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Dawood Ibrahim, wife testpositive for coronavirusNew Delhi: Under-world don Da-wood Ibrahim andhis wife have test-ed positive forcoronavirus, ac-cording to mediareports quotingtop government sources in Pakistan.Dawood’s personal staff and guardshave been quarantined. DawoodIbrahim Kaskar, who was born inDongri, Mumbai currently believed tobe residing in Karachi and is one ofIndia’s most wanted terrorist. Da-wood is accused of 1993 Bombayblasts and has several Interpol noticeagainst him. Reports suggest D-Com-pany boss is currently undergoingtreatment in Karachi’s military hospi-tal. Dawood Ibrahim’s wife, Meha-jabin has also tested positive for coro-navirus. Dawood was designated as aglobal terrorist in 2003 by India andthe United States.

New Delhi (UNI)Union Public Service Commission

on Friday announced the reviseddates for Civil Services Examinations(CSE) 2020.

The exams were earlier postponedowing to outbreak of COVID-19 pan-demic and subsequent nationwidelockdown.

As per the revised date sheet, thepreliminary examination or thescreening test will now be conductedon October 4, Sunday while themains examination will commencefrom January 8, 2021.

Also, the preliminary examina-tion of Indian Forests Services willalso be conducted on October 4,but its mains examination will beheld from February 28, 2021.

The interviews or personalityfor the candidates who appearedin CSE 2019, which were suspend-ed due to COVID-19 situation, willresume from July 20, 2020 on-wards, the Commission said.

As per the annual calendar, CSE

preliminary examination 2020,was slated for May 31 while themain examinations from mid Sep-tember onwards.

The Commission deferred therecruitment test for the posts ofEO/AO in the Employees’ Provi-dent Fund Organisation, whichwas earlier scheduled to be heldon the October 4, 2020. The newdate will be published on the web-site of the Commission at the timeof issue of calendar of Examina-tions/ Recruitment Tests for 2021,it said.

The UPSC is designated body toconduct the CSE examinations forthe selection of prestigious IndianAdministration Services, IndianForeign Services, Indian PoliceServices, Indian Forests Servicesand various Group ‘A’ Services.

The examination consists ofthree stages—preliminary test,mains examination and interviewand all the three are completedwithin a span of one year.

UPSC issues revised date sheet, CSE 2020prelims on Oct 4, mains from Jan 8

Agencies, New DelhiBJP leader Sonali Phogat slaps an

official in Haryana and thrashes himrepeatedly with slippers, allegedlyover a comment he made. A video ofthe assault is viral on social media.

The incident took place on Fridaywhen Sonali Phogat, who unsuccess-fully contested the 2019 Haryana as-sembly election as a BJP candidate,was inspecting a farmers’ market. Shewent with a list of farmers’ complaintsto Sultan Singh, a member of the Agri-cultural Produce Market Committee,who allegedly made an objectionablecomment.

A furious Ms Phogat then startedthrashing and abusing the officer.

As she rains blows on the officialwith a slipper, he is seen pleading withher, saying he was noting her com-plaints and would address them.

Ms Phogat later called the police.According to reports, she didn’t presscharges after the officer apologised.

“She said look at me and talk. Doyou know me, she asked. I said I knowyou fought the polls from Adampur. Ihave noted everything and will getthings done, I told her. Then she askedme, why did you oppose me in theelections? I have no family in Adham-pur, I told her. I said, how will I vote inyour constituency and you are blam-ing me so long after the elections.

BJP’s leader Sonali Phogathits official with slippers

Chronicle Reporter, BhopalIn Madhya Pradesh, the number

of corona positives has reached 8797.5479 have been cured of corona in-fection. However, the infection is notyet under control. In the first 4 daysof unlock, 702 patients have beenfound in the state. 35 new cases werefound in Bhopal on Friday morning.In the capital, 41 patients were dis-charged on being healthy. Apart fromthis, markets have opened, which aregetting more crowded than normaldays. This is expected to increase in-fection. In the state, 243 new cases ofcorona were reported in 24 hours.The recovery rate of the state is64.3%, while that of the country is47.9%.

