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Printed at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY India’s virus tally crosses 1 lakh; Oxford vaccine fails to fatality count mounts to 3,157 shield monkeys from virus But it provides protection from pneumonia; tests to continue 5,079 new cases recorded; Maharashtra, T.N, Gujarat report most cases, deaths Mettur dam will be Jacob Koshy opened on June 12: CM Special Correspondent NEW DELHI CHENNAI NEW DELHI A highprofi le potential vac Chief Minister Edappadi K. India’s tally of COVID19 cas cine for COVID19 being test Palaniswami said water es crossed the one lakhmark ed by researchers at Oxford would be released from the Mettur dam from June 12 for on Monday, with 5,079 new University failed to protect kuruvai cultivation. The CM infections taking the total to vaccinated monkeys from said he had instructed offi 1,00,734, according to data being infected by the virus. cials to ensure uninterrupted from the State Health De However, the test animals power supply for 12 hours in partments. Of these 58,360 appeared to be protected the Cauvery delta areas. are active cases, while 39,217 from pneumonia. TAMIL NADU Ī PAGE 4 persons have recovered The vaccine candidate, DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD from the disease. ChAdOx1 nCoV19, being ‘T.N. has not reduced The country recorded 136 tested is a weakened form of samples for testing' more deaths in the past 24 a common cold virus (ade CHENNAI hours, taking the overall novirus) that aff ects chim Health Minister C. death toll to 3,157. panzees but has been neu Vijayabaskar said except for The average number of tered to prevent replication exit tests, Tamil Nadu has not new cases everyday since in humans. limited or reduced the May 11 has gone up to 4,077, number of samples lifted for while the average number of Plans for manufacture testing. It is now testing all fatalities per day for the pe Reports of the candidate protecting people from be pneumonia). Ideally, if persons arriving by fl ights, riod is 115. vaccine’s performance in ing infected and passing on you’ve been inoculated with trains and road to the State. Maharashtra topped the monkeys (rhesus macaque) the infection to others. The the vaccine, you should be The number of samples have prompted researchers research paper is yet to be able to substantially clear tested per day has been The between 10,000 and 14,000 to test the vaccine’s potency peerreviewed. out the virus,” he told Hindu in the past two weeks. in humans. Its promise has Rajesh Gokhle, faculty, . TAMIL NADU Ī PAGE 2 also led to Indian vaccine National Institute of Immu The researchers, in their DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD nationwide tally with more Health Ministry, the country ken so far have shown en manufacturer, the Pune nology and former head of paper acknowledge the pre City roads witness than 35,000 confi rmed cas has now registered a jump of couraging results. ICMR revises based Serum Institute an the CSIRInsitute of Genom sence of virus in the upper surge in traffi c es and 1,249 deaths, fol over 10,000 cases in the past The Ministry added that it nouncing plans to manufac ics and Integrative Biology, respiratory tract. “Despite CHENNAI lowed by Tamil Nadu with two days — the highest so far has now issued new guide test strategy ture a four to fi ve million who has read the paper, said this marked diff erence in vi Monday was day one of phase 11,760 confi rmed cases and in 48 hours. lines to the States for cate doses by Mayend. It is one that in an “ideal” world, no rus replication in the lungs, 4 of the lockdown, scheduled 81 deaths. Gujarat has re “India currently has a re gorisation of red/orange/ The Indian Council of of seven global institutions company would not conti reduction in viral shedding to last till May 31, but the ported 11,746 confi rmed cas covery rate of 38.29%,” not green zones as part of its Medical Research (ICMR) that will manufacture the nue testing the vaccine in from the nose was not ob city’s roads looked busy. In es, but its death toll is higher ed a release issued by the lockdown easing measures. on Monday released a vaccine developed by the humans based on the availa served,” they note. fact, it was as if normalcy was than Tamil Nadu at 694. Health Ministry, which ad The new directive allows revised COVID19 testing Oxford Vaccine Group. ble data in monkeys. They explain it as being back. There were a great Mumbai reported 1,185 fresh ded that in terms of con States to delineate the con strategy, which includes However, detailed results “We have presence of the possibly due to the unusual many vehicles on the roads. cases and 23 more deaths, fi rmed cases per lakh popu tainment and buff er zones. testing of all symptomatic of the trials in monkeys virus in the upper respirato ly high amount of the virus There were even some taking the total cases in the lation, India has so far about infl uenza like illness (ILI) available on preprint server ry tract (of the animals). It is that the monkeys were ex incidents of jumping of red city to 21,152 and fatalities to 7.1 cases per lakh population CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 individuals with history of bioRxiv suggest that, based possible that these can come posed to. lights and rash driving too. 757. which indicates that aggres MORE REPORTS ON Ī PAGES 2,3,4, international travel in the on these results, the vaccine down again to the lower res CHENNAI Ī PAGE 3 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD According to the Union sive and early measures ta 5, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 past 14 days. Ī Page 10 may not be the panacea to piratory tract (and cause CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8
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SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the time of landfall, said an NEW DELHI evening update from the The storm system in the Bay Press Information Bureau. of Bengal, Amphan, deve “Extensive damage to all loped into a super cyclone types of kutcha houses, on Monday and is expected some damage to old badly to make landfall along the managed pucca structures. West BengalBangladesh Potential threat from fl ying coast on Wednesday, accord objects, extensive uprooting ing to the India Meteorologi of communication and pow cal Department. er poles, Disruption of rail/ Currently, Amphan is lo road link, extensive damage cated about 730 km south of to standing crops, planta Paradip in Odisha, 890 km tions, orchards,” are what southsouthwest of Digha in the disaster management West Bengal and 1,010 km The sea turned rough in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on agencies warn on the impact southsouthwest of Khepup Monday, under the infl uence of Amphan. * C.V. SUBRAHMANYAM of the storm. ara in Bangladesh. The Odisha government Windspeeds are expected fall in West Bengal, Amphan heavy rainfall” over Gangetic has deployed units of the Na to hit 240 kmph and exten is expected to tone down in West Bengal and heavy to ve tional Disaster Response sive damage along the coast to a category 4 Extremely ry heavy rainfall over north Force and the Odisha Disas is expected in Odisha and Severe Cyclonic (ESC) storm coastal Odisha on May 19 and ter Rapid Action Force to West Bengal. Cyclone Phailin with wind speed of 165175 20. northcoastal districts for in 2013 and the super cy kmph and gusting to 195 Storm surge of about 46 carrying out rescue opera clone of 1999 — both of kmph. meters above astronomical tion. Six districts — Balasore, which hit coastal Odisha — Last year, Fani, which was tide is likely to inundate low Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Ken have been the most powerful an ESC made landfall in Od lying areas of South & North drapara, Jajpur and Jagat cyclones in the Bay of Bengal isha and ravaged the State, 24 Parganas and about 34 singhpur — are likely to be se Jostling for berths: Migrant workers gather for screening at Vinod Nagar on Monday before boarding buses to the New Delhi in the past two decades in claiming at least 40 lives. meters over the low lying verely aff ected railway station to catch Shramik Special trains. * R.V. MOORTHY terms of windspeed. Amphan is expected to areas of East Medinipur dis CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC By the time it makes land bring “heavy to extremely trict of West Bengal during CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 8 Stimulus fails 83 LCAMK1A deal high priority: IAF chief 536 new cases of COVID-19 in T.N. to cheer equity markets Second squadron of Tejas in Sulur by the end of this month, says ACM Bhadauria Chennai records Dinakar Peri faceoff s recently in Ladakh 364 cases, crosses SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI and Sikkim, ACM Bhadauria 7,000-mark MUMBAI The Indian Air Force (IAF) said that on the air side, they Indian benchmark equity will set up the second squa monitor developments Special Correspondent indices lost more than 3% dron of indigenous Light closely, and if any aircraft CHENNAI each on Monday, with the Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas was getting close to the LAC Tamil Nadu added another Sensex shedding more by monthend, said Air Chief it gets monitored and if there 536 cases of COVID19 on than 1,000 points and the Marshal (ACM) R.K.S. Bha was a need to respond it was Monday, taking its tally to broader Nifty settling dauria on Monday, while the decided in real time. “Whe 11,760*. 313.60 down as the stimu “high priority” deal for 83 rever there is a requirement Of the new cases, 46 per Preventive step: Healthcare workers sanitising an ambulance lus package announced by LCAMK1A jets was expected to respond, the response is sons had returned to the at the Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Finance Minister Nirmala to be signed in three months. there,” he said without State from Maharashtra. Chennai on Monday. * B. VELANKANNI RAJ Sitharaman failed to cheer Stressing on the eff ort to squadron but induction of ponses to the tender were elaborating. Accounting for 364 of the the market. The extension shift to indigenous produc aircraft and inauguration got being analysed after which Elaborating on the 83 fresh cases, Chennai’s tally (RGGGH) on May 16, died vernment Stanley Medical of the lockdown till May 31 tion as much as possible, the stalled due to COVID,” ACM they would go to the govern LCAMK1A deal, estimated to of positive cases crossed the due to respiratory failure on College Hospital on May 17. further dampened IAF chief said the challenge Bhadauria said in an exclu ment for the grant of Accep cost around ₹ 39,000 crore, 7,000mark, while Chengal Sunday. She suff ered from She had systemic hyperten sentiments. was for the domestic indus sive interaction with The tance of Necessity (AoN). he said the deal had already pattu reported 43 more cas acute respiratory distress sion, uncontrolled diabetes, The 30share Sensex lost try to catch up. Hindu. “We will fi nalise the way for been delayed. While the Hin es, taking its total to 537. syndrome and pneumonia. hypothyroidism and morbid 1,068.75 points, or 3.44%, “We will get the fi rst LCA ward on the 114 tender.” dustan Aeronautics Limited Both Tiruvallur and Kan The second patient, a 65 obesity and died on Monday to close at 30,028.98. in Final Operations Clea Tender for fi ghters Chief of Defence Staff , (HAL) had done the ground cheepuram continued to re yearold, had systemic hy due to left intertrochanteric The broader Nifty set rance (FOC) standard likely On the tender for 114 fi ghters General Bipin Rawat had ear work on development of the port new cases with 19 and pertension and diabetes and fracture with pulmonary tled the day at 8,823.25, by next week. We are target to be built under Make in In lier said large imports could MK1A variant, they could 17, respectively. Three wo was admitted to RGGGH on embolism, according to the losing 3.43%. The India VIX ing formation of the second dia, stating that it was a “dif not be done and they had to not work on incorporating men who tested positive for May 15. She died on Sunday bulletin issued by the Direc index surged a little over LCA squadron at Sulur next ferent class” of fi ghter than be staggered. additional capabilities till the COVID19 died in the city. A due to acute encephalo torate of Public Health and 7.5% on Monday. week, before the end of the the LCA which would be On the situation along the contract was signed. 53yearold, who was admit pathy and bilateral pneumo Preventive Medicine. month. We have already built in India and not import Line of Actual Control (LAC) ted to Rajiv Gandhi Govern nia. 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FROM PAGE ONE Distancing norms not State has not reduced number 536 new cases of COVID19 in State followed in buses: HC staff With this, a total of 81 per <> There were no new under quarantine, and of tests, says Health Minister sons have died in the State cases in at least took up aggressive testing. of COVID19. Health Minis 15-16 districts such We held a meeting with a Legal Correspondent Daily rate has been fl uctuating between 10,000 and 14,000 for the past 2 weeks ter C. Vijayabaskar, during as Erode, committee from the Cen CHENNAI a media briefi ng, said that tral government and they Madras High Court staff Serena Josephine M. Coimbatore, Salem CHENNAI many of those who died and Sivaganga appreciated Tamil Nadu’s have complained about had comorbid conditions. best practices,” the Minis nonadherence to physical The variation in testing fi ‘Test kits C. Vijayabaskar Meanwhile, 234 persons Health Minister ter said. distancing norms in special gures over the past few days were discharged across The number of samples buses being operated for has become a subject of de stock enough the State. So far, a total of The fresh cases were re tested on Monday stood at transporting them from va bate in the State. But Health 4,406 persons have reco ported from a total of 22 11,121, while persons tested rious areas in the city to Minister C. Vijayabaskar has for 20 days’ vered from COVID19, he districts. There were nine numbered 10,887. So far, a their workplace during the said that except for exit said. cases in Theni, seven in total of 3,37,841 samples ongoing lockdown. tests, Tamil Nadu has in no Special correspondent “There were no new Kanniyakumari, fi ve in have been tested in the They said the bus oper way limited or reduced the Chennai cases in at least 1516 dis Kallakurichi, four each in State. “The Leader of the ated on the HCAvadi route number of samples being tricts such as Erode, Coim Tiruvannamalai and Vil Opposition has said that on Monday was crowded, lifted for testing, and is now Tamil Nadu has batore, Salem and Sivagan lupuram, three each in Vi the number of samples with no seats vacant and testing all persons arriving adequate stock of RT ga. Now, persons are rudhunagar and Madurai, tested has reduced in the some passengers standing in the State by fl ight, train PCR test kits for 20 returning to the State from two each in Ariyalur and State. This is false informa close to each other. and road. The Minister maintained that the State was carrying out tests days, Health abroad on fl ights, persons Ranipet, and one each in tion. We are testing as per The court administra The number of samples in accordance with ICMR guidelines. Department offi cials have arrived in two trains Karur, Tiruppattur and protocols, and we do not tion had made it clear that being tested per day has have said. from Delhi and by road Thoothukudi. fi x the number of samples not more than 30 passen been fl uctuating between quently changed. Earlier, we VID19 patients before dis The State has been from Maharashtra and Four persons who test to be tested. It is done as gers would be allowed in 10,000 and 14,000 over the were testing the persons liv charge. Earlier, the norm testing 10,000 to 14,000 Gujarat. We are screening ed positive were in airport per the situation, and as each bus, and it was com past two weeks. It stayed ing on a street where a posi was that two samples should samples a day, on an such persons, testing, put quarantine. Among those per the infl ow of people pulsory for the staff to above the 13,000mark for a tive case had been reported, return negative in order for average, for the past ting them under quaran who had returned from from outside,” the Minis wear masks while travell few days earlier this month, and nonhome contacts. a person to be discharged. two weeks. The number tine, and are admitting Maharashtra, 14 tested ter explained. ing. They had also been in and decreased to 10,535 on Now, we are testing all those “However, we continue to of samples tested per them to hospitals in case positive in Thoothukudi, As of Monday, there structed to follow distanc May 16. A day later, the fi with infl uenzalike illness test them. We are lifting one day touched the 10,000 they are positive for CO 12 in Tirunelveli, six each were a total of 7,270 active ing norms. “In reality, gure went up to 13,081. On across the State, thereby co sample before a patient is mark for the fi rst time VID19,” he added. in Ramanathapuram and cases and 4,508 indivi these norms are not being May 18, it stood at 11,121. vering even persons with discharged,” he said. on May 2 (10,127), while Among the new cases Tenkasi, fi ve in Salem, two duals with suspected followed. The bus in which “There is no drastic de the mildest symptoms of The number of samples the highest singleday 304 male and 232 female in Dindigul and one in symptoms of COVID19 in I travelled this morning cline in the number of sam cough and fever. Those with lifted peaked every time a fi gure was recorded on were 46 children aged 0 to Cuddalore. isolation wards. was crowded. Only two ples in the graph. Our test severe acute respiratory in cluster emerged or a large May 7 (14,195). “We 12. The youngest among (*This is inclusive of two buses are being operated ing numbers have not gone fection are being tested,” he group of persons were test received one lakh test them were three month Two big clusters deaths crossnotifi ed to on the TambaramHC below 10,000. T.N. has test said. ed, he said, adding, “The kits on Sunday, as part old babies. There were “We have managed two other States and one pa route. This must be dou ed over three lakh samples. testing numbers peaked of weekly supplies from three more infants aged big clusters. We traced all tient who died after testing bled to reduce the crowd,” On an average, the number when cases linked to the South Korea. There are less than a year. contacts, brought them negative for the infection) a staff member said. of samples tested is in the Koyambedu market two lakh test kits range of 4,000 to 8,000 in In containment zones, emerged. It is over now. Si available with hospitals, many districts. In Chennai, asymptomatic patients and milarly, the number of sam and 1.3 lakh kits with we have tested about 85,000 their primary contacts were ples peaked when frontline the Tamil Nadu Medical samples,” he said. being tested and, based on workers, including police Services Corporation. During a media briefi ng suspicion, secondary con personnel, and mediaper There is no issue of kits on Monday, the Minister tacts as well. “We are now sons were tested in large being insuffi cient. In all, said that an analysis of the testing all persons arriving batches,” the Minister said. we have 3.3 lakh test testing graph showed that here on fl ights from abroad It was important to un kits, which is enough for the 10day average was and trains. Those entering derstand that these were RT 20 days. No other State 12,536. the State by road are being PCR tests and not an instant is operating with this He maintained that the screened at checkposts. We testing methodology, he buff er,” an offi cial said. State was carrying out tests are getting a cluster of cases said, adding, “It takes six Offi cials noted that in accordance with the gui from among those returning hours to complete the pro the average fi gure of delines issued by the Indian from Maharashtra,” the Mi cess. People are working in samples being tested Council of Medical Re nister said. three shifts throughout the per day was over search. “Earlier, it was per day. If we were reducing the 10,000, and would sons with a travel history No need for exit tests number of samples being increase in the coming and symptoms, and contact As per the Central govern lifted, we would have cut the weeks due to the infl ow history and symptoms [who ment’s guidelines, there was number of testing facilities. of people from other were subjected to testing]. no need for conducting exit Instead, we have 61 labora States. The strategy was subse tests, i.e., testing of CO tories now.” Tapping into wellheld beliefs Govt. sets up 12 committees to manage Salons in rural areas can to change public behaviour treatment of persons with co-morbidities reopen today
Ad put out by govt. urges people to follow poxlike protocol Specialists, superspecialists and associations involved in framing guidelines Special Correspondent CHENNAI Ramya Kannan easytounderstand man quent washing, and Special Correspondent ship model, and with NGOs. more prone to be aff ected by commended. Accordingly, The Tamil Nadu govern CHENNAI ner for the public and com avoiding walking into pa CHENNAI We want to map every per COVID19. To protect such committees with relevant ment on Monday said sa On May 16, Bill Foege, form munity participation in res tients’ homes. Separate committees have son, intensify treatment and vulnerable populations, de specialist doctors have been lons in rural areas can er director of the Centers ponse are key.” The areas with higher been formed for framing gui awareness, and provide spe tailed microplans for pre formed for dialysis/renal start functioning from for Disease Control who Faced with rising num numbers tend to be in delines to manage the treat cial care. They will be pro vention, treatment and post transplant patients, cancer May 19. worked on the smallpox bers and nonconformity to dense urban clusters, in ment of persons with co vided counselling and spe recovery care needed to be patients and those on che However, Chief Minis eradication programme, recommended personal hy cluding in, but not exclu morbidities during the CO cial supplements to improve drawn up. motherapy and radiothera ter Edappadi K. Palanis made a case for taking les giene strategies against CO sive to, urban slums and VID19 pandemic. their immunity. The panels Private sector participa py, diabetic patients and hy wami said the relaxation sons from small pox in the VID19, the State seems to housing board quarters, The government has in will chalk out an action plan tion with the involvement of pertensive patients, was not applicable to sa fi ght against COVID19. Inci be tapping into wellen where a number of people volved various specialists, to take care of the vulnerable the respective associations cardiology, maternal health, lons in the Greater Chen dentally, around the same trenched community be live. superspecialists and asso population,” she said. “Pa such as those for diabetes child health and haematolo nai Corporation, other time, the State government liefs in order to get people “In Tamil Nadu, there is ciations in developing guide tients will be monitored to, and hypertension to render gy, maintaining mental Municipal Corporations, released an ad, urging the to follow these practices. great reverence and awe lines. for instance, determine intensive treatment for the health, tuberculosis, bron Municipalities and Town public to look at COVID19 In the ad, an elderly wo that surrounds pox; chick Health Secretary Beela whether diabetes is being respective disease groups, chial asthma and chronic ob Panchayats. like they would pox man poohpoohs the idea en pox is treated as ammai Rajesh said the move was treated properly and kept the formation of patient sup structive pulmonary dis The CM said those (ammai). of COVID19 as a spectre, as a curse of the goddess aimed at intensifying the co under control. Doctors will port groups on WhatsApp ease, geriatrics and persons working in salons, and However, it is no casual saying she has already en and nearly everyone tries to cooning of the vulnerable advise them on various pre for monitoring, followup living with HIV/AIDS. their customers, should coincidence, because one countered pox (ammai). make sure that they follow population, keeping comor cautionary measures against and support, the mainte C. N. Raja, State president strictly follow physical of the cornerstones of pu She says all one has to do is certain practises strictly. bid conditions such diabetes COVID19, like the wearing of nance of a disease registry, of the Indian Medical Asso distancing norms and blic health practice is be to treat the current pan It’s not a belief that comes and hypertension under masks and the washing of the provision of intensive ciation Tamil Nadu Branch, wear masks. He insisted lieved to be behaviour demic in the same manner out of a scientifi c under control, and ensuring that hands,” she added. treatment with close moni said, “The committees will that workers wear hand change communication – as one would pox follow standing, but we thought there are no deaths. “We In a letter to all the health toring at the fi eld level by vil be involved in data collec gloves, spray disinfec enabling people to see the ing the same hygiene prac we could capitalise on this have formed 12 such com directorates, she said that lage health nurse/communi tion and regular monitoring tants fi ve times a day and health benefi ts of modify tices. She spells them out: innate belief,” says an offi mittees for diabetes, hyper past experience showed that ty health nurse/block of patients through telemed wash their hands fre ing their behaviour. As maintaining distance from cial, reasoning that CO tension, obstetrics and gy persons with comorbid con medical offi cer, the prescrip icine. In case of any surgery, quently. WHO Chief Scientist Sou the patients, not using their VID19 transmission is hea naecology, cancer, ditions such as diabetes and tion of specifi c diet for each emergency or delivery, we Detailed guidelines in mya Swaminathan, tweet personal belongings, ensur vily dependent on people paediatrics and tuberculosis. hypertension, immuno of these patient groups, and will advise them on the mea this regard will be issued ing recently, said, “Com ing good sanitation practic changing their habits to re This is being done based on compromised conditions, the integration of the Indian sures to be followed and pro by the State government municating the facts in an es at home, including fre duce risk. the publicprivate partner and those in old age were System of Medicine were re vide psychological support.” soon.
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THE HINDU CHENNAI TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 CHENNAI 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE City roads see a surge in traffi c Staff seek more screening at Secretariat Temperature not off twice a week. Depending Thousands throng shopping hubs late in the afternoon, govt. staff report to work on the cycle, many of my col checked, hand leagues are planning to go Special Correspondent A. Arun, Additional Com sanitisers absent home in other districts for CHENNAI missioner of Police, Traffi c, the break. So, the potential Monday was day one of said that all 400 traffi c sig on the premises for spread is more at the Se phase 4 of the lockdown, nals in the city had become cretariat,” he said. scheduled to last till May 31, functional. Special Correspondent Observing physical dis but the city's roads looked CHENNAI tancing norms in the govern busy. In fact, it was as if nor Personal vehicles used With 50% of the staff in the mentarranged buses was malcy was back. Though over 200 MTC buses Secretariat reporting for another issue. There were a great many were operated to ferry go work from Monday, em “There is no clear infor vehicles on the roads. There vernment employees, many ployees feel the screening on mation on the number of were even some incidents of who used to travel by train the Fort St. George premises employees in the depart jumping of red lights and and Metro opted for perso should be stringent since ments needing buses. On rash driving. nal transport and some even many of their colleagues Monday morning, a driver The sheer volume of traf carpooled. from several districts were Direct entry: Government staff waiting for the elevator at refused to accept more em
fi c through the day gave the Like a normal day: Traffi c on E.V.R. Periyar Salai on Monday There was no personal coming for their shifts. Namakkal Kavignar Maaligai in Chennai on Monday. * R. RAGU ployees saying some of them impression that the lock when the government let people to go to work * R. RAVINDRAN distancing in the buses. Ta were already standing in the down had been lifted. But mil Nadu Government Em entered offi ce. “It may be the besides Chennai — Chengal bus for want of seats.” the fact is that Chennai con and thousands thronging With the increase in vol ployees Association general case because all these days, pattu, Kancheepuram and He wanted more buses to tinues to be a COVID19 hot the roads even late in the ume of traffi c, the police secretary A. Selvam said: Though there have been only 33% of the staff were Tiruvallur. be pressed into service in spot and there has been no afternoon. could not check vehicles as “There were 50 passengers some arrangements to coming to the offi ce. Many “Others need interdis these routes. further relaxation of curbs, The city police, however, they did earlier. They mostly in each bus and many did screen employees, both in are coming to the offi ce on trict pass, we do not need it. Since employees come to save for 50% government claimed that there was only checked autos and vans. not halt at designated the main building as well as Monday after a long break. But screening should not be one place from several dis staff being allowed to work. a 5% increase in traffi c com A senior police offi cer stops.” in the Namakkal Kavignar Maybe we were not screened overlooked,” he said. tricts and spend quite a few Arterial roads like Anna pared to the last few days, said, “The traffi c did not in R. Kamalakannan, presi Maaligai, when The Hindu in good faith, but safety Besides these four dis hours, screening must be Salai and Poonamallee High and that too because of go crease just on Monday. It in dent, Tamil Nadu Van own visited the premises on Mon should not be compro tricts, there are employees strict on the premises, they Road witnessed heavy traffi c vernment staff going to creased few days ago when ers Association, said private day, employees were enter mised,” an employee said. who are fi nding their way to said. through the day. Shopping work. The police also many shops were allowed to vans had been given permis ing their offi ces without any Another employee point the Secretariat from several When The Hindu contact hubs like Purasawalkam claimed that many shops start functioning from 11 sion to transport only seven thermal screening. ed out that buses were ply northern districts. ed a senior offi cer incharge High Road came alive with had started functioning a.m. to 7 p.m. and police government or private com No hand sanitisers were ing for the benefi t of Secreta “Because of this sixday of the premises, he said he almost all shops opening without permission. stopped asking for passes.” pany staff in their vehicles. provided to them when they riat staff from three districts, schedule, we get a twoday would look into the issue.
