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Kim Jong-un want to return home SEOUL, May 2: North Korean leader Kim Jong- SPL CORRESPONDENT In a formal communication government and the Central un made his first public to the Resident Commission- ministries. appearance in 20 days as NEW DELHI, May 2: At er, the NGO’s president Pra- According to sources, they he celebrated the least 1,100 people from As- bhat Kumar Baruah and gen- have suggested that the As- completion of a fertilizer sam, mostly working and eral secretary Gaurab Baru- sam government should ar- factory near Pyongyang, studying in the national capi- ah said that a large number range a train from Delhi to state media said on tal region (NCR) have urged of students, workers and oth- Assam so that these strand- Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered the State government to ar- er people from Assam are ed people can go back home. global rumours that he may range for their transporta- stuck in Delhi and the NCR Students wanted to go back be seriously ill. – AP tion back home. region. home because all colleges III Also see page 2 According to Shristi, an “We have collected the data and universities are shut and NGO that is helping the peo- of the persons who want to online classes are being con- Night curfew ple, mostly workers in neigh- go back home (amid the lock- ducted, sources added. GUWAHATI, May 2: The bouring Haryana and students down) as per the new guide- The Railways has since night curfew in Assam is and others, they have already lines of the Ministry of Home early this week started spe- likely to be promulgated from 6 pm to 6 am from submitted a list of 800 people Affairs (MHA),” the letter cial trains in close coordina- May 4 to strictly enforce to the Resident Commission- said. tion with the MHA and the the extended nationwide er of the Assam government. The NGO called for mak- state governments. The As- lockdown, instead of 7 pm A second list of 300 people is ing arrangement for their sam government has already to 7 am as suggested by being compiled, an office- transportation back home in brought home 300 students the Centre, officials here Migrant workers travel in a crowded bus during the ongoing lockdown, in Gopalganj, Bihar on Saturday. – PTI bearer of the NGO said. coordination with the Assam from Kota, Rajasthan by road. said today. – Staff Reporter ASTC service GUWAHATI, May 2: There will be normal ASTC Assam to open borders with Media playing service in the State from May 4, official sources here today said. However, proactive role: Sonowal there will be lesser buses NE States for stranded people and each bus will carry passengers half the capacity. – Staff Reporter Helpline opened for those in other States Negative STAFF REPORTER place, if they can defer their are also planning to send er helpline – 9615471547 – return to the State for ASTC buses to the NE State need not register again as GUWAHATI, May 2: All random tests – around 150 GUWAHATI, May 2: some time. capitals after a few days,” they will get the link auto- in total – carried out in The State government to- People stranded in other Health Minister Himanta matically. three locations of Dhubri day opened a helpline for NE States, except Sikkim, Biswa Sarma said. “Once we get the details have showed negative stranded people in other can enter the State from to- “No one will be, however, we will have a data base, af- result for COVID-19, States wanting to return morrow, but will have to fol- allowed to move out of As- ter which the evacuation plan official sources here today and has also decided to al- low the strict screening pro- sam,” he added. will be chalked out. We may said. – Staff Reporter low those in NE States to tocol at the border check- For those people stranded send buses to nearby places, STAFF REPORTER verification, the Chief Minis- the society would move. He III Also see page 11 enter Assam from tomor- posts. in other States, the State but for far-off States, we will ter said that unauthenticated also appreciated the role Wine shops row onwards. “After the mandatory government has opened a have to use trains. We will GUWAHATI, May 2: Chief and unverified news could played by media during the GUWAHATI, May 2: The However, the State gov- screening, medical officers at helpline – 7428159966. need time to execute it as it Minister Sarbananda Sonow- de-motivate and discourage lockdown period by dissem- Assam government has ernment has made a fervent the gate will take a call on Those wanting to return will will be a massive exercise. al today held an interactive all those who were provid- inating the right information allowed wine shops to appeal to all such people re- whether to put them in home have to give a missed call in We are not sure how many session with the editors and ing their services to contain to the people, generating open from today in green siding outside to avoid the quarantine facility or admit- the number, following which stranded people we will be senior journalists of media the outbreak of the global awareness and also by acting zones of the State. massive evacuation ar- ted to hospital. Night curfew a link will be send for filling able to bring back,” the min- houses of the State here and pandemic in the State. He as a bridge between the peo- However, the outlets will rangement and the elabo- will be imposed in Assam, so up an application. ister said. sought their views and sug- referred to the news about ple and the government. have to follow social distancing norms and DCs rate screening and quaran- all such people will have to People who have already gestion regarding overall sit- NSG soldier engaged in his The Chief Minister also SEE PAGE 6 will notify the timings. – tine measures being put in travel during day hours. We registered through the oth- uation in the State during the security as infected by COV- referred to the slew of aus- Staff Reporter COVID-19 emergency, be- ID-19 reported by certain terity measures taken by the sides the way forward in case media houses and said such State government to cut COVID-19 tests Flypast for of relaxations and exemptions unverified news could create down expenditure in the time GUWAHATI, May 2: Govt clarifies on more corona warriors during the extended period of chaos and panic in the gov- of economic slowdown and Noting the test burden nationwide lockdown. ernment machinery. said that guarded approach has would jump manifold once by IAF today Calling on the media out- Terming the media as con- been taken to relax certain people return from other exemptions after May 3 states, the State STAFF REPORTER lets to exercise restraint science keepers and opinion economic activities to bring government has decided Liquor outside containment areas: MHA while reporting news about moulders of the society, the State’s economy back on to rope in private labs for GUWAHATI, May 2: The administrative machinery Sonowal said media’s consci- track post COVID-19. conducting COVID-19 NEW DELHI, May 2: Bar- merce companies are allowed ices not goods. Liquor sale is Defence Ministry will pay a engaged in the COVID-19 entious decisions would de- tests in PPP mode. – Staff ber shops and salons located to sell only essential commod- allowed in all zones if it is a salute to the corona warriors fight at the frontline without termine in which direction SEE PAGE 6 Reporter in green and orange zones will ities. standalone shop and not lo- in style on Sunday. Assistance be allowed to open from Mon- Barber shops and salons cated in markets or malls. Defence spokesman Lt Col GUWAHATI, May 2: The day besides sale of non-essen- are not allowed to open in P Khongsai said between 10 May 3, 2020 Assam government will tial items by e-commerce plat- red zones as these are serv- SEE PAGE 6 am and 11 am on Sunday, The New Age provide Rs 2,000 to poor forms during the third phase there will be a flypast by Su- people living outside the Influencers of the lockdown which will be 30 fighter jets over the As- Ankita Kakaty State on the 15th of every in force till May 17. Delhi has 21 COVID-19 sam State Legislative As- month till the situation in WORLD Ramadan in Sale of liquor will be allowed sembly. This is, however, quarantine the country over COVID- patients from Assam Confirmed cases 3,440,538 with certain conditions in all subject to weather condi- Mukhlisa Tasrin 19 pandemic normalises. – SPL CORRESPONDENT Staff Reporter zones – green, orange and red tions. Cured/Discharged 1,097,509 I REMEMBRANCE – barring containment areas. NEW DELHI, May 2: The total number of novel coro- At 10 am, an Mi-17 heli- IRRFAN… not yet! Death 242,103 JOCOSERIOUS These exemptions were navirus affected people hailing from Assam has gone up copter from the Guwahati’s Tarali Sarma given by the Ministry of to 21 in the national capital today. IAF base will shower flower INDIA I WOMEN PLUS Home Affairs on Friday, These include 15 personnel from the Central Reserve petals over the GMCH and Peace of the Pie while extending the lock- Police Force who were posted in the same battalion at 10:30 am over the MMCH Confirmed cases 37,776 Joyshree Baruah in the city. The chopper will I FICTION down for two more weeks. with Barpeta’s Mohammad Ikram Hussain who died of Cured/Discharged 10,018 There are no restrictions COVID-19 last Tuesday. also hover over the medical Under a rock-II Kaustabh Kashyap on sale of non-essential items Six other persons from Assam who were in the nation- institutions for sometime Death 1,223 I MY SPACE by e-commerce platforms in al capital were also detected positive for COVID-19. while showering flowers. Besides, there will be a ASSAM Surviving the green and orange zones, a lockdown in Morocco Home Ministry spokesper- band display at the GMCH at Confirmed cases 42 Dr. Paromita Das son clarified on Saturday, add- 10 am and the MMCH at Stay at HOME Cured/Discharged 32 I THIRD EYE ing that barber shops and sa- 10:30 am. Journey without maps lons are also allowed to open Similar aerial salute has Death 1 Indrani Raimedhi in these areas. Stay SAFE been organised at other plac- I sell only sanitized Data as on Saturday Plus all our regular features vegetables! In red zones, the e-com- es as well. HSLC results may be delayed Centre’s directive for containment R DUTTA CHOUDHURY education department told June 15, it will depend on the SIVASISH THAKUR does not have any vaccine nor containment plan for check- rapidly. Humans can also be- The Assam Tribune that the SEBA yet to situation in other parts of the is any treatment available. ing the spread of the disease. come carriers of the virus and GUWAHATI, May 2: Dec- HSLC examination this year country,” sources added. GUWAHATI, May 2: With Given that Assam has a He added that the govern- infect pigs even though it does laration of results of the High could be completed on time, decide on Though vital time of the the Bhopal-based National large population of wild boars ment might also be com- not cause disease in humans,” School Leaving Certificate but declaration of results reduction of academic calendar has been Institute of High Security and they are often found to be pelled to go for culling of pigs he said, adding that the forest (HSLC) examination, con- would be delayed because of next year’s lost as the schools are closed, Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) intermingling with domestic to contain the outbreak. department has also been ducted by the Board of Sec- the lockdown. Sources said the SEBA has not yet taken confirming the epidemic of pigs near their habitats, the “A high-power committee alerted on the situation and ondary Education Assam the evaluation of answer syllabus any decision on reducing the African swine fever in As- dangers stemming from the with scientists, farmers’ rep- asked to monitor the behav- (SEBA) will be delayed by at scripts was completed before syllabus for the next year’s sam, the Centre has issued iour of wild boars. least one month due to the the lockdown, but processing depend on the ground situa- HSLC examination. It may be directives to the State gov- African swine fever in Assam Bora added that the veter- lockdown imposed in the of the results could not be car- tion. “With evaluation of the mentioned here that though ernment for containment of inary colleges had been in- country to fight the spread of ried out that may delay decla- answer scripts finished, one the government has taken a the disease on a war-footing. swine fever could be cata- resentatives and departmen- structed to work on the COVID-19. The SEBA is ration of the results. major part of the job is com- decision to ease the lock- Significantly, this marks the strophic for wildlife as well. tal officials has been formed ground and facilitate creation also yet to take any decision Sources said that last year, plete, but it will take around down norms from May 4, no first time that African swine Confirming the develop- to monitor the situation close- of containment zones as per whether to reduce the sylla- the HSLC examination re- 25 days for processing and decision has yet been taken fever has been reported in the ments, Agriculture and Vet- ly and execute the relevant Centre’s directives. Assam bus for the next year’s ex- sults were declared on May moreover, some works are for reopening of the educa- country – something that has erinary & Animal Husband- guidelines strictly. We are has a domestic pig population amination due to closure of 15 and this year, the SEBA is done outside the State. tional institutions. caught the authorities on the ry Minister Atul Bora told working on a war-footing, as of over 21 lakhs. the schools. hopeful of declaring the re- Though the SEBA is hopeful wrong foot. Matters stand The Assam Tribune that the there is no cure to the dis- Highly placed sources in the sults by June 15, but it would of declaring the results by SEE PAGE 6 worsened because the disease department is working out a ease and the virus spreads SEE PAGE 6 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 China’s nCoV We are hiring retired persons, cases drop Kim Jong Un appears in public amid health rumours educated house wives & SEOUL, May 2: North Korean lead- building an arsenal meant to threaten Businessmens for part time job to one er Kim Jong Un made his first public the US mainland while diplomacy be- with unlimited income BEIJING, May 2: China, appearance in 20 days as he celebrat- tween Kim and President Donald opportunity. Ph: 9706099850. where the deadly coronavirus ed the completion of a fertiliser facto- Trump has stalled. 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The buses will ply with around the railway station before the ar- stranded migrant labourers, reached the half of their seating capacity, Agarwal add- rival of the train, Agarwal said. Danapur Railway Station here from Ra- ed. This is the first run of a special train The migrant workers, who looked re- jasthan’s Jaipur today afternoon after a to Bihar to bring back migrants stranded laxed and happy as the train chugged into 16-hour journey. during the nationwide lockdown to con- the station, expressed joy on coming The 24-coach train left Jaipur at 10 pm tain the coronavirus spread. home. on Friday and reached the Danapur Rail- Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar After deboarding the train, the passen- way Station around 2 pm, Chief Public Modi had recently estimated the count of gers, including a few women and children, Relations Officer (CPRO), East Central migrants from Bihar held up during the were taken to the Danapur Railway School Railway, Hajipur, Rajesh Kumar informed. lockdown in different parts of the coun- for medical screening, where they were The train ran point-to-point non-stop, try at around 27 lakh. given forms to fill up with their names, he said. These passengers will be quarantined mobile phone numbers, addresses, des- A medical screening of the passengers for 21 days at their respective block-lev- tination places, whether suffering from was carried out on arrival at the station el quarantine centres, Agarwal said while cough, cold, fever etc. by 20 medical teams. making it clear that the train carried only Circles were drawn to maintain a fair “After the medical examination, they migrant labourers who were working in distance between two persons right from will be served food and sent to their re- Rajasthan. the platform to the school premises ac- spective districts by buses,” Patna Divi- Patna District Magistrate Kumar Ravi, cording to social-distancing norms. sional Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Agar- Senior Superintendent of Police Upen- All the passengers were given hand wal told this news agency. dra Sharma and a host of other senior sanitiser at the entrance of the school. Around 100 buses have been stationed district administration officials were This is the first run of a special train to at the Danapur Railway Station to send these present at the Danapur Railway Station, Bihar after the Union Ministry of Home people to their home districts, he said. on the outskirts of the state capital, to Affairs (MHA) allowed the states to fer- A robot placed at the entrance of a hospital checks the temperature of visitors during the nationwide lockdown, in Bengaluru The seating arrangement in these bus- keep a close tab on the operation. ry migrants back home in buses. – PTI on Saturday. – PTI ‘PM must lay out lockdown-exit plan’ Minor police outpost ‘incharge’ NEW DELHI, May 2: The Congress today said Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi must come forward and address the country- men to enlighten them on the way ahead in dealing with the asks people to honour lockdown coronavirus and the economic situation. BAHRAICH, May 2: Holding a stick policing... We are going ahead with Asking when the lockdown will finally end, Congress’ chief in his hand outside a police outpost, a moderate policing and presenting us as spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Prime Minister must 14-year-old boy is explaining to people a friend,” said Superintendent of Police also lay out the exit strategy from it and spell out the goalpost in that they should not violate the Vipin Mishra. dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and economy. lockdown, avoid moving out of their SHO of Motipur Police Station, JP “Will we see another lockdown? When will the lockdown final- homes unnecessarily, use a gamcha , Shukla said, “When police outpost ly end? The Prime Minister must come forward and address 130 handkerchief or mask to cover their incharge of Mihipurwa Ajay Tiwari crore Indians and enlighten them on the way ahead,” he told face and repeatedly use sanitisers and came to know that Saumya was reporters at a press briefing through video-conferencing. soaps. interested in joining the force, he tried Accusing the government of not handling the issue of migrant “Remember that lockdown rules are an experiment. Saumya was declared as labourers in a humane or compassionate manner, Surjewala urged to be followed. If there is any lockdown the incharge of Mihipurwa outpost the Prime Minister and the Centre to ferry the migrant labourers violation, then I am the police outpost before the public. A police team is sent to their home in sanitised trains for free, along with food. – PTI incharge, and I will register a case and with Saumya, instead of Ajay Tiwari.” send the guilty to jail,” Saumya Meanwhile, Tiwari said the experi- Modi discusses COVID-19 Agarwal says. ment has proved successful and people A police aspirant, Agarwal is a are following the lockdown. crisis with Thai PM resident of Mihipurwa. Bahraich MP Akshaibar Lal praised NEW DELHI, May 2: As neighbours with deep-rooted histor- Impressed by the leadership qualities the concept, and said it will make ical and cultural links, India and Thailand will work together to of the boy, police have made him the people understand the importance of deal with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime “incharge” of an outpost. lockdown. Minister Narendra Modi said today. Modi said he spoke with When the teenager reiterates Do Gaj He also praised Saumya, and advised “good friend” Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Doori Bahut Zaroori as said by Prime him to look after himself, follow social discussed issues related to the pandemic. “As neighbours with Minister Narendra Modi, people like distancing, but at the same time focus deep-rooted historical and cultural links, India and Thailand will his style and take him seriously. on studies, so that he can realise his work together to deal with the multifarious challenges posed by “This is the age of community dream of joining the police force. – PTI this present crisis,” the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter. – PTI 4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020

