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Struggling India crosses 1.2 million coronavirus cases
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Tech CEO murdered in NY
An employee of Fahim Saleh was arrested in his boss’ slaying and dismemberment. Page 6
Minorities panel of India faults police
Panel faults police role in Delhi riots that targeted Muslims killing at least 53. Page 11
Akshay to shoot Virat Kohli rues ‘Badrinath Ki 3 films softthis ballyear Dulhania’
Actor Akshay Kumar is set to release two films and shoot three films this year. Page 12
Aussies welcomes ‘clarity’ of WC T20
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Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it welcomed the “clarity” given by the postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup. Page 20 Entertainment........... Page 12 Business................... Page 15 Astrology...................Page 16 Health....................... Page 17 Sports........................Page 20
NEW DELHI (AP) - India crossed 1.2 million coronavirus cases on Thurday, third only to the United States and Brazil, prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge that could overwhelm hospitals and test the country’s feeble health care system. A surge of over 45,000 new cases in the past 24 hours took the national total to 1.24 million. The Health Ministry also reported a record number of 1,129 deaths for a total of 29,861. It said about 783,000 people have recovered and the recovery rate was continuing to improve at 63%. The grim milestone comes at a time when several Indian states are imposing focused lockdowns to stem the outbreak amid frantic efforts by local governments to protect the economy. So far, three states - Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu - have accounted for more than half of total cases. But in India’s vast countryside, which is much less prepared and with weaker health care, the pandemic is clearly growing. “The acceleration in cases remains the main challenge for India in the coming days,” said
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By Sheikh Saaliq and Aniruddha Ghosal
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) tend to a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, in New Delhi on July 17, 2020.
Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, adding that a vast majority of cases were still being missed. The continuing surge has forced authorities to reinstate lockdowns in some cities and states. In Bangalore, a city that prides itself as the center of of Indian technology innovation, the government ordered a weeklong
lockdown that began last Tuesday evening after the cases surged exponentially. In Bihar, an eastern state with a population of 128 million and a fragile health system, a two-week lockdown was announced last Thursday. In Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state with more than 200 million people, authorities have
started placing residents under strict weekend curfews, which will remain in place until the end of the month. Other local governments are increasingly focusing on smaller lockdowns that shield the economy. Nearly a dozen states have imposed restrictions on “containment zones” - areas that can be as small as a few houses or a street.
Over 22% of people in Delhi have had virus, study indicates By Emily Schmall and Aniruddha Ghosal NEW DELHI (AP) - More than one in five people in Delhi have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a study released, indicating that most cases in the Indian capital region have gone undetected. The National Center for Disease Control tested 21,387 people selected randomly across Delhi, the state that includes New Delhi, and found that 23.48% had anti-
bodies to the virus. Adjusting for false positives and negatives, it estimated that 22.86% of the population had been infected by the virus, Dr. Sujeet Kumar Singh, who heads the institute, said in a news conference on Tuesday. Delhi, with a population of 29 million, has officially reported 123,747 cases and 3,663 deaths. The study, however, indicates more than 6.6 million likely cases, with most not identified or tested. Dr. Jayaprakash Muliyil, an epidemiologist at the Christian
Medical College in the southern city of Vellore who is advising the government on virus surveillance, noted that the survey results are an average and the percentage of people infected could be much higher in certain areas, such as slums. “You need to look at different clusters,” he said. The study was conducted between June 27 and July 10, and Muliyil said the number of infections has likely increased since then.
With more than 1.2 million reported cases, India has the thirdhighest confirmed caseload in the world after the United States and Brazil. But compared to those two countries and to global averages, the percentage of the population that has died from the virus is significantly lower. Experts suspect that many virus deaths, especially among the elderly, are not being picked up in official fatality numbers. Testing is even more limited outside the capital.
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Indian royal dynasty keeps control of one of world’s richest temples royal family of Travancore. Death does not effect Shebaitship (management and maintenance of the deity) of the Travancore Family,” justices U.U. Lalit and Indu Malhotra said in their order. Several Hindu temples in India have wealth running into billions of dollars as devotees donate gold
and other precious objects as gifts to spiritual or religious institutions that run hospitals, schools and colleges. The Supreme Court said a new committee that the royal family will set up to run the temple, some seven stories high and replete with ornate carvings, will
have the right to decide what to do with the temple’s wealth, including the contents of another ancient vault yet to be opened.” A large number of devotees had prayed for us. The judgement is their victory,” Gauri Lakshmi Bai, a member of the family, told reporters in Thiruvananthanpuram.
Pompeo urges India to reduce dependence on China By Neha Arora and Aftab Ahmed
FILE PHOTO: A view of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala on February 20, 2012.
By Suchitra Mohanty and D.Jose NEW DELHI - India’s Supreme Court upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one of the world’s richest places of worship, after the state government tried to take it over when the family patriarch died. When one of the vaults of the towering centuries-old Hindu temple in Thiruvananthanpuram in Kerala state was opened in 2011,
it was found to hold diamonds by the sackful along with tonnes of gold coins and jewellery - a hoard estimated at over $20 billion. The Kerala High Court had ruled that year, after public interest petitions, that the Travancore family must give up its custodianship of the temple following the death of its head, Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the last ruling Maharaja of Travancore, in 1991. But, the Supreme Court reversed that decision. “We allow the appeal of the
NEW DELHI - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged India on Wednesday to focus on domestic supply chains and reduce its dependence on China for telecommunications and medical supplies, as Washington’s ties with Beijing deteriorate dramatically. India had a chance to move “supply chains away from China and reduce its reliance on Chinese companies in areas like telecommunications, medical supplies and others,” Pompeo said at the U.S.-India Business Council’s India Ideas Summit, being conducted online. “India is in this position
because it has earned the trust of many nations around the world, including the United States,” Pompeo said. The U.S. administration has squarely blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic and accused Chinese firms like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd of cyberspying and facilitating human rights violations in China, charges Huawei and Beijing deny. The United States has also lambasted China’s new national security law for the former British colony of Hong Kong. The United States has told China to close its consulate in Houston in a dramatic deterioration in ties between the world’s two biggest economies amid accusations of Chinese espionage.
