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The UltimateTheory of the

Cosmos?

JAMMUMAX : 42.0 °CMIN : 27.1 °CSUNSET : 7:29 pm TodaySUNRISE : 5:26 am TomorrowSRINAGARMAX : 24.4 °CMIN : 12.6 °CLEHMAX : 23.0 °CMIN : 8.0 °C

LG greets people onEid-ul-Fitr, urges for

adherance to guidelinesJAMMU: Jammu andKashmir LieutenantGovernor, Girish ChandraMurmu on Saturday hasconveyed heartiest con-gratulations to people ofthe Union Territory ofJammu and Kashmir onthe auspicious occasion ofEid-ul-Fitr. In his mes-sage, the Lt Governor said

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Fresh traffic allowedon Jmu-Sgr highwaySRINAGAR: Fresh traf-fic including essentialservice vehicles andSRTC buses was again onSaturday allowed fromJammu to Srinagar afterall the vehicles, strandedsince Thursday, werecleared till last night on270-km-long nationalhighway, connectingKashmir with rest of thecountry. Meanwhile, onlyessential service vehicles

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SFs avert tragedy;defuse live grenade SRINAGAR: A majortragedy was averted whensecurity forces onSaturday detected anddefused a live grenade insouth Kashmir district ofKulgam.

Official sources saidthat a CRPF patrollingparty of 173 battalion onSaturday detected a livegrenade on roadside inChawalgam in Kulgam."A Bomb Disposal Squad

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Six new COVID-19cases in Ladakh

LEH: Days after Ladakhwas declared coronavirusfree, six fresh cases havecome to light in the unionterritory over the pastthree days with almost allof them having a travelhistory outside theHimalayan region, offi-cials said on Saturday.

All the six newpatients, five in Kargil

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IN BRIEF

NEW DELHI, MAY 23: Chinese mili-tary is fast increasing its troops in areasaround Pangong Tso lake and GalwanValley along the Line of Actual Controlin Ladakh, sending a clear signal that itwas not ready to end its confrontationwith the Indian Army anytime soon,people familiar with the situation in thedisputed region said.

The Chinese side has particularlybolstered its presence in the GalwanValley, erecting around 100 tents in thelast two weeks and bringing in machin-

ery for possible construction of bunkers,notwithstanding the stiff protest byIndian troops, they said.

In the midst of the escalating tension,Army Chief Gen MM Naravane paid aquiet visit to the headquarters of 14Corps in Leh on Friday and reviewedwith the top commanders the overallsecurity scenario in the region includingin the disputed areas along the LAC, thede-facto border between India andChina.

Military sources said the Indian

Army has also been matching up to theChinese build-up in both Pangong Tsolake and Galwan Valley and that it is ina much advantageous position in certainother sensitive areas in the region.

The situation in Eastern Ladakh dete-riorated after around 250 Chinese andIndian soldiers were engaged in a vio-lent face-off on the evening of May 5which spilled over to the next daybefore the two sides agreed to "disen-gage" following a meeting at the level oflocal commanders. Over 100 Indian and

Chinese soldiers were injured in the vio-lence.

The incident in Pangong Tso was fol-lowed by a similar incident in NorthSikkim on May 9.

There were reports of multiple trans-gressions by Chinese troops in EasternLadakh region in the last one week.However, there is no official confirma-tion or reaction to it.

In the last one week, local command-ers of both the sides held at least five

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Tension mounts in Ladakh as China brings in more troopsIndia maintains

aggressive posturing

SRINAGAR, MAY 23: NationalConference leader Omar Abdullah onSaturday hit out at former Jammu andKashmir governor Satya Pal Malik for"lying frequently", saying he does not liveup to his name.

According to media reports, Malik, cur-rently the Governor of Goa, said tworegional parties had refused to participatein the polls (in Jammu and Kashmir) underPakistan's pressure.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi hadsaid that we will conduct panchayat elec-tions (in J&K). I broke the protocol andwent to Omar Abdullah and MehboobaMufti's residences. They refused to partici-

pate under Pakistan's pressure. Terroristsalso threatened yet the election was heldsuccessfully," Malik said on Saturday.

Reacting to the remarks, Omar said theformer J-K governor never tires of lying.

"Only naam ka satya not kaam ka. Henever tires of lying. Lied to people of J&Kbefore 5th August & lying now. Hidingbehind walls of Raj Bhavan protected fromdefamation suits so feels emboldened toshoot his mouth off. Let him say all thiswhen he is no longer governor & see (sic),"

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NC, PDP refused to participatein J&K polls:Ex Guv Malik

Omar hits back

J&K HC adoptsfull year working

time calendarGJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: TheHigh court of Jammu andKashmir will continuesame working time roundthe year, thus halting thepast practice of change oftimings in winter and sum-mers. An official handoutstated that the Chief Justicehas issued a calendarwhich will be followed forthe remaining part of theyear. For the High Court

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Jammu and KashmirLieutenant Governor,Girish Chandra Murmu onSaturday visited the railwaystation and then touredprominent places and mar-kets across the Jammu cityto get a first-hand appraisalof the situation on groundpost relaxation of lockdownrestrictions. At the railwaystation, the Lt Governortook stock of the facilitiesbeing provided to the peo-ple of J&K who werestranded outside and arebeing brought back throughspecial trains. Deputy

Commissioner Jammu,Sushma Chauhan, briefedthe Lt Governor about thewhole process of sampling

of the returnees and variousprocedures involved in theprocess. She furtherinformed that Nodal Officershave been appointed

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Post lockdown relaxations, LG tours Jammucity, bats for strict implementation of all SoPs

Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu being briefed by Deputy Commissioner JammuSushma Chauhan during his visit to Jammu Tawi Railway Station on Saturday. GJ Photo

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Inorder to provide help to thefamilies of the Police per-

sonnel whohave passedaway in har-ness, DirectorGeneral ofPolice DilbagSingh onSaturday has

sanctioned Rs 1.90 crore asSpecial Welfare Relief infavour of dependents andlegal heirs of ten suchdeceased Police personnel.

The special welfarerelief of rupees 19 lakh

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Rain brings reliefafter Jammu records

hottest dayJAMMU, MAY 23: Aspell of rain brought somerelief to the people inJammu after the cityrecorded its hottest day ofthe season so far, theWeather department saidon Saturday.

Rainfall occurred inJammu and nearby areas inthe afternoon amid cloudysky and winds, the Weatherdepartment said.

Jammu on Saturday reg-istered a high of 42.4degrees Celsius - 4.1 notch-es above season's average,it said. The Weather depart-ment said mercury in

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J&K DGP sanctions RR 1.90 crspecial welfare relief for NoKs

J&K Govt bringsback 87948 stranded

residents till dateGJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Jammu and KashmirGovernment on Saturdaysaid that all travellerscoming to Jammu andKashmir, either by flights,trains or other means oftransportation will be keptin institutional quarantinefor 14 days and tested forCOVID 19 using the

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Jammu and KashmirGovernment on Saturdayinformed that 80 new posi-tive cases of novelCoronavirus, (21 fromJammu division and 59from Kashmir division),have been reported thustaking the total number ofpositive cases in Jammu

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J&K reports 80 new positivecases, figure mounts to 1569Woman dies inKashmir, toll 21

A child is being sampled at a special counter on their arrivalat Jammu Tawi Railway Station on Saturday. GJ Photo

India reportsbiggest daily spike

of 6,654 casesNEW DELHI: Registeringa record single day spikeonce again, this time with6654 fresh infections in pastone day, India's COVIDtally reached 1,25,101 onSaturday morning, a HealthMinistry update said here.Death toll across the coun-try mounted to 3720 with

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Withdomestic flights scheduledto resume from next week,the Jammu and Kashmiradministration on Saturdaysaid all inbound passengerswould have to undergo acompulsory COVID-19 testand administrative quaran-tine till the time their reportis out. The decision wasconveyed by the depart-ment of disaster manage-

ment, relief and reconstruc-tion (state executive com-mittee), extending thealready set protocols forpassengers returning pas-sengers to the UnionTerritory.

In view of resumption offlights from May 25, thecircular reiterated thealready issued protocols forthe information of authori-ties and travelers, and said"all passengers/returnees

coming to UT of J&K,whether by road, rail or airwill have to compulsorilyundergo a COVID-19 testfollowing which they willbe under administrativequarantine for 14 days tillthe test result is negative, inwhich case they will bereleased for home quaran-tine and if found positive,they will be sent toCOVID-19 hospital for

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Travelers to undergo COVID-19 test,quarantine upon entering J&K

Advisors, CSgreet peopleon Eid-ul-Fitr

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Advisors to LieutenantGovernor, K K Sharma,Farooq Khan, Rajeev RaiBhatnagar and BaseerAhmad Khan besidesChief Secretary BVRSubhramanyam haveextended greetings to thepeople of the J&K on theauspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In separate

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JAMMU, MAY 23:Directorate of SchoolEducation, Jammu, in a 14-point advisory issued dur-ing lockdown, has asked

the private schools torefrain from conductinglong hours of online classesregularly as it may affectthe children's health.

"We have directed all theprivate schools that in caseof online education, theyshall not take regular class-es of long duration every-day which may have illaffect on the health of thechildren," Anuradha Gupta,

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‘Accept PRC,migrant cards for

appointments’SRINAGAR, MAY 23:Welcoming acceleratingrequirement process ingovernment departments,Jammu and Kashmir ApniParty (JKAP) on Saturdaysaid Permanent ResidentCertificate (PCRs) andmigrant cards should beaccepted as domicile cer-tificate for these appoint-ments. JKAP presidentSyed Mohammad AltafBukhari in a statement here

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NEW DELHI, MAY 23:Newly appointed Chairmanof Jammu & Kashmir PSC(Public ServiceCommission) B R Sharmacalled on Union MinisterDr Jitendra Singh heretoday, before proceeding toJammu to take up his newassignment.

A 1984 batch IAS offi-cer, B R Sharma belongs toJ&K Cadre and was ChiefSecretary in the erstwhile

State of Jammu & Kashmirbefore proceeding on depu-tation to the Central

Government. He was laterappointed Chairman SSC

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J&K PSC Chairman B RSharma calls on Jitendra

Newly appointed Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir PSC, B RSharma calling on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh at NewDelhi on Saturday.

Long hours of online classes mayaffect child’s health: Anuradha

JAMMU: Advising parent of each student enrolled in pri-vate schools to become member of the ParentsAssociation, Directorate of School Education, Jammu onSaturday said that the parents grievances can be addressedthrough portal 'Samadhan' introduced by the department.

"If parents have any grievance they can file it on ourgrievance redressal portal 'Samadhan' supported by a doc-umentary proof and the department shall try to address itin time bound manner," Contd. on P-7 Col 4

“We have ‘Samadhan’ toaddress your grievances”

CORONA VIRUS

Greets peopleon Eid-ul-Fitr

JAMMU: On the auspi-cious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, Director General ofPolice Dilbag Singh hasgreeted people of J&K,families of martyrs, policeand security forces person-nel and their families wish-ing them a joyful Eid. Inhis message, DGP hasexpressed his hope that thefestival will bring joy andhappiness among the peo-ple of the Jammu andKashmir including cops,their families and the fami-lies of police

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A mind gameand a puzzle that yousolve with reasoning and logic. Fill in the grid withdigits in such a mannerthat every row, every column and every 3X3box accommadates thedigits 1 to 9, withoutrepeating any. Thesolution to yesterdays’spuzzle is at right.

SU DO KU (983) SOLUTION

1607 - One hundred English settlers disembark in Jamestown,the first permanent English colony in America.

1626 - Peter Minuit buys Manhattan. 1830 - "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is pub-

lished. 1883 - The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traf-

fic after 14 years of construction. 1930 - Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory,

becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia(she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

1940 - Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotorhelicopter flight.

1956 - The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano,Switzerland.

1958 - United Press International is formed through a merger ofthe United Press and the International News Service.

1967 - Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Seacoast of Israel.

1976 - The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launchingCalifornia as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.

1991 - Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuatingEthiopian Jews to Israel.

1992 - The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon,resigns following pro-democracy protests.

1994 - Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Centerin New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.

2000 - Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22years of occupation.

2002 - Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty. 2019 - Nineteen students died in a fire in Surat (India). 2019 - Under pressure over her handling of Brexit, British Prime

Minister Theresa May announces her resignation as Leader ofthe Conservative Party, effective as of June 7

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Cosmology and High Energy Physics are not myforte but my write up and YouTube presentationson Corona Virus, had concluded that Indian

Philosophy offers the best possible way to fight it onlong term basis. Darwin's Theory of Evolution andEinstein's theories of Relativity and some emerging the-ories, like String Theory reveal only a part of the gene-sis of this Universe and Human Race and we need to goto the Indian Philosophy to get a complete answer. Ihave received a few queries as to how Philosophy canreveal truth about Universe, which requires scientificstudies and parameters and what so many eminent sci-entists, Nobel Laureates and intellectuals par excel-lence could not find despite painstaking efforts ofdecades. This is the reason for this write up.

Firstly, let us discuss the limitations of scientific dis-coveries and these are the admissions of eminent sci-entists, themselves. Firstly, they admit that they are try-ing to find out a complete theory of everything, a unifiedtheory of Quantum Theory and Relativity theory, whichcould throw light on the evolution of Universe, or thepossibility of other Universes, and whether there is apossibility of its re-collapse (Called Maha Pralya in ourphilosophical texts) and again reverting back to a singu-larity, with immense mass and energy.

Secondly, Newton's three laws of motion may haveled to industrial revolutions and our great strides in thefield of physics and other fields of science but ultimate-ly gave way to Einstein's Theories. But again, as per sci-

entists, E=MC2, has its limitations. In certain situations,it also fails to account for the nature of the Universe atits inception and can never help us to physically reachand examine those parts of even this Universe, whichare drifting away from us with speeds more than thespeed of light. So, can our theoretical calculations doneon our computers and Labs reveal the secrets of allthose Universes, galaxies, stars and planets, where wewill never reach physically, because as per this theory,we cannot travel more than the speed of light.

Moreover, we are still trying to find out the Fifth Forceof nature, apart from the four known forces, Gravitation,Electro-Magnetism, the Weak Nuclear force and theStrong Nuclear force, as we have not been able to findout the composition of about 96% of the Universe, calledDark matter and Dark energy. Then how can we hope tofind out the real nature and all aspects of nature.

The assumptions about the nature, Black holes, therelativity theories, the string theory, the initial configura-tion of Universe after the Big bang and much more andall our scientific efforts may help us to some extent butstill we will need to combine the other fields of science,from Biology to Neuro biology, from Genetics toEpigenetics, and from the concepts of evolution ofspecies, the generation of life, the difference betweenhumans and other forms of life. We will have to find theanswer whether that cockroach, hiding in the dark cor-ners of my kitchen, or the monkey sitting atop a tree inmy backyard are my ancestors? We have to combinethe theories of Physics with our knowledge as to howour brain functions, how Genes switch on and off to reg-ulate the formation of enzymes and proteins and theircontent, type and quality, which ultimately decideactions and behaviors and our capability to decipherthe true nature of atoms, the sub atomic particles andmany other scientific wonders. This will also require thecapability to understand as to what is our memory,where we store millions of files, in video, audio, and stillformats, their size and format and how this retainedmemory decides what sort of actions we are going toperform, logical or illogical, rational or irrational.

