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Amid an increase in active
Covid-19 cases for the
fourth consecutive day on
Saturday and at least ten States
reporting a sharp surge, the
Centre has called for strict
restrictions in districts wit-
nessing a positivity rate of
more than 10 per cent. It also
released 15 per cent of the
C12,185 crore Covid-19 emer-
gency package to the States to
improve health infrastructure.
Kerala, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu,
Odisha, Assam, Mizoram,
Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh
and Manipur are among the
States that are either witnessing
a surge in new Covid cases or
a rise in positivity rate, the
Union Health Ministry said in
a statement.
Apart from focusing on
strict containment measures,
States were also told to “ramp
up vaccination in the 60+ and
45-60 age categories as evi-
dence shows 80 per cent of the
mortality is from these vul-
nerable age-groups.” The
Centre’s fresh review comes
amid concern over a third
Covid wave.
Union Health Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya said on
Saturday that an amount of
C1,827.8 crore has been sent to
the States and Union
Territories. The amount con-
stitutes 15 per cent of the total
allocation of C12,185 crore
under the Covid-19 Emergency
Response and Health System
Preparedness (ECRP-II)
Package.
In a tweet, the Minister
said, “15 per cent of the total
amount of Emergency Covid-
19 Response Package fixed by
the Central Government to
empower the country to fight
Covid-19 which means
C1827.80 crore has been sent to
the States and UTs. This pack-
age will prove helpful in the
development of health infra-
structure across the country.”
Amid the threat of the
third Covid wave, the Union
Cabinet on July 9 had approved
the C23,123 crore package,
including C12,185 crore Central
share, to prevent a repeat of the
disastrous events surrounding
the second wave of the Covid
pandemic in case a third wave
strikes.
With 46 districts recording
more than 10 per cent positiv-
ity rate, and 53 districts record-
ing a positivity rate between 5-
10 per cent, States have been
told to ramp up testing. “Any
laxity at this stage will result in
deterioration of the situation in
these districts,” the Centre has
warned.
The measures were dis-
cussed at a review meeting held
by Union Health Secretary
Rajesh Bhushan that was also
attended by the Indian
Council of Medical Research
Director-General Dr Balram
Bhargava, besides top health
officials from the States.
“All districts reporting pos-
itivity rate of more than 10 per
cent in the last few weeks need
to consider strict
restrictions to prevent or cur-
tail the
movement of people, formation
of crowds and intermingling of
people to prevent the spread of
infection,” an official state-
ment read.
India recorded 41,649
coronavirus cases and 593 fatal-
ities in the last 24 hours end-
ing at 8 am on Saturday,
according to the Union Health
Ministry’s latest update.
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The Taliban are desperate to
get supplies of medium
range surface-to-air missiles
(SAMs) from China before the
complete withdrawal of the
US troops from Afghanistan in
September. Afghan Taliban co-
founder Mullah Abdul Ghani
Baradar, alias Mullah Baradar,
placed his desire to get SAMs
before the Chinese Foreign
Minister Wang Yi at a delega-
tion-level meeting at Tianjin on
Wednesday.
“The Taliban delegation
requested SAMs from China
during the inter-delegation
meeting headed by Baradar
from the Taliban and Yi from
the Chinese side,” they said.
Backed by technical inputs
from the Pakistan Army-ISI
complex, the Taliban have
sought missiles capable of crip-
pling the electronic warfare
capabilities and jamming the
radar of the American B-52
bombers as the configuration is
estimated to be closely match-
ing those of Rafale fighter jets
being procured by India from
France, the sources said.
The Talibani bid to
acquire the SAMs comes in
view of the outfit’s estimated
50,000 to 60,000 fighters, as
compared to the 2.5 lakh-
strong Army of the Abdul
Ghani-led dispensation and
Pakistan’s inability to aid the
militia with military logis-
tics.
With a change in tactics
and military strategy, the
Afghan Army can challenge
and dominate the Taliban and
the SAMs will provide some
kind of deterrent against
weakness and bombings by
the American B-52 bombers,
they said.
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Ajoint team of security
forces on Saturday elimi-
nated one of the masterminds
of the ghastly Pulwama terror
attack Mohd Ismail Alvi, alias
Saifullah alias Lamboo alias
Adnan, without suffering any
collateral damage in a clean
operation at Nagberan-Tarsar
forest area of south Kashmir’s
Pulwama district.
Ismail, who had managed
to dodge the security forces on
a number of occasions in the
past, ran out of his luck on
Saturday morning when a joint
team of security forces zeroed
in on the cluster of dhoks in the
higher reaches of Dachigam.
As per police records,
Ismail was A++ categorised ter-
rorist and figured among the
list of most wanted terrorists
operating in the valley.
According to police
records, there were 19 accused
terrorists /OGWs involved in
the Lethpora terror attack case.
Out of 19, seven terrorists
were killed in encounters, seven
terrorists/OGWs arrested and
five still absconding.
Ismail, a Pakistani nation-
al and an Afghan war veteran,
was a highly trained terrorist,
especially in making IED.
Ismail was closely associated
with Jaish chief terrorist
Masood Azhar and had infil-
trated into the Indian territo-
ry in 2017 through the
Shakargarh sector.
Sharing details of the fire-
fight, the GoC Victor Force,
Major General Rashim Bali
told reporters in Srinagar, “We
were getting a lot of intelli-
gence from the Jammu
Kashmir Police as well as from
the locals about the movement
and the way Ismail was ill
treating the locals in the gen-
eral area of Tral bowl.”
Major General Bali said,
“For the last 15 days there were
about three reports of his sex-
ual misconduct with women
of that area generally in the
upper reaches of Dachigam
forest.”
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More than a fortnight after
he lost his Ministerial
berth in the Union Ministry,
former Central Minister and
Asansol BJP MP Babul Supriyo
on Saturday announced that he
was quitting politics.
He would not link this
decision to his being dropped
as a Minister. He would also
not make it clear whether he
was joining any other party
while commencing his Bengali
Facebook post with the word
“Alvida or (goodbye!).”
“Alvida! I am not going to
any political party, TMC,
Congress, CPI(M) nobody
has called me … I am not
going anywhere … one does
not need to be in politics to do
social work,” he wrote.
Supriyo, an actor-singer-
turned-politician who joined
BJP ahead of 2014 general
elections to win the Asansol
seat, was later made a Minister
of State — a post that he
retained till recently when
he, along with 11 other
Ministers including his State
party colleague Debashree
Chowdhury, was dropped.
Supriyo said he had on
several occasions went to
Home Minister Amit Shah
and BJP president JP Nadda to
express his desire to quit but
on all the occasions he was
“inspired” against doing so.
“Over the past few days, I
have repeatedly taken the
decision to leave politics to
hon’ble Amit Shah and
hon’ble Naddaji and I am
eternally grateful to them for
inspiring me in every way,” he
said.
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Amid the Assam-Mizoram
border tussles, Assam and
Nagaland have decided to with-
draw their forces from their
common border. The decision
in this regard was arrived at the
meeting of the Chief Secretaries
of Assam and Nagaland on
Saturday.
Assam Chief Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma
announced de-escalation of
tension of the State’s border
with Nagaland and said that an
understanding has been
reached to immediately with-
draw States’ forces from border
locations.
“In a major breakthrough
towards de-escalating tensions
at Assam-Nagaland border,
the two Chief Secretaries have
arrived at an understanding to
immediately withdraw States’
forces from border locations to
their respective base camps,”
Sarma said on Twitter.
“This is a historic step in
our relations. My gratitude to
HCM Sri @Neiphiu_Rio for
working with #Assam in
restoring peace on the border.
Assam is committed to ensur-
ing peace along all its borders
strives for social eco-
nomic prosperity of
#NorthEast region,” added
Sarma.
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The women’s hockey team’s
perseverance was rewarded
with a first Olympic quarterfi-
nal berth in over four decades,
while discus thrower
Kamalpreet Singh rose from
relative obscurity to be in con-
tention for a medal but it was
a bad day for the stars of
Indian contingent on Saturday.
World number one fly-
weight boxer Amit Panghal
and star shutter PV Sindhu
were the big names to experi-
ence defeats even though the
latter is still in the hunt for a
medal when she competes in
the Bronze playoff on Sunday.
Success stories of the day
was undoubtedly the women’s
hockey team and Kamalpreet.
Outplayed in their first
three games, Rani Rampal’s
team hung in there by beating
South Africa 4-3 in their final
group engagement and their
prayers for a favourable result
in the other group match were
answered when defending
champions Great Britain
defeated Ireland 2-0.
That result left India
fourth in the group, and set
them up for a clash against
Australia on Monday. The
Indian women last made the
quarters of an Olympics in
1980 Moscow edition, where
it finished fourth. In the 2016
Rio edition, the team had
ended 12th.