Timings CHENNAI Man ends life City police chief receives TUESDAY, MAY. 19 MTC runs special trips for govt. staff after killing his RISE 05:43 SET 18:28 SI cured of COVID19 RISE 03:27 SET 15:52 three children WEDNESDAY, MAY. 20 200 buses to be operated for offi cials residing in diff erent parts of the city RISE 05:43 SET 18:29 Viswanathan visits Esplanade station RISE 04:03 SET 16:37 Special correspondent double the ordinary fare. Special Correspondent Chennai CHENNAI THURSDAY, MAY. 21 The minimum bus fare in de RISE 05:43 SET 18:29 The Metropolitan Transport luxe service is ₹ 11 and maxi A 32yearold man killed RISE 04:40 SET 17:25 Corporation has begun bus mum is ₹ 47. his three children before operations exclusively for The MTC operates four ending his life at Vadaman government employees types of services — ordinary, galam in Sriperumpudur. working at the Secretariat express, deluxe and aircon The police said Arumu and other places from Mon ditioned. gam, 32, strangulated his day. A total of 200 buses It is also off ering char 12yearold daughter at would be operated for offi tered bus services for private home. He took his 10year cials residing in various parts companies. old second daughter and of the city. Back to work: Secretariat staff arriving by special buses on A senior offi cial of the sevenyearold son to a A senior offi cial of the Monday after the State government allowed 50% of MTC said: “Any industry or fi eld and pushed them into MTC said already 175 buses employees to report for duty. * R. RAGU commercial establishment a well after tying a stone to A rousing reception: Chennai Police Commissioner for transporting sanitation located within the 100km their legs. Then he hanged A.K. Viswanathan, right, welcoming back to work sub and health staff were func es, the MTC has started oper rambur, Purasawalkam, My radius of the city wanting to himself from a nearby tree. inspector S.A. Arunachalam on Monday. * B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM tioning during the lockdown ating the buses from various lapore, T. Nagar, Adyar and transport their employees to Those in distress or hav which began on March 25. bus depots, he added. Thiruvanmiyur, have been the workplace could contact ing suicidal tendencies Special Correspondent General Hospital(RGGGH) With the State government More than 25 routes co identifi ed for this purpose. the commercial department could seek help by calling Chennai as he tested positive for CO extending the lockdown till vering all parts of the city in The MTC buses are oper of MTC by sending a request State’s helpline 104 and Commissioner of Police VID19. He was discharged May 31 but allowing 50% staff cluding Madhavaram, Avadi, ated deluxe buses and charg letter addressed to the Ma Sneha’s suicide prevention A.K. Viswanathan on Mon from the hospital after he to work in government offi c Anna Nagar, Vadapalani, Pe ing deluxe fare, which is naging Director.” helpline 04424640050. day welcomed a 52yearold was cured of the disease. police SubInspector who Mr.Viswanathan, accom joined duty after being panied by Additional Com treated for COVID19. missioner of Police According to a press re H.M.Jayaram, visited the Tally crosses 1,000 each in Kodambakkam, Royapuram zones lease, SubInspector Aruna station and greeted Aruna chalam is patrolincharge at chalam who thanked his se Corporation asks govt. to depute more On Monday, thousands of home in Assam as they had the Esplanade police sta nior offi cers, colleagues and migrant labourers and their lost their source of liveli tion. He was admitted to the doctors for the care they staff to handle migrant workers families thronged the Cen hood. Rajiv Gandhi Government provided him. tral Square near Ripon Build While the police advised Special Correspondent dily over this month. ings and the Central Railway them to apply online for the CHENNAI Station to return to their na transport to their native vil The number of COVID19 cas Pressure from migrants tive villages. Policemen were lages in other States, Corpo es has crossed 1,000 each in With the rise in the number seen chasing them away. A ration offi cials asked them to two zones of Kodambakkam of migrant labourers throng few women and children go to relief camps. “They can and Royapuram in the city. ing Central Square posing were part of the group. By be housed in our relief Around 6,000 residents in the risk of COVID19 spread, evening, many were taken in centres which we have reo the city tested positive for the Greater Chennai Corpo buses. A migrant labourer pened,” said Corporation COVID19 and there are 764 ration has requested the from Assam said he was em Commissioner G. Prakash. containment zones. State government for depu ployed in a rice mill at Tiru The offi cials said they would The cases in these two tation of more offi cers for vannamalai. He and his fami arrange for the travel of mi Left high and dry: Migrant workers wait for information from zones have been raising stea containment in the city. ly desperately wanted to go grants to their native villages. Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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IN BRIEF Mettur dam set to be 3-pronged Centre’s conditions for raising strategy to opened on June 12 help FPCs borrowing limit onerous: CM Offi cials told to ensure power supply T. RAMAKRISHNAN CHENNAI Senthil Balaji booked for Palaniswami says mode of disbursement of subsidy must be left to State govts. Special Correspondent The Mezzanine Capital As threatening Collector CHENNAI sistance (MCA), disbursed KARUR Special Correspondent States were approaching the menting a reform agenda,” Chief Minister Edappadi K. to 22 farmers producers’ A case has been registered CHENNAI Centre for additional bor the CM said. Palaniswami on Monday an companies (FPCs) on Mon against former Minister and Opposing what he described rowing out of sheer despera The States had sought an nounced that water would day, forms part of the State Karur district organiser of as the Centre’s “needlessly tion, was “not in keeping increase in the borrowing li be released from the Mettur government’s three DMK V. Senthil Balaji on onerous conditions” for rais with the spirit of coopera mit primarily due to a signif dam from June 12 for kuru pronged strategy to cover charges of abusing and ing the borrowing limit of tive federalism”, Mr. Palanis icant shortfall in revenue as vai cultivation. more than 10 lakh farmers threatening Collector T. State governments, Chief Mi wami contended. a result of the COVID19 In a statement, Mr. Pala Paddy is expected to be of 1,000 FPCs. Anbalagan. In his complaint, nister Edappadi K. Palanis Ideally, the proposed re lockdown. niswami said he instructed cultivated in over 3.25 lakh The rationale behind the Mr. Anbalagan said that Mr. wami on Monday conveyed forms ought to have been offi cials to ensure uninter acres this year. * FILE PHOTO MCA is to augment capital Balaji met him with a group Additional commitments of 25 persons on May 12 and to Prime Minister Narendra discussed in detail with the rupted threephase power contribution of the FPC questioned as to why he was Modi his strong opposition States and a consensus deve “There are also large addi supply for 12 hours in the ated in over 3.25 lakh acres members, considering that not invited for the review to discontinue free power Edappadi K. Palaniswami loped, depending on the tional expenditure commit Cauvery delta areas. towards an expected pro their entities are in initial meeting in his capacity as the supply to farmers, which is specifi c conditions in each ments. These are borrow The Chief Minister also duction of 5.60 tonnes. years. MLA of Aravakurichi among the conditions stipu conditions the States needed State. The reforms should ings by the State instructed District Collec Deputy Chief Minister O. The member’s margin constituency. lated by the Union to fulfi l to get their borrow have been linked to special government, which have to tors in the Cauvery delta Panneerselvam, Coopera money will get enhanced government. ing limit hiked beyond 3% of Central COVID grants, and be repaid from future tax re areas to take steps to desilt tion Minister Sellur K. Raju, so that they carry out va In a letter to Mr. Modi, the Gross State Domestic not to additional borrowing venues of the States. They water bodies through the Food Minister R. Kamaraj, rious business activities. Two more PILs seek which was released to the Product (GSDP). by the State, the CM said. are not grants from the Public Works and Rural De Textiles Minister O.S. Ma Each FPC can have up to postponement of exams media, the Chief Minister Referring to a recent com Linking the Central go Centre. To attach needlessly velopment Departments. nian, Agriculture Minister ₹ 10 lakh at a nominal rate CHENNAI said, “Our government is munication from the Union vernment’s power to permit demanding conditionalities Offi cials should ensure R. Doraikkannu, Chief Se of 4% per annum. The prin Two more public interest strongly opposed to the idea Finance Ministry which laid additional borrowing by the to the additional borrowing suffi cient stock of seeds for cretary K. Shanmugam and cipal is repayable after 5 litigation petitions have been of removing free power sup down certain conditions, Mr. States under Article 293(3) of requirements appears un distribution to farmers. senior offi cials were present years. The government has filed in the Madras High Court ply to farmers. It has been Palaniswami said, “Impos the Constitution to condi reasonable,” the CM said. Agricultural equipment, at a meeting held earlier. earmarked ₹ 50 crore for against State government’s our stand that the mode of ing needlessly onerous con tionalities was unprecedent While the State govern tractors and other required Earlier, DMK president this purpose. decision to go ahead with its disbursement of subsidy ditions on borrowings will ed, Mr. Palaniswami said. ment had already underta equipment must be kept M.K. Stalin urged the Chief The other two compo plan to conduct Class X board should be left to the State go constrain the State govern “Since a consensus is yet ken reforms in some of the ready for the benefi t of Minister to make arrange nents are the Credit Gua examinations from June 1, vernments [to decide].” ments in fi nding funds to to emerge on these issues, I four major areas specifi ed by farmers, Mr. Palaniswami ments for release of water rantee Scheme (CGS) to ac though the lockdown to fight COVID-19 was extended till On Sunday, the Centre meet essential expenditure request you to instruct the the Centre, without expect said. from the Mettur dam on cess credit and Revolving May 31. The cases are had advised Tamil Nadu and in the wake of a serious fi Ministries concerned to re ing any fi nancial assistance, During the past year, pad June 12. Fund Support (RFS) to ob expected to be listed before other States to discontinue nancial situation.” move the requirement to re there were other areas, spec dy was cultivated in over In a statement here, he tain concessional credit. Justices M. Sathyanarayanan the scheme of free power Aggressively pushing a re form the power sector from ifi cally power distribution 2.90 lakh acres and produc said water could be released The government has set and Anita Sumanth. In his supply to farmers, and go for form agenda, on which a the proposed conditionali reforms, which were “politi tion was about 4.99 lakh since the dam level was 100 apart another ₹ 50 crore for affidavit, the activist said it direct benefi t transfer in consensus was yet to be de ties, and also to allow greater cally sensitive”, Mr. Palanis tonnes, he said and hoped ft., against its full capacity of the CGS and ₹ 166.7 crore may not be appropriate to stead. This was among the veloped, at a time when latitude to States in imple wami said. that paddy would be cultiv 120 ft. for the RFS. commence the exams from June 1 when public transport was yet to resume in full. 50% extra tax on liquor in UT Tasmac managers told to Liquor shops Cartoonist held for to be open ‘defaming’ VCK leader IMFL outlets to allow takeaways from tomorrow verify closing liquor stock VILLUPURAM till 7 p.m. The Thiruvennainallur police SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ed to levy extra tax as “spe certain procedural delays in on Monday arrested S. PUDUCHERRY cial corona fee.” allowing liquor shops to This comes after complaints of staff selling bottles Special Correspondent Surendar, a cartoonist of T. The Puducherry govern function from Tuesday. CHENNAI Kumaramangalam near here ment on Monday decided to Additional tax The Chief Minister said Sangeetha Kandavel mac Managing Director R. downs and marriage halls The Tamil Nadu State Mar on charges of defaming VCK CHENNAI leader Thol. Thirumavalavan levy 50% extra tax on alco The Cabinet has also decid that the outlets would be Kirlosh Kumar said: “During based on March 24 stock.” keting Corporation (Tas by representing him in an hol when the Indian Made ed to impose additional tax open from 9 a.m to 7 p.m. Tamil Nadu State Marketing the lockdown there were Managers have been in mac) has extended the op offensive cartoon. The Foreign Liquor outlets res on petroleum products. A Law enforcers have been Corporation (Tasmac) has in several complaints in many structed that in the case of erating hours of liquor cartoonist, who is also known ume functioning from Wed detailed order would be is directed to monitor com structed all its district man districts that shop personnel any shortage found during outlets by two hours. as Varma, was detained nesday. They were closed for sued on Tuesday. pliance of personal distanc agers to conduct a detailed indulged in illegal selling of physical verifi cation, district Shops would now be open following a complaint lodged around 60 days due to the Earlier, the Cabinet decid ing at liquor outlets. Howev analysis of closing stock, as it IMFS/beer stock by remov managers should take action till 7 p.m., said a govern by M. Ilavarasu, 40, a lockdown. ed to allow IMFL outlets to er, bars remain closed, he suspects several malpractic ing them from shops . The against the shop personnel ment source. In the last functionary of the VCK. Police Making the announce allow takeaways from Tues said. es happened during the lock district managers are hereby concerned and collect the two days, the sales crossed said Surendar had drawn the ment after a Cabinet meet day. The Cabinet also decided down. instructed to conduct physi amount in shortage plus pe ₹ 290 crore from the 3,700 offensive cartoon and shared ing on Monday night, Chief Mr. Narayanasamy said to extend the lockdown till In a letter addressed to all cal verifi cation of stocks in nalty amount. Tasmac has shops that were open. The it on his Twitter handle and Minister V. Narayanasamy that the Cabinet was con May 31, but with more relax senior regional managers all retail vending shops asked for a detailed report extension is expected to social networking sites. said the government decid vened again as there were ations. and district managers, Tas which were shifted to go by May 25. fetch a few more crores. Stalin wants DEATH ANNIVERSARIES SSLC exam OBITUARY & REMEMBRANCE postponed DEATH DEATH ANNIVERSARIES Special Correspondent Chennai KVS RAGHAVAN (76 years) attained Acharyan Tiruvadi on 17th May 2020 DMK leader M.K. Stalin on at 9.30 pm. Ph: 044-24335325 Monday urged the State go vernment to postpone the Y. BALASUBRAMANIAM, 69, Retd. Standard X examinations Chemplast (Sanmar Group), passed as the uncertainty over away on May 16. Dasasthu May 25. 26B Bharadwaj Flats, Sadasivam Na continuation of lockdown gar 1st Main Road, Madipakkam. remains. He said the exam 9283442827 / 9176117236. ination could be conduct ed after the schools C. S. Suriyamoorthy (87), ex-PWD, reopened. reached the Lotus Feet of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Neyveli on May “The fourthphase of the 18. Mourned by S. Senbagavalli (wife); lockdown will continue till S. Annamalai-A. Prabha (Madurai) ; S. Natarajan-N. Nimmy (Neyveli) and May 31 and it is not clear grandchildren. 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THE HINDU CHENNAI TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 SOUTH 5 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Highest single-day spike of cases in Karnataka Woman ‘harassed’ Of A.P.’s 52 new cases, 19 linked to Koyambedu market; expats add to Kerala numbers; 41 more test positive in Telangana in Dubai returns SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT daily tallies, Andhra Pradesh other States made up almost Police book agent on her complaint BENGALURU registered 52 new cases on all of 29 cases reported on Karnataka reported the high Monday, taking the overall Monday, as it has been since Special Correspondent and sexually assaulted her, est number of new COVID19 tally to 2,432, including 150 May 7 when NoRKs began re Bengaluru threatening not to get her cases in a single day on Mon migrant cases. turning home. A 25yearold woman who the job if she did not cooper day at 99. Andhra Pradesh The number of recoveries While 21 of the new cases had gone to Dubai after be ate. She went to Dubai in Ja registered 52 new cases, continues to increase with were people who had re ing promised the job of a ba nuary this year and met Ku while Kerala recorded 29 more patients getting dis turned from the UAE and by sitter was forced to leave mar’s contact there, who cases, mostly from expa charged in various districts. other Gulf nations and the the country, unable to bear took her to a family. triates and nonresident Ker As many as 96 patients, in Maldives, seven were who the alleged harassment of The victim said that her alites. cluding two migrants, have had come from Maharashtra her employer. ordeal only continued as In Telangana, the total recovered. So far, 1,552 pa and Tamil Nadu. One lone The victim, with the help her employer also started number of cases touched tients have recovered taking case of infection was picked of the Indian embassy, harassing her. She then es 1,592 as 41 more tested the recovery rate in the State up from the community by a reached the city on Sunday caped and reached the In positive. to 63.8%, while 34.1% of the health care worker in and fi led a complaint with dian embassy seeking help. The Karnataka Health and positive patients are current Kannur. the police accusing her The embassy got her an Family Welfare Department ly undergoing treatment. No Of the 41 new cases in Te agent, identifi ed as Kumar, emergency passport and a said on Monday that 68% of new deaths were reported. langana on Monday, 26 are of sexually assaulting her fl ight ticket to Bengaluru. the 99 cases recorded had a Meanwhile, cases related from the GHMC area, three before sending her to Dubai. After reaching Bengaluru travel history to other States, to the Koyambedu wholesale from Medchal, and 12 mi The victim, a resident of on Sunday, she approached a majority of them to Maha market hotspot continue to grants. Besides, 10 people Shivajinagar, said that she the Shivajinagar police with rashtra. A few others re come up in various districts. were discharged. Of the total was introduced to Kumar a letter issued by the Protec turned from Tamil Nadu. Of the 52 new cases, 19 are 1,592 cases, 556 are active through her aunt in Novem tor of Emigrants seeking ac According to the depart those who visited the market cases, 1,002 were discharged ber 2019. Kumar off ered to tion against Kumar. ment’s media bulletin, 64 pa were later tested. Four pa number of cases, attributed ed before, reporting cases. in Chennai and their con and 34 have died. On the get her a good package in The Shivajinagar police tients had reported a travel tients have a travel history to this to the State’s decision to Six cases were reported from tacts. whole, 69 migrants tested Dubai. She then submitted have charged Kumar under history to Maharashtra. A Tamil Nadu. ramp up the tests. Raichur and three from Kop positive for COVID19. her passport for visa pro the Immigration Act and majority of them were qua A senior offi cial in the Monday saw Raichur and pal district. 29 cases in Kerala (With inputs from Andhra cessing. with criminal intimidation rantined in institutions after Health Department, who Koppal, where not a single A day after witnessing just In Kerala, expatriates and Pradesh, Kerala, Telangana The accused allegedly and outraging the modesty their return to the State and acknowledged the rise in the case of COVID19 was detect 25 cases, one of the lowest nonresident Keralites from Bureaus) took her to his apartment of a woman. Telangana Kerala set to allow public Karnataka to restrict interState entry relaxes Special cases will be allowed if there are emer gencies. He said those who restrictions transport, outdoor activity be considered on come to the State must man request, says CM datorily undergo quarantine. Special Correspondent Meanwhile, offi cials at the HYDERABAD Public parks, gymnasiums, beaches to remain shut Special Correspondent KarnatakaMaharashtra bor In line with the Centre’s de Bengaluru der in Belagavi said that as of cision to enforce lockdown Special Correspondent of some measure of social swimming pools, cinema In an eff ort to control the now, there are no written or till May 31, the Telangana Thiruvananthapuram freedom to citizens who halls, malls, dinein facilities spread of COVID19 from ders from Bengaluru. government on Monday ex Kerala appeared poised to have remained mostly at restaurants, and team States that have had high in “We understand that all tended the same by two gradually reverse COVID19 cooped up indoors since sports, would remain shut cidence of infection, the Kar those who have received days from May 29 and lockdown restrictions on March 24. until further notice. nataka government on Mon electronic transit passes (e opened shops and esta Monday with Chief Minister People could now get Mr. Vijayan said a surge in day said it has restricted the passes) after applying on the blishments all over the Pinarayi Vijayan permitting back to work, open their bu persons eager to savour the entry of people from Guja Seva Sindhu platform will be State, except Hyderabad, the limited resumption of sinesses, go for morning longdenied outdoors would rat, Maharashtra, Kerala, allowed to enter. However, from Tuesday morning. outdoor activity, public tran walks, cycle, shop in super not augur well for the State’s and Tamil Nadu into the Employees relaxing at the Majestic Bus Stop in Bengaluru on issue of epasses will be The night curfew in the sport, retail trade, and sale markets, visit beauty par containment strategy. State till May 31. Monday. Public transport will resume in the State today. * PTI stopped and no further pass State from 7 p.m. will re of alcohol. Mr. Vijayan did lours and hair salons, travel Kerala feared new fl are Chief Minister B.S. Yediyu es will be issued,” an offi cer, main. Shops will open on not specify when the relaxa on buses, taxis and auto rick ups as more people from the rappa told mediapersons till May 31, but open up traf Minister’s offi ce. The an who is a member of the dis alternate days in Hydera tions would kick in. When shaws within their district, State arrived from abroad that in compliance with the fi c in stages. “People from nouncement came following trict COVID19 management bad as per a schedule. pressed, he merely said and buy liquor as takeaways and other regions in the Government of India guide other States will be allowed a spike in cases in the State, committee, said. Except Hyderabad, the “soon”. from bars, private member country. Hence, it would im lines, the State government in a staggered manner. Spe mostly among those with As on Monday evening, Road Transport Corpora The relaxation of regula clubs and Stateowned out pose the lockdown restric had decided not to allow pe cial cases will be allowed on domestic travel history. there was no buildup at Ku tion will ply buses all over tions in the fourth phase of lets. However, gymnasiums, tions mandated by the Un ople from Gujarat, Maha request,” said an offi cial Mr. Yediyurappa said peo ganoli checkpost on the Kar the State but will not cross the lockdown, albeit rather public parks, beaches, wee ion government strictly, he rashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu press release from the Chief ple from other States would natakaMaharashtra border. interState borders. sparsely, off ers the prospect kend leisure destinations, said.