We can't ignore the exceptional contributions of emi-nent scientists like Charles Darwin, James Watson,Francis Creek, Gregor Mendel, Hunt Morgan and manyothers. But still their concepts and theories have gaps.We still have not been able to find out that if we haveevolved from monkeys and chimpanzees or cockroach-es, why so many of them are still on this planet. Why allof them did not become humans. Why humans made sogreat strides in science and these so called ancestors

of ours are still jumping on trees and doing the sameactions which they were doing millions of years ago.Similarly, our findings in the fields of Genetics,Epigenetics and Neuro-Biology have not been able tofind out the reasons of our actions, about our Mind,about our intelligence and the stuff of our mind and itsultimate fate after death, where it goes after the fivebasic constituents of human body merge into the con-stituents of nature, from which they are made.

We are still groping in the dark whether the humansare a different species or fall in the same category ofother creatures. If we recognize and appreciate the life-long efforts of the scientists to find out the truth, whichhave helped us to reach this stage of modernization, wecan't ignore the contributions of Prophets and sages ofall religions, who also spent their entire lives in searchof the same ultimate truth, may be, by adopting a differ-ent path. Our efforts to develop and experiment withHadron Collider at CERN and other places, our jour-neys into space, the efforts to locate and find the sourceof Black holes and other stars will certainly help us tosome extent but we have to realize that we will have tofind a harmonious blend of all these concepts and theo-ries of science with logical and well reasoned thoughtsand Mystic traditions of India. We may, ultimately haveto realize and acknowledge that the concept of "Apara"and "Para" energies, which as per Bhagvad Gita, per-meate all living and non living things of all theUniverses, and which have been termed as "Brahman"are the "Fifth" and "Sixth" Forms of energy and areworth giving a serious thought by the scientific commu-nity. The 'Apara' is the "Fifth "energy, being probed bythe Physicists and is that energy which comprises fivebasic constituents of the Universe, called Earth, water,fire, air and Ether and also Mind, Ego and Intelligence(Verse 4, Chapter 7, Bhavad Gita) and which maintainsthe equilibrium of Universes and is separate from all thefour forms of energy discovered by the scientists till dateand the 'Para" is that "Sixth" energy, which no scientisthas tried to look for and which permeates all living crea-tures, in the form of Soul and regulates its movementfrom one place to another and maintenance of differentforms of life, in these Universes. The material sub-stance, called "Mahat Tattav" is the total cosmic mani-festation, in which there are three modes of nature,which have been talked earlier and the knowledge ofwhich, will give the true and whole knowledge.

Rameshwar Singh JamwalThe author is practicing Advocate of J&K High

Court and a Yoga Exponent.

HISTORY TODAY

Sunday 4.30 P.M to 6.00 P.MMonday 7.30 A.M to 9.00 A.M

This time is not auspicious for doing any importanttask/ taking any decision.

Rahu Kaal

Samvat: 2077 (Shaka Samvat 1942)Paksha: Shukla PakshaTithi: Dvitiiya 25:00:56+Nakshtra: Mrigashirsha [Mandaksha] full nightMoon Zodiac: Mithuna at 17:34:12*Time is after midnight but before sunrise of next day

TITHI/NAKSHTRA

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Jestha 14 May to 15 JuneHarh 15 June to 16 July

INDIAN MONTHS ENGLISH MONTHS

Pt. Kamal Shastri

INGREDIENTS 2 tablespoons ghee, 30 ml 10-15 cashews, broken 10-12 almonds, chopped 10-12 pistachios,

chopped 10-15 golden raisins 6-7 large dates, chopped

or use 10 small dates 1 cup broken vermicelli 1/2 cup grated mawa,

optional 1 liter whole milk 4 tablespoons sugar, or

to taste 1.5 teaspoon rose water 1/2 teaspoon cardamom

powderINSTRUCTIONS Heat ghee in a pan on

medium heat. Once hot,add the chopped nuts,raisins and dates to the

pan. Cook for 1-2 minutes

until the nuts are fragrantand turn golden brown.The raisins will plump up.Remove the nuts fromthe pan and set themaside.

Now to the same pan,add the seviyan (vermi-celli) and mix well.

Roast the seviyan foraround 3 minutes until itstarts becoming a lightgolden brown in color.

Now add the khoya/mawaand roast for another 1-2minutes. This step isoptional, you may skip it.

Next add the milk to thepan and stir. Increaseheat to medium high andlet the milk come to a

boil. Stir often in betweenso that vermicelli doesn'tstick to the bottom of thepan.

Once the milk comes to aboil, lower the heat tomedium and let is boil foraround 8 minutes.

After 8 minutes, the milkwill reduce and thickenslightly, at this point addin the sugar and mix.

Transfer back the friednuts into the pan andmix.

Also add the rose waterand the cardamom pow-der and mix.

Cook for 2-3 more min-utes on medium-low heatand then turn off the heat.

Serve Sheer Khurmawarm or chilled.

“EIDMUBARAKH”

THE ULTIMATE THEORY OF THE COSMOS?

Tea drinkers rejoice! Green tea has beenresearched and proven time and time again to bea tremendously beneficial addition to your diet and

everyday lifestyle. If you haven't jumped on the greentea bandwagon yet, here are some reasons why youshould. It's not good for just you, either. It can even helpbring your plans to life. .

Green tea is low in caffeine. It has an average of 15-25 milligrams per gram of tea.

Bottled tea does not provide the same benefits asbrewed tea. Generally, some antioxidants are lost in thebottling process.

Green tea can help you wind down after a long day.It contains the amino acid L-Theanine (glutamylethy-lamide), which promotes relaxation of the nervous sys-tem.

Green Tea Guide says that the tea is good for yourskin. Green tea - when applied topically - may protectthe epidermis.

There is such thing as too much of a good thing -Pregnant and breastfeeding women should limit theirgreen tea consumption to no more than two, eight-ounce glasses per day.

Seventy-eight percent of tea consumed worldwide isblack tea, while only about 20 percent is green.

Green tea does not endure a fermenting processand is one of the "least processed" types of tea.

Medical News Today says that green tea has beentraditionally used in Chinese and Indian medicine to con-

trol bleeding and heal wounds.The polyphenols in green tea have been linked to

decreased tumor growth in lab and animal studies,according to the National Cancer Institute.

Green tea is linked to the prevention of mortality dueto cardiovascular diseases, according to the Journal ofthe American Medical Association.

Consumption of green tea can lower your "bad" cho-lesterol. Although green tea has been touted as a neces-sity for weight loss, studies have actually shown its effectto be small.

The inflammation and overproduction of skin cellsleads to diseases such as dandruff and psoriasis. Greentea may be helpful in the prevention of inflammation andthe regulation of skin cell production.

Green tea is good for cognitive function. Researchers show that green tea extract and exer-

cise slowed the progress of Alzheimer's disease in mice.Green tea can be taken as a supplement in capsule

form or as a liquid extract.Green tea can be healthy for your plants too. Just

add some to your water and watch your plants blossom!Keep your teeth in tip-top shape by drinking a cup of

green tea per day. Adults between the ages of 40 and64 are less likely to lose their teeth when they addedgreen tea to their daily diet.

Do you burn easily in the sun? Try sipping on somegreen tea for a week prior to prolonged sun exposure.Due to its powerful antioxidant properties, green tea pro-tects your skin from sun damage.

Avoid premature aging and fight off skin wrinkles bydrinking green tea or buying a cream that contains it.

Because of its antifungal and antibacterial proper-ties, green tea makes a great foot bath. Make a stronggreen tea brew for your feet, sit back, and relax.

If you have a pesky odor hanging around in yourfridge, try putting green tea leaves in a plastic bag andleaving it in your fridge. The odors will soon disappear.

Is your pet feeling itchy? Sprinkle green tea leavesaround pet bedding to prevent fleas.

After a long day at work, your eyes might be achingfor sleep. Use warm, wet tea bags as compresses torelieve puffiness and eye pain.

A wet tea bag works wonders for razor burn.Gargle with strong, freshly-brewed tea to reduce or

eliminate bad breath.After a trip to the doctor's office, put a wet teabag on

an injection site. This is soothing for children and adultsalike.

THE INCREDIBLE GREEN TEA!

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Lucky colour: Blue

Lucky number- 9

This is the besttime to completeprojects and startnew ones.Partnerships willbe fruitful. Don'tworry of uncertain-ty.Lucky colour: RedLucky number- 6

Disagreementswith partner onmoney issues ispassé. Take careof your health.Young childrenwill be source ofjoy.Lucky colour:BrownLucky number: 4

Be content withwhat you have.P r o f e s s i o n a l l yyou will do well.Transformat ionwill be on thecards.Lucky colour:YellowLucky number: 1

Eyes could be asource of issue.A father like fig-ure will guideyou. Cherishyour mom.Lucky colour:WhiteLucky number: 7

Discipline is thekey to success.Career will boomthis year. Attendworkshops toenhance yourskills.Lucky colour:YellowLucky number: 8

ARIES TAURUS

GEMINI CANCER

LEO VIRGO

Things will bemoving with aspeed. Don't trustpeople blindly.Higher educationis on the cards.Lucky colour:BlackLucky number: 3

Work from othercities will provebeneficial. Followyour intuition. Youneed a strict diet.Lucky colour:BlueLucky number: 72

Hard work, noresults leads tofrustrations. Newbeginnings are inthe cards.Visualise successand it will beyours. Lucky colour-YellowLucky number- 7

Past loss is notgoing to exist forlong. Creativeendeavours willsail smooth.Decide on suc-cess and it will beyours.Lucky colour:BlueLucky number: 5

Stress is due tolack of old child-hood memories.E m o t i o n a l l yoptions are openfor happiness.Work on yourconfidence.Lucky colour:WhiteLucky number: 9

Stress is due tounnecessary hardwork. Eyes needto be checked.Time with familywill be fruitful.Lucky colour:BlueLucky number: 2

LIBRA SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS PISCES

Tarot is all about your intuition, that innervoice of your higher self and Tarot cards

are one of many forms of divination Theyare used to measure potential out-comes and evaluate influence sur-

rounding a person, an event or both.Geetika, a young Tarot card reader

and Angel therapist is a mother of twoto whom Tarot is a God's gift. Every

Sunday we have been bringing you herweekly predictions as per your zodiac

sign. We hope you enjoy the column andappreciate the efforts. She is otherwise

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Member, Central Waqf Council and Chairperson,Waqf Development Committee, Ministry of Minority Affairs,Government of India, Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi, today met LieutenantGovernor, Girish Chandra Murmu here at the Raj Bhavan. Dr Andrabidiscussed with the Lt Governor about various important matters con-cerning the working of the Waqf Board. She also shared with the LtGovernor her views about the prevailing scenario in the UnionTerritory of Jammu and Kashmir and apprised him about severalmeasures initiated by the Council for protection and retrieval of theWaqf Properties, besides implementation of Educational and WomenWelfare Schemes for skill development. The Lt Governor observedthat the Government is taking comprehensive measures to ensureequitable and balanced development of the people of every sectionof the society. He urged Dr. Andrabi to continue sustained endeavorstowards ensuring public welfare.

Member, Central Waqf Council Dr Darakhshan Andrabi call-ing on Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at RajBhavan in Jammu on Saturday. GJ Photo

Darakhshan meets LG, discusses Waqf Board matters

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Dr. SmitaMurmu, First Lady of the UnionTerritory of Jammu and Kashmirtoday interacted with the delegationof prominent Kashmiri PanditWomen here at Raj Bhavan.

The delegation comprising ofProf. Meenakshi Kilam, ProfessorJU; Prof. Veena Koul, FormerChairperson JKBOSE /Educationist;Dr Usha Kher, DySP; Monika KohliGanju, Advocate J&K High Court,Standing Council, CBI; UshaNakashi, Trustee, HGGT; Dr KhemaKaul, Accredited Hindi poetess,Writer; Dr Samita Bhat, Gyno-Oncologist; Dr. Neeru Kharu, DentalSurgeon/Social worker; KhushbooMattoo, Head Radio Mirchi; ShashiRaina Bharti, Government Teacher;Punika Pandita, Young KAS Officerand Apurva Pandita, during theirinteraction with the First Ladyexpressed their gratitude towardsGovernment of India and the UTAdministration for the introductionof new Domicile Law in J&K.

The members of the delegationtermed the new Domicile Law ofJammu and Kashmir as historic.

During the interaction, the groupthanked the UT administration andthe central government for doingaway with the rigid PRC law whichperpetuated alienation of women whogot married to a non-resident ofJammu & Kashmir.

One of the emotionally chargedmembers even equated this genderbias to a forced second migrationfrom Jammu by the authorities at thehelm of affairs at that time. They saidthat after Kashmiri Pandit migrationin the early 1990s, it was anotherblow to their dignity as they weredenied property, education and othersimilar rights in absence of a validPRC.

The delegation discussed a host ofissues with the First Lady and sharedtheir emotional stories about the tur-bulent period faced by their commu-nity during the migration and thestruggle they have endured to sustaintheir families and making theircareers.

They termed the opportunity asone of giving voice to the voicelessand exuded confidence that their con-cerns and issues would be taken careof with utmost importance.

Dr Smita Murmu, First Lady of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir interacting withdelegation of Kashmiri Pandit Women at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Saturday. GJ Photo

First Lady interacts with KP women delegation Issue recruitment rules beforenotifying Govt jobs: Harsh

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: While the govt hasannounced filling up of 10,000 vacanciesin the Department of Health, Veterinaryand other class posts, the recruitment ruleshave yet to be drafted and have probablyfailed to catch the attention of the helms-men, said Harsh Dev Singh, JKNPP-Chairman and former Minister.

He said that after the transition of theState to Union Territory, the earlier recruit-ment procedures will cease to operate andas such the new recruitment rules wererequired to be formulated which regretfullyhas not been done during the post tenmonths.

He said that after August 5, the centraland state BJP leaders tall announcementsof creating 50,000 new jobs as also fillingup of the existing vacancies thereby sug-gesting that around 80,000-90,000 youthcould be absorbed in govt jobs on fast truckbasis. It is however disturbing to note thatthe govt has finally come up an announce-ment that 10,000 vacancies would be noti-fied shortly for filling up without uttering asingle word about the creation of 50,000vacancies announced earlier with much fanfare.

Pointing further towards the officialversion of the govt carried in various news-papers that preference would be given towidows, divorced women, single mothersand other destitutes in govt jobs, Singh saidthat the move was appreciable but neededto be notified by enacting appropriate leg-islation and rules in respect thereof. Noone had the authority or discretion to givepreference to any class or category of can-didates without framing requisite rulesover the subject and publishing those rulesbefore issuance of recruitment notification,he added.

KARACHI, MAY 23: Ninety-sevenpeople were killed and two pas-sengers miraculously survived adeadly crash after a PakistanInternational Airlines plane with 99travellers on board plunged into adensely populated residential areanear the Jinnah InternationalAirport here, officials said onSaturday.

Flight PK-8303 from Lahorecrashed at the Jinnah Gardenarea near Model Colony in Maliron Friday afternoon, minutesbefore its landing in Karachi, theysaid. Eleven people on the groundwere injured.

Sindh health officials have said

that 97 people have been con-firmed dead, while two survivedthe crash, Dawn News reported onSaturday.

Both the survivors are in stablecondition and 19 victims havebeen identified, the report said.

The Airbus A320 aircraft of thenational carrier had 91 passengersand a crew of eight.