India’s relations with China have strained following a border clash in the Himalayas last month in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. Pompeo accused the Chinese of initiating the conflict, also denied by Beijing. “The recent clashes initiated by the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) are just the latest examples of the CCP’s (Chinese Communist Party) unacceptable behaviour,” Pompeo said. India, which recently banned dozens of Chinese apps in the country, including the popular TikTok video app, has not yet taken a call on Huawei after allowing the Chinese telecoms company to participate in trials for 5G networks.
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CMS Chief Seema Verma mishandled contracts says Inspector General
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By Richard Lardner WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Medicare and Medicaid programs failed to properly manage more than $6 million in communications and outreach contracts, giving broad authority over federal employees to a Republican media strategist she worked with before joining the Trump administration, a government watchdog said in a report to be released. Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other agency leaders did not administer the contracts “in accordance with federal requirements,” according to the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services. CMS is part of the department.
The contracts, which are no longer active, were for strategic communications services, such as public engagement and interacting with the media. But the inspector general said CMS used them as personal services contracts and exerted a level of control over the contractors’ work that exceeded what’s allowed under that type of a federal award. Verma sharply disputed the inspector general’s findings. In a response that accompanies the report, she said CMS has “deep concerns” with the conclusions, which “are based on unsubstantiated assumptions and incomplete analysis.” She also said the report relies on mischaracterizations of contractor tasks and duties and misrepresents federal acquisition rules. Verma, a protege of Vice President Mike Pence, came to the Trump administration after designing Indiana’s Medicaid expansion when Pence was governor of that state. As head of CMS, Verma has enjoyed strong support from the White House but has clashed with health secretary Alex Azar. Congressional Democrats are wary of her, since she was a supporting player in President Donald Trump’s failed effort to repeal and replace the Obama-era Affordable Care Act. The GOP media strategist is
identified throughout the report by the pseudonym “Brian Smith.” Smith is described as a subcontractor who Verma trusted and had worked with her at the health care consulting firm she ran in Indianapolis. A government official familiar with the matter confirmed that Smith is Marcus Barlow, who was spokesman for Verma’s firm, SVC Inc. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. Barlow joined the public relations firm Nahigian Strategies in March 2017, according to the report. Barlow did not return calls seeking comment. Nahigian Strategies was a subcontractor on all three of the contracts. Federal acquisition regulation prohibits contracts from being used for the performance of inherently governmental functions, but the report cited multiple examples where Barlow did that. Barlow regularly attended meetings with Verma and her staff at CMS and often relayed information and directions to agency employees that the administrator had directly communicated to him, the report said. He was also authorized to “clear social and media responses” when the agency’s deputy administrator and deputy chief of staff were away. Two examples from 2017 point
to Verma’s reliance on Barlow. In one, she said a speech needed “a lot of work” and told him to “get with the technical people asap” so a draft would be ready at the end of the day. In another, she emailed him and two other senior CMS officials about scheduling important agency business. “This type of responsibility granted to ‘Brian Smith’ - that was equal in nature to the same responsibility provided to a CMS senior leader - suggested that ‘Brian Smith’ had the authority to make CMS management decisions and thus was performing an inherently governmental function,” the inspector general’s report said. Verma said in her response that there’s insufficient evidence to back up the report’s assertion a subcontractor was performing inherently governmental work. It’s disingenuous, she added, to say individual contractors were directing agency officials “when all that is shown is typical collaboration among team members.” HHS spokesman Michael Caputo said in a separate statement that the inspector general found no fault with how the contracts were awarded “despite attempts by some in the media and highlypartisan members of Congress to make a mountain out of molehill.” He didn’t name the media
outlets or the lawmakers. Verma’s agency regulates the health care system and sets payment policies for Medicare, so it’s at the crossroads of many issues in the coronavirus pandemic, from the high death toll in nursing homes to the expansion of telehealth services to help patients avoid exposure to the virus. She has been a featured participant at White House coronavirus briefings. Verma’s expansion of Medicare telehealth services may well be her most lasting accomplishment. Lawmakers of both parties want to see a broader role for telemedicine in the program after the COVID-19 pandemic. Early on in the outbreak, Verma loosened Medicare payment rules to allow greater access to telehealth as a way to keep seniors from risking exposure by having to go to the doctor’s office. Her biggest reversal came on Medicaid work requirements. The Trump administration had opened the way for states to impose work requirements on “ablebodied” low-income adults as a condition of keeping their health insurance. But courts slapped down the administration’s move, ruling that work requirements could cause people to lose coverage, and that violated Medicaid’s core purpose.
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Tyrese Haspil, the suspect in the murder of Fahim Salehis is led by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers, in the Manhattan Borough of New York City, New York, U.S. on July 17, 2020.
By Michael R. Sisak NEW YORK (AP) - A personal assistant arrested last Friday in the death and dismemberment of a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was believed to have owed his boss a “significant amount of money,” New York City police said. Tyrese Haspil faces a murder charge in the death of Fahim Saleh, whose beheaded, armless body was found last Tuesday by a cousin who had gone to his luxury Manhattan condo to check on him. Haspil, 21, handled finances
and personal matters for Saleh, whose ventures included a ride-hailing service in Africa. Haspil, who grew up on Long Island and lives in Brooklyn, was taken into police custody last Friday morning in the lobby of another luxury apartment building several blocks from where Saleh was killed, NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said. Information on Haspil’s arraignment and a lawyer who could speak on his behalf was not immediately available. Officers responding to the cousin’s 911 call discovered
FILE PHOTO: Fahim Saleh, Co-founder/CEO of Gokada explains his company’s operation during an interview with Reuters in Lagos, Nigeria on May 3, 2019.
