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4 booked forhoisting khalistanflag in SirsaCHANDIGARH: Haryana Po-lice have arrested four miscre-ants on the charges of tryingto disrupt peace, brotherhoodand communal harmony byhoisting a flag with 'khalistanzindabad' written on it at a vil-lage chaupal under Kalanwalipolice station in Sirsa district.Giving this information heretoday, a Haryana Policespokesperson informed thatarrested accused were identi-fied as Rupinder Singh aliasRim, Yudhvir Singh alias Jonyand Gurjeet, all residents ofvillage Singhpura and AmanSharma of Ward Number 3,Talwandi Sabo.

Swachh Survekshan2020: Indore bagsfirst spot for 4th timeNEW DELHI: Indore is India'scleanest city in SwachhSurvekshan 2020, the fifth edi-tion of the annual cleanlinesssurvey of the country.The city has bagged the spotfourth time in a row. Gujarat'sSurat is on second spot andMaharashtra's Navi Mumbai ison third. "Heartiest congratula-tions! Indore is India's cleanestcity 4th year in a row. The city& its people have shown ex-emplary dedication towardscleanliness. Congratulations toMP CM @ChouhanShivrajpeople, political leadership &Municipal Corporation for thissuperlative performance,"Union Minister for Housingand Urban Affairs, HardeepSingh Puri said in a tweet. TheUnion Minister also congratu-lated Jalandhar Cantt for beingIndia's cleanest cantonment inSwachh Bharat Survekshan2020.

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Hry SSC tohold exam forPTI on SundayCHANDIGARH: HaryanaStaff Selection Commissionis going to conduct writtenexam for the Post of PTI onAugust 23, 2020 (Sunday)from 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm in 5districts namely Kurukshetra,Karnal, Panipat, Kaithal andHisar in compliance of or-ders of Supreme Court of In-dia in SLP No. 35373 of2013 in Civil Appeal No 2103of 2020 according to which‘Commission shall concludethe entire selection processinitiated by advertisementNo. 6 of 2006 as per criteri-on notified on December 28,2006 i.e, holding objectivetype written test of 200marks and viva-voce of 25marks.’

HAM-S quitsgrand alliancein Bihar PATNA: In a setback to `ma-hagathbandhan' ahead ofassembly elections in Bihar,Hindustani Awam Morcha(Secular) led by former ChiefMinister Jitan Ram Manjhihas decided to snap ties withit. Manjhi's son and MLCSantosh Suman on Thurs-day said that the party work-ers were ignored by thegrand alliance members."We decided to fight for theirrights by leaving the alliance.We haven't decided the fu-ture course of action, we'lltalk to our workers and oursenior leaders will discuss.We might contest the elec-tion on our own or forge anew alliance. There can be athird front too," Suman said.

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Weekend lockdown extended inPunjab; Night curfew from 7 PMNo gathering except wedding, funeral will be allowed

SP JAINCHANDIGARH, AUGUST 20:

Calling for `war-like prepared-ness’ to deal with the massiveCovid spike in the state, PunjabChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh on Thursday or-dered a series of emergencymeasures, including extension ofweekend lockdown with dailynight curfew from 7 p.m. to 5a.m. in all the 167 cities/towns inthe state from tomorrow.

He has also ordered a totalban on all gatherings except wed-dings and funerals across the statetill August 31. Government andprivate offices will work at 50%capacity till the end of this month,as per the directives issued by theChief Minister during a VideoConference meeting with top of-ficials to review the Covid situa-tion in the state, which is witness-ing a massive increase in dailycases and an increase in deaths.

Captain Amarinder also di-rected the concerned officials torestrict public visitors in govern-ment officials and to encouragethe use of online grievance re-dressal system, which has beensignificantly strengthened by thestate government to minimise in-person contact with hassle-freeonline engagement.

In the five worst affected dis-

tricts of Amritsar, Ludhiana, Ja-landhar, Patiala and SAS Nagar(Mohali), restrictions on vehicu-lar capacity have been imposedagain, with buses and other pub-lic transport to operate with 50%capacity and private four-wheel-ers not allowed to carry more

than three passengers per vehicle.The Chief Minister has also di-rected the DCs in these five dis-tricts to allow only 50% of thenon-essential shops to open on adaily basis to check crowding.These five districts are currentlyaccounting for 80% of the active

case load in the state.The Chief Minister directed

DGP Dinkar Gupta to strictly en-force compliance of rules with re-gard to the number of persons al-lowed to attend weddings and fu-nerals, and also to ensure totalban on political gatherings tillAugust 31, when the situationwill be reviewed. He also askedthe DGP to crack the whip on allpolitical protests and gatherings,and asked his own party, PunjabCongress, leadership to enforcethe ban strictly.

“Enough is enough,” saidCaptain Amarinder, adding that“we need to be tough without af-fecting the state’s economic ac-tivity.”

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

The Supreme Court Thursday grant-ed two days to activist-lawyerPrashant Bhushan, who has beenheld guilty of contempt, to reconsid-er his 'defiant statement'refusing to apologise forhis contemptuous tweetsagainst the judiciary.

Bhushan told a benchheaded by Justice ArunMishra that he would con-sult his lawyers and thinkover the apex court's sug-gestion.

Attorney General K KVenugopal urged thebench, also comprisingJustices B R Gavai and Krishna Mu-rari, not to award any punishment toBhushan in the contempt case sayinghe has already been convicted.

The bench said it cannot consid-er the request of Venugopal unlessBhushan reconsiders his earlier standof not apologising for his tweets. Thetone, tenor and content of Bhushan'sstatement makes it worse; is it de-

fence or aggravation, the court toldVenugopal.

The top court said it can be verylenient if there is realisation of mis-take, and posted the matter for fur-ther hearing on August 24.

Earlier in the day, the Supreme

Court rejected Bhushan's submissionthat the arguments on quantum ofsentence in the contempt proceed-ings in which he has been held guiltybe heard by another top court bench.

A bench gave assurance toBhushan that no punishment will beacted upon till his review against theorder convicting him in the case willbe decided.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

India recorded a total of 69,652 freshCOVID-19 cases and 977 moredeaths in past 24 hours, taking thecase tally to 28,36,925 on Thursday.

Pandemic fatalities toll in thecountry has now mounted to 53,866,as per the Union Health Ministry up-date.

On the brighter note, the recoveryrate improved to 73.91 per cent, after58,794 more patients defeated thevirus in the past 24 hours.

The total number of COVID re-

coveries now stand close to 21 lakh ,with the figure presently at 20,96,664.

As per the health update, the ac-tive case load on the country has in-creased by 9881 since Wednesdayand presently the nation houses6,86,395 such cases.

The recovered cases have nowexceeded the active cases by14,10,269.

According to the Indian Councilof Medical Research (ICMR), asmany as 9,18,470 samples were test-ed on Wednesday, and so far since thebeginning , 3,26,61,252 COVID testshave been conducted pan India.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

As a result of the concertedefforts made by HaryanaGovernment under theSwachh Bharat Mission, theState has secured secondplace among the best per-forming states inthe category ofstates with less than100 Urban LocalBodies in theSwachh Survek-shan 2020 surveyresults as an-nounced by theCentral Govern-ment today. However, in2019 survey results,Haryana was ranked 9th.Besides this, in the categoryof garbage-free cities, Kar-nal has got three stars andRohtak has got one star.

Haryana Chief Minister,Mr. Manohar Lal congratu-lated the people of the statefor this achievement andsaid that the main objectiveof Swachh Bharat Missionis to maintain the ODF sta-

tus in all areas and improvethe level of cleanliness sothat everyone can remainhealthy. He said that all theUrban Local Bodies ofHaryana have been dividedinto various clusters for in-tegrated Solid Waste Man-agement (door-to-door col-

lection, transporta-tion, processingand disposal) sothat this campaigncan be successfullyimplemented in theState. Urban LocalBodies Minister,Mr. Anil Vij ex-pressed his happi-

ness at the results ofSwachh Survekshan 2020announced today by theCentral Government. Healso expressed his gratitudeto all the sanitation workersworking in the state.

Chief Minister said thatCharkhi Dadri has beenawarded 1st Rank in theFastest Mover City in NorthZone (with population50,000 to 1,00,000) for im-proving its previous rank.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

Atleast 27 per cent students do nothave access to smartphones or lap-tops to attend online classes, while 28per cent students and parents believeintermittent or lack of electricity isone of the major concerns hinderingteaching-learning, according to a sur-vey by the NCERT.

The survey with over 34,000partcipants, including students, par-

ents, teachers and school principalsfrom Kendriya Vidyalayas,

Navodyaya Vidyalas and CBSE affil-iated schools, has pointed out thatlack of knowledge of using devicesfor effective educational purposesand teachers not being well-versedwith online teaching methodologies,caused hindrance in the learningprocess.

"Approximately 27 per cent ofthe students mentioned the non-avail-ability of smartphones and laptops.The maximum number of stakehold-ers have opted for mobile phones as

a medium for teaching-learning dur-ing the COVID-19 period," the sur-vey by the National Council of Edu-cational Research and Training(NCERT) said.

"About 36 per cent of the stu-dents used the textbooks and otherbooks available with them. Laptopswere the second most favoured op-tion amongst teachers and principals.Television and radio were the leastutilized devices for the teaching-learning in the pandemic situation.

AGENCYAYODHYA, AUG 20

The construction of Shri RamJanmbhoomi Mandir has "be-gun" and the engineers arenow testing the soil at the site,Shri Ram JanmbhoomiTeerth Kshetra tweeted in themorning on Thursday.

The shrine will be builtby adhering to the country'sancient and traditional con-struction techniques. It will also be built tosustain earthquakes, storms and other natu-ral calamities.

Notably, "the iron will not be used in theconstruction of the temple," the Trust fur-ther informed on the micro-blogging site.

"For Mandir construc-tion, copper plates will beused to fuse stone blockswith each other.

The plates should be 18inches long, 30 mm wideand 3 mm in depth. 10,000such plates may be requiredin total structure. We callupon Shri Rambhakts to do-

nate such copper plates to the trust," ShriRam Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra stated inanother tweet.

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

India has asked Pakistan forKulbhushan Jadhav to be rep-resented by an Indian lawyerfor filing a review petitionagainst his death sentence,Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) said on Thursday.

"We are in touch withPakistan through diplomaticchannels. We believe for afree and fair trial in keepingwith the letter and spirit ofICJ judgment, we have askedthat Jhadav be represented byan Indian lawyer," MEASpokesperson Anurag Srivas-tava said during a virtualbriefing.

"However, it is importantthat Pakistan needs to addressthe core issues and these coreissues involve providing allthe necessary documents inthis case as well as providingunimpeded consular access toJadhav," he said.

Earlier, this month Islam-abad High Court (IHC) hadformed a larger bench to hear

the petition case pertaining tothe appointment of legal rep-resentative for Indian nation-al Kulbhushan Jadhav, who ison death row in Pakistan.

Geo News had reportedthat the larger bench, com-prising IHC Chief JusticeAthar Minallah, Justice AmirFarooq and Justice Mian GullHassan Aurangzeb, wasformed on Friday and it willhear the case on September 3.

The decision came afterIndia continued to pressurisePakistan into allowing con-sular access to Jadhav.

27 per cent students do not haveaccess for online classes: NCERT

Want Kubhushan Jadhavbe represented throughan Indian lawyer: MEA

Construction of Ram Mandir begins

Swachh Bharat Mission:Haryana secures second

place among states

Recovery rate reaches near 74 pc in countryUnion Min Shekhawattests positiveNEW DELHI: Union Jal Shakti MinisterGajendra Singh Shekhawat has testedpositive for COVID-19 on Thursday."After noticing a few symptoms, I decid-ed to get myself tested for COVID-19and I tested positive," the Union Minis-ter informed through a tweet.The Minister further said that he hasbeen hospitalised upon doctor's advice."Based on the doctor's advice, I havebeen admitted into a hospital. I requestthose who came in contact with me inthe last few days to isolate themselves.

SC gives PrashantBhushan two days toreconsider statement

CBI team arrives in Mumbai to probeSushant Singh Rajput death caseMUMBAI: A day after being directed by the Supreme Court to investigate actorSushant Singh Rajput's death case, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team ar-rived in Mumbai on Thursday to probe the case. They did not respond to any ques-tion asked by the media upon their arrival at the Mumbai airport. Earlier in the day,Param Bir Singh, the Mumbai Police Commissioner attended a meeting with AnilDeshmukh, Maharashtra Home Minister in connection with the case. Deshmukh onWednesday said the state government will provide all assistance to the CBI in theinquiry concerning the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. On August 19, while hold-ing that the FIR registered in Patna over the death of Bollywood actor was legiti-mate, the Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate the case.

1741 new cases reported in state CHANDIGARH: The spreading of corona virus continues in Punjab as 1741new cases were reported on Thursday here. 390 cases were reported fromLudhiana, 242 from Jalandhar, 81 from Patiala, 75 from Amritsar and 169from SAS Nagar. The tally reached at 37824 and there are 13830 activecases in state. 957 deaths have been reported so far. In Haryana 996 freshcases were reported ,whick led state tally to 50926. 144 new cases were de-tected from Panchkula, 50 from Yamuna nagar, 92 from Ambala and 33 fromkurukshetra.

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Congress workers paid tribute to the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the communication revolution. Flowers were laid on the statue of Rajiv Gandhi. On this occasion, MLA from Assandh, Shamsher Singh Gogi said that Rajiv Gandhi cherished the dream of giving a call to every person in the Panchayati Raj and the public mind to get the benefit of the telecom revolution in modern India, democracy till the last person of India and Completed. Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of the country. His thinking still inspires us all today. He promoted the Panchayati Raj and gave a new identity to the people of rural areas through democracy. Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas were started to provide good education and facilities to the meritorious children. On this occasion, Trilochan Singh,

Rajindra Kalyan, Jogindra Chauhan, Anil Sushma Nagpal, Ramsharan Bhola, Lalit Virendra Rathore, Kuldeep Sharma, former Sharma, Jogindra Nali, Bhim Mehta, Naresh Butana and Advocate Jogindra Chauhan MLA Bantaram, Arun Punjabi, Advocate Sandhu, Narendra Virk, Santosh Tejan, were present.Amritlal, Rajkiran Sehgal, Rajindra Balla,

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KAITHAL( ): Under the direction of SP Shashank Kumar Sawan, an intoxicated smuggler was arrested by an anti-narcotic cell and in the evening in the village Khambhera. With whose possession, 50 grams of opium and 5 bottles of liquor were recovered. The accused was sent to judicial custody on August 19 under the court order. A police spokesman said that the team of Sub-Inspector Baljit Singh of Anti Narcotic Cell reached the village Khambhera area via Chika, Guhla, Babukpur, Rattakheda, Daba, Saraula during evening patrolling. After secret information received from the sources by the police, house of Khambhera was raided where a resident Balbir Singh and the suspect Balbir sitting on the bed in the room, was captured.

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TARAORI( ) Bhagwandas Kabirpanthi, senior BJP leader and former MLA of Nilokheri, said that BJP's strong leader Yogendra Rana will strengthen party booth level by becoming the Karnal district president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Rana is playing an important role and he has always had a good association with farmers and people. Bhagwandas Kabirpanthi BJP leader Yogendra Rana, senior BJP leader and former MLA of Neelokheri Malka, has been given CM. On being made the district president of City Karnal, the Chief Minister of the state, including Manohar Lal, was thanking the BJP high command. He congratulated all BJP workers and said that Yogendra Rana is a hard working and strong leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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that the college staff would accept Ladwa Congress workers paid the challenges and maintain the tribute to former Prime Minister quality of education.Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of Sadbhavna Day. MLA Meva Singh attended Indira Gandhi National College, Ladwa as the chief guest.Congress MLA Mewa Singh was present with the workers and remembered the former Prime Minister. The new academic session of Indira Gandhi National College in Ladwa began with the Havan and Yagya.

Old student of the college and Meeva Singh, an alumnus of Indira Ladwa MLA Mewa Singh attended Gandhi National College and MLA the programme as the chief guest. from Ladwa said that this college On this occasion, along with Dr. has given many talents to the Hari Prakash, Principal of the country, who have taken their college, the Administrative Officer institution to heights in different of the college was also present.fields. He said that even in this

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Pure environmentimportant: Prem SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL: Bharat Prem, the nationalpresident of the Unnat Bharat Organisa-tion Trust, visited Haryana. On this occa-sion he was given a grand welcome inKarnal with the support of the organisa-

tion's EngineerNitin. The nationalpresident, led byVaidya DheerajSaini, was given agrand welcome onthe Dausadkahighway comingfrom Karnal toChandigarh.Speaking on theoccasion, BharatPrem said that

one lakh eleven thousand saplings havebeen distributed in Ambala region. Simul-taneously, the work of planting eleventhousand saplings in Chandigarh andMohali through Punjab Legislative As-sembly member Gurpreet Singh GP hasstarted. Bharat Prem told the workers ofthe organization that attachment to Moth-er Earth should be like his family.He said we should take care of trees andtree plants like our children. From themwe will get pure air, and healthy environ-ment. Through which we will also be ableto avoid terrible diseases He also saidthat the farmer is the donor as well as thelife giver. They should avoid adding pesti-cides to crops, otherwise this pesticidelater brings about severe diseases due towrong effects in the society..

Ordinances are infarmers’ interest:GondarDARSHAN SHARMANILOKHERI: Nilokheri MLA and Chair-man of Forest Development CorporationDharampal Gonder said that recently theCentral Government brought three ordi-nances related to agriculture. These ordi-nances will prove beneficial for farmersand will lead to the achievement of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's goal of dou-bling the income of farmers. These ordi-nances will greatly benefit the farmers,now on the lines of One Nation One Mar-ket, farmers will have the freedom to taketheir produce to any state and sell it. Thiswill make the promise of agricultural pro-duce free inter-state trade possible. Thisconcept of one country one market TheMLA said that the income of farmers fromthese advanced countries of the centralgovernment will increase and they will beable to sell their crops anywhere in thecountry.He said that by amending the EssentialCommodities Act 1956, cereals pulses,oilseeds, edible oils like onions and pota-toes It has been decided to remove theitems from the list of essential commodi-ties. With this decision, it will be possibleto produce on a large scale from the free-dom to transport and distribute the pro-duction storage, only in situations likefamine, natural disaster war and un-precedented price rise. The prices ofthese agricultural produce can be con-trolled. He said that the Agricultural Pro-duce Commerce and Trade Ordinance2020 allows farmers to sell their produceto any person or institution in the country.Now it will actually be One Nation OneMarket. In India or on trading platformsanywhere in the country, this will increasetheir income

Message to protectnature by planting TriveniKARNAL: Triveni was planted by the En-vironmental Protection Committee in thepark located at Sector 4. CommitteeChairman S.D. Plantation programmewas launched by Arora and Chief PatternKanwal Bhasin by planting Triveni. VinodGupta member got a tree planting pro-gramme and said about Triveni that LordVishnu and Brahma reside in Triveni andapplying Triveni is very virtuous. Varioustypes of plants like Peepal, Bad, Neem,Suhajna, Mango, Guava, Jamun, SilverOak etc. were planted by the committee.The committee also gave basil plants forplanting in homes.Chief Pattern Kanwal Bhasin said thatpollution causes diseases and infections,due to which you go to the doctors andspend thousands of rupees, while plant-ing trees gives us a pure environmentand we remain healthy. On this occasion,O.P. Sachdeva Pattern, RR Atri SeniorDeputy Principal, K.L. Narang GeneralSecretary, Dr. D.N. Gandhi, Arjun DevVerma, Vinod Gupta, Satindra Sharma,N.R. Mittal, Trupta Sharma, Sunita Ku-mari, Haritesh Bharti, Manmohan Singh,Pinky, Rajkumari, Rajbala, Ramesh Dhi-man, Prem Chand Kamboj and otherswere present.

Karnal stands first inSwachh SurveyKARNAL: Results of Swachh Survek-shan 2020 have been announced. Kar-nal, ranked among the top 20 cities in thecategory of cities with a population of onelakh to 10 lakh, has got the 17th rack.Rohtak is ranked 35th, Panchkula 56thand Gurugram 62nd. Not only this, Kar-nal has got 3 stars in the garbage freecity survey and this city O.D.F. Plus-plushas also been done. Karnal had manyachievements with the announcement ofresults on Thursday. For this, DeputyCommissioner and Commissioner of Mu-nicipal Corporation Nishant Kumar Yadavhas congratulated all the citizens.In the results of Swachh Survekshan2020, the municipalities of Karnal districthave also got a respectable place.Deputy Commissioner Nishant KumarYadav said that Nilokheri municipality ofthe district has got 32nd place in NorthIndia in the category of 25 thousand pop-ulation. Indri was ranked 52nd whileNissing got 83 rank. He said that in NorthIndia itself, three municipalities of the dis-trict have been in the top 100 among themunicipalities of 25 to 50 thousand popu-lation. In the rankings, Gharaunda munic-ipality has been ranked at 31, Assandh at41 and Tarawari at 83. Gharaunda Mu-nicipality O.D.F. Plus-plus and Nilokheriand Indri Municipality were declaredODF. Plus .