Earlier, Virender Sehwag
fan Kamalpreet, who wants to
play cricket some day, pro-
duced one of the best perfor-
mances by an Indian track
and field athlete in the
Olympics.
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Bengaluru: Karnataka
Government on Saturday
announced a special surveil-
lance measure making manda-
tory a negative RT-PCR cer-
tificate for people arriving to
the State from Kerala and
Maharashtra. The negative cer-
tificate should not be older than
72 hours irrespective of the vac-
cination status, said the
Government in a circular.
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Chandigarh: The Punjab
Government on Saturday
allowedthereopeningofschools
for all classes from August 2 as
it further relaxed restrictions.
The State Government had
allowed the reopening of
schools for classes 10 to 12
from July 26.
“All schools are allowed to
open for all classes from August
2. They shall follow proper pro-
tocols to ensure Covid-19-
appropriate behaviour,” accord-
ing to fresh guidelines.
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The family members of
Vandana Katariya who
made history by becoming the
first Indian woman hockey
player to score a hat trick in
the Olympics celebrated her
feat with scores of locals and
personalities who visited their
home at Roshnabad in
Haridwar district with sweets
on Saturday. Her three goals
in India’s 4-3 win against
South Africa elicited celebra-
tions in her locality here in
Haridwar with the govern-
ment also announcing that it
will make her the brand
ambassador of the Beti
Bachao, Beti Padhao cam-
paign in Uttarakhand.
Her elder brother
Chandrashekhar Katariya said
that along with the family, the
whole village was rejoicing in
her major achievement.
Reaching her home to wish
the family members,
Haridwar district magistrate
C Ravishankar said that along
with the district, Vandana
had brought fame to the
whole state. He said that he
had learnt from her family
how she had struggled and
worked hard to
reach this posi-
tion. He further
said that the state
government will
make her the
brand ambas-
sador of the Beti
Bachao, Beti
Padhao cam-
paign so that in
the future girls
take inspiration
from her to give a
new direction to
their life.
Meanwhile,
sports lovers
especially in Haridwar
rejoiced at Vandana’s achieve-
ment. Her first coach in
Haridwar, Krishna Kumar,
who was then the district
sports officer and had moti-
vated her to shift from ath-
letics to hockey also visited
her home to wish the Katariya
family. Along with her fami-
ly members and locals from
the neighbourhood, the
Haridwar senior superinten-
dent of police D Senthil
Avoodai Krishnaraj S and
others also celebrated her hat
trick by exchanging sweets at
the Katariya residence.
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bend towards melodrama, tears and many heated
words exchanged as it comes to its final stage. It is
almost as if the director didn’t know how to end it and
decided that drama, emotions and tears will do the needful.
But they have forgotten that the audience has now got used
to watching good content. Any misstep and it is game end.
That is the malady that Mimi suffers from. It starts off
on a good note. There are plenty of laughs in the beginning.
The dialogues and situations are funny and make one laugh.
The whole dialogue around surrogacy and how people in
India are still amazed how it all works will bring a smile
on one’s face.
The best of all is the performance by Manoj Pahwa,
Surpiya Pathak, Pankaj Tripathi and Sheikh Ishaque
Mohammad. Supriya Pathak and Manoj Pahwa give a good
performance. But the person who steals the show is Pankaj
Tripathi. As Bhanu, a taxi driver, he is absolutely awesome.
His expressions are just a treat to watch. In some ways, he
is the person steering this ship even though it has Kriti
Sanon in the lead. Director Laxman Utekar has captured
Tripathi’s expressions so beautifully that it is brilliant.
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young actor who needs to be lauded for his performance.
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observations makes you laugh and smile the minute he
comes on the screen.
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and an item song, not that it was needed. Since, it is based
in the backdrop of a small town of Rajasthan means that
the movie is as realistic as it can get despite the unnecessary
drama in the end.
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watching Chip ‘n’ Dale — the
mischievous yet lovable chipmunks.
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a park. The good part is that the small three
stories in the 22-plus running time ensures
that the tiny tots don’t spend too much time
in front of the screen. However, it ensures
that they enjoy how the chipmunks get into
trouble and then solve the issues that they
face in daily life.
Sadly, the stories are mindless and only to
be enjoyed by the toddlers. Of course, the
adults can join in as they watch their kids
enjoying the antics on the screen. But if the
adults are looking for something that makes
sense, they may want to stay away from this
one. There is a message as well. One that
parents can teach their wards — how it is bad
to steal and how it is good to share and do
things together instead of fighting.
The non-verbal animation is sure to
remove the boredom of the toddlers who are
stuck inside the safety of their homes due to
the present pandemic. Overall a cute animation
with plenty of fun that tiny tots will enjoy.
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Jumping on the bandwagon
of the protest on the land
laws, the Uttarakhand
Congress has vowed that it
would scrap the contentious
amendments from the
Uttarakhand (Uttar Pradesh)
Zamindari Abolition and Land
Reforms Act as soon as it
comes to power in the state.
Terming the changes made by
the BJP government in land
laws as a conspiracy to help
those involved in the trade of
land, the Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) president
Ganesh Godiyal said that the
government has removed all
restrictions on sale of land in
the state. Addressing media
persons here on Saturday, the
PCC president said that the
inherent and transitional rights
of the natives of the state
should be protected. “The state
government has put forward
an argument that the amend-
ments have been done to help
industries but it should have
acquired the land and then
given it to industries on its
terms as the Congress govern-
ment did in the case of setting
up of SIIDCUL,’’ he said.
The PCC president said
that the chief minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami has said that a
committee of officers headed
by the chief secretary would
review the land laws which
prove that the government has
come on a back foot on the
issue. He said that the govern-
ment should set up an all
party committee on the subject
and should come out with a
white paper on the issue and
inform how much land was
sold in the state after the new
law and the industrial invest-
ment it attracted.
The Congress MLA from
Kedarnath, Manoj Rawat said
that the BJP government on
the basis of the brute majori-
ty it enjoys in the state assem-
bly passed an amendment in
the Uttarakhand (UP) ZA and
Land Management Act and
effected a change in the section
143 and 154 of the act. He said
that these amendments
removed the ceiling of 12.5
acres and compulsion of land
use change of agricultural land
for purchase of land for indus-
trial use. Rawat said that all the
businesses associated with hos-
pitality, tourism, health and
education have been included
in the definition of industry.
“Now any cooperative society
or religious body can pur-
chase as much land as it wants
in the state. After amending
the law for purchase of land in
mountainous districts the gov-
ernment removed the ceiling
for purchase of land in plain
districts of Dehradun,
Haridwar and Udham Singh
Nagar by a cabinet decision
taken on June 4, 2019,’’ he said.
Rawat said that the
Congress government would
initiate the new land settlement
and consolidation process in
the state and would work for
bringing a transparent and
pro people land law in
Uttarakhand.
The Congress spokesper-
son Zsarika Laitflang said that
she belongs to Meghalaya and
the land of the natives in her
state is protected under sched-
ule six of the constitution.
The media in charge of
state Congress Rajiv Mehrshi,
party spokesperson of
Garhwal, Garima Dasauni and
others were present on the
occasion.
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After deciding to open the
schoolsofthestateforphys-
ical classes the Uttarakhand
administrationreleasedStandard
operating Procedure (SoP) for
the reopening of the schools on
Saturday.Thephysicalclassesfor
the students of classes IX to XII
areopeningfromAugust2while
for the students of classes VI to
VIII the schools would open
from August 16. For students of
classesItoVtheonlinemodeof
studies would continue.
In an order directed to the
education director and other
officers of the department the
Education secretary Radhika
Jha said that the schools should
compulsorily sanitise the class-
esandschoolpremisesonareg-
ular basis. The order also men-
tions that all the teachers and
staff members should get them-
selves vaccinated and the activ-
ities such as prayers, Bal Sabha,
sportsandculturalprogrammes
would remain suspended in the
schools.AspertheSOPsthestu-
dents and staff members would
be allowed in the premises only
afterthermalscanningandprop-
erhandsanitisation.Theschools
would nominate one teacher as
a nodal officer for communi-
cating with the health depart-
ment officials and ensuring
Covid appropriate behaviour in
the school. The SOP clearly
mentionsthattheschoolsshould
adopt both online and physical
modes of teachings for the stu-
dents. The schools where the
number of students is more can
callstudentsintwoshiftsonodd
even patterns.
The schools should take
consent of the parents for send-
ingtheirwardsintheschools.In
the order the department has
directedthechiefeducationoffi-
cer (CEO) of the district con-
cernedtosetupamechanismof
prompt transfer of the informa-
tion about presence of Covid 19
infection among students.
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The state health department
reported 38 new cases of the
novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)
and 56 recoveries from the dis-
easeinUttarakhandonSaturday.
No death from the disease was
reported in the state on the day.
