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New Delhi (UNI)India has registered a spike of 47704novel coronavirus cases in the past24 hours, pushing the tally to1,516,129 on Tuesday while the re-covery rate also has improved to64.23 per cent.

According to the Health Ministry,the active cases of the infectionacross the country stood at 496988.

On the brighter side, the total re-coveries so far have now reached

952744, and the difference betweenactive cases and the recovered wasimproving day by day.

The data stated that the cured anddischarged cases have exceeded theactive cases by 455756.

However, the fatalities due to thecontagion have also increased to33848, after the country recorded asharp spike of 654 deaths reporteddue to the pandemic in the past 24hours.

Meanwhile, a total of 1,73,34,885samples have been tested forCOVID-19, as per the Indian Councilof Medical Research till Monday.

Maharashtra’s at present carries acase load of 1,47,896 while 2,21,944have recovered so far. The state’s tal-ly has reached 3,83,723 and the deathtoll due to the pandemic stands at13,883. Tamil Nadu’s tally has nowreached 2,20,716, while active casesin the state is being pegged at 54,896and 3,571 have so far succumbed tothe viral infection.

India’s contagion tally over 15lakh, recovery rate at 64.23 pc

Agencies, AmbalaThe Indian Air Force’s deadliest fight-er jet, equipped with state-of-the-artmissiles and deadly bombs, is sched-uled to reach Ambala on 29 July.

Keeping in view the safety, Sec-tion 144 has been implemented inthe areas around the Air Force Sta-tion. According to reports, photogra-phy and videography have also beenbanned.

Within a week, these aircraft willbe ready for any mission. A total of 12pilots have been trained to fly thesefighter jets, which are bringing itfrom France.

The Indian Air Force has madefull preparations for the reception ofthese fighters. Air Force fighter pilotswill reach Ambala airbase onWednesday after covering an air dis-tance of 7000 km.

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa willalso be present on this occasion.

The Indian embassy in Paris saidthat the aircraft deal has enabled In-dia to take a significant step instrengthening its air power and de-

fence preparedness.This also marks a new milestone

in the strong and growing India-France defence co-operation, theFrench embassy said.

India’s ambassador to FranceJawed Ashraf attended the event tosee off the Rafale jets.

“The long-awaited and much-needed two squadrons of Rafalewould add great strength to IndianAir Force and India’s defence capa-bilities,” Ashraf said.

The ambassador met the IAF pi-lots and congratulated them on be-coming the first Indian pilots to flyone of the world’s most advancedand potent fighter aircraft.

Rafale reaching Ambala today

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalCorona continues to wreak havoc inthe capital. 199 new corona caseswere found in Bhopal on Monday.Among them are three more relativesof Chirayu Hospital director AjayGoenka. A three-year-old girl has alsotested positive. Two days ago 4 peoplefrom his family came infected.

Two more people in the bungalowof Panchayat Minister MahendraSingh Sisodia have tested positive.Three from Gandhi Medical College(GMC), including two doctors, havetested positive. As many as 7 MLAsand four former MLAs have beenfound to be positive so far.

3 people have also died due to in-fection within 24 hours in Bhopal.Now the number of people who losttheir lives from Corona has in-creased to 161 in Bhopal. At the sametime, in Bhopal, the number of totalinfected has now reached 5919 andclose to six thousand.

Record 1300 patients foundin 7 days in capital

In Bhopal, 1300 people were in-fected with the coronavirus in 7 days.This is a record. The maximum num-ber of cases came to 221 on Saturday.Over the past seven days, between150 and 200 positives have beenfound every day. Patients are being

admitted to the Covid Centre. At thesame time, people coming in contactwith them are being taken to CovidCare Center.

Narottam’s tweet - BeatCorona by following lockdown

State Home Minister NarottamMishra said that citizens should fol-low the lockdown to check the speedof corona infection in Bhopal.

Minister Mishra said that citizensshould follow the lockdown to checkthe speed of corona infection inBhopal. Dr. Mishra tweeted and said-‘Make the lockdown successful, playthe responsibility in defeating Coro-na. Total lockdown has been donesince the night of July 24 to curb thespeed of corona infection in Bhopal.Madhya Pradesh Police personnel asCorona warriors are appealing to thepublic to cooperate to make thelockdown successful.

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2 GMC docs, 3 more members of Chirayuhospital director family test positive

Agencies, JaipurThe Ashok Gehlot government hassent a revised proposal to GovernorKalraj Mishra for convening the as-sembly session from July 31 afterMishra gave his nod for conveningthe assembly but with certain condi-tions.

Rajasthan Chief Minister AshokGehlot met his cabinet a day afterthe Governor sent back his requestfor an assembly session from Fridaywith three conditions that include a21-day notice and a coronavirusplan for the house.

In its cabinet meeting, the Gehlotgovernment said it was its “right” tocall for the session. Transport Minis-ter Pratap Singh said a discussionwas held for the reply to be sent re-garding the three points raised by thegovernor.

“The Cabinet wants the assemblysession from July 31. The proposalwhich was sent earlier for calling thesession is our legal right and we aresending it again to the governor,” hetold reporters.

“The governor’s questions aresimple and we discussed their reply.

He has no right to be raising queriesyet we are giving the reply,” he said.Singh also said that the governmentwants no confrontation with the gov-ernor and hoped Mishra will now ac-cept the cabinet proposal for callingthe session.

“We want permission to call the

assembly session which is our right.We do not want any confrontationwith the governor. If he does not ac-cept this now, then it is clear thatthere is no Constitution in the coun-try,” he said.

On the issue of 21-day notice re-quired for calling the session, theminister said that 10 days have al-ready passed and asked why did thegovernor not give a date if he is talk-ing the notice.

He said that if the governor rejectsthe proposals now, the furthercourse of action will be decided. “Wehave no competition with the gover-nor, he is the head of our family,”Singh said.

Rajasthan BJP MLA Madan Di-lawar filed two writ petitions chal-lenging the assembly Speaker’s deci-sion to reject his complaint againstthe merger of six BSP MLAs with theCongress. The first petition was filedthis morning against a communica-tion received from the assembly sec-retariat Monday that the complainthas been decided and rejected by theSpeaker, the counsel for Dilawarsaid.

Gehlot govt sends revised proposal to Governor

Harish Dubey/Rahat KhanKarairaIn the assembly by-elections to beheld on 27 seats in the state, thenames of many serious contendershave emerged for the Congress ticketin almost every seat.

There are many seats where 40 to50 activists have filed a claim on theCongress ticket, but the situation iscompletely opposite on the Karairaseat.

Pragilal Jatav, who came to theCongress from the BSP a month ago,is being considered almost certain,but in 2013, Shakuntala Khatik, whowas an MLA from here, has alsoclaimed the ticket saying that she isputting her political career at stakewith the BJP. I have not gone to BJP,so they should get the reward of loy-alty as a ticket, she said.

Here the Congress is embroiled in

the claims of Pragilal and Shakunta-la, while the picture in the BJP isclear. Jasmant Jatav, who quit thelegislature and Congress in supportof Scindia, is certain to be nominat-ed by the BJP as its candidate. Jas-mant Jatav has also started his elec-tion campaign, although he is facingpublic opposition. In many places he

faced black flags and angry slogans. Pragilal, who joined the Congress

in front of Kamal Nath, has contest-ed from the BSP ticket thrice fromhere. In 2008, he was second, whilein 2018, he was in third place aftergetting 40,026 votes. The Congresshopes that he will divert the BSP’svote to the Congress.

Bird sanctuary, sand quarrying main issues

Both the major parties have de-cided the electoral issues for theKaraira by-election. People from 32villages in the area have settled inthe Sonchiraiya Sanctuary. Sonchi-raya or Great Indian Bustard has notbeen seen here for years but peopleare upset due to restrictions. Roadsin Karaira are poor and the illegalsand mining is also at its peak.

While outgoing MLA Jasmant isaccused of illegal sand trading, in theevent of Pragilal being made a Con-gress candidate, the BJP may raise acase of alleged possession of twelvebigha land of the temple in his vil-lage Gadhai. The Congress is now ac-cusing BJP candidate Jasmant of notfulfilling the promises made to the

people in the last election.

Rajmata Scindia has alsobeen an MLA from here

Karaira has once been the seat ofveterans who played an importantrole in state politics. After leaving theCongress in 1967, Rajmata VijayarajeScindia won the Jana Sangh ticketfrom here. Later in 1977, Rajmata’ssister Sushmasih also emerged victo-rious from here.

Karaira was ranked as a minister-ial seat in the Congress era. GautamSharma of Congress, who won in1957 and 1962, emerged as a power-ful leader of the state by becomingfood minister of the state, while DauHanumant Singh Arjun Singh, whowon in 1980, 1985, was IrrigationMinister in the governments of Moti-lal Vora etc. Here there has been acompetition of equality between theCongress and the BJP.

Karaira: Cong embroiled in Pragilal and Shakuntala’s claims

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe first virtual Cabinet meeting

of the country was held under thechairmanship of Chief Minister ShriShivraj Singh Chouhan. Ministerstook part in the Cabinet meetingfrom different places through videoconferencing.

Decision was taken to change thename of “Chambal Expressway” to“Chambal Progress-Way” in the Cab-inet meeting. Also, approval was giv-en for construction of ChambalProgress-Way under BharatmalaProject. Under the scheme, approvalwas granted for construction of 309k.m. four lane green field road fromMadhya Pradesh-Rajasthan borderto Bhind district via Morena. Freeland will be provided by the stategovernment for the project. The pri-vate land to be acquired will be ex-changed with government land as faras possible.

Approval to system of treat-ment of Covid infected people

The Cabinet endorsed thearrangements for treatment of Covidinfected people, in which AyushmanBharat Niramay Madhya Pradesh

will bear 40 percent burden of theexpenses as per the value of thepackage prescribed for the treatmentof Covid under Jan Arogya Yojana inthe recognized hospitals of peopledeemed eligible by Government ofIndia.

Similarly, under the Jan ArogyaYojana, Ayushman Bharat NiramayMadhya Pradesh will bear 100 per-cent of the expenditure as per valueof the package prescribed for treat-ment of Covid in hospitals recog-nized by the state government.Those who do not have eligibility inboth the above categories will getfree treatment in government hospi-tals /contracted private hospitals. Innon-contracted hospitals, treatment

can be availed at one’s own expense.The contract for Covid Hospi-

tal/Covid Health Care Centre will beexecuted with private hospitals afterapproval of the sub-committee ofthe State Level Committee. Paymentof dues to hospitals will be based onthe number of beds prescribed un-der Jan Arogya Yojana. Sixty percentof the amount payable will be paid asmonthly fixed cost and 40 percent asvariable cost.

The Government of India will re-imburse 60 percent of the expendi-ture on the treatment of the eligiblepeople as specified by the Govern-ment of India under the Jan ArogyaYojana at Covid Hospital/CovidHealth Care Centre.

About Rs. 14 crore will bespent under the CM’s Rural

Street Vendors Loan SchemeThe Cabinet granted approval to

the Chief Minister Rural Street Ven-dors Loan Scheme. Under thescheme, working capital of up to Rs10 thousand will be made availableto eligible persons in the age groupof 18 to 55 years as loan from thebank. This scheme, to be imple-mented from July 2020 to March2022, aims to benefit one lakh ruralpoor. The scheme will result in anannual financial burden of about Rs.14 crore.

Over Rs. 12 thousand 799 crorefor Crop Insurance SchemeThe Cabinet granted post facto

approval to the proposal for imple-menting Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana from Kharif 2020-21 till Rabi2020-22. Under the scheme, the stategovernment will bear the financialburden of Rs. 6494 crore 15 lakh. Anamount of Rs. 6305 crore is expectedto be received from the Central gov-ernment. In this way, the scheme willof more than Rs. 12,799 crore.

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Babri demolition case: CBIcourt completes recordingstatements of accusedLucknow: The special CBI court onTuesday completed recording ofstatements of the accused in Babrimasjid demolition case. Of the 32 ac-cused, 31, including former DeputyPM Lal Krishna Advani, former unionminister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi andformer UP CM Kalyan Singh, haverecorded their statements.

Today, the CBI court of specialjudge S K Yadav recorded the state-ment of 31st accused Satish Pradhanthrough video conferencing. Howev-er one accused Om Prakash Pandey,is absconding, as he has reportedembraced sainthood and could notbe located.

The court has given time till July30 to the defence counsels to submittheir written arguments. As per theSupreme court direction, the specialcourt could give its verdict on the 28-year-old case by August 31.

However, all the accused haveclaimed innocence and said theywere politically implicated in theconspiracy. Mr Advani, who recordedhis statement on July 24 throughvideo-conferencing from New Delhi,had denied all charges of the CBImade against him on the conspiracyto demolish the Babri mosque struc-ture on December 6,1992.

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State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 3,83,723 13,883Tamil Nadu 2,20,716 3,571Delhi 1,31,219 3,853Andhra Pradesh 1,02,349 1,090Karnataka 1,01,465 1,953Uttar Pradesh 70,493 1,456West Bengal 60,830 1,411Telangana 57,142 480Gujarat 56,874 2,348Bihar 41,244 253Rajasthan 36,878 631Assam 33,576 86Haryana 32,127 397Madhya Pradesh 28,589 82Odisha 26,892 147Kerala 19,727 63J and K 18,390 321Punjab 13,769 318Jharkhand 8,683 89Chhattisgarh 7,745 44Uttarakhand 6,328 66Goa 5,119 36Tripura 4,049 17Puducherry 2,872 43Manipur 2,286 0Himachal Pradesh 2,270 14Nagaland 1,385 5Ladakh 1,306 4Arunachal Pradesh 1,239 3Meghalaya 738 5Sikkim 555 1Mizoram 384 0

World Corona UpdateCountry Cases DeathsWorld 16,713,216 657,838USA 4,435,826 150,528Brazil 2,446,397 87,737India 1,516,129 33,848Russia 823,515 13,504South Africa 452,529 7,067Mexico 395,489 44,022Peru 389,717 18,418Chile 347,923 9,187Spain 325,862 28,434UK 300,111 45,759Iran 296,273 16,147Pakistan 275,225 5,865Saudi Arabia 270,831 2,789Colombia 257,101 8,777Italy 246,286 35,112Bangladesh 229,185 3,000Turkey 227,019 5,630Germany 207,416 9,206France 183,079 30,209

Veteran actressKumkum dies at 86

Mumbai: VeteranBollywood actressKumkum passedaway here on Tues-day. She was 86.Kumkum, born Za-ibunnissa, acted inmore than 100films, which in-

cluded ‘Mother India’, ‘Kohinoor’and ‘Ujala. She last appeared in ‘EkKunwari Ek Kunwara’ directed byPrakash Mehra. She was the lead-ing lady of the first Bhojpuri film‘Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhai-bo’. Reacting over her demise,Naved Jafri said that Bollywood haslost another gem. “I have knownher since I was a kid and she wasfamily, a superb artist and a fantas-tic human being”, he tweeted.

Complete lockdown inBengal on differentdays in AugustKolkata: Bengal will observe com-plete lockdown on August 02, 05,08, 09, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 31 to breakthe chain of Covid-19 pandemic,said Chief Minister Mamata Baner-jee on Tuesday. Complete lock-down has already been announcedon July 29 (Tomorrow). Earlier, thestate observed complete lockdownon July 23 and 25. Addressing me-dia at Nabanna, the State Secretari-at, Ms Banerjee announced exten-sion of bi-weekly lockdown till Au-gust-end.

