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 ( +(,- admitted to isolation wards in various States in the country n its biggest spike till date, following the disclosure that IIndia over the past 24 hours they had attended the Tablighi till Wednesday night recorded conference. A total of 16 States 386 new cases of coronavirus have been searching for taking the tally to 1,906 with Tablighi members. the Government blaming the According reports, at least spurt in cases on the travel by 200 from Karnataka, 140 from members of Tablighi Jamaat Andhra Pradesh and 45 from and asserted that it was not a Telangana have been identi- national trend. fied. The total number of “The number of positive those who attended the con- cases has gone up since ference varies from State to Tuesday. One of main reasons State with Maharashtra listing for it is travel by members of 185 and Karnataka estimating Tablighi. This is not a nation- 342 to have participated in the al trend,” said Lav Agarwal, meeting. Joint Secretary in the Union With the Tabligh incident Ministry of Health. spiking the coronavirus num- According to Ministry’s bers in the country, Prime website, the total number of Minister Narendra Modi spoke active COVID-19 cases to Maharashtra Chief Minister reached 1,637 in by and asked the State to trace out Wednesday noon, whereas the                          & P the missing Jamaat members death toll has risen to 42 from     "#$%&'()      *    .% who attended the Delhi con-                             32 recorded on Tuesday. ference. The State DGP held a      "#$%&'()  &  *    + , & .  Globally, the death toll due of lab confirmed cases care- Immediate concerns faced and fears stemming from var- Press conference to give his to novel coronavirus in the US givers and data will be analysed by such migrant workers relate ious concerns, and are in need account on the issue. "     several places across the west- Mohammed Salman and has reached 3,400, surpassing which will tell if we can rec- to food, shelter, healthcare, of psycho-social support. The aim of the search for ern and Mewat Mohammed Ashraf. China. The global death rate ommend or not the drug to the fear of getting infected or Meanwhile, several State Tabligh attendees is to prevent   region in Haryana to nab Saad,” The police have registered has reached past the 44,000- people who come in their con- spreading the infection, loss of Governments have continued them from inadvertently cre- said a senior police official. the FIR under sections of the mark while around 9 lakh are tacts,” he said. wages, concerns about the fam- the difficult task of tracking the ating new clusters of infection    Police have also recovered Epidemic Disease Act and infected by COVID-19 across Agarwal said 74 flights ily, anxiety and fear. movements of Tablighi atten- across the country. The mag- an audio clip in which Saad can other sections of the IPC, for nearly 170 countries. operated till date under Lifeline “Sometimes, they also face dees in the Delhi conference, nitude of the task is immense:  ( +(,- be heard saying there is no bet- not following Government Dr R Gangakhedkar, sci- Udan for transporting medical harassment and negative reac- including foreigners and their Three southern states — Tamil ter place to die than in a orders on the management of entist from ICMR, said so far, cargo across the country. So far tions of the local community. “human contacts” as more Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and ven as the authorities have mosque. The audio clip is the Markaz in relation to a 47,951 tests for COVID-19 over 22 tonnes cargo was trans- All this calls for strong social Jamaat delegates who transited Karnataka — were trying to Ecleared Tablighi’s believed to be of March 18. social, political or religious conducted in country out of ported on March 31, he said. protection,” the Ministry said in through Jamaat Markaz (cen- track at least 2,500 people, Nizamuddin headquarters and “Leaving mosques would bring gathering and thus endanger- which 4,562 tests done at Following the Supreme a document. tre) in Nizamuddin East were many of who had tested posi- evacuated 2,361 people in 36 no good. Do not leave mosques ing the lives of the people. ICMR network labs on Court directives, the Health It further said migrant quarantined in Telangana, tive for coronavirus. hours till Wednesday evening, even if trusted doctors ask you Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Tuesday. On a query, he said Ministry on Wednesday called workers faced the situation of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu In Kashmir 855 people (at Nizamuddin Markaz cleric to,” said Saad in the audio clip. Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Hydroxychloroquine is not to for providing a social protec- spending a few days in tempo- and Maharashtra while 140 of least 167 attendees and people Maulana Saad has been On Tuesday, a First Wednesday said authorities are be used on every person. tion to migrant workers, saying rary shelters, which may be delegates were reported in contact with them) were untraceable since March 28 Information Report (FIR) was tracking mobile phones of peo- “This is not for everybody. they are prone to social, psy- quarantine centres, while try- untraceable in Hyderabad. being traced, only nine had after he was served a notice by filed against seven people, ple under quarantine to check It is just a demonstration study chological and emotional trau- ing to reach to their native Over 250 foreign nationals been found. the Delhi Police. including Saad, Zeeshan, Mufti their movement. for doctors and their contacts ma in lockdown situations. places, are filled with anxieties have been quarantined or Continued on Page 4 “Police teams are raiding Shehzad, M Saifi, Younus, Continued on Page 4                    50              ,78 ?                          wo deaths from coron-          Tavirus, the first such cases antine,” District Magistrate (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad     O   in UP, were reported on Vijyendra Pandiyan said. told media persons in  !     "#    ( +(,- alcohol and tobacco as such Wednesday. “He had been treated in that the Basti youth had no         % products weaken their lung While a 25-year-old youth, hospital and other travel history and was suffering &        lready busy tackling the systems,” she added. who had died two days ago at places for the last three months. from kidney ailment for the last       ACovid-19 cases, doctors Indian medical Association the BRD Medical College hos- He had renal failure and he was two years.      ! !   across the country are finding Kerala president Dr Abraham pital in , was con- immuno-compromised. He Meanwhile, the father-in-   % themselves hard-pressed with Varghese echoed similar views firmed to have succumbed to was having some breathing law of the 35-year-old spurt in number of patients stating that those showing the virus on Wednesday, a 72- problems and as per protocol, Canadian doctor who had test-    reporting alcohol withdrawal withdrawal symptoms should year-old man, who had tested his sample was taken and sent ed positive for coronavirus,     symptom because of non avail- be provided scientific treat- positive for coronavirus, died in for test in Gorakhpur and he was on Wednesday found to be  & '!  ability of “booze” due to the ment, which can be given at . was found COVID-19 posi- infected, taking the tally of   () !  ongoing lockdown. homes or in hospitals. “They The youth had been admit- tive,” Pandiyan said. Lucknow to 10. !         Doctors from country’s need treatment. Giving them ted to the BRD Medical College “We have alerted the Basti Defence PRO said that the          premier health institute AIIMS booze is not a solution,” he said. hospital on Sunday and he administration and they are retired colonel tested positive in      said that people with alcohol Liquor is out of bound was suffering from kidney and also tracking each person who the result that came on !  !       withdrawal related problems across the country except liver problems, the medical came in contact or attended the Wednesday evening. !  ! !    are coming at their emergency Kerala and Meghalaya, which college principal Dr Ganesh funeral, to put them in quar- “He is still at his residence  *'    % department as OPDs are recently allowed the sale of Kumar said. antine. We are trying to estab- and the decision to shift him to closed. “When they are liquor with a medical testimo- “The sample of the patient lish all links with CCTV cam- the Command Hospital will be    deprived of alcohol or sub- al symptoms visited the out- was announced last week. nial from a qualified doctor due was found positive for the era footage and mobile phone taken on Thursday,” the PRO     stance they are so depended patient ward on Monday. She Dr Smita Deshpanday, to rising cases of suicide. . coronavirus,” an official of the call details to know who came said.  !  !  upon they will face varying said many of them were treat- Professor of Psychiatrist from Their decisions have drawn King George’s Medical in the contact with the man,” he The Canadian doctor was     degree of health related issues. ed as outpatients and a few Delhi-based RML Hospital said flak from the Indian Medical University (KGMU) said in said. the first coronavirus positive      Usually, heavy drinkers need were admitted for constant that such tipplers develop seri- Association which feels that it Lucknow. In Meerut, the victim was patient in Lucknow. She had  !   !   proper counseling and med- observation. ous problems like alcohol with- would only encourage others to The youth hailed from was possibly infected by his tested positive on March 10 and    % ication,” said Dr Atul Ambekar, According to the doctors, drawal fits, hallucinations and fake their health conditions. Basti. son-in-law who lives in her mother-in-law was found Professor of Psychiatric at there would be four to five alco- depression. However, all Interestingly, there are various “Six people, including Maharashtra, and had visited to be infected March 29.    National Drug Dependence holics among an average 30 patients do not require hospi- global studies that say that doctors and paramedical him recently. Currently the doctor’s    Treatment Centre of AIIMS.. outpatients on any normal day. talisation. They need proper alcohol withdrawal never staff, who came in contact The victim’s wife, his four mother-in-law is admitted at "#$ &     Superintendent Dr Uma However, the number sudden- guidance, good food and reg- results into a suicide unless the with the youth have been sons and daughter-in-laws are Command Hospital.         Shankar from Mental Health ly increased manifold since ular intake of healthy fluids. “In person is suffering from other quarantined. The driver of admitted to the Meerut medical With this, the number of       Hospital in Erragadda, Saturday. At least three cases of fact this is the golden chance mental health issues such as the ambulance and the college hospital’s coronavirus COVID-19 patients jumped     !   Hyderabad, said that a as many suicide were reported from for the Government to treat depression. deceased’s brother-in-law in ward. to 108 with five more new      % as 100 persons with withdraw- the State after the lockdown their heavy dependence on Continued on Page 4 Gorakhpur are also in quar- Principal Secretary cases, four of them in         !   "#$%&

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(+ 6    8)E            needs medical help, do extend-  %,78 ? ed it also. Those who are fast-    50 ing during Navratri be provid- eclaring that salary of state ed fruits,” the chief minister Dgovernment employees said and added that no one would not be deducted for the should be allowed to travel in  %,78 ? L( (  &?78- &- &-( lockdown period, Chief goods train and the guilty be (2&(, * )*&3 Minister Yogi Adityanath said punished as per law.. ith the Centre issuing that people should remain Yogi also asked officials to Wadvisories to states to (/+/ ?(/ )**?(* indoors and stay safe so that send action taken report to the trace Tablighi Jamaat members + ?7,+ &&( 8&? /*& lockdown could be effectively prime minister and home min- who participated in Delhi’s implemented. ister’s offices regularly. Nizamuddin Markaz gathering &-() * 1( ,% 3?( +?/ The chief minister issued The chief minister further between March 13 and 15, the )**?3 ? &- &?7*& this directive during a meeting said that as procurement of Uttar Pradesh government of COVID officers in Lucknow wheat would start from April identified 569 such people stay- A* * A?,&/ ,M on Wednesday while reviewing 15, officers should ensure that ing in different mosques in the the lockdown and availability of all mandis were sanitised. state. essential commodities in the “If need be, fire-tenders be Apprehending that they However, he did not dis- that all its new cases market. “The only way to defeat used for this purpose. During might have attended the close whether any of these were from attendees of the coronavirus is to implement the purchase of wheat, social Nizamuddin Markaz event, all Markaz participants were Tablighi Jamaat meet. The meet lockdown effectively. If we can distancing should also be of them, including 218 foreign- detected with coronavirus so is suspected to have been held ensure that people stay at ensured,” he said. ers, have now been quaran- far. in violation of several restric- home, we can win this battle During that meeting, Yogi tined. Already several FIRs have tions imposed on large gather- decisively,” he said. & "    &            8    3  also enquired about the oper- The UP Police were also been lodged against foreigners ings and holding of religious The chief minister asked  *   .  ation of community kitchens investigating into the visa in different districts for not events. officials to ensure that people and said that the facility be clause of foreign missionaries informing the local police Meanwhile in Sultanpur, as got all basic necessities like extended to all areas where the attending the Markaz event in about their presence. Clerics many as 25 of the 115 persons milk, vegetable, rice, flour and poor live. “Daily wage earners violation of tourist visa norms. too have been booked for hid- who were quarantined after pulses easily at MRP (maxi- should get the benefit of these This was disclosed by ing these foreigners in religious returning from other states, mum retail price).      6 4 community kitchens,” he Additional Chief Secretary places. fled the shelters. “There is apprehension added. (Home) Awanish Awasthi to “Officials have been asked District Magistrate C that salary of government ,78 ? itor the situation following the of their grievances. Yogi also asked officials to media persons in Lucknow on to complete the tracing process Indumati said that 115 individ- employees could be deducted measures taken to check spread The state government has look for options to start out Wednesday. on a war footing,” Awasthi uals who arrived in the district for the lockdown period. This ttar Pradesh government of the corona virus. granted permission for the patient department (OPD) so Awasthi said that the police said. from other states were quaran- apprehension is baseless. Salary Usaid there was no shortage From the mandis under movement of 3,316 combine that basic health facilities could were still searching more peo- The state government also tined at KNIMT premises in of employees will not be of fruits, vegetables and food- UP State Agriculture Marketing harvesters for harvesting the be extended to the people. ple who attended the Markaz issued strict instruction on Faridipur after medical check- deducted. Even in private sec- grains in any part of the state. Board, so far doorstep delivery wheat crop. The state govern- “Retired PHMS and Army and might have been holed in total ban on fake news in com- ups as a precautionary mea- tors, owners should pay full The government said all the of fruits and vegetables is being ment will set up 5,000 procure- Medical Corps doctors can be some mosques in the state. pliance with the order of sure. salary to their employees. This food grain, fruit and vegetable done through 36,449 mobile ment centres for the purchase employed for this purpose. If He appealed to the people Supreme Court and warned However, 25 of them is a time of crisis and everyone mandis across the state were vendors and 43,984 persons are of wheat from farmers on min- need be, doctors should pro- to inform the police if they get that anyone indulging in such escaped from the first floor should chip in with their con- fully operational and would involved in doorstep delivery. imum support price. The cen- vide consultation over phone,” any input about people who act in social media or any through the backside way of the tribution,” Yogi said. continue normal function on The committee report said tres will be operational from he said. Industrial were hiding in any place. other place would face the shelter home by using bed The chief minister asked the arrival of fresh Rabi crop. social distancing was being April 15. The government has Development Commissioner “We are in touch with the consequences. “We have set up sheets and scarves for climbing the Energy department not to This was stated by the enforced in all the mandis also set up 31 procurement cen- Alok Kumar informed the chief external affairs ministry a cell in the information down late Tuesday night. take fixed charge from indus- committee on harvesting and across the state. tres for purchase of pulses minister that all flour mills, rice regarding foreign missionaries department to track such A police team has been tries during the lockdown peri- agriculture produce set up by The report said if farmers from farmers. The centres will mills and oil mills were oper- and would initiate action posts,” Awasthi added. formed and it is trying to trace od. “It is the responsibility of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath faced any problem in transport- start working from Thursday. ating as per directions of Health against them as per law. It may be mentioned that them and put them back in the state government to look on March 25 for effective ing their agriculture produce to The report said there were department. Anyone doing missionary work Nizamuddin congregation has quarantine. after migrant workers staying implementation of the ‘corona mandi or taking the produce to 2,057 cold storages in UP and DGP HC Awasthi said that with tourist visa is violating turned out to be a major source A case has also been regis- in shelter homes across the action plan’. cold storage for warehousing, 1,911 were operational. Of the gloves and masks had been law,” the additional chief secre- of infections across the coun- tered against them and action state. Provide them water and A total of eleven commit- they should contact the district total 119 mills, presently 114 made available to all police per- tary said. try, with Telangana reporting is being initiated. food regularly and if anyone tees were constituted to mon- control room for the redressal were still operating. sonnel of the state. '     1         6              %,78 ? in the neighbourhood. However, due to lockdown, he had ? 8?)/ &? ? @?7& &-* 1*  suspended his business. *-,(+ &-(&((+ A3 && !  assing on information about a suspected coronavirus On Tuesday, his neighbours Raunak, Lal, Mohammed   Ppatient led to the murder of a woman in Mainpuri and six others pressed him to prepare ‘chaat’. But when &? ()?A( -* + /7AO*     while a street vendor was killed for not serving ‘chaat’ Chhotu refused to do so, they barged into his house and during lockdown in Lakhimpur Kheri. hacked him to death. A case was registered and efforts )( ?) &-( ,*& @7& &-(  %,78 ? In Mainpuri, Vinay Yadav of Annipur hamlet of Kurra were on to nab the assailants. ,&&( (7*(+ + * (+  %,78 ? was engaged as a rojgar sewak. On Tuesday, Army per- In a separate case in Bulandshahr, a 30-year-old ith two senior Indian sonnel Shailendra Yadav and his cab driver brother woman, who was seven-month pregnant, torched her- &-() &? /? ? )(+8, 8-(8 ' WPolice Services officers ith banks set to restore normal functioning Gaurav Yadav of New Delhi returned home. Suspecting self along with her two children after a tiff with her hus- 71 ? &-( *(&3 ? ?&-( retiring on Tuesday, the state Wafter government order, Additional Chief them to be afflicted by the coronavirus, Vinay included band. government transferred shift- Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi issued directive their names as visitors from outside and gave it to the Vikram aka Bobby of Bardauli used to run a sweet A,,/(* ed IPS officers on Wednesday. that police arrangement be made to ensure social local authorities for action. shop in Delhi. Due to lockdown, he returned home two Additional Chief Secretary distancing and other norms. On coming to know about this, Shailendra threat- days back. On Wednesday morning, he had a tiff with (Home) Awanish Awasthi said Apprehending that a large number of people, ened Vinay to remove his and Gaurav’s name from the his wife Pushpa after which the woman locked herself of Puranpur area of Kairakat in Jaunpur. His father, Jai in Lucknow that DG (Fire including old age pensioners and labourers, would list, but the latter refused and asked them to go for med- along with her sons Himanshu (8) and Niyanshu (3), Chand Dikshit, said that his son went missing on Tuesday Services) Javid Ahmed and be queuing up at banks to withdraw money, the gov- ical check-up for the safety of other villagers. poured kerosene and set themselves fire. evening. A case was registered and investigations are on. DG (CB-CID) Virendra Kumar ernment directed the police force to help bank offi- On Wednesday morning, things got ugly when The locals somehow rescued them and rushed them In the , 22-year-old jeweller Gopal Sharma and retired from service on cials in ensuring social distancing. Shailendra, Gaurav and other kin struck at Vinay’s house to a hospital but all the three died on way. his wife Priya (18) were found hanging from the ceiling Tuesday. “Banks will work normally between 10 am and and opened fire in which Vinay’s sister-in-law Sandhya Meanwhile in Jaunpur, a youth was murdered while of their bedroom in Ram Swaroop Colony of Shahganj As per the new postings, 4 pm till further orders. Hence all district police Yadav (32) was killed. Before the police reached the crime a couple ended their lives in Agra. on Tuesday afternoon. DG (Special Inquiry) chiefs have been directed to deploy policemen in scene, the assailants escaped. In Jaunpur, the body of a youth with bullet wounds They had tied the knot on January 18 last. Vishwajeet Mahapatra has been banks for helping bank officials and ensure health A case was registered and efforts were being made was found near Pili Kothi area of Line Bazaar on The family members failed to give any reason for the posted as DG (CB-CID) while norms,” Awasthi said. to nab the accused. Wednesday morning. It seemed that the victim was killed extreme step. DG (Rules and Manuals) It may be mentioned here that the dues of MGN- In Lakhimpur Kheri, Chhotu aka Mauseem of somewhere else and the body was dumped there. The bodies were sent for autopsy and the girl’s fam- Chandra Prakash has been REGA workers, salary of employees and monetary Mudiya Khera hamlet of Kotwali area used to sell ‘chaat’ The victim was later identified as Utkarsh Dikshit (21) ily at Firozabad was informed about the tragedy. shifted as DG (Special Inquiry). relief to the poor, farmers and others have been ADG (PTC, ) transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficia- Brajraj has been promoted as ries and hence people in large number are expect- DG at the same post while DG ed to swarm banks as they open.  (      R   (Police Recruitment and This might lead to violation of social distanc- Promotional Board) RK ing norms and make it difficult for officials to ensure  %,78 ? contractual workers employed by state     Vishwakarma has been given safety measures. universities.  !""#$ #%  !&  additional charge of DG (Fire Meanwhile in , amid apprehensions of ttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben She directed the vice-chancellors of ' ! #$ ' (  Services). two officials of State Bank of India’s zonal office UPatel said that she expected vice-chan- Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of being suspected cases of coronavirus infection cellors of all state universities to donate a Medical Sciences, Ram Manohar Lohia !$( #% ) " after coming in contact with positive patients, the day’s salary of teachers and staff to the Institute of Medical Sciences and King !$*  + ) !#  office was evacuated in Subhash Nagar area on Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the George’s Medical University that doctors, Wednesday. About 300 people work in the zonal people affected by lockdown. para-medical staff and other workers # !$( #% office. Talking to vice-chancellors of state engaged in the treatment of coronavirus ) " !$ ! SBI Divisional General Manager Pradeep universities through video conferencing patients be provided sanitisers, masks and ,!- '#-P$ ) " Kumar. posted at the zonal office, said that apart from Raj Bhawan, Patel said that she liquid soaps in adequate quantity. !$   ##$* from being evacuated, the office was also sanitised. expected them to extend help voluntari- Patel also directed the vice-chancel- Both suspected officials are under supervision of ly. Apart from this, hostels or guest hous- lors to prepare a list of people arriving /  + " $ %% ! doctors. es lying vacant be provided to district from outside, through NSS and NCC stu- # #1$ !- - Of the six residents of Subhash Nagar who test- administration to be turned into quaran- dents, which could be provided to the dis- !   +! #% ed positive for the virus, one is a loco-pilot at Bareilly tine centres if need be, she added. trict administration so that those individ- junction and had been in contact with 32 people, She also said that students living in uals could be quarantined. ##! ($ / !$ 2 including loco lobby (running staff) and operating hostels at present should not be asked to During the video conferencing, Patel /# $ !$$* staff. Later, these 32 people were quarantined in vacate their rooms and the university also inaugurated the new website of + $1$ ! "3( $# /$ Moradabad division of Northern Railway. The loco- administration should ensure food to Lucknow University. pilot had brought Ala Hazrat Express to Bareilly them. Meanwhile, the vice-chancellors ! 3(  3( ! Junction on March 25. The UP Governor also directed the informed the Governor that students A five-kilometre radius has been sealed in vice-chancellors that no deduction be were being provided education through They said lectures and e-content were also dents could continue their study from Subhash Nagar area. made from the wages of daily waged or YouTube, e-content and online classes. being uploaded on the website so that stu- home.  3         /