IN BRIEF Yellow alert in 9 Centre notifi es Karnataka Weather Watch Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday districts of Kerala judge’s appointment Thunderstorms likely till Thursday Krishna Bhat’s appointment was delayed owing to a complaint Special Correspondent ₹ 10,000 given to gas THIRUVANANTHAPURAM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT being elevated as a perma tice Subhro Kamal leak victims: Jagan NEW DELHI VISAKHAPATNAM The India Meteorological nent judge in the High Mukherjee, who found the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Department (IMD) has is The Ministry of Law and Jus Court. The Supreme Court complaint to be ‘without any Mohan Reddy on Monday sued yellow alerts in nine tice on Monday notifi ed the collegium had fi rst recom basis.’ The Law Ministry, ho deposited ₹ 10,000 in the districts for Tuesday, indi appointment P. Krishna mended Mr. Bhat, then a wever, again wrote back to accounts of each of the cating that the premonsoon Bhat as an additional judge District and Session’s Court the then CJI, Dipak Misra, for persons affected by the LG showers would continue to of the Karnataka High Court, judge, in 2016. However, the a ‘fair and proper inquiry’ Polymers gas leak. As many be active over Kerala. almost four years after his government did not act on after the woman law offi cer as 19,893 persons living in Yellow alerts signal the name was fi rst recommend the recommendation as a alleged she was being sum the affected villages were possibility of isolated heavy ed by the Supreme Court woman law offi cer gave a moned to Mr Bhat’s resi paid ₹ 10,000 each. rainfall (6.4 cm to 11.5 cm in collegium. written complaint against dence at ‘odd hours’ on the Interacting via a video a 24hour period). The A Law Ministry notifi ca him to the then Chief Justice pretext of offi cial work. conference with the officials, alerts have been issued for tion said Mr. Bhat has been of India (CJI), T.S. Thakur. In October 2019, the Col he said stringent action Kollam, Pathanamthitta, appointed for two years. Ad Justice Thakur got an in legium reiterated its recom would be taken against those Alappuzha, Kottayam, Er ditional judges are usually quiry done by the thenKar mendation and the govern Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) responsible for the tragedy. nakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, appointed two years before nataka High Court Chief Jus ment accepted it. Forecast for Tuesday:Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning The health condition of the Palakkad, and Malappuram. villagers would be and gusty winds very likely at isolated places over Bihar; with The other districts can ex Heavy rain lashed Kochi monitored, he said. lightning and gusty winds at isolated places over Andaman & pect light to medium rain on Monday. * H. VIBHU Nicobar Islands, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, fall, according to a Monday Deportees from Bahrain quarantined Mizoram, coastal Andhra Pradesh, south interior Karnataka, Lak Wayanad’s giant jackfruit evening update by the IMD. are likely to last till May end shadweep and Kerala and with lightning at isolated places over eyes Guinness entry The IMD has reiterated its in Kerala. From March 1 to Special Correspondent The deportees were tran professionals. After the man Jharkhand, subHimalayan West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, WAYANAD warning that thunderstorms May 14, Kerala has received KOCHI sported from the airport to datory 14 days’ quarantine coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. A massive jackfruit, weighing accompanied by lightning its normal quota of summer A total of 127 Indian depor the facility by special KSRTC period, the deportees would city rain max min city rain max min over 52 kg and 117 cm long, is Agartala...... —....37.1....27.0 Kozhikode...... 22.5....36.2....25.4 are likely in the State till May showers. tees from Bahrain who were buses under the aegis of the be handed over to State eyeing to enter the Guinness Ahmedabad...... —....41.5....28.6 Kurnool ...... 41.9....40.4....28.2 21. Fishermen have been ad For Monday, the national brought to the Cochin inter Ernakulam district adminis agencies for further transfer Aizawl...... —....31.2....19.2 Lucknow...... —....40.8....25.8 record book. The fruit was vised not to venture into the weather agency had issued national airport at Nedum tration. to their home stations. Allahabad...... —....43.5....26.4 Madurai...... 2.2....38.6....27.4 found in a private plantation Bengaluru ...... —....31.4....21.2 Mangaluru ...... 55.4....28.3....23.6 at Kappattumula here in sea as there is a likelihood of yellow alerts in 13 districts bassery by a special Gulf Air As per the directives of The Navy’s 200bed facili Bhopal ...... 0.2....40.5....24.8 Mumbai ...... —....33.7....27.8 Kerala. The 52kg ripe fruit, strong winds blowing from except Thiruvananthapu fl ight on Sunday have been the Government of India, ty here was set up in March, Bhubaneswar...... —....38.7....26.0 Mysuru ...... 25.2....36.7....22.2 the northwesterly direction ram. shifted to the naval quaran deportees are to be quaran 2020, and has been serving Chandigarh ...... —....37.7....22.5 New Delhi ...... —....41.8....23.8 with a circumference of 77 Chennai ...... —....38.5....29.0 Patna ...... —....40.0....26.6 cm, attracted the attention of along and off the Kerala By evening, Thiruvanan tine facility at the School for tined initially at a military as a transit quarantine camp Coimbatore ...... 11.6....29.3....22.9 Port Blair...... —....31.2....27.8 residents who plucked it coast and Lakshadweep. thapuram, which too had Naval Airmen, said a press base — at Kochi Naval Base — for naval personnel return Dehradun...... —....36.7....19.2 Puducherry ...... —....38.0....27.8 The IMD had forecast that received copious showers, Gangtok...... 2.7....22.6....16.9 Pune...... —....37.0....25.1 carefully and informed release from the Press Infor where they would be moni ing to Kochi for duty after Goa...... —....33.9....28.3 Raipur ...... —....39.5....27.6 panchayat officials. As on the premonsoon showers was added to Monday’s list. mation Bureau. tored by trained naval health leave. Guwahati ...... —....34.1....23.0 Ranchi...... —....37.8....25.0 date, the world’s heaviest Hubballi...... —....35.0....24.0 Shillong...... —....24.5...... — jackfruit, according to the Hyderabad ...... —....37.2....25.0 Shimla...... —....24.8....15.3 Imphal ...... —....34.2....19.8 Srinagar...... —....20.5....12.0 Guinness, came from India. It Jaipur ...... —....40.3....27.5 Thiruvananthapuram...... 3.9....32.7....24.6 weighed 42.72 kg and was Kochi ...... 5.8....33.4....25.4 Tiruchi...... 5.8....35.2....24.4 57.15 cm long with a circum Search continues for the elusive tigress Kohima ...... —....26.0....15.4 Vijayawada ...... —...... —...... — Kolkata ...... —....38.3....27.7 Visakhapatnam ...... —....34.6....28.2 ference of 132.08 cm. PTI (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) “There is the possibility of covers around 15 km by foot. 110 men comb Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday U.S. national dies after the tiger returning to the in The pug marks and other in CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE falling from cycle plantations in terior forest. Camera traps formation indicate that it is a Ahmedabad...... — .24 22 ....36 ...62 ....* In observation made at 6.00 HYDERABAD will be set up on the forest female, aged around 5 years. Bengaluru ...... 07 .13 27 ..... — .116 ....* Chennai ...... 04 .24 90 ....58 .....— ....* p.m., Pali, Rajasthan A 42yearold U.S. national Pathanamthitta recorded an overall air border and surveillance Delhi ...... — .54 40 ..297 .273 ....* quality index (AQI) score of was found dead on a hillock K.S. Sudhi stepped up,” said Arun Za Photo shot by drone Hyderabad ...... 04 .65 24 ....79 .....— ....* 297 indicating an unhealthy level of pollution. In near here after he accident KOCHI charia, forest veterinarian “The plan is to tranquillise Kolkata...... 02 .06 27 ....44 ...64 ....* Lucknow...... 06 .25 36 ..220 .....— ....* contrast, Aizawl, Mizoram ally fell while cycling, police recorded a healthy AQI score Armed with tranquilliser leading the team. the animal. The protocol set Mumbai ...... 29 .09 11 ....32 .100 ....* of 28. said on Monday. A cross guns and rifl es, an army of A group of tribespeople by the National Tiger Conser Pune...... 32 .12 55 ....41 ...39 ....* terrain cycling enthusiast, he 110 men sifted through plan familiar with the terrain vation Authority in dealing Visakhapatnam 10 .22 06 ....17 ...32 ....* was staying in Hyderabad tations and vegetation at Va form the frontline of the with such animals in such sit Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) with his wife for over a year. dasserikkara in Kerala’s search team followed by a uations will be strictly fol SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, While he was cycling on making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air Sunday, he fell and sustained Pathanamthitta district from few rifl ewielding men. They lowed,” explained Dr. Ku particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. head injuries and died, they 8 a.m. on Monday for a stray have prop guns too to scare mar. “Its unjust to call it a NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by said. After his wife complain tigress, only to return empty The group moving through the plantations in Vadasserikara, animals away. Veterinarians maneater. It could be a stray reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. ed that he was not answering handed in the afternoon fol Pathanamthitta district. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Zacharia, K. J. Kishore Ku animal which accidentally CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to her phone calls and police lowing downpour. It was the mar, Shyam Chandran, who entered human habitations. critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. tracked cell phone tower 12th day of search and for the man at Vadasserikkara and dened from the area where it have tranquilliser guns with All that we have is her drone PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, signals to locate him, a senior last six days there has been made a cattle kill, gave the killed a rubber tapper a few them, form the next layer, picture captured from a nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced official said, adding that it no sign of the big cat. slip to the team. Yet, the pe days ago to the place where it followed by a support group. height of 500 metres,” an of lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease was an accidental death. PTI The tigress, which killed a rambulation has been wi was reportedly last found. On an average, the team fi cial said.
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CHENNAI THE HINDU 6 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Social distancing from the powerless Judicial abnegation by the top court is not healthy for an institution trusted as being the protector and enforcer of rights from an open court in physical not caused comment in normal from expansive jurisdiction, it has space as a movie or a television se times as a physical hearing in an still played a signifi cant role in ries is from an actual event. A jud open court. It may then have been nudging the executive, without ne A matter of relief icial hearing on a video needs dif seen as yet another petition with cessarily ordering it around. But Strategy of promoting supply without helping ferent skill sets. It calls for visual publicity in mind, where the Court never has it hitherto socially dis Sanjay Hegde performance art on the part of la had preferred either not to be tanced itself from the powerless. boost demand may force a relook later wyers as well as judges. drawn into political thickets or to ith the announcement of the fi nal tranche of Justice Gautam Patel of the not take over administration in an High Courts show the way Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, the COVID19 ome people who have had Bombay High Court, in a recent area where it lacked expertise. Ho In contrast, on that very day, the Wrelief package, a pattern to the government’s neardeath experiences nar webinar on the postCOVID19 le wever, these are no ordinary same Court granted some modi approach is visible. And that is to give a strong supply rate how they could see eve gal world, rightly pointed that times. cum of relief to the real estate in S GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO rything happening around them judges would be required to have a On March 31, 2020, a diff erent dustry in respect of it s loans. By side push by boosting availability of capital on easy but could not intervene in any great deal of patience. We are not While presenting the case, the Bench had been persuaded by the another order, industries with un terms, keep income and wage support schemes to the manner. They tried shouting into going to be able to evolve an abso lawyer referred to the fact that Solicitor General’s submission that paid wages during the pandemic minimum, empower constituencies ranging from farm the void but nobody heard and life lutely perfect system to replace or some days earlier, a petition by migrants had ceased to walk were protected from prosecution. ers and workers to businesses, and fi nally, the most im went on around them, with people substitute the earlier system. In Prashant Bhushan raising similar home. At that time, the judges may The contrast was only heightened portant, keep the damage to the fi sc as low as possible. even talking about them as having adapting video conferencing apps issues had been declined by the have been ignorant of the fact that when the High Court of Madras The fi scal impact of the ₹ 20lakh crore package is esti recently passed over. for virtual courts, we have taken Court. The dismissal was after a one of their brethren (on March and the High Court of Andhra Pra mated by economists at between 23% of GDP and that something for corporate work and statement of the Solicitor General 30, 2020) had stepped out on the desh, on the same day eloquently An isolated court used it for a court’s workfl ow, that there were no migrant work roads of Delhi to deliver food pack voiced their concern over migrant includes drawals from provisions already made in the Thanks to the registry of the Su which it was not designed to han ers walking home on the roads for ets to migrants walking home. labour walking back . The High Budget for this fi scal. The pillar on which the package preme Court of India and its infa dle. hundreds of kilometres. He want Over 40 days later, on May 15, Court of Madras even sought res rests is liquidity support so that businesses can crank mous Vidyo, the video conferenc As someone with some expe ed that statement of the g overn when the second petition came ponses and status reports on the up again and set the economic cycle back in motion. ing app, I had a similar experience rience of visual media, it seems to ment to be enforced in a manner up, the continuing exodus of an in issue from the c entral and S tate The option of a demandside stimulus through a resort last week. Waiting for my item, I me that in a virtual courtroom, that the migrants would not be re creasingly hungry, tired and des governments. to defi cit fi nancing seems to be reserved for a future could see and hear the virtual judges and lawyers should not on quired to walk endlessly on the perate citizenry, walking like the In our constitutional scheme, date if the infection does not subside or a second wave court, but with my m icrophone ly do justice to the matters before road. living dead on an uncertain way High Courts are on a par with the and video shut down, I was like my them but also be seen to be doing It is against this backdrop that homewards, is something that the Supreme Court in the enforce begins prompting another lockdown. The problem mythical namesake, Sanjaya, who justice after a measured considera the judges asked what they could top court ought not to have ig ment of the fundamental rights of with this approach is that there is a desperate need for could see and hear and narrate the tion of the issues before them. do in the matter. The petitioner nored. The dismissal of the issue the citizen. The Supreme Court demand stimulus now. A strategy to drive consumption Mahabharata war, but not partici They must bear in mind that their advocate mentioned the case of earlier was not a binding prece does exercise an appellate juris by, say, suspending GST for a couple of months or at pate in any manner. I write in the display of measured consideration migrants who had been run over dent. In social action litigation, diction but it is fi nal not because it least cutting rates temporarily, combined with a liquid fond hope that an occasional is transmitted instantly to the by a train in Aurangabad, Maha procedure is but handmaiden to is infallible. It is infallible because ity boost may have worked better under prevailing con Dhritarashtra might yet benefi t world at large through three court rashtra earlier this month while justice. Irrespective of the messen it is fi nal. During the E mergency, ditions. The Centre’s problem is that its revenues are a from my narration. My entire on reporters, who are allowed to cov walking back home. The B ench ger or the form of the message, the several High Courts ruled in favour line wait, from 10.30 a.m. tonoon, er the video feed from the journal responded that it could not pre issue deserved careful considera of the citizen only to be over fraction of what it would have been in a normal situ a was rendered fruitless, but for ists’ lounge of the Supreme Court. vent people from walking anywh tion. turned by the Supreme Court in tion but even given this handicap, a fi scal stimulus what I accidentally witnessed. The reporters’ instant tweets am ere they wanted. That observa ADM Jabalpur. It remains to be could have been fi tted into the overall package. After While waiting for my own mat plify a routine dismissal or is tion, when taken out of context, A retreat that is jarring seen whether on the issue of the all, there is something to be said for the strategy of cut ter to be called out, I happened to suance of notice in a petition into looks like a Marie Antoinette mo Former Prime Minister P.V. Nara walking migrants, the Supreme ting taxes and riding on the ensuing consumption boost witness the Court’s proceedings an oracular pronouncement from ment for the institution. simha Rao had once rationalis ed, Court will be now be moved that could bring in revenues to compensate for the cut. on the matter of migrant workers the highest constitutional court to Thereafter, the advocate (of PIL “It is not that I do nothing. I think against the orders of the High The government has done well in increasing the bud who are walking back home in the be debated at 9 p.m. in the caco fame) sought to persist and stood about it and decide that nothing Court of Madras and the High get for MGNREGA by twothirds, adding another midst of the national lockdown — phony on television every day. his ground. The Bench gave short can be done.” The appearance of Court of Andhra Pradesh. an issue which has now attracted shrift to the matter and imposed even thinking about doing so If such a petition is indeed ₹ 40,000 crore. With migrants now returning to their universal disapproval on social Homebound migrant labour costs of ₹ 1 lakh to deter further ar mething was given short shrift by moved by the Solicitor General, I villages, MGNREGA can be leveraged to keep them oc media and other platforms. I testi In the case of the walking mi guments. I later overheard the pre the top court. This attitude of jud do hope that somewhere in the cupied with meaningful work. The demand of States for fy that what happened in the hear grants, the petition was presented siding judge instruct the stenogra icial abnegation, of being more ex Court, there exists a person who higher borrowings limit has been granted but with clear ing was not an unfeeling Court, as by an advocate who had even ear pher to delete the line imposing ecutiveminded than the execu remembers Bob Dylan singing: reform milestones that they have to meet. It remains to has been made out. It was simply lier during the novel coronavirus these costs. The microphone of tive, is not healthy for an “Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one be seen if States are enthused to fall in line. The govern an isolated Court, dealing with the pandemic fi led and presented pu the petitioner lawyer was muted institution rooted in public trust man have/Before he can hear peo ment has also used the opportunity to unleash some matter in a routine way, a habit blic interest litigations (PILs). and he was locked out of the hear derived from a constitutional man ple cry?/Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths learned from a time before These petitions, on diff erent is ing. Before the next matter was date of being the protector and en will it take ‘til he knows/That too muchneeded reforms in agriculture marketing, open COVID19. sues had been dismissed and he called, the Bench did ask the Solic forcer of the rights of all citizens. many people have died?/The up more sectors for private participation, enhance f o It is obvious to me that the judg had been threatened with the im itor General if anything could be Post the E mergency years, the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in reign direct investment in defence, corporatise the mo es of the top court have not fully position of costs. According to the done concerning the issue of the Court had redeemed its earlier the wind/The answer is blowin’ in nolith Ordnance Factory Board and so on. How much of grasped both the threat and the Solicitor General’s submission, the migrant workers. He indicated surrender to the executive by em the wind”. these announcements of intent are followed through opportunities posed by the new lawyer appeared to be combating that not much seemed possible, barking on an expansion of social seriously will have to be watched. In sum, the package medium of virtual courts. A virtual COVID19 unemployment by creat according to his instructions. action litigation. In recent years, Sanjay Hegde is a senior advocate of the has several notable features not all of which are court on a video app is as diff erent ing work for himself. This brief encounter may have while the judiciary has retreated Supreme Court COVID19 relief. While it is impossible to satisfy all sec tions of society, especially in a pandemic situation, i t has to be said that the government has taken a huge A jolt to national energy security gamble by refusing to borrow and spend more on boosting demand. If the strategy of boosting supply The amendments to the Electricity Bill will only burden States and erode the concurrent status given to electricity works, it is fi ne. But if it does no t, the government will Sudha Mahalingam, be faced with a bigger problem down the line. projection of power demand esti since the room for effi ciency im ly infeasible; if forcibly Tejal Kanitkar & R. Srikanth mated by the Central Electricity provements is rather restricted in implemented, it will lead to chaos. Authority (CEA), a central agency. the already profi table regions at Fourth, S tate regulators will inance Minister Nirmala Sith The 18th Electric Power Survey tractive to subfranchisees. If it is henceforth be appointed by a cen Faking danger araman’s proposal for re (EPS) overestimated peak electric the second, DISCOMs will then be tral selection committee, the com Use of sedition law to fi ght fake news is an Fform of power tariff policy — ity demand for 20192020 by 70 saddled with costly power pur position of which inspires little announced as part of the stimulus GW. The 19th EPS published in chase from lockedin PPAs and confi dence in its objectivity, jeo attempt to suppress inconvenient reports package following the pandemic — 2017, by 25 GW, both preCovid 19. fewer profi table areas from which pardising not only regulatory auto he frequency with which journalists have been is of a piece with the recent com In the event, DISCOMs locked into to recover it. nomy and independence but also arrested since the outbreak of the COVID19 pan prehensive proposal to amend the longterm contracts end up servic Second, the amendment pro the concurrent status of the elec demic is quite disturbing. The reasons given by Electricity Act 2003; put together, ing perpetual fi xed costs for power poses even greater concessions to tricity sector. T GETTY IMAGES the police across India for arresting reporters and edi they erode the concurrent status not drawn. NTPC Limited’s Kudgi, renewable power developers, with Finally, the last claw in this mul accorded to electricity in the Con in Karnataka, alone received as the demand growth envisaged its cascading impact on idling tipronged pincer is the establish tors of news portals indicate that special provisions stitution. If implemented, they will ₹ 4,800 crore as idle fi xed costs in the 18th EPS failed to material fi xed charges, impacting the via ment of a centralised Electricity enacted to prevent the spread of rumour during disas not only weaken the control of during 201819, operating at a ise. bility of DISCOMs even more. Contract Enforcement Authority ters are being used to suppress reporting on political States over an industry supplying plant load factor of only 22% . Due Third, in 2015 the Centre an Third, and the most controver whose members and chairman developments and possible governmental corruption. a basic human necessity such as to the CEA’s overestimates, the all nounced an ambitious target of 175 sial amendment proposed, seeks will again be selected by the same The most egregious case involves a criminal provisio n electricity but also arm the Centre India plant load factor of coal pow gigawatts of renewable power by to eliminate in one stroke, the selection committee referred to that governments invariably fall back upon to suppress with a pincerlike weapon which er plants is at an abysmal 56%even 2022, off ering a slew of conces crosssubsidies in retail power ta above. The power to adjudicate dissent. The arrest of Dhaval Patel, editor of a news por could choke the distribution utili before COVID19. sions to renewable energy deve riff . This means each consumer ca upon disputes relating to con ties/companies (DISCOM) and jeo lopers, and aggravating the bur tegory would be charged what it tracts will be taken away from tal in Gujarat, on the serious charge of sedition, is a pardise the country’s energy se Factor of renewable energy den of DISCOMs. Incidentally, costs to service that category. Ru State Electricity Regulatory Com shocking instance of misuse of criminal laws to inti mi curity. From 2010, solar and wind power China benefi ted by as much as $13 ral consumers requiring long lines missions and vested in this new date journalists. The case concerned an article spec u plants were declared as “must billion in the last fi ve years from and numerous stepdown trans authority, ostensibly to protect lating that State Chief Minister Vijay Rupani may be re DISCOM troubles run”, requiring DISCOMs to ab India’s solar panel imports. formers and the attendant higher and foster the sanctity of con placed by the BJP for his alleged inept handling of These proposals have to be seen in sorb all renewable power as long line losses will pay the steepest ta tracts. This is to ensure that States eff orts to combat the pandemic. The report had even the context of a continuing cen as there was sun or wind, in excess The fi ne print riff s. Disingenuously, the pro saddled with highpriced PPAs and named a possible successor. It is befuddling how such a tralisation of control over the sec of mandatory renewable purchase It is against this backdrop that we posed amendments envisage that idling fi xed costs, yet forced to tor whose main impact in the last obligations. This means backing must examine the proposals in the State governments will directly keep increasing the share of re report could amount to sedition, regardless of whether 25 years has been to drive up the down thermal generation to ac Electricity Act 2020. subsidise whichever category they newables in their basket, have no the speculation is true. Oftentimes, the source of s uch cost of power purchase to 80% of commodate all available green First, the amendment proposes want to, through direct benefi t room for manoeuvre. speculation is a disgruntled section of the ruling p arty the total costs of State DISCOMs. power, entailing further idle fi xed subfranchisees, presumably priv transfers. Crosssubsidy is a fact of When the country is reeling un itself, and it is excessive to punish reportage with in At the core of DISCOM woes is the costs payable on account of two ate, in an attempt to usher in mar life in even private industries, der the economic impact of the adequate verifi cation with arrest and prosecution for twopart tariff policy, mandated part tariff PPAs. kets through the back door. Going soap, newspapers, or even utilities novel coronavirus crisis, the Elec sedition. Mr. Patel has also been charged under Section by the Ministry of Power in the Second, power demand peaks by past privatisation experiments, such as telecom. There is undoubt tricity Bill 2020 is indeed a disin 54 of the Disaster Management Act for allegedly spread 1990s at the behest of the World after sunset. In the absence of via private subfranchisees are likely edly a case for reducing the steep genuous document drafted to shift Bank. As more private developers ble storage, every megawatt of re to cherrypick the more profi table crosssubsidies in electricity. But the burden imposed by the short ing panic through a false alarm concerning a disaster. came forward to invest in genera newable power requires twice as segments of the DISCOM’s juris eliminating them in one stroke sighted policies of the Centre onto The Editors Guild of India has seen a “growing pat tion, DISCOMs were required to much spinning reserves to keep diction. The Electricity Bill 2020 when State governments are alrea hapless States, with serious conse tern” in the misuse of criminal laws to intimidate jour sign longterm power purchase lights on after sunset. DISCOMs, containing the proposed amend dy struggling with direct power quences for the nation’s energy se nalists. The concern is not misplaced. In the Anda agreements (PPA), committing to especially in the southern region, ments is silent on whether a priv subsidies is bound to be ruinous to curity. mans, a reporter was arrested for a social media post pay a fi xed cost to the power gen have had to integrate large vol ate subfranchisee would be re their fi nances, not to mention the claiming people who had contacted a COVID19 positive erator, irrespective of whether the umes of infi rm power, mostly from quired to buy the expensive power myriad problems with Direct Be Sudha Mahalingam, Tejal Kanitkar and patient over phone were also being quarantined. In State draws the power or not, and solar and wind energy plants (averaging out the idle fi xed costs) nefi t Transfer. Without going into R. Srikanth are, respectively, Raja a variable charge for fuel when it which enjoy mustrun status irres from the DISCOM or procure the political arguments relating to Ramanna Chair Professor, Associate Coimbatore, police arrested a news portal founder fol does. pective of their high tariff s (₹ 5/ cheaper power directly from pow subsidies, and the impact of CO Professor and Dean in the Energy and lowing a report on alleged corruption in food distribu The PPAs signed by DISCOMs kwh in Karnataka and ₹ 6/kwh in er exchanges. If it is the fi rst , the VID19 which has not been fac Environment Program at the National tion as part of the local administration’s eff orts to han were based on overoptimistic Tamil Nadu for solar power) even gains from the move are doubtful tored in, this proposal is practical Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru dle the fallout of the pandemic. In Delhi, a reporter was summoned in response to a report that claimed that an LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. audio clip purportedly containing a speech by the head