MESSAGE FOR TODAY Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen. ‘COVID-19 will change way we do business’ – WAYNE HUIZENGA to how to make payment of quidity in businesses. More Both the experiences are salaries to its employees and the delay, more the harm. different in nature. During workers since the operations What about stocks in bandhs there used to be have come to a standstill. the market ? Is there temporary disruption of The industry was expect- enough stocks available business activities. But now Sarat Kumar Jain, CMD of the Rs 1200 crore SM Group ing to get a package of reliefs to meet the demand as during the present situation, of Companies is a senior business leader of the State, A from the government just to inter state movement has the business activities have former chairman of the Federation of Industries and Com- survive in this critial situation. been stopped and facto- come to a grinding halt. Another extension merce of Northeast Region (FINER), he has served as So suspension of all exemp- ries have been closed ? Moreover , there is no clear Founder Director (Finance) of International Hospital (now With the Covid-19 infections having crossed the 37,000 Apollo Hospitals). He is presently the president of Marwari tions, incentives and subsidies Stocks in the market com- visibility on relaxation of 100 mark and climbing, and deaths crossing 1,200 and show- Hospital and a trustee of Guwahati Gaushala. at this juncture was totally un- prises of both essential and per cent lockdown restric- ing no sign of abatement, that there would be yet another warranted as the implications non-essential goods. Since tions since remedy for COV- Day-to-day business has based on the information avail- satisfactory level achieved in extension of the “lockdown” across the entire country had would be very serious. the inter-state movement of ID 19 is yet to be found out. been greatly affected by the able from the various busi- containing the virus disease Besides, suspension of re- essential goods was allowed How do you view the been a fait accompli. However, the Centre’s decision to lockdown due to spread of nesses including industries, and unaffected rural areas, the fund of GST is further detri- by government well in time, increasing role of digital extend the lockdown till May 17 has come with some se- coronavirus. What is your trade and service sector, the government should take fast- mental as the amount was part enough stock is available. In- platform in trade and in- lective relaxations designed to ensure that the economy assessment of the impact loss can be estimated to the er steps to remove restric- of working capital funds. In- dustries engaged in the pro- dustry because of COVID- does not go completely off the rails and the sufferings of on the business activities tune of 5000 crore of rupees tions in rural areas. This will dustry as such was suffering duction of essential goods like 19? stranded workers as well as those who survive on daily in the State ? approximately. Out of this, tea have a positive impact on the because of delay in refund of food items, medical items are We all believe that con- earnings are mitigated to some extent. For this purpose The impact of lockdown due & hotel industries’ loss is es- economy. Besides, the gov- GST amount. It shall now ag- running smoothly. As regards straints always bring oppor- the Centre has divided the nation into 130 red zones, 284 to COVID 19 is short term and timated to be Rs 1800 crore. ernment should also expedite gravate the situation. The fi- non-essential goods, situation tunities. The indication is orange zones and 319 green zones, a classification whose long term depending upon the Remaining loss is spread over relaxing lockdown restrictions nancial condition of micro and has started improving in a quite clear that post COV- nature of various business ac- other sectors. in urban areas and towns so objective is self-evident and is to be followed by States and small industries shall be very gradual manner. It will take ID-19/ lockdown life is go- tivities. The worst affected Which sectors of busi- that business activities could badly hit. It will not be possi- time for 100 per cent im- ing to be very different as Union Territories and revised whenever necessary. Some segment in this critical crisis is ness activity in the State be revived faster. ble for them to survive and provement as transportation compared to pre COVID- restrictions, such as ban on air travel, trains and inter- undoubtedly Micro,Small & have been most affected ? Is the government dis- revive. Lastly, the develop- of goods from the States hav- 19. Social distancing is now state road transport for the general public, as also closure Medium Enterprises (MS- The main affected busi- cussing with business ment of new industries is go- ing more number of Red main mantra in all walks of of educational institutions, theatres, malls, hotels and bars MEs). With almost nil reve- ness sectors are like tea in- leaders and trade bodies ing to be a big question mark. Zones is a big challenge. life. The change will be vis- will be common to all zones. But there has been a number nue due to standstill opera- dustry, tourism, hospitality, how the lockdown re- Some fiscal measures Will the lockdown ex- ible, be it office or be it mar- of significant relaxations in the orange and green zones so tions and fixed over head cost, logistic, real estate, con- strictions can be lifted ? were announced by RBI perience help us in being ket place. People will like that normal trading activities can commence even in urban the MSMEs are finding it ex- struction, automobiles, en- Government was sup- to be extended by banks/ self reliant ? Will it give to avoid sitting in close of- areas. Special trains have also begun operating to help tremely difficult to cope up with tertainment, retail, steel & posed to have Webinar with FIs to support liquidity of an impetus to production fice space, visiting shops for such precarious situation. building materials, hand- trade & industry associa- lakhs of migrant workers stranded for over a month at businesses. How will the of certain essential items buying , meeting clients and There is apprehension that loom & handicrafts, live- tions few days back. But as same help in real sense . locally in coming days ? so on. The very fear of get- various urban centres, since transporting them only by a good number of MSMEs in stock, MSMEs, etc. Agricul- per my understanding, the The fiscal measures like Economy of our State is ting infected will be big bus proved unviable. some sectors shall be com- ture related business activi- same could not happen. moratorium on EMIs and de- consumption oriented. How- stumbling block and as such In allowing the relaxations the Union Government is tak- pletely wiped off. Besides, ties have also been affected The State government ferment of interest in CC ac- ever there are good number social distancing shall have ing a calculated risk, for any slip at this stage might undo the impact shall also be felt in due to transportation and as part of its austerity count have been announced of industries producing essen- to be maintained as part of the positive outcomes effected by the lockdown so far. form of job loss. The cascad- distribution constraints. measures has suspended by RBI to be extended by tial items like different types safety. Since life has to go The onus certainly is on the States to assist the Centre in ing effect on the economy The government is ex- all exemptions, subsi- banks/ FIs. This will help of food products. But other es- on and businesses must run, preventing adverse outcomes, especially those which shall be really serious having pected to open the lock- dies and incentives to in- businesses to some extent. sential non-food industries so here lies the important might result from the mass movement of people from one recessionary trend. down in a phased manner. dustries alongwith GST The situation will vary from like healthcare equipments, role of digital platform. It What is the estimated In your view how should reimbursement. Your place to another. As far as the North-East in general and business to business consid- hygiene products, kitchen es- has already started making loss during the over the Govt proceed to ease take on the development? ering the burden of fixed sentials and related products its inroads. During the lock- Assam in particular are concerned, the States need to be monthlong lockdown in the lockdown restric- This is really a bolt from costs and loss of revenues. It shall get impetus to be devel- down period , business en- extraordinarily careful not to relinquish the advantage the the State ? tions ? the blue to the industries. has come to our knowledge oped locally. terprises have started con- region’s relative remoteness has conferred, and allow de- The estimation of loss per- The government has al- Besides, refund of GST that banks are going to charge The business commu- necting with all types of its terioration in the prevailing situation. Assam being a kind haps cannot be confined to one ready initiated steps to open amount is also suspended. interest on the deferred nity in Assam has been stakeholders through vari- of gateway to this part of the nation, it has an overwhelm- month only. It shall take few the lockdown in a phased man- Industry is already adverse- amount of interest in the CC used to prolonged bandhs ous digital tools of the dig- ing responsibility to keep the entire area safe by engaging months for the revival of the ner. The strategic steps tak- ly affected by lockdown due account which is a big pain earlier. Is this experience ital technologies. We are in stringent monitoring of people who will now be allowed economic activities subject to en by the government to ease to spread of COVID-19. Fi- point. RBI is yet to announce helping them now to be frequently hearing about to enter, for these, obviously, might inadvertently prove to the situation not going further the restrictions is praisewor- nancials have gone haywire. further package of fiscal resilient to face the Webinars (seminars beyond control. However, thy. However, looking at the Industry is very perplexed as be Trojan horses! According to Assam Health Minister measures to support the li- present situation ? through Web) etc. Himanta Biswa Sarma more than 4.30 lakh migrant work- ers from Assam are still stranded in many other parts of the country due to the nationwide lockdown, and a sizea- Voices of the WEEK ble segment of these have requested that they be allowed Reopening schools, colleges to return to the native State. The Covid-19 situation in the I North-East would depend greatly on the mechanism the Dr Atul Bora Assam Government puts in place to monitor and isolate ockdown can be considered to confront the COVID-disaster. and postponing non-critical gatherings the returnees so that they do not endanger the people of as strategy to slow down the With slowing down the spread of and events, conducting zoom meetings, the region. transmission of COVID-19 virus invoking lockdown as the initial instead of physical meetings etc will be and thereby saving lives and strategy, we now need to focus on re- a part of such modalities. Lbuying time to fight back with the vi- opening of schools and colleges in a Hostels are to be the homes for the Kaziranga concerns rus. The schools and colleges are responsible manner. Each of the students for outstation students. Hos- The Centre in a recent directive to the State Govern- closed in the State and across the coun- schools, colleges is to prepare a road- tels should remain open or allowed to ment had asked it to construct more artificial highlands in try under such a framework. map to accommodate admissions for function for students and hostel affairs Kaziranga National Park – unmindful of the grave damage The prevailing situation is creating coming academic sessions along with again are to be managed by a multi- such unwarranted interventions can trigger to this prime a sense of uncertainty and anxiety minimizing the impact on the careers stakeholders committee to take care of wildlife habitat’s ecology. The park has a number of artifi- among the students and the citizens of of this year’s students in the respec- the health and safety of the students the state as well as the country. In a tive classes. We need a roadmap for a taking COVID-19 into account in letter Courtesy: THE HINDU cial highlands, the ill-effects of those already palpable and linear thinking, the schools and colleg- new model of schools to function, the and spirit. Redefined norms for school any more worsening of the situation can cause irreprable es will be reopened only when the pre- modalities of which need to be created and college buses such as number of “The situation in Agra city is bad and the number of corona- damage to its wetland-grassland ecosystem. The ideal plan vailing lockdown is lifted completely. by involvement of all stakeholders. The passengers per trip are to be provided virus patients is going up everyday.” –PRIYANKA GANDHI to tackle the annual floods that inundate a major area of the Such a public perception in general and modalities of such framework are to in the context of COVID-19. VADRA, GS, Congress park should be in facilitating unhindered animal movement among the students and teachers and be based on the uncertainty manage- Schools and colleges should encour- #### to the nearby Karbi Anglong hills which provides Kaziran- educational fraternity in particular has ment with principles of precaution and age students and faculty to stay con- “Everyone who wants to and whose job allows it should be ga with a natural forested highland. Floods may seem to be serious consequences. A holistic un- risk management. The schools, colleg- nected through the online or any social able to work in a home office, even when the corona pandemic damaging for Kaziranga from the perspective of wildlife derstanding about the uncertainty as- es and universities have a profound media platform and move forward to- is over.” –HUBERTUS HEIL, Labour Minister, Germany. casualty but that too is actually a nature’s way of control- sociated with the pandemic is very crit- responsibility at this juncture by adopt- gether during this extremely difficult #### time. Although schools/colleges/ univer- ling wildlife populations. And more importantly, floods are ical for collective informed-decision ing measures to slow the spread of the “The chain of transmission of the virus should be broken, making, participation and engagement virus not only in their campus but also sities have attempted to continue vari- critical to the long-term well-being of Kaziranga’s habitat strictly for districts falling in the red and orange zones.” – of all stakeholders. A review on the in the society at large. ous courses and programs from face- NARENDRA MODI, PM, India as the park’s wetlands and the floodplains get much-need- ongoing pressing efforts throughout Each of the schools and colleges should to-face to online delivery mode, many #### ed replenishment during flood-time. Having more artifi- the world reveals that COVID-19 vac- establish a multi-stakeholder commit- students do not have the correct setup “Rahul Gandhi should take tuition from P Chidambaram on cial highlands inside its floodplain ecosystem will hasten cine can emerge not earlier than sev- tee to plan and deal with the crisis that is such as computer, and high-speed In- the difference between ‘write-off’ and ‘waive off’.” – PRAKASH the process of ecological succession and Kaziranga will no eral months from now, if not several triggered by COVID-19.The multi- ternet connection at their homes. Again JAVADEKAR, Union Minister longer remain a habitat of rhino, swamp deer, wild buffalo, years! This implies that an indefinite stakeholder committee should include lab tests, practicals etc may not be pos- #### etc. While siltation from the highlands will damage the lockdown and closure of schools and members from different stakeholders sible to conduct online. The transition “I never wanted to see distress on his (Rishi Kapoor) smiling wetlands, such artificial interventions will also drastically colleges for indefinite period will be such as students, parents, faculties, prin- from face-to-face teaching to online de- Cherubic face .... But I am certain.... when he went, he must change the hydrology of the park by hampering the natu- disastrous not only to our students’ and cipals, representatives from health, ed- livery has a serious limitation on as- have gone with a gentle smile.” – AMITABH BACHCHAN, sessments and evaluation or conduct- ral cleaning mechanism of the ecosystem. children but also will be a serious threat ucation and civil administrators, public Legendary Actor to our overall sustainability. Therefore, representative and other relevant ing examinations with students at home. The dangers stemming from artificial highlands make it #### such a public understanding is the need members.The multi-stakeholder com- In view of above discussion, a judi- abundantly clear that the solution must be sought through “Saddened by the untimely demise of noted actor Irrfan of the hour to initiate or to set out a mittee should frequently meet with var- cious mixture of face-to-face teaching to Khan. A rare talent and a brilliant actor, his diverse roles natural means. A multi-pronged approach involving grass- online strategies with reopening of contingent exit plan of the COVID-19 ious subcommittees formed for the out- and remarkable performances will remain etched in our land management, restoration of wetlands, anti-erosion crisis, involving carefully specified lev- break and make informed decisions as schools and colleges with new classroom memories. A big loss to the world of cinema...– RAM measures, and most importantly facilitating undisturbed els of lockdown with compliance of the the situation evolves. practices with multiple sections in a class, multiple class-timings, multiple sets of NATH KOVIND, President, India animal movement to the adjoining Karbi Anglong hills expert advisories.As no Government Government should play the role of #### through the animal corridors can save Kaziranga’s wildlife can provide certainty of the complete facilitator to the multi-stakeholder com- question papers etc are to be adopted to safely from the COVID-19 without a mittee to adopt all possible measures mitigate the COVID-disaster that has “The skill sets and experiences acquired by the and its habitat. Many of the notified animal corridors link- returning youths working outside could be utilized to ing Kaziranga with Karbi Anglong are suffering widespread vaccine in place, a consensus of all for the safety and well-being of students the potential to trigger a much bigger disaster, unless initiated with a shared propel Assam towards economic resurgence and degradation due to encroachment and growing commer- stakeholders starting from students, and staff members. Wearing of mask, parents, teachers, hostel, school and thorough cleaning and disinfection of sur- vision by the society at large. opportunities must be created within the state to absord cial and industrial activities. These need to be stopped college administrators including gov- faces and objects that are frequently (Writer is Principal, Assam Engi- these youths productively.”– SARBANANDA and the corridors reclaimed for wildlife movement. ernment is the only sustainable option touched, restriction of mass gatherings neering College) SONOWAL, CM, Assam

From THE PAST conic Eden Gardens was electri- gallery before the next over started. A fying, a virtual cauldron of excite- Habits die hard visibly irritated young man asked. ‘Dada! 200 COMMUNISTS KILLED BY US, S ment right from day one of the Paschim Bongo government e chakri VIETNAMESE FORCES IN CAMBODIA third test match as Team India lal, the Indian medium pacer, charg- koren neki? (Do you work in Bengal Iled by Pataudi, the quintessential cap- ing up to the wicket at a great speed government?) The embarrassed gen- SAIGON, May 2: American and South Vietnamese troops striking into Cambodia had tain, was fighting back to salvage its tleman replied, “yes but why?” killed nearly 200 Vietcong and North Vietnamese and detained 166 suspects in the first 24 to deliver the ball, one gentleman re- battered image having lost the first The youngster shot back, “Saara hours of the operation, reports Reuter. marked, “Aare ei toh dekhchi electric two tests to West Indies captained by Gautam Ganguly engine er moto jore run kore!!! kintu jeevon office poucte deri, khelar field The US Command announced today that the estimated 8,000 strong combined task force, ...... making a wide encircling movement around the suspected location of the main Vietcong Clive Lloyd back in 1974. ball er speed toh budo steam engine er eo deri!!!” (late life-long, in reaching headquarters in the fish-hook salient of the Cambodian border, had killed 194 guerillas more. Six of us, undergraduate students, youngsters took their seat, one eld- moto slow!!” (This fellow runs as fast office. Late in reaching cricket field An American armoured column, helicopter-borne US air cavalrymen and South Viet- from Assam had occupied our seats erly gentleman said, ‘cool down boys!! as an electric engine but bowls at a too). namese airborne troops struck into the fish-hook, about 168 kms, northeast of Phnom- long before the match started. On the Rohan Kanhai? naam sunecho? speed of an old steam engine’). ‘Habits die hard’ penh, yesterday in a bid to find and destroy the central office for South Vietnam (COSVN) first day, Viswanath, playing a swash- (Heard the name of Rohan Kanhai) I Fifth day of the match had started There was roar of laughter! thought to be buried deep in the jungle. The attack was supported by a massive weight of buckling innings, had executed a bril- have seen him hitting better delecta- amidst nail-biting suspense. Any team artillery-82 heavy guns and 148 tactical air strikes were flown on the first day, the largest liant squarecut that went like a bullet ble square cuts in 1966 or Ian Chappel could emerge victorious! In the midst Different Strokes to the boundary. Two euphoric young- in 1969 here in Eden.!!! Eitou Ekhon of ding-dong battle at the end of an over, Anecdotes full of wit and humour with number in a single day’s operation since the Korean war, military sources said. a finishing punchline having a word sters stood up and shouted, “Guru’!! Sishu.” (Viswanath is a kid!!!) a dhoti-clad gentleman entered hurried- count of 360 words may be sent to SUNDAY, MAY 3 , 1970 Guru!! What a shot!!” When the two On the second day, seeing Madan- ly and started looking for his seat in the [email protected] ju Ray has been cycling over family as her daily wage la-wage daily her as family herfeed to order in work to compelledis She lockdown. place at Jorabat because of thehilly road to reach her work- aalong daily kilometres five now, healthcare worker Man- provide relief to her. toin steppedhasmachinery 19 lockdown, the government ends meet during the COVID-bothmaking in worker care being faced by a womanhardships thehealth- regarding day The Assam Tribune inpublishednewsitem a ing gutkha Jalukbari police last night ar- Tribune aw distancing social drawing Artists right: to Left etd w pros after persons two rested alumukh police last night ar- points. sale illegal several destroyed and uor department 100 seized of litres liq-illicit the the raids, During Saturday. on city the of area Lalmati in liquor illicit against ed raids conduct- department excise ongoing lockdown period. theduring station police the atreported cases theft nine thanmore in involved been ed house. er who stayed here in a rent- Boko, a from juice sugarcane sell- Hussain Ali as tified es in the Jalukbari area. involved in several theft cas- rested a person who has been registered in this regard. and Singh Ramesh Jadav. Sanjiv A as case has beenfied them at Bishnupur here. Central government. scheme announced by the workers in the insurance the inclusion of sanitation Union on Saturday called for All Assam Harijan Mazdoor in Guwahati on Saturday. – AT/UB photos AT/UB – Saturday. on Guwahati in IY CORRESPONDENT CITY CORRESPONDENT CITY CORRESPONDENT CITY CORRESPONDENT CITY SUNDAY,MAY2020 3, JORABAT,Follow-2: May For more than a fortnighta than moreFor GUWAHATI, May 2: Bhar- The2: GUWAHATI,May The 2: May GUWAHATI, A police source said Ali has The person has been iden- The duo have been identi- GUWAHATI, May 2: The GUWAHATI WEATHER Raids against theft charges Two arrested i 22.0°C Min 33.7°CMax TEMPERATURE: Sunday. on respectively 22°C & 32°C be to likely most are and minimum temperatures likely to occur. Maximum thundershower is very rain/ of spells two or one with with sky cloudy Partly FORECAST:LOCAL Harijan labourers’ body seeks CORRESPONDENT One held on illicitliquor insurance cover for cleaners a rcvrd from recovered was on Satur- news helps needy woman get Govt aid Guwahati through the lens during lockdown on Saturd job due to the lockdown. the pandemic. government’s fight against an important role in the across the State are playing working in various sectors and other cleaning workers said the cleaners, sweepers and Kamrup districts. Kamrup and M in Kamrup Bijoynagar and Dhantala Hirapara, dung, Changsari Bargaon, Bazar, Uzan Jahajghat, including p at screening thermal conducting var from at apart people places needy 2,200 than more to packets cuit Sukreswar temples. ing of temple priests and distributed masks at Uman hypochlorite, NDRF medical teams carried out therma The sanitizing tunnel that was installed at Hatigao at installed was that tunnel sanitizing The Manju Ray receiving govt relief. – Photo: Jorabat C Jorabat Photo: – relief. bourer husband is govt now out of receiving Ray Manju in the temples. navirus, day-to-day rituals are being observed by l installations are closed in order to prevent the the sp all Although points. exit and entry the all and ence of Biren Chandra Deka, pres-Police,the of in sioner am Pegu, Assistant Commis- igaon Police Station here today.stalled at the main gate of Hat-sanitizingtunnel gate wasin- mass and decontamination coronavirus,novel of spread part of its efforts to prevent the da Temple and Hari Sabha here. carried out sanitization drives at Sukreswar Temple Sanitizing tunnel installed Meanwhile, NDRF has distributed food, masks and bis and masks food, distributed has NDRF Meanwhile, en a o-ain card non-ration a Being Apart from disinfecting the temple premises with so with premises temple the disinfecting from Apart It was inaugurated by Poon- As 2: May GUWAHATI, The teams sprayed disinfectants on the temple premi temple the on disinfectants sprayed teams The todayGUWAHATI,TeamsNDRF Battalion2: 1st May of These people are veryare people These The union in a statement TF REPORTERSTAFF duringlockdown NDRFcontinues to play its role at city police station areness messages on a wall; Girls carry their house their carry Girls wall; a on messages areness TF REPORTERSTAFF rmn ais te lock- the amidst ernment ceived no relief from the gov- holder,apparentlyre-Manju insurance cover.insurance of the policy under brought be should people these thatadding statement, said thegears, protection self-do have not State the of parts in interior working workers the of some Even to the vulnerable pandemic. that the tunnels were spe- were tunnels the that adding said, an official tion,” sta- police the of entrance main the at point entry ant will tunnel act as a disinfect- This gate. thetunnel sanitizing install to decided has Station Police Hatigaon ed, licemen and others disinfect- po- the keep and COVID-19 Police Station. Hatigaon officer-in-charge, “To contain the spread of spread the “Tocontain n PS on Saturday. on PS n orrespondent read of coro- imited staff , Umanan- religious anda and l screen- , Kul-, laces dium ious etro ses - jyoti Hazarika for the GMCthe for Hazarika jyoti 1 kg holders. Manju also cardreceived non-ration for stockmeant relief the from rice of kilograms 20 with vided afternoon. She was later pro- member called up Manju thisZPCa higher-ups, the from herplight on Saturday. published newspaper for the better for her after thisdown. But things took a turn for the relief. also thanked the government from the government. relief some She has get her helped news Saturday’s that relief had read the news. an individual from Jorabat who OBITUARY death was widely mourned. Hisrelatives, and friends of hosta in-law,and grandsons three sons, three daughters- urday. He was 88. here in the early hours of Sat-NagarAmbikagiri at Colony residence in the SBI Officers’ State theBank of of India, died officer at his grade senior retired a Phukon, Krishna fight the global pandemic. government the help to bit ters in the country is doing its Young Indians across all chap- was present in the event, saidwhoorganisation, the of cial workersheretoday. (GMC) Commissioner Deba- wahati Municipal Corporation 5,000 cloth masks to the Gu- ID-19 pandemic, handed over initiative in view of the COV- as part of the chapter’s relief federation of Indian Industry, Con- of wing youth the ter, Young Indians Guwahati Chap- of the disease. tancing to avoid further spreadple will still follow social dis- situation expecting that peo- paring for the post-lockdown Pipes.Ashirwad Guwahati with the support of of by Advertising Tree Green fabricated and signed er vigour,” he said. fight the pandemic with great- ed that such a tunnel will helpexpect-isexperimentally. It sanitized. This has been bedone can individual the onds, visitor and within 10-15 sec- ant spray is sprayed on every nozzle, a shower of disinfect- high-pressure a of help the withbut washed usually are tion process hands-free. Handsstarted to make the sanitiza- infection.from saved be also could police the approach who those and coronavirusthe from police protect to designed cially hold items in the absence of transportation; People transportation; of absence the in items hold Siba Krishna Upon receiving directionsreceiving Upon Manju has heaved a sigh of He leaves behind his wife, GUWAHATI, May 2: Siba Hamad Berlashker, an offi- The2: GUWAHATI,May The police officials are pre- de- been has tunnel The been has exercise “This Cloth masks TF REPORTERSTAFF dal distributed P h u k o n and Rs 100 cash from C ITY press release on Saturday.release press a said 30, April on Sarma Biswa Himanta Dr Minister Healthto Nidhi, Arogya for the Assammeant Rs for 33,42,182cheque Baishya handed over a Kr Kamal Commissioner Deputy Rural Kamrup business establishments, social organisations and today. here issued release a press stated Fund, PM-CARES the for meant was that fund AEI the to salary half-day their uted contrib- have staff teaching non- the and salary one-day their contributed have institute the of staff teaching the that informed Kalita Chandra Akshay principal AEI pandemic. 19 COVID- the against fight its in India of Government the help to Fund CARES PM- to 2,42,600 Rs of amount an contributed has (AEI) Institute EngineeringAssam fight COVID-19 to Donations On behalf of On differentbehalf 2: May GUWAHATI, continueto pour in stand in queue in front of Paltan Bazar PS to subm to PS Bazar Paltan of front in queue in stand rt o Txs o coming for Taxes of erate and staff of the Commission- initiative and also the officials sioner of Taxes for Commis- taking the & ASBTC of tor plauded Anurag Goel, Direc- tary blood donation, he said. initiative to accelerate volun- thetakenfusionCouncilhas The Assam State Blood State.Trans-the in donation blood voluntary in decline a been in the entire country, there hasCOVID-19 lockdown imposedtheof becausesaid minister ter inaugurating the camp, thearika. Talking to reporters af- & Family Welfare Pijush Haz- by Minister of State for Health urday, said a press release. van), Ganeshguri here on Sat- missioner of Taxes (Kar Bha- camp donationat the office of blood the Com- voluntary TransfusionCouncil (ASBTC) organised a Blood State Society (ASACS) and Assam Control AIDS State Assam iitr aaia ap- Hazarika Minister The camp was inaugurated The2: GUWAHATI,May TF REPORTERSTAFF Voluntary blood donation camp at Kar Bhavan tion vans have already been already have vans tion collec- blood mobile five as State the throughout tinue con- would drives such that in hospitals.the tients pa- needy for help great of camp. blood which, donation he asserted, donate would be to blood forward voluntary the at donor A The minister further said further minister The it applications to travel to their respective home home respective their to travel to applications it THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI ASSAM TRIBUNE, THE ay stationed near the office. blood in the blood mobile bus donated donors 35 them of screened at the camp and out districts.various in be placed soon would five across the State and another hospitals district at placed Altogether 55 donors were states,

5 Janasanyog/DF/89/20 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI NATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 Armed forces to thank corona warriors today NEW DELHI, May 2: The armed forc- rus patients and shower petals as a trib- 7:30 pm to midnight at Visakhapatnam es have made elaborate arrangements ute to the corona warriors,” Army coast. to conduct aerial fly-pasts, light up ships spokesperson Col Aman Anand said. Anand said Indian Coast Guard ships at sea and shower flower petals on sev- He said some of the aircraft will be will be seen at 24 places, including in eral hospitals across the country on Sun- flown as low as 500 metres so that peo- Porbandar, Okha, Ratnagiri, Dahanu, day to express gratitude to lakhs of doc- ple can witness the fly-pasts from the Murud, Goa, New Mangalaore, Kavara- tors, paramedics, sanitation staff and oth- safety of their homes. ti, Karaikal, Chennai, Krishnapatnam, er frontline workers engaged in fighting Military bands will play “patriotic Nizamapatanam, Puducherry, Kakinada, the coronavirus pandemic. tunes” outside various civil hospitals Paradip, Sagar Island, Port Blair, Digli- Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Ra- treating coronavirus patients to express pur, Mayabundur, Hut Bay and Camp- wat on Friday announced that the three gratitude to doctors, nurses and para- bell Bay. services will carry out a series of activ- medics, he said. “The nation stood together and showed ities to thank the “corona warriors”. Separately, Indian Navy helicopters resilience in dealing with the coronavi- The thanks-giving activities will start would shower petals on hospitals treat- rus pandemic. On behalf of the armed with laying of wreaths at the police me- ing coronavirus patients at Mumbai, Goa, forces, we want to thank all the corona morial in Delhi and in several other cit- Kochi and Vizag between 10 AM to warriors – doctors, nurses, sanitation ies on Sunday morning to honour the 10:30 AM. workers, police, home guards, delivery police personnel deployed in enforce- Navy officials said the Western Naval boys and media,” Gen Rawat said . Migrants after boarding a bus to their native places, during the lockdown, in Surat on Saturday. – PTI ment of the nationwide lockdown, offi- Command will illuminate five naval ships So far, the coronavirus has infected cials said. from 7:30 PM to 11:59 PM off Gateway 37,336 people in India while it claimed It will be followed by fly-pasts by fight- of India in Mumbai. lives of 1,218 people, according to the er and transport aircraft of the Indian They would display banners like “In- Union Health Ministry. ICMR to study COVID-19 strain Air Force, covering a sizeable number dia Salutes Corona Warriors” and will Gen Rawat’s announcement about the NEW DELHI, May 2: The According to a senior sci- “The study will also indi- not, he said. of cities and towns across the country sound the siren of the ships and fire flares special activities came shortly before the Indian Council of Medical Re- entist of the country’s apex cate whether it has become However, the study can be- between 10 AM to 11 AM, officials said. at 7:30 PM at anchorage. Additionally, Union Home Ministry said the the cur- search (ICMR) is planning to health research body, deter- more virulent and increased gin once the lockdown is lift- “These aircraft will cover major towns the Naval air stations at Goa would or- rent spell of the lockdown will be extended study whether the novel coro- mining whether or not the transmission capability.” ed since currently there are starting from Srinagar to Thiruvanan- ganise a human chain on the runway to by another two weeks from Monday. navirus strain in India has un- SARS-CoV2 strain has Samples will be collected difficulties involved in trans- thapuram and Dibrugarh to Kutch. Hel- honour the ‘corona warriors’. The lockdown came into force on dergone mutation while changed form will help in en- from COVID-19 patients to portation of samples from dif- icopters from the IAF and Indian Navy The Eastern Naval Command will il- March 25 and was to end on April 14. It spreading within the country suring the effectiveness of a study whether the novel coro- ferent states and Union Ter- will fly over hospitals treating coronavi- luminate two ships at anchorage from was first extended till May 3. – PTI over the last two months. potential vaccine. navirus strain has mutated or ritories, scientists said. – PTI

