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 & '  *(3 $(."0  .4/*3 '  )         %      -5+6-7 6+-8 9+7-9  <"4<=*(3=#  $%&   '( s life in several parts of the n yet another sensational Acountry started limping   !  *  6+,,: :8 ,+:98 Idaylight killing during lock- he coronavirus death toll   )$  * +! back to normalcy on Tuesday ; 6+6,6 569 8+),- down in , a dalit Trose to five in the State following relaxation in lock- Samajwadi Party leader, whose when a person succumbed to down norms, the country saw   -.0.0 $ 6)+88, -00,+58) wife is also a sitting pradhan, the disease in on  )%   (    a massive spike in the number #;  8+585 6-9 -+- was shot dead along with his Tuesday.   )%, of coronavirus cases with the   % .-   %  8+,78 8: +7-6 son in Sambhal on Tuesday. “A 75-year-old patient of addition of nearly 6,119 new 4  %  ,+97 6- +96: The incident took place over Cuttack suffering from severe cases and 145 deaths on     laying of road in the area. comorbidities and chronic pul-  &   --   Tuesday. 3 < +976 8) 6+)5, Soon after the killing, monary disease was admitted The total numbers of infec- .= =  %  +,:9 8 6+76 senior officers rushed to the to the AIIMS Bhubaneswar case in the last 24 hours. Two cases reported in the tion across the country swelled %;& +)) -: 6+7, spot and heavy police force was Emergency but unfortunately In Jajpur, 30 West Bengal Khordha quarantine centres to 1,06,446 with deployed to avert confrontation passed away within a few returnees and a are Gujarat returnees. Two alone recording 37,136 cases between the two groups. hours. Later, he was tested and returnee tested positive, taking locals in Baleswar also tested and and Delhi cent patients have recovered so for 20 per cent of the cases) at cause of concern for the State Victim Chhote Lal found to be positive for Covid- the district’s total to 168. positive. Of the four cases in contributing 688 and 500 new far,” said the Health Ministry. 37,136 cases and a total 1,325 as Mumbai’s Dharavi — the Diwakar (45) is husband of 19,” said the Health and Family Bhadrak’s total rose to 95 Cuttack, three returnees are in cases respectively. Of the fresh deaths record- deaths while Gujarat has 12,141 largest slum area — witnessed Kamlesh Diwakar, who is a vil- Welfare Department. after detection of 21 new cases. quarantine centres (including also added 338 new cases dur- ed as on Tuesday Gujarat reg- cases and 719 deaths. 1,353 cases. lage pradhan of Fatehpur Meanwhile, on the day, All are in quarantine centres. one each Maharashtra, ing the day. The overall addi- istered high of 25, Bihar record- Tamil Nadu has 12,448 Similarly, another Capital Shamshoi under Behjoi area. 102 more positive cases were While 12 of them had returned Telangana and Tamilnadu) tion of new cases for the day ed nine deaths, West Bengal six, cases and 85 deaths, Delhi has city Ahmedabad is causing Chhote Lal had a dispute reported in the State. Of these, from West Bengal, one while the other is a local case. stood at 5,931 with number still Delhi six, three and 10,554 cases and 166 deaths, worry with 262 new coron- with a family of the village over Jajpur district registered 31 returned from Andhra Another case reported in coming in around 10. 30 pm. one. Madhya Pradesh 5,465 cases avirus cases in the city taking the road construction work cases, Jagatsinghpur 23, Pradesh, two from Tamil Nadu Nayagarh is a Surat The total death toll due to Tamil Nadu recorded a and 258 deaths, Rajasthan the number coronavirus cases on Tuesday morning. The Bhadrak 21, Kendrapada eight, and six from Gujarat. Two returnee. the virus in all the States and high of new 688 cases, Delhi 5,854 cases and 139 deaths, to 8,945. Ahmedabad has members of the other family Khordha four (including two in Surat returnees also tested pos- However, the total number Union Territories touched 500, Gujarat 395, Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh 4,926 cases and recorded 576 deaths with 21 opened fire at Chhote Lal and Bhubaneswar) and Puri and itive in Angul. of recovered cases rose to 307 3,301, according to the Union 338, Karnataka 149, Uttar 123 deaths, West Bengal 2,961 fresh ones on his son Sunil Diwakar (22), Cuttack districts four each, Out of the 23 found posi- when 30 more patients recov- Health Ministry. The number Pradesh 145, West Bengal 137, cases and 250 deaths, Odisha Tuesday. killing them on the spot. Angul two, Baleswar two, tive in Jagatsinghpur, 20 had ered on Tuesday. Of these, 20 of active Covid-19 cases stood Bihar 72 and Odisha 102. 978 cases and 15 deaths, Bihar Likewise regis- Surprisingly the local res- Sambalpur two and Nayagarh returned from West Bengal are from Ganjam, five from at 59,799 while 42,307 people Maharashtra tops the list of 1495 cases and 9 deaths and tered two fresh deaths on idents were engaged in making one. while the rest three are Gujarat Kendrapada, two each from have recovered, according to States with highest number Jharkhand with 228 cases and Tuesday taking the death toll to video of the killing instead of Surprisingly, hotspot returnees. All were in quaran- Baleswar and Bhadrak and one the Union Health Ministry. coronavirus cases in the coun- only three deaths. 59 in the city with 552 new trying to save the victims from Ganjam didn’t report a single tine centres. from Nayagarh. “Thus, around 38.73 per try (with its Capital accounting Mumbai situation is a cases of coronavirus. the assailants.  ' ! %           Q*              the West Bengal-        Bangladesh coasts                with maximum         sustained wind   R          speed of 155-165        kmph gusting to           185 kmph, said the           IMD. !    ! The weather "            office said rainfall        already com-  <"4<=*(3=#  ! "#$     menced over # %      coastal Odisha ollowing reports of torture on      &    since Tuesday Fa tribal boy by the IIC of  '((   )) *+  morning. Its inten- Patana police station in Keonjhar   &    <"4<=*(3=# sity is likely to district, the Orissa Human   '((   )) increase gradually Rights Commission (OHRC)       &   he Super Cyclone Amphan and become maxi- on Tuesday directed the State          Tweakened into an mum between Government to pay an interim    &    , Extremely Severe Cyclonic Tuesday night and compensation of Rs 10,000 to the Storm and moved north north- Wednesday after- victim within 10 days. the woman cop to submit their district had been taken to     eastwards on Tuesday and noon. Mayurbhanj, Khordha and Puri Meanwhile, the Besides, the OHRC detailed reports on the matter police custody in connection        would cross the West Also, the wind speed would districts would be most likely Bhubaneswar Regional Office ordered the Home Department within four weeks. with an agricultural land dis- !""#  -))     Bengal–Bangladesh coasts gradually increase assuming affected by the cyclone’s move- of the IMD predicted heavy to Secretary and the Director The OHRC passed the pute on March 25. He was beat-       between Digha and Hatiya gale wind speed reaching 75 to ment, according to the IMD. very heavy rains in General of Police to recover the orders on basis of a petition en mercilessly and kicked by  .  %    Islands close to the Sundarbans 85 kmph gusting to 95 kmph However, the IMD pre- Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, compensation amount from filed by rights activist Manoj the IIC at the police station. / +          during afternoon or evening of from Wednesday morning in dicted heavy rainfall and issued Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada the salary of the police officer Jena. The next date of hearing The matter came to light  0   + '  Wednesday, said the Indian north Odisha. orange alert for the districts of and Jagatsinghpur districts and Sandhyarani Jena from the was fixed on June 24. after a video of the torture on /       Metrological Department Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and heavy rainfall in Cuttack, succeeding month. Notably, the tribal boy Raju the tribal boy by the woman   1$%2 $ &    (IMD). Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada. It also issued yel- Khordha and Puri districts on The commission also Mohanta of Talasarua village in cop was telecast by media a few The cyclone would cross Baleswar, Cuttack, low alert for other districts. Wednesday. directed the Keonjhar SP and Saharpada block in Keonjhar days back.         %& Q  %  ( )#*"    + , '                  .   sition and trade unions, the   Uttar Pradesh Government has      withdrawn its decision on  amending the labour law allow- !  /  && ing 12 -hour shifts to labour- '  R ers in factories.  <"4<=*(3=# India’s workforce has been  <#="=%4#  <"4<=*(3=# governed as much as about 40   and equipment were moved to n view of severe exploitation central laws and more than a migrant worker from strategic points for immediate nion Home Minister Amit Idue to new system of 12 - 100 state-level acts and regula- AOdisha died of Covid-19  "  restoration of road and power UShah on Tuesday talked to hour shifts of labourers in fac- tions and still have less bar- while undergoing treatment at communication from both Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tories, various trade union gaining power. a hospital in Gujarat on  <"4<=*(3=# sides. DG sets were hired to over cyclone Amphan, which is leaders and members of the "While a large number of Tuesday. keep the water supply uninter- expected to wreak major dam- civil society demanded imme- workers are losing their jobs The 27-year-old was a res- hief Secretary Asit Tripathy rupted. The telecom companies ages while crossing the coastal diate withdrawal of State and are travelling thousands of ident of Baduka village under Con Tuesday apprised requested to keep DG sets for Odisha on Wednesday. Government notification. miles to go back home in des- Dharakote block in Ganjam Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba un-interrupted tele-commu- Shah, while speaking over Recently, on the back- peration, it is condemnable to district. The youth, who was that the State has readied all its nication. Truck mounted tele- telephone, assured Patnaik of ground of managing Covid-19 give additional powers to fac- working in a textile company machineries, materials and com towers kept ready for any all Central assistance in the crisis, the Odisha Government tories and firms to terminate in Surat, had been admitted to manpower to tackle the eventuality. Cyclone shelters aftermath of the natural has temporarily changed the the workforce," said INTUC a Covid Hospital in Surat on impending Cyclone Amphan. have been made ready with calamity. daily eight-hour shift to 12 leader Nirmal Samal. May 11 after he developed flu- Tripathy said this while necessary equipments. According to reports, the hours by tweaking the Factories "48 hours per week is what  <"4<=*(3=# rising about party lines. VSS like symptoms. Gauba was reviewing the State’s The Cabinet Secretary Union Home Minister also Act, 1948 due to industrial is mandated by global and ILO Nagar Unnayan Parishad gen- He died of septicemia with preparedness to combat the assured of all assistances to the held a telephonic conversa- lobby. norms. In fact, the first con- n awareness programme eral secretary Dillip septic shock with Covid-19 Amphan. ACS and SRC PK State for countering the tion with West Bengal Chief Allowing a 72-hour-work vention that ILO adopted was Aon coronavirus prevention Dashsharma said all informa- positive bilateral pneumonitis Jena and Home Secretary cyclone. He directed different Minister Mamata Banerjee and week due to the Covid-19 pan- the Hours of Work (Industry) was organised by the BMC at tion relating to corona should with subcutaneous emphyse- Sanjiv Chopra were present. Central departments to stay in assured her of Central assis- demic, the move comes with Convention, 1919 (No. 1) the Ward 11 office in the VSS be fair and there should be ma, sources said. The issues relating to evac- touch with the State depart- tance as Amphan is predicted serious implications for 's which India ratified in 1921 Nagar area here on good coordination between He had migrated to Surat uation of people from vulner- ments. to cause more widespread dev- factory workforce. and it proclaimed 48 hours of Tuesday. the BMC and the social organ- to eke out a living a year able areas, relief, rescue, stor- Jena said, “In addition to astations in her State as it Several?States?like Odisha, work in a week. So 12 hours Presiding over the meeting, isations. back. He was staying in a ing of essential commodities PRI and local administration, would make its landfall UP, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, work in a day is illegal," told BMC Joint-Commissioner Former Corporator shared accommodation at and immediate restoration of we are using local based alert there. Haryana, Maharashtra, labour leader Sashmita Behera. Pramod Kumar Prushti urged Rashmita Mohanty and mem- Dharti Nagar in the industri- road communication, power system (LBAS) and self broad- While talking to Patnaik Rajasthan and Bihar have? "The changes in labour all social organisations to pro- bers of VSS Nagar Unnayan al connectivity etc were discussed. casting system for extending and Banerjee, Shah took stock increased working hours from laws is “draconian”, and the cen- vide support to people staying Parishad, Durgapuja city. Tripathy appraised that the our outreach to people without of the preparations in both the existing 8?hours to a new tral trade unions, except the in isolations and all those Committee, Senior Citizens’ A pall of gloom descend- evacuation of people from the creating panic among States to meet the Amphan 12-hour shift, forgetting at RSS-affiliated BMS will hold a returning from other States. Committee and Mahila Samiti ed on his village after his vulnerable area would be com- them.” challenge and assured all least some minimum protec- nationwide protest on May Local MLA Sushant Kumar attended. Senior citizen death. He is survived by his pleted by end of the day i.e Acknowledged.Thanks for Central assistance, the reports tions to them. However, after 22," said AICCTU general sec- Rout requested all to help each Maheshwar Bishwal proposed father, mother, wife and a Tuesday. He said manpower the mail.Thanks a lot. said. facing criticism from the oppo- retary Mahendra Parida. other during the Covid crisis, a vote of thanks. two-year-old child. (//0(/   '  ,  ' ,     #     P  ,123    <"4<=*(3=# them because of  <"4<=*(3=# couraged the misguiding video girlfriend’s head in public, yet B0#! =( 0* old cop was completely asymp- he KIIT and the KISS have the Covid-19 contents. the country’s biggest star? tomatic. He was admitted to a Textended a helping hand to crisis. ven as ‘BanTikTokInIndia’ is It all started with some Needs to stop.” %.0( B#( Covid Hospital. the saints of Mahima Gadi The Ein vogue on Twitter, videos posted by one Tiktoker This is for everyone who is The tweet further added Ashram at Joranda in saints, per- Odisha-born singer Sona Faisal Siddiqui. Viewers com- telling that the guy is just  <"4<=*(3=# that he had come in contact Dhenkanal district. sonally Mohapatra has made her debut plained that the videos were drinking water and that's not with migrant labourers from The two Bhubaneswar- known to in the controversy of TikTok sending a wrong message to the an acid attack. This is the same or the first time in the State, outside the State. Sources said based institutions have pro- KIIT & KISS ‘star’ Faisal Siddiqui’s video society as they were normalis- guy in the video. Please stop Fa personnel of the tracing of his contacts is on by vided food materials, including founder Dr with her comments against ing violence against normalising violence against Commissionerate police on the Government agencies. 10 quintals of rice, a quintal Achyuta Bollywood superstar Salman women. women if they reject your Tuesday tested positive for Doctors at the four police pulses, a quintal flattened rice Samanta, Khan. A war broke in the social romantic advances. Coronavirus in Bhubaneswar. hospitals in the twin cities of and sugar, and cash of Rs 1 lakh had Several viewers are com- media between Faisal’s sup- Mohapatra’s animosity The information was Cuttack and Bhubaneswar are for meeting the expenses of the informed him about their the materials and the cash to plaining that the videos being porters and others, who dis- with Salman is not new. Earlier, shared by the official twitter monitoring the health condi- ashram for next two months. plight. Immediately, Dr the saints at the ashram on posted by some popular faces couraged the video’s contents. she had called the actor a handle of the Commissionerate tion of all police personnel Notably, more than 100 Samanta instantly made Monday. of the TikTok platform are In reply to a Faisal defend- ‘poster boy of toxic masculin- police. closely and following the estab- saints of the ashram collect arrangements to send the food Dr Samanta said, “We are inappropriate. While many er, Sona Mohapatra wrote on ity’ when he commented on On return from leave, the lished protocols. Everyone 'Bhiksha' (alms) during sum- materials and other essential happy that we have been able users were a part of the ban- Twitter, “Demeaning women is actress Priyanka Chopra for policeman had been subjected should work together to defeat mer for their sustenance in the commodities to the ashram. to provide the help in our ning campaign earlier, some normalised in our culture. We leaving his project ‘Bharat’ for to precautionary testing and the virus, added Commissioner monsoon. However, this sum- On his behalf, KSFM CEO small possible way during these Bollywood celebrities have also grew up with stories of Salman getting married to American was then found to be coror- of Police Sudhanshu Sarangi in mer has been challenging for Himanshu Khatua handed over challenging times.” now become vocal and dis- Khan, breaking bottles on his pop star Nick Jonas. navirus positive. The 36-year- a tweet. ./ . !             

