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132 people challaned for not wearing masks in Chandigarh, Rs 66,000 fine collected
Police said, eight people were arrested for venturing out during the curfew hours from 10 pm to 5 am. (Representational)
AS MANY as 132 people were challaned for not wearing face masks in Chandigarh Friday. A total Rs 66,000 was collected as fine. The challan drive began at 6 pm and went on till 12 in the midnight.
Police said, eight people were arrested for venturing out during the curfew hours from 10 pm to 5 am.
The collected fine of Rs 66,000 was deposited in the offices of three area sub divisional magistrates (SDMs).
PRO Inspector Pardeep Sharma informed, “At least 16 challans were issued and Rs 8,000 fine was collected in the central division covering Sector 17, Sukhna Lake, Rose Garden, Shanti Kunj and Sector 11. As many as 62 challans were issued and Rs 31,000 fine was collected in the east division comprising Sector 27,26, Sector 7, Bapu Dham Colony (BDC)-26, and 54 challans were issued and Rs 27,000 fine was collected in the southern division. The southern division is the most sensitive division in view of the population and areas including Dadumajra, Ramdarbar, Hallomajra, Maloya etc.â€
A man was also challaned for not following social distancing norms.
A police officer said, “Challans are being issued regularly. Each police station personnel were instructed to challan the people, who do not observe social distancing, not wear masks and defy the curfew. According to the recent orders, only those engaged in essential services are allowed to commute between 10 pm and 5 am.â€
An SHO, requesting anonymity, said, “The National Disaster Act authorises is the enforcement agency to challan a person if he/she violates the rules. In case, the person is not able to pay the fine on the spot, agency can arrest him/her under the Section 188 of IPC.â€
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Kanye West tweets he’s running for president this year
Call it a stab of patriotism on the Fourth of July. Or maybe just another way to grab the limelight for a single news cycle.
Whatever the reason, rapper Kanye West tweeted Saturday that he’s running for president this year, a threat he’s made before.
“We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,” he declared on the current president’s favorite social media platform. “I am running for president of the United States! #2020VISION.”
His wife and potential first lady, Kim Kardashian West, retweeted him.
He even got an endorsement from Elon Musk of SpaceX, Tesla and head-scratching baby name fame.
“You have my full support!” Musk tweeted in reply to West.
It marked at least the third time West has vowed to run for the nation’s higher office. At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, he announced, “I have decided in 2020 to run for president.”
That was pretty much the first and last anyone heard of his desire that year to become leader of the free world.
At Fast Company’s Innovation Festival last year, he said he would run in 2024 and that he was considering using the name Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West.
“What y’all laughing at?” he said. “When I run for president in 2024 we would have created so many jobs I’m not going to run, I’m going to walk.”
The hip-hop star and fashion impresario has been criticized for his friendship with President Donald Trump, a Republican who has low support among Black Americans.
“Your power is not just to vote Democrat for the rest of our lives,” West said at the Fast Company festival. “That’s not the power — just voting on who they told us to vote on. That’s not where the power is.”
West has met Trump at the White House, donning a “Make America Great Again” hat. In April, he implied he would vote for his friend in the November election.
But if West does drop into the 2020 race, his friend Trump would become his political foe.
President Trump vows to ‘safeguard’ America’s values in July Fourth speech
President Donald Trump has vowed to “safeguard†America’s values from enemies within in a speech to celebrate the Fourth of July.
r Trump watched paratroopers float to the ground in a tribute to America, greeted his audience of front-line medical workers and others central in responding to the coronavirus pandemic and opened up on those who “slander†him and disrespect the country’s past.
“We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and the people who, in many instances, have absolutely no clue what they are doing,†he said.
“We will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children.