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tions were also issued for social distancing other precautions to prevent COVID-19 infection. The District Magistrate said the daily wagers working in all shops should be paid by April 7 and if the shopkeepers do not comply with the direc- tions, they are liable to be punished and can be jailed for one year or fined. Meanwhile, with supplies to residents taking a structured form, officials from the admin- istration said they are working on to ensure there is no crisis of essentials in the coming days. A senior district admin- istration official said they will be holding to see that problems do not arise in the coming days. The official said that dur- ing their daily inspections, they found that most of the &     .               *    .  shops had a a rate list and were selling essential commodities at  ,78 ? would have ration delivered at tered under MNREGA & appropriate rates. their doorstep. Labour department, and daily Regarding the sale of veg- istribution of ration free of The Divisional wagers registered under Urban etables, the official said their Dcost by the district admin- Commissioner said that except Development department. The main focus is on flour, lentils istration from shops through for a few server problems, they District Magistrate appointed a and rice. “Vegetable vendors 9"  :  public distribution system did not face any other issues. nodal officer for the shops have been allowed to move as       ; (PDS) for people belonging to District Magistrate Abhishek distributing essential com- those carrying edibles have        low income category com- Prakash said ration had been modities while also giving been allowed to take these       ; menced on Wednesday. given away to 26,000 people by directions that the list of ben- commodities door to door. It is        Divisional Commissioner noon. The distribution started eficiaries should be made avail- not easy to regulate the prices     ; Mukesh Meshram said they at 6 am and continued till 9 pm. able to shopkeepers concerned. but they are likely to be charg-        distributed 60 per cent of the He said ration was given He said the accounts would be ing more for earning profits for "    ;  material by noon. He said that away to labourers possessing check and verified for distrib- the facility that they are provid-   '     with this system, the poor ‘Antodaya’ card, those regis- ution of ration. He said direc- ing,” the official said. .  0   *  *+        N!          '8+5        ,  9,:1;        O  ,78 ? and the bundle of newspaper. assembled in huge numbers As some people confront- and protested, demanding  6 :9  ,78 ? portionately impacted by inter- activities according to the their     suspended sub-inspector ed Singh, he yelled at them, action against the errant cop. rupted home, community and interest and also include their  ,78 ? Acreated a scene by beating scaring them away. A police The protest exerted pressure Lucknow (PNS): Vice- NICEF experts said that social services and support, therapy and education part on several people, including a team reached the scene but on the police and a class XII Chancellor of KGMU said that Ubesides being at greater including personal assistance,” them and demonstrate it in a newspaper hawker, and later failed to overpower the SI. student, accused of helping since coronavirus outbreak, risk of infection, people with the experts said. playful way,” she said he Uttar Pradesh govern- locking himself inside his In the meantime, a milk Singh, was detained. they have spent over Rs one disabilities also face obstacles in Psychologists say that in Kumud, another psychol- Tment issued orders to all house in Ashiyana, thus keep- vendor, Avinash Chandra The Ashiyana SHO said crore in providing facilities to accessing prevention and case of care of the differently- ogist, said as all schools are district authorities to ensure ing a heavy police force Pandey of Sector-K, reached Singh was being treated for patients, doctors and other response measures. abled children, professional closed, what can parents of the that all private hospitals and engaged for 4-5 hours on there and was spotted by the SI. some mental disorder for the staff. He said the state govern- “Limited availability of dis- school counsellors can be more differently-abled do for their clinics opened for a specific Wednesday. By night, the SI He attacked him with the stick, last two years. “He locked ment has also assured them full aggregated data results in effective in their work with par- learning, development, chanel- time every day. was overpowered and sent to causing injuries. The SI did not himself in his house. We talked support. inability of surveillance systems ents. Jagriti Singh, who is work- lising their energies is a big Chief Secretary RK Tiwari a hospital. He was identified as stop there and caught hold of to his family and it surfaced “This includes treatment of to determine the impact on ing with children of special question for them. said on Wednesday that the Ajay Singh of 2012 batch, an LMC supervisor, Jai that he was under treatment patients, fooding and lodging people with disabilities. Also, needs, said nowadays, they are “Try to involve children in district administrations should presently attached with Sitapur Prakash of Kalli Paschim, and for some mental disease. We of the staff stationed at KGMU, inaccessible information and under lockdown and it is a other regular household works ensure that all private hospitals Reserve Police Lines. Ashiyana other employees busy in sani- sought the help of the doctor and setting up of operation the- communication means that challenging situation to moth- and activities. Sometimes, it and nursing homes along with SHO Sanjay Rai said Singh tising the locality and after which Singh was taken atres along with facilities for persons with hearing, visual, ers of special children in terms will take more time for parents clinics opened for at least a few had been under treatment for thrashed them. into custody and later sent to isolation and quarantine,” the intellectual or physical disabil- of how to manage, look after to finish their work but by this hours so that basic health some mental disease for two Locals sought the help of hospital,” the SHO said. KGMU VC said. The graph in ities may not receive key infor- and explain COVID-19 sever- way, children get emotional facilities could be extended to years. A case was yet to be reg- corporator Vinod Maurya after He said as the police were the city has been stable in but mation about prevention and ity and precaution to them. warmth and parents can the people. istered in this connection. As which additional police was yet to get a complaint, no FIR it is growing in UP, though not assistance,” the experts said. “Social distancing means explore something different, “The authorities should per reports, Singh lost his cool sent to the place. By the time was registered in this connec- as sharp and steep as it is in They said the differently- that schools are closed, and this development of better commu- also ensure that private doctors around 6 am on Wednesday the police reached the scene, tion so far. He said the police countries like the USA and abled face obstacles in access- is very hard for our special nication skills, emotional bond- should prefer to attend to after he spotted a newspaper the SI had locked himself took 4-5 hours to bring the sit- Italy. “It is essential to test peo- ing essential health services and needs of all ages. These things ing with siblings as well as patients at their residences,” hawker, Pradeep Mishra of inside his house. As the SI uation under control. Sources ple five days after they have other facilities due to environ- can trigger intense stress and helpers. Parents will not get all Tiwari said. Ravi Khand. He attacked refused to come out, the delay said luckily, the SI did not use come in contact with a coron- mental barriers and limited lead to a meltdown or a shut- equipment or tools which are The directive said that pri- Pradeep, forcing him to flee the in his arrest had the LMC any firearm or the situation avirus patient. As for the capacity of health workers to down, therefore, I tell you used in schools and centres but vate hospitals should not only scene abandoning his bicycle employees enraged and they would have been worse. Kanika Kapoor episode, tests communicate and work with about useful resources that the they can involve them in dust- provide emergency services were conducted hurriedly after them. special children and their fam- ing and playing or making but also take care of regular panic button was pressed. It “Girls and boys with dis- ilies can use during this time. something with dough can be patients. was fortunate that no one test- abilities may be at risk of exclu- Explain them with stories, a good exercise for fine motor Meanwhile, the govern- + 6   ed positive even after two sion from education if remote, videos or pictures of our new skills,” she said. ment notified COVID-19 hos- weeks and the patients are distance learning program- changes and about coronavirus She added that parents pitals of which 80 are Level 1 being monitored on a day-to- mers are not accessible or they precaution. Create a template to know their children better than in rural areas, 51 are Level 2 day basis,” he said. Dr Bhatt do not have assistive devices to make a new daily schedule anyone else and have complete hospitals at divisional and dis-      said it is unfortunate that peo- allow participation and accom- which helps change their rou- understanding of their physi- trict levels and six hospitals are ple are not following the essen- modate learning needs. Persons tine easily. Keep your children cal, social, developmental, and of Level 3 in major cities and  ,78 ? with Dhaniram. police arrested Mannu and tial rule of social distancing. with disabilities can be dispro- entertained, make interesting family history. include hospitals of medical “Dhaniram called his sons Dataram, both sons of colleges in Prayagraj, middle-aged man was and other relatives and soon, Dhaniram, and a minor in Meerut, SGPGI, Lucknow and Akilled while his son suf- all of them armed with sticks this connection. “The minor PGI, . fered injuries during a group and iron rods surrounded accused will be sent to juve-    Q  "# $  &  clash under the newly set-up Lalaram and Pankaj,” villagers nile home while the adults to Sushant Golf City police sta- told the police. The villagers jail,” he said. He added that  ,78 ? tion area on Tuesday night. said that the attackers hit the police teams were in <%+     Police allegedly hushed up the both Lalaram and his son search of Dhaniram and other overnor Anandiben Patel issue to keep its slate clean. with sticks and iron rods. accused. Ginaugurated the new and     However, the family of the “Lalaram and Pankaj were About the motive, the revamped website of Lucknow victim informed mediaper- unarmed and they spokesman said both the par- University from Raj Bhawan      3 sons, forcing the police to could not defend themselves ties had a long standing dis- on Wednesday. She browsed swing into action. They or retaliate,” the villagers pute over a piece of land and through the content and Lucknow (PNS): The nabbed two of the accused on claimed. they fought over this on extended best wishes to the Lucknow police on Wednesday afternoon. The On the information of Tuesday night. The police university. The launch event Wednesday registered three victim was identified as the villagers, a police team spokesman failed to explain was ingeniously held through FIRs against foreign nationals Lalaram (55) while his friend reached the scene but by why the local police did not video-conferencing. staying in three mosques in as Pankaj, both of Chaudhary then, the attackers had taken take action earlier when they LU Vice-Chancellor AK Kaiserbagh, Kakori and Kheda under Baruna Majra of to their heels. The villagers had information about enmi- Rai said the new website Madiaon police stations areas the locality. rushed Lalaram and Pankaj to ty between both the parties. (www.lkouniv.ac.in) was and the caretakers of these As per reports, Lalaram a hospital where Lalaram suc- The incident also exposed launched with the sole pur- mosques. had enmity over land-related cumbed to injuries on police laxity. Sympathisers of pose of facilitating uninter- In Kaiserbagh the FIR was dispute with his neighbor Wednesday. the deceased said the attack- rupted education at a time registered against caretaker Dhaniram and both came A police spokesman said ers kept at it while threaten- when they cannot come to Ali Hasan and six foreign face to face over the issue a case of murder, murderous ing villagers. “The attackers classrooms. The website con- <5       nationals, in Madiaon against around 9.30 pm on Tuesday. assault, rioting while armed warned us of similar treat- tains all updated e-content caretaker Miraj, landlord Lalaram’s son Pankaj went with weapons and on other ment if any of us intervened from almost all departments Lucknow (PNS): Lucknow Programme 2020’, led by W through ITS has also provided Kadri and seven others and in out after his his father counts was registered against to save Lalaram,” the villagers of the university as well as University, in collaboration Edu Corp, in association with students of Lucknow University Kakori against 10 persons. engaged in a heated exchange the attackers. He said the claimed. improved online library with the Institute of Tourism FlightNtours.com as their to earn some practical exposure remote access and accessibil- Studies (ITS), has launched industry partner. “This project in terms of content writing and ity to Tagore Library’s massive online internship program- is exclusively designed keeping necessary nuances. selection of e-books, journals mers wherein students can the students of tourism (UG & “The content writing expo- -   & !   !   and articles. improve upon their skillset in PG) in mind. The training sure is open to all the students It also has links to the the midst of lockdown. makes participants industry- of Lucknow University who  ,78 ? His father Shiv Kumar said 5$ %   bank account of a Chinhat Youtub e channels of various These programmers will ready by the end of the mod- wish to make a career in writ- he called factory owner Dinesh resident through cloning on departments, videos of events be conducted under the guid- ule keeping in mind the glob- ing and search engine optimi- 16-year-old boy went miss- to inquire about Shubham and ,(+  $    "" Wednesday. Reports said the recently held at the universi- ance of Vice-Chancellor AK al scenario. It will be a well- sation (SEO). All you need is a Aing after he was accused of was told that the teen had % # #! 6!$ complainant, identified as ty, a photo gallery of campus Rai, who gave his nod to the blended and distinctly guided good command over English stealing the purse of his employ- stolen his purse. “Dinesh told # !3( 2#( Diwakar Pandey of Goel life, updated profiles and con- initiation led by ITS. LU media training opportunity for the language to qualify. The candi- er and was slapped, in Madiaon. me that he slapped Shubham Heights Apartment in the tact numbers of every admin- spokesperson Durgesh students to gain required skills,” dates interested are advised to Police registered a case 12 days and turned him out of the fac- (2 + !  $ locality, received a message istrative official of the univer- Srivastava said the meaningful he said. Srivastava said that make the most of the opportu- after he went missing while the tory,” Shiv Kumar said. #"    ! regarding deduction of cash sity, information about stu- collaboration has created along with this, the e-content nity the university is giving family accused the cops of play- He said he kept searching   $#"! $ /($ from his bank account in the dent life including, how they ‘Global Traineeship writing organisation of Aadox them,” he added. ing dilly-dallying tactics. for Shubham at all possible morning on Wednesday. “My can be more involved with As per reports, the teen, locations and later reached the ATM card was with me and National Service Scheme, admission and examination, the university’s newsletter, media cell, and is a reflection identified as Shubham of police station on March 25 to he said. He said he feared none of family members made National Cadet Corps and and has links to redirect a ‘The Chorus’, named after the of the active campus life of Madiaon, left for his work- seek help. “The case was not for safety of his son’s any transaction over the last the cultural wing (Sanskritiki). viewer looking for informa- narrators in ancient Greek students as well as faculty place, a factory manufacturing taken up following which I life and requested the police to week. I am surprised how the It also has extensive informa- tion and websites of the col- theatre. The journal is pub- members. E-editions of the pickle in the locality in the complained to commissioner- trace him. cash was withdrawn,” Pandey tion on the upcoming UP-JEE leges associated with the uni- lished monthly by the Centre journal are available on the morning on March 19 but did ate office. Thereafter, a case was Meanwhile, cyber thugs said. Police said investigation (BEd), including the online versity. 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  ?, & the former seeking a financial Chief Minister had earlier com- The letter further read that Asking the Centre to sanc- package of 25,000 crore to mitted free ration to the 9 crore regardless of the grim situation tion a special grant of 25,000 $   6  engal Chief Minister meet the expenses for provid- strong population of the State on account of the lockdown the crore Banerjee wrote that her BMamata Banerjee has asked ing free ration to the people of that started on Wednesday State has “somehow been able Government “required to meet for 61,000 crore from the the State along with other pub- amid large-scale crowding of to pay the salaries, wages and our commitments towards girl Centre to ward off the crisis lic welfare schemes planned market places throughout the pensions of Government child, students, farmers, unor-  - " 6 arising out of the corona amid massive shortfall in the districts. employees this month though ganized workers, weaker sec- endemic. This amount includes State’s revenue during post In the letter the Chief some major states of the coun- tions, minorities, SC, ST and the financial dues that the corona lockdown. Minister wrote that her State’s try could not do that on full. OBCs. We are also having to   ?8- the spread of coronavirus pan- battle as the number of positive "Centre owes" to the State. Apart from this the Chief finances “like many other And even with the massive debt honour our commitments of demic went on a tailspin since cases shooting over the roof fol- A day before her video Minister has also asked the States” were in a “dire situation trap left behind by the previous providing free ration to almost he number of persons test- Tuesday following a sudden lowing the exodus from Delhi’s meeting with Prime Minister Centre to clear the past dues with practically no revenue Government we were able to 9 crore people who need this so Ted positive for coronavirus spurt in the number of cases Nizamuddeen. Narendra Modi the Chief amounting to about 36,000 flows after the closure of all service the debt so far but crucially to survive in this per- and admitted to various hospi- detected positive with COVID- According to the office of Minister has written a letter to crore, senior officials said. The business.” future remains uncertain.” ilous time.” tals in Tamil Nadu crossed the 19. the Chief Secretary K 234 mark by Wednesday Tuesday alone saw 57 per- Shanmugham, 1131 persons evening, according to Beela sons testing positive for coro- had attended the religious con- Rajesh, Secretary, department na virus and more than 50 of gregation in New Delhi. “We ) ' of Health. them were those who had have detected 515 of them and Speaking to reporters at attended the religious congre- once we trace the remaining delay and surrender to the local medical facilities "droplet and contact precautions for those people car- Chennai, Rajesh said 110 per- gation in New Delhi. With the individiuals, we will be able to 4<5: 8*(*G &@,/-* immediately so that they can go through a proper ing for COVID-19 patients." sons tested positive on admission of 57 patients on prevent the progress of corona 7+( ,(* medical checkup. Bourouiba said she wants to see recommendations Wednesday alone. “All of these Tuesday, the number of persons virus in the State,” said “I request all people who came here for Markaz made based on current science not "policies based on persons who returned from the undergoing treatment for coro- Shanmugham. In Tamil Nadu, the State was tracking at least 1,500 to corporate with the police and local administration. supply, for example, because we don't have enough religious congregation held at na virus in the State has crossed The seriousness of the sit- people, 300 of whom were still untraceable as of If you will create any trouble for local police and PPE (personal protective equipment)." New Delhi. Efforts are on to the 125 mark. This includes uation could be understood Tuesday night. administration and not voluntary disclose about you "Although there remains a lot of questions to be identify and trace all the 1,103 ten foreign nationals who are from the words of the State Nearly 300 people from across Karnataka attend- and later if it emerged that you are infected and hid- addressed about how much virus is at a given distance persons from the State who had religious preachers by profes- administration which accepted ed the congregation, State Home Minister Basavaraj ing your diseases, then a strict action will be taken or not, we have no answer one way or another at this attended the congregation. The sion. that the New Delhi returnees Bommai said on Tuesday, creating a “dangerous sit- against you,” said Sisodai. time," she said. "Therefore, the precautionary prin- patients admitted to hospitals This is the highest figure had turned the trajectory of uation”. Only 26 of the delegates (all from Bidar) have ciple should drive the policies to state that we should on Wednesday include two recorded in Tamil Nadu in a COVID-19. been traced. The Tumakuru preacher who attended *17&  1&(& 7)@(* have high-grade respirators used for healthcare religious preachers from single day since the pandemic Chief Minister Edappadi the meet is learned to have had direct contact with workers." Myanmar and Indonesia broke out in the country. The Palaniswamy himself came out at least 82 people, including 45 family members. The &- ,8?-?, &-+, "Once that's decided, that's the thrust that's need- respectively,” said the Health State has been one with mini- on Wednesday morning and 26 delegates who were traced all tested negative, State *3)1&?)* ed to now mobilise most effectively the kind of Secretary. mum Corona positive cases paid a surprise visit to some of Health Minister B Sreeramulu tweeted. tremendous high production level that is possible to Officials of the department ever since the administration the Amma Restaurants in the In UP, police in 18 districts had tracked down 128 Kerala has seen nine deaths including suicides not reach in a great country like the United States. This of health and local bodies are commenced issuing bulletins city that offer subsidised food of the 157 people from the State who had attended due to the infection but because of the non-availabil- thrust is not happening," she added. on a house-to-house search in about the number of patients to the common man. Amma the congregation. While 120 were found quarantined ity of alcohol. In Karnataka too, reports of addicted Tamil Nadu to trace more than tested with the Restaurants were launched by in Delhi, eight were traced to their native villages and people along with alcohol consumption issues were 8(&( &( * +?)8,( 500 persons who had attended pandemic. late Chief Minister J cities and have been quarantined at home. A search brought to them by their family members were the religious congregation held Tamil Nadu, the focus of Jayalalithaa and this had earned is on for the remaining 29. The police also traced 95 brought to the notice of the Government. 7,(* ? BI B?@* in New Delhi early last month which was to prevent commu- her a lot of good will among others who had attended Jamaat event and were not Alcohol is among the leading causes of preventable and had gone missing since nity transmission of the virus migrant workers and low on the list of 157 from UP shared by the Delhi Police. death worldwide, with 3 million deaths per year attrib- In the gazette notification issued by the Ministry then. Most of them are feared and was confident of checking income employees because A total of 185 people from Maharashtra had utable to alcohol. of Home Affairs, classified as extraordinary, the Centre to carry the deadly COVID- 19 the progress of local transmis- they could get attended the congregation, officials said. Maharashtra According to a report published in The Lancet last has repealed the J&K Civil Services (special provisions) the cause for corona disease. sion to community transmis- breakfast/lunch/dinner for Minority Development Minister Nawab Malik, how- year, Indians are drinking more than ever before, with Act. The State’s efforts to control sion was seen fighting a see-saw five each. ever, said he had learned “from the media” that 109 the annual per capita alcohol consumption going up It has also introduced changes in Sections 3, 5, people from his State had attended the meet. by 38 per cent in seven years to 5.9 litres (ltr) in 2017, 6, 7, 8 and 13 of the J&K Civil Services (decentrali- “I have asked officials to find out how many actu- up from 4.3 ltr in 2010. The study on harmful alco- sation and recruitment) Act, 2010. The Act is among     !   