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3HARYANAMedia industry needs teachers and trainers who canproduce, distribute and manage content : KuthialaKURUKSHETRA: In this era of Corona crisis, a human being can connect with anyone, any-where. It is a boon to man of new technology. Even under such circumstances people acrossthe world are communicating effectively with each other. New technology has given thisstrength to every person in the world, Prof. B.K. Kuthiala, Haryana Higher Education Councilchairman said this while speaking as chief guest on Thursday at the concluding function of therefresher course on the New Direction of Media Industry Education and Skills organized underjoint aegis of the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Technology and Human Re-source Center, Kurukshetra University.

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BUREAU CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 20

Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Mr.Dushyant Chautala directed the offi-cers that the Six Lane Kundli-Mane-sar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway pitsshould be filled by September 30,2020, to prevent accidents.

Elaborating on it further he saidthat the repair work of the expresswayshould not only be completed withinthe stipulated time but should be ofsuperior quality as well. He has alsoinstructed the officers to shift the stat-ues built on this expressway to ensurethat accidents do not occur due tothem. It is pertinent to mention herethat that the maintenance work of theKMP Expressway is with the HaryanaState Industrial and Infrastructure De-velopment Corporation (HSIIDC).

The Deputy Chief Minister hadespecially diverted his route and in-spected the Expressway on August 17,2020 after a halt at Delhi so that hewas aware of the condition of KMPExpressway. He had reached the Ex-pressway from Farukhnagar via Guru-gram and inspected the expresswaytill Kundli. During this, the Deputy

Chief Minister found the expresswaypoorly maintained with uneven roadand pits at many places. He markedthe areas where the road was brokenand noted it. While inspecting theroad the Deputy Chief Ministerfound the soil accumulated at theedges of the road. It was also foundthat at many places statues had beeninstalled on the sides of the road

which tend to divert the attention ofthe driver and can cause accidents.

On reaching Chandigarh, theDeputy Chief Minister, Mr.Dushyant Chautala summoned theofficers of HSIIDC to his office andinformed them about the conditionof the road and areas where it wasbroken from the points he had noted,which was surprising for the officersas well.

He expressed displeasure overthe pits and poor condition of theroad of the Expressway. He directedHSIIDC officers to immediatelystart the repair work of this KMPExpressway so that the possibility ofroad accidents could be averted. Hefurther directed the officers to lookout for possibilities of installingstatues on this route around the toll-plaza, where the speed of vehicles islow. He said that there is a possibil-ity of accidents on the expresswaydue to broken roads and statues asthe vehicles are plying on highspeed on this route. He said that thegoal of the government is to save theprecious lives of the people by re-ducing road accidents along withcomfortable travel.

Fill pits on Manesar-Palwal expresshighway, directs Dushyant Chautala

BUREAU PANCHKULA, AUG 20

Today Shiromani Akali DalPanchkula District PresidentMalvinder Singh Bedi startedsanitizing saniteasy coating inGurudwara Sahib with the helpof cova care company due to theCorona epidemic, Bedi told thatthis will not cause infection tothe visiting devotees . Bedi toldthat it's effect will remain for aminimum of 3 months. Similar-

ly, sanitation coating seva willbe done in more religious placesin the city. In the occasion Mem-bers of Shiromani GurdwaraManagement Committee: Bhu-pendra Singh Asandh, ShiromaniAkali Dal National Vice Presi-dent Sukhdev Singh Govin-dgarh, Baba Sukha Singh Ji karseva, Manager Jagir Singh Gill,Head Granthi Nada Sahib JagjitSingh, Dr. Shripal Garg, SatbirBajwa, Gurpreet Singh, Amrit-pal etc. are present.

SAD Panchkula begins sanitizationof Gurdwara Nada Sahib : Bedi

RENU AGGARWALAMBALA, AUG 20

The work of a very grand martyr memorial isgoing on at a cost of Rs 200 crore on 22 acreson the Ambala-Delhi road. In this, informationabout the freedom struggle started from Am-bala and the martyrdom of Bahadur Shah Za-far in Rangoon will be shown. This informa-tion was given by Haryana Home and HealthMinister Anil Vij on Thursday while inspect-ing the construction work of Shaheedi Memo-rial. The history of martyrdom for the countrywill also be shown and shown in the museumand open theater in the Shaheedi

memorial.The Home Minister said that thefirst spark of the freedom struggle was burstfrom Ambala Cantonment. Due to this, theconstruction work of Shaheedi Memorial isbeing done here.

There will be a seating arrangement of 2000people in the open air theater. The collectivedescription of the freedom struggle of 1857through Light and Sound and its beginnings from Ambala, along with the de-tails of all the history up to Rangoon, will bedisplayed here.

He also informed that a 13-storey memo-rial tower will be planted here as a lotus flowerso that people passing by can see its beauty.

Vij inspects martyrmemorial construction

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, AUG 20

District General Minister KisanMorcha Master Narendra Gaursiwhile addressing a seminar offarmers in Ramba village said thatthe Modi government is farmerfriendly and is constantly strivingto double the income of farmers by2022. In connection, Prime Minister of thecountry, Narendra Modi today has donethe job of giving gifts to farmers by in-creasing the rate of ? 10 per quintal forsugarcane farmers. He said that the gov-ernment has made several welfareschemes for the farmers, which the farm-ers are also taking advantage of, e-tradingsystem has been started to eliminate cor-ruption from the mandis, this has prevent-

ed corruption in the mandis to a great ex-tent and selling their crops to the farmersThere is no problem in the BJP govern-ment, by running the Kisan Pension Yo-jana, the BJP government has given a lotof relief to the farmers. He said that thetrust the government made and the pledgethat the government took to double the in-come of farmers by 2022 will also beproved.

Govt moving towardsdoubling farmer's income

MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI, AUG 20

Former late Prime Minister BharatRatna was paid tributes on his birth an-niversary under the leadership of Dr.Sunil Panwar, State President of RajivGandhi Panchayati Raj Organizationand Dr. Navjot Kashyap, Congresscandidate from Assembly Indri.On thisoccasion, State President of RajivGandhi Panchayati Raj Organisation,Haryana, Dr. Sunil Panwar said thatRajiv Gandhi was thinking of provid-ing constitutional status to PanchayatiRaj systems and ensured women par-ticipation in Panchayati Raj by givingreservation to women. Rajiv Gandhigot I.T. and he is believed to be the fa-ther of IT. Dr. Navjot Kashyap said thatthe Prevention of Atrocity Act is a giftof Rajiv Gandhi. Dr. Navjot Kashyapsaid that Rajiv Gandhi's thinking wasfar-sighted. Rajiv Gandhi's contribu-tion in the field of industrial revolution,technical education and scientific edu-cation and IT in the country is unfor-gettable. At the age of 18, the youth

also have the right to vote. It is the giftof Rajiv Gandhi.On this occasion, for-mer District Councillor Karna Mad-han, Kiran Valmiki Gheed, IndiraBlock President of Rajiv Gandhi Pan-chayati Raj Organization SukhwinderPal Udana, Youth Congress Indri Pres-ident Prashant Arora, General Secre-tary Prince Kumar, Sunil Budhanpur,Moolchand Kashyap were present.

Tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi

Sadhbhavna day celebrated MAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: The birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Bharat Ratna late Rajiv Gandhiwas celebrated as Sadbhavana Day across the country under the leadership of the In-dian Youth Congress and the tree plantation of the Save the Life Campaign waslaunched today. On this occasion, the tree planting Jeevan Bachao Abhiyan waslaunched in the village Abdullapur under the chairmanship of Indira Milda President ofYouth Congress Prashant Arora Advocate. In this programme, State President of RajivGandhi Panchayati Raj Organisation, Dr. Sunil Panwar attended as the Chief Guest.Dr. Sunil Panwar said that Rajiv Gandhi had thought of giving constitutional status tothe Panchayati Raj systems and he ensured the participation of women in PanchayatiRaj by giving them reservation. Dr. Sunil Panwar said that Rajiv Gandhi is believed tobe the father of Information Technology. On this occasion, Youth Congress Indri Presi-dent Prashant Arora, Advocate said that today the birthday of Rajiv Gandhi was cele-brated as a goodwill day by the Youth Congress all over the country and plantation wasdone in village Abdullapur in this episode.

SUSHIL PANDITYAMUNANAGAR, AUG 20

2 days of torrential rains in Chhachhrauli, areacompletely ruined the roads and crops of theregion. Dozens of village contacts are com-pletely cut off from the district head-quarters. At the same time, hundreds ofacres of crops got buried in sand Due towhich problems has arisen for the farm-ers. According to the farmers, their watergoes back every year on their hard workof 6 months. At the same time, compen-sation is also received from the adminis-tration and government. According to theinformation, in the plains and mountain-ous areas, the torrential rains continuedfor 2 days, while on one side the roadsand crops of the area were submerged,while the contact of dozens of villageswas completely cut off from the districtheadquarters.

Every year on behalf of the administration,crores of rupees is spent to tie rails to the banksof the rivers. Despite that, the rain water brokethe tracks. This has completely cut off contactwith dozens of villages. Due to the breakdownof the Ladi road from Chhacharauli, people ofabout two dozen villages connected to this

road have to reach the district headquarters viaBilaspur or Khizrabad. People have demandedfrom the administration that the roads shouldbe repaired immediately so that people canreach the district headquarters for their works.In this regard, BDPO Chhacharauli Jogesh

Kumar said that the work of tying roads androads is being started immediately after visit-ing the flood affected area. He said as soon asthe water level goes down, the pits of the roadswill be repaired and the roads will be madepassable.

Rain hits crops in Yamunanagar

Rajiv Gandhi is thefather of IT: Kwatra

GOLDY CHUGHSHAHABAD, AUG 20

Congress workers paid tributes to former Prime Minister lateRajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. The event was organ-ised at Rajiv GandhiChowk here where flow-ers were laid on his statue.NAP chiefs Harish Kwatraand Jagmohan Sethi saidthat Rajiv Gandhi has beenthe father of informationtechnology communica-tion. Harish said that the former Prime Minister had done thework of making the youth responsible at the age of 18 by giv-ing them the franchise. He said that Rajiv Gandhi had laid thefoundation for the construction of modern India in the 21stcentury, which is still benefiting the people of the country.

Congress leader Sunita Nehra said that by implementingPanchayati Raj system in the entire country since 1993, thework of empowering the Panchayats was also done by formerPrime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He said that due to these deci-sions of the former Prime Minister, the country moved for-ward on the path of progress. A large number of Congressworkers paid tribute to the former Prime Minister. Present onthe occasion were Sunita Nehra, Harshvardhan Kohli, Deep-ak Kakkar, Advocate Virendra Kumar, Harminder SinghChhabra, Deepak Anand, Rajkumar Miglani.

SHIV KUMAR SHARMAKARNAL, AUG 20

In the announcement of the results ofSwachh Survekshan 2020 on Thurs-day, Karnal has come on top 20 thistime and the city has been ranked17th in the category of 1 lakh to 10lakh population.

For this, Mayor Renu Bala Guptacongratulated all the residents, say-ing that this is the result of the strategy of theMunicipal Corporation, dedication of the safaikaramcharis and cooperation of citizens. Shesaid that for the last 4 years Karnal has been

steadily advancing in the results ofthe clean survey. She said that in thelast three results, the city of Karnalwas ranked 65th in the year 2017,41st in 2018 and 24th in the year2019 and has now got the 17th rank.Looking at this, it can be said thatnext year Karnal can definitely get aplace in the top 10.

The Mayor has also congratulat-ed the citizens that Karnal has be-

come a 3-star city within the garbage-freecities as a result of the clean survey and thiscity has been made ODF. Karnal has been de-clared a Plus-plus city.

Mayor congratulates people on Karnal’s success

GURMEET KASHYAPKARNAL, AUG 20

In the joy of being appointed as Dis-trict President of KarnalBJP by Bharatiya JanataParty Haryana, DistrictGeneral Minister YogendraRana (Yogi), Rajput Sabhaofficials distributed ladduson Thursday and in supportof the government raisedslogans. The event was or-ganised under the leader-ship of Rajput Sabha patronColonel Devendra SinghVeer Chakra and PresidentMaster Richpal Rana.Colonel Devendra Singh VeerChakra and President Master Richch-pal Rana expressed gratitude andthanks to Chief Minister ManoharLal Khattar and Bharatiya Janata Par-ty State President Om PrakashDhankar, Organisation General Secre-tary Suresh Bhatt, MP Sanjay Bhatiaand all other top leaders for giving duerespect to the society.

On this occasion Rajendra RanaUncha Samana, Dushyant Rana, Jas-bir Rana, Tejpal Rana, Dr. NPSingh,Krishna Rana, Jung Singh Rana

Meher Singh Rana Man Singh Rana,Dr. Vikrant Chauhan, Ombir Rana,Sompal Rana, Bhupendra Singh,Pradeep Rana Rajveer Rana Kan-warpal Rana Dilip Rana, PraveenRana Sarpanch, Bishpal Rana, GauravRana Ardana] Naresh Rana Contrac-tor Rajendra Rana Narendra Rana, alarge number of people including so-cial workers were present.

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Tile factory tractor trolley recoveredMAIN PAL KASHYAPINDRI: The graph of crime in the constituency is in-creasing continuously and theft has become a com-mon thing The thieves fear neither the police nor thelaw. Giving the information that a Mahindra Arjuntractor and trolley from a tile factory in Indri wasstolen, the tractor owner Advocate Prashant saidthat our tractor trolley was standing inside the tilefactory but during the night the thieves took awaythe tractor trolley. As soon as the information wasgiven to the police, the police laid their trap. Tractortrolley was recovered from Dhumsi village.Sunil Kheda said that this gang has been active fora long time in Indri. The theft was carried out by De-vendra Mann and Gurunam. He said that many cas-es have been lodged against them in the past. Buttill date, due to lack of concrete action, the thieves'spirits are constantly escaping. When the station in-charge, Satpal Singh was talked to, he said thatthere was a complaint about the tractor trolley beingstolen. The tractor trolley has been recovered by thepolice from Indri's village Dhumsi, while the thievesescaped from the spot. When the police station in-charge was asked if he had any previous crimerecord, he said that as soon as the thieves arecaught, after the police action, they will be able totell what their previous record is.

ISHIKA THAKURKURUKSHETRA, AUG 20

The new academic session ofIndira Gandhi National Collegein Ladwa began with the HavanYagya. On this occasion, the di-rector of Sree Jayaram institu-tions and the founder vice-chancellor of Uttaranchal San-skrit University Brahmaswa-roop Brahmachari Maharaj in-cluding Ladwa MLA Meva Singh,College Manager Committee Chair-man Pawan Garg, former MLA BabuRamesh Gupta, Haryana MerchantWelfare Board member Kharaiti LalSingla, Deputy Chairman Ved Sing-hal, General Secretary Praveen Gup-ta, Treasurer Mandeep Singh and Col-lege Principal Hariprakash Sharma,Sarsanch Baburam of Dhanaura,Sarpanch Tejpal Singh, Mathana,Mathana, Professor Ravish Chauhan,Professor Rajesh, District Presidentof Youth Congress Harpreet Cheema,

Shamsher Singh Ban, Rajan Kansal,Jitendra Singh Gill were present.

On the auspicious occasion of thebeginning of the college's academicsession, Brahmachari Maharaj appre-ciated the institute working in thefield of education by wishing the col-lege management and staff. Brah-machari Maharaj said that if both ed-ucation and medicine run properly inthis country, then the country willalso be healthy and will progress onthe path of progress through educa-tion.

Academic session of IGN College begins

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GAURAV GOELCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

A total of 27.7% of the people inPunjab’s containment zones arefound to be positive for Covid anti-bodies, indicating that they have al-ready been infected and recoveredfrom the Coronavirus.

The survey findings, submittedto Chief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh during a Covidreview meeting on Thursday,showed the SARS-CoV2 antibod-ies prevalence in the containmentzones to be the highest at 40% inAmritsar district, followed by35.6% in Ludhiana, 33.2% in SASNagar, 19.2% in Patiala district and10.8% in Jalandhar.

This was Punjab’s first exclu-sive survey, and was conducted infive containment zones from Au-gust 1 to 17, in a systematically se-lected random sample populationof 1250. The earlier surveys weremore generalised and were con-ducted by the state government incoordination with ICMR. The sur-vey report came on the day whenDelhi released its second Sero Sur-vey findings, which showed nearly29% seroprevalence in the nationalcapital. For this exclusive Punjabsurvey, the selected containmentzones, which had reported the high-est number of Covid cases, were lo-cated, one each, in Patiala, SASNagar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar andAmritsar districts. The sample in-cluded 250 people from each zone,and from each of the selectedhouseholds, one adult above theage of 18 was randomly chosen forthe survey. Overall, the seropreva-lence of SARS CoV-2 antibodieswas found to be 27.8% in the con-tainment zones where the highestnumber of Covid-19 cases had beenreported. However, in the remain-ing parts of the cities, prevalence ofSARS CoV-2 would be lower, andin the rural areas the prevalencewould be much more lower than

the urban areas, as per the report ofthe survey, which was aimed atfinding out the prevalence ofSARS-CoV-2 antibodies(IgM/IgG) using Rapid AntibodyTesting kits. Giving details, thestate government’s Health Adviso-ry Expert Group head Dr KK Tal-

war said a team of trained Field As-sistants and Laboratory Techni-cians collected the data under thesupervision of a Medical Officer.ASHA/ANM facilitated the surveyby identifying the households in thezone. After explaining the purposeof survey, written informed consent

was obtained. After the interview,Laboratory Technician collectedvenous blood sample under asepticconditions. The blood sampleswere taken to the district publichealth laboratory for testing whererapid antibody tests were per-formed.

Over 27 per cent exposed to Covidin state’s containment zones

Admn to provide free online coaching to girls’ studentsfor competitive examsJALANDHAR: The District administration has decided to offer free online coaching to the promising and deservinggirls’ students for preparing them to clear the competitive exams under the ‘Beti Padhao and Beti Bachao’ campaign.Disclosing more information, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that the administration will provide thecoaching to the girls above than 18, for various competitive exams including IAS, PCS, SSC, and Probationary Offi-cers in banking Sector and various government jobs examinations virtually. He said that the applications can beemailed on dpojalandhar@punjab.gov.in by August 30 by those who are willing to undergo the coaching. He said thatinterested aspirants can contact DPO office 0181-2253285 for further information.

Livestock gets big gifton Dr. Tantia’s birthday

RAJ SADOSHABOHAR: To commemorate the birthanniversary of the late Dr.Shyamsunder Tantia, a renownedcardiologist and founder of the TantiaGroup, the Veterinary Hospital beingrun in the university campus wastoday shifted to a specially designednew building in Sriganganagar nearhere. The services of expertveterinarians with state-of-the-artequipment and experienced-trainedstaff will be provided for just Rs 10.Animal owners will be able to availbenefit from 10 am to 5 pm in thebuilding located in Tantia University.Treatment of all types of animals willbe available, from rats to camels,cows, buffalo, dogs, cats etc. Theprogram was a brief ceremony in viewof the advisory on Covid-19.Dr. MohitTantia, Vice-Chairman of theUniversity, assured that the hospitalwould be a boon for the cattle ownersin the near future, where world classanimal treatment facilities would beprovided at concessional rates.University Director Dr. PraveenSharma, Dr. Ashwini Gogia, ExecutiveDirector K.S. Sukhdev, Dean Dr. R.K.Chandolia, coordinator Daljit Singh, Dr.Amandeep, Dr. Nilofar Nabi, Dr. RamPrakash Nayak, Dr. Pradeep Khedaetc. were present.

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Punjab president and Mem-ber of Parliament (MP)Bhagwant Mann on Thurs-day demanded that Punjabchief minister (CM)Amarinder Singh should im-mediately convene an all-party meeting on the issue ofSYL and the open ‘loot’ ofPunjab river waters.

In a joint statement is-sued from party headquarterson Thursday, state unit chiefBhagwant Mann and Leaderof Opposition (LoP), HarpalSingh Cheema said that chiefminister Amarinder Singhshould immediately convenea joint meeting of all politicalparties to send out a messageloud and clear to the unionand state governments thatPunjab had not a single dropof excess water to share withany other state.

He added that the gov-ernment in the saddle shouldmake Punjab's stand clear onthe issue and take steps tostop an open ‘loot’ of the riv-er waters by the states ofHaryana, Delhi and Ra-jasthan.

Bhagwant Mann on theoccasion said: “Punjab wa-ters have been subjected toan open ‘loot’ under a deepconspiracy, throwing all con-stitutional norms to thewinds. It was obligatory onthe part of the government toensure that there is no fur-ther ‘loot’ of the river wa-

ters, failing which no onecan stop the state turninginto a desert in the near fu-ture”

The AAP MP reiteratedthat convening of an imme-diate special Assembly ses-sion on the burning issues,including the rampant ‘loot’of Punjab waters, SYL canal,anti-farm ordinances andelectricity (Amendment)2020 was the need of thehour. He said the Assemblysession being convened onAugust 28 for a day, whichwas an approximate 4-hourlong as a matter of fact,would be too short to discussthreadbare the issues of coreconcern.