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Bhopal, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 2Nation

Indore (CNS)A blogathon, a ‘ marathon’ of sharing

blogs, pictures, videos etc on social mediawas organised today by School of MassCommunication and Journalism, DAVVUniversity, SkySocial - youth group ofBhopal, Vasudha Sanasthan and UNICEF.The theme was to talk about stories inCOVID times, what youth thinks on stig-ma and discrimination, and to talk aboutkey messages of use of Facemask, hand-washing with soap, social distancing.

Youth of Bhopal, Indore, Adolescentsof Jhabua, shared blog posts, pictureposts, videos, audio’s, illustrations, paint-ings, poems on the theme of COVID,saluting efforts of COVID19 Warriors, say-ing no to stigma and discrimination, im-portance of using face mask and don’t useit as chin mask, steps and importance ofhandwashing with soap, and social dis-tancing. Adolescents shared imagesshowing social distances.

To support this blogathon video mes-sages and highlighting importance of facemask of Pankaj Chaturvedi, motivationalspeaker, Geet Dhir, Political Leader, Girish

Upadhyay, Vijay Pratap Singh, HealthJournalist were shared. Deepak Singh,Collector Sagar appealed in his videomessage appelaed to his dsitrict residentsto use facemask when they are out ofhome. Dr Santosh Shukla, Additional Di-rector, Public Health, Department of Pub-lic Health and Family Welfare, spokeabout SMS, the way to fight COVID19. Sstands for sanitizer or soap, M for mask,and S for social distancing.

Anil Gulati, Communication Specialist,UNICEF Madhya Pradesh shared that aimof this ‘blogathon by youth is to increasepositive discourse on the theme of COVID19 and talk about positive stories ofCOVID19 warriors, spreading messages ofuse of facemask and handwashing withsoap using social media channels’

Dr Sonalee Nargunde, Head of Depart-ment of School of Mass Communicationand Journalism, DAVV Indore said thatthis was unique initiative where we got around 150 youth from Universityengaged in it and helped to understandthe challenge and spread right information on COVID19 and salute the

warriors.Shristi Pragat, Founder member of

SkySocial, says that we were part of thisblogathon so that we can create moreawareness about being safe and just likehow we want the virus to stop spreadingand this pandemic to end. We also want tostop discrimination and end stigmatiza-tion around COVID19.

Gayatri Parihar, of Vasudha Sanasthanshares we shared stories and posts fromJhabua, Dhar of efforts of volunteers andadolescents on handwashing, reachingout to migrants, use of facemask and callto action by adolescents especially onhandwashing and facemasks.

The posts were shared om facebookpage COVID19 and HumansofMP. insta-gram page of Youth4Children, blogMP4COVID19Warriors and on respectivesocial media handles of various organisa-tions.

Around 350 content posts were createdand shared on various social media plat-forms like twitter, facebook, instagram,blog, and instagram stories created byyouth, adolescents and leaders.

Blogathon on COVID19 reaches out on social media

Lucknow (UNI)Expressing concern over the

alarming law and order situation inUttar Pradesh, AICC General Secre-tary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra onTuesday shot off a letter to ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath askinghim to look the issue seriously.

In the letter, Ms Priyanka Gand-hi Vadra has stated that as the ChiefMinister, you (Yogi Adityanath)must be knowing about the incidents of Kan-pur, Gonda and Gorakhpur. “ I would like todraw your attention to the pain of a Ghaziabadfamily, to whom I have spoken,” she said.

In the letter, Ms Vadra has stated thatGhaziabad trader Vikram Tyagi has been miss-ing for nearly a month. The family fears that hehas been kidnapped. Despite repeated pleas,nothing concrete is being done by the policeand the district administration. Two daysback, a delegation of our party met his family.They were very upset. In the letter, she has re-quested the Chief Minister to help the family

and also asked him to instruct thepolice to extend all support to thefamily.

In the letter, the Congress Gen-eral Secretary has stated that thereis a spurt in the incidents of kid-napping in the state. At this mo-ment, it is the responsibility of thepolice and the administration to actswiftly and effectively. Ms Vadra hasasked Yogi Adityanath to beef upthe state’s law and order as people

are living in fear. Earlier on Tuesday, CongressGeneral Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra onTuesday indirectly took on Bahujan Samaj Par-ty (BSP) supremo Mayawati.

In a tweet, Ms Vadra said, “The undeclaredspokespersons of the BJP have issued a whipof help to the BJP. But this is not just a whip,rather a clean chit to those who murderdemocracy and the Constitution.” Earlier, BSPGeneral Secretary Satish Mishra had issued awhip to all its six MLAs in Rajasthan to voteagainst the Congress in case of a trust motionin the Assembly.

Priyanka writes to Yogi about L&O situation in UP

New Delhi (UNI)Scientists at the National

University of Science andTechnology MISiS (NUST MI-SiS), together with Russianand German colleagues, havediscovered new properties ofmagnetite-gold nanohybrids.

The authors of the funda-mental study believe that theirfindings may potentially helpdiagnose and treat cancer. Thestudy results were publishedin the scientific publicationJournal of Materials Chem-istry B.

‘Magnetite-gold nanohy-brids are structures consistingof gold (Au) and magnetite(Fe3O4) nanoparticles. Mag-netite nanoparticles providethe necessary magnetic prop-erties, while gold nanoparti-cles contribute to making flex-ible chemical modificationspossible, as well as provide theentire complex structure(dimer) with unique opticalproperties,’ Maxim Abaku-mov, research participant,Head of the Biomedical Nano-materials Laboratory at NUSTMISIS in Moscow said.

Nanohybrid propertiesmake it possible to use themin targeted drug delivery tocertain types of cells, as well asin diagnosing tumours, for ex-ample, using magnetic reso-nance imaging.

The scientists have con-

ducted a detailed study of theformation mechanism fordimeric magnetic magnetite-gold nanoparticles.

According to the authors ofthe study, their findings makeit possible to control thenanoparticles’ size and shapedue to the ability to controlthe paramters of a chemicalreaction.

The researchers said theyhave looked at the origin,growth, and faceting of mag-netite-gold nanohybrids bytaking liquid samples from thereaction mixture during syn-thesis.

‘We observed two succes-sive processes during mag-netite formation. Firstly,spherical magnetite nanopar-ticles start growing duringheating. Secondly, iron oxide

nanoparticles gradually takethe shape of octahedrons atthe boiling stage with a con-stant volume of nanoparti-cles,’ Ulf Widwald, researchparticipant and associate pro-fessor at the University ofDuisburg-Essen, said.

During synthesis, primarygold nuclei appear as a resultof a reaction at temperaturesbelow 220 degree C, followedby magnetite nucleation onthe surface of gold nanocrys-tals, which is observed at tem-peratures ranging from 240 to280 degree C.

The authors of the studypointed out that there hasnever been such a detailed sci-entific analysis of the proper-ties of obtaining dimericnanoparticles before. Thestudy used X-ray phase analy-

sis, transmission electron mi-croscopy, and vibrating sam-ple magnetometry.

The work is fundamental.The results obtained can helpoptimise dimeric nanoparti-cle synthesis, which will facili-tate their manufacturing ap-plication, and simplify thescaling process.

The study also involved sci-entists from LomonosovMoscow State University, theMendeleev University ofChemical Technology, andPirogov Russian National Re-search Medical University.

Meanwhile, India and theUK are deepening their exist-ing scientific research collabo-ration with five new projectsto tackle anti-microbial resis-tance (AMR) that could lead toimportant advances in theglobal fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes.

The funding awards wereannounced by Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minis-ter of State for South Asia andthe Commonwealth, ahead ofa virtual visit to India on Tues-day.

India is a major producer ofantimicrobials in the pharma-ceutical industry global sup-ply chain, and the researchprojects aim to develop a bet-ter understanding of howwaste from antimicrobialmanufacturing could be inad-vertently fuelling AMR.

Russian scientists discover nanoparticleproperties to help fight Cancer613 more COVID-19

cases in DelhiNew Delhi: With 613 new casesbeing reported, the count ofconfirmed COVID-19 caseshas reached 1,31,219 in Delhi,said Health Minister SatyendarJain on Tuesday. “There were613 new cases reported, whichhas taken the count of con-firmed COVID-19 cases in Del-hi to 1,31,219,” Jain told re-porters here. He further saidthat the number of active casesis currently at 10,994 in the na-tional capital and Delhi is cur-rently on the number 10 posi-tion in the list of states with re-spect to the number of activecases and added that currently2,835 corona patients are ad-mitted in hospitals. He furthersaid that the Delhi governmentis conducting a survey to findout whether herd immunityhas developed in the region.

141 more test positive, 4dies in UT since last 24 hrsPuducherry: As many as 141more persons tested positivefor Coronavirus taking the to-tal number of active cases to1,182 and four patients died,including N R Congress Gener-al Secretary V Bhalan, in theUnion Territory during the last24 hours. According to theCOVID 19 status released bythe health department onTuesday,130 new cases werereported in Puducherry regionand 11 in Yanam region. About86 persons tested positive forthe virus were admitted to thegovernment medical college,40 to Jipmer, four to CovidCare Center(CCC) and 11 toYanam Government Hospital.One person each died in Gov-ernment medical college, Jip-mer and CCC while another inYanam Government hospital.

23 more COVID-19cases in MizoramAizawl: Mizoram on Tuesdayreported 23 fresh COVID-19cases. “23 new COVID-19 posi-tive cases found out of 358samples tested at ZMC on27.7.2020. 22 new positives areAssam Rifles personnel sta-tioned at Zokhawsang while 1is a civilian, who has recentlyreturned from Nepal,” tweetedthe Department of Informa-tion and Public Relations, Gov-ernment of Mizoram. The totalcoronavirus cases in the statestand at 384 which include 196patients have been cured and188 active cases. No deathshave been reported due toCOVID-19 in the state.

138 more MaharashtraPolice personnel testpositive for COVID-19Mumbai: In the last 24 hours,138 Maharashtra Police per-sonnel have tested positive forCOVID-19, taking the totalcoronavirus cases in the statepolice department to 8,722.According to the press releaseby the state police depart-ment, there are 1,955 activecases. The release further stat-ed that 6,670 police personnelhave recovered from the dis-ease. With three more deathsin the state police departmentdue to COVID-19, the numberof fatalities has gone up to 97.

COVID-19: 12 new casesin Himachal, tally 2,282Shimla: Himachal Pradeshregistered 12 fresh cases ofCOVID-19 which increased thetally to 2,284 in the hill state onTuesday, Senior Medical Offi-cer confirmed. AdditionalChief Secretary Health R DDhiman said that seven peopletested positive in Chamba dis-trict,three in Bilaspur and twoin Shimla, eight patients re-covered in the state includingsix in Shimla and two in Kullu.Total tally mounted to 103 inChamba, 150 in Shimla, 87 inBilaspur. As many as 1,029 areactive case and 1,244 recov-ered while 12 people havedied.

1,610 more test positive forCOVID-19 in TelanganaHyderabad: As many as 1,610more people tested positive forthe contagious COVID-19 tillMonday night taking the totalnumber of Coronavirus casesto 57,142 in Telangana. About 9COVID-19 deaths were report-ed during the last 24 hours inthe state. With this, the totalnumber of fatalities has risento 480. A health departmentbulletin said on Tuesday that803 patients had recoveredand discharged from hospitalsduring the period and the totalnumber of recoveries in thestate till date was 42,909. Therewere 13,753 active cases in thestate now, It said.

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Bhubaneswar (UNI)A fresh report of 1215 corona in-

fection cases during the last 24hours took the total tally in Odishato 28,107 while death toll rose to154 with seven more succumbingto the coronavirus.

Health and Family Welfare de-partment sources said a five yearold child was among the sevenCovid patients who died in thestate during the last 24 hours rais-ing the casualty figure in the stateto 154.

The 5-year old male child of

Bhubaneswar under Khordha dis-trict who was also suffering fromCerebral Palsy with seizure disor-der died while under treatment ina Covid hospital.

Of the seven covid deaths, threewere from Ganjam district, twofrom Rayagada and one each fromKhordha and Cuttack district.

A 16-year old Covid positive girlof Balasore district also passedaway due to Acute LymphocyticLeukemia with immune suppres-sion taking the total non covid ca-sualties in the state to 35.

Odisha Covid tally crosses 28K

Vidisha (CNS)MLA Vidisha Shashank Bhargav

sat on dharna with fast in favour ofcovid 19 possitive patients who arefacing mismanagement and Inhu-man Conditions in the hospital inVidisha.

Shashank Bhargava said this isnot the first time that patients havecomplained of mismanagementand Inhuman Conditions at Dis-trict Hospital and Medical Collegewhich has been declared as COVID19 hospital, Incidents of chakkipakki roti which too are given verylate is a common problem. Nobreak fast, no hygienic food is sup-plied at the hospital to covid 19 pa-tients. MLA Shashank Bhargavasked about the total money spenton a patient per day.

MLA Vidisha said that Govern-ment is spending near about1200rupees per patient but money isnot properly spent.

Other speakers also spokeabout PM CARES and collection ofmoney from contributions whichis being used for covid patients,

the money is not used honestly asPM said PM CARES Fund allotted?2,000 crore to supply 50,000Made-in-India ventilators butthere’s no ventilator at the hospi-tal.

MLA Vidisha said how corrup-tion is failing the campaign againstcorona. Shashank Bhargava alsospoke on Chirayu Hospital Bhopal

which is preferred covid Hospital. On the conclusion of protest

with fast he said Collector has as-sured him to improve the condi-tions in the Covid-Hospital. It isalso declared that if kaccha-pakka(half cooked) food is supplied andmismanagement if continues thenMLA Vidisha Shashank Bhargavawill resume protest again.

COVID patients shout, MLA protests “inhuman conditionsand mismanagement” in hospitals in Vidisha

Srinagar (UNI)Eight more people died due to COVID-19 since late

Monday evening, taking the total death toll due to theinfection in the Union Territory of J&K to 329 on Tues-day. With these deaths, 294 people have lost their livesdue to COVID-19 in 54 days, and 314 people in 68 day inJ&K, where 470 new positive cases were detected onMonday, taking the total number of infected persons to18390.

Official sources said that a 62-year-old man, a resi-dent of Batamaloo in Srinagar, was admitted to S K In-stitute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on July 17 for respi-ratory problem. ‘The patient, who had tested positivefor COVID-19, died at the hospital on Tuesday’, they fur-ther said.

They stated that a 75-year-old man, a resident of So-pore in Baramulla, was admitted to SKIMS on last Sat-urday for pneumonia. ‘The COVID-19 positive patientdied at the hospital on Tuesday,’ they further stated.

Another patient from Srinagar, a 60-year-old womanfrom Nowhatta died at the hospital on Tuesday. ‘The pa-tient, who had tested positive for COVID-19, was suffer-ing from respiratory problems, besides other ailments’.

They affirmed that a Kulgam resident, a 59-year-oldman, who had tested positive for COVID-19, died at thehospital on Tuesday. ‘The patient was suffering frompneumonia and hypertension,’.