The cumulative count of
Covid-19 patients in the state is
now at 3,42,139 while a total of
3,28,108patientshaverecovered
from the disease so far. In the
state 7362 people have lost their
lives to Covid -19 till date. The
recovery percentage from the
disease is now at 95.90 and the
sample positivity rate on
Saturday was at 0.15 per cent in
the state. The authorities col-
lected 24,860 samples in differ-
ent parts of the state on the day.
The state health depart-
ment reported 11 new patients
ofCovid-19fromUdhamSingh
Nagar, five each from Almora
and Chamoli, four from
Pithoragarh, three each
Haridwar and Nainital, two
each from Pauri and Udham
Singh Nagar and one each from
BageshwarandTehridistrictson
Saturday. No new cases of the
disease were reported from
Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi
districts on the day.
Thestatenowhas632active
patients of the disease.
Dehradundistrictisattopofthe
table in the list of active cases
with 261 patients while
Pithoragarh is in the second
position with 78 active cases.
The state reported no new
case of Mucormycosis (Black
fungus) on Friday. A total of 555
patients of Black Fungus have
been reported till date in the
state and out of them 124 have
died. In the ongoing vaccination
drive 81,375 people were vacci-
nated in 699 sessions held on
Saturday in different parts of the
state. A total of 44,67,233 ben-
eficiaries have been partially
vaccinated in the state while
14,34,381 beneficiaries have
received both doses of the vac-
cine in Uttarakhand.
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The pass percentage of the
students of class XII and X
of Uttarakhand Vidyalayi
Shiksha Parishad (UVSP) wit-
nessed a major jump this year.
In class XII, the pass percent-
age was 99.56 per cent while
99.01 per cent students of
class X passed this year. The
Education minister Arvind
Pandey released the board
results in Ramnagar on
Saturday. As the process of
examination was affected by
the pandemic of Covid-19, the
Uttarakhand board did not
release any merit list this year
for both class XII and X.
In class X a total of
1,48,347 candidates were reg-
istered this year out of which
1,47,725 were included in the
examination process and out
of them 1,46,386 were
declared pass. The girls had a
pass percentage of 98.86 while
99.30 per cent boys passed this
year in class X. A total of
1,45,666 belonging to institu-
tions were enrolled in class X
this year and their pass per-
centage was 99.16. In this
class 2,681 private students
were enrolled and they have a
pass percentage of 95.12 per
cent. In class X a total of
76,768 students passed with
first division while 45,589 got
second division marks.
In class XII a total of
1,22,198 students were
enrolled and out of them
1,21,171 were admitted in the
examination process. In this
class the boys had a pass per-
centage of 99.40 while girls
had a pass percentage of 99.71.
In this examination 1,18,130
institutional (Schools) stu-
dents were registered and
their pass percentage was
99.60 while 4,068 private stu-
dents were registered. Their
pass percentage was 98.31. In
class XII 63,901 students got
first division while 33,571
received second division
marks.
The class X and XII exam-
inations this year were not
held this year due to the pan-
demic of Covid-19. The board
came up with a formula to
pass the students based on
which the results were
declared.
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Taking a stern note on the
delay in construction works
in medical colleges of the state,
the health minister Dhan Singh
Rawat has warned that the
work executing agencies will be
changed if all the pending
works are not completed till
October 30 this year. The min-
ister took a review of the con-
struction works of the govern-
ment medical colleges at
Vidhan Sabha auditorium on
Saturday. In the meeting the
progress report on construction
works in half a dozen medical
colleges was presented. Rawat
said that execution agencies
should hand over the buildings
they have completed to the
department without any fur-
ther delay. He said that all
ongoing works should be com-
pleted before October 30. The
minister said that the chief
minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
would inaugurate the new
building in the Government
Doon Medical College
(GDMC) on October 30. On
the ongoing construction
works of Rs 331 crore in Soban
Singh Jeena medical college,
Almora the minister said that
the building would be inaugu-
rated on October 2 this year
and all pending works should
be completed as soon as pos-
sible. The minister asked the
officers to ensure that the dif-
ferent projects completed at a
cost of Rs 5,926 lakh in the
Government Medical College
Rudrapur are handed over to
the department. He said that
the foundation stone laying
ceremony of Medical College
Haridwar should be organised
soon. Rawat disclosed that a
sum of Rs 75 crore has been
released by the government for
the new medical college in
Haridwar. He directed the offi-
cers that the work on the 1,000
seat auditorium in Government
Medical College Haldwani
should be completed before
December 31 and the work on
the burn unit should get over
in August month.
The meeting was attended
by additional secretary of
health and Mission Director of
National Health Mission
(NHM) Sonika, NHM addi-
tional mission director Dr
Abhishek Tripathi, health
director general (DG) Dr
Tripti Bahuguna, director of
medical health Dr Vinita Shah,
all the principals of govern-
ment medical colleges and
senior officers of work execu-
tion agencies.
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Athree-storey building will
be constructed for the
Rawal and priests in
Kedarnath. A budget of Rs 10
crore has been released by the
government for this purpose.
According to officials, 18
rooms will be constructed in
the three-storey building near
Saraswati River and construc-
tion of Bhog Mandi, Rawal
Niwas, Board Offices,
Ishansheswar Temple, Pather
Niwas, Vedpathi Awas will
also be done with Rs 6.39
crore.
Tourism secretary Dilip
Jawalkar said, “This is being
done to create ease for the
Rawals and the priests.
This construction near
Kedarnath will give direct ben-
efit to the beneficiaries and will
bring ease to conduct Yatra and
Pooja successfully.”
Uttarakhand Char Dham
Devasthanam Board chief
executive officer, Ravinath
Raman said, “The Rudraprayag
district magistrate has already
marked the land for the con-
struction which has been given
to the Devasthanam Board.
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away from Kedarnath on
which construction will be
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Chief Minister Pushkar
Singh Dhami presented
house approval letters to ben-
eficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri
Awas Yojana (Gramin) at a
function held here on Saturday.
He also released the first install-
ment to the beneficiaries online
and presented the approval
letters to more than 100 peo-
ple while a total of 16,472 ben-
eficiaries received the approval
letters across the state. Dhami
announced that under PMAY-
Gramin, after construction of
homes, the beneficiaries will be
provided C5,000 each for
household items. He said that
the government is working as
a partner of the people.
Stating that Prime Minister
Narenda Modi has special
attachment for Uttarakhand, he
said that various developmen-
tal schemes are being under-
taken in Uttarakhand with the
centre’s assistance. Citing
unprecedented work in build-
ing road network, he said that
soon people will be able to
cover the distance between
Dehradun and Delhi in two
hours. Apart from various
major infrastructural projects
including the Rishikesh-
Karnprayag rail project, Dhami
said that the Jal Jeevan mission
is also of vital importance.
The state government is pro-
viding water connection at Re
one each in rural homes under
this mission.
Stressing that every person
should get clean water, he said
that the government is working
in this direction. The CM fur-
ther said that the officials had
been directed to implement the
Atal Ayushman Yojana in a
more practical manner in the
state. Referring to the impact of
the Covid-19 pandemic, he
spoke about the public health
measures and other steps taken
to address the economic impact
of the pandemic like Rs 200
crore package announced for
those involved in the Char
Dham Yatra and tourism sec-
tor. Apart from the Rs 205 crore
package for the health sector
and health workers announced
recently, the CM said that the
process for recruitment to
24,000 vacant government
posts will also be started soon.
Congratulating beneficia-
ries of PMAY-Gramin, cabinet
minister Yatishwaranand said
that selection of beneficiaries
had been done with full trans-
parency. He directed the offi-
cials to consistently monitor the
scheme and facilitate the ben-
efit of the scheme to other eli-
gible beneficiaries. Cabinet
minister Ganesh Joshi also
expressed his views on the
occasion.
Informing about PMAY-
Gramin phase II, additional
chief secretary Manisha Panwar
said that 94,286 families left out
of SECC 2011 survey eligibili-
ty list were identified under
Awas Plus. After excluding
29,142 ineligible families, a
total of 65,144 were found to be
eligible and out of these 2,865
are landless. Rural
Development commissioner
Vandana informed that under
PMAY-G, Rs 1.30 lakh grant is
provided for construction of
each home. This amount is
transferred in three install-
ments directly to the account of
the beneficiary online.
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Sanjay Orthopaedic, Spine
and Maternity Centre will
observe the Indian
Orthopaedic Association,
National Bone and Joint Week
from August 1 to 7 with var-
ious activities. An awareness
webinar, AIR interview, free
BMD camp, free consultation,
free polio surgery and free
knee surgery will be held as
part of the week.
Padma Shri awardee
orthopaedic and spine sur-
geon Dr BKS Sanjay said that
in last 40 years the type of
orthopaedic patients has
changed. Earlier polio and CP
were the main causes of
deformities and disabilities
but nowadays the main cul-
prits are road traffic accidents
and degenerative arthritis.