Bhagwant Mann andHarpal Cheema informed theunion government was set toconvene the Monsoon ses-sion of Parliament in themonth of September 2020and, therefore, it was neces-sary to have the anti-farm or-dinances and electricity(Amendment) Bill 2020pushed by the union govern-ment abrogated.

CM should immediately conveneall-party meeting on SYL, water

issues : Bhagwant Mann

ITI registration for onlineadmissions extended toAug 26 : Apneet RiyaitDALJEET AJNOHAHOSHIARPUR: Department ofTechnical Education and IndustrialTraining, Punjab The registration foradmission in various trades ofHoshiarpur hasbeen extendedtill August 26,with which thetrainees canregister for theirfavorite trade outof 18 trades inGovernment ITI,Hoshiarpur.Disclosing thishere today Deputy CommissionerApneet Riyait said that interestedstudents can register themselvesthrough the website of the departmentwww.itipunjab.nic.in and getadmission. He said that thegovernment ITI There are 516 seatsunder Craftmen Training Scheme and148 seats under Dual System ofTraining. The Deputy Commissionersaid that the local ITIs A total of 664seats are available in 18 tradesincluding Fitter, Turner, MachinistGrinder, Mechanic Motor Vehicle,Information Technology SystemMaintenance, Draftsman Civil,Mechanic RAC, Mechanic Tractor,Mechanic Diesel, Stanc English),Carpenter, Welder, Plumber,Mechanic, Auto Electrical.

Ashwani Singla promoted asCAO Revenue PSPCLPATIALA: Ashwani Singla Jt. FinancialAdvisor 1 has assumed charge asChief Accounts officer Revenue,Punjab State Power Corporation

limited here today.Ashwani Singlajoined PSPCLerstwhile PSEB asRevenueAccountant inJanuary 2000 androse to the level ofChief Accounts

Officer Revenue. He served variousimportant assignments earlier beforejoining as CAO. He played importantrole in successful implementation ofvarious initiatives like online systemsof budgeting, disbursements,collection system and digital billpayments etc.

Amritsar has highest Seropervalence at 40 per cent

CM orders to ramp up testingCHANDIGARH: In a bid toramp up the state’s Covid battlepreparedness further amid thespike in cases, Punjab Chief Min-ister Captain Amarinder Singh onWednesday ordered increase intesting to 30,000 a day, with atleast 10 persons in the immediatecircle of every positive patient tobe tested.

Reviewing the situation,through Video Conference, withtop health and medical expertsand officials, the Chief Ministeralso directed the Health Depart-ment to supply ventilators, free ofcost, to medical colleges and pri-vate hospitals. He further askedthe Department to provide man-power, such as anesthetists, tothese hospitals, which had wit-nessed an increase in Covid pa-tients in the wake of cap on treat-ment rates by the government.

Chief Secretary Vini Mahajaninformed the meeting that tendershad been floated for the procure-ment of nine more RT-PCR ma-chines and the same were expect-ed by next week. She also stressedon increasing rapid antigen test-ing, as well as augmentation oflevel 3 bed capacity. Vini said oneprivate hospital had to stop takingin patients after their anesthetisttested positive, while most othershad anesthetists in the vulnerableage group of 55-60 years. TheIMA had met the state health min-ister to discuss the issue, she said,adding that to maintain continuityof Covid treatment and care in pri-vate hospitals the anesthetistswould need to be replaced withyounger ones.

Captain Amarinder agreed,saying “we have to take them onboard and extend all help, while

being strict in enforcement of thefee cap and other restrictions.”The Chief Minister thanked theeight recently cured PCS officerswho had offered, in writing, to do-nate their plasma to save otherlives.

Dr KK Talwar earlier, in hispresentation, pointed out that thelast three-four days had witnessed300+ patients at Level 3, with 48on ventilators, up from just 27about 10 days ago. Though deathsper million in Punjab, at 30.8, waslower than India’s 39.9, the situa-tion was grim as 920 people hadlost their lives to Covid and thestate’s recovery rate at 62.9% waslower than the nation’s 73.9%.The percentage of co-morbid pa-tients was higher in Punjab ascompared with Haryana, explan-ing the greater number of deathshere, he added.

KULJIT SINGH JANDIALA GURU,AUG 20

10 villages of Amritsardistrict have been selectedunder this series. Kathu-nangal and Adda Kathu-nangal, one of thesetowns, are being devel-oped. Disclosing thishere today GurpreetSingh Gill District Devel-opment and PanchayatOfficer said that the Pun-jab Government has pro-vided special funds onlyfor the villages and fur-ther the Panchayat is us-ing this money on its ownpriority. He said that with

the special grant given tothese villages clean roads,wide roads, roads leadingto the deras, bus sheltersetc. were being construct-ed by the local panchayat.

BDPO Sandeep Mal-hotra said that with thehelp of MGNREGA, the

Panchayat was paving theway to the houses of thevillagers. In addition, abeautiful bus shelter hasbeen constructed. Theroad leading to the his-toric Gurdwara Sahib,formerly a paved road,has been widened with in-terlocking tiles on bothsides.

He said that Sarpanchof both the villages S.Under the leadership ofPrem Singh and SarpanchRajesh Kumar theseworks are in progress andmost of the work has beencompleted and the re-maining works will becompleted soon.

Special grant given to 10villages of Amritsar district

PRITPAL SINGHJALANDHAR, AUG 20

As many as 106 more per-sons infected with Covid-19were discharged today afterrecovery and now the tally ofthose recovered in the districtis 3006. The 106 dischargedpatients include 16 from Civ-il Hospital, 27 from CovidCare Centre, and 19 fromvarious private hospitals be-sides 44 patients completedtheir home isolation period.

The recovered patientswalked out of the hospitalsand Covid Care Centrethanking doctors and med-ical staff for taking care ofthem. They also hailed the

state government led by theChief Minister CaptainAmarinder Singh for ensur-ing sufficient arrangementsfor quality treatment to them.

Deputy CommissionerGhanshyam Thori said de-spite the surge in the cases,the district administration ismaking persistent efforts forearly detection and isolationthrough aggressive testingand efficient clinical man-agement.

He said that one mustcontact the doctor immedi-ately at the first sign of flu-like illness. He said that ma-jor emphasis is being laid tosave every life from the in-fections.

106 more Covid patientsdischarged in Jalandhar

KULWINDER BHATIANANGAL, AUG 20

NFL started its second seedprocessing unit at Panipatwith motive to became morestronger in the fields ofseeds. In this concern NFLNangal's PRO Gaurav Dilversaid that this project is inau-gurated by Varinder NathDutt CMD.

On the occasion Y Bhola,Nirlep Singh Rai, Anil Mot-sra, Ratnakar Mha, and otherhigher officials were present.It is here to mention that in

Panipat unit has ability tomake seeds of 40000 tonesquality. Bathinda unit is al-ready working from 29 Feb-ruary 2020. In Madhya

Pradesh and Indore, Compa-ny is making same projectlike this. For green revolu-tion NFL plays a very bigrole in it.

NFL begins second seed processing unit

KULWINDER BHATIASRI ANANDPUR SAHIB,AUG 20

In the pandemic distt. Roop-nagar police is controllingdrugs with all their hands.During this, Sri Anandpursahib's police got one moresuccess in controlling drugs.

Today under the leader-ship of DSP Raminder SinghKahlon Sri Anandpur sahib'sSHO Rupinder Singh and in-charge excise cell sunnykhanna along with their po-lice party raids the HimachalPradesh adjoining villageMjari and recovers 7 drumsof lahan, from which 3000liters of lahan has been re-covered. Rupinder Singh said

that case under section 61-1-14 of excise Act has beenregistered on 4 persons Avtar,Kulwinder, Rimpi, Harvinderof Mjari Village and the ar-rest of the accused werepending.

Sri Anandpur sahib police recovers7 cans, 3000 liters of lahan

ANIL VERMABATHINDA, AUG 20

City's main Sirki Bazaar,Parasram Nagar, Gane-sha Basti, GuruNanakpura Mohalla,Power House Road,Mahila Thana, SSP,DC's buildings wereflooded, causing embar-rassment to the peopleand severe damage toshopkeepers.

Municipal Commis-sioner Bikram SinghShergill said sudden on-

set of heavy rains hascaused some problems butthis time the drainage sys-tem is stronger than lastyear and the water is be-ing pumped out immedi-ately so that there are nomajor problems.

Former MLA SarupChand Singla blamed thegovernment and munici-pal administration for themismanagement and de-manded compensation forthe loss of shopkeepersand general public due torain water.

Sirki bazaar turned into lake, causes losses to shopkeepersSUSHIL GOYALSANGRUR, AUG 20

Members of Sangrur unit ofPunjab Photographers Asso-ciation planted saplings ofvarious trees to celebrateWorld Photography Day onWednesday in the premisesof Freedom Fighter MadanSingh Kapoor GovernmentSenior Secondary School(Girls), Sangrur. The saplingsof trees included Sukhchain,Shisham, Arjun. Among oth-

ers who were present on theoccasion included KulwantSingh Garcha, president ofMalwa Zone of the associa-tion, and Hemant Verma,president of Sangrur unit.

The associationalso honouredsenior mem-bers of the as-sociation Man-jit SinghKapoor, JagjitSingh Kapoorand Raj Kumar.

Jatinder Singh Raikhy,general secretary of Sangrurunit of the association, saidthe association has also do-nated three ceiling fans to theschool.

Photographers Association plants saplingsof trees in government school

Kiran Sharma is new head of AkaliDal women's wing Pathankot

PATHANKOT (SHARANJEET): State Presidentof Akali Dal Women's Wing Bibi Jagir Kaur haselected the head of women wing units of all 22 dis-

tricts of the state. In the list re-leased by state president BibiJagir Kaur, Bibi Kiran Sharmahas been given the responsibil-ity of the post of the head of thedistrict Pathankot for the fourthconsecutive time. Bibi KiranSharma thanked the formerChief Minister Prakash SinghBadal, MP and State President

Sukhbir Singh Badal and State President of WomenWing, Bibi Jagir Kaur for giving her the opportunityof being the district head for the fourth time.

The body of 50-year-old man foundVERMAQADIAN: The body of a 50-year-oldman was found in a canal in Daulatpurvillage under Qadian police station.The body was taken in possessionand sent to Civil Hospital, Batala forpostmortem. Disclosing this heretoday, SHO, Qadian Police Station,Baljinder Singh said that He used towork in a liquor mill and on the 17thwhen he was coming back to hisvillage sekhwan after finishing his workbut in the way he was disappearedand did not reach at home after whichthe family members of the deceasedinformed in the police station sekhwanand today his dead body was found inDaulatpur canal near qadian . Thebody of the deceased was taken tocivil hospital batala and police isinvestigating the matter.

MK SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI, AUG 20

Pendu Development and Pan-chayat Department Punjab em-ployees strike has increased thedifficulties of common people.As of now, the employees ofthe Panchayat Secretary Unionof BDPO office are on collec-tive leave from August 19 toAugust 21, due to which thework will be done only on Au-gust 22. Earlier, the union heldthe strike from August 6 to 14.This was later extended to 17

August. At the same time, theemployees were supposed toreturn to work on the 18th, butdue to the failure of the con-versation in the governmentand employees' organization,the strike was kept by the em-ployees for three days.

Third day of Employee strike,common man suffering

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020

Chairman HPPEIRC calls on GovernorSHIMLA: Maj Gen Atul Kaushik, Chairman, Himachal Pradesh PrivateEducation Institutions Regulatory Commission called on Governor BandaruDattatraya at Raj Bhavan, today. It was a courtesy call. The Governor askedhim to get the proper information about all Universities in the State. Hestressed to focus on classification of Educational Institutions, quality ofeducation including infrastructure and discipline in these institutions. He saidthat academic year of the regular students in all universities should be secured.Prof. Kamaljeet Singh, member of the Commission was also present on theoccasion. Secretary to Governor, Rakesh Kanwar was also present on theoccasion.

Ladli Rakshak NGOwill organizeHaritalika TeejKISHORI LAL BAINSAMB: Rekha Jambal- president of LadliRakshak NGO Una said that LadliRakshak NGO will organize HaritalikaTeej on August 21 following the socialdistance in which some children andgirls will also participate and they will begiven a methodical description ofHaritalika Teej. The story andimportance of Shiv Parvati will beexplained to them by the acting method.

Birth anniversary ofRajiv Gandhi celebrated

ASHOK KUMARTAHLIWAL: Birth Anniversary of formerprime minister Rajiv Gandhi wascelebrated by the Congress Seva Dal inHaroli Assembly constituency villageLaladi. Congress State President AnuragSharma attended as the chief guest,leader of the opposition Mukesh Agnihotrias special guest. In this program, flowerswere laid in the memory of former PrimeMinister late Rajiv Gandhi and plantedsaplings in his memory.

Moudgil seekscompensation to farmersof maize crop lossJOGINDER DEV ARYABANGANA: Due to storm wreakinghavoc in the Kutlahar region for thelast two days, the maize crop hasbeen destroyed following whichfarmers suffered a huge loss.NationalGeneral Secretary of the NationalFarmers Organization DeshrajMoudgil, State Treasurer Thakur KarmSingh and Bangana Block PresidentPandit Gyan Chand Sharma said thatthe storm and heavy rains havebroken the back of farmers. Theydemanded compensation.

Heavy rainfall,landslides disruptnormal life in ChamoliCHAMOLI: In Chamoli, the intermittentrains have affected the lives of locals.The heavy downpour has createdhassles for locals to reach theirdestination as the roads have beendamaged or are blocked due tolandslides. Also, around 20-kilometrelong motorway in the district has beenclosed due to landslides caused byheavy rains. Moreover, a footbridge hasalso got washed away due to theoverflowing of the rivers due to torrentialrains. IMD predicted heavy to veryheavy rainfall with intense spells likely tooccur at a few places with extremelyheavy at isolated places in Pithoragarh.

HIMACHAL/JKCM pays floral tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

AGENCYSHIMLA, AUG 20

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakurtoday offered floral tributes to theformer Prime Minister of India lateRajiv Gandhi on his statue at RajivChowk Chhota Shimla on his 76thbirth anniversary.

He also administered oath ofunity and integrity on the occasion.

Chief Minister said that lateRajiv Gandhi laid down his life forthe integrity and unity of theNation. He said that hiscontributions towards the Nationwould be remembered by thepeople of the country.

Urban Development MinisterSuresh Bhardwaj, PresidentHimachal Pradesh CongressCommittee Kuldeep Rathore,former Speaker Vidhan SabhaGangu Ram Musafir, Mayor ofMunicipal Corporation ShimlaSatya Kaundal, Councillors of MCShimla, Deputy CommissionerAmit Kashyap, Commissioner,Shimla Municipal CorporationPankaj Rai, SP Omapati Jamwaland other distinguished people alsopaid floral tributes to the formerPrime Minister.

Public welfare schemesmade developmentpossible: Bhardwaj

SHIMLA, AUG 20

Urban Development MinisterSuresh Bhardwaj todayaddressed the beneficiaries ofFatehpur Constituency indistrict Kangra throughwebinar on the occasion hesaid that the development ofthe state was possible due toeffective implementation ofpublic welfare schemes ofgovernment. SureshBhardwaj said that under ableleadership of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi CentralGovernment has benefitedthe people of the countrythrough various welfareschemes. Even in the times ofcorona pandemic, PrimeMinister had launchedseveral schemes for welfareof the common people.

Urban DevelopmentMinister said that with thesame objective, under theable guidance of ChiefMinister Jai Ram Thakur, theState Government has

effectively implementedvarious Centrally sponsoredwelfare schemes and severalState schemes such asHimcare, Himachal GrihiniSuvidha Yojna, Janmanch,Mukhya Mantri SewaSankalp Helpline-1100,Mukhya Mantri KhetSanrakshan Yojna, MukhyaMantri Swavlamban Yojna,etc. and ensured upliftment ofevery section of the society.The students of the state werebeing imparted educationthrough online educationsystem. Modern technologywas being utilized for variousworks and the webinar wasan example of it.

SHIMLA, AUG 20

Forest Minister RakeshPathania presided over themeeting of Forest Departmentto explore the possibilities ofeco-tourism and developmentof eco-tourism in theState. He said thatthere is immensepotential of eco-tourism in the Stateand by promotingtourism activities inforest area wouldincrease the revenueof the State. He saidthat the StateGovernment is giving specialemphasis to development ofinfrastructure from tourismpoint of view during the Covid-19 period. Eco-tourism wouldbe promoted through webportal so that maximum people

get to know of various foresttourism sites of the State. Hesaid that tent facility would beprovided near forest rest housesin remote areas to promote eco-tourism. Rakesh Pathania saidthat possibilities of eco-tourism

camping villageswould be exploredand will bedeveloped fromtourism point ofview. The departmentwould utilize forestdestination places forvarious activitiessuch as birdwatching, trekking,

etc. and local people would beassociated with it, so that theireconomy could also bestrengthened. Forest Ministeralso directed the officers todevelop the lakes of the Statefrom tourism point of view.

Childline teamorganises awareness

camp in slums in Dehla

JYOTI SYALUNA, AUG 20

An awareness camp was organized in theslums by the Childline team at village Dehla.In which the child line found what problemspeople are facing. People told that due tocurfew in the village, they are not able to goout of the village, they have no work, they aresitting at home and they have the problem ofrationing.

Election campaign for BODs of JogindraCentral Cooperative Bank intensified

ANWAR HUSSAINSOLAN, AUG 20

Bharatiya Janata Party'sauthorized candidate YogeshKumar Bhartia filednomination for Board ofDirectors (BODs) of JogindraCentral Cooperative Bankalong with senior BJP leaders.With this election campaingintensified. BJP leader fromNalagarh and Doon supportedYogesh Kumar with his partyworkers went to JogindaraCentral Bank and filednomination papers. FormerNalagarh MLA KL Thakur,Solan District BJP PresidentAshutosh Vaidya, NalagarhBJP Mandal President BaldevThakur, Doon BJP MandalPresident Balveer Thakur,

BJP senior leaders PNBhanot, Lala Rupnarayan,Ravindra Sankhyan, HazuraSingh, Sumukh Singh,Gurcharan Singh Channi,Mohan Singh Chandel,Paramjit Singh, HarbansPatial, Harpreet Singh Sainiand other party workers

accompanied him. It is worthmentioning that this bank wasestablished in the name ofRaja Joginder Singh, which isestablished in the name of theroyal family of Nalagarh.Enthusiasms have intensifiedregarding the election whichwill be held on September 15.

Every house will get water fromtap by Dec 31: Mahendra Singh

PANKAJ KATNAUNA, AUG 20

Tap water will be availablein every house in the districtUna by 31 December. Thiswas stated by Water Power,Revenue, Horticulture andMilitary Welfare MinisterMahendra Singh Thakur in ameeting organized on JalJeevan Mission in BachatBhawan. He said that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadstarted the ambitious schemeJal Jeevan Mission in theyear 2019 and under this

mission, the target is toprovide pure and clean waterto every household acrossthe country by the year 2024.Mahendra Singh Thakur saidthat there are 1,15,949 ruralhouses in District Una, out ofwhich 77,773 have beenprovided with piped water.While the remaining 38,176households will be providedwith water facility this year,for which the Department ofHydropower is working on awar footing. A provision ofspending Rs 161 crore s hasbeen made to tap the

remaining houses. 36 newtube wells will be installed indistrict Una and old drinkingwater schemes will berebuilt. Minister said thatHimachal Pradesh will getRs 990 crore from theCentral Government underJal Jeevan Mission andHimachal Pradesh willbecome the first state in thecountry to receive the entireamount from the Center. Thecentral government is goingto release the third and fourthinstallment soon under themission shortly.

Create cultures in societyfrom Sanskrit: Dr. SharmaJYOTI SYALUNA, AUG 20

Secretary of the HimachalSanskrit Academy, Shimlaand the SanatanadharmAdarsh SanskritMahavidyalaya, Dohgi –Una, Dr. Bhakatvatsal Shamahas exposed the socialresponsibility of the Sanskritand the human responsibilityof the Sanskrit, in the society,the state of the officiallanguage of the bestlanguage. While talking tomedia persons he told`success of human life isimpossible withoutDevakripa, it is impossible toachieve success of humanlife without cultural behavior.He told that HimachalSanskrit Academy iscontinuously doing efforts todiscuss Sanskrit in every part

of the society, in making acommon place in the country.By giving financialassistance to the priests, suchas Jyotish-Karmkand andnitya Sankriti Karma,academy is achieving successto a great extent. And theacademy is also conductingvarious competitions throughnon-regional mode duringlockdown, he added. Prof Dr.Bhakatvatsal Sharma furthersaid that it is our endeavorthat Sanskrit should bereached in every corner of thesociety and the language ofthe deity can be found in aparticular place.