Sources said three patients from Srinagar — includ-ing 85-year-old man from Barzulla, 72-year-old manfrom Eidgah and 69 year old patient from Hyderpora —died at SHMS hospital on Monday evening.

‘The Hyderpora and Eidgah residents, who had test-ed positive for COVID-19, were suffering from bilateralpneumonia,’ they said.

A Pulwama resident, a 65-year-old COVID-19 posi-tive, died at Chest Disease hospital on Monday evening,they added.

With these fatalities, the death toll due to COVID-19has risen to 99 in Srinagar, which is the worst affecteddistrict in J&K in terms of causalities, followed by Bara-mulla with 64 deaths. The number has swelled to 19 inPulwama while the death toll stands at 23 in Budgamand 21 in Anantnag. As many as 20 people have losttheir lives to the disease in Shopian while 18 deathshave been reported in Kupwara. The number of deathsstands at 28 in Kulgam. Nine people have lost their livesin Bandipora. Ganderbal district recorded sixth deathdue to COVID-19 on July 24.

COVID-19: 8 more people die in J&K,death toll rises to 329

Assam COVID curedtally crosses 25,000Guwahati: The number of re-covered COVID 19 patientshas been growing steadily inAssam to cross 25,000 even asthe overall count also in-creased.

The total number of recov-ered patients has reached25,402 with 1362 dischargesduring the last 24 hours, stateHealth Minister Dr HimantaBiswa Sarma has informed.

The overall tally of COVID19 cases has also jumped to33,576 with detection of 1348new cases in the last 24 hours.

Among the new cases, 155were from main city Guwa-hati. The death toll has alsocontinued to mount with sev-en COVID confirmed deathstaking the figure to 86. Thenumber of active COVID 19positive cases in the statestands at 8085.

Bhopal, Wednesday, July 29, 2020 3City

Bhopal: Under the latest and popular onlineseries of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav San-grahalaya entitled ‘object of the Week’, The“KHARHA”, a big iron cauldron made of ironplates by the local blacksmiths un-der the patronage of the Sainjruler of Shimla HimachalPradesh . displayed in the au-dience as the 5th Exhibit of theJuly, 2020 through official web-site, Facebook, Instagram andtwitter page of the IGRMS.

In this regard Dr. Praveen KumarMishra, Director, IGRMS saidthat,Due to spread of COVID-19 pandemic the museumsthroughout the world areclosed but identifying different innovativeways to remain connected to their visitors. In-dira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya(National Museum of Mankind) has also tak-en up many new initiatives to face the chal-lenges posed by this pandemic. In one suchstep it is coming up with a new series entitled‘Object of the Week’ to showcase its collectionfrom all over India. Initially this series will fo-cus on the masterpieces from its collectionwhich are considered as unique for their con-tribution to the cultural history of a particularethnic group or area. These masterpieces be-long to the “AA” & “A” category. There are 64

objects in these categories.Karaha is a large cauldron made of iron

plates by the local blacksmiths under the pa-tronage of the Sainj ruler. Sainj was once a

principality under the jurisdiction ofa great Sainj King of Hi-machal Pradesh. The vessel

is made out of a multiplehand-made heavy gauge iron

sheets joined together andfashioned into the form of a

huge bowl. It consists of fourrings interlocked and fixed around

the rim for the purpose of carry-ing it. The lid of the caul-dron is made up of a thickand circular iron sheet piv-

oted into two equal halves and can be folded.The vessel was meant for the food prepara-tion in large quantity during the rule of theKing. Food was prepared for the people whowork in the palace and for those who ren-dered services to the king. This iron vesselrepresents about 90 year old tradition withmagnificent craftsmanship both in designand shape and bears historical importance. Itreveals the royal service rendered to the pub-lic during the reign of the Sainj ruler.

Visitors can see this object from homethrough the Official site andFacebook site, In-stagram and twitter page of the IGRMS.

Kharha is 5th Object of month of July

Bhopal: Pyare Mian’s advocate S.Jamali has also been arrested byShyamala Hills Police on Tuesdayafternoon. Pyare Mian is accused insexual exploitation of minor girls inBhopal. He had prepared a fake au-dit report of a society created byPyare Mian. Shyamala Hills Policehas filed a case against Pyare 4 daysago for committing fraud by creat-ing a society of Rs 60 lakh. His sonand wife are also accused in this.

Shyamala Hills police had regis-tered a cheating case against PyareMian, his son and wife four daysago on a complaint by SN Singh,president of the Lake ViewEnclave Apartment WelfareAssociation. He is accusedof forming the e-block Lake ViewEnclave Apartment Welfare Society.He formed the society without giv-ing any information to other peo-ple of the society. In 2011, he in-stalled the tower of Bharti AirtelLimited on the roof of the e-blockof Ansal Apartment.

For this, till date he has receivedabout 60 lakh rupees from the com-pany. Its audit report was made byadvocate S Jamali. Earlier, a casewas also registered against him inthe Excise Act in the case of foreignliquor. Pyare is on the three-day re-mand with Koh-e-Fiza Police. Thepolice will interrogate him till 30July. Earlier, he was on remand byShahpura police till 27 July. Pyare

was taken on remand twice for fivedays by Shahpura police. Mean-while, Indore and Shyamala Hillspolice are also preparing to takehim on remand. So far, there havebeen 4 FIRs in Bhopal. Other agen-cies including the Forest Depart-ment are already investigating thismatter. Apart from this, Indore Po-lice has also registered a case offraud.

Woman held for land fraudCrime Branch Police of Bhopal

has arrested a woman carryingaward of Rs 10,000 in the case of

land fraud. Crime BranchPolice said today that thewoman Kavita Nagle was

arrested from her residence inAwadhpuri. The accused womanhad cheated several people of Rs 1crore by bargaining the land withmany people by preparing a forgeddocument of a land situated atBilkhiraia on Raisen Road. On thecomplaint of Shyam Mangal, an in-vestigation was initiated into thecase by registering a case againstthe woman. The police investigat-ing in the case found that the ac-cused had cheated in the name ofselling this land to two other peoplebesides Shyam Mangal. Effortswere being made for a long time forher arrest and a reward of ten thou-sand rupees was also announcedby the police on her arrest.

Pyare Mian’s advocate also arrested

Bhopal: On the occasion of Interna-tional Tiger Day, a state-level eventwill be held at Van Vihar NationalPark Bhopal on July 29 at 11.30 am inthe main hospitality of Forest Minis-ter Kunwar Vijay Shah. Principal Sec-retary Forest Shri Ashok Varnwal andPrincipal Chief Conservator ofForests Shri Rajesh Srivastava andPrincipal Chief Conservator(Wildlife) Shri S.K. Circle will be pre-sent.

This state level event is currentlybeing organized on a virtual plat-form due to the circumstances ofCovid-19 and lockdown in Bhopal. Itwill be live streaming from Van ViharNational Park Bhopal on MadhyaPradesh Tiger Foundation Society’sFacebook page www.facebook.com/mptigerfoundationsociety/video/952384665247865 and YouTube chan-nel www.youtube.com/watch.

In this programme, documen-taries mainly on wildlife conserva-tion in the state, annual reports oftiger reserves, posters, etc. will be re-leased by the Forest Minister. On thisoccasion, Madhya Pradesh State Bio-diversity Board will report on the T-3walk of the Panna tiger and also re-

lease the documentary on this walk,as well as the Minister of Forests Mr.Shah will inaugurate the ButterflyPark in the Van Vihar National Parkcomplex. An appeal has been madeto aware citizens to join the eventthrough the given link.

Save nature save futureSports and Youth Welfare, Techni-

cal Education and Skill DevelopmentMinister Yashodhara Raje Scindiahas given the message of ‘Save Na-ture, Save the Future’ on World Na-ture Conservation Day. She has saidthat for sustainable development weneed to conserve our natural re-sources. We take a pledge to makemore and more trees to make theearth prosperous and participate inthe prevention of growing pollution.

The Minister of Women and ChildDevelopment, Smt. Imrati Devi hasgiven a message on World NatureConservation Day that we all shouldtake a pledge to conserve water,forests and fauna, protect the extinctfauna and flora and for our futuregenerations. Make the conservationof nature a top priority for a bettertomorrow.

State level event on GlobalTiger Day today

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalSports and Youth Welfare Minister Smt.Yashodhara Raje Scindia inspected theshooting academy at Bishankheri andheld one-to-one discussions with the in-structors. Smt. Scindia has given in-structions that due to Covid-19 playersare unable to come and train on thefield, in such a situation, every coachshould make a slot and discuss their fit-ness, training diet etc. with the playersevery day. He said that the fitness play-ers of international level performanceplayers should make a fitness video anddiscuss it with the coach through a videoconference. Talk to all the players daily.

Sports Minister Smt. Scindia whilediscussing one-to-one with the shootingacademy instructors said that this is anexcellent academy and your aim shouldbe excellence, that is, the goal should beto bring medals in international levelcompetitions. She said that the playerswill be identified for the Olympic andAsian Games soon. Mrs. Scindia saidthat high level fitness is necessary for in-ternational level performance. He askedthe trainers to prepare a game actionplan for the future.

The Sports Minister said that due to

Kovid-19, players who are at homeshould make courses and train them. Ifthe players are not giving performance,then change them to give new children achance.

Smart classes will begin inshooting academy

Sports Minister Smt. Scindia said thatSmart Class Room will be started soon inShooting Academy. Through the smartclass, players will be able to know the

nuances of the game from internationallevel coaches.

Along with this, fitness training andyoga classes will also be done daily forthe players, such arrangements shouldbe made. Mrs. Scindia said that nowevery district sports center will have aroom to practice shooting targets. Withthis arrangement rural talent will alsoget a chance. Director Sports and YouthWelfare Shri Pawan Kumar Jain was alsopresent on the occasion.

Academy players will be identified for Olympic, Asian Games

Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal:The Bhopal School of Social Sci-ences took a step towards spread-ing awareness about how to iden-tify authentic journals fromcloned ones. Under the guidanceof Dr. Fr. John P.J.( PrincipalBSSS), The Department of Com-merce conducted National LevelWebinar on “How To Detect Fake/Cloned/ Predatory Journals InAcademics” on 25th July 2020.

Dr. Sumit Narula Director,Amity School of Communication,Amity University MadhyaPradesh was the resource person.The webinar was attended by par-ticipants from nine states of thecountry. The lecture was centeredaround the growing rush towardsthe predatory and cloned jour-nals, the current biggest issue in

academia, and the need to identi-fy such journals.

Dr Narula questioned the au-dience that can movement betermed as progress, if not, thenjust publishing a research paperalso cannot be termed as achieve-ment unless it is in an authenticand quality journal. He empha-sized that we could run aroundand get nowhere, the same thinghappens when we put our heartand soul in writing a research pa-per but fail to get the researchpublished in an authentic jour-nal. Instead, we land up publish-ing our work in some journal thatdoes not meet the claim it makesof being a peer-reviewed, or UGCcare listed or Scopus listed.Therefore, we should protect our-selves from such fake cloned and

predatory journals. This wouldlead to not only academicprogress but also academic excel-lence.

Dr. Narula equipped the par-ticipants with the knowledge toidentify authentic journals bythem a list of pointers. He re-quested researchers to nurture amindset that instills a belief thatthe research paper is worth pro-tecting. He urged the participantsto gear up their defense againstfake and cloned journals and re-minded them to always be suspi-cious of the journal in which theywant to go for publication. Hestressed the issue be taken up bythe institutional heads, IQAC, andresearch guides as true ignoranceis not the absence of knowledgebut the refusal to acquire it.

‘Researchers Be Suspicious’ anenlightening webinar at BSSS

(Contd from Page 1)As many as 1300 patients havebeen found in Bhopal in 7 days.This includes Wednesday- 196Thursday- 190, Friday- 145, Satur-day- 221, Sunday- 199, Monday-177 and Tuesday- 199 patients. Inthis, 796 cases were found within 4days of total lockdown.

This includes patients fromevery police station area, colonyand localities. From old Bhopal tonew Bhopal, the number of infect-ed people is continuously increas-ing. The total number of patientscured in Bhopal now stands at3610. At the same time, active cas-es have increased to 2102.

Positives found frommany areas

On Tuesday, 4 people testedpositive from Arera Colony, 3 be-longing to Chirayu Hospital Direc-tor Goenka’s family, 2 from CharImli, 1 from Bank of India Colony-Arera Colony, 3 members of samefamily from Purushottam NagarSemrakalan, 4 from Kailash NagarSemarakala, Fateh Ali ComplexShifa Manzil JP Nagar, 1 jawanfrom police control room, 1 jawanfrom Ayodhya Nagar police sta-tion, 5 people from SubedarColony and 3 people fromSahyadri campus have come posi-

tive.Along with this, 2 reports from

Gandhi Medical College (GMC), 3from Neelbad area near Sai Nagar

Radhe Krishna Temple, 7 fromBairagarh area, 6 members of thesame family have come positivefrom Shri Krishna Society Chuna

Bhatti. The report of 3 members ofthe same family from Ibrahim Puraarea and 3 from Durga Chowk Ta-laiya came positive.

2 GMC docs, 3 more members of hospital director family test positive

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalTwo months after the onset of monsoon inMadhya Pradesh, it is not raining properly inthe state. So far it has not even reached the av-erage. Rains in June shattered all records, butare still 11% below average.

Senior Meteorologist JD Mishra said thatthere was more than 114% rainfall in June, butthe monsoon is deficit in July. In such a situa-tion, from June 1 to July 28, 399.8 mm water wasto fall, but so far only 357.6 mm rainfall hasbeen received.

Below average rain in 34 districts Talking about the different districts of the

state, 34 of the 52 districts have received veryless rainfall than normal rains. Except one ortwo districts, the rest has not received morethan 50% rainfall on average.

The meteorological department assesses themonsoon in the western and eastern parts ofMadhya Pradesh. By now, there should havebeen more rain in eastern Madhya Pradeshthan in western Madhya Pradesh, but this didnot happen. For this reason, the state of rain isnot good. By this time the eastern part was toreceive 447.5 mm of rainfall, but it has been re-duced by 13% to 389.9 mm only. Talking aboutthe western part here, 332.8 mm rainfall wasrecorded 8% less than 363.2 mm rain.

Monsoon trough close to foothills of Himalaya

According to Skymet, the monsoon trough isrunning close to the foothills of Himalaya.Therefore the rain activity is subdued in state. Awestern disturbance is over north Pakistan andadjoining area as a cyclonic circulation.

The cyclonic circulation has formed over thesouth east Bay of Bengal and the adjoining An-daman Sea. A north south trough is extendingfrom Bihar to North coastal Andhra Pradeshacross Odisha. A cyclonic circulation is over thesouthern part of Assam.

Monsoon continues to play truant in MP

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalSports and Youth Welfare Minis-

ter Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindiaon Monday discussed one-to-onewith water sports coaches at thecity stadium. Smt. Scindia in-structed to start training againwith utmost care to the interna-tional level players of Madhya

Pradesh. She said that playersshould be trained better by aimingfor international level sports to beheld in the coming years.

Sports Minister said thatsportspersons of the state havemade their own identity in watersports across the country. Current-ly players are not able to train due

to Corona. He instructed to re-ap-point an international level in-structor for water sports. MrsScindia said that Kovid-19 has ad-versely affected sports, sportsper-sons and coaches in many coun-tries. We have to try to make ourproblems available.