ally attended it. We are also talking to members of the hol use in 189 countries said that globally, alcohol 109 laws of the erstwhile State that have been Tablighi Jamaat to find out,” he said. The Ahmednagar intake increased from 5.9 ltr per adult per year in 1990, amended through Tuesday’s order that also repeals district administration later said it had found 35 to 6.5 ltr in 2017, and the total volume of alcohol con- 29 other laws. While Section 5A now states that no  &  0(+.1/2   returnees, mostly foreign nationals. sumed per year went up by 70 per cent - from 20,999 person shall be eligible for appointment to a post car- At least 20 villages across Bandipora, Pulwama, million ltr in 1990 to 35,676 million ltr in 2017. rying a pay scale for not more than Level 4 “unless  ( +(,- down not being adhered to lockdown", five "essential sup- Shopian and Budgam in J&K have been identified as If current trends continue, the world will not meet he is a domicile of UT of J&K”, in Sections 6, 7 and complaints, essential supplies plies not being provided", four red zones and the administration has prepared a 50- the WHO’s target of reducing harmful use of alcohol 8 the words “permanent resident of the State” have n the recommendations of related complaints, examina- were related to "harassment" page list of people from the UT who either attended by 10 per cent by 2025. “To achieve global targets to been substituted with “Domicile of Union Territory Othe Empowered Group of tion related complaints, and one was on "problem in the event at the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz or had been reduce harmful alcohol use, the authors call for effec- of Jammu & Kashmir”. These sections of the J&K Civil Officers 10, the Centre on rescheduling of interest repay- donating to the PM-CARES on contact with attendees. tive policy measures such as the WHO best-buys, Services Act, 2010, dealt with appointments at dis- Wednesday launched the ments on loans, evacuation Fund", the officials said.It aims A total of 1,548 people have been evacuated from including increasing taxation, restricting availabili- trict, divisional and State levels. National Monitoring requests from foreign coun- to ensure timely redress of the Nizamudddin Markaz. Of this, 441 have been hos- ty, and banning alcohol marketing and advertising, The Section 13 of J&K Civil Services Act, 2010, Dashboard to ensure timely tries.“Out of the total 336 pub- COVID-19 grievances. pitalised because they exhibited symptoms while the to be introduced globally, especially in rapidly devel- which has been omitted completely, defined residence implementation of COVID 19 lic grievances, 28 were on Directions have been issued to remaining 1,107 people have been quarantined. Of oping countries with growing rates of alcohol use,” said in the erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir. The new Response Activities. "lockdown not adhered to", 25 all ministries and departments those hospitalised, 24 have already tested positive for the report. rules have also been extended to children of those who Over 300 public griev- were "requests for rescue from to prioritize these grievances Covid-19 and, given the symptoms and history of fulfil the above mentioned criteria even if they do not ances, including those related foreign countries" and 14 were and provide redress in three direct contact with positive cases, doctors said there "# ((& ?& : ((& *?8, live in J&K. to non-adherence of the ongo- related to "quarantine”. On Day days.There were 101 sugges- was a high likelihood of many others testing positive. Political parties in the Valley termed the Centre’s ing lockdown and request for 1 of the launch, the dashboard tions received by the govern- Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Beela Rajesh +*&8/ ((+(+E *&7+3 new rule as adding insult to injury of the people as rescue from foreign countries, received 43 grievances of ment and 136 public grievances announced that by Tuesday at least 67 of the Tablighi the rule lacked the promised protections. The have been received by the cen- Ministry of Health and Family fell under "others" categories, Jamaat cluster had tested positive, taking Tamil Nadu’s In a Journal of the American Medical Association National Conference termed the new rules as hollow tral government under a Welfare, 31 grievances of they said. Giving further details positive cases to 124, the third highest after article published last week, Lydia said peak exhala- and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) said the rules recently-launched mechanism. Ministry of External Affairs of grievances related to non- Maharashtra and Kerala; 50 of these infections were tion speeds can reach 33 to 100 feet per second (36 will give rise to massive problems for residents of J&K. The dashboard was launched and 26 grievances of Ministry compliance of lockdown, an recorded on Tuesday. km/h and 110 km/h) and "currently used surgical and “Talk about suspect timing. At a time when all by Minister of State for of Finance. A total of nine were official said, people claimed The TN Government also admitted that at least N95 masks are not tested for these potential charac- our efforts & attention should be focused on the Personnel Jitendra related to "inadequate facilities that "private sector employees 300 of the 1,500 delegates from the State were untrace- teristics of respiratory emissions.” #COVID outbreak the Government slips in a new Singh.According to officials, in hospitals", seven were were still being called at work" able. Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami Lydia was doing research on dynamics of exha- domicile law for J&K. Insult is heaped on injury when the nature of grievances relat- "examination-related", six were and also "postal department appealed to people to come forward for screening. lations (coughs and sneezes, for instance) for years we see the law offers none of the protections that had ed to quarantine facilities, lock- "stuck at some place due to was calling employees to work". at the Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission been promised,” National Conference leader Omar ) H 8,((+ +* ? Laboratory. Abdullah said in a series of tweets. The former Chief Her research could have implications for the glob- Minister who just released from detention said the new &? (*& 7/&A( 8,(8 al COVID-19 pandemic, though measures called for law was so hollow that even politicians with “Delhi’s BI  '    " “there’s an urgency in revising the guidelines current- blessings” were forced to criticise it. Tablighis, including foreigners from Malaysia, ly being given by the WHO and the CDC on the needs “You can imagine how hollow the domicile law Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan, for protective equipment, particularly for the front- is from the fact that even the new party created with        Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Djibouti, Sri line health care workers,” A Lydia told US TODAY. Delhi’s blessings, whose leaders were lobbying in Delhi Lanka, Bangladesh, England, Fiji, France and Kuwait, WHO's advisory suggests that "droplets can trav- for this law, have been forced to criticise the    B))7 exercise undertaken by the dif- in rural pockets of vulnerable had assembled at Nizamuddin Markaz, which is el only short distances through the air and either land #JKdomicilelaw,” he added. Omar was apparently ferent wings of the administra- districts. among the major COVID-19 hotspots in the coun- on people or land on surfaces that people later touch." referring to the criticism of the domicile law by Jammu dopting a more aggressive tion. So far 62 cases have test- More than 30 villages try, to participate in religious congregation from This is the basis for the hygiene protocol that urges & Kashmir Apni Party founder Altaf Bukhari. Aapproach towards contain- ed positive in J&K, he added. across eight districts of Jammu March 1 to 18. people "to wash hands frequently and not touch the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the rules will ing spread of Covid-19, the "Out of these 58 are active cases & Kashmir have already been Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said face, because that could bring the virus into contact give rise to massive problems for residents of J&K. Jammu & Kashmir administra- including 48 from Kashmir declared 'red zones by the gov- the premises have been vacated after a 36-hour effort with the nose or mouth." “The domicile law as it appears is not only try- tion on Wednesday decided to division and 10 from Jammu ernment, thoroughly restricting by the concerned agencies. Lydia's research, however, calls for better measures ing to shake the boundaries of an already existing State, conduct testing of over 2000 division". movement of people from one “The staff of health, administration, police and to protect health care workers and, potentially, more but it is also trying to give rise to massive problems contact persons of positive Kansal said, a total number place to another. Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) worked togeth- distance from infected people who are coughing or for residents of J&K,” tweeted the PDP. cases with immediate effect. of 17041 cases are under sur- At present, 52 patients have er in this 36-hour operation, putting their lives at risk. sneezing. She said current guidelines are based on The party said the Centre’s “manipulation of the At present 58 active cases, veillance. Kansal told reporters, been kept in hospital isolation, Hats off to all of them,” Sisodia said in a tweet. The "large droplets" as the method of transmission for the law” would only further alienate the people. 48 in Kashmir division and 10 Jammu & Kashmir has been 516 under hospital quarantine, total number of coronavirus cases in Delhi climbed virus and the idea that those large droplets can only “As the GOI (Government of India) tries to in Jammu division, are under- testing cases aggressively. Our and 3961 under home surveil- to 152 on Wednesday. go a certain distance. manipulate a law that provides guarantees to going treatment in different testing rate has been nearly 77.5 lance. Out of 977 samples, 911 Sisodia further said a list has been prepared in Dr. Paul Pottinger, an infectious disease profes- Kashmiris, it is only further alienating people, by hospitals.Addressing a press per million,one of the highest have tested negative and reports which the phone number and other details of these sor at the University of Washington School of depriving them of their constitutional rights. When conference late Wednesday in the country and next only to of four are awaited. people were noted and handed over to the Delhi Police Medicine, said questions remain about the distances GOI imposes orders that relegate elected Kashmiri evening, spokesman of Jammu Kerala. Meanwhile, in Srinagar, cyber cell for further action. at which the virus is effective. leaders to nothingness, GOI shows how it doesn’t want & Kashmir Government and Due to sudden spike in two hundred and thirty-six “The police will trace their movements’ history. "For me, the question is not how far the germs local Kashmiris to govern the land they fought for,” Principal Secretary, Rohit positive cases, concerns were (236) persons who were With the help of their mobile phones details, police can travel, but how far can they travel before they're the PDP said. Jammu & Kashmir People’s Conference Kansal told reporters, "we plan raised as it became clear that shifted into administrative can easily find out that how many people have come no longer a threat. The smaller the germ particles, the (JKPC) led by Sajad Gani Lone said the Presidential to test every single one of the large number of suspected cases quarantine upon their return to their contact and police can easily find out their lower the risk that they might infect somebody who order defining the domicile law issued at the depth 2000 contacts that we have of coronavirus, who may have to Srinagar two weeks ago whereabouts,” said Sisodia. would breathe them in or get them stuck in their nose of night while the world is under the grip of a dead- identified". come in contact with religious were discharged Wednesday He appealed to the people, who came to or their mouth," Pottinger told US TODAY. ly pandemic, falls way short of expectations even for He said, these contact per- teachers and identified positive after successfully complet- Nizamuddin West to participate in the Markaz in WHO referred to a recent scientific brief on the those who expected some relief and some reconcili- sons were traced as a result of cases, went untraceble and may ing their 14-day quarantine March to contact administration without any further methods of transmission, which recommended ation process. a vigorous contact tracing lead to further spread of cases period. !  ! 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erving and retired railway Semployees can now pur- chase the medicines prescribed =       to them on their OPD slips from market till April 30. This was disclosed by North Central Railway and Northern Railway (NCR &     NR) General Manager Rajiv Chaudhry, who held a review meeting through video confer-  %A* supply the same to paanwalas. 36 villages in Nalanda area in paanwalas prefer to use the encing on Wednesday. There is a big market of the Bihar and its main supply is same, said Anjani. He said to minimise rou- Khaike paan Banaraswala, same, along with betel leaves, held till March. ‘As many As thousands of Banarasis tine visits to hospital and to ‘khool jaye bandh akal ka at Paan Dariba in Chetganj wholesale traders have collect- are addicted to chewing paans, avoid hardship to serving and tala…’ is the super-hit areas. ed huge stock of the same for they are also facing tough dur- retired employees during the Amitabh-starrer Bollywood Due to lockdown, not only this peak season, they are fac- ing lockdown as the shops are lockdown period, the Railway movie of 1980s ‘Don’. The song the betel and other leave sup- ing a really tough to maintain not allowed to be opened. Board had authorised them to itself not only highlights the pliers, but also others who sell these leaves because they are Many of them had collected buy their monthly OPD med- popularity of Banarasi paan but various ingredients use in rotten quickly. Besides, many materials prior to lockdown to icines (for BP, sugar, neuro/car- also how it is a life of many Banarasi paan including supari, could not get the supply due to make paan at home them- dio diseases etc.) from the Banarasis. The 21-day nation- tobacco, elaichi, laung, katha lockdown and they would face selves. ‘Though five to 10 per local medical shops and get the wide lockdown to prevent etc. are facing huge losses. shortage of the same as the next cent famous paanwalas, whose amount reimbursed after pro-  % 17 victs were released on ordered to release 88 inmates spreading of worldwide coro- Secretary of Shree Barai Sabha supply will be come after har- daily sales are in thousands ducing the bill. He said this bail/parole late Tuesday on Tuesday. navirus pandemic, not only Kashi Anjani said ‘betel leave vesting of new crops in would not face much problems benefit would be available till n the wake of the coronavirus evening. Kin of all the inmates had affected the traders but also the suppliers would suffer losses of October,’ he said. due to lockdown but a major- April 30 and would be applic- Ipandemic, 88 undertrials Jail Superintendent Ashish already been informed about poor who supply ‘pattas’ about  10-15 crore during the However, Magahi is small ity of small shopkeepers whose able to retired Railway employ- and convicts were freed from Tewari said on the instructions their release in advance. (leaves) in which paans are lockdown period as only at quantity of total betel leaves earnings is just in a few hun- ees also covered under RELHS. the district jail on bail/parole of state administration, he had On Tuesday, with the sanc- served as in this holy city Paan Dariba, the daily sale of used in the city because it is dred are facing a serious hard- on Tuesday. sent a proposal to Jail tion of their bail/parole one-by- rarely any paanwala (betel only betel leaves is around  50 costly among all betel leaves. ship these days,’ said a paanwala This has helped the jail Headquarters for the release of one, all the inmates were freed shopkeeper) uses papers like lakh.’ The sale of other articles The most used betel leaves are of Shivpurwa area Anil. Many administration to some extent 273 undertrials and 70 con- by evening for eight weeks. many other cities for the same is several times more as there Jagarnaathi and Deshi, mainly Banarasis who cannot live 5 6 in accommodating other victs. During the bail/parole, purpose. There are hundreds of are rarely any lane in the city supplied here from Odisha without chewing paan were inmates in the limited space Of these, the Jail they are not required to report such poor people, mostly where there are no betel shops. and West Bengal apart from seen facing the police lathis available there. Headquarters had directed the to their respective police station women, who collect these The most costly betel leaves Bihar. As the life of Sanchi while trying to search paan   The released inmates were special committee to take deci- daily. However, they have been leaves of some specific trees to are Magahi, which are grown in leaves is short, only a few during lockdown restrictions. lodged in the jail against cases sion by allowing the release of freed on the condition that they     which have conviction for 99 inmates. During the day- will not go to any other place seven years or less. long meeting of the special excepting their home during The state administration committee held on Monday, the bail/parole period, Tewari  %,,-@+ had granted permission to members rejected the release of said. As there was no one from =%0       6   release 88 undertrials and con- eight inmates, while three pro- their families at the jail gate, all midst nation-wide lock- victs. Accordingly, after com- posals were found to have been the inmates had to march on Adown, the employees of pleting procedural formalities, submitted in duplicate. foot in the absence of any con-  %A* Sanskritik Manch (SSM) along Sansthan Santoshi Shukla has instructed all the chief engi- North Central Railway’s all the 88 undertrials and con- This way, the committee veyance due to lockdown. with Jan Vikash Samiti, Lok informed that the organisation neers, superintendent engi- Prayagraj division, while risk- n response to the call given Chetna Samiti, Joint Action distributed articles among 100 neers and executive engineers ing their lives, are playing a Iby the Prime Minister Committee, Asha Trust and families of rickshawpullers, to maintain smooth power very important role in safe Narendra Modi and Chief Vishwa Jyoti Jansanchar and daily wage labourers. supply in the region. In running of goods trains. Minister Yogi Adityanath, var- Kendra continued its efforts for Besides, senior members of response to the same, the EE of These employees are living 7     ious organisations continued the seventh day distributing Kashi Agrawal Samaj Anl Urban Electricity Distribution away from their families and their efforts to serve articles packets to 200 families in Kumar Jain, Pankaj Agrawal Division (UEDD)-IV are working tirelessly so that and food packets to the poor Konia, Nakkhighat, Prem and Santosh Kumar Agrawal Chandresh Upadhyay has also necessary items like coal for KANPUR (PNS): An and needy people so that the Chand Nagar (Pandeypur), said that the organisation is asked all the SDOs, JEs and electricity, wheat, rice, salt, elderly couple was safely res- latter cannot face any hardships Safai employees’ locality in providing  2000 to the widows other line staff to ensure attend- vegetables, medicine, and milk cued after their flat suddenly during the ongoing 21-day Pandeypur and Nagwa and and others during lockdown ing the faults quickly so that reach different parts of the caught fire in Chandra Nagar lockdown. Regional Bharatiya claimed that the efforts would period. Under the joint aus- during the lockdown, the country without any delay. locality under Chakeri police Janata Party (BJP) president be continued till the end of pices of Sewa Bharti Samiti, power customers do not face Thousands of railway staff station on Wednesday morn- Mahesh Chandra Srivastava lockdown period. Srimati Ratna Devi Samaj Sevi any inconvenience while of signal and telecommunica- ing. distributed 300 packets con- Continuing its efforts, Sanstha and Seth Anandram staying indoors and passing tion department of Mirzapur, The couple was living alone taining various essential items Orange Café also distributed Jaipuria School Tarna, 500 food time watching TV pro- Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Kanpur, in the flat and on seeing them to the people at Chowkaghat food packets to 210 rickshaw- packets are being distributed grammes. , Tundla, Etawah are surrounded by flames, the local Water Tank. Rajesh Srivastava, pullers and old aged persons in among the people daily since He said that we were mak- serving the nation 24x7 by residents safely rescued them. corporator Shailendra Kumar Nawabganj and Ravindrapuri March 28 last and on the day, ing all the efforts to ensure doing regular maintenance On being intimated about Srivastava and many others areas. On the instructions of they did the same in Sindaura, round-the-clock power sup- work of field signals, points, the fire, three fire-tenders were were present there. Garhwaghat Paathediswar Shivpur, Dharhara and other ply during the lockdown peri- track circuits etc. for seamless rushed to the spot but before Wednesday, fire broke out in used ladder to reach the bal- Meanwhile, the president Swami Sarnananad, the ashram areas. od so that they can stay indoors movement of train also main- the could arrive, the neigh- the flat due to short-circuit. cony of the flat and safely res- of Income Tax Bar Association has decided to distributed 2000 POWER EMPLOYEES easily during lockdown period taining social distancing as bours had controlled the fire. Seeing the flames, the neigh- cued the elderly couple by Om Prakash Shukla, along packets of essential articles WORKING HARD: Despite and helped the nation prevent advised by Prime Minister Cloth trader Shadab bours informed the elderly breaking the window. with his predecessor Arvind daily in and 21-day lockdown, the power spreading of coronavirus. He Narendra Modi to check the Qureshi lives in flat No. 102 on couple, the police and the fire In the meantime three fire- Shukla handed over a demand Chandauli districts and in this department employees are also said that in this direction, spread of coronavirus. The the first floor of Sona brigade about the fire. tenders reached the spot but by draft of 1.21 lakh for PM Care direction, the four teams dis- working hard to ensure unin- all the officers and staff have railways is maintaining very Apartment in Chandra Nagar. As the room opening in the then the locals had extin- Fund to the District Magistrate tributed the same to the poor terrupted power supply round- been deployed on duties shift- strict hygiene and social dis- Due to the lockdown, he common corridor was sur- guished the fire with the help (DM) Kaushal Raj Sharma. He families at Mughalsarai, the-clock in this parliamentary wise and all the divisional, tancing protocol. Availability of had gone to his ancestral village rounded by flames, it was very of their submersible pumps. said that in collection of the Alinagar and Naibasti in constituency of the Prime sub-divisional and other power sanitisers, masks, soap, cotton Bilgram in Hardoi with all difficult to take out the elder- Chakeri outpost incharge same fund, 46 members of the Chandauli and Chowkaghat, Minister Narendra Modi. The offices are being sanitised reg- towel (gamcha) etc. is being family members, leaving his ly couple from there. As panic Rakesh Dixit said the fire broke association including secre- Jaitpura, Nariya and Chittupura Managing Director (MD) of ularly apart from instructing ensured among essential cate- maternal uncle and aunt to prevailed and other residents of out due to short-circuit when tary Ajay Singh gave their con- in Varanasi. Chairperson of Vidyut Vitran them to maintain social dis- gory staff through inhouse as look after the flat. the apartment rushed out on the elderly couple was present tributions. The Sanjha Diksha Mahila Kalyan Shodh Nigam (PVNNL) Vijay Pal has tancing. well as sourcing from markets. Around 6 am on the street, some local residents in the flat.   ! "#"$"$ $  :