Assam ... MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS Final volume of Prof Shonku’s (Contd from page 1) NOTIFICATION “The details of the arrange- New Delhi, the 22nd April, 2020 adventures released ments made by the govern- S.O. 1333(E).- In exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956 ment will be made known to (48 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, after being satisfied that for the public NEW DELHI, May 2: On the people over phone by As- purpose, the land, the brief description of which is given in the Schedule below, is required for building (widening/ his 99th birth anniversary, fans sam Police who will handle the two lane with paved shoulder/four laning etc.), maintenance, management and operation of Dolabari to Jamuguri NH in the stretch of land from Km 17.300 (NH 37A) to Connecting Km 182.00(NH 52) (DC Office Tezpur Sonitpur) of legendary film director operation. People having own in the district of SONITPUR in the state of ASSAM, hereby declares its intention to acquire such land. Satyajit Ray could not have vehicle can apply for passes at [email protected]. Any person interested in the said land may, within twenty-one days from the date of publication of this notification asked for more - his final vol- in the Official Gazette, object to the use of such land for the aforesaid purpose under sub-section(1) of section 3C Passes will be mailed to them. ume of Professor Shonku’s es- of the said Act. However, once such people capades which has been trans- Every such objection shall be made to the Competent Authority, namely, Additional Deputy Commissioner in lated into English with a por- reach the Assam border, they writing and shall set out the grounds thereof and the Competent Authority shall give the objector an opportunity tion by the master himself was will have to undergo a screen- of being heard, either in person or by a legal practitioner, and may, after hearing all such objections and after launched today. ing at Srirampur gate. making such further enquiry, if any, as the Competent Authority thinks necessary, by order, either allow or The Final Adventures of “The returnees will be is- disallow the objections. Professor Shonk u was re- sued passes in one of five cen- Any order made by the Competent Authority under sub-section (2) of section 3C of the said Act shall be final. The leased as an e-book by Puffin. tres where elaborate medical land plans and other details of the land to be acquired under their notification are available and can be inspected Translated by Indrani Ma- screening will be done. The by the interested person at the aforesaid office of the Competent Authority. jumdar and a portion by Ray passes will be issued for SCHEDULE for the first time in English Kokrajhar SAI Complex, Gu- Brief Description of the land to be acquired with or without structures falling Dolabari to Jamuguri in the stretch from the original collection of wahati’s Sarusajai stadium, of land from Km 17.300(NH 37A) to Connecting Km 182.00(NH 52) (DC Office Tezpur Sonitpur) in the district of SONITPUR in the state of ASSAM Shonku adventures, the book Tezpur, Jorhat or Silchar. The features stories that are funny, travelers returning in own State : ASSAM District : SONITPUR imaginative and exciting, and vehicles will have to drive non- Sr. Survey / Type of Land Nature of Area Area are perfect for sci-fi and Satya- stop to their nearest centre. No. Plot Number Land (In Local Unit) (In Hectare) jit Ray fans, young and old “The returnees will be reg- 12 34 5 6 istered at the centre. We may alike, the publishers said. Taluk : Tezpur Featuring the ever-popular keep people in free quarantine Village : Alisinga Uriamguri mad scientist Shonku, The Fi- Fans decorate a banner of film director Satyajit Ray to mark his 99th birth anniversary, during facility or paid quarantine in the lockdown in Kolkata on Saturday. – PTI nal Adventures of Professor hotels for which the govern- 1 118 / Government Land Government No Class 0.0640000 (Hectare) 0.0640000 Shonku is a companion vol- avid readers too. I have been a introspective adventure in this scientist travels around the ment will fix rates. 2 113/107 Private B .Faring 0.0340000 (Hectare) 0.0340000 ume to the hugely popular Di- lover of crime fiction for the book begins at his cozy house world once more to face near “Those who will be sent to 3 114 /107 Private Agri. Lahi 0.0210000 (Hectare) 0.0210000 ary of a Space Traveller and longest time, but even I was in Giridih, but the action starts death situations. Each nerve home quarantine will be 4 116/09 Private B .Faring 0.3220000 (Hectare) 0.3220000 stamped. Through an online Other Stories, The Unicorn not aware of the pulp detec- to unfold from Jharkhand and wracking experience is faith- 5 12 / Government Land Government No Class 0.0640000 (Hectare) 0.0640000 portal, all DCs will know in- Expedition and Other Stories tive fiction (Satyajit Ray) in- takes readers to London and fully recorded in his diary. 6 124/76 Private B .Faring 0.0800000 (Hectare) 0.0800000 and The Mystery of Munroe Is- troduced me to,” he says. Berlin with a nail-biting finish. The books tell about stantly the details of people 7 125/55 Private Bari 0.0540000 (Hectare) 0.0540000 land and Other Stories. Majumdar, the translator of According to Sohini Mitra, Shonku being outwitted by his returning to their districts for Actor Dhritimaan Chaterji, the entire collection, says 2020 Publisher (Children Division), own invention, the Tellus com- follow-up action,” the Health 8 126 /Government Land Government No Class 0.0650000 (Hectare) 0.0650000 who portrayed the character marks the appearance of the fi- at Penguin India, “With this fi- puter; his helplessness when Minister said. 9 13 / Government Land Government No Class 0.0640000 (Hectare) 0.0640000 of Professor Shonku in the nal and the fourth volume of nal volume, we now have the his arch-rival in Rome delib- Sarma, however, warned 10 130/10 Private Agri .Lahi 0. 1420000 (Hectare) 0.1420000 Bengali sci-fi drama, has writ- Professor Shonku containing complete oeuvre of stories erately misplaces his wonder that the corona threat is far 11 132/01 Private Bari 0.1500000 (Hectare) 0.1500000 from over and until there is a ten the introduction to the nine adventures, finally complet- featuring the madcap Profes- drug, Miracurall; and the thrill- 12 133/20 Private Bari 0.0610000 (Hectare) 0.0610000 book. ing all his 38 exploits written in sor Shonku and his extraordi- ing discovery of a three-and- vaccine or cure, everyone will 13 138 / Government Land Government No Class 0.0640000 (Hectare) 0.0640000 “In Shonku, we have the fin- the original Bengali by Ray. nary adventures available for a-half-thousand-year-old spar- have to be extremely cautious. est writing for children any- The volume begins with an readers young and old.” kling diamond necklace and a The State government had 14 143/45 Private Bari 0. 1074000 (Hectare) 0.1074000 where in the world. And why escapade translated by Ray In this last volume of Pro- papyrus in an ancient tomb in received 6.12 lakh missed calls 15 145/48 Private B. Faring 0.0800000 (Hectare) 0.0800000 just children, grown-ups are himself and the concluding and fessor Shonku’s escapades, the Cairo. – PTI in the helpline opened for fi- 16 184/2 Private B. Faring 0.0500000 (Hectare) 0.0500000 nancial assistance for stranded 17 188/106 Private B. Faring 0.0400000 (Hectare) 0.0400000 people. Going by the figures, 18 09 / Government Land Government No class 0.3750000 (Hectare) 0.3750000 the government estimated Govt clarifies on ... HSLC results ... 19 140/5 Private B. Faring 0.1 170000 (Hectare) 0.1170000 that some 20 lakh people of (Contd from page 1) (Contd from page 1) Assam are currently in other 20 141/58 Private Bari 0.2820000 (Hectare) 0.2820000 In liquor shops, customers will have to maintain Education department sources pointed out that if the schools remain States. However, once normal 21 142/35 Private Bari 0.0810000 (Hectare) 0.0810000 minimum six feet distance from each other, and also closed up to May 31, altogether 58 days of the academic calendar would activity begins in the green 22 17 / Govt./ Land Government No Class 0.0980000 (Hectare) 0.0980000 ensure that not more than five persons are present at be lost. That loss can be made up by forgoing the summer vacation and zones from Monday, many one time at the shop. other holidays and by taking extra classes. But if the schools do not open 23 181 Govt. Land Government No Class 0.2140000 (Hectare) 0.2140000 might want to rejoin work and These exemptions will be effective from May 4 on June 1, it may be difficult to complete the course for next year’s 24 189/6 Private Bari 0.0270000 (Hectare) 0.0270000 not return. when the third phase of the lockdown will begin. HSLC examination. 25 190/6 Private Bari 0.1340000 (Hectare) 0.1340000 On allowing domestic helps to work in red zones, a Sources said it would not be possible for one state alone to reduce the Centre’s ... Village: Purani Alimur home ministry official said resident welfare associa- syllabus for the class X board examination and a decision in this regard 1 117/53 Private Bari 0.0230000 (Hectare) 0.0230000 (Contd from page 1) tions should take a call regarding allowing the move- would have to be taken for all states. “A large number of students of 2 123/57 Private Bari 0.0040000 (Hectare) 0.0040000 ment of outsiders. But health protocols will have to Assam go outside for studies after the HSLC examination and if Assam “It is an extremely serious 3 124/58 Private Bari 0.0040000 (Hectare) 0.0040000 be maintained by domestic helps as well as employ- alone reduces the syllabus, such students would face serious problems. situation, akin to the one in- ers, and the responsibility lies with the person who That is why, the SEBA can take such a decision only if such an advisory duced by the coronavirus. We 4 125/59 Private Bari 0.0140000 (Hectare) 0.0140000 employs maids in case of any mishap. – PTI comes from the Centre,” sources said. are identifying all the infected 5 65 / Govt. Government No Class 1.3860000 (Hectare) 1.3860000 areas so that containment 6 66 / Govt. Private No Class 0.7140000 (Hectare) 0.7140000 zones can be created to check 7 66 / Govt. Government No Class 0.0400000 (Hectare) 0.0400000 Media playing proactive ... further spread. We are also activating and strengthening 8 71 / Govt. Government B. Foring 0.7220000 (Hectare) 0.7220000 (Contd from page 1) Welcoming the suggestions that in comparison to world- has decided to release full sal- the veterinary labs for effec- 9 79/5 Private Bhal Bari 0.0180000 (Hectare) 0.0180000 Highlighting the agriculture such as not to convert schools wide and nationwide mortali- ary of government employees tive surveillance,” he said. 10 88/59 Private Bari 0.0140000 (Hectare) 0.0140000 department’s role in provid- into relief camps for flood-af- ty and recovery rate of COV- for the month of June and con- Bora said that the situation 11 90/ 14 Private Bhal Bari 0.0200000 (Hectare) 0.0200000 ing market linkage to the farm- fected people during the forth- ID-19 patients, Assam is in a tinue with regular appointment would also impact the liveli- Village: Sotaichapori ers to sell their produce, coming rainy season which safer position now. He in- in government departments. hoods of lakhs of people en- 1 127/64 Private Bhal Bhari 0.2000000 (Hectare) 0.2000000 Sonowal said directives have would result in loss of teach- formed that the State govern- Editors and senior journal- gaged with piggery. “Piggery been given to the department ing time for students, closing ment has already developed a ists representing 47 media has been among the most-pre- 2 128 / Government Land Government No Class 1.4790000 (Hectare) 1.4790000 in this regard. He also high- down rural roads in border dis- strategy to facilitate move- houses of the State took part ferred enterprises in the State 3 129 / Government Land Government No Class 0.7490000 (Hectare) 0.7490000 lighted the step to take private tricts which people take to ment of people of the State in today’s interactive session that provide livelihood to thou- 4 130 / Government Land Government No Class 0.6720000 (Hectare) 0.6720000 players on board this time in sneak into the State from out- stranded at different places and offered their suggestions sands of families. They are 5 134/101 Private B. Faring 0.0160000 (Hectare) 0.0160000 managing the requirement of side, COVID-19 testing of po- across the country giving pref- for formulating revival plan of going to face huge loss in such 6 4/125 Private Bhal Bhari 0.0210000 (Hectare) 0.0210000 essential items and keeping lice personnel engaged in the erence to students, pilgrims Assam’s economy in the post a situation. But we are confi- Village: Uriamguri the prices in control. field, social distancing and food and elderly persons and also COVID-19 scenario. dent of checking the spread He said around 49,500 vehi- supply in slums, regular pay- for providing sustenance to State ministers Atul Bora, with timely action,” he said. 1 1/7 Private Bhal Bari 0.1340000 (Hectare) 0.1340000 cles carrying essential items ment of advertising bills due migrant workers of Assam Phani Bhushan Choudhury, The African Swine Fever, 2 126 / govt. Government No Class 0.6720000 (Hectare) 0.6720000 and people have moved in the to the media houses, etc., stuck across the country for Rihan Daimary, Siddhartha which has mortality rates be- 3 194 / govt Government No Class 1.3810000 (Hectare) 1.3810000 State during the ongoing lock- Sonowal said these would help next three months. He also Bhattacharya, Keshab Mahan- tween 90 per cent to 100 per 4 2/8 Private Bari 0.0410000 (Hectare) 0.0410000 down under the transport de- the government in charting the informed that presently an ta, Chief Secretary Kumar cent, has so far killed over 5 205 / Govt. Government Faring 0.0210000 (Hectare) 0.0210000 partment. He also said repair- future plan of action. amount of Rs 4,900 crore is Sanjay Krishna, DG of Assam 2,500 pigs in the districts of ing works of embankments, Health Minister Himanta available in the State excheq- Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta Dhemaji, Sivasagar, Biswa- Total 11.1354 11.1354 which were stopped due to the Biswa Sarma, who was also uer in spite of economic slow- and senior officials were also nath, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh [F. No. 1321/3A] lockdown, have started. present in the meeting, said down and State government present in the meeting. and Jorhat. Janasanyog/CF/79/20 RAJESH GUPTA, Dy. Secy. SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 NORTH E AST THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7 2 BSF jawans test positive Mizoram extends WEATHER lockdown till May 17 NORTHEAST for COVID-19 in Tripura Forecast for North Eastern CORRESPONDENT and Prevention of COVID-19 precautionary measures to States: Rain/thundershower is CORRESPONDENT was sent to the Dhalai District Hospital concluded that the jawans are suffering after a detailed discussion. The prevent the outbreak in our very likely to occur at many at Kulai on Friday along with another from COVID-19. The doctors, however, AIZAWL, May 2: The Mi- ordinance aims to ensure strict State,” the Chief Minister said. places over Nagaland, Manipur, AGARTALA, May 2: In a fresh devel- BSF jawan, who was an attendant. They refused to speak to media persons, but zoram Government today de- adherence to the lockdown Despite the economic con- Mizoram and Tripura and rain/ opment, two BSF jawans posted in Dha- were sent to the GB Pant Hospital last the administrative authority of the GB thundershower is very likely to cided to extend the ongoing guidelines. sequences, he urged the peo- occur at a few places over lai district have tested positive for COV- Pant Hospital said that the two jawans lockdown till May 17, in line The meeting also decided to ple to bear with the situation Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and ID-19. They have since been shifted to Highly-placed BSF had been institutionally quarantined, and with the Centre’s order. make use of the special trains keeping in mind that people of Meghalaya. the GB Pant Hospital here. sources said that one that their treatment was on. A meeting of the Council of rolled out by the Ministry of the entire world are struggling Warning: Thunderstorm with With the detection of the new COVID- Meanwhile, the entire medical and par- lightning is very likely to occur jawan, who was on leave, Ministers, chaired by Chief Railways, to bring back peo- due to the pandemic. at isolated places over Assam 19 cases, the tribal-dominated Dhalai dis- amedical staff of the Dhalai District Hos- Minister Zoramthanga, took ple of Mizoram stranded in With only one COVID-19 ac- and Meghalaya. Thundersquall trict is likely to be marked as a Red Zone. had returned from pital at Kulai as well as other auxiliary the decision to extend the lock- other States. tive case, Mizoram falls in the with windspeed exceeding 60 The information about the two BSF Sivasagar district of employees have been quarantined. kmph is very likely to occur at down in view of the COVID- “As it appears that the COV- Green Zone where as per the isolated places over Nagaland, jawans having been diagnosed as COV- Assam on March 11 It may be mentioned here that six out 19 pandemic. ID-19 pandemic is reaching its Central Government guide- Maniur, Mizoram and Tripura. ID-19-positive was revealed in a tweet of the eight districts of Tripura in the The meeting also adopted peak in other parts of the coun- lines, certain activities are al- Heavy rain is very likely to oc- from Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb night as they looked unwell. As many as Green Zone, while only two – Gomati the Ordinance for Containment try, we need to take utmost lowed with some restrictions. cur at isolated places over today. 68 BSF jawans who came in touch with and North Tripura – are in the Orange Mizoram and Tripura. Highly-placed BSF sources said that one the two jawans in the Gandacherra camp Zone. But the status of Dhalai district may Temperatures : jawan, who was on leave, had returned of the BSF range at Ambassa have been now change to Red Zone. Max (°C) Min (°C) from Sivasagar district of Assam on sent on quarantine. Two earlier COVID-19 patients were Mizoram to crack whip on Dibrugarh 34.2 22.0 Tezpur 33.7 22.6 March 11. He went to the Gandacherra Having studied the symptoms after released in April after quarantine and nec- Silchar 33.0 22.5 Subdivisional Hospital on April 25, but tests, doctors in the GB Pant Hospital essary treatment. lockdown violators Dhubri 30.1 23.5 Jorhat 32.8 20.9 NEWMAI NEWS decision to extend the ongo- He said that Mizoram is locat- N Lakhimpur 34.2 20.8 ing lockdown by two weeks ed in a vulnerable area as it Shillong 21.0 – AIZAWL, May 2: Any viola- from May 4. shares border with Assam, Cherrapunjee 24.4 15.3 Batch of stranded residents On Friday, the Mizoram Manipur and Tripura, and also Aizawl 22.1 17.1 tion of lockdown restrictions in Kohima 23.8 11.6 Mizoram will now invite “ex- Chapter of the Indian Medical a 722-km unfenced internation- Pasighat 33.5 22.2 emplary punishment”. The Association and the Mizoram al boundary with Bangladesh Itanagar 34.6 21.3 returns to Manipur Mizoram Cabinet approved of Government Doctors’ Associ- and Myanmar. Imphal 26.7 17.3 an ordinance today as a strin- ation had expressed concern Meanwhile, the Mizoram Po- Agartala 32.8 24.0 CORRESPONDENT gent measure on the COVID- over the rise of COVID-19 lice have stepped up vigil on the 19 situation. Stray incidents of cases in the country and State borders. Reports said that IMPHAL, May 2: A batch of lockdown violation have been stressed the need to extend more than 2,500 policemen are Mizoram Cong 87 stranded people belonging reported in Mizoram. the lockdown to control the maintaining round-the-clock to Manipur arrived here from According to an official spread of the disease. In this vigil to prevent the spread of alleges Guwahati, Assam, today. source, Mizoram Health Min- regard, the two associations novel coronavirus. These people, including stu- anomalies in ister Dr R Lalthangliana tabled had submitted their views to The reports added that 15 dents, who had returned from the Ordinance for Contain- the Mizoram Health Minister. senior officers have been different parts of the country, PPE purchase ment and Prevention of COV- Earlier, Mizoram Chief tasked with contact tracing and were forced to halt at Guwa- AIZAWL, May 2: The Mi- ID-19 at the Cabinet meeting. Minister Zoramthanga had said a total of 1,776 policemen have hati due to the lockdown im- zoram Congress has lodged a The Mizoram Govern- that his Government would go been deployed in 182 duty posed from March 24. complaint with the State Anti ment will strictly implement by the decision of the Centre posts across the State to main- The citizens had put up at Corruption Bureau (ACB), an the Central Government’s with regard to the lockdown. tain law and order. autonomous body, alleging that the Manipur Bhavan in Guwa- there were irregularities in the hati. They were brought back purchase of personal protec- to the State in four special bus- tive equipment (PPE) sets and es arranged by the Manipur Stranded residents of the State on their arrival in Imphal on Saturday. – Photo: Correspondent Machines for detection other safety gear. The Con- Government. The buses gress also alleged the sets of reached the Mao Gate located around 12.30 pm. ever, all of them will be tested Rajo Singh, and other officials, coveralls were “substandard” along the Manipur-Nagaland The passengers were im- for the disease by Health visited the centre run by the of COVID-19 and “not fit for use”, and that border around 8.30 am and mediately evacuated to a gov- workers at the centre and de- Government, and appealed to CORRESPONDENT Sciences (RIMS), Imphal. and studying the coronavirus. the materials were not bought necessary screening of the ernment centre located on the pending on the results, further the returnees to follow the These instruments were Each COVID-19 test requires from approved suppliers. passengers was conducted, of- outskirts of Imphal town for steps will be taken. Those with government guidelines on the IMPHAL, May 2: The Insti- provided at the request of the one RNA extraction kit with- State Health and Family Wel- ficial sources said. COVID-19 tests. negative results will be sent COVID-19 pandemic. tute of Bio-resources and Sus- RIMS to supplement the ex- out which the RT-PCR test fare Board Vice Chairman and After the Health team sta- Additional Director of the to home quarantine, he said. When contacted, the Admin- tainable Development (IBSD), isting VRDL facilities for de- cannot be conducted under the ruling MNF MLA Dr ZR Thia- tioned at the Mao Gate per- Manipur Health Department Meanwhile, Health and Fam- istrative Officer of the Manipur Takyelpat, on Friday handed tection of COVID-19 due to the current testing methods. msanga denied the allegation and mitted the passengers to pro- Dr Khoirom Sasheekumar ily Welfare Minister L Jayen- Bhavan, Guwahati, Chingangbam over one RNA extractor kit likelihood of return of stranded The present initiative was said “no public money was wast- ceed after following the nec- Mangang said no passenger takumar, accompanied by the Rajen Singh said that other and one Real-Time PCR to the persons to Manipur in batches. taken under the guidance of the ed in the procurement and none essary guidelines, the buses showed any symptoms at the Director of the Manipur stranded people from the State Medical Superintendent of the The RT-PCR is a laboratory Director of the IBSD, Prof Pu- of the PPEs were rejected”. arrived in the State capital screening point at Mao. How- Health Department, Dr K also arrived at the Bhavan today. Regional Institute of Medical method for detecting, tracking lok K Mukherjee, who con- The State Government had gratulated the RIMS team on spent “Rs 99 lakh for purchas- Meghalaya puts curbs on Sikkim opens rendering yeoman’s service in ing a batch of 10,900 PPEs and Citizens’ body seeks rollback fighting the virus pandemic. other medical equipment online registration The IBSD is ready to extend weighing 1,979 kg,” Congress inter-dist transport of pigs all help with the resources process for available at the institute, for leader Lalhriatpuia claimed. STAFF CORRESPONDENT uty Chief Minister Prestone of COVID-19 cess on fuel fighting COVID-19, Prof “The consignment was sup- Tynsong said today. CORRESPONDENT At a time when people in Dimapur, the com- stranded people Mukherjee added. plied here on March 27 from SHILLONG, May 2: The He said the State Govern- mercial hub of the State, are reeling under GANGTOK, May 2: The The IBSD had earlier lent New Delhi through a cargo Meghalaya Government today ment has decided to continue DIMAPUR, May 2: The Dimapur District immense hardships, and even traders are strug- online registration system to one R-T PCR to the JNIMS flight, and it was a wasteful ex- decided to impose more curbs with the ban on import of pigs Citizens’ Forum today appealed to the Naga- gling to pay rent for their houses, shops and facilitate return of people of penditure as the products were on inter-district transportation and also put additional curbs land Government to roll back the COVID-19 godowns, and electricity bills, this increase in Sikkim stranded in different and other items for testing faulty and not fit for use,” he said, of pigs in the State after the on inter-district import and cess levied on petrol and diesel. cess on petrol and diesel was unthinkable and parts of the country was for- COVID-19 to the State Health adding that the party has re- Indian Council of Agricultural export of pigs. Though there has not been any positive re- should be rolled back, the forum maintained. mally launched by Chief Min- Department. It has also dis- quested the ACB to probe the Research (ICAR) confirmed “We have instructed all vet- sponse from the State Government, various It added that traders are in a precarious po- ister PS Tamang at the Sam- tributed hand sanitisers to matter. The Congress alleged African Swine Flu as the cause erinary officers to remain alert organisations of the State have called for roll- sition as on the one hand, they face loss of per- man Bhawan here on Friday. media persons, police and san- that the Government had also of pig deaths in the North East. and visit government and pri- back of the cess, a release from the media cell ishable items and on the other, they have to Later, a press conference itary workers of the Imphal spent Rs 16.2 lakh from the The State Government on vate piggeries on a daily basis of the forum said. The cess was levied on die- pay salary of their staff. was convened by the State Municipal Council. State Disaster Management and Monday banned the import of and monitor pigs to prevent sel and petrol from the midnight of April 28. The Opposition Naga People’s Front and the Chief Secretary to disseminate Rehabilitation Department for pigs after a spike in deaths of the spread of the disease in “The abnormal rise in petrol and diesel prices Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee, among information about the online arranging the cargo flight. the animal was reported from Meghalaya,” he added. will obviously generate a good amount of rev- others, have also demanded rollback of the cess. registration system to all con- Any procurement, which had some districts in Assam and The Government, however, enue for the Government. But the hardship However, Additional Chief Secretary and cerned through various media. not been made through the Arunachal Pradesh. has not banned sale of pork that faced by the general people of Nagaland will be Finance Commissioner Sentiyanger Imchen It may be noted that every State Purchase Advisory Board, “The ICAR laboratory in is locally available in the State. much more compared to the additional reve- on Friday said the cess on diesel and petrol person stranded outside the was a “gross violation of law”, Bhopal has confirmed that Af- But it has asked people to exer- nue generated,” the forum said. would be withdrawn once the COVID-19 pan- State will have to go through the party leader said. – PTI rican Swine Fever has infect- cise caution and cook pork prop- It said that with imposition of the cess, the demic is over. He said that the State Govern- the online registration proc- ed pigs in the NE States,” Dep- erly before consumption. already skyrocketing prices of commodities will ment has imposed the cess to supplement its ess. However, for those who shoot up further, which would affect every cit- resources for fighting the pandemic. This is cannot download the Aarogya izen who has been under lockdown for the past expected to generate additional revenue to Setu app due to unavailability 40 days. the tune of Rs 55.58 crore annually, he said. of smartphones, can call the helpline numbers made avail- able in this respect. IAF choppers to shower petals on For registration, the stranded people have to visit the portal, www.covid19sikkim.org. Mean- TRIHMS to salute corona warriors while, the Government has stat- CORRESPONDENT corona warriors, including doctors, nurses, para- ed that only the State-owned medics and other related staff who are fighting the SNT vehicles would be allowed ITANAGAR, May 2: As part of the Indian pandemic to keep everyone safe. It also aims to to ply to fetch the stranded peo- Armed Forces’ expression of appreciation to all send the message that the nation stands together ple. – A Correspondent “corona warriors” as announced by the Chief of and is unitedly fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, a helicop- Meanwhile, Governor of Arunachal Pradesh ter flypast will be conducted over the TRIHMS Brig Dr BD Mishra (retd) has commended the Hospital at Naharlagun by the Eastern Air Com- gesture of the Indian Armed Forces and ex- mand of the Indian Air Force on Sunday. pressed the hope that the goodwill message The flypast, including showering of flower pet- would reach each and every corona warrior, Farmers working in a remote area under Ambassa subdivision of Dhalai district in Tripura on als on the TRIHMS, a designated COVID-19 hos- the police personnel, administrators, gaon bur- Saturday. – Photo: Correspondent pital, is being organised to display gratitude to the has and NGO representatives. Meghalaya will be back to work during daytime from Monday STAFF CORRESPONDENT eral months due to law-and-order is- ensure a minimum attendance of 35 Only those testing negative will be nated numbers from May 5 to gain sues and the subsequent COVID-19 per cent of Group C and Group D allowed to go home and undergo a entry into the State. SHILLONG, May 2: There will be situation. Though day curfew will be employees. 14-day quarantine. The State Gov- It may be mentioned here that Meg- some semblance of normal life in the totally lifted, night curfew will contin- Health protocols will have to be ernment will provide essential com- halaya is now left with only one active Meghalaya capital with the lifting of ue from 7 pm to 7 am, from Monday. adhered to in totality, Deputy Chief modities to these people under quar- case of COVID-19. The lone patient curfew, and opening of hardware and Hardware stores have been al- Minister Prestone Tynsong said. This antine through volunteers. Anyone has already tested negative in the first liquor shops from Monday next. Con- lowed to reopen as construction means that physical distance and prop- testing positive will have to go to test and the second test report is await- struction workers and government works will be affected without req- er hygiene will have to be maintained health institutions for treatment. ed. The Deputy Chief Minister ex- employees will also be back to work. uisite materials. The liquor stores at all these places. There will be four entry points at pressed the hope that Meghalaya In a review meeting held today, the will also open as they qualify as one Further, the Government will facil- Ratacheera (East Jaintia Hills district), would be COVID-free soon. Meghalaya Government decided to of the highest revenue earners for itate the return of stranded people Byrnihat (Ri-Bhoi district), Bajeng- “We are yet to receive the last test allow resumption of trade and eco- the State exchequer. from May 5 after they register online doba (West Garo Hills district) and of the last patient. But there is noth- nomic activities, while taking a slew Meanwhile, the Government has or call on designated helpline num- Tikrikilla (West Garo Hills district). ing to worry. We are safe and will be of other major decisions. directed all officers at the Secretari- bers. They will, however, be screened Those stranded outside the region able to contain this infection very soon The State capital has been under at and the Directorate to report for and will also undergo rapid diagnostic and across the country will have to and declare Meghalaya a COVID- curfew periodically since the past sev- work from Monday. All offices will kit tests at the entry points. first register online or call on desig- free State,” Tynsong asserted. 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI STATE SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 NEWS IN BRIEF Donation by I-T pensioners Mystery behind pig disease solved GUWAHATI, May 2: The Income Tax Pensioners’ Asso- AJIT PATOWARY The state had collected sev- pig samples as ASF positive are of the opinion that there Paresh Chandra Sarma de- rearing, etc., have been found ciation, NER, Guwahati, has decided to contribute one day’s en samples from diseased pigs after conducting the tests “by is no approved vaccine scribed this disease as an to be the factors responsible pension to Assam Arogya Nidhi to fight against the COVID- Finally, the mystery sur- of Pipalguri village of Dhemaji real-time PCR and nucleotide against ASF, unlike the clas- “exotic one” and said that the for the spread of this disease. 19 outbreak. An amount of Rs 55,000 received from the rounding the disease that has district, Bor-Tamuli 2 village sequencing”. sical swine fever, which is source of spread of this dis- As preventive measures, he association members has been deposited in the Assam Aro- gya Nidhi bank account, stated a press release. been perturbing pig farmers of Biswanath district, According to official sourc- caused by a different virus. ease was yet to be deter- said, containment zones are to of Assam has been solved. Khelowa, Nitai Pukhuri and es, the ASF has claimed the Historically, outbreaks of mined. However, he said that be notified taking an area with- Rhino carcass found The Bhopal-based Nation- Kotori villages of Sivasagar it started in Jonai area, and in the one-km radius of the ep- MORIGAON, May 2: The carcass of an adult rhino was al Institute of High Security district, Gorchuk area of Kam- Since 2007, the disease has been then due to the lack of aware- icentres of the disease for the found at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary on Friday. Forest Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) rup (Metro) district and Bor- reported from several countries of ness among the people, it purpose and pigs falling within department officials said that the rhino died a natural death of the Indian Council for Ag- mukali village of Jorhat district. spread to five other districts. this area are to be culled. and the horn was found intact. There was no involvement of ricultural Research (ICAR) However, the samples Dr Sarma also said that Surveillance zones are also any poacher. – Correspondent Africa, Asia and Europe, in both has declared that all pig tis- sent by Arunachal Pradesh to this was not at all a zoonotic to be notified taking the areas 14,000 from Udalguri stranded sue samples collected by the the NIHSAD were either domestic as well as wild pigs disease, and there is no pos- of some plausible distance UDALGURI, May 2: The Udalguri district administra- state and sent to it have test- found to be “insufficient for lives of 2,594 pigs in 330 vil- ASF have been reported sibility of its spread from an- around such containment zones tion has received information of more than 14,000 youths, ed positive for African Swine testing” or “Negative for lages of Dhemaji, Sivasagar, from Africa and parts of Eu- imals to humans. for the purpose of keen obser- mostly workers and students of Udalguri district, who are Fever (ASF) virus. ASF”, said the institute, an Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Di- rope, South America and the The general practice of vation and preventive meas- stranded outside Assam, and will provide them financial ASF is highly harmful for Office International Des Epi- brugarh and Jorhat districts Caribbean. Since 2007, the throwing the carcasses of dis- ures to check spread of the dis- relief of Rs 2,000 each, said Assistant Commissioner the livestock economy and so zooties (OIE) (or the World till date. With 1,155 cases of disease has been reported eased pigs into the rivers and ease and finally to control it. Dimple Baruah. Many youths of Udalguri district, including more than 3,000 are staying in Karnataka, far there is no treatment avail- Organisation of Animal death, Sivasagar district re- from several countries of Af- rivulets, a little bit of delay in Assam also needs to strength- followed by 1,500 in Tamil Nadu, 800 in Maharashtra, 800 able for this disease. Contain- Health), Reference Labora- corded the highest mortality rica, Asia and Europe, in both imposing restriction on pig en its State Laboratories for a in Kerala and many others in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, ment measures are its only tory for Avian Influenza. figure till date. domestic as well as wild pigs. movement and sale of pork, strong and effective surveillance Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. – Correspondent plausible solutions till date. It has declared the Assam Veterinary experts here Noted animal virologist Dr the unscientific method of pig system, said Dr Sarma. Leopard caged JORHAT, May 2: A leopard was trapped in a cage with a goat put as bait by the Forest department at No.2 Marginal farmers Bamungaon here late on Friday night. An official said the cage was placed after locals complained about the big cat creating havoc by killing cattle and goats. The hit by lockdown in leopard was a male, about eight years old. The animal will be released inside a forest in the district or nearby. Last month, another leopard which strayed into a village Morigaon district on the outskirts attacked a man first and then took CORRESPONDENT Lahorighat and Bhuragaon in shelter on a rooftop of a house and later injured a forest Morigaon district. personnel and also a central police force jawan. The big MORIGAON, May 2: Fol- Sushil Chandra Hazarika, a cat was later killed by the joint police-forest team in self-defence. – Staff Correspondent lowing the release of two COV- progressive farmer of ID-19 affected persons of Mori- Naokata village under Bhur- Textbooks distributed gaon district from the MMC bandha Agri Circle said that NALBARI, May 2: Activists of the Barbhag branch of Hospital, Guwahati yesterday, he has lost his vegetable the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Morigaon district went to ‘Or- crops in his field amounting distributed free textbooks to poor students who have ange’ zone from ‘Red’ zone to Rs 1.5 lakh. Considering been promoted to HS final year by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council without holding examina- yesterday. According to Dr the situation, Agriculture tions due to the lockdown. The ABVP actvists collect- Arun Nath, Incharge Doctor, Minister, Atul Bora visited ed used textbooks from students who cleared HS and COVID-19 surveillance group, the fields in Bhurbandha in distributed them among the needy students. The Lahorighat, 15 persons in the the first week of April and activists moved from house to house and distributed quarantine at Lahorighat Mod- assured the farmers that the textbooks among 33 students of Borshimalua, el Hospital were also released compensation will be paid to Kalag, Khudra Dingdingi, Ulabari, Moura and Bhanuku- yesterday and no fresh COV- them from PM Kisan Yojana. si villages. – Correspondent ID-19 case was reported in the But no compensation has Scribes distribute relief district. If no corona positive been received by the affect- DHEMAJI, May 2: To relieve the hardship during the case is detected till May 15, the ed farmers till date. The iro- ongoing lockdown, mediapersons of Dhakuakhana and district will go to green zone, ny of the situation is that Ghilamara distributed relief materials among poor and said Dr Nath. some middlemen taking the Police personnel from Kokrajhar distributing food items among 300 people from nine villages in Ultughutu near the Guma needy families of Ghilamara and Sonari Chapari area of However, following the chance of lockdown have col- Reserve Forest in Gossaigaon area. Most of the villagers here work as labourers and are facing starvation as they have Dhakuakhana. The group of mediapersons included countrywide extension of lected green vegetables veteran journalist Purna Kumar Chinte, Amrit Paban been confined inside their houses due to the lockdown. – Photo: Khanindra Nath Das Bora, Papu Boruah, Naba Kumar Bharali, Atul Boruah, lockdown upto May 17, the from the farmers for free Damodar Boruah and Arun Chamuah. – ANN Service poor and marginal farmers and promising them to pay later. Bodofa their families have plunged The most alarming situa- Donation by Jatiya Vidyalayas Watermelon farmers badly hit by into untold misery. It is an tion is that the monsoon is DOOMDOOMA, May 2: The Tinsukia Zila Jatiya remembered open secret in the district that round the corner. The farm- Vidyalaya Samannayrakshi Samity, a coordination CORRESPONDENT there has been no long-term ers of Morigaon district could committee of Jatiya Vidyalayas of Tinsukia district, lockdown, natural calamities contributed Rs 71,500 to Assam Arogya Nidhi through compensation measures for not cultivate their land for ANN SERVICE movement there. avail this chance. KOKRAJHAR, May 2: The those farming families of the Boro crops as almost all irri- the Asom Jatiya Vidyalaya Education Council. A total of Silguri is inhabited by poor Gopal Das, a farmer from 30th death anniversary of the 36 Jatiya Vidyalayas of Tinsukia district contributed. The district, either from the gov- gation schemes of the district Pragati Sakha of Marwari Yuva Manch, Doomdooma SUALKUCHI, May 2: The farmers and people from the Satghariya Chupa, said he cul- father of the Bodos ‘Bodofa’ ernment side or from any so- are defunct. The diesel for Branch, also distributed masks, gloves, boots and sweets novel coronavirus outbreak Hira community. The farm- tivated watermelon in five Upendra Nath Brahma was cial organisations. Nearly 88 water supply machine to irri- among sweepers of the Doomdooma Municipal Board on and subsequent lockdown ers along with a number of bigha s investing Rs 70,000 observed on Friday at his per cent of the total popula- gate their lands is a distant Friday. The NSS unit of Doomdooma College also and indefinite ban on entry educated youths have taken with the aim of harvesting burial place Tulungapuri, tion of the district depends dream as farmers were de- distributed essential commodities among 30 needy and exit of vegetables carri- up commercial cultivation of 100 quintals. He said he Dotma in Kokrajhar. on agriculture, horticulture, nied purchase of diesel from families of Rupai Siding. – Correspondent ers to prevent the spread of watermelon as a livelihood. would have earned around Rs ABSU president Dipen piggery, pisciculture and petrol depots, let alone free 25,000 masks distributed the disease have led to a col- Watermelon is a high- 2 lakh by selling his crops. Boro, general secretary, Lor- dairy farming. But, since distribution of seeds, manure MIRZA, May 2: Former Health Minister Dr Kamala lective loss of lakhs of rupees yielding crop and within just But the storm damaged half ence Islary, UPPL president March 24 onward the contin- etc., from the government Kalita on Friday distributed 25,000 masks among the for watermelon growers of 70 days, farmers can harvest of his produce. Promod Boro, former Rajya uous lockdown has pushed side. The Sali is mostly a Silguri in Kamrup district, 42 a huge quantity of crops. This Uttam Kalita and Dhan Sabha MP, UG Brahma public at Chhaygaon in view of the novel coronavirus these marginal farmers into chance crop for Morigaon dis- km from Guwahati. time, the people of the vil- Kalita of Mahakaltol cultivat- among others participated in pandemic. Talking to mediapersons, Kalita said a large an unprecedented worri- trict as the Brahmaputra’s section of poor people were not aware about COVID-19 The recent storms that lage cultivated watermelon in ed watermelon in seven the programme and paid re- some economic situation. floods wreak havoc every and were not using masks while at home or outside, and lashed the region also badly more than 300 bigha s of land. bighas. But most of the crop spect to the Bodofa at his stat- To further worsen the im- year. Moreover, the damaged hence it was necessary to distribute masks to such damaged their crops, leading But the recent storm dam- was damaged by the storm. ue maintaining social distance. pact, there is no government dykes of the Brahmaputra at people for their safety. – ANN Service to more financial problems aged around 50 per cent of They said they were waiting Speaking on the occasion, procurement policy regard- Lahorighat are yet to be re- for the farmers. the watermelon crops. for the government decision ABSU president Dipen Boro Help for players’ families ing the exchange of green paired on the pretext of it Silguri is famous for the Moreover, due to the on- on withdrawal of the ban on said that the Bodos should TIHU, May 2: Sushanta Biswa Sarma, president of the vegetables and horticulture being a containment area. The Assam Volleyball Association, under the aegis of the Pub Dhareswar Temple built going lockdown, the farmers transportation of vegetables follow his ideology, philoso- items. As such, hundreds of government agencies are Nalbari Coaching Centre, distributed food materials to during the reign of Ahom have failed to transport their and other crops. phy and principles that tonnes of green vegetables, mute spectators in this alarm- 80 poor households of players of the coaching centre king Siva Singha at the foot- produce to the markets situ- Many farmers like Mukul brought about a new hope for tomatoes, pumpkins, water- ing situation at a time when who have been affected by the lockdown in Jajiabari hills of Hatimura Hill, which ated at Jail Road in Guwahati Medhi, Pulak Thakuriya, the neglected and downtrod- village of Nalbari district. The relief materials consisted melons are rotting in the fields the agriculture-based rural was named after the ele- and other places. Sailen Kalita, Ashwini Me- den communities through of 5 kg rice, 2 kg dal, potato, mustard oil, salt and in four agricultural circles economy of Morigaon district phant on the back of whom It may be mentioned here dhi, Sanjib Kalita and others total revolution. onion.– ANN Service namely Bhurbandha, Mayong, is on the brink of collapse. Bhagadatta the Asur king that the Islamic month of said that they have huge out- It may be mentioned Body found rode to fight against Panda- Ramzan has excellent poten- standing dues, and could only here that Bodofa breathed HAFLONG, May 2: The blood stained body of an LP vas in the Kurukshetra bat- tial of high sale of watermel- survive if they are able to sell his last on May 1, 1990 at school teacher – identified as Ramakanta Dey (55) – was tle. The elephant stopped its on. But the farmer could not the produce in the market. the age of just 34. Badan Chandra Saikia: found near the Jatinga Railway Bridge at Dittakchera under Harangajao Police Station on Friday evening. Dey was working as a teacher in Lower Michikhur LP School a tribute in Dittakchera, and lived alone. Police and GRP were Sonowal urges OIL to support State’s How touching and inspir- informed about the incident since the body was found ing was the way he taught us! near the railway bridge. – Correspondent How spontaneous and lucid Food for cops rural economy through CSR activities was the language he used when he dealt with George ANN SERVICE ing the Corporate Social Re- Sonowal had a meeting with To fight the pandemic, the Bernard Shaw, poems like To sponsibility schemes of the the OIL officials led by the Res- officers and workers of a Skylark by PB Shelley and DULIAJAN, May 2: Chief company. Sonowal asked the ident Chief Executive of the AGCL have donated a sum The Solitude of Alexander Minister Sarbananda Sonow- OIL to give preference to ag- company Dilip Kumar Das. of Rs 17 lakh which covered Selkirk by Robert Southey. al has asked the country’s riculture, fisheries, horticul- After the meeting, the CM their two-day salary to the I consider myself fortunate second highest profit making ture and other agriculture-re- met the managing director Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. to be his student and still rec- Saikia was a Vaishnavite pan- public sector crude oil and lated activities while imple- Gokul Chandra Swargiary and A documentary featuring ollect the lively image of his dit , and became the president natural gas exploration and menting CSR schemes in other officers and oversaw the the challenges faced while con- classroom even after two and of the Srimanta Sankardev production company Oil In- post-lockdown period. proposed activities and targets tinuing the rigging and produc- a half decades. Sangha, Darrang Zila Samiti, dia LTD (OIL) to take up “Self dependency in the of the company in the post lock- tion activities of the company Badan Chandra Saikia left an apex religious organization more Corporate Social Re- agriculture sector only can down period. As briefed to the during the national lockdown us on April 23, 2020. A schol- of the state. In his leadership, sponsibility (CSR) schemes save the State’s economy. media, to give a relief to the tea was released at the venue. ar of English language and lit- we found a scientific and intel- with an objective to boost the Top economists of the State sector, Sonowal has ordered Planned and executed by the erature, Saikia was born in lectual quality, which motivat- rural economy of Assam. have suggested to us make the AGCL authorities to waive OIL’s public affairs department 1939 in Kabaichuba village of ed many people. At a meeting held on April proper production, procure- the Minimum Demand Charge officers Tridiv Hazarika, Jay- Sipajhar. A meritorious stu- One of the founders of 30 evening here, Sonowal with ment and marketing chains of gas bills to 409 tea gardens of ant Bormudoi and Rinku Bo- dent, Saikia graduated in many educational institutions a view to observe the crude of the agricultural products the State. Those 409 tea gar- rah, the six-minute duration physics from Cotton College like Bordoulguri High GUWAHATI, May 2: Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisa- oil and natural gas exploration to attain self reliance in eco- dens are AGCL consumers. documentary titled Unlocking and later pursued postgrad- School, Rupkonwar Jyoti- tion (SSSSO) Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal activities of OIL during the lock- nomic sector,” he said. These tea gardens were com- Potential was highly praised by uation in English from Gau- prasad Bidyapith, Sipajhar Pradesh, through its Guwahati Samithi, distributed down period, met the officials For furthering industrial de- pelled to stop tea production Sonowal. Janata College, and Sipajhar lunch packets to 200 police personnel at various hati University. We met him of Duliajan- situated field head- velopment, Sonowal asked OIL due to the national lockdown. The Chief Minister was locations in Guwahati on April 30, a press release first in the classroom of Si- BEd College, Saikia’s de- stated. The food packets were received by ADCP quarters top officials. In this to increase the production of Sarbananda Sonowal stated accompanied by AGCL pajhar HS and MP School, mise is an irreparable loss for Sarmistha Barua on behalf of Assam Police from the regard, a meeting was held at natural gas in the future. that the AGCL has chalked out Chairman Bolin Chetia, from where he retired later the people of Darrang dis- campus of Sadhana Nilyam at Joorpukhuri. Police the Assam Gas Company “For industrial develop- an action plan to speed up Duliajan MLA Terash Gowa- in 2001 as principal. trict. He leaves behind his personnel facilitated the distribution by visiting Limited (AGCL) headquar- ment, PSUs like the AGCL, piped gas connection to 2 lakh la, Tingkhong MLA Bimal Besides having profound wife, three sons and daugh- different deployment spots. On May 1, SSSO distribut- ters, Duliajan. After meeting APCL, BVCL and NTPC domestic consumers in the Bora, Lahowal MLA Ritupar- knowledge of English lan- ters-in-law, and a daughter. ed cooked food to 400 poor persons in areas near the OIL and AGCL officials sepa- Namrup and the tea industry next three years. On the Com- na Baruah, Dibrugarh DC guage and literature, he also On the day of his adyas- Guwahati Railway Station. While maintaining social rately, Sonowal told mediaper- must run without interrup- pressed Natural Gas (CNG) Pallav Gopal Jha, AGCL Vice excelled in Assamese lan- raddha today, we pray to the distancing and hygiene, SSSSO president Satyen sons that he has urged the OIL tion and for that we need in- sector, AGCL will establish Chairman Indra Gogoi and guage and literature, and con- Almighty to grant eternal Sarma and Sri Sathya Sai Trust’s trustee Dr Gakul Das handed over the food packets to police personnel. to give stress on the rural econ- creased gas production from 100 CNG stations in Assam in Circle officer of Tengakhat tributed many articles both in peace to the departed soul. omy while shaping and enact- OIL,” he stated. the future, Sonowal added. Minaeva Devi Arambam. English and Assamese. – Dr Mantu Hazarika SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 BUSINESS & E CONOMY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Next economic package soon; govt steps up efforts to take inputs from ministries NEW DELHI, May 2: Prime Minis- Secretary Rajeev Gauba and the Prin- have a clear focus on the concerns of the announcement is still to be worked ter Narendra Modi has held a series of cipal Secretary to the PM. the SME segments which have been out. But it would be done soon,” said meetings with key ministers, including Meetings were also held with hit hard due to the COVID-19 out- an official source. Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Commerce and MSME ministries on break and resultant nationwide lock- Though the next set of package from Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and top Thursday. The Prime Minister today down. Revival of small businesses is a the government to fight the disrup- officials of the government to finalise the had a review meeting with the Agri- key concern for the government. tions caused by the COVID-19 out- second economic package targeted at culture Ministry to deliberate on the The Finance Ministry has suggested break is expected to be much wider to sectors most affected by the lockdown issues and reforms related to the to the PMO to set up a dedicated fund cover the concerns of the India Inc, imposed to check COVID-19 spread. farm sector. for micro, small and medium enterpris- particularly the worst-hit travel and The meetings involving Shah, Sith- With the government permitting es that could be used to provide both tourism, hospitality and aviation sec- araman and other officials of the key various economic activities to start interest-free loans to identified indus- tors, sources said that the government economic ministries are taking place from May 4 by dividing the country tries as well as capital support required may adopt a phased approach to see for the last few days and the idea is to into red, orange and green zones, the to bring enterprises back in business that only such measures that immedi- Hamad Berlashker (3rd-L), Chair, Guwahati Chapter of Young Indians, the youth wing of CII, get inputs on the impact of the current immediate concern is to support spe- after the lockdown. The size of the fund ately benefit a sector during the lock- hands over 5,000 cloth masks for GMC workers to Debajyoti Hazarika, Commissioner, Guwahati lockdown on different segments of the cific sectors through a package, so that would be large to extend help to a large down are announced first before look- Municipal Corporation in the presence Siddhartha Goswami, Joint Commissioner, Guwahati Mu- nicipal Corporation, in Guwahati on Saturday. (Report on Page 5) economy and identify immediate meas- businesses regain lost ground and eco- number of entities. ing at measures to bring the economy ures that may be required as a relief nomic activities gradually return back The MSME fund may also be used back on track after the lockdown. and revival strategy, sources privy to to normal. The government is also to provide interest subvention on loans While talks with the stakeholders the developments said. looking at giving a boost to the invest- taken by the sector to reduce their have taken place in different sectors Enough time will be given for As part of this effort, Modi had met ment climate through a series of re- burden and allow some of these labour- and their needs have been analysed by Shah, Commerce and Industry Minis- form initiatives. intensive segments to operate the Finance Ministry, it is felt that the ter Piyush Goyal and Civil Aviation Sources said that the government smoothly. MSMEs have been hit hard at differ- restarting flights: DGCA Minister Hardeep Puri on Friday. The may take a phased approach in this re- “The contours of the package are ent levels and need support immedi- meeting was also attended by Cabinet gard and the next set of stimulus may being finalised, and the actual timing of ately. – IANS NEW DELHI, May 2: While er, it is reiterated that foreign risk as the government has extending the suspension of and domestic airlines shall be again extended the lockdown domestic and international pas- suitably informed about the without giving any fiscal relief Online retailing senger flight services from May opening of their operations to the industry. Turn crisis into opportunity, 3 to 17, barring cargo opera- whether international or from On Friday, the Delhi Inter- of Jeep tions, the civil aviation regula- India or domestic in due national Airport Ltd (DIAL), NEW DELHI, May 2: Fiat tor today said that sufficient course,” the DGCA said in a which operates and manages Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) time will be given to airlines circular. the IGI airport here in New India today announced the launch Gadkari tells entrepreneurs for restarting operations. The Centre had earlier asked Delhi, tweeted: “As per the of its online ‘touch-free’ Jeep re- NEW DELHI, May 2: In order to boost demic – Roadmap for India’ with students of demand as many companies now want to The decision comes a day all airlines to refrain from book- government mandate, all do- tail experience in response to the morale of the entrepreneurs who have Indian origin living in 43 countries including get out of China.” after the Centre extended the ing tickets till a final decision mestic & international sched- continued movement restric- been suffering due to the lockdown, Un- Britain, Canada, Singapore and Australia re- Gadkari also emphasised the need to nationwide lockdown with on flight services is taken. uled flights operations will tions and social distancing due to ion Minister Nitin Gadkari has been talk- cently. During the talk he appealed to them lessen the burden of big cities such as fewer restrictions than the The DGCA had earlier continue to remain suspended the coronavirus pandemic. ing to various stakeholders and telling to play an active part in the fight against the Gurugram, Delhi and Mumbai as eco- earlier ones. stopped operations of passen- till 23.59 hours IST of 17th Prospective customers can them not to lose hope. Gadkari has been coronavirus and said that the youth have the nomic drivers. He said there is a need to The Directorate General of ger flights on all domestic and May 2020.” book and own a Jeep online using social media and other means like ability to take the country forward. He asked create economic and industrial clusters Civil Aviation (DGCA) said international routes since “These restrictions will not without having to physically video-conferencing to reach out to peo- them to work on innovative ideas in this outside the big cities to drive growth. that sufficient notice and time March 25. apply to cargo operations and visit a showroom, and will en- ple, entrepreneurs and industry leaders. direction. He also asked them to take advan- Gadkari said currently work on 22 ex- will be given to airlines for re- At present, thousands of jobs flights specifically approved by joy the convenience of a test Gadkari is even reaching out to foreign tage of the situation arising from the world’s pressways is going on at a fast pace. The starting operations. “Howev- in the aviation sector are at DGCA.” – IANS drive and sanitized vehicle de- students, seeking their suggestions on disillusionment with China. Delhi-Mumbai Expressway is one of livery at their doorstep, the how to bring the battered economy back During a recent meet with represent- them where there is an opportunity of company said in a statement. on track. He believes only dialogue can atives of Assocham on reviving the investment in IT parks, logistics and in- RBI Governor reviews FCA India President and solve problems. MSME sector, Gadkari said that the Jap- dustrial units. Managing Director Partha Dat- According to a top official of the MSME anese government has recommended a Gadkari has spoken to representatives ta said, “Our commitment is implementation of various measures Ministry, Gadkari makes a point in all special package for its industry to pull out of FICCI, Assocham, CREDAI and leaders to ensure customers can still meetings that there is a need to convert of China and invest elsewhere. Gadkari of other business organisations since the NEW DELHI, May 2: Re- were discussed. es of banks in view of the slow- continue to access Jeep at their this crisis into an opportunity. “He tries termed it a big opportunity for India to lockdown came into force on March 24. serve Bank of India Governor Credit flows to different sec- down in economies across the fingertips. To ensure health, to instil a sense of hope amidst all the take advantage of the situation. “There is According to ministry officials, Gadkari Shaktikanta Das today held a tors of the economy, including li- globe was discussed, it added. safety and convenience, we are gloom. It has positive impact on the a need to forge new partnership to estab- has reached out to at least 10,000 industry meeting with the heads of quidity to non-banking financial The Reserve Bank has an- making the Jeep retail experi- stakeholders as it is coming from none lish joint ventures in India to attract glo- leaders during the lockdown period and has banks and reviewed the eco- companies, microfinance institu- nounced several steps to ease ence as touch-free as possible.” other than a minister,” the official said. bal firms. We need to meet the global discussed its economic fallout and how to nomic situation and implemen- tions, housing finance companies, the pressure being faced by The online booking is being He held a talk ‘Response to global pan- demand apart from meeting domestic revive the economy post lockdown. – IANS tation of various measures an- mutual funds, etc., and post-lock- borrowers, lenders and other dovetailed into a 360-degree dig- nounced by it to reduce stress down credit flows including pro- entities including mutual funds ital retail architecture that will in the financial system amid vision of working capital, with and has promised to take more deliver easy-to-use experience the COVID-19 crisis. special focus on credit flows to initiatives to deal with the de- for customers, he added. – PTI State refineries stare at grim future The meeting, which hap- veloping situation. The RBI pened in two separate sessions Meet with heads has injected funds totalling 3.2 AJIT PATOWARY ning between 60 per cent and 65 per cent of 7 million metric tonne per annum (MMT- Star Cement rejects through video-conference, of banks per cent of GDP into the econ- reports on price hike of their designed capacities, which is not PA). But, since the North-east region has a saw participation of Managing MSMEs were also deliberated. omy since the February 2020 ll is not well with the State’s at all ideal for their economic viability. total capacity to produce 4.25 MMTPA of Directors and CEOs of major Implementation of three- monetary policy meeting to GUWAHATI, May 2: Star Aoil refineries. The adverse impacts of Though the LPG demand is almost in- crude, the refineries of the State need addi- public and private sector banks, months moratorium on repay- tackle the liquidity situation. Cement, a cement brand of the the economic slowdown due to the COV- tact due to the demand of the domestic tional crude supply from outside. the RBI said in a statement af- ment of loan instalments an- The RBI has been prompt- North-east region, has termed ID-19-related lockdown and the failed ne- consumers, the demand for petrol, diesel Since the commissioning of the Numa- ter the meeting. nounced by the RBI was also ing banks to push lending by the news reports on price hike gotiation between the Organisation of Pe- and aviation turbine fuel has drastically ligarh Refinery, which has the designed In his opening remarks, the reviewed during the meeting. cutting its key policy rate by by the company amidst the troleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) capacity to produce 3 MMTPA, this prac- Governor appreciated the ef- The Supreme Court earlier 75 basis points to an 11-year COVID-19 pandemic as false. and Russia, is gradually seizing them up. Nationwide lockdown tice is going on, particularly to feed the forts of banks in ensuring nor- this week directed the RBI to low of 4.4 per cent. Besides, it The reports appeared in a Petroleum experts have attributed the refineries in Guwahati and Bongaigaon. mal-to-near-normal operations ensure that its March 27 guide- also slashed reverse repur- section of the media. present grim situation concerning the glo- gone low. This has increased the cost of Again, the present demand for petro- during the lockdown period. lines directing lending institu- chase rate, a tool to control the The Star Cement manage- bal petroleum industry to the adverse production of the refineries, whereas the leum products in the NE region is around During the meeting, among tions to allow a three-month money supply, to 3.75 per cent ment firmly states that company impacts of a precipitous drop in oil and prices of the products use to remain more 4.5 MMTPA and this has made Assam other matters, review of the moratorium to all borrowers is to encourage banks to deploy has not gone for price increase in gas prices triggered by a dampened de- or less the same for the refineries. It is refineries to sell around two MMTPA of current economic situation and implemented in letter and spirit. surplus funds within the sys- recent time, especially after the mand for petroleum products. This is the hence feared that there will be a big dent oil products to outside buyers. stability of the financial sector Monitoring of overseas branch- tem towards lending. – PTI government introduced certain outcome of the COVID-19-related lock- in the profitability of the refining sector. According to reports, India’s crude oil and ease in business activities during down and the failed negotiation between The former senior executives of the natural gas production in 2019-20 dropped No. BN.64/2019/ the ongoing lockdown, a press the OPEC and Russia, they maintain. refining sector are also of the opinion that by 6.1 per cent and 5.2 per cent respectively PRESS NOTICE release said here. Some retired senior executives of the the present situation has also been affect- compared to 2018-19. In March this year, The Chief Engineer P.W.D. (Buildings), Assam on behalf of the Governor of Assam invites bid Star Cement stands firmly oil refining sector in Guwahati are of the ing both the Oil and Natural Gas Corpora- country’s crude oil production dropped by for the following project under P.W.D. (Bldg.), Assam from registered contractors having requisite with the people of Assam and opinion that if the present condition pre- tion (ONGC) and the Oil India Ltd (OIL). 5.5 per cent while production of its natural experience in similar nature of work. Details may be seen at e-procurement portal website i.e. the rest of the North-east in this vails, refineries of the State will have to They are facing the adverse impacts of the gas dropped by 14.38 per cent, over the cor- www.assamtenders.gov.in difficult time in spite of facing face serious uncertainties in matters of unprecedented fall in oil prices. responding period of 2019. These reports Package Name of work Approx. Value Time of Bid Security Bid Security Cost of huge difficulties caused by the continuing with their production. State’s It needs mention here that the State’s are based on the data made public by the No. of Work Completion drawn in Bid unprecedented and unexpected refineries are now running below their refineries have the total designed capacity Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the (Rs. in Lakh) favour of (in Rs.) coronavirus crisis, it added. designed capacities. They are now run- to produce petroleum products to the tune Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas. ALA “Construction of Rs. 409.57804/- 12 (twelve) Rs. 8,19,156/- E.E. PWD, 6316/- Main Gate (Entry months for General & P.C.C. & Exit), front Rs. 4,09,578/- Building boundary wall for Reserve Division, Apps don face masks to promote and raising low Categories Dispur, site in front of Guwahati-6 the New Assam healthy practices amid COVID-19 Legistative Assembly NEW DELHI, May 2: Inter- Within a span of two weeks, iour towards wearing home- Building depiting net companies like Urban the initiative has garnered 100 made masks,” Poonam Kaul, all Assamese Cultural Company, MakeMyTrip, Dun- million outreach across digital co-founder of ApnaMask, said. Heritage etc. zo, HealthifyMe and Zomato platforms, including WhatsApp, In a separate statement, at Dispur, are changing their social media Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Crowdera – an online fundrais- Guwahati-6 handles and app icons to pro- The team working on the ing platform – said it is offering Sd/- Chief Engineer, P.W.D. (Building) Assam mote wearing of face masks as campaign also reached out to var- its premium syndicated fund- Janasanyog/C/172/20 Chandmari, Guwahati-3. a hygiene practice amid the ious organisations to support the raising technology solutions for COVID-19 pandemic. initiative, especially as parts of free to companies and NGOs Apna Mask initiative – an ef- the country get ready to come working to help the COVID- No.UWS (T)-1072/2000/Pt-III/ fort by StartUpVsCOVID (a out of the lockdown which has 19-affected individuals, families Corrigendum for e-Procurement Notice 40 OF 2019-20 start-up community with over been extended till May 17. and health workers. 1,000 members) – is promot- “Urban Company, Make- “Crowdera will be extending It is general information to all the intending, bidders for e-Procurement IFB no. ing homemade masks and aims myTrip, Dunzo, HealthifyMe, its support through offering its 40 of 2019-20 for the works of “Supply, fitting, fixing, laying, testing & to drive behavioural change to Zomato, Redbus, Ixigo, Mon- products and services worth al- commissioning of clear water pumping main and distribution main of Na-Ali ensure that people wear masks eyTap, MyUpchaar, Bounce, Ra- most $150,000 (Rs 1 crore) free water supply scheme for shifting of pipe lines due to proposed construction of and stay protected as they step zorPay, Medanta, WittyFeed, to organisations aiding the affect- fly over at Na-Ali, Jorhat” which was issued vide letter no. UWS (T)-1072/ out of their homes. LBB, Porter, Meesho, Daily ed... The solution will help corpo- 2000/Pt-III/405/589-595 dated 13-03-2020 for which schedule to be viewed The #ApnaDeshApnaMask Hunt, 1mg, Paytm Games have rations and NGOs to quickly syn- was from 04.03.2020. Due to unavoidable circumstance, new time schedule campaign was kicked off by changed their social media han- dicate with their own employees, is as follows. start-up industry stalwarts like dles while some are changing influencers, other foundations, or SI.No. Scheduled Start Date Start time End Date End time Rajan Anandan of Sequoia In- the app icons as well,” a state- charity partners to raise funds 10x dia, Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar ment said. These brands are also more than through a regular 1 Tender publishing 02/05/2020 16.00 Hrs – – Sharma, Alok Mittal (Indifi), inviting more companies to join crowdfunding campaign,” it said. 2 Tender download 02/05/2020 16.00 Hrs 09/05/2020 14.00hr Vishal Gondal (GoQii) and oth- the initiative. Under this pledge, Crow- 3 Bid submission 04/05/2020 11.00 Hrs 11/05/2020 14.00hr ers. They were later joined by “Given the immense re- dera has already extended its celebrities like Vidya Balan, sponse we have received, we support to companies like Rap- 4 Bid opening, 11/05/2020 15.00 Hrs – – Dia Mirza, Juhi Chawla, Divya will have more brands joining ido, Repos, BYJU’S, SirfTaxi, Others conditions will be remain same. Khosla Kumar, Juhi Parmar, #ApnaMask in this critical ini- and Tartl to engage their em- Sd/- Managing Director Deepshika Deshmukh, Sonu tiative. We believe some of ployees and partners in fund- Assam Urban Water Supply & Sood, Shama Sikander, Pree- these steps will be helpful in raising for the COVID-affect- Janasanyog/CF/77/20 Sewerage Board, Guwahati-6 tika Rao and others. building habit-changing behav- ed workforce. – PTI 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 LEISURE & L IFESTYLE