Factors like obesity, diabetes,
hypertension, smoking and
alcohol are
exacerbating the process of
degeneration.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr
Gaurav Sanjay emphasised
that change in lifestyle and
fast paced urban life are caus-
ing physical and mental dis-
eases.Therefore, a balanced
diet, regular daily physical
exercises, adequate sleep are
necessary for a healthy and a
happy life.
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The Power Minister Harak
Singh Rawat chaired a
meeting attended by the man-
agement of of UJVN Limited,
Uttarakhand Power
Corporation Limited (UPCL),
Power Transmission
Corporation of Uttarakhand
Limited (PTCUL) and the rep-
resentatives of Uttrakhand
Vidyut Adhikari Karmchari
Sanyukt Sangharsh Morcha
(UVAKSSM). Discussions were
held regarding the demands of
UVAKSSM in the meeting and
the views of both the manage-
ment and the employees were
heard in detail. The Morcha
representatives put up the log-
ics in support of their demands.
The minister directed the man-
agement of the three corpora-
tions to take timely and posi-
tive actions on the matters of
employees which can be solved
at the management level.
Managing director of
UPCL and PTCUL, Deepak
Rawat, managing director of
UJVNL, Sandeep Singhal,
Finance and Human Resources
directors of all three power cor-
porations along with
UVAKSSM representatives
were also present in the meet-
ing.
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In the backdrop of arch rival
Navjot Singh Sidhu being
made the state Congress
President, Punjab Chief
Minister Capt Amarinder
Singh on Saturday asserted
that his government and party
leadership would work unitedly
towards steering Congress to
victory in the ensuing assem-
bly elections.
Talking to mediapersons
after dedicating Shaheed
Udham Singh Memorial to
people during a state level
function on 82nd martyrdom
of great revolutionary, the Chief
Minister said that right now the
party position is good and the
same has to be further consol-
idated till elections.
On the issue of organizing
roadshows in the run up to the
forthcoming assembly elec-
tions, the Chief Minister said
there were no such plans so far
amid Covid-19, which is at pre-
sent under control. He, how-
ever, said that he will act
according to the advice of
medical experts on this count.
Replying to another ques-
tion about two power centres in
the Congress party, the Chief
Minister said that there was
nothing unusual as Navjot
Singh Sidhu in the capacity of
PPCC President and he as
Chief Minister are performing
two different sets of responsi-
bilities. Capt Amarinder said
that he also remained PPCC
President thrice and knew well
about the duties of the party
President. Moreover, the
Government and the Party are
two different entities having
defined roles.
Asked to comment on
Sidhu not mentioning either
his (CM), Rahul or Priyanka’s
name in his address on instal-
lation ceremony as PPCC
President, Capt Amarinder
Singh said that it is hardly any
issue and doesn't affect him at
all.
Answering to another
query about Sidhu’s frequent
meetings with party leaders
and MLAs, the Chief Minister
said that it’s the duty of party
President to strengthen the
organizational structure which
could only be possible by keep-
ing close liaison with the rank
and file of the party.
He said that the party and
Government should work as a
team since the assembly elec-
tions are just six months away.
He pointed out that the gov-
ernment would endeavour to
live up the aspirations of the
people while the party
President is duty bound to
push the party forward in the
political field.
Asked to spell out the
roadmap for the upcoming
assembly polls, Capt
Amarinder Singh said that his
government had already ful-
filled 93% of poll promises
made in the election manifesto
and would soon go up to 95%.
He also mentioned that prior to
his government, the Chandra
Babu Naidu’s government in
Andhra Pradesh had previ-
ously made a record by accom-
plishing 83% of poll promises.
He said that 5% of the remain-
ing promises are left only due
to the GST regime because
when their party drafted the
manifesto there was a system of
VAT not the prevailing GST.
On the issue of the 18
point agenda given by Kharge
Committee, the Chief Minister
said that there was some con-
fusion in this regard as his gov-
ernment had already imple-
mented several points of this
agenda and the remaining oth-
ers would be accomplished
soon. He said that he had
already apprised both Sonia
Gandhi and Kharge on this
issue in their meeting.
Ruling out any possibility
of an immediate Cabinet
reshuffle, Capt Amarinder
Singh however said that he
would surely discuss this issue
with party high command dur-
ing his visit to Delhi.
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Centenarian sprinter Man
Kaur, holder of several;
world records, died of a heart
attack on Saturday. She was 105
and is survived by two sons and
a daughter.
Her son Gurdev Singh said
she breathed her last at around
1 pm, adding that she suffered
a heart attack.
Kaur had not been keeping
good health for the past some
months and was suffering from
cancer and was admitted to a
private hospital in Derabassi in
Mohali.
Born on March 1, 1916,
Kaur was known as the Miracle
Mom from Chandigarh. Kaur
took to running at the ripe age
of 93. She had won her first
medal in 2007 at the
Chandigarh Masters Athletics
meet, in which she ran for the
heck of it after seeing Gurdev,
eldest of her three children, take
part in a race in Patiala.
She shot to fame after win-
ning the 100 metre sprint at the
World Masters Games in
Auckland in 2017 and held
several world records. She had
also won golds in track and field
events at the World Masters
Athletic Championship in
Poland.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh condoled the
sad demise of the iconic veter-
an athlete. In a condolence
message, the Chief Minister
said, “I am deeply saddened to
learn about the death of Mata
Maan Kaur, who took up ath-
letics at the age of 93 winning
laurels for the country thus
becoming a role model for all.
Sharing his heartfelt sym-
pathies with the members of
bereaved family, friends and rel-
atives, the Chief Minister prayed
to the Almighty to give courage
to bear this huge loss in this
hour of grief and grant eternal
peace to the departed soul.
Maan Kaur had four world
records to her name in 100+
age category and had won 35
medals at National and
International level. She was
conferred with 'Nari Shakti
Puraskar' by the President.
Punjab Sports and Youth
Services Minister Rana Gurmit
Singh Sodhi also condoled the
demise of Kaur saying that with
the passing away of an inspi-
rational soul, a huge void has
been created in the world of
sports.
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Punjab Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh on
Saturday said that his govern-
ment would soon take up the
issue to retrieve the pistol and
diary of Shaheed Udham Singh
from the United Kingdom with
Union Ministry of External
Affairs.
Talking to Reporters on the
sidelines of the state level func-
tion organised on 82nd mar-
tyrdom day of Shaheed Udham
Singh, the Chief Minister said
that the ashes of the martyr
were returned to India after 40
years that too with great deal of
efforts. He said that as now the
pistol of Shaheed Udham Singh
is in Scotland with which he
killed the then Lt. Governor of
Punjab Michael O’Dwyer and
a diary is also somewhere
there.
He said the Government of
India should further take up
this matter with the British
High Commission so as to get
these back. After getting these
proud possessions of the leg-
endary martyr from abroad, it
would be kept in the museum
here for the general public as
the government intends to
make this historic memorial as
world class.
To another query, the Chief
Minister said there are several
memorials like Jallianwala
Bagh, Hussainiwala and now
the newly built Shaheed
Udham Singh and soon anoth-
er memorial in the memory of
numerous unknown heroes of
freedom struggle would be
constructed so as to pay glow-
ing tributes to these sons of the
soil. He said such monuments
always remind us of our glori-
ous legacy of valour and are
instrumental in imbibing the
spirit of patriotism amongst
youngsters.
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Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar on
Saturday paid heartfelt tributes
to the great revolutionary
Sardar Udham Singh on his
Martyrdom day.
In a message, Khattar said
that the entire nation will
always remember the supreme
sacrifice made by the martyr to
safeguard the integrity of the
nation and his dedication
towards the motherland.
Recalling the revolutionary
step of the martyr, he said that
Udham Singh worked as a
one-man army and went to
London to avenge the loss of
innocent countrymen who
were massacred in the
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
Calling upon the youth, the
chief minister said that every-
one should take inspiration
from the martyrdom of such
great revolutionaries and come
forward to contribute in
nation-building so as to main-
tain the integrity and pride of
the country. He said that the
sacrifice of the martyrs reminds
us of our patriotic heritage and
great tradition. We can pay
true tribute to such valiant
bravehearts only by following
the path of sacrifice and patri-
otism as shown by them, he
added.
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Himachal Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur on Saturday
visited the flood affected areas
of Lahaul valley to take stock of
the losses occurred due to
flood in Tojing Nallah on July
27 in Keylong Division of
Lahaul-Spiti and inspected
these areas with the team of
district administration, BRO
and ITBP.
Thakur said 178 persons
were rescued on Saturday while
37 people are still stranded in
Jahalma, 14 at Fooda and 15 at
Shansha. He said out of 10 per-
sons missing in Tojing Nallah,
bodies of seven persons have
been retrieved and efforts were
being made to recover the
remaining three bodies. He
appreciated the efforts of ITBP
rescue team in assisting the
local authorities.