“And we will defend, protect and preserve (the) American way of life, which began in 1492 when Columbus discovered America.â€
Even as officials across the country pleaded with Americans to curb their enthusiasm for large Fourth of July crowds, Mr Trump enticed the masses with a “special evening†of tributes and fireworks staged with new US coronavirus infections on the rise.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand on the Truman Balcony of the White House as they watch a fireworks display (Patrick Semansky/AP)
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But the crowds wandering the National Mall for the night’s air show and fireworks were strikingly thinner those the gathering for last year’s jammed celebration.
Many who showed up wore masks, unlike those seated close together for Mr Trump’s South Lawn event, and distancing was easy to do for those scattered across the sprawling space.
The president did not hesitate to use the country’s birthday as an occasion to assail segments of the country that do not support him.
Our past is not a burden to be cast awayDonald Trump
Carrying on a theme he pounded on a day earlier against the backdrop of the Mount Rushmore monuments, he went after those who have torn down statues or think some of them, particularly those of Confederate figures, should be removed.
“Our past is not a burden to be cast away,†Mr Trump said.
In many parts of the country, authorities discouraged mass gatherings for the holiday after days that have seen Covid-19 cases grow at a rate not experienced even during the deadliest phase of the pandemic in the spring.
In New York, once the epicentre, people were urged to avoid crowds and Nathan’s Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest happened at an undisclosed location without spectators on hand, in advance of the evening’s televised fireworks spectacular over the Empire State Building.
In Philadelphia, mask and glove-wearing descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence participated in a virtual tapping of the famed Liberty Bell on Independence Mall and people were asked to join from afar by clinking glasses, tapping pots or ringing bells.
Mr Trump’s endorsement of big gatherings at the National Mall and at Mount Rushmore came as many communities decided to scrap fireworks, parades and other holiday traditions in hopes of avoiding yet more surges in infection.
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Coronavirus: ‘I didn’t know he wasn’t going to come back’ – widow of COVID-19 victim reveals heartbreak
The widow of a community pharmacist who died from COVID-19 has spoken of the heartbreak of not being able to see her husband before he passed away.
Kanan Patel fought back tears as she described how her husband Jayesh “walked towards the ambulance in his slippers” and said that was the last time she saw him.
“He looked just like a skeleton. He had lost so much weight. He said to me ‘get me a spoon because I can’t drink water with a glass’.”
Mrs Patel believes her husband caught the virus as he dispensed medicine in a local pharmacy.
As a key worker she was very worried about him contracting COVID-19 but she says he always took precautions to protect himself and his family as much as he could.
As her husband’s condition deteriorated, Mrs Patel felt “something was not right”. That is when she called the ambulance.
“He just went out in his slippers. I didn’t know he wasn’t going to come back.” It was the last time she saw her husband alive.
Kanan Patel says her husband always took precautions to protect himself and his family as much as he could
When they spoke on the telephone after Mr Patel was admitted to hospital, he asked his family to pray for him.
The last text Kanan received from Jayesh was after the doctors treating him confirmed he had COVID-19. He was then moved into intensive care and placed on a ventilator.
“I had a call from the consultant. He said ‘We can’t do anything for him. We are giving him 100% oxygen but nothing is going through’.”
Mrs Patel was certain her husband would recover. She urged the hospital not to take him off the ventilator.
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But when Mr Patel’s condition deteriorated further, Kanan went to the hospital with some holy water and a small idol of the Hindu god Ganesh. She handed these over to a nurse in the hospital car park and asked that the holy water be placed on her dying husband’s lips in accordance with her faith.
At 11am the next morning the same nurse phoned Mrs Patel to tell her that Jayesh had passed away and she had carried out Mrs Patel’s wishes.
“That’s how my goodbye to him was.”
Jayesh Patel is one of the tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims who were remembered on Saturday in a special tribute at St Paul’s Cathedral and when landmark monuments across the capital were cast in blue light.
Downing Street goes blue for the NHS
World famous buildings including Downing Street and Wembley Stadium turned blue on the eve of the 72nd birthday of the NHS.