DEHRADUN, AUG 20

The mortal remains of 11Garhwal Rifles HavildarRajendra Singh Negi, whosebody was found recentlymonths after he went missingwhile patrolling near the LoCin Jammu and Kashmir inJanuary, were consigned toflames with full militaryhonours on Thursday inHaridwar. Negi's body hadbeen pulled out of snow at

Gulmarg on August 15. Thefuneral pyre was lit by hisson Priyanshu in thepresence of his father RatanSingh and brothers, besidesthe Army and administrativeofficials.

Before being taken toHaridwar for cremation,Negi's body was kept at hisAmbivala residence inDehradun for people to paytheir last respects.

Chief Minister Trivendra

Singh Rawat led severalpolitical leaders to lay awreath on the soldier's body.

Interacting with thedeceased soldier's relatives,the Chief Minister assuredthem of all help from thestate government andpromised a government jobto Negi's wife on the basis ofher educationalqualifications besidesfinancial assistance ascompensation.

Covid : Advocatedies of Corona at

DharamshalaDHARAMSHALA, AUG 20

A 41 year old manprofessionally an advocate,died due to Corona virusraising the death toll due toCorona in Kangra district tofive. This was second deathat Dharamshala during thelast 24 hours. Kangra DeputyCommissioner RakeshKumar Prajapati told UNIthat Corono virus patientman belonged to Shahppurof Kangra district. The manwas brought to Zonalhospital Dharamsala inemergency room aroundmidnight and was declareddead on arrival. KangraChief Medical Officer DrGurdharshan Gupta told UNIthat this person had a recenthistory of travel from Shimlaand symptoms of ILI andshortness of breath.

Eco-Tourism to be promoted inforest areas of state: Forest Minister

Soldier cremated with full military honours

Sadbhawana diwas observed at PUCHANDIGARH: A Pledge taking ceremony for observance of Sadbhawana Diwas was heldat VC office of Panajb University. Prof Raj Kumar,Vice Chancellor took the pledge to workfor the emotional oneness and harmony of all the people of India regardless of caste, region orlanguage and resolve all differences through dialogue and constitutional means without re-sorting to violence in the presence of Prof. R.K. Singla, Dean of University Instructions, Prof.S.K. Tomar, Dean Student Welfare(DSW), Prof. Sukhbir Kaur DSW(W), Prof DevinderSingh,Deptt of Laws and the staff. Similarly Dr. Paru Bal Sidhu,Chairperson Department ofAncient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology and Dr. Paramjit Singh Kang, Department ofLife Long Learning & Extension, Panjab University took the pledge in the presence of theteaching/non teaching staff. Dr. Manisha Sharma, Warden of Girls hostel number 6 alongwiththe staff of the hostel also took the pledge.

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K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner,Municipal Corporation Chandigarhand Chief Executive Officer,Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. saidthat the people of Chandigarh areadopting cycling very fast thesedays and appeals the citizens to par-ticipate in Cycle for Change Chal-lenge, which aims at to make citydwellers cycling friendly and to in-crease the “Zero Carbon Mobility”so that the environment can be pro-tected.

While sharing key points aboutthe challenge, he said that this chal-lenge has been started under theSmart City Mission of the Ministryof Housing and Urban Develop-ment, Government of India whichaims at promotion of more cyclingin the country.

He said that in this pandemicperiod, the craze of the cycling isincreasing in Chandigarh. Be itdoctors, officers, professors or pro-fessionals or the general public, allkinds of people go cycling on thesedays which is proving to be very ef-fective not only for their goodhealth but also for the environmentin city. He said instead of usingpublic transport, people can help inmaintaining social distancing bybringing bicycle in their daily rou-tine. They can commute regularlythrough bicycle if their office iswithin 2 to 3 km of the house, andif it is up to 5 km, they can use a bi-cycle to go to the office on alternatedays. Apart from this, people canalso use the bicycle to go to anynearby store or park. He said thatthe average Air Quality Index(AQI) of Chandigarh reached thelevel of 39 in a complete lockdownof 40 days which is now runningbeyond 100. One reason for the AirQuality Index to be better was de-crease in the vehicles on the roads.So to make Chandigarh's climatecleaner and better, we need to adoptcycles. By taking part in the survey,people can also bring Chandigarhcity to better cities for cycling. Cit-

izen can fill in the online form onour link https://forms.gle/bTU-CLjcjfq5uiziq5. There are a numberof feedbacks asked that you have toanswer, like how you used to travelbefore Covid-19, what problemsyou have to face while cycling inthe city and so on. This feedbackform can improve things in the citywhich somehow got ignored. Hesaid that today there is heavy trafficinside the city, but having dedicat-

ed cycle track of about 190 km in-side the city. Hardly any other citywould be having such a long dedi-cated bicycle track. Most of thetracks are newly made out of whichmore than 95 percent dedicatedtracks are in good condition and therest will be made in good conditionshortly. In North India, cycling be-comes very difficult in summers,but another important feature ofChandigarh is that most of the

tracks are under the shade of trees,which are easily accessible evenduring summer, added Mr. Yadav.He said that cycling is a better ex-ercise, which keeps users physical-ly fit. After Covid-19, the numberof people running cycles in the cityincreased significantly. Citizenswill keep themselves fit by cycling,as well as they can save money ofpetrol or diesel and also protect theenvironment.

Chandigarh rising towards cycling: K K YadavYUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020

BUREAUCHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Punjab Chief Minister Cap-tain Amarinder Singh hashailed the state’s retention forthe third consecutive year ofthe No. 1 position in the NorthZone and improvement ofoverall national ranking toNo. 6 in the Swachh Survek-shan -2020.

Terming it the outcome oflarge-scale citizen participa-tion, he credited the achieve-ment to behaviour changecampaign, robust urban infra-structure and trained man-power who worked with ut-most dedication. The state’snational ranking last year was7 – a major improvement over2017 when Punjab wasamong the 10 bottom states.In the Northern Zone (Punjab,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh), ithas been at the top for the pastthree years now. The ChiefMinister also complimentedLocal Government MinisterBrahm Mohindra for his de-partment’s successful effortsthat led to the rankings.

The Swachh Survekshan-2020 was conducted by Min-istry of Housing & Urban Af-fairs in urban areas of thecountry, from 4th January2020 to 31st January, 2020, in4242 ULBs, the results ofwhich were declared byPrime Minster NarendraModi on Thursday during avirtual award ceremony. Itwas conducted to assessCleanliness i.e. managementof solid waste ODF status, in-cluding Citizen Feedback andCitizen Involvement.

Punjab Special ChiefSecretary, Local Government,Satish Chandra said that fromamongst the 10 bottom Statesin Swachh Survekshan (SS-

2017), the ranking of the Stateimproved to 9th in SS-2018,7th in SS-2019 and 6th in thelatest Survekhshan 2020. Thisyear, 4 ULBs, including Mu-nicipal Corporation Ludhiana(million plus city) and Munic-ipal Council Nawanshahar,have been awarded. The Mu-nicipal Corporation Ludhianahas been awarded for Innova-tions and best practices.Nawnashahar has scored a hattrick by retaining 1st positionin cleanliness in North Zonein terms of its population cat-egory.

In comparison to baselineSurvekhashan of year 2017,12 out of 16 Punjab citieswith more than 1 lakh popu-lation have improved theirrankings and, on an average,out of the 434 one lakh pluscities in India, ranking ofthese 16 bigger cities has im-proved by 100 places from2017 to 2020. Not only this,in Zonal ranking for Smallercities, out of total 1009 Pun-jab ULBs in 3 different cate-gories, 59 ULBs have figuredin Top 100 in their respectivecategories. Mission DirectorAjoy Sharma said that the in-novations made by Punjab insolid waste management hadled the Municipal Councils ofNawanshahar, Mansa andFerozepur to emerge as rolemodels in low cost decen-tralised model of Solid wastemanagement.

CM lauds Punjab'simproved Swachh

Survekshan RankingJakhar criticises Centre oversugarcane pricesCHANDIGARH: Punjab PradeshCongress Committee President SunilJakhar hit out at the Centre oversugarcane prices, saying the slightincrease in the price of sugarcane bythe Union Government as a 'joke' withthe farmers. He said that apart fromthis the Modi Sarkar had not givenany benefit to the sugarcane growerseven in the package of Rs. 8000crore announced in 2018. He saidthat the BJP-led central governmentwas proving to be a bourgeois govtwhich did not care about the poorfarmers of the country. Due to Covidpandemic when farmers were facingsevere economic crisis, a meagrehike of only Rs. 10 per quintal is notenough. Before the 2019 Lok Sabhaelections, the central government hadannounced a package of Rs. 8000crore for sugarcane growers but evenafter two years, they did not knowabout the package and its status, thisproved to be a part of the falsepromises that BJP had been makingsince it formed the govt, he alleged.

Punjab achievementsurvey online trainingsuccessfully completed RAMESH KASHYAPFEROZEPUR: Under the ableguidance & Instructions of Hon'bleSecretary School Education PunjabKrishan Kumar and District EducationOfficer Ferozepur Mrs. KulwinderKaur ,Deputy District EducationOfficer Komal Arora ,Principal DietFerozepur Madam Seema , PunjabAchievement Survey , sciencesubject Two days Training of BlockGuruharsahai-1 , 2 and Ferozepur-2was conducted online from 19-8-2020to 20-8-2020. The training wasconducted by District Mentor ScienceUmesh Kumar, Block Mentor ScienceSumit Galhotra, Amit Anand ,Gurpreet Singh, Balwinder Singh,Kamal Wadhwa and Gurmeet Singh. Disclosing this here today DeepakSharma, Science Subject Expert saidthat during this training all theinformation related to NationalAchievement Survey ,PunjabAchievement Survey, preparationpoints, syllabus etc. were discussedin detail. Umesh Kumar encouragedthe teachers to perform well in thePunjab Achievement Survey.

Chairman Darshan Lalwarns wholesalers whileinspection of Mandi

ANKUSH SHARMALUDHIANA: Market CommitteeLudhiana has considered the matterof retail sale of vegetables atBahadurke Road Vegetable Mandifrom the the last several days.Today, Darshan Lal Laddu,Chairman, Marketing Committeevisited several wholesale places ofSabzi Mandi. He inspected thevarious selling places on theoccasion to see that whether retailsale of vegetables is doneanywhere. He also strongly warnedthe wholesalers to maintaincleanliness. Talking to the media onthe occasion, Chairman Laddu saidthat he had been receivingcomplaints since long time that someof the wholesalers providingwholesale vegetable place toretailers and violating the system. Hesaid that anyone found guilty ofdoing so, his license would berevoked immediately. He has alsoissued notices to severalwholesalers in this regard.

One Nation, One Ration cardlaunched in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Prime Minis-ter had given a clarion call forlaunch of “One Nation, One Ra-tion card” all over the country.This enables the beneficiaries toget ration, even when he movesout to other state or U.Ts.

This is particularly helpful formigrant labour, who stays a fewmonth at one place and thereaftergoes to other place for work.Without portability of the rationcard, these poor people were get-ting deprived of their entitlementfor ration. Prime Minister had di-rected that all UTs must introducethis scheme on priority and be-

come a model for the rest of thecountry. In due compliance of thedirections, Chandigarh launchedOne Nation, One Ration Card.During the official launchSh.Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser tothe Administrator handover rationcards to a few beneficiaries. Dueto corona, it was decided not tohave any major event involvinglarge gathering of people or localrepresentatives for distribution ofration cards. These will be deliv-ered to them on door steps bygovernment officials. This newOne Nation, One Ration Card in-troduced by Chandigarh Adminis-

tration will enable the beneficiar-ies to get ration money in Chandi-garh and Puducherry, where DBTsystem is prevailing. If the cardholder migrates to other state,where no DBT is available, theycan draw rice, wheat and other ra-tion items from the local rationshops.

The Food and Civil SuppliesDepartment of Chandigarh andNIC joined hands to develop thesoftware for new ration cards.The card contains family detailsand bank account number of ben-eficiaries. The card holders cancarry it across the country.

SARWAN QADIAN, AUG 20

Technical Service Union(Regd.) Circle Gurdaspurissued a press statementcondemning the arrest ofLachhman Singh Sewe-wala, State General Sec-retary, Punjab FarmWorkers Union by theBathinda Police and de-manded immediate re-lease of Lachhman SinghSewewala. Circle Presi-dent Jagtar Singh saidthat the arrest was madeat that time when TSUstrongly condemned thepolice administration'scrackdown on the rapistsand demanded for his ar-rest. Union asked for the

release of LachhmanSingh Sewewal immedi-ately.

The people's strugglecannot be suppressed bythe repressive attacks of

the government. The TSUcalled on all justice-lov-ing and democratic peo-ple to unite and come for-ward to fight against thisrepression.

TSU demonstrates for immediaterelease of Lachhman Singh

RAMESH KASHYSPFEROZEPUR, AUG 20

Ensuring the holistic develop-ment of the rural areas, theGram Panchayats of the dis-tricts have approved 1051 de-velopment works worth Rs.41.67 Crore under smart vil-lage scheme. A whoppingamount Rs. 33.26 Crore hasbeen spent under the missionwith 464 works already com-pleted and remaining projectsunder the pipeline.

Divulging more, Addi-tional Deputy Commissioner(Development) RavinderpalSingh Sandhu said that in a bidto provide cities like infra-structure in the villages, fundsworth Rs. 41.67 were receivedfrom the government duringthe financial year 2018-19 and

19-20. The Gram Panchayatshad approved as many as 1051projects out of which 1011projects have already beenstarted in the district, added theADC. Sandhu said that around464 works with an outlay ofRs. 33.26 Crore was already

completed however theremaining projects wereunder pipeline and wouldbe completed in the stipu-lated time-frame. TheADC said that the ap-proved projects compriselaying of interlockingtiles in the villages,strengthening of streetsand drains, repairing ofschool buildings, andraising new buildings, etc.Pointing out further, Dis-trict Development andPanchayat Officer Harjin-

der Singh said that a total of 64projects with an amount of Rs.7.52 Crore were approved bythe Panchayats for the Fer-ozepur development block outof which a total of 51 workswere completed with an outlayof 4.66 Crore.

Gram panchayats approve 1051 projectsworth crore for holistic development

DEEPAK/AMRITPALMACHHIWARA SAHIB,AUG 20

Agreat blood donation camp isbeing organized on Sunday23rd August at Gurdwara SriCharanKanwal Sahib in thememory of Late JathedarKirpalSingh Khirnia (Former Mem-ber of SGPC), a renownedpolitician of HalqaSamrala.Disclosing this here today ShivKumar Shivli, President Mach-hiwara Sahib Social WelfareSociety said that the campwould be held under the lead-

ership of former MLA Jagji-wan Singh Khirnian from 9 amto 2 pm. During the camp theBlood Bank team of Civil Hos-pital Ludhiana would collectblood from the donors. He ap-pealed to the blood donors andsocial workers of the area todonate as much blood as possi-ble. Accompanying him on the

occasion were former MLA-Jagjiwan Singh Khirnian, Am-ritpalSamrala, BhupinderSingh Kahlon, Lucky Kahlon,Harjinder Singh Chhourian,Bachittar Singh Otal, NetarSingh, Jasveer Singh, GulzarSingh, Satnam Singh, SukhdevSingh, Mohammad Ali andothers were present.

Blood donation camp to beheld at Machhiwara on Aug 23

MAMOON RASHID MALERKOTLA, AUG 20

Parents association of aprivate school blockedLudhiana-Delhi highwaytoday morning and raisedslogans against the schooland Punjab Government.Parents blamed that theirchildren were removedfrom the whatsapp groupwhile exams are going on,they said that they areprotesting for many days asthe school was continuous-

ly demanding fee but theirfinancial condition is notso well due to covid-19.

Achint Goel, Sahil Jin-

dal, Rupinder Singh andSaqib Ali Raja said thattheir protest will be contin-ue till the time their de-

mands are not fulfill, theyfurther said that there wasno government action ontheir complaints so theywere compelled to start abig agitation and blockedthe road today. TehsildarMalerkotla Badal Dinwhile speaking to mediasaid that DPI has sent ashowcase notice to theschool in said matter andhas given 7 days time toanswer the notice and ad-ministration is trying to re-solve the issue.

Parents block Ludhiana-Delhihighway in front of school gate

DEEPAKMACHHIWARA SAHIB,AUG 20

The family of martyr DidarSingh made an appeal infront of Punjab Chief Minis-ter Captain Amarinder Singhand the army officers andsaid that the cheating facedby widow Raj Kaur remainsvery pressurized and sick.

The living is also difficult.Therefore, the family hasurged to the government andadministration to take this mat-ter on high priority and de-manded to take action againstculprits and returned the mon-ey to them. It is necessary to

mention here that a soldier isbehind this cheating with themartyr of 1961 war DidarSingh. Surprisingly, martyrs

are proud of the country, Because our country is safedue to the martyrdom of suchindividuals, but some peopledo not dare to cheat the fami-lies of the martyrs due to greedfor money.

Martyr's family seeks help from CMCertificates distributedto students

JALANDHAR, AUG 20

Student Welfare Council of DAV College, Jalandhar dis-tributed certificates to the students. Students had organ-ized various programs throughout the year as members

of the council. Student WelfareCouncil organized Batch Ceremony,Sawan Mela, Entrepreneurship Fair,Sandali Sumari Sham, Guru da Lan-gar, Udaan and three other seminarswere conducted. Students played avery important role in successful or-

ganization of these events. On this occasion, Principal Dr.S. K. Arora said that DAV College always offers its stu-dents a great opportunity to showcase their art.Whilecongratulating dean of student welfare council Prof.Ekjot kaur, he said that under her able guidance these stu-dents have got a chance to learn a lot, due to which theywere successful in organizing so many programs.

SD SHARMACHANDIGARH, AUG 20

Following the principle ‘Show must go on’ thePracheen Kala Kendra, aleading institute of multidi-mensional excellence, en-gaged in promoting andpropagating the Indian clas-sical arts in India, has beenorganizing series of Web-baithaks in lieu of open stageperformances to obviate anyeventuality due Covid-19pandemic. Kendra registrarDr Shobha Koser and Secre-

tary Sajal Koser disclosedthat all concerts in the monthwill be dedicatedas a tribute to leg-endary Pandit Jas-raj, the celestial in-vincible maestro.They shared withpride that PanditJasraj ji performedin Kendra’s 21 stAnnual BhaskarRao Nritya andSangeet Sammelan at Tagoretheatre Chandigarh and mes-merized the audience . PanditShiv Kumar Sharma and

Sanjukta Panigrahi were theother participants. Sajal dis-

closed that Kendra’sepisode of WEBBaithak series sched-uled for Friday, 21stAugust 2020, from8.00 PM and dedicat-ed to Pandit Jasraj jiwill feature youngTabla exponent Sat-pinder Singh Saffie ,from Patiala . A fore-

most disciple of acclaimedacademician artist and guruProf. Jagmohan Sharma he iswinner of many accolades.

Pracheen Kala Kendra to dedicate classicalmusic concerts to legendary Pandit Jasraj

Employment graph willrise, by new construction

of parks: CheemaMK SHARMASULTANPUR LODHI:Inaugurating the parks atNasirpur, Thatta NawanMLA Navtej Singh Cheemaof the constituency said thatlast year parks were con-structed in 50 villages in thedistrict but this time the con-struction of 20 more parks isin full swing. Apart from thiswork is underway to set upplaygrounds in 25 villageswith the objective of encour-aging the youth towardssports and harnessing theirenergy in the right direction.He asked the officials of theRural Development and Pan-chayat Department to make adetailed plan for the develop-ment works to be carried outunder MGNREGA scheme inthe villages of Sultanpur constituency.

Webinar on need ofPharmacovigilance held MOHALI: Considering significant roleof Pharmacovigilance for risksassociated with the drugs, AryansGroup of Colleges, Rajpura, NearChandigarh organized a webinar on“Need of Pharmacovigilance”. Dr.Harmanpreet Singh, Faculty,Department of Pharmacy, PolytechnicCollege for Girls, Jalandhar interactedwith faculty members & the studentsof B.Pharmacy & D.Pharmacy ofAryans Pharmacy College andAryans College of Pharmacy. Dr.Anshu Kataria, Chairman, AryansGroup presided over the webinar.Dr. Harmanpreet while interactingwith students said that seriousadverse effects for non-prescriptiondrugs & drug products have beenrequired to be reported to Food &Drug Administration since 2007. Forthis, Pharmacovigilance plays a keyrole in the healthcare system throughassessment, monitoring.

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1.22 crore Kisan Credit Cards sanctioned :Finance MinistryNEW DELHI: A total of 1.22 crore Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) have beensanctioned with a credit limit of Rs 102,065 crore as on August 17, Ministry ofFinance said here on Thursday. "In an effort to buffer the agricultural sector fromthe shock of COVID-19, a special saturation drive is underway to provideconcessional credit to farmers through Kisan Credit Card. As on August 17, 1.22crore KCCs have been sanctioned with credit limit of Rs 102,065 crore," FinanceMinistry said in a statement. The Ministry said this will go a long way in revivingthe rural economy and accelerating agricultural growth. "It may be recalled that aspart of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Package, the government had announcedprovision of a concessional credit of Rs 2 lakh crore, which is likely to benefit 2.5crore farmers, including fishermen and dairy farmers," the ministry added.