A third person, who had earlierbeen identified as a survivor fromthe plane, was later confirmed tobe a resident of the area where theplane crashed. She was amongthe 11 persons who were injuredwhen the plane crashed into theresidential area, damaging several

houses, the report added.Meeran Yousuf, the media

coordinator for the Sindh healthminister, said that the majority ofthe injured were women, as it wastime for Friday prayers when thecrash occurred. She added that allthe injured residents were in stablecondition. Sindh Health MinisterAzra Pechuho said there are twosurvivors, including President ofthe Bank of Punjab Zafar Masood.He called up his mother to informher of his well-being. Faisal Edhi ofthe Edhi Welfare Trust said thataround 25 to 30 residents whosehouses were damaged by theplane have also been taken to thehospital, mostly with burn wounds.(Agencies)

97 confirmed dead, 2 survived inPakistan plane crash near Karachi

NEW DELHI, MAY 23: The IMDhas predicted heat wave tosevere heat wave conditionsover the plains of the Northwest,Central and adjoining PeninsularIndia for the next five days andintense rainfall activity overNortheast between May 25 andMay 27.

Issuing an orange alert forPunjab, Haryana, Chandigarhand Delhi, and Rajasthan fromtomorrow, the weather officetoday said dry northwesterlywinds prevailing over Northwestand Central India since past twodays are expected to continue toprevail over the next four to

five days.Under its influence, heat

wave to severe heat wave con-ditions are expected over plainsof Northwest and adjoiningCentral India. Rainfall activityhas significantly reduced oversouth Peninsular India, givingrise to development of heatwave conditions over parts ofthe region as well, it said

Meanwhile, under the influ-ence of converging strongsouthwesterly winds from theBay of Bengal, Northeast willexperience heavy to very heavyrainfall with extremely heavy

falls between May 25 and 27.Heat wave conditions have

been observed over WestRajasthan and in isolated pock-ets over Haryana, Delhi, EastRajasthan and Vidarbha sincetwo days. Drawing all moisturetowards it, Super CycloneAmphan also impacted theweather over Northwest in away. The prevailing hot and dryweather in the region is also dueto the absence of easterly windswhich were all drawn towardsthe cyclone that wreaked havocover North Odisha and Bengalon May 20

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad and untimelydemise of my beloved father Late Sh. Sardari Lal Gupta S/o LateSh. Nanak Chand Gupta R/o H.No. 33 Lane No. 17 Pacca GharatTalab Tillo. Kriya will be performed on 26-05-2020 at our residence. Uthala willbe performed on 27-05-2020 at 3 pm onwards at our residence.Grief StrickenSons & Daughters-in-LawRajinder Gupta & Veena GuptaRanjeet Gupta (Raju) & Rashi GuptaRahul Gupta & Shilpa GuptaDaughters & Sons-in-LawLalita Gupta & Vijay GuptaShashi Gupta & Late Sh. Inderjeet GuptaRenu Gupta & Suresh GuptaNeena Gupta & Rakesh GuptaPriyanka Gupta & Rajesh GuptaVikrant Gupta & Richa Gupta- Grand Son & Grand Daughter-in-LawGrand Daughter & Grand Son: Radhika Gupta, Akshita Gupta, Aadhya GuptaPh. Nos.: 9419118298, 6006016151, 7006223123, 7006153328, 7006153321

KRIYA/UTHALA

Late Sh. Sardari Lal Gupta

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the saddemise of our beloved Late Sh. Ram Lal Verma S/oLate Sh. Bhagat Ram Verma R/o H.No.31-A, Pvt.Opp. Church Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, who expired on12 May, 2020.Kriya will be performed on 24 May, Sunday at our res-idence at 12 O’Clock. Uthala will be performed on 25May, Monday at our residence at 4.00 PM.GRIEF STRICKENSmt. Nirmal & Late Sh. S.K. AbrolSmt. Neelam & Late Sh. B.B. VermaSmt. Parveen & Late Sh. Subash VermaSh. Vijay Verma & Smt. Vijay VermaSh. Tilak Raj Verma & Smt. Kamala VermaSh. Virender Verma & Smt. Asha VermaH.No. 31-A, Pvt. Opp Church Gandhi Nagar, Jammu 9906060818

KRIYA/UTHALA

LATE SH. RAM LALVERMA

With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform thesad demise of our beloved mother Smt. Usha Raina W/oSh. Omkar Nath Raina originally resident of 193,Kharyar, Habbakadal, Srinagar at present H.No 577,Sector 14, Faridabad on 17-5-2020. Tenth Day Kriya willbe performed at Palla Ghat near Sarai Khawaja, BypassRoad, Faridabad on 26-05-2020 at 8 am.GRIEF STRICKENSh. Omkar Nath Raina - Husband(Brother-in-law & Sister-in-Law)Smt. & Sh. Amar Nath RainaSons & Daughters-in-LawMr Kulbhushan Raina & Mrs Anjali Raina (Mobile: 9810015430)Mr Shakti Raina & Mrs Kiran Raina (Mobile: 9811466142)Grand Children and Great Grand ChildrenAbhay & KamakshiKaran & MonicaShweta, Kashish & Aarvi

OBITUARY

Smt. Usha Raina

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of SmtMohan Rani (Shanta Koul) W/o Lt Sh Mohan Lal Koul R/oUttersoo Anantnag at present H.No 33/34 Swaran Vihar PoliceColoney Bantalab Jammu near Shiv Temple on 19.05.2020.Tenth Day Kriya will be performed at Muthi Ghat (NearDirectorate of School Education, Jammu) on 28th May(Thursday) at 8.30 am.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughter in LawsSh Pran Nath Koul & Smt Shanta KoulSmt Saitha Koul W/o Lt Sh Ravi Jee KoulSh Vijay Koul & Smt Ranu KoulDaughters & Son in lawsSmt Suman Bhat W/o Sh Jatinder BhatSmt Sweety Tickoo W/o Sh Tej Krishen TickooGrand Daughter & Grand Son in LawSmt Archana Koul & Sh Rahul PanditaGrand Children: Karishma,Vansh Deep, Sahil , Sunaina & KamiyaMobile No : 9419101531, 9419439042, 7889750019

OBITUARY/TENTH DAY KRIYA

Smt Mohan Rani(Shanta Koul)

With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform the suddenand sad demise of our beloved Sh. Triloki Nath Pandita S/oLate Sh. Samsar Chand Pandita, original residence NunerGanderbal A/p H.No. 10 near Police Post Chinore BantalabJammu on 17-05-2020.Tenth Day Kriya will be performed on 26-05-2020 at 8.30 am atMuthi Ghat Jammu.Grief StrickenDaughter-in-LawNancy Pandita W/o Lt. Sh. Nana Ji PanditaRajnath Pandita- SonVishal Pandita- Grand SonDaughters & Son-in-LawsBimla Bhat W/o M.K. BhatAnjli Pandita W/o Ramesh PanditaGrand Daughter & Grand Son-in-LawDiksha Pandita W/o Ashwin PanditaGrand Children: Ashu, Luckey, Vickey, RudranshMob. No. 9796252744, 9018983578

TENTH DAY KRIYA

Sh. Triloki NathPandita

With profound grief and sorrow, we inform the sad demise of ourbeloved Late Sh. Kripal Singh S/o Late Sh. Jagat Singh R/o H. No.26/A Small Plots Gandhi Nagar, Jammu who expired on 13 May 20.TENTH DAY will be performed on 22 May 2020 (Friday) at our resi-dence (mentioned above) at 10.00 A.M.KRIYA will be performed on 25 May 2020 (Monday) at our residenceat 11.00 A.M.UTHALA will be performed on 25 May 2020 (Monday) at our resi-dence at 2.00 P.M.GRIEF STRICKENSons & Daughter-in-lawsDurga Singh & Lata DeviMohan Singh & SujataMohinder Singh Jasrotia (DySP) (JK Police) & Pawan JasrotiaDaughters & Sons-in-lawKuldeep Singh Charak & AnitaRomesh Singh Bhau & Rekha DeviGrand Children’s:Arun, Vishu, Ranvijay, Abhay, Ajay, Naina, Sonali, Taniya, AsviMob No: 9419203056, 9796888439

TENTH DAY/KRIYA/UTHALA

LATE SH. KRIPAL SINGH

NEW DELHI, MAY 23:“Our lives have no value” isthe abiding message frommigrants in a short documen-tary Congress leader RahulGandhi released on socialmedia on Saturday to drivehome the message of humantragedy staring lakhs of Indianworkers, returning home inthe Covid-19 lockdown, in theface.

The video captures heart-breaking images of men,women and children fatiguedby hunger and scorching sunas they walk hundreds of kilo-metres in the urge to get home.

“The lockdown wasannounced without notice.First we thought it was for aday but then it kept on stretch-ing. We couldn’t go out of thehouse nor did we have themoney to feed ourselves. We

paid Rs 2,500 rent a month inAmbala. There’s no dignityunless you pay rent. Whatcould we have done?” saidone of the members of amigrant family that hadembarked on an arduous jour-ney from Haryana’s Ambala toUP’s Jhansi.

“Please ferry us home. Ifyou can do that for us wewould be grateful,” says awoman of the family pointingto a child who had walkedmore than 100 km fromAmbala to Delhi when Gandhimet them last week onMathura road here.

Every member of themigrant household is heardsaying they did not receive arupee in their bank accountsdespite promises of cash trans-fers by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

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WASHINGTON, MAY 23:The United States said itwould add 33 Chinese firmsand institutions to an eco-nomic blacklist for helpingBeijing spy on its minorityUighur population orbecause of ties to weapons ofmass destruction and China’smilitary.

The US CommerceDepartment’s move markedthe Trump administration’slatest efforts to crack downon companies whose goodsmay support Chinese mili-tary activities and to punishBeijing for its treatment ofMuslim minorities. It cameas Communist Party rulers inBeijing on Friday unveileddetails of a plan to imposenational security laws onHong Kong.

Seven companies and two

institutions were listed forbeing “complicit in humanrights violations and abusescommitted in China’s cam-paign of repression, massarbitrary detention, forcedlabor and high-technologysurveillance againstUighurs” and others, theCommerce Department saidin a statement.

Two dozen other compa-nies, government institutionsand commercial organiza-tions were added for support-ing procurement of items foruse by the Chinese military,the department said in anoth-er statement. The blacklistedcompanies focus on artificialintelligence and facial recog-nition, markets that US chipcompanies such as NvidiaCorp and Intel Corp havebeen heavily investing in.

Dozens of Chinese companies addedto US blacklist in latest Beijing rebuke

RIO DE JANEIRO, MAY 23: Brazilreported more than 3,30,000 con-firmed cases of the novel coron-avirus as of Friday, surpassingRussia to become the nation withthe second-highest number ofinfections, behind only the US,according to a tally kept by JohnsHopkins University.

Brazil’s health ministry saidFriday there were 3,30,890 con-firmed COVID-19 cases.

The Latin American also hasrecorded more than 21,000deaths, though experts believe thetrue numbers are higher.

Brazil reported 1,001 deathsover the previous 24 hours, bring-

ing its total death toll to more than21,000. It is the hardest-hit nationin Latin America.

The news came as states andcities across Brazil debatewhether to loosen restrictivemeasures introduced to limit thespread of the virus, or implementstricter lockdowns. While theMayor of Rio de Janeiro said hewants to gradually reopen non-essential shops in the next fewdays, newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported on Friday that SaoPaulo was reevaluating its previ-ously announced plans to reopencommerce and instead may enterlockdown.

COVID-19: Brazil surpasses Russiatally with 3,30,000 confirmed cases

GREATER JAMMU SHARES YOUR CONCERNFor Obituaries and Remembrance Call us at Ph: 2435309, Mob: 9906198186 or email to: [email protected]

NEW DELHI, MAY 23: IndiraGandhi International (IGI)Airport here in the national cap-ital has all been geared up toprovide a “safe and healthyenvironment” to passengersflying out of the aviation facilityfrom May 25, when the domes-tic commercial flights resumeoperations after a gap of near-ly two months of COVID-induced grounding.

Aiming to distribute passen-ger load in the departure fore-court, the airport operator-DIALhas moved from current sys-tem of all gates for all airlinesto allocation of designatedgates to airlines to enter intothe terminal building.

According to the govern-ment’s decision, domestic flightoperations will resume fromMay 25 after remaining sus-pended for about two months,following nationwide lockdowndue to COVID-19 pandemic.

DIAL has taken several

measures including installationof automatic hand sanitiser atvarious places, putting floormarkers, allocation of entrygates and check-in islands fordeparture passengers toencourage compliance ofsocial distancing norms andminimise human contact at theairport.

The whole process hasbeen designed to ensure high-est level of safety without com-promising on passenger com-fort, Videh Kumar Jaipuriar,CEO-DIAL said. “Delhi Airportis all set to open for commer-cial flight operations after two-month shut-down. We wouldlike to assure passengers thatat Delhi airport, they would bein a safe and healthy environ-ment. We have implementedseveral unique initiatives at theairport to ensure passengerssafety without compromisingtheir comfort and experience,”he said.

IGI Airport ready to welcome flyersin ‘safe and healthy environment’

WASHINGTON, MAY 23:Thousands of Indian students,along with their friends and fami-lies across the US and India, onFriday attended a one-of-its-kindvirtual graduation ceremony fortheir class of 2020, in an eventthat was reflective of the groundrealities during the coronaviruspandemic.

“These unprecedented timesare also times of unprecedentedopportunities. Innovation is a partof the journey ahead and you willbe the pioneers who shape theworld,” India’s Ambassador to theUS Taranjit Singh Sandhu said inhis address to the students.

Organised by the Embassy ofIndia Student Hub, the event wasaimed at recognising the stu-dents’ academic accomplish-ments and boosting their moralein the face of the continuinguncertainty caused by the pan-

demic.Due to the COVID-19 out-

break, in-person graduation cer-emonies across the US havebeen cancelled this year.

Notable figures like singerand entrepreneur LalityaMunshaw, actress GautamiTadimalla, tabla maestro PtDivyang Vakil, former director ofAIIMS P Venugopal, IPS officerand mountaineer Aparna Kumar,and Mahatma Gandhi’s grand-daughter and peace activist ElaGandhi sent messages of hopeand inspiration to the graduatingstudents.

“There are over 2,00,000Indian students in the UnitedStates. The Class of 2020 is notable to participate in a normalgraduation ceremony which is anoccasion of great celebration atthe end of academic pro-gramme,” Sandhu said.

Amid coronavirus pandemic, virtualgraduation ceremony held for

thousands of Indian students in US

NEW DELHI, MAY 23: The Centre, on Saturday, saidaround four crore migrant labourers are engaged in variousworks in various parts of the country, and so far, 75 lakh ofthem have returned home in trains and buses since thenationwide lockdown was imposed.

The Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry, PunyaSalila Srivastava, said the Railways had engaged over2,600 Shramik special trains since May 1 for the trans-portation of migrant workers from various parts of thecountry to their destinations.

“According to the last census report, there are four croremigrant workers in the country,” the Joint Secretary said ata press conference here.

Elaborating on the steps taken by the CentralGovernment for the convenience of migrant workers sinceMarch 25, when the nationwide lockdown began,Srivastava said 35 lakh migrant workers had reached theirdestinations in Shramik special trains, while 40 lakh hadtravelled in buses to reach their destinations.

The Joint Secretary said, on March 27, the HomeMinistry had sent an advisory to all states and UnionTerritories (UTs) that the issue of migrant workers shouldbe handled with sensitivity and ensure that they didn’tmove during the lockdown.