of the Tablighi Jamaat was doctored. While asking a To read more letters journalist to join the investigation may not by itself be il Teaching medicine intended but good satisfactory for an adaptations for our Gujarat, to their village in online, scan the QR code I write to comment on teachers, especially in the evaluation of competence conditions must be Uttar Pradesh (Inside legal, the police should not use the power of summons some of the aspects of basic sciences, anatomy, of teachers. The acid test of followed. Medical practice pages, “On unforgiving faiths and it is only to intimidate reporters or extract details of the source. medical education and physiology, etc., should be good teaching is the is a persontoperson road, till death did them politicians who want to There ought to be greater restraint while invoking spe training of our medical available to lay the response and performance interaction — two humans part”, May 18) was moving. drive a wedge between cial provisions relating to handling disasters and epi graduates. As one who has foundation for medical of students and in fl esh and blood — the The care and comfort the them to achieve their demics. Section 54 only penalises the spreading of pan had the privilege of being a knowledge. Recalling achievements thereafter. physical suff ering as also friend gave to his sick political goals. ic relating to the severity or magnitude of a disast er — medical teacher for nearly retired teachers may be Recent introduction of mental agony of one roommate is unparalleled It is time that everyone claiming falsely, for instance, that a dam had breached 30 years in government considered if need be. modern electronic devices requiring the “balm” of the and reminds me of many thinks that despite the service and another 30 Good teachers can inspire in diagnosis and treatment medical person. scenes in fi lms in which a diff erent faith one follows, — and does not extend to mere incorrect reporting. In years later in private and bring out good is impressive. Telemedicine Dr. K.V. Thiruvengadam, mother would care for her it is the peaceful normal circumstances, the authorities ought to be con institutions, I am anxious students and medical in diagnosis and advising Chennai son. The story reiterates coexistence that we should tent with getting their version or response to be carried that our medical graduates graduates. In some management have come to that down at the ground try to achieve, as the two by the news outlets concerned, and not seek to use the must get the best teaching. countries, student stay. But still, the time True friend level there is a friends showed. pandemic as an excuse to curb inconvenient reporting. The recent proliferation of evaluation of teachers is in honoured method of The tale of two friends who humanitarian approach A.J ainulabdeen, medical colleges is well vogue. This is not entirely Hippocrates with suitable were heading from Surat, among people of various Chennai
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THE HINDU CHENNAI TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 OPED 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Accountability can’t be placed under lockdown A post-pandemic world order The BJP government at the Centre owes the country many answers on its handling of the pandemic Dogma, ideology and notions of power could either impede or accelerate the recovery process of nations daily ferrying capacity of 23 million people. Xi Jinping, however, has been a leader in a On May 1, the migrant worker hurry. In the process, he has perpetuated the trains began with much fanfare. Here deepened hurt of the Chinese people to an too the Centre showed a cold heart. extent that it has become embedded dogma. It sought to charge migrant workers, He has abandoned Confucianism and the Derek O’Brien passing on the responsibility of col ethical pursuit of power, and fallen back on lecting the fares to State govern Arjun Subramaniam hardcore communist ideology. Hard power ments. The State governments and muscular nationalism coupled with a As it moves from a stringent nation showed greater responsibility. West neocolonial and mercantilist attitude to wide lockdown to disaggregated and Bengal paid to bring home those As the world starts recovering from the de wards vulnerable nations seems to be the diff erentiated lockdowns, India has stranded in Kota, Vellore, Chennai, bilitating impact of the COVID19 pandemic, new strategy to compete with the U.S. While much to think about. It is coming out and other parts of India. We wel nations will draw on all their reserves to en this strategy seemed to be working at a time of a gruelling, bruising two months. comed back 1,50,000 of our people sure that their place in the global pecking or when the U.S. appeared to be looking in This experience holds lessons for the and did so ungrudgingly. All along der is largely maintained. Among many fac wards and showing signs of strategic fatigue, rest of the long battle against the CO the Railway Ministry was quibbling tors, dogma, ideology and notions of power President Xi’s ambitious Belt and Road Initia VID19 pandemic. It also reveals a lot and haggling over money, blaming merit serious attention as nonquantifi able tive demonstrated an overreach that had the about governance and planning, the State governments and sanctimo national characteristics that could either im potential to backfi re as it created a sense of CentreState relations, and the care “The Centre has been oblivious to the suff ering of migrant workers.” Children niously declaring that matters should pede or accelerate the recovery process. fear of, rather than respect for, China. Then and dignity that government policies of migrant workers rest in Ghaziabad as they wait to board buses to Bihar. not be politicised. It was surreal. came the pandemic and it is worth ponder accord citizens. * REUTERS One would have thought the Ideological and civilisational beliefs ing over whether holding on to historical The hardest questions will, of Centre was short of funds and State Dogma has traditionally been linked to reli dogma, ideology and notions of power will course, be for the Bharatiya Janata vernment began creating isolation groups such as Scheduled Castes and governments were awash with mo gious beliefs. Since World War II, however, it hold the same potential in the accumulation Party government in New Delhi. It wards for future COVID19 patients. Scheduled Tribes, the diff erently ney. That is far from true. The sud has incorporated several strains of ideologi of power, or whether nations which are will declared a total lockdown giving just The following day, Chief Minister Ma abled, the elderly, women and chil den lockdown didn’t give the States a cal and enduring civilisational beliefs. Take ing to live in the moment and be sensitive to a fourhour notice to the citizens, mata Banerjee set up quick response dren, and of course migrant workers chance to prepare, and their reve the case of China, for example, which is at the global environment will fare better. Chi without consulting State govern teams. (many of whom are covered by the nues collapsed. In addition, the tempting to upstage, or at least match, the na will be worse off should it prefer the form ments. How should we judge it? The Centre did nothing. It spoke other categories). Centre, which already owes the U.S. as the principal global hegemon. Realis er course. Its continued aggressive posture Language provides a clue. Any in perfunctorily about social distancing The Union Finance Ministry held States money, has been unwilling to ing that mere ideology was not enough to along the Line of Actual Control only con stitution — a company, a cultural or but ignored its own warnings. Re three press conferences displaying help. The Central government owes propel it to that position, Mao Zedong’s suc fi rms this rigid position. ganisation, a political party or a go peated appeals to adjourn Parlia insensitivity to human dignity. The West Bengal ₹ 61,000 crore, ₹ 36,000 cessors have drawn on two civilisational The U.S.’s recovery will be impeded by vernment — is identifi able by its ment were ignored. After two weeks Supreme Court has held that the crore of which is backlog dues. There markers from Chinese history that have trou embedded notions of power which have re trademark vocabulary, by the words of trying, an exasperated Trinamool right to life under Article 21 of the is no sign of any money coming; only bled the Chinese people for centuries: the sulted in a strategic oversight and fatigue of and phrases it uses most often. For Congress fi nally withdrew its MPs Constitution is not merely a physical empty press conferences. How are ‘Middle Kingdom’ syndrome and ‘the Centu sorts. The pandemic has tested the U.S. the BJP government, these are “mas from both Houses. In West Bengal, right; it includes the right to live with States expected to pay for the re ry of Humiliation’. While the fi rst marker state’s capacity, capability and competency. terstroke”, “surgical strike”, “shock Ms. Banerjee had already initiated a human dignity. The treatment ex opening and repair of their devastat builds on the glory of the Ming Dynasty (late However, the U.S.’s economic resilience, treatment” and “secrecy”. It thrives partial lockdown when the Central tended to many underprivileged citi ed economies? 14th century to mid17th century) and the restless people, institutional robustness and on sudden, dramatic moves — never announcement came. zens, especially guest workers, was The examples I have cited have centrality of the Han people in a world order intellectual reserves will help it pull through. mind the absence of planning. in complete violation of human dig been focused: the Centre showed de that saw China as the most prosperous na A little over a decade ago, the The issue of guest workers nity. The Central government told lay in waking up to the COVID19 sit tion in the world, it also reminds the Chinese Demonstration of fl exibility authoractivist Naomi Klein wrote a Since the BJP government acted so the Supreme Court that there were uation and preparing for it; re people of the dangers that lurk around its pe India is neither affl icted by unreasonable ex book called The Shock Doctrine: The late in the day, it was expected that a no guest workers on the roads and mained oblivious to the suff ering of riphery. Chinese leaders often draw atten pectations of power, ideological dogma, or Rise of Disaster Capitalism. It was a detailed blueprint was in place. The highways. This was at the very time migrant workers; valued money over tion to the Mongol rule (late 13th century to haunted by accentuated perceptions of his warning against illconceived shock issue of guest workers, for example, that social media (and only one or lives; did not support the States for mid14th century) and over two centuries of torical hurt. Despite its own centuries of con actions for restructuring society, and was an obvious one. In fact, on two brave television channels) were even basic and essential welfare pro misrule by the Manchus and the Qing Dynas quest and exploitation by invaders and colo how these could lead to disaster. March 26 itself, Ms. Banerjee wrote full of visuals of workers trudging grammes; and ignored the dignity of ty (mid17th century to early 20th century) as nial powers, it has demonstrated resilience, Those promoting the “shock doc to counterparts in other States re miles and miles. Guidelines for inter ordinary, decent, hardworking and examples of this. The second marker draws learnt to let go and embraced the good that trine” take advantage of a crisis situa questing that they take care of State travel of guest workers were is troubled people. The Centre has also on the stripping of China of its honour and emerged from the centuries of darkness. tion and of a benumbed population stranded guest workers from West sued almost a month into the lock not procured equipment such as test resources by multiple colonial powers dur That is a demonstration of fl exibility, which desperate for answers and trusting of Bengal and promised reciprocal down. It was all very callous. kits and not allowed States to do so. It ing the ‘Century of Humiliation’ from the is good in troubled times such as these. Yes, those in charge. Yet the trust is never treatment for workers living in the We all know of the tragic Auranga fi nally sent test kits that didn’t work mid19th century to the time of the emer it does have societal fi ssures and serious is really repaid. Ever since that 8 p.m. State. In the following days, West bad incident that saw a goods train and needed to be withdrawn; bullied gence of the People’s Republic of China in sues of compliance, but those can be mend lockdown announcement on March Bengal sent ₹ 1,000 to each of the mow down 16 migrant workers. States and mangled federalism; and 1949. These markers from Chinese history ed with national resilience and improved pu 23, I have thought so often of Ms. 4,00,000 stranded workers across They, like millions of others on high introduced a contacttracing app have gradually become dogma and seen as a blic discipline and good leadership. If India Klein and her book. the country, without noise. ways, were walking to their villages without explaining it, without wider blot on Chinese history that need resolution. weathers the entire pandemic cycle as it has What did the Centre do? On guest and collapsed in exhaustion on the consultation, and without an ordi Realising in the 1980s that Maoist ideology coped with the initial storm, it should be bet Delayed response workers, it remained in denial. It railway tracks — too exhausted to nance or enabling legal provision. On no longer appealed to the Chinese people, ter placed than the two leading powers to re And it need not have been this way. used the National Disaster Manage hear the train coming. The Prime Mi all of these the Central government Deng reintroduced Confucianism as a much cover. It will be a fascinating global strategic The fi rst three weeks of March were ment Act of 2005 to override State nister, the Home Minister and the has to provide answers and has to be needed intellectual and ethical prop to Chi landscape to observe as a postCOVID19 wasted by the Central government. governments but ignored key provi Railways Minister have been all but held to account. After all, in a democ na’s push for ‘great power’ status. Sun Tzu world order emerges, and for sure, India On March 5, the Trinamool Congress sions of the National Disaster Man absent during this monumental cri racy, accountability cannot be reemerged as China’s answer to Clausewitz could play an important role in its possible wrote and urged that parliamentary agement Plan. The Plan clearly em sis during which millions of poor placed under a lockdown. and for a few decades it appeared that these transformation. committees be convened for emer phasises the critical importance of guest workers have been abandoned. would soften traditional Chinese dogma. It gency meetings to plan for COVID19. social inclusion during a disaster, to All this while the Minister was presid Derek O’Brien leads Trinamool Congress in also raised hopes that China would largely Arjun Subramaniam is a strategic analyst and On the same day the West Bengal go ensure the wellbeing of vulnerable ing over the Indian Railways with its the Rajya Sabha play by the existing rules and bide its time. military historian
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Chirantan Chatterjee Kinsa thermometers could be the key Keep pace with the times, says PM to constantly monitoring tempera The World Health Organization has tures. The Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi has announced that COVID19 will likely Another solution is to monitor ox initiated discussions — on a strictly personal never go away. Experts warn that ygen levels in the brain daily through basis — with the leading princes who are be there will be a second wave of infec a pulse oximeter. It turns out that CO ing called to Delhi one by one to meet her on tions. VID19 is causing happy hypoxia, the abolition of their purses and privileges. Meanwhile, some people have also where lack of oxygen in the brain is She has already met more than 20 top rank raised the alarm about diseases like going undetected till things become ing princes and the Maharaja of Mysore will dengue and malaria emerging with too late. However, some say that this be seeing her tomorrow [May 19]. The Ni the upcoming monsoon season in should not crowd out other impor zam also is expected to be summoned after tropical South Asia. Therefore, going tant strategies like aggressive popula she has done the necessary spade work for forward, could COVID19 become tionlevel PCR and antibody testing. coming to grips with the question of even more problematic by becoming Overall, we can expect that this compensation. a syndemic? A syndemic is a situation emerging market of technologies in In her talks, Mrs. Gandhi has been taking when two or more epidemics inte population health surveillance will the line that the princes should appreciate ract synergistically to produce an in move towards similar discussions the compelling political circumstances that creased burden of disease in a popu like global optimal pricing of Remde led to the decision to abolish their privy lation, a situation fi rst described by sivir, or faulty testing kits by Abbott purses. 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Centre which was capable of taking a gener documenting this as a distinct possi But broadly, societies with re ous attitude on the question of compensa bility in people living with HIV. sourceconstrained settings, where tion in the face of political opposition. even an economical pooled testing Increased burden of disease strategy might be diffi cult to enforce A HUNDRED YEARS AGO MAY 19, 1920 The 1957 Asian infl uenza pandemic, due to fi nancial reasons, should eval for example, showed that deaths uate innovative population health The truth about non-co-operation. then could be not only due to the surveillance technologies to comple (From an editorial) primary viral infection, but also due ment testing. This is especially im to secondary bacterial infections portant as there is a rising likelihood Our AngloIndian contemporaries, both in among infl uenza patients; in short, of COVID19 becoming endemic and the Presidency and elsewhere, must be – and they were caused by a viral/bacterial also probably syndemic. certainly are – aware that the principle un syndemic. Meanwhile, researchers derlying the proposal (or even the pro have shown that in Kisumu, Kenya, New ways of thinking gramme) of noncooperation is neither anti 5% of HIV infections are due to high With India’s ongoing migrant crisis, Government nor antiBritish, nor antifo er HIV infectiousness of malariain we cannot rule out COVID19 becom reign. And yet they are making a fected HIV patients. ing syndemic given largescale ur tremendous deadset against it, as if some Some also say that we need to bantorural chaotic migration. Ad body has started it in order to set, not the watch out for secondary bacterial in ded to this is the complexity of the Thames nor all the rivers of the world only, fection in those with weakened im upcoming dengue and malaria sea but the ocean itself on fi re and deprive the munity due to COVID19. G iven that son. Closing State borders, discrimi British Government and Empire of the ele antibiotics resistance across the nating against migrants returning to ment on which their naval supremacy and world is already a problem, the med their home States, and quarantining predominance in the world depends. ical community needs to be aware of them in public locations may not be a Whether we take the political programme of comorbidities, especially if CO viable option going forward if India is the Nationalists in the South, or even the VID19 deepens as a syndemic in pop peaking on the COVID19 curve. India more pronounced programme of Mr. Gand ulations with antibiotic resistance. recorded the largest single day spike hi with its four successive steps, we do not If that happens, along with large just a few days ago. The time has see that there is any the least reason for sup scale population testing, societies come to look at testing/tracing/isolat posing that there can be anything like “disor around the world will also have to ing as well as ideas to deploy popula der” or trouble of any kind for anybody consider innovations in population tion health surveillance technologies within any measurable limits of time, or health surveillance technology and like smart thermometers and oxime even such a rational development of the develop creative business models at a ters. course of events, as will occur to men’s scale potentially unheard of in recent Are the policymakers listening? minds, so long as they do not yield to the evil times. MIT alumnus Inder Singh’s promptings of mischievous or foolish people startup, Kinsa, makes smart ther Chirantan Chatterjee is a faculty member at who are moved in all they do by passion, mometers that are already making IIM Ahmedabad and Visiting Fellow at selfinterest, race, prejudice, or even perso waves in the U.S. Many argue that Hoover Institution, Stanford University nal vanity and love of ascendancy.
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CHENNAI THE HINDU 8 NEWS TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Cong. slams economic package J&K notifi es rules for India’s COVID-19 case Allocation ‘hopelessly inadequate’; it is less than 1% of GDP, says Chidambaram domicile certifi cates tally crosses 1 lakh SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT lent to 10% of GDP,” he said. Eligible nonlocals can also now apply NEW DELHI Lashing out at the govern As per the latest guidelines and sample positivity rate. Former Union Finance Mi ment for the migrant worker special correspondent States have been asked to The Health Minstry, ho nister P. Chidambaram on crisis, he said it had “com Srinagar categorise districts/munici wever, noted that the Monday said that the pletely mismanaged, mis The J&K administration on pal corporations, or if war benchmarks or thresholds Centre’s “economic stimulus judged the situation” result Monday notifi ed the J&K ranted subdivision/ward or for critical and desirable le was hopelessly inadequate ing in a monumental error. Grant of Domicile Certifi any other administrative un vels are dynamic and may that added insult to injury”, “I think the government is cate Procedure Rules, 2020 it as red/orange/green zone be revised by the Centre as and claimed that the actual living in an echo chamber. and set a fasttrack process as per fi eld assessment. per the evolving situation at economic package amount They listen to their own voic in motion to issue the certif “States have been told to the fi eld level. ed to ₹ 1.86 lakh crore, or es, their own opinion,” Mr. icates within a stipulated ensure stringent implemen 0.91% of the Gross Domestic Chidambaram said. time of 15 days. Rohit Kansal tation of the containment Doctors’ plea Product. Under the amended plans in these containment Meanwhile, the Federation Separately, former Con dambaram said the govern said. He said there could be Parliament sidelined rules, eligible nonlocals can nalised ₹ 50,000. The zones,” the latest guidelines of Resident Doctors' Asso gress chief Rahul Gandhi in a ment should announce a re no stimulus package without The Congress leader said the also apply for the certifi cate. amount would be recovered said. ciation (FORDA), India has tweet said Prime Minister vised package of ₹ 10 lakh additional borrowing, but government was being ‘op “These rules provide a from his salary, Mr. Kansal In her letter to the States on Monday written to the Narendra Modi had ridiculed crore or 10% of the GDP as noted that Ms. Sitharaman portunistic’ to use the CO simple timebound and said. and Union Territories, Health Ministry stating that the Mahatma Gandhi Nation the current package had left had acknowledged “addi VID19 pandemic to push for transparent procedure for “All Permanent Resident Health Secretary Preeti Su many doctors at the fron al Rural Employment Gua several sections such as the tional expenditure must be reforms, bypassing stakehol issuance of domicile certifi Certifi cate holders and their dan said States could cate tline, even after taking adeq rantee Scheme (MGNREGS) poor, migrants, farmers, la fi nanced by additional bor ders and parliamentary cates in such a manner that children living outside J&K gorise areas using the broad uate precautions, are con as a symbol of the UPA’s fai bourers, workers, small rowing”. institutions. no category of person is put can apply for the certifi guideline issued the Central tracting the infection in lure but the same scheme shopkeepers and middle “The true value of the fi s “I think the government is to any inconvenience. There cates,” he said. Kashmiri mi Health Ministry. diff erent parts of the had been given aid by his go class high and dry. cal stimulus package will, deliberately sidelining Par is a timeline of 15 days for is grants living in or outside Ms. Sudan’s letter said the country. vernment to help the rural “In our view, a fi scal sti therefore, be known when liament. A meeting of the suance of certifi cates,” go J&K can get domicile certifi demarcation of the zones In their letter the doctors poor. mulus of ₹ 1,86,650 crore we know what is the Addi Parliamentary Committee vernment spokesman and cates by simply producing would be based on total ac note that the government “The Prime Minister has amounting to barely 0.91% of tional Borrowing in 202021 should at least be held to dis J&K’s Principal Secretary their Permanent Residence tive cases, cases per lakh should take a relook at its approved an additional bud the GDP will be totally in to fi nance the Additional Ex cuss the fi scal stimulus pack (Power) Rohit Kansal said. Certifi cate (PRC), ration population, doubling rate guideline for “Quarantine of get of ₹ 40,000 crore for the adequate given the gravity of penditure over and above age,” he said. “Domicile certifi cates card copy, voter card or any calculated over a sevenday Healthcare Workers” to en MNREGA scheme created the economic crisis and the the Expenditure Budget of Mr. Chidambaram said have now been made a basic other valid document. period, case fatality rate, sure that adequate protec during the UPA era. We ex dire situation in which peo ₹ 30,42,230 crore. The truth the government’s fears eligibility condition for ap “Bonafi de migrants can testing ratio (number of tion is available to this sec press our gratitude to him ple fi nd themselves. Most cannot be hidden for long,” about being downgraded by pointment to any post un apply with the Relief and tests per lakh population) tion. for understanding the vision analysts, rating agencies and Mr. Chidambaram said. agencies if it ras up a big fi s der the Union Territory of Rehabilitation department of MNREGA and promoting banks have placed the size of “We express our thorough cal defi cit were misplaced as J&K following the amend by providing documents like it,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted with the fi scal stimulus at bet disappointment and request every country was in dis ments in the previous Act,” electoral rolls of 1988, proof hashtag #ModiUturnOnMN ween 0.8 to 1.5%,” Mr. Chi the government to reconsid tress. “As long as our foreign Mr. Kansal said. of registration as a migrant Vaccine fails to shield REGA and tagged a video dambaram said. er the stimulus package and exchange reserves are high, in any State in the country clip of Mr. Modi’s speech in Many of the Finance Mi announce a revised and infl ation is under control, we Penalty for offi cers or any other valid docu Parliament soon after com nister Nirmala Sitharaman’s comprehensive fi scal stimu are on the right path ,” he To make the process tran ment,” Mr. Kansal said. monkeys from virus ing to power in 2014. announcements were just lus package of not less than said. sparent and timebound, He said applicants can Addressing an online frontloading of previously ₹ 10 lakh crore of real addi ANALYSTS PEG STIMULUS AT any offi cer not able to issue apply electronically and get Unusual, in that human be in those that didn't get the press conference, Mr. Chi budgeted expenditures, he tional expenditure equiva 1% OF GDP Ī BUSINESS PAGE the certifi cate would be pe a certifi cate online too. ings were unlikely to be or vaccine. dinarily exposed those For their analysis they quantities of the virus. vaccinated six monkeys The researchers, led by with the candidate vaccine Pawar calls out lack of Sarah Gilbert of The Jenner and 3 were given a ‘control’ ‘Stimulus plans another gimmick’ Institute, University of Ox vaccine called ChAdOx1 ford and Vincent Munster of GFP. provisions for farmers the National Institutes of Based on these results Yechury calls it a ‘recipe for largescale privatisation, impoverishing the poor’ Health, United States, argue 1,110 people are taking part that the presence of virus in human trial, half receiv ‘Standing crops lost due to lockdown’ Special Correspondent the government when it New Delhi was signifi cantly reduced in ing the vaccine and the oth Alok Deshpande failed to provide onetime BAL fl uid (collected from er half (the control group) Mumbai The economic package an loan waiver for farmers. In the lungs) and lung tissue of receiving a meningitis vac nounced by Union Finance stead of providing monetary vaccinated animals than in cine. The dose of the vac Nationalist Congress Party Minister Nirmala Sitharaman help, the government had the animals that were not cine was half that of what is (NCP) chief and former Un over the last fi ve days is noth put the entire onus on banks vaccinated. being used for humans right ion Agriculture Minister ing but a “recipe for large by taking the loan route. Moreover, virus specifi c now. Sharad Pawar has said that scale privatisation, enriching “Which bank is going to give neutralising antibodies This vaccine is among the the package announced by the rich and impoverishing loan, when they have been were detected in those ma eight that are