In the review meeting, Smt.Scindia asked the coaches aboutthe impact of sports in Corona atpresent, what has been the impactof sports at international level,whether players are being trainedwith full care and facilities in theCorona era.

Last year, how many childrenparticipated in national and inter-national events, what were thepriorities, and discussed one-to-one with the instructors on sub-jects. Director Sports and YouthWelfare Mr. Pawan Jain, Sailing In-structor Mr. GL Yadav, rowing in-structor Captain Dalveer Singh,canoeing instructor Mr. PiyushBarode and Mr. Devendra Guptawere present.

Water sports training will start soon

EDITORIAL

Founder : Late Shri Ramgopal MaheshwariInspiration: Late Shri Prafulla Kumar Maheshwari

There is no doubt thatif a list of the greatestpeople of the world ismade, then most of thecelebrities in it havebeen such, who havestruggled a lot to get edu-cation in their lives. Be itBharat Ratna Dr APJAbdul Kalam or talkabout the great mathe-matician Ramanujam orlook at the biography ofDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar,everyone has struggledhard to find educationand success. Many NobelPrize-winning scientistsand litterateurs can beincluded in this list.However, the results ofthis year of class 12 inMadhya Pradesh aregoing to give hope. It isclear from the merit listthat the students fromsmall and so-calledbackward areas havewon. This is a very gold-en signal for the future ofthe country. Successachieved through con-flicts is guaranteed bystability. From this pointof view, one shouldsalute the struggle of allthe students who gotgood result in Class-12exam. This year 68.81percent students havepassed. Girl studentshave also won this time.The percentage of girlstudents has been 73.40per cent, while 64.66 percent boy students havepassed. Khushi Singh(486 marks out of 500),Rewa in Arts stream,Priya and Rinku Bathraof Mandsaur in Science-Maths stream (495-495marks both) andMufaddal Arviwala (487marks) of Neemuch inCommerce stream havetopped. This timearound 8.5 lakh studentshad appeared in the 12thexamination. This timethe examinations wereheld between March 2and March 31, but theexaminations were inter-rupted due to coron-avirus and lockdown.

After all, the governmentconducted the remain-ing exams from 9 June to16 June. However, thebest part of the results isthat the results of gov-ernment schools are bet-ter than private schools.It is a well-known factthat government schoolteachers are better andhigher educated thanprivate schools. In fact,private schools are just ashop for looting fees. Theresult of 12th of this yearshowed that there is noharm in getting primaryand secondary educa-tion from governmentschools.

While 71.43 percent ofthe students have passedin government schools,the pass percentage inprivate has been 64.93.There is a need for a fun-damental change in theexisting education sys-tem. The current systemhas created a mafia ofprivate schools, which ismaking the student onlycareer oriented. The lackof moral values ??and lifevalues ??can be felt intoday’s education sys-tem. From this point ofview, good results of gov-ernment schools are verypleasant. The CM hasadvised not to disap-point those students whohave not passed this timeafter the exam results.Obviously, the state gov-ernment is understand-ing its responsibilitytowards the future of thecountry. This student isactually the future of thestate and the country. Asfar as the results of thisyear’s 12th standard areconcerned, whether it isKhushi Singh of Revwawho topped, Priya andRinku Bathra ofMandsaur or MufaddalArviwala of Neemuchwho came in third place,everyone has proved thattalent is anywhere. Ifstruggle and hard workare done, success can beachieved anywhere.

Salute to struggle

By Dr. Duggaraju Srinivasa RaoCovid19 pandemic exposed the

existing fragile health care system inIndia.The metro ‘bubble’ was burstwith more Corona cases,over 80%,coming from the six mega cities Delhi,Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad etc.,while Kerala which has no comparablemega city could handle the pandemicsuccessfully. The success story of Keralacomes from its dynamic health minis-ter and efficient bureaucracy, commit-ted medical and health staff.The lowpopulation density, high literacy, betterawareness of health issues and the tra-ditional Malayali consumption ofimmune boosting spices in their regu-lar food are the additional factorswhich went in its favour.In the politicalculture of Kerala, where the people voteCommunist led Left and Congress ledUDF alternatively every five years,there is not much chance, for the‘Fronts’ to tinker with the policies onpublic health and public distributionsystems in that state, thus helpingKerala to present itself as the model forthe rest of the country.

India with over a billion population,low on literacy, strong on traditionalbeliefs, lesser awareness, needs a total-ly different kind of action plan. Onesuch important suggested program isthe strengthening the primary healthcentres (PHC) across the country. Theneed for strong PHCs can be under-stood from a study made on thepatients coming to PostgraduateInstitute of Medical Education andResearch (PGI), Chandigarh. Out of1000 patients who consulted PGI, inspecific 8-week period, 40% have nevermet any doctor for examination. Onethird of the patients in them just need-ed blood test, x-ray or ultrasoundwhich are available at Tahsil level. Only12% are found to be patients who need-ed immediate attention of a specialistdoctor. Though such studies are notavailable from other major super spe-cialty medical centers the trend may

not be different from PGI, Chandigarh.This may be partly because of lack offacilities at the primary and secondaryhealth centres or may be the failure ofthe personal heading those centers togive confidence to the people abouttheir medical capability.

The 2017 National Health Policycommitted to investing major propor-tion of resources on the Primary Healthcare. The flagship initiative, theAyushman Bharat program that

includes health insurance component,the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana(PM-JAY) was launched in 2018. Thetarget of bettering PHC and designat-ing them as Health and WellnessCentres (HWCs). Rural Health Statistics2018-19 released by the Ministry ofHealth and Family welfare has revealedthat out of 25,000 PHCs in rural areas8242 have already got improved facili-ties with the designation of them asHWCs. Out of the 1,60,713 sub centresanother 8,000 are now HWCs. All mostall the PHCs (94.5%) are now housed inthe government buildings and theshort fall of allopathic doctors at PHCsis not mote than 6%.

It is apparent that India should use

the current corona crisis to streamlinethe public health care system throughtechnology integration and utilize theresources to the optimum. The WorldHealth Organization (WHO) intendedPHC to provide whole-person care forhealth needs throughout the life spanand not just for a set of specific dis-eases. WHO further said “PHC ensurespeople receive comprehensive careranging from promotion and preven-tion to treatment, rehabilitation and

palliative care-as close as feasible topeople’s everyday environment”. Thus,under the Ayushman Bharat programof Modi government the focus in postcovid19 should shift from the city basedsuper specialty hospitals to rural cen-tric primary health care centres (PHC).

Accordingly, the government shouldtrain, motivate and empower the PHCsstaff to work as ‘army of health protec-tors’. For future, the medical curricu-lum be included a course contentspecifically designated for PHCs work,teaching and training them to meet theneeds of the communities and makethem better primary care providers.They will form the frontline guards todetect early and protect the ‘health bor-

ders’ in the rural areas and prevent thespread of infectious diseases. PHCs beencouraged to have liaison with theprimary and secondary schools of theircatchment areas and develop healthawareness among teachers and stu-dents. A well-informed high school stu-dent on hygiene and protective prac-tices from the infectious diseases willact as an ‘auxiliary force’ on the healthfront. The timely response of PHC isbound to restrict the diseases to thatspecific area and prevent spreading ofany diseases.

Indian hospitals are not strong onthe health data. The maintenance ofhealth data from all the PHC forms agood source for the policy makers toprepare a health strategy for each stateseparately. This data gives the time forearly preparation for the health depart-ment.

The designated Health and WellnessCentres (HWCS) be equipped withtechnology and technical personal toupdate and analyze the health data.Anetwork of PHCs sharing their data willgive very early warning on onset of dis-eases so that health providers can putinto practice the saying “prevention isbetter than cure”.

Covid19 has confirmed, the medicalexperts concur that telemedicine isgoing to stay and is going to serve as apowerful thus revolutionizing the treat-ment in coming days. The powerfultechnology tool will aid clinicallytrained health care providers even inremotest locations. If investment ismade on telemedicinethe patientsofrural arears are saved of their painfuljourney to the referral hospital and alsosave their time and money.With thedigitally tracking of cases and the realtime transfer of patient documentationthrough PHCs will help the specialiststo study, suggest treatment at PHCsitself. Building the telemedicine sup-port will give the chance to PHCs doc-tors to learn from the specialists locat-ed in a far away place.

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Our atmosphereis made up of rough-ly 78 per cent nitro-gen and 21 per centoxygen, with variousother gases presentin small amounts.The vast majority ofliving organisms onEarth need oxygen tosurvive, converting itinto carbon dioxideas they breathe.Thankfully, plantscontinually replen-ish our planet’s oxy-gen levels throughp h o t o s y n t h e s i s .During this process, carbon dioxide and water are converted into energy,releasing oxygen as a by-product. Covering 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1million square miles), the Amazon rainforest cycles a significant proportion ofthe Earth’s oxygen, absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide at the sametime.

Wishing you a very happy birthday Jonty! Playingagainst a fielder like you was always a challenge andto watch you field has always been a treat. Have agreat one buddy.

Sachin Tendulkar

T h ef a m o u schurch ofVelankanni isa 16th centu-ry shrine thata t t a i n e dfame due tothree mira-cles that hap-pened here.This Gothicstyle churchis built wherethe appari-tion of Maryand Jesus to as lumber ings h e p h e r dboy, the cur-ing of a lame buttermilk vendor, and the survival of Portuguese sailors assault-ed by a violent sea storm happened, thus it is an important part of the spiritu-al journey in India. Situated on the Coromandel Coast some 350kms fromChennai, this church comes to life during its 10-day festival in August orSeptember.

It is believed that praying at the church brings good health and peace ofmind, and that is why it is an experience that must be taken on any spiritualvisit to India.Managing Editor- Sumeet Maheshwari, Group Editor- Kranti ChaturvediEditorial Board Send article on email - chroniclebpl@gmail.com

In order to make enemies it is not essential tofight .. just be a little successful, you’ll get them at apittance ..

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Fondly remembering Mahashweta Di on her deathanniversary. She was like a guide for me. Through herworks, she gave voice to the marginalised sections ofthe society. We miss her a lot.

Mamata Banerjee

Neighbour said to me: In 1973,NASA engineer Jack Nilles coinedthe term “telecommuting” or theuse of electronics to work remote-ly. At the time, he estimated thisstyle of work to become the normin about 20 years. His estimationwas right and remote working didpick up in many parts of the worldin recent decades, But in India, itsacceptance has remained limited.

I said: A majority of Indianemployers—particularly in tradi-tional industries—do not allowwork from home. Even as new-age startups are open to remoteworking, at larger companies, it’san option that is often offered as aperk or for special needs. Thecoronavirus outbreak has, howev-er, made remote working a neces-sity overnight.

Neighbour said to me: Overrecent weeks, several Indian com-panies have mandated their staffto work from home in an attemptto socially distance people andreduce the spread of Covid-19.But why did Indian companieswait for a pandemic to adopt a

practice that has many benefits,for both employees and employ-ers?

I said: With globalisation,teams are spread all over theworld and technology facilitatesus to work from anywhere, any-time. The rise of the gig economymeans that many people work forthemselves and do this from theirown homes as a cost-effectivesolution to office space. Whilesmaller startups are swiftly find-ing workarounds, in some busi-nesses, such as banking, financialservices or firms that deal withcritical data, it might be almostimpossible to make teams workremotely all of a sudden.

Neighbour said to me: Remoteworking enables my team to thinkat its own pace. Everyone hastheir own physical and mentalspace and better quality of ideasthat have come up. Digital pres-ence has its own kind of serendip-ity that physical presence doesnot; digital presence makes youvalue a co-worker’s time muchmore.

Fed up of work from home

Keep in mind that the audio quality usu-ally goes up with the amount of money onespends. This is because higher priceddevices come with better drivers. If you arepaying Rs 1,799 then, you should not expectthem to sound similar to a pair ofSennheiser, Sony or Bose which cost morethan Rs 10,000.

In terms of specifications, the earbudshave 7.2mm drivers which offer clear soundwhen the vocalist is singing, however, whenthe band starts playing in the background, the voice gets a bit muddled. Theearphones are tuned a bit towards providing users with more bass. However,the drivers are not powerful enough and seem to lack the punch that a userwould need while listening to Punjabi music.

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While listening to Hi-Fi music like a fool, you feel the Redmi Earbuds S isnot really up there with the best.

Velankanni to be Blessed by Our Lady of Good Health Good audio profile at a reasonable price

By Kajal ChatterjeeRahul Gandhi has rightly twitted

about the “achievements” of “GoodDays” regime in monthly chronologi-cal order in it’s “unique” fight againstCovid starting from February’s“Namaste Trump” to July’s “Attempt topull down Rajasthan Government”!However Rahul could have also addedthe upcoming “Bhumi pujan pro-gramme” at Ayodhya’s so-calledRamjanmabhoomi in first week ofAugust!

Grand “Trump show”-CAA-NRC-Madhya Pradesh(when the pandemichad already made its deadly presencefelt in Indian soil) to Rajasthan-grandBhumi pujan programme atAyodhya(when India ranks 3rd in theworld in terms of Covid infection with

death toll exceeding 29000) blatantlyexpose where the actual priority of theWho’s Who lies!

Rightly has Kapil Sibal lamentedthat the high and mighty of Centraldispensation is more interested inattacking only the political opponentsinstead of solving the problems of thenation! Else they would have concen-trated all their energy resources andtime to fight the ever growing menaceof the virus and provide relief to thepoor affected by lockdown andretrenchment instead of attackingCongress TMC Rahul Gandhi MamataBanerjee in the most vulgar fashionpossible when the fact remains that asfar as providing relief to the strandedmigrant labourers are concerned;Gandhi Banerjee and their respective

parties/government have displayedmuch much greater magnanimity andresponsibility by arranging vehiclesfor free or purchasing tickets ofShramik specials for their returnhome when the vulnerable lot wereleft to fend for themselves in alien ter-ritories!

And how shamelessly can a middleranking leader taunts Congress forShaheen Bagh, Delhi riots, MadhyaPradesh-Rajasthan fiasco, migrantlabour issue, “Sixth anniversary of thehistoric defeat” of the party andChina! While Shaheen Bagh remains ashining example how to protest in ademocratic peaceful non-violentfashion; the Delhi MinoritiesCommission, while investigating thecause of riots, have not reported the

speeches of top BJP leaders in a “glori-fying” light! Madhya Pradesh andRajasthan episodes scandalously dis-play how the results of democraticelection can also be attempted to cor-rupt through the backdoor! Theinstant nation-wide lockdown whichhad “gifted” instant joblessness andhelplessness compelling the affectedmigrant labourers to engage in hun-dred and thousand miles “LongMarch” in starving state with severalhundreds passing away on highwaysremain one of the darkest phase ofIndian history. Very very rightfulnational concerns of questioningwhether Chinese have intrudedIndian territory or how could theyenter our territory can be bizarrelytwisted as “defending China”!