4 crore migrant workers in India;75 lakh return home so far: MHA

If Covid won’t get us, hunger will, migrantssay in video shared by Rahul Gandhi

KOLKATA, MAY 23: The deathtoll due to Cyclone 'Amphan' inWest Bengal has risen to 85, asangry Kolkatans resorted toprotest and road blockades invarious parts of the city over theadministration’s failure to restorenormalcy even after three days.

With normal life thrown out ofgear by the region’s worstweather disasters, the authori-ties scrambled in various partsof the state to restore normalcy.

West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee is likely to visitcyclone-hit South 24 Parganasdistrict on Saturday and takestock of the situation.

Lakhs of people were ren-dered homeless as supercyclone cut a path of destructionthrough half-a-dozen districts ofthe state on Wednesday, flatten-ing houses, uprooting thousands

of trees and swamping low-lyingareas.

According to official sources,around 1.5 crore people of thestate have been directly affectedand more than 10 lakh housesdestroyed due to the cyclone.

Although electricity andmobile connection were restoredin some parts of Kolkata, andNorth and South 24 Parganasdistricts, many areas continuedto remain in darkness as powerpoles had been blown away and

communication lines snapped.Several roads and houses in

Kolkata, Howrah, and North andSouth 24 Parganas districts con-tinue to remain waterlogged, ashapless citizens came out on thestreets against the administra-tion’s “apathy and ineffective-ness”.

People in various parts ofKolkata staged protests andblockades since Friday nightdemanding immediate resump-tion of power and water supply,three days after Amphan rav-aged the state.

Firhad Hakim, chairman ofthe Kolkata MunicipalCorporation board of administra-tors, assured the people thatnormalcy would be restored in aweek, as government officialswere working round the clock toimprove the situation.

Super cyclone: Death toll rises to 85 in WBengal; protests over power, water supply BEIJING, MAY 23: The

first COVID-19 vaccine toreach phase I clinical trial issafe, well-tolerated, andcapable of generating animmune response againstthe novel coronavirus inhumans, says a newresearch published in TheLancet journal.

According to the studyof 108 adults, the vaccineproduced neutralising anti-bodies, and a responsemediated by the immunesystem's T-cells against thenovel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

However, the scientists,including those from theBeijing Institute ofBiotechnology in Chinasaid further research isneeded to confirm whetherthe vaccine protects against

SARS-COV-2 infection.In the trial, carried out in

108 healthy adults, the vac-cine demonstrated promis-ing results after 28 days,with the final results to beevaluated in six months, thestudy said.

"These results representan important milestone.The trial demonstrates thata single dose of the newadenovirus type 5 vectoredCOVID-19 (Ad5-nCoV)vaccine produces virus-spe-cific antibodies and T cellsin 14 days," said study co-author Wei Chen from theBeijing Institute ofBiotechnology.

Based on the results,Chen said the vaccine is apotential candidate for fur-ther investigation.(Agencies)

First coronavirus vaccine human trialfinds it is safe, induces immune response

IMD predicts heat wave, issuesorange alert for Northwest plains

Dear editor,

Through the medium of youresteemed newspaper I would liketo draw your attention towards the

important issue of management of newtype of waste, electronics waste or e-waste that has become a global concerntoday and it is expected to assume hugedimension with the increased consump-tion of electronics products with eachpassing day. Electronics waste is global-ly an increasing waste stream that needsto be directed to proper recycling sys-tems in order to save precious naturalresources and to avoid contaminationcaused by land filling or waste incinera-tion practices as it contains neuro-toxicelements like lead and mercury whichare very harmful for health and environ-ment. Since there is no provision forseparation of e-waste from the generalwaste as of today in our cities thereforethere is a need for citizens to come for-ward voluntarily and segregate the e-waste from domestic waste, in order torecycle and reuse the material content.In fact the better option would be to dis-

pose off the two wastes from the housesseparately so that the waste collectorshave no difficulty in keeping both sepa-rate for further reuse after recycling. Thebiggest challenge is the collection of thewaste materials from the consumers,which requires a high awareness level ofthe consumers. This can be enhanced byseminars in schools, advertisements,pamphlets etc besides introducing e-waste management as a compulsorysubject in schools. Financial incentivescan be used in inculcating the recyclingbehaviour among people. Recyclingbins and information material for con-sumers can be put in place. A SMSbased service could be developed toaccess nearest location of recyclingpoints. Community efforts in this regardcould prove to be very fruitful. I hopethat the suggestions put forth shall betaken due care of by the authorities con-cerned as well as the individuals acrossthe society for the healthy future of thenation.

Shashi Sharma,Sarwal, Jammu.

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The e-waste concern

Greater Jammu

Eid-ul-Fitr, that marks the end of Ramadan is a fes-tival of breaking the month long fast by the Muslimbrethren and celebrated across the world. The

festival also called as the Sugar Feast, Bayram, theSweet Festival or Hari Raya Puasa and the Lesser Eid,holds special significance for Indians as the nation hasa multi-religious composition and every festival findsparticipation of people belonging to all communitiesirrespective of their religion or other affiliations, uphold-ing the ages old secular ethos in this region. Thus fes-tivals are not only the personal, family, and social occa-sions of fun and merriment for us, but also the occa-sions for prayer and worship for self realization, peaceprosperity among all the communities. As we celebratethis Eid though in a subdued mode due to COVID-19pandemic, it is time to reiterate our commitment to sim-plicity and austerity. With the global scenario across theworld being quite dismal especially in some nations ofthe Muslim world, there is a dire need to realize the realmeaning and essence of Eid-ul-Fitr which is the cele-bration of the culmination of the fasting that is believedto cleanse the mind, purify the heart besides guiding usto follow the path of love, peace and mercy. Ramadan,in essence, teaches us a higher philosophy to conductourselves for the good of the society and the mankindat large. Islam that was born in Saudi Arabia in the year622, the first year of Muslim calendar, literary means'surrender' i.e. surrender to Almighty God. Islam has allalong been a religion wedded to the Absolute Truth andsurrender to the Almighty Allah. Surrender to Godmakes Islam something eternal and Infinite. However,given the happenings around the world with the selfstyled Jihadis carrying out a campaign of mayhem andbloodshed in the name of religion there is a dire needto maintain a strict guard against the tendency, whichprevents and keeps people away from progressivethoughts, trends, and times. There is a need for guardagainst those who supply irrational thinking and distort-ed interpretation of Islam as and when it suits theirinterest, least bothering about the interests of the com-mon people among the community. Jihad stands forstruggle for a prosperous and peaceful brotherhoodand Nabi permitted fighting in the name of Jihad whenthe Muslims were compelled to fight in self-defence inMedina. The best Jihad is considered in a visit to Hajpilgrimage besides performing the acts of compassionand generosity like Zakkat i.e. donating for charitybesides fulfilling all other religious duties. All that isneeded to establish peace today is compassion, sincer-ity and a feeling of brotherhood and understandingwhich is going to decide the quality of our life and thatof the future generations. So let's all rejoice the tradi-tional celebrations on this Eid-ul-Fitr not only by wishing'Eid Mubarak!' and exchanging gifts but also by appre-ciating the value of rational thoughts besides denunci-ating religious obscurantism and mindless terrorismbecause the real Islam has known it since its birth andknows it even today that rational thinking is not anti-humanity or against any religion, nor is any other reli-gion against any community, sect or human values. Soon this auspicious day let's pray that peace and harmo-ny prevail across the globe and especially in J&K whichhas experienced the trauma of terrorism and naturaldisasters during the past few years. Amen!

SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020

CELEBRATING EID-UL-FITR

In the modernsociety there is agreat and urgent

need for value edu-cation. There is totalvalue crisis in thesociety and there isdeterioration in thevalue system andthe urgent need is togive value educationto the younger gen-

eration. Commissions after commissionshave been appointed in the past to revampthe education and to suggest the ways andmeans to give value education to the childrenbut inspite of this very little has been done togive moral education to the youth. In today'sIndia materialistic attitude towards life is allthat is stressed but the fact remains that weshould give moral and ethical education tochildren along with the bread and butter edu-cation. There is moral degradation all aroundin our society and money is becoming the beall and end all of life and education and thisattitude has to be addressed and there isneed for revamping of the moral education.We have no dearth of the scientists and tech-nocrats but we are deficient in producinggood human beings who will work for thesociety and brighten the future of the country.Therefore what is needed is to give a properplace to the moral education so that peoplewith moral character will be produced andthis can be possible only when moral educa-tion will be imparted along with the formaleducation .It should be made mandatory topass in moral education by a student toenable him to be promoted to the next class.But in this respect we are lacking and there-fore we should give top most attention to themoral education so that noble and worthy cit-izens will be produced for running of a suc-cessful democracy. So we should impartmoral education along with bread and buttereducation. The dishonesty has made greatinroads into our society and this if uncheckedwill bring a disaster in the society and there-fore we should make a provision for passingin the subject of moral studies. Thus passingin the moral studies should be made compul-sory for all the students' upto class 10th andfor this curriculum for the moral studiesshould be prepared and given importance.

Since there is all round moral decay in thesociety, so the education planners shouldplan for giving moral education to the chil-dren and for this all the arrangements shouldbe made. Therefore moral and ethical educa-tion should be made fundamental and basicfor all classes upto 10th standard .There isthus need to do proper planning for giving ofmoral education .According to Vivekanandathe aim of education should be man makingand character making and so we shouldfocus on character education so that a socie-ty of noble men will be produced who willhave great regard for the moral and ethicalvalues. Therefore value education should be

made a foundation of the modern educationand so we should give emphasis on the pro-duction of the noble men and women whocan shape the destiny of the nation.Therefore importance should be given tomoral, ethical and spiritual education. Weshould not give religious education to thechildren but give them education about thegreat religions of the world. So it is necessaryto impart value education to the children sothat an army of noble persons will be created

to run and manage the affairs of the state.Thus there is utmost need for value educa-tion for the children and it should be given toinculcate moral values in the children. Thesooner it is done the better. There is moraldegradation all around and to arrest thegrowing trend of moral decay we shouldimpart moral and spiritual education to ouryoung ones so that a morally viable societywill be framed and shaped. It fallows that theeducation planners should plan for giving ofmoral education so that we can produce amorally strong people to man the positions inthe long run. This will become possible onlywhen moral education is given to the chil-

dren. Otherwise there will be moral chaosand confusion in the society. Therefore toarrest this undesirable trend moral educationis the panacea and so moral educationshould be given to the children to tide overthe moral crises. Let us all contribute in thistask of giving of moral and ethical educationto the children so that a morally good societycan be framed.

(The writer is retired education officerand columnist)

THE NEED FOR VALUE EDUCATION

Never have weseen such amess in life.

The air is pure butwearing a mask ismandatory. Roadsare empty but it isimpossible to go onlong drive. Peoplehave clean handsbut there is a ban onshaking hands.

Friends have time to sit together but theycannot get together. The cook inside you iscrazy, but you cannot call anyone to lunch ordinner. On every Monday, the heart longs forthe office but the weekend does not seem toend. Those who have money have no way tospend it. Those who don't, have no way toearn it. There is enough time on hand but wecannot fulfill our dreams. The culprit is allaround but cannot be seen. If someoneleaves this world, he cannot be bid adieu.

It was really sad to notice the chaos andlong queues outside liquor stores acrossIndia as standalone shops opened theircounters for the first time after relaxation inlockdown. Forget social distancing, even nor-mal human behavior was much in wanting.We have, indeed, sunk to the lowest depthsof human civilization or more appropriatelythe Hindu civilization. Time has taken a hugetoll on our Sanskaras and we seem to be liv-ing at a subhuman level.

We have got carried away by the Westernworld habits, which we thought made us 'for-ward', and started giving up on our age-oldand time tested practices, which are nowmade mandatory in the wake of the Covid 19crisis. We had a veritable gold mine of goodsanskaras evolved from ancient times of RigVeda, which would see us through our liveshonourably, creditably and satisfactorily. TheSansk?ras are a series of Sacraments,Sacrifices and Rituals that served as rites ofpassage and marked the various stages ofthe Hindu life and to signify entry to a partic-ular Ashrama.

In ancient India the social order waswound around Sanskaras, which is a processby which good qualities were generated andbad qualities were removed in individual menand women as stated by the renowned sageAdi Shankara in Vedanta Sutra. Whileprouncing upon the measure of human hap-piness, Tattriya Upanishad proclaims thus,"Happiness is this, youth should be of goodcharacter, learned, resolute and strong -morally and physically. Then only the earthwill be full of prosperity and wealth." The key,it may be noted are good Sanskaras.

Good Sanskaras would eventually alsolead to truthfulness, freedom from anger,sharing wealth with others (Samvibhaaga),forgiveness, procreation of children fromone's wife alone (sexual morality), purity,absence of enmity, straightforwardness andmaintaining persons dependent on oneself,which constituted the nine rules of Dharma ofpersons belonging to all the Varnas.(Mahabharata Shantiparva 6.7.8)

With a populace largely comprising of peo-ple with eminent sanskars, the social tran-

quility and peace is veritably assured. Lifeeventually will find its purpose and fulfillmentin the expansion of happiness. (MaharishiMahesh Yogi) The world will make a manhappy if he makes the world happy with hislooks, thoughts words and actions. In shortthe way to be happy is to see well, think we'll,speak well and act well so as to make theworld happy. Such persons need not worryabout their happiness because the world willtake care of their happiness.

The nearest English word for Sanskaras isSacraments. These are rituals and sacrificialpractices by virtue of which the life of a Hinduis progressively elevated to higher levels ofsanctity. These cover his entire life from thewomb to the cremation and even beyond toensure his smooth passage to the otherworld. To quote Max Mueller, the prescriptionof these ceremonies by ancient Indians dis-closed, "the deep-rooted tendency in theheart of the man to bring the chief events ofhuman life into contact with a higher power,and to give our joys and sufferings a deepersignificance and a religious sanctification."These Sanskars have evolved over a longtime beginning the earliest of the Vedas, theRig Vedic age.

Before the epidemic what would one do onmeeting someone? Shake hands. We neverrealized that most of the people whose handswe would shake would never wash theirhands after peeing, sneezing, nose-picking,and eye-rubbing, body scratching, etc. Onlynow we are told that most of the infectionslike flue, cold, cough, etc. are spread throughshaking hands. It is estimated that an aver-age human being has as many as15,000/50,000 handshakes in his lifetime. Soif one does not shake hands, he phenome-nally reduces the chances of infection as aconsequence of which he lives better andhealthier. Not shaking hands and insteadresponding with a Namaste is lately turningout to be cool, hygienic and above all in uni-son with our cultural and traditional ethos.

To start with there were as many as fortysanskars, which were gradually reduced tosixteen and are in practical terms presentlyonly few in number. With the Western weirdinfluence we have ignored our own traditionsand culture to look "modern" and eventuallypay through our nose for our dereliction.

Kashmiri Pandit was a unique communitypossesing all scientific methods to keep anykind of infection away, till they were forcedout of the valley. Besides others, it includedto use towels while taking tea, not using steelutensils, take shoes, chappals and otherfootwear off before entring home, using longFeran cuffs to open bolts of the doors andwindows, keeping distances from people,use Guntas and blowing of Shankhs (vibra-tions produced by these sounds help keepawah virus) , take meals on Chowkis orwoolen sheets or after cleaning the eatingplace by cow dung, burning kanthgun(gugal), lighting lamps (dweep) twice a dayinside the home, urinating in a sitting posture,keeping the bath rooms outside living homesand so many similar habits (all KashmiriPandits are aware of)....Alas! they too haveforgotten them all. Had they kept all these

practices still alive with them we would neverhave faced such troubles. Covid 19 mayforce them to revive these practices.