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He said Verma, HOD Orthopaedic Chitrakootdham Range These people told that they that they had 200 beds for department), Dr Nutan Deepak Kumar inspected tem- were being served breakfast, quarantined patients with eight Agarwal, nodal officer, coro- porary screening centres/shel- tea, lunch and dinner on time. wards of 25 bed each. He said navirus, Dr Veerendra Gupta, ters established at Mahoba, They all appreciated the that they also had 20-bed iso- Dr Sushil Kumar Verma, Dr Charkhari and Gaurhari for arrangements made for them. lation ward with 10 beds PC Purohit, Dr Shailesh Pratap labourers who came here dur- These labourers said that they equipped with ventilators. was Singh, Dr Chandra Shekhar, Dr ing the lockdown period. After were given soaps and sanitizers there on 10 beds.Principal Sumit Sachan, Dr Arun inspecting these temporary "  "   4  &  &%4&  8    to take care of hygiene. Medical College Dr Dwijendra Ahirwar were also present. screening centres/shelters        O     P   7  Commissioner said that there Nath said said that social dis- Few intern doctors who were Dayal told ‘The Pioneer’ that was no fan in the building. He tancing and hand wash was .  + ,   "  &&,         working voluntarily were Dr they visited rain basera arrangements and issue by the administration. directed gram pradhan to get necessary for every individual.         Sandeep, Dr Arvind, Dr Swati Mahoba and found that 72 instructions to SDMs and gram Commissioner said that one installed in the building He said that they had com- Verma, Dr Meenakshi, Dr Ajay labourers were staying here. pradhans concerned to ensure instructions were issued to immediately. He said that pletely sanatised Rajkiye people. CMS Medical College which would be helpful in pre- Saroj, Dr Pankaj , Dr Rohit They said that district admin- that these labourers were quar- DM to take care of the labour- instructions were issued to Medical College. He also Dr Sanjeev Gupta said that venting novel coronavirus. Dr Bharti and Dr Akansha. istration had made arrange- antined in the school/govern- ers and coordinate with the gram pradhan to take care of ments for their stay and food. ment office buildings in the vil- authorities to ensure that they the labourers staying at They said that they had come lages. Commissioner Dayal were quarantined for 14 days in Panchayat Bhawan. from Delhi, Noida, said that later he and DIG the schools / government office Commissioner said that the <        and Mumbai. These laboures Kumar inspected Divisional buildings. Later they moved to arrangements made for these underwent thermal screening Revenue Training school Panchayat Bhawan, Gaurihari, labourers were found satisfac- and were advised to be kept in Charkhari and observed that 19 in Charkhari tehsil. As many as tory. He said that DM Mahoba 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $)-. prising SSI Rakesh Kumar inspector incharge sub-inspec- tive districts. The quarantine for 14 days. labourers who came from 29 people were found staying Awadhesh Kumar Tiwari had Singh and S-I Pramod Kumar tor Ranjit Yadav, head consta- Commissioner further said Commissioner Dayal said that Noida and Delhi were staying. here. These labourers had come been directed to ensure that the n view of ongoing nation- Agnihotri food packets were ble Rajkishore, constables that such arrangements should instructions were issued to These people also informed from Delhi, Noida and suspects found during ther- Iwide lockdown to check the distributed among the needy Akhand Pratap Singh, Rahul be there so that 100 per cent DM Mahoba Awadhesh Kumar them that arrangement for Faridabad. They said that their mal/physical screening were spread of coronavirus pan- people in Majha village. Police Paswan and women constables compliance of lockdown order Tiwari to look after the their stay and food was made thermal screening was done by quarantined. demic district president of officer said that helped was Kanaklata Devi, Priyanka Singh was ensured. He said that Bharatiya Janata Party, Surya being provided to those who and Sushmita Pal were also pre- besides screening of people Narayan Tiwari, distributed faced the problem of food. He sent. who were coming from outside food packets to patients who said that the Kotwali police proper arrangements for quar- . *'        had come to the district would continue to assist the antining them should also be women’s hospital, labourers poor and helpless people. ensured so that there was no 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  *-. police had been instructed not bility of all such people to of the Pandemic Act, 1897, it living in Malviya Nagar, help- Diwan Rajkishore, Abrar Khan, Commissioner Devipatan possibility of infection. Besides to allow people on road with- announce their names volun- was mandatory to quarantine less families living in Kashiram constables Akhand Pratap Division Mahendra Kumar on reviewing door-to-door deliv- istrict District Magistrate out urgent work. tarily, come forward for ther- those people who came to the Avas besides the poor living in Singh, Jitendra Singh, women Tuesday held a meeting with ery, he also asked the authori- DAmit Singh Bansal and DM Amit Singh Bansal mal screening and remain in district from foreign countries different parts of the city. constables Sushma Yadav and Deputy Inspector General ties concerned to ensure that police chief Banda Siddharth while tlaking to ‘The Pioneer’ quarantine for 14 days. If some- or other states of the nation for Giving this information to Vaishnavi Tiwari and other (DIG) of Police, Dr Rakesh there was no shortage of essen- Shankar Meena inspected the that he had issued instruc- one was found guilty of hiding 14 days. DM Bansal said that he mediapersons, the district personnel extended their coop- Singh, District Magistrate Dr tial items and no person police checkposts established tions to authorities concerned travel history and was suddenly had made SDM JP Yadav as media incharge, Vishnu Pratap eration. Nitin Bansal and Health remained hungry. At the same on the Banda-Mahoba and nodal officer to look after this Shukla, said that on the call of Another report said that department officials to review time, DIG Dr Rakesh Singh Banda-Fatehpur borders and work. DM said that those who the nation and state leadership, the men in khaki showing preparations and arrangements instructed all the police officers directed the policemen to fol- wanted to share any details the entire team of Bharatiya humanity provided food and in view of the lockdown for of the division to ensure 100 low the instructions of the about their travel history could Janata Party was currently help- water to the hungry and thirsty prevention of coronavirus. per cent compliance of lock- government to keep the bor- contact the authorities on dis- ing the poor and helpless peo- people who had travelled long In the meeting the down and keep a close watch ders sealed. DM Bansal said trict control numbers 05192- ple. During this time, all the distances. Inspector incharge of Commissioner directed the on those spreading rumors. that the police authorities and 224460 and 0192-285260. DM BJP officials, including city Karnalganj Kotwali KK Rana Additional Director of Health District Magistrate Dr Nitin the officials had directed to said that the survey of persons president Vishal Agarwal, along with police force got the to prepare a list of availability Bansal explained in detail about allow the entry of vehicles with who had come about from regional office secretary, medical examination of the of health resources in all the door-to-door delivery, avail- valid pasess only. DM said foreign countries and other Shubham Awasthi, Pawan fpassengers who arrived by districts of the division required ability of essential goods and that the policemen were states of the nation had already Srivastava and Raghavendra buses from Delhi, Mumbai to deal with it and present it other arrangements besides instructed to get the verifica- been done and their details had Tiwari were present. and Ambala at CSC trifurca- before him so that the govern- those for screening and quar- tion of vehicle passes done been noted down by the Meanwhile on being informed tion under the Karnalganj ment could be made aware antining people who had come with the responsible authorities authorities. DM said that he by policemen that the problem Kotwali conducted at about it so that it could make from outside. Superintendent if case of any doubt. He said had issued instructions to all of food has arisen in front of Vivekananda Inter College. necessary arrangements. He of Police (SP) Raj Karan that they were directed to such people to reach gram some poor, disabled, helpless Thereafter inspector incharge also directed all the Chief Nayyar, AD (Health) Dr Ashok ensure the thermal screening of &   >   .       >  ' pradhans, gram panchayat people due to the lockdown to and along with elite citizens Medical Officers (CMOs) to Gupta, Chief Medical Officer passengers coming on foot. SP        members etc. DM Bansal said prevent the spread of coron- provided food and water to all seek reports daily of the work (CMO) Gonda Dr Madhu Siddharth Shankar Meena said that he had directed sub-divi- avirus police officer KK Rana passengers with the help of elite done to tackle with this disas- Gairola, Chief Medical that entry of vehicles without sional magistrates (SDMs) of got food prepared in the mess citizens. The passengers praised ter at the primary health cen- Superintendent (CMS) District valid passes had been restrict- to ensure that people who have found Coronavirus positive Banda, Baberu, Naraini and of the police station. Thereafter the police for their kind gesture. tres and community health Hospital Dr Arun Lal and ed on the borders. SP said that returned home after a foreign then he or she would be pun- Atarra to trace all such people he constituted a team com- On this occasion along with centres located in their respec- other officials were present. he was taking regular rounds of trip or attended the Tablighi ished under Section 144 of the in their areas and take them to district along with DM Banda Jamaat Markhaz in Indian Penal Code (IPC). DM the quarantine centres and Amit Bansal. Meena said that Nizamuddin, Delhi, were quar- Bansal said that coronavirus ensure stern action against *    !   lockdown in the district was antined for 14 days. Bansal said had already been declared as them. No laxity in work would cent per cent. SP said that that it was the moral responsi- pandemic and under Section 2 be tolerated, DM said. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '()* Meanwhile the District Magistrate Awadhesh Kumar uperintendent of Police Tiwari and SP Manilal Patidar SManilal Patidar distributed reviewed the distribution of 576 89 !     masks and sanitisers among police officers, employees, PRD 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $) /(#, earning their livelihood due to including children and women. against the quarantined people jawans, homeguards the lockdown in view of coro- The quarantine centres set up in who run away from there and and guards posted in s many as 38 employees of navirus. Chandravati Devi gram panchayats have a capac- added that efforts were being the city. Police officers Avarious departments, sig- (75), a resident of Chatur ity to accommodate 27,024 peo- made to explain things to them and employees were nal workshop and mechanical Banduari in Bansgaon area ple. On the instructions of that violation of the instruc- given necessary guide- workshop located at North donated packets containing District Magistrate food and tions could put their families lines and asked to take Eastern Railway (NER) head- wheat and rice to the needy drinking facilities were being and society at risk. proper precautions in quarters retired on Tuesday. people belonging to the village provided at the centre itself. The order to prevent the They include 15 employees and its nearby area. She said responsibility of this centre had     spread of novel coro- from various departments at that everyone should come been assigned to the BDO, sec-  navirus. On the occa- the headquarters, six from forward to save humanity. retary of Panchayati Raj sion they were told to use ration in the city on accounts department, three Meanwhile as many as Department and pradhan. Chief A fire broke out due to an masks and sanitisers during Wednesday. They urged the from signal workshop and 14 1,000 people who had come Development Officer (CDO) electric short circuit in ward duty.Additional Superintendent people to maintain social dis- from mechanical workshop. from Delhi, Mumbai, Punjab, Harshita Mathur said that the number 7 at Narkat under the &   + ,    &# +    of Police (ASP) PRO Devendra tancing and directed the offi- The settlement amount of these Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra biggest problem was keeping the Chauri Chaura police station          +  ,    Kumar Shukla and others were cials concerned to ensure avail- employees was paid on the due and other states and districts people who had from outside at around 6:30 pm on Tuesday. *     present on the occasion. ability of ration to everyone. date despite the countrywide were quarantined on the quarantine centre. On On getting information about lockdown. Wednesday. As many as 3,725 Tuesday night it was reported the matter hundreds of people, people have been quarantined from several places that people including representative of the  5  in the 1,395 quarantine centres forcibly went to their homes and Nagar Panchayat Chairman, 7!   !     -   built in 20 blocks of the district later they were somehow Jyoti Prakash Gupta, reached since Sunday, last reports brought back. At many places the spot. The flames were 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  2)-3*(.  that if anyone faced any kind of People are coming forward received here said. Apart from help of police had to be sought. somehow extinguished by problem they could call on the to extend help to the people it more than 7,000 people had The official said that strict them. People also informed the enior Bharatiya Janata Party number 112, inform the per- who were facing problems in been quarantined at home, action would now be taken firebrigade about the matter. S(BJP) leader Shravan Kumar sonnel there about it and their Singh, served food to poor problem would definitely be labourers in Dharkar and solved. He said that they try to )   &  crusher areas in Chopan, Bari, wash their hands regularly. He <     Dala, Sinduria and Bardia said that the UP Government made an appeal to them to stay had announced financial aid of        in the house in view of the 1,000 each to labourers in nationwide lockdown ordered view of coronavirus outbreak 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  /(1'#,    by Prime Minister Narendra and they had received it. He said /(3 1 Modi to check the spread of that they could tell their prob- Covid-19. He said that they lems to the pary workers and aking the side of a ‘chaat’  !  said that there was no coron- they would solve them. On the Tseller proved costly for a avirus patient in this area yet all <    #         occasion president of BJP’s man in Mudiya Kheria village 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  ('1 #, of us needed to be alert and Chopan division Sunil Singh, under the Mohammadi aware. He told them that they Dharmesh Jain, Amit Agarwal, Kotwali here. Some assailants gang of unidentified should not shake hands with of one metre from each other. had made arrangements for Vikas Choubey, Praveen Shukla suddenly barged into his house Athieves struck at three anyone and maintain a distance Prime Minister Narendra Modi food for all the people. He said and Ankur Jaiswal were present. and murdered him. houses in Rath and decamped When contacted inspector with gold and silver ornaments incharge Sanjay Tyagi said that besides the battery of a tractor Chhotu sold chaat on a hand- here at night. The victims had *       cart in front of his house. lodged a complaint and Some persons of the village <            &   "   demanded action in the matter. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +,- urged the social workers to used to pick up stuff from there  According to a report, Banta, a come forward to help the needy and did not even pay money resident of Mohalla F dditional District people. The initiative taken by after having chaat there. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  0(-.,1 Jagatram Kanaujia while dis- Rasouliana of the city, told AMagistrate (ADM) district administration and However, when Muneer (45), a tributing foodgrains among Rath police that he was sleep- Prameel Kumar Singh along social workers to distribute resident of the village, object- dditional Superintendent the poor made an appeal for ing in his second house when with social workers distrib- lunch packets was being appre- ed to it some persons barged Aof Police (ASP) Premchand having patience in this difficult unidentified thieves targeted it uted food and other essential ciated. Additional into his house and attacked him and Sakaldeeha Circle Officer situation. Meanwhile youths and stole clothes of children items among the needy. The Superintendent of Police (ASP), with an axe as a result of which (CO) Jagatram Kanaujia dis- and social workers were con- and other belongings. Nizam, district administration along Dr Awadhesh Singh, former he was seriously injured and tributed foodgrains among the stantly working to help the son of Kallu, said that he had with some social workers vis- chairman, Nagar Palika, rushed to the nearby commu- poor and helpless people in needy. On Tuesday the youths gone to Dagwan village when ited the interior areas of the Orai,Vijay Chaudhary, social nity health centre (CHC) where Dheena. ASP said that pulses, of Dharav and Dhanapur town- thieves broke open the lock of town like Lahariya Purva and worker Jaleel Seth, Manoj Raja, the doctors on duty declared rice, wheat, flour, oil, vegeta- ship provided relief materials to his house and stole gold and sil- gave lunch packets to the Vicky Parihar, Sanjay Gupta him dead. Inspector incharge bles, salt and potatoes were dis- the needy at their doorstep. ver ornaments besides 5,000 needy. and Devendra Yadav were also said that a case had been reg- tributed among poor and help- Social workers Sajid Khan, in cash. In the third incident. The ADM said that in view present on the occasion. istered against the culprits in less families so that they did not Tufail Khan, Satyadev Yadav, Rahman, son of Bali of the three-week-long nation- Meanwhile former chair- this connection and the body face any problem during the Vimal Singh Dada, Dharam Mohammad, a resident of wide lockdown people belong- man Nagar Palika, Orai, Vijay of the deceased had been sent ongoing three-week-long Singh, gram pradhan, Sakrari, Mohalla Chhoti Zulheti, said ing to the economically weak- Chaudhary, has appealed to the for the post-mortem examina- nationwide lockdown in force Sanjay Singh, Subedar Singh that the thieves stole the batter er sections of society here were social workers to come forward tion. A hunt for the assailants to check the spread of coron- are constantly helping the poor of the tractor which had been finding it difficult to get food & .8   .&         and extend their help to the was on, he added. avirus. Circle Officer (CO) helpless persons. parked in front of his door. and other essential items. He  needy at this critical juncture.   ! "#"$"$ ! #! ;  %67   0 9 ;2   9=!.%         

 % that rocked Northeast Delhi. The HRD ministry also required for promotion and assessment will be issued soon,” ( +(,- “The exams in the area for directed the CBSE to conduct crucial for university admis- he said.   P  class 12 will begin on March 31 class 10 and 12 board exami- sions. The CBSE also announced he Union HRD Ministry and conclude on April 14, nations for only 29 main sub- Whenever CBSE is in a that it will not conduct pend- Ton Wednesday directed the while exams for class 10 will jects which are crucial for pro- position to hold board exams, ing class 10, 12 exams in  ( +(,- ed developments in Malaysia, members spread across the Central Board of Secondary begin on March 21 and con- motion and admission to high- it shall conduct for 29 subjects schools affiliated to the board Indonesia did not allow the country, spreading the coron- Education (CBSE) to promote clude on March 30,” a senior er educational institutions. by giving adequate notice. For in foreign countries. ndia’s external and internal Tablighi to hold the congrega- avirus to the interiors of the all students of Classes 1 to 8 in HRD Ministry official said. “Have advised CBSE to rest of the subjects, CBSE will The exams were postponed Iintelligence agencies failed to tion from March 17 to 19. country and posing a major the country to the next Class in The board also announced conduct board exams only for not hold board exams and in view of the coronavirus out- read, assess and report the However, a number of the threat to public health amid the view of the nationwide lock- to promote all students of 29 main subjects that are instructions for their marking, break in the country. warning signals emerging from Tablighis who had already ongoing lockdown in the coun- down due to the deadly coro- classes 1 to 8 in the all the CBSE the Tablighi Jamaat stable with- arrived on the venue in try to counter the COVID-19 navirus. affiliated schools across the in and outside the country. Indonesia infected a number of pandemic. Besides, it also announced country. As Tablighi Jamaat contin- co-participants. This is not the first time that CBSE Class 10th and 12th “In view of the current sit-   #'( "  ) ued its ijtema (congregation) in While the COVID-19 out- that the Research and Analysis results are expected to be uation due to #COVID19, I Kuala Lumpur (Feb 27-Mar 1), break trend was developing in Wing, responsible for gathering declared by May end provided have advised @cbseindia29 to Lahore (March 13), Sulawesi, the region in Tablighi’s con- external intelligence, did not the CBSE board exams 2020 get promote ALL students study- Selatan in Indonesia (Mar 18), gregations, hundreds of the meet the expectations of the over in April. ing in classes I-VIII to the next ** ( $+ , )  26 Covid-19 positive Jamaat Jamaat members were assem- Government as it could not CBSE exams for class 10 class or grade,” HRD Minister members were reported in bled in the Nizamuddin area assess the mood in the and class 12 were postponed on Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’  % quate placement not below and exams suspended due to Malaysia and 45 in Lahore despite concerned citizens European Union after the pas- March 18 given the coron- said in a series of tweets. ( +(,- the levels of past years may the nationwide lockdown in and an unknown numbers in expressing concerns to the sage of the Citizenship avirus pandemic across the He also said that the stu- take place in these institutes. view of the coronavirus out- Indonesia. But India’s external authorities over the presence of Amendment Act by the country. These exams, sched- dents of classes 9 and 11 will be RD Minister Ramesh Academic calendar of the break that has claimed 38 lives Intelligence agency Research so many people in a relatively Parliament here. A resolution uled between March 19, 2020 promoted on school-based HPokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on institutes may be prepared so in the country till now. and Analysis Wing (R&AW) small facility amid the push for against the CAA was moved to March 31, 2020 will be con- assessments conducted dur- Wednesday directed the that students do not lose The Minister also did not report the viral epi- social distancing. recently and the agency was ducted post the 21 day lock- ing the year, adding that those Indian Institutes of summer and winter intern- instructed the IITs to ensure demic at Tablighi events in the The returning jamaats were caught unawares. down imposed by the govern- who failed to get promoted this Technology (IITs) to ensure ships,” Nishank told the IIT that they should conduct region or issue an alert to the given clear instructions by Likewise, the IB has also ment. CBSE, however, is yet to time due to low assessments that placements of students heads. active research work in the effect. Tablinghi Jamaat chief recorded back to back lapses revise the Class 10 and Class 12 can appear in school based tests are not affected due to the sit- “Mental health-related area of COVID19. Pokhriyal Similary, the Intelligence Mohammad Saad to access with the agency not being able examination dates. online or offline. uation arising out of the coro- challenges of students during Nishank advised the institutes Bureau ignored the foreign more and more mosques after to generate any credible inputs “Students are advised to “Students studying in class- navirus pandemic. the lockdown period also to continue with its research Tablighi members’ movement going back from Nizamuddin. ahead of the communal riots in keep a watch on the official es IX & XI will be promoted to In a meeting with heads need to be addressed by all work already across the country spreading Scores of foreign Tablighi the national capital last month. CBSE website for latest infor- next class/grade based on the of 23 IITs through video the institutes and a helpline be being done but given the pre- the pandemic to the hinterland. mation on results,” said a CBSE school-based assessments conferencing, he directed that established in this regard. sent circumstances it is The issue of the Jamaat’s circular. including projects, periodic a task force be set up for the There should be a task force responsibility of all citizens to congregation in Kuala Lumpur This is not the first time tests, term exams, etc. con- purpose. set up by every institute which contribute for welfare of the was highlighted there in the J !   that CBSE exams have been ducted so far. Students not “A task force call for should include psychologists nation and IITs have to play media due to the threat it postponed. The CBSE Class 10 promoted this time can appear placements may be set up in to handle mental health a crucial role for technologi- posed to public health amid the and Class 12 exams were also in school-based tests, online or institutes to liaise with various issues,” he added. cal advancements including coronavirus pandemic. Taking ! N&  !O postponed due to the violence offline,” Nishank tweeted. companies to ensure that ade- The institutes are closed medical equipments. cognisance of the Jamaat-relat-  ( +(,- gious gathering in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area amid the out- ,5  6)' n one of the strongest con- break of novel coronavirus.  ' * ) '( ( Idemnations of the Tablighi Naqvi also posted on his Jamaat, Union Minority Affairs social media accounts mes- Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi sages by Muslim religious lead- * )* ' (  3! ! !   on Wednesday termed its reli- ers appealing to people to strict- gious congregation a “Talibani ly follow the coronavirus lock- crime”and an “unpardonable down and other guidelines to 4 ( +(,- caused by them affected crops in January-February 2020 According to Skymet, the sin” committed “intentionally” control the virus.  $) ). in Madhya Pradesh, besides the kharif crop losses. country as a whole received 110 by the organisation. Reacting on the Tablighi he Centre may disburse Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, “The ministry is pushing per cent of the long period The National Commission Jamaat gathering at  ( +(,- ers in these days of gravest cri- Tover 8,000- 10,000 crore Karnataka, Assam, Andhra insurance companies to release average (LPA) of 89 centimetres for Minorities also said the Nizamuddin area, Naqvi said, sis, the vendors association of to farmers as compensation for Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha and the compensation at a time of rainfall during the four- Jamaat caused a “big damage” “They have put lives of many ith railway stations shut Indian railways network too the loss of kharif crop which Bihar. Bihar has not sought when farmers are facing severe month-long southwest mon- and asked states to ensure strict people in danger. Strict action Wdown for passengers due seeks measures to help lakhs of got damaged due to excessive compensation for kharif crop problems during lockdown,” soon period, making it to the compliance of the lockdown by should be taken against such to Covid-19 lockdown, the people associated with this busi- rains in October and loss due to excessive rains and officials added. The above normal category. Among madrasas and other religious people and organisations that Akhil Bharatiya Railway Khan ness. November last year. The flood. Maharashtra government has meteorological divisions, places. It is said many congre- defy government directions. Paan Licence Welfare “While Ministry of Railways amount is expected to be “ The maximum payout sought 7,207-crore financial Central India and Southern gation participants in Delhi This has been done intention- Association (ABKPLWA) has has granted relaxation in demur- released by April 20. The now would be going to Madhya assistance from the Centre to Peninsula received the maxi- stayed in as many as 16 ally and this is unfortunate. sought intervention of Prime rage-wharfage and Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture has Pradesh where 2,500 crore- compensate farmers for their mum rainfall of 129 per cent mosques in the national capital. People who are not obeying the Minister Narendra Modi and Finance for payment of wages to also asked states to conduct 3,000 crore would be disbursed, crop damages due to unsea- and 116 per cent of their LPA, “Talibani Crime by Tablighi lockdown should not be for- Railway Minister Piyush Goyal outsourced persons it is high yield assessment of rabi crop followed by Karnataka (1,500 sonal rain. Unseasonal rain respectively. Among the 36 Jamaat. This is not negligence. given.” seeking relief on license fees of time to forego license fee as well also to assess the damage. The crore), Rajasthan (1,200 has damaged more than meteorological sub-divisions, It’s a serious criminal act. When In a letter to chief secretaries the vendors involved in catering as GST of small catering vend- Centre disbursed compensa- crore), Andhra Pradesh ( 800- 67.52% of the total kharif crop western Madhya Pradesh with the entire country is fighting of states and union territories, needs to passengers at railway ing licenses for March 2020 tion of around 4,500 crore to 1,000 crore) and Chhattisgarh sown this year. As per the 161 per cent of its LPA emerged united against Corona, such a NCM chief Syed Ghayorul stations. onwards so that they may be able farmers in Maharashtra a few (600 crore),” officials added. Maharashtra government as the largest surplus, while the sin is unpardonable,” the minor- Hasan Rizvi said the “As all small licensees have to help lakhs of families of rail- weeks ago. The compensation for farmers claim, it has damaged 94 lakh subdivision that includes ity affairs minister said in a Nizamuddin incident was a deposited considerable amount ways catering vending vendors, Officials of agriculture in Rajasthan includex losses hectares of crop and 103.52 Haryana, Chandigarh and tweet. “serious violation” of the lock- of license fee, to provide assis- “ Gupta said. ministry said that excess mon- incurred due to locust attacks, lakh farmers were severely Delhi had a deficiency of 42 per Naqvi said Tablighi Jamaat down, and has put the lives of tance to them, it is urged to take He informed Rail Ministry soon rains and the floods which damaged standing crops affected. in the state. cent. cannot be pardoned for the reli- fellow citizens at risk. immediate decision and issue that soon after the lockdown the instructions to forego license fee association issued advisory to all and 18 per cent GST periodically small licencees and their vendors as per contracts, “ said Rajinder working over Indian Railways Gupta, ABKPLWA president, platforms network to take all "9 88  ;955 !      in a letter to the Railway precautionary measures. Minister. “Since complete closure of Gupta said since Finance Railways has been declared Ministry has taken a note of the there is absolute shut down of 2 ::: R   &  fact that likely intensity of coro- catering vending stalls, trolleys, navirus disease necessitates trays and lakhs of vendors’  ( +(,- central government in this cru- said assistance to Nepal in the mobilisation of financial help to workers and their families are cial time. form of medical equipment needy people and announced affected so financial benefits ontinuing with their efforts Chief of Defence will be delivered shortly. various relief packages for weak- extended to all will be appreci- Cto fight the coronavirus Staff(CDS) General Bipin Secretary Department of er sections and daily wage work- ated,” the letter said. pandemic, the Armed forces Rawat informed Singh that Defence R&D and Chairman have taken several measures to separate hospitals have been Defence Research and meet any exigency in the com- identified to exclusively deal Development ing days including readying with COVID-19 and more Organisation(DRDO)G    more than 9,000 beds, 8,500 than 9,000 hospital beds have Satheesh Reddy said 50,000 doctors, nurses and support been made available. Over litres of sanitizers made by ! 567; staff and airlifting more than 25 1,000 evacuees are quaran- DRDO labs were supplied to tons of medicines to the north tined at facilities in Jaisalmer, various security entities, east and Ladakh in the last Jodhpur, Chennai, Manesar, including the Delhi Police and   *  ' five days. Hindan and Mumbai. Their another one lakh litres were Giving these updates in a quarantine period will end by supplied all over the country.  % ( +(,- video conference review meet- April 7, 2020. He said, a five-layered nano ing held here on Wednesday by Air Chief RKS Bhadauria technology face mask N99 are ongress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Defence Minister Rajnath informed that the Air Force being made on war footing. CMinister Narendra Modi urging him to consider giving Singh, the Services also said planes conducted several sor- More than 10,000 have already Services(AFMS) Lt General tributed 40 crores of their cor- Bipin Rawat, Chief of Naval advance wages to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment 25,000 National Cadet ties within the country in the been made and soon per day Anup Banerji informed the porate social responsibility Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers hit by the nationwide lock- Corps(NCC)cadets were last five days to transport production will be extended to Defence Minister that neces- (CSR) funds to Prime Chief of Air Staff Air Chief down. Congress too reiterated its demand on Wednesday that the mobilised to assist the local approximately 25 tonnes of 20,000, Reddy said adding the sary equipment has been pro- Minister’s Citizen Assistance Marshal R K S Bhadauria, union government should announce minimum three months loan administration and the armed medical supplies. DRDO laboratories have also cured and dispatched to vari- and Relief in Emergency Chief of Army Staff General M interest waiver on EMIs for salaried, middle class and medium small forces were in constant touch He said, critical opera- supplied 40,000 other face ous hospitals. Retired health Situations (PM-CARES) fund. M Naravane, Defence Secretary and micro enterprises (MSME). with the civil authorities. tional work is continuing while masks to the Delhi Police. professionals have also been In addition, they have also Ajay Kumar, Secretary This is the third such letter that Sonia has written to Modi in The Defence Minister ensuring all necessary precau- The DRDO Secretary, kept in readiness to volunteer contributed one day salary of (Defence Production)Raj the last one week urging the union government to take steps to tack- appreciated the efforts being tions. Navy Chief Admiral being a member of the empow- their services. Approximately all their employees to the PM- Kumar, Secretary (Ex- le on financial aspects in the midst of Corona outbreak and lock- made by various Services, Karambir Singh said naval ered Group of Secretaries, is 25,000 National Cadet Corps CARES fund. Servicemen Welfare) down. “Social distancing norms have rendered all works unfeasi- organisations and Defence ships are on standby to extend coordinating closely with (NCC) cadets are being Following the direction Sanjeevanee Kutty, Secretary ble under lockdown. Furthermore even after the work commences, Public Sector any required assistance. He Ministry of Health and Family mobilised to provide necessary from the Defence Minister, (Defence Finance)Gargi Kaul, MGNREGA workers have to wait for more than a month to receive Undertakings(DPSUs)s in said, the Navy is also extending Welfare regarding the require- local assistance. the DPSUs conveyed to him Secretary Department of wages,” Sonia said in the letter. terms of evacuation, provision assistance as required by local ment of medical equipment. Various DPSUs such as that they have made salary pay- Defence R&D and Chairman “Given the urgency of providing support to the rural poor, due of health care in quarantine civilian administration. Another DRDO laboratory has Hindustan Aeronautics ment to all the casual and Defence Research & to lost wages, the government may consider immediate advance pay- facilities and research & pro- Army Chief General M M also made arrangements to Limited (HAL), Bharat contractual workers also. The Development Organisation ment of wages for 21 days to registered and active MGNREGA work- duction of medical equipment Naravane said more than 8,500 make 20,000 PPE per day. The Electronics Limited (BEL), Ordnance Factory Board (DRDO)G Satheesh Reddy, ers. The advance may be adjusted against the work to be done by such as sanitisers, facemasks doctors and support staff are DRDO is also engaged in Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (OFB) is also engaged in man- Director General Armed the workers, once MGNREGA sites are opened up,” she added. and Personal Protective available to extend necessary minor modification of ventila- (MIDHANI), Bharat Dynamics ufacturing hand sanitisers, face Forces Medical Services Last week Sonia had written to Modi to consider direct cash Equipment (PPE). He directed assistance to civilian adminis- tors so that one machine can Limited (BDL), Bharat Earth masks and PPE. (AFMS) Lt General Anup transfers to the poor, a six-month suspension of recoveries from farm- all the organisations to redou- tration. Referring to the support four patients at the Movers Limited (BEML), The video conference was Banerji, heads of Defence ers, waving off equated monthly instalments (EMIs) for the salaried ble their efforts and work in defence minister’s direction same time. Hindustan Shipyard Limited attended by Minister of State Public Sector Undertakings class for six months and a sector-wise relief package for business- close coordination with other that help should be provided to Director General Armed (HSL) and Goa Shipyard for Defence Shripad Naik, (DPSUs) and other senior civil es in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. Ministries/organisations of neighbouring countries, he Forces Medical Limited (GSL) have con- Chief of Defence Staff General and military officials. &            6

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Ademic, a study by top SARS-CoV-2(COVID-19) culating in other countries. difficult to develop a vaccine for a key member of Lal’s team, said genomes of six isolates, specif- Lal said that different Indian microbiologists have viruses, a team of scientists led If the virus after entering a prevention from this dreaded in their study it was discovered ically from the US, were found strategies are required and see- claimed that the strain of the by top Indian microbiologists human body mutates rapidly virus. that virus which changed itself to harbour unique amino acid ing the fast changing charac- virus that causes Covid-19 dis- discovered that strain found in then it often becomes difficult “Even if we develop a vac- rapidly in Europe and then in and showed amino acid sub- teristic of the virus, treatment ease in India is not as deadly India, matches with the to counter it. cine, we are not sure that the the US, was more devastating. stitutions in proteins. would also be difficult. as the ones which are taking a sequence of new coronavirus The study analysed the same vaccine will work in other On being asked about the Interpreting the scientific ter- “Our study is on, and the toll in Italy, Spain and the US. found in Wuhan, and is less vir- data taken from different coun- parts of the world, looking at virus isolated here in India, minology for common man, more we look deep into the On Tuesday, the Indian ulent. tries including, Italy, Spain, the nature of different strains of Gupta said: “We cannot con- Gupta, who specialises in sequence the more facts we will Council of Medical Research However, while the strain is scientists also suggested that US, China, Nepal and India. COVID-19,” said Rup Lal, a clude but safely say at this Bioinformatics said, “This sug- be able to dig out,” added Vipin (ICMR) had said that three comparatively less virulent, the based on data, it is assumed that “The study shows that virus senior scientist with The Energy point, that strains of virus gests the severity of mutating Gupta.   ! "#"$"$ #/ !#! /$'#) /()"  % !.   0&+1    !% !. . 0$0.3>1 ?0$!!1,- !   ;     -               !  ! <- 6=+ &      *  1 ? *1@ +     8          !        4       !  J!    7*% @    !             '  # 0                         O    !       ?##9@          O       "              $                   0   !     * 00                                ith the Chinese making a     " 1 $             ! conciliatory statement, the       B8!6C8      !+    "  ! war of words — of accusa-    ##9        B;     B6      tions and counter accusa- tions — between the US    D8   9  2  0E  2  2    andW China appears to be thawing. 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Chinese tag. cial clout over certain interna- provide a key to their own crit-                         Talking of controversies, there are Sometimes, the name tags tional institutions, the Chinese ical infrastructure. During this               #     ! some, which refuse to die, even with the can also be greatly misleading @3 ,(A(// have disturbed the existing period, China has taken over passage of time. Considering the wide- with disastrous results. It is now order. This has not gone well 360 European companies, rang-        *  $          spread human interest involved, some of known that the 2009 pandem- &-( 8, with Western powers, who in ing from Pirelli & cSpA of Italy      0         2  # these continue to be kept alive by conspir- ic, which was popularly known 8,?7& ?A( any case had been increasing- to Kuka AG robotics of 0S              acy theories. In the context of Coronavirus, as the Swine flu, was actually ly looking inwards. Besides, Germany. ChemChina, a a lot has already appeared in the media but spread by humans and not 8(& there has been the question of chemical firm in China, has                  in a latest salvo, US President Donald pigs. But in its attempt to pre- &(&?, financial support to such insti- acquired the Swiss giant     1       $       Trump has targetted the World Health vent contagion, a country in the tutions, too. This is bound to Syngenta for $46 billion. The   $  2   " ?$2"@        "  Organisation (WHO) while China has spo- Middle East mistakenly slaugh- *&&7&?* make an impact on the post- penetration of the communica- ken strongly in support of the global tered a few lakh pigs. Corona economic revival. In tion giant Huawei with its 5G                health body. However, there is a back- Undeniably, there appears &-( 8-(*( the given situation, the Chinese networks has already raised *               ground to the accusations made by America to be a certain degree of poli- -A( +*&7@(+ stand to gain substantially at the enough of hackles among the "               1  vis-a-vis the WHO. tics attached with the nomen- cost of others and emerge as a NATO countries. Its contention is that despite the disease clature of labelling such fatal &-( (2*&/ domineering influence cannot It is in the backdrop of      "                ! in its initial stages remaining confined to diseases. In this regard, the ?+(% &-* -* be ruled out. these developments that the                   ! Wuhan, where the virus first caused an out- decisions are taken at the level Such a situation was in the post-Corona scenario must be   1                     break, it was neither tagged with China nor of the WHO, which hosts the ?& /?( (,, making for a long time. In fact, viewed. The Chinese are mak- the province. Even when all the details were International Classification of &- (*&( ever since the economic down- ing a quick economic revival                 0     not available, it could have been tagged geo- Diseases (ICD). The current turn of 2008-09 and with the with heavy investments while         4         ! graphically or simply named as the Chinese guidelines for nomenclature 1?(* -?  drying up of resources, there other nations are still reeling                ! virus. It was much later that the WHO have been criticised by a num- 3 8*( appeared to be some kind of a under the virus onslaught. This named it as COVID-19, avoiding any ber of scientific organisations. vacuum as far as investments in coupled with China’s outreach                   mention of China. On the other hand, we It is the general opinion -+ @(( Europe were concerned. This programme for medical and       have seen in the past, Spanish flu, Japanese that by simply giving numbers 8(*/,3 space was readily occupied by humanitarian aid are bound to encephalitis, German measles and some to alphabetic codes, people at China. pay it handsome dividends. other country or place specific diseases, large are unable to appreciate ,?? / According to data com- For the decades to follow, the breaking the geographical barriers to the gravity of the disease. For +* piled by the Institute for Studies next few months are going to be = become international pandemics. China has instance, the letters HN denote in Industrial Development crucial for politics, economy, somehow managed to escape this the genetic size and sequence of (ISID), New Delhi, the Chinese diplomacy and the world order. -  !    / ::    tagging. the virus Hemagglutinin investments in Europe between (The writer is a former We are aware that both H5N1 bird flu Neuraminidase. On the other 2010-17 have been of the order Governor and a Senior Advisor      <>   !   !  ? and Severely Acute Respiratory Syndrome hand, geographical labels tend of $318 billion, which is 45 per at the Pranab Mukherjee (SARS) had originated from the Chinese to convey some very useful cent more than their invest- Foundation)  0           " "    !           6 <                    4  & & B!O     !        !    ? N '7*O    '  (   " (          %   !    %%%        !   !            !                    !  P8       &  !%   L          !                !'   5 *   *        ! %   !   !            ! '            !!       %    O  !   %  !      %       %                $(# 8( # 8#("#6 #" 8#("# ?("(           4  K)  J K  / K   / K) 1 !            !                             5  6       6788    4S                              !     Its efforts to help migrant work-     ers stuck at the borders, too, have  3         'S       been commendable. The State has 9 0             *!      Sir — There may be theories that   ! !           taken steps to ensure the welfare / S   / /S     2  .  other nations may have a milder   % @           of the labourers and treated them  !     8   ' #   2 /S           ! version of the Coronavirus but its as its guests. Most of them have duration and transmission out-        !   preferred staying back.          !0):1.!6; 1     side the human body is still the %     /  !        Ganapathi Bhat      3  .    * *        same. Distancing is only a stop- !         !' Akola "                gap, not the silver bullet. We must   !          8 % ( not be complacent because India          8   )                !        has registered far lesser cases than  N8)O            "               China, Italy or the US. For, we  8?A+'4<   !   % 1      *   6<88      1     may just be in the primary incu-           ' Sir — The quote, “Uneasy lies the bation phase whereas other          L      head that wears a crown” is very    S                 nations are in advanced stages.          !  !   ! ' ?  N-?O      % &   apt in the case of Kerala Chief                          Unless we start a massive test      %     '           L' Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is                programme based on excellent   !           %    M  !          very much upset over the suici- algorithms on data, we are sure to         !        L    !    !!' dal deaths in his State for want of "                ! find too late that social distanc-     %   %M        alcohol as beverages outlets were       )                  ing has its limitations. China, the *                      closed due to the lockdown.  0):1.!6;     /      =<   epicentre of the virus, undertook       !    %  'J       !  !     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In In particular, efforts of the The Chief Minister has a peculiar taneously went for testing and iso- doing so, no one will become Kerala Government need to be situation to deal with. #             >     lation. Let us not be lulled by data Sir — In times of crisis, benevo- poor. In view of the spread of the applauded. The Pinarayi Vijayan TK Nandanan $                      when tests are yet to be greatly lent hands should come forward Coronavirus pandemic, contribu- Government rolled out a 20,000 Chennai  !    )               scaled up. to reach out to the poor and the tions made by the people can crore financial package to miti-    6                   R Narayanan unprivileged. Genuine feelings strengthen India’s battle against gate the impact of the deadly virus Navi Mumbai towards the affected sow the the infection. Generous donations and counter its economic fallout. ((#$( < #=>:"&8 :   ! "#"$"$ ! 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Google villages.          The ills of globalisation and relative interde- 2             pendence are visible in the acute dearth of pro-               0):1.!6;5 tective gear for fighting the contagion, even in the *             ! mightiest of all countries, the US. Since China is the largest producer of protective gear like masks,  H                  ! ventilators, respirators, protective suits and test-           ing kits, America’s helplessness and dependence 4    S         ! on China, which controls 95 per cent of the US                P  market for the supply of these kits, are easily under-  Q             (  standable. This is a warning sign for not just the        F8   !B8      ! global super power but also for other nations that        O      they need to reduce such dependence and start 0                  production of everything, which used to be out- *   5        B8 !  sourced for manufacturing to China or other                  P ! countries. The Coronavirus is shaping up to be an enormous stress test for globalisation. As crit-   Q  P  Q          ical supply chains break down, nations hoard med- * &-( 7*                "    ! ical supplies and limit travel, the crisis is forcing 7)@,(*       4          a major re-evaluation of the interconnected ?7+ . +           5 # global economy. Not only has globalisation 8- * 42,352 people across the globe who have this pandemic will surely change the ly by India, the death toll and the num- H ( S     P Q  *  2  0  ! allowed for the rapid spread of contagious disease )?A/ died because of the Coronavirus, the global scenario but the power game will ber of sick people would be unimagin-                   but it has fostered deep interdependence between other big casualty of the pandemic is the remain unhampered because China, able and would take the country back by firms and nations that makes them more vulner- Q78 ,3 global village-based world order, as even in the wake of the crisis, is not leav- decades, something which would not be 4    +    !  !    +(8*A(,3          ) H   able to unexpected shocks. Now, firms and now every country has sealed its borders ing any stone unturned to make its pres- in favour of New Delhi and its allies as nations alike are discovering just how vulnerable + +(1&,3 and even flights have been grounded for ence felt in the Indo-Pacific. they look to stop China’s march.            S     &? & (        H 1         they are. now. Currently, the only thing that is Although it was felt that the In this context, it would be appro- Another major impact of the Coronavirus is +A&/( ? keeping the world united and linked is COVID-19 outbreak would halt China’s priate to highlight that while in the  0     !   *       ! the fact that it is challenging and redefining the &-( ?1(/ the internet as the Google village is avail- overseas investments, interestingly the domestic sector, India is taking all nec- B8      "   world order as we know it. The inability of the US 8(&(+ @3 able for accessing and exchanging infor- signals coming from China right now essary steps to contain the outbreak, it (        3           to quickly control the spread of this virus and save &7)1O* mation and ideas. indicate that it is not likely to stop invest- is also at the forefront of the fight against     *      =8888     1  the lives of its citizens has exposed the weakness )*& (* After being castigated and ostracised ment in its ambitious Belt and Road Coronavirus internationally. 0              and lack of vision of the US leadership in taking ,,/ &-( by the world community for hiding and Initiative (BRI) project and will also keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call O               stock of the situation and providing the much- spreading the virus globally, the Chinese on exploring the possibility of grabbing for cooperation to fight the pandemic in needed guidance to the administration. As a result, A877) President sought India’s support to con- new markets for its goods, commodities the SAARC countries places the nation      . "  &? 1?*&? 1S       "        the number of casualties today in the country has front its isolation and face the world and investments. Because, through this at the front and centre of the fight against crossed the number of deaths in China, where the &*(, bravely. Even in the time of a crisis, it can fill the power gap and make its the pandemic in the region and gives it                * &-(   1             S   whole nightmare began. China has not forgotten its world-dom- presence and power felt in the Indo- a place at the global power high table. The status of the US as a global leader has been /,?