Facts are sacrosanct

Covid19 has confirmed, the medical experts concur thattelemedicine is going to stay and is going to serve as apowerful thus revolutionizing the treatment in coming

days. The powerful technology tool will aid clinically trainedhealth care providers even in remotest locations. If invest-ment is made on telemedicinethe patientsof rural arears aresaved of their painful journey to the referral hospital and alsosave their time and money.With the digitally tracking of casesand the real time transfer of patient documentation throughPHCs will help the specialists to study, suggest treatment atPHCs itself. Building the telemedicine support will give thechance to PHCs doctors to learn from the specialists locatedin a far away place.

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20% of Earth’s oxygen is produced bythe Amazon rainforest

Reorient primary health centres for post covid time

You are working fromhome for somany days.

Will theoffice

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Agencies, Rio De JaneiroBrazil’s COVID-19 death toll

rose to 87,737 on Tuesday, with 614more deaths in the previous 24hours, according to the country’sMinistry of Health. The ministrysaid that 23,284 cases were report-ed in the same period, taking thetotal caseload to 2,446,397.

The southeast state of SaoPaulo, the country’s most populat-ed state, is the epicenter of the na-tional outbreak, with 487,654 casesand 21,676 deaths, followed byneighboring Rio de Janeiro, with157,834 infections and 12,876deaths.

Brazil is one of the countrieshardest hit by the pandemic, sec-ond only to the United States, bothin terms of death toll and caseload.Russia records 5,395 COVID-19cases in past 24 hoursMoscow: Russia has registered5,395 COVID-19 cases in the past24 hours (5,635 yesterday), bring-ing the cumulative total to 823,515,the country’s coronavirus responsecenter said on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Russiahas confirmed 5,395 COVID-19cases in 84 regions, of which 1,620(30 percent) have been detectedactively, with people showing noclinical symptoms,” the responsecenter said in a statement.

The total case count has thusreached 823,515, with the daily in-crease standing at 0.7 percent.

Moscow has registered 674coronavirus cases in the past 24hours, which is more than any oth-er region in Russia, followed by theSverdlovsk Region with 209 casesand the Khanty-Mansi Au-

tonomous Region with 187 newcases (compared to 694, 252 and188 yesterday, respectively).

No new cases have been record-ed in the Chukotka AutonomousRegion.

A total of 150 COVID-19 patientsdied in Russia in the past 24 hours(85 on the previous day), whichbrings the death toll to 13,504.

As many as 8,888 coronaviruspatients have been discharged(compared to 3,079 on the previ-ous day), bringing the total num-ber of recoveries to 612,217.

According to the Russian publichealth watchdog, Rospotrebnad-zor, over 27.3 million tests to detectCOVID-19 have been conducted inthe country since the beginning ofthe outbreak, and 261,000 suspect-ed virus carriers remain undermedical monitoring.

Mexico’s Coronavirus casetally nears 400,000Buenos Aires: Mexico’s coron-avirus case tally has risen to395,489, the country’s Deputy Sec-retary of Prevention and HealthPromotion Hugo Lopez-GatellRamirez said. “As of July 27, 2020, atotal of 395,489 cases of COVID-19were confirmed, 85,986 are suspi-cious,” the deputy secretary wroteon Twitter. The death toll stands at44,022, and 256,777 patients haverecovered.

The World Health Organization(WHO) declared the outbreak ofthe new coronavirus a pandemicon March 11.

According to the WHO, the glob-al coronavirus death toll has sur-passed 646,000 people, with thenumber of cases worldwide ex-ceeding 16.1 million.

Qatar reports 292 new COVID-19cases, 109,597 in totalDoha: The Qatari health ministryhas announced 292 new COVID-19cases, raising the total number inthe Gulf state to 109,597, officialQatar News Agency (QNA) report-ed. Meanwhile, 304 more recov-ered from the virus, bringing thetotal recoveries to 106,328, whilethe death toll remained at 165, ac-cording to a ministry statementquoted by QNA on Monday.

The ministry attributed the in-crease in coronavirus infections togatherings and visits as well as ig-noring the preventive measuressuch as staying at home and socialdistancing.

A total of 477,194 persons inQatar have taken lab tests forCOVID-19 so far, it said.

Turkey confirms 919 new COVID-19cases, 227,019 in totalAnkara: Turkey reported 919 newCOVID-19 cases, raising the totalconfirmed cases to 227,019, HealthMinister Fahrettin Koca said.

Meanwhile, 17 people died in thepast 24 hours from the virus, takingthe death toll to 5,630, Koca tweetedon Monday. Turkish health profes-sionals conducted 45,283 tests inthe past 24 hours, bringing the over-all number of tests to 4,617,971, hesaid. A total of 982 patients recov-ered in the last 24 hours, raising thetotal recoveries to 210,469 in Turkeysince the outbreak, said Koca, not-ing 1,263 patients are being treatedin the intensive care units and 392intubated. Turkey reported the firstCOVID-19 case on March 11.China registers 68 new COVID-19 casesBeijing: China confirmed 68 newcoronavirus cases over the past 24hours, up from 61 a day ago, and an-other 34 asymptomatic carriers,while the number of recoveries roseby 16, the National Health Commis-sion said on Tuesday.

According to the commission, 57cases have been detected in the Xin-jiang Uighur Autonomous Region,six in the Liaoning province, one inBeijing, while 4 are imported ones.Overall, mainland China has so farreported 83,959 COVID-19 cases,78,934 recoveries and 4,634 relateddeaths. In total, 391 carriers are cur-rently being treated in hospitals.Separately, Hong Kong reports 2,778coronavirus cases, 1,486 recoveriesand 22 related fatalities, while all46 coronavirus-positive patients inMacao have already recovered.

Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll nears 90,000Vandals trashVenezuelan consulatein Colombia - CaracasMoscow: Vandals have lootedand trashed the office of theVenezuelan consulate in theColombian capital, the Boli-varian republic’s foreign min-ister said. “We denounce thefact that the compound of theVenezuelan consulate in Bogo-ta was completely looted andtrashed. The Colombian au-thorities left it without protec-tion, violating the Vienna con-ventions on diplomatic andconsular relations. Colombiamust be held accountable forthis,” Jorge Arreaza wrote onTwitter. The diplomat posted afootage showing that the com-pound both inside and outsidewas trashed, with furniturebroken, windows smashed,and walls tagged with graffiti.

UN Security Councilconcern over politicalcrisis in MaliUnited Nations: The SecurityCouncil has expressed deepconcern over the latest politi-cal tensions in Mali and calledfor restraint. In a statement re-leased after a closed video tele-conference on the situation inMali on Monday, the membersof the Security Council ex-pressed their strong supportfor the mediation efforts of theEconomic Community of WestAfrican States (ECOWAS), andtook note of the recommenda-tions endorsed by ECOWASheads of state at Monday’s ex-traordinary summit. Mali hasbeen in political turmoil sinceJune 5, when massive protestsfirst erupted in the capital cityof Bamako. A coalition of op-position and civil societygroups were calling for the res-ignation of President IbrahimBoubacar Keita.

Washington, DC imposes 14-day quarantine for peoplecoming from 27 statesWashington: The US capitalcity’s health agency imposed a14-day quarantine on peopletraveling from 27 states withsurging COVID-19 cases. “Be-ginning today, Monday, July27, anyone coming into Wash-ington, DC from a high-riskstate (within the prior 14 days)who was traveling for non-es-sential activities will be re-quired to self-quarantine for14 days from their arrival inthe District,” the statementread. The list includes suchstates as California, Florida,North and South Carolinas,Texas, Washington, Georgiaand Delaware. The Washing-ton, DC Department of Healthpromised to update this list onAugust 10. On Monday, Wash-ington DC registered 11,858COVID-19 cases and 582deaths caused by the infection,it added.

China says hopes U.S.can show flexibility forKorean PeninsulaBeijing: China said on Tuesdaythat it hopes the United Statescan show flexibility in resolv-ing the stalemate on the Kore-an Peninsula over North Ko-rea’s nuclear programme. Chi-nese foreign ministryspokesman Wang Wenbin toldreporters during a daily brief-ing that North Korea’s reason-able concerns had not beenaddressed.

Najib Razak foundguilty of embezzlementKuala Lumpur: FormerMalaysian Prime MinisterDatuk Seri Najib Razak wasfound guilty on Tuesday ofcharges related to misappro-priation of 42 millionMalaysian Ringgit (RM) fromat the state fund 1Malaysia De-velopment Berhad(1MDB).The Malaysian high courtJudge Mohd Ghazali, who readthe detailed judgment, saidthat the defence had failed toestablish any doubts againstthe prosecution’s case, NewStraits Times reported.

Pak records lowest COVID-19deaths in 3 monthsIslamabad: Pakistan hasrecorded its lowest single-dayCOVID-19 death tally in thepast three months, said SpecialAssistant to the Prime Ministeron National Health Services DrZafar Mirza. Th 20 new deathson Monday was an 87 per centreduction in COVID-19 relateddeaths, according to Mirza,who added that the countrywitnessed a peak with 153 fa-talities on June 20, reports TheExpress Tribune. Tthe countryhas so far reported 274,288confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 241,025 re-coveries and 5,842 deaths na-tionwide.

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The southeast state of SaoPaulo, the country’s most pop-ulated state, is the epicenter ofthe national outbreak, with487,654 cases and 21,676deaths, followed by neighbor-ing Rio de Janeiro, with 157,834infections and 12,876 deaths.Doha: The Qatari health min-istry has announced 292 newCOVID-19 cases, raising the to-tal number in the Gulf state to109,597, official Qatar NewsAgency (QNA) reported. Mean-while, 304 more recovered fromthe virus, bringing the total re-coveries to 106,328, while thedeath toll remained at 165, ac-cording to a ministry statementquoted by QNA on Monday.

Agencies, KhostPeople in Khost and Paktika

protested on July 27 against cross-border rocket attacks by Pakistansecurity forces and attempts to in-trude into Afghan territory illegallyby setting up military posts, accord-ing to sources.

Both cities of Khost and Paktikaare located in the southeastern partof the country and adjacent to theDurand Line border with Pakistan.The Durand Line, a 2,400 km(1,500-mile) frontier with villagesstraddling the border and mosquesand houses having one door in Pak-istan and another in Afghanistan.

The continuous firing by thePakistani army on Afghan soil hasalso resulted in civilian casualties inrecent days and caused damages totheir house and property, sourcessaid. On July 16, the Afghan ForeignMinistry in a statement cited by AlJazeera said the rockets were firedon eastern Kunar province, along adisputed border that Pakistan isfencing since mid-2017.

Kabul called on Islamabad to re-frain from “unacceptable” artilleryattacks and arbitrary installationsas it can cause further escalationsbetween the two countries, accord-ing to sources. A lawmaker from Ku-

nar, Wazhma Safi, said if Pakistancontinued to fire over the border,the issue would be discussed at thediplomatic level. She said she be-lieves Taliban rebels, backed by Pak-istan, were behind the attack onAfghan soil.

Afghan forces stationed there re-sponded to the attacks, said AbdulGhani Musamem, a spokesman forthe governor of Kunar province.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are indispute over whether the border isofficially recognised. In addition,Kabul accuses Islamabad of sup-porting the Taliban forces fightingagainst the US-backed Afghan gov-ernment, a claim Pakistan denies.

In 2017, Pakistan said it hadstarted building a fence along theborder as part of efforts aimed atcurbing fighting. But the movesparked condemnation in Kabul.

The development comes as afresh round of peace negotiationsbetween the Afghan governmentand the Taliban are expected thismonth in the Qatari capital Doha.The so-called intra-Afghan talkswere delayed due to postponementof a prisoner exchange between thesides agreed as part of a deal be-tween the United States and the Tal-iban.

Afghans protests in Khost,Paktika against cross-borderrocket attacks by Pakistan

Agencies, BaghdadAt least three

Katyusha rockets hit amilitary base housingU.S. forces near Iraq’scapital Baghdad, an In-terior Ministry sourcesaid. The attack tookplace on Mondayevening when the three rocketslanded on al-Taji Camp, some 20km north of Baghdad, with the ca-sualties unclear yet, the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

Iraqi security forces launched asearch in the surrounding area forthe attackers, the source said.

Al-Taji Camp is a huge militarybase containing an air base wheresome U.S. troops are stationed. No

group has so far claimedresponsibility for therocket attack, but theIraqi military baseshousing U.S. troopsacross Iraq and the U.S.embassy in the GreenZone have been fre-quently targeted by

mortar and rocket attacks.The Iraqi-U.S. relations have wit-

nessed a tension since Jan. 3 when aU.S. drone struck a convoy at Bagh-dad airport, which killed QassemSoleimani, former commander ofthe Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Rev-olution Guards Corps, and AbuMahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief ofIraq’s paramilitary Hashd Shaabiforces.

Three rockets hit militarybase housing US forces

Agencies, WellingtonNew Zealand has suspended

its extradition treaty with HongKong and made a number of oth-er changes following China’s deci-sion to pass a national securitylaw for the territory, Foreign Af-fairs Minister Winston Peters saidon Tuesday.

“New Zealand can no longertrust that Hong Kong’s criminaljustice system is sufficiently inde-pendent from China,” Peters saidin a statement.

“If China in future shows ad-herence to the ‘one country, twosystems’ framework then wecould reconsider this decision.”

Beijing imposed new legisla-tion on the former British colonyearlier this month despite theprotests of Hong Kong residentsand Western nations, setting thefinancial hub on a more authori-tarian track.

Australia, Canada and Britainall suspended extradition treatieswith Hong Kong earlier thismonth. U.S. President DonaldTrump has ended preferential

economic treatment for HongKong.

Peters said New Zealand willtreat military and dual-use goodsand technology exports to HongKong in the same way as it treatssuch exports to China as part of a

review of its overall relationshipwith Hong Kong.

Travel advice has been updat-ed to alert New Zealanders to therisks presented by the new securi-ty law, he added.

In a website statement, theChinese embassy in New Zealandcalled the decision a violation ofinternational law and gross inter-ference in China’s internal affairs.

“The Chinese side has lodgedits grave concern and strong op-position,” an embassy represen-tative said in the statement.

China reserves the right tomake a further response, saidChinese foreign ministryspokesman Wang Wenbin at adaily news conference in Beijingon Tuesday. China is NewZealand’s largest trading partner,with annual two-way trade re-cently exceeding NZ$32 billion($21 billion). New Zealand’s tieswith China have frayed recentlyafter the Pacific nation backedTaiwan’s participation at theWorld Health Organization(WHO).

NZ suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong

Agencies, United NationsUN Secretary-General

Antonio Guterres on Tues-day called for efforts to buildsustainable cities amid theCOVID-19 pandemic.

In a video message for thelaunch of his policy brief onCOVID-19 and cities, Guter-res said urban areas areground zero of the pandem-ic, with 90 per cent of re-ported cases, adding thatcities have the resilience tobuild back better, reportsXinhua news agency.

“We must pursue a green,resilient and inclusive eco-nomic recovery,” he said.

“Many cities have creatednew bike lanes and pedestri-an zones, reclaiming publicspaces and improving mo-bility, safety and air quality.By focusing on high ecologi-cal transformation and jobcreation, stimulus packages

can steer growth toward alow-carbon, resilient path-way and advance the Sus-tainable DevelopmentGoals.”

The rapid adoption oftelecommuting illustrateshow societies can transformseemingly overnight to con-front urgent threats; there isa need to act with the sameurgency and resolve to

transform cities and addressthe climate and pollutioncrises, he said.