Chief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan claimed that MadhyaPradesh has now come in 7th posi-tion in the country due to the contin-ued lack of corona infection. It wasearlier at number 6 and UttarPradesh at number 7. The Chief Min-ister said in the review meeting thatabout 2% of newly infected patientswere found in Madhya Pradesh ascompared to the whole country,whereas earlier it was up to 8%.

Commissioner office closed inBhopal after employee testspositive

The divisional commissioner of-fice of the capital has been closed. Aninspector working in the cooperativedepartment here has been foundpositive. He went to work in the officetill 2 June. After this, the commission-er’s office was sanitized on Thursdayand has been closed from today. Thedaughter of Kotra Sultanabad resi-dent cooperative inspector has alsotested Corona positive.

Instructions to remove deanof Sagar Medical College

The Chief Minister directed to im-mediately remove the dean of Bun-delkhand Medical College at theCorona review meeting. ACS HealthMohammad Suleman said that theteam of medical experts sent to Sagarsaw the necessary arrangements.Dean’s work was not found satisfac-tory.

Six test positive in Khandwa,5 in Dindori

Six new corona positive patientshave been found in Khandwa on Fri-day morning. So far, 257 positive pa-tients have been found in Khandwadistrict. Besides, Dindori district hasseen 5 patients infected with coron-avirus late Thursday night, in which apatient is a reader’s son residing inward number 10 judge colony of thecity. It was told that reader’s son hadreturned from Mumbai on 1 June. It isalleged that reader kept his son athome and the he himself continuedto come regularly to work at thecourt. After the report of the reader’sson came back positive, the entirejudge colony has been declared con-tentment and screening has beenstarted. Apart from this, sampling ofthe reader’s son and the judges incontact with the reader is also beingdone. It was told that a large numberof lawyers have also come in contactwith the reader.

In Sheopur, after the death of a pa-tient admitted in the district hospital,his report was found Corona positive.The 70-year-old elder was a resident ofMewada village. This is second death inthe district. So far 23 cases of coronahave been reported in the district.There are 16 active cases among them.

Over 700 test positive in MPin first 4 days of unlock

New Delhi (UNI)Describing the talk of ‘Atmanirb-

har Bharat’ (self-reliant India) as an-other ‘Jumla’ by the Narendra Modigovernment, the Congress on Fridaycharged the government of mislead-ing the people of the country.

Addressing a press conference,AICC senior spokesperson KapilSibal said, ‘The Prime Minister onMay 12 asked the country to go vocalfor local and announced an econom-ic package to make the country self-reliant and termed it as ‘AtmanirbharAbhiyaan’.

‘Self-reliant India is nothing, butan act of self-deception. It is anotherjumla. The government should stopmisleading the country,’ he added.

Stressing the need to enhance thefacility of research and developmentat the University level, the formerLaw Minister said, ‘The wealth of thecountry is not linked to industries,not to exports, to production, not to

taxes, but to the things by which theintellectual property is connected.Intellectual property happens inUniversities, not factories.

‘If you want your nation to bewealthy, you will have to invest in theUniversity system for innovation andcreating of intellectual property. Un-less you invest in the varsities, a na-tion will never be self-reliant, onlyupon the PM’s announcement.

‘Tell the nation about your eco-nomic policy, industrial policy, man-ufacturing policy. The nation won’tbe self-sufficient with just a slogan,’

the Congress leader said.Questioning the government

claim of striving for a self-reliant In-dia, Mr Sibal said, ‘The majority ofvideo-conferencing applicationsused in India during the lockdownare based abroad (Zoom, MicrosoftTeams, Google Meet).

‘Major e-commerce platforms arebacked by global majors like Ama-zon, Alibaba, Walmart, Softbank.Amazon India is backed byhttp://Amazon.com Inc, WalmartInc’s has 81.3 per cent stake in Flip-kart, Alibaba backs online grocerycompany BigBasket, SoftBank Corpbacks Grofers,’ he added.