@, ination ambitions and in order to show Pacific region, particularly in the BRI With the creation of the $10 million                 built not just on wealth and power but also on the ,(+(  its greatness and maintain its status as countries. SAARC Emergency Fund to fight       1  S           K legitimacy that flows from its domestic gover- (*1?*( a major power on the world stage, as a According to reports, recently COVID-19, India has also supplied S P  Q 4    "      nance, provision of global public goods and the &?  )B? goodwill gesture, it is willing to share its Chinese military aircraft carried out anti- testing equipment and sanitisers to the              ! ability and willingness to muster and coordinate 8** experiences and strategy with India. submarine drills in the contested South Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal        P  Q        a global response to crises. The Coronavirus pan- As the US fumbles around, China is China Sea (SCS), to respond to patrols and Bangladesh. In a recent meeting, the      1  0         demic is testing all three elements of US leader- moving quickly and adeptly to take by US warships, which suggest that G-20 group also pledged to introduce $5    ==          ship and so far Washington is failing the test. advantage of the opening created by Coronavirus or no Coronavirus, China trillion into the global economy to        )          On the other hand, as this deadly virus trav- Trump’s mistakes, filling the vacuum to is not going to mend its ways, tone down blunt the effect of the virus. Prime (                elled from China’s Wuhan province to virtually position itself as the global leader in the its assertiveness and leave any opportu- Minister Modi has also advocated the       ? S      @ (  ! every part of the globe, therefore, primarily China response to a major crisis. It is working nity to exhibit its power politics. The need for developing a new crisis man- is being considered the villain by the world. This to tout its own system, provide materi- claims of controlling the COVID-19 in agement protocol to deal with global             is also in major part due to the fact that it con- al assistance to other countries and even Wuhan have made it more aggressive health issues, which indicates patient and   !    -          cealed the information about the contagion for a organise other Governments. But the than ever. Even though the People’s good leadership and signals India’s                  ! long time. Had it informed the global village in world community, including the US, is Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) activities on effective presence in the global power        time, the precautions, which are being taken now, not going to forget what China has done the Tibetan plateau have reduced due to scenario. The seriousness and gravity *               could have been taken earlier and the large-scale and how Beijing is using this opportu- the outbreak, PLA intrusions were shown by the Indian leadership and                    spread of the virus could have been averted. nity to increase its military and econom- recently reported from Naku-la, south appeals to people for restraint and            3     At present, the concerns about the dominance ic might by offering to supply the med- of the watershed in northern Sikkim, a determination are a great example of eth-    + *  S    3    of the world order through economics, expansion ical necessities to Europe and the US. border said to be “settled” by China. ical leadership in the time of a crisis. The 0  1  2       ,/   ,2 of trade, commerce and route connectivity have Beijing’s move to block the recent- In view of China’s obvious moves well-timed lockdown and appeals by the ?      @ $        taken a back seat and the control of the pandem- ly-called United Nations Security for domination, most of the countries, leadership for social isolation are allow- ic has taken a front seat. Though by locking down Council meet on the Coronavirus pan- including the World Health ing all of us to forget the concept of glob-   P  Q               *  Wuhan province through draconian measures, demic also indicates that China is aspir- Organisation, are looking at the other al village and just turn into a Google vil- S        China succeeded in containing the spread of the ing hard to maintain its image of a gen- major power in the region India’s lage with limited exposure to people but ?S  R      outbreak to other parts of the country, hiding the erous leader of the world, ready to help response and efforts to confront this unlimited contacts for our well-being. !""#$S@ news of the contagion, it was unable to prevent with loans and equipment. challenge, with interest and anxiety. (The writer is Vice-Chancellor HNB its spread to the rest of the world. Apart from the Chinese attempts clearly hint that If this crisis is not handled careful- Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal) -       7     Wq„v ˆtY„y’uˆ‰y•xq‰s „t‘sutqˆu‰uqˆsx „xu‚ „wuˆƒwqy„‰ vxy‰s‘ˆˆu„ˆu€‘’u„qy „ vxu†‚q„ut‘u xu‚ st “„‰q„t ' > v ‘„txqx‘ƒq„y•“y‚‚ru„uvyˆuƒu„t ‘‰‚•y„v‘‘ˆurusq‘‰uxuu„’yˆ „ƒu„xq‰w qˆu‰†yu lockdowns have brought with them (NO2) levels due to the restrictions kind, which claim lives of children and hearted manner. Compliance with how nations and governments mea- fresh air, clearer skies and the revival imposed in the wake of the virus con- the elderly. regulations then is not anywhere sure the real-time improvement or of urban wildlife. tainment efforts. The European Space The study’s findings were even- near the current level of obedience deterioration of the environment. Social media is abuzz with citizens Agency (ESA) also reported similar tually published in the interdiscipli- that we are witnessing regarding the The authoritative and authentic satel- posting pictures of the night sky glit- findings of a drop in NO2 levels across nary group, Global Food, Environment lockdowns. This is unfortunate as it lite visuals of the ESA and NASA were tering with stars that were not visible Europe, especially Italy. The canals of and Economic Dynamics (GFEED). shows that we humans respond with relied upon to draw conclusions on &-( @(2& * till now in most cities due to the pol- Venice, now devoid of the boat traf- Other research data from across the sincerity only when our lives are the state of the environment of China lution. They are also posting videos fic, sport clearer waters with a fresh world also supports these findings and threatened. and Europe. India, too, must stop pol- *&,, ? of wildlife like deer, Blue Bulls, the rare spurt in aquatic life. additionally suggests that China is The current phase can be a major itics over environmental assessment & !     Indian Civet and so on, straying into Furthermore, the suspension of currently experiencing a 25 per cent learning curve for the Indian and data collection and instead rely ! !      0 ? towns. There are more birds singing all air traffic in most parts of the drop in carbon dioxide emissions Government and environmental on impartial international data. This these days and the flora is actually world, including India, and the lack which is equivalent to 200 tonnes. authorities. The pattern of public will provide the real picture and dis- @  @   s the old proverb goes, “Every looking green instead of the usual of vehicular traffic on roads due to the Research aside, the fact that it behaviour and response to a matter able any attempts at manipulation of    dark cloud has a silver lining.” dusty brown. The light showers in the lockdowns have considerably reduced required a pandemic for the environ- of community emergency is evident State agency data by vested interests.     % AThe ongoing COVID-19 crisis, last few weeks have only helped to fur- pollution levels and especially eased ment to experience this much- here and the Government must take The rejuvenation of the Earth       too, has a silver lining as it has given ther bring down pollution and fresh- particulate matter (PM) 2.5 woes. required relief and recovery is note of the same. So that in future, comes as a succor at the time of      the environment the much-needed en up nature. Stanford University has conduct- appalling. Our daily routines do not when environmental conditions wors- anguish and pain to mankind. Every break from the relentless degrada- The city of Wuhan, the epicentre ed a research on the long-term ben- offer any concessions or respite for the en and require a community-based human being pauses, even if it is for +!O    (7 tion and exploitation by mankind. of the COVID-19 pandemic, has efits of this current rejuvenation of the environment. Neither do the period- action, the Government can follow a a second, to marvel at the beauty of   !    The Earth is healing itself even as been witnessing clear blue skies and planet and the study showed that ic climate conferences, which become similar methodology. This is essential nature and forgets the hardships  % 8?A+'4< ! its biggest “parasite” humanity, fresh air instead of the usual low- humanity will stand to benefit a battleground of opposing views but because the current lockdown rules being faced in this difficult time. If    grapples with the virus by practising hanging smog. In fact, satellite images tremendously in future due to the witness very little meaningful action — though not 100 per cent success- humanity needs a break from this  !     social distancing amid strict lock- of China collated by the National respite received by the environment. in the best interests of the planet. In ful — have been followed sincerely by pandemic, the environment needs a downs. Suddenly, the urban as well as Aeronautics and Space These benefits would translate into India, too, the peak polluting months many of the citizens. break from us.   !   peri-urban areas have started experi- Administration (NASA), showed lives being saved on account of compel us to adopt environmental- The current situation also high- (The writer is an environmental  % encing a resurgence of nature as the major reduction in Nitrogen Dioxide reduced pollution levels of the PM 2.5 conservation measures in a half- lights another important aspect of journalist) N   O   ! "#"$"$ +#! !     )/           

Kirloskar Motor (TKM) also 82,532 cars in March 2019. current lockdown related to nationwide lockdown, Tata <6 reported a double-digit decline Sales of utility vehicles, Covid-19 and the disruption in Motors Passenger Vehicles "; =!;:1   in domestic sales last month. including Vitara Brezza, S- our BS-VI ramp-up plan,” Business Unit President The country’s largest car Cross and Ertiga, also M&M Chief Executive Officer Mayank Pareek said. maker MSI saw its domestic declined 53.4 per cent to 11,904 (Automotive Division) Veejay Similarly, TKM said its     wholesales dip 46.4 per cent at units in March. Ram Nakra said. domestic sales declined 45 per = +- were the only gainers, spurting tive note, impacted by the neg- 79,080 units last month as Hyundai Motor India The latter was planned cent to 7,023 units last month up to 2.21 per cent. ative global markets and also  ( +(,- against 1,47,613 units in March reported 40.69 per cent decline between February and March as compared to 12,818 units in !!  According to traders, domestic uncertainties with 2019. Sales of mini-cars com- in domestic sales last month at but was affected due to the March 2019. domestic equities plunged in regards to banks’ stressed assets he country’s leading car prising Alto and WagonR in 26,300 units, compared with challenges of parts’ supply from “Even though the compa-  )7)@ tandem with global stocks as and auto numbers. FIIs have Tmakers Maruti Suzuki March 2020 stood at 15,988 44,350 units in March 2019. global and local suppliers, he ny has been long successful in no respite from the coron- net sold around 62,000 crore India (MSI) and Hyundai units as compared to 16,826 Similarly, M&M reported added. Tata Motors said its liquidating all BS-IV stock and arkets began the new fis- avirus pandemic seemed in in Equity in March and with Motor reported steep drop in units in the same month last 90 per cent sales drop in the total domestic sales were down transitioning to a 100 per cent Mcal with yet another sight. Extensive lockdowns to virus infections increasing, sales in March as the transition year, down 5 per cent. domestic market in March to 84 per cent at 11,012 units as BS-VI manufacturing facility, bruising selloff on Wednesday contain the spread of the virus markets are anticipating a to BS-VI emission norms and Similarly, sales of compact 6,130 units. It had sold 59,012 compared to 68,727 units in last month has been very chal- as global sentiment remained have severely hit business out- worsening of the situation,” the COVID-19 lockdown segment, including models units in March 2019. March last year. lenging for us, both in terms of grim due to the Covid-19 pan- look, they said. said Vinod Nair, Head of impacted the dispatches. such as Swift, Celerio, Ignis, “Our performance in Passenger vehicles’ sales sales as well as production,” demic. Reversing the previous Around the world, total Research at Geojit Financial Tata Motors, Mahindra & Baleno and Dzire, fell 50.9 per March has been muted on were affected by the COVID- TKM Senior Vice-President session’s gains, the 30-share number of infected cases Services. All sectoral indices Mahindra (M&M) and Toyota cent to 40,519 units, against account of the impact of the 19 outbreak and the subsequent Naveen Soni said. BSE barometer Sensex slumped surged past 8.6 lakh, while ended with losses. BSE IT, 1,203.18 points or 4.08 per cent deaths have crossed 42,000. teck, bankex, telecom, finance, to finish at 28,265.31. “The first day of the finan- FMCG and power indices fell 0!5 6 6   *-!1 & /  1! Similarly, the NSE Nifty cial year started off on a nega- up to 5.58 per cent. tanked 343.95 points, or 4 per      2@ A2@ cent, to close at 8,253.80. Global equities skidded as 2 %   6>    New Delhi: Shares of public sec- India rose marginally by 0.17 per  ( +(,- November 2019-February imports) and Cess is 8,306 weak factory data from Asia tor banks closed the day on a cent. 2020 — GST collection sur- crore (including 841 crore and a steady rise in coronavirus       mixed note after the mega merg- The broader market depict- ST collections in March passed the 1 lakh crore- collected on imports),” a cases pointed to the tough er of PSU lenders came into ed a weak trend, with the 30- Gslipped below the psy- mark. In February, mop-up finance ministry statement said road ahead for the world econ- effect from Wednesday. share BSE barometer tanking chological 1 lakh crore-mark was 1.05 lakh crore, January on Wednesday. omy. Dismal auto sales num- NEW DELHI (PTI): Three-month moratorium on EMI pay- As per the mega consolida- 1,203.18 points or 4.08 per cent for the first time in four months (1.10 lakh crore), December The Government has settled bers and reports of India miss- ments offered by banks is unlikely to bring much relief to bor- tion plan, Oriental Bank of to close at 28,265.31. to 97,597 crore as COVID-19 (1.03 lakh crore) and 19,718 crore to CGST and ing its fiscal deficit targets by a rowers hit by COVID-19 lockdowns as they will have to bear the Commerce and United Bank of The consolidation exercise lockdown that shut most busi- November (1.03 lakh crore). 14,915 crore to SGST from wide margin further sapped extra cost of interest charged by lenders and a longer repayment India merged into Punjab assumes significance as it took nesses compounded tax col- The number of GST returns IGST as regular settlement. The investor confidence here, period, according to experts. National Bank (PNB); Syndicate place at a time when the entire lection woes in an already filed during March was 76.5 total revenue earned by the traders said. Experts feel that the three-month moratorium on repayment Bank into Canara Bank; Andhra country is under the grip of the sluggish economy. lakh, lower than 83 lakh filed Central Government and State Tech Mahindra was the top on loans to help people fight the impact of coronavirus seems to Bank and Corporation Bank COVID-19 outbreak, which has Goods and Services Tax in February — reflecting poor Governments after regular set- loser in the Sensex pack, crash- be benefiting banks rather than borrowers as they will have to into Union Bank of India; and triggered a 21-day lockdown. (GST) mop-up in March compliance. tlement in March, 2020 is ing 9.21 per cent, followed by pay accumulated interest through increased number of EMIs. It Bank into Indian State-owned Punjab National recorded a 8.4 per cent decline “The gross GST revenue 41,901 crore for CGST and Kotak Bank (8.81 per cent), TCS is an expensive proposition for any borrower to opt for three- Bank. Shares of Punjab National bank on Wednesday said all over March 2019 collection of collected in the month of 43,516 crore for the SGST, it (6.23 per cent), Infosys (5.65 per month suspension as announced by the RBI under the relief mea- Bank dropped 5.72 per cent, nation-wide branches of United 1.06 lakh crore. The collec- March, 2020 is 97,597 crore of added. The ministry further cent), Axis Bank (5.50 per cent) sures to mitigate the hardship of those hit by the outbreak of while Canara Bank fell margin- Bank of India and Oriental tions were lower on account of which CGST is 19,183 crore, said that GST revenues from and SBI (5.26 per cent). COVID-19 pandemic. Last Friday, the RBI had announced that ally by 0.17 per cent on the BSE. Bank of Commerce has started dip in revenues from domestic SGST is 25,601 crore, IGST is domestic transactions has Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj all term loans, including retail and crop loans and working cap- In contrast, Indian Bank gained functioning as PNB branches. transactions as well as imports. 44,508 crore (including shown a negative growth of 4 per Auto, Bajaj Finance and Titan ital payments, will be covered by the three-month moratorium. 1.86 per cent and Union Bank of PTI In the last four months — 18,056 crore collected on cent over March, 2019.  BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 8584.10 8588.10 8198.35 8253.80 -343.95 Script Open High Low LTP NIITTECH 1140.00 1204.90 1081.60 1168.00 BEML 450.00 468.30 443.00 444.80 ISEC 278.00 283.45 275.00 280.25 SUNDRMFAST 285.55 288.20 274.00 276.20 HEROMOTOCO1590.10 1647.35 1565.00 1636.00 39.55 RELIANCE 1116.20 1124.95 1044.75 1080.65 STAR 322.00 350.80 318.85 326.30 GNFC 114.00 116.00 111.00 111.90 HINDCOPPER 22.70 22.70 21.40 21.65 CHOLAHLDNG 287.20 287.50 260.00 273.65 BAJAJ-AUTO 2000.00 2095.80 1990.00 2043.00 20.65 INDUSINDBK 386.25 390.00 320.00 342.30 NOCIL 67.40 73.00 65.25 67.70 GUJGAS 235.00 246.65 225.00 227.00 CYIENT 235.00 239.90 229.00 232.70 DHFL 9.07 9.07 8.40 8.62 BAJFINANCE 2180.00 2286.90 2132.65 2226.00 10.20 ICICIBANK 320.00 323.45 308.30 311.45 CGCL 170.70 172.00 156.00 159.90 MIDHANI 181.00 181.00 172.55 174.35 NIACL 105.00 111.00 105.00 105.30 DCMSHRIRAM 218.05 220.95 214.00 215.70 TITAN 929.70 950.00 902.00 934.90 1.20 BAJFINANCE 2166.00 2286.00 2134.65 2220.10 HAVELLS 479.90 489.00 466.60 485.10 GRANULES 143.00 143.30 139.55 141.30 SYNGENE 236.00 254.20 230.00 243.75 CENTURYPLY 117.00 117.00 106.40 107.95 COALINDIA 138.75 141.25 137.05 139.70 -0.35 HDFCBANK 869.90 869.90 820.00 829.70 SRF 2802.80 2808.85 2621.40 2657.60 JINDALSAW 47.95 50.00 43.80 48.90 CHAMBLFERT 108.10 109.75 105.00 106.10 LEMONTREE 24.00 24.00 21.55 21.80 DRREDDY 3119.95 3144.00 3066.00 3102.00 -18.75 HDFC 1628.60 1690.95 1575.00 1584.40 M&MFIN 146.00 153.50 143.00 152.60 BALMLAWRIE 78.75 89.50 78.45 84.45 WELSPUNIND 21.90 22.10 20.20 20.75 GPPL 60.95 60.95 53.45 54.55 EICHERMOT 13095.90 13319.00 12725.00 12990.00 -105.90 KOTAKBANK 1291.10 1292.00 1157.05 1182.10 VOLTAS 476.20 484.90 464.50 470.85 GODFRYPHLP 951.30 987.00 941.50 959.40 SUPREMEIND 874.00 877.05 834.40 836.35 IBULISL 40.90 41.45 40.65 40.65 TATASTEEL 266.00 267.95 258.10 266.65 -2.95 INFY 640.00 640.00 594.25 604.10 CASTROLIND 99.90 103.65 98.15 101.20 INDIANB 44.60 46.35 42.65 43.90 CRISIL 1300.00 1300.00 1205.10 1211.05 COROMANDEL 543.90 545.40 525.00 534.55 GAIL 76.60 78.75 74.50 75.70 -0.85 SBIN 195.50 195.50 185.30 186.60 GLENMARK 206.10 213.30 200.40 203.90 SWANENERGY 99.95 103.50 99.80 100.05 JISLJALEQS 3.30 3.45 3.21 3.35 VARROC 128.00 130.95 124.00 124.75 MARUTI 4290.00 4424.85 4190.10 4229.00 -59.30 TCS 1830.00 1834.00 1702.25 1709.55 APOLLOTYRE 80.00 80.00 76.80 78.00 CUB 128.10 128.20 119.30 119.95 RALLIS 172.35 174.60 167.05 172.10 JKCEMENT 916.05 933.05 915.95 928.65 MARUTI 4301.00 4424.90 4195.30 4243.60 DEEPAKNI 389.90 400.25 376.80 380.05 RADICO 267.20 274.00 264.30 267.50 CARBORUNIV 219.70 228.40 218.00 222.30 NETWORK18 18.15 18.65 17.70 17.80 GRASIM 477.90 484.30 452.60 469.00 -7.10 AXISBANK 380.00 380.00 353.30 358.45 ADANIENT 144.00 144.00 131.90 134.00 RCF 28.90 29.50 26.70 27.30 DISHTV 4.19 4.19 3.93 3.98 KEI 280.00 281.10 272.00 281.10 POWERGRID 159.00 161.95 153.15 156.00 -3.10 HCLTECH 440.00 440.00 408.40 413.05 CHOLAFIN 152.00 152.00 137.85 143.30 GODREJIND 283.25 283.25 276.00 277.30 AMBER 1245.85 1340.15 1245.85 1266.50 PHOENIXLTD 565.25 568.05 502.10 515.50 ADANIPORTS 246.05 247.80 235.05 246.10 -5.20 TATASTEEL 267.00 268.00 258.30 266.45 SAIL 23.25 23.25 21.85 22.20 MOTILALOFS* 493.10 497.20 465.85 476.80 ASTRAL 940.00 965.00 923.00 959.70 MMTC 12.95 12.95 12.20 12.35 BAJAJFINSV 4560.00 4667.70 4460.00 4491.00 -100.20 BHARTIARTL 443.00 443.00 412.60 421.10 SHREECEM 17323.20 17327.00 16500.00 16566.50 INDHOTEL 75.00 75.65 70.30 72.05 EIDPARRY 139.05 143.40 135.00 135.60 LAKSHVILAS 10.95 11.49 10.95 11.47 CIPLA 424.90 430.90 410.40 413.55 -9.30 BRITANNIA 2695.00 2781.60 2510.00 2561.00 EXIDEIND 130.80 134.95 129.50 131.85 GSPL 170.10 190.00 168.60 182.40 PRSMJOHNSN 32.90 32.90 28.20 28.70 KPITTECH 36.00 37.10 34.50 36.00 JSWSTEEL 145.95 145.95 139.05 143.00 -3.25 TATAMOTORS 71.10 71.60 67.60 67.95 BHEL 20.60 21.20 20.40 20.70 RAJESHEXPO 561.60 565.80 542.00 561.95 BAJAJELEC 271.45 272.40 265.30 270.15 SUNPHARMA 353.00 355.25 338.40 344.35 -7.95 HINDUNILVR 2304.00 2324.45 2159.90 2179.25 SUNTV 290.00 290.00 270.15 272.45 CANFINHOME 279.00 286.15 271.60 274.85 MINDAIND 245.00 245.00 227.85 231.55 ZEEL 124.00 126.75 120.00 121.00 -2.95 IBULHSGFIN 99.90 105.10 96.05 99.35 INFIBEAM 34.35 37.40 33.60 37.15 BOMDYEING 45.60 46.45 44.50 45.75 MAHSCOOTER 2038.00 2075.00 2010.55 2072.50 INDUSINDBK 386.40 390.00 320.00 342.50 -8.80 HEROMOTOCO 1594.20 1646.70 1565.30 1639.15 CADILAHC 272.50 273.25 260.85 263.85 ABFRL 153.00 154.35 147.25 150.75 GEPIL 500.05 500.05 460.00 467.55 VEDL 65.00 65.40 62.35 63.00 -1.70 TECHM 562.00 562.00 510.00 511.20 NMDC 80.70 81.90 76.25 78.50 NAVINFLUOR 1250.00 1250.00 1190.00 1199.50 PNCINFRA 94.00 99.35 92.00 97.70 RELIANCE 1122.25 1124.60 1045.20 1084.00 -29.75 JINDALSTEL 82.95 82.95 64.10 70.35 IDFCFIRSTB 21.10 21.20 20.35 20.55 RITES 245.70 253.00 239.45 243.55 DBCORP 81.20 83.65 78.70 79.65 IOC 81.65 82.20 78.00 79.45 -2.20 ITC 172.40 172.80 164.55 166.35 COLPAL 1274.70 1285.00 1225.00 1241.00 BAJAJHLDNG 1890.00 1890.00 1706.25 1756.80 JSLHISAR 41.90 43.45 39.40 40.05 HDFC 1645.50 1693.60 1575.90 1588.00 -45.10 LT 809.20 811.75 767.00 774.75 PIIND 1185.00 1277.05 1168.25 1192.35 RESPONIND 80.45 82.30 80.00 80.05 SCHAEFFLER 3631.20 3705.00 3558.00 3584.75 ITC 171.70 172.75 164.55 166.65 -5.05 POWERGRID 160.00 162.05 153.25 154.40 ICICIGI 1085.70 1142.00 1052.75 1103.00 GMRINFRA 16.15 16.30 16.05 16.15 THERMAX 743.35 755.00 725.50 736.40 ULTRACEMCO 3245.00 3259.95 3105.25 3142.00 -102.85 BPCL 313.90 315.75 293.70 303.20 RECLTD 88.10 91.20 86.10 86.95 HEXAWARE 235.95 235.95 222.30 226.25 GALAXYSURF 1190.20 1196.80 1150.00 1165.25 INFRATEL 160.00 160.50 150.50 154.55 -5.45 ESCORTS 648.00 651.00 576.10 599.05 AMARAJABAT 472.70 494.20 462.15 478.65 APLLTD 541.00 544.65 527.00 538.25 TEAMLEASE 1600.00 1632.65 1506.50 1547.30 NTPC 84.30 84.35 80.60 81.30 -2.90 RBLBANK 141.60 143.70 127.60 131.35 CUMMINSIND 329.00 329.75 305.00 308.35 FCONSUMER 6.66 6.66 6.66 6.66 NILKAMAL 985.05 985.05 957.00 961.50 ONGC 67.00 67.25 65.10 65.90 -2.40 BAJAJFINSV 4550.00 4668.80 4462.45 4499.30 AUBANK 526.10 534.25 483.45 489.45 HONAUT 25633.80 26397.00 25290.00 25317.30 ECLERX 367.45 367.50 357.00 363.45 M&M 281.00 283.00 265.50 274.60 -10.35 TITAN 939.00 941.55 902.55 936.75 MGL 839.85 839.85 801.90 814.80 ATUL 4007.85 4045.10 3874.40 3897.00 CCL 179.80 184.10 175.05 177.60 ASIANPAINT 1650.05 1655.00 1584.25 1604.80 -61.70 SBILIFE 635.30 658.50 628.95 635.40 PFC 91.05 94.20 87.85 88.90 GODREJAGRO 373.60 379.75 348.00 354.30 LINDEINDIA 471.00 478.50 462.00 466.20 CONCOR 333.15 337.80 311.10 316.65 TATAELXSI 634.85 652.50 601.30 608.10 ITI 61.10 62.60 58.10 59.60 ARVINDFASN 158.95 158.95 135.10 138.05 HDFCBANK 863.85 863.85 820.00 829.55 -32.35 MOTHERSUMI 61.00 61.65 57.30 57.95 SPICEJET 37.95 38.70 37.85 38.70 RAYMOND 222.80 232.00 216.65 224.80 GARFIBRES 1150.00 1150.00 1056.75 1072.55 ICICIBANK 319.00 323.75 308.10 311.50 -12.25 ASIANPAINT 1651.00 1655.00 1585.05 1603.90 PETRONET 203.25 204.20 193.20 200.40 CREDITACC 338.35 355.25 321.45 338.70 BASF 1130.00 1140.00 1090.00 1096.60 SFL 1300.00 1327.40 1269.35 1293.70 NESTLEIND 16300.25 16456.00 15500.00 15670.00 -630.60 BHARATFORG 234.10 234.10 223.40 230.05 TRENT 472.00 489.75 456.25 465.55 PGHH 10200.00 10439.95 10150.00 10386.45 BAYERCROP 3427.50 3450.00 3295.00 3326.10 GRSE 137.05 139.50 128.95 137.85 LT 806.85 812.40 766.55 775.55 -32.95 DELTACORP 68.75 68.75 68.00 68.75 EMAMILTD* 170.00 179.65 163.00 171.70 WABAG 83.85 84.90 78.65 78.70 SUNTECK 211.40 211.40 195.80 203.55 MAHINDCIE 71.95 72.80 70.70 71.65 WIPRO 195.70 195.70 187.00 188.65 -8.05 BANDHANBNK 207.95 208.00 191.10 194.85 HEG 500.00 515.00 485.10 505.70 SOUTHBANK 5.76 5.80 5.52 5.72 RPOWER 1.28 1.28 1.27 1.28 MAHLOG 233.30 239.90 212.50 226.50 HINDALCO 94.95 95.40 91.00 91.70 -4.00 DIVISLAB 2005.00 2005.00 1845.50 1881.50 ADANIPOWER 27.50 27.60 26.60 26.80 IRB 56.90 56.90 50.10 51.10 NESCO 490.30 491.40 460.05 462.60 ESSELPRO 155.80 160.00 151.00 153.75 BHARTIARTL 440.00 440.00 412.40 422.00 -18.90 CIPLA 430.00 431.00 410.60 413.55 GODREJPROP 610.00 647.00 593.80 596.70 SUZLON 2.10 2.10 2.10 2.10 FSL 27.50 28.20 26.90 27.85 GET&D 73.60 73.65 65.40 66.60 TATAMOTORS 70.50 71.65 67.55 67.95 -3.10 PEL 940.00 949.95 909.50 936.30 HSCL 32.00 35.45 31.80 35.00 VBL 539.90 540.85 515.00 534.50 DALBHARAT 495.00 495.30 453.00 458.60 TCIEXP 571.15 571.15 517.00 545.00 BPCL 312.00 315.90 293.50 302.95 -13.95 M&M 284.00 284.00 265.55 272.65 INDIACEM 105.15 108.00 102.15 102.90 SUDARSCHEM 375.50 380.05 354.65 357.30 THYROCARE 510.00 510.00 490.00 499.45 SKFINDIA 1489.95 1518.05 1448.00 1479.55 BRITANNIA 2700.00 2780.00 2505.00 2563.55 -125.40 ONGC 67.75 67.75 65.15 65.75 MFSL 383.25 401.25 375.55 382.50 ABCAPITAL 41.30 43.80 41.30 42.90 CENTRUM 9.50 9.55 9.50 9.55 GICHSGFIN 62.45 62.45 59.50 60.15 HCLTECH 433.00 433.20 408.20 414.65 -21.75 IDEA 3.12 3.15 3.02 3.04 LTI 1433.00 1489.45 1380.05 1391.10 UNIONBANK 29.90 29.90 28.55 28.80 J&KBANK 12.60 12.65 11.81 12.06 REPCOHOME 115.00 122.80 111.50 111.80 SBIN 194.00 194.50 185.25 187.00 -9.85 HDFCLIFE 439.00 447.00 424.25 429.65 HINDZINC 159.95 166.55 152.60 160.50 RELAXO 606.70 607.95 570.00 585.25 JAMNAAUTO 23.80 24.15 23.05 23.85 PERSISTENT 550.00 550.00 529.35 540.15 HINDUNILVR 2293.20 2324.90 2158.05 2179.00 -119.50 JSWSTEEL 146.45 146.45 139.10 142.95 DIXON 3601.00 3790.00 3507.90 3569.40 GSKCONS 9993.10 10075.00 9435.20 9548.30 GUJALKALI 226.60 232.60 223.00 224.20 NBVENTURES 34.75 37.80 34.35 36.85 SHREECEM 17500.00 17546.30 16500.00 16523.00 -1023.35 AUROPHARMA 435.00 435.00 384.75 392.15 UJJIVAN 146.00 150.00 143.95 148.80 NBCC 16.30 16.90 16.10 16.20 NLCINDIA 43.60 44.70 43.05 43.20 ADANITRANS 185.00 191.40 185.00 189.20 INFY 634.35 637.50 594.00 603.90 -37.60 PVR 1185.00 1191.60 1041.00 1054.45 SIEMENS 1155.00 1155.00 1065.15 1086.80 VIPIND 238.00 238.55 228.80 233.95 HEIDELBERG 141.00 141.00 136.80 137.50 VAIBHAVGBL 805.00 831.00 785.65 791.05 UPL 328.50 328.50 303.00 307.00 -19.50 LICHSGFIN 236.00 249.00 229.35 232.90 CEATLTD 787.25 790.00 729.00 736.45 TATACOFFEE 56.55 58.00 54.35 54.90 HUDCO 20.85 20.85 19.15 19.20 MAXINDIA 61.60 61.90 59.40 59.55 TCS 1825.90 1834.75 1702.00 1714.00 -112.10 VEDL 66.00 66.00 62.40 62.75 IEX 130.45 130.45 124.00 129.10 AIAENG 1390.00 1390.00 1299.00 1331.15 HERITGFOOD 213.15 219.90 211.70 215.25 AXISBANK 376.25 379.80 354.00 355.50 -23.50 ASHOKLEY 43.05 44.20 40.10 41.10 QUESS 213.00 222.10 209.10 211.90 VMART 1445.30 1578.00 1400.50 1469.45 EDELWEISS 40.05 40.05 40.05 40.05 KOTAKBANK 1294.90 1294.90 1158.00 1183.50 -112.55 HINDPETRO 191.00 195.50 180.90 184.50 NHPC 20.00 20.15 19.30 19.45 CROMPTON 210.40 212.95 200.00 202.90 GESHIP 222.00 222.00 197.65 201.80 MRF 57135.50 57135.50 54800.00 55172.15 CARERATING 341.40 345.70 329.65 334.30 DCAL* 56.00 56.25 53.05 56.25 IFBIND 261.05 266.80 259.00 265.65 TECHM 560.00 560.30 510.00 512.35 -53.15 BANKBARODA 54.00 54.00 50.85 51.20 ORIENTELEC 185.50 200.10 180.00 185.40 TTKPRESTIG 4898.90 4939.65 4611.80 4661.05 ZYDUSWELL 1321.45 1325.00 1237.60 1242.25   SOBHA 131.15 148.90 131.15 147.65 SADBHAV 27.85 28.35 26.90 26.90 RELCAPITAL 4.60 4.60 4.40 4.48 VRLLOG 158.00 158.30 148.40 149.35 DRREDDY 3180.00 3180.00 3068.70 3096.20 WELCORP 62.40 64.55 60.30 61.45 NATCOPHARM 505.00 505.00 491.90 497.65 BRIGADE 131.80 140.00 124.85 135.70 JUSTDIAL 293.25 313.15 285.90 309.35 FORTIS 132.50 132.50 120.20 121.05 GMM 2517.00 2529.95 2473.85 2498.80 IOB 7.90 7.90 6.90 7.02 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE GAIL 76.00 78.70 74.55 75.75 PRESTIGE 171.65 184.90 162.90 181.80 WESTLIFE 301.10 343.05 301.10 331.60 KPRMILL 340.00 349.10 325.00 331.