To mark the occasion, Boris Johnson will meet NHS workers in the Number 10 garden on Sunday afternoon before a nationwide round of applause at 5pm.
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Friday, the prime minister urged the public to clap for “those who have worked tirelessly and selflessly to help the nation get through this pandemic”.
The initiative follows the success of the weekly Clap for Carers, and it is hoped the applause will become an annual tradition.
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NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens said he hopes the public will use the anniversary as an opportunity to “say a heartfelt thank you” to hospital staff.
Sir Simon said: “This year has been the most challenging in NHS history, with staff displaying extraordinary dedication, skill and compassion to care for the 100,000 patients with COVID-19 who needed specialist hospital treatment and many others besides.
“During this testing time our nurses, doctors, physios, pharmacists and countless more colleagues were sustained by the support of the public, not least through the weekly applause for key workers.
“No health service, not even the NHS, could have coped alone with this coronavirus pandemic.”
The government’s latest figures showed that 44,131 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Thursday.
Katrina Kaif has a sweet birthday wish for ‘fitness partner’ Yasmin Karachiwala
Katrina Kaif has a sweet birthday wish for ‘fitness partner’ Yasmin Karachiwala
Since fitness is important for Bollywood actresses, their fitness trainers are very close to their heart since they know the celebs daily routine of what they eat, how they workout, etc. Similar is the case with B’town beauty Katrina Kaif who shares a special bonding with celebrity fitness trainer Yasmin Karachiwala. This is the reason why the ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ actress shared an adorable birthday message for Yasmin, who also happens to be her close friend. Taking to Instagram, Katrina shared a lovely video compiled with all the throwback photos from during their vacations, workout sessions, or casual hangouts. Not only this, she even wrote a heartfelt note for Yasmin with whom she has been training for years now.
Sharing the video on Instagram, Katrina wrote alongside, “Dear Yasy, it’s your big birthday. Just your presence always make everything seem better, your positivity, your good advice, you always challenge yourself, if I can do it, you can do it better and faster. I’m so lucky to have you as my fitness partner and friend. I hope we are together forever. I know you call me your sunshine but you are my sunshine.”
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When the COVID-19 lockdown began, Katrina, who is an avid social media user became even more active and shared videos and photos of her quarantine activity. One amongst those was workout at home which she enjoyed the most with her dear friend and trainer Yasmin. Sharing a video, she wrote, “Can’t go to the gym so sharing the workout that Yas and I did at home. Stay safe and be active if you can.” She further included a list of exercises including squats, leg raises, sit-ups, push-ups, planks and mountain climbers.Â
After a few days, another video was put up captioning which she wrote, “#WorkoutFromHome #Part2 Since we are all practicing #SocialDistancing @yasminkarachiwala and I worked out at our homes and put the workouts together for you to do at yours. Stay home stay safe.”
On the professional front, Katrina was last seen in Ali Abbas Zafar’s 2018 film Bharat opposite superstar Salman Khan. She is awaiting the release of Rohit Shetty directorial ‘Sooryavanshi’ starring Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh.
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Coronavirus Australia update LIVE: Global cases surpass 11.1 million, two more postcodes and nine public housing towers in lockdown in Victoria; Australia death toll at 104
The residents of the buildings have been told they are not allowed to leave their homes and police have been stationed in the area.
“This is not going to be a pleasant experience for those residents but I have a message for those residents: this is not about punishment but protection,†he said.
“We cannot have this virus spread. We have to do everything we can to contain the virus and that is why staying in your unit, staying in your flat, is absolutely essential.
He said many people in the buildings had pre-existing health conditions and that “people will die, it’s as simple as thatâ€, if the virus took hold.
He said an “enormous amount of work†was being put in to provide food, mental health, drug and alcohol services, medical support and domestic violence support for the towers’ residents in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way.
“We will meet all the needs of each and every one of those residents,†he said.