      ! -4" <"4<=*(3=#  <"4<=*(3=# ushama Besides, the civic body care workers, stranded per- SPanigrahi, the   allowed existing Government sons and those used for quar- CC president Niranjan Patnaik on Tuesday first Odia woman and private offices in these antine facilities. Purged the State Government to sincerely help scientist to be part of   structures to function. Canteens runs at bus the Odia migrants coming from other States as the Indian Space The Esplanade One, depots, railway stations and air- they have lost jobs and are under tremendous Research  !  Mart, BMC Bhawani ports would not be allowed. pressure. Organisation Mall, Central Shopping Mall, Restaurants would be allowed “The Congress came forward to buy tick- (ISRO), passed away Pantaloon Mall, Reliance Super to operate for takeaway and ets for migrants coming from outside the State. in Ahmedabad on  <"4<=*(3=# near railway station; BMC home delivery purposes only, Fort this, the party sought list but the May 17. She was 67. Kesari Mall, Symphony Mall, the regulations added. Government didn’t listen. The Centre said it will Panigrahi, who ith an aim to implement Rudrapur, DN Regalia Mall, All religious places or bear 85 per cent ticket cost and the rest to be was suffering from Wthe Lockdown 4.0 effec- Patrapada and Krishna Plaza places of worships would con- borne by the State Government. Nothing such cancer, is survived tively, the Bhubaneswar Mall, Nayapalli would not be tinue to remain closed for pub- happened. Now the State Government has decid- by her husband, a nuclear sci- joined the ISRO Ahmedabad as Municipal Corporation (BMC) allowed to open. lic. Religious congregations are ed cut the ticket price from Rs 2,000 which is entist, and a son, who is an a scientist in remote sensing in on Tuesday ordered 11 multi- In its regulations, the BMC strictly prohibited. given to migrants on the day they live quaran- engineer. She hailed from Aska 1983. She served there for storied shopping malls not to said hotels, motels, lodges, Sports complexes, stadia tine centres. It is like Zijya tax being imposed in Ganjam district. about 30 years before taking open until further orders. guest houses and other hospi- and other such facilities would on them,” alleged Patnaik. vide all support to them in this time of crisis. After completing her MSc retirement in 2012. However, it allowed stores sell- tality services would not be reopen for sports activities to Stating that all Odia migrants have lost jobs He too demanded that the Government cre- in Botany from the Berhampur Chief Minister Naveen ing grocery, vegetables and allowed, excepting those used be done by sportspersons and for the last two months and they are unable to ate more testing facilities in western Odisha as University and getting PhD Patnaik expressed his condo- medicines existing in these for housing health, police, players. However, spectators return home due to lack of money, Patanik urged lakhs of migrants belonging to the region are yet from IIT Kharagpur, she had lence for her family members. malls to operate. Government officials, health- would not be allowed. the Government to discharge moral duty to pro- to return home. , -               

 <"4<=*(3=# action plan will be prepared for Obviously, not for many, as The #metoomigrant hash- is a migrant since he was post- migrant category as they are to save their lives. mobilization of manpower, this sounds more like a tag campaign was begun to ed 100 km away from his not working from their native How can such a thing hap- inister Energy Dibya materials, tools and transport. political act. stand with the migrant work- house. Isn’t it a mockery to the places. pen? Many people who have MShankar Mishra on A monitoring cell has been Can we overlook the ers in their challenging time but plights of the migrant workers? This has exposed the pur- migrated to other cities, other Monday reviewed the State’s pre- constituted at OPTCL as to tragic death of the 17 have ended up insulting the Can we equate a bank employ- pose of “online migrant com- countries by choice say that paredness to provide continuous make pre assessment of dam- migrant labourers who died migrants. ee with these migrant workers munities” who do not leave a they are migrant too. If we power supply to urban and rural age and subsequent action plan in an accident as the goods When you need people to for whom two square meals are single occasion to flay these search the meaning of the areas during the cyclonic storm for restoration of power supply. train ran over these workers use for your service, you lure mostly uncertain now, for those migrant workers. However, word migrant, it says “a person Amphan. Principal Secretary Manpower and material mobil- napping near the pathway them. But when they have the who cycle or walk thousands of these migrant workers are who moves from one place to Energy, Bishnupada Sethi, Cesu isation clearances will be on the Aurangabad-Jalna woe in a paradox now, we are km for a renewed life? already facing social ostracisa- another, especially to find work Chief Executive Arun Bothra accorded by the district admin- railway line? In another not standing by them and leav- I think many such posts tion, discriminatory treatments or better living conditions.” In and other senior officials of the istration during Covid-19 lock- occurrence, Mahesh Jena, a ing them to live a life of suf- were using the #metoomigrant and lack of dignity. that way, the hashtag users power distribution companies down, officials said. 50 20-year-old youth from fering and hunger. hashtags which are a misuse of We are all migrants! No, we can escape but can we let our such as Cesu, Wesco, Nesco and Emergency Restoration System Odisha, cycled 1,700 km When will this end? We are the purpose and it’s a sheer are not, especially when we are humanity be manifested from Southco attended the meet. (ERS) towers have been kept from Maharashtra to reach mistakenly leaving a commu- proof of people’s privilege. talking about those millions of the etymological meaning? It has been decided that ready by OPTCL for immedi- his native place in Odisha. nity to be persistently helpless Congress spokesperson migrant workers whose lives Can’t we leave our mechanical there will be division-wise pri- ate restoration of EHT and HT Millions of such ignoring their valuable contri- Sanjay Jha has a befitting are on toss between the pangs thoughts in a time where a ority mapping for identification transmission system. @ %$ migrant workers in our coun- bution to bring back the engine answer in one of his satiric of hunger and the fear of coro- large portion of humanity is in of feeders supplying critical The Special Relief try have been forced to tread of economic growth. tweets. navirus infection. crisis? infrastructure like hospitals, Commissioner (SRC) has been he hashtag #metoomigrant the tireless walk back to their Some twitteratis have even On May 9, Jha has a tweet While many of us write water supply points, communi- requested to provide Tis trending in Twitter and homes in a hope that at least crossed all limits of indecency. on #metoomigrant where he romantic poetry or spending (The writer is a senior free- cation networks, railway stations, NDRF/ODRAF /Fire services / Instagram, but is that real and they can meet their family A bank employee has used keeps Modi, Shah Rukh Khan, quality time with their beloved lance journalist and can be district and block headquarters. OFDC team for road clearances solacing for these migrant members, children and rela- #metoomigrant hashtag in his Dr Shashi Tharoor, Kirti Azad ones, these migrant workers are contacted at Similarly, division-wise and tree cutting. workers in true sense? tives in person after a long time. twitter post, saying that he too and Arnab Goswami in the taking the most painful strives [email protected])

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Pushpalata Das. tirelessly to see that the people Ever since the country- According to reports, living in quarantine centres wide lockdown was imposed as Ramanath, an electrician him- get the required facilities pro- part of the nation’s strategy to self, received electric shock vided by the Government in combat Covid-19, the Sabuja while he was fixing some elec- time and do not feel neglected Sundar Baripada's topmost tric glitches in his house in the or be psychologically whether the food preparation after lockdown leader Jitendra Mohanty supply of food to the were found to be facing a lot of activists are also seen these days domestic supply line. His depressed. for the migrants are going on relaxation. (Nachhi), among others, have poor. troubles. feeding many stray animals daughter-in-law also met the Devchandan Rout, pro- properly. "There are 33 persons in been at the forefront of the fight Mohanty, along with other Reaching the spot, like dogs and cows across the same fate when she tried to res- gramme in charge of PMAY, "We strictly follow the food two quarantine centres at against Corona here. Sabuja Sundar Baripada Mohanty and his team mem- town. The workers are trying to cue him. Both died on the spot along with Tambradhwaj menu and see that quality is Khariar, who have returned They have been visiting activists, recently distributed bers did all that they could to ensure that no stray animal as ascertained by doctors later Majhi, JE, Gautam Sahu, Guru maintained. The migrants are from outside the State. They different wards of Baripada masks and soaps among the facilitate the migrant labourers' goes hungry in the trouble-torn when the victims were taken to Patra, BP Singh and Kantilal psychologically depressed; any have to be supplied sanitary Municipality as well as differ- sweepers, garbage-collectors journey towards their destina- days. the District Headquarters have formed a group to take negligence will make them kits, buckets and jugs etc. A ent parts of Mayurbhanj district and other healthcare and san- tions. Many of them were com- Mohanty, who is also the Hospital. care of the migrants. Rout sits more disturbed," said he. total of 250 migrants of other to oversee relief activities. itary workers of the district. ing from Bhuvaneswar and President of Biju Yuva Janata A pall of gloom descended in his office to perform all With active support of his States are also stranded here Mohanty is seen to be person- The organisation, a few days Baleswar and were heading Dal in Mayurbhanj, has advised on the village after the tragic online activities of the urban colleagues, he manages to who are provided food every ally monitoring different activ- ago, also jumped into action, towards different parts of West his party colleagues to help the incident fixing some electric housing programme and then supervise the housing pro- day," informed Tambradhwaj ities like distribution of masks, when several migrant workers, Bengal and Jharkhand. distressed in every possible glitches in his house in the runs to the Aahar Kendra to see gramme, which has resumed Majhi. sanitisers and soaps and also passing through the district, Besides, Sabuja Sundar way. domestic supply line    #,    1!  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These gency services we on Odishi dance and bagged The International antine centre in Bhadrak dis- dead. workers were stranded in other need here till we will platinum award in the Cyberfair is an award-win- trict on Monday. The Bhandaripokhari BDO States since March 25 when the be back to our native International Cyberfair 2920 ning, authentic learning pro- deceased was identified as Umesh Mallick said the lockdown was imposed. land." during the Covid lockdown. gramme used by schools. Devendra Rout of Sarasada deceased had heart-related The entry of a large num- Official sources After their research they Students conduct research village. ailments. The body has been ber of migrant workers into said teams of police, have designed a website about their local communities Reports he was lodged at sent for postmortem and rea- Malkangiri every day has transport and health https://www.cyberfairlsps20.co and use digital media to pub- the quarantine centre in son behind the death would become a major challenge for staff are camping near m/ and published their research lish their findings online. Bayabanapur in the morn- be known after the report is the district administration. the inter-State bor- work. Recognition is given to the best ing. After having snacks, he obtained, Mallick Apart from conducting their der at Motu and keeping a unregistered people are arriv- trict by buses. Following the The Covid-19 pandemic projects in each of eight cate- went to said. thermal screening and putting round-the-clock vigil to ensure ing every day from adjoining Government guidelines, they could not be a barrier for the gories such as local leaders, sleep. An unnatural death case them in quarantine, officials are that every returnee is medical- States. Some on foot, some are put in 28-day quarantine students. They have found an businesses, community organ- Later, when the quaran- has been registered in this also making arrangements to ly examined. even by bicycles. After the and then into another seven- innovative solution of collabo- isations, historical landmarks, tine centre staffs tried to wake connection by the ferry the workers to their des- Collector Agarwal said, necessary procedures, they are days institutional quarantine or ration through technology and environment, music, art, and him up for lunch he didn’t Bhandaripokhari tinations. “On an average 1,300-1,400 sent to their native block/dis- home isolation." completed their project by local specialties. respond. A team of doctors police. .  (. , 0%! Q5 #  %   23  'P%         

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In case The dental professionals Researchers in the UK have Wand patients at high risk Further, in case of emer- “All routine and elective of window or split air condi- have been asked to encourage found that one in three people of cross-infection in a dental gencies, patients in this zone dental procedures should be tioning system, they should be the use of Aarogya Setu App infected with coronavirus later clinic during the Covid-19 can seek ambulance services to deferred for a later review frequently serviced. among the patients. Earlier, the suffers symptoms of post-trau-  #   4/           pandemic, the Union Health travel to the nearby Covid until new policy/guidelines Use of an indoor portable ministry’s guidelines stated that matic stress disorder                 Ministry has banned any dental facility, according to the are issued,” it further added. air-cleaning system with HEPA dental care settings invariably (PTSD), including depression   1%!$2+          emergency dental procedures guidelines issued by the Meanwhile, the guidelines filter and UV light has been carry the risk of Covid-19 infec- and anxiety.  %!$         &   +      in the Red zone while in Ministry on Tuesday. have also identified a list of advised. It also has encouraged tion due to the specificity of its PTSD is an anxiety disor-      Orange and Green zones such The Ministry of Health protocols which need to be fol- telephonic screening as the procedures, which involves face- der caused by very stressful,             69     services will be allowed with and Family Welfare has further lowed, in the clinics and den- first contact to get all necessary to-face communication with frightening or distressing        +           restrictions. said, “Due to the high risk tal hospitals irrespective of medical history and if the patients, and frequent exposure events. The estimates are based      +          &  The same will, however, associated with the examina- the zones. patients show symptoms of to saliva, blood, and other body on an analysis of multiple stud-  ! . %   still remain closed in tion of the oral cavity, oral can- The Ministry has asked the Coronavirus, the dental care fluids, and the handling of ies of SARS and MERS, two Containment zones complete- cer screening under National dental clinics to ensure venti- appointment should be post- sharp instruments. outbreaks caused by different  !   78          strains of coronavirus, as well           !       that people who have been hos- as the effects of SARS-CoV-2 -+8))             pitalised with Covid-19 will be %  %  $      $   infection on people in hospitals  3          69    +      offered support, and moni- wherein they developed men-         7  ,)         tored after they recover to tal health disorders after an            ,)  8:      ensure they do not develop average of almost three years.    