‘India is heavily dependent onimport of telecom equipment withimports of over Rs 1.3 trillion/year.Reliance Jio uses 4G equipment fromSamsung, Vodafone Idea and BhartiAirtel use Huawei’s 4G gear, besidesthose from Sweden’s Ericsson, Fin-land’s Nokia and China’s ZTE.

Talk of self-reliant India is another Jumla:Cong

Beijing (UNI)Chinese state controlled media has conveyed its un-

easiness about US President Donald Trump’s wish to havethe Group of Seven (G7) expanded into Group of Eleven(G11) by including India, Russia, Australia and South Ko-rea.

Out of these four countries it is India’s inclusion towhich the Chinese state controlled media has expressedmost opposition.

An article titled “India plays with fire spicing up G7 ex-pansion” published at the Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times in June 5 claimed that the move to in-clude India into the G7 is aimed at strategic containmentof China.

“The idea of G7 expansion carries geopolitical calcula-tions with an obvious attempt to contain China. The US iskeen on roping India in not only because the latter hasbecome the fifth-largest economy in the world, but alsobecause India is considered an important pillar for theUS’ Indo-Pacific Strategy. The US has long sought tostrengthen India’s role as a counterbalance to China inthe Indo-Pacific region.”

The article conveyed Chinese anxiousness at India’sinvolvement at Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue and US’sIndo-Pacific Strategy.

“Since Modi began his second term, India’s attitudetoward China has changed. India decided to upgrade itsengagement with the Quadrilateral Strategic Dialogue, or“the Quad,” between India, Australia, Japan and the US,

at the ministerial level in September 2019. DuringTrump’s visit to India in February this year, the US andIndia said they would enhance their relations to the“comprehensive global strategic partnership level. Thismeans India has been ready to cooperate in implement-ing the US Indo-Pacific Strategy in exchange for US sup-port for its pursuit to hold the status of a major power,and other plans,” it said.

The article says that India is actively trying to expandthe Quad to include New Zealand, South Korea and Viet-nam and that India currently party to many US plansaimed at targeting China.

G7 expansion aimed at containing China: Global Times

New Delhi (UNI)The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order for

June 9, Tuesday, in connection with the miseries andplights borne by migrant labourers due to Covid-19 crisis.

A bench of Apex Court headed by Justice AshokBhushan, and also comprising of Justice SK Kaul and Jus-tice MR Shah heard the arguments from the centre,states, union territories and others on the migrants’ issuewhich which it had taken suo motu.

During the hearing, the bench asked the concernedauthorities to ferry all stranded migrants who are willingto go to their native states within 15 days.

It also asked the states to create employment opportu-nities and provide relief to the returnees.

“What we intend to do is give you and states 15 daystime to transport all migrants. States should bring onrecord how they will provide employment and otherkinds of relief to migrants who returned. There should bea registration of migrants,” Justice Ashok Bhushan toldSolicitor General Tushar Mehta.

Bihar government told the court that it has alreadymapped the skill set of migrant workers who have re-turned.

On ferrying migrants back, Solicitor General (SG)Tushar Mehta, senior law officer representing the centralgovernment, told the Apex Court that 90 per cent of mi-grant workers, who wanted to go back to their homesfrom workplaces, have been transported. Rest 10 per centwill be ferried in next two weeks.

There were no deaths in the special trains (Shramik)due to lack of food, water or medication, Mehta told thecourt.

In accordance with the guidelines, Indian railways de-ployed 4,270 Shramik trains, and approximately onecrore migrants have reached their destination, the SGsaid.

Of the total trains, 1,625 were destined for UttarPradesh.

Mehta said that letters have been sent to Chief Secre-tariesof all the etates, asking how many workers still needto be transported and how many trains are required.

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal asked, “what was the min-imum standard for food, water etc. Was it followed bystate govt and monitored?”

Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves said the registrationsystem was not working. Migrants are getting frustratedand thus who want to go back is half than the actualnumbers.

The Apex Court said that the transportation of migrantworkers cannot go on indefinitely.

Justice Bhushan said all States should bring on recordemployments or relief they can provide to their migrantworkers.