Here are some precautions which everyIndian was taught since five thousand yearsago in the Sanatana Dharma to enable him tolive a healthy life. Our ancestors using Vedicknowledge, had adequately forewarned usabout the importance of maintaining goodhygiene, and about our lifestyle even whenno microscopes existed. Salt, ghee, oil,Annam and other food should not be servedwith bare hand. Use spoons to serve.(Dharma Sindhu Upanished). Without a rea-son don't touch your own indriyas (Eyes,nose, ears, etc.) (Manusmriti). Don't useclothes already worn by you. Dry yourselfafter a bath.(Markandey Puran). Wash yourhands, feet, mouth before you eat. (SushrutSanhita 24/98). Without a bath or Snan andShudhi, all Karmas done are Nishphal.(Vagalsmriti 69). Don't use the cloth (liketowel) used by another person for dryingyourself after a bath. (Padam Shrishti). Usedifferent clothes while sleeping, while goingout, while doing pooja.(Mahabharata104/86). Don't wear clothes worn by others.(Mahabharata). Clothes once worn shouldnot be worn again before washing.(Vishnusmriti). Don't wear wet clothes.(Gobhisangriha Sutra 3/5/24). Take a bath onreturn from cremation ground. Take a bathafter every haircut. (Vishnusmriti 22).

*These precautions were taught to everyIndian five thousand years ago in theSanatana Gatha. We were forewarned aboutimportance of maintaining cleanliness andgood hygiene, when no microscopes existed,by our ancestors using Vedic knowledge.

During Second World War, WinstonChurchill made a profound statement: 'Neverlet a good crisis go waste'. It is time that wefall in line and respect the magnificent scrip-tural practices by adopting these permanent-ly in our lifestyle. It is for our own good.

*Bhushan Lal Razdan, formerly of theIndian Revenue Service, retired asDirector General of Income Tax(Investigation), Chandigarh. Ever Sincehis retirement in 2010, he plunged intothe social and community service, thathe had been doing ever since the forcedexpulsion of Kashmiri Hindus from theirnative places. Apart from rendering helpat individual level, he actively associatedhimself with educational, medical, cultur-al and heritage issues and joined varioussocieties and trusts to promote theseobjectives. Razdan is an environmental-ist to the core and is a plantation enthu-siast. He starts his day with plantationand watering and caring of the trees forthe past over 25 years and has plantedseveral thousand trees with his ownhands at various places of his postinglike Jammu, Delhi, Eastern U P, Jabalpur,Bhopal, Chandigarh, Kurukshetra, etc.and continues this mission of his withgreater vigour post retirement.Occasionally he contributes articles ofcontemporary relevance in Newspapersand Magazines.

CHANGING LIFESTYLE

OMKAR DATTATRAY

B L RAZDAN

|| GREATER JAMMU ||JAMMU, SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020 ||GJ STATE7

CMYK

Tension mounts in...meetings during which the Indian side took strong note of the

People's Liberation Army (PLA) erecting a large numbers of tents inareas in Galwan Valley which India felt belonged to its side of theLAC, the sources said.

India on Thursday said Chinese military was hindering normalpatrolling by its troops and asserted that India has always taken avery responsible approach towards border management.

At a media briefing, external affairs ministry spokespersonAnurag Srivastava also strongly refuted China's contention that thetension was triggered due to trespassing by Indian forces on theChinese side. India's response came two days after China accusedthe Indian Army of trespassing into its territory, claiming that it wasan "attempt to unilaterally change the status" of the LAC in Sikkimand Ladakh. On May 5, around 250 Indian and Chinese army per-sonnel clashed with iron rods, sticks, and even resorted to stone-pelting in the Pangong Tso lake area in which soldiers on both sidessustained injuries. In a separate incident, nearly 150 Indian andChinese military personnel were engaged in a face-off near Naku LaPass in the Sikkim sector on May 9. At least 10 soldiers from bothsides sustained injuries. The troops of India and China wereengaged in a 73-day stand-off in Doklam tri-junction in 2017 whicheven triggered fears of a war between the two nuclear-armed neigh-bours. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-longLAC. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibetwhile India contests it. Both sides have been asserting that pendingthe final resolution of the boundary issue, it is necessary to maintainpeace and tranquility in the border areas. China has been critical ofIndia's reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, and has particularlycriticised New Delhi for making Ladakh a Union Territory. China laysclaim over several parts of Ladakh. Prime Minister Narendra Modiand Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first informal summit inApril 2018 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, months after the Doklamstandoff. In the summit, the two leaders decided to issue "strategicguidance" to their militaries to strengthen communications so thatthey can build trust and understanding. Modi and Xi held their sec-ond informal summit in Mamallapuram near Chennai in October lastyear with a focus on further broadening bilateral ties. (PTI)

NC, PDP refused...he wrote on Twitter. "Ordinarily I wouldn't have replied to his non-

sensical drivel but then some people start believing he's telling thetruth, I learnt that the hard way with his rubbish, so now I don't takeany of his lies lying down," he said in another tweet.

In September 2018, the PDP and National Conference boycottedurban local body and panchayat polls, saying the central governmentwas not committing to safeguarding the special constitutional provi-sions for Jammu and Kashmir. Both the parties had announced notto contest the polls until the Centre and the governor administrationclarified the position on Article 35-A which conferred special rightsand privileges to Jammu and Kashmir. On August 5, 2019, theCentre removed both Article 370 and Article 35A of the constitutionand bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union territories - Jammuand Kashmir, and Ladakh.

J&K HC adopts...Jammu Wing, the Registry/office timing for the first session will

be from 9.30 AM to 1.00PM and 2nd session from 2PM to 4.30 PM-with one hour lunch break, while the Court timing will be 10AM to1PM first session and 2PM to 4PM 2nd session.

The timing for Srinagar wing for registry/ office will be 10.00 A.M.to 1.00 P.M first session; 1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M(break); and 2.00 P.M.to 5.00 P.M second session and for courts the time for first sessionwill be 10.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M; 1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M (Break) and2.00 PM. to 4.30 P.M second session.

For the District Courts and subordinate courts the timing forJammu division will be 9.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M (Ist session Office),1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M(break) 2.00 P.M. to 4.30 P.M 2nd sessionoffice); while the Court timing will be 10.00 A.M. to 1.00 P.M( FirstSession) 1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M( Break) 2.00 P.M. to 4.00 P.M( sec-ond session)

For the Kashmir & Ladakh the timings for office will be 10.00A.M. to 1.00 P.M (First Session); 1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M- break and2.00 P.M. to 5.00 P.M second session, while the court timing will be10.30 A.M. to 1.00 P.M(first session); 1.00 P.M. to 2.00 P.M( break)and 2.00 P.M. to 4.30 P.M second session. The above timings shalltake effect from 1st June 2020.

Post lockdown relaxations...at different levels to ensure efficient working on ground. She con-

veyed that around 9000 returnees in 10 special trains at an averageof 900 passengers per train have to be received as on date atJammu railway station.

The Lt Governor observed that there should be strict implemen-tation of all SoPs across the board and stressed on ensuring thatprotocols be followed during the entire process of de-boarding, sam-pling and further transit of the returnees to their respective districts.

He emphasized on ensuring availability of sanitizers and masksfor the passengers on the railway station to avoid transmission ofvirus and sanitizing the whole premises with disinfectants periodical-ly. The Lt Governor underlined the importance of proper disposal ofPPE kits as per protocol and also directed for ensuring availability ofprovision of sufficient quantity of food for the returnees, besides pro-vision of fans/cooling facility in the holding area.

The Lt Governor enquired about the sample collection process inthe district and passed on-spot directions to officers to ensure time-ly sampling and speeding up of testing process. 'Focus on coordina-tion across all levels so that the whole process goes on smoothly',he added.

Later, the Lt Governor visited prominent places and marketsacross the Jammu city to get a first-hand appraisal of the situation onground post relaxation of lockdown restrictions.

He exhorted officers to make continuous efforts to keep peopleaware about the existing risk and inculcating in them behavioralchanges of wearing masks and adhering to social distancing in pub-lic spaces to prevent the spread of corona virus.

Deepak Kumar, ADGP, Railways; Shridhar Patil, SSP Jammu;Arif Rishu, SSP Railways and senior officers from the civil adminis-tration and police remained present on the occasion.

J&K Govt brings...RTPCR test. If the test is negative, they will be sent home other-

wise to a hospital on being tested positive, said a government offi-cial.

He said that this is the UT protocol under the DisasterManagement Act adding that all airlines and other concerned mayinform and brief their passengers in this regard to avoid any appre-hension among the passengers regarding the protocol.

Meanwhile, about 151 passengers have reached at SrinagarInternational Airport yesterday under Vande Bharat Mission takingthe total toll of people travelled through COVID special flights to J&Kto 652.

Nearly, 87948 J&K residents, stranded outside UT due to lock-down imposed in the wake of global pandemic, have been broughtback to the UT by the Jammu and Kashmir government through 26COVID special trains, 4 flights besides scores of buses after strictlyobserving all necessary preventive measures regarding the Virus.

As per the detailed break up about the figures, the governmenthas evacuated 65374 residents of J&K, stranded in various otherstates and UTs, through Lakhanpur besides bringing back homeabout 21922 people through 26 special trains at Jammu andUdhampur railway stations.

Nearly, 875 stranded passengers have entered throughLakhanpur from May 22 to May 23 morning while 797 passengershave reached today in the 10th COVID special train at Jammu andabout 717 passengers have reached at Udhampur railway stationsfrom Trivandrum. So far, 10 trains have reached Jammu with a totalof 8867 stranded passengers belonging to different districts while13,055 passengers have reached Udhampur in 16 special trains, sofar.

As per the official communiqué, of 65374 returnees evacuatedthrough Lakhanpur till May 23, 2020 (morning) included 15200 fromPunjab; 20235 from Himachal Pardesh, 21 from Andhra Pardesh,6414 from Delhi, 1345 from Gujrat, 2663 from Rajasthan, 3749 fromHaryana, 149 from Chattisgarh, 3332 from Uttarakhand, 972 fromMaharashtra, 4244 from Uttar Pradesh, 63 from Odisha, 250 fromAssam and 974 from Madhya Pradesh, 88 from Dehradun, 1089from Chandigarh, 677 from Telengana, 99 from Karnataka, 10 fromTamilnadu, 52 from Chennai, 293 from Bihar, 155 from West Bengal,26 from Jharkhand, 3 from Nepal and 3271 from other states andUTs. Pertinently, the district administrations of Jammu, Udhampur,Kathua and Srinagar have put in place elaborate arrangements andfacilities for safe and successful boarding and de-boarding ofreturnees at the Railway stations and airport and their journey

towards their home districts. Besides, 100 per cent sampling ofreturnees is being done at the kiosks established at the stations andit is ensured that the people in the administrative quarantine gohome only after they are tested negative for Corona virus. Theadministrations are strictly adherening to the guidelines issued byMHA and MoFHW regarding COVID-19. It is being ensured that dur-ing the boarding and de-boarding process the passengers observesocial distancing and wear masks. Besides, complete protection ofthe administrative staff and others on duty is being ensured.

Principal Secretary PDD, Rohit Kansal; Commissioner Secretary,Industries and Commerce, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and Chief ElectoralOfficer, Hirdesh Kumar, who are the Nodal Officers for managementof return of stranded people at Jammu, Udhampur and Kathuarespectively, are personally monitoring the facilities being extendedto the passengers during their de-boarding and movement to theirhome districts. Meanwhile Government has so far sent back 13120outbound migrant workers stranded in different parts of the UnionTerritory aboard several special trains from Katra till May 23 includ-ing about 2206 migrant workers who left Katra aboard a special trainto Chatarpur in Madhya Pradesh today.

As per the Nodal Officer J&K, several Shramik special trainsdeparted to MP/Chattisgarh since May 19 from Katra RailwayStation. "More than 13000 migrant workers stranded in J&K haveboarded from Katra Railway Station for Chhattisgarh & MP since 19-5-2020 till date. Today first train departed at 1PM carrying 2206migrant workers to Chatarpur (MP). Two more trains will departtoday. Arrangements are being made for workers of other states too.Nodal officer J&K has repeated his request to all migrant workers toawait their turn in case they are desirous of going to their home state.He said workers facing difficulty in registration can contact the dis-trict administration. Meanwhile, besides facilitating smooth arrival ofresidents of J&K UT from rest of the country and their transportationto home districts, Lakhanpur Facilitation Centre is also facilitatingoutbound Labourers for onward journey to their native places.

Advisors, CS greet...messages issued today, Advisor K K Sharma, Farooq Khan,

Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar and Baseer Ahmad Khan said, "CelebratingEid-ul-Fitr teaches us concepts of camaraderie, friendship, mutualrespect and love for the destitute and downtrodden." They hoped thefestival brings peace, prosperity and happiness to the people of theJammu and Kashmir. All the Advisors also appealed people toremember their neighbours, orphans and the needy during Eid cele-brations. Advisor Farooq Khan described the festival as a rewardfrom Almighty Allah. He appealed the people to follow all the safetyguidelines and advisories put in view of the Global pandemic of theCOVID-19 as well as maintain Social Distancing while celebratingthe day. In his message, Advisor Bhatnagar said that the festival ofEid is a celebration of the spirit of sharing and brotherhood whilepraying for the peace, progress, prosperity and happiness of the J&Kand its people. The Advisor Bhatnagar also extended his greetingsand good wishes to people on the holy occasion.

Advisor Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan prayed thatAlmighty Allah reward Rozadars with His bounties and mercy.

Urging the people to celebrate Eid with simplicity, Baseer Khansaid, " Allah commands us to be not amongst those who indulge inextravagance, which He dislikes." He also made a fervent appeal tothe people to avoid wastage of food and resources and be conscioustowards their neighbours, orphans and the needy so that they alsobecome part of the Eid celebrations. He urged people to strictly fol-low the guidelines and protocol of health advisories while celebratingauspicious occasions during COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, Chief Secretary BVR Subhramanyam has extendedwarm greetings to the people of the Jammu and Kashmir on the aus-picious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In his message, the Chief Secretarysaid that the festival is celebrated upon culmination of the Holymonth of Ramadhan a pious month, marked by feeling of compas-sion towards humanity, eagerness to extend helping hand to thosewho are suffering, focusing on charity and good deeds, seekingrefuge in Almighty against evil and providing opportunities to devo-tees for self introspection and nurturing values of compassion.

Travelers to undergo...treatment." As per official figures, over 85,000 Jammu and

Kashmir residents, stranded in different parts of the country due tothe COVID-19-induced lockdown, have been brought back over thelast fortnight by the UT administration through 24 special trains,three flights and scores of buses.

The majority of them are still under administrative quarantine astheir test reports are awaited.

The circular reads that "All passengers/returnees coming to UTof J&K, whether by road, rail or air will have to compulsorily undergoa COVID-19 test following which they will be under administrativequarantine, for 14 days, till the test result is negative, in which casethey are released for Home Quarantine, or positive, in which casethey are sent to a COVID hospital for recovery and treatment".