mental illnesses…,’ senior 0          4   One in four people hospi- author professor Anthony talised with Covid-19 also “Most people with Covid- from returning to their normal David, UCL Institute of Mental  *(3 $(."0 cases of coronavirus. The dis- the helpline number 1075,” as disinfection of workplace will experience delirium during 19 will not develop any men- lives after recovering.” Health said. infection procedure will be per the guidelines. start once the report of the their illness, which can increase tal health problems, even The team analysed 65 peer- The study does have limi- n the wake of opening up of limited to areas visited by the “Any staff requesting home patient is received as positive. risk of death or extend time in among those with severe cases reviewed studies and seven tations, however — findings Imore offices and workplaces patient in the past 48 hours. quarantine based on the con- The report will be expedited hospital, the researchers said in requiring hospitalisation, but recent pre-prints that are await- from the SARS and MERS out- following lockdown relax- The Ministry said that if tainment zone activities in for this purpose.” their study published in The given the huge numbers of peo- ing peer review. These includ- breaks may not be applicable to ations, the Union Health there is a larger outbreak, the their residential areas should Simple public health mea- Lancet Psychiatry. ple getting sick, the global ed data from more 3,500 peo- Covid-19, considering how Ministry has issued a set of entire building will have to be be permitted to work from sures like respiratory etiquettes, While the long-term effects impact on mental health could ple who have had one of the much bigger the new disease is guidelines detailing Do’s and sealed for 48 hours for thor- home” it said. physical distancing of at least of Covid-19 were not addressed be considerable,” said co-lead three related illnesses. in terms of death rates and dis- Don’ts on preventive and ough disinfection. All the staff “A risk assessment will be one meter, mandatory use of in the study, the effects of pre- author of the study Dr Jonathan When data for patients ruption to day-to-day lives. response measures to contain will work from home till the undertaken by the designated face covers or masks and prac- vious coronavirus outbreaks Rogers at the University with Covid-19 was examined, Indians too have been the spread of Covid-19 in building is adequately disin- public health authority (district tice frequent hand washing suggest long-lasting mental College London (UCL) the scientists found evidence mentally affected with the lock- workplace settings. fected and is declared fit for re- RRT/treating physician) and for at least 40 to 60 seconds health problems. Overall, peo- Division of Psychiatry. for delirium in 26 of 40 inten- down. A survey conducted by As per the guidelines, there occupation. accordingly further advice shall even when hands are not vis- ple infected by one of the “Our analysis focuses on sive care unit patients and the Indian Psychiatry Society is no need to close the entire “If any individual is found be made regarding manage- ibly dirty and use of alcohol many types of coronavirus may potential mental health risks of more mild symptoms of agita- (IPS) last month revealed that office building and stall work to be suffering from symptoms ment of case, his/her contacts based hand sanitizers for at experience psychiatric prob- being hospitalised with a virus tion in 40 of 58 intensive care there has been a 20 per cent rise in other areas of the office. suggestive of Covid-19, it must and need for disinfection,” said least 20 seconds are the lems, both while hospitalised infection, and how psychiatric unit patients. in mental illness cases, with at Work can be resumed after dis- be immediately reported to the the Health Ministry. mandatory steps that the staff and potentially after they conditions could worsen the ‘To avoid a large-scale least one in five Indians suf- infection as per laid down concerned central or state It said, “The necessary has to be followed to keep the recover. prognosis or hold people back mental health crisis, we hope fering from it. protocol if there are one or two health authorities as well as on actions for contact tracing and virus at bay. .! 5 55  !. !  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The Ambikapur is the only local has played in the last five years announced to give one last software that uses a banking   New Delhi Municipal Council body in the country, which to ensure a high degree of opportunity to fill the form of mock tests in the safety and and NTA’s Test-Practice Trojan Cerberus which deploys  !  !;      (NDMC) has got three star rat- runs a ‘garbage café’ for rag- cleanliness and sanitation in JEE (Main) 2020 till May 24. comfort of their homes since Centers are shut due to the its app to trick users into      ing while Delhi Cantonment, pickers which will provide free urban areas, the Minister This is also applicable to there was a demand for mak- Covid-19 lockdown.” installing it on their smart-        Vadodara, Rohtak are among food in exchange for plastic added. other students who have not ing up the loss to students due Over the last year, edutech phones.         ‘one-star garbage free cities’. waste. The concept of this cafe In the recent phase of Star been able to complete the to closure of educational insti- as a sector has witnessed a lot This Trojan uses an update       Incidentally, some of the is that people can get their plas- Rating Assessment, 1435 cities application process or submit tutions and NTA’s Test-Practice of innovation especially in related to Coronavirus pan- &    five-star rated cities are coro- tic waste weighed and enjoy a applied. During the assess- online Application Form for Centers (TPCs) due to the leveraging advanced technolo- demic and primarily focuses on        na hotspots. According to the warm meal in return. The cafe ments, 1.19 crore citizen feed- JEE (Main) 2020 due to one continuing lockdown. gies like Artificial Intelligence stealing financial data such as Ministry of Health and Family has been set up by Ambikapur backs and over 10 lakh geo- reason or another. Students across the coun- and Machine Learning, going credit card numbers and two- Welfare data, Surat, Rajkot, Municipal Corporation (AMC tagged pictures were collected While HRD Minister try can use the App both online beyond simple digital distrib- factor authentication details. issued an alert relating to drug Indore, Mumbai (including ). Chhattisgarh’s nine cities got and 5175 solid waste process- Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and offline to access high qual- ution of content. “Based on inputs received trafficking in the garb of ship- Navi Mumbai) and Mysore three star rating which include ing plants were visited by 1210 announced the NTA decision ity tests, free of cost, in a bid to Every student is unique from INTERPOL, CBI has ments for Covid-19 protective have reported 1127, 80, 2565, Patan, Bilaspur, Bhilai Nagar field assessors. While 698 of dates’ extension, he also be fully prepared for the and requires specific guidance issued an alert relating to a equipment. The alert was also 21,385 and 89 confirmed cases and Jashpur Nagar. cities cleared the desktop launched a mobile app called upcoming JEE, NEET and to detect and overcome banking Trojan known as based on inputs from the of coronavirus so far. The NDMC, which got the assessment, 141 cities have the ‘National Test Abhyas’. The other competitive exams. gaps in knowledge and test tak- Cerberus. This malicious soft- Interpol. The Ministry of Housing three star rating, had won the been certified with Star Rating App has been developed by Speaking at the occasion, ing strategy. ware takes advantage of Covid- “Based on inputs received and Urban Affairs on Tuesday ‘cleanest small city’ award for during field assessment. NTA to enable candidates to the HRD Minister said, “This The test report on the NTA 19 Pandemic to impersonate from INTERPOL, CBI has certified six cities as 5-Star the second consecutive year Puri also launched the take mock tests for upcoming timely launch is designed to Mock Test App comes with a and send SMS using the lure of issued an alert relating to inter- garbage-free cities, 65 cities as under Swachchh Survekshan revised protocol for the Star exams such as JEE Main, NEET ensure that no student is left detailed breakdown of stu- Covid-19 related content to national drug trafficking activ- 3-Star, and 70 cities as 1-Star 2019 in the category includes Rating of Garbage Free Cities under the NTA’s purview. behind in getting exposure to dents’ performance through download the embedded mali- ities taking advantage of this cities. According to the min- cities with populations of one at the event. The protocol has A senior HRD Ministry practice testing, especially which they can understand cious link, which deploys its global pandemic scenario and istry, as many as 197 cities to three lakh. been devised in a holistic man- official said the app has been when Student’s loss due to clo- their personalised path to malicious app usually spread of possible drug shipments applied for 7 star rating and Only 3 per cent of Delhi’s ner including components such launched to facilitate candi- sure of educational institu- achieving better scores in their via phishing campaigns to trick concealed in cargo relating to none of them qualified. The geographical area and popula- as the cleanliness of drains & dates’ access to high quality tions is to be compensated entrance examination. users into installing it on their Covid-19 protective equip- cities include Vijayawada, tion come under the NDMC, water bodies, plastic waste smartphones,” said the CBI ments,” the CBI had said in a Trupati, Chandigarh, but it is considered the seat of management, managing con- which is the nodal agency for statement last week. Gandhinagar, Ahemdabad, political power in India. Mysore struction & demolition waste, Interpol in India. The Interpol has also Karnal, Bhopal, Ujjain, is the only city in south India etc. which are critical drivers The dubious app can use warned that criminal organi- Khargone, Katni, Bhurhanpur, which got five star rating. for achieving garbage-free overlay attacks to trick victims zations are using food delivery Chhindawar, Singrauli, Thane, Announcing the star rating cities. This year 1,435 munic- into providing personal infor- services to transport Shridi and Jalgaon were among for garbage free cities, Union ipal entities participated in the mation and can capture two- drugs and other illicit goods as the 65 cities accredited ‘3-Star’ Housing and Urban Affairs garbage free ranking competi- factor authentication details, countries are undergoing lock rating.The performance of minister Hardeep Singh Puri tion, finally after several veri- the agency said. down during the global Covid- municipalities of Bihar, West said that the coronavirus crisis fications 141 cities have been Last week, the CBI had 19 pandemic. Bengal and North eastern states has brought forward the ranked !)5  6               

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Instructions in North 24 Parganas.Some 40,000 was gunned down by the joint teams of secu- commandos of CRPF executed the operation Chief Minister Devendra totally crippled in the state,” the have been given to all District people have been evacuated in East rity forces along with his associate in Nawa with precision to avoid collateral damage in Fadnavis, on Tuesday com- BJP leader said. he Bengal administration evac- Magistrates, SPs, Police Midnapore and another 10,000 Kadal area of downtown Srinagar in a twelve the thickly populated area.Several local res- plained to Governor Bhagat Fadnavis said that the con- Tuated more than 3 lakh people Commissioners. have been removed to safe areas in hour long operation on Tuesday. idents were escorted by the security person- Singh Koshyari about the dition of farmers in the state to safer areas even as super cyclone We have evacuated people to West Midnapore, she Four jawans of security forces, including nel to prevent loss of human life during the “ineffective handling” of the was also grim. “In our memo- Amphan raced towards the State shelter homes,” the Chief Minister maintained. three CRPF personnel and one policeman also exchange of fire. Covid-19 spread in the State by randum, we have requested sources at the State administrative said adding despite the large-scale Earlier the Chief Minister had sustained injuries and were admitted in the DGP, Dilbagh Singh said, “ after zeroing the Shiv Sena-led MVA the Governor to ask the gov- headquarters Nabanna said adding evacuation the administration was a brief conversation with Union command hospital. on the exact location both the terrorists were Government and submitted a ernment to start the purchase Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee trying to maintain social distanc- Home Minister Amit Shah who An MBA graduate of Kashmir University, eliminated by the security forces during the memorandum listing its various of agricultural produce from the had decided to stay back at the sec- ing norms considering further called up Banerjee to express Junaid had joined ranks of Hizbul Mujahideen night long operation”. DGP Singh also con- demands. farmers. In addition, we have retariat till Wednesday evening by proliferation of corona assurance, sources said. shortly after his father was appointed chair- firmed only two terrorists were present in the Talking to media persons also requested the Governor to when the storm is expected hit the pandemic. According to the weather man of the separatist group after Syed Ali Shah area while clarifying initial reports which had after meeting the Governor, ask the state government to stop land. Three districts of North and office Amphan is expected to Geelani in March 2018. Junaid, originally claimed some terrorists might have escaped Fadnavis said: “The health sit- the walking migrant workers Appealing to the people to South 24 Parganas and East cross Bengal-Bangladesh coasts hailed from Tikipora village of Kupwara. the cordon. He identified one of the killed ter- uation in Maharashtra is wors- going to their states going by remain indoors the Chief Minister Midnapore apart from Kolkata are between Digha in this side of the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir rorist as Junaid Ahmed Sehrai son of Mohd ening in the state. Today, we foot and send them back to said that the cyclone was believed likely to bear the maximum brunt border and Hatiya islands on the police, Dilbagh Singh in Srinagar said, “the Ashraf Khan of Srinagar and another as Tariq have highest number of Covid- their respective states by buses to be stronger and more severe of the storm, sources in the weath- other side sometime post noon on operation was launched in down town areas Ahmed Sheikh, resident of Pulwama. 19 cases in Maharashtra. Nearly and trains”. than Aila or Bulbul or other such er office said. Wednesday. of Srinagar late on Monday night on the basis Singh said, “Junaid was active in central 30 to 33 per cent of total infect- Fadnavis urged the state storms that hit the region in Reporting large-scale evacua- The very severe cyclonic storm of specific input about the presence of ter- Kashmir and acting as self styled divisional ed cases are in Maharashtra, government to announce a recent times. tion she said, while in South 24 will hit the land area with a max- rorists in the area”. commander of Hizbul Mujahideen for last two while the state accounts for 40 relief package for daily waged “I request everyone to stay Parganas, 2 lakh people have been imum sustained wind speed of 155 It was after a gap of more than two years years”. On the other hand his associate was a per cent of total deaths. Infected workers, along the lines of the indoors and at safe areas till the evacuated about 50,000 people to 165 kmph gusting to local residents in Sher-e-Khas areas were fresh recruit as he had joined ranks of HM cases and deaths are multiply- one given by the Modi govern- cyclone subsides. Please do not go have been removed to safer places 180 kmph. woken up to the sounds of gun shots and only three months ago. ing ever6y day”. ment.        0 /    6   

$ %  /"0 @!#+*)! !',;; Headquarters. Special arrange- $ %  /"0 State without any valid reasons. State. It was with their return ",,!3+3,,'"!+)(!*) ments have been made to pro- This is highly objectionable,” the State saw the pandemic oldiers and officers of the '('(),&)(,.!()&, vide blood and platelets supply. erala which won interna- said the Chief Minister. resurging,” said the chief min- SIndian Army’s Dakshin !+)'&,!?&=!(,&7!3 23 service personnel have been Ktional acclaim for its effec- Vijayan said there were ister. Bharat Area (DBA) having +;!('*#!('&+B#(!?&#' sent for blood transfusion. tive handling of the covid-19 is 642 persons in the State who He also declared that vio- jurisdiction over the States of '(+),!+)?+3 Also a case has been taken up looking like losing the battle to have been confirmed of coro- lation of rules governing the Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, for one-time financial grant to the pandemic during the last navirus pandemic. “There are wearing of masks and social Andhra Pradesh and Telangana lished at Madras Regimental tide away the present financial two days. 142 persons undergoing treat- distancing would be dealt with are underscoring the adages Centre, Wellington in the pic- difficulties,” said the release. The State which claimed ment in various hospitals in sternly by the police. “Legal ‘Once a Soldier Always A turesque Nilgiris from where Captain K Gopakumar that it had flattened the coro- Kerala. 