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New finan- cial opportunities appear in May, August and December. Make choices and pursue goals on Fridays, your lucky day each week. If single, you postpone the decisive action needed to ensure success in love. If attached, you, who place a lot of demands on your partner, decide to ease up, and romantic bliss ensues. CAPRICORN makes their own decisions. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3- Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ### A former physical complaint manifests itself again, mainly due to stress. You are so brave and you’ve kept it in for so long. But today, find time to take care of yourself. Good news comes your way, in financial form. Tonight: Take it easy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ##### Children are the happy focus of the day. After a few nights of restless sleep, brilliant ideas abound. Fresh personal starts are indicated. Expect to be doing a lot of brainstorming. A creative project will go very well. Tonight: Play more with the children. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ##### Today finds you redecorating your home. Moods are high, Across 43 Explanatory 13 Google browser and in keeping with your already expansive way, rather overindul- 2 Done on purpose drawing (7) (6) gent. There’s nothing small or petty about the way you decorate, especially (11) 44 Everyone join in 14 Scope (6) not now. You go all out. Tonight: Celebrate with a wonderful dinner. 7 Protect (5) (mus.) (5) 16 Taking food (6) CANCER (June 21-July 22) 8 Legally sound (5) 45 Lowest female 17 Long pace (6) ### You seem to be doing a lot of thinking, talking and local run- 9 English cheese singing voice (9) 19 Duty-roster (4) ning around. Naturally analytical, you use this period profitably by (7) 49 All inclusive, none 21 Fight (4) reexamining plans or ideas and discarding whatever or whomever is no 13 Holds dear (9) excluded (9) 23 Annoy (3) longer valuable. This is particularly advantageous for you writers. Tonight: 15 Cheerful consent 53 Ballroom dance (7) 24 Smell (5) Early sleep. (9) 54 Deceptive move 26 Lasso (5) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) 18 Helicopter (5) 29 Mandela’s org. (3) ### You feel like buying, and could go a bit overboard. Luxury propeller (5) 55 Radioactive inert 30 Lunatic (6) items have a very strong appeal. However, today’s aspects are not 20 Tremble gas (5) 31 Alternative (6) good for large-scale spending, as you will most likely have to return what uncontrollably (7) 56 Of the highest 32 Austere (4) you purchase. Tonight: Distract yourself with a beloved movie. 21 Woodland deity order (11) 33 Tolkien’s wizard (7) (5) Down 34 Self-contradictory VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ##### 22 Computer screen 1 Great in quantity proposition (7) Your personal magnetism is high, and you attract the (7) (4) 35 Lodger (7) attention of a VIP. But be careful. You get in over your head, and 25 Taught the ropes 2 South Indian snack 36 Brass instrument conflict may accompany an immense sex appeal. Do not use others, nor let (7) (4) (7) yourself be used. Tonight: The emphasis continues on you. 27 Buying and 3 Italian noble family 37 This month, in LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) selling ? (7) (4) short (4) #### Take care of yourself mentally or physically since you could 28 Not our (5) 4 Double reed (4) 38 Poor quarter (6) find yourself more rundown than usual. Sleep, meditate and think. You 32 Excavated or 5 Roman 57 (4) 39 Harden, turn into begin to find your thoughts deepened and intensified as you dig for answers unearthed ? (3,2) 6 Jobs for musicians bone (6) with vigorous determination. Tonight: Avoid power struggles with others. 35 Staking or risking (4) 46 Do as directed (4) SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) (7) 9 Ex-P.M. Lal 47 Sticking places (4) #### Communication and enthusiasm from others thrill you to- 40 Greek storage jar Bahadur ___ (7) 48 Ripped (4) day. The focus is on friendship and group activities that you follow (7) 10 Publishing (7) 50 Unit of electrical online. Accept the many invitations that come your way. You feel more popu- 41 Cattle farms (7) 11 Neptune’s fork (7) potential (4) lar than you have in some time. Tonight: Flaunt yourself, Scorpio-style. 42 More chilly or 12 Give an account 51 Time long gone (4) colder (5) (7) 52 Adverse fate (4) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) #### Today emphasizes fun and good times, particularly with an SOLUTION TO SUNDAY elderly relative. Make sure you check in and see that everything is ®