Saleh’s clothed torso, bags containing a head and arms and an electric saw in the living room of his luxury seventh-floor apartment on the Lower East Side, police said. Investigators recovered security video showing Saleh exiting an elevator that leads directly into the full-floor, two-bedroom apartment, closely followed by a masked person dressed entirely in black, according to a law enforcement official who was briefed on the case. The video also showed a struggle between the two that ensued at the entrance to the apartment,
said the official, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Harrison said investigators determined that Haspil assaulted Saleh in the elevator with a stun gun a day before his body was found. Speaking to reporters about the arrest, Harrison would not say when police believe Saleh was killed, nor would he discuss other details about the case or take questions. Investigators initially believed that the cousin who went to check on Saleh may have interrupted the attack and that the assailant
fled out a back exit. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy found the cause of death was multiple stab wounds to the body. Saleh was the chief executive officer of ride-hailing motorcycle startup Gokada that started operating in Nigeria in 2018. Saleh’s LinkedIn biography described him as a self-taught businessman who founded Gokada, building on his experience of first “seeing an opportunity in his parent’s native country of Bangladesh” and starting that country’s largest ride-sharing company. It said he also invested in a similar venture in Colombia. “The headlines talk about a crime we still cannot fathom,” Saleh’s family said in a statement after his death. “Fahim is more than what you are reading. He is so much more. His brilliant and innovative mind took everyone who was a part of his world on a journey and he made sure never to leave anyone behind.” Apartments in the 10-story building where Saleh’s remains were found sell for more than $2 million. The building was completed in 2017 as part of a wave of gentrification in the neighborhood.
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CBS reporter Nina Kapur, 26, dies after rental moped accident in New York By Alicia Lee NEW YORK - Nina Kapur, a 26-year-old reporter in New York City, died after she fell from a moped that had been rented from Revel, a popular moped sharing service. “We are heartbroken here at CBS2 as a member of our news family has passed away,” CBS New York, a CNN affiliate, said in a statement on Sunday. “Reporter Nina Kapur joined the team in June 2019 and was known for her contagious smile and love for storytelling.” Kapur was riding on the back of a Revel rental scooter that was being driven by a 26-yearold man when he “swerved for an unknown reason” last Saturday evening in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, according to NYPD spokeswoman Denise Moroney. Kapur and the driver fell to the roadway, and while the driver sustained minor injuries, Kapur was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The investigation is ongoing, Moroney said. Neither were wearing helmets. Similar to the electric scooter rentals that have popped up nationwide, people can use a Revel moped by simply downloading an app and unlocking the nearest one for $1. They’re currently available in New York, Austin, Texas, Miami, Oakland, California, and Washington D.C. Anyone over 21 and with a valid license can drive one. Revels only go up to 30 miles per hour and riding on highways and major bridges is not allowed, according to Revel’s website. Helmets, which the company says are cleaned “with COVID-19-effective disinfectants,” are provided in the trunk of the moped. In a statement to CNN, a Revel spokesperson said the company was “actively investigating this incident” and working with the NYPD in its investigation as well. “Revel extends deepest sympathies to Nina Kapur’s family and loved ones for
their loss,” the spokesperson added. Before Kapur joined CBS New York as an on air reporter, she had worked at News 12 in Connecticut. “News 12 staff members are remembering Kapur for her incredible work ethic, as well as her sense of humor and smile,” the station shared. Her fellow journalists took to Twitter to remember her. “@NinaKapur was vivacious and had big plans for the future. Funny, fashionable, and often the first person to like a picture on social media,” Suzanne Goldklang of News12 tweeted. “Nina was perfect. So beautiful. So vibrant. She inspired me by being an excellent journalist and by making big moves at such a young age,” Aliah Williamson from WDTN tweeted. Kapur was a 2016 graduate of Syracuse University’s broadcast and digital journalism program. Barbara Fought, Kapur’s faculty adviser and one of her pro-
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Indian minorities panel faults police role in Delhi riots targeting Muslims outcry over a new federal law laying out the path to citizenship for six religious groups from neighbouring countries except Muslims. Critics said the law was discriminatory and flouted India’s secular constitution. The Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) said Muslim homes, shops and vehicles were selectively targeted during the rioting that erupted in northeast Delhi in February when protests against the new Cititzenship
Amendment Act (CAA) broke out across the country. In all, 11 mosques, five madrasas or religious schools, a Muslim shrine and a graveyard were attacked and damaged, a team from the commission said the report released on Thursday. Recommendations made in the commission’s report to safeguard minority rights are not binding. “Seemingly, to crush the protests, with support of the
India cancels historic Amarnath Yatra as coronavirus cases mount By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR - India has cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, as cases of the novel coronavirus continued to rise on Wednesday. There were 37,724 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, according to federal health data released on Wednesday. India has reported almost 1.2 million cases overall, behind only the United States and Brazil.
Organisers of the Amarnath Yatra, where saffron-clad Hindu ascetics walk 46 km (28 miles) to the cave across glaciers and waterlogged trails, said a “very sharp” spike in coronavirus cases had forced the cancellation. “The health concerns are so serious that the strain on the health system, along with the diversion in resources to the Yatra, will be immense,” said a statement by the organising committee released late on Tuesday. A strict lockdown was reimposed in Kashmir - also claimed
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NEW DELHI - A governmentappointed commission promoting the rights of India’s religious minorities said police failed to protect Muslims campaigning against a new citizenship law during violent riots in Delhi this year. At least 53 people, mostly Muslims, were killed and more than 200 were injured in the worst communal violence in the Indian capital for decades. The clashes erupted amid an
Policemen patrol in a riot affected area after clashes erupted between people demonstrating for and against a new citizenship law in New Delhi, India.
by India’s arch rival Pakistan on July 12 after a major spike in cases and deaths. Shops and businesses are shut, and in most parts of the main city of Srinagar roads are sealed and people are not allowed to leave their homes. The mountain cave contains an ice stalagmite that is considered a physical manifestation of Hindu god Lord Shiva. It is the first time the pilgrimage has been cancelled since the cave was discovered by a farmer in the 19th century.
administration and police, a retaliatory plan of pro-CAA protesters was worked out to trigger violence at a large scale,” it said. The commission said police had charged Muslims for the violence even though they were the worst victims. “We have filed 752 first information reports, over 200 chargesheets, arrested over 1400 people in connection with the riots. We have also formed three special investigation teams and are still open to receiving complaints,” Mittal said. Critics of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government say it has been promoting a Hindu-first India and that the citizenship law aimed to further marginalise the country’s 170 million Muslims. The BJP denies any bias but says it is opposed to the appeasement of any community. The report also alleged some senior BJP leaders like former member of Delhi legislative assembly Kapil Mishra of fuelling the Feb. 23 violence, but the party spokesperson said there was no basis of such allegations.