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 21168.30 21286.00 20592.65 20664.55 -451.70 HDFCAMC 2138.95 2218.40 2115.00 2188.25 BANKINDIA 32.00 32.70 32.00 32.35 ITDC 134.00 136.50 130.45 136.45 VTL 625.65 625.65 611.00 617.60 GODREJCP 535.00 565.30 525.30 550.00 29.15 PIDILITIND 1368.90 1374.35 1277.40 1292.35 TIMKEN 789.00 813.15 782.40 792.50 ASHOKA 41.80 42.50 39.25 39.55 NAVNETEDUL 64.60 64.60 61.50 62.05 BIOCON 277.95 285.70 274.40 278.15 7.60 SRTRANSFIN 650.00 667.80 607.95 621.65 JAICORPLTD 50.55 50.55 48.35 49.25 WABCOINDIA 6143.00 6236.95 6143.00 6182.70 TATAMETALI 328.35 339.60 328.35 333.15 HINDZINC 155.00 167.00 152.25 159.70 4.30 SUNPHARMA* 355.00 355.00 338.60 343.55 BBTC 744.00 758.60 721.00 727.10 BALRAMCHIN 109.10 109.10 109.10 109.10 JSL 24.50 24.95 24.15 24.35 HDFCAMC 2125.00 2220.00 2115.00 2159.00 46.20 DLF 130.00 136.90 130.00 132.65 INOXLEISUR 270.00 277.15 260.00 270.40 JKTYRE 41.25 41.25 39.00 40.15 SOMANYCERA 90.05 95.00 90.00 91.45 ICICIGI 1084.00 1143.00 1051.10 1105.00 23.35 APOLLOHOSP 1130.00 1137.50 1080.00 1088.90 PHILIPCARB 64.20 65.00 62.85 64.10 IIFL 75.00 78.10 74.05 78.05 KNRCON 197.00 198.10 195.10 196.10 PETRONET 199.00 204.50 193.05 204.00 4.30 EICHERMOT 13200.00 13301.15 12723.30 13001.30 KRBL 149.90 149.90 149.90 149.90 GSFC 37.25 37.90 36.15 36.55 MAHLIFE 185.95 200.00 182.60 197.40 IBULHSGFIN 98.30 105.00 97.05 98.50 1.75 BIOCON 280.00 285.40 274.55 278.30 PTC 39.00 41.00 38.80 39.25 UCOBANK 9.34 9.34 8.90 9.15 CENTRALBK 12.20 12.54 12.05 12.23 AMBUJACEM 155.40 158.40 150.70 158.20 2.50 L&TFH 50.85 52.00 50.05 50.60 VENKYS 865.00 865.00 830.35 842.30 MAHSEAMLES 193.35 193.35 189.00 191.70 DHANUKA 330.00 330.00 321.65 328.45 ADANITRANS 190.10 193.90 185.00 191.90 2.85 JUBLFOOD 1475.00 1486.05 1368.00 1383.35 SCI 37.95 37.95 35.75 36.70 SHANKARA 224.55 232.10 219.00 221.05 SIS 427.50 445.00 426.00 431.65 PGHH 10161.30 10499.35 10125.00 10414.00 144.65 GODREJCP 532.80 565.70 532.80 548.65 OFSS 2018.85 2048.15 1899.55 1927.00 LAURUSLABS 329.50 331.90 320.00 323.45 GULFOILLUB 533.45 550.00 525.85 546.80 HAVELLS 480.00 489.00 466.50 481.00 0.55 INDIGO 1045.00 1047.50 982.95 999.75 TRIDENT 4.33 4.49 4.25 4.44 FINOLEXIND 400.20 400.20 375.00 380.80 HFCL 9.05 9.07 8.71 8.87 ACC 964.80 969.00 948.00 968.00 -0.50 IOC 82.00 82.15 78.00 79.00 JCHAC 2116.55 2280.00 2116.55 2144.25 FRETAIL 75.00 75.00 74.85 74.85 ORIENTCEM 43.90 44.65 43.00 43.45 GICRE 105.20 107.00 104.05 105.00 -0.20 COALINDIA 140.00 141.20 137.00 139.40 RAMCOCEM 507.00 509.30 489.00 495.85 JYOTHYLAB 92.10 95.55 91.15 94.00 TAKE 38.40 39.85 37.75 38.15 SBILIFE 641.90 659.00 628.00 639.50 -1.50 NESTLEIND 16380.00 16458.75 15504.85 15668.70 KEC 182.00 189.00 168.10 170.55 KALPATPOWR 181.50 182.00 177.50 181.50 ZENSARTECH 87.90 90.80 84.20 90.75 PEL 938.00 950.00 910.20 935.00 -4.50 CANBK 93.90 93.90 88.25 90.25 COCHINSHIP 270.00 274.00 250.00 252.00 ALKYLAMINE 1209.00 1219.60 1108.80 1136.60 MINDACORP 58.30 58.30 56.50 56.95 COLPAL 1260.00 1285.00 1224.75 1234.00 -18.70 AAVAS 1186.00 1290.00 1126.95 1180.50 IDFC 15.01 15.24 14.40 14.53 JSWENERGY 42.70 43.90 42.50 42.95 CERA 2242.30 2323.00 2215.00 2301.85 LUPIN 589.85 590.80 575.45 580.60 -9.05 HINDALCO 95.00 95.05 91.05 91.70 OIL 81.00 82.45 77.60 79.25 LAXMIMACH 2396.60 2550.00 2297.00 2340.65 REDINGTON 68.05 70.00 66.00 68.85 MAHABANK 9.09 9.09 8.81 8.90 IDEA 3.10 3.15 3.00 3.05 -0.05 NAM-INDIA 250.00 263.70 244.65 258.50 ACC 965.00 967.80 948.50 962.10 BAJAJCON 138.90 140.10 133.00 134.55 MASFIN 530.10 552.70 515.00 532.55 SHOPERSTOP 197.90 201.85 189.95 193.65 NMDC 79.00 81.90 76.20 78.50 -1.50 ICICIPRULI 355.00 367.70 340.60 342.65 TORNTPOWER 277.60 284.00 276.40 280.80 HAL 566.00 566.00 527.65 532.70 GICRE 105.40 107.20 103.80 105.10 ERIS 372.40 372.40 367.00 368.30 CADILAHC 270.00 273.30 261.15 262.00 -5.25 PNB 32.50 32.55 30.30 30.50 PAGEIND 16878.00 16912.55 16520.35 16621.75 ALKEM 2381.00 2381.00 2255.40 2274.75 MOIL 106.00 106.00 101.65 102.45 RATNAMANI 939.95 939.95 869.70 893.65 L&TFH 51.20 52.00 50.00 50.25 -1.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2048.90 2095.60 1990.90 2051.90 PFIZER 3996.95 4000.00 3833.15 3970.30 PGHL 3600.00 3683.10 3540.00 3669.75 APLAPOLLO 1223.15 1259.20 1220.05 1224.55 EIHOTEL 65.80 67.10 64.50 65.65 PAGEIND 16900.00 16950.00 16526.80 16600.00 -363.50 WIPRO 197.00 197.00 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2090.70 2092.95 TATAMTRDVR 31.05 31.30 29.35 30.00 ADANIGREEN 154.60 159.00 151.35 152.65 SCHNEIDER 65.95 66.00 62.95 63.85 ENDURANCE 590.15 610.00 582.00 601.25 HDFCLIFE 438.10 447.40 424.05 425.75 -15.60 TVSMOTOR 296.90 297.15 274.70 277.95 NATIONALUM 28.50 29.15 28.05 28.35 JBCHEPHARM 525.00 525.00 493.20 504.75 LUXIND 920.00 940.75 891.00 917.85 LAOPALA 150.80 157.90 148.45 150.00 DLF 135.95 136.95 130.30 132.55 -4.90 NTPC 84.20 84.45 80.65 81.10 MPHASIS 654.20 676.15 647.00 675.85 AJANTPHARM 1369.45 1390.00 1300.00 1364.20 TNPL 89.75 91.00 87.50 87.85 ITDCEM 29.60 30.00 29.00 29.30 CONCOR 334.00 337.70 311.30 319.00 -12.65 ADANIPORTS 249.60 249.60 235.20 244.90 INFRATEL 158.40 160.50 150.70 155.30 KANSAINER 386.15 391.15 385.05 387.40 OBEROIRLTY 332.10 338.40 324.15 325.60 UFLEX 136.35 139.35 133.70 137.45 MCDOWELL-N 489.00 503.80 458.40 466.00 -18.60 ZEEL 124.00 126.50 120.00 120.80 GHCL 93.15 93.15 88.75 93.00 ENGINERSIN 60.30 60.30 57.60 59.10 CHENNPETRO 60.60 64.00 59.15 59.65 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  1*.)++ for three in every four deaths Cancellations of key events is the most challenging crisis cial to “ensure that the economic leading central bankers have ingly borne out by science. health sector in the hardest hit on the continent, as the grim on the global calendar have we have faced since the Second crisis unleashed by the virus pumped billions of liquidity Researchers said China’s countries remains the scramble he worldwide number of tally hit another milestone even swept both the sports and cul- World War.” doesn’t become a security crisis,” into the system. decision to shutter Wuhan, for available facilities to treat Tofficially confirmed fatali- though half of the planet’s tural worlds, with the With most business activ- he warned. The economic pain In the European Union, the ground zero for the pandemic, patients. Emergency hospitals ties from the novel coron- population is already under Edinburgh arts festival the lat- ity grinding to a halt for an of lockdowns is especially acute terms of a rescue plan threat- may have prevented hundreds are popping up in event spaces avirus rose to 45,309 on some form of lockdown in a est to be scrapped. undetermined period of time, in poorer nations. ened to divide the bloc. of thousands of new cases. while distressed medical staff Wednesday. More than 902,715 battle to halt contagion. For UN Secretary-General scenes of economic desperation In Tunisia several hun- Worst-hit Italy and Spain are “Our analysis suggests make grim decisions about declared cases have been reg- Spain reported a record Antonio Guterres, the extraor- and unrest were emerging dred protested a week-old lock- leading a push for a shared debt that without the Wuhan travel how to distribute limited pro- istered in 186 countries and ter- 864 deaths in 24 hours, push- dinary upheaval spurred by the across the globe. down that has disproportion- instrument — dubbed “coron- ban and the national emer- tective gear, beds and life-sav- ritories since the epidemic first ing the country’s number of virus presents a real danger to In Italy, queues were ately hit the poor. “Never mind abonds”, but talk of shared debt gency response there would ing respirators. emerged in China in fatalities past 9,000. the relative peace the world has lengthening at soup kitchens coronavirus, we’re going to die is a red line for Germany and have been more than 700,000 In scenes unimaginable in December. Of these cases, at The toll is only dwarfed by seen over the last few decades. while some supermarkets were anyway! Let us work!” shouted other northern countries. confirmed COVID-19 cases peacetime, around a dozen least 1,90,639 are now consid- Italy’s, where the virus has The disease “represents a reportedly pillaged. one protester in the demon- The tone sharpened this outside of Wuhan” by mid white tents were erected to ered recovered. killed nearly 12,500 people. threat to everybody in the Half a million more people stration on the outskirts of the week, with some Italian politi- February, said Oxford serve as a field hospital in The coronavirus pandem- President Donald Trump world and... An economic now need help to afford meals, capital Tunis. cians even taking out an adver- University’s Christopher Dye. New York’s Central Park. But ic has claimed more than has warned of a “very, very impact that will bring a reces- Italy’s biggest union for the Africa’s biggest city Lagos tisement in a major German At the same time, focus is even with the extended capac- 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a painful two weeks” as the sion that probably has no par- agriculture sector Coldiretti was just into its second full day newspaper to remind Europe’s now turning to how asympto- ity, doctors say they are still global tally showed on United States registered its allel in the recent past,” he said. said, adding to the 2.7 million of lockdown on Wednesday — biggest economy of WWII matic cases may be fuelling the having to make painful choic- Wednesday, in what the head of deadliest 24 hours of what he “The combination of the already in need last year. but with some of the world’s debts to jolt it into action. spread. es. “If you get a surge of patients the United Nations has called a “plague”. In a scramble two facts and the risk that it “Usually we serve 152,525 biggest slums, home to millions The economic cost of the Germany and France were coming in, and you only have described as humanity’s worst to halt the contagion, govern- contributes to enhanced insta- people. But now we’ve 70,000 who live hand-to-mouth, con- crisis was still piling up as lock- also ramping up testing of the a limited number of ventilators, crisis since World War II. ments have shut schools, most bility, enhanced unrest, and more requests,” confirmed tainment will be a challenge. downs remain at the forefront population to establish how you can’t necessarily ventilate Italy and Spain bore the shops, and ordered millions of enhanced conflict are things Roberto Tuorto, who runs a Wary of a collapse of the of official disease-stopping many already have immunity. patients,” Shamit Patel of the brunt of the crisis, accounting people to work from home. that make us believe that this food aid association. 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Ttough two weeks”, President Hopkins Coronavirus Resource positive for the virus, an A push for more ventilators ate last year — long before The numbers are remark- Donald Trump has warned, Center website, zoomed to increase of 4,324 cases since on is also in place as a new set of Lmost people had heard of able: As confirmed cases in advising people to be prepared over 1,89,500, adding more Tuesday, as the country manufacturers plan to deliver the new coronavirus now Germany passed 71,000, the for the “hard days” than 25,000 new cases in a sin- remains under lockdown with the first batch by early next sweeping the globe — scien- death toll Wednesday was 775, ahead, as the country was at gle day and the fatalities rose to the Government’s advice for week. “We are doing everything tists in Germany sprang into according to a tally kept by war with a deadly coronavirus over 4,000. people to stay at home and we can to support our NHS staff action to develop a test for the Johns Hopkins University. In pandemic that the White “I want every American to observe strict social distancing fighting this battle on the front- virus that was causing an contrast, Italy has reported House projects could claim be prepared for the when outside for exercising or line, and it’s crucial we get even unusual respiratory disease in almost 106,000 infections and one to two lakh lives during the hard days that lie ahead,” a buying essentials. more ventilators there as soon central China. more than 12,400 deaths, while next fortnight. grim-faced Trump told reporters The latest virus positive as possible,” said UK Health They had one by mid- Spain has more than 102,000 Trump’s remarks came as on Tuesday at a briefing which tests mark an increase of near- Secretary Matt Hancock. January — and labs around the cases with over 9,000 deaths. Deborah Bix, a member of has now become his daily ly 20,000 confirmed cases in “We have seen a fantastic country were ready to start France has four times as White House Task Force on coronavirus press conference at the UK in just one week. response from businesses to using it just weeks later, around many virus deaths as Germany coronavirus, based on a model the White House for more than The Government has said our call for a national effort -- the same time that Europe’s and Britain has twice as many, from actual data from the 10 days. its focus remains on ramping and I’m delighted these com- most populous country regis- even though both countries ground, said the death toll in “We’re going to go through up testing for frontline National panies accepted the challenge tered its first case. have fewer reported infections. the US could be between a very tough two weeks and Health Service (NHS) staff, to save lives across the country,” “It was clear that if the epi- There may be many factors 1,00,000 to 2,00,000, with the then, hopefully, as the experts who are treating the rising he said. demic swept over here from at play, but experts said early on strict implementation of the are predicting, as I think a lot number of patients coming The Government said it China, then we had to start that fast and widespread test- existing mitigation measures of us are predicting after hav- through hospitals and clinics. frontline staff in England have said on Tuesday that a shortage has provided a number of let- testing,” said Hendrik Borucki, ing gave Germany an edge. including social distancing till ing studied it so hard, we are Downing Street spokesper- been tested for coronavirus of chemicals needed for the ters of intent to purchase a spokesman for Bioscientia “The reason why we in April 30. going to start seeing some real son for British Prime Minister since the outbreak began in a tests meant the NHS, which potentially thousands more Healthcare, which operates 19 Germany have so few deaths at If no steps were to be light at the end of the tunnel. 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'   concerns of a second wave of ing the total number to 3,312. availability can spark a wave of Over the longer term con- that our response to COVID-19    '     infections amid the relaxation As of Tuesday, a total of export restrictions, creating a finement orders and travel does not unintentionally create Taipei: It may be the global day for pranks but with the world       of stringent measures in the 81,554 confirmed cases of the shortage on the global market,” restrictions risk causing dis- unwarranted shortages of under assault from the deadly coronavirus pandemic many  +    country initiated to contain the COVID-19 had been reported said the joint text signed by Qu ruptions in agricultural pro- essential items and exacerbate Governments on Wednesday were warning against virus-       !!   deadly disease. on the Chinese mainland. Dongyu, head of the UN’s Food duction due to the unavailabil- hunger and malnutrition.” themed April Fools’ jokes — some even threatening jail.      % Asymptomatic coronavirus The announcement about The April 1 tradition sees families, web users and corpora- &        cases are those who carry the asymptomatic cases came as the tions embrace practical jokes. But few are in the mood as the glob-     "5  virus but do not show any other countries are including al death toll mounts and billions remain under some form of lock-   R9  -   symptoms and can cause spo- asymptomatic cases in their down. Google, a company renowned for its elaborate annual stunts, & +!  radic clusters of infections. 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Taiwan, which has been held up as a model for how to  1 1! )  ! patients infected with COVID- ed positive for the coronavirus tackle an outbreak, warned people who spread false rumours that     19 have been put under medical but had no immediate symp- they faced up to three years in jail and a TW$3 million fine          observation in China by the end toms. They were not included in ($100,000). !    of Monday, including 205 the official tally of the con- “On April Fools’ Day we can exercise our sense of humour J!        imported cases, state-run firmed cases. There is no official if we have to but we can’t make jokes on the pandemic to avoid      Xinhua news agency quoted the explanation why these cases breaking the law,” President Tsai Ing-wen posted on Facebook      ! NHC in a statement. have not been included earlier. alongside a photo of one of her cats. AFP  8?A+'4<      "44"     % &   ! !               ! ! 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If you know a woman we should from all over to explore their fun and creative     highlight, visit the link in my bio for side.  !    ' next steps. We are all in this together. Cricketers such as  &   #togetherwomenrise #partner,” Suresh Raina, Priyanka wrote. Yuzvendra Chahal,     ! The actor also issued a statement, Virender Sehwag,   @@8  which read: “If you know a woman we Irfan Pathan,    ' should highlight, share her story with Mohammad Shami,  ! us, whether she is in the service Chris Gayle and Yusuf industry, from a large business, small also donated  1 crore to Prime Pathan have joined     business owner, or first responders on Minister Narendra Modi’s relief fund TikTok to showcase   the front lines. We want to commem- and Chief Minister’s (Maharashtra) their talent apart from    orate her. #TogetherWomenRise.” relief fund, to lend support to the cricket. Many of them   % The actor and her husband Nick ongoing battle with COVID-19 pan- can be seen experi-   Jonas have also donated to organisa- demic. menting with the new filters available on the tions like the PM-CARES Fund, He also shared a note on platform such as submarine game, zoom my    Unicef, Feeding America and Goonj. Instagram: “While I am blessed face and halloween, making fun and comedy    There are several other actors enough to be seated with my loved videos. They can also be seen participating in    from the industry who are doing ones in the comforts of my home, there the ongoing challenges and sharing their fitness    their bit. Actor Ajay Devgn will also are many who are not as fortunate. In regime, inspiring millions on the platform.  !' be donating 51 lakh to Federation this time of crisis, I humbly pledge to With over three million followers on of Western India Cine Employees contribute an amount of  1 crore to TikTok, India’s finest right-arm-leg spinner,     ' (FWICE) to aid daily wage film work- PM-CARES and Maharashtra Chief Chahal is a big hit on TikTok. His comedy !    ers, who have been left without jobs others wanting to provide monetary Filmmaker Rohit Shetty subse- Minister Relief Fund. We are in this videos and fun banter with fellow cricketers      due to the lockdown amid the ongo- help. We are providing them the quently donated  51 lakh to FWICE. together and we’ll win this together. Let leaves his fans in splits of laughter. Sharing his   !% - ing coronavirus pandemic. account details. I hope more and Frames Production Company and us all do our bit for a healthier and experience on TikTok, Chahal said, “It is amaz-  L  J Confirming the news, Ashok more people come forward to help Shashi Sumit Productions have also stronger future.” ing to be on this platform as it helps me explore Dubey, general secretary of FWICE, daily wage workers,” Dubey added. provided ration and money for the Many Bollywood celebrities like my fun side. I’ve come across some users who !  % O  said: “Ajay has pledged to donate  51 Bollywood superstar Salman Khan cause. FWICE will utilise all the Akshay Kumar, Kartik Aaryan, Diljit are sharing different and exciting content. I’ve   ! O  lakh to FWICE. 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TPC Ltd, India’s largest cured requisite number of Sundergarh in Odisha. Korba all the projects and stations. to the district hospitals to pro- have been asked to treat the Npower producer, has equipment for the medical Hospital is also being exam- A total of eight ventilators vide foods to nearby localities workers’ absence in these stepped up its vigil against staff to handle such cases effec- ined to be taken over by the are being procured at through NGOs and also for extraordinary circumstances global pandemic of COVID-19 tively. state government. Hazaribagh for district admin- providing essential medicine in as on duty. As far as wages are by converting its hospitals into As many as 121 beds, with The medical staff has also istration. Additionally, there Primary Health Cares (PHCs). concerned, there will be no dedicated Coronavirus units. all facilities, have been turned been trained over video calls are 18 Advanced Level Similarly, NTPC Rihand hindrance and they will be R K Singh, Minister of into isolation wards in these about the use of Personal Ambulances (ALAs) with ven- has assured adequate funds for given timely. In some cases, State (I/c) of Power, New and hospitals. The key medical Protective Equipment (PPE). tilators. distribution of sanitisers and including advances have Renewable Energy and infrastructure is been provid- Mock drills are getting con- It has contributed funds to other protective equipment. already been given. Minister of State of Skill ed by state governments to ducted at all hospitals as per the district administration of The requirement of con- Accommodation, food and Development, has decided to tackle COVID-19 cases, MOHFW guidelines. NTECL Vallur for procuring tractor workers has also been medical facilities for the con- utilise NTPC’s 45 hospitals including the hospital at Furthermore, 1,160 PPEs, 1,000 bedsheets for a hospital. rationalised at NTPC projects tractor workers have also been and healthcare units to make Badarpur in Delhi and the 30,000 masks and 30,000 At NTPC Bhilai, funds stations in accordance with the arranged at many of NTPC’s 8   %      98% :    = isolation facilities and pro- medical college hospital of gloves have been dispatched to have been reserved for support GOI guidelines. The agencies project stations. 4  #   "#$%&'()   7  =    &> .  "2#8%      &     8%% 8%&    '  8%%7 &&   M  .     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PFC’s employ- made in-house by the company’s coaching fees will not be charged at 5 crore has been donated from LIC’s ees will voluntarily contribute a Jhansi unit to meet the requirement DDA’s sports complexes and golf cours- Golden Jubilee Fund. day’s salary to further strengthen the of the unit’s hospital, guest house, es during the period. The deduction In a statement, LIC’s chairman, nation’s fight against the dreaded dis- security guards and employees work- would be made on pro rata basis. All MR Kumar said, “India is facing a ease. ing under essential services. caddies at DDA Qutab Golf Course and huge challenge in wake of the glob- Earlier, PFC had agreed to pro- Bhalaswa Golf Course, who are not al pandemic. LIC is committed to the vide financial assistance of 50 lakh  paid by management, are also being welfare of India and the people. to Indian Red Cross Society in NHDC, the largest hyrdo power given daily relief of `250 during the Living up to our motto Rajasthan. Under the CSR Initiative, generating company in Madhya lockdown. ‘Yogakshemam Vahamyaham’, which PFC’s financial aid will be used for Pradesh, has contributed 10 crore means ‘your welfare is my responsi- distribution of masks and sanitisers from its CSR fund to PM-CARES bility’, we promise our solidarity with as a part of preventive measures fund to combat the crisis of   ( the efforts of the Government and against COVID-19. Coronavirus. will take every step to ensure safety PFC and its employees remain NHDC has also sanctioned 50  &    "  9& ":      and security of people.” vigilant and alert in these testing lakh to District Administrations in  " 7%  #"  P9%#":+   1H   (. " *) times. As a responsible corporate, Khandwa for purchase of medical        FA      % PFC is relentlessly working towards and protective equipment to fight EAAA.  .  2 9..2:    . '. )6      implementation of all precautionary Corona in the district. Being a     (AAAA    7 The CGWWA contributed 1.5 measures to deal with the pandem- socially responsible corporate,   (AA        & "  EAA he Government of India has decid- lakh to PM-CARES Fund to further ic. approximately 15 lakh have been    (@AA     7+    Ted to provide Pradhan Mantri Garib strengthen the Government of India’s earmarked for sufficient distribution NMDC Limited, declared that  "  91 :& "    %#"P 71   Kalyan Package, an insurance scheme efforts in tackling the pandemic of  of hand sanitisers, face masks, they will contribute 150 crore to the M%  #P      7     cover of 50 lakh for 22.12 lakh public COVID-19. BHEL has made a contribution healthcare items, food grains in the PM-CARES Fund to help in the fight         7N healthcare providers for 90 days includ- CGWWA, with its motto ‘Self of 7 crore through its CSR funds, project areas of NHDC. A total of 5 against COVID-19. This will be the ing community health workers, who Help’, aims at empowering ICG while its employees have made a lakh have also been provided to biggest support offered by any PSE may come into direct contact of women through varied educational humble contribution of donating Sewa-Bharti in Bhopal for distribu- in the country to help the fight 1) #) "  )*    COVID-19 patients. They are at high and skill development programmes. their one-day salary to the PM- tion of food packets to the needy. against Corona so far. N Baijendra risk of being impacted by this. CGWWA has also been extending CARES Fund to bolster the fight Apart from this, employees of Kumar, IAS, CMD, NMDC, said, he competent authority of the Council of Architecture has New India Assurance Company their assistance to women and chil- against this unprecedented medical NHDC have also pledged to con- “Coronavirus is one of the biggest Tdecided to postpone the first test of National Aptitude Test Limited is providing this insurance dren from the underprivileged soci- emergency. tribute one day’s salary to fight the challenges that our country has in Architecture (NATA 2020), which was scheduled to be held cover. Private hospital staff, volunteers, ety through various schemes. It Significantly, BHEL’s Ranipet disease. faced and has been unprecedented in on April 19. The new date of the examination will be announced local urban bodies, daily wage, ad hoc, actively took part in sensitising the unit has developed in-house a spray its severity. We at NMDC, has after the period of complete lockdown amid COVID-19 is over. outsourced, contractual, retired employ- local populace about the preventive assembly that atomises the sanitising %  always been at the forefront in times It has also been decided to extend the registration date upto ees, and staff requisitioned by the measures to be adopted against liquid and can be used for mass sani- To help the nation win the bat- of need for the country. But the April 15. Other important dates such as image uploads allowed states’ or central hospitals or spread of COVID-19. tisation to combat Coronavirus, tle over COVID-19, RVNL has con- biggest need is at this time is to be till, fee payment, candidate correction window, publication of autonomous hospitals of central, state while consuming comparatively less tributed 5 crore CSR Fund to PM- united and strengthen the hands of admit card, also stands revised. The candidates and parents are or UTs, AIIMS and INIs/ hospitals of  liquid. It has been named Bhelmister CARES Fund. RVNL employees the Government of India. Together advised to kindly regularly visit the websites for latest updates. central ministries, will be covered      B C and has been donated to the local have also voluntarily contributed we will be able to defeat this pan- under this scheme. PFC, the NBFC in the power administration of Ranipet for sani- one-day salary for the same. demic.” ;   ' 03=   !$1<      ndia’s top economists, social households. Iscientists, workers’ organisa- - Three to four fold tions and former civil servants increase of the current short- teel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) have appealed for urgent inter- term relief package for impact-      Shas mobilised a large number of vention from PM/CM of states ed informal workers. healthcare services across all five of its to ameliorate the impact on Amid the Coronavirus main hospitals located in the five integrat- Vulnerable Workers and pandemic, while welcoming he Ordnance Factory Board placed an order of 13,000 litres ed steel plants to fight the Coronavirus Populations induced by the central government’s 1.7 Tis in the forefront to fight of hand sanitiser. This is being pandemic. COVID-19 lockout. The mea- trillion package and various COVID-19. The first batch manufactured in a number of The five hospitals include JLN sures are as follows: measures taken by the State comprising 1,500 litre of hand factories. Hospital & Research Centre at Bhilai, - The Centre and States governments, the Indian sanitiser was despatched by Hand sanitisers which con- Durgapur Steel Plant Main Hospital at together should try and ensure Society of Labour Economics the Cordite Factory tain ethanol can only be Durgapur, Ispat General Hospital at a minimum transfer of at least (ISLE) and the signatories to Aruvankadu in Tamil Nadu to processed in a cool environ- Rourkela, Bokaro General Hospital at 6,000 per month to each JDY this letter strongly appeal to the Thiruvananthapuram. The ment with proper ventilation Bokaro, and Burnpur Hospital at IISCO, woman account holder with a government of India all these truck was flagged off remotely and requires extensive safety Burnpur. major part borne by the central requests. In the letter to the by the DGOF and chairman, precautions. Various teams of SAIL has also created isolation wards government over the next three Prime Minister and the State Ordnance Factory Board, Hari officers, staff and workmen with 330 beds, necessary facilities for the months. Chief ministers, we have pro- Mohan, from OFBHQ at toiled ceaselessly to establish quarantine with 592 beds, ICU beds along - All State governments posed urgent additional mea- Kolkata. and then scale up the produc- with other necessary health equipment to for utilisation as well. The company is also health units and work areas. SAIL’s should ensure that at least 10 kg sures that are required to Hindustan Latex Limited tion. Apart from hand sanitis- specially deal with the cases of COVID- producing masks through self-help groups Rourkela steel plant is handing over five free ration per month, along address critical gaps that exist (HLL), which has been nomi- er, the units of OFB are also 19 infections. 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imbledon organisers on Wednesday scrapped the old- 5> !&  :: West Grand Slam tennis tourna- ment for the first time since World War II as the coronavirus wreaks further “The USTA is carefully monitoring havoc on the global sporting calendar. the rapidly-changing environment sur- The cancellation of the only grass- rounding the COVID-19 pandemic, court major at the All England Club and is preparing for all contingencies.” leaves the season in disarray, with no ten- Organisers had earlier ruled out nis due to be played until mid-July. playing Wimbledon behind closed doors “Devastated,” tweeted eight-time and postponing the event would also champion Roger Federer, while Serena have created its own problems, Williams, who has won the tournament with shorter days later in the seven times, said she was shocked by the English summer. momentous decision. The cancellation of Wimbledon was due to run for two Wimbledon could mean weeks from June 29, with Novak multiple champions Djokovic and Simona Halep set to Federer, Serena defend their singles titles. Williams and Venus But tournament chiefs bowed to the Williams have played at the inevitable on Wednesday, saying in a All England Club for the final statement that they had made the deci- time. sion with “great regret”. Federer and Serena will be nearly All England Club chairman Ian 40 by the time of the 2021 champi- Hewitt said the decision had not been onships and Venus will be 41. 1   8            %"" taken lightly. Serena, beaten in last year’s final by “It has weighed heavily on our Halep, is stuck on 23 Grand Slam sin-      I (   minds that the staging of The          *          "  EAEA        3   . gles titles — agonisingly one away from Championships has only been interrupt- equalling Margaret Court’s record. ed previously by world wars,” he said. take place this year,” she said. “Last year’s ment was widely expected, with the The US Tennis Association respond- The French Tennis Federation     E -! “But, following thorough and exten- final will forever be one of the happiest world struggling to contain the spread ed by saying the US Open was still due provoked widespread anger with its sive consideration of all scenarios, we days of my life! But we are going of COVID-19. to take place as planned, from August 31 unilateral decision to move the French  ( +(,- believe that it is a measure of this glob- through something bigger than tennis It also prompted the ATP and WTA to September 13. Open from its original May 24 start al crisis that it is ultimately the right deci- and Wimbledon will be back! And it to cancel the grasscourt swing in the “At this time the USTA still plans to date to begin on September 20. ndia’s T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur has said India’s sion to cancel this year’s Championships.” means I have even longer to look forward build-up to Wimbledon, meaning the host the US Open as scheduled, and we That puts the start only one week Idomestic scructure is “five-six years behind” Australia Halep tweeted her disappointment. to defending my title.” tennis season will not now recom- continue to hone plans to stage the tour- after the planned date of the US Open and England, adding that skill wise they are at par with “So sad to hear @Wimbledon won’t The decision to cancel the tourna- mence until July 13 at the earliest. nament,” it said in a statement. men’s final. them. India lost to Australia in the T20 World Cup final by 85 runs last month. “Definitely we are five-six years behind them in these > , E    >    8      1 C1 aspects,” Kaur told Mumbai Mirror. “But now girls have understood their responsibil- ity towards being fit. Earlier there used to be a huge dif-  ( +(,- Srinath among others. ference between a domestic player and what is expect-    The 50-year-old spin wizard ed at the international level. But now some 30 girls are ustralian spin legend Shane named Virender Sehwag and Sidhu given individual programme by the BCCI.  ( +(,- Although he stumbled in AWarne has named former skip- as openers in the strong batting “So when one of them is picked for India, she is not the Asian finals against 2018 per and current BCCI President line-up which also includes the clueless about what is expected of her. As we keep tar Indian wrestler Bajrang world champion Takuto Sourav Ganguly as the captain of likes of Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar improving our domestic level, the performances at the Punia is assured of a top- Otoguro(JPN), Punia collected his all time India XI, which includes and Mohammad Azharuddin. international level will improve. That is why I said we Sfour seeding in the 65kg 18 points and pushed himself to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar On picking Sidhu ahead of are five-six years behind these teams because our domes- category at next year’s Tokyo within one point of the Russian and Navjot Singh Sidhu. other openers, Warne said the tic set-up is not as good as it should be.” Olympics even if he skips the last defending world champion. Warne said he ignored former right-hander from Punjab was the “Now the players are getting more aware about being ranking series tournament, The 57kg is led by reigning skipper MS Dhoni and current cap- best player of spin during his play- fit and following the right daily routines,” Kaur said. going by the latest world stand- world champion and number tain Virat Kohli because he picked ing days. “The things we have grasped in the last two-three ings. one from Russia Zaur Uguev (60 only those Indian players against “I had to pick Navjot Singh years, England and Australia have been doing from long The fast-rising Ravi Dahiya points). whom he had played. Sidhu because he was the best play- before.” also seems set for a top-four World runner-up Suleyman “I am only picking players that er against spin I have ever played Kaur said it is more about fitness and not skills that billing at the mega-event, which Atli is firmly in the number two I played against and that’s why M against. All the other spinners I separate them from Australia or England. will be held from July 23 to position after runner-up finish- S Dhoni and Virat Kohli are not have played with, they have also “Just the fitness. In these two countries fitness is part August 8 next year. es at the World and European going to be a part of the side. While told me that Sidhu was brilliant of their culture. Unfortunately, in India we start these Wrestling’s world governing Championships. He has 58 Dhoni is probably the greatest against them,” Warne said. things late,” Kaur told The Week. body UWW announced the points and is followed by Stevan wicketkeeper-batsman to have Shane Warne’s all-time India “For the last three years the girls have been work- fresh rankings which placed Micic (48) and Dahiya (45). played the game, Kohli is one of the XI: Sourav Ganguly (c), Virender ing hard on fitness. It does not improve overnight, we Bajrang at number two in the Dahiya needs a 12-point fin- greatest batsmen across formats,” Hyderabadi batsman faced the axe Nayan Mongia was his pick as Sehwag, Navjot Singh Siddu, need to work on it for longer durations. Earlier, we would 65kg category. Dahiya is fourth ish at the final Ranking Series Warne said in Instagram Live post. to accommodate Ganguly. the wicket-keeper of the team, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, come close to these teams and lose, but now we are win- in the very competitive 57kg cat- event to secure one of the top- Warne also ignored VVS “I went for Ganguly because I which also includes the likes of Mohd Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, ning matches against them. Skill-wise we are better bat- egory. four seeds. There is slim chance Laxman, who was once considered wanted him to be the captain of my 1983 World Cup-winning captain Nayan Mongia (wk), Harbhajan ters and bowlers than these two countries.” Russian Olympic champion that the Indian wrestler can grab his nemesis. He justified his deci- side, that is why Laxman missed Kapil Dev, spin duo of Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kaur’s form was poor throughout the World Cup Gadhzimurad Rashidov leads the number one seeding. sion, stating that the stylish out,” he said. Singh and Anil Kumble and Javagal Kumble. PTI campaign in Australia. But the 31-year old dashing bat- the 65kg rankings. Four Points For that to happen, Dahiya ter said she is not thinking too much about pressure and separate Rashidov (60), Punia would need Uguev, Atli and also captaincy. (59) and Kazakshtan’s Daulet Micic to sit out of the final “From the outside it may look like that, but person- Niyazbekov (56) for the top Ranking Series event and win ++  %.3  %      ally I have never felt so,” she said when questioned on seeding. Gold in a bracket with more the captaincy. But the Russian and Indian than 11 wrestlers to earn the 16 “I really enjoy this part. I feel more involved. The wrestlers have such command- points he needs to clear his top- unless the BCCI figures an April,” Barthakur added. captaincy keeps me alert all the time. Earlier, I used to ing leads over the field that three rivals. alternate window later in the Acting on the directives from the cen- think about my performance alone. Captaincy has made they can sit out of the Nurislam Sanayev is ranked year. tral government in March, the BCCI post- me a better person. [ Now,] I cannot think only about final ranking series fifth in this weight and trails The RR executive though poned the IPL until April 15. PTI myself, but [have to think] of other things, too.” event and still earn a Dahiya by six points. said they are confident that the top-four seeding at the World Championship Board will take a decision keep- Olympic Games. Silver-medallist Deepak ing in mind the best interests of Rashidov Punia is ranked second in the franchises. '$ ()'$ * '$ ) owns the top 65kg behind Iranian “These are extraordinary spot in 65kg great Hassan Yazdani, times and the BCCI will do the after finally who underwent knee best it can when things improve,” claiming his surgery earlier this he said.  "  " " + ) long-awaited year and had no “Earlier we could not think world Gold in choice but to skip of an Indians-only IPL but now    World Cup-winning England has been postponed Nur-Sultan last the Matteo Pellicone there is enough quality to choose captain Eoin Morgan says he is until May 28 at the earliest, with season. and Asian Championships. from. It is better to have an open to England fielding two the West Indies series still sched- Punia began the He commanded a 20-   Even a shortened With a nationwide lock- Indians-only IPL than not at all. teams on the same day at sepa- uled to start on June 4. year ranked num- point lead over Deepak but IPL with just Indian players down in place to combat the “When can we have it? That rate venues if the coronavirus England and Wales Cricket ber three with 25 the Indian wrestler closed would be good enough in these spread of the disease, the event BCCI decides. And I think that outbreak leads to a compressed Board chief executive Tom points after his that gap on Yazdani with a “extraordinary times”, Rajasthan seems unlikely to go ahead call be taken only post 15th home international season. Harrison, announcing a £61 world Bronze 14-point Asian champi- Royals Executive Chairman The England Test team, million aid package on Monday, medal. He has onship Bronze-medal fin- Ranjit Barthakur said on       I       skippered by Joe Root, could said touring international sides overthrown world ish. Deepak leads Russian Wednesday, revealing that a face either West Indies or were being “very flexible, inno- finalist Niyazbekov Artur Naifonov by seven final call on the glitzy event’s fate  Sportspersons being about this (pay cut). Whatever Pakistan, who are both due to vative and massively under- for the number two points after the conclusion is unlikely before April 15. asked to take pay cuts have been the steps after this setback, it will arrive for three-match series, standing”, with Morgan indicat- ranking. of the continental champi- The top executive spelt out making news ever since the out- be taken judiciously and keep- while Morgan’s white-ball side ing his teammates would adopt Punia added onship season. his franchise’s wish even as the break of the coronavirus ing the interest of all people in take on Australia in 50-over and a similar approach. 16 points to his No Indian figures in number of positive cases and brought the world to a standstill. mind. Any step taken needs to T20 matches scheduled in July. “Certainly from a players’ world champi- top-10 of the 74kg, 97kg death toll due to the pandemic But BCCI Treasurer Arun be thought out and right now “I see every option being point of view, we want to do as onship total after he and 125kg categories, the continued to rise across the Dhumal has made it clear that we haven’t even thought about viable during this extraordi- much as we can to try and keep erased a three-point three other olympic world. there is no such thought process it. Obviously this is a big set- nary time,” said England limit- think the serious nature of the things going,” Morgan said. deficit against Jordan weight categories. “We are open to a shortened at present when it comes to the back, but we will go about this ed-overs captain Morgan during situation economically and “If there’s an opportunity to Oliver (USA) to win The top four in each tournament with only Indian salary of the Indian cricketers. in a way that nobody gets a conference call on Wednesday. financially for the game is some- play as much cricket as we can, the 16-point Matteo category will be seeded at players, at the end of the day it He made it clear that there affected. These things can be “Certainly I’ve never expe- thing that we have never come I’d like to think every player Pellicone Ranking the Tokyo Games. is the Indian Premier League,” have been no such discussions. discussed once things settle rienced anything like it and I across.” would be behind it. I certainly Series Gold medal. Barthakur said. “No, we have not spoken down,” he said. IANS don’t think anyone else has. I All domestic cricket in am. AFP Axy„q x ‰9‰yq„c ‘xEqƒu‰y„$"$# .  7 ) " *) (( 8 B73;   R  ( +(,- 28th November 2021,” OCA Director !   " General Husain Al Musallam said in the 9  .$ )6+  0)" picentre of the COVID-19 pandem- letter. Eic before it gripped Europe and the The 3rd Asian Youth Games will   3? ongoing coronavirus crisis. USA, China will host the third edition have 18 sports in its roster — Athletics,  ( +(,- blazing boxer. The play-off semi-finals and finals of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou in Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball (3x3), “My boxing journey was EFA have made a move towards that are supposed to decide the last November next year, the Olympic Beach Volleyball, Dragon Boat Racing, six-time world champion not easy. To reach national, Uclearing the decks for the return four qualifying berths for the next Council of Asia said on Wednesday. Football, Gymnastics, Golf, Handball, Aand an Olympic Bronze- international and Olympic of club football by announcing on European Championship were initial- The OCA has decided to hold the Hip Hop Dance, Rock Climbing, Rugby, winner, surely M C Mary Kom level is not easy. But if you Wednesday that all international ly postponed at the end of March and Asian Youth Games from November 20 Surfing, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Wind can be expected to have a have the will, and want to matches that had been pushed back to pencilled in provisionally for June. to 28. The host city was decided by the Surfing and Wushu. “secret mantra for success”. But achieve in life, you can,” she June have now been postponed until That was “subject to a review of OCA in 2019 but the dates of the The Asian Youth Games were first as it turns out, she has none. added. further notice. the situation” amid uncertainty over multi-sporting event was announced on held in Singapore in 2011 and then again On Wednesday, she was The fierce competitor in “This includes the play-off match- how the pandemic will develop and Wednesday. in Nanjing in China in 2013. speaking on the subject her can’t wait for the crisis to es for UEFA EURO 2020 and quali- whether many European countries “The OCA while maintaining a The 2017 event was awarded to “Making of a Champion” for be over so that she can resume fying matches for UEFA Women’s currently in lockdown will be able to very strict isolation policy is still con- Hambantota in Sri Lanka but the island Sports Authority of India’s normal training. EURO 2021,” said European football’s return to some kind of normality. tinuing its activity and liaising with the nation dropped out following a series of Facebook Live session for ath- “When all this is brought governing body in a statement. However, UEFA has also various Asian Games Organising problems. letes, who are mostly confined under control, we will get “All other UEFA competition stated a determination to finish Committee to ensure that the prepara- Jakarta was then lined up as a to their homes or hostel rooms back to training in big way,” matches, including the cen- all domestic and club compe- tions for the Games are not hindered,” replacement but it also withdrew. right now amid a national she said. tralised international friendly titions by June 30. the OCA said in a letter sent to all its In 2019, Shantou was awarded the lockdown to contain the pan- “I am trying my level best matches, remain postponed While that currently looks member nations in Asia. Games in 2021, marking the event’s demic. for an Olympic Gold but I am until further notice.” ambitious at the very least, “In this respect I have the pleasure return after eight years, that too in the Mary Kom said she does- incomplete without your The decision followed a clearing the international fix- to inform you that the OCA in coordi- same country for the second time. n’t have any secret recipe to " 8  .%L< . blessings. Pray for me,” she video conference with Europe’s tures from the same month does nation with the Shantou 3rd Asian The Asian Youth Games are consid- share for the stupendous suc- added. 55 member federations as buy some more time as they aim Youth Games Organising Committee ered the second biggest multi-sporting cess she has achieved. doing, that’s all. Ups and SAI has lined up more part of discussions on to complete the Champions League (SAYGOC) has decided the dates and event in the continent and nearly 2500 “I don’t have any mantras downs are always there but than 20 such sessions for ath- how to adapt the and Europa League competi- sports programme of the 3rd Asian athletes took part in the 2013 edition in for success. Just work hard and you should not lose focus on letes to help them cope with fixture calendar in tions as well as domestic Youth Games, which are from 20th to Nanjing in China. be honest to what you are your dreams,” said the trail- the lockdown. the face of the leagues.