all right. Try not to let minor hassles at the workplace upset your equilibrium. HEALTH CAPSULES CROSSWORD – 1129 Co-workers seem to be in an uproar. Tonight: Take off. by Bron Smith Doom. 52 Yore, 51 Volt, 50

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Tore, 48 Ruts, 47 Obey, 46 Ossify,

#### You seem to have a case of wanderlust today. As you can- 39 Ghetto, 38 Inst, 37 Trumpet, 36

not go on a real vacation, take a virtual one. The yearning will also Boarder, 35 Paradox, 34 Gandalf,

be quenched by browsing through travel books or even just calling a long- 33 Dour, 32 Option, 31 Maniac,

distance pal. Tonight: Spend time with a child. 30 ANC, 29 Riata, 26 Odour, 24 Stride, 19 Rota, 21 Spar, 23 Irk, 23 Spar, 21 Rota, 19 Stride, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) 17 Eating, 16 Extent, 14 Chrome,

#### Joint income improves today, although there may be a few 13 Narrate, 12 Trident, 11 Issuing,

disagreements with your partner along the way. Obtaining loans is 10 Shastri, 9 Gigs, 6 Lvii, 5 Oboe,

1 Much, 2 Idli, 3 Este, 4 Este, 3 Idli, 2 Much, 1 favored, but some might feel unduly pressured to make a financial decision. Down:

You need to do your best balancing act. Tonight: Play nice. don, 56 Superlative. 56 don,

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Ra- 55 Feint, 54 Foxtrot, 53 body,

#### A new friendship might be found with a fiery, communica- Every- 49 Contralto, 45 Tutti, 44

tive person. You are likely to share similar outlooks and will learn Diagram, 43 Icier, 42 Ranches, 41

from each other. Watch out, however, for domestic or romantic discord at Amphora, 40 Betting, 35 up, Dug

home. If attached, your mate is volatile. Tonight: Relax. 32 Their, 28 Trading, 27 Trained,

# # # 25 Monitor, 22 Satyr, 21 der,

15 Readiness, 18 Rotor, 20 Shud- 20 Rotor, 18 Readiness, 15 Thought for the day Cherishes, 13 Stilton, 9 Valid, 8

Health Capsules is not intended

2 Intentional, 7 Guard, 7 Intentional, 2 It is much easier to become a father than to be one. to be of a diagnostic nature. Across: – KENT NERBURN SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 STATE THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 All COVID-19 random samples from Dhubri dist test negative CORRESPONDENT spondent, the Joint Director of Health, unteers cluster-wise from the contain- Dhubri, Sayed Imdadullah said, “Results ment zones for collecting the samples DHUBRI, May 2: In a bid to find out of all these random tests have arrived for COVID-19 testing. possible coronavirus infected patients and they have all turned out to be nega- In the district as on Saturday, 5073 in Dhubri district, other than those tive.” persons are in home quarantine and linked with Nizamuddin and Athgaon It was also informed that the Health 202 persons are in mass quarantine religious congregations, random sam- department collected the samples ran- centres. ples for COVID-19 tests were collect- domly at civil hospitals and BPHCs lo- It may be informed here that till Sat- ed on April 26. Fortunately, results of cated in their respective areas. urday as many as 920 samples have been all the samples have turned out to be It was also informed by the Joint Di- collected for COVID-19 tests, out of negative. rector that health workers had request- which results of 500 tests have arrived. A total of 158 samples for COVID-19 ed the people from these containment Out of these 500, 495 are COVID-19 tests were collected from Dhubri, Bi- areas to get their samples tested and negative and 5 are COVID-19 positive, lasipara and Chapar area from their con- many people came out voluntarily. He while results for 420 samples are still tainment zones. Talking to this corre- also added that they have picked up vol- awaited.