72,000 persons are proceedings have been initiat- Soldier’ and ‘I am a soldier. I the serving officers and soldiers who retired from Indian Navy navirus curve a fortnight ago under observation out of which ed against 2036 persons for not fight where I am told and I win contacted all Ex Service Men who is in charge of the Naval reported 12 new cases of the 71,545 are in their own hous- wearing masks. It has come to where I fight’. and War Widows and enquired personnel in Kerala told The pandemic on Tuesday. es. On Tuesday, 119 persons the notice of the Government This time around, their though the veterans and their concerns, if any. their well-being similar to the Pioneer that he was in contact Chief Minister Pinarayi have been admitted to hospitals that many private tuition cen- fight is against coronavirus. dependents are away from the “The focus was to assist manner in which youngsters in with soldiers and sailors to Vijayan in his daily press brief- for suspected covid-19,” he tres are functioning in the State Since the civilians in these regiments and brigades. them in addressing health the family asking their grand ensure that all is well with ing on Tuesday said that all the said. violating the guidelines. Legal States are well served by the The DBA launched a issues, delivering essential sup- fathers and grand mothers them. “Our Whats App Group 12 persons who tested positive The hospitals in the State actions will be initiated against respective Governments, the Whats App messaging system plies and groceries to needy about their health and well is tracking the well being of all for coronavirus were those saw unprecedented crowd over such centres,” he said. DBA, more popular by its and reached the retired sol- veterans, offer help in com- being. our former personnel and their who returned to the State the last two days because of the The public examination name Southern Command, diers, war widows and those mutation and extending can- “Special activities are being families and attend to their recently. “While eight persons revival of the pandemic, said for SSC students would be took up another challenge. The above 70 years of age in par- teen facilities on priority basis. carried out by Karnataka & needs,” said the Captain. were expatriates who returned the chief minister. He asked the held from June 1 and the Army establishment through ticular to enquire about their The Rajya Sainik Boards and Kerala Sub Area (KKSA). A Elderly veterans especially to the State recently, the expatriates to return to the State Government has made all its words and deeds sent a mes- needs and well being. The mis- Zilla Sainik Boards played cru- war widow who has uterus can- above the age of 80 were in for remaining eight were from only if there was any emer- arrangements for the smooth sage to the retired soldiers, offi- sion was named Operation cial role in making the opera- cer requires regular blood a surprise when the soldiers Maharashtra (six) and Gujarat gency situation. “The State saw conduct of the examination. cers, war widows in these States Naman and the objective was tion a success” said a release by and platelets. She got admitted delivered a cake along with a (two). It has to be said that the 74, 426 persons returning to Liquor outlets would become that they were not alone in this to offer moral support to those the Army’s Southern in a delicate condition during card on behalf of General pandemic has come back to the the State from outside. We operational for online sale of world and the soldiers and who had devoted their lives for Command. lockdown. She has been given Officer Commanding Dakshin State through the expatriates, had contained the disease till spirits by this weekend, said the officers respect and adore them the nation and to resolve their A Special Cell was estab- continuous support by the Bharat Area. many of them returned to the the expatriates returned to the Chief Minister. '88  40  2$0998       $            $ %  /"0 highest number of 10 students scheduled $ %  “The units remain Modi highlighting the pre- Shanmugham. positive cases since to begin on June 1 has /"0 closed since March 24 as carious situation faced by He pointed out that      total of 688 persons tested pos- May 12. been postponed to June part of the national lock- the industrialists in the industries have not Aitive for coronavirus in Tamil Chennai city alone 15. KA Sengottaiyan, ncertainty stares on down and there has been Tirupur. “The Reserve been permitted to operate Nadu on Tuesday taking the total tested 552 positive School education Umore than six lakh no business. It will take Bank of India had issued a for the last two months. :If  /./=!= number of covid cases in the State cases taking the total Minister told reporters workers employed in the another nine months for directive permitting a we take into account the to 12,448, according to a release number of cases in the on Tuesday that the cotton knitwear industrial the revival of business. Till moratorium of three global market closure date engal Chief Minister issued by directorate of public health capital city to 7,672. examination would be clusters in Tirupur district then the Government months on payment of it would be actually three BMamata Banerjee on and preventive medicine. Out of the The death toll in Tamil Nadu stood held from June 15 to June 25. in Tamil Nadu. Tirupur should ‘hand hold’ the instalments in respect of all months. The leading glob- Tuesday said that a lot of issues 688 persons tested positive on at 84 as three more persons suc- The earlier decision of the accounts for 90 per cent of industrial units, declare a outstanding term loans as al retail stores would including speedy relief and Tuesday, 87 were those who cumbed to the pandemic on Government to hold the examina- cotton knitwear exports moratorium of nine on March 1, 2020. reopen only from June and handling of the corona pan- returned from West Asia (36), Tuesday. tion from June 1 had drawn criti- from India, employs more months on equated month- The Banks were they would place the orders demic would be discussed Maldives (1), Maharashtra (49) and The day also saw 489 persons cism from M K Stalin, president, than 6,00,000 workers and ly instalments (EMI) as allowed a deferment of gradually, that too in an when the leaders of Opposition Kerala (1). leaving hospitals fully recovered DMK, who had questioned the earns more than 200 bil- well as on the principal three months on payment increment manner,” he has parties meet via a video con- The number of cases tested taking the total number of patients logic behind the move in the back- lion by way of exports every amount. We will pay back of interests in respect of all written in a letter to Prime ference on May 22. positive on Tuesday has come as a discharged from the hospitals till drop of the pandemic prevailing in year. the entire amount with such facilities outstanding Minister on Monday. “The leaders of Opposition disappointment to health profes- Tuesday evening 4,895. This means the State. These are all going to interest but what we are as on March 1, 2020. Our Pointing out the sen- parties including Sharad sionals because the State has been the total number of active cases in Sengottaiyan said that his inter- be history as the industrial asking is some kind of concern is that the mora- sitive nature of the current Pawarji, Sonia Gandhiji, MK showing a reduction in the number the State is 7,553. action with stakeholders was the rea- units are on the verge of breathing peace,” Raja M torium of three months situation the TEA has Stalin, Sitaram Yechury and of covid cases during the last one 3,48, 174 samples and 3, 32, 352 son fore the postponement of the closure following the Shanmugham , president, period will get expired by asked the Government of others would hold discussion- week. On May 12, the number of persons were tested in the State till examination. “Many red zones and refusal of Banks to grant Tirupur Exporters 31 May 2020 and the com- India and The RBI for a son corona pandemic through persons tested positive were 716 and date. There are 63 laboratories hotspots in the State would change moratorium of nine Association, told The mencement of repayment moratorium on servicing of a video conference at 3 pm on since then the number of cases fluc- working round-the-clock in the to green zone by mid-June and this months on the term loans Pioneer. starts by June 1, 2020 interest and principal by May 22… It will be a discussion tuated from 509 to 536 which was State to test samples. would help to reduce the tension if and working capital loans The TEA chief has including the compound another nine months for similar to the ones taking place registered on Monday evening. The Meanwhile the Tamil Nadu any among the students, parents and availed by the industrial written yet another letter to interest calculated for the the knitwear industry and between various government 688 cases tested on Tuesday is the State Board Examinations for Class teachers,” said the Minister. units. Prime Minister Narendra moratorium period,” said MSMEs. functionaries,” Banerjee said adding “all the sides during the discussion will share their (33(+. views and experiences on how 5 #$8 # '!  5) %  #  03 they are handling the crisis and ()&+!+) what problem they are facing in +    '("'!, tackling the crisis.” :;(  #20<2= !   7 +&+8()&+ Such discussions between New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to quash the top leaders of the country were   '=4 chairman of SEC initial FIR against Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami  %$ % 4<=0F would enforce the lockdown-4 essential shops as per relaxation nothing new considering the and it stated that all over his news show on the Palghar mob lynching but gave some norms more strictly red zone and guidelines issued earlier situation, she said. “We have ith one more the districts of relief by setting aside related multiple FIRs and complaints hold- oing a balancing act, the areas as it would have to tide and operation of liquor shops been discussing the issues at Wdeath and 28 Kashmir province, ing they had a “stifling” effect on the exercise of freedom and DMaharashtra Government over the coronavirus crisis in if permitted, home delivery or various levels. So there is noth- positive cases the except Ganderbal expression. on Tuesday declared Mumbai the state before the onset of the other wise, ing wrong if we discuss it here total number of and Bandipora are Observing that free citizens cannot exist when the news media Metro Metropolitan Region monsoon. “We can lift the lock “The shops/ malls/ estab- through video conferencing,” coronavirus cases listed as Red zones, is chained to adhere to one position, the court said journalis- (MMR) and areas falling under down at any time. But I know lishments /industries which she said. reached 1,317 while the death while as Kathua, Samba and tic freedom lies at “the core” of the fundamental right to free nine Municipal Corporations, what will be consequences of are not allowed to open in the The State BJP however toll touched 17 in the Union Ramban districts of Jammu speech and India's freedom will rest safe as long as journalists including that Pune, Solapur, lifting the lockdown at this red zones, will be permitted to slammed the Chief Minister for territory of Jammu and Province have been declared can speak to power without being “chilled by a threat of reprisal.” Nashik and Aurangabad, as state. I do not want to push the remain open from 9am to “playing politics during this Kashmir on Tuesday. At the Red zones. Seeking to balance the rights of journalists and accountability, “Red zones”, while it merged state into a crisis. I am ready to 5pm. only for the purpose of hour of crisis.” Referring to the same time, 38 patients were dis- Similarly, Bandipora, the court, however, said exercising the fundamental right to speech both green and orange zones of face any kind of crisis of criti- upkeep & maintenance of Friday meeting State BJP pres- charged from different hospi- Ganderbal, Reasi, Udhampur and expression is not absolute and is answerable to the legal rest of Maharashtra into one cism. I am not going to take the material/machinery/furniture ident Dilip Ghosh said, “in tals after they recovered fully. and Jammu districts have been regime. PTI and termed it as “Non-Red” decision of lifting the lockdown etc. and for pre-monsoon pro- 2019 these parties came togeth- According to official classified under Orange cate- zone to implement the in a hurry,” he had said. tection activities of property er to defeat the BJP. They staged sources, a 55-year-old cancer gory. Likewise, Doda, Kishtwar, Lockdown-4 norms. As part of the new guide- and goods. However no other a big tamasha in Kolkata but patient from Rafiabad died at Poonch and Rajouri districts  F   . % Announcing the new lines released on Tuesday, the activity (commercial/ produc- ended up losing so many seats. SKIMS taking the death toll in have been put in Green cate- guidelines for the Lockdown - State Government authorised tion) will be permitted,” the “After being decimated in Kashmir to 15. gory. 4 along the lines the indications the Municipal/district author- new guidelines stated. the elections they are trying to Five Covid-19 positive The decision was taken   *!      given by Chief Minister ities to “demarcate” the con- The Government permit- stay afloat by creating new patients have died in the last 3 after a detailed review of the Uddhav Thackeray earlier, the tainment zones within the Red ted e-commerce activity for types of controversies. Instead days in Kashmir— 1 on current Covid-19 situation in    + ;    Maharashtra Government and Non-Red Zones, “after essential as well as non-essen- of cooperating with the central Sunday, 3 on Monday, 1 on J&K was conducted with declared the MMR (which taking into consideration the tial items & material and all Government and strengthening Tuesday. Out of 1,317 cases, the Financial Commissioner,    *(3 $(."0 among other areas comprises guidelines of the Ministry of industries, work at all con- the hands Prime Minister total number of active cases Health; Divisional Mumbai, satellite towns like Home Affairs (MHA)”. struction sites ( Public/ private), Narendra Modi who has drawn stood at 653, 551 from Kashmir Commissioners of Jammu & he Supreme Court Tuesday asked LG Polymers India to Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Navi “Municipal commission- all such pre-monsoon works world-wide acclaim for deft and 102 in Jammu division. Kashmir divisions and other Tapproach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to raise the issue Mumbai, Panvel, Vasai-Virar, ers & district collectors are (Public/private). handling of the corona crisis A total number of 647 officers on the basis of “an over- regarding setting up of multiple committees to probe the May Mira-Bhayandar and empowered to decide the con- However, the state gov- these people are trying to fish patients have recovered so far. all assessment of the situation 7 gas leakage from its plant in Visakhapatnam. Ulhasnagar), the municipal tainment zones... In contain- ernment continued to ban in the troubled waters. So fat, Anantnag district has pertaining to the spread of The company also questioned the NGT's jurisdiction in ini- Corporations of Pune, Solapur, ment zones only essential activ- Taxi/Cab/ Aggregator and “You can see what the reported the highest number of Covid-19 in Jammu & tiating proceedings on its own (suo motu) in the matter when Aurangabad, Malegaon, ities shall be allowed. There autorickshaw, while it permit- Congress has been doing. First 247 cases while Srinagar has Kashmir; the trend in new the Andhra Pradesh High Court was already seized of the inci- Nashik, Dhule , Jalgaon ,Akola shall be strict perimeters to ted plying of four wheelers ( they offered buses to rescue the recorded 169 cases and Kulgam cases particularly the recent dent. The leakage of hazardous gas, Styrene, happened early and Amaravati as “Red Zones”. ensure there is no movement 1+2) and two wheelers ( only migrant workers and when 166 cases. spread/ spike in new cases in morning of May 7 from the company's plant at R R Venkatpuram The State Government of people in & out of these one rider) for essential works UP Chief Minister Jogi Meanwhile, the Jammu & view of the movement of village in Visakhapatnam resulting in the death of at least 11 declared the Green and Orange zones. except medical emer- and home delivery of food Adityanath ji wanted their Kashmir Government Tuesday stranded persons to Jammu people and impacting thousands more. Zones falling in remaining part gencies & for maintaining from restaurants/ Kitchen numbers she provided them issued the fresh classification of and Kashmir, which is still a A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit was hearing of the state “Non-Red Zone” for supply of essential goods,” the All emergency staff, includ- with the numbers of vehicles districts in order to imple- continuing exercise, and the through video-conferencing a plea filed by LG Polymers India the implementation of lock- State Government guidelines ing health & medical treasury that included auto rickshaws ment the lockdown 4.0 from risk perception of the Health Pvt Ltd against the May 8 order of the NGT which had taken down-4. stated. In “Red Zones”, the , Disaster Management, police and even scooters… hence the May 20, 2020. department vis-à-vis each dis- up the matter suo-motu (on its own) on the basis of media reports The Chief Minister, it may state government among other Food & Civil supply, Municipal people will ignore such gim- The order was issued by trict; the parameters laid down about the gas leakage and set up a five-member committee to be recalled, had on Monday things, allowed: all essential services can operate at the micks and they will watch Chief Secretary, who is also by MOHFW, Govt. of India”. probe the incident. night that State Government shops permitted earlier, non - level as per the need. Modiji perform.”         %6 !# ! & ?     >!$ %     ?   ? &&()*+&), !    ! '>    # R  0/ *  4  !   # ! #!    # !         5       %   !         .                               &    < ;  * &     * $                             (  #                9       (     (            (   *                                         $% /                            -            -  ,0  ( lready riding high, China has     :         ;22     ( used the Corona pandemic to       #      6  ,    ( extend its political influence in Nepal. Chinese President Xi             (      Jinping spoke to Nepalese         +    $     < ' < APresident Bidhya Devi Bhandari and +  $8     +           inquired about the COVID-19 situation, despatched flight loads of succour and                       staved off the collapse of the Government                   ( over there. Then on May 9, Union Defence  /      "      # ,+ -    %  Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a new Indian road to the disputed Lipulekh, trig-         *           gering off a political storm in Nepal. This         (    #     P ( was accompanied by protests and the cus-    Q                tomary exchange of diplomatic notes. Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane,       #            who is the honorary General of Nepal Army,         ,+    ;?222     ;22 in response to a question on the protests           # /36       said, “Nepal’s protest over India’s road in Lipulekh might be at the behest of some-               # S  @ one else”, alluding to China, though it could ,                  also have been Pakistan. Last year in                         November, there was a tsunami of protests when India reproduced a map depicting +            new political boundaries in Jammu & 3             (*   Kashmir, including Kalapani, an area                  claimed by Nepal in its territory. In the lull before a second spike in the    S                 territorial issue, a week-long political cha- Government but very briefly thought to have been tamed. nominally elevated Dahal as the During the crucial secretariat                    rade around May Day, to dethrone Nepalese months later, India succeeded in During the decade of executive chairman of the NCP meeting on May 2, Dahal did a                  Prime Minister KP Oli, fizzled out as his bete orchestrating his exit with the Constitution-writing, Madhav even as Oli became its co- somersault, declaring the              3       ( noire, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) lure of premiership in a Deuba- Nepal and Baburam Bhattarai, chairman but remained a spoke importance of party unity and executive chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Dahal Government. It is anoth- both considered to be friends of in Dahal’s wheel. What fol- letting Oli stay as the Prime                   ‘Prachanda,’ switched sides and let Oli claim er matter that even as part of India, became the Prime lowed next were widespread Minister as the latter promised         /36 %  *    5    9  victory. In turn, Oli promised to make his this Government, Dahal surrep- Minister and so did Jhala Nath reports of disillusionment and to make Gautam a law-maker $   A  5             # political foe and party vice-chairman Bam titiously entered the Beijing- Khanal. But Khanal, who’s never frustration with Oli’s autocrat- soon. That was a demotion for Dev Gautam a lawmaker. inspired Left alliance, which was passionate about India, was not ic style and shenanigans capped Gautam as earlier, Oli had *  A  $    -  B*A$-C  6(    It was China and not the traditional expected to sweep the federal, invited to New Delhi on a State with misgovernance and cor- offered him premiership to S    *               player in Nepal, India, which came to the provincial and local polls that visit. ruption. This, even during the wriggle out of the crisis.                  rescue of an embattled Oli. Sensing inter- followed. In this new “Great Oli, once an Indian blue- purchase of medical equipment Dahal has pressed the pause nal crisis within the ruling NCP and the Oli Game” in Nepal between India eyed boy, has risen to become in the midst of the pandemic, button on plan Alpha, surpris-              *A$-      ( Government, Beijing’s popular envoy in and China, Beijing demonstra- the most powerful Prime passage of two controversial ing its key players. Undoubtedly,    /  4            ( Kathmandu, Hou Yanqi, followed upon Xi’s bly has an upper hand. Minister and party chairman of political ordinances, which he there will be rewards for Dahal   /                     45-minute-long conversation on April 27 It is worth recalling that Nepal on a wicket of national- withdrew and in transacting from Oli and Beijing. The rul- with his Nepalese counterpart Bhandari. during the pre-2006 people’s ism and anti-India sentiment due to which Bhandari became ing political class has shadow-              -        What followed next were mediations for the revolution and civil war periods, following the economic block- complicit. Through such high- boxed what Nepalese are calling             9      ( next two days, meeting with Bhandari, Oli, Chinese diplomats in ade of 2015. China’s help in handedness, Oli sought to gar- a political Corona instead of     3-7         "       Dahal, former Prime Minister Madhav Kathmandu, while alluding to forging first the Left alliance and ner more power: Secure two- seriously combating the Kumar Nepal and according to one report, New Delhi, would claim that then the merger of the two Left thirds majority in Parliament COVID-19 pandemic, thus              +      even with Sher Bahadur Deuba, the leader Beijing does not interfere in any parties ensured Oli’s sputnik and make Constitutional proving that power is the ulti-                    ( of the Nepali Congress Opposition party. country’s internal affairs. They rise. Lord John Dalberg-Acton’s appointments with simple mate aphrodisiac.         (             By May 2 evening, at the fateful Central sec- would describe Dahal-Maoists dictum that power tends to cor- majority. Kalapani and Lipulekh are retariat meeting of the NCP where Dahal as “anti-state rebels”, “miscre- rupt and absolute power cor- That is when on April 24, part of a disputed package              #       ( has a majority, surprisingly, he declared a ants” and “hijackers” of Mao’s rupts absolutely fits the Oli the proverbial straw broke the revived in 2015 after a trade      *67-(;D             truce. He called for party unity when it was fair name. After the Maoists story well as he sits in Baluwatar camel’s back and Dahal trig- agreement was signed between   *67-(;D             A    he who had asked Oli to step down nam- came to power in 2008, Beijing (the Prime Minister’s red-stone gered off plan Alpha — leader- China and India. The new ing Madhav Nepal as his replacement conveniently discovered ideo- residence) on a gilded chair ship change — which has been political map and a road to            (        three days earlier at the same forum. logical identity and congruity under his own towering portrait in the works for some time now. Lipulekh have sown fresh seeds                  Friends of India saw the rescinding of with them, saying all was fair in at the back. In designer clothes, It envisages replacing Oli with of discord, whose principal         6    -     ( Madhav Nepal’s (sometimes jokingly called love and war. he appears to be in the pink of Madhav Nepal as the Prime beneficiary is Beijing. Madhav India) name as the Prime Minister In contrast, India has had a health even after a second kid- Minister, appointing Dahal as Nimbleness was needed from         ?2       S    ( as a defeat for us. monopoly in making and ney transplant. the undisputed party executive New Delhi in defusing the cri-   ?2(E2      ,  S       6 Kathmandu fears China’s new political unseating Prime Ministers as Dahal and Oli joined the chairman and Khanal in time as sis.  (                  mantra of compliance, which was recently well as preventing their appoint- battle early following a gentle- the President of Nepal. While (The writer, a retired Major     +                demonstrated in the admonition of the edi- ments. Like in 2009, after Prime man’s power-sharing agree- Oli kept clutching at the straws General, was Commander IPKF tor of the Kathmandu Post by the Chinese Minister Dahal was removed ment, whose existence Oli at the party central secretariat South, Sri Lanka and founder             *67-(;D Embassy. This was not so in mid-2016 when from office, he was never denied. Mutual sniping was meetings and divulged his own member of the Defence Planning China valiantly tried to prevent Dahal from allowed to become the premier halted when Bhandari brokered leadership reshuffle plan, he Staff, currently the Integrated breaking away from the Oli-led coalition again till 2016, when he was an agreement last year, which sent a May Day call to Yanqi. Defence Staff.) +   -    . 3 -7  !       0  & 0   ! &      #       &  3" !         !       !           +             0      !               &                   )            +    &  +    !       &       "        0          &                      &                     *   + %           ( (*5'( *'&( $(,)+' +,'(&7'!'7&(%&"             KD  / K / K$ ! K /  #  ,                 (                     37                -       (     gers remaining low initially, it may       not be difficult for the authorities.             Of utmost importance will be .  /         Sir — This refers to the editorial,             their ability to track and monitor       +   #   0       “Moving out of lockdown” (May             $ the impact of mobility relax- 18). With the country entering the 3  68       +    ations. Until a vaccine or a cure to          (       fourth phase of the lockdown, by         + +  &   the Coronavirus is found, such                  now people must have become            !    measures are essential.  /  0              ( accustomed to following basic        ;&          Devendra Khurana hygiene habits like wearing masks    +             Bhopal                # and washing hands. And if main-    !        &                    # $ taining social distancing and all    ;      +          %              1222    ( safety protocols have not become             &         #     #  3    /  4  part of our daily routine in the last               two months, we have only our-  #    +      0    J            Sir — From the beginning of the         5           selves to blame. So, lockdown 4.0         +     &       & +   pandemic, a lot of discussion has                      was actually not warranted now.                           been going on co-morbidities and                 If the Central Government has left +      &   %            & &  the elderly. The average age of it on the States’ sole discretion of                   & 0 +  +      &    death due to Corona in India is 75  *67-(      *            deciding the zones, then it sure-  $   &  &     =    0   =  !  =   years and 83 per cent of the       4                ly should have left the extension  +            10=!=2+              deaths are of those already suffer-                     8    as well to the States.     &            9  ;&   0         ing from co-morbidities. 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Even for med-  8                 ( they know better whether they besides causing massive damage of the travellers and those involved ical requirements, a person must can manage work effectively by Sir — This refers to the editori- to India’s economic prospects, in transportation activities. It will accompany them.                       allowing employees to work from al, “Moving out of lockdown” other States must take a cue be difficult to enforce social dis- Ravi Teja Kathuripalli                   home or getting them back to the (May 18). The Delhi from Delhi and gradually open tancing. This is why State admin- Hyderabad              4      ( office. Government’s decision to resume the transport system so that com- istrations must take adequate Bal Govind the public transport system is a muters do not face problems in measures to ensure strict compli- '  (            Noida step in the right direction. Given reaching their place of work. ance. 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Washington: In an ultimatum taxpayer dollars to continue to       to the WHO, US President finance an organisation that, in ' !5R  5   Donald Trump has said he its present state, is so clearly not would “reconsider” America’s serving America’s interests.   '  membership of the UN health More than 300,000 people 8,5    body and threatened to “per- have died due to the coron- manently freeze” the funding to avirus pandemic and over 4.8 Beijing: China on Tuesday Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao said. Washington: US President US Food and Drug it if it failed to demonstrate its million people infected around accused President Donald spokesman Zhao Lijian told a “It tries to mislead the Donald Trump has disclosed Administration (FDA) have “independence” from China the world. The US is the worst- Trump of using it “as an issue” media briefing here. public to smear China and that he is taking antimalarial questioned the efficacy of the in the next 30 days. hit country with over 90,000 to shift the blame from his He was responding to shift the blame from its own drug hydroxychloroquine daily antimalarial drug and warned Trump halted America’s as President of the United States, deaths and over 1.5 million “incompetent response” to questions on Trump’s letter to incompetent response” to stop to ward off the deadly coron- of the potentially harmful side funding of up to $500 million to inform you that, if the WHO confirmed COVID-19 cases, contain the coronavirus at World Health Organisation the spread of the virus in the avirus, though health experts effects, including heart prob- annually to the World Health does not commit to major sub- according to Johns Hopkins home, hours after he threat- chief Tedros Adhanom US, he said. have warned it may be unsafe. lems. Organisation last month while stantive improvements within University. ened to pull the US out of the Ghebreyesus threatening to “It is futile. Currently, Speaking at a meeting of Trump, 73, said he con- a review was being done to the next 30 days, I will make my In his letter dated May 18, World Health Organisation if “permanently freeze” the US COVID-19 is still spreading in restaurant executives on sulted his doctors but was not assess its role in “severely mis- temporary freeze of United Trump alleged that the WHO it failed to demonstrate “inde- funding to the UN health the US and many other Monday, Trump said he began explicitly recommended by the managing and covering up” the States funding to the WHO per- has failed to publicly call on pendence” from China. agency if it failed to demon- places,” he said, adding that taking the drug after consult- White House physicians. spread of the deadly coronavirus manent and reconsider our China to allow for an inde- “The US tries to use China strate its “independence” from the US politicians should stop ing the White House doctor, “White House doctor did- when it first emerged in the cen- membership in the organisa- pendent investigation into the as an issue to shift responsi- China in the next 30 days. the blame game and work though stopped short of saying n’t recommend. I asked him, tral Chinese city of Wuhan. tion,” the president said. origins of the virus, despite the bility and bargain on its inter- “The US leadership’s open with the international com- his physician had actually rec- what do you think? He said In a four-page letter to Trump, who is seeking recent endorsement for doing national obligations to WHO”, letter is full of vague expres- munity to stop the spread of ommended it. well, if you’d like it. I said yeah, WHO Director General Dr reelection in November, said he so by its own Emergency which is a miscalculation, sions such as probably etc,” the virus. PTI “A couple of weeks ago, I I’d like it. I’d like to take it,” he Tedros Adhanom, Trump said, cannot allow the American Committee. PTI started taking it,” the president said. “It is clear the repeated missteps said. “Here’s my evidence: I get Trump said he has been by you and your organisation $$    @  % 5.          a lot of positive calls about it,” taking a pill of the antimalari- in responding to the pandem- Trump told shocked reporters. al drug daily. ic have been extremely costly Brussels: The EU on Tuesday for finger pointing or under- Geneva: World Health European Union, called for an ate itself from the consensus as “I have been taking it “I take a pill every day. At for the world. The only way for- urged all countries to back the mining multilateral coopera- Organisation member states “impartial, independent and some had feared after (hydroxychloroquine) for some point, I’ll stop. What I’d ward for the WHO is if it can World Health Organisation tion.” In a letter to WHO’s agreed on Tuesday to an inde- comprehensive evaluation” of Washington chastised the about a week and a half,” he like to do is I’d like to have the actually demonstrate indepen- (WHO) after President Donald director-general Tedros pendent probe into the UN the international response to WHO on the first day of the told reporters, asserting that he cure and/or the vaccine, and dence from China.” Trump threatened to perma- Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Trump agency’s coronavirus response the pandemic, which has so assembly Monday and lashed has zero symptoms of the dead- that will happen, I think, very “My administration has nently cut US funding. wrote the agency’s “repeated as US criticism mounted over far infected more than 4.8 mil- out further against China over ly COVID-19, which has killed soon,” he said. already started discussions with European Commission missteps” in its response to the its handling of the pandem- lion people and killed over its role in the outbreak. over 90,000 Americans in the Hydroxychloroquine is you on how to reform the spokeswoman Virginie Battu- pandemic have proven “very ic.Countries taking part in the 318,000. Tuesday’s resolution at the past three months. one of the oldest and best- organisation. But action is Henriksson said global coop- costly for the world”. WHO’s annual assembly, It said the investigation WHO assembly also called for There is no evidence known antimalarial drugs. needed quickly. We do not eration is “the only effective Trump threatened to cut being held virtually for the should include a probe of “the nations to commit to ensuring hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Trump has called hydroxy- have time to waste,” he wrote in and viable option to win this US’ WHO funding unless it first time, adopted a resolution actions of WHO and their “transparent, equitable and can fight off coronavirus, chloroquine a “game-changer” his letter, which he tweeted on battle”. commits to “substantive by consensus urging a joint time-lines pertaining to the timely access” to any treat- though clinical trials are under drug in the fight against the Monday night. She said, “This is the time improvements” in the next 30 response to the crisis. The res- COVID-19 pandemic”. ments or vaccines developed way. Medical experts and the coronavirus. PTI “That is why it is my duty, for solidarity. It is not the time days. AP olution, tabled by the The US did not disassoci- against COVID-19. AFP 8      9# 0 #9:           United Nations: Nearly 13 per museums that have been cent of the museums around deprived of their visitors will    the world may never reopen, face a decrease in their income.       