ahead in terms the Centre would not bring the poor”, CPI(M) general se told to cut down on NPAs,” caques vaccinated and no of being tested in humans any immediate relief to the cretary Sitaram Yechury said he asked. such antibodies were seen for effi cacy. distressed farmers. Sharad Pawar on Monday. “The package does not At a press conference Dip in demand make any provisions for munity was worsening by through social media, he Measly fi gures: The CPI(M) chief says the allocation is too The basic problem with the compensating the crop loss the day. On the threshold of said the package had failed little to meet the needs of migrants on the streets. * PTI economy was a dip in de Odisha, West Bengal es incurred due to the lock the monsoon season, the to address either the current mand. “Unless you increase down conditions,” Mr. Pa farmer was not prepared to challenge of the COVID19 the battle. The entire pack This allocation had to be the purchasing power of pe war said in an open letter to initiate agricultural activi pandemic or the suff erings age was yet another jumla, further increased. ople, you can’t revive the brace for Amphan Prime Minister Narendra ties. caused by the lockdown, he stated. “This too is a demand gen economy. Now that can be Modi on May 16. “In terms of outlay, the which was extended for the “The additional ₹ 40,000 erated allocation, which increased only if there is The evacuation process has ba Medinipur asking people The ₹ 20 lakh crore pack agriculture aid and reforms fourth time on Sunday. crore under the Mahatama means it will be released on massive dose of public in been initiated in lowlying to leave mud houses and age would not bring any im announced by FM of ₹ 1.63 He said, “This economic Gandhi National Rural Em ly when there is a demand. vestment to build our much areas along coast. move to safer places. mediate relief to the dis lakh crore is approximately package has nothing to do ployment Guarantee Act Often, in the past we have needed infrastructure, District authorities have Ahead of the monsoon's tressed farmers. “Standing 8% of the total package for a with selfreliance. It’s a re doesn’t suffi ce. There is seen that money allocated which in turn will generate started evacuation from the arrival in Kerala, the month crops have perished due to sector that provides the cipe for largescale privatisa ₹ 11,000 crore pending ar has not been released be jobs.” Instead, he said, the low lying coastal areas in of May typically sees intense lockdown causing great loss highest employment and tion, enriching the rich and rears of the last year’s pay cause of their claim that government was trying to West Bengal as well. “We tropical storm activity in the es to the farmers. In turn, ensures food security of the impoverishing the poor.” ment. If you take that away, there was no demand. It’s a delegate it to the private sec now have three types of cri Bay of Bengal. they are facing a cash nation. Since these alloca He called upon all like then that allocation is far too false claim, which they have tor. With a high gestational sis — COVID, the cyclone, From 1965 to 2017, the crunch & need immediate tions are mainly supplyside minded parties to come to little to meet the needs of been getting away with,” he lag in such projects, private and migrants returning Bay of Bengal and the Ara support to undertake ensu oriented, it will take a long gether to put pressure on the eight crore migrants who are alleged. entities would not want to in home,” Bengal Chief Minis bian Sea collectively regis ing kharif season activities.” time for the ground level im government to extend fi nan on the streets as per Finance During the last two vest. The economic package ter Mamata Banerjee said. tered 46 ‘severe cyclonic Mr. Pawar said the condi plementation of the cial help to the States, who Minister Nirmala Sithara months, NPA worth ₹ 68,600 did not have any announce She however, maintained storms’. More than half of tion of the farming com same...” He said. are the front line fi ghters in man,” he said. crore had been written off by ments in this direction. that necessary precautions them occurred between Oc like social distancing will be tober and December. Seven maintained during the evac of them occurred in May uation process. and only two (in 1966 and ‘Rival States Centre drops order on Fishing had already been 1976) were recorded in BJP gearing up for Bihar suspended because of lock April, according to data targeting BJP down. Police offi cials have from the India Meteorologi wages during lockdown started announcements in cal Department’s cyclone party workers’ the low lying coastal areas of statistics unit. Before Fani, elections amid pandemic Action taken after SC ruling on fi rms the State, particularly the only one of them (in 1966) Special Correspondent low lying Sunderbans and had actually made landfall NEW DELHI Special Correspondent areas closer to Digha in Pur over India. In a strongly worded series Polls were originally scheduled to be held in Oct.Nov. New Delhi of tweets, BJP president J.P. The Union Home Ministry Nadda on Monday accused Nistula Hebbar There were still areas has dropped a crucial order the Opposition parties of NEW DELHI where it was diffi cult to form that required all employers 83 LCAMK1A deal high ‘unfairly’ targeting his par The BJP’s Bihar unit is pre a full booth committee, but — shops, industry and com ty’s workers for criticising paring to face the Assembly that the party was persist mercial establishments — to the handling of the CO polls which, under the pre ing. pay wages to workers for the priority, says IAF Chief VID19 crisis in States COVID19 calender, were He dismissed suggestions period the units were shut where they are in power. scheduled to be held in Oc that the party was concen during lockdown. The order Ajay Bhalla It would also boost the in tronics, networking issues, “In the last few days, it toberNovember. trating on poll preparedness that has now been dropped dustry which had already some weapons and also the has been observed that in Senior BJP offi cebearers while the country was facing also called for action against ders issued under the DM been aff ected by the CO indigenous HTT40 basic the Oppositionruled told The Hindu that “apart a pandemic plus the human landlords who forced stu Act. VID19 pandemic, he said. trainer under development. States, the state machinery from the relief work” neces Sanjay Jaiswal itarian situation with regard dents and migrant workers The National Executive Similarly, the IAF is about “So for any trainer of this has been used unfairly to sitated due to the pandemic, to the movement of inter to vacate the premises dur Committee that issues the to place orders for over 200 class, we will not go out,” he target BJP workers. In a vi the party was slowly com bers in the group. State migrants. ing the lockdown. order is chaired by Union Astra indigenous Beyond Vi added. brant democracy, this is pleting some of the organisa “The exercise for com Several companies had Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla. sual Range (BVR) missiles To mitigate budgetary unacceptable,” he said. tional requirements to face pleting the constitution of Relief work moved the Supreme Court Clause III of the March 29 and emphasised on the constraints, the IAF is look polls. our mandal level commit “At least 90% of our workers against the order last week order said, “all the em need for adhering to time ing to prioritise its revenue “The most basic building tees, around 1099, is com are involved in relief work, and the apex court asked ployers, be it in the industry line and quality. “These are and capital expenditure and block of the organisational plete, and below that are our while the rest are engaged in the government to not take or in the shops and com high risk decisions. We go some priority areas have ‘Trespassing work is by completing our ‘shakti kendras’ [just above organisational work. If you any coercive against them. mercial establishments, indigenous and they fail to been identifi ed while some boothlevel network. We booth level], around 9547, bother to get in touch with “Save as otherwise pro shall make payment of wag produce on time and we run others would be deferred. by India made have a total of 72,727 booths which are also almost done,” our MLAs, you will see that vided in the guidelines an es of their workers, at their out of missiles, it is very “Our initial focus is the reve and we are in the process of he said. they and other workers have nexed to this order, all order workplaces, on the due tricky. So we have to ba nue expenditure and target China respond’ completing our exercise in Offi cebearers in charge of been actively involved in issued by the NEC under date, without any deduc lance. They really have to is to prioritise it so we save constituting them,” said a se various Assembly seats have making sure quarantine Section 10(2)(I) of the Disas tion, for the period their es meet deadlines in terms of 2025% there,” ACM Bha Special Correspondent nior Statelevel offi cebearer. been registering their lists centres etc are set up and ter Management (DM) Act, tablishments are under clo time and quality,” ACM Bha dauria said. NEW DELHI Party State chief Sanjay with names and numbers of are in good order. We have 2005, shall cease to have ef sure during the lockdown.” dauria said. In the capital compo The Chinese state media Jaiswal has been regularly those on the ‘saptarishi’ and to report daily to party presi fect from 18.05.2020,” the It also said, “wherever On the negative import nent, the immediate atten on Monday said that their holding video meetings on other committees. dent J.P. Naddaji on the relief May 17 order said. the workers, including the list that the Finance Minister tion was on some critical border troops bolstered the issue. work that has been done, in Since the lockdown was migrants are living in rented last week said would be for weapons and technologies “border control measures The party, he said, was Poll prospects cluding photographs of qua fi rst imposed on March 24 , accommodation, the lan mulated, he said there was such as BVR missiles, guid and made necessary operating on the saptarishi When asked about the poll rantine centres etc. We have the Centre invoked provi dlords of those properties already a list and it was be ed Air to Ground weapons, moves” in response to In principle, that is, a seven prospects, he said the party received over 20 lakh inter sions of the Disaster Man shall not demand payment ing revised. “All the areas networking and data linking dia’s “illegal construction member booth committee in was, like others, in the dark State workers who belong to agement Act, 2005, which is of rent for a period of one where we have set up indi issues, he said. In addition, of defence facilities” in the each booth, with a chief, a about it. Bihar so far,” he said. binding on all States. month. If any landlord is genous capabilities will international exercises had Galwan Valley. Sources deputy chief, compulsory “Whenever it happens, While the dates of polls District magistrates and forcing labourers and stu come on the negative list,” been stopped till the year said after China mobilised representation of women, however, our organisational are uncertain, BJP seems to Superintendents of Police dents to vacate the premis he said, identifying some end as also all largescale troops and equipment, In Scheduled Castes and Most machinery will be ready for be the fi rst off the block on are personally liable for the es, they will be liable for ac areas such as radars, elec planned exercises. dia too moved its troops. Backward Community mem it.” preparedness. implementation of the or tion under the Act.”
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A medley of emotions as uprooted workers gather at Ramleela Maidan
Chaos and confusion reigned in Ghaziabad as thousands gathered in the hope of fi nding transport home only to fi nd a melee building up
Anuj Kumar under the scorching sun . ment was censured by his walking. Word has spread in boarded the vehicle from a Ghaziabad The food being prepared at superiors and the public ad neighbouring States that, so place that fell under the ju Migrant workers began the Ram Bhavan also did not dress system was switched mehow, just reach Ghazia risdiction of Indirapuram reaching the Ramleela Mai hold appeal. off . bad [to get conveyance for Police Station. dan here on Sunday, hoping “We are here to go home, the onward journey],” Mr. The phrase “their medi to fi nd conveyance that not eat meals,” said Moham Trains and buses Pandey said. cal has been done” ap would take them home to Bi mad Salim, who worked as a District Magistrate Ajay “We are trying to stream peared loosely applicable. har and the eastern districts cook at a restaurant in Gha Shankar Pandey told The line the process. Those who “It means their temperature of Uttar Pradesh. Word had ziabad. “I want to go to Kish Hindu that the administra left for Bihar by trains today has been taken and they got around on the possibility anganj and have been asked tion was treating the work will be sent by 50 buses [to have been asked about of securing transport alth to change lines for the third ers as “bona fi de passen the railway station]. No pass symptoms. But by now eve ough the district administra time since morning. Some gers”. “We have arranged will be required to board the rybody comes after taking tion was only using the times they say go here, so three trains for Patna, Mu bus. A list will be prepared paracetamol,” said Sudip sprawling ground as a desig metimes there,” he added. zaff arpur and Raxaul in Bi that will be sent to the dis Kumar, a member of the nated stop for boarding bus Under the media’s gaze, the har, and three for Varanasi, trict administration of the Health Department team. es to the railway station on centre stage was held by ad Azamagarh and Gorakhpur destination,” he said. The The situation improved the other side of the road in ministrative offi cials strug in eastern Uttar Pradesh. way out, he said, was more by evening with the National a densely populated area. gling to manage the sudden Push and shove: Migrant workers at the Ramleela Maidan on Monday. * ANUJ KUMAR They will take around 9,000 trains and buses. “If all of Disaster Response Force ar By Monday, the crowd of an spurt in numbers with a workers daily to their them have to be sent, we riving at the Ramleela Mai xious workers, many of common refrain: “What to There was no social dis workers were encouraged to without social distancing. homes. Those who are left should consider starting the dan. But soon, migrants whom had started on their do?” tancing, and the police ask questions in the pre The announcements will be sent by buses.” regular service,” he said. workers were seen queuing long journey home by foot, As the workers rushed made no attempt to enforce sence of the media. There from the public address sys The rush, he said, arose The Ghaziabad police up for passes for the next had swollen to thousands. closer to the stage, offi cials it. “The situation is such that were some feeble cries of tem were not always help because only 25% of those have also become more cau morning. could be heard talking our constabulary might use “Murdabad”, but as Addi ful. An offi cial announced who had gathered were re tious about bringing people Meanwhile, the district Meagre shelter down, “We will break your force and it will create a tional District Magistrate (Ci that people without passes gistered on the Jansunwai walking on highways to shel administration reiterated As the Ramleela Maidan leg”, followed by the request scene,” an offi cial said, re ty) Shailendra Kumar Singh for trains could board buses. portal. “The rest are all ter homes after the Station that only persons registered turned into a stage for their that they sit under the shade questing anonymity. This listened to their grievances, This created confusion as those who were walking House Offi cer of Indirapu on the Jansunwai portal struggle, the meagre shelter and wait for their turn. But meant that there were only a there followed shouts of lines formed in front of bus home and were picked by ram was suspended and an should turn up at the Ram available at the Ashok Vati the two available tents were few policemen on the “Zindabad”. However, Mr. es that were meant to take the U.P. police from diff e explanation was sought leela Maidan. Otherwise, ka, named after the mythi hardly big enough to hold ground to point workers in Singh had no answer when a people with passes to the rent borders because the from the Circle Offi cer when their presence would be cal forest, was hardly more than 25 persons in the right direction. worker asked him why they railway station. The offi cial Chief Minister has said no it was found that 16 workers considered a violation of the enough for workers waiting them. Offi cials were polite and were being made to wait who made the announce worker should be found in the Auriyya accident had lockdown.
IN BRIEF Haryana CM Maharashtra cases Will extend lockdown, won’t turns down Nitish’s off er cross 35,000mark impose night curfew: Mamata special correspondent Patna State sees more than 2,000 new cases Bengal CM, however, urges people not to venture out between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Haryana Chief Minister Ma Shoumojit Banerjee offi cials said that despite the 30 migrants injured Pune in two U.P. accidents nohar Lal has written to his rise in cases, 749 persons Special Correspondent p.m. The passengers, includ Bihar counterpart, Nitish Maharashtra reported a were also discharged today, LUCKNOW Kolkata At least 30 people were ing students and stranded Kumar, politely declining consecutive surge for the se taking the cumulative dis injured in two accidents of West Bengal Chief Minister tourists, would have to go in the off er to bear the cost of cond day on Monday with charged till date to 8,437. vehicles carrying migrant Mamata Banerjee on Mon to institutional quarantine the expenses in taking care 2,033 new COVID19 cases, As per fi gures, 23 of the 51 workers in Uttar Pradesh on day said the State would ex for a stipulated time. of people from Bihar breaching the 35,000mark fatalities today were report Monday. In Ayodhya, 21 were tend the lockdown till May 31 While emphasising that stranded in Haryana due to to take the cumulative tally ed from Mumbai city to take injured after a pickup following the notifi cation of there was muted celebration the lockdown. to 35,058 cases. With 51 new the city’s death toll to 757, carrying them from Mumbai the Centre, but would not for ‘Poila Boishak’ (Bengali Lauding Mr. Kumar for fatalities, the death toll in while eight deaths were re to Siddharthnagar collided impose night curfew. New Year) this year because the concern expressed for creased to 1,249. ported from Pune district to with a truck on NH-28. Speaking to presspersons of the lockdown, Ms. Baner Biharis stranded in Harya This is the secondhighest take its death toll to 205. A In Hamirpur, a State bus at the State Secretariat here, jee urged the faithful to na, Mr. Lal assured him case surge reported after further eight fatalities were carrying migrant workers she urged people not to ven avoid any gatherings during that the State government Sunday’s spike of 2,347 cas reported from Navi Mumbai from Noida to Mahoba ture out of their homes bet Safety fi rst: Workers spraying disinfectant in an area where a IdulFitr. considered all those who es. to take its total death toll to overturned near Badanpur ween 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. and patient had tested positive for COVID-19 in Siliguri. * AFP Referring to the economic were living in Haryana as Of the 35,058 total cases, 22, while three deaths were village, said police. Eleven warned of police action. Cur package by the Centre, the equal citizens and that his 25,392 were active, said offi reported from Jalgaon as the persons sustained minor fews were imposed under 10 trains to arrive every day, mittee would also give a Chief Minister said that it government would bear cials. Mumbai city recorded district’s toll climbed to 33. injuries, said Hamirpur SP extreme circumstances such but it cannot be done at number to the shops and had not been of any help to the expenses for the mi a huge 1,185 of these new Two fatalities each were Shlok Kumar. The bus was as riots and her government once. The State needs time odd and even shops would the State. On the Centre’s de grants in view of their con cases, to breach the 21,000 reported from Aurangabad, carrying 31 passengers. would not impose night cur for planning.” be allowed to operate on al cision to increase the bor tribution to nation case mark and rise to 21,335 Ahmednagar and Nagpur few as directed by the Containment areas, she ternate days from May 27. rowing limit of States from building. cases. among other parts of the 35 deaths in Gujarat; Centre, she said. said, would be further divid Barber shops and beauty 3% to 5% of the gross State “All Indians living in Ha State Health Department State. State govt. eases curbs Ms. Banerjee announced ed into three categories — af parlours could function, but domestic product (GSDP) in ryana are ours too, just like AHMEDABAD that apart from the 105 trains fected, buff er and clean should maintain proper hy 202021, she said that it came they belong to the States Amid a spike in the mortality requisitioned, her govern zones. Accordingly, relaxa giene and take necessary with a number of riders from which they have rate, with 35 deaths on ment would request the Rail tions would be allowed, she precautions. where the States had to “give come,” Mr. Lal wrote in his Monday increasing the toll to ways for another 120 Shra said. All shops, except in up on its autonomy”. letter dated May 17, a copy 694, the Gujarat government mik Special trains in the next shopping malls, and district First fl ight arrives West Bengal would not of which has been seen by has relaxed lockdown norms few days to bring back mi buses would be operational The Chief Minister said the give up its autonomy, the The Hindu. “All the citi allowing the reopening of shops, State buses, autos and grant workers. “Already, 16 from May 21. A committee of fi rst repatriation fl ight from Chief Minister said. zens who have come to Ha private cabs. Chief Minister trains have arrived and civic and police offi cials Bangladesh arrived in Kolka “We have not got anything ryana to work are not less Vijay Rupani on Monday said about 2.5 to 3 lakh workers would look into the resump ta on Monday. The fl ight, from the Centre to help us in than a Haryanavi for us, no that in non-containment have returned by trains and tion of roadside shops and with about 169 passengers, the management of CO matter where they were zones, shops, private offices, buses. We are planning for those in markets. The com arrived from Dhaka at 12.30 VID19,” she added. born,” Mr. Lal said. buses, service stations and barber shops would be allowed to reopen from Tuesday. On Monday, 366 new cases and 35 deaths were reported, taking the case tally to 11,746 and 694 deaths.
Odisha govt. turns TMCs into containment zones BHUBANESWAR The Odisha government on Monday said all temporary medical centres (TMCs), COVID-19 care centres and hospitals will be treated as containment zones apart Tight control: The police detaining migrants after a clash from those that would be with security personnel in Ahmedabad on Monday. * PTI declared in the aftermath of the detection of new cases. Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said the boundary area of the Migrant workers and zones will be decided by local authorities and administered through the Panchayati Raj police clash in Gujarat institutions during the fourth phase of the lockdown till May 31. Meanwhile, 48 new Workers gather at IIM’s new campus COVID-19 cases were detected in the State, taking special correspondent their native places. As the the total to 876. AHMEDABAD police came to disperse the Gujarat continues to see crowd, a scuffl e erupted bet 55 policemen, 5 doctors clashes between restless mi ween them. among fresh cases in J&K grant workers who want to The police said that they SRINAGAR return to their native places rushed to the spot following Fifty-five policemen and five and the police. complaints about workers doctors were among the 106 A day after similar inci throwing stones on the road fresh cases of the COVID-19 dents in Rajkot on Sunday, in front of the new campus infection in Jammu and angry migrant workers of the prestigious business Kashmir. Two more deaths clashed with policemen school. More than 50 work have pushed the toll to 15. near the Indian Institute of ers have been detained. “Out of 106 new cases, 12 Management, Ahmedabad On Sunday, violence were detected in the Jammu division and 94 in the Kashmir (IIMA) on Monday morn broke near Rajkot in an in division. The total number of ing. dustrial area where police positive cases in J&K is 1,289,” The police had to use tear and migrant workers said a government gas shells to disperse mi clashed over the issue of be spokesperson. Out of the grants, who work on a con ing sent back to their native 1,289 positive cases, 665 struction site in the IIMA’s States. Ever since the lock were active and 609 have new campus in Vastrapur down was imposed, Gujarat recovered. “Till date, 1,14,788 area of the city. has seen around a dozen in travellers and persons in Nearly 100 migrant work cidents of violence between contact with suspected cases ers gathered near the con migrant workers and the have been identified for struction site and started police in Surat, Gandhid surveillance,” the demanding food, wages and ham, Rajkot and spokesperson added. that they be sent back to Ahmedabad.
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INTERVIEW | PETER HOTEZ ‘Moving into summer months, India could get hit very hard’ U.S. virologist expresses concern about India’s crowded urban areas in lowincome neighbourhoods where people are forced to live in proximity
Narayan Lakshman hopeful accounts of Could the fact that we are for infl uenza the seasonality pretty well, not getting very If there is one broad lesson Remdesivir... not seeing the sort of fatality is inverted. I think you have sick, with the exception of of the COVID19 pandemic As the world continues to grapple with the debilitating human numbers that you did in the to assume the potential for about 10% of infants. These for developing countries toll and economic consequences of the ongoing COVID-19 pan- ■ Vaccines off er the greatest U.S. be down to India facing things to get much worse as symptoms fi rst came out of such as India, is it to be demic, Peter Hotez, Dean for the National School of Tropi- promise for protecting large a diff erent coronavirus you head towards July and the United Kingdom and better prepared for future cal Medicine and a Professor at the Departments of Paedia- populations at risk, like in In strain? August. I am particularly then we saw them in New events of this sort in terms of trics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology at the Baylor dia. The problem with vac worried about India’s crowd York, a syndrome that looks creating a suffi cient College of Medicine in Houston, speaks about the state of play cines is also that they are the ■ I do not think it is going to ed urban areas in lowin like vasculitis, an infl amma pandemic preparedness? in the battle against the novel coronavirus. highest bar to achieve be turn out to be a coronavirus come neighbourhoods, tion of the blood vessels, cause with a vaccine you are strain issue. It is possible that where people are forced to linked to this virus, maybe la ■ This is not unique to India. What is the current situation tered the U.S. in early Febru generally injecting healthy this is a new virus pathogen. live in proximity, including in ter on in the course of the ill Every nation on the planet in the U.S., where President ary, backtracing it. That individuals to prevent them <> Vaccines off er the But I think it is most likely be Mumbai. I am holding my ness. This Kawasakidisease has to learn some lessons Donald Trump recently said means that transmission from getting sick. So, you greatest promise for cause India did implement breath because I still do think like syndrome is still not from this. But things will fatalities could reach went on for about six weeks have to be absolutely pris protecting large some social distancing early India could get hit very hard. common — there have been change after this pandemic. 1,00,000. Why did the before any eff orts for social tine, in not only showing that populations at risk, on. So, India may have miti about 100 cases in New York. India has an enormous numbers spin out of control distancing were implement the vaccines work, but also like in India gated the worst aspects of Should we be worried about We are also seeing, unfor amount to off er. I continue to this way and is there hope ed. We know from the mo your safety profi le. That is this. reports from New York tunately, a lot of cases in the be impressed by the quality that the curve can be dels that it produces tragedy what takes time. In the But I would say that we about COVID19positive U.S. among adults, of clotting of some of the universities in fl attened? and makes the diff erence meantime, there are some dies. The problem is that it is should not be complacent, children succumbing to defects, which we are trying India. between having thousands of new, promising treatments hard to scale because it re because I am still worried for symptoms that resemble to understand. We are seeing I am impressed with its ca ■ There is quite a bit of con patients in your intensive on the horizon. quires you having a base of India. The reason for that is Kawasaki disease? lots of diff erent types of pacity for innovation, espe cern here. It really took off care units and local hospi I am very excited, for in patients with the illness. that you are moving into the thromboses, or clotting of cially around vaccines. India because the virus probably tals, versus having just a stance, about convalescent summer months and we ■ It caught us a bit off guard the blood, leading to block is an example of what a coun entered the U.S. earlier than handful. plasma. It is a relatively low In India, while the number know that sometimes in because in China we did not age, which in turn lead to try can do even despite its le we suspected. A national tech solution which involves of infections continue to tropical countries, the global hear much about paediatric strokes, pulmonary emboli, vels of poverty, in terms of emergency was not declared What treatment options identifying individuals who rise, the government moved south, or in places like South syndromes. Our understand and may be associated with overachieving and having an until the middle of March. It could have a scalable have recovered from their aggressively to impose a Asia, Africa, Australia and ing was that children were coronary artery thrombosis, impact in terms of pandemic is likely that the virus en impact? We are hearing COVID19 and have antibo nationwide lockdown. South America, sometimes mostly handling the virus giving people heart attacks. preparedness.