The chief minister also
visited Shansha Nallah, where
roads and bridges had been
damaged at large scale. He
interacted with officers of
Border Road Organization and
had discussion on reconstruc-
tion of the bridges. Officers of
BRO apprised him that
machinery has been set up and
the work would be started as
soon as the water level dips.
Thakur also interacted
with the rescued persons
including tourists and locals
and enquired their wellbeing.
Later, he also held discussions
with officers of District
Administration at Kirting and
directed to assess the damages
caused due to flood. He asked
them to explore alternative
roads till the main road was
restored.
Tribal Development
Minister Ramlal Markanda was
also present with the Chief
Minister.
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Haryana Government on
Saturdayextendedthecoro-
naviruslockdowninthestateby
another week till August 9 to
curb the spread of pandemic.
The Mahamari Alert-
Surakshit Haryana is extended
for another week, that is from
August 2 (5 am onwards) to
August 9 (till 5 am) along with
the guidelines to be implement-
ed during this period n the state
of Haryana, according to an
order issued by Chief Secretary
Vijai Vardhan. Night curfew
will continue from 11 pm to 5
am on all days of the week. All
shops are allowed to open from
9 am to 10 pm. All Malls are
allowed to open from 10 am to
10 pm.
According to order, all the
Anganwadi and crèches run by
WomenandChildDevelopment
Department will remain closed
upto August 15. The conduct of
entranceandrecruitmentexam-
inationsbydifferentuniversities,
institutions,governmentdepart-
mentsandrecruitmentagencies
are allowed in the state while
adhering to Covid protocols.
Theordersaidrestaurantsin
malls are allowed to open with
50 per cent capacity from 10 am
to11pmandstandalonerestau-
rants from 8 am to 11 pm sub-
ject to adherence to social dis-
tancing norms and Covid-
appropriate behaviour. These
timings will not be applicable to
restaurantsinhotels.Vicechan-
cellors of Universities have been
advised to re-open Universities
from the next academic session
andsharetheprogrammeofthe
same with the department con-
cernedoftheStateGovernment.
Meanwhile, the lockdown
relaxations,withrespecttoopen-
ing of shops, malls, restaurants,
religiousplaces,corporateoffices,
will continue as currently in
place.
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The Punjab government on
Saturday allowed the
reopening of schools for all
classes from August 2 as it fur-
ther relaxed restrictions in
view of declining COVID-19
cases.
The state government had
allowed the reopening of
schools for classes 10 to 12
from July 26.
All schools are allowed to
open for all
classes from
August 2. They
shall follow
proper protocols
to ensure
C O V I D - 1 9 -
a p p r o p r i a t e
b e h a v i o u r,
according to
fresh guidelines.
The department of school
education shall issue instruc-
tions in this regard, it stated.
The district authorities shall
continue to ensure strict imple-
mentation of all directives on
Covid-appropriate behaviour,
the guidelines said.
Punjab has so far reported
a total of 5,99,053 COVID-19
infections and 16,292 deaths.
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Giving a big relief to power
consumers of the State,
Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar on
Saturday announced to reduce
the power tariff by 37 paise per
unit for the power consumers
in the State.
An officials spokesperson
said that the Discoms have
achieved a substantial reduc-
tion in the average Power
Purchase cost of about 46 paise
per unit during FY 2020-21
over the previous year due to
better planning and scheduling.
This has also been reflect-
ed in FSA calculations done by
HERC where FSA is negative,
hence to pass this benefit in
reduction of cost to the con-
sumers particularly during
these Covid time, the State
Government has decided to
waive off the 37 paise FSA
being charged from the con-
sumers henceforth, informed
the spokesperson.
It is pertinent to mention
that the FSA burden in respect
of Agriculture consumers is
already being borne by the
State Government. The
spokesperson further said that
the State Government has
endeavoured to provide qual-
ity power to the electricity
consumers of the state at
affordable rates.
Over the last few years
Haryana Power
Distribution Companies have
turned around and their excel-
lent performance is also reflect-
ed in the integrated rating of
power discoms done by the
Ministry of Power Government
of India where Haryana has
emerged as the second best-
performing state after Gujarat,
he added.
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The novel Honest
Expression by
Anshudhar is meant for
those with plans of living an
adventure. The protagonist
Alex finds a subjective
method to experience life
with intense understand-
ing. As the blurb says,
Anshudhar had a great love
for English literature. He
wrote the novel in his tough
times when writing was the
only escape. The story is
wrapped in emotions, chal-
lenges, and travails of life. A
compulsive probe for hon-
esty becomes a personal
powder keg. This twisted but
oddly absorbing book
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what raw life experience is,
how one can attain and
unabashedly accept it-
where every new page and
chapter overtures new char-
acters, and offers something
contemporary.
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The Nainital Bank observed
its 100th foundation day
with Covid protocols here on
Saturday. After garlanding the
photo of its founder GB Pant,
the bank employees also plant-
ed saplings in the headquarters
compound. Speaking on the
occasion, the bank’s chairman
Dinesh Pant congratulated the
people of Uttarakhand, nation
and the bank’s customers,
adding that they had all con-
tributed to the success of the
bank. He said that by October
the customers will be provided
all facilities provided by nation-
al banks for which work is
already underway. The bank
has set a target to double its
income in the next five years.
Later, the chairman and other
bank officials went to Pant
park where they garlanded the
statue of GB Pant.
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Soren has taken a con-
crete measure towards pro-
viding quality education to
the students of Jharkhand by
converting government
schools into ‘Schools of
Excellence’. In the first phase,
the proposed 80 schools
across all the districts of the
State are being transformed
into ‘School of Excellence’.
The education department
has already floated a tender
for the same. Initially, a tender
for 27 schools has been float-
ed by the department and
another tender for the remain-
ing 53 schools will be floated
soon.
As per the vision of the
CM, almost 5,000 govern-
ment-run schools will be trans-
formed into modern education
facilities. Given this, the edu-
cation department has already
come into action and the work
is being done on war footing.
It is aimed that by the start of
the 2022-23 academic session,
80 district-level schools of
excellence would be ready to
cater to almost 2,00,000 stu-
dents from across the state.
The government has
planned to develop a world-
class education infrastructure
in all the ‘Schools of
Excellence’. The schools will be
equipped with an uninter-
rupted electricity supply, the
installation of eye-friendly
lights and a clean atmosphere.
The classrooms will be
equipped with smart board
facilities where students can
learn through the virtual and
3D representation of subject
material.
The development of these
schools is being planned on
the model of private schools
and will ensure that a child
from the marginalized sec-
tions of the society gets qual-
ity education which is at par
with private schools. Given
this, separate labs, libraries,
and STEM Labs will be estab-
lished in each school.
Earlier, due to lack of
sanitation and lavatory facil-
ities at schools, the drop-out
rate of girls from schools was
high.
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Jharkhand Public Service
Commission (JPSC) has filed
an appeal petition in the
Division Bench of the High
Court against the cancellation
of the sixth JPSC merit list on
Saturday. The order of the sin-
gle bench has been challenged
in the double bench by filing
an appeal petition on behalf of
JPSC.
In the petition, it has
been said on behalf of JPSC
that the merit list is made
according to the rules of the
State Government. There is no
error in this and therefore the
order of the Single Bench
should be quashed. Earlier, in
the petition filed by other
petitioners including Shishir
Tigga, a request has been
made to quash the order of
the single bench of the High
Court, saying that it is wrong.
It has been said in the petition
that it is correct to add the
marks of Paper One which is
Hindi and English, to the
total score in the main exam-
ination of the sixth JPSC.
On this basis, the JPSC
had issued the merit list after
the main examination. There
is nothing wrong with this. So
far, appeal has not been filed by
the State Government and
JPSC against the order of the
single bench.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday urged
the new batch of IPS officers
to focus on good governance,
earning public trust and keep-
ing the honour of the uniform
supreme.
Addressing the IPS pro-
bationers at Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel National
Police Academy via video con-
ferencing, the Prime Minister
said that the police must be
people-friendly and keep the
nation’s interest in while tak-
ing decisions.
“Why is not the public
trust increasing (in police)
despite its officers laying down
their lives to fight terrorism
and to maintain law and
order,” asked Modi. Modi said
India has strived for better
police service for 75 years
now. “There should be a new
beginning to it now,” he said.
“What matters are your prin-
ciples and intentions… and
this should reflect through
your conduct.” He asked the
officers to be friendly with
masses and always prioritise
nation first.
Interacting with an officer,
who has been allotted the
Chhattisgarh cadre, Modi said
that the role of a police officer
becomes very important in
conflict torn areas. “Police
officers also have to promote
development and a social con-
nect among the people,” he
said. Referring to Mahatma
Gandhi’s Dandi March and
advised the officers to adhere
to the notion of Satyagraha. He
added in the past, Indians
were ready to die for indepen-
dence. “Now, you should go
ahead and live for this nation.”