the UN’s cultural agency has Professions related to  3 warned, as about 90 per cent of museums, their operations and London: An influential group of with people infected with the the governing Conservative them globally have had to close their outreach could also be British lawmakers on Tuesday coronavirus. But they aban- Party, said the “pivotal” decision ussia’s prime minister has their doors due to the COVID- seriously affected. accused Prime Minister Boris doned that strategy in mid- in March to stop testing for the Rfully resumed his duties 19 pandemic. “We are fully aware of and Johnson’s Government of failing March as the number of infec- coronavirus outside of hospitals after recovering from the coro- On the occasion of confident in the tenacity of to conduct enough tests for the tions overwhelmed the coun- meant that nursing home resi- navirus. International Museum Day museum professionals to meet new coronavirus, saying the try’s testing resources. dents and staff weren’t tested “at Mikhail Mishustin, 54, Monday, two studies by the UN the challenges posed by the lapse helped COVID-19 cut a Johnson’s Conservative gov- a time when the spread of the announced that he had been Educational, Scientific and COVID-19 pandemic,” said deadly swath through UK nurs- ernment has faced growing virus was at its most rampant.” infected in a televised call Cultural Organisation ICOM President Suay Aksoy. ing homes. criticism as Britain suffers one The country’s testing with President Vladimir Putin (UNESCO) and the “However, the museum As official statistics revealed of the world’s worst coron- capacity has now been scaled on April 30. International Council of field cannot survive on its own more than 11,000 coronavirus avirus death tolls. The govern- up to more than 100,000 tests On Tuesday, Mishustin’s Museums (ICOM) said that %              without the support of the deaths in British nursing homes, ment’s official tally of deaths a day, and the government office said that he has checked museums have been especial-    ) 5 % .    % public and private sectors. It is the House of Commons’ Science among people who tested pos- plans to reintroduce a “test, out of the hospital and returned ly affected by the COVID-19 imperative to raise emergency and Technology Committee itive for the virus stands at track and trace” policy as part to his duties in the Cabinet pandemic, with nearly 90 per “Nearly 13 per cent of the pandemic and explore ways relief funds and to put in place said “testing capacity has been 34,796, second only to the U.S. of plans to control the virus and headquarters. He is set to take cent of them, or more than museums around the world to support institutions in its policies to protect profession- inadequate for most of the pan- When suspected as well as con- ease a nationwide lockdown part in a video conference with 85,000 institutions, having may never reopen,” the agen- aftermath. als and self-employed workers demic so far.” In a letter to the firmed cases are added, the toll that was imposed March 23. President Vladimir Putin later closed their doors for varying cies said in a statement. “Museums play a funda- on precarious contracts.” prime minister, committee is well over 40,000. But the science committee also in the day. Several Cabinet lengths of time during the cri- The two studies, involving mental role in the resilience of In a tweet, Secretary- chairman Greg Clark said More than 11,000 of those said that “it is not clear that the ministers and Putin’s sis. member states and museum societies”, UNESCO Director- General Antonio Guterres said Britain’s limited testing capaci- deaths occurred in nursing lessons of the delays to testing spokesman Dmitry Peskov also Furthermore, in Africa and professionals, were aimed at General Audrey Azoulay said. that museums may be tem- ty “drove strategy, rather than homes in England and Wales, have been learned.” It called for have been infected. Peskov said the Small Island Developing assessing the impact of “We must help them cope porarily closed, but they remain strategy driving capacity.” according to figures compiled authorities to publish the evi- that he had double pneumonia States (SIDS), only 5 per cent COVID-19 on museums and with this crisis and keep them a source of knowledge and UK authorities initially by the Office for National dence that led to the decision caused by the virus. He noted of museums were able to offer museum institutions. in touch with their audiences”. discovery for many - now sought to trace and test every- Statistics. to abandon community testing that he hadn’t met with Putin in online content to their audi- They also aimed to find out The study conducted by through virtual tours in par- one who had been in contact Clark, a lawmaker from in March. AP person for more than a month. ences. how the sector had adapted to ICOM highlights the fact that ticular. PTI ! # 4    !*# AR #  ! -*    Washington: US Secretary of (People’s Republic of China)   !  State Mike Pompeo has called government abducted him in ,!"!?!)%      on China to immediately make 1995 at age six,” he said in a     !  "# 6+:,6      public the Panchen Lama’s statement.    -7    #   6  whereabouts and uphold its “The Panchen Lama is one     , +   international commitments to of the most important figures in $%   ## ' '(!*          Bangkok: Narcotics police in promote religious freedom, Tibetan Buddhism with spiri-   ,,+)))   9-9  + Myanmar have seized a large saying he is one of the most tual authority second only to the Beijing: China said on none of the Dalai Lama’s glob- region that China says has          amount of liquid fentanyl, pro- important figures in the Dalai Lama. But China’s perse- Tuesday that a boy who dis- al fame. been its territory for cen- !  viding the first evidence that Tibetan Buddhism with spiri- cution of the Panchen Lama is appeared 25 years ago after Foreign ministry turies but which many @1+3      the synthetic opioid is being tual authority second only to not unusual,” Pompeo said. being picked by the Dalai spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Tibetans believe was largely     ! +  produced in quantity in the Dalai Lama. He called on the Chinese Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s Gedhun Choekyi Nyima independent. Tibet’s self-    %  E '   Southeast Asia’s infamous His remarks came on the government to immediately second-highest figure is now “received free compulsory declared government-in-exile       Golden Triangle region. occasion of the 25th anniver- make public the Panchen a college graduate with a sta- education when he was a in India marked the 25th   L &       The discovery during a sary of the disappearance of the Lama’s whereabouts and to ble job. child, passed the college anniversary of Gedhun    &     series of drug raids in 11th Panchen Lama. uphold its own constitution Very little information has entrance examination and Choekyi Nyima’s disappear-  Myanmar’s Shan state suggests The Department of State and international commit- been given about Gedhun now has a job.” Zhao said nei- ance by calling on Beijing on &+)&+=   D0$69 a market for the drug has been has made the promotion and ments to promote religious Choekyi Nyima or his family ther the now-31-year-old man Sunday to account for his        created in the region, the protection of religious freedom freedom for all persons. since he went missing at age or his family wishes to be dis- whereabouts.      3+    United Nations Office on smuggle than heroin, and far a priority, especially in China, The United States, he said, 6 shortly after being named turbed in their “current nor- “China’s abduction of the $& )69+  Drugs and Crime said Monday. more profitable to sell. U.S. where people of all faiths face remains deeply concerned the 11th Panchen Lama. mal lives.” Panchen Lama and forcible          + “Big international syndi- Authorities accuse China, severe repression and discrim- about PRC’s ongoing cam- China, which claims that No other details were denial of his religious identi-       cates already active in the Myanmar’s northern neigh- ination, Pompeo said. paign to eliminate the religious, Tibet is part of its territory, given.The tussle between ty and right to practice in his          Golden Triangle are well posi- bor, of being the source of fen- “As part of that mission on linguistic and cultural identity named another boy to the Beijing and the Dalai Lama, monastery is not only a vio-         tioned to take advantage of tanyl imported to the United May 17, we marked the 25th of Tibetans, including through position, Gyaltsen Norbu, who who fled into exile in 1959, lation of religious freedom but  & regional heroin demand and States, a claim denied by anniversary of the disappear- the ongoing destruction of is rarely seen and is believed concerns who will determine also a gross violation of !'"!+)#* O D0$69 produce synthetic opioids Beijing. ance of the 11th Panchen communities of worship and to spend most of his time in the future of Tibetan human rights,” the Tibetan   ,))  !  alongside other drugs,” the The agency said the raids Lama, Gedhun Choekyi learning, such as the Larung Beijing. He is generally viewed Buddhism, which still com- parliament in northern India,   5     agency’s regional representa- were carried out between Feb. Nyima, who has not appeared Gar and Yachen Gar Buddhist as a political figure under mands heavy sway over the known as the Kashag, said in PTI PTI       +    tive, Jeremy Douglas, said in a 20 and April 9 in Kutkhai in public since the PRC Institutes. Beijing’s control and shares people of the Himalayan a statement.       statement. township of Shan state, in east- The U.N. Agency warned ern Myanmar. that the development suggests Shan state, like many bor- %&:  :#    *  %6 A  #*    that Southeast Asia is poised to der areas of Myanmar, is not   +#  become a significant source of tightly controlled by the central   ;   <  synthetic drugs for other parts government, and armed ethnic %-  !  !  of the world. minority militias and guerril- ' R Massive amounts of la groups hold sway over much     Islamabad/Karachi: Seven exchange of fire with the mil-  =(#4 1.(!"2 choice but to leave in a historic methamphetamine and other of the territory. Pakistani soldiers and a civilian itants. 05  smooth transfer of power with- drugs and their components The U.N. Agency said Islamabad: An anti-terror- driver were killed in two sepa- The incident took place esotho’s Prime Minister out a no confidence vote or were also seized in what the without elaborating that “evi- ism court in Pakistan has sen- rate terror attacks in the restive early in the morning when Beijing: A 5-magnitude earth- LThomas Thabane has elections. agency described as “one of the dence of militia involvement tenced two Islamist militants Balochistan province, an official security personnel were clearing quake has struck China’s south- resigned after losing a struggle “The time to retire from largest and most successful was uncovered during the to death for their involve- statement said on Tuesday. the area for fencing the border. western Yunnan province, with leaders of his party who the great theater of action, counter-narcotics operations in operation which resulted in the ment in a 2017 suicide bomb- Terrorists targeted a vehicle This is the second terror killing at least four people and wanted him out over allega- take leave from public life and the history of the country and arrest of 33 Myanmar and for- ing at a Sufi shrine in Sindh of the Frontier Corps using attack on the Pakistani soldiers injuring 24 others, according to tions of his involvement in the office has finally arrived,” region.” The Golden Triangle, eign nationals.” According to province in which 82 people improvised explosive devices in in 10 days in the restive province. officials. 2017 murder of his estranged Thabane said in a televised a remote jungle area where the the agency, in addition to were killed. the Pir Ghaib area on Monday On May 9, six soldiers, One person was trapped in wife, Lipolelo. address Monday. He asked cit- borders of Myanmar, Laos and 3,748.5 liters (990 gallons) of According to police, the night, killing six Pakistan Army including a major, were killed in debris, state-run Xinhua news The 80-year-old Thabane izens to give his successor the Thailand meet, was once a methyl fentanyl, police seized accused — Nadir Ali and soldiers, including a junior com- Buleda area when their vehicle agency reported. had said he would go at the end “utmost support.” major source of the world’s 193.5 million methampheta- Furqan — were identified by missioned officer, said Inter- was hit by an improvised explo- It said that rescue and of July, but rivals in his All Thabane served as opium and heroin. In recent mine tablets weighting 17.4 the eyewitnesses and judicial Services Public Relations (ISPR), sive device. relief teams, including fire- Basotho Convention party prime minister from 2012 to years it has also become a tons; more than 500 kilograms. magistrate Mushtaq Ali Jokhio the media wing of the Pakistani Resource-rich Balochistan fighters and emergency reached a deal with the main 2015 and from 2017 to now. major producer of metham- (1,100 pounds) of crystal through CCTV footage. The military. in southwestern Pakistan bor- response, have been sent to the opposition Democratic The first stint also ended pre- phetamine. Fentanyl is a syn- methamphetamine; 292 kg. duo were found guilty in the The soldiers were identified ders Afghanistan and Iran, but quake zone. Congress to form a new gov- maturely as he was pushed out thetic opioid estimated to be 50 (644 lb.) of heroin; 588 kg. 2017 bombing case in Sehwan as Naib Subedar Ihsan, Ullah it is also Pakistan’s largest and According to the China ernment in the southern by opponents allegedly for fail- to 100 times more potent than (1,296 lb.) of opium; 49 kg. (108 Sharif area of Sindh province. Khan, Naik Zubair Khan, Naik poorest province, rife with eth- Earthquake Networks Center, African nation. ure to deliver on electoral morphine and 30 to 50 times lb.) of morphine; and 6.8 kg. As many as 82 people were Ijaz Ahmed, Naik Maula Bux nic, sectarian and separatist the 5-magnitude shallow quake A Council of State meeting promises. more powerful than heroin. It (15 lb.) of ketamine. killed and over 250 others and Naik Noor Muhammad. insurgencies. struck Qiaojia county at 9.47 on Monday advised King Letsie Despite his requests to has been blamed for a large Also seized were various were injured when a suicide A civilian driver Abdul Baloch nationalists are PM on Monday. III to swear in Finance Minister regional Southern African part of the waves of deaths precursor and pre-precursor bomber launched a grenade Jabbar was also killed in the active in the Balochistan The tremors were felt in Moeketsi Majoro on Development Community from opioids that have swept chemicals used to make the before blowing himself up at attack. In a separate incident in province and often target the Qujing city’s Huize county as Wednesday, according to the mediators, Thabane leaves through the United States in drugs, along with sophisticat- the Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Balochistan’s Kech, another security forces and people from well as in the cities of Zhaotong, king’s senior private secretary, without any guarantees from the past few years. Experts say ed laboratory and production Qalandar in Sehwan Sharif on soldier, identified as Sepoy other provinces, especially Xuanwei and Chuxiong Yi Monehela Posholi. immunity from prosecution fentanyl is easier to make and equipmennt. AP February 16, 2017. PTI Imdad Ali, was killed during an Punjab. PTI Autonomous Prefecture. PTI That left Thabane no for the 2017 murder.       %:

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Goods, Realty and Bankex the bears do seem to have an just around 0.6 per cent.” enchmark indices gave up pushed India’s key stock indices It had opened at 30,450.74 indices. upper hand. Further downsides “Although trial of the vaccine Bmost of their early gains but higher on Tuesday. and touched an intra-high of “Markets ended with are likely once the immediate seemed to give positive results, managed to break the three- The rise was in line with 30,739.96 and a low of decent gains on Tuesday after supports of 8,855-8,806 are the development of this is still session losing streak by closing the gains in the Asian markets. 30,116.82 points. a sell off from the highs. The broken.” According to Vinod in the very initial stage and is in positive territory on Tuesday, Analysts cited the further The Nifty50 closed at Nifty had opened on a positive Nair, Head of Research at some time away from approvals tracking enthusiasm in global opening up of the economy 8,879.10, higher by 55.85 points note and touched a high of Geojit Financial Services: and production. markets over a potential Covid19 vaccine. After rallying over 700 +  5/ ' points in a volatile session, the ,123    )     30-share BSE Sensex finished     167.19 points or 0.56 per cent      9=< higher at 30,196.17.   4 ?/ R    While, the NSE Nifty   ;<:     advanced 55.85 points or 0.63 : ! per cent to end at 8,879.10.  B! -R Bharti Airtel emerged as  *(3 $(."0      *(3 $(."0 the stock of the day, surging over 11 per cent, boosted by  4<=0     . n yet another big reform he Finance Ministry has rise in average revenue per user in the very initial stage and is ment was boosted over opti- Iinitiative aimed at bringing   *(3 $(."0 Textended the deadline for (ARPU) in its earnings report. some time away from approvals mism that the global economy oody’s Investors Service @   more capital into the insurance fulfillment of contractual oblig- Analysts said the ARPU and production,” Vinod Nair, would recover quickly follow- Mon Tuesday said the business, the Government may eliance Industries will use ations of all Government pro- increase speaks of Bharti Head of Research at Geojit ing a successful early-stage Covid-19 outbreak will accel- G  % soon open the sector to 74 per Rthree-fourth of proceeds jects, including public-private Airtel’s ability to command a Financial Services, said. trial of a coronavirus vaccine. erate the deterioration in asset cent foreign direct investment of its mega rights issue for partnerships (PPP), which were price premium in the market. Meanwhile in India, with con- In a significant development quality of non-bank financial @   % (FDI) under the approval route repayment of some of its bor- due for completion on or after Other major gainers on firmed coronavirus infections towards developing a vaccine institutions (NBFIs). $8 to bring parity with the bank- rowings, according to offer February 20, by up the Sensex were ONGC, crossing the one lakh mark and for the coronavirus, an The investor service said ing sector. document. The company to six months in view of Covid- UltraTech Cement, ITC, the stimulus measures getting American biotechnology com- that weakening solvency at   $ The proposed changes in expects net proceeds of 19 crisis. PowerGrid and NTPC. cold response from various pany Moderna has said its ini- NFBIs will, in turn, pose risks the FDI limit for insurance is 53,036.13 crore from the The Expenditure On the other hand, quarters, investors are moving tial vaccine tests in people to the stability of the broader part of another round of over- rights issue that opens on May Department, under the min- IndusInd Bank, Reliance cautiously as the uncertainties have shown promising results financial system, given banks’ haul of the FDI policy that the 20 and closes on June 3. Out of istry, had in February said that Industries, L&T and SBI were still persist, experts said. and can stimulate an immune large exposures to NBFIs. At While the Centre’s move to Government is looking to these, 39,755.08 crore would COVID-19 outbreak in China among the laggards. Globally, investor senti- response against the virus. present, NBFIs are more directly subscribe to 300 bil- implement to make the policy go towards “repayment/ pre- would be considered a ‘force Of the Sensex constituents, exposed than banks to the lion of NBFI debt will provide progressive and less restrictive. payment of all or a portion of majeure’ situation, which refers 22 closed in the green and 8 in coronavirus-led downturn, some near-term relief, this This has become important certain borrowings availed by to extraordinary events and cir- the red.  ! 52 ! 6 given their focus on riskier seg- will not be sufficient to address post Covid-19 outbreak. company,” it said. The remain- cumstances beyond human Sectorally, BSE telecom ral- ments, and in particular, cor- the NBFIs’ structural funding Currently, FDI up to 49 per ing 13,281.05 crore would be control or a natural calamity, lied 10.41 per cent, followed by   " 7/8  porates and the real estate sec- issues. cent is permissible in insurance used for general corporate pur- giving relief to companies teck, power, utilities, and auto tor which were facing liquidi- “We expect a significant under the automatic route with poses. Shareholders will have to which have contracts with the indices that rose up to 2.49 per   4<=0 exchange, the rupee opened ty constraints even before the weakening in asset quality at the condition that insurance pay only 25 per cent for sub- Central Government. cent. On the other hand, cap- higher at 75.71 against the pre- outbreak. NFBIs, that will worsen the liq- company’s ownership and con- scribing to the company’s mega In a recent office memo- ital goods, energy, realty and he rupee appreciated by 25 vious close of 75.91. The unit Consequently, to alleviate uidity stress triggered by the trol remains at all times in the 53,125-crore rights issue, and randum, the department said banking indices ended lower. In Tpaise to settle at 75.66 gained further ground to set- borrower stress, the Reserve three-month moratorium on hands of resident Indian the balance will have to be paid subsequent to this, further dis- the broader market, against the US dollar on tle at 75.66 against the Bank allowed financial institu- customer loan repayments,” entities. in two installments in May and ruptions have affected trans- BSE midcap rose 0.52 per cent, Tuesday as reports of initial American currency, registering tions to provide three-month says Srikanth Vadlamani, a In banking, however, 74 November next year, the com- portation, manufacturing and while smallcap index fell 0.20 success in COVID-19 vaccine a rise of 25 paise. During the moratoriums on loan repay- Moody’s Vice President and per cent FDI is permitted with pany said. One share will be distribution of goods and ser- per cent. trials boosted investor senti- trading session, the domestic ments. Senior Credit Officer. up to 49 per cent investment offered for every 15 shares vices in the country. “Markets around the world ment world over. unit saw an intra-day high of These measures represent “The weakening solvency under automatic route while held at 1,257. Of the 1,257 “Limitations placed on the rallied on the back of a positive Forex traders said besides 75.63 and a low of 75.79 a significant drain on near- of NFBIs will also increase anything above that, under per share price, only 25 per cent movement of men and mater- vaccine trial in the US, because the encouraging results in a against the greenback. term liquidity at NBFIs, as pressure at banks at a time Government approval route. is to be paid at the time of sub- ial by the Ministry of Home of which Indian markets also COVID-19 vaccine trial, gains The dollar index, which most primarily manage liq- when risks to systemic stabili- Sources said, like in bank- scription. Affairs. witnessed a positive opening. in domestic equities and a gauges the greenback’s uidity by matching cash inflows ty are already elevated follow- ing, the Government is now Although trial of the vaccine weak greenback in the overseas strength against a basket of six from loan repayments with ing the Yes Bank default, which looking to raise FDI limit in seemed to give positive results, market supported the local currencies, was trading 0.16 cash outflows to repay their triggered deposit outflows at insurance up to 74 per cent giv- the development of this is still unit. At the interbank foreign per cent down at 99.50. own liabilities. some smaller banks,” he added. ing the control and manage- ment to the foreign investor. However, to ensure strong Indian presence in majority -      foreign owned and managed entity, the company may be mandated to appoint an Indian CEO. $$   ;4   The decision on changes in the FDI limit could be % -8 % % crore for the January-March uation also rose by  33,279.72 announced by the Department quarter of 2019-20 financial crore to  3,26,869.72 crore on of Promotion of Industry and $  8 year, mainly on account of the BSE. Bharti Airtel was also Internal Trade (DPIIT) soon. making provision for paying boosted by rise in average rev- The Secretary, DPIIT   *(3 $(."0 statutory dues. enue per user (ARPU) in its Guruprasad Mohapatra, earli- Its stock surged 11.34 per earnings report. er told ISNS that there are hares of Bharti Airtel on cent to close at 599.15 on the “Revenue grew 16 per always some policy considera- STuesday zoomed over 11 per BSE. During the day, it cent quarter-on-quarter to  tions going on regarding sev- cent after the company report- advanced 12.05 per cent to Rs 12,950 crore, which could be eral sectors, but refused to ed a consolidated revenue of  603 - its 52-week high. On the attributed to strong ARPU comment on specifics. 23,722.7 crore during the National Stock Exchange (average revenue per user) reported quarter on broad- (NSE), it jumped 10.80 per cent increase,” according to a report based strength, with all seg- to close 596.20. by Motilal Oswal. In terms of ments registering healthy Bharti Airtel was the top traded volume, 21.10 lakh 0)  underlying growth. The tele- gainer on both the Sensex and shares were traded on the BSE com company, however, post- the Nifty. and over 7 crore shares on the      ed a consolidated loss of 5,237 The company’s market val- NSE during the day.     9>82 

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Intel has verted after the internship, The education sector is also seen cop- selected 106 MTech students their compensation would ing up well with the change and the with a stipend of 40,000 per range from 5 lakh to 29 lakh sudden lockdown. This is the time to month, on conversion after per annum. re-think and re-define the ways to edu- the internship; the CTC would COVID-19 has not affect- cate Generation Z, Alpha and beyond. be 18 lakh per annum. ed the placement process at Law is one of the popular career Qualcomm has selected five VIT. The process of applying choices in our country from a very MTech students with a stipend for the job is going to be the long time especially for those whose of 45,000 per month, on con- same , but the entire selection families have been into this profession version after the internship; the process would be done online. for generations but this ideology is CTC would be 29 lakhs per The placement office shares the changing and those who do not have annum. The entire selection resumes of the eligible and a family of lawyers are opting for law process was conducted remote- interested students to the com- because of the wide career option gates ly through remote online tests panies. The companies would that law has opened. The diverse and interviews. conduct online tests which can career options that a law degree offers More than 20 companies be taken remotely by the stu- are unmatched by any other profes- have confirmed their partici- dents. There are tools that are sional degree. The National Law pation for remote internship inbuilt into the online test Universities have brought in a con- process which include the big platforms used by the compa- siderable change in the preference of names like Vmware, Mediatek, nies that monitor the students the people and intriguing students to Infineon,Philips, while taking the tests which pursue the career. Novartis,Volvo, Cerner, etc., prevent copying and other Furthermore, the Bar Council of Other companies who would malpractice during the test India, not only regulates legal educa- like to visit the institute for on process. Students who are tion but also legal practice in the coun- campus interviews, will visit shortlisted from the test will go try and a higher degree in law is recog- a few tips to help one crack the test. won’t help, rather it would only steer Practising hard is the key, specifical- them. Panicking is not an option, so after the lock down. through an online interview. nised by the University Grant  Clarity: One needs to be clear them further and further away from ly when the CLAT pattern has changed staying calm and ensuring themselves Commission (UGC). There are many whether they wish to be an engineer their goals. and it’s more of comprehension now. that they can go through all questions Law Colleges in Delhi NCR recognised or a lawyer. No entrance test is going  Stay updated: Inculcate a good One may do very well in mock tests is something which might help them by the Bar Council of India offering five to be easy so it’s always better to have habit of staying updated with what's but they may not do well when they get through this. They should begin years integrated BA LLB/BBA LLB/BSc the clarity and focus on one thing. happening in and around the world. actually attempt the exam because they with your strongest section. Beginning C8.'P..%  LLB/BCom LLB. A candidate can Weigh the pros and cons before mak- Never miss reading the morning are under so much pressure to give in with what they are good at would start preparing for the entrance exam ing any decision and assess themselves newspaper. Students have easy access the best and nobody is going to give boost their confidence and keep them either in Class XI or Class XII. Students if they are fit for a particular profession. to e-papers and e-magazines available them another chance. Practise is what motivated throughout the paper.  *(3 $(."0 aspiring to pursue law from National  It’s never too late: Stop procrasti- during the lockdown. Since there isn’t will help them get through this with  Believe: Lastly, students should Law Schools have to appear for CLAT nating and make the best use of the much happening these days apart flying colours and make you more always trust their hard work, passion he JK Business School (JKBS) invites applications for (Combined Law Admission Test), to be time left. It’s never too late to start from COVID-19, students are lucky confident. and spirit. It is not to be forgotten that Tadmissions to its full time Bachelor of Business held on June 21, 2020, which will fur- preparing. Use this lockdown to shape that the general knowledge segment  Know your flaws: Students need to the inner conscience is always with Administration. ther test them based on their general the career and make it to the best law won’t be tough or too elaborated. know their weak areas and strong areas them to motivate and inspire them. Duration: Three years english, legal aptitude, logical reason- school in the country.  Time management: Prepare a so that they can devote more time to Cracking CLAT isn’t something Eligibility: Candidate must have passed Class XII level ing, general awareness and elementary  Make a plan: One needs to have a schedule and stick to it. Students turn their weak areas into strong impossible, rather if one is strong (with minimum 50 per cent in any stream). Students who have mathematics. plan for everything; be it cracking a need to know how much time they ones. A lawyer definitely knows how enough to undergo a pandemic, they cleared the Class XII exams or equivalent examination from It is the most stressful phase of any competitive exam or starting their own need to devote to preparation keeping to turn a disadvantageous situation to are definitely strong enough to clear CBSE/Board of School Education, Haryana/or other recognised parents’ life when their wards after the business. Merely knowing and having in mind that they are going to com- his/her own advantage. This would an examination. All students require board/or its equivalent are eligible to apply for these pro- Class XII exams have to make a career clarity that they want to be a lawyer will pete with the best in the country. One also help them understand how they is to focus and have some faith in gramme. choice for themselves depending on not help. Students need to have a vision cannot be studying all the time too so should be attempting the paper to get themselves and they are good to go. Selection procedure: Screening on the basis of Class XII what intrigues them. Looking at the of how they want to go about it. it's important to manage your time well the best results. results, group discussion, personal interview & JKBS Written brighter side of this lockdown, students  Know the syllabus: Students need and give yourself necessary breaks to  Plan on how to attempt the paper Aptitude Test (WAT) have more time to prepare for CLAT to know how much is enough and relax and be at leisure. on the final day: Students should go      4%  /  How to apply: Log on to www.jkbschool.org. and other law entrance tests. Here are what is enough. 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Every industry from manufac- grapple to adapt to their new importance of performance-ori- turing to IT, education & healthcare work routines, managing employ- entation while cultivating a robust to finance has been aggressively ee morale becomes more impera- organisational culture. A perfor- investing in it from all over the tive than ever. It is in crisis like mance-oriented approach empow- world. It has been estimated that by these when the organisational cul- ers your employees to continuously 2030, AI, in all its applications, is pre- ture is put to test. learn and excel. dicted to contribute $15.7 trillion to Culture is what holds an Customer-centricity is equal- the global economy. organisation together and creates ly important in shaping the right Every technological advancement a sense of belonging among culture. This will help employees comes with its own drawbacks. As the employees. The more thoughtful place the customer at the heart of pursuit for AI succeeds, it has the tunities in related fields. To keep up nologies in the future. Our and empathetic organisations are everything that they do irrespec- potential to become more intelligent with everyone, one must have some Government has taken a lot of ini- about supporting their employees tive of the scenario. Lending a help- than any human. Till date all the tech- basic knowledge regarding AI. There tiatives in the field of AI education, the better chance they have of rid- ing hand to communities, espe- nologies have been developed to is going to be huge demand for AI especially at school level. It has ing out this storm together. The cially during testing times like assist humans, and not to outsmart us. experts all across the globe. World already been introduced as a voca- right culture not only helps an these speaks volumes about the Designing superior AI programmes, over the demand of AI professionals tional subject for classes VIII and IX organisation survive in difficult organisation. which itself is a cognitive task; would is increasing and there is already a in more than 20,000 CBSE schools times but also innovate, leverage These are challenging and undergo superfast self-improvement, huge gap in supply and demand. This across the country. Students are opportunities, and thrive. uncertain times for everyone. And triggering an intelligence explosion gap is going to widen rapidly in the already doing a lot of projects and The strongest pillar of an a strong and resilient organisa- leaving human intellect far behind. coming years. There is a 60 per cent innovations in the field of AI at school organisation’s culture is good gov- tional culture can help one navigate The workplace too is changing rise in demand for AI experts in 2019. level. ernance. The ethical values and building a sense of community and Innovation and agility are key through this crisis. There is no faster than ever, and acquiring new And 76 per cent of Indian companies There are a lot of online educa- conduct of a business build deep trust. These are extraordinary to adapt to new challenges and pandemic-proof model. But this is skills has become far more important feel the shortage of AI skilled profes- tion platforms which provide pre- rooted resilience and determina- times for all of us. One should be ensure business continuity. The an opportunity for leadership to than having the right credentials. As sionals. designed as well as live AI sessions for tion that help the company deal cognizant of the fact that employ- pandemic has suddenly put the introspect and take steps that can AI is being increasingly incorporated School going students need to school and college students. AI ses- with crises more effectively. ees are not merely working from spotlight on digital transformation hold them in good stead for the into our workplaces and daily lives, it learn about AI to be able to under- sions help in development of com- Openness forms a key dimen- home, but they have been com- with organisations having to tran- future. is poised to fundamentally upend the stand the latest development in tech- putational thinking and analytical sion of a strong culture. Timely, pelled to work from home in a cri- sition to a work from home model way we live and work. AI will replace nology and be motivated to direct mindset in young ages leads to career transparent, and engaging com- sis. 