Central govt. Centre warns States Call for WHO probe into virus origin offi ces to work African group of nations extends support for Indiabacked resolution at the WHA at 50% strength against diluting curbs special correspondent Special Correspondent introduction to the human NEW DELHI population, including the New Delhi Follow benchmarks in declaring infection zones: Ministry An Indiabacked draft reso possible role of intermediate The Personnel Ministry has lution at the 73rd session of hosts, including through ef said in an order all Central Special Correspondent the World Health Assembly forts such as scientifi c and government offi cers shall New Delhi received a big boost on Mon collaborative fi eld missions, ensure 50% work strength The Union Home Ministry day when the African group which will enable targeted and offi cers at the level of has asked the States not to of nations extended support interventions and a research Deputy Secretary and dilute the restrictions im for the motion which seeks agenda to reduce the risk of above shall attend offi ce on posed by the Ministry in global investigation into the similar events,” says the all working days. fresh guidelines, asserting spread of the novel coronavi draft motion that The Hindu The revised work guide that certain other activities rus. has seen. lines were issued by the may be prohibited or other The development came Department of Personnel restrictions imposed as soon after the Assembly con WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressing members ‘Impartial evaluation’ and Training (DoPT) on deemed necessary on the vened in Geneva where the at the opening of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.* AFP The draft resolution also Monday . basis of a groundlevel analy head of the World Health Or calls for “impartial, indepen “For regulating the at sis of the situation. Safety marks: Railway offi cials stamping a Delhi returnee for ganization (WHO) declared The assurance, however, lated sources that could have dent and comprehensive” tendance of offi cers and In a letter to all States, Un ‘home quarantine’ in Secunderabad. * NAGARA GOPAL that the global body will look is at variance from the draft led to the spread of the dead evaluation into the “WHO staff below the level of De ion Home Secretary Ajay into the lessons of the CO resolution, which was earlier ly pandemic. Informed coordinated international puty Secretary, all Heads of Bhalla said despite wides ground level analysis of the Centre and respective State VID19 pandemic. backed by WHO’s 62 coun sources said that given the health response” to the CO the Department shall pre pread relaxations in lock situation,” it said. guidelines at local level for “I will initiate an indepen tries and sought to identify growing number of cospon VID19 pandemic. pare a roster to ensure that down restrictions under the Further, it was communi the convenience of the dent evaluation at the ear scientifi c “events” that could sors, the likelihood of a vote The language of the reso 50% of offi cers and staff at revised guidelines, the cated that States must take public. liest appropriate moment to have contributed to the on the motion was lessened. lution refl ects the diplomatic tend offi ce on every alter States and Union Territories into consideration the Considerable relaxations review experience gained spread of the novel coronavi The language of the motion tug of war that has taken nate day. Those offi cers/ could not dilute the restric benchmarks and thresholds were allowed in the MHA and lessons learned to make rus and the consequent CO seeks to delve deep into the place since the pandemic be staff who are not required tions imposed in the Minis indicated in the revised gui guidelines for Lockdown 4.0 recommendations to im VID19 pandemic. The re origin of the virus. gan in early 2019 . This ten to attend offi ce on a partic try’s guidelines. delines issued by the Health that will be in force till May prove national and global commendation is part of the “The Seventythird World sion was visible on Monday ular day shall work from “They may prohibit cer Ministry, while delineating 31. Schools, malls, metro pandemic preparedness and text jointly conceived by Health Assembly requests when Taiwan protested at home and should be availa tain other activities or im zones at local level. and air services remain sus response,” said Tedros Adha Australia and the European the Director General to ... not receiving a formal invite ble on telephone and elec pose restrictions, as deemed It has also been urged to pended while special trains nom Ghebreyesus, Director Union. It aims to evaluate identify the zoonotic source from the WHO Secretariat tronic means of communi necessary on the basis of give wide publicity to the have been allowed. General, WHO. possible food and animalre of the virus and the route of for the 73rd Assembly. cations at all times,” it said.
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Bindu Shajan Perappadan with acute respiratory infec NEW DELHI tion with 38 degree Celsius The Indian Council of Medi fever or more than that and cal Research (ICMR) on Mon cough, while SARI was acute day released a revised CO respiratory infection with 38 VID19 testing strategy, degree Celsius fever or more which includes testing of all than that and the patient re individuals with symptomat quiring hospitalisation. ic infl uenzalike illness (ILI) with a history of internation PCR test only al travel in the past 14 days. The ICMR said all testing in The other key groups that the categories mentioned in have been listed as high the guidelines, was recom priority for testing include mended by realtime RTPCR the frontline workers in test only. volved in containment and In the previous set of gui mitigation of COVlD19, all delines issued on April 9, the hospitalised patients who Essential steps: A health professional collecting swab from a ICMR cleared testing only for develop ILI symptoms and boy in a residential area in Kolkata, in this fi le photo.* REUTERS symptomatic health care all returnee and migrants workers. The changed strate with such symptoms within day fi ve and day 10 of com for testing if a patient shows gy allows testing also for mi seven days of illness. ing into contact. symptoms or the doctor grant labourers and those The other group in the ca The new guidelines warn fi nds him/her fi tting into the being brought back into In tegory includes asympto that no emergency proce categories, according to a se dia from abroad. matic direct and highrisk dure (including deliveries) nior ICMR offi cial. The ICMR said in a release contacts of a confi rmed case should be delayed for lack of The ICMR noted that an that it had so far tested No tasting: Bakers wearing protective gear prepare cookies ahead of Id celebrations in Srinagar on Monday.* NISSAR AHMAD to be tested once between test, but samples can be sent ILI case was defi ned as one 23,02,792 samples. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC USAID to fund 200 ventilators for India U.P. accepts Priyanka’s off er to The devices will arrive in May and June, but the fi nal delivery schedule will be notifi ed next week ply 1,000 buses for migrants Suhasini Haidar donations to several coun Thanking Mr. Trump, NEW DELHI tries, including India. Prime Minister Narendra Omar Rashid transport migrant workers India will take delivery of Modi tweeted, “More power LUCKNOW to their native places. 200 ventilators donated by Modi thanks Trump to the IndiaUS friendship. In The Uttar Pradesh govern “All costs will be borne by the U.S. within the next “India has been a great such times, it’s always im ment on Monday accepted the All India Congress Com month, government sources partner to us for quite some portant for nations to work Congress general secretary mittee,” she wrote. said on Monday. time, and I’m encouraged together and do as much as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s off However, the government The ventilators, which here about the ventilators to possible to make our world er of 1,000 buses to tran maintained silence and did will be paid for by the United India. It’s one of the several healthier and free from CO sport stranded migrant not give her the required States Agency for Interna countries I noted that will be VID19.” workers to their homes in permission even as 500 bus tional Development getting ventilators, because, According to the Health the State. es from Bharatpur and Al (USAID), will arrive in May you know, this President has Ministry, India has 18,855 In an order signed by Yogi Adityanath war in Rajasthan reached and June and the fi nal deliv Timely aid: The ventilators were built for use in the U.S. but done so well on ventilators — ventilators for COVID19 pa Awanish Awasthi, Additional the BahajGoverdhan border ery schedule notifi ed next are now being ‘repurposed’ to India. * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO 100,000 [manufactured] in tients at present, while the Chief Secretary, Home De sion came two days after Ms. near Mathura. week, the sources said. 100 days — that we are able government’s Empower partment, the government Vadra had written to CM Yo Meanwhile, Mr. Singh While the government has USAID made last month. COVID19” and focus on fi to repurpose them and then group tasked with COVID19 communicated to Ms. Va gi Adityanath, requesting wrote to Mr. Awasthi, in not commented on the value In a statement on April 16, nancing healthcare access. send them around the response said about 60,000 dra’s personal secretary San him to allow the Congress to forming him that the buses of the donation, it is likely to the U.S. government said the The ventilators, which world,” White House Press more had been ordered. deep Singh that her propo run 500 buses each from the can start plying from Wed be funded by an additional funds through USAID would were built for use in the U.S., Secretary Kayleigh McEnany (With inputs from Bindu sal had been accepted. Ghazipur border in Ghazia nesday and that details of grant of $3 million that the help “mitigate the spread of are being “repurposed” for said on Saturday. Shajan Perappadan) The government’s deci bad and the Noida border to drivers have been provided.
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Uber unveils set of safety CBSE exam timetable released 7 killed as fi re breaks out in features Class 12 exams were aff ected by lockdown and Class 10 tests by Delhi riots Gwalior apartment complex Staff Reporter Special Correspondent Mumbai NEW DELHI east Delhi district, the Class Four women and three children were among the victims Uber on Monday an The Class 12 examinations of 12 physics exam will be held nounced a series of new sa the Central Board of Secon on July 3, accountancy on Ju Staff Reporter fety features across their dary Education (CBSE) post ly 4, chemistry on July 6, En Bhopal various product off erings poned nationwide because glish electiven, English elec Four women and three chil in view of the ongoing CO of COVID19 and Class 10 ex tivec and English core on dren were killed in a fi re that VID19 crisis. ams in northeast Delhi af July 8, political science on Ju broke out in a threestorey The key policy that the fected by riots will be held ly 14, and mathematics, eco apartment complex in Gwa company announced for from July 1 to 15. nomics, history and biology lior on Monday. Two chil India would be the require Issuing safety instructions on July 15. dren were injured. ment to wear masks or face for the candidates, the CBSE The Class 10 exams in The building houses a covers for both driver and said they should carry hand northeast Delhi will start on paint shop on the ground riders. This would be im sanitiser in a transparent Testing time: In this photo dated March 6, 2020, students July 1 with social science. fl oor. plemented through fea bottle, cover the mouth and waiting at a CBSE exam centre in New Delhi. * BIBEK CHETTRI The exams for science theo “The cause of the fi re in tures on the ride hailing nose with a mask or cloth ry and science without prac Inderganj, which broke out app. and follow physical distanc The Class 12 exams across (both old and new) and in tical will be held on July 2, at 10 a.m., is yet to be ascer Among the new features ing norms. Parents should the country will start with formation technology on Ju Hindi coursea and Hindi tained. The paint shop and a is a photobased verifi ca guide their children about home economics on July 1, ly 7, business studies on July courseb on July 10, and En godown inside the building tion of drivers every time the precautions to be taken Hindi elective and Hindi core 9, biotechnology on July 10, glish communicative and En had caught fi re,” said Saten they log in. Drivers will be and also ensure they are not on July 2, informatics prac geography on July 11 and so glish language and literature dra Singh Tomar, Additional Rescue mission: Fire department personnel outside the required to click a photo sick. tices and computer science ciology on July 14. For north on July 15. Superintendent of Police, gutted building in Gwalior on Monday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT wearing a mask and the West Gwalior. new technology does not The fi re also enveloped ing those from an Air Force Singh Chouhan wrote on allow the photo to be the main entrance to the station nearby, were moved Twitter, “I pray that God clicked unless the camera building. “People were to the spot. “It took more gives the departed souls a detects the mask. Sachin ‘Unknown sources funding parties’ trapped as there were no than a hour to tame the fi re,” place at his holy feet and the Kansal, Global Senior Di other gates or windows,” Mr. he said. The condition of the family of the deceased gets rector, Product Manage Tomar said. injured children was stable. the strength to bear the ment, Uber, said that they ADR report says 54% of the income of 23 regional entities is from such donors Ten fi re tenders, includ Chief Minister Shivraj deep sorrow.” had recently developed this technology and it Special Correspondent 54.32% of the parties’ in would help ensure that NEW DELHI come came from unknown Sanitation and there is enforcement of More than half of the income sources, the report said. Ni Scrap dam project in their policy. “This will have of 23 regional parties whose nety per cent of the income to be done every time they annual audit and contribu from unknown sources was health workers log in and go online,” he tion reports were analysed through electoral bonds. Arunachal: activists said. came from unknown sourc felicitated The other notable fea es in 201819, a report re Highest amount ture is that rides can be leased by the Association for The Biju Janata Dal declared 2.7 lakh trees in forests under threat Special Correspondent cancelled by either the Democratic Reforms (ADR) the highest income from un Kolkata driver or the rider if the on Monday said. known sources (₹ 213.54 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Forest Advisory Health and sanitation other is not wearing a The report initially consi crore), followed by the YSR GUWAHATI Committee (FAC) of the Mi workers were felicitated by mask. The option has been dered 52 recognised regional Congress (₹ 100.50 crore) A group of conservationists nistry had on April 23 dis a group of residents in added among the reasons parties but only 26 of them and the Shiv Sena (₹ 60.73 and former members of the cussed the private sector south Kolkata for their un for cancelling a trip. Even had fi led their annual audit crore). National Board of Wildlife project that its own docu tiring service during the while rating a driver or a and contribution reports “Since a very large per has written to the Ministry ments said would involve lockdown and the CO rider, not wearing a mask with the Election Commis centage of the income of pol of Environment Ministry of the clearing of 2.7 lakh trees VID19 pandemic. or face cover has been list sion, the report said. itical parties cannot be Environment, Forest and in forests. Phalguni Mandal, an ac ed among reasons for a Of the 26, the Shiromani ports, the ADR said. The to to the ECI) and Rs.147.54 traced to the original donor, Climate Change seeking re The approval “may be credited social health acti poor rating, if either re Akali Dal, the Telangana tal income declared by the crore or 16.65% came from full details of all donors jection of a key subcommit tantamount to a breach of vist (ASHA), said she has moves the mask during the Rashtra Samithi and the Lok 23 parties was ₹ 885.956 other known sources such as should be made available for tee’s nod for the 3,097MW the FAC’s constitutional and “never been so happy as [I] journey. Jan Shakti Party were left out crore, of which ₹ 257.14 crore membership fees, bank in public scrutiny through Etalin Hydro Electric Pro statutory duty to conserve was never felicitated UberPool will continue of the analysis as there were or 29.02% came from known terest etc. RTI,” the report recom ject in the Dibang Valley dis forests,” the conservation [before].” to remain suspended. discrepancies in their re sources (donations declared A total of ₹ 481.27 crore or mended. trict of Arunachal Pradesh. ists said. Health activist Tapash Pramanik; Rekha Singh, who cleans roads, and Ani mesh Dey, who works for the Kolkata Municipal Cor Venkaiah calls for change in ‘Govt. must pay up advertising dues’ poration, were among those felicitated by the resi dents of Mandeville Gar attitude to survive pandemic INS tells SC that employers’ plight could result in breakdown of media industry dens area. “They are special as they Krishnadas Rajagopal State governments that priv did a special job,” said Bha VicePresident says adopting a new normal is the answer NEW DELHI ate employers should conti rati Biswas, a resident. The Indian Newspaper So nue to pay full wages to their “While we are relaxing at Special Correspondent This outbreak, he said, ciety (INS), the central or employees during the lock home, they are working New Delhi had shaken the fundamen ganisation for the Press in down. The issue came up in outside risking their lives,” Welcoming the latest relaxa tals of living by oneself and the country, has told the Su the apex court when a joint said Ms. Biswas. tions for lockdown 4.0 an highlighted the need for liv preme Court that govern petition was fi led by the Na The residents of ward nounced on Sunday, Vice ing in harmony with nature ments should pay up the tional Alliance of Journalists, number 68 gave sweets President M. Venkaiah Nai and fellow humans. He ob hundreds of crores of rupees Delhi Union of Journalists and red roses to the health du, in a long refl ective note served that “The invisible it owes in advertisement mo panies. A large chunk of this, mitted there had been “calls and Brihanmumbai Union of and sanitation workers, on his social media account, microbe once again proved ney to newspapers. ₹ 800900 crore is owed to by political parties to stop Journalists challenging sal and garlanded them. has said life can’t be lived for that life can change very It also blamed the govern the print industry alone. government advertising alto ary cuts and even sacking of Elderly residents, who long in confi nement and just Venkaiah Naidu quick. It brought into full ments for issuing “hypocriti Such amounts have been gether in order to save employees by some media could not come out of their as people are living with HIV play the uncertainty that can cal and discriminatory” ad outstanding for several money”. organisations. apartments, showered virus that has no vaccine by long time without a vaccine cosail with life.” visories asking private months and there is little Observing that the adviso them with marigold petals bringing in behavioural and people are coping with Mr. Naidu stressed that establishments to pay full prospect of realising the Broadcasters’ plea ries only cast a moral or hu from the balcony or changes, we need to learn to it by changing habits,” Mr. the corona challenge is more salaries to their employees same any time soon,” the INS “There have been no packag manitarian obligation and rooftops. live with coronavirus too by Naidu wrote in a long piece a civilisational issue than during the COVID19 lock said. es or measures announced not a legal liability on media “Everybody in Mande bringing in attitudinal on Facebook. that of individual lives. He down, especially when the The newspaper industry for news broadcasters by the houses, the INS argued that ville Gardens came out, changes. Mr. Naidu said the pan suggested a 12point new State — a “model employer” organisation, which was re Government, even as their through these advisories, participated in the felicita “What if the present coro demic should be used as a normal of living during the — had itself cut salaries at a plying to petitions from jour business has collapsed,” the the governments had over tion one way or the other, navirus is going to stay with course corrector: “Stacked “Corona Times,” including time of a calamity of global nalists’ unions objecting to National Broadcasters Asso reached and unduly as acknowledging the relent us for longer than expected with better tools to fi ght the behavioural changes such as proportions. some media houses’ intro ciation (NBA) submitted to sumed authority not granted less service of these wo as is being suggested by epidemics than when the wearing a mask and main “As per various industry duction of salary and job the apex court, in a separate under the Disaster Manage men and men, who serve some experts and senior offi pestilence struck humanity taining physical distance estimates, Directorate of Ad cuts during the lockdown, affi davit. ment Act, 2005. us throughout the year but cials of the World Health Or earlier and empowered with and hygiene. vertising and Visual Publici blamed the government for Both the INS and the NBA Disregard to the em particularly now when we ganisation? Adopting a new gene editing, Artifi cial Intel He has also stressed on ty (DAVP) owes between the “drastically reduced ad were criticising advisories by ployers’ plight could result all are in dire straits,” said normal is the answer. HIV vi ligence, Big Data etc, man the need to avoid prejudices ₹ 1,500 crore and ₹ 1,800 vertising much prior to the the Union Ministries of in the breakdown of the me ward councillor Sudarsha rus has been around for a was seeking to play God.” against fellow citizens. crore to various media com crisis”. In fact, the INS sub Home and Labour and some dia industry, the INS said. na Mukherjee.
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SCAN TO PLAY Are you a cryptic lover or SUDOKU FAITH + 12939 a quick solver? Find out Now! @ https://crossword.thehindu.com (set by Afterdark) Kindness of Azhvars 13 Basic apartment reportedly found in capital (9) Only if we have knowledge about something can we become 15 Small round before large round at city (4) attached to it. If we have jnana about the Supreme One, we 16 Crazy one at the centre; undressing Tshirt shamelessly in front of develop bhakthi towards Him. So, knowledge about the Su all (4) preme One is the fi rst step towards liberation, said Kidambi 17 Comfortable stop at England surroundings (9) Narayanan in a discourse. Can samsaris impart this know 21 Fasten on a tree (8) ledge to us? They are themselves ignorant. How then can 22 Billions displace, a large migration out of city (6) they tell us about the Paramatma? 24 Show with a rope (5,5) Vedanta Desika gives an example to explain this. Suppose 25 Team takes fi rst step forward by three places roughly by the a man falls into a well, and fi nds himself at a depth of 36 feet. middle of the month (4) He calls out to his companion for help. His friend says, “I 26 Maybe an eskimo in cinema shooting (6) have also fallen in. But I am only at a depth of 30 feet.” The 27 Milan? It’s another one, different city (6) fact that one of them is about six feet above the other does not mean that he is going to be able to help the other. Like ■ DOWN wise, one samsari cannot help another to acquire jnana. Pil 1 Proud to be aberrant as one who quit school (7) lai Lokachariar in his Mumukshuppadi, says samsaris do not 2 Car crash in point zero is related to opiates (5) know themselves; they do not know God; they do not know 3 Inscription on record; A path rewritten (7) anything about serving God. And they are unaware that they 5 Old cheese served on fi rst of November, from 1984 perhaps (6) do not know any of these things! 6 Support left at part of church at Southend comes apart (9) God is the only who can liberate us. Imagine two men in 7 Expression of praise at roadsign perhaps (3,2,2) Solution to puzzle 12938 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku prison. Can one of them let out the other? But if the king de 8 Teacher sleeps around with an athlete (13) cides to free them, he can, because he alone has the power 14 Give religious instruction to Tom to impart energy, force? to do so. In the same way, it is Lord Narayana who grants us Nonsense essentially (9) moksha. And Azhvars, who had the blissful experience of ■ ACROSS 16 Torrential rain? Nothing big at Indian city (7) bhakthi, wanted everyone to have the same experience. So, 1 About to leave Reverend confused in the city (6) 18 A grape variety, small, high class, brown found in American city they composed verses which are full of advice for us . Alth 4 Some returning, almost with scare to the capital (6) (7) ough we have not asked them, they have voluntarily given us 9 Sour love? Essence of it becomes a menace (4) 19 Introductions made through old radio broadcast (7) advice out of kindness through their works. To advis e, one 10 Annoying personality; no love in interactions (10) 20 Talk of the town is fi rm’s dismissal by new article (6) must have had experience. Azhvars are competent to advise 11 Letters from Rambo got accessed at the city (6) 23 Selection of tiramisu, shiitake mushrooms and another Japanese us. Nammazhvar sets us an example when he commands his 12 Leave out, 40% of motor gone in the lift (8) dish (5) heart to worship the Lord always, showing the importance of keeping our thoughts turned towards Him constantly.