7KMVites excel in B.ScBiotechnologysemester II & IV results

HARPREET SINGH LEHALJALANDHAR: Kanya Maha Vidyalaya-In an another major achievement, thestudents of semester II & IV of B.ScBiotechnology has shown outstandingresults. Tarandyal Kaur from semester IIbagged first position by securing426/500 marks, Shruti Tyagi baggedsecond position by securing 422/500marks & Damanjeet Kaur baggedthird position by securing 418/500marks. Aparna Sharma from semesterIV bagged first position by securing426/480 marks, Ravneet Kaur baggedsecond position by securing 414/480marks & Navdeep Sandhu bagged thirdposition by securing 407/480 marks.Principal Prof. (Dr.) Atima SharmaDwivedi congratulated the students andthe faculty on this remarkable success .

Students of PCM SDCollege shine inUniversity result

JALANDHAR: The result of B.Sc.Fashion Designing Sem 4th of PCM S.D.College for Women, Jalandhar has beenremarkably outstanding. Praisha baggedthird position in the University by scoring457 (91.40) out of 500 marks.Not onlythis, Priyanka Ahuja stood second inthe college by getting 449( 89.80) andJasmeen secured 446 (89.20) markswith third position in the college. Jubilantat these results, Principal Dr. KiranArora applauded the students andpraised the Department of FashionDesigning for these spectacular resultsand wished for the bright future of themeritorious students.

2 deaths, 117 new Covid-19 cases reported inMaharashtra PoliceMUMBAI: As many as 117 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths have beenreported in the Maharashtra Police inthe last 24 hours, said the police onThursday. With this, the total number ofCoronavirus positive police personnel inMaharashtra reached 12,877, including2,255 active cases, 10,491 recoveries,and 131 deaths till date. According tothe Union Ministry of Health and FamilyWelfare, the active cases stand at1,60,728 in Maharashtra. While thecured/discharged/migrated cases standare 4,46,881, the death toll hasreached 21,033 in the state.

UP Assembly likely to be stormy today

AGENCYLUCKNOW, AUG 20

Uttar Pradesh Assembly isexpected to witness noisy sceneson Friday, the second day of themonsoon session, with the unitedopposition all set to corner thegovernment on various issues.

Though the house is slated tomeet on Monday also as per theagenda approved by the businessadvisory committee , but sourceshere said that the government ispreparing to end it tomorrow itselfafter passage of the firstsupplementary budget and around15 Bills. A senior Samajwadi Party

member said here on Thursday thatthe treasury bench wants theopposition to create noisy sceneswhich will help them to pass all theBills and the supplementary budgetat one go. " The government is notat all interested in holding debateor discussion on any issues. Theyare also apprehensive about takingup of Brahmin atrocities issues dueto which they are contemplating toend the house tomorrow itself," themember said. This time due toCovid guidelines, the Oppositionmembers would not be allowed togo in the well of the House toprotest and they will just allowedto stand on the seat to register their

annoyance. Meanwhile, the SPmembers have given notices fordebate on Corona, law and order,floods and other issues to theassembly secretariat fortomorrow's agenda. Congressmembers too will take up the issueof harassment of their leaders by

the state police . On the openingday of the monsoon session onThursday, the House wasadjourned after payingcondolences to four sittingmembers, including 2 ministers,during the inter-session periodbesides 20 other former members.

Yogi pays tribute to memberswho passed away recently

LUCKNOW: ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanathon Thursday paid tributesto sitting and formermembers who passedaway recently at the startof the three-dayAssembly session ofUttar Pradesh.Adityanath paid tributes to sittingBJP MLAs Kamal Rani Varun,Chetan Chauhan and senior leaderVirendra Singh Sirohi, formermember and Paras Nath Yadav,Samajwadi Party (SP) leader in hisspeech. Earlier, Samajwadi PartyMLAs held a protest against theUP government outside the stateAssembly over the issue ofunemployment as three-dayassembly session commenced. The

protesters were heardsloganeering andholding placardsquestioning the stategovernment over the jobcrisis for the youth in thestate. Some of theprotesters also allegedthat the BJP government

in the state is practising corruptionafter coming to power. Congress isalso likely to raise the issue ofoppression of Brahmins in the state.Earlier yesterday, AssemblySpeaker Hriday Narayan Dikshitchaired an all-party meeting inwhich Chief Minister YogiAdityanath, Minister ofParliamentary Affairs SureshKhanna and leaders of SP, BSP andApna Dal (S) participated.

Rahul Gandhi pays tribute tofather, former PM Rajiv Gandhi

on his birth anniversary

AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

On the occasion of formerPrime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's76th birth anniversary,Congress leader Rahul Gandhion Thursday paid tribute to hisfather at Veer Bhumi here. Heoffered rose petals and prayersat his father's memorial. In atweet earlier today, Rahulsaid, "Rajiv Gandhi was aman with a tremendous vision,far ahead of his times. Butabove all else, he was acompassionate and lovinghuman being." He further saidthat he was "incredibly luckyand proud" to have the formerPrime Minister as his father. "I

am incredibly lucky and proudto have him as my father. Wemiss him today and everyday," read the tweet. To markthe day, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi earlier todaypaid tributes to the formerPrime Minister Rajiv Gandhion his 76th birth anniversary."On his birth anniversary,tributes to former PrimeMinister Shri Rajiv GandhiJi," read PM Modi's tweet.Rajiv Gandhi took over thecharge of the Congress in1984 following theassassination of his motherand then Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi. He becameIndia's youngest PrimeMinister at the age of 40.

One held for selling used medical gloves in Navi MumbaiTHANE, AUG 20

The Navi Mumbai police havearrested a man for allegedlycleaning and selling usedmedical gloves collected fromhospitals amid the COVID-19pandemic, an official said onThursday. Acting on a tip-off,the police on Monday evening

conducted a raid in PawneMIDC, where they found thatused gloves collected fromhospitals were being washed,dried and packaged to be soldin the market, the official said.Liquid soaps and washingmachines were used to cleanused gloves, he said, addingthat 4 lakh pairs of such

disposable gloves worth Rs6.10 lakh were seized from thepremises. The police havearrested Prashant Surve, aresident of CBD Belapur, undersections 420 (cheating), 270(malignant act likely to spreadinfectious disease), among theother relevant sections of theIPC, the official said.

Sushant case politicised to 'malign'Mumbai Police: Shiv Sena

MUMBAI, AUG 20

The Shiv Sena onThursday claimed the caseof actor Sushant SinghRajput's death waspoliticised to "malign" theMumbai Police and theMaharashtra government.

If the FIR registered inPatna was right, then ifother "characters" in thecase who hail from otherstates file an FIR in WestBengal, will the KolkataPolice get power toinvestigate it? the ShivSena asked. The MumbaiPolice's probe in the casewas in the final stageswhen it was stopped andhanded over to the CentralBureau of Investigation(CBI) on recommendationof the Bihar government,the ruling party inMaharashtra said. It issurprising that even thoughthe court found nothingwrong in the Mumbai

Police's probe, the case hasbeen handed over to theCBI, the Sena said in aneditorial in partymouthpiece 'Saamana'.

"Several criminal casesin Bihar were investigatedby the CBI. How many realculprits did the CBI arrestso far? Sushant's case waspoliticised only to malignthe Mumbai Police and theMaharashtra government,"it said. Rajput, 34, wasfound hanging at hisapartment in suburbanBandra on June 14, andsince then the MumbaiPolice were probing thecase keeping in mindvarious angles.

Observe Muharram in simplemanner: Maharashtra govt

MUMBAI, AUG 20

The Maharashtra government has issued a circularsaying Muharram should be observed in a simplemanner and that processions will not be allowedin the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

Muharram is observed by Muslims withabstinence and prayers to mourn the martyrdom ofHazrat Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala inthe seventh century. It marks the first and one ofthe sacred months of the Islamic calendar.

In the circular issued on Wednesday, the stategovernment said 'matam' (moruning) processionswill not be allowed this year, in line with the banimposed on social and religious programmes bythe Centre and the state government to combatCOVID-19. Muslims should mourn inside theirhomes, like other religious programmes are beingobserved during the lockdown period, the circularsaid. People living in one society also should notcongregate to mourn together, and the Majlis(social, cultural or religious gathering)programme should be organised online adheringto norms, the government said. It also said thatpermission is not granted to take out Tazia (areplica of tomb of Imam Hussain). Thegovernment said permission should be taken fromthe local administration for setting up 'Chhabils'(stalls) and not more than two persons should bepresent there.

Covid-19 impact: Ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi, sale of idols fallsAGENCYSILIGURI, AUG 20

Ahead of Ganesha Chaturthi, theidol makers in West Bengal'sSiliguri said the sales of Ganeshaidols have dropped sharply this yeardue to the COVID-19 inducedlockdown.

Ganesh Chaturthi is just aroundthe corner on August 22. Idolmakers in Siliguri said they usuallyget bulk orders ahead of GaneshaChaturthi but this year so far nosuch orders have been received.

They added that there are nomajor events taking place this yearand so no big orders were receivedand people are also hesitant to stepout. Arup Paul, an idol maker said,"The situation is bad, the puja is on

August 22 and I have not receivedsubstantial orders. Policepermissions will be required forpuja.... we cannot perform puja at alarge scale due to coronaviruspandemic." "Usually, I get orders

for at least 45 idols, but this year Ihave received only three to fourorders so far. People are afraid ofstepping out due to the ongoingcoronavirus pandemic," he added.

"This year due to coronavirus

pandemic, the celebrations of allfestivities have been minimised.There will be a small puja this year,"said Bappi Shah, Ganesha PujaWelfare Committee, Bidhan market,Siliguri. "The situation is not good,but we will have to perform puja.It's sad that the celebrations offestivities have reduced, let's justhope things are normal soon," saidTulika Paul, a devotee. The 10-dayfestivities of Ganesha Chaturthi, thebirth anniversary of Lord Ganesha,will begin on August 22. Thefestivities end with the finalimmersion of the idol of LordGanesha, called the Visarjan.

The festival is celebrated withmuch grandeur in Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujaratamong other states.

SHARANJEETPATHANKOT, AUG 20

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir SinghBadal and SC wing national head GulzarSingh Ranike adhering to the guidelines ofJaspreet Singh Rana District Head YouthAkali Dal and Gurjit Singh SC Wing DistrictHead Rural, SC Wing Urban ChiefRaman Dalla, and all Akali activistsled by protest in Pathankot bytaking out a fury march against theCongress government of Punjab.On this occasion senior leadersHarjinder Singh Khalsa, formerdistrict head Akali Dal Badal MasterHarbhajan Lal, Ravindra SinghJagga, Diljit Singh Mahichak,Principal Massa Singh Randhawa,Amarjeet and other senior leadersaddressed and apprised the people of theCongress government about the anti-peoplepolicies. On this occasion, Jaspreet SinghRana District Head Youth Akali Dal said thatthe Congress Government during its tenurehas cheated people by cutting blue cards, oldpension, shagun scheme 51000, blue cardsetc. and instead of eradicating drugs fromPunjab, the liquor mafia has been overtaken

by the government. Amarjeet Singh,Numberdar Buta Singh, Harman Singh,Gurnam Singh, Baldev Singh, Senior YouthLeader Davinderpal Singh Manga, RajanSharma, Sandeep Singh, Sukhman Singh,Gurpreet Singh, Amarpreet Singh, JagdeepSingh, Davinder Singh, Tajinder Singh,Indrajit Singh, Harjit Singh, Intezar Singh,

Amritpal Singh, Jaswinder Singh, GurvinderSingh, Iqbal Singh, Simranjit Singh,Manvinder Singh Mila, Raman Bedi, ManishSharma, Gurpinder Singh, Shubham, DilpreetSingh, Armaan Singh, June Sharma werepresent on the occasion. Apart from theseRajveer Singh, Raman Singh, ManpreetSingh, Romi Mann, Honey Bedi, Akashdeepand other activists were also present.

Protest march by Youth AkaliDal against Govt in Pathankot

MUMBAI, AUG 20

The Bombay High Court onThursday granted bail toDewan Housing FinanceCorporation Ltd promotersKapil Wadhawan andDheeraj Wadhawan, whohave been accused of moneylaundering by theEnforcement Directorate inthe multi-crore Yes Bankfraud case. Justice BharatiDangre granted them bail asthe Enforcement Directorate(ED) failed to file its chargesheet against them in the casewithin the stipulated 60-dayperiod. The court directed theduo to deposit Rs one lakheach as surety and surrendertheir passports.

The brothers, however,will remain in jail as theyhave also been booked by theCentral Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI) in thesame case. They had soughtbail claiming the ED failed tofile its charge sheet within

the stipulated period of 60days.

The brothers werearrested by the ED on May14 on money launderingcharges. The ED filed itscharge sheet on July 15against the Wadhawans, YesBank founder Rana Kapoor,his wife Bindu Kapoor,daughters Roshni and Rekha,and their charteredaccountant firm Dularesh KJain and Associate.

The EnforcementDirectorate had initiatedproceedings in the case afterthe CBI registered an FIR onMarch 7, 2020 in connectionwith alleged suspicious loansgranted by Yes Bank and the'quid pro quo' between RanaKapoor and the Wadhawans.

Yes Bank fraud case: HC grantsbail to Wadhawan brothers

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The Madhya Pradesh government’s move to reserveall state jobs for sons of the soil, so to say, is dan-gerous and unprecedented. It is unprecedented be-

cause though there have been similar, discriminatory,measures recently taken by various state governmentsAndhra Pradesh has blocked industrial jobs, Karnatakagives priority to Kannadigas, Maharashtra reserves somejobs for people residing there for 15 years and Uttarak-hand recruits local inhabitants to some posts no state hadearlier placed 100 per cent of its jobs in a particular seg-ment in the reserved category. The measure may be un-constitutional under Article 19(1)(d) (right to freedom ofmovement), Article 19(1)(e) (right to residence) and Ar-ticle 16(2) that states “no citizen shall, on grounds onlyof religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, resi-dence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminatedagainst, in respect of any employment or office under thestate”. Only the Parliament can enact residence- and em-ployment-based laws, but the power does not extend tostate governments. The MP chief minister’s announce-ment is also in violation of the Supreme Court’s land-mark judgment in the 1992 Indra Sawhney vs Union ofIndia case. The Court had ruled that the total number ofreserved seats cannot exceed 50 per cent of jobs avail-able. Clearly, legal rectitude was the last thing on themind of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan when he made thispronouncement. The ruling party is facing indifferentprospects in the impending bypolls in the state. Thesebypolls, which will elect MLAs to 24 Assembly seats,are crucial for the party to retain its majority in the statelegislature. Hence this crude appeal to identity, and in-security, growing in a Covid year that has seen massiveretrenchment. However, though expedient, this appeal isproblematic and will prove detrimental to the interests ofeveryone in the long run. “Son-of-the-soil” debates aretypically framed as a conflict between the individual cit-izen’s “liberal” right to freedom of movement and thecollective “democratic” right of the people of a state toself-determination. Except that the binary projected hereis a false one. The Indian economy is a single entity thatis characterised by regions and cities functioning as hubsof certain trades and professions, having an edge overothers based on the prior availability of natural and hu-man resources, initial access to specialised skills and re-lated infrastructure development. It is imperative forgovernments, therefore, to let citizens travel, train andwork at these hubs not only so as not to deprive them oftheir right to develop their own expertise but also to en-sure flow of talent for achieving the best GDP.

MP govt’s job quotas:Dangerous, desperate

Editorial

Literature & HealthCOVID-19 cannot be transmitted

through breast milkAnswering the critical

question of whetherCOVID-19 can be trans-

mitted through breast milk ornot, a recent study suggests thatbreast milk cannot transmit thevirus to the infant.

The study, which was pub-lished in the online edition ofJAMA was conducted by the re-searchers from the University ofCalifornia San Diego School ofMedicine and University of Cal-ifornia Los Angeles. The studyexamined 64samples ofbreast milkcollected bythe Mom-my's MilkHuman MilkR e s e a r c hBioreposito-ry from 18w o m e nacross the United States infectedwith severe acute respiratorysyndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although one sampletested positive for viral RNA,subsequent tests found that thevirus was unable to replicate,and thus unable to cause infec-tion in the breastfed infant.

"Detection of viral RNAdoes not equate to infection. Ithas to grow and multiply in or-der to be infectious and we didnot find that in any of our sam-

ples," said Christina Chambers,PhD, MPH, co-principal inves-tigator of the study, professor ofpaediatrics at UC San DiegoSchool of Medicine, director ofMommy's Milk Human MilkResearch Biorepository and co-director of the UC San DiegoCenter for Better Beginnings.

"Our findings suggestbreast milk itself is not likely asource of infection for the in-fant," Chambers added. Thecurrent recommendations to

prevent trans-mission whilebreas t feed ingare hand hy-giene and steril-ising pumpingequipment aftereach use. "In theabsence of data,some women in-fected with

SARS-CoV-2 have chosen tojust not breastfeed at all," saidGrace Aldrovandi, MD, co-principal investigator of thestudy, chief of the Division ofInfectious Diseases at UCLAMattel Children's Hospital anda professor of paediatrics in theDavid Geffen School of Medi-cine at UC Los Angeles. "Wehope our results and futurestudies will give women the re-assurance needed for them tobreastfeed.

Bismilla Khan's uncle Ali Buxused to go to the nearby JadauSri Balaji (Maha-Vishnu) tem-

ple every morning . There, he playedthe shehnai for the entire day to earnfour rupees a month . Sometimes Bis-millah followed him in the morning,listen to his music, get engrossed andbewildered. After the mornings ses-sions at the Jadau temple, uncle andnephew walked towards the Balajitemple. A room was reserved for AliBux. He practiced there for about fivehours daily. When Ali Bux finishedpracticing he found Bismillah sittingbeside him, listening to him and hun-gry as well. Never did Bismillah dis-turb his uncle.

They returned home each day af-ter these morning sessions forlunch.Bismillah often wondered whyhis Uncle went to the room in the Bal-aji temple to practice while he couldpractice at home without being dis-turbed. Unable to suppress his curios-ity he asked his uncle one day. UncleAli stroked his locks and answered,"You will learn it one day." Bismillahwas quick to ask, "But, Mamu whenwill I start playing shehnai ?" "Whytalk about when; you are going to starttoday," he said.That evening uncle Alitook Bismillah to the Jadau Maha-Vishnu temple, and after the eveningshehnai recital to the room in the Bal-aji temple where he had practiced forover 18 years. Finally, uncle Ali grant-ed Bismillah Khan the permission topractice there . However Uncle Alicame with a note of caution "In this

temple , if you happen to experience orsee anything extraordinary, don't sayto any one " .Overjoyed, Bismillahpractised in the room for 4 to 6 hours.Oblivious to the changes taking placeoutside the four walls he experiment-ed and discovered new heights anddepths of musical scales and melodies.Bismillah was overtaken by the thirstto perfect his music.One day Bismillahkhan was engrossed in his shahanaipractice at 4:00a.m in the premises ofBalaji temple, all alone. Suddenly herealised that some one was sitting nextto him. It was none other than Bhaga-van Balaji Himself !!!.Shocked andastonished, Bismillah Khan remainedstill . Then Sri . Balaji smiled andsaid"Play.."... . But Khan was still tooshocked to continue. Then Bhagavan-Balaji smiled and disappeared.Laterthat day Bismillah Khan went to Aliwho is his Guru and Uncle, narrated tohim what he has experienced in Balaji

temple . Uncle slapped him on thecheek and "Did I not tell you not to sayany thing to any one" Ustad vBismil-lah Khan , the Shahnai maestro, had apersonal encounter with Sri .Krishna .In spite of being a Muslim, the leg-endary Ustad have had great respectfor Sri.Krishna ; and that could haveprompted the merciful Lord to appearin person .This narration is based on aninterview of Ustad Bismillah Khan ,reported by Dr.Madhu Vasudevan ofMalayala Manorama daily:-A fewyears back, Ustad Bismillah Khan wastraveling by train from Jamdshedpurto Varanasy . It was a coal run passen-ger train and Ustad was traveling inthe third class compartment . From anintermediate rural railway station , ayoung cowherd boy boarded the bo-gey in which Ustad was sitting.

He was a dark and lean boy ; andhe was holding a flute in his hands .Slowly the boy started playing hisflute . The supreme quality of his mu-sic surprised the maestro Ustad whodidn't even know the 'Raga' the boywas playing . Ustad Bismillah Khanimmediately recognized that , the boyis none other than Sri Krishna , theSupreme God Himself .

The nectarin Nada-Brahman(Brahman in the form of music) flow-ing out of Krishna's flute filled Ustad'sheart with ecstasy ; and tears of joystarted poring out of his eyes .After thestunning performance , Ustad calledthe boy near and presented him with acoin requesting him to play the songagain .

When Bismillah Khan experienced spirituality

Broccoli, Brussels sprouts andcabbage, some of the leastfavourite vegetables of peo-

ple, could be the most beneficialwhen it comes to preventing ad-vanced blood vessel disease, sug-gests new research.