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ENTERTAINMENT
After having learned through industry colleagues that certain individuals are impersonating Bhushan Kumar and trying to mislead and dupe aspiring actors and fraudulently seeking money and other favours from them by misusing Bhushan Kumar’s name and picture on Whatsapp, T-Series has filed a criminal complaint against these unidentified individuals at Amboli Police Station for cheating under section 415, 416, 417, 419, 420 of IPC, forgery for the purpose of cheating under Section 468 of IPC, infringement under Section 63 of the Indian Copyright Act and disparagement of the name, reputation, character, brand image of Mr. Bhushan Kumar & T-Series in the industry and among members of the general public, as well as for various offences committed under the Information Technology Act, 2000 including but not limited to identity theft u/s 66C, cheating by personation u/s 66D etc. A spokesperson of T-Series said, “The intention of such unknown persons seems very clearly to illegally ride upon the name and reputation of Mr. Bhushan Kumar and/or T-Series and in doing so they are not only taking undue advantage of gullible aspiring actors/artists but are also maligning the reputation of T-Series and our Managing Director Mr. Bhushan Kumar in the industry”.
Akshay Kumar to release two films and shoot three films this year Actor Akshay Kumar is set to have two releases this year - Laxmmi Bomb and Sooryavanshi. He will also resume work and shoot three movies back to back that got delayed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Akshay is set to begin shooting his next Bellbottom starting from August. It becomes the first Bollywood film to go on the floor abroad amid this crisis. As the film doesn’t require to be shot with a larger crowd or large scale action, a month’s schedule will be filmed in Scotland. The espionage thriller requires the team to shoot minor portions in India. If all goes well according to the schedule, Akshay may wrap up the project by September. This will be followed by Yash Raj Films’ historical drama Prithviraj that got halted in
March. He will resume the project since 40 percent of the shoot remains to be filmed. Since it requires a large scale production, the makers aren’t in a hurry to resume shooting. Akshay Kumar plans to shoot by October end. Meanwhile, another project requires him to film abroad for two weeks. Directed by Aanand L Rai, Akshay will decide the dates soon for Atrangi Re once the situation seems stable enough. By December or January, Akshay will begin work on Sajid Nadiadwala’s Bachchan Pandey which was supposed to go on floor in April and release during Christmas. Now that it’s been delayed, it is expected to roll by the year-end. It will have lavish songs and action sequences and will be an out and out entertainer.
Anupam Kher’s mother and other family members get discharged from hospital
Anupam Kher took to his social media handle to inform all that his mother Dulari, brother Raju Kher and sister-in-law Reema and niece Vrinda have been discharged from the hospital and will remain in home quarantine. A little over a week ago, Anupam Kher had informed that his family members had tested positive for coronavirus and were admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. Informing the same, Kher shared a video on social media
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thanking the staff of the hospital for their dedicated service. The actor also shared a small prayer to all those battling the virus. “Mom has been declared healthy by all medical parametres by the doctors at Kokilaben Hospital. She will now be quarantining at home. Love heals. Stay safe but don’t be distant emotionally from Covid+ patient/families! Doctors & @ mybmc officials/employees are real HEROES. #JaiHo,” he shared along with the video.
UNKNOWN FACTS ABOUT BOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES
Kaushal to team up with Dhoom 3 director for big scale action film with YRF For months, there have been several rumours suggesting that production banner Yash Raj Films will announce a series of projects as a part of their 50th anniversary. The YRF Project 50 includes some big-budget movies with top stars from the country. With that being said, Vicky Kaushal is set to work with YRF for the very first time in an action film. According to reports, Vicky Kaushal will team up with Vijay Krishna Acharya, who has previously worked on movies like Dhoom 3 and Thugs Of Hindostan. It will be a big scale action project and will be part of YRF Project 50 line up. The actor is currently in talks with the makers and once everything falls into place, the film might
roll soon. Meanwhile, Vicky Kaushal has a series of films in the pipeline starting with Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham Singh, Meghna Gulzar’s Sam based on Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw, Karan Johar’s Takht and Aditya Dhar’s Ashwathama.
Bollywood Trivia Vicky Kaushal is an electronics and telecommunications engineer. Vicky completed his graduation from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai in 2009.
Which was the first movie of Late Sushant Singh Rajput? 1) Raabta 2) Kedarnath 3) Kai Po Che! 4) M.S. Dhoni What is the name of Shahid Kapoor’s daughter? 1) Aradhya Kapoor 2) Misha Kapoor 3) Tara Kapoor 4) Ziva Kapoor
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ENTERTAINMENT
Sanjana Sanghi opens up to MeToo allegations made against Sushant Singh Rajput Actress Sanjana Sanghi has finally opened up about the MeToo allegations made against late actor Sushant Singh Rajput during the filming of Dil Bechara. The actress had taken some time before she went on Twitter to clarify the allegations and called it baseless. Speaking to a tabloid recently, Sanjana Sanghi said that everyone thought only Sushant was troubled after the allegations but she was also very much troubled. She said that they knew the truth, she knew what he meant to her, and he knew that and that was important. They were shooting
Sonu Sood helps migrant workers get employed through an app
Karan Johar may take legal action against online trolls who are threatening him A few days back, Mumbai Police busted a social media racket by arresting a man who would use multiple fake accounts to not only sell them to increase someone else’s followers but also to create panic and mayhem in the society. Celebrities are attacked with the vicious messages of a select few people who think they have the right to write these things. And some are also getting physical assault threats. In the wake of the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the
nepotism debate has come to the forefront. Due to this, personalities like Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor and others have been the target of a lot of hatred online. We have also come to know that Karan Johar, who is facing a lot of the flak, is working on taking action against some trolls. The filmmaker has been consulting his lawyers to make sure that they take the right step against the trolls that are threatening him and his family members.
every day. She said that when one or two articles come out, one can't pay attention to the rumours. She said that the articles were baseless and nothing changed between the two actors since there was nothing. She further said that imagine how it is for two stars, who adore each other, to sit back and wonder how to prove that all these allegations aren't true. He asked her whether to put out the chats between them. She told him to go ahead and he posted the screenshots. Sanjana said that people were still were not ready to believe. She said that even her clarification did not work.