The court also ordered list of migrant workers to beprepared village-wise for better implementation ofschemes and relief measures.

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Woman delivers baby boy inShramik Special trainBhubaneswar: In yet another inci-dent, a 19-year-old woman travel-ling in Shramik Special Train (No07743)from Lingampalli in Telen-gana to Bolangir, gave birth to a ba-by boy. East Coast Railway sourceshere said Meena Kumbhkar ofThodibahal village under BelparaPolice Station of Bolangir travellingin S-14 coach of the train gave birthto the baby at Titilagarha early thismorning.

Jawan martyred in Pakistanfiring on LoCJammu: One Army jawan attainedmartyrdom as Pakistan violated theceasefire by firing unprovokedalong the Line of Control in Rajouridistrict of Jammu and Kashmir. De-fence spokesperson confirmedhere on Friday that Pakistan Armyon Thursday evening resorted tounprovoked ceasefire violation onthe Line of Control in SunderbaniSector, District Rajouri.

Op Kalakote: Terrorist killed,Pak-made mine,ammunition seizedJammu: The Kalakote operationwas called off in Rajouri district ofJammu and Kashmir on Friday, af-ter the elimination of an unidenti-fied terrorist and recovery of largequantity of arms and ammunition,including Pakistan-made anti-per-sonnel mines.

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State-wise detailsStates Cases DeathsMaharashtra 77,793 2,710Tamil Nadu 27,256 220Delhi 25,004 650Gujarat 18,584 1,155Rajasthan 9,862 213Uttar Pradesh 9,237 245Madhya Pradesh 8,762 377West Bengal 6,876 355Bihar 4,493 29Karnataka 4,320 57Andhra Pradesh 4,223 71Haryana 3,281 24Telangana 3,147 105Jammu & Kashmir 3,142 35Odisha 2,478 7Punjab 2,415 47Assam 1,988 4Kerala 1,588 14Uttarakhand 1,153 10Jharkhand 793 6Chhattisgarh 756 2Tripura 644 0Himachal Pradesh 383 5Chandigarh 301 5Goa 166 0Manipur 124 0Ladakh 90 1Puducherry 82 0Nagaland 80 0Arunachal Pradesh 42 0A&N Islands 33 0Meghalaya 33 1Mizoram 17 0

Bhopal Commissioner Office closed after employee found positive

SC seeks Centre’s response oncapping COVID-19 treatmentcost in pvt hospitalsNew Delhi: The Supreme Court onFriday sought a detailed responsefrom the Central government on aPIL for capping cost of treatment ofCOVID-19 patients in private hospi-tals.

The petitioner, Avishek Goenkatold the Apex court that the privatehospitals are charging exorbitantfees from Covid patients making itinaccessible to many infected fromthe virus.

The PIL also seeks time boundmanner of mediclaim settlement byinsurance companies minimum tothe tune of govt approved rates. It al-so seeks direction to extend cashlessfacilities to all insured patients andother issues.

The Apex Court bench, compris-ing of Justices M R Shah and V Ra-masubramanian, besides led by Jus-tice Bhushan, asked Solicitor Gener-al (SG) Tushar Mehta to file Centre’sresponse on putting an upper limiton fees to be charged by private hos-pitals for treating Covid patients.

Another setback toCongress before Gujarat RSpolls, third MLA resignsGandhinagar (UNI): In another set-back to the main opposition Con-gress before the June 19 elections onthe four Rajya Sabha seats from Gu-jarat, another party MLA has re-signed.

Earlier on Wednesday eveningtwo party MLAs had quit.

Assembly speaker Rajendra Trive-di on Friday said that Congress MLAfrom Morbi seat Brajesh Merja hadmet him in person last evening andtendered resignation which has beenaccepted.

Earlier on Wednesday, CongressMLA from Karjan seat Akshay Pateland Kaprada seat Jeetu Chaudharyhad also tendered resignation in asimilar manner. While Congress hasalleged that ruling BJP was behind it,the ruling party has countered the al-legations saying that the CongressMLAs were resigning due to the in-ternal bickering in the party.