The research published in theBritish Journal of Nutrition hasfound higher consumption of cru-ciferous vegetables, such as broc-coli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage,is associated with less extensiveblood vessel disease in olderwomen. Using data from a cohortof 684 older Western Australianwomen recruited in 1998, re-searchers from ECU's School ofMedical and Health Sciences andThe University of Western Aus-tralia found those with a diet com-

prising more cruciferous vegeta-bles had a lower chance of havingextensive build-up of calcium ontheir aorta, a key marker for struc-tural blood vessel disease.

Blood vessel disease is a con-dition that affects our blood vessels(arteries and veins) and can reducethe flow of blood circulatingaround the body. This reduction inblood flow can be due to the build-up of fatty, calcium deposits on theinner walls of our blood vessels,such as the aorta. This build-up offatty, calcium deposits is the lead-ing cause of having a heart attackor stroke. Lead researcher Dr Lau-ren Blekkenhorst said there wassomething intriguing about crucif-erous vegetables which this studyhas shed more light on.

"In our previous studies, weidentified those with a higher in-take of these vegetables had a re-duced risk of having a clinical car-diovascular disease event, such asa heart attack or stroke, but weweren't sure why. Our findingsfrom this new study provide in-sight into the potential mechanismsinvolved," she said.

"We have now found that olderwomen consuming higher amountsof cruciferous vegetables everyday have lower odds of having ex-tensive calcification on their aorta.One particular constituent foundabundantly in cruciferous vegeta-bles is vitamin K which may be in-volved in inhibiting the calcifica-tion process that occurs in ourblood vessels" she added.

Broccoli, Brussels sprouts a cutabove for blood vessel health

'Up with three winks' A moment so dear, I'm gazing at,Light as feather, pure alike goldmayhap,Thrills eyes with warmth, instilssmile lost,That I can't afford to stop, at anycostCan I keep it on and on ? my mindasks,Seems like as if , time altogetherstopped Is it a dream or imagination, I justthoughtHowbeit, reconciling a little bit I felt like, still I'm no longer lost For my world looks brighter,untold,Heart feels lighter, amply I behold,How many surprises does it hold ?Let me stay in this moment , Lord ItoldBut when happy moment hides, inhideawayAches soul as if, piece of hearttaken away.

POEMS

By: Shalini

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020

An Uyghur activist,who is based in theUnited States, has

termed the persecution of thecommunity in China's Xin-jiang as a "genocide" andsaid the ethnic community isnot seen as "normal" by Bei-jing.

In an interview with TheJerusalem Post, the activist,Nury Turkel, a leader of theUyghur community in theUnited States and a newlyappointed member of the USCommission on InternationalReligious Freedom, said thatthe Uyghurs were witnessingthe worst humanitarian crisesin the world since the Holo-caust.

"This is one of the worsthumanitarian crises in theworld. The State Departmentrightly said this is the largestincarceration of any ethnicminority since the Holo-caust," said Turkel, a Wash-ington-based attorney, whofirst arrived in the US in1995 to attend a graduateschool.

According to Turkel,Uyghurs are generally notseen as "normal" by Beijingand are selected to undergo"transformation", the newterm being used instead of"reeducation", in order togive up their culture and tra-ditions and fully adopt theChinese Communist ideolo-gy. He made the remarks af-ter reports surfaced that a

public washroom was con-structed on the site of a de-molished mosque in Atush ofXinjiang province, a local of-ficial said. The constructionof the lavatory on the formersite of Tokul mosque inAtush's Suntagh village ispart of a campaign, observerssay, aimed at hurting the sen-timents of the Uyghur Mus-lims, Radio Free Asia (RFA)reported.

Turkel, who describeshimself as an American bychoice, was granted political

asylum two years later.Speaking about the persecu-tion against the Uyghurs bythe Chinese government, theactivist stated that the "pur-poseful prevention of popu-lation growth" is one of thelegal definitions of genocide.

"It is a genocide. I havenot been home for more than25 years," remarked Turkel,who was born in one of theinfamous 'reeducation camps'in 1970 during the height ofthe Chinese Communist Cul-tural Revolution.

"In the last year, Uyghurpopulation growth droppedby 24 per cent and in the pre-vious three years by 84 percent," the activist said.

Turkel asserted that Bei-jing is "deliberately prevent-ing population growth" byplacing half a million Uyghurchildren in state orphanages,forcing women to be ster-ilised and forcing them tomarry men of another race,The Jerusalem Post reported.The Chinese government hasa zero tolerance for people

who appear and behave in adifferent manner, he said.The Uyghurs are Muslims,speak a Turkic language.Some of the men growbeards and women wearveils.

Beijing has stepped itsethnic cleansing programmeof its own citizens by utilis-ing a surveillance technologycalled the 'Integrated JointOperations Platform', whichis mostly deployed for a de-tailed database on Uyghurs.

Slamming Islamic coun-

tries, including Pakistan andTurkey for their duplicity byignoring the fate of Muslimsin China, Turkel was quotedas saying, "It is very disap-pointing that most of theMuslim countries not onlydid not take a position orpublicly speak out. Theyhave been praising the Chi-nese government."

He also did not mincewords and hit out at Ger-many, France and the UnitedKingdom for their lack of ac-tion.

"They lived through NaziGermany, Hitler's Europeand fascism. They know howthis ends. We have seen thismovie before," the activistremarked.

However, Turkel was en-couraged by the recent ac-tions taken by the US per-taining to the human rightsabuses in Xinjiang. Washing-ton has imposed sanctions onChinese government officialsinvolved in this regard.

The activist called on theUS to boycott the WinterOlympics in Beijing in 2022if there is no significantchange in China's stance andpolicy regarding Uyghurs.

"If the international com-munity stays quiet, the Chi-nese government will suc-ceed in destroying theseproud people. If 'NeverAgain' means anything toanyone, they should speakup," he said.

Uyghurs not seen as'normal' by Chinese govt

ATHANKOT/ NAKODAR/ MOHALI: To aid customers plan their festive season car purchase, PToyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today announced

‘bookings open’ for its much-awaited compact SUV, the all-new Toyota Urban Cruiser, beginning 22nd August 2020. The Urban Cruiser which is the youngest urban SUV from Toyota in India, is built for today’s young achievers who have earned respect for their achievements & bold choices in life & who aspire to own a Toyota SUV at a young age. The latest offering from Toyota is equipped with a new & powerful, yet fuel efficient ‘K-Series 1.5 litre four-cylinder Petrol Engine’, to deliver superior driving experience. The Urban Cruiser will be available in both Manual & Automatic Transmissions (AT) and all AT variants will be equipped with an advanced Li-Ion battery with an ISG- Integrated Starter Generator (Torque assist, regenerative braking & idle start stop). The exteriors of the car will deliver a very confident & energetic on-road presence with a Two Slat Wedge Cut Dynamic Grille with Chrome & a Trapezoidal Bold Fog Area. It will be further accompanied with Dual Chamber LED Projector Headlamps, with dual function LED DRL-cum–indicators and LED fog lamps. Customers will also have the option of 16-inch Diamond Cut Alloy Wheels and an exciting choice of vibrant colours in dual-tone, including a unique brown colour. In order to further enhance customer deligh.

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YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020

SHIMLA : Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the launch of its all-new car leasing & subscription program in India through a new vertical, Toyota's Mobility Service (TMS) that will spearhead TKM's future mobility initiatives in India. To start with, Toyota's Mobility Service will provide leasing and subscription to customers in cities like Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai & gradually expand it to ten more cities within the first year. To start with, TKM will partner with existing Brand "KINTO" under Toyota Financial Services, ALD Automotive India & SMAS Auto Leasing India Pvt Ltd.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor launches an all-new Mobility Service

ufficient protein intake is a common properties that promote feelings of fullness, Lentil based dishes have been a part concern amongst people who follow which may keep hunger at bay between of the Indian diet since ancient Svegetarian/vegan diets, especially meals.According to Indian Food times and lentils have been a staple

since several meat options and dairy products Composition Tables 2017, in 100 gm of food since the Indus Valley are high in protein. Appropriately planned almonds, you get 18.4 grams (30% of RDA) Civilization. Currently, the most vegetarian (including vegan) diets are of protein. Research shows that almonds, common types are green (moong healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may which are a source of protein and high in dal) and red (tur dal) which are provide health benefits for the prevention and dietary fiber, can help in maintaining healthy regularly consumed by people treatment of certain diseaseslike heart disease, across different parts of India – in type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of different forms, and using different cancer, and obesity. preparation methods. Lentils are Vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages known to be a good source of of the life cycle, including pregnancy, proteins, providing many of the lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, essential amino acids to the human older adulthood, and athletes as long as they body. 100 gm of lentils, provides are well balanced with appropriate intakes of you with approximately 23 g of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, protein. Millets (pearl millet and dairy, nuts, and seeds.2Besides that, plant- little millet)based diets are more environmentally Pearl millet(bajra) and little sustainable than diets rich in animal products millet (kutki) are also high in because they use fewer natural resources and protein and have several health are associated with much less environmental benefits. Millet said in weight damage.3 loss, and help in easier If you too are contemplating to switch to a digestion6.100g of pearl millet, vegetarian or vegan diet, here are 3plantfoods gives 10.9 g of protein and 100 g blood sugar levels, may improve blood sugar that provide proteins which you could include of little millet provides 10.1 g of control in people with type 2 diabetes, and to ensure your body’s daily requirement for protein. There are many types of help lower the blood sugar impact of protein is fulfilled: millets: Foxtail millet carbohydrate foods, which affects fasting Almonds (kangni/kakum), Finger insulin levels.4“ saysSheela Krishnaswamy, “Almonds are a rich source of protein, a millet(ragi), kodo millet (kodon), Nutrition & Wellness Consultantnutrient that is not only energy-yielding but sorghum (jowar), and so on. Added to all these health benefits, almonds also known to contribute to the growth and Each type of millet has its own make for a delicious and healthy snack as maintenance of muscle mass.Besides that, a benefit and millet dishes are very well. handful of almonds may have satiating easy to prepare at home. Lentils (Dals)

handigarh, August 20, 2020: Hot meals are now just a click away! The first-ever Milton Smart Tiffinlets you heat your meal through your smartphone Cthereby fundamentally transforming the way people consume food in the

current times. The brand’s philosophy‘Kuch Naya Sochte Hai’not only summons and powers the shift to smart progressive products but also addresses consumer concerns in today’s lifestyle. Milton, India’s trusted name in houseware products,once again pushes the limits of innovation and utility by taking it to the next level with the said product’s launch. With offices opening up and people resuming work, it would only be ideal to avoid eating out or using the same microwave as used by others to heat your food. Hence, this first-of-its-kind ‘Smart Tiffin’enables consumers to always consume home cooked meals in the safest way with no change in taste or experience. Just plug-in, connect the Wi-Fi and let the Milton app do the rest of the work.If you are always on-the-go, then this tiffinlets you schedule the heating time on the app for the entire week as per your routine and you’ll have one less thing to worry about. With just a click on your phone, the tiffinheats the food in 30 minutes and retains the heat for the next 60 minutes, if not consumed immediately. The thermostat automatically turns off after these 60 minutes to avoid over heating of the food, thereby not reducing the nutrition value in the food. The experience of consuming a freshly cooked meal is retained, no matter where you are. The essence of this new sophisticated product is rooted to Milton’s legacy of driving innovation while understanding and addressing the day-to-day needs of the constantly evolving customers and their fast paced lives. With its Smart Tiffin, Milton is taking dutiful care by eliminating any and all constraints to your mealtimes. A futuristic GeoTag feature enabled on the tiffin, senses your geographical location and automatically warms the food before your arrival. It is also blendinginnovation and design.

Forevermark presents its first Virtual Forum in India

Punjab National Bank Honors Meritorious Students

Milton launches the First EverApp Enabled ‘Smart Tiffin’

CHANDIGARH - Staying true to the resilience and purpose that diamonds reflect in their sparkle through all odds, including the ongoing pandemic, Forevermark - the diamond brand from De Beers Group - honoured its commitment to its partners by proceeding with its annual Forevermark Forum. For the first time since its inception, the brand hosted the Forum virtually, harnessing the theme 'Meaningful Tomorrows' for its authorised partners, jewellers, diamantaires and manufacturers from across the globe.The ninth edition of the Forum, which was held from 18 - 20 August 2020, provided a platform for Forevermark to equip its partners with the newest retail innovations, latest technologies and consumer insights to help them optimise their business and stay ahead of the consumer curve. As 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade, the theme 'Meaningful Tomorrows' is aimed at helping the brand and its partners imbibe learnings and lay down new practices. These efforts are aimed at paving the way for a more meaningful world that prioritises the current consumer's sentiment and embraces conscious luxury.

achhiwada (Deepak, Amritpal) - In the results declared by the Punjab School Education Board Mlast day, Ramanpreet Kaur, a student of Harjas

Public Senior Secondary School, scored a good 96.2% marks following which she got Rs Rs 5100 from Punjab government. A cheque of Rs 5100 was handed over to

R a m a n p r e e t Kaur and her m o t h e r Paramjit Kaur in the school t o d a y b y D i r e c t o r Paramjit Singh and Principal J a s w i n d e r

Kaur. Singh said that it is a good step from the government that an amount of Rs. 5,100 is given to those who take good marks in the school due to which the students increase their motivation and they get good numbers by working hard. On this occasion Satish Kumar, Harmeet Kaur, Navneet Kaur and Rajesh Kumar were also present.

unjab National Bank, Chandigarh Office today felicitated the meritorious students of class X and XII under CSR activities. Dilip Kumar Jain Zonal PManager, Chandigarh Zone and Sudhir Kumar Circle Head Chandigarh Circle

felicitated the meritorious students at a function held at Circle Office Chandigarh. On the occasion expressing his view, Dilip Jain Zonal Manager appreciated the achievement of the students and said that it is a result of the whole year hard work and dedication

shown by them & we feel proud to honor you. He also discussed with all the students how to proceed in future for a better career. Speaking on this occasion, Circle Head Sudhir Kumar wished the students for better future and said that the today’s students are the future Doctors, Bankers, Security Personne & in personnel front he is very happy that the country is going to the safe hands of

meritorious students like you. Sudhir Kumar also motivated the students to take advantage of various schemes run by the bank. On this occasion, the meritorious students also informed the bank's staff members about the formula and their experiences of achieving success in the examination. Mr. Tarsem Garg who was specially invited for the occasion from the school appreciating this gesture Punjab National Bank and thanked the bank officials.

handigarh - Cricket team St Lucia Zouks, owned by KPH Dream Cricket Pvt Ltd. - the consortium that owns Kings XI CPunjab, has announced Indibet as its title sponsor for the

upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Indibet is the newest brand to launch in the sports gaming arena. The online platform offers unrivalled user experience with the best products that not only look great, but most importantly, are easy to use. The brand prides itself on providing excellent customer support and value. Indibet is part of a wider group run by executives who have managed a range of products in sports and gaming over the last 15 years. In this eighth edition of the CPL, the annual Cricket Twenty20 league will run from 18 August through to 10 September, 2020. The tournament consists of six teams competing for the title. Matches during the CPL 2020 will take place at two venues in Trinidad behind closed doors. All precautionary measures have been taken in the wake of the COVID-19 situation. INDIBET and the St Lucia Zouks will also name two other sponsors for the league - Orbit Exchange and cricketnmore.com. Throughout the event, players, coaches and team volunteers of the St Lucia Zouks will sport the INDIBET logo on their jerseys, which will soon be revealed at a virtual press conference streamed from the Caribbean. The Orbit Exchange logo will be visible on the leading arm sleeve and the cricketnmore.com logo will be visible on the trouser of the leading leg. "We're thrilled to announce the INDIBET and ST LUCIA ZOUKS partnership. As Cricket makes a huge comeback with the CPL, we're also launching our new INDIBET brand.

handigarh: The ongoing coronavirus crisis has brought the film & entertainment industry to a standstill. To kick-Cstart, the industry which provides employment to

thousands, ‘Panj-Aab Line Producers' Association’ have sought permission from Chandigarh UT Adviser Manoj Kumar Parida to resume shooting in the city.Laljit Gill, Chairman, Panj-Aab Line Producers' Association, Darshan Aulakh, President, Parveen Kumar, General Secretary, and Manish Walia, Member Executive met the UT Adviser Manoj Kumar Parida and handed over a memorandum seeking commencement of shooting in Chandigarh. The Deputy Commissioner and Municipal Commissioner, Chandigarh also were present. In the missive written to the UT Adviser, the association members made him aware of the grim situation of the film & entertainment industry which is reeling under an economic crisis. Laljit Gill stated, "We apprised the Adviser about the situation existing in the film and entertainment industry due to the lockdown and restrictions announced by the administration. Our industry is suffering huge losses and is in very bad shape. Many workers related to the industry, who mainly work on daily wages have lost their livelihood and many have left the profession.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor opens bookings for the all-new Toyota Urban Cruiser beginning August 22nd 2020

3 plant-based foods that are high in protein which you should add to your diet today!

Manipal Students win at Exact Sciences OCR Hack CHANDIGARH:Manipal Institute of technology, Manipal, a constituent unit of Manipal academy of Higher Education, Manipal, takes great pride as four students won the Online Hackathon conducted by Exact Sciences US. They bagged the first prize with a cash prize of $2,500 for their solution titled ‘Combating Colon Cancer with PixelWave OCR’ by developing their own custom OCR API. The winning team, Team PixelWave, consisted of 4 members namely Jithin Sunny of EEE (batch of 2021), Joel Jogy George of ECE (batch of 2019), Aneesh Bose of CSE (batch of 2019) and C Udaya Kumar OF CSE (batch of 2019). The theme for this year being Optical Character Recognition, challenged the participants to analyze the current state of the art, commercially available, off the shelf Optical Character Recognition software system COTS OCR. Teams were encouraged to augment the COTS OCR solutions to bring about maximum processing efficiency.Participants were asked to build a highly accurate OCR solution.

oogle Pixel 5 5G and Pixel 4a 5G could be launched next month if the latest rumour is to be believed. GAccording to a tipster, Pixel 5 5G could be launched in

black and green colour options on September 30 alongside Pixel 4a 5G in black. The white variant of Google Pixel 4a 5G is expected to make its debut in October. The tech giant has not yet revealed the launch date of the upcoming Pixel phones; however, Google France had let it slip that pre-orders for the phones would begin from October 8.Tipster Jon Prosser suggested the upcoming dates in a tweet. A couple of weeks ago, Google France said in a blog post that pre-orders for the phones would begin on October 8. The date was deleted soon after from the post.Google Pixel 5 was recently spotted on a benchmarking website with Snapdragon 765 SoC, as compared to the Snapdragon 855 SoC that Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL carries, indicating that Google isn't going for flagship-level specifications. Both the upcoming phones – Google Pixel 5 5G and Google Pixel 4a 5G – will not be available for sale in the Indian market. However, the 4G variant of the recently launched Pixel 4a is set to arrive in India sometime in October. Google hasn't confirmed the Indian pricing for the phone yet, but it will be available via Flipkart. In the US, the phone is priced at $349 (roughly Rs. 26,100).

handigarh, Director of Health Services (DHS) and Chandigarh and Child Friendly City Initiative (CFCI), Chandigarh formally started their collaboration to provide the Chealth rights of children hailing from Chandigarh. Cementing this partnership,

Children from Child Parliaments under the aegis of CFCI handed over to 150 five liters cans of sanitizers, 25 PPE kits, 1000 normal masks and 100 N95 masks to the office of DHS at the Multi Specialty Government Hospital at Sector 16, Chandigarh. This relief material will be

further distributed to deprived children. Children requested the Director Dr. GS Dewan to have more medical camps in different parts of Chandigarh for children. Dr. Sangeetha, Nodal Officer, NHM further revealed that DHS in collaboration with CFCI will be organizing 25 medical checkup camps

which are exclusively scheduled for children. The camps will be conducted in Govt dispensaries. Other dignitaries present for the function were Architect Manmohan Khanna, Rotarian Manjeet Kaur, member- Rotary Club, Fr. Reji Tom, Director, Don Bosco Navjeevan Society, Br. David Minz, Assistant Director, DBNS, Neha Nahar, Project Manager, CFCI, Ranjeet, Coordinator CFCI, Ankita and Jyoti from Kalpana Chawala Child Parliament, Indra Colony.

Director of Health Services (DHS) and CFCI collaborates for chilren’s health rights in city

handigarh : Leading B2B e-commerce Cplatform MaxWholesale has

launched its services in Chandigarh. The brand aims to enhance the supply chain industry in the region by offering its tech-enabled services to Kirana stores in the area. Working with over 170 FMCG brands in Delhi-NCR, the data-driven platform will facilitate the availability of products from its partner brands among stores across Chandigarh. With a membership model that allows only registered kirana stores to source their inventory through its platform, MaxWholesale plans to approve 5000 memberships in the tri-city area of Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula in the next two months. Till now, the company has more than 300 retailers as a part of its initial setup phase in the city, and will be onboarding 8000 retailers in the region over the next few months. Powered by indigenously developed technology and an inventory-led business model, MaxWholesale has set up a warehouse stretching to 20,000 sq. Ft in Zirkapur near Chandigarh.