Sonu Sood has been a messiah for the migrant workers and has relentlessly helped them reach home safely during the times of crisis. He arranged for the permissions and buses that helped people reach their hometowns when the lockdown was imposed. More and more people started reaching out to him on Twitter to seek help from the Bollywood’s reel-life villain and real-life hero. Apart from helping them reach home, Sonu Sood has now devised the perfect way to help them with employment options. In his recent conversation with
a leading daily, he explained that even though the Central Government is coming up with options, it is important for him to do his bit and help the migrants out. Pravasi Rozgar, according to Sonu Sood is a long-term solution for the migrants to be employed. The app and website are currently available only in English, but will soon be available in 5 different languages. They already have people on ground to help the workers register themselves. The basic idea behind this is to help people at the grass-root level without charging a penny for it.
Celebrity Birthdays July 31st Kiara Advani (1992)
August 5th Kajol (1974)
July 26th Jugal Hansraj (1972)
August 1st Taapsee Pannu
August 6th Aditya Narayan
July 27th Rahul Bose (1967) July 28th Ayesha Jhulka (1972) July 29th Sanjay Dutt (1959)
August 3rd Sunil Grover (1977) August 4th Arbaaz Khan (1967) Shama Sikander (1981)
Ekta buys distribution rights of Coolie No. 1 for Rs 50 crore
While several biggies have gone the direct-to-digital way, Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan’s upcoming comic entertainer, Coolie No. 1 has held back for a theatrical release. The David Dhawan directorial is hot in the film trade as the exhibitors anticipate it to set the cash registers ringing with the family audience coming on board in huge numbers. The makers of this comic caper have sold their theatrical distribution rights to Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Productions. “It’s a fresh film with Varun, Sara and a huge ensemble with Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Javed Jaffery to name some. It has fetched approximately Rs 50 crore from Balaji for the distribution of the film in India. The deal was struck before the coronavirus pandemic and there lies a chance of renegotiating it, depending on the on-ground scenario closer to the film’s release,” revealed a source close to the development, adding further that the film is targeting a January 1 release. “New year is the best time for comedy to arrive as people can get back to the cinema hall to experience a lot of laughter. It’s a typical David Dhawan comedy with colourful songs,” the source added. Given the amount at which film has been sold at the moment, it would break even for the distributors in India at approximately Rs. 110 crore, which in the pre-COVID era was an easy task, but now, it all depends on the cinema consumption pattern of the audience.
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Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra
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Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Amitabh Bachchan
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEALTH & SCIENCE
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Netflix show on Indian matchmaker stokes debate on wedding culture munities can be. Where sexism, casteism, and classism are a prevalent part of the process of finding a life partner,” wrote Twitter user Maunika Gowardhan. Thousands of Twitter and Instagram posts echo that view. “The show is simply holding a mirror to the ugly society we are a part of,” Vishaka George, another Twitter user, wrote. Created by Oscar-nominated director Smriti Mundhra, the
MUMBAI - A new Netflix show about an Indian matchmaker catering to the high demands of potential brides and grooms, and their parents, has stoked an online debate about arranged marriages in the country. The eight-part series “Indian Matchmaking” premiered on Netflix last Thursday and is currently among its top ranked India shows. It features Sima Taparia, a real-life matchmaker
from Mumbai, who offers her services to families within India and abroad. Arranged marriages in India see parents leading efforts to find a suitable match for their children. The show has become a subject of memes and jokes, and criticism, on how individuals and their parents are picky and have a long list of demands that centre around factors like caste, height or skin colour. The show “makes very clear how regressive Indian com-
“Slim, Trim and Educated”, an Indian mother tells Taparia her son is getting a lot of marriage proposals but in most cases the prospective bride’s education or height was not ideal. Just as Taparia says: “So you want a smart, outgoing, height ...” the mother interjects, “I won’t even consider (a girl) below 5 feet 3 inches.” Some have praised the show for its honesty and treating its subjects respectfully.
Buildings collapse in heavy rain in India’s Mumbai, killing eight
FILE PHOTO: The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California on October 14, 2014.
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show focuses on matchmaker Taparia’s visits to the homes of families who need her assistance. After hearing their demands, she presents résumés of prospective matches and then arranges for meetings. “The two families have their reputation and many millions of dollars at stake. So the parents guide their children,” Taparia says at one point in the show, referring to some of her wealthier clients. In the first episode titled
MUMBAI - Heavy rains lashing India’s financial capital of Mumbai have caused the collapse of a multi-storey building, killing six people and injuring several, authorities said. The dilapidated six-storey structure in the city’s south was home to five or six families who stayed on after residents were advised to evacuate as it was under repairs, eyewitnesses told television channels. Two people were declared
dead last Thursday evening, with disaster response officials pulling four more bodies from debris during the night, fire and police officials said. Several people had been trapped under the debris with many more stranded in the portion left standing after the collapse, causing instability, city fire chief P.S. Rahangdale said. “The risk of secondary collapse can’t be ruled out,” he added.
Another building collapsed in the western suburb of Malad earlier, killing two, including a child, and injuring several. Every year, heavy downpours in Mumbai bring down some rain-sodden small and large structures deemed too dangerous to live in. Intense rains over the previous few days prompted weather officials last Thursday to upgrade to ‘red’ from ‘orange’ an alert called for the city and surrounding areas.
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BUSINESS
HEALTH & SCIENCE
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India’s Reliance seen emerging as bigger threat for U.S. firms like Amazon and Walmart
FILE PHOTO: Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries, gestures as he answers a question during a media interaction in New Delhi, India on June 15, 2017.