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Agence France-Presse Greece, Italy and Portugal see some business activity Geneva Chinese President Xi Jinping Associated Press said on Monday that Beijing Athens has been “transparent” Europe reopened more throughout the COVID19 cri widely on Monday, allowing sis, and off ered to share a people into the Acropolis in vaccine as soon as one was Athens, shops in Italy, mar available — as well as $2 bil kets and museums in Belgi lion in aid. um, golf courses in Ireland Governments including and beer gardens in Bavaria the U.S. and Australia have while its leaders discussed called in recent weeks for an how to salvage Europe’s hal investigation into the origins lowed summer vacations. of the SARSCoV2 virus, Greece reopened the A tentative return: People walking at a park in central Rome which has become a fl ash Acropolis in Athens and oth on Sunday. * AFP point in deteriorating ten er ancient sites, along with sions between Washington high schools, shopping malls crowding. Hoping to make the Vatican resumed public and Beijing. and mainland travel. Paving the most of the sunny weath Masses. Guards in hazmat Both U.S. President Do stickers were used as mark er, openair markets started suits took the temperatures nald Trump and Secretary of ers to keep visitors apart selling their plentiful spring of the faithful entering St. State Mike Pompeo have ac outside the Acropolis. Tou fruit and vegetables. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope cused China of a lack of tran rists were local, for the Francis celebrated an early sparency over the issue, and country still has a 14day Golf in Ireland morning Mass in a side cha repeatedly pushed the theo quarantine for arrivals, and Golf courses and garden pel to commemorate the ry that the virus leaked from travel to the Greek islands stores reopened in Ireland centenary of the birth of St. a Chinese maximumsecuri remains broadly restricted. but Health Minister Simon John Paul II. Portuguese ty laboratory. In Belgium, more stu Harris said he’s still nervous Prime Minister Antonio Cos dents returned to school, because the virus hasn’t ta took his morning coff ee at hairdressers began clipping gone away. He hoped that a Lisbon cafe and was having locks again and museums social distancing and other lunch at a restaurant with and zoos opened their measures will make more the Speaker of Parliament as Addressing the fi rstever doors, all with strict reserva normalcy possible. offi cials encouraged people virtual gathering of the tion systems to avoid over Churches in Italy and at to support local businesses. WHO’s annual assembly, Mr. Xi said China has “always had an open, transparent and responsible attitude”, Survival at stake after U.S. move: Huawei and had shared information on the virus in a timely man Agence France-Presse sion was arbitrary and perni of Shenzhen. “Survival is the ner. Chinese scientists have Shenzhen cious and threatens to un key for us now,” Mr. Guo said the virus emerged from up, insisting it has always hensive evaluation” of the ment”. With the world rac approval for human trials. Huawei on Monday assailed dermine the entire said, issuing an appeal to a market that sold wild ani shared information with the global response to the pan ing to fi nd a drug to stop the Experts say it will take at the latest U.S. move to cut it (technology) industry world Huawei’s suppliers and cus mals in the central Chinese World Health Organization demic after it “has been pandemic, Mr. Xi pledged to least 12 to 18 months to deve off from semiconductor sup wide,” Huawei said in a tomers worldwide to stand city of Wuhan in December, (WHO) and other countries brought under control” and make any potential vaccine lop an eff ective vaccine, or pliers as a “pernicious” at statement. with it. He declined to give a though offi cials have more in a timely manner. that the probe should be led developed by China a “global even longer. tack that will put the Chi detailed forecast of the im recently cast doubt about its The assembly was set to by the WHO. public good” once it was put Mr. Xi also told the as nese technology giant in U.S. sanctions pact. But the Huawei state origins. Authorities in Wu discuss a resolution tabled The inquiry should “sum into use. This move would be sembly that China will pro “survival” mode and sow Huawei has largely weath ment said the U.S. decision han have come under fi re for by the EU that calls for an up experiences and improve China’s contribution to vide $2 billion in internation chaos in the global technolo ered an escalating 18month “will have a serious impact reprimanding and silencing “impartial, independent and shortcomings” and “adhere achieving accessibility and al aid over two years to help gy sector. campaign by the Trump ad on a wide number of global doctors who raised the comprehensive evaluation” to the principles of objectivi aff ordability of a vaccine in with COVID19 response and The Commerce Depart ministration to isolate it in industries” by creating un alarm about the virus late of the international response ty and fairness”, Mr. Xi told developing countries as well, economic development in af ment said on Friday it was ternationally. But it “will in certainty in the chip sector last year. China is also ac to the coronavirus crisis. the World Health Assembly. Mr. Xi said. fected countries, especially tightening sanctions on Hua evitably be aff ected” by the and supply chains. U.S. offi cused of having delayed con WHO chief Tedros Adha China says it has fi ve po in the developing world. wei —seen by Washington as new American salvo, rotat cials said Huawei had been fi rmation that the virus was WHO-led probe nom Ghebreyesus pledged at tential vaccines in clinical “China will work with mem a security risk — to include ing chairman Guo Ping said circumventing sanctions by transmissible between Speaking via videolink with a the assembly to launch an in trials. A top Chinese health bers of the Group of 20 na denying it access to semi at an annual summit of tech obtaining chips and compo humans. painting of the Great Wall in dependent probe to review offi cial said last week that tions to implement the debt conductor designs deve nology analysts that Huawei nents that are produced China has strenuously de the background, Mr. Xi said the pandemic response “at more vaccine candidates are relief initiative for the poorest loped using U.S. software organises at its headquarters around the world based on nied accusations of a cover China supports a “compre the earliest appropriate mo in the pipeline and awaiting countries,” he said. and technology. “The deci in the southern Chinese city American technology. After scuffl es, Hong Kong MPs 11 years on, Tamils remember loved ones amid pandemic push ahead with China anthem Bill Kin of those who were killed convene at a battle site in Mullivaikkal, light lamps and off er fl owers Meera Srinivasan with strikingly diff erent nar bles me that year after year, the decade off ered, by way Prodemocracy lawmakers evicted after they charge at guards Colombo ratives. For the Tamils, the some politicians use this site of justice, accountability and The COVID19 pandemic day symbolises its brutal end of grief for their own propa peace, according to human Reuters lawmaker Ted Hui shouted may have deterred physical that brought much grief and ganda. I don’t have to go rights activist Ruki Fernan Hong Kong at Mr. Chan that the meeting gatherings, but families of trauma to the community, there and do politics,” said do. “Bringing perpetrators Hong Kong’s legislature was “illegal.” Even as the scores of Tamils who died in while the Sri Lankan state Ms. Sriskantharajah, whose to justice is one aspect of it. plunged into chaotic scuffl es protests continued, Mr. the fi nal phase of Sri Lanka’s has celebrated it as “victory leg was severely injured in But it’s also about those who for a second time this Chan called a vote for a civil war on Monday paid tri day”, hailing soldiers or the last stages of shelling in suff ered the most having an month, as proBeijing law chairperson of the commit butes to their loved ones — “war heroes” for bringing a 2009. “Like many other peo environment where they can makers on Monday took tee that was won by proBeij lighting candles, reciting nearly three decadelong ple, I too bear the scars of remember without fear or control of a key committee, ing lawmaker Starry Lee. prayers in their homes and separatist war to an end. A woman commemorating the war on my body every threat, about renewing their paving the way for a debate via video calls. On Monday, relatives of the end of the confl ict in day,” she told The Hindu. livelihoods as before, and on a Bill that would criminal Scrutiny of Bills On this day in 2009, the many who were killed that Colombo on Monday. * AFP their relationships with oth ise abuse of China’s national Mr. Lee’s camp condemned state armed forces trium day convened at Mullivaikkal ‘Day of grief’ er communities,” he said. anthem. the violence and pledged to phantly declared crushing in the northern Mullaitivu respects in their own way, af In neighbouring Kilinochchi On Monday, the Tamil Na Prodemocracy legislators A prodemocracy lawmaker push ahead with the anthem the rebel LTTE to defeat, af district, near the Nandikadal ter all it’s a way of dealing district too, families lit lamps tional People’s Front, a polit charged at security guards during a scuffl e in Hong Bill. The house committee’s ter killing its leader Velupil lagoon, wearing masks and with their loss,” said Shanthi and candles at their homes, ical alliance headquartered surrounding proestablish Kong on Monday. * AFP role is to scrutinise Bills be lai Prabhakaran. It was also maintaining physical dis Sriskantharajah, a former and off ered prayers, accord in Jaff na, tweeted that its ment lawmaker Chan Kin fore a second reading in the the day that several thou tancing, as they lit lamps and MP of the Tamil National Al ing to Father S.K. Daniel, members were prevented by Por, who had taken the guards from bench tops to Legislative Council and has sand civilians — the UN esti off ered fl owers at the site liance, from Mullaitivu. who has been involved post the police from holding com chairman’s seat in the meet take back the chairman’s built up a backlog after fail mates 40,000 deaths in the that witnessed the gory fi nal However, the former legis war reconciliation eff orts. memorative events, despite ing against procedural ob seat only to be forced back. ing to elect a chairperson fi nal phase — died in inces days of the battle. lator herself didn’t go to Mul “It’s a day of immense grief observing health safety mea jections by the Opposition. The Democrats chanted since late last year. sant shelling, despite being “The crowd was smaller livaikkal. “I have my perso for the people, no one can sures. Others who held spe Guards hauled several le “foul play” and held a pla The backlog includes the assured they were in a no this time. Some people may nal reasons. Families go their forget it.” cial prayers and meetings gislators out of the chamber, card reading “CCP (China anthem Bill, which is expect fi re zone. For over a decade have preferred to stay in to collectively acknowledge Whether 11 years is were also questioned by the some kicking and shouting. Communist Party) tramples ed to be given a second read now, Sri Lankans continue to doors due to the risk of CO their grief, and to remember enough time for healing will police in some areas, sourc Some tried leaping over the HK legislature.” Opposition ing on May 27 . mark the end of the civil war VID19. But everyone paid their loved ones. But it trou only be determined by what es told The Hindu. ELSEWHERE Are the United States and China entering a new Cold War? Relations have taken a hit after the COVID19 outbreak; experts say tensions are unlikely to ease in near future as mutual mistrust is building up Stanly Johny short supply on both sides. In his report, Novikov had in the U.S. Therefore, ten EU, Russia, India and Japan. Uncertainty prevails, wheth said the U.S. was determined sions will not go away. In Chi These parties increasingly elations between the er it on the question of re on world domination, and na, the leadership and public have a choice whether or not U.S. and China have solving trade problems, or suggested the Soviet Union opinion are both on a nation to align with either power as Growth of new cases Rplunged to a nadir in on the maritime front in the create a buff er in Eastern Eu alist overdrive and the they see fi t and on a case by stopped: Russian PM recent weeks. On May 15, East and South China Seas, rope. Novikov’s telegram Trump administration is case basis. This leads to a ve MOSCOW President Donald Trump on technology, or on mutual was a response to the “Long seen as the prime antagonist. ry diff erent kind of interna Prime Minister Mikhail threatened to “cut off the mudslinging on COVID19 Telegram”, the 8,000word The prognosis is not encou tional order than during the Mishustin said on Monday whole relationship” with related issues,” Nirupama report sent by George Ken raging,” she said. Cold War,” Mr. Jacob told The that the growth in new Hindu COVID19 cases had been China over the COVID19 Menon Rao, former Foreign nan, an offi cial at the U.S. Does it mean both coun . The Hindu stopped in Russia. Russia on pandemic, which originated Secretary, told . Embassy in Moscow, to tries are already in a Cold But Mr. Jacob warned that Monday reported under in Wuhan. He had earlier In early April, China’s Mi Washington, in which he said War? “There are similarities ties between the U.S. and 9,000 infections for the fi rst called the coronavirus “Chi nistry of State Security sent the Soviet Union was heavily between the current crisis China could take a worse time since the beginning of nese virus” and threatened Widening rift: U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s an internal report to the armed and determined to and the Cold War. The politi turn if Mr. Trump is reelect to seek compensation from country’s top leaders, stating spread communism. Histor cal elites of both China and ed this November. “The Cold May, after seeing a daily rise President Xi Jinping in Osaka in June 2019. * AFP of around 10,000 cases for China for the damages that hostility in the wake of ians often trace the origins of the U.S., like the Soviet Un War was out and out ideolog more than two weeks. AFP caused by the outbreak. dress potential “security the COVID19 outbreak could the Cold War to these ion and the U.S. back then, ical between the communist China, sometimes through NEWS ANALYSIS challenges” by China, the Fo tip relations with the U.S. in telegrams. see each other as their main and capitalist blocs. For Chi Florida base attack the staterun media, has hit reign Ministry in Beijing to confrontation, according rivals. We can also see this na, a country ruled by a com linked to al-Qaeda: FBI back, calling Mr. Trump’s re VID19 pandemic. In 2017, “urged” the U.S. “to abandon to a Reuters report. One of Nationalist overdrive antagonism moving from the munist party where the WASHINGTON cent comments “lunacy”. the Trump administration’s the ColdWar mentality” the offi cials the report has So where is the current crisis political elite to the popular primary goal of all state ap The FBI has found cellphone The rising tensions bet National Security Strategy quoted said some in the Chi in relations between the U.S. perception,” said Jabin T. Ja paratus is preserving the re evidence linking alQaeda to ween the two superpowers called China as “a revisionist The ‘Novikov telegram’ nese intelligence community and China headed? Accord cob, Associate Professor at gime in power, it’s always the Dec. 6, 2019 shooting at a U.S. naval base in Florida in have prompted many ex power” seeking “to erode COVID19 appears to have ag see the internal report as ing to Ms. Rao, tensions will Shiv Nadar University. been ideological. The U.S. which three people were perts to warn of a new Cold American security and pros gravated the crisis . “Record China’s version of the ‘Novi not go away. “This situation “But there are key diff e has started realising this an killed, a federal law War. Hawks in the Trump ad perity”. high temperatures have been kov Telegram’, referring to a is unlikely to ease until the rences as well. We don’t see gle about China now. The Re enforcement source said on ministration openly push for In September 2019, while recorded in SinoU.S. rela report Nikolai Novikov, the U.S. presidential election. the kind of proxy confl icts publican party has ideologi Monday. The shooter, Second a more aggressive approach responding to U.S. Assistant tions in recent years and the Soviet Ambassador in Wash Postelection, temperatures between the U.S. and China cal worldviews, too. If Lieutenant Mohammed towards Beijing. Secretary of State Christoph pandemic is no exception to ington, sent to Moscow in could decrease, but a deep which we did during the Trump gets reelected, the Saeed Alshamrani, 21, had Relations between the two er Ford’s comment that the this. Competition rules the September 1946, laying out rooted antipathy towards Cold War. The world is also ideological underpinnings of been a member of the Royal countries had started dete American government was relationship, and fl exibility his analysis of the U.S. China has gripped the popu not bipolar any more. There the U.S.China rivalry could Saudi Air Force. Reuters riorating well before the CO formulating a strategy to ad and mature handling are in conduct. lar and political imagination are third parties such as the get further solidifi ed.”
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market watch Auto industry left out of 18-05-2020 % CHANGE Sensex dddddddddddddddddddddd 30,029 ddddddddddddd-3.44 ‘Stimulus to cost only about 1% of GDP’ US Dollardddddddddddddddddddd 75.91 ddddddddddddd-0.44 ddddddddddddddddddddd dddddddddddd economic package: SIAM Brent oil 35.09 11.22 Package may fall short of mitigating nearterm existential crisis for businesses, workers: Nomura ‘Measures could have helped demand’ NIFTY 50 MANOJIT SAHA the hands of the poor who the likely impact of the defi Mumbai PRICE CHANGE face an existential crisis with cit could only emerge once Special Correspondent forward to some direct fi scal NEW DELHI Adani Ports...... 293.30...... -15.95 The muchhyped ₹ 20lakh the lockdown, which is now the losses materialise. measures which could have Asian Paints...... 1501.10...... -51.85 crore economic package an over 50 days, destroying “The headline stimulus The government’s recently boosted demand for the sec Axis Bank ...... 358.80...... -29.75 nounced by Prime Minister their livelihoods. number seemed impressive, announced ₹ 20lakh crore tor and stopped job losses.” Bajaj Auto ...... 2477.45. .. -186.15 Narendra Modi will have a at ₹ 20 trillion ($267 billion), economic package has left He noted that SIAM has Bajaj Finserv...... 4465.45. .. -257.80 minimum impact on the fi s Guarantees, credit lines corresponding to roughly the automobile sector out, had several engagements Bajaj Finance ...... 1938.60. .. -147.85
Bharti Airtel ...... 538.05...... -16.05 cal cost, estimated at about “Within the fi scal constraints 10% of India’s FY21 [esti Rajan Wadhera, president of with the Centre at various
BPCL...... 294.05...... -24.15 1% of the Gross Domestic of government, extensive mates of] GDP, much higher Society of Indian Automo levels, where specifi c sug Britannia Ind ...... 3109.55...... -16.10 Product (GDP). use of guarantees and credit than market expectations,” bile Manufacturers (SIAM), gestions had been made to Cipla ...... 600.45...... 30.15 According to estimates by lines to provide breathing said Tanvee Gupta Jain, eco said on Monday. He pointed stimulate demand, includ Coal India ...... 121.70...... -7.90 several brokerages , the space to MSMEs, economi nomist, UBS Securities India, out that the industry has ing a cut in base GST rates Dr Reddys Lab ...... 3679.15...... -55.95 Centre’s fi scal burdenis seen cally weaker sections, farm in a report. been in dire need an imme from 28% to 18% for a limit Eicher Motors...... 12988.20. -1111.40
GAIL (India)...... 81.00...... -4.80 ranging between 0.8% and ers and NBFCs, as well as “However, looking at the diate stimulus to boost de ed period and an incentive
Grasim Ind ...... 495.80...... -22.05 1.2% of the GDP. creating longterm changes breakdown, the liquidity mand and stop job losses. based vehicle scrappage
HCL Tech...... 510.75...... -0.50 Mr. Modi had pegged the in some other sectors, is an support and credit guaran He added that the sector, policy. This would have HDFC ...... 1512.05. .. -121.75 size of the economic package appreciable move but this tee measures accounted for already facing a challenge “made it a less painful reviv HDFC Bank...... 836.65...... -51.50 at 10% of the GDP. may not be seen as enough almost threefourths of the with the 18% contraction al and kick started the in Hero MotoCorp ...... 2070.55. .. -123.00 in a report, while acknow ers, but is better designed to to solve the immediate CO economic support package, last year, could see a further dustry,” he said. Hindalco ...... 115.35...... -3.90 Regulatory in nature ledging that the pandemic improve India’s medium VID19 challenges ( sic),” followed by monetary mea shrinkage in the range of 22 The industry body said Hind Unilever ...... 2005.25...... -26.85
ICICI Bank ...... 298.50...... -24.20 “The government has aimed had been used as a cover to term growth potential and CLSA said in a report to its sures at 15% and fi scal sup 35% in various industry seg the package for the agri sec
IndusInd Bank ...... 376.75...... -41.95 for the maximum bang [with plough through longpend attract longterm risk capi clients. port at only 10%. ments such as passenger tor may indirectly benefi t Bharti Infratel ...... 207.10...... 4.60 the] minimum buck, with ing, politicallysensitive tal,” said Nomura, which had UBS Securities, which had “Notably, the upfront, di vehicles, twowheelers and the auto industry. It said Infosys ...... 663.90...... 11.60 most of the relief either regu structural reforms. pegged India’s GDP growth pegged the fi scal cost at 1.2% rect fi scal cost this year from commercial vehicles, in dealers needed urgent help Indian OilCorp...... 71.55...... -3.95 latory in nature or refl ecting “As a result, the package for 2020 at minus 5%. of the GDP, said credit gua the COVID19 support pack 202021, if India’s GDP with improving liquidity ITC ...... 164.75...... 0.10 in its contingent liabilities may fall short of mitigating The government has faced rantees are unlikely to im age announced so far is quite growth ends up at 01%. and that they ought to be in JSW Steel...... 163.25...... -11.05
Kotak Bank ...... 1113.65...... -64.65 rather than explicit budge the nearterm existential cri fl ak from the Opposition par pact the budget balance of limited (1.2% of GDP),” Ms. The industry, Mr. Wadhe cluded under the MSME Act
L&T...... 813.35...... -51.05 tary support,” Nomura said sis for businesses and work ties for not putting money in the current fi nancial year as Jain said. ra said, was “keenly looking by changing its defi nition.
M&M ...... 377.20...... -4.10
Maruti Suzuki ...... 4720.95. .. -379.45
Nestle India Ltd...... 16240.35. .. -203.45
NTPC ...... 88.90...... -1.95 ONGC ...... 72.90...... -3.25 Markets fi nd little to cheer Reliance Industries to repay debt worth PowerGrid Corp ...... 154.50...... -5.30
Reliance Ind ...... 1440.75...... -18.65 State Bank ...... 155.30...... -11.10 Indices shed 3.4% in reaction to Centre’s economic package Shree Cement ...... 18152.70. -1027.80 ₹ 40,000 cr. from proceeds of rights issue Sun Pharma ...... 440.70...... -7.90 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Nifty settled the day at Tata Motors ...... 80.65...... -3.70 MUMBAI 8,823.25, down 313.60 Issue size is ₹ 53,125 crore; investors may pay 25% at the time of subscription Tata Steel ...... 266.60...... -6.85 Indian benchmark equity in points, or 3.43%. The India TCS ...... 1945.60...... 52.70 dices lost more than 3% each VIX index surged a little over special Correspondent siness and capital for payment in May 2021 and Tech Mahindra ...... 504.05...... -6.50 MUMBAI Titan ...... 817.30...... -28.30 on Monday with the Sensex 7.5% on Monday after laying expenditure. the balance 50% has to be
UltraTech Cement...... 3307.80. .. -275.35 shedding more than 1,000 low for the past few days. Reliance Industries Ltd. “The amount utilised for paid in November 2021, the UPL...... 375.80...... -3.10 points as the stimulus pack Further, the Nifty Bank (RIL) intends to repay loans general corporate purposes company said in a regulatory Vedanta ...... 92.50...... -0.45 age announced by the Fi and Nifty Private Bank were worth about ₹ 40,000 crore shall not exceed 25% of the fi ling. Wipro ...... 182.20...... -1.60 nance Minister failed to the biggest losers among from the money raised gross proceeds. Our compa “The rights issue commit Zee Entertainment ...... 149.50...... -14.70 cheer the markets, with a sectoral induces, shedding through its proposed rights ny proposes to repay/prepay tee of the board of directors, further extension of the na almost 7% each. Incidental issue worth ₹ 53,125 crore. In either fully or partly any of in its meeting held on May 17, EXCHANGE RATES tionwide lockdown till May ly, the fall was largely on ac dia’s biggestever equity the borrowings including 2020, has proposed the fol Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit 31 acting as a catalyst in dam count of domestic factors as fund raise. combination thereof, subject lowing schedule for payment except yen at 4 p.m. on May 18 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL pening sentiments. While IndusInd Bank lost most of the Asian markets “The company plans to to terms and conditions,” of the balance amount of The 30share Sensex lost over 10% on Monday, stocks gained ground on Monday. use around ₹ 40,000 crore RIL said in a communique to ₹ 942.75 per rights equity US Dollar...... 75.71...... 76.03 1,068.75 points, or 3.44%, to such as ICICI Bank, Axis “Indian indices ended for repayment/ prepayment shareholders. share — ₹ 314.25, i.e. 25%, in Euro ...... 81.79...... 82.13 close at 30,028.98. Earlier in Bank, HDFC and Bajaj Fi lower as details of the ₹ 20 of all or a portion of certain erating expenditure and RIL shareholders will be May 2021, and ₹ 628.50, i.e. British Pound...... 91.67...... 92.07 the day, it fell below the nance, all lost over 7% each. lakh crore stimulus package borrowings and the remain shortterm funding gaps. able to apply for one share in the balance 50%, in Novem Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 70.58...... 70.87 30,000mark to touch a low The overall market announced by the Finance ing ₹ 13,000 crore for general RIL had also issued non the rights issue for every 15 ber 2021,” it said. Chinese Yuan ...... 10.64...... 10.68
Swiss Franc ...... 77.78...... 78.15 of 29,968.45. As many as 28 breadth was extremely weak Minister over Wednesday corporate purposes,” ac convertible debentures shares held as on May 14, at The rights issue will be
Singapore Dollar ...... 53.06...... 53.30 of the 30 constituents of the with more than 1,700 stocks and Sunday disappointed cording to the objects of the worth ₹ 36,213 crore for gen ₹ 1,257 each. open for subscription on
Canadian Dollar...... 53.80...... 54.03 Sensex ended the day in the in the red against less than listed corporates and market issue. eral corporate purpose, refi Of the ₹ 1,257 per share May 20 and close on June 3.