The Prime Minister
exhorted the officer trainees to
remember the spirit of the
freedom struggle. He said the
period between 1930 to 1947
saw the younger generation of
our country rise in unison to
achieve a great goal. He said
that same feeling is expected in
the youth of today, “They
fought for ‘Swarajya’; you have
to move forward for ‘Su rajya’”,
said Modi, adding that “You
are lucky to enter Service in the
75th Year of Azadi, next 25
years are critical for both you
and India.” Union Home
Minister Amit Shah and
Minister of State Nityanand
Rai were also present on the
occasion.
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Rajasthan’s political arena
continues to be in turmoil
with the central party leader-
ship seemingly buying time as
the “promised” expansion of
the Ashok Gehlot cabinet on
July 29 hasn’t taken place.
While AICC General
Secretary Incharge Ajay Maken
has been rushed to Rajasthan
to “engage” the MLAs in talks
either in groups and individu-
ally, the rebel leader Sachin
Pilot, sources said is in Delhi
again to make efforts for his
desired clout in the Gehlot dis-
pensation.
Gehlot too seems to be
dilly dallying as he convened a
meeting to discuss the party’s
manifesto which he claimed is
a routine exercise before
reshuffling in the government.
Maken is in Jaipur and
interacting with party legisla-
tors based on which he will give
the feedback to the party high
command. AICC sources said
Maken is taking feedback on
a set of questions which
includes the existing function-
ing of the council of ministers
and other commissions and
boards. The feedback details
also seek information from
MLAs on ministers’ perfor-
mances in districts and imple-
mentation of state govern-
ment’s flagships schemes. The
list of legislators also includes
former BSP MLAs who merged
with Congress, besides the
independents.
Pilot and his loyalist legis-
lators have been at logger-
heads with Gehlot to be justi-
fiably accommodated in the
government after leading a
revolt since July 2020. The
demand gained momentum
after the party leadership
addressed similar disgruntle-
ment in its Punjab unit and the
rebel Navjot Singh Sidhu was
appointed as the Punjab
Congress president last week.
While Maken is doing his
political exercise in the State
capital, Pilot reached Delhi
making attempts to meet top
leaders like Rahul Gandhi and
Priyanka Gandhi who had
made efforts to placate him last
year. A fortnight ago, Pilot
had made similar efforts to
reach out to party leaders in the
national Capital.
On the feedback issue,
Rajasthan Transport Minister
Pratap Singh Khacharyiawas
told The Pioneer that Congress
was a democratic party and the
high command hears all its
members. He mentioned there
is no dispute in the party and
a cabinet reshuffle was the
prerogative of the chief minis-
ter and a decision on this will
be taken in discussion with the
party high command ulti-
mately.
Pilot’s loyalist MLA
Vedprakash Solanki said he had
apprised Maken of all the issues
and hence he was satisfied that
their grievances and demands
will be conveyed to the senior
most party leaders.
In the assembly of 200
members, Congress has 106
MLAs while most of the 13
independents are in support of
the ruling party.
AICC general secretaries
Maken and KC Venugopal had
earlier held a meeting with
Gehlot over Cabinet reshuffle
during their visit to Jaipur last
Saturday and Sunday. Maken
had then announced that
Gehlot’s cabinet expansion will
be done on July 29.
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An Air India Express flight
fromKeralatoSaudiArabia
made an emergency landing at
Thiruvananthapuram airport
on Saturday morning after the
pilots noticed a crack in the
windshield. The plane took off
from Thiruvananthapuram
international airport at 7.52am
and just about an hour later the
pilots detected a crack in the
windshield. They then turned
back the flight and landed in
Thiruvananthapuramat8.50am.
Air India Express
spokespersonsaidthatAirIndia
Express flight en route Saudi
Arabia had to make a precau-
tionary landing at
Thiruvananthapuram interna-
tional airport after a crack in the
windshield of the aircraft was
detected.“Theplanehadnopas-
sengers was only carrying
cargo and crew members,” AI
spokesperson said.
“All the crew members,
including the pilots, are safe,”
said CV Ravindran, director of
T h i r u v a n a n t h a p u r a m
airport. The flight was going to
bring back Indian passengers
from Damman in Saudi Arabia
as part of the ‘Vande Bharat
Mission’, according to
Ravindran.
In June, Air India Express,
the budget wing of national
carrier Air India, operated the
country’sfirstinternationalflight
with the crew fully vaccinated
against Covid-19. The flight, IX
191, operated from Delhi to
Dubai. Normal flight opera-
tionscametoahaltinMarchlast
year after a nationwide lock-
down was imposed.
Flight movements resumed
in the form of rescue operation
as the Centre started Vande
Bharat Mission to evacuate
Indians stranded in other coun-
tries. Air India Express has been
a part of the mission.
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Former Union Minister
Harsimrat Kaur Badal on
Saturday rued the fact that she
made futile efforts to reach
out to bigger Opposition par-
ties like Congress, TMC and
DMK on taking up several
issues jointly despite she being
part of a few meetings of the
Opposition bandwagon in
recent times.
“Till the time the
Opposition will not unite,
the Government will contin-
ue to benefit,” Harsimrat Kaur
Badal said talking to media
after leading a delegation of
seven political parties to sub-
mit a memorandum to
President Ram Nath Kovind
to request him to direct the
Government to allow discus-
sion in the Parliament over
range of public issues includ-
ing snooping and the contro-
versial farm laws.
“We, a delegation of MPs
representing seven political
parties, met and apprised the
President of the undemocra-
tic stonewalling of two serious
issues in Parliament –farm
laws and Pegasus Spyware. We
also urged him to constitute
a Joint Select Committee to
resolve these issues,” Badal
said.
Apart from Badal, the
delegation comprised mem-
bers from the Bahujan Samaj
Party (BSP), Nationalist
Congress Party (NCP), and
the Jammu and Kashmir
National Conference (JKNC).
The decision to approach
the President was taken last
week which also saw presence
of Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi in the Parliament
premises. Congress however
did not become a signatory to
the memorandum due to
political difference in Punjab
which goes to polls early next
year.
Speaking to the media,
the Shiromani Akali Dal
leader pointed out that she
approached leaders
from Congress, TMC and
DMK to raise the issues
together, but no one bothered
to show up.
“Five hundred farmers
lost their lives amid the ongo-
ing protests against the
Centre’s farm laws. A joint
committee should be formed
to sort out this issue.” said
Badal who quit from Modi
Council of Ministers last year
to protest the controversial
agriculture bills that was
brought and passed in
Parliament.
The ongoing Monsoon
Session of the Parliament has
seen continuous protests by
the Opposition over the farm
laws as well as the
Pegasus spyware controversy,
leading to disruptions and
adjournments of both the
Houses.
Protests against the farm
laws have been going on since
late last year, with agitating
farmers calling for their repeal
and a law guaranteeing min-
imum support price (MSP).
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NewDelhi:TheSupremeCourt
hasdirectedtheCBItotakenec-
essary administrative steps to
ensure no delay in filing of
appeals and said an IT-based
monitoring mechanism should
be adopted to facilitate proper
supervision.
Noting that there was a
delay of 647 days in filing a peti-
tion by the probe agency against
a Chhattisgarh High Court
order in June 2019, the apex
court observed that the expla-
nation given by the CBI was
“clearly insufficient”.
The court dismissed on the
grounds of delay the CBI plea
against the acquittal of accused
in a corruption case.
“The CBI is directed to
takeall necessary administrative
steps to ensure that these kinds
of delays do not occur in future.
Delays in the part of the con-
cerned officials in moving the
appeals within the stipulated
period of limitation is liable to
cause grave misgivings on the
reasons of delay,” a bench of jus-
tices D Y Chandrachud and M
RShahsaidinitsorderlastweek.
It said the proposition that
the delay was caused by the
onset of Covid do not explain
the entire period of delay as the
highcourthaddeliveredthever-
dict in June 2019 while the pan-
demic started in March 2020.
The bench said the court
must have due regard to the
nature of explanation in deter-
mining whether a case for con-
doning the delay in filing the
special leave petition is made
out.
“We, therefore, direct that
necessary administrative steps
be taken by the CBI to ensure
that the filing of the appeals and
other steps required in law is
duly monitored, preferably on
an ICT (information and com-
munications technology) plat-
form so that such delays do not
occur,” the bench said, while dis-
missing the plea on the ground
of delay.
It also observed that a
mechanism involving ICT
should be adopted to facilitate
proper monitoring and super-
vision.
The bench was hearing a
plea filed by the CBI against the
high court verdict which had
acquitted the accused in a cor-
ruption case.