Pertinently, the Government of JK vide its Order No. 51-JK(DMRRR) of 2020 dated 11.05.2020 issued mandatory instruc-tions for 100 per cent RTPCR testing of incoming passengers bytrains and other means in order to prevent spread of COVID-19 andthe State Executive Committee vide its order No. 55-JK (DMRRR) of2020 dated 19.05.2020 reiterated the protocol to be followed by allreturning passengers into UT of J&K.

J&K reports 80...and Kashmir to 1569. Also one COVID-19 patient died today at

SKIMS, Soura.According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel Coronavirus

(Covid-19), out of 1569 positive cases, 774 are Active Positive, 774have recovered and 21 have died; 02 in Jammu division and 19 inKashmir division.

Moreover, 54 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and dis-charged from various hospitals, two from Jammu division and 52from Kashmir Division.

The Bulletin further said that out of 124074 test results available,122505 samples have been tested as negative till May 23.

Additionally, till date 130197 travellers and persons in contactwith suspected cases have been enlisted for surveillance whichincluded 32056 persons in home quarantine including facilities oper-ated by government, 74 in Hospital Quarantine, 774 in hospital iso-lation and 26686 under home surveillance. Besides, 70586 personshave completed their surveillance period.

Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said that Bandiporahas 139 positive cases (including 01 case reported today) with 09Active Positive, 129 recovered, 01 death; Srinagar has 179 positivecases (including 03 cases reported today) with 54 Active Positive,119 recovered (including 20 cases recovered today), 06 deaths;Anantnag district has 272 positive cases (including 06 cases report-ed today), with 159 Active Positive, 109 recovered, 04 deaths;Baramulla has 136 positive cases (including 04 cases reportedtoday) with 34 Active Positive, 98 recovered (including 07 casesrecovered today), 04 deaths; Shopian has 127 positive cases with 21Active Positive, 106 recovered (including 04 cases recovered today);Kupwara has 164 positive cases (including 36 cases reported today)with 94 Active Positive, 70 recovered (including 21 cases recoveredtoday); Budgam has 63 positive cases, with 26 Active Positive and35 recovered cases and 02 deaths; Ganderbal has 27 positive caseswith 12 Active cases and 15 recoveries; Kulgam has 198 positivecases (including 05 reported today), with 184 Active Positive and 12recoveries and 02 death and Pulwama reported 25 positive cases(including 04 cases reported today) with 16 active positive, 09 recov-ered.

Similarly, Jammu has 72 positive cases (including 04 casesreported today) with 40 active positive cases and 31 recoveries and01 death; Udhampur has 33 positive cases with 11 active positivecase, 21 recovered and 01 death; Samba has 20 positive cases with13 Active Positive and 07 recoveries; Rajouri has 10 positive caseswith 06 active positive cases and 04 recovered; Kathua has 41 pos-itive cases (including 01 cases reported today) with 35 Active posi-tive and 06 recovered (including 02 cases recovered today);Kishtwar has 08 positive case (including 01 case reported today)with 07 active positive case and 01 recovered; Ramban has 44 pos-itive cases (including 14 cases reported today) with 43 active posi-tive and 01 recovered; Reasi has 04 positive cases with 03 activepositive and 01 recovered, Poonch has 06 active positive casesincluding 01 case reported today while Doda has 01 active positivecase. The Bulletin said that the breakup represents districts fromwhich the patients have been traced or are ordinarily residing.

Meanwhile a 55-year-old woman, who tested positive for COVID-19, died at a hospital in the summer capital, Srinagar on Saturday,taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory ofJammu and Kashmir to 21. With this, 10 people have died due toCOVID-19 in seven days in the valley. Meanwhile, the COVID-19cases continue to rise unabated with the total number of infectedpeople in the Union Territory surpassing 1500 mark. Official sources

said a woman, a resident of Urnhal in south Kashmir district ofAnantnag, was admitted to isolation ward of S K Institute of MedicalSciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, with underlying ailments, includingchest infection. They said the woman tested positive for the infectionand was undergoing treatment in SKIMS, where she died onSaturday. With the death of the woman, the death toll in Anantnagdistrict has risen to three. However, the worst affected district interms of mortality rate is Srinagar, where so far six people have losttheir lives to the infection. Baramulla and Budgam stands at numberthree with two deaths each. Two elderly women, an 80-year-old fromSrinagar and 40-year-old from Budgam, died in separate hospitalsdue to COVID-19 in the summer capital, Srinagar on Thursday. OnMonday, three people -- including a 65-year-old woman fromKulgam, 75-year-old man and 75-year old woman from Kokernag inAnantnag - died due to COVID-19 in Chest Disease hospital,Srinagar. A 29-year-old woman, a resident of Habba Kadal in the city,died at Chest Disease hospital, Srinagar, on May 17. Five doctors,including four of them who treated 29-year-old woman patient, test-ed positive for COVID-19 in the summer capital, Srinagar onMonday. An elderly man, who died in a hospital in the summer capi-tal, Srinagar on May 16, tested positive for COVID-19. Another eld-erly man had died on May 13 in Jammu due to COVID-19.

Earlier last week, an elderly man died on May 11 due toCoronavirus in Kashmir valley. The death of the elderly man hadcome just days after his son became the youngest victim of the infec-tion in J&K. J&K recorded first death due to COVID-19 on March 25,when a 65-year-old man from Hyderpora died due to the infection atChest Disease Hospital. Then, on March 29, a 50-year-old man, aresident of Tangmarg, passed away at CD hospital.

Earlier last month, a 54-year-old Bandipora resident, who wastested positive for the infection, died at SMHS hospital. Later on April8, a 61-year-old woman from Udhampur died at GovernmentMedical College (GMC), Jammu. A 70-year-old patient died on April17 due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley. An elderly man, a residentof Baramulla, on April 18 died due to Coronavirus in Kashmir valley.A pregnant woman, who died at a hospital in Anantnag on Saturday,tested positive on April 26. An 80-year-old woman died in a hospitalin Srinagar on April 28 due to the infection.

India reports biggest...137 more people succumbing to the highly contagious virus.

On a positive note, 3249 people have been added to the totalnumber of recovered cases in the past 24 hours, taking the count to51783. Cases under active medical supervision at present are69597, as per the government update.

J&K DGP sanctions...each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of

ten deceased Police personnel SIs Muzaffar Din, SI Bashir Ahmad,HC Abdul Majeed, HC Nazir Ahamd, HC Shabir Ahmad, SgCt JavidIqbal, SgCt Manzoor Ahmad, SgCt Reyaz Ahmed, Ct. Imdad-ud-Din,Follower Kamaljit Kour who expired during service due to healthrelated issues. Rupees one lakh each was already paid to thedeceased family for performing the last rites as immediate relief bythe concerned units. The financial assistance has been given out ofContributory Police Welfare Fund. The DGP has also sanctionedrupees 20.20 lakh special relief in favour of five NOKs of SPOs whohave died during the course of their engagement in the Police organ-isation. Rupees 4.50 lakh each have been sanctioned out ofContributory Welfare Fund of SPOs in favour of four NOKs of thedeceased SPO Tara Chand, SPO Krishan Chand, SPO MushtaqAhmed, SPO Farooq Ahamd Khan who died due to health relatedissues. Rupees 50,000 each was already paid to the deceased'sfamily for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the con-cerned units. While 2.20 lakh rupees have been sanctioned as spe-cial relief in favour of NoKs of deceased SPO Milap Singh who diedin a road accident during the course of his engagement in the Policedepartment. Rupees 30,000 thousand was already paid to thedeceased's family for performing the last rites as immediate relief bythe concerned unit. Police headquarters is running many schemesfor the welfare of its personnel and their families. There are alsoschemes for the wards of Police personnel and SPOs. Besides,there are schemes for the NoKs of martyrs, their wards as also forthe retired Police personnel and their spouses.

Greets on Eid...martyrs. He has wished that this festival will bring peace and

prosperity to Jammu and Kashmir.Rain brings relief...

Jammu city has been showing an upward trend with the mini-mum temperature on Saturday shooting up by 5.1 degrees to theseason's high of 27.1 degrees Celsius - which is over two notchesabove normal. The city had recorded a maximum of 34.9 degreesCelsius on Wednesday followed by 37 degrees Celsius on Thursday,much to the discomfort of the locals. Likewise, the minimum temper-ature in the city was 19.2 degrees Celsius on Wednesday againstthe season's average of 24.1 degrees Celsius. It increased to 20degrees Celsius on Thursday, 22.2 degrees Celsius on Friday and27.1 degrees Celsius on Saturday, a Weather department officialsaid. He said Kathua district was the second hottest recorded placein Jammu division with a high of 40.2 degrees Celsius and a low of25.2 degrees Celsius, while Katra, the the base camp for VaishnoDevi pilgrims in Reasi district, recorded a maximum of 38 degreesCelsius and a minimum of 24 degrees Celsius.

Long hours of...Director School Education, Jammu here said on Saturday while

quoting the advisory issued to the schools.She said the schools have been asked to devise a schedule for

online, interactive classes in consultation with the representatives ofParents Associations.

Simultaneously, the Director said, all private schools have to laydown mechanism for providing education to their students throughalternative methods as per the availability of facilities and the samebe uploaded on their websites and shared with the directorate.

"In view of lockdown, need is felt for issuing advisory to privateschools as well as parents of school going children to keep importantaspects in mind while continuing with the online and distance educa-tion," she expressed. The Director further said that all private schoolsaffiliated to any educational Board shall compile the data of their stu-dents who have accessibility to internet through smart phones or lap-tops and those who do not have access to internet facility but haveTVs in their homes. "The schools have also been told to prepare sim-ilar data in respect of students who have neither internet facility norTV but only simple phone or don't even have any phone," she said.Gupta asserted that the schools have also been directed not to focuson quick completion of syllabus, adding, "the Government is seizedof the extraordinary circumstances and suitable decision regardingrevision of academic calendar in consultation with the concernedBoards can be considered later." All private schools, she said, areadvised not to be in a hurry to complete the syllabus by sendingvideos in large number and holding long classes through socialmedia and children be asked to go through the limited number ofvideos and try to understand the concepts. Gupta added that chil-dren instead should be encouraged to write down their doubts andthe same be clarified by the concerned teachers in the whatsappgroups of classes, adding, "the duration of online classes be decid-ed mutually with the parents in the light of advice of doctors andexperts on the subject". There is rich e-content developed byNCERT, CBSE, JKBOSE which is easily available on internet, linksare also available on the website www.schedujammu.nic.in, she saidand added, "the content available on DSEJ Home-classes is strictlyas per curriculum of JKBOSE and can be accessed by schools whichhave not developed their own e-content". She further maintained thatthe schools have been asked to focus on areas which don't requireregular online classes like vocabulary development in English, Hindi,Urdu and one regional language, communication skills (written andoral), table learning, basic arithmetic, knowledge about local historyand heritage, knowledge about pairing State under EBSB i.e. Tamil-Nadu, fitness routine for kids of different age groups.

She said, "all private schools have to nominate one official or agroup of officials for formal registration of the grievances of the par-ents of their students and redress them in a time bound mannerstrictly as per laid rules and regulations," adding, "in case theschools are not able to redress the grievance within the time notifiedby the school, parents can lodge a complaint to the Directorate alongwith documentary proof for further action."

On being asked about mode of fee payment particularly duringthe lockdown, she said, "the schools are directed to display the feestructure of 2019?-20 on their websites and tuition fee being takenfor the year 2020-21 and no fee except tuition fee shall be chargedfor the lockdown period". For transport fee, Gupta said that theGovernment will issue a separate order and till then no transport feeshall be charged, she added asserting that if any parent has already

deposited any fee except tuition fee, it shall be adjusted by theschool in the fees payable for next months. Besides, she however,expressed that schools shall notify list of subjects and books pre-scribed by the Board to which they are affiliated and no other subjector book shall be made mandatory. "Under no circumstances, anyschool shall ask parents to buy books from a particular bookshop.The list of authorized book dealers selling the books of differentboards shall be made available on our departmental website," shesaid. The Director also added that no school shall prescribe or askany parent to buy books for pre-primary classes(Nursery/LKG/UKG), assignment/ homework given to any child shallnot be forced or made mandatory. "All private schools shall conveyphone numbers of one authorized representative who shall be addedin telegram groups to be created by the Directorate so that any griev-ance of parents shall be responded immediately," she said. Guptasaid the schools have also been asked to activate the parents asso-ciations of their schools, who will further have to nominate at leastten members and all pre-primary schools functioning without permis-sion must immediately apply within fifteen days failing which theyshall not be allowed to function. (UNI)

“We have ‘Samadhan’...Anuradha Gupta, Director, School Education Jammu here told

UNI in view of advisory issued to the parents. She said that the com-plaints can also be sent on email dsejammu.yahoo.in. The Directorfurther asked the parents that they should enroll in private schoolsand become member of the Parents Association of that School andadded, "such Parents Association shall nominate 10 membersthrough consensus/election who shall be associated by the schoolmanagement committee while taking important decisions".

All parents are advised to approach the school for inclusion oftheir names in the Parents Association, she said. The Director alsosuggested that all parents who are at home and or working fromhome should supervise what the schools are teaching through onlinemode and parents should take care that the child should not spendmore than 5 to 6 hrs on Internet or TV. "The child should be encour-aged to write down doubts which can later be got clarified by theTeachers in whatsapp group and wherever possible, the parentsmay also find time to teach their children," she said as per the advi-sory. Ms Gupta said that the online or distance education being con-ducted by the Directorate of School Education, Jammu is also avail-able for children other than those studying in Government Schools.

"It is suggested that such parents willing to avail of the benefit ofonline/distance education of Directorate can get their children regis-tered provisionally," she said and added that the after the schoolsreopen and the formal admission process begins, they shall be at lib-erty to continue with the Government Schools or take admission inthe Private Schools of their choice. "No Private School shall denyadmission to such children only on the pretext that they got them-selves enrolled for the government online education," said MsGupta. Separate advisories being issued by the counseling cell ofthe Directorate of School Education, Jammu may be adhered to inthe interest of students, she said and added that students or parentscan also call on Helpline 'Aao Baat Karein' 6006800068.

She said that it is not mandatory for the parents to buy booksfrom any particular bookshop while the list of authorized book deal-ers shall be made available on the website of the Directorate. (UNI)

‘Accept PRC, migrant...welcomed the accelerated recruitment process by virtue of which

around 10,000 government jobs would be advertized for permanentresidents of J&K in coming days. However, Bukhari demanded thatthe government should not insist the job aspirants to produceDomicile Certificates during the selection process and insteadaccept their PRC as a bonafide residential proof in view of constantengagement of revenue officials who are working as the front linedepartment to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. He observed that lacsof unemployed youth of J&K were craving for an opportunity to applyfor the government jobs but the condition of domiciliary status putforth by the government has created huge disappointment amongthe job aspiring youth. "I welcome and congratulate the LieutenantGovernor G C Murmu and the entire Accelerated RecruitmentCommittee for exploring the possibilities and coming up with around10000 posts in a record time for recruitment of qualified unemployedyouth of J&K. However, the terms and conditions of the recruitmentexercise need to be re-considered leniently in light of the cripplingsituation created by the COVID-19 for the job aspirants of J&K," theJKAP President remarked.