Malaysian Ringitt ...... 17.32...... 17.41 red with fi nancials bearing 600 gainers. As many as 272 participants,” said Deepak The company had issued nancing of existing borrow price, only 25% is to be paid At the end of the March
Australian Dollar ...... 48.79...... 49.04 the maximum brunt of the stocks hit their lower circuit. Jasani, head, retail research, commercial papers worth ings and any other purpose at the time of subscription. A quarter, RIL’s net debt stood Source:Indian Bank selling pressure. Meanwhile, the broader HDFC Securities. ₹ 16,350 crore to fi nance op in the ordinary course of bu similar amount will be due at ₹ 1,61,035 crore. IN BRIEF Bharti clocks ₹ 5,237 crore loss Swiggy to India Inc. welcomes reforms lay off 1,100 Average revenue per user for Q4 rises to ₹ 154 from ₹ 123 employees Stimulus to boost investments, create jobs, say industrialists Special Correspondent Special Correspondent through on sectoral reforms. New Delhi Special Correspondent MUMBAI These steps will not only im Telecom operator Bharti Air NEW DELHI Finance Minister Nirmala prove easeofdoing busi tel on Monday posted a net Online food delivery plat Sitharaman announcement ness, but also signifi cantly Tata unit to buy PepsiCo loss of ₹ 5,237 crore after ex form Swiggy on Monday of the last tranche of the ₹ 20 contribute to the global stake in JV NourishCo ceptional items for the Janu said that it will lay off 1,100 lakh crore fi scal stimulus competitiveness of the me NEW DELHI aryMarch 2020 period on employees over the next package on Sunday was wel tals and mining industry.” Tata Consumer Products Ltd. account of an exceptional few days due to the impact comed by India Inc. which Confederation of Indian (TCPL) said it would acquire charge of ₹ 7,004 crore. of COVID19 outbreak on said the moves would infuse Industry director general PepsiCo’s stake in their joint venture NourishCo In a regulatory fi ling the business. Swiggy will also liquidity into the system and Chandrajit Banerjee said, Beverages. The size of the company said, “... the net ‘scale down or shut down’ boost investments, leading “The steps for PSE effi ciency deal was not disclosed by the exceptional charge of ₹ 7,004 adjacent businesses that to creation of jobs. through a comprehensive company. The move is an crore comprises a charge on are either going to be high Harsh Goenka, chairman Harsh Goenka privatisation programme effort by the Tata Group firm account of reassessment of Traffi c surge: India mobile data traffi c rose 74.2% to 6,010 ly volatile or will not be RPG Enterprises, told The and limited presence in very to widen its portfolio in the regulatory cost based on a PBs in the quarter compared with 3,451 PBs. * REUTERS highly relevant for the next Hindu, “Being the fi nal evincing interest in India . strategic sectors really go to growing food and beverages recent judgment on OTSC 18 months. tranche, it was keenly await The government’s industrial wards building the confi space, TCPL said. NourishCo [onetime spectrum pay loss of ₹ 1,035 crore. dented times for everyone The biggest impact here ed. The announcements information system will pro dence of the private sector.” operates in the healthy ment] related matter...” across the world as we battle is on the cloud kitchens bu were more structural, deal vide a ready reckoner for J.D. Patil, director, L&T, hydration space. PTI The company, which had Consolidated revenue the impact of COVID19.” siness, with many un ing with job creation, insol global investors to [identify] said, “A separate budget for posted a profi t of ₹ 107 crore The consolidated revenues ARPU for the quarter knowns about volumes vency law and PSE privatisa manufacturing locations in domestic capital procure Dr. Reddy’s unveils in the JanuaryMarch 2019 for Q4 2020 stood at ₹ 23,723 stood at ₹ 154 compared with through the year. tion. More money was made India, generating signifi cant ment will protect indigenous Ocaliva generic in India period, said the numbers are crore. Consolidated revenue ₹ 123 in Q4 2019. “India mo Sriharsha Majety, co available to the States.” employment in the process.” programmes that have seen HYDERABAD not comparable as the latest stood at ₹ 20,602 crore in the bile data traffi c increased by founder and chief execu Welcoming the announ Satish Pai, MD, Hindalco repeated deferment given Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has quarter results include the yearago quarter, it said in a 74.2% to 6,010 PBs (peta tive offi cer, said Swiggy cement on upgradation of said, “The government has the budgetary constraints launched FXR, a therapeutic impact of Ind AS 116. statement. bytes) in the quarter com would provide fi nancial, industrial infrastructure, announced a series of bold caused by big ticket GtoG equivalent generic version of In the previous October Gopal Vittal, MD and pared with 3,451 PBs in the emotional and careerrelat G.M. Rao, group chairman, measures for the metals sec contracts entered into as ur Ocaliva (obeticholic acid), in December 2019 quarter, the CEO, India & South Asia, corresponding quarter last ed support to the aff ected GMR Group, said, “Many tor, which demonstrates its gent requirements as the India. Ocaliva is a trademark company had posted a net said: “These are unprece year,” the company said. employees. global corporations are commitment to follow sector saw neglect earlier.” of Intercept Pharmaceuticals. The drug is indicated for the treatment of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in BSE, NSE cut Coops, RRBs combination with Oppo shuts unit after staff Create dedicated fund for street ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) SME listing get ₹ 20,500 cr. or as monotherapy in adults. test positive for COVID19 “FXR will be an important fee by 25% vendor loans: microlenders’ body from NABARD addition to our hepatology portfolio,” according to M.V. Vivo, Zee Media staff also test positive Ramana, chief executive SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ‘It may be used to fi nance MFIs of all types for onlending’ Press trust of india MUMBAI mumbai offi cer of branded markets Special Correspondent also been found positive. Ghaziabad (India and emerging “This company had got 18 As part of their attempts to SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT We request that a “This fund should be util The National Bank for Agri Chinese smartphone maker employees tested at Guru lower the compliance costs Mumbai <> ised by MUDRA to extend fi culture and Rural Develop markets), Dr. Reddy’s Labs. dedicated fund of Oppo has suspended opera gram, out of which two have for companies during the The industry body for mi nance to MFIs of all types ment (NABARD) on Mon Maruti delivers 5,000 tions at its Greater Noida fac been found positive,” said ongoing COVID19 pan crofi nance institutions, Sa ₹ 3,000 crore [NBFCMFIs as well as non day said it had disbursed cars in past few days tory after six of its workers Mr. Suhas, adding that the demic, BSE and NSE have Dhan, has requested Fi under the MUDRA NBFCMFIs] in a timebound ₹ 20,500 crore to coopera NEW DELHI tested positive for COVID19. company had voluntarily reduced the annual listing nance Minister Nirmala Sith scheme be set up manner, who, in turn, would tive banks and regional ru Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on An Oppo India spokesper shut down its operations. fees for small and medium araman to set up a dedicated P. Satish, lend to street vendors start ral banks (RRBs) for on Monday said it has delivered son said, “We have suspend Meanwhile, 15 contacts of enterprises (SMEs) by 25%. fund for loans to street ven executive director, SaDhan ing with an initial loan lending to farmers. over 5,000 cars in the past ed all operations at our pro an employee of Zee Media, While a statement is dors under the MUDRA lack of liquidity, which was amount of ₹ 10,000 per This amount is a part of few days with over 1,350 duction facility in Greater who was found positive on sued by BSE stated that the scheme. further extenuated by the head,” it said. the ₹ 25,000 crore of spe showrooms operational Noida and initiated CO May 15, were also found in reduced listing fee struc The Finance Ministry had nonextension of moratori Mr. Satish highlighted that cial refi nance facility pro across the country at VID19 testing for 3,000plus fected, a release said. ture would be applicable announced a scheme for um on loans to these institu 45% of the borrowers of vided by the Reserve Bank present. The company has employees, for which results “After a 39yearold male for currentlylisted compa street vendors that proposes tions by some banks and MFIs were from urban and of India (RBI) to NABARD put in place comprehensive are awaited.” employee of Zee Media of nies as well as for all the bank credit facility for initial DFIs such as SIDBI and semiurban areas, which for refi nancing regional ru standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all its District Magistrate Suhas fi ce in Sector 16, Noida, test fi rms waiting to be listed working capital up to MUDRA. worked out to about 20.46 ral banks (RRBs), coopera dealerships, MSI said. L.Y. said Oppo has conveyed ed positive, his 51 contacts on the bourse, NSE said ₹ 10,000 for each vendor. “With a view to ensuring million, of which nearly 31% tive banks and micro fi Over 1,350 Maruti Suzuki it got 3,321 employees tested were tested at Max Lab, Del that the rebate is for all ex This scheme will cover ur timely rollout of the scheme were street vendors. These nance institutions (MFIs). showrooms and over 300 at a private lab in Gurugram. hi. Of them, 15 contacts who isting listed entities. ban as well as rural vendors of Special Credit Facility to include vegetable, fruit and “We have extended True Value outlets are “Results of 1,581 employees are employees of the same There are about 322 doing business in the adjoin Street Vendors, we request fl ower vendors, push cart ₹ 20,500 crore with operational now, it added. have been sent to the Health organisation and reside in SMEs listed on the BSE ing urban areas. [Finance Minister] to direct vendors, and temporary ₹ 15,200 crore to the coop “MSI has put in place Department of which eight G.B. Nagar, tested positive. platform, while the NSE In a letter to the Finance the setting up of a dedicated stand vendors. erative banks and the ba comprehensive norms to belonging to G.B. Nagar and 13 more of his contacts, re has 209 such listed enti Minister, P. Satish, executive fund of ₹ 3,000 crore in MU SaDhan has already in lance of ₹ 5,300 crore to ensure that their carbuying one from Ghaziabad have siding in Delhi, Ghaziabad ties. The separate segment director, SaDhan, said while DRA. This special fund can itiated discussions with DAY RRBs as special liquidity fa experience is completely been declared positive.” and Faridabad have also for SMEs was launched by the microfi nance sector was be carved out of resources NULM, Ministry of Housing cilities in various States,” safe,” said MSI MD and CEO In a related development, tested positive,” Mr. Suhas both the exchanges in geared up to implement the already available with MU and Urban Aff airs to opera according to a statement Kenichi Ayukawa. PTI two employees of Vivo have said. 2012. scheme, it was hampered by DRA,” the letter said. tionalise the scheme. from NABARD.
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The ICC’s Cricket Commit A day after the Home Minis tee has recommended the Michael Jordan sneakers try advised restricted open Better safe than sorry prohibition of the use of sali sell for $560,000 ing of sports complexes and AFI president Adille Sumari va to shine the ball to miti NEW YORK walla too has been waiting gate the risks posed by CO A pair of Air Jordan sneakers stadia, the sports ministry has given its goahead to the for government approval for VID19 when the sport worn in a game by Michael a month. “We submitted our resumes. Jordan sold for $560,000 at proposal. plan way back and are wait However, the committee Sotheby’s auction house, an Sports Minister Kiren Riji ing for a goahead. Also, as has not barred the use of alltime record for basketball ju, on Monday, confi rmed per my understanding, the shoes. The white, black and the resumption of sporting sweat. It has not allowed NIS in Patiala is an education any external polishing red shoes, made for Jordan in activities and training, sub Anil Kumble. al institution and so remains material. 1985 and autographed by the ject to the central and State * FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR NBA legend, dethroned the specifi c guidelines. closed even in the new order. The committee, chaired reigning “Moon Shoe,” one of “We have asked for clarifi by former India captain and last month’s CEC, but since Nike’s first sneakers, a pair of Follow guidelines cation but honestly, given the coach Anil Kumble, has also the matter had to be which sold in July 2019 for “I’m happy to inform sport situation, I think it’s better to proposed that local umpires brought up and discussed $437,000. AFP spersons and all concerned be safe than sorry. be appointed for matches in by the Cricket Committee, that sports activities will be “A couple of days delay in the short term to deal with Monday’s meeting was con Wait ends: With sporting complexes opened up, the Indian women’s hockey team would like to conducted in sports com training is better than putting international travel restric vened via a videoconfe get back to serious training. * FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR plexes and stadia strictly in the athletes’ health to any tions during the pandemic. rence call. accordance with MHA guide the Standard Operating Pro competition schedules. pacts the premier NIS in Pa risk,” Sumariwalla told The It has also recommended an “We are living through ex lines and that of the States in cedures (SOPs) designed by While Hockey India is tiala, where the athletes and Hindu. increase in reviews per in traordinary times and the which they are situated. Ho the SAI and individual awaiting further suitable gui weightlifters are. The NRAI too has decided nings through DRS for this. recommendations made to wever, the use of gyms & federations. delines and approvals on res “Hockey India today sub to proceed slowly, with presi The proposals are set to day are interim measures to swimming pools are still pro Most NSFs, however, have tarting the national camps mitted the pitch training re dent Raninder Singh assur be formalised during the enable us to safely resume hibited,” Rijiju tweeted. preferred to adopt a cautious for men and women — who quests for the men and wo ing that a fi rm plan for train Chief Executives’ Commit cricket in a way that pre ‘Singapore F1 behind The ministry’s approval waitandwatch mode, wait have been restricted to SAI men core probables and are tee (CEC) meeting next serves the essence of our closed doors impossible’ ing and competitions would would help Sports Authority ing for detailed instructions Centre, Bengaluru for the awaiting approval and confi r month. The possibility of game whilst protecting eve SINGAPORE be drawn up soon once pro Singapore F1 organisers on of India centres to resume and clarifi cations before kick past two months — the AFI is mation on the same,” the fed tocols for opening up shoot preventing the use of saliva ryone involved,” Kumble Monday said it was “not training of athletes, following starting their training and unsure how the order im eration said, having submit ing ranges are fi nalised. had been discussed during said in an ICC statement. feasible” to hold the race behind closed doors, threatening further problems Bayern blanks EPL: clubs Carlsen, Lagno for the coronavirusravaged Balbir remains critical TNCA postpones TNPL season. The Singapore Grand Prix, scheduled in September, Union Berlin agree for take honours SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT cient to explain continued Secretary Ramasaamy says it is is a nighttime street race NEW DELHI around the cityState’s Agence France-Presse unconsciousness. group training P.K. Ajith Kumar Berlin exploring other dates KOZHIKODE waterfront. AFP Hockey legend Balbir Singh “He is currently in semi Robert Lewandowski Sr’s condition continues to comatose condition. Agence France-Presse Magnus Carlsen romped S. Dinakar added Salem and Coimba bagged his 26th league goal be critical, with the Padma “Secondary near panre London home with a round to Chennai tore as the two new venues this season as leader Shri awardee remaining on sistant klebsiella infection spare, while Kateryna Lag Premier League clubs will The Tamil Nadu Premier for this season’s edition of Bayern Munich resumed its ventilator support. and fresh pneumonia no had to play 152 moves in return to training in small League (TNPL) has been the State Twenty20 Bundesliga title chase with The 95yearold has been patches detected in the her fi nal game as they groups from Tuesday after postponed. TNCA secretary competition. a 20 win at Union Berlin hospitalised in Mohali for lungs,” his maternal grand the latest stage of “Project R.S. Ramasaamy, however, emerged the champions at behind closed doors in its the past 10 days after com son Kabir said in the latest the Steinitz Memorial on Restart” was approved on told The Hindu on Monday Green zone fi rst match in two months. plaining of high fever and update on Monday. line blitz tournament. Monday. that the TNCA was explor Ramasaamy said, “We will Lewandowski netted a breathing problems. Doctors continue to as Clubs unanimously vot The tournament was or Time right for Mortaza ing other dates. be having matches at Sa fi rsthalf penalty and de sess and monitor his condi ganised by FIDE, in associa to retire: Gibson ed to allow players to start Ramasaamy noted, “The lem, Coimbatore, Natham fender Benjamin Pavard Fresh brain clot tion and attempt treatment socially distanced training tion with chess24.com, as a DHAKA TNPL was slated to begin on and Tirunelveli. The reas While he remains ‘hemody for the new complications, tribute to the fi rst offi cial Bangladesh bowling coach scored a late header. in a bid to meet the Pre June 10. But after Lock suring factor is that all namically near stable’ and he added. World chess champion Wil Ottis Gibson doesn’t see a Lewandowski reached mier League’s midJune down04, we can have a these four centres are in the has not suff ered another helm Steinitz of Austria, role for Mashrafe Mortaza (in 40 goals for the campaign Threetime Olympic gold date to resume the season. meeting only on June 1. green zone. That makes our cardiac arrest since the last whose 184th birth anniver pic) in the 2023 ODI World in all competitions as medallist Balbir (19481956) “Strict medical proto Then to start the tourna job easier.” one on May 13, fresh clot is considered one of the cols of the highest standard sary fell on May 17. The Cup and feels now is the time Bayern restored its four ment in 10 days is He added, “We will need has been detected in his best centreforwards of all will ensure everyone re men's and women's events for the former skipper to bid point lead over Dortmund. impossible.” about a month to get the adieu to international cricket. brain. times and was also the turns to training in the saf featured 10 players each. The result: Union Berlin 0 However, Ramasaamy grounds and the fl oodlights The 36yearold Mortaza, lost to Bayern Munich 2 (Le “MRI brain report shows manager of the only World est environment possible,” Final standings: Men: 1. Mag was confi dent that the ready. We are confi dent. nus Carlsen (Nor) 12; 2. Daniil who claimed just one wicket wandowski 40pen, Pavard a small fresh blood clot in Cupwinning Indian side in a Premier League state TNPL will be held this sea in eight matches in last year’s Our organisational capacity Dubov (Rus) 10; 3. Peter Svi 80). the brain which is insuffi 1975. ment said. son. World Cup, has in the recent is excellent.” dler (Rus) 9.5; 46. Shakhriyar past often faced questions on The challenge will be to Sadly, the crowds will be Mamedyarov (Aze), Jeff ery Xiong (US) & Quang Liem his retirement. PTI conclude the tournament missing. The TNCA secre by the third week of August tary said, “Almost 99 per (Chn) 9; 78. Bu Xiangzhi (Chn) & Anton Korobov (Ukr) Rugby India’s TRY Series Athletes await clarity on training because there are indica cent, we will be having the 8.5; 9. David Anton Guijarro tions that the IPL could be matches in empty stadi quarterfi nalists spotted (Esp) 7.5; 10. Alexander Gris MUMBAI held in September. SDAT to seek direction from government before opening up ums. It’s a pity but cannot chuk (Rus) 7. Delhi Lions, Jaipur Bulls, be helped under the cir Women: 1. Kateryna Lagno Chhattisgarh Bulls, Black K. Keerthivasan them ready for the exams. er information from the Two windows cumstances. (Ukr) & Lei Tingjie (Chn) 12; 3. Archers Hyderabad, Kerala S. Dipak Ragav The students will have to Sports Authority of India Ramasaamy said, “We have “However, journalists, Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kaz) Rugby Warriors, Ace CHENNAI reach the hostels a few days and then get permission two other windows before broadcasting crew, offi cials 11.5; 4. Alexandra Kosteniuk Foundation, Young Rugby With the Central govern in advance so that they can from SDAT before starting September. One of the op and local organisers will be (Rus) 10.5; 5. Tan Zhongyi Club and Black Dot have ment allowing the opening be tested and quarantined my training at the Raman tions is to start TNPL on Ju allowed into the stadium.” (Chn) 10; 67. Sarasadat Kha entered the quartefinals of of sports stadiums and the before the exams begin. High Performance TT ly 15 and end it by the mid demalsharieh (IRI) & Antoa Rugby India’s TRY Series neta Stefanova (Bul) 9; 8. Centre,” he said. dle of August. Resonable gap online tournament. Tamil Nadu government also Marie Sebag (Fra) 8.5; 9. Eli permitting athletes to train Fitness the priority India’s top fencer Bhavani “Or we could begin on Ramasaamy felt that the zabeth Paehtz (Ger) 4.5; 10. with coaches in their indivi India’s top paddler Sharath Devi is looking forward to August 1 and fi nish it in broadcaster, Star India, Deysi Cori (Per) 3. dual capacities, it seems as if Kamal said there is no clari using a wellequipped gym. about 20 days so that there would not have any pro Irfan Pathan things are slowly beginning ty on anything at the mo “I’ve requested GoSports is a gap between TNPL and blems with the dates as to return to normal. ment. “My priority is fi tness. Foundation to ask for per the IPL.” long as there is a reasonable live! However, it appears that For practice, I am training at mission from the Centre for Importantly, Ramasaa gap between the TNPL and Bhavani Devi. * FILE PHOTO nothing will happen in a my father’s house where Sports Science at Sri Rama my revealed that in a cou IPL. atch T20 World Cup hurry. There are also other that, the SDAT has an impor there is a TT table,” he said. chandra Institute of Higher ple of days the TNCA would “People are cricket Cwinner and former issues that need to be ad tant matter to attend to. G. Sathiyan reiterated that Education and Research for have talks with all stake starved. Lots of viewers India allrounder Irfan dressed. With the TN government he is happy working out at my fi tness and training. holders — franchise own would watch TNPL. The Pathan in a live chat on It is understood that the planning to conduct the home with the help of on “On my terrace, where I ers, broadcasters, local or TRP will be high.” Sportstar's Instagram Sports Development Auth Class X board exams next line videos designed by fi t am currently doing my exer ganisers and other relevant Despite the setback of handle (@sportstarweb) ority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) is month, SDAT, which has sev ness trainer Ramji Sriniva cises [on concrete fl ooring], authorities. having to postpone TNPL, on May 19 (Tuesday) at waiting for more clarity eral students in its hostels, is san and playing with a TT my coach has warned me There will be no TNPL the TNCA is upbeat about 8 p.m. IST. from the government before hard at work, securing travel robot. not to strain [too much] as it games in Chennai this sea staging the competition be opening its facilities. Before passes for them and getting “I prefer to wait for prop may lead to injury,” she said. son. In fact, the TNCA has fore September. Kateryna Lagno. Gorkhas demand Amazon’s Rare palm from Andamans gets second home Paatal Lok drop sexist slur The critically endangered species started fl owering at Thiruvananthapurambased JNTBGRI Special Correspondent Tiki Rajwi Such a small gene pool where the Nepali speaking cellence,” said Nanda Kirati THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Mumbai community was maligned. Dewan, President of the means the species is vulnera Members of the Gorkha “The character is named Ma Bhartiya Gorkha Yuva A rare palm endemic to the ble to natural calamities such community in India have ta ry Lyngdoh (a very common Parisangh. South Andaman Island is as cyclones, earthquakes, ken strong off ence at the use surname of the Khasi com Observing that the issue fi nding a second home at Pa Mr. Mathew said. of a sexist slur in the second munity from Meghalaya) ,” had acquired further se lode here, courtesy the Jawa After he moved to the episode of Amazon’s Paatal the youth organisation stat riousness in the light of the harlal Nehru Tropical Botan JNTBGRI, fi ve or six speci Lok original series that ed, asserting that the dero instances of racial discrimi ic Garden and Research mens were introduced at the dropped on Amazon Prime gatory term hurled at her by nation during the ongoing Institute (JNTBGRI). An ear Field Gene Bank at Palode in Video on May 15. a policewoman didn’t just COVID19 pandemic, the lier JNTBGRI eff ort in this di 1994. Unfortunately, rampag An online petition, initiat insult the Nepali community group said: “We have been rection had been thwarted ing wild elephants ate them ed by the community on but was also an example of fi ghting Corona racism. To by mischievous wild ele all up in 2012. Monday and addressed to the wider racist stereotyping add to our woes, this web se phants that ate up all the “The pith of the trunks of the Union Information and of people from the country’s ries will incite not just racial specimens! these palms is sweet,” he Broadcasting Ministry, the northeastern region. but sexual slur and rape at At fi rst glance, Pinanga said. In 2014, a few more see Minister Prakash Javadekar, Nepali was one of India’s tempts at the women of our andamanensis — which at dlings were introduced, Amazon Prime Video and se 22 scheduled languages and community. We strongly one point was written off as which has started fl owering. Green gift: Pinanga andamanensis at Mount Harriet National Park in the Andamans and, right, ries producer Anushka Shar there were 10.5 million peo condemn it in toughest extinct — resembles the areca “On fruit setting, JNTBGRI the seedling in Kerala. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ma, asserted that the slur ple in India who spoke Nepa terms and seek immediate palm to which it is closely re will resume seed germina portrayed the community’s li, the petitioners observed. removal of the scene’s sub lated. But its entire popula kashkumar told The Hindu. palm holds promise as an um specimen collected by tion experiments for mass women in poor light and de “The Gorkha community is titles and mut[ing of] the tion of some 600 specimens ‘Such conservation eff orts as avenue tree for gardens, E.H. Man, a late19th century multiplication as part of the manded that Amazon the largest Nepali speaking slur”. naturally occurs only in a ti sume special signifi cance in pavements and homesteads, assistant superintendent in conservation strategy. should mute the slur, blur community and this is a di Mr. Dewan said that the ny, evergreen forest pocket the era of climate change,’ he said Sam Mathew, Senior the Andaman administra So why is this palm called the subtitles and upload rect insult to the communi group planned to move in South Andaman’s Mount said. Scientist, Plant Genetic Re tion. After that fi rst identifi Pinanga? Well, it has so edited video along with an ty,” it asserted. court if it failed to receive a Harriet National Park. JNTBGRI scientists termed source Division, JNTBGRI.. cation, it was thought to be mething to do with areca unconditional apology and a “The word has been used response from the OTT plat By conserving the germ the Pinanga andamanensis extinct till 1992. nuts, after all. disclaimer. in a fi lthy, regressive way… form/producer in the next plasm on the Indian main “a critically endangered spe Colourful history In 1992, Mr. Mathew, who The name is derived from The Bhartiya Gorkha Yuva We shouldn’t and cannot three days. land, JNTBGRI can ensure its cies and one of the least Pinanga andamanensis has was with the Botanical Sur ‘Penang’, the modernday Parisangh contended in its consume anything that is Amazon Prime Video was continued survival in the known among the endemic a colourful history. It was ori vey of India (BSI) at the time, Malaysian state. “Penang it petition that the second epi stereotyping and targetting yet to respond to an email event of its minuscule origi palms of the Andaman Is ginally described by the Ita and his BSI colleague, the self has its origins in ‘Pulau sode of Paatal Lok had cer the community in the name from The Hindu seeking nal home getting wiped out lands”. lian botanist Odoardo Becca late K.C. Malick, encountered Pinang’, which means ‘Island tain scenes, particularly the of creative freedom and in comment as of the time of by, say, a natural calamity, While its uses are yet to be ri in 1934. His description a few specimens at the Mount of the Areca Nut Palm,’” says one that slips in at 3:41, pursuit of entertainment ex going to the press. JNTBGRI Director R. Pra understood fully, this elegant was based on an old herbari Harriet National Park. Mr. Mathew. CM A CH-CHE YK