The high court had deliv-
ered its verdict on a batch of
appeals filed by the accused,
who were convicted and sen-
tenced in November 2012 by a
trial court in Raipur for the
alleged offences under various
sections of the Indian Penal
Code, including those related to
cheating and criminal conspir-
acy, and under the provisions of
the Prevention of Corruption
Act.
The high court had
reversed the trial court order
and acquitted the accused.
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The coronavirus has
unleashed its wrath on the
lives of a young couple who
were married just a year ago.
The husband is hospitalised
since early May, after con-
tracting Covid-19, and cur-
rently, requires C1 crore for
lungs replacement procedure.
The couple is one of those fam-
ilies who are facing the finan-
cial version of long-haul Covid:
Exorbitant medical bills, emo-
tional stress and approaching
various authorities seeking
financial help, have upset their
lives.
However, his 31-year-old
wife is not willing to give-up in
the face of adversity. She has
moved the Supreme Court
seeking a direction to PM-
CARE Fund and other author-
ities to provide monetary assis-
tance for her husband’s treat-
ment. She claimed her family
has already pulled out all their
savings to meet the cost of his
treatment and have no finan-
cial means to raise C1 crore for
lungs replacement.
Mehra, in the petition, said
no life should meet its end for
reason of financial constraints
and State is duty-bound to
extend help in appropriate case.
She insisted that PM-Cares
Fund is a national endeavour to
provide relief to the persons in
distress situation. “Petitioner
has spent more than C1 crore on
medication of her husband and
only turned for help after
exhausting all money available
to her. The petitioner has also
tried crowd funding, personal
appeal on social websites, loan
from friends and acquaintances
before approaching the official
respondents for financial help”,
said the plea filed through
advocate Krishna Kumar Singh.
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Symptoms for early Covid-19
infection differ among age
groups and between men and
women, a new research has
found. For instance, men were
more likely to report shortness
of breath, fatigue, chills and
shivers, whereas women were
more likely to report loss of
smell, chest pain and a persis-
tent cough, said the paper,
published in The Lancet
Digital.
These differences are most
notable between younger age
groups (16 to 59 years) com-
pared to older age groups (60
to 80 years and over), and men
have different symptoms com-
pared to women in the early
stages of Covid-19 infection,
said researchers from King’s
College London after analyz-
ing data from the ZOE
COVID Symptom Study app
between April 20th to 15th
October 2020.
At least 18 symptoms were
examined, which had different
relevance for early detection
in different groups. The most
important symptoms for ear-
liest detection of Covid-19
overall included loss of smell,
chest pain, persistent cough,
abdominal pain, blisters on
the feet, eye soreness and
unusual muscle pain.
However, loss of smell
lost significance in people
over 60 years of age and was
not relevant for subjects over
80. Other early symptoms
such as diarrhoea were key in
older age groups (60-79 and
80). Fever, while a known
symptom of disease, was not
an early feature of the disease
in any age group, said the
study.
While these models were
generated in the Covid
Symptom study app, models
were replicated across time
suggesting they would also
apply to non-app contributors.
Although the models were
used on the first strain of the
virus and Alpha variants, the
key findings suggest the symp-
toms of the Delta variant and
subsequent variants will also
differ across population
groups.
Lead author, Claire Steves,
Reader at King’s College
London said: “Its important
people know the earliest
symptoms are wide-ranging
and may look different for
each member of a family or
household. Testing guidance
could be updated to enable
cases to be picked up earlier,
especially in the face of new
variants which are highly
transmissible. This could
include using widely available
lateral flow tests for people
with any of these non-core
symptoms.”
Dr Liane dos Santos
Canas, first author from King’s
College London, said:
“Currently, in the UK, only a
few symptoms are used to rec-
ommend self-isolation and
further testing. Using a larg-
er number of symptoms and
only after a few days of being
unwell, using AI, we can bet-
ter detect Covid-19 positive
cases. We hope such a method
is used to encourage more
people to get tested as early as
possible to minimise the risk
of spread.”k
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The National Investigation
Agency (NIA), along with
JK police and CRPF, on
Saturday, conducted searches at
nine locations in Shopian,
Anantnag and Jammu districts
of Jammu and Kashmir in a
case relating to Jaish front
Lashkar-e-Mustafa’s plans to
carry out terror activities in the
Union Territory.
Following the searches, one
accused Irfan Ahmed Dar of
Batingoo, Anantnag was also
arrested in the case during the
day. Preliminary investigation
has revealed that he was
involved in the conspiracy of
carrying out terrorist activities
in collusion with other arrest-
ed accused persons, the NIA
said.
“During the searches,
many digital devices including
mobile phones, hard disks,
memory cards, pen drives,
laptops and many booklets
containing incriminating
materials have been recovered
from the premises of the
arrested accused and the sus-
pects in the case,” the agency
said in a statement.
The case was initially reg-
istered as FIR No. 16/2021 of
Gangyal Police Station, Jammu
relating to conspiracy by
Lashker-e-Mustafa (LeM),
working at the behest of Jaish-
e- Mohammed, to carry out
terrorist activities in JK with
an intention to threaten sov-
ereignty, integrity and securi-
ty of India.
The NIA had re-registered
the case on March 2 this year
and took over the investiga-
tion.
Meanwhile, Intelligence
inputs suggest Pakistani terror
groups Jaish-e-Mohammad
(JeM) and Lashkar-e-Tayabba
(LeT) are planning attack in
Jammu city by planting IED
inside or outside religious cen-
tres. Following this, a high alert
has been sounded in the Union
Territory in the run up to the
August 5 anniversary of abro-
gation of Article 370 and
Independence Day celebra-
tions on August 15.
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JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan, pop-
ularly known as Lalan Singh,
was on Saturday chosen as its
national president at the party's
national executive meeting here.
He replaces R C P Singh, who
offered to step down as he has
been inducted as a Cabinet
minister in the Modi
Government. Lalan Singh is
JD(U)’sfirstupper-castenation-
al president.
Lalan Singh, a Bhumihar
MP from Munger Lok Sabha
constituency in Bihar, has long
been a close confidant of Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,
the main face of his party.
The JD (U) passed a num-
ber of resolutions, including
reiterating its position that the
Central Government should
come out with caste census, an
issue with potentially wide polit-
ical ramifications. It also spoke
against any coercive measures
like the enactment of laws to
control population growth, as
proposed in UP and Assam
ruled by its NDA ally, BJP.
JD(U) spokesperson K C
Tyagi told reporters that coer-
cive policies had failed
during the Emergency, even as
he added his party was in sup-
port of steps to control the
growth of population.
Lalan Singh asserted after
taking over that he will work to
strengthen the JD(U) in differ-
ent parts of the country and will
reach out to those leaders who
were once part of the organisa-
tion but have drifted away for
some reasons.
Kumar, whose party's equa-
tion with the ally BJP has been
uneven, also attended the
national executive meeting and
is scheduled to have a luncheon
meeting with INLD leader Om
Prakash Chautala on Sunday.
Tyagi, however, said that
politics should not be read into
it as both leaders go back many
decades and share similar
socialist background.
Chautala was released from
jail sometime back after being
convicted on corruption
charges.
The JD(U) MPs have also
sought time from Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to
press upon their demand that
the Centre should come out
with caste census as it will
help shape development
schemes and make them more
targeted, he said.
The Government had told
Parliament in March this year
that there is no proposal at
present to release the report of
the caste census carried out in
2011.
After independence, India
decided as a matter of policy not
to enumerate caste-wise popu-
lation other than SCs and STs,
it had said in March.
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The number of Covid-19
cases reported in Tokyo
totaled 4,058 people, a daily
record, city hall said Saturday,
fanning worries as Japan’s cap-
ital plays host to the Olympic
Games.
Critics have long said the
Olympics should be canceled
or postponed, as tens of thou-
sands of athletes, corporate
sponsors and media gather
from around the world.
Athletes are getting tested
for the coronavirus every day.
Twenty-one people working
at the Olympics tested positive
Saturday, none of them athletes.
The Games have had 241
positive tests so far, 23 of them
athletes. Japan has had more
than 15,000 deaths related to
Covid-19. Daily reported cases
also reached records in Saitama,
Chiba and Kanagawa prefec-
tures, neighbouring Tokyo.
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Israeli cybersecurity compa-
ny NSO Group, which is at
the centre of the Pegasus
snooping scandal, has tem-
porarily blocked several gov-
ernment clients around the
world from using its spyware
technology as the firm probes
its alleged abuses,
according to a US media
report.
The alleged use of the
Pegasus software to spy on
journalists, human rights
defenders, politicians and oth-
ers in a number of countries,
including India, triggered con-
cerns over issues relating to pri-
vacy.
The suspensions are in
response to an investigation by
the Pegasus Project, a consor-
tium of media outlets that
reported the company’s
Pegasus spyware was linked to
hacks and potential surveil-
lance.