Tokyo governor favoured to win re-election for handling pandemic
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is poised to be re-elected in Sunday’s polls, buoyed by public support for her coronavirus handling despite a recent rise in infections that has raised concerns of a resurgence of the disease.
The first woman to head the Japanese capital, Koike, 67, is also viewed as a potential candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe when his term ends in September 2021. For now, she says she’s focused on protecting the lives of the 14 million people in Tokyo, a megacity with a $1 trillion economy.
“Fighting against the coronavirus for the residents of Tokyo is my first and foremost responsibility,” she said on the eve of the election.
In her campaign message online, Koike pledged to balance disease prevention and the economy under Tokyo’s “new normal”.
Tokyo’s coronavirus infections started to rebound in late June to reach 131 confirmed cases on Saturday, topping 100 for a third straight day and hitting a two-month high since early May. New daily cases have also spiked in recent weeks nationwide to about 19,700, with 977 deaths.
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Koike’s challengers include popular actor-turned-politician Taro Yamamoto and veteran lawyer Kenji Utsunomiya. Yamamoto wants to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and use the funds to help people hurt by the coronavirus crisis, while Utsunomiya, known as the Bernie Sanders of Japan, is calling for better welfare support for a more inclusive and diverse society.
Results are expected soon after polls close Sunday night. A recent poll by the Mainichi newspaper has Koike leading her challengers by a wide margin.
Among other things, Koike says Japan should have its own version of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She also tried to gain public support for a simpler version of the Tokyo Olympics after the games were postponed to next year due to the pandemic.
Though Koike has not fully delivered on promises to Tokyo residents to relieve congestion on commuter trains, ensure adequate availability of child and elder care facilities and end overwork, even her critics have lauded her handling of the pandemic. That’s in sharp contrast to Abe, who has been criticised for doing too little, too late.
As the pandemic deepened in the spring, Koike often upstaged fellow conservative Abe, whose support ratings have plunged due to his handling of the crisis and its severe impact on the economy, on top of a slew of scandals.
A former TV newscaster, Koike is stylish and media savvy. She earned the nickname “migratory bird” for hopping between parties and forming new alliances – at least seven times – a rarity among Japanese politicians famous for their loyalty to party factions.
Montana Gubernatorial Candidate Self-Quarantines After Wife Is Exposed To Kimberly Guilfoyle
Montana Gubernatorial candidate and Congressman Greg Gianforte (R) is self-quarantining after both his wife and running mate were exposed to Donald Trump campaign official Kimberly Guilfoyle, who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, whose virus status was reported Friday, appeared to take no social distancing precautions nor wear a face mask during a recent campaign appearance.
Susan Gianforte and Kristen Juras, who is running for lieutenant governor in Montana, attended an event with Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. Tuesday.Â
“Out of an abundance of caution and for the health and safety of others, they will self-quarantine, be tested for COVID-19, and suspend in-person campaign events pending test results,†said a spokesperson for Greg Gianforte.
A Facebook post featured a photo of Susan Gianforte, Juras, Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. None wore a mask nor maintained six feet of social distance, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help stem the spread of COVID-19.
Guilfoyle had been scheduled to attend the president’s event at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota Friday, but did not make an appearance.
The previous day Guilfoyle was filmed at a campaign stop in South Dakota speaking to a group of people without a mask and in close proximity to others, including her boyfriend, who also wasn’t wearing a mask.
The president’s son on Tuesday on social media ridiculed the use of a bandana to protect against COVID-19 transmission.
In a study published in the journal Physics of Fluids on Tuesday researchers at Florida Atlantic University found that bandanas helped protect against COVID-19 transmission by reducing the average distance that coughs traveled from 8 feet to 3.6 feet. Commercial cone masks reduced the distance to 8 inches, and a stitched, two-layer mask to 2.5 inches.
A number of people close to the president have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent months. Trump’s personal valet and Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary both tested positive for the virus in May.
Last month, several staffers who worked on Trump’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally and Secret Service officers also tested positive for the virus.
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