandstill, in such a way that themoney deposited in the bank isuseful, if the same is not found, thenhow will the poor account holdersrun their house.He said that thebank has completed its money, thenwhy does it not write to the ReserveBank that the bank should bestarted. Rajat Bali, Naresh Raina,Ranjeev Rana, Dharampal Puri,Kamlesh Kataria, Amar Singh,Ashok Sharma, Jagdeep Singh,Rakesh Sharma and Neelkamal Baliwere present on this occasion.

Cultural forum ready to provide booksto needy people: Anand Sharma

PATHANKOT, MAY 19

The meeting was organized under thesupervision of Founder Smriti Sharmaand Anand Sharma on behalf ofSanskriti Manch Pathankot. On thisoccasion, Akash Sharma, ChiefCoordinator of Pathankot BloodDonor, was specially present. SmritiSharma and Anand Sharma said that in the book bank startedby the Cultural Forum, Sukhwinder Singh, a social worker ofPathankot, gave about 101 books and showed himself to be asocial worker. Appealing to the citizens, he said that whateverold books you have, whether it is from any class or any subject,please give it to the cultural forum so that any needy can getchildren and they do not have the burden of buying books.

Pb launches Mission Fateh 2to control spread of

Coronavirus in rural areasCHANDIGARH, MAY 19

With aim to conduct the sampling/testing at large levelin rural areas, the Captain Amarinder Singh led PunjabGovernment has launched Mission Fateh 2. Givingdetails in press release, the Health Minister Balbir SinghSidhu said that it has been observed that the positivityrate in all rural area is rising alarmingly over the last twoweeks and to make the villages corona free as per roadmap, Additional Deputy Commissioners (Development) of respective district have beennominated as nodal officers of the District for achievingthe target of Mission Fateh 2. Health Minister said thatinstructions have issued to all districts to conduct RATSampling/testing of every person in rural areas.

AGENCYLONDON, MAY 19

The England and Wales CricketBoard (ECB) and Cricket Aus-tralia (CA) have confirmed theMen's and Women's Ashesschedule for 2021-22 to bestaged in Australia.

The first Men's Ashes Testwill begin at Brisbane's Gabbafrom December 8-12 ahead of aday-night Test at the AdelaideOval from December 16-20. Thetraditional Boxing Day and NewYear's Tests will be played at theMelbourne Cricket Ground (De-cember 26-30) and SydneyCricket Ground (January 5-9) re-spectively, with the final Testscheduled for Perth's Optus Sta-dium (January 14-18), as per theECB release.

For the first time in 26 years,the final Ashes Test will not bestaged in Sydney. The multi-for-mat Women's Ashes series willbegin at Manuka Oval,Canberra, with the Testmatch from January 27-30.

The white-ball match-es, which combine withthe Test match to form themulti-format series, kickoff with three T20Is, to beplayed at the North Syd-ney Oval, Sydney (Febru-ary 4 and 6) and the Ade-laide Oval (February 10).

The multi-format se-ries concludes with threeODIs at Adelaide Oval

(February 13) and theJunction Oval in Mel-bourne (February 16and 19). At the end ofthe Women's Ashesseries, England willdepart for NewZealand to participatein the ICC Women'sWorld Cup in a yearthat will also seethem represent TeamEngland at the Com-monwealth Games inBirmingham.

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Torino's draw atLazio earns vitalpoint to avoidrelegationROME: Torino ensured it will re-main in Serie A next season afterplaying Lazio to a 0-0 draw thatalso confirmed Benevento's rele-gation.Lazio top scorer Ciro Immobile hitthe post in an 84th-minute penaltyand Manuel Lazzari's header latein injury time also hit the wood-work on Tuesday. The match hadbeen rescheduled from earlier thisseason due to a coronavirus out-break.Torino now holds a four-point leadover 18th-place Benevento withone game remaining. Benevento,Crotone and Parma will play in thesecond division next season.

It's not the time forcelebrations: Chelseamanager TuchelLONDON: Chelsea beatingLeicester City in the PremierLeague on Tuesday night hasseen them strengthen theirchances of qualifying for next sea-son's Champions League. Whilemanager Thomas Tuchel ispleased, he doesn't wish to cele-brate as yet."It's a big step, but it's only a step.It's not done yet, we have to pushit over the line on Sunday. It was ahuge team effort, full of intensity,hunger and ambition. We playedwith a lot of quality for what was inmy opinion a very deserved win."But it's not the time for celebra-tions, it's not the time for praise,it's not the time for thinking it'smore than three points. It's actual-ly only three points and there's an-other three to get on Sunday andwe have to be prepared andaware to finish the job," he toldchelseafc.com.With fans coming in to boost themorale of the players, the manag-er thanked them for their supportand said things look and feel a lotdifferent when the fans are behindthe players.