“There is an investigation
into some clients. Some of
those clients have been tem-
porarily suspended,” National
Public Radio (NPR) quoted a
source in the Israeli company
as saying.
The source, a company
employee, did not name or
quantify the government agen-
cies — or their countries —
that NSO has recently sus-
pended from using its spyware,
asserting that Israeli defence
regulations prohibit the com-
pany from identifying its
clients, the report by NPR, an
independent, nonprofit media
organisation, said.
NSO’s ongoing internal
investigation checked some of
the telephone numbers of peo-
ple that NSO’s clients report-
edly marked as potential tar-
gets.
“Almost everything we
checked, we found no connec-
tion to Pegasus,” the employee
said, declining to elaborate on
potential misuse NSO may
have uncovered.
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Joe Biden wagered his cam-
paign and now his presi-
dency on the premise that
government itself could still
work, even at a time of frac-
tious political division.
When the Senate voted
this week, with bipartisan sup-
port, to begin work on an
infrastructure bill that Biden
supported, he seemed to have
proof of the concept.
But the triumph was over-
shadowed by the surging delta
variant of the coronavirus that
has forced the restoration of
mask guidelines, imperiled the
nation’s economic recovery
and threatened Biden’s central
promise that he would lead the
US out of the pandemic.
“Democrats have to put
wins on the board going into
2022, and Covid clouds on the
horizon make getting infra-
structure and reconciliation
done all that much more
important,” said Robert Gibbs,
former press secretary to
President Barack Obama. He
added that it’s “imperative for
the Biden administration to
communicate on this regular-
ly and prepare for us for the ups
and downs of this pandemic.”
The president’s first six
months in office, for which he
has received strong marks in
most public polls, featured the
full vaccination of more than
60% of Americans, the creation
of more than 3 million new
jobs and the passage of a
sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-
19 relief bill.
And in recent days, he has
made progress along the mas-
sive, two-pronged infrastruc-
ture track that could pour
$4.5 trillion into the United
States economy while he also
eyed future moves on voting
rights and immigration.
But the virulence of the
delta strain coupled with stub-
born vaccine hesitancy among
a significant portion of the
American population has
raised alarms about another
punishing wave of the pan-
demic, a prospect that has rat-
tled financial markets already
nervously eyeing the possibil-
ity of long-term inflation.
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Defence Secretary Lloyd
Austin is vowing he “won’t
let grass grow under our feet”
as the department begins to
implement the new vaccine
and testing directives. But
Pentagon officials were scram-
bling at week’s end to figure out
how to enact and enforce the
changes across the vast military
population and determine
which National Guard and
Reserve troops would be affect-
ed by the orders.
Dubai: US Navy explosive
experts believe a “drone strike”
targeted an oil tanker that came
under attack off the coast of
OmanintheArabianSea,killing
two on board, the American
military said Saturday.
The strike Thursday night
on the oil tanker Mercer Street
marks the first-known fatal
attack after years of assaults on
commercial shipping in the
region linked to tensions with
Iran over its tattered nuclear
deal. While no one has claimed
responsibility for the attack,
Israeli officials alleged Tehran
launched the drone strike. AP
Taipei: Hong Kong police
arrested a man Friday on sus-
picion of insulting the nation-
al anthem, after he was alleged-
ly caught booing the Chinese
national anthem while watch-
ing an Olympic event at a mall.
The 40-year old man was
allegedly waving colonial-era
Hong Kong flags and booing,
while urging others to join him
in insulting the national
anthem, according to a police
statement posted on Facebook.
Hong Kong passed a law in
June last year that criminalized
anyactionsthatinsultthenation-
al anthem. Violating the law can
mean a fine of up to $6,400
(50,000HongKongdollars),and
up to nine years in prison. AP
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Russian hackers behind the
massive SolarWinds
cyberespionage campaign
broke into the email accounts
of some of the most prominent
federal prosecutors’ offices
around the country last year,
the Justice Department said.
The department said 80%
of Microsoft email accounts
used by employees in the four
US attorney offices in New
York were breached. All told,
the Justice Department said 27
US attorney offices had at least
one employee’s email account
compromised during the hack-
ing campaign.
Beijing: On the eve of China’s
Army Day, Chinese President Xi
Jinping on Saturday asserted
that it is the ruling Communist
Party that “commands the gun”
and asked the military to make
resolute efforts to become the
world’s best army by 2027, on
par with that of the US.
A key conclave of the
Communist Party of China
(CPC) headed by 68-year-old Xi
last year finalised plans to build
a fully modern military on par
with that of the US by 2027.
By the year 2027, which
marks the centennial of the
founding of the People’s
Liberation Army (PLA), China
will build a fully modern mili-
tary on par with that of the US,
a goal that is in alignment with
the national strength and will
fulfil the future national defence
need, media reports said.
Addressingagroupstudyses-
sionoftheCPCPoliticalBureauon
Saturday,Xi—whoheadstheCPC
andthepowerfulCentralMilitary
Commission (CMC), besides the
prospects of lifelong tenure in
power unlike his predecessors —
called for resolute will and deter-
minationtoworkhardtoachieve
thegoalssetforthePLAcentenary
to be celebrated in 2027. PTI
Islamabad: Ahead of India’s
presidencyoftheUnitedNations
Security Council (UNSC) for a
month from August 1, Pakistan
on Saturday expressed its hope
that New Delhi would follow
international rules and norms.
Foreign Office (FO)
spokesperson said this in a
statement, responding to
queries about India assuming
the charge of the UNSC for the
month of August.
“We hope that India will
abide by the relevant rules and
norms governing the conduct
of the Security Council
Presidency,” the FO said. PTI
Istanbul: Authorities said
Saturday that 10 suspects have
been detained over the killing
of seven people from an ethnic
Kurdish family in Turkey’s cen-
tral Konya province. Family
members say the attack was
ethnically motivated, while
authorities blame a long-run-
ning feud between two families.
Seven people from the
Dedeoglu family were killed in
a brutal gun attack on Friday.
A statement from the Konya
prosecutor’s office said initial
evidence pointed to an ongo-
ing fight between two families
who lived in the same area. AP
0?Q 208A46H?C
The US official who wrote a
Pulitzer Prize-winning
book on genocide landed
Saturday in Khartoum, aiming
to support Sudan’s fragile tran-
sition to democracy before
travelling to Ethiopia to press
the government there to allow
humanitarian aid to the war-
torn Tigray region.
Samantha Power, adminis-
trator of the US Agency for
InternationalDevelopment,isset
to meet with top Sudanese offi-
cials including General Abdel-
Fattah Burhan, head of the rul-
ingsovereigncouncil,andPrime
Minister Abdalla Hamdok, the
civilian face of Sudan’s transi-
tional Government.
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The highly contagious Delta
variant of the coronavirus
is likely to spread to more
regions in China as the strain
was detected at one of its major
airports in Nanjing city which
was busy handling hundreds of
summer tourists, a Chinese
health official warned on
Saturday.
The new wave of the Delta
variant strain outbreak in
Nanjing city in East China’s
Jiangsu Province may contin-
ue to spread to more regions in
the short term, He Qinghua, a
senior official with the National
Health Commission, told
reporters.
The recent outbreak is
caused by the Delta variant
strain, which is highly conta-
gious and spreads fast, He was
quoted as saying by the state-
run Global Times.
The outbreak which offi-
cials say spread by cleaners
handling a flight from Russia at
Nanjing Lukou International
Airport had occurred during
summer when tourists gath-
ered at scenic spots.
The airport, which was
shutdown, handles a large pas-
senger flow, especially summer
tourists. “Due to the above
three characteristics, the
Nanjing outbreak has spread to
other regions within and out-
side Jiangsu Province. There is
a risk that it will continue to
spread to more regions,” He
said.
In July, 14 provinces
reported new locally transmit-
ted confirmed cases or asymp-
tomatic cases. Reports say mass
testing has been ordered in and
around the places where the
cases have been reported.For
the first time after over 175
days, Beijing has reported
Covid-19 cases in the last few
days. Reports say guests at a
luxury hotel in the city were put
on a 21-day quarantine after
positive cases were reported
there.
Meanwhile, Zhangjiajie, a
popular tourist destination in
Hunan Province has ordered
over 11,000 tourists to take
three nucleic acid tests before
leaving the city due to the lat-
est resurgence of Covid-19,
state-run Xinhua news agency
reported.
Tourists have to show neg-
ative results from all three tests
before leaving the city.
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Kuala Lumpur: Hundreds of
black-clad Malaysian youth
rallied on Saturday in central
Kuala Lumpur to demand the
resignation of the Prime
Minister over his handling of
the coronavirus pandemic.AP
Islamabad: Pakistani authori-
ties have imposed a lockdown
in the southern Sindh province,
including the commercial hub
of Karachi and other urban
centres, amid an alarming
increase in Covid-19 cases.
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