J&K PSC Chairman...(Staff Selection Commission) and was re-employed for 2 years

after superannuation. Recently, Sharma put in a request to DoPT(Department of Personnel & Training) for being relieved from thepost of Chairman SSC. While wishing good luck to B R Sharma, DrJitendra Singh expressed the need to promptly revive the recruit-ment process to various posts in the new Union Territory of Jammu& Kashmir. He said, as Chairman PSC of the new Union Territory ofJammu & Kashmir, Sharma has crucial responsibility ahead, forwhich his long administrative experience and knowledge of Jammu& Kashmir will be of help. Sharma thanked Dr Jitendra Singh for hiscontinued support and guidance. He also thanked the Minister foradvising him during his tenure as Chairman SSC while handlingsome of the crucial decisions pertaining to the selection process andother related matters. Sharma also gave Dr Jitendra Singh anupdate of the current status of the various selection processes underSSC which had got disturbed due to COVID pandemic. He said, ithad been an honour for him to serve in the highly important positionof Chairman SSC, particularly at a time when the Govt of India isseeking to bring in maximum transparency and objectivity in selec-tion to various governments posts.

LG greets on...that the festival is one of many examples of India's multi-dimen-

sional culture. He prayed for peace, progress, and prosperity inJammu and Kashmir. The Lt Governor, in view of the emerging situ-ation, urged the people to celebrate this festival in adherence to theguidelines and norms issued by the administration. May this festivalpromote and maintain inter-religious understanding and co-exis-tence and instil the spirit of brotherhood, harmony, and amity amongthe people of all faiths, he said. The Lt Governor hoped that the cul-mination of the holy month of Ramzan, a period of fasting, prayer,and charity would retain and further enrich the J&K's glorious plural-istic traditions.

Fresh traffic allowed...were allowed to move on the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national

highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir valley. "Essential servicevehicles and SRTC buses, ferrying stranded passengers to the val-ley, were on Saturday morning allowed to ply from Jammu toSrinagar on the 270-km-long highway," a traffic police official said.He said fresh traffic was allowed on the highway after stranded vehi-cles, including trucks and SRTC buses, were cleared on Friday.However, today also traffic, particularly trucks, was allowed fromJammu to Srinagar, which people are alleging shortage of essentialcommodities.

SFs avert tragedy;...(BDS) was immediately rushed to the spot," they said, adding

the grenade was destroyed without causing any damage."It was not immediately clear how did the grenade end-up on the

road," they said, adding police has registered a case and initiatedinto the incident. They said a major tragedy was averted as thegrenade was defused without causing any damage.

Six new COVID-19...and one in Leh, have been moved from the administrative quar-

antine to the COVID hospital for treatment. They include five Iranreturn pilgrims and a student, they said.

An official media bulletin said test samples of five people of Kargildistrict reported positive for COVID-19.

"The Health Department Leh received two positive reports of Iranreturnees yesterday (Friday) who were already placed under facilityquarantine at Kargil. While today, three positive reports werereceived among which two are Iran returnees and one is a studentwho had travelled by bus from Delhi to Kargil and was kept in hospi-tal isolation," the bulletin read.

Earlier on May 21, one person with a travel history to Iran wastested positive for COVID-19 from the Chuchot Yokma area of Leh.

He was already placed under institutional quarantine after reach-ing Leh and on receiving the report he was shifted to MahabodhiHospital for isolation, it said. On May 19, the Ladakh administrationhad declared the union territory COVID-19 free after the last twopatients, out of the total 43 cases, were declared cured and subse-quently discharged from the hospital in Leh.

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GJ REPORTLEH, MAY 23: DivisionalCommissioner Ladakh Saugat Biswaschaired a review meeting regardingpreparations for resumption of flightsin Ladakh during the lockdown periodtriggered by COVID-19 pandemichere today. The commercial flights arescheduled to resume their operationfrom 25th of this month.

Deputy Commissioner Leh SachinKumar, Senior Superintendent ofPolice Sargun Shukla, Chief MedicalOfficer Leh Motup Dorje, APDAirport Authority of India Leh SonamNorboo, SP Traffic Mohd RamzanGiri, Inspector AHJ Sonam Rigzin,Airport Manager Air India P Angmo,Station Manager Spice Jet DorjeyRabstan, Airport Manager GoAirLines (I) Limited Tariq Wani, andAssistant Manager Vistara AirlinesMohd Ramzan Khan were also pres-ent.

Div Com Biswas reviewed the

preparations regarding arrangementson every component covering securi-ty, passenger entry, baggage handling,check-in counters, sitting arrangementbefore boarding the plane for the out-bound passengers.

Similarly, the de-boarding of in-bound passengers, their baggage han-dling, screening as well as data entryof every passenger was discussed indetail.

APD Sonam Norboo gave adetailed account about the arrange-ments at the airport from check-in,boarding, collection of baggage to exitpoint. Check-in at the check-in count-er would be app-based to generateboarding pass and the baggage tags bythe passenger. Floor marking has beenmade for check-in counters and allother points. The chairs are marked toguide the passengers to sit whilemaintaining social distancing. As perthe protocol, a passenger is allowedonly one luggage and one cabin bag-

gage, he added. The passengers wouldbe required to use mask and gloves,and maintain social distancing whiletravelling.

Div Com Biswas gave instructionsto the security team to not to allowany passenger/person to enter the air-port premises without mask. Clearinstruction was given to the medicalteam for screening of every passengeron their arrival at Leh airport.

Strict compliance of social distanc-ing must be maintained while collect-ing baggage from the conveyor belts,he said. All the in-bound passengerswould be required to follow the four-teen days home quarantine on theirarrival. Paid quarantine accommoda-tion would be the solution in case ofnon-locals or tourists or who do nothave any accommodation facility.Divisional Commissioner Biswas alsogave directions to appoint more peo-ple who would guide passengers dur-ing their arrival process.

Deputy Commissioner Leh SachinKumar said that only two passengerswould be allowed in a car or taxiwhile travelling between airport andhome. He further added that a properguideline would be issued regardingmovement of passengers travelling byair of Leh as well as Kargil districts.

SSP Sargun Shukla and others alsosubmitted their observations and sug-gestions.

An on-spot exercise/drill would beconducted tomorrow to get readybefore operation the day-after.

Div Com reviews flight resumption preparation in Ladakh

Divisional Commissioner Ladakh Saugat Biswas chaired a review meeting onSaturday.

DM Leh orders additionalarrangements in view of

flight resumption on May 25GJ REPORTLEH, MAY 23: Chairman District Disaster ManagementAuthority/District Magistrate Leh Ladakh Sachin KumarVaishya ordered additional arrangements in view offlight resumption from 25th May.

The order reads, "In view of the commencement offlights from 25th May, 2020 and in continuation to thisoffice order No. DCL/PS/COVID-19/OO/2020-623Dated: 18-05-2020, the additional arrangements (for07:00 PM to 07:00 AM i.e. curfew period) are herebyordered."

"The commercial taxis/any other vehicle carryingpassengers meant for boarding the flights scheduledfrom KBR, Airport Leh shall be permitted to commuteon the production of valid Air Tickets while the commer-cial taxis/any other vehicle carrying de-boarded Kargilbound passengers shall be allowed to cross the districtborder on the production of Boarding card and air ticket(s) along with valid ID card of passengers. However, theonward journey shall be carried out on the same day(date of arrival). Only two passengers in addition to driv-er shall be allowed to travel in each taxi. Norms of socialdistancing and other precautionary measures shall be fol-lowed strictly," it reads.

Airport staff meant for airport duty shall be allowedto ply in their private vehicles on the production ofAirport Entry Pass along with valid ID card. No separatevehicle permit shall be required. All the tour/travel oper-ators entrusted with the booking of air tickets shallensure that correct information (particularly MobileNumber, address etc) pertaining to the air passengersshall be filled while booking the tickets. In case theinformation pertaining to passengers is found to beincorrect, then penal action under law shall be takenagainst the tour/travel operator.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Hindustan Shiv Sena'sJammu and Kashmir presi-dent Vikrant Kapoor urgedpeople to maintain physicaldistance while followingthe lockdown.

Kapoor said that doc-tors, nurses, SafaiKaramcharis, Policemen,security forces and mediapersons are playing the roleof Corona warriors in thenationwide fight against theepidemic of Coronavirus.

He further said that thefight against theCoronavirus seems to beprolonging. He urged thepeople to fully follow theadvisories issued by thegovernment to stop thespread of Corona.

Kapoor said this whileexpressing his views on the

occasion to honour theCorona warriors.

The Corona warriorswho were felicitated byShiv Sena president andother office bearers includeDeepak Digra, SP South;Ram Singh, SDPO GandhiNagar; Bikram Kumar,SDPO Narwal; BishneshKumar, SHO TrikutaNagar; Parvez Sajjad, SHOChanni Himmat and KhyatiMann Khajuria.

Kapoor was accompa-nied by HSS Vice-presidentRakesh Bhardwaj,Secretary Sunil Dabagotra,Joint Secretary Nitin Mehraand others.

Himanshu Gupta, Amit,Ravi, Abhishek Sharma,Neeru Verma, SapnaKohli, Jyoti Devi, Radhikaand Kajal were also pres-ent.

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23:Expressing his concern overthe losses being faced bySugarcane farmers, J&KBJP Kissan Morcha presi-dent Omi Khajuria urgedupon the government forestablishment of a SugarMill in Jammu or Kathuadistrict.

Khajuria, who visited thesugarcane farmers' fieldstoday to take stock of theproblems being faced bythem, said, sugarcane crop inthe rural areas could neitherbe transported to the sugarmills of Punjab nor it could

be carried to Jammu forjuice extraction as there areno Rehries due to ongoinglockdown. Consequent towhich, farmers have beenfacing enormous losses astheir crop is spoiling and thejuice getting exhausted in thefields itself.

"If a Sugar Mill get estab-lished in Jammu or Kathuadistrict, the farmers will beable to transport the sugar-cane timely to the Mill andget the appropriate price oftheir crops in future,"Khajuria stated.

He informed the farmersthat President BJP J&K UT

Ravinder Raina has assuredto highlight the grievancesof farmers before the LtGovernor Girish ChandraMurmu for adequate com-pensation for the loss of sug-arcane farmers and estab-lishment of a sugar mill inJammu or Kathua so that infarmers don't face losses infuture. Khajuria assured thefarmers that at their prob-lems will be solved soonwith the help of administra-tion.

Kisan Morcha leaderRaman Singh Chib andProgramme CoordinatorYash Seth were also present.

J&K BJP Kissan Morcha president Omi Khajuria interacting with sugarcane farmers inJammu outskirts.

Establish Sugar Mill in Jammu: Khajuria urges Govt

GJ REPORTSRINAGAR, MAY 23: WhileSocial Welfare Department (SWD)is mandated to provide help both incash and in kind to the underprivi-leged sections of the society, thedepartment has been working in amission mode during the ongoingCOVID-19 crisis. The departmentis ensuring that benefits percolateto the destitute, poor, old aged andother socially & economicallybackward and deserving beneficiar-ies under its various schemes.

While giving a detailed accountof works being conducted by thedepartment during the present situ-ation, Director General SocialWelfare Department Kashmir,Rukhsana Gani said that the mainaim of the department is to extendhelping hand to various categoriesof beneficiaries and for this theyprimarily have two schemes name-ly Pension and Scholarshipschemes.

''Since people are facing finan-cial difficulties in this lockdownperiod due to COVID-19, thedepartment has given an advancepension of two months to 3, 20,000

beneficiaries under IntegratedSocial Security Scheme (ISSS)scheme in Kashmir division," shesaid.

Giving details, DG SocialWelfare said that government want-ed to cover more and more peoplefor relief so that no one amongdeserving is left to fend for them-selves in absence of any incomeearning opportunity and for this,"An additional sanction for 1,

70,000 beneficiaries was madeunder ISSS scheme in April, ofwhich 85,000 are from KashmirDivision and subsequently pensionfor the month of April was alsoreleased to them. Overall 8 lakhbeneficiaries in the UT of J&Khave so far received benefits underthe ISSS scheme".

Under National SocialAssistance Program (NSAP), a cen-trally sponsored scheme, a total of1, 50,000 persons have been pro-vided benefits in terms of pensionwhich is directly credited into theiraccount.

While elaborating on other ini-tiatives, DG Social Welfare saidthat under Prime Minister GareebKalyan Yojana (PMGKY), assis-tance of Rupees five hundred eachhas been provided to the NSAPbeneficiaries and the second instal-ment of Rs 500 per person, which isover and above their regular pen-sion, has also been sanctioned andwill be released to them shortly.

"Despite lock down the benefitsof scholarships is being extended tochildren of poor, other backwardcategories, minorities, economical-

ly backward classes, manual scav-engers, sweepers which have seen250 percent increase in comparisonto last year with 8 lakh such chil-dren covered in UT of J&K and 5.5lakh in Kashmir alone, which initself is a bigger achievement" sheadded.

DG Social Welfare also laudedthe efforts of other sister concernsof the department and said that theyare working shoulder to shoulderwith Social Welfare department inmitigating the sufferings of theneedy.

While giving the details of thebeneficiaries covered underIntegrated Child DevelopmentScheme (ICDS) she said, "The gov-ernment has provided 6.5 lac bene-ficiaries that include children ofaged 0-6 years, lactating mothersand pregnant women with supple-mentary nutrition during thisCOVID-19 period".

Rukhsana Gani emphasized thatSocial Welfare Department is com-mitted to the socio-economic uplift-ment of vulnerable sections of soci-ety particularly during COVID-19outbreak.

DG Social Welfare DepartmentKashmir, Rukhsana Gani.

SWD goes extra mile in releasing benefits tounderprivileged: DG Social Welfare

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Around3300 J&K residents, includ-ing 1200 students who werestranded in various parts ofMaharashtra have been sentback to their homes by fourShramik Special Trains dur-ing the past 10 days. This isthe highest number ofShramik Special Trainsdeployed in any single statefor the evacuation of J&Kresidents stranded there.

Around 600 stranded per-sons from J&K including200 students, left forUdhampur Railway Station(J&K) from BandraTerminus, Mumbai thisevening in the 4th and last

Special Shramik Train. Thetrain carried the J&K resi-dents, who were mostlystranded in two key districtsof Mumbai City andMumbai Suburban. Thesestranded persons includedpatients, traders, handicraftvendors, labourers andemployees from banks, pri-vate sector and the govern-ment. There are also resi-dents from UT of Ladakh onthis train who were strandedin Mumbai and its adjoiningareas.

Around 30 CA patientsfrom J&K and their atten-dants were stranded inMumbai since the country-wide lockdown was

announced by theGovernment in the last weekof March this year. Almostall of them have been evacu-ated except a couple of suchpatients who are stayingback for treatment.

Pertinently, around 700J&K residents, including100 students, left forUdhampur from ThaneRailway Station in NaviMumbai by Special ShramikTrain on 22 May. The traincarried J&K residents whowere stranded in NaviMumbai, Raigad and otheradjoining districts ofMaharashtra. Earlier, around1000 J&K residents, includ-ing 500 students were evac-

uated from Pune by SpecialShramik Train on 19 May2020 while another 1000residents, including 400 stu-dents, were evacuated bySpecial Shramik Train fromNagpur on 14th May 2020.

The total number of J&Kresidents evacuated till datefrom Maharashtra hastouched 3300, including1200 students.

Pertinently, during theextended lockdown ofalmost 2 months, the strand-ed persons, mostly labour-ers, were constantlyreached-out through respec-tive District administrationsand some local NGOs inMaharshtra to ensure ade-

quate provision of food,rations and other basicamenities to them.