Ban vs SL: Shakiband Mustafizur jointeam bubbleDHAKA: Bangaldesh all-rounderShakib Al Hasan and the rest ofthe squad for the upcoming seriesagainst Sri Lanka, starting May 23.As per a report in ESPNcricinfo,the duo was transferred from hotelquarantine to the team's bio-bub-ble after returning three negativeCOVID-19 tests. The duo was inquarantine after returning from In-dia as the 14th edition of the Indi-an Premier League was suspend-ed on May 4 with an eye on therising coronavirus cases in thecountry.BCB's chief executive NizamuddinChowdhury has made it clear asper the report that no "special con-siderations" have been made forthe duo as they will continue to bein a bio-bubble environment till theend of the series against Lanka."The directive that they must prac-tise while staying in a bio-bubbleenvironment still stands. They arepracticing while within the bio-bub-ble. This is not a special consider-ation. They have shifted from theirhotel quarantine to the team's bio-bubble," Chowdhury said.The Kusal Perera-led Sri Lankasquad arrived in Dhaka for thethree-match ODI series againstBangladesh on Sunday. Thesquad is now completing a three-day quarantine before they play apractice match on May 21.The three-match series which is apart of the ODI Super League willbe held on May 23, 25, and 28,within a bio-bubble stretching be-tween the team hotel and ShereBangla National Stadium in Dha-ka.

Spain Masters: Twoplayers withdrawnafter positiveCOVID-19 testBARCELONA: The BadmintonWorld Federation (BWF) has con-firmed that two players have beenwithdrawn from the Spain Masters2021 after one player tested posi-tive for COVID-19.Two Russian women's doublesplayers have been withdrawn afterone tested positive to the manda-tory PCR test conducted on Sun-day. The player has been asked toself-isolate, the BWF release read.Her doubles partner and coachhave been identified as close con-tact and have also been asked toquarantine. The women's doublespair will be not be replaced in themain draw and their opponents willbe given a walkover to the nextround. Testing protocols continueto be implemented by the Spanishhealth authorities, the SpanishBadminton Federation (FESBA)and the BWF to ensure the healthand safety of all participants.

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AGENCYBENGALURU, MAY 19

Indian men's hockey team midfielderSumit, who is currently training with themen's senior core group at the SportsAuthority of India (SAI), Centre in Ben-galuru, states that the team has beenclosely watching the ongoing FIH ProLeague matches.

Sumit said they are analysing otherteam's style of play and structure to usethem during their practice sessions.

"We have been closely watching theteams who are currently playing their

Pro League matches. We are analysingtheir style of play and structure to usethem during our practice sessions. Wecreate the same match scenarios or use aparticular team's structure during our in-ternal practice games. It's really effec-tive, and we are trying to make the mostout of it," said Sumit, who has played 66matches for the national side.

The 24-year-old midfielder got anopportunity to play for the Indian teamon their recent tour of Argentina. Heplayed his first high-level competitionsince India's Pro League matchesagainst the Netherlands in January

2020. Speaking about making a come-back after a long hiatus, Sumit said, "Iwas a bit nervous initially because I wasplaying after a very long time. But, atthe same time, I was very excited to beback in the team, and play againstOlympic Champions Argentina."

He further added, "I had suffered awrist injury during the FIH Series Finalsin Bhubaneswar in 2019, so I was outfor almost six months. After recovering,I did get a chance to play during our ProLeague Matches against the Nether-lands in Bhubaneswar in January 2020,but to be honest.

Results from recent tour reflect we are onright path for Olympics: Sumit

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

The women's cricket fraternity, in-cluding India ODI captain MithaliRaj, has extended its condolences tothe bereaved Priya Punia, who ispart of the UK-bound squad, aftershe lost her mother to COVID-19.

Veteran Mithali led the way onbehalf of her team.

"In this hour of grief, we (and Ispeak on behalf of the team) standright beside you. We have yourback. Be strong kid," Mithali wroteon her Twitter handle.

Another national teammatePunam Raut also tweeted her con-dolence message for the 24-year-old Punia. "Please accept my heart-

felt condolences. I'm really sorry tohear about your loss. Please staystrong in these difficult times. Shewill always be in our hearts and ourprayers," Raut said. Also postingher condolences was former Aus-tralian women's team captain LisaSthalekar. "Sorry to hear of yourtragic loss. Om Shanti," Sthalekarwrote. The Women's T20 Challengealso reacted to the tragic death ofPunia's mother. "Priya Punia'smother passed away yesterday.Deepest condolences to Priya andher family. May her soul rest inpeace," the women's league tweet-ed. On Tuesday, the cricketer fromRajasthan wrote a heartfelt post onsocial media after her mother suc-cumbed to the deadly virus.

Mithali, Sthalekarextend condolences tobereaved Priya Punia

AGENCYLONDON, MAY 19

England's swashbucklingbatsman Jos Buttler says In-dian greats Rahul Dravid andSourav Ganguly's big hun-dreds in the 1999 World Cupmatch against Sri Lanka hadan "incredible impact" onhim.

The duo of Ganguly andDravid had stitched togethera mammoth partnership of318 runs for the second wick-et to set up an easy victory forIndia.

That was long before theT20 revolution took the gameby storm but, on that day in

Taunton, sixes and foursrained down from the bladesof the two Indian batsmen,something the destructiveButtler often does these days.