By Aditya Kalra and Nivedita Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI - A $20 billion fund raising spree may take India’s Reliance closer to its dream of becoming a digital giant, fur-
ther threatening the ambitious plans U.S. companies like Amazon, Walmart and Zoom have for India. Stake sales in Reliance’s digital unit Jio Platforms attracted not just private equity and sovereign
“Jio Platforms not only has the backend infrastructure and development capabilities but also an ever expanding captive consumer base,” said Mayank Vishnoi of Singapore-based financial advisory firm Resfeber International. “The addition of new digital products targeting various sectors will pose threats to many large dominant players. Having strategic partners like Facebook and Google validates that Reliance gameplan is real.” The recent stake sales gave Reliance a foreign partner for JioMart, which was launched this year. Facebook’s WhatsApp, which counts India as its top market with 400 million plus users, will work closely in connecting small retailers to JioMart. “We will cover many more cities, serve many more customers across India, and expand to many more categories,” said Ambani.
wealth funds but also Google and Facebook, a strong endorsement for an enterprise that until a few years ago focussed largely on oil refining. Some industry watchers equate Reliance’s digital plans - which extend from online shopping and cloud computing to telecom and digital payments - to China’s Alibaba and Tencent, companies Reliance itself calls “global peers”. Reliance has a track record of disrupting rival businesses. With cheap smartphones and data plans, its telecom venture Jio has in four years dethroned market leaders Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to become the largest telecom operator in India. Last Wednesday, billionaire chairman Mukesh Ambani said Reliance will expand e-commerce platform JioMart - which connects small retailers with consumers - to offer not just groceries but also electronics and fashion goods.
NEW DELHI - Amazon.com Inc’s total exports from small and medium sellers in India, part of a company programme to export products to global markets, have crossed the $2 billion mark, two company executives said on Monday. Amazon’s “Global Selling” programme was launched in India, a key growth market for the company, in 2015. The programme, also operational in other markets, has helped more than 60,000 Indian sellers export products to 15 Amazon websites, the company said. During a visit to India in January, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the U.S. e-commerce company would invest $1 billion in digitising small- and medium-businesses in India and expected to export
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Amazon says exports from India-based sellers cross $2 billion
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company’s office in Bengaluru, India on April 20, 2018.
Indian-made goods worth $10 billion by 2025. Current sales are still a fraction of India’s total exports of goods and services, which are estimated at nearly $530 billion in the financial year that ended on March 31.
“It took us three years plus to hit the first billion dollars, today we are able to hit the next billion dollars, 100% growth in the last 18 months,” Gopal Pillai, vice president for seller services at Amazon India, said in a phone interview.
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Amazon has previously said it has also tied up with Indian banks to provide cheap loans to its small sellers. The biggest market for Amazon’s Indian exporters is the United States, and annual events there, such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the e-tailer’s own Prime Day have helped boost sales, said Abhijit Kamra, head of global trade at Amazon India. Apparel and jewellery, home items and leather products led the sales, although exports saw growth across several product categories, Kamra said. Amazon’s export boost comes as India is trying to cut cheap imports from China, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for the country to be “atmanirbhar” or self-reliant.
Biz Briefs India and U.S. closing in on trade deal India and the United States are closing in on a trade deal, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday, after two years of negotiations. India is seeking concessions for generic drugs it exports to the United States in return for opening its dairy markets and slashing tariffs on farm goods as the two sides seek to clinch a new trade accord, three sources told Reuters. They have been negotiating a limited trade pact aimed also at restoring zero tariffs on a range of Indian exports to the United States under its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), from which the Trump administration withdrew last year, citing lack of reciprocal access to Indian markets.
Air India working to contain costs
State-run airline Air India Ltd said it was working to contain costs by reducing debt, aircraft lease rentals, as well as staffing and operating expenses. Air India wants to reduce its dependence on the exchequer for funds, chairman and managing director Rajiv Bansal added, speaking at a press conference held last Thursday by India’s civil aviation ministry. The Indian government in January renewed its push to sell its entire interest in the loss-making airline, which has been kept aloft by a $4.2 billion 10-year bailout in 2012. Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said India would persist with the privatisation of Air India. The Economic Times newspaper last month reported the government had extended the deadline to bid for the carrier until Aug 31.
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ASTROLOGY
WEEKLY HOROSCOPE (August 2 - 8, 2020)
Aries (March 21 to April 20) Life takes a serious turn in this phase for some of you. You are likely to be engrossed with work and it may consume your time. You may have trouble on account of focus. Don’t try to deal with multiple issues at the same time. Taurus (April 21 to May 21) The coming week sees the Taurus born folk get a more refined edge. You are simple, yet subtle and charming. If you are leading a team of people, remember to give each person their due credit. Also, make sure that all the pending work gets completed as new opportunities may come by. Gemini (May 22 to June 21) The individuals born under this sign of the zodiac may see much progress on a spiritual plane or may register a greater strength and maturity in character. However, concerning more material matters, you may have to make arrangements for meeting increased demands on your time and energy. Cancer (June 22 to July 22) The coming week is more about exploring your frontiers. The Cancer-born folk find that their expenses rise and situations push you to work harder. You also desire a good life and therefore don’t shy away from giving it your best. Leo (July 23 to August 22) The important message for the Leo-born individuals this week is to let go. Holding on to the past and resenting people of not having lived up to your expectations is not going to help. There are phases in which you have to live an unusually isolated life, even though you are surrounded by people. Virgo (August 23 to September 23) This week, the Virgo born folk could be snowed under work and commitments made to your family. You are likely to approach different people to get something accomplished. You may be brimming over with energy and new ideas where work is concerned. Libra (September 24 to October 23) This could be a week where the Libra-born folk gain recognition and better status. Networking goes on to a newer level altogether as you are in the good books of someone wielding great authority. Scorpio (October 24 to November 22) This is a rather trouble-free phase for the Scorpio born folk, so enjoy it as much as you can. You could probably be busy setting up a new home or laying out the structure of a workplace – something you enjoy. Sagittarius (November 23 to December 21) The Sagittarius born individuals could be looking to launch something new with a lot of questions and worries in your mind. Try to keep your calm and remember that progress will happen but not in one go. Capricorn (December 22 to January 20) The coming week is a good time for beginning something new and for taking decisions on critical matters. You will need to be extra careful though as discord about some issue may bring disrepute. Aquarius (January 21 to February 19) There could be confusion in the family as some important issue still remains unresolved. You may have to take control of the situation. It must be settled that there has to be one decision making authority. Pisces (February 20 to March 20) You have been on an upswing lately and the good mood prevails. There are people who look up to you and there are certain responsibilities that have been laid on your shoulders. It is up to you to live up to them but it is hard work.