Man kills drug addict son, Surveillance, vaccination Farmers spraying pesticide in a paddy field at Alimur Dangdhara, in Dhakuakhana on Saturday. – UB Photos arrested needed to check swine fever CORRESPONDENT CORRESPONDENT (PA) and other national parks viral disease. 3 die after BONGAIGAON, May 2: A and wildlife sanctuaries in the Director of Kaziranga Na- consuming Advocate held, Dibrugarh person killed his drug addict KAZIRANGA, May 2: State to check any possible tional Park cum Tiger Re- son after a quarrel near hotel Concern has been raised in infection of swine fever. He serve P Shiva Kumar in- mushroom Kanishka in Bongaigaon town many scientific deliberations said that if any domestic ani- formed that some carcasses bar body condemns move on Friday night. ANN SERVICE over the recovery of many mal including pigs gets in- of pigs had been recovered in STAFF CORRESPONDENT owner of the vehicle. They said that only the The deceased has been carcasses of pigs near the bank fected with swine fever, then Gohpur side and necessary ac- SONARI, May 2: Three transfer process of the registration certificate identified as 23-year-old Karn- of rivers in some parts of As- there are chances of trans- tion had been initiated to pro- members of a family, including a DIBRUGARH, May 2: The police have ar- has been delayed. “In spite of being aware of ab. He started taking drugs sam. It has been suspected mission of this infection from tect wild animals of Kaziran- 14-year-old girl of Bhogbari vil- rested Vijay Pandey, a lawyer of Dibrugarh these facts, what compelled the police to ar- seven years back when he that the cause of death of so domestic to wild animals ga National Park. He informed lage under Sapekhati Police Sta- Bar here in connection with Dibrugarh Police rest him? If the police can arrest anyone at was studying in Class XII at many pigs within a short pe- through contact sources. that necessary measures tion died after consuming poi- case no. 571/20 u/s 20(ii) (c)/29 NDPS Act will, we admit that we are insecure now. We Pathsala in Barpeta district. riod of time might have been Dr Sharma suggested that were being put into place in- sonous mushroom on Friday. pertaining to a drug racket unearthed on March are of the opinion that Vijay Pandey has be- His father Puranjay Nath due to the infection caused by comprehensive vaccination of cluding logistic matters for the Rikheswar Bora (34), his 23 where about 13 kgs of ganja was seized come a victim of the corrupt system as he (48) is a small trader who lives African Swine Fever. domestic animals including monsoons season and subse- wife Huwala Bora (32), daugh- from near Banipur Railway Station. was vocal against injustice and kept fighting near Bongaigaon Police Sta- Speaking exclusively to pigs should be done in fringe quent floods in Kaziranga. He ter Himadri (14) and son De- According to police, the vehicle which was against all sorts of corruptions,” said advo- tion in the town. Karnab as- this correspondent, Dr Kush- areas and other such villages said steps had been taken to bojit (9) consumed wild mush- used to carry out the drug deal belonged to cate Ajit Borgohain, president, Dibrugarh Bar saulted him demanding Rs 2 al Sharma , a senior Profes- to check any possible infection ensure that corridors of wild room on April 28. Rikheswar, lawyer Pandey. Police had arrested alleged Association. lakh for his expenditure on sor of Veterinary College of of swine fever and its trans- animals in and around Kaziran- his wife and daughter died on peddlers Asif Khan, Ayush Tomar and Arun Satyabrata Sharma, Secretary, Dibrugarh Friday night and ran away Khanapara, Guwahati said mission to wild animals. ga National Park remain free Friday at Assam Medical Col- Sharma on March 23. Police said that the law- Bar Association said that the way Vijay Pan- from home. that it was very important to He informed that definite- for smooth movement of wild lege and Hospital in Dibrugarh, yer further went out of his way to take up the dey was arrested is unacceptable to the law- Puranjay chased his son and keep the surveillance focus on ly the government would take animals including rhinos dur- while son Debojit recovered bail petition of the accused arrested earlier yers’ fraternity. “We know lawyer Vijay Pan- killed him with a khukri at the fringe areas and villages a positive step to check infec- ing floods in Kaziranga Na- as he consumed the poisonous by side-lining another lawyer after the court dey. Police could have interrogated him even around 8:30 pm and came near any Protected Areas tion of swine fever, which is a tional Park. mushroom in small quantity. order was passed. The lawyer is under judi- without arresting him. He is not someone back home. Later, some local cial custody now. who would go on hiding. He has been vocal residents spotted the body 13 under However, the family members and Dibru- against all sorts of injustice and corruption. and informed the police. home quarantine garh Bar Association here told newsmen that He was still in the court at the time of his Karnab’s younger brother the vehicle used in the drug deal was sold arrest. His arrest is unwarranted. Even the came to the spot and identi- in Bajali away nine months back by Vijay Pandey. They hard-core criminals are not arrested the way fied the body. Police reached Karnab’s ANN SERVICE produced the affidavits and documents of sales lawyer Vijay Pandey was arrested,” said ad- to claim that the advocate was no more the vocate Sharma. house and arrested his father Puranjay after which he con- PATACHARKUCHI, May fessed to the crime. A mur- 2: As many as 13 persons der case has been registered were kept under home quar- against Puranjay. antine here in Bajali subdivi- Task force formed to prevent “It’s a murder case and we sion from Friday evening. have taken him in three-day According to reports, all of mysterious pig disease remand for further interroga- them are associated with Ka- tion after he was produced beri Dairy Society of Nity- CORRESPONDENT natural death of pigs in the dis- cherra and other parts of the before Bongaigaon court to- ananda area. They were local- trict. district. Of the total 2,561 pigs day,” Bongaigaon Superin- ly selling milk and milk prod- HAILAKANDI, May 2: In It will also prepare a dis- in the district, 482 have been tendent of Police Singha Ram ucts, including sweets in Ba- the wake of sudden death of pigs trict action plan to counter the vaccinated. The district re- Mili said. jali area in a vehicle. due to a mysterious disease in reported mysterious disease ceived 700 vaccines from the It may be mentioned that different parts of the State, the and adopt containment meas- State Veterinary authorities. Food items the step has been taken by the Hailakandi district administra- ures accordingly. The District According to official fig- administration following infor- tion has constituted a district- Animal Husbandry and Veter- ures, around 2,000 pigs have distributed mation of selling their prod- level task force to prevent the inary Officer, who is the mem- died in Dhemaji, North La- STAFF REPORTER ucts to one person who is a disease. An order constituting ber secretary of the task khimpur, Biswanath, Dibru- brother of Rudra Barua, a the committee was issued by force, would convene regular garh, Sivasagar and Jorhat GUWAHATI, May 2: medical staff of Bongaigaon. Deputy Commissioner meetings in consultation with because of the disease. Reaching out to needy people Barua is at present under quar- Keerthi Jalli on Tuesday. the chairman to take stock of The Veterinary depart- in rural pockets of Assam, the People buying fruits from a vendor at Choladhara Tiniali area of AT Road of Jorhat, on antine in Bongaigaon hospital A 10-member task force the situation and to adopt nec- ment is still waiting for the North East Diocesan Social Saturday. – Photo: Wasim Rahman as a coronavirus positive case. headed by Additional Deputy essary preventive measures sample results from the Na- Service Society (NEDSSS), Food packets, Commissioner, Health, as to contain the disease. tional Institute of High Secu- Guwahati distributed food and chairman would monitor the The veterinary authorities rity Animal Diseases (NIH- essential items among 80 fam- Results of drawing contest masks implementation of the guide- here are on a massive vacci- SAD), Bhopal, whether the ilies of Mohkhuti, Japrajan in lines issued by the State and nation drive of pigs against mysterious disease afflicting Karbi Anglong on May 1 and distributed Central governments to pre- classical swine fever in Al- the pigs in Assam is that of May 2. The initiative was sup- on COVID-19 declared vent the outbreak of the un- gapur, Hailakandi, Lala, Katli- African Swine Fever. ported by Father Varghese ANN SERVICE OUR BUREAU position was secured by Louis Boruah of Class Velickakam of the NEDSSS. 3 of Lakshminath Bezboruah Sishu Bhawan LP PATACHARKUCHI, May 2: From the organization, Pas- DIBRUGARH, May 2: The results of a State- School, Sivasagar; 2nd position was secured Poor and aged artistes related Fogging ops begin in Hailakandi chal Ekka and Avinash Toppo level drawing competition titled, ‘Creative by Shrijani Baruah, Class 2 of Delhi Public to mobile theatre and other and Lilymaxima Ekka distrib- Minds Drawing Competition’, organised by School, Dibrugarh and the 3rd position was fields were provided mask and CORRESPONDENT gramme would be carried in all the 16 wards uted the relief material among Dibrugarh University Research Scholars’ As- bagged by Ali Khan, Class 3 of the same school. packets of relief materials today under the Hailakandi Municipal Board from the families. sociation (DURSA) and United Hands For So- In Group B (Class 4 to 7), 1st position was at their doorstep by senior ad- HAILAKANDI, May 2: Fogging opera- May 2 to 19. cial Advancement (UHSA), an NGO based in secured by Saif Ahmed, Class 4 of Vivekanan- vocate Giridhar Choudhury. He tions have begun in Hailakandi municipal Dr Dwivedy urged the residents of OBITUARY Sonitpur with an objective to create COVID- da Kendra Vidyalaya, Golaghat; 2nd position informed that he distributed re- areas in view of Acute Encephalitis Syn- Hailakandi municipal areas to keep their doors, 19 awareness among the masses and to en- went to Miss Violina Boruah, Class 6 of Sivasa- lief materials to 25 selected ar- drome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis windows, ventilators and other air passages Dibakar Saikia gage people in some positive task during this gar Govt HS and MP School, and 3rd position tistes of Bajali subdivision today. (JE). Disclosing the information, Chief of their homes closed and to cover the food lockdown period, were declared today. was achieved by Barbee Boruah, Class 6 of It may be mentioned here that Medical and Health Officer (Communicable commodities during the fogging operation. He The participants had to draw at home, based Little Flower HS School, Dibrugarh. the advocate had already distrib- Diseases), Dr Ramesh Chandra Dwivedy said the fogging operations fixed for each ward on the theme ‘COVID-19’, and submit the In the senior Group C (Class 8 to 10), Pra- uted relief materials to more said that the fogging operations under the on a particular day may change due to vagar- same through e-mail or WhatsApp. The last yashi Deka, Class 8 of Little Flower HS School, than 200 people of the locality. National Vector Borne Disease Control Pro- ies of weather. date of submission was April 7. Nakul Neog, Dibrugarh bagged the 1st Position while Anta- general secretary of DURSA, claimed that riksa Chetia, Class 9 of BVFC Model HS School, the organisers received about 629 entries in Namrup secured the 2nd Position and 3rd po- three different groups (Group A: 226 entries; sition was secured by Shahid Ridad Hassan, Group B: 278 entries and Group C: 125 en- Class 8 of Don Bosco HS School, Dibrugarh. tries). The organizers said they were enthused The organizers also informed that all the by the response from the participants. winners will be informed personally for priz- The results were declared today based on es and certificates, provided once the regu- CORRESPONDENT the evaluation received from 17 evaluators latiolns of COVID-19 lockdown gets relaxed. from varied areas of work and expertise and The organizers congratulated all the winners DOOMDOOMA, May 2: the guidelines of the competition. and their guardians/teachers for their partici- Dibakar Saikia, a retired ad- For Group A (Playschool to Class 3), 1st pation. ministrative officer of the State government died on Thursday morning at his res- Action against illegal fish idence situated at Rupbon here. He was 77. Saikia, who had joined the traders demanded Assam Civil Service (ACS), ANN SERVICE dent body today submitted a eries laws as some vendors was later promoted to the In- memorandum to Dibrugarh are openly doing business of dian Administrative Service DULIAJAN, May 2: The All District Commissioner re- local fishes in different parts (IAS) and served in various Chutiya Students’ Union Dulia- questing close monitoring of of Duliajan constituency. posts of the State government. jan unit has alleged breach of the issue. In the memorandum “Some opportunistic traders He retired from service in 2004 Assam Fisheries Rules, 1953 signed by Duliajan unit presi- are openly dealing in fishes and settled at Rupbon here. and Assam Fisheries (Amend- dent Manoj Chutiya, working measuring 7 to 14 centimetres He leaves behind his wife ment) Rules 2005 in Duliajan president Rituraj Bora and in size without caring for the and three daughters. His area by some opportunistic general secretary Hemanta directive of the administrative Vice chairman of AMTRON, Ritu Baron Sarma distributing free face masks among needy people, at Paruya near Tezpur death has been widely business vendors. Chutiya, the organization machinery,” the student body on Friday. – UB Photos mourned in the area. The Duliajan unit of the stu- claimed violation of the fish- stated in the memorandum. 12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SPORTS SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2020 MLS allows ICA raises Rs 39 lakh; individual Serie A teams set to defy govt Kapil, Gavaskar join initiative workouts NEW YORK, May 2: Ma- jor League Soccer players and return to training can begin voluntary individ- ual workouts on team out- MILAN, May 2: Italy’s 20 “his openness to a dialogue permission for local clubs, in- local authorities. door training fields starting Serie A clubs have reiterated with the government from a cluding top-flight sides Bologna, Friday’s league meeting on Wednesday under corona- their unanimous desire to constructive and collaborative Parma, SPAL and Sassuolo, to also addressed the issue of TV virus health protocols where complete the season as the perspective, obtaining on this resume training in sports cen- rights, but no resolutions were government shutdown laws northern Emilia-Romagna re- position the full agreement of tres from May 4 if they wished adopted concerning broadcast- permit, the league an- gion became the first to open all the clubs.” to do so. Emilia-Romagna re- ers Sky, DAZN and IMG, with NEW DELHI, May 2: Greats likes Sunil Gavaskar and nounced. the way to training despite Spadafora has warned that gional president Stefano Bon- a final payment estimated at Kapil Dev have pledged their support to Indian Cricketers The move marks the first government restrictions. the government will call time accini has agreed to allow “pro- 340 million euros ($370 mil- Association’s (ICA) initiative to financially help around 30 small step toward resuming An emergency Lega Serie on the season which has been fessional sportspeople to train lion) for the current season, needy players amid the nationwide lockdown, said its pres- the 2020 MLS season, which A assembly via video of the suspended since March 9 if the individually, in compliance with due to be paid in May. ident Ashok Malhotra. The ICA has so far raised Rs 39 lakh to help former crick- was halted after only two top-flight clubs took place af- Italian Football Federation social distancing rules and with- FIGC president Gabriele weeks due to the deadly vi- eters who are in dire need of funds. ter Sports Minister Vincenzo (FIGC) fails to convince them out any gatherings in closed- Gravina has said that calling “Big names like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Gautam Gam- rus outbreak. Spadafora this week said the on its health and safety proto- door structures.” time would be “the death of A league-wide moratori- bhir and Gundappa Viswanath have joined us and that is a chances of restarting were “in- col. An FIGC meeting slated Southern giants Napoli are Italian football”, predicting major boost to our initiative. A corporate from Gujarat has also um on small group and full creasingly narrow”. for May 8 could be decisive. also planning to return to train- losses of over 800 million eu- offered its support,” Malhotra told PTI. team training sessions re- League president Paolo Dal Meanwhile, the Emilia-Ro- ing as their safety proposals ros in TV rights, sponsors, It has been learnt that likes of Gavaskar, Dev and Gambhir mains in place through May Pino stated after the meeting magna region on Friday gave have received the backing of ticketing and marketing. – AFP have also made financial contributions to the cause. Moham- 15. mad Azharuddin had pledged his financial support earlier The MLS move comes af- this week. – PTI ter the NBA announced it would allow players to con- Premier League re-states US women soccer Dhoni always there to duct solo workouts at team facilities starting next Friday commitment to finish season team’s equal pay help, says Pant where allowed under stay-at- NEW DEHI, May 2: Calling home laws. – AFP LONDON, May 2: Pre- tive moves forward and will Brighton chief executive MS Dhoni his mentor, wicket- mier League clubs have only return to training and Paul Barber said on Thurs- case ruled out keeper batsman Rishabh Pant says the World Cup-winning reconfirmed their commit- playing with government day that the idea of not play- SAA arrange skipper has his own way of help- online training ment to finish the 2019/20 guidance, under expert med- ing matches home and away LOS ANGELES, May 2: A “The history of negotia- ing the younger crop as he nev- season subject to coronavi- ical advice and after consul- was a “further imperfection” federal judge dismissed the tions between the parties er provides a full solution to a GUWAHATI, May 2: Dur- rus restrictions being lifted tation with players and man- on top of games being behind United States women’s soc- demonstrates that the WNT problem, encouraging them to ing the current lockdown pe- in Britain despite fears ex- agers,” the Premier League closed doors. cer team’s bid for equal pay, rejected an offer to be paid look for answers. riod, Sports Authority of As- pressed by players. said in a statement. The British government is rejecting claims the players under the same pay-to-play Pant, was heir apparent to sam (SAA) is carrying video The English top flight fac- due to review a nationwide had been underpaid in a crush- structure as the MNT, and Dhoni until KL Rahul emerged messages featuring prominent es an eye-watering estimat- lockdown on May 7 and ing defeat for the reigning the WNT was willing to for- as a wicket-keeper batsman in the limited overs format, mak- current as well as ex-sport- ed loss of around £1 billion Prime Minister Boris John- world champions. go higher bonuses for bene- spersons and coaches on how ing the southpaw no more a cer- ($1.25 billion) if no more foot- son promised on Thursday to In a 32-page ruling, Judge fits, such as greater base com- tainty in the playing eleven. to remain fit while staying at ball is played due to the glo- provide a “roadmap” to- Gary Klausner of the US Dis- pensation and the guarantee “He (Dhoni) has been like a mentor to me, on and off the home and what can be done bal pandemic. wards easing restrictions. trict Court for Central Cali- of a higher number of con- field. I can approach him freely with any problem I may be for maintaining and enhancing Playing the 92 remaining Liverpool are on the brink fornia in Los Angeles tossed tracted players,” Klausner facing, and he will never give me the entire solution for it,” sports specific skills. games behind closed doors of their first league title for the women’s claim of pay dis- wrote. Pant said in an Instagram live session with his IPL team Delhi Elite athletes are demon- would mitigate that loss, 30 years with a 25-point lead crimination, ruling in favour “Accordingly, plaintiffs can- Capitals. “This is so that I don’t become entirely dependent strating the exercises they avoiding the need to repay at the top of the table. of the United States Soccer not now retroactively deem on him, he gives me hints only that helps me solve the issue myself. He’s also one of my favourite batting partners, though have been doing at home. hundreds of millions to However, the Premier Federation. their CBA (collective bargain- it’s not something that happens too often,” he said. – PTI Sportspersons and coaches broadcasters. League is keen to avoid po- Klausner did allow the ing agreement) worse than are also creating awareness But the Premier League tential legal challenges over women’s case for unfair treat- the MNT CBA by reference about what precautionary faces huge logistical difficul- the awarding of much more ment in areas such as travel, to what they would have Labuschagne expects packed measures should be taken to ties in its attempts to return “The clubs reconfirmed tightly contested European housing and medical support made had they been paid un- schedule once cricket resumes guard against coronavirus. to action, with Britain one of their commitment to finish- places, relegation and pro- to proceed to trial, set for June der the MNT’s pay-to-play SYDNEY, May 2: Austral- SAA’s coaches are also tak- the countries worst-hit by ing the 2019/20 season, main- motion if the season cannot 16 in Los Angeles. terms structure when they ing coaching sessions online ian run-machine Marnus La- COVID-19 as the number of taining integrity of the com- be completed. But the judge said the equal themselves rejected such a buschagne is gearing up for through Webinars. deaths passed 27,500. petition and welcomed the Paris Saint-Germain were pay claims – the central plank structure,” he said. a packed schedule to make The videos can be seen on The league and clubs dis- government’s support.” declared Ligue 1 champions of the case – had been dis- The US women were left up for the time lost due to the YouTube channel, Twitter, cussed possible steps to- The league reportedly in- on Thursday after French missed because there was stunned by their defeat on the the COVID-19 pandemic Instagram and Facebook page wards resuming the season formed clubs that matches Prime Minister Edouard evidence the women had pay issue. The women had once cricket resumes. of Sports Authority of Assam. at a meeting on Friday. will have to be played at up Philippe announced sport turned down an offer to be been seeking back pay of $66 All cricket is on hold right Sportspersons and coaches “The league and clubs are to 10 neutral venues for the could not resume before paid along the lines of the US million under the Equal Pay now due to the pandemic sweeping through the globe who have so far appeared in- considering the first tenta- season to be completed. September. – AFP men’s team. Act. – AFP clude Hima Das (athletics), with several tours and tour- naments being either can- Hriday Hazarika (shooting), celled or postponed. Lovelina Borgohain (boxing), “There is going to be a lot Ankushita Boro (boxing), Ja- Tokyo Olympics will definitely England tour of of tours that will need to be muna Boro (boxing), Gilbert- made up,” Labuschgne told son Sangma (football), Elvis Australian Associated Press. Ali Hazarika (swimming), be held next year: Batra SL rescheduled “There’s going to be a whole heap of cricket in a very short Shivangi Sarma (swimming), NEW DELHI, May 2: IOC cial General Body Meeting of some treatment (of coronavi- COLOMBO, May 2: Eng- at the windows which are time frame. We’ll be making up for missed time, that sched- Tayebun Nesa (athletics) and ule is just going to be packed”. member and IOA president the Athletics Federation of In- rus) by September or Octo- land’s Test tour of Sri Lanka, available and alternatives too. Australia’s ODI series against New Zealand was called off Nipon Das (athletics coach), Narinder Batra on Saturday dia, which was held online, In- ber this year. We (India) have which could not be complet- “South Africa is one of the after the first match, while the T20 World Cup is facing an stated a release. said that the postponed 2020 dian Olympic Association to plan ourselves thinking that ed in March due to the COV- tours which we are looking uncertain future. – PTI Tokyo Olympics will “definite- (IOA) chief Batra said, “Don’t Olympics will be held.” ID-19 pandemic, has been re- at rescheduling. We are en- Chess coaching ly” be held next year, amid go by what is being said that Batra was elected as presi- scheduled to January next gaged in discussions with the concerns over staging the Olympics may not be held next dent of International Hockey year, claims SLC CEO Ash- member countries and see NZ batsman Nicholls to of GCA mega event before a COVID- Federation (FIH) in Novem- ley de Silva. how it can be planned out.” donate World Cup final shirt GUWAHATI, May 2: Gu- 19 vaccine is found. ber 2016 and became an IOC England had spent around However, England are WELLINGTON, May 2: New wahati Chess Academy Some eminent scientists member in June last year. He 10 days in Sri Lanka in scheduled to tour India in Zealand batsman Henry Nichol- (GCA) is continuing its activ- and doctors have expressed has been at the helm of IOA March and played a warm- January for a five-Test series, ls has decided to donate the shirt ities through online chess doubts on the holding of the since December 2017. up match before the tour was so, it remains to be seen how he wore in the World Cup final tournament and coaching Tokyo Olympics if a vaccine is He said his tenure as FIH called-off due to the corona- the scheduling will work out. last year to help the families during lockdown period. not found by then. Even the chief has been extended till virus outbreak. It was sup- All cricketing activity has impacted by the COVID-19 pan- Students can learn chess Japan Medical Association June next year as the elections posed to be a two-Test se- come to a halt due to the pan- demic. without coming to the acade- president said it would only be scheduled to be held in Octo- ries as part of the World Test demic, throwing the inter- Nicholls will be donating the my. Guwahati Chess Acade- possible for the Olympics to ber this year has been post- Championship. national calendar haywire. jersey to Unicef New Zealand. “NZ Cricketer @HenryNi- my started a new batch for go ahead in July 2021 if the in- poned to June next year in “We are in the process of India too were scheduled to cholls27 Cricket bat and ballhas beginners, intermediate and fections were under control, view of the unprecedented sit- rescheduling the tours that tour Sri Lanka for a limited offered up one of his prized 2019 advance players from this not only in Japan, but globally. uation arising out of the COV- have been postponed. Eng- overs series after the IPL, Cricket World Cup jerseys, month. Coaching will be im- International Olympic ID-19 pandemic. land has been already resched- which has been postponed in- signed by the whole team! One parted by Pranab Kumar Committee’s (IOC) coordina- year. Tokyo Olympics will def- Batra also said some 140-odd uled for the month of January definitely. lucky donor who has supported Nath certified coach by World tion commission for the Tokyo initely be held next year. National Olympic Committees next year but the dates have “There are also two other our #FoodForKiwiFamilies ap- Chess Federation and All In- Olympics, John Coates of Aus- “I am keeping in touch with were to hold their elections not been finalised,” de Silva tours which are scheduled to peal will receive it. You’ve got to be in it, to win it so donate dia Chess Federation. Apart tralia had, however, disagreed reliable sources, interacting within two-three months of the told Daily News. take place, with India and now!” Unicef tweeted. The black coloured short-sleeved jersey, which Nicholls from the online classes the with suggestions that a vaccine with important fora in world original (2020) date of Tokyo “At the same time, we are Bangladesh due to tour Sri wore during the summit clash at the Lord’s where England Academy also conducting an for COVID-19 is needed to of sport. So, Olympics are hap- Olympics and they have been also looking at exploring the Lanka in June-July and July- defeated New Zealand in the nerve-wracking final on the online chess tournament hold the Games. pening next year. allowed by the IOC to hold the possibility of rescheduling August respectively,” de Sil- boundary count back rule after the super over also ended in among chess players. While addressing the Spe- “I believe there will be polls next year. – PTI postponed tours and looking va added. – PTI a tie, is signed by all members of the squad. – PTI The current state of Indian cricket is as healthy SU DO KU as it can be, says Ravichandran Ashwin NEW DELHI, May 2: In- spire into something where He calls himself a “hard- “The thought of four-day to put revs on the hard ball dia’s premier off-spinner Rav- you have more leagues and ened” T20 cricketer but it is cricket doesn’t really excite as it responds better to the ichandran Ashwin doesn’t not much of international the five-day format in which me. I am a spinner and if you pitch. want a post-COVID-19 world cricket because the borders he has tasted maximum suc- take a day out, I don’t know if “But I generally like to use that is more conducive for are closed,” Ashwin said dur- cess. And he is far from being it’s going to be healthy, you the arm ball in first 2 or 3 organising T20 leagues at ing a videocast with former done in the game’s long form. are taking out a very fascinat- overs because when you use the expense of interna- India cricketer Sanjay Man- “If my body is in great ing aspect of the game,” Ash- the arm ball, it challenges tional cricket. jrekar on ESPNcricinfo. space, I think Test cricket I win said. both the edges of the batsman The fastest Indian to With the COVID-19 pan- just have another streak of Asked about Indian crick- and forces him to go across 350 Test wickets, the demic yet to subside, Ashwin great purple patch I am look- et, he said, “The current state the line which is rendered seasoned spinner said doesn’t see cricket resuming ing at.” of Indian cricket is as healthy risky.” on Saturday he for- anytime soon. “I believe I am a hardened as it can be. Hope we can pick The spin ace who has often sees another “purple “I think we are still some professional in T20 cricket, it up from where we had left been seen with the new ball Solution of last problem patch” for him in the distance away. In terms of the and good at what I do. Wher- once sport resumes.” across formats, added, “The traditional format, pro- health of world cricket I think ever I play I will be able to Ashwin also spoke about his others that I use are the float- Originating from Japan, ‘su do ku’ is a mind game vided his body holds. it is going to take longer than deliver, with the experience love for operating with the ers that swing, the one that and a puzzle that can be He also outrightly re- what people might assume. that I have got and the cour- new ball and explained the pitches in and goes out or the solved with proper jected the four-day pro- “So, that’s an imminent age that I have.” mechanics involved. other one that lands on the reasoning and logic. Fill the grid with digits in such posal. possibility, but I don’t know He said the ICC’s plans to “I like a new ball because seam and gets to go the other a manner that every row, “I really do hope that what the further future has in trim Test cricket by a day of the fizz that I get on it. One way. So these balls become every column and every this (pandemic) does not tran- store.” doesn’t excite him. of my strengths is to be able very effective”. – PTI 3 x 4 box accommodates the digits 1 to 12 without Printed and published by Ganesh Ch. Das on behalf of Assam Tribune Pvt. Ltd. at the Tribune Press, Tribune Buildings, P.O.- Assam Tribune, M.R.D. Road, Chandmari, Guwahati-781003. Tel. 0361-2660102 (EPABX), 0361-2661360, 0361-2668807 (News Desk), FAX 0361-2666396. E-mail: repeating any. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]. Editor: Prafulla Govinda Baruah www.assamtribune.com O GUWAHATI O MAY 3, 2020 WOMEN PLUS MY SPACE THIRD EYE JOYSHREE BARUAH takes on the DR. 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DHANASHRI BAISHYA Before starting her career as a YouTube professional, Dhanashri The New Age was working as a journalist in a tele- vision channel of Assam. As a TV personality, she would often post short ‘behind the scenes’ videos. She had inhibitions about a full-time YouTube career, Influencers but as she enjoyed these short video interactions with her viewers, she started her full-fledged channel in October, 2019. And within a span of just two to three months, Dhanashri crossed the requisite benchmark ANKITA of 1,000 subscribers, and her channel became one of the fastest in Assam to reach the set target. KAKATY Dhanashri’s vlogs mainly constitute of celebrity inter- profiles views, home tours of local artistes, and short entertain- REMEMBRANCE ment segments with popular faces. She believes that five popular regularity and patience is what makes things productive Tarali Sarma influencers in the long run. She now has 1.86 lakh subscribers on YouTube, and 6,000 followers on Instagram. from Assam who have DIMPU BARUAH IRRFAN… Dimpu was working as an English taken online teacher at a primary school in Nalbari, content to Assam. But with a latent desire for not yet! technology and innovation, he would another level. often browse the internet for the lat- est trend checks. Then, in 2017, he started his first channel to review the latest gadgets. Later, IRRFAN KHAN will be remembered he realised that most content produced in the region is as the Everyman who was a star. entertainment-based, with little information on places of he ‘influencer’ marketing industry in India is day-to-day schedule, interacting with her viewers. And tourist interest. And so, he began working on another loved him and begged the universe not to let him slip away. I one of the most popularly growing mediums with over a lakh subscribers now, her idea seems to channel by the name of Dimpu’s Vlog to present a de- was mindful of the eternal darkness he would step into eventu- of the current age. While content and in- have worked out well. She has recently joined Insta- tailed view on the places of tourist attraction in Assam. ally, yet I hoped, hopelessly! In 2018, he revealed that he had Tnovation are one of the primary requisites gram as well and already has over 5,000 followers. Dimpu’s unique selling proposition (USP) is his I been diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour. Since then, for two for any business domain, the rise of New Meenakshi believes that as technology has shifted humorous way of presentation. He interacts in the long years, he had put his dreams on hold. But like me and thou- Age Influencers, who are exploring a niche online from broadcasts, viz. television and radio, to digital southern Assamese dialect ( tholua bhaxa ), which sands of others, death perhaps loved him too. Profoundly! Finally, life audience has come a long way, has brought about a media, everyone now has a platform to share their makes his videos quite endearing. looked on helplessly as death consumed him. No admirers, no close major change in the outlook of consumers. opinions. Being real has been her only mantra to Dimpu posts three to four videos per week. He says ones, no relatives and friends, his funeral was only surrounded with As per The Economic Times report of 2019, in success. According to her, the biggest challenge has that rather than concentrating on being the best, one stillness. A funeral that was tragically a haunting echo of silence. terms of internet users, India has now reached a whop- been audience retention. One has to always bring in must strive to deliver the best of his/her creativity in Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan. Screen name Irfan Khan. In 2012, he ping 566 million figure. With the ease of technology something productive and new. “Even a piece of paper any area of social interest. He now has 6.79 lakh changed it to Irrfan. “I like the sound of the extra R,” he had said. and the proliferation of the internet, there has been can be used beautifully to create art,” Meenakshi says. subscribers for Dimpu’s Vlog and 6.16 lakh for the Born on January 7, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, to Sayeeda Begum and Yas- a huge influx of applications in the digital domain. She is one of the most popular lifestyle vloggers on Dimpu Baruah channel. een Ali, Irrfan’s intriguing persona was noticed ever since he joined Add to that the influx of a large number of internet YouTube and has earned a Silver Play Button, which NSD (National School Of Drama), New Delhi, in 1984. His spark was users from the rural parts of India – 251 million to is a special plaque that YouTube hands out to those RABBANI SOYAM evident in teleserials like Bharat Ek Khoj , Chandrakanta , Chanakya , be precise. Thus, leading to a higher demand for who have 1,00,000 subscribers. He is one of the youngest Influenc- Sara Jahan Hamara , etc. But his heart was in cinema. A small role content across multiple segments. ers to start his journey of YouTubing as a debut in Salaam Bombay in 1989, followed by Shyam Bene- The major content creators from around the world BHUKHAN PATHAK in Assam. He started off in 2017 gal’s Kamla Ki Maut in 1990, didn’t provide him with what he was on social media platforms like YouTube have the Bhukhan started his career as a with a channel named Buddies which looking for. In 1995, he married fellow NSD-graduate Sutapa Sikdar biggest audience base in India, with 8.1 per cent of print media journalist and he was is an entertainment channel deliver- and was looking for brighter horizons. It seemed Bollywood had little total viewers. As per E Marketer, India is the second also a movie reviewer, freelancing ing humour-based content and prank to offer to an actor of Irrfan Khan’s calibre. In the ’90s, the concept largest market for YouTube and reportedly, has 93 for a number of media houses in videos. Gradually, as the channel gained momentum, of heroes and superstars expanded all energies into becoming the for- per cent of video watchers from India. Assam. In the year 2016, with the he started to experiment with new content-based short mula of entertainment and box-office success. Films with mega-bud- In this context, North-East India, too, has emerged advent of Jio in the telecommuni- films. During the period, Rabbani was soon exposed to get, monotonous songs and dances were slowly making the audienc- as a hub of creative professionals in the field of online cation sector, he forayed into professional YouTubing the Influencers’ market when local merchandise-based es weary. And then came Asif Kapadia’s British film The Warrior in content. Several youngsters are leading the pack of through full-time movie reviews. brands approach him to advertise their clothing line. 2001. In all the mayhem, Irrfan Khan stepped in like a fresh Spring active influencers, and this feature profiles some of Bhukhan found out that there is very little information Rabbani believes that the youth connect has helped breeze that the audience had so long waited for. This film marked the the leading online video content creators from Assam. about the Assamese film fraternity on the internet. So him try out new tricks and techniques. He also organises rising era for Irrfan and, perhaps, also for Hindi cinema as a whole, he curated the idea of making small videos based on the meet-ups once in a while to connect with his viewers and which was now opening up to realistic stories and actors! The com- MEENAKSHI GOGOI personal lives of celebrities from the North-East. He is interact with them. TikTok is also very popular among mon man saw in him glimpses of his own life. As the Allahbadi local She began her professional jour- one of the first YouTubers from Assam to have come youngsters, and Rabbani is a popular face there too. student leader in Haasil (2003), as Maqbool (2004), Irrfan brought ney in the year 2008 with DY365, up with celebrity-based interviews and the concept of Rabbani has also received sponsored feature requests a new robustness and a new language to Hindi cinema. In 2005, he a news channel. With an extensive “Love Story” conversations to connect with the viewers. on applications such as Like, ShareChat, etc., through landed with his first lead role in Rog . He knocked the psyche of the experience in the field of television His Assamese Mixture channel has 5.58 lakh subscrib- TikTok. He now has 2.64 lakh subscribers for Buddies critics and audience alike with his role in The Namesake (2006), and media, she thought of trying her ers, while the Bhukhan Pathak channel has 60,000 and 24.1k for the Rabbani Soyam channel. Life in a Metro (2007), and did hard-hitting tales like Paan Singh To- hand at opening a YouTube chan- subscribers. His Instagram account is followed by over mar (2012, Irrfan won the National Award for it) with the same verve nel. She became a lifestyle vlogger who presents her 71,800 people. [email protected] as he did a comedy like Sunday (2008). Irrfan Khan was the infinite within the finite and possibilities within amadan , the ninth month of the of social belonging, unity and brother- all uncertainties. His charismatic capabilities overrode every technical Arabic lunar calendar, is a cel- hood, and of equality before God. It is an rule, creating characters we loved and related to. Irrfan was absolutely ebration of the descent of the exercise in self-control. It is a moment to unfazed by current trends, unintimidated by superstars and he gal- word of God, the Quran , from reflect and work on being better people. loped along a lone journey on the rough roads of cinema to create R absolute realism. He brought to life Saajan Fernandaz in The Lunch- heaven to Earth. This month Giving donations to charity, known as is observed worldwide as a month of Zakat (one of the five pillars of Islam), box (2013), Rana in Piku (2015), the fun-loving driver Shaukat in fasting, prayer, reflection and commu- is particularly important. Karwaan (2018), Ashwin Kumar in Talvar (2015), and the endearing nity. Ramadan follows the phases of Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan . Yogendra Kumar in Qarib Qarib Singlle (2017). Can we ever forget the moon. This means that the dates Muslims gather in a mosque/open space these characters? They were masterstrokes of the magician called of Ramadan change every year. It starts and offer two units of prayer (Rakaat ). Irrfan. His highest grossing Hindi film was Hindi Medium (2017), and when the new crescent moon is first A sermon is then carried out, where his final appearance was in its sequel Angrezi Medium (2020). Oscar- visible in the night sky and ends with the Imam asks for forgiveness, mercy winning Danny Boyle, director of Slumdog Millionaire , where Irrfan the arrival of the next lunar month. and peace for everyone. plays a policeman said, “Irrfan has an instinctive way of finding the “What is fasting?” People exchange “ Eid Mubarak” moral centre of a character.” “How does the fasting of Muslims greetings. The rest of the day is spent He was the same everywhere, yet we didn’t find Irrfan anywhere, in Ramadan differ from the fasting of with extended families, enjoying good we just met the characters! His big brooding eyes spoke louder than other faiths?” food and sharing gifts. words! Irrfan travelled to world cinema and exalted through his roles “What do you really gain from fasting?” Ramadan in This year, the COVID-19 pandemic in Darjeeling Limited, and A Mighty Heart (2007), The Amazing These are a few questions that a is disrupting Ramadan observances Spider-Man (2012), Life of Pi (2012), Jurassic World (2015), and number of our non-Muslim friends of- worldwide, closing mosques to curb the Inferno (2016). ten ask us; usually out of fascination quarantine further spread of the disease and upend- “There is something about pain. It demands to be felt,” wrote John with this spiritually-uplifting practice of ing plans for traditional Suhoor and Iftaar Green in his bestseller The Fault in our Stars. Why does Irrfan Khan’s the Islamic faith. Fasting in Arabic is MUKHLISA TASRIN writes that the gatherings. But while celebrations might demise feel like a personal loss? A pain we have felt so acutely. We ad- called “Sawm”, meaning “to be at rest”. be subdued, the spirit of this centuries- mire celebrities, legends, and we follow, love and respect them. We are Observing Ramadan is one of the five pandemic will bring us closer in ways not old tradition will remain the same for thrilled to see them or ask for an autograph! Their stories of struggle and hard work inspire us. Most rags-to-riches stories make us look at pillars of Islam. All adult Muslims, except explored before. many, a time for piety and self-reflection. those who are chronically ill, travelling, Group events like Taraweeh (extra-nightly them with wonder and amazement. We learn from them and believe elderly, pregnant, breast-feeding, diabetic during Ramadan. The Quran says that hours, fasting Muslims cannot eat food prayers) will take different forms, including that dreams do come true after all! However, most of the time, we or menstruating, are expected to fast. on this special night, angels descend or drink anything. In late Spring or early moving online. The mosques will be sad cannot relate to the life they live or the characters they portray. Their Those who can’t fast for any reason can from heaven, most importantly, the summer, this is particularly difficult as and so will our hearts. Socially, people lives are bigger than life. Not reachable! Not relatable! Unattainable! offer to feed poor people for each day archangel Gabriel – bringing peace and the days can be very long. The evening will be deprived of hosting community But Irrfan Khan created a grammar of his own. In life and in acting. they miss during Ramadan . divine presence into the world. meal, Iftaar, begins once the sunset prayer gatherings which have been practised for He was so much the person we meet in our everyday life. Approach- Ramadan was a part of the ancient During Ramadan , the gates of heaven Maghrib is over. Since the Prophet broke more than 1,000 years. There won’t be able, reachable! He proved that success is not necessarily hereditary. Arab calendar. The naming of Ramadan are opened wider than ever. Just as the his fast with dates and a glass of water, any Ramadan bazaar s. We won’t be able All the characters he portrayed were real, someone we knew. Someone stems from the Arabic root ‘ar ramad’, word of God has come down, the word Muslims commemorate the Prophet’s to visit or host our families and friends, like me and you. We knew him like we know our friends and hence, meaning ‘scorching heat’. Muslims be- of supplicants goes up to God, more ef- practice of breaking the fast. everything will be very difficult. However, the unbearable grief at his demise. That’s his power. The power of an lieve that in A.D. 610, the angel Gabriel ficaciously than any other time. During Ramadan is more than abstinence from that doesn’t necessarily mean people absolutely realistic form of acting. appeared to Prophet Muhammad and Ramadan , the day starts early. Pre-dawn food and drink. It is a time for contempla- can’t attain the same level of spiritual Irrfan Khan (1967-2020). The curtains have fallen, but the echoes of revealed to him the Quran . That revela- breakfast ( Suhoor ) begins before the first tion, devotion, and remembrance of Al- fulfilment they ordinarily would. Perhaps, thunderous applause continue, because we loved him too much and for tion – Laylat Al Qadr or the “Night of prayer of the day, Suhoor keeps them lah , and tending to the welfare of the less the pandemic will bring us together in too long… and sometimes letting go is the hardest thing to do. Power” – is believed to have occurred going through the day. During daylight fortunate. Fasting develops the real spirit new ways we hadn’t considered before. 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RELATIONSHIP Sarma further asserts that the absence of affordable and accessible healthcare literally kills women and this is a form of permanent violence A penny for your thoughts? that is often overlooked. xperts have predicted that the The book also brings to fore the debate on sexual harassment at the COVID-19 pandemic will bring How couples can manage relationships UHPHPEHUHGWRSUDFWLVH³UHODWLRQVKLS workplace and the campaign through social media as she points out that the worst financial challenges in financially stressful times. maintenance behavioursP, including an important beginning has been made to establish sexual harassment as that can put a significant strain respecting one another, being there a form of violence against women. It should, however, move from publicly E shaming the harassers to finding solutions for survivors of such harassment. on romantic relationships and for one another, and showing love and in such times, itRs especially important to affection for one another. Sharma also discusses on how earlier taboo subjects like menstruation show your partner some love and support. Receiving financial support from fam- have undergone a visible change and there are now public campaigns ³6RPH FRXSOHV PD\ EH EHWWHU ily and friends was associated with higher for menstrual hygiene and acknowledgements by policy makers that the HTXLSSHGWRPDQDJHWKDWNLQGRIVWUHVV levels of commitment for the couples ³UHIXVDOWRDGGUHVVWKHQHHGVRI\RXQJJLUOVDIWHUSXEHUW\KDVUHVXOWHGLQ than others,P said Ashley LeBaron from in both of her studies. many of them dropping out of schoolP. the University of Arizona in the U.S. In her second study, LeBaron mea- She, however, is keen to observe that more open talk about menstrua- LeBaron, whose research was con- sured the success of the unmarried, WLRQLVRQO\WKHILUVWVWHSDQGLW³QHHGVWRPRYHWRWKHSRLQWWKDWZRPHQ ducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, low-income, expectant couples not only and girls in India feel confident to talk about their bodies, their sexuality has studied how financial stress impacts by how committed they reported being and their sexual preferencesP. married and unmarried couples from to their relationship, but also by how 7KHDXWKRUDVVHUWVWKDWWKHELJJHVW³VWXPEOLQJEORFNWRZRPHQ¶V different socio-economic backgrounds. well they reported co-parenting. autonomy and their right to choice, remains the dominant concept of Her findings, published in the Journal Some additional factors emerged as marriage in IndiaP. She argues that marital home is the location of a of Family and Economic Issues , pro- important for the low-income unmarried majority of incidents of violence against women. vide insight into what might make some couples that the researcher didnRt see ³WKHYLROHQFHWKDWQHHGVWREHDGGUHVVHGLVZKDWZRPHQIDFHLQ couples more resilient. in the married couples. Those factors their homes...and until we challenge dominant notions of marriage, In 2018, as a student at the Brigham included having health insurance, having we cannot talk about womenRs autonomy, their right to choose or to Young University, LeBaron co-authored a support network, and having children consent,P she points out. a paper in the Journal of Family and with no more than one partner. Violence that women experience at times of communal and caste conflict Economic Issues ăWKDWIRFXVVHGRQ The findings suggest that there may has also been dealt by the author who has established that when there is married couples affected by financial LeBaron then set out in a more recent financial stressors in the year prior: the not be a one-size-fits-all approach to DQ\NLQGRIFRQIOLFWHYHU\RQHSD\VDSULFHEXWLWLVZRPHQZKRDUH³GRXEO\ stress during the 2008 recession. study to see if her previous findings inability to pay rent or a mortgage in full, maintaining a strong relationship in if not many more times, burdened because of the roles they are expected to Some couples reported that their would hold true for people for whom having their utilities shut off or eviction. WLPHVRIILQDQFLDOVWUHVV³$ELJWDNH play within the predominantly patriarchal structure that prevailsP. relationships grew stronger not just in financial stress might have higher stakes In both of her studies, the researcher home message is the importance of The author admits that Indian women have moved in many spheres, spite of, but because of, the financial ăXQPDUULHGORZLQFRPHFRXSOHVH[ - zoomed in on the relationships in which these relationship maintenance behav- broken barriers, claimed their rights, and are speaking out, the larger challenges they had endured together. pecting their first child together. partners remained highly committed to iours, especially when you are experi- political and economic trends are not encouraging. However, most of the couples were Most of the couples in the new setting one another after financial hardship. encing financial stress,P LeBaron said. 6KHKRZHYHUHQGVZLWKDQRWHRIRSWLPLVPWKDWIRUHYHU\³GHSUHVVLQJYLR - White, middle or upper-class married were low-income and Black. All of them She found that the strongest rela- lence, there are tales of women and girls who are reclaiming their rights, who couples. had experienced at least one of three tionships were those in which partners – IANS are skipping over hurdles, who are laughing, shouting and singing out loudP.