MaxWholesale launches its services in Chandigarh

Panj-Aab Line Producers' Association requests UT Adviser to permit shooting in the city

With an aim to skill, reskill and upskill country’s youth in the shipping sector

HANDIGARH: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship C(MSDE) and The Ministry of Shipping

(MoS)today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating a robust framework driven by the concerted efforts of the two ministries to addressthe need for skilled workforce in the ports and maritime sector. With umpteen focus laid on skilling and building quality manpower in the shipping sector, the partnership will help in effective implementation of training modules, assessment and the certification process of the candidates. In crucial times like these, there is an immense need to buildstrategies for skilling, reskilling and upskilling the workforce in key sectors, a vision clearly stated by our honorable Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Honorable Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said, “Thevision of making India the Skill Capital of the World will continue to prosper if we work together and craft strategies to enhance access and innovate in the areas of skilling.

Harajas school student gets Rs 5100 from Pb Govt

udhiana( ) August 20: Due to Corona virus, the Punjab government has once again Ldecided to make only 50 per cent of its passengers in

buses. Today, with the announcement of the lockdown of Saturday and Sunday, the Punjab government's move to re-ride 50 percent of buses has again brought losses on the functioning

o f t h e r o a d w a y s department. After the lockdown at Ludhiana Roadways Depot , where the situation is still not normal on many routes, the government's 50 percent ride formula will be caused more loss to the concerned

department. Because the buses will not earn full revenue. Department employees said that 50 percent of the formulas run buses, but the expenses could not be met. Meanwhile, of course, the government is calling it a step to prevent the Corona virus, but in reality only half of the passengers will go on the route and the roadways will have to bear the loss directly.

ANKUSH SHARMA:

Toyota Kirloskar Motor opens bookings for Urban Cruiser CHANDIGARH/KARNAL: To aid customers plan their festive season car purchase, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today announced ‘bookings open’ for its much-awaited compact SUV, the all-new Toyota Urban Cruiser, beginning 22nd August 2020. The Urban Cruiser which is the youngest urban SUV from Toyota in India, is built for today’s young achievers who have earned respect for their achievements & bold choices in life & who aspire to own a Toyota SUV at a young age. The latest offering from Toyota is equipped with a new & powerful, yet fuel efficient ‘K-Series 1.5 litre four-cylinder Petrol Engine’, to deliver superior driving experience. The Urban Cruiser will be available in both Manual & Automatic Transmissions (AT) and all AT variants will be equipped with an advanced Li-Ion battery with an ISG- Integrated Starter Generator (Torque assist, regenerative braking & idle start stop). Sharing his thoughts on the opening of bookings, Mr. Naveen Soni, Senior Vice President, Sales and Services, TKM, said.

Google Pixel 5 5G, Pixel 4a 5G tipped to launch on Sept 30

St Lucia Zouks announces Indibet.com as their title sponsor in the 2020 Caribbean Premier League

VFS Global launches online appointment booking service for COVID-19 sample collection in Chandigarh

s borders re-open and travel restrictions ease gradually, convenient and reliable Apre-departure COVID-19 testing

solutions are already being made mandatory by some countries, while others are considering implementing them for all incoming travellers to ease the pressure of on-arrival testing. To meet this demand, VFS Global has launched an online appointment booking service for COVID-19 RT-PCR Sample Collection that is available for customers in Chandigarh, starting today. This service is offered in association with a network of certified medical laboratories approved by the Government of India and having all due accreditations for swab collection for COVID-19. Customers can book appoinments on VFS Global’s website (https://www.vfsglobal.com/en/individuals/covid-test.html) and provide samples at designated associate medical laboratories. In addition, ‘At Your Doorstep’ service option is also available to enable sample collection from the safety and comfort of a customer’s home.

Operation of buses with 50% passenger will cause loss to Transport Dept.

erozepur (ramesh Kashyap): The environment is very important in our life, there are many things in our environment, due to which we are able to live on this earth, there are many kinds of trees, Fforests, animals, birds, rivers, lakes, oceans etc. in the environment. In a way, if we look at all these

things, they are very important for human beings, but man is harming all these for his own selfishness, he is cutting down blind forests today, he only sees some benefit of his time, he Doesn't see its future, so we see a lot of problems in today's age. Today the environment is polluted, people do not get clean oxygen. Many diseases are caused by various harmful gases in the environment, which has a detrimental effect on human health. In today's modern age man thinks about development and has become so blinded by blind development that he has not paid any attention to the protection of his environment. Today we see that when we leave home we also go out on motorbike or car, due to which a lot of harmful gases reach the environment and our environment is polluted, today the country is experiencing rapid urbanization but urbanization People in India only see their present life, they do not see their future. In the future man may face many problems. Many scientists have also warned that living on earth in a few years can be very harmful. We should all pay special attention to this and keep our environment clean, we need to plant trees and make other people aware about it so that the environment stays clean. Today we are seeing that in this modern age of human beings there is a lot of damage being done due to environmental activities, if all people are aware of it then in fact our country can be saved from a catastrophe, we all have to plant in our lives. Particular attention should be paid to the application, do not spread any kind of pollution. We should not only think about our future but we should also think about the future of our next generation, most people think only about themselves, this thinking is destroying human beings, we should use it in this modern age. All available resources should be used properly when needed, not overused, which is causing a lot of problems to our environment, we need to protect our rivers, canals, ponds etc. Let's not pollute, stop spreading any kind of pollution, stop deforestation, plant trees, this is to our advantage.

Short Video Platform Firework Wants to Make It Easier for Creators to Monetise Content

ilicon Valley-based short-video platform Firework has launched Open Story Page S(OSP) as a new model for its app to

distinguish itself in the crowded market of short-video apps and provide a way for creators to monetise their content without requiring a certain follower base. Traditionally, unless you have a big enough following on a platform like Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube, you can't really monetise your content or generate revenue. The new service by Firework is based on the concept of open Web and is aimed to let content creators, publishers, and brands connect together to benefit everyone. Content creators will need to use the Firework app to create new videos; however, Firework will expand their reach beyond the company's own app by leveraging the Web to increase the content's visibility through multiple sources. The company claims that it has built a wide global network in collaboration with various publishers, apps, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through which it would serve the content.

Be part of the 'Each One Plant One' campaign: Mayank Foundation

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Glorification of mothers in cinema annoying: Vidya

ndian cinema's long history of Sadh. In Indian cinema's long history, there is an attempt to explore different eulogising mothers has always Vidya said, there has never been an facets of their personality in cinema I"annoyed" actor Vidya Balan as attempt to understand the personal now.

she believes it prevents them from side of a mother. They are meant to The guilt of a mother, Vidya said, being seen as people who can be be self-sacrificing and empathetic comes from being passionate about flawed. In her recently released film without personal ambitions. "There something outside the family due to "Shakuntala Devi", Vidya played the was glorification of mothers and that the patriarchal thinking.titular math genius, who is not the always annoyed me. Why don't we "There are more and more women in perfect parent to her daughter see that mother on screen, who has the workforce, trying to do all Anupama Banerjee. her own dreams and does not give it the work. The pressure "People are realising that mothers are up or she can have a life outside of on them is immense. human beings. A friend of mine wrote her family after marriage? Some of them have to me saying she realised she never "These questions bothered me flourishing careers, looked at her mother as a person but and this is why this film is so some of them have just a mother. important to me. There is a line jobs. Everyone is "I'm getting long messages of in the film, which says, 'Maa ko trying to compensate appreciation, about personal bhagwan ka nahi bhagwan ko for the time when they experiences and moments from the maa ka darja diya jata hai'. That are not with their film that they enjoyed, how they is the kind of glorification of a children at home. realised that children should not mother which doesn't allow her to be Women feel so expect their parents to be perfect," seen as a person." guilty when Vidya told a news agency in an Vidya believes we make interview. Directed by Anu Menon, women are often ourselv"Shakuntala Devi" streams on portrayed in es and Amazon Prime Video. The film's shades of our supporting cast includes Sanya good or evil needs Malhotra, Jisshu Sengupta and Amit though priority.

onths after the demise of Bollywood star Irrfan Khan, his son Babil Khan on Thursday said that actor Sanjay Dutt Mwas one of the first few people to extend his help to his

family when the actor passed away.In an early morning Instagram post, he further revealed that Dutt

was also among the first few to help in "every way" when Khan was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.

Babil posted a picture of his late father with his 'Knock-Out' co-star and penned a short note. "Here's a secret; Sanju Bhai was one of the

first people to offer help in all and every way when my father was diagnosed after Baba passed, Sanju bhai was again one of the very first few people that held a pillar for support," he wrote in the post. The post dedicated to the friendship of Sanjay Dutt and Irrfan Khan follows after several speculations doing rounds around the health condition of the 'Sadak' actor after he announced a break from work citing health

problems."I humbly request journalists and human curiosity to ease on the speculation, the details. I know that's your job but I also know that a sense of humanity persists in our soul, so give Sanju bhai and his family the existential space they need," Babil's post read.Dubbing Dutt as a "tiger," he also urged people to let him fight the battle of his health alone. "Please; I beg you, let him fight this without the anxiety of media, you must remember we're talking bout Sanju baba here, he is a tiger,

a fighter, the past doesn't define you but it sure does evolve you and I know this will be over with Sanju Baba smashing hits again," Babil's post further

read. After being hospitalised for two days due to breathlessness, Dutt had earlier this month announced that he is taking a break from work due to his health conditions.

Sanjay Dutt was first to extend help after my father's demise: Babil

Ali Fazal dedicates'Death on the Nile' trailer to mother, says 'she might've liked it'

ctor Ali Fazal on Wednesday dedicated the 'just-released' trailer of his upcoming AHollywood venture 'Death on the Nile' to his

mother, who died earlier in June.Sharing the official trailer of mystery-thriller, the 'Fukrey' actor wrote: "This ones for Mom. She might've liked it". His close friend and co-star Richa Chadha, retweeted Ali's post and wrote: "she's gonna be watching! You better have done well to earn her praise. The OG Uzma auntie has blessed you with her aesthetic... And you don't disappoint, holding your own among this galaxy of stars! She's proud and so am I"While actor Swara Bhasker wrote: "Go Aliiiiiiiiiiii! We love uuuuuu" On June 17, Fazal shared the news of his mother's demise on social media and

wrote an emotional note paying his respects to her. Directed by the five-time Academy Award

nominee Kenneth Branagh, the upcoming American film is based on the 1937 novel

of the same name by Agatha Christie. The flick boasts an ensemble cast including Hollywood stars Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Tom Bateman, Rose Leslie, Annette Bening, Letitia Wright,

Sophie Okonedo, Emma Mackey, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, and Russell Brand. The movie is a follow-up to 2017's 'Murder on the Orient Express', which is again an adaptation of Christie's tale for big screens. The one-minute-and-50-second-long trailer, which was

dropped on Wednesday features Hammer and Gadot playing a

glamourous duo, but a death rather a

murder, on their cruise

makes the affair mysterious.

Shakira hits 30-million mark on YouTube

dding another feather to her hat, singing sensation Shakira has surpassed the 30-Amillion mark on YouTube.

According to Billboard, the Colombian star reached 30 million subscribers on her official artist channel, joining a group of 15 other artists to do so, as she rises on YouTube's Global Top Artists chart.Having a billion views in songs like 'Chantaje', 'Can't Remember to Forget You' featuring singer Rihanna and 'Waka Waka', the 43-year-old singer has made it to number 55 on the tally trailing behind fellow hitmaker Nicky Jam who arrives at number 49.The Grammy Award winner's latest video 'Me Gusta' with Anuel, which was released March 6, raked in more than 100 million views in a matter of five

Netflix reveals starstudded cast of Guillermodel Toro's 'Pinocchio'

ilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Tand Cate Blanchett are

among the stars that have boarded the cast of Guillermo del Toro's stop-motion musical project "Pinocchio", Netflix has

announced. Directed by del Toro and Mark Gustafson, the film is a dark

retelling of the Carlo Collodi classic children's tale about a puppet who wants to be a real live boy."Pinocchio" will be set in Italy during the 1930s, a particularly fraught historical moment and a time when fascism was on the rise and Benito Mussolini was consolidating control of the country.According to The Hollywood Reporter, newcomer Gregory Mann will play the titular role. Veteran actor David Bradley, known for playing Argus Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts in the "Harry Potter" film series, and the slimy, conniving Walder Frey in "Game of Thrones" is cast as Pinnochio's creator-father Gepetto. Ewan McGregor will play the protagonist's conscience keeper Cricket, while Swinton will essay the role of the Turquoise Fairy.John Turturro, best known for alternate history drama "The Plot Against America", del Toro's frequent collaborator Ron Perlman, "Watchmen" star Tim Blake Nelson, and "Enola Holmes" actor Burn Gorman also round the cast.Del Toro is also cementing his ties with Netflix through a multi-year agreement with the streamer, which encompasses film and series, and will see the Oscar winner juggle triple roles as writer, director and producer."We have spent a long time curating a remarkable cast and crew and have been blessed by continuous support from Netflix to quietly and carefully soldier on, barely missing a beat.

Kareena reminisces her trip to beach with throwback selfie

haring a stunning throwback picture of herself, actor Kareena Kapoor Khan on Thursday Sreminisced her trip to a beach.

The 'Jab We Met' actor took to Instagram to share a glowing selfie clicked at the time when she had gone to a beach. "Reality called, so I hung up," she wrote in the caption and expressed her desire to revisit a beach with the hashtag, "#TakeMeBackToTheBeach."The picture features the 39-year-old actor slaying the no make-up look in a breezy printed multicoloured beach outfit.Last week, the 'Good Newwz' actor had announced that she is expecting a second child with her star husband Saif Ali Khan.

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WayCool Receives USD114K from DutchDevelopment Bank FMOCHENNAI: FMO, the Dutchentrepreneurial development bank, hasallocated a grant of U$ 114K toWayCool Foods, for procurement anddistribution of dual-purpose PPE kitsand enablement of on-site Soil testingto farmers. It follows WayCool's latestDebt Financing round of U$ 5.5 million,that was guaranteed by U.S.International Development FinanceCorporation (DFC). The distribution isbeing carried out under the OutgrowProgram, WayCool's flagship programfor farmers. 15,000 smallholdingfarmers across 5 states in India willbenefit through this unique initiative.The dual-purpose PPE kits will helpprotect farmers during the COVID-19pandemic, and also shield them duringagricultural operations such aspesticide spraying. In-situ Soil testingwill enable farmers to get their soilhealth measured without having totravel, thus facilitating effective soilmanagement while maintaining socialdistancing. Outgrow is WayCool'sagricultural extension program thatengages with farmers through theirentire cultivation cycle, from planningto inputs to harvesting, substantiallyincreasing profitability of the farmer,reducing their risk, and guaranteeingfarmers 270 days of steady income byleveraging a host of emergingtechnologies. WayCool has beenleading efforts to help the Indian farmercope with the current crisis, throughvarious channels. Most recently, thecompany had run a crowdfundingcampaign for PPE kits through Milaap.It had also driven an awarenesscampaign showcasing the efforts of thefarmer & trucker (the invisible hands inthe agri supply chain). The FMO granthelps WayCool build upon this effort.Sendhil Kumar Natarajan, Head-Agriinitiatives, WayCool Foods,commenting on the initiative said,"Farmers are essential serviceproviders as they feed the nation. Theyare also very vulnerable duringdisruptive events such as the ongoingpandemic. Our measures havefocussed on enabling the farmers toearn their livelihood while reducing therisks they face. The FMO grant willhelp us in protecting a significantlylarger number of farmers and we thankFMO for their timely support."

PNB Housing Financeto raise Rs 1,800 crequity capitalNEW DELHI: PNB Housing Financewill raise up to Rs 1,800 crore equitycapital through a preferential or rightsissue. The fund-raise is subject toshareholders' approval and otherregulatory clearances. "The board ofdirectors at PNB Housing Finance atits meeting held on Wednesday hasapproved to raise equity capitalaggregating up to Rs 1,800 crorethrough preferential issue/rights issue,"it said. The company faces aheightened risk of slippages in thewholesale book due to COVID-19linked lockdown, weak economicactivity and its implications on the realestate segment. Preference sharesare those wherein the holders of thestock are paid fixed dividends as wellas given preference for being paidfrom the company's assets beforecommon stockholders in case it goesbankrupt. Rights issue refers tooffering additional shares to existingshareholders proportionate to theirexisting holding. At 11:20 am onThursday, the company's stock wastrading 1.83 per cent higher at Rs280.50 per unit.

Apple becomes firstcompany in US to pass $2trillion in market valueNEW DELHI: iPhone maker Applestock hit the two trillion dollar mark onWednesday (local time) before dippingback slightly below the lofty level,making it the first company in theUnited States to reach that milestone.Its stock has surged almost 60 percent this year and is at an all-timehigh, reports CNN. Apple currentlytrading at nearly 465 dollars a share isabout to become more affordable foraverage investors to purchase too.The company's stock will split four-for-one at the end of the month which willcut the price of a single share to about116 dollars. The value of Appleremains the same since the companywill simply have more shares tradingat a lower price.

Gold plunges Rs 1,492, silver tanks Rs 1,476NEW DELHI: Gold prices plunged by Rs 1,492 to Rs 52,819 per 10 grams onThursday in the national capital in line with sell-off in international prices of theprecious metal, according to HDFC Securities. The precious yellow metal hadclosed at Rs 54,311 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also witnessedweak trend as it tanked Rs 1,476 to Rs 67,924 per kg, from Rs 69,400 per kgin the previous day. In the international market, gold was trading lower at USD1,927 per ounce and silver was quoting marginally higher at USD 26.71 perounce. "Gold prices continued downtrend on Thursday with stronger dollarpost US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes," HDFC SecuritiesSenior Analyst (Commodities) Tapan Patel said. s per the FOMC minutes, thecommittee members have expressed concern over the continuing impact ofthe COVID-19 pandemic on economic growth.

Sensex cracks by 394 points asbanking and financials drag

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Equity benchmark indicesended with deep cuts onThursday following weakglobal cues after the FederalReserve warned that the USeconomic recovery faces ahighly uncertain path.

The BSE S&P Sensexclosed 394 points or 1.02 percent lower at 38,220 while theNifty 50 slipped by 96 points or0.84 per cent at 11,312.

Most sectoral indices at theNational Stock Exchange werein the red with Nifty privatebank and financial servicedipping by 1.3 per cent each.

Among stocks, Axis Banklost by 2.1 per cent to Rs434.60 per share while ICICI

Bank retreated by 2 per centand IndusInd Bank by 1.6 percent.

Index heavyweightReliance Industries tumbled by1.5 per cent to Rs 2,098.60 pershare. Tata Motors lost by 2.6per cent, home loan lenderHDFC by 2.2 per cent, BhartiAirtel by 1.8 per cent and Titanby 1.7 per cent.

However, energy stocksgained with power utility majorNTPC jumping by 6.8 per centto close at Rs 101.15 per share.Power Grid Corporation,ONGC, Coal India, BharatPetroleum Corporation andIndianOil Corporation tradedwith gains ranging from 1.1 to3.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, Asian equitiesfell due to the US Federal

Reserve's cautious view of theeconomy, tensions with Chinaand new clusters of coronavirusinfections. Japanese stocks

dropped by 1 per cent whileSouth Korean stocks tumbledby 3.66 per cent amid a spike incoronavirus cases in Seoul.

Rupee settles below 75/USDmark; depreciates 20 paise

MUMBAI: The rupeeplunged 20 paise and settledbelow the 75 per US dollarmark on Thursday asstrengthening Americancurrency and losses indomestic equities weighed oninvestor sentiment. Forextraders said strong dollar,weak domestic equities andUS Federal Reserve meetingminutes weighed on investorsentiment. At the interbankforex market, the local unitsettled for the day at 75.02against the US dollar, down20 paise over its previousclose of 74.82. During thesession, the domestic unitwitnessed an intra-day high of74.93 and a low of 75.05against the US dollar.Meanwhile, the dollar index,which gauges the greenback'sstrength against a basket of sixcurrencies, rose 0.31 per cent

to 93.17. "The US dollar hasstrengthened overnight afterthe release of US FederalOpen Market Committee(FOMC) minutes that wereless dovish than expected,"said Abhishek Goenka,Founder and CEO, IFAGlobal. As per the FOMCminutes, the committeemembers have expressedconcern over the continuingimpact of COVID-19 oneconomic growth. On thedomestic equity market front,the 30-share BSE benchmarkSensex was trading 398.14points lower at 38,216.65 andthe broader NSE Nifty fell98.10 points to 11,310.30.Foreign institutional investorswere net buyers in the capitalmarket as they purchasedshares worth Rs 459.01 croreon Wednesday, according toprovisional exchange data.

RBI unveils five-yearnational strategy forfinancial education

MUMBAI, AUG 20

The Reserve Bank of India onThursday released a nationalstrategy for financial education tobe implemented in the next fiveyears. The central bank said themulti-stakeholder led approach isaimed at creating a financiallyaware and empowered India.