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installment is technically due on August 3, but the county will not charge any late fees until after October 1. This additional time will give property owners a chance to juggle their finances. India Bulletin: That’s great! How did this happen? Pappas: At the beginning of the pandemic, I heard story after story from homeowners and business owners who were struggling because of the pandemic. Unemployment was soaring. I urged the Cook County Board to give property owners two extra months to get their finances in order. The board agreed and passed an ordinance in May. I still hear every day from people who are hurting financially. It breaks my heart. But they also tell me they are thankful that they have some breathing room to pay their property taxes. India Bulletin: Does the Sec-
ond Installment have to be paid all at one time? Pappas: No. My office accepts partial payments. You can pay whenever you have the money. However, any balance due after October 1, 2020, will be charged interest of 1.5 percent per month as required by law. India Bulletin: What if a property owner cannot pay the full amount by October 1? Pappas: Pay as much as you can. The full amount due must be paid before the Annual Tax Sale, which will be held sometime next year. India Bulletin: Does the waiver of late fees apply to the First Installment? Pappas: No. The First Installment was due March 3, 2020, before the governor issued his COVID-19 pandemic disaster proclamation. Any unpaid balance for the First Installment is charged interest of 1.5 percent per month as required by law.
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
HEALTH & SCIENCE
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK - U.S. companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the world’s top public health agency acknowledged the risk that tiny airborne droplets of the novel coronavirus may contribute to its spread, industry healthcare consultants said. About two weeks ago, the World Health Organization called for more scientific study into airborne transmission of COVID-19. The move raised awareness of an issue excluded from U.S. government back-towork guidelines, adding to the challenge of keeping people safe in offices, stores and work sites,
these consultants said. Many companies devised strategies based on WHO guidance that large respiratory droplets of the virus could infect people when first emitted and after they landed on surfaces. Now the concern over infection is focused on the idea that tiny droplets could linger in the air for hours. Companies are reviewing if they have gone far enough with policies on mask-wearing, sealing off conference rooms and upgrading ventilation systems. Some, like retailers who have installed plexiglass barriers in their stores between cashiers and customers, are wondering what else they can do if the larger droplets
those barriers aim to contain are just one piece of respiratory transmission, consultants said. Neal Mills, chief medical officer at healthcare benefits group Aon, began fielding questions last week about the WHO’s decision to investigate aerosol transmission, and said employers were slowing the return of remote workers back to their offices. “They are doing due diligence around how are you going to reduce the transmission of the virus in light of the proposed aerosol nature of COVID-19,” Mills said. The slowdown comes as some employers, such as Texas energy companies Halliburton Co and Chevron Corp, had already begun
Over a million doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine possible by September LONDON - Early estimates of the production a million doses of the University of Oxford’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine by September could be an underestimate depending on how quickly late-stage trials can be completed, a researcher said on Monday.
“There might be a million doses manufactured by September: that now seems like a remarkable underestimate, given the scale of what’s going on,” Adrian Hill of University of Oxford said, referring to the manufacturing capability of partner AstraZeneca.
“Certainly there’ll be a million doses around in September. What’s less predictable than the manufacturing scale-up is the incidence of disease, so when there’ll be an endpoint.” He added it was possible that there would be vaccines available by the end of the year.
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Companies fear workplace COVID precautions do not address airborne risk
FILE PHOTO: A worker’s body temperature is being checked with an infrared thermometer before the start of a work shift at Green Circuits as the company, an essential business, adapts to operate while the outbreak of the fastspreading coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in San Jose, California, U.S. on April 2, 2020.
delaying plans to bring back office workers due to rising coronavirus cases. Employers are asking whether public health recommendations that individuals remain 6 feet apart and wear masks to limit transmission through large droplets are enough. They also wonder about air conditioning systems that do not have filtration systems and the
effectiveness of plexiglass partitions against a virus floating in the air, said David Zieg, a lead consultant on clinical services at Mercer, another healthcare services companies. Consultants are advising employers to go beyond their existing plans, which may also include temperature checks, health questionnaires and frequent restroom cleanings.
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U.S. records over 1,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day for first time since early June
FILE PHOTO: A refrigerated trailer that the San Antonio health authorities acquired to store bodies, as morgues at hospitals and funeral homes reach their capacity with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fatalities, is seen in Bexar County, Texas, July 15, 2020.