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Many children relied on in NGO’s education drive and ing. In the current situa- around especially for industry. COVID” through a virtual press con- prioritised the safety of the students and underprivileged people. The the meals that they used to get Government schools. tion,there is no certainty as to students, online cours- To connect with ference. The digital launch of this decided to close the campus as early as underprivileged children are from schools or NGOs but Now they are losing out when schools will resume; a es and webinars are the media and enter- report is one of its kind initiative as it March 15, 2020 onwards. It had imme- the ones who are suffering the since the lockdown has been on their daily interactions prolonged gap is going to coming to their rescue tainment industry is not done by any other universities ever diately adopted a series of humanitari- most as the pandemic’s out- imposed all around, every- with their other kids and affect these children’s interest during the lockdown. fmany sessions were in Eastern and North Eastern part of an measures which included contribu- break has congested all the thing has come to end for teachers, and it will be long to go to schools. Vidyadaan, an online planned including one India. tion of 10 lakh to the CM Relief Fund social activities. It has left these children,” says Richa before they go back to school,” The unprecedented lock- platform seeking to with Terence The momentous launch was done in by Prof Samit Ray. people with no choice but to Prasant, Founder of Sunaayy Prasant adds. down has stung millions of bring gurus and shishyas Lewis, Indian dancer the presence of Prof Samit Ray, Additionally the university offered stay at their homes. Foundation. Due to closure of schools, poor children leaving them in together to foster and choreographer, Chancellor, Prof Dr Deependra Kumar its campus to be used as a quarantine As the number of cases The closure of schools learning is certainly going to a horrible situation. It is sig- knowledge, growth and who is set to launch Jha, Vice Chancellor, Prof Ujjwal K center with a maximum of 1000 beds for increases day-by-day, a major may protect these children be disrupted, more so for nificant to take appropriate development, is organ- Creative Warriors Chowdhury, Pro Vice Chancellor, of isolated persons, along with quarters for chunk of the population is from the virus but the impact underprivileged children, who steps for all those children ising a series of ses- Online Courses begin- Adamas University among many other doctors and health professionals despite unable to fulfill their basic on them is going to be on their live in slums, whose parents whose families cannot afford sions/interactive pro- ning with a Master notable professors and academicians. being a non-medical university. needs. “They are not in a posi- mind for a long run. “On one are not literate. They dont even basic facilities. grammes to keep the Class.      ! $$

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At would be apprehensions in the can be expected next month. ed myself in game situations. the break I told (Suresh) Raina that minds of the players once they go However, Gambhir fears the Everyone who is human has we will approach this match as two back on the field and take part in recommended saliva ban could doubts and weaknesses. Have 20 over games. 40 overs is a big competitive sport post the Covid- further take the game — which is their negatives. So in practice duration. Let's first play 20 and see 19 lockdowns. already titled towards the batters during tours, if you haven't had a how many runs are scored and “It depends from individual — away from the bowlers. good session you feel you don't then play another T20 game." to individual (fear in mind of “It will be the hardest thing '    have that flow," Kohli said during Kohli also lauded throwdown cricketers). But yes there will be for the bowlers. The ICC have to a Facebook Live session with specialist D. Raghavendra, saying little apprehensions, when they go come out with an alternative. Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim his ability to pump in speeds in out and play. Probably after some Without shining the ball, I don’t ' 34 Iqbal. excess of 150-155 kmph with the time, it will go in the heat of the think it will be an even contest "Yes, doubts creep in then and sidearm enormously contributed game once players are on the pitch between bat and ball,” Gambhir   /=#="0 it's at the back of your mind. Key to Indian batsmen's improvement and will ease into the game and said. is to keep going and get into that against fast bowling in recent will be excitement to be out and “If they don’t allow using sali- abar Azam wants to take a leaf out of Imran Khan’s zone till you feel that it was just years. playing,” Gambhir said. va, they will have to come up with Baggressive captaincy and besides cricket, he is also distraction. If I believe I am good "I believe the improvement One of the talking points of an alternative to help the bowlers brushing up his English to become a “complete enough, then I am good enough. this team has shown while play- post-Covid cricket has been the to shine the ball. It’s going to be leader” like the World Cup-winning all-rounder. "Best part about match situa- ing fast bowling since 2013 has ban on the usage of saliva to shine very important otherwise there Last week, the star batsman took over the reins tion is that you don't need to think been because of Raghu. He has the ball when the sport resumes would be no fun watching crick- of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket after being appoint- so much. You react to situations good concepts about footwork, bat in order to stop the transmission et,” he added. ed as the ODI skipper. knowing your role. Negative voic- movement of players. He has “Imran Khan was a very aggressive captain and es always come off the field when improved his skills so much that Kohli also spoke about how he options limited. My basic funda of I want to be like him. It is not an easy job captain- you are not in competition mode," from sidearm he can easily hurl had to change his approach to bat- batting is that if your hips are in ers. Like Sachin Tendulkar had a "For me I had to change it ing the Pakistan team but I am learning from my said the 31-year old prolific bats- the balls at 155 kmph. After play- ting to suit his requirement. perfect position then you can static stance all his life and he accordingly to suit my needs. I seniors and I have also had captaincy experience since man. ing Raghu in nets, when you go "I changed because I wanted play any shot. Static position was- never had a problem. His tech- tried little, little things in my bat- my under-19 days,” Azam said. Kohli added that when he into the match, you feel there is a to hit all around the ground. The n't working well for me. nique was far superior with excel- ting as you would never know if He said that to be a complete captain one must used to watch India matches, he lot of time." static position was making my "But it works for a lot of play- lent hand eye coordination. you don't try," he said. be able to interact comfortably with the media and express oneself properly in front of an audience. “These days I am also taking English classes besides focussing on my batting,” he said.  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In fact, after becoming Cing with Juventus in Turin on Italian Government.   , 2 The West Indies were captain, I have to lead by example and be more Tuesday after an absence of over Juventus players got back to indi- originally scheduled to play responsible in my batting.” two months because of the coro- vidual training on May   The Italian Football Federation the Test series from June 4 Babar hoped the T20 World Cup is held this year navirus pandemic. 4, the day Ronaldo (FIGC) announced on Monday night but the fixture had to be in Australia as he wanted to lead his team in the ICC The 35-year-old arrived at returned to Italy after that all its competitions, including postponed due to the coro- event. the Juventus Training Centre in spending lockdown in Serie A, will remain suspended until navirus outbreak. “It would be a disappointment if the event was a Jeep with tinted windows around his native Portugal. June 14. However, the ECB hope not held or rescheduled because I am looking for- 09:20 (0720 GMT), leaving three For the past two The Lega Serie A had hoped for they can kickstart the season ward to playing in the World Cup and doing well in hours later with a smile and weeks, he has a return on June 13 but the FIGC has by rescheduling the series for it,” he said. thumbs up for waiting been in quar- pushed back the date in line with a July. “Each player has to be About plans for Pakistan to fly to England in July photographers. antine in his villa in Turin. Government decree that all sports comfortable in making the Ashley Giles said they have be the first priority. to play three Tests and three T20 internationals amid Ronaldo under- The five-time Ballon competitions be suspended until next step. It’s been made clear if to create an environment “The first priority is the Covid-19 pandemic, Babar said a lot of hard work went medical and d’Or winner is the first month. we are to hop on a plane and where West Indies and everybody’s safety,” said and planning would be required to make the play- physical tests before Juventus foreign player, The FIGC said the choice was go over to England to play, it Pakistan both feel safe while Holder. ers feel comfortable and safe. joining up with his among those who left made “pending any further... decision must be safe” Holder told travelling to the United “We’ve been assured that “Touring England won’t be easy. Health and safe- teammates for the Italy during the lock- by the authorities”, suggesting the pos- BBC Radio 5. Kingdom. He assured that a the only way the tour can ty of players is of great importance and the tour will first time in 72 days down, to return to sibility of a restart on June 13 might “Certainly from my per- complete risk assessment possibly go ahead is if every- only be possible when proper arrangements are in for individual train- the team’s Continassa still exist. AFP spective, I won’t be forcing would be done before taking one can be comfortable with place,” he said. ing, according to training centre. anyone to go anywhere,” the plunge. the measures the ECB are “Both England and Pakistan team fans, along media reports. League leaders one point as they target a ninth consec- Holder added. The 28-year-old reiterat- putting in place to roll the with the cricketers, are missing cricket because of the Coach Maurizio Sarri Juventus are leading Lazio by utive Scudetto. Last week, ECB director ed that health and safety will cricket out,” he added. PTI pandemic.” 3              @     $ O      

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COVID-19,” the league said in a statement. when he made his Test debut him telling me ‘Mayank these League clubs step up the vate a refund or rebate to have four home league “To help with that, the “Of these, six have tested positive from against Australia at the are the things that are in your Project Restart plan to fin- ticket holders for their matches to play. Premier League and their three clubs.” No details were released over Melbourne Cricket Ground hands. You have worked hard, ish the season. remaining home fixtures. Aware of the danger media partners will work which individuals or clubs are affected. (MCG) during the 2018/19 you have gotten here. You are But all 92 remaining If the Premier League of supporters gathering to deliver the very best “Players or club staff who have tested pos- series. as close as you can get. matches will have to be get their wish to play at in large groups during the broadcast coverage of our itive will now self-isolate for a period of seven “I was getting runs you Selection is not in your hands’. played in front of empty clubs’ normal stadiums health crisis, United have games. days,” added the league’s statement. know. I got massive runs that “And I totally agreed with Ranji Trophy season and for him. Theoretically you under- India A. I did have a word with stand that but practically it’s not  .*$* (   ;)  Rahul bhai. I told him I was easy. )    #4  getting thoughts of sometimes “But he put forth few atford captain Troy Deeney will not     not getting picked,” Agarwal things — ‘What is to say that Wreturn to training this week over told Sanjay Manjrekar in a the coming October and fears he could pass coronavirus on to his  <#((* Bremen right-back videocast on November is not going to be five-month-old son.    " Theodor Gebre Selassie ESPNcricinfo. different from September. If Deeney has consistently voiced his ai Havertz scored levelled on the half-hour Agarwal got you think otherwise you concerns over the speed with which the  =$#0$ Ktwice as Bayer mark. his interna- will get into a negative mind Premier League hopes to return to play- Leverkusen ended But Havertz restored tional frame it’s you who is going to ing matches despite the United Kingdom eal Madrid, Bayern Munich and Inter the first round of Leverkusen’s advantage career off lose out and nobody having the second-highest death toll in RMilan will stage a new competition Bundesliga matches three minutes later with to a fine else’. So I remem- the world. England’s top-flight clubs are called the European Solidarity Cup in 2021 in over two months another header, from start with bered that talk due to return to training in small, social- to raise money for medical facilities in Italy with a 4-1 win at Kerem Demirbay’s free- a fighting 76 and that kept ly distanced groups on Tuesday. and Spain. Werder Bremen on kick. against a high-quality me going,” Training will then be stepped up to The three clubs will play each other in Monday which moved Peter Bosz’s side Australian bowling Mayank full contact with the aim of resuming the a round-robin group, with Inter against them within a point of wrapped up a comfort- attack. added. “When season by the middle of next month. Bayern held in Milan, Real facing Inter in the top four. of Europe’s biggest clubs, The 20-year-old able victory with sec- In 17 innings so I got the call I “We’re due back in this week. I’ve said Madrid and Bayern hosting Real in Attacking midfielder was the star of the show Havertz nodded ond-half goals from far, he has scored 974 was elated and I I’m not going in. It’s nothing to do with Munich. Havertz, reportedly a at an empty Leverkusen into a 28th- Mitchell Weiser and runs at an average of called him up financial gain,” Deeney said on the Talk Proceeds from the fixtures will be transfer target for some Weserstadion. minute lead, before Demirbay. 57.29 with three cen- and thanked him.” The Talk podcast. donated to medical facilities in Italy and “My son is five months and he’s had Spain, two of the world’s worst-hit coun- breathing difficulties. I don’t want to come tries by the coronavirus pandemic. home and put him in more danger.” The aim is “to send out a message of B6   J  All players and staff will be regular- solidarity and fraternity to the people of ly tested, but Deeney highlighted the con- Europe”, said a statement from Real       % tradiction of contact sport returning at a Madrid. time when the public are told to contin- Dates for the tournament have not  .*$* out an intention to introduce a ue following social distancing guidelines. been decided. The timing will “depend on 14-day quarantine rule for inter- The 31-year-old also added he is willing the match calendar and when football can British Grand Prix would be national arrivals. to take a financial hit if not playing results be played in front of fans again”, the clubs A“impossible” this year if “A 14-day quarantine would in a reduction in wages. said. elite sport is not exempt from make it impossible to have a “While we are being tested and Bayern will invite 5,000 nurses, carers 14-day quarantine restrictions British Grand Prix this year,” an while we are going to be in a very safe and doctors to the Allianz Arena for their when entering the United F1 spokesperson said. environment, it only takes one person in match against Real Madrid. Kingdom, Formula One said on “Additionally it has a major the group. I don’t want to be bringing that “Nurses, carers and doctors in partic- Tuesday. impact on literally tens of thou- home,” he added. ular are doing an outstanding job for soci- Silverstone is planning to sands of jobs linked to F1 and “I just said the simplest thing. I can’t ety at the moment,” said Bayern chairman host two races behind closed supply chains. get a haircut until mid-July, but I can go Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. doors this summer, subject to “We would be travelling and get in a box with 19 people and jump “We, the three clubs, want to show Government approval, to make back to the UK on F1-only for a header. these heroes our appreciation, respect and up for some of the lost time in occupied aircraft and all staff “I don’t know how that works. gratitude.” the 2020 F1 season with 10 races would be tested making a quar- “I’ve lost more or less everyone that “The great commitment of all health- already either cancelled or post- antine totally unnecessary. I care about. So that, to me, is more care workers has been essential to allow poned. However, the UK “If all elite sport is to return important than a few quid in my back us to look to the future,” said Inter presi- Government’s coronavirus to TV then exemptions must be pocket.” dent Steven Zhang. recovery strategy document set provided.”