The strategic objectives includeinculcating financial literacyconcepts among various sections ofthe population through financialeducation to make them animportant life skill. Besidesencouraging active savingsbehaviour, it will encourageparticipation in financial markets tomeet financial goals and objectives.

The strategy will develop creditdiscipline and encourage availingcredit from formal financialinstitutions as per requirement.Besides, it will improve usage ofdigital financial services in a safeand secure manner.

The objectives includemanaging risk at various life stagesthrough relevant and suitableinsurance cover besides planningfor old age and retirement throughcoverage of suitable pensionproducts.

It also includes knowledgeabout rights, duties and avenues forgrievance redressal. It will improveresearch and evaluation methods to

assess progress in financialeducation. To achieve thesestrategic objectives, the documentrecommends adoption of a '5 C'approach for dissemination offinancial education throughemphasis on development ofrelevant Content (includingcurriculum in schools, colleges andtraining establishments), developingCapacity among the intermediariesinvolved in providing financialservices, leveraging on the positiveeffect of Community led model forfinancial literacy throughappropriate CommunicationStrategy, and lastly, enhancingCollaboration among variousstakeholders.

The strategy also suggestsadoption of a robust monitoring andevaluation framework to assess theprogress made.

Sikh community welcomes resolutionintroduced in US Congress

AGENCYWASHINGTON, AUG 20

Jackie Speier introduced a House Resolutionin the Congress condemning targeted terroristattacks against members of the Sikh, Hindu,and other religious minority communities inAfghanistan. The resolution condemned thetargeted terrorist attacks against members ofthe Sikh, Hindu, and other religious minoritycommunities in Afghanistan and supportingrefugee protection for Sikhs and Hindus inAfghanistan in recognition of the systematicreligious persecution, discrimination, andexistential danger faced by the members ofthese communities. Following theadministration's proposal, the House ofRepresentatives issued H. Res. 1085, statingthat the House of Representatives expressesconcern for the safety of Sikhs and Hindus inAfghanistan. Recognising that members of

the Sikh and Hindu communities faceexistential imminent impending danger inAfghanistan, the House of Representatives hasalso condemned all terrorist attacks, religiouspersecution, targeting and discriminationagainst minority communities.

L&T Financial Services toraise Rs 200 crore via NCDs

MUMBAI, AUG 20

L&T Financial Services is seeking to raise Rs 200crore by way of non-convertible debentures(NCDs) to boost its capital buffer as thecoronavirus-battered economy is set to go into itsfirst annual contraction in four decades.

The company said its committee of directorson Wednesday approved the offer and issuance ofup to 2,000 unsecured and redeemable NCDs offace value of Rs 10 lakh at par aggregating tonominal amount of up to Rs 200 crore on a privateplacement basis. The coupon or interest rate of 8per cent per annum will be payable annually. TheNCDs will be listed on National Stock Exchange(NSE) of India.

The date of allotment will be August 28, 2020and date of redemption August 28, 2023. "In theevent of default in payment of interest and/orprincipal on due dates, an additional interest of 2per cent per annum over coupon rate will bepayable by the company for defaulting period," itsaid in regulatory filings.

Kamala Harris becomes first SouthAsian woman to be nominated on

major party's ticket

Australia recordssignificant drop in

active corona casesCANBERRA, AUG 20

The number of active COVID-19 cases inAustralia has dropped by more than 2,000 to thelowest level in recent weeks.

The decline was largely driven by the numberof active cases inVictoria, the hardest-hitstate by the COVID-19pandemic in thecountry, falling by2,291 since Wednesdayand down to 4,864 onThursday, afterauthorities conductedmore interviews andmedical assessments to

clear patients that have recovered. It is the lowestnumber of active cases since July 29 in the state.

There has been a total of 24,236 confirmedcases of COVID-19 in Australia since thebeginning of the pandemic. The number of newcases in the last 24 hours is 246, according to anupdate from Michael Kidd, Australia's deputychief medical officer, on Thursday afternoon.

WASHINGTON, AUG 20

California Senator KamalaHarris on Wednesday (localtime) became the first African-American and South Asianwoman to be nominated on amajor party's ticket. Deliveringher acceptance speech at theDemocratic NationalConvention, Harris acceptedthe Democratic nomination forvice president and said thatwomen had earned the right tovote 100 years back andAfrican-American women hadfaced a long battle for votingrights, CNN reported. Harris,

the daughter of Indian andJamaican immigrants, wasofficially nominated by hersister Maya, niece Meena andstepdaughter, Ella Emhoff.

"I love you, I admire youand I am so proud of you. Eventhough mommy is not here tosee her first daughter step intohistory, the entire nation willsee in your strength, yourintegrity, your intelligence andyour optimism the values thatshe raised us with," Maya wasquoted as saying. "Let's fightwith conviction. Let's fightwith hope. Let's fight withconfidence in ourselves, and acommitment to each other. Tothe America we know ispossible. The America, welove," she said. Harris, who waspicked by Joe Biden as hisrunning mate, created history asshe became the first woman ofcolour to be nominated on amajor party ticket.

MUMBAI, AUG 20

India's first listedinfrastructure investmenttrust IRB InvIT on Thursdayreported a gross income ofRs 198 crore in the quarterended June, down from Rs323 crore in the same periodof the previous financial year.

Earnings before interest,taxes, depreciation andamortisation (EBITDA) inQ1 FY21 totalled Rs 142crore as compared to Rs 254crore in Q1 FY20.

The board of directorshas declared a distribution ofRs 87 crore to shareholders,translating into a payout ofRs 1.50 per unit for Q1. Thetrust has set August 25 as therecord date for distributionand the same will be paid tounitholders on or before

September 3. "We had only72 days operations in the firstquarter of FY21 and that toounder strict lockdownrestrictions mandated bygovernment authorities inview of the outbreak ofCovid-19 pandemic," saidExecutive Director and CEOVinod Kumar Menon. "Postrelaxations, the operationshave started picking pace and

normalcy is in sight. Tollcollections for our portfolioreached 83 per cent year-on-year in June and continue toimprove further," he said in astatement. IRB InvIT Fund isa trust settled by its sponsorIRB InfrastructureDevelopers Ltd and isregistered under the SEBI'sInfrastructure InvestmentTrust Regulations 2014. Setup to own, operate andmaintain a portfolio of tollroad concessions, it ismanaging seven operationalroad assets with an aggregatevalue of Rs 6,500 crorespread across the states ofMaharashtra, Gujarat,Rajasthan, Karnataka, TamilNadu and Punjab. Theweighted average life ofassets under InvIT portfoliois about 16 years.

IRB InvIT reports grossincome of Rs 198 cr in Q1

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Liverpool to kickstart2020-21 seasonagainst Leeds UnitedLONDON: Defending championsLiverpool will be kickstarting the2020-21 Premier League seasonagainst Leeds United, the organis-ers confirmed on Thursday.Liverpool had won the 2019-20 Pre-mier League season, while Man-chester City had finished in secondplace.Manchester United and Chelseahad marked off the top four in the2019-20 season.On September 12, Arsenal will alsotake on Fulham while Chelsea willtravel to Brighton to kickstart 2021-21 season.Jose Mourinho's Tottenham Hotspurwill kick off their season againstEverton on September 12 whileLeicester face rivals, West Brom.Manchester United and ManchesterCity, who were slated to face offagainst Burnley and Aston Villa re-spectively, will see their games post-poned on the back of their runsthrough to the latter stages of theEuropa League and ChampionsLeague, Goal.com reported.Chelsea and Liverpool are then slat-ed to square off on September 19and on the next weekend, the Redswill face Arsenal.The marquee clash between Man-chester City and Liverpool will takeplace on November 7.Liverpool will end their campaign athome to Crystal Palace on May 23,with the final round of fixtures alsowitnessing Chelsea facing Villa, Ar-senal tackling Brighton, City takingon Everton and United paying a visitto Wolves.

Prize money forNational SportsAwards likely to seemassive jumpNEW DELHI: The prize money forNational Sports Awards is likely tosee a massive jump from this year,with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Rantaawardee getting Rs 25 lakh.According to a source within theSports Ministry, there has been aproposal to increase the prize mon-ey but a final decision is yet to bemade.As per the proposal, prize money forRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award willbe raised from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 25lakh. Whereas reward for ArjunaAward will elevate to Rs 15 lakhfrom Rs 5 lakh.The prize money for Dhyanchandand Lifetime Dronacharya Awardswill also be increased from Rs 5lakh to Rs 15 lakhs while the rewardfor regular Dronacharya Award,which was same as LifetimeDronacharya Award, will be in-creased to Rs 10 lakh.When asked about more details, thesource said, "We are trying to getthe approval but as of now, it is notfinalized but if it gets approved, thehike will be implemented from thisyear. It is still in consideration."

Two South Africaplayers test positiveCAPE TOWN: Two South Africamen's team players have testedpositive for Covid-19, Cricket SouthAfrica (CSA) confirmed on Thurs-day.However, the board has not re-vealed the names of the players.Upon testing positive for coron-avirus, the players will now miss thecamp organised by CSA as theyhave begun isolation protocol.A total of 50 tests were conductedon players and support staff overalland they were carried out before themen's team culture camp compris-ing 32 players in Skukuza from Au-gust 18 to 22."The testing is in line with fulfillingthe organisation's obligation andcommitment to control the spread ofthe virus. There were no replace-ments made for the two players whotested positive. All those unable toattend the camp will join the pro-ceedings virtually," CSA said in anofficial release.Faf du Plessis was unable to jointhe camp organised by CSA due tothe imminent birth of his secondchild, while Thenuis de Bruyn hasnow joined the camp.Players participating in the CSAcamp are -- Aiden Markram, AndilePhehlukwayo, Anrich Nortje, BeuranHendricks, Bjorn Fortuin, Daryn Du-pavillon, David Miller, Dean Elgar,Dwaine Pretorius, George Linde,Glenton Stuurman, HeinrichKlaasen, Janneman Malan, Jon-JonSmuts, Junior Dala, Kagiso Rabada,Keegan Petersen, Keshav Maharaj,Kyle Verryenne, Lungi Ngidi, LuthoSipamla, Pieter Malan, Pite VanBiljon, Quinton de Kock, Rassie vander Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, RudiSecond, Senuran Muthusamy,Sisanda Magala, Tabraiz Shamsi,Temba Bavuma, Zubayr Hamza.

YUGMARG, CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2020

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AGENCYNEW DELHI, AUG 20

Ace wrestler and two-time Olympicmedalist Sushil Kumar has raised fingeron National Sports Awards SelectionCommittee on recommending manyawards in a non-Olympic year.

"First of all, I would like to congrat-ulate all awardees who have won theaward this year but one thing is therethat this is the first time when so manyawards are being recommended. Threeor four awards in one game, so I wouldlike to say to the government and thecommittee that these awards are veryimportant and to keep the importance ofawards we have to understand the ele-ments of it and committee should havetaken a decision on it would be better,"Sushil told ANI.

"I think somewhere committee hasmistaken in recommendations of awards

because one performance two awardshave heard for the first time. I think thecommittee should look into it and alsosee how players and the importance ofawards should be kept alive," he added.

Following a two-day meeting, theNational Sports Awards Selection Com-mittee on Tuesday handed over the rec-ommendations for the National SportsAward of 2020 to the Sports Ministry.

Indian pacer Ishant Sharma isamong the 29 athletes who have beenrecommended for the Arjuna Award.Apart from Sharma, Atanu Das, Deepi-ka Thakur, Deepak Hooda, Divij Sharan,Mirabai Chanu, Sakshi Malik, and threeParalympians have been recommendedfor the Arjuna Award. Chirag Shetty andSatwiksairaj Rankireddy have been rec-ommended as a pair for the prestigiousaward, a source within the Sports Min-istry had told ANI.

Cricketer Rohit Sharma and hockey

player Rani Rampal, wrestler VineshPhogat, table tennis player Manika Ba-tra and 2016 Paralympic gold medallistMariyappan Thangavelu have been rec-ommended for the Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna Award.

However, he further congratulatedplayers who have been recommendedfor this year's awards and extended hissupport to them.

"I am with players as always allthese awards are being given to luckyand hardworking players so I want tocongratulate everyone. Players are serv-ing the nation through their sports so fairthings should be done with them," thewrestler said.

"When you already have somethingbigger with you then you should thinkabout further things. My coach has al-ways taught me to see further for exam-ple if you win bronze then you shouldthink of silver or gold," he added.

Committee has mistaken in recommendations of awards: Sushil

AGENCYSYDNEY, AUG 20

Head coach Justin Langer feelsAustralian cricket will need tomake some sacrifices, likemissing out on star players ininternational matches, and afew compromises in the domes-tic competition to keep thegame going amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Australian men's teamis scheduled to leave for Eng-land on Sunday for its white-ball tour. The two teams willplay three T20 Internationalsand as many ODIs from Sep-tember 4 to 16.

Langer believes Cricket

Australia's focus now should beon international fixtures, whichare vital for the health of thesport in the country.

"We've got to make some

sacrifices for the greater goodof the game of cricket in Aus-tralia but also the game world-wide. We've got to make sacri-fices to make sure people get to

see the Australian cricket teamplay again," Langer told re-porters in an online conversa-tion.

With the biosecurity bub-bles and other restrictions inplace to curb the threat of coro-navirus, Langer believes someplayers could miss out on inter-national fixtures in order tospend time with their families.

"We might not be able tosee our families because weneed to keep the show on theroad. Some of our best playersmight have to miss some international cricket sothey can spend some time seeing families," Langersaid.

AGENCYCHENNAI, AUG 20

Two-time Indian Super League (ISL)champions Chennaiyin FC on Thursdayconfirmed the participation of star mid-fielder Anirudh Thapa and nine other Indi-an players for the upcoming season.

ISL 2017-18 winner Thapa, who joinedthe club as an 18-year-old in 2016, is cur-rently on a multi-year contract and is set fora fifth campaign and beyond in Chennaiyinblue.

Winner of the 2018 AIFF Men'sEmerging Player of the Year award, Thapais joined by compatriots Thoi Singh, Dhan- pal Ganesh, Sinivasan Pandiyan, Edwin

Sydney Vanspaul, Vishal Kaith, Lal-lianzuala Chhangte, Deepak Tangri andRahim Ali for the 2020-21 campaign asthey all have existing contracts.

Versatile midfielder Abhijit Sarkar isalso set to return to the CFC ranks after asuccessful loan spell at East Bengal in theI-League last season.

"All of us at CFC are hungrier thanever to win silverware again. But for that,we need to work incredibly hard and beprepared for the new season. We need to re-tain the mentality that took us to the finallast season. I can't wait to get back on theball and begin training with my team-mates," Thapa said in a statement.

AGENCYLAHORE, AUG 20

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) onThursday announced a star-stud-ded line-up of coaches for theNational High-PerformanceCentre and six cricket associa-tions for the 2020-21 domesticcricket season following a com-prehensive performance reviewand robust recruitment process.

The list of coaches is headedby Pakistan's fourth-highest Testrun-getter and the second mostrun-scorer in ODIs, MohammadYousuf, has been appointed asthe batting coach at the NationalHigh-Performance Centre(NHPC) in Lahore. Yousufscored 7,530 Test and 9,720 ODIruns in a career spanning from1998 to 2010.

Joining Yousuf at the NHPCis former wicketkeeper Atiq-uz-Zaman and tear away fast bowlerMohammad Zahid.

Atiq played a Test, threeODIs and 69 first-class matchesfrom 1996 to 2007 and broke alongstanding record for the high-est number of dismissals in a sea-son in 2000-01 with 76 victims,while Zahid played five Tests, 11ODIs and 43 first-class matchesbefore a back injury cut short hispromising career. Zahid is theonly Pakistan bowler to take 10or more wickets on Test debut.

"With Mushtaq Ahmed al-ready working as spin bowlingconsultant, the NHPC is now ful-ly loaded with experiencedcoaches to hone the skill and tal-ent of promising young crick-eters and prepare them for chal-lenges at the highest level," PCBsaid in a statement.

"Furthermore, these fourcoaches will also support andsupplement the national teams'player support personnel to helpthe elite cricketers continuallyimprove their skills and prepare appropriately for successat an international level," itadded.

"My ambitions in making acareer in coaching are an opensecret but it was all about thetiming and a proper roadmap forour future cricket in which Icould contribute effectively.

Mohammad Yousufleads star-studded line-

up of PCB coaches

Australian cricket will need to makesacrifices to keep game going: Langer

Chennaiyin FC confirm participation of Thapa

IPL 2020: RC Bangaloreto reach Dubai today

AGENCYBENGALURU, AUG 20

Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) are set to reach Dubai onFriday ahead of the Indian Pre-mier League (IPL) 2020, slatedto begin on September 19.

Also, the team will com-mence a three-week camp fromAugust 29 with Director ofCricket, Mike Hesson, and HeadCoach, Simon Katich.

"RCB team will reach Dubaion August 21 and start a 3-weekcamp with Indian and Interna-tional Players in collaborationwith Mike Hesson and SimonKatich from August 29 on-wards," the franchise said in astatement.

Initially scheduled to start inMarch, the 2020 edition of theIPL was postponed due to thecoronavirus pandemic. Now, the13th edition of the IPL will beplayed from September 19 toNovember 10, across three ven-ues in the UAE -- Abu Dhabi,Sharjah, and Dubai.

The franchise said that theplayers have been training to-gether virtually, following a"world-class fitness regime" andthey feel "completely ready" forthe tournament.

"In an environment wherecalcfitness facilities have notbeen easily accessible, since theseason announcement, RCBmanagement has worked with

the coaches to map the playersbased on fitness needs and di-vided them into groups," thestatement read.

"Each group has been train-ing together virtually and fol-lowing a world-class fitnessregime guided and monitored byStrength and ConditioningCoach, Shankar Basu from theconvenience of their home.Even the team captain, ViratKohli, was highly engaged inthis fitness training hence ensur-ing, players feel completelyready even before they head for

Dubai," it added.RCB said the team will be

undergoing six-day isolationand three COVID-19 testingsbefore entering a bio bubble.

"From a safety perspective,the RCB team has put togethervery stringent guidelines whichare in adherence to the healthand safety protocols issued byBCCI. This is to ensure thehighest levels of safety for theplayers and staff. These guide-lines include testing for Covid-19 at three levels and an ad-vance quarantine of Indian play-

ers before they take off forDubai. The team in Dubai willbe undergoing 6-day isolationand 3 COVID-19 testings againbefore entering a bio bubble,"RCB said.

RCB Chairman, SanjeevChuriwala, said, "RCB's biggeststrength lies in love and supportthe team gets from their fans,and this is going to be a very dif-ferent season where there willbe no crowds cheering in thestadiums and no fans crowdingthe streets chanting their wish-es."

Kings XI Punjab'splayers departNEW DELHI: Kings XI Pun-jab on Thursday became thefirst franchise to depart forthe UAE for the upcomingedition of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) 2020.Kings XI Punjab pacer Mo-hammed Shami shared a pic-ture of himself in a flight andhe captioned the post as:"Apne Munde, off to Dubai."Rajasthan Royals will also bedeparting for UAE today asconfirmed by the franchise onTwitter.The franchise shared pic-tures of its players gettingready to depart for the UAEand they captioned the postas -- "UAE ready."

AGENCYLONDON, AUG 20

The International Cricket Coun-cil (ICC), led by match refereeChris Broad and various stake-holders including broadcastpartners and the England andWales Cricket Board (ECB)have agreed to revise start timesahead of the third Test betweenEngland and Pakistan.

The third Test between Eng-land and Pakistan is slated to be-gin from Friday, August 21 atthe Ageas Bowl in Southamp-ton.

"This flexible approach willenable the prospect of makingup time for inclement weatherduring the morning session ofsubsequent days rather than atthe end of the day," the ICC saidin an official release.

"The match officials will en-sure that light is monitored tomaximise playing time while itis still safe to do so. The safetyof the players is still the numberone priority for this protocol," itadded.

The revised start times havebeen agreed with the captainsand coaches of both Englandand Pakistan and they will beimplemented for the final matchof the three-match series.

After the conclusion of playon day one of the third Test, the

ICC match referee, ground staff,and the ECB match managerwill meet to discuss the starttimes for the next day.

If the forecast looks good inthe morning on the next day,there will be an option to com-mence play at 10.30 am insteadof usual 11 am and that final de-cision will be made by the ICCmatch referee, Chris Broad.

He will then confirm the re-vised playing times, with themost likely scenario of amend-ing to 10.30 am start with 98overs to be bowled in the day.

The morning session wouldlast two and a half hours if thestart time was adjusted and thematch officials will ensure thatlight is monitored to maximiseplaying time while it is still safeto do so.

The safety of the players isstill the number one priority forthis protocol.

This decision as been takenas only 134.3 overs were bowledin the second Test between Eng-land and Pakistan with 38.1 ofthem being bowled on the finalday.

The entire second Test washampered by the combination ofbad light and rain.

England has a 1-0 lead in thethree-match series after winningthe first Test at Emirates OldTrafford by three wickets.

Play to start earlier in thirdTest between England-Pak