“Now is the time to re-think and reshape the urbanworld. Now is the momentto adapt to the reality of thisand future pandemics. Andnow is our chance to recoverbetter, by building more re-silient, inclusive and sus-tainable cities.”

Guterres stressed theneed to ensure that all phas-es of the pandemic responsetackle inequalities and long-term development deficitsand safeguard social cohe-sion.

“We must prioritize thosewho are the most vulnerablein our cities, including guar-anteeing safe shelter for alland emergency housing tothose without homes. Ac-cess to water and sanitationis also vital.”

Guterres calls for efforts to build sustainable cities

Agencies, Sydney/LondonNations in Asia imposed new restrictions,

while an abrupt British quarantine on trav-ellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer re-opening into disarray, as the world con-fronted the prospect of a second wave ofCOVID-19 infections.

In the United States, still dealing with itsfirst wave as infection rates have climbedsince June, President Donald Trump’s na-tional security adviser, Robert O’Brien, be-came the most senior official to test positive.The White House said Trump had not inter-acted with him in days and was not at risk.

Surges were reported in several countriesthat previously appeared to have the virusunder control.

Australia recorded a record daily rise.Vietnam was forcing tens of thousands oftourists to evacuate the central city ofDanang. Mainland China, where the virusfirst emerged late last year, confirmed themost locally transmitted cases since earlyMarch. Hong Kong banned gatherings of

more than two people, closed restaurantdining and made face masks mandatory inpublic.

A surge of new infections in Spain, anoth-er early epicentre of the pandemic, prompt-ed Britain on Saturday to order all travellersfrom there to quarantine for two weeks, un-doing months of preparation for Europe’sreopening to tourism.

Second COVID-19 wave forces newtravel curbs around the globe

“New Zealand can nolonger trust that HongKong’s criminal justice

system is sufficiently indepen-dent from China,” Peters saidin a statement.

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Five Pakistani policemen killed in raidMoscow: Five police officers werekilled in an exchange of fire withsuspects during a midnight raid inthe Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan area in the disputedKashmir region on Tuesday, GeoTV reported, citing officials.

Another five officers from theGilgit counter-terrorism depart-ment sustained injuries. The inci-dent happened in the Chilas areain the Diamer district, when sus-pects opened fire on the officers.

The investigation into the inci-dent is underway.

Caretaker Gilgit-Baltistan chiefminister Mir Afzal Khan said that“the suspects were involved intrading weapons, apart from ter-rorist activities,” according to thePakistani channel.

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World Nature Conservation Day is cel-ebrated every year on July 28th, to in-crease awareness about the best prac-tices to protect our natural resources.One of the worst ways we are damagingthe environment is by the use of plastic. Ifthe sources are to be believed, it seemsthat COVID-19 is also leading to a newsource of pollution as personal protectiveequipment, such as gloves and face-masks, makes its way to the seas andoceans. While the increase of single-use

plastics is understandable, it is importantto consider the effect it will have on theplanet.

The coronavirus pandemic took overthe world by a storm almost half a yearago. What started in Wuhan with a fewcases turned people’s lives upside downwithin a span of two to three months.Since then, some countries have success-fully fought the disease and some are stilltrying to kick the disease to its curb. Asthe world continues to put a halt to thepandemic, it seems that it is doing moredamage to the environment than weimagined. On this World Conservation Day, here’swhat you can do to mitigate the plasticpollution due to COVID-19.1- One way to reduce plastic usage is to

shop with refill models. You can alsoreuse shopping bags and advocate thesame idea to the people around you.

2- Discard all waste products like masksand gloves through formal waste col-lection systems, rather than throwingit in public places.

3- The government needs to advocatethe idea that companies should re-duce the use of plastic and encouragethem to use more sustainable materi-al that doesn’t add to the increasingpollution. For instance, in Singapore,start-ups are using stainless steel andbamboo boxes, which can be reusedand returned.

4- There is a need for more waste collec-tion and segregation systems withmaterial recovery facilities.

5- Keeping plastic waste out of water-ways, oceans and our environment bypractising Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.When all else fails, remove or disposeof plastic waste safely and effectivelycan be practised.

Here’s how COVID 19 waste is affecting nature and what you can do

Eid al-Adha 2020 or Bakri Eid will becelebrated on July 31 (in India, it will becelebrated on August 1, as per the sight-ing of the moon) and Muslims aroundthe world are gearing up for the same.The festival falls during Dhu al-Hijjah,the twelfth and the last month in the Is-lamic calendar and is also the sacredmonth for Muslims as a pilgrimage ofHaj takes place. For the unversed, theother Eid i.e. Eid al-Fitr or the Ra-

madaan Eid was celebrated on May 23.And the occasion marks the end of amonth-long fast done during Ra-madaan.

On the other hand, talking about Eidal-Adha, the festival is also known as EidQurban or Qurban Bayarami or Festivalof the Sacrifice and Muslims traditional-ly sacrifice a goat in remembrance ofProphet Ibrahim’s sacrifice. As we allknow, the delicious feast and Eid cele-

brations go hand in hand. And today weare talking about popular vermicellipudding called Sheer Khurma and it isdevoured on both Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

We asked Ms. Preety Tyagi, LeadHealth Coach, Nutritionist and Founderof MY22BMI to share the recipe of thesame. She said, “Sheer Khurma is an au-thentic version of vermicelli puddingspecially prepared for Eid festivities.‘Sheer’ is Persian for milk and ‘khurma’is another word for dates. This Eidrecipe is a traditional delicacy which ismade differently in different house-holds. Like any other dish, it’s best whencooked at home and from scratch. Andthe best part is that, it’s not all thattricky. Try out this hassle-free recipe andfind for yourself.”Check out the recipe of Sheer Khur-ma by Ms. Preety Tyagi right below:Preparation Time – 45 minutesEquipments Used – Pan, Pot, SpatulaServes – 6-8Ingredients:500 Ml Milk, full cream50 Gram Vermicelli (broken into smallpieces), roasted

1/4 Cup Sugar2 Tbsp Dates, chopped2 Tbsp. dried rose petals1/4 Cup Raisins1/4 cup Makhana/Fox Nuts1/4 Cup Almonds (cut into pieces),blanched1/4 Cup Pistachios1/4 cup Ghee1/2 tsp Saffron1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Method:Take a pan and pour ghee in it.Add almonds, raisins, makhanas/fox

nuts, and pistachios to it. Saute’ well andkeep aside to normalize the tempera-ture.

Now in another hot pan with ghee, addvermicelli. Roast well and keep aside afterit turns golden brown.

In another wide pan simmer the milktill it thickens a bit, add sugar and simmeragain.

Add the roasted vermicelli and dryfruits along with dates and saffron. Yourkitchen is going to smell heavenly.

Mix well till simmer. Add cardamompowder. Bring to simmer once again.

Serve chilled, garnished with dried rosepetals and 1 saffron strand each bowl.

Prepare delicious Sheer Khurma to mark Eid al Adha

Sanjana Sanghi, the co-star of Sushant Singh Rajput’slast film ‘Dil Bechara’ shared a throwback moment fromthe sets of Dil Bechara where Sushant can be seen takinga nap at Sanjana’s shoulder and Sanjana is lost in

thoughts.While sharing the

picture she wrote,‘’4:30 AM: Mannytakes a power napduring a night shootfor Taare Gin, asKizie lends hershoulder, lost inthought as she al-ways was.# F a v o u r i t e M o -mentsFromSet’’.

Late actorSushant’s last filmDil Bechara with

Sanjana Sanghi released on Disney Plus Hotstar on 24thJuly and got an insane amount of love, making it thehighest-rated film on IMDb ever. Dil Bechara is an emo-tional story of two persons who are suffering from can-cer and stays together in every storm that comes theirway.

Sanjana Sanghi shares a throwback moment with Sushantfrom the sets of Dil Bechara!

Congratulations toJoe Jonas and SophieTurner who just wel-comed their daughterWilla Jonas to theworld. The 24-year-oldGame of Thrones starand her 30-year-oldJonas Brothers musi-cian husband report-edly welcomed theirnewborn on Wednes-day (July 22) at a hos-pital in Los Angeles, asper TMZ. Just a fewdays before givingbirth, Joe and Sophiewere seen out andabout in Los Angelestogether with theirfamilies, shopping forbaby strollers for theupcoming arrival oftheir baby girl.

Previously, whentheir baby news wasleaked in February2020, Just Jared report-ed that Sophie and Joewanted to keep it as

quiet as possible. “Thecouple is keepingthings very hush-hushbut their friends andfamily are super excit-ed for them,” JustJared’s source said atthe time. A second in-sider added, “Sophiehas decidedly beenchoosing outfits towear on and off thecarpet to accommo-date her changingbody.”

At the four-monthmark of Sophie’s preg-nancy, an E! Newssources said Sophieand Joe are “extremelyexcited,” adding that“everyone is ecstaticand so happy forthem.”

For now, these areall the details we haveabout the new-parentsand Willa Jonas; butstay tuned to find outmore.

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turnerand Joe Jonas welcome their firstchild; Couple names her Willa Jonas

The southern filmmaker RanjithSankar has praised actor cum di-rector Prithviraj Sukumaran for hisrole in the upcoming film, Aadujee-vitham. The southern director Ran-jith Sankar has reportedly said thatthe actor Prithviraj Sukumaran wasthe perfect choice for the southernfilm Aadujeevitham. The upcom-ing southern drama will see the Lu-cifer director Prithviraj Sukumaranin the role of Najeeb. The cast andcrew of Aadujeevitham were re-portedly stuck in Jordon when the

COVID 19 lockdown was imposed.The team was filming in Jordon’sWadi Rum area and later on theteam had to stop the shoot due tothe COVID 19 pandemic.

After some days, news came outthat the team will be resuming theshoot after the permission wasgranted. The team finished thefilming of the Prithviraj Suku-maran starrer and returned homeafter air travel resumed in thecountry. The fans and followers ofthe southern actor cum directorPrithviraj Sukumaran are very ex-cited to see the star in the upcom-ing film. The film reportedly isbased on a book. Director Blessyhas helmed the Prithviraj Suku-maran film.

Now, the fans and film audi-ences are eagerly waiting for theBlessy directorial Aadujeevithamto hit the big screen. The fans arelooking forward to see the Luciferdirector Prithviraj Sukumaran in anew look. The film will see Prithvi-raj Sukumara essaying Najeeb. Thischaracter reportedly travels to themiddle east to look for work.

Prithviraj receives praise from Ranjith Sankarfor the actor’s role in Aadujeevitham

Actress Shraddha Kapoor is at the fore-front always when it comes to spreadingawareness about animal cruelty and also,bringing some unknown facts about ani-mals which brings us close to them, mak-ing us more aware and sensitive. The ac-tress has time and again, used her socialmedia handle to bring to light some ofthe most heartwarming moments- thistime, two elephants helping a calf out ofa river.

Shraddha took to her handle and post-ed, `Elephants helping a calf out of a tor-rid river!!! Just amazing!!! Thanks @jy-otikakatkar for sharing this and @india-today for posting this! #Repost @indiato-day with @get_repost

A video of two #elephants pulling a#calf out of a river is doing therounds of the internet afterSusanta Nanda of the IndianForest Services shared it onTwitter.

“Elephants have oneof the strongest familybonding. Mother andaunty helping thecalf to get out fromthe swirling river,”Susanta Nanda said inthe caption of thepost.

Being the voicefor animals andstanding up forthem, Shraddhais a role modelfor all herfans. Shehas al-w a y sgoneo u to fh e rway todonate inorder to helpprotect animals.Recently, she alsoshared a video where sheraised her voice for theanimals and urged every-one to show empathy andcompassion towardsthem. The video that wasnamed ‘lockdown zoo’spread like wildfire oversocial media and in-spired her millionsof fans.

Shraddha Kapoor shares aheartwarming glimpse ofelephants helping a calf out,raising more awareness

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World Conservation DayEvery year, World Conservation Day iscelebrated on July 28 to increaseawareness about the best practices toprotect our natural resources. Here’s howyou can protect the environment frompollution caused by COVID-19 waste.

Sophie Turner gave birth tothe newest Jonas family ad-dition this week with hus-band Joe Jonas. The couple

welcomed their baby girl inLA, and have picked out thename Willa for her. Scrolldown for details.

The southern director Ranjith Sankar has reportedly said thatthe actor Prithviraj Sukumaran was the perfect choice for thefilm Aadujeevitham. The upcoming southern drama will see theLucifer director Prithviraj Sukumaran in the role of Najeeb.

Bakri Eid RecipeEid al Adha aka BakriEid is around thecorner and thefestival is incompletewithout a sweet dishcalled Sheer Khurma.Read on to know therecipe right here.

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Agencies,MadridFC Barcelonawill take disci-plinary actionagainst Brazil-ian midfielder,Arthur Melo af-ter he failed toreturn to Spainfrom Brazil totake a PCR testfor the coron-avirus, COVID-19. The rest ofthe Barcelonasquad reportedto the club’straining ground

on Monday after a week’s holiday to undertake thetests before returning to training ahead of theirChampions League tie against Napoli on August8th. Every other player in the Barca squad, includ-ing striker Martin Braithwaite, who is not in-scribed in the list of players registered to play inEurope, was present for the tests.

Arthur’s non-appearance comes after he virtu-ally disappeared from the Barca squad in the clos-ing games of the season after the club agreed tosell him to Juventus in a deal that will see Juventusmidfielder, Miralem Pjanic move the other way.

However, while Pjanic has continued to per-form for Juventus despite knowing he will changeclubs, Arthur has shown a different attitude and itis thought his agent is trying to negotiate an im-mediate end to his contract with the club.

That would be a problem for Barca coachQuique Setien, who would have just 17 first teamplayers available for the Champions League with-out him and has Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidalboth out through suspension for the tie.

Barca to disciplineArthur after no-show

Hyderabad (UNI)Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largestrefiner and marketer of petroleum prod-ucts, and Total, a broad energy companywith headquarters in Paris (France) onMonday announced the formation of a50:50 Joint Venture (JV) company that willmanufacture and market high-quality bitu-men derivatives and specialty products forthe growing road-building industry in India.

The JV will set up manufacturing units across thecountry with cost-effective logistics solutions, keepinginnovation, safety and sustainability at the helm of itsoperations. The JV will also explore possibilities tocater to other South Asian markets. Total is the leadingbitumen manufacturer and supplier in Europe, whileIndian Oil is the largest player in the Indian bitumenmarket. The two companies have already an estab-lished business relationship in India, notably in LPGand fuel additives businesses.

Under the new JV , will combine the R&D and mar-keting strengths of both Indian Oil and Total to manu-facture and market innovative bitumen formulations

and superior quality products such as polymer-modified bitumen, crumb rubber modified

bitumen, bitumen emulsions and otherspecialty products, Total said in a state-ment here. “India is a strategic country for

the future of Total and we are delighted bythis partnership, yet another testimony ofour commitment to this fast-growing mar-ket, said Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and

CEO of Total. With this agreement, we are pursuing thegrowth of businesses with key Indian energy players,adding to our ongoing developments in renewables,gas and power, Patrick added. IOC Chairman ShrikantMadhav Vaidya, said: “The Indian Oil-Total joint ven-ture company would combine Indian Oil’s credentialsas India’s Flagship National Oil Company and the To-tal’s strength as an International Energy Major.