Sharmin Pasha is a food writer currently based in Dubai, UAE, where she teaches privately-organised cooking lessons on different techniques of cooking. She also hosts Potato and CULINARY corner an informative page featuring Assamese recipes on Facebook, which was created to showcase the culinary treasures of Assam to the world and to preserve ethnic recipes rice pulao Sharmin Pasha for generations to come. Method: Sift the rice flour, baking powder and the salt into a large bowl. Stir in the powdered sugar and the coconut and Ingredients: mix well. Add the water gradually and W Basmati rice ...... 2 cups Coconut treats knead into a firm dough. Set the dough aside for half an hour to rest. W Vegetable oil ...... 3 tbsps Divide the dough into equal pieces and W Onion (sliced) ...... 1 Method: roll each piece into a smooth ball with no Wash the rice and soak in cold water for half an W Bay leaf ...... 1 Ingredients: visible seams. Shape each ball into small hour. Drain and set aside. logs or circles. W Cinnamon ...... 1 stick Heat the oil in a deep pan. Add the onions W Rice flour (fine) ...... 1 cup Heat the oil in a deep pan. Working in W Cumin seeds ...... 1 tsp and sauté, until light golden brown. Add the bay W Salt ...... a pinch batches, fry the dough pieces until puffed leaves, cinnamon and the cumin seeds, and W Garlic paste ...... ½ tsp W Baking powder ...... ½ tsp and golden. Remove, using a slotted sauté until aromatic. Next, add the garlic and spoon, and let drain on a paper towel. W Ginger paste ...... ½ tsp W Coconut (desiccated) ...... 1 cup the ginger paste, and cook for a few minutes or Heat the sugar and water in a W Turmeric powder...... 1 tsp until translucent. Add the tomatoes, salt and the W Powdered sugar ...... ¾ cup or to taste saucepan over high heat, swirling, until W Tomato (chopped) ...... 1 turmeric powder, and cook until the tomatoes W Water ...... ¾ cup or as required the sugar dissolves. Bring to a simmer, soften. Stir in the rice, the peas and the potatoes W Potatoes (cubed) ...... 2 W and cook until it reaches one-string and mix well. Pour in enough water to cover the Refined oil ...... for frying W Peas (shelled) ...... ½ cup consistency. Add the sesame seeds, fried rice by one cm. and bring to a rapid boil. W Sugar ...... ½ cup dough pieces and the baking powder, and W Pure ghee ...... 1 tbsp Cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid. Reduce heat W Water ...... ¼ cup stir briskly. Remove from the heat and stir W Salt ...... to taste to low, cook until all the liquid has been absorbed W Baking powder ...... ¼ tsp continuously until the sugar crystallises. and the rice is cooked through. Remove from heat. Transfer to a clean plate and allow W Boiling water ...... as required W Sesame seeds ...... 2 tbsps Gently fluff the rice with a fork. Stir in the pure them to dry out completely. Serve with ghee . Serve hot with yoghurt and a salad. tea or coffee. THE ASSAM TRIBUNE O GUWAHATI O SUNDAY READING O MAY 3, 2020