By Lisa Shumaker U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus rose by more than 1,000 on Tuesday, the biggest single-day increase since early June, according to a Reuters tally. After weeks of declining fatalities, there were more than 5,200 U.S. COVID-19 deaths in the week ended July 19, up 5% from the previous seven days, a Reuters analysis found. That was the sec-
ond successive week of rising deaths. Nearly 142,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, a toll that experts warn will likely surge following recent record spikes in case numbers and an alarming rise in hospitalizations in many states. U.S. deaths peaked in April, when the country lost on average 2,000 people a day. Fatalities had steadily fallen, averaging 1,300 a day in May and under 800 a day in June,
according to a Reuters tally. But after many states reopened without achieving benchmarks for doing so safety, such as two weeks of declining cases, deaths are rising again in 21 states, including Arizona, Florida and Texas, based increases in the last two weeks compared with
the prior two. While some of the increase in new cases can be attributed to more testing, hospitalizations, which are not tied to testing numbers, began to surge in late June as well. So far in July, 17 states have reported record numbers of
California COVID-19 cases top 400,000, soon to overtake New York as worst-hit state By Anurag Maan and Shaina Ahluwalia California on Tuesday became the second U.S. state after New York to report more than 400,000 COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters tally of county data. The most populous U.S. state has a total of 400,166 COVID-19 cases, putting it on the verge of surpassing New York - the original epicenter of the nation’s outbreak - for the highest number of infections since the novel coronavirus was first detected in the United States in January. If California were a country, and it overtakes New York, it would rank fifth in the world for total COVID-19 cases behind only the United States, Brazil, India and
Russia. New York currently has over 412,800 total cases and is adding on average 700 new cases a day in July. In California there is an average of 8,300 new cases a day. The rapid increase of cases has made it difficult to trace the pathogen’s path through the community through contact tracing, a process of interviewing people who test positive for the virus to find out how they were exposed, and whom they in turn might have exposed, said California Secretary of Health and Human Services Mark Ghaly. “No one anticipated building a program to contact trace the number of cases we’re seeing here,” Dr. Ghaly said at a news conference, referring to Los Angeles and
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By Alexandra Alper and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric and tone, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distance and warned that the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better. In his first press briefing in months focused on the outbreak, Trump urged young people to avoid going to crowded bars and maintained that the virus would disappear at some point. Trump’s remarks were a change in strategy from his robust emphasis on reopening the U.S. economy after its long, virus-induced shutdown and represented his first recent acknowledgement of how bad the problem has become. “It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better - something I don’t like saying about things, but that’s the way it is,” Trump told reporters. Nearly 142,000 people have died in the United States from the highly contagious respiratory illness COVID-19, the most of any country. The Republican president, who
downplayed the virus in its early stages and once referred to maskwearing as politically correct, has been reluctant to wear a face covering himself. He wore one for the first time in public during a recent visit to a military hospital but has otherwise eschewed putting one on in front of the press. Mask-wearing has become a partisan issue, with some supporters of the president arguing that requirements to wear one infringe on their civil liberties. Few people wore masks at Trump’s first rally since the pandemic in Tulsa, Oklahoma, earlier this summer. As coronavirus cases skyrocket across the country, including in politically important states such as Florida, Texas and Arizona, Trump, who is trailing Democrat Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election, on Tuesday showcased a new position on the importance of covering mouths and noses. “We’re asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance, wear a mask, get a mask. Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact. They’ll have an effect. And we need everything we can get,” he
said. Trump said he was getting used to masks and would wear one himself in groups or when on an elevator. “I will use it, gladly,” he said. “Anything that potentially can help ... is a good thing.” A Biden campaign spokeswoman said Trump’s assertion that his administration has had a “relentless focus” on COVID-19 was preposterous. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, said in an interview with CNN that Trump’s new embrace of mask-wearing was a recognition of his mistakes in dealing with the coronavirus. “This is not a hoax - it is a pandemic that has gotten worse before it will get better because of his inaction, and in fact clearly it is the Trump virus,” Pelosi said. Trump referred to the virus as the “China virus.” The novel coronavirus outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. STRATEGY CHANGE Trump conducted the briefing on his own, without doctors or other members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. His subdued tone contrasted with
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
his previous calls to reopen the economy along with praise for Republican governors who did so and criticism of Democratic governors who implemented tough restrictions in their states. The strategy shifts come amid tension within his senior staff about the best way to discuss the virus with the American public and frustration among doctors on the task force that their advice is not being heeded. The reopening has gone too quickly in some states, leading to spikes in cases and an ever-
increasing number of deaths. Following Trump’s initial lead, some Republican governors have also resisted rules requiring that their populations wear masks. “We’re … asking Americans to use masks, socially distance and employ vigorous hygiene - wash your hands every chance you get while sheltering high-risk populations. We are imploring young Americans to avoid packed bars and other crowded indoor gatherings. Be safe, and be smart,” Trump said.
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Australia welcomes ‘clarity’ of T20 World Cup postponement possible summer we can,” CA interim CEO Nick Hockley told reporters on a video call. “It goes back to safety and getting the best possible understand of the health situation and working with the latest and best available information.” India, who will host the
50-over World Cup in 2023, was to stage the T20 event in 2021 in the original calendar. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is keen to stick to that schedule to avoid holding backto-back events in 2022 and 2023. “In terms of 2021 versus 2022 we just want to see two
great events go ahead in India and Australia,” Hockley said. “If it’s 21, the plans are really, really well progressed - we’re really well placed to deliver on that. “But .... equally, if it’s 2022, it will be a fantastic event.
BCCI seeks government nod to host IPL in UAE By Amlan Chakraborty
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By Ian Ransom Melbourne - Cricket Australia (CA) said on Tuesday it welcomed the “clarity” given by the postponement of the Twenty20 World Cup but would not be drawn on whether it preferred to stage the delayed event in 2021 or 2022. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday postponed the tournament sched-
uled in Australia for OctoberNovember, acknowledging the logistical challenges of hosting 16 teams amid COVID-19 restrictions. The ICC said Australia and India would host T20 World Cups in 2021 and 2022 but it was undecided who would host which. “We absolutely welcome the clarity, which is obviously important to make sure we can plan and deliver the best
New Delhi - The Indian cricket board (BCCI) will seek government permission to stage this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates, league chief Brijesh Patel told Reuters on Tuesday. Monday’s postponement of this year’s Twenty20 World Cup, which had been scheduled to take place in Australia from Oct. 18, has presented the BCCI with a new opportunity to stage the IPL, even if it has to be in another country due to the COVID-19 crisis in India. Cricket boards in UAE and Sri Lanka have offered to host the league considering the situ-
ation in India where the number of coronavirus cases had surged to 1.16 million on Tuesday morning, including 28,084 deaths. “We are yet to finalise when it will begin, maybe sometime in September,” IPL governing council chairman Patel told Reuters by telephone. “They (Emirates Cricket Board) made an offer to host it but we require government permission to stage it in UAE. “We’ll discuss the issue in the next governing council meeting in 7-10 days.” The BCCI has been looking for a new window in which to stage the lucrative league, which was postponed days before it was to begin in late March, and avoid a potential $536 million
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loss in revenue. Earlier this month, BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal told Reuters they would consider hosting the IPL abroad as a last resort to salvage the tournament. The 2009 edition of the franchise-based league, which coincided with India’s elections, was held in South Africa, and the UAE hosted the early matches of the tournament five years later for the same reason. “We have played there before and they are familiar in organising international matches. They are well-equipped,” Patel said. “From a pandemic position, too, the situation is significantly better there.”
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