This would cater to B2B customers involved in roadinfrastructure development, both in the governmentand private sectors and I am confident that this wouldstart a revolution in road construction activities in thecountry by providing superior technology products atcompetitive prices.”

Total & IOC form Joint Company in Indiato Offer High-Quality Bitumen Derivatives

Manchester (UNI): England pacer Stuard Broad’s 36/4 andChris Woakes 50/5 helped England beat West Indies by 269runs in the deciding Test winning the three-match Test series2-1 at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Broad claimed 10 wickets inthe third Test and also reached another milestone in his careerclaiming 500th Test wickets becoming just the seventh bowlerto reach the landmark. The only bowlers with more than 600Test wickets are a trio of former spinners — Sri Lanka’s Mutti-ah Muralitharan (800), Australian Shane Warne (708) and In-dia’s Anil Kumble (619).

The only seamers ahead of Broad are his long-time Eng-land new-ball colleague James Anderson (589 wickets) andAustralia’s Glenn McGrath (563) and the West Indies’ CourtneyWalsh (519), both of whom are retired. England on day 3 de-clared the second innings at 226/2 putting before Windies tar-get of 399 runs. Windies while chasing target at stumps on day3 had lost two wickets after scoring 10 runs. Day 4 was washedaway due to rain without a ball being bowled.

Broad’s 10,Woakes 6 help England win series 2-1

Agencies, SydneyThe 2020 Australian Opengolf championship will bepostponed until early nextyear due to the COVID-19pandemic. “The AustralianOpen will not be played in2020,” Golf Australia an-nounced in a statement onTuesday, citing publichealth considerations asthe main reason for thepostponement.

The 105th AustralianOpen was scheduled to beheld at Melbourne’sKingston Heath course thisNovember. However,COVID-19 outbreaks in thestate of Victoria and acrossthe globe made it almost

impossible. “These arevery challenging times forall Australians and the un-certainty the global pan-demic has caused makes itvery difficult to be defini-tive in relation to futuredates at this time,” saidGolf Australia operationsmanager Simon Brook-house.

“It is not a simple mat-ter of whether or not we

could coordinate any in-ternational stars to visit.The uncertainty of thequarantine requirementsfor any players comingfrom outside Australianeeded to be considered,”he said.

Brookhouse said he re-mained hopeful the Aus-tralian Open could beplayed this summer andwould work with the host,Melbourne’s KingstonHeath Golf Club, to find adate suitable for all.

“It may have to be in theJanuary-March 2021 win-dow with so many vari-ables still to play out,” hesaid.

Australian Open golf tournamentpostponed due to COVID-19

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) (UNI)A youngster who is considered bymany as the backbone of the IndianJunior Women’s Hockey Team, 20-year-old Ishika Chaudhary saysshe’s ready to take the next step for-ward, but puts winning the JuniorWomen’s Asia Cup with the Juniorteam on the number one spot onher priority list. The midfielder whostarted playing the sport at the ageof 11, has graduated from the Mad-hya Pradesh Hockey Academy, andis one of the brightest prospects inthe Indian Junior Women’s HockeyTeam. Her journey from being anacademy player to turning into oneof the mainstays of the Junior teamhas been smooth, but the young-ster credits her development to herCoaches and family.

“When I first started off, I didn’treally know how my initial years ofmy hockey career would pan out,but I think my coaches and myfamily really helped along the way.As a young player, you always wantto get the right advice and learnfrom the best, and I’m so happy tohave so many great people aroundme. You can see that in the journeythat I’ve had so far,” said Ishika whoidolizes Indian Women’s HockeyTeam’s Reena Khokhar, and fellowmidfielder and FIH Women’s Playerof the Year 2019, Netherlands’ Evade Goede.

The journey that 20-year-oldspoke about was starting to playhockey in 2011, and then withintwo years, making it to MadhyaPradesh Hockey Academy’s Juniorteam which took part at the 3rdHockey India Junior NationalChampionship 2013 held in Ranchi.Ishika was part of a team whichbagged the silver Medal, and hermeteoric rise started off from there.

The next few years saw her be-come an integral part of the Juniorand Sub-Junior teams, and win theGold Medal at the 4th Hockey IndiaSub-Junior National Championship

2014 in Pune, Bronze Medal at the6th Hockey India Sub-Junior Na-tional Championship 2016 in Ro-htak. “I feel it was a really nice breakfor me to have started off at such agreat academy where we have avery good environment for hockey.It made sure that I could participatein top national tournaments andalso excel at the same time,” ex-pressed Ishika, whose father RajeevChaudhary is a teacher.

It was in 2016 when the youngmidfielder was selected to be a partof the Madhya Pradesh HockeyAcademy’s Senior team which end-ed up winning the bronze medal atthe 6th Hockey India Senior Na-tional Championship 2016 held inBengaluru. Good performancesmade her stand-out and receive acall-up to the Junior NationalCamp, and the youngster fromGwalior hasn’t looked back eversince.

“When I look back, I think thatselection for the Senior Nationalswas one of the turning points in mycareer. It paved the way for my Ju-nior India call-up and I am so hap-py that I have been able to performwell for my country since makingmy Junior team debut in 2017 at theAustralian Hockey League(Women),” Ishika was quoted assaying by Hockey India who was asilver medalist at the 3rd YouthOlympic Games 2018.

Winning Jr Asia Cup and berth at 2021 Jr WC on priority list: Ishika Chaudhary

Mumbai (UNI)BSE Equity Derivatives turnover on its MondayExpiry reached a new high of Rs 40717 crores,reflecting the acceptance of the unique con-cept of Monday Expiry for Weekly contracts bymarket participants.

BSE Derivatives segment has been witness-ing consistent and progressive growth in itsturnover since introduction of unique contractof Monday Expiry on S&P BSE Sensex 50 Week-ly Futures & Options Contracts.

Commenting on the new record high, ChiefBusiness Officer, BSE, Sameer Patil,said, ‘Weappreciate interest shown by market partici-pants in our unique product offering of Weeklycontract with Monday expiry and BSE thanksall its members and stakeholders for their con-tinuous support and looks forward to achiev-ing more milestones in the coming days.”

BSE Equity derivatives turnoverrecords new high of Rs 40717 cr

New Delhi: Anil KumarJha, former chairmanof Coal India Ltd. Hasbeen appointed as themember of Expert Ap-praisal Committee(EAC) by the UnionMinistry of Environ-ment, Forest and Cli-mate Change. The Ex-pert Appraisal Com-mittee advises the governmenton environmental clearance ofdevelopment projects. Thecommittee was constituted inJune 2017 to make recommen-dations to the Central Govern-ment as cases of violation in all

the sectors increased. Ithas a chairman and 10members, includingAnil Kumar Jha. Therole of EAC is integral tothe process of grantingenvironmental clear-ance to developmentprojects. According tothe Environment Im-pact Assessment (EIA)

Notification, 2006, evaluation ofproposals involves four steps;screening, scoping, public hear-ing and appraisal. EAC are in-volved in various capacities inall the stages, except for publichearing.

Anil Kumar Jha appointedEAC member

New Delhi (UNI)Sloan India Private Limited,manufacturer of water-effi-cient products, on Mondayannounced the promotionof Anup Kumar Tripathi asGeneral Manager – IndiaOperations, Sloan India. Inhis new role, Mr Tripathi willhead India’s business opera-tions and work to strengthen Sloan’sbrand while growing businessacross the country. He will report di-rectly to Parthiv Amin, Chief Salesand Marketing Executive at Sloanheadquarters in Franklin Park, ILUS. Mr Tripathi’s elevation comes ata crucial time when India’s econom-ic growth is entering the recoveryphase post COVID-led lockdown,Sloan India said in a statement.

The Indian market holds enor-mous potential for Sloan’s widerange of touch-free sensor faucets,soap dispensers, flushometers, and

other products. In this newrole, Mr Tripathi will overseedaily business operations,develop and implementgrowth strategies that leadto long term market sharegrowth and profitability, itadded. Mr Tripathi joinedSloan India in 2016 as theCountry Head and has

spearheaded the sales and market-ing functions of the company.

Announcing the promotion,Parthiv Amin – Chief Sales and Mar-keting Officer, Sloan said: “As one ofthe first team members, Anup hashelped build our organisation fromthe ground up, creating a robustteam in the newly-opened office atGurugram. In this new role, Anupwill oversee daily business opera-tions while developing and imple-menting long-term growth strate-gies to increase company’s marketshare.”

Sloan Ind announces promotion of AnupKumar Tripathi to General Manager

BUSINESS

WTA Pan Pacific Openin Tokyo canceled amidCOVID-19 worriesTokyo: The WTA Pan PacificOpen, due to take place atTokyo’s Ariake Tennis Park inNovember, has been canceleddue to the COVID-19 pandemic,organizers said here on Tues-day. Organizers said in a state-ment, “The Executive Commit-tee looked at every possible wayto make this tournament hap-pen, including the idea of hold-ing matches without audiencesor restricting admissions in or-der to prioritize the health andsafety of everyone involved.“However, after a series of delib-erations, the Executive Com-mittee made a heartrending de-cision to rule out the postpone-ment, and concluded that thecancellation of the tournamentwas the best decision in the in-terest of public health, especial-ly in light of the concern aboutthe second wave of infectionspreading in Japan.”

Kolkata Police set up quarantine wards for itsforce at iconic Eden GardensKolkata: The city police has setup quarantine facilities for itsforces under galleries of E and FBlocks at the iconic Eden Gar-dens, weeks after the Cricket As-sociation of Bengal formallyagreed to help the frontlinecovid warriors. “The facility isexpected to be operationalsoon,” said a CAB communiquetoday. “We have also allowedthem ( Kolkata Police) to use ourMini Hospital Area in F Blockwhich would be used by Doc-tors who would be monitoringthose in quarantine,” said CABpresident Avishek Dalmiya.

Haryana Min directs officersto start preparations forhosting Khelo India-2021Chandigarh: Haryana Ministerof State for Sports and YouthAffairs Sandeep Singh directedthe officers of the Departmentto start preparations for thehosting of the fourth edition of‘Khelo India - 2021’ in Haryanato be organised by the Centre.During the meeting, the Minis-ter directed the officers thatthere should be no shortage ofany kind in the event which isto be organised in the state. Hesaid that most of the competi-tions of ‘Khelo India - 2021’will be held at the Tau Devi LalSports Complex in Panchkula.“More than 25,000 players areexpected to participate in the‘Khelo India - 2021’ competi-tion, so it is our responsibilityto provide them appropriatefacilities for boarding andlodging,” he said.

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BharatPe launches‘ESOP ChequeCash Karo’ schemeMumbai (UNI): BharatPe said thatit has launched India’s first ‘ESOPCheque Cash Karo’ scheme. Em-ployee Stock Ownership Plan(ESOP)? is an employee benefitplan that gives workers ownershipinterest in the company. All ESOPholders have been given option tosell back shares from their 1st vest-ing back to BharatPe. BharatPe hasone of the most progressive ESOPschemes amongst the startups.BharatPe has 6 PCof its overall eq-uity allotted to the ESOP pool. Allemployees are given ESOP Grantalong with appointment letter.ESOPs carry ZERO strike price. Thevesting is front ended in favour ofemployees with 25 pc vesting onyear 1 and thereafter 2 pc everymonth. The employees are not re-quired to exercise the ESOPs onleaving and can time it with a liq-uidity event anytime up to 5 years.

Flipkart builds hyperlocal capabilitieswith the launch of ‘Flipkart Quick’Kolkata (UNI): Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commercemarketplace, today announced the launch of its hyperlocalservice - ‘Flipkart Quick’ building on its technology capa-bilities and supply chain infrastructure. Flipkart Quick isaimed to offer unmatched customer experience, riding onwide selection, top-class quality and a new location map-ping technology framework. The hyperlocal delivery modelaims to tap new consumers by widening the accessibility ofproducts and enabling consumers to order products fromFlipkart hubs in their location, ensuring quick delivery.

Modernising consumers’ daily shopping experience interms of product accessibility, availability and affordability,Flipkart Quick will provide consumers with a handpickedassortment of more than 2,000 products in categories vary-ing from Grocery, Fresh, Dairy, Meat, Mobiles, ElectronicsAccessories, Stationery Items and Home Accessories in thefirst phase. Consumers can choose to order in the next 90minutes or book a 2-hour slot as per their convenience.Customers can place orders anytime of the day, and gettheir orders delivered between 6am to midnight, startingwith a minimum delivery fee Rs 29.

CONCACAF unveils new WorldCup qualifying formatMexico City: Thirty-five teams will vie for a place in foot-ball’s showpiece tournament in Qatar when a rejiggedCONCACAF 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament be-gins in October. The first phase, to be held over fourmatch days in October and November this year, will com-prise 30 teams, occupying No. 6 to No. 35 in the FIFAworld rankings, football’s governing body in North andCentral American and the Caribbean said on Tuesday.

The winners of each of the six groups will advance tothe second round, during which they will bid for threeslots available in the final stage of the qualifying tourna-ment. The top three teams in the last phase - a home-and-away round-robin in which Mexico, the United States,Costa Rica, Jamaica and Honduras are already guaranteeda place - will earn a berth at Qatar 2022.

PSG’s Mbappe to missgames for three weeksParis: Kylian Mbappe will be absent for “ap-proximately three weeks” due to an ankle in-jury which he picked up in the French Cup fi-nal last Friday, his club Paris Saint-Germainconfirmed. It means that the French interna-tional will undoubtedly miss PSG’s LeagueCup final against Lyon this Friday, and thechance for him to appear in the ChampionsLeague quarterfinal against Atalanta on Au-gust 12 is also in doubt.

“The results of today’s scan confirmed anankle sprain with damage to the external liga-ment. The player is expected to be sidelinedfor approximately three weeks,” a statementfrom the club said.

The 21-year-old limped off the pitch withan ankle injury after being brought down byLoic Perrin only half an hour into the matchon Friday, in which PSG secured their secondtitle of the season with a 1-0 win over Saint-Etienne. Brazilian star Neymar scored the on-ly goal of the game.

Manchester: West In-dies were 84/5 atlunch on day 5 of thedeciding Test of sec-ond innings againstEngland at Old Traf-ford on Tuesday. Earli-er, on day 3 of the finalsession England de-clared second inningsat 226/2 setting a tar-get of 399 runs beforethe visitors. While day4 was washed out dueto rain without a ball being bowled. West In-dies still need 315 runs to win. At LunchBlackwood (3), and Chase (5) were at crease.

Resuming with an overnight score of 10/2Brathwaite and Shai Hope continued on day5, but Brathwaite was lbw in the morning ses-sion in Stuart Broad’s spell. Broad reached500th Test wicket became just the seventhbowler to reach the landmark.

The only bowlers with more than 600 Testwickets are a trio of former spinners — SriLanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Aus-tralian Shane Warne (708) and India’s AnilKumble (619).

Broad takes 500 Test wicket, Englandfive wickets away from series win

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan has said that importantdecisions have been taken in viewof corona infection, health safety ofstudents pursuing higher educationand their career.

Admission to students of firstand second year graduation as wellas to students of post graduationsecond semester will be given in thenext class on the basis of examina-tion result of previous year and in-ternal evaluation of current session.