I don’t experience my condition like a fixed noun; it’s comparable to the weather, a verb – always undergoing unpredictable changes. I can only foresee my day as successfully as an amateur weatherman predicts sunshine or hailstorms. Early afternoon, my mother asks Mina to shovel up some earth in the backyard. We are planting new seeds in our home-grown garden, which has HEALTHWISE come really handy with nearby shops Dr. Chandana Sarma, MD, closed. We already have lemons, lentils, Consultant, Internal Medicine & Critical Care, eggplants, tomatoes, and a few fruits Health City Hospital, Guwahati. as well. April’s been here for almost a [email protected] week now. My mother hums a Bihu song, while we mix coco peat and river soil together in a large, flat earthenware tub. Our fingers mould and re-mould COVID-19 the mud like shuffling cards over and over again. “That should do it,” she says after a few minutes and Mina mythbusters starts making small drainage holes in ceramic pots. Then my mother’s voice Do not fall for the myths surrounding grows firm yet comforting. “You’ll have this dreaded pandemic. to make a fresh start like these plants. Once we get through all of this, you he COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our are going to learn to use the cane. And times and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II. Under a rock-II a Braille tutor can be arranged too, The disease, within a span of four months of its first appearance in whenever necessary.” TWuhan, China, in December 2019, has become a pandemic and is FICTION had patiently sat through the doctor’s cycle wasted away or why on Sundays My mother still watches the TV affecting the global healthcare system in an adverse manner. Let us diagnosis, alone, with my father gone his grazing cows had no poems to news at night, but I feel her anxiety simplify the complexities surrounding this novel coronavirus and its implications. Kaustabh Kashyap for good just a couple of months ago. listen to. He would only look up at the receding like low tides. Perhaps it was What is coronavirus? [email protected] If life’s a game of cards, was I even windows and fill up the space between the gardening or my sister’s convincing Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses dealt a fair hand, I sometimes wonder. us with philosophical one-liners culled phone call about keeping safe and which may cause illness in animals or humans. efore I became homebound, Most of my estranged friends must be out from his life’s ordinary diaries. sound. My father has been calling too, In humans, several coronaviruses are known to I spent many twilights cycling back home too, learning or teaching But my friends had a lot of theories. not as much out of love but out of cause respiratory infections, ranging from the with Mr. Prasad’s docile cows students online, some of them stranded Each one of them wanted an exclusive responsibility. I try to squint and rub common cold to more severe diseases such as until we reached his thatched in other parts of the world. Few of copyright over my situation or at least my eyes after dinner. My eyes only Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and B Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The cottage – which stands on them must be like me, no nine-to-five, an explanation to pity or encourage made blurry shapes and figures and the a hillock. His fidelity to his cattle is just plenty of breakdowns. Although I me out of stupor. colours merged like in a surreal collage. most recently discovered coronavirus causes the like Bordoisila ’s fidelity to Spring. do not think their room is their planet Sometime ago, my mother had But I can still feel the light and the dark. coronavirus disease COVID-19. The bovines are equally faithful and of permanent retirement. I know I taken me to some of her group’s My mind hovers over Mr. Prasad’s limp, What is COVID-19? It is a disease caused by SARS-Cov2 (SARS obedient, strolling through the evening am privileged in a way to say that this weekend meetings. It is called Hope his free-spirited, gentle nature which Coronavirus 2), a mutated version of the common shadows towards their shelter with little lockdown has only affected me as Anonymous, run by people whose disallowed any animosity or anger cold virus, which is ten times more dangerous than prodding. But I have come to quite shrubs compressed under rocks are unique and unconventional lives against his fate. But quite suddenly, my the flu virus. The first patients with COVID-19 dread the dying light. affected by shade. brought them together. Paraplegics, reverie is broken by strong, incoming had links to a live market. This suggested that At night, I find myself fidgety and “Little boy, don’t make your soul acid-attack victims, people with winds shaking up our house. animals initially transmitted the virus to humans. sleepless, unable to listen to the cry. It will stain your white shirt,” I crutches. Some of them have invisible Bordoisila . However, recent patients had no connections loud news anymore. Personally, the think of the milkman’s words as I conditions – Asperger’s, Lupus or the After it subsides, my mother, sitting on with or exposure to the market, confirming lockdown has had little effect upon me. pretend to look through the windows trauma of rape. Others have cross- her wheelchair, asks Mina with dreadful human to human transmission. It’s more than a year since I have been floating in darkness, my only form conditions: blindness and deafness concern, “How are the plants?” What are its symptoms? out all by myself. If it wasn’t knocking of correspondence with the outside or dyslexia and cerebral palsy. When “Not as dead as Prasad’s cows,” she The most common symptoms of COVID-19 someone over, it was walking straight world. I think of his gentle cows, his I listened to some of them speak, I replies with little emotion or regret. are fever, tiredness, and dry cough. Some patients into muddy pot-holes. desolate cottage, the fall and fall of his was startled by their perseverance Concluded may have aches and pains, nasal congestion, “There’s no treatment as of yet. bleak fortunes against this inevitable, against adversities, like how certain a runny nose, sore throat or diarrhoea. Some He has to make adjustments as it unprepared shutdown. plants thrive in the most impossible Fiction entries should not exceed people become infected, but don’t develop any progresses,” my mother’s resigned face Mr. Prasad never asked me why my circumstances. 1,800 words. symptoms and don’t feel unwell. Most people (about 80 per cent) recover from the disease without needing special treatment. Around one MONEY SMART out of every six people who get COVID-19 Reset your finances become seriously ill and develop difficulty Dipankar Jakharia breathing. These seriously ill patients become [email protected] With an impending economic meltdown in these times of hypoxic and require mechanical ventilation. How does COVID-19 spread? f you are trying to watch a corona crisis, better recheck the fundamentals in your COVID-19 is spread through respiratory droplets when an infected good movie on Netflix but end personal finance space. person coughs, sneezes or speaks. People can also be infected by touching up wasting more time search- a contaminated surface and then their eyes, mouth, or nose. I ing, rather than enjoying one, ic meltdown and loss of job, this will Myths and facts: you are just like me. Another come as a silver lining. 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O Does the novel coronavirus affect older people, or are younger research, results, rumours… all went O Check how much money you people also susceptible? through my scanner. From research have in your savings account. Keep People of all ages can be infected. Older people, and people with pre- papers to the White House press at least three months’ salary, includ- existing medical conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease) appear meets, I went through them all. ing EMI amount, in your account. to be more vulnerable. When the initial hysteria calmed O Check all your financial docu- O Do pets transmit the virus? down by the fourth week, I tried to de- ments, including your will. Dig out all There is a possibility of some animals becoming infected through close bar myself from all forms of electronic your financial transactions, even those contact with infected humans. 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Then my wife, I have been advocating my readers to personal finance space, before the income tax regime, this is the perfect O Does hydroxychloroquine protect us from COVID-19? who’s a Montessori teacher, dumped stay away from the market noises and COVID-19 crisis makes you a men- time to do so. Check out which will Hydroxychloroquine is not to be taken over the counter without a doctor’s all my clothes on the bed and asked me concentrate on the basics. But during tal-zombie. best suit you now or in the future. Up- prescription due to its toxicity. to declutter my wardrobe, which I did. this COVID-19 crisis, I have myself O Let me be very blunt. During grade your personal finance knowl- O When will a vaccine be ready for COVID-19? Then she took out hundreds of books been a victim of over-information and this crisis, your health and your job edge and discuss it with your spouse Research is happening at breakneck speed. About 80 groups around the from my bookshelf and asked me to have wasted a lot of energy and peace both are at risk. Those of you who and children. And don’t forget to fin- world are researching vaccines and some are now entering clinical trials. rearrange them, and I did. All these of mind on something I had very little depend only on employer provided ish your financial duties before the end The University of Oxford researchers are aiming to have a million doses took me two days and on the third control over. In whatever situation you insurance, should start an individu- of the three-month extension, which of a vaccine by September, and are starting human trials. It is thought that day, she asked me to begin with my may be, prepare-practice-participate, al (or family) health insurance as a will expire on June 30. 60-70 per cent of people are needed to get immune to the virus, in order book again. This time I could actually and carry on. back-up plan. In case of an econom- to stop it spreading easily (known as herd immunity). But that would be billions of people around the world, if the vaccine worked perfectly.

MY SPACE Dr. Paromita Das Surviving the lockdown in Morocco [email protected] or the past one year I have been living the form and the next day itself, the concierge to a routine, read The Assam Tribune online with feel disheartened, I count my blessings. I remind alone in Morocco, as a visiting professor came and handed me a permit. I could go out my morning cup of tea and prepare for my classes myself that my plight is many times better than at the Mohammed V. University of Rabat. to the nearest grocery store, and in case of an which I take via Zoom. But not all students have that of migrant workers who are struggling to F It has been a wonderful experience emergency to the pharmacy. So I have been a good network, so I prepare study materials for reach home in India. My family is safe and sound. discovering the variegated landscape in solitary confinement since then as my family them. It is not easy to live without human contact, Thanks to technology, I can chat with my near and culture of the kingdom. Then, on March is in Guwahati. I read novels, watch old detective especially for a person who is very talkative like and dear ones. I feel blessed when old friends 2, a tourist tested positive for COVID-19 in On March 30, I stepped out to buy groceries I am. I read novels, watch old detective serials and acquaintances, some of whom I have met Casablanca. On Friday, March 13, the campus with a face mask and a head scarf. At the serials based on stories by based on stories by Agatha Christie and G.K. only in a professional capacity, call up to enquire was no longer crowded with students. As the Carrefour supermarket, everything was well- Agatha Christie and G.K. Chesterton, listen to Asomiya songs by Bhupen about my well-being. They send me jokes and number of cases increased, all educational organised, everyone maintaining a safe distance. Hazarika and Borgeet . I miss the sights and music to cheer me up. institutions were shut down from the evening Only ten people were allowed in at a time. Before Chesterton, listen to Asomiya sounds of Assam. When someone shared the I have stopped watching the news on television of March 16, along with cafés, restaurants, entering, our hands were sanitised, and we put “songs by Bhupen Hazarika video of ducks flocking to Dighalipukhuri, I as it is very depressing. I check the news only once museums, beauty parlours, hammam s, etc., on disposable gloves. As one shopper came and Borgeet . I miss the sights felt happy to hear the sound of the Kuli in the at the end of each day. The thought of thousands I went to the supermarket on a Monday out, another was let in, after being handed a background. On April 13, listening to Bihu dying like flies is overwhelming. Being alone morning to avoid the weekend crowds. Fruits cart wiped with hand sanitiser. Everything was and sounds of Assam. When songs, I was overcome by emotion. I derive gives one a lot of time for introspection. I pray and vegetables were available, but not rice and available, except lemons. I returned home and someone shared the video of strength from a song written by my grandfather every day, I pray for forgiveness, for the world at bread. On the evening of March 19, a state of washed everything. Geetikavi Parvati Prasad Baruva – Tor nai je large, for how we have destroyed this beautiful Emergency was declared (effective from the Since that day I have not stepped out of the ducks flocking to Dighalipukhuri, bondhuwa baat, Tor pade pad ase katanu ujuti planet we live in, and I thank the Almighty for next day) and people were forbidden to leave house. I cannot go out for a walk. I have no I felt happy to hear the sound of kata ghat, pratighat. I remember how he must giving us a second chance. For we are slowly but their homes. On the morning of March 21, balcony, only windows from which I look out at the Kuli in the background. On have struggled with his inner demons after his steadily going to win this war against the virus, my apartment building concierge gave me a my neighbours across two courtyards, too far family members drowned in the Disang River. this, I truly believe, for one lives on hope. And form and explained in French what I needed away to even talk. I cannot speak Arabic, I only April 13, listening to Bihu songs, I So, life is not easy, but we shall overcome, as I hope that we, mankind, have learnt our bitter to do as the form was in Arabic. I submitted know enough to buy food, use the taxi, etc. I stick was overcome by emotion. Martin Luther King had said. So whenever I lesson to live in harmony with Nature. THE ASSAM TRIBUNE O GUWAHATI O SUNDAY READING O MAY 3, 2020

Journey without maps 5 THINGS/ Today’s heroes he good thing in India is that THIRD EYE published in 2008. The illness, it says, will “Doctors are the new it is doing better than other vanish, re-appear ten years later, and then countries. Self-help books tell us Indrani Raimedhi disappear forever. Talways to dwell on the positives [email protected] My favourite author Haruki Murakami soldiers of the world.” and that’s what we should all says that everybody, deep in their hearts, is be doing. Buoyed up by enthusiasm, I waiting for the end of the world to come. Supreme Court A.O.R. KAUSHIK CHOUDHURY on the remembered the cockroach. Somewhere It’s hard to understand why he said that. in my addled head, reposed a factoid – Our pilgrim souls may have the forebod- real heroes of this fight against COVID-19. that cockroaches actually outlive nuclear ing that all this is transient – the trees, attacks. This fact stayed with me till my the moon, the seashore, love, that all this Doctors are the new middle age and today, in global interest, My favourite author is too good to be true and one day the 1 bravehearts I am tempted to beg cockroach ji for a carnival will end, the carousel will grind to The doctors are the new soldiers of the tell-all interview on survival strategies of Haruki Murakami a halt, the ferris wheel will be still. Some- world. With their courage and extreme all kinds. I rely more on cockroach ji than one said, don’t wake me up for the end says that everybody, dedication, they have emerged as the a pink, obese world leader who recently of the world if there are no special effects. lone saviours for humankind. The team suggested people can have UV rays Perhaps, that is why we have this thing for deep in their hearts, of women doctors from Indore showed treated inside them or ingest copious disaster movies. You are snug as a bug in “ exemplary courage by going back to the doses of Lizol. your seat, digging into popcorn, as there is waiting for the end same place, to trace COVID-19 patients, Millions of humans are today thinking is mayhem on screen, with not even a where some locals had pelted stones at about the end of the world. It looks like of the world to come. scratch on you. them the previous day. Their positive it won’t end with a bang, but a whimper. Think of what humanity has been It’s hard to understand attitude won the hearts of many and in re- That’s T.S. Eliot. As for yours truly, I through – war, famine, pestilence, turn, they were showered with apologies, never liked sci-fi novels because the am- financial crash, nuclear bombing, and why he said that. Our even by the locals. bience was bleak, obliteration was immi- somehow, puny humans that we are, we nent and most of it pretty formulaic. The pilgrim souls may have get up, brush ourselves and soldier on... Humility is the true threat to all of mankind is often posed by We are unstoppable and will get past this character of a hero diabolical scientists. The first sci-fi book the foreboding that all one too. We’ll break the chain, flatten 2 I remember is The Andromeda Strain the curve, and what it takes. Confused with many names, I called by Michael Crichton. A deadly extrater- this is transient – the When you talk of the end of the world, a friend to enquire if he can suggest restrial microbe is carried to Earth by a trees, the moon, the don’t make the mistake that it will come a name from the Assam Police. His meteor. This Andromeda meteor clots in a tearing hurry. One species will immediate response was the DGP, No one should sleep human blood, causing death in two min- seashore, love, that all vanish, one glacier will melt, one more Assam. But he needs no introduction, hungry in Guwahati utes. Not on my reading list this year. landfill will grow, microbes will mutate, I said. Then Bhargav Goswami, DSP, 4 Street dogs are the worst sufferers due Lucifer’s Hammer , penned by Jerry this is too good to be corporations will hide their dark secrets. Assam Police said, “How can I name to the lockdown. While these poor souls Pournelle and Larry Niven, about a giant Governments will confront each other. one?” He explained how every police- were struggling hard to find their food, comet hitting the Earth, creating gigantic true and one day the And almost as silent as a petal falling, the man is working 12-14 hours a day. the Street Animal Welfare (SAW) was earthquakes, giant tsunamis and then the chaos will begin. It was morning and I presumed he was carnival will end, the no less than a superhero for them, who beginning of a new Ice Age. A handful of Iris Murdoch, the writer, once wrote at his residence. I asked casually, “Where fed hundreds of dogs at various street humans bravely struggle to survive. these bleak words that we are nothing and are you?” “In ISBT, Silchar, to streamline carousel will grind to corners of Guwahati. Dogs being my best In Stephen Baxter’s Moonseed , a it matters not what we will do. This is nihil- the inter-district movement of public,” friend, their hero became my hero too. space mission enters the earth with a a halt, the ferris wheel ism at its scariest. The thoughts and deeds he answered. I had found the hero I was lump of rock, containing a mysterious will be still. Someone of mankind have built a complex web of looking for. I could feel his empathy for Reel life king to real life nano-matter called moonseed, causing existence. Great books have been written, all, and the pride in his words. hero the earth to disintegrate. said, don’t wake me up there have been wonderful monuments, 5 Ballard’s The Drowned World is a paintings, machines, cities. The altruism of Real heroes never retire The list of contributions by Shah Rukh hydrophobic's worst nightmare. Global for the end of the world good men and women have enriched the 3 Khan and his team go a really long way, warming renders much of the world lives of millions. This cannot be nothing. Retd. Justice B.K. Sharma is yet to tire from contributing crores to the central and uninhabitable. As civilisation collapses, if there are no special Corona or not, we will continue to find of his social responsibilities, even after state governments, to supplying PPE kits humanity is forced into a rethink. This meaning in life, we will continue to reach retirement. He has not only donated a and providing food and daily essentials 1962 novel focussed on climate change effects... out and this is just one of the many chal- hefty sum of money to the Assam Arogya to thousands of families, and giving away for the first time. lenges thrown at us. Every life is precious. Nidhi and for needy advocates, but is also his office space as a quarantine facility. Surreal as it may sound, a novel point to this macabre direction. End of looking after poor families during this Delhi CM thanked him for his help. Khan predicted the novel coronavirus 60 years Day: Predictions and Prophesies, written pandemic and is feeding several street replied “Don’t thank, please order.” ago. Titled The Eyes of Darkness, it was by Sylvie Brown, also predicted the global Indrani Raimedhi is a columnist, journalist, dogs and cats daily. He has proved that penned by Dean Koontz. Other books spread of coronavirus. The book was first and writer. retirement is just a word for real heroes. (As told to Bidisha Singha)

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ARIES It’s a good time to get organised, especially when it Uncorked ctress Celina Jaitly comes to those things that encourage nurturing and Cast: Courtney B. Vance, Lashun Pollard, Michael is making her come- beyond growth. Planning and shopping for nutritious meals can back with Ram Kamal help you to eat better and save money. Mobley. APR 19) (MAR 21– Director: Prentice Penny. A Mukherjee’s digital CELINA JAITLY stages her comeback with short film A Tribute to TAURUS You could find it difficult to focus on mundane activities, ffather-son drama over career choices and fam- a digital short film that pays tribute to the preferring to seek ideas, information, and opportunities Aily legacy, Uncorked is a sweet little film – a Rituparno Ghosh: Season’s Greet- that can make a radical difference in your life. There perfect lockdown watch on Netflix. The plot ings . The actress says that though iconic filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. will be an opportunity to review a home or family. revolves around Elijah, a young Black American hop- she missed out on a chance to MAY 20) (APR 20– ing to become a master work with the iconic Bengali film- parno Ghosh, she adds: “Ritu da er. “I was in school when Dahan GEMINI You may find it easier to align with your feelings and sommelier (wine steward), maker, she feels special, having calling me for a project was beyond released. I remember being mes- talk about them in a way that others can relate to. You while his father expects got a chance to pay him a tribute my dreams. Unfortunately, things merised with the film and Romita could get some intuitive nudges and prompts that en- through the film. were not meant to be, until Ram – the character played by Rituparna courage you to call someone. If so, following through him to take over the family

JUN 20) (Kamal Mukherjee) came along with Sengupta. Little did I know I would (MAY 21– can lead to some wonderful discoveries. barbecue business. Typi- “Once, Ritu da called me and cally, in American cinema, wanted to cast me in a project. this project. I had goosebumps; play a character named after her CANCER Your financial zone could find you questioning the cost wine isn’t seen as part of But he did not know I was it’s as if things were working in a film which is, unfortunately, a of a certain friendship or even a club membership the Black experience, so pregnant then, and the from the beyond. I hope posthumous tribute to the legend,” you’ve recently paid for. Are you giving more than project didn’t work Ritu da will be happy recalls Celina. you’re getting back? If so, it’s time to do something this might come as a fresh

JUL 22) out. I spoke to him and satisfied with our The reason she did Season’s (JUN 21– about it. A dream could seem to foretell future events. take on a ‘wine movie’, as Elijah flows into his role of last when his father subtle tribute. I always Greetings , she says, is because it LEO The focus on your sector of goals and ambition is a connoisseur with effort- passed away. Little did pray that he has finally was her mother’s last wish that further enhanced. It’s an opportunity to promote your less ease. I know that he would found the acceptance she should make a comeback and skills and abilities, especially those that are unique be leaving us so soon. and place of no show people her true worth as an to you. You’re more than equipped to fulfil your plan judgement.” actress. “She never gave up on me.

AUG 22) His last words to me (JUL 23– and live the life of your dreams. biggest April were that I must have According to When our director narrated the VIRGO What do you want to learn next? The possibilities Ten movies ever the babies safely and the actress, she story, I knew this movie is a calling are endless. This is your chance to reach for golden 1. Avengers: Endgame – 2019 ($427.1 million) that he would like was always a from beyond – a calling of four very opportunities that may take you out of your comfort me to stay at fan of the important people in my life who are zone. Be nice, but be on your guard. 2. Furious 7 – 2015 ($324.4 million) SEP 22) late National no more – Ritu da , my late parents,

(AUG 23– the Tolly Club 3. Avengers: Infinity War – 2018 ($282.4 million) whenever we award- and a mother-figure trans person LIBRA If you feel hemmed in and you’re growing tired of certain 4. The Jungle Book – 2016 ($239.6 million) went ahead winning who is no more. I am thankful to situations and circumstances, know that you don’t have 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – 2014 with a project filmmaker, Ram for making my mother’s wish to deal with them alone. Getting help from a therapist ($228.5 million) after the and his come true,” says the actress. or counsellor can enable you to dive deep. OCT 22) 6. The Fate of the Furious – 2017 ($193.3 million) 1997 release Season’s Greetings , also featuring (SEPT 23– delivery,” she 7. Ice Age: Meltdown – 2006 ($156.1 million) says. Dahan is Shree Ghatak, Lillete Dubey, and SCORPIO Your relationships can act as a catalyst for major 8. Clash of the Titans – 2010 ($149.7 million) Asked if she one of her Azhar Khan, is streaming on ZEE5. changes in your life. Reach out and communicate. 9. A Quiet Place – 2018 (149.4 million) followed the favourite films

The more you talk things through, the more you can Forbes Courtesy: by the filmmak- – IANS resolve issues, whether big or small. Don’t be afraid 10. Fast & Furious 4 – 2009 ($147 million) work of Ritu- NOV 21) (OCT 23– to talk about your opinions. SAGITTARIUS Extraction While it’s good to get organised, the present focus Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, encourages you to do so in a way that allows you Rudhraksh Jaiswal. more freedom. Find a routine that suits your unique Director: Sam Hargrave. DEC 21)

(NOV 22– situation. Seek out solutions. eleased on Netflix recently, Extraction is an action Rpotboiler that has had us, Indians, super stoked. CAPRICORN Well, there’s Chris Hemsworth ( aka Thor) in it and This is the time to experiment with ideas and see what then he is spouting Bangla interests you. Plus, fate could conspire for you to con- dialogue. Now, how’s that nect with someone who is really exciting. Could this

JAN 19) for entertainment? “If there's no juice in prunes, then where “Joe and I want to get divorced, but we hate (DEC 22– be the start of something special? Chris plays a black-market does prune juice come from?” lawyers more than we hate each other.” mercenary who enters the AQUARIUS filthy crime lanes of Dhaka to You might be encouraged to have all sorts of conversa- tions, prompting you to reach out to promote healing. extract the kidnapped son of However, you could feel a bit angtsy, and this could an Indian drug lord. The ac- FEB 18) (JAN 20– result in a desire for constant change. tion sequences are very well- shot, and may well be the PISCES Do you want to promote your work and get your highlight of this otherwise message out to the world? This is very much the mediocre film, even though time to do so, whether you want to start a blog, some critics have panned the create a website, or launch an online business. excessive violence. “My friend Patty is having cosmetic surgery. “I hate these sensitive women's films. MAR 20) (FEB 19– Don’t be afraid! She's getting a thigh transplant But if you play them at fast speed, from a flamingo.” they almost look violent!”