"Those were my forma-tive years and watching thatgame with Ganguly and

Dravid scoring big hundredshad an incredible impact,"Buttler told Cricbuzz.

He was surprised by themassive Indian presence inthe crowd for a match in Eng-land. "India versus Sri Lankain 1999 World Cup was my

first experience of seeing In-dian crowds and that ignitesthe fire of how passionatepeople are about the gameand how cool it would be toplay in a World Cup," addedButtler. Buttler looked ingood form for RajasthanRoyals in the now-suspendedIPL-14, including scoring ascintillating 64-ball 124against Sunrisers Hyderabad.Considered one of England'sfinest limited overs batsman,Buttler was instrumental inguiding them to the 2019World Cup victory at home,and is expected to play a cru-cial role in the upcoming T20World Cup.

Dravid, Ganguly's big hundreds in Tauntonhad an incredible impact on me: Buttler

AGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

India and SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)wicket-keeper batsman WriddhimanSaha on Tuesday informed that he hasrecovered from COVID-19.

"I have recovered. Thanks for allyour wishes!" Saha tweeted. Last week,Saha said that he is in a much better con-dition having contracted COVID-19 ear-lier this month.

Saha also said that he has undergonetwo tests for coronavirus of which onecame out negative while the other onewas positive. The wicket-keeper bats-man is still in quarantine and has urgedeveryone not to spread any misleadinginformation about him.

On May 4, it was revealed that Sahahad tested positive after COVID-19 cas-

es were reported in two franchises --Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Su-per Kings.

Sources within the SRH camp hadconfirmed to news agency that Saha was

the lone person in the SRH unit to havetested positive and as a result, the entireteam was isolating at that particulartime.

While two of the members of theChennai Super Kings (CSK) contingenttested positive, two Kolkata Knight Rid-ers players detected positive -- VarunChakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier --forcing the BCCI to postpone the KKR-RCB game in Ahmedabad. With Sahatesting positive, the game on May 4evening between SRH and defendingchampions Mumbai Indians was alsopostponed. This made matters worse asthe game between RCB and KKR hadalready been postponed and the gamebetween CSK and Rajasthan Royals wasalso set to be called off as the Chennaiunit was in strict quarantine. This final-ly saw the BCCI suspending IPL 2021.

Wriddhiman Saha recovers from COVID-19

Chhetri returns as 28-member squad gears

up to fly to DohaAGENCYNEW DELHI, MAY 19

A 28-member Indian nationalteam squad will leave for Dohaon Wednesday evening for In-dia's three forthcoming match-es in the FIFA World CupQatar 2022, and AFC AsianCup China 2023 Qualifiers,slated to be played from June 3onwards.

As per the health parame-ters required to travel to Qatar,all the travelling players andstaff carry with them negativetest results from the RTPCRtests conducted in the last 48hours. All of them were also inisolation in the Capital underthe bio bubble at the team ho-tel from May 15 onwards.

Stimac stated that althoughit is not the "ideal situation"ahead of the June qualifiers,the Blue Tigers will be puttingin "intense" sessions beforetheir matches get underway.

"It's not an ideal situationas we move ahead to the qual-ifiers in June. Due to the pan-demic, our national campwhich was slated to begin in

Kolkata at the beginning ofMay had to get cancelled. Thepandemic also robbed us of afriendly match in Dubai," thehead coach maintained.

"However, we understandthe magnitude of the situation,and it will be intense sessionsin Doha to raise the tempo andtry to get ready for the match-es which starts with the oneagainst the Asian ChampionsQatar in Doha," Stimacaverred.

India is scheduled to playAsian Champions Qatar onJune 3, Bangladesh on June 7,and Afghanistan on June 15with all three matches to beplayed at the Jassim BinHamad Stadium, Doha.Among the 28 named for thecamp, Glan Martins remainsthe sole player to have made itto a national team camp for thefirst-time ever.

Meanwhile, captain SunilChhetri expressed his relief toget back into the national teamset-up. "It's such a relief to beback in the national teamsquad -- after all, home iswhere the heart is.

Ashes : England and Australiato play final Test in Perth

There are cracks in Australia team, says VaughanLONDON: With Cameron Bancroft's recent comments on the Sandpaper Gate fiasco, theepisode has once again become a talking point in the cricketing world and former Englandskipper Michael Vaughan believes Joe Root will be enjoying the turn of events going intothe Ashes at the end of the year. "Dragging up the ball-tampering scandal has shown thereare cracks in the Australia team that England could exploit if they start the Ashes series welllater this year. David Warner, Steve Smith and the bowlers are under scrutiny again, and itwould only take a poor Australia performance in the first Ashes Test for the pressure tomount. The captain, Tim Paine, is under the microscope after defeat by India, and whilesome think this could galvanise Australia, rarely are such public problems good for a team'sunity. "Joe Root will be enjoying this and thinking it could help. He knows an argument ortwo in the opposing team is always good. But fundamentally, England still have to playgreat cricket to win in Australia. They should not become distracted by Australia's problems.Enjoy it in private, but rise above it in public," Vaughan wrote in his column.