Similarly, examinations of stu-dents of final year graduation and4th semester of post graduation willbe conducted by open book systemat their home itself to protect themfrom infection of corona ensuringphysical distancing.

The Chief Minister Chouhan fur-ther mentioned that questions arealways raised on their final degreebecause of general promotion.Hence, decision has been taken to

hold their examinations by openbook system, he added. Questionpapers will be made available to thestudents of final year graduationand to the students of 4th semesterof post graduation on their login IDand prescribed website.

In the open book system, the stu-dents will be able to write examina-tions at their home itself. Exami-nees are required to submit theiranswer sheets at the collection cen-tres. Collection centers in thou-sands have been established for col-lecting answer sheets.

Students will also have two op-tions for submission of answersheets i.e. facility for sending an-swer sheets by post and email. Theexamination results of final year grad-uation and 4th semester post gradua-tion will be declared by granting 50percent weightage of marks obtainedin previous years and 50 percentweightage of marks obtained in theopen book system.

Examinations of UG Final Year andPG 4th Semester to be conducted byopen book system

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalDistrict Collector Avinash Lava-

nia said that to break thechain of corona infection,people exposed to infectedpersons must be quaran-tined. He has arranged forthe quarantine of people ex-posed to the infected per-sons to break the coronachain.

For this, arrangement of paidquarantine centre has alsobeen made available in somehotels. A list of these hotelswill be provided.

The collector informed thatarrangements have beenmade for everyone at thequarantine center at thegovernment level.

For anyone who wants to havequarantine in a private hotelas per their convenience, thequarantine can be had in themarked hotel at their ownexpense.

For this, a list of private hotelscan be obtained by contact-ing SDM.

Tariff rates and arrangementsare also fixed. The peoplewill have to pay in this re-

gard.Who will be able to stay?

In such a situation, the questionis that while the corona pa-tients are being claimed tohave full treatment, the peo-ple who come in contactwith them will stay in theQuarantine Center set up inthe hotel at their own ex-pense.

While the administration hasset up several Covid centersin the capital, where pa-tients coming in contactwith the infected are beingaccommodated. Now the ad-ministration is unable totake care of them, so a newway is being devised.

On Tuesday, people had com-plained of poor food andfilth at the Quarantine Cen-ter built in RGPV.

When things did not imporove,people created a ruckus.Such complaints are comingevery day from quarantinecenters.

The question is also how thecommon people will be ableto pay the rent of the centerbuilt in the hotels.

Quarantine centres to bemade in hotels in city

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe final year examinations of

technical courses will be held ononline mode from August 24.Technical Education and Skill De-velopment Minister, Smt. Yashod-hara Raje Scindia has said that thisdecision has been taken in view ofthe circumstances arising out ofthe global pandemic Covid-19 andin the all round interest of stu-dents.

Apart from this, decision has al-so been taken to promote otherstudents from 2 to 7 semester inthe next class based on their inter-nal assessment and their perfor-mance in the previous year. Smt.Scindia said that special examina-tion will be held between Septem-ber 15 and 23, for students who areunable to appear in the online ex-amination.

Principal Secretary, Technical

Education and Skill Development,Smt. Caralyn Khongwar Desh-mukh informed that B.E. theoreti-cal examinations will be held onAugust 24, 26, 28 and 31.

The theoretical examinations ofB.Pharmacy will be held on August24, 26, 28 and 31 and September 2.The practical examinations ofthese subjects will be held be-tween September 4 and Septem-ber 9.

The theoretical examinations ofdiploma courses will be held fromAugust 27 to September 7 andpractical examinations from Sep-tember 8 to September 14.

Regular online classes for stu-dents of semesters 3,5 and 7 for the academic session 2020-21 willstart from August 17, 2020 and classes for the first semester ofsession 2021 from October 15,2020.

Final year examinations of technical courseswill be held online from August 24 Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal

After getting the status of Tiger State, the UnionMinistry of Environment, Forest and Climate Changeis going to release data on leopard census.

These figures are being released on Tiger Day (29July). MP can also be ranked first in leopards after tigercounts. \

According to sources of MP Wildlife Headquarters,in the census of 2018, more than 2200 leopards are ex-pected to be found in the state. In the year 2014 cen-sus, 1817 leopards were found in the state. Karnatakawas second in this. There were 1129 leopards foundthere. Now the state can get the title of Leopard Stateafter Tiger State. Indian Institute of Wildlife Manage-ment Dehradun has separately calculated the figuresof other wildlife species. In this regard, Union Forestand Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar can re-lease data on the occasion of Tiger Day.

Number of leopards and bears may haveincreased

According to headquarters sources, tigers havebeen counted across the country from December 2017to March 2018. During this time leopards were alsocounted. The central government has made public the

figures of tigers, but the figures of other carnivores andherbivores have not yet been announced.

It is believed that the number of bears along withleopards has also increased.

In areas where leopards and bears have never beenseen before, they are often seen. It is noteworthy thattill the year 2000 there were more than 3600 leopardsin the state.

Rajesh Mandal, PCCF, Wildlife, said in the year 2014census, the highest numbers of leopards were foundin MP in the country. This time too, it is expected thatMP may top the leopard count. In this regard, the fig-ures can be said only after the release.

MP may bag status of Leopard State

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Chronicle Reporter, BhopalMinister of State for School Ed-

ucation (Independent Charge) In-der Singh Parmar has congratulat-ed the students who have passedin the Higher Secondary Board2020 examinations of the Board ofSecondary Education and wishedthem a bright future.

To those student who have notpassed, he said these results arenot the result of our life or future,success and failure are parts of life.We should be encouraged with oursuccesses and learn from the fail-ures. Recalling the words of the for-mer President and great scientistDr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on the occa-sion, he said that if you FAIL in anyattempt, do not stop trying, FAILsimply means ‘First Attempt InLearning’!

Failed students will get two op-portunities again

School Education Minister Par-mar said that the “Ruk Jana Nahin”Yojana has been implemented forthose students who failed in theexamination hence they shouldnot get disappointed. Failed stu-dents will be given two opportuni-ties to write the exam under this

scheme. Unsuccessful students will be

able to fill the form through the MPonline kiosk by August 5. If forsome reason the students are notable to pass the examination in Au-gust 2020, then they will be able toappear in the remaining subjectsin which they failed in December2020 also.

For this, they will have to reap-ply through MP Online.

Laptops will be given to out-standing students

School Education Minister Par-mar has said that the governmentis starting the scheme to give lap-tops to meritorious students of thestate.

Under this, the government willprovide Rs. 25 thousand as incen-tive to purchase laptops and cita-tion to the meritorious students.The benefit of this scheme will begiven to the students who have ex-celled in the 12th main examina-tion conducted by the MadhyaPradesh Board of Secondary Edu-cation for the academic session2019-20.

The benefit of the scheme willbe available to both regular andprivate students.

School Education Minister congratulates successful students

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Minister for Urban Devel-

opment and Housing BhupendraSingh has directed to constitute acommittee in the chairmanship ofCommissioner Urban Administra-tion and Development to give sug-gestions as regard to increase in-come of the urban bodies.

The Committee will compriseMunicipal Commissioners ofBhopal and Indore besides othermembers. Singh instructed to sub-mit a report pertaining to sugges-tions within 15 days.

He also instructed to form acommittee of the officers of theTown and Country Planning to re-view master plans of the urbanbodies. Singh mentioned that thiscommittee will give report aboutthe agriculture land falling underthe urban areas and other subjectsafter the contemplation.

Grading of urban bodiesSingh stated that grading of

works being done by the urbanbodies as regard to the loan to beprovided to street vendors shouldbe done weekly. Issue show causenotice to officers of the urban bod-ies legging behind in their works,

he added.Awareness campaign to be con-

ducted for use of masks from Au-gust 01 to 15

The Minister for Urban Devel-opment and Housing BhupendraSingh directed to launch an aware-ness campaign in all the urbanbodies to motivate citizens to wearmasks from August 01 to 15.

Help of voluntary organizationsshould also be taken in the cam-paign. Singh further mentionedthat stalls should be put up at mainsquares of cities and people with-out masks should be advised withthe help of volunteers.

The Minister Singh furthermentioned that developmentworks should also be started in the

newly formed 30 urban bodies. Heinstructed to complete the work ofregularization of illegal colonieswithin stipulated time.

Singh said that all works of sew-erage system should be monitoredand completed within time limit.He instructed that the pendingworks of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yo-jana should be started soon. Singhsaid there is a need for constantmonitoring of works related toSmart cities.

The Principal Secretary UrbanDevelopment and Housing NiteshVyas and Commissioner UrbanAdministration and DevelopmentNikunj Kumar Shrivastava werepresent at the meeting.

Committee constituted to give suggestionsto increase income of urban bodies

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalThe Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan has said that fear amongcriminals is must. Deal with themstrictly and do not give relaxation ofany kind to them. Campaign beingrun in the state against the criminalsshould be continued. The adminis-tration and police combined shouldgive momentum to the campaign.

The Chief Minister Chouhan wasreviewing the law and order situa-tion, arrangements for corona con-trol in the state through video con-ferencing from hospital today.

The Minister for Home Dr. Narot-tam Mishra, Minister for Urban De-velopment and Housing BhupendraSingh, Minister for Medical Educa-tion Vishwas Sarang, Chief SecretaryIqbal Singh Bains and AdditionalChief Secretary Mohammad Sule-man also attended the video confer-encing from their respective offices.

The Chief Minister Chouhan saidthat it is must to transform the cam-paign into public movement tobreak the chain of corona infection.Besides government and adminis-tration, participation of generalpublic, society and voluntary orga-nizations should be ensured in this.Along with this, religious heads andheads of the communities should beurged to appeal the citizens for gen-erating awareness in this regard.

Use of mask and social distanc-ing is must to avoid corona. Peopleshould follow the guidelines issuedin this respect and strict actionshould be taken against those, who

are not following the guidelines. Hefurther mentioned that the numberof corona testing should also be in-creased.

The Chief Minister Chouhanstated that the hope of recoveryshould not be broken but it has to beconverted into trust.

The Chief Minister Chouhan re-viewed arrangements made fortreatment of corona patients inSagar, Damoh and Tikamgarh. Heexpressed displeasure over thetreatment related arrangements inSagar Medical College.

Expressing concern over thearrangements, he said that arrange-

ments should be improved. TheHome Minister Dr. Mishra proposedto handover the arrangements tothe former Dean of the Medical Col-lege once again. Giving consent tothe proposal, Chouhan directed theMinister for Medical EducationVishwas Sarang to take decision inthis regard.

P.M. Swa-nidhi Yojana will takeshape from August 5

Chief Minister Chouhan said thatthe state government has decidedthat, like the Pradhan Mantri Swa-nidhi Yojana, rural street vendorswill be provided with Rs 10 thou-sand interest-free loans for theirbusiness.

So far, more than 8 lakh 56 thou-sand registrations have been doneunder the rural street vendorscheme.

Chouhan has given instructionsto implement the scheme from Au-gust 05. Many categories of regis-tered beneficiaries will feel relievedby the implementation of PM Swa-nidhi Yojana during Corona infec-tion period.

Fear among criminals is must: CM

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn Madhya Pradesh, the number

of corona cases is steadily increas-ing. In order to provide betterhealthcare facilities to patients, aplasma bank is being set up atGandhi Medical College (GMC) inthe capital. Preparations for thishave also started. Plasma donationcampaign will also be undertakento enrich this bank.

Plasma therapy has been shownto be very helpful in the treatmentof corona patients. Along withmany parts of the country, patientshave also been treated with plasmatherapy in Indore and a privatemedical college plasma bank hasalso been created.

Due to the success of this thera-py, the Indian Council of MedicalResearch has taken necessarysteps. Approval has been given tobuild plasma banks in 100 placesin the country, including one inBhopal.

Bhopal’s Divisional Commis-sioner Kavindra Kiyawat said that aplasma donation campaign will beconducted for plasma therapytreatment of Kovid-19 infectedpeople here. In this campaign,those who have recovered aftertreatment of Covid-19 infectionwill be motivated to donate their

plasma. Plasma collection atGandhi Medical College’s PlasmaBank will be conducted followingICMR and Governance standards.

The divisional commissionersaid that the patients recovering init will be scrutinized, as if they arenot suffering from diabetes. Pa-tients under 18 years of age, notless than 50 kg, will not take theplaza.

Number of active cases on riseIf we look at the situation of

Bhopal, including the state, onething comes out that the numberof corona infected is increasingrapidly here, while the number ofpatients getting healthy is decreas-ing compared to that.

The number of patients in thestate has increased to 28589. Mostpatients are coming out in the cap-ital for the last few days.

At the same time, the number ofhealthy patients is decreasing.

This is why plasma therapy is

being emphasized as number ofactive cases is on rise.

Campaign to save lives from plasma donation

Corona infection is most acutein Bhopal and Indore in the stateand so far 820 patients have dieddue to corona.

More than half of these deathsoccurred only in Indore andBhopal.

There were 304 deaths in Indoreand 161 in Bhopal.

In all, 465 deaths have been re-ported in these two districts so far.It has been decided at the adminis-trative level to prepare infected in-dividuals for plasma donation 28days after treatment, explaining tothem that their little effort can savea person’s life.

There will be one-to-one counseling

NGOs and other social organi-zations will also be taken to makethis campaign successful.

Along with this, the feelings ofthe donors will be specially takencare of, so that they do not gethurt.

For this, one-to-one counselingwill be done, their consent will betaken for this, along with this, fol-low all the standards of plasma do-nation as per convenience.

Plasma bank being set up at GMC

Fees and online classes: HC defershearing till Aug 10

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalPetitions were filed before the

Madhya Pradesh High Court onthe issue of fees and online classesin state schools. During the hear-ing before a joint bench of ChiefJustice AK Mittal and Judge VKShukla, it was told by the state gov-ernment that private schools canonly charge tuition fees during thecorona crisis. Apart from this, on-line classes have been banned tillclass V.

Taking the response intorecord, the Joint Bench has direct-ed all non-petitioners concernedto present the reply. The next hear-ing of the case has been set for 10August.

Petitions have also been pre-sented in this case before the sin-gle bench of the High Court of Ja-balpur and the single bench of In-dore. Now the main bench is hear-ing all these petitions together. Inthe petition filed by the Civil Con-sumer Guidance Forum, Jabalpur,the matter of conducting onlineclasses by schools in the Coronaperiod has been raised. It statesthat online classes are dangerousfor students’ eyes.

Chouhan congratulatesstudents of Class 12thBhopal: The Chief Minister ShivrajSingh Chouhan has congratulatedall students of class 12, who havepassed the examination of M.P.Board of Secondary Education.

In his congratulation message,Chouhan said that this is a result ofhard work of students. He told thestudents to work hard constantlyfor their bright future, educationonly will realized their dreams.

Success will help you in movingforward. My best wishes are withyou all. Chouhan also conveyed amessage to those students, who didnot succeed in the examination. Hesaid that they should not get disap-pointed if the result has not comeas per their expectation. They willget an opportunity to pass the ex-amination by reappearing underthe ‘Ruk Jana Nahin’ Yojana. TheChief Minister Chouhan men-tioned that they should strive hardwith their full potential. My bless-ings are with you all, he added.

Plasma donation campaign to be undertaken

Deal strictly with them andcontinue campaign: CM