In the south-westernregion, around 800 J&K res-idents including 35 students,were evacuated by SpecialShramik Train from Keralaon 20 May 2020.

Similarly, around 1800J&K residents, including 17students were evacuated by2 Special Shramik Trainsfrom Goa on 10 & 12 May.

The total number of J&Kresidents evacuated fromthree states of Maharashtra,Kerala and Goa by sevenShramik Special Trains hasreached 5700 includingaround 1250 students.

GJ REPORTRAMBAN, MAY 23:Jammu-Srinagar NationalHighway (NH-44)remained blocked for sev-

eral hours due to heavylandslide and shootingstones in Panthal area ofRamban District the otherday. Landslides blocked

the National Highway,suspending vehicular traf-fic for long duration as aresult of which nearly 700vehicles with commutersplying towards Jammu gotstranded for 24 hours.

On receipt of informa-tion, Indian Army immedi-ately swung into actionand reached the locationalong with a MedicalTeam. The stranded travel-ers were provided with hottea and food. First Aid wasalso provided by theMedical team.

The passengers andcivil administration offi-cials expressed gratitudeto the Army.

An Army personnel extending helping hand to strandedcommuters in Panthal area of Ramban District.

Army assists commuters stranded on NH-44 3300 J&K residents evacuated from Maharashtra

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Amajor fire broke out onSaturday morning insidethe small unit manufactur-ing folding beds in CanalRoad area here.

A Fire and EmergencyService official said that afire this morning brokeinside a small unit and agodown.

Folding beds were beingmanufactured inside theunit and also stored in thenearby godown. "Exactcause of fire is yet to beascertained," he said addingthat on receiving informa-tion, four fire tenders (threefrom Gandhi Nagar and one

from city) were immediate-ly pressed into service withteam of fire fighters.

"As the godown was fullof plastic material, fibre and

metal objects, it took nearly4 to 5 hours to control thefire," he said and added thatmany stored goods haveturned into ashes in the fire.

"The damage are to beassessed later," he added.

Meanwhile, the localshave rued the running ofsmall units in residential

areas.They alleged that many

such units and godowns areoperating in parts of Jammuespecially old city and thereis no check on such units,which are posing threat tohuman lives and other prop-erty.

"Small multiple units areoperating in old city andwest of Jammu in two tothree room sets and manyof them are either illegal orunregistered," said a localresident and added and thegovernment should takenote of this and shift themto elsewhere or book theowners for violating theguidelines laid underIndustrial policy.

Fire breaks out in folding beds manufacturing unit

HSS leaders felicitating Police Officers on Saturday.

Hindustan Shiv Sena felicitates Corona warriors

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NEW DELHI, MAY 23: TheSupreme Court has permittedthe Enforcement Directorate(ED) to attach assets of JPMorgan and their directorsworth Rs 187 crore whichwas found to be proceeds ofcrime during a probe intoAmrapali homebuyers’case.

The order came from abench headed by Justice ArunMishra after AdditionalSolicitor-General Sanjay Jainsubmitted on behalf of the EDthat the agency wanted thecourt’s permission to proceedagainst JP Morgan.

The money was allegedlydiverted by Amrapali group inviolation of norms.

Jain told the SupremeCourt that ED investigationprima facie found Rs 187crore to be proceeds of crimewith JP Morgan and its direc-tors, and as such, an attach-ment was required to be madeto that extent.

“We lift the embargo cre-ated vide order datedDecember 2, 2019, not toattach the property of JPMorgan and its directors. Wepermit the EnforcementDirectorate to attach the bankaccounts of JP Morgan aswell as any other propertybelonging to JP Morgan andits directors to the extent

required,” the Bench ordered.While deliberating on the

proposals submitted by thecourt-appointed Receiver onexpeditious completion ofpending projects of Amrapaligroup, the Supreme Courtasked ASG VikramajitBanerjee to obtain instruc-tions as to release an amountof Rs 500 crores by way ofloan.

There was no private play-er and it was the NBCCwhich had been entrustedwith the entire project, itnoted.

The loan is to be arrangedunder the Government ofIndia scheme to revive suchhousing projects so that workmay start. On completion ofthe projects, the money is tobe generated and the loanrepaid.

It also asked Banerjee toobtain instructions withrespect to waiver of GSTamount to the tune of severalhundred crores of rupees.(Agencies)

SC allows attachment of JP Morganproperty worth R187 crore

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MUMBAI, MAY 23: Five-timeworld champion VishwanathanAnand feels the advent of com-puters has changed the wayplayers have approached chessover the years, with the twoopponents sitting in front of theboard remaining the only con-stant in the game.

Talking about his journey,the former world champion saidhe had to work hard to becomethe player he is today.

“I was six years old when myolder brother and sister wereplaying chess, and then I wentto my mom and asked her toteach me as well. My progressas a chess player wasn’t sud-den, it came through lots of hardwork over many years,” Anandsaid on Star Sports show ‘MindMasters’.

“The chess I learnt in the80s, we no longer play chesslike that. The introduction ofcomputers has changed theapproach, the way you studycompletely. Only the two play-ers in front of the board has notchanged,” he added.

Anand said chess requiresyou to constantly study theopponents’ game and guagewhat’s going on in their minds.(Agencies)

NEW DELHI, MAY 23: TheBoxing Federation of India plansto restart camp training for itsOlympic-bound boxers fromJune 10, bringing both men andwomen together in Patiala amidstrict COVID-19 safety guide-lines which bar access to ringand human sparring for now.

This was decided at a video

conference between theOlympic-bound boxers, whohave made the cut for the TokyoGames, BFI Executive DirectorRK Sacheti, Vice-PresidentRajesh Bhandari, High perform-ance Directors Santiago Nieva(men) and Raffaele Bergamasco(women), and chief nationalcoaches CA Kuttappa (men) and

Mohammed Ali Qamar (women).“This is the plan going for-

ward. Boxers were of the viewthat there is no substitute for for-mal training at the camp eventhough they have all done pretty

well on their own so far,” a feder-ation official told PTI. “Thewomen (who train at Delhi’s IGstadium) will also be training atNIS Patiala in a joint camp.”(Agencies)

Introduction ofcomputers has

changed theapproach to chess:

Anand

DUBAI, MAY 23: The ICChas advised its membernations to exercise cautionwhile resuming cricketactivities, fearing a spurt inlocal transmission withmany countries still strug-gling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

As member nations easerestrictions imposed to con-tain the pandemic, theInternational CricketCouncil on Friday issuedcomprehensive guidelinesaimed at getting the sport upand running around theworld while at the same timemaintaining the highest safe-ty protocols.

‘Safety first’ is one of theprimary considerations ofthe ICC’s back-to-cricketguidelines and involving thegovernments at all stages is amust. “The resumption ofcricket activities shouldbegin only if there is no per-ceived or known risk that

doing so might result in anincrease in the local trans-mission rate,” the ICC saidin its guidelines.

While England remainsone of the most affectedcountries, major cricket-playing nations such as Indiaand Pakistan have seen aspike in the number of coro-navirus positive cases inrecent weeks.

The world governingbody of the sport added:“Every effort should bemade to ensure that risksassociated with the cricketenvironment -- field of play,training venue, changingrooms, equipment, manage-ment of the ball have beenmitigated before any trainingsession or match.”

Cricket, like other globalsports, came to a screechinghalt owing to the pandemic,which first originated in theChinese city of Wuhan inHubei province.

Big-ticket events includ-ing the glitzy Indian PremierLeague and bilateral serieswere indefinitely postponedas the novel coronavirus gotdown to spreading its uglytentacles across the world.

And even though cricketis a non-contact sport, theICC is treading a cautiouspath considering the risk theunprecedented health crisisinvolves.

Under the subhead gov-ernment advice, the apexbody guidelines stated, “ICCMembers (and their own

cricket communities) shouldbe guided by the advice oftheir respective governmentsin relation to when sportingactivity is resumed.

“Where sporting activi-ties has been expressly for-bidden by governments, nocricket activity should com-mence until approval to doso has been obtained fromthe government.”Government advice shouldalso be sought in relation to“travel restrictions (domesticand international) and quar-antine requirements”.

BFI plans resumption of training from June 10Resume cricket only if there is no risk ofspurt in local transmission: ICC

GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 20: As India hasimposed lockdown to combatspread of novel corona virus in thecountry. School colleges and allother educational institutions wereclosed as preventive measures.With closure of schools, educa-tional institutions a new window forlearning/ teaching process i.e.Digital platforms opened.

Many educational institutionsare now using digital platforms toeducate students. Earlier,although the digital platforms werethere but no one was dependupon these platforms but in currentcircumstances it is necessity touse digital platforms/ online learn-ing. The teachers/ students werenot even habitual of online teach-ing learning process. This was achallenge before teachers as howto educate students in this situa-tion.

Arun Dutta, Lecturer inMathematics, posted at Hr. Sec.School Judda, Zone Arnas,District- Reasi, earned hisGraduation Degree fromPrestigious GGM Science CollegeJammu (in 2013) and thereafterMaster's Degree in Mathematicsfrom University Of Jammu (In2015).

He has since then qualifiedGATE 2016 in Mathematics withAIR 46, conducted jointly by IITSand IISC Bangalore. Arun has suc-cessfully cleared CSIR-NET inMathematics with AIR 23 in 2016,besides also qualifying JKSET. HisResearch Paper in the field ofAlgebra was Published in theInternational Journal namelyBuletinul Academiei de ?tiin?e aRepublicii MoldovaMathematician'. He has joined thedepartment as Lecturer inMathematics on July 5, 2017 andhas been posted in HSS Judda.

While narrating his experiencehe informed that Department ofschool education has announcedhome classes and home assign-ments vide a circular in beginningof the April in the form ofWhat'sapp Groups to be createdby the Teachers for each of theirclasses.

He said "In view of the direc-tions, I also created groups forimparting education. But withindays, I realized that this groupbased learning may be a tempo-rary source of information for stu-dents that may not last long. Iaimed at making learning materialavailable on such platform that willexist for long and may act as adirectory. This made me to createA YouTube Channel "MathsNidus" for video Lecturers onMathematics for Class -11th(HSP-I) and 12th(HSP-II). In just fewdays, I found many other benefitsof this initiative. Students of otherschools and some heads of theinstitutions where there were noMathematics Lecturer asked me toshare my video Lectures and thiswas fairly easy for me just by shar-ing my channel name. This chan-nel I believe will also help in futureif, God forbid, such similar pan-demic happens in future". The E-content will be also a boon for pri-vate students. "Being posted in ahilly area, I very much acknowl-edge the reasons of low atten-dance of students in schools inrainy seasons or while helpingtheir parents in agricultural activi-ties. This E-content will also helpthem during these times. We can-not put the studies of our studentsat stake due to such situations," headded.

Moreover Department ofSchool education has also takeninitiatives in Digital Learning in theform of SWAYAM, DIKSHA, e-

Pathshala and so on. OneImportant among this is JKKN-Jammu and Kashmir KnowledgeNetwork, that is a platform whichprovides many teaching learningresources for students and techni-cal assistance to teachers. Almostall Lectures being recorded byteachers are being shared on E-content section of this platform ondaily basis that helps to create avirtual directory of Study material.

Rajesh Kumar another govern-ment teacher in conversationinformed that "Online education is

a unique experience for teachersin Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, weteach only to a selective number ofstudents in the class at one timebut in online teaching process wedelivers lectures to thousands ofstudents who can access deliv-ered lectures at any time. It alsobroke the distance barrierstime/place barriers as online modeof learning is available to all inter-net users everywhere".

He also informed thatDirectorate of School Educationhas also organized Webinars on

various themes and orientationclasses for teachers. The facilitieslike zoom, google meet etc arevery useful tools to be used in cur-rent circumstances for education.

Nowadays, almost all the edu-cational institution are usingonline mode for educating theirstudents. GovernmentPolytechnic Jammu has organ-ized various online competitions,orientation classes by using digital

platforms.Pertinent to mention,

Directorate of School Educationhas organized 15 days online ori-entation workshop for 60 PrePrimary teachers from differentdistricts of the division. The pro-gramme started on May 4 and cul-minated on May 18, 2020. ExpertResource persons from NCERTand J & K State Resource groupon Pre Primary have delivered

lecturers to the participants.Moreover, DSEJ also number oftraining programmes on variousthemes, Study skills workshopsfor teachers (Stress management,Goal setting, Time management)in collaboration with BhartiFoundation. JK Career Portal incollaboration with I dream careersand Unicef. Mental Health issuesin students parents with technicalsupport from Bharti CounsellingPsychology Association (BCPA).Child abuse/protection byNational commission for protec-tion of child rights (NCPCR).

National consultation meets withPsychologists from all over India.Career counselling by Institute ofcareer studies Lucknow. Tele-counselling skills by NIMHANSBangalore. COVID-19 relatedMental health advisories issued inall three languages Hindi, EnglishUrdu in newspapers radio and T.V.Regular talks on Radio T.V forcoping with stress during lock-down.

DSEJ has also organisedonline quiz on May 3, 2020 inwhich over 10196 students partic-ipated.

Treading the untrodden path: Education Department's clarion call for innovationA teacher's journey from physical to virtual

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GJ REPORTJAMMU, MAY 23: Dr SmitaMurmu, First Lady of the UnionTerritory of Jammu and Kashmirtoday released financial assistanceto Non-pensioner Widows, whichhas been sponsored by some NGOs

and concerned citizens. A cheque ofRs 1 lakh was released by the FirstLady, as financial aid for twomonths, for 50 Non-pensionerswidows.

To help widows of Non-pension-ers Ex-servicemen, President of

Home for Aged and Infirm, I DSoni, had proposed a help of Rs1000 per month for 50 Non-pen-sioners' widows. In addition, asone-time financial help to Non pen-sioners widows with little or nosocial support, Vijay Bhagotra

donated a sum of Rs 1.76 lakh fromhis personnel saving, to providefinancial help of Rs 11,000 each to16 beneficiary widows.

Dr Smita Murmu observed thatsuch notable contributions comingfrom NGOs and individuals will seta fine example for our citizens toidentify and help the needy, with asense of pride. She also appreciatedthe ESMs for their selfless serviceduring the COVID-19 pandemic,by reaching out to the needy andvolunteering for any services, asrequired by the administration.

Director, Rajya Sainik Board,Brig Harcharan Singh; Giat NandanJain, Life Member of Home forAged and Ram Pyari, Non-Pensioner Widow were also presenton the occasion.

First Lady of J&K UT Dr Smita Murmu releasing financial assistance during a function in Jammu on Saturday.

First Lady releases financial assistance toNon-pensioner Widows from Armed ForcesLauds role of NGOs, citizens for being sensitive towards needs of Non-pensioner widows

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Electoral rolls revisionorder withdrawn

GJ REPORTLEH, MAY 23: The orderregarding a special summa-ry revision of electoralrolls, has been withdrawn.

As per officialspokesperson, "DeputyC o m m i s s i o n e r / C E OLAHDC Leh SachinKumar issued a notificationfor Special SummaryRevision of Electoral Rollswith reference to 01-01-2020 as qualifying date(House to House (H2H) forconduct of 6th GeneralElections 2020, LAHDC,Leh vide this office NoticeEndorsement Letter No.Elec-VI(C)LAHDC, Leh,2020 (703) dated: 19-05-2020, is hereby with-drawn."