Indian Horizon National English Daily [email protected] www.indianhorizon.org RNI No: Deleng/2013/51507 In memory of Dr Asima Kemal and Prof. Dr. Salim W Kemal [email protected] Volume Price: 3.00 No: 7 Issue No: 109 Published from Hyderabad & New Delhi New Delhi Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Pages 12 + 4 pull out (P16)

Industries will be held Downing Street hits back Bravo challenged Dhoni responsible for welfare at claims it was of workers during to sprint after being Lockdown: KTR ‘too slow’ to respond called ‘old man’ P-2 P-8 P-11 Briefs Data suggests 80% positive COVID-19 cases Palghar lynching: Maha suspends 2 cops, are asymptomatic or show mild symptoms gives probe to CID Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) NEW DELHI Apr 20: The health for testing and helped through Hours after Maharashtra ministry on Monday said 80% of early detection and isolation. Chief Minister Uddhav Covid-19 cases were either as- “RT-PCR test usually comes Thackeray briefed Union ymptomatic or with mild symp- positive when a person is symp- Home Minister Amit Shah toms, emphasising on the need to tomatic. A person takes time and Uttar Pradesh Chief follow lockdown rules and main- to be symptomatic and when Minister Yogi Adityanath tain social distancing even within asymptomatic people are test- on Monday, the state gov- the family to avoid further spread ed, chances of the test coming ernment suspended two Sadhus and their driver, of the infection. positive will remain low as com- policemen and directed proceeding from Nashik Responding to concerns that pared to when he is closer to the Crime Invesigation De- to Surat, were lynched by asymptomatic Covid-19 pa- infection. This is the limitation partment to probe the sen- a 200-strong mob outside tients were silent carriers, the of tests,” Dr Gangakhedkar said. sational mob lynching of the Gadchinchle village health ministry as well as the In- He added that Covid-19 was a two Sadhus (mendicants) on April 16 in a police ve- dian Council of Medical Research new disease and research on its and their driver last week. hicle amid rumours that Actress Shraddha Kapoor on Monday shared an adorable picture of herself from her childhood days, flaunting her “bunny” teeth. (ICMR) said while it was not pos- underline that not all non-serious of infection. Dr Gangakhedkar various aspects was still going In an address to the state they were robbers or kid- sible to test everyone, there were patients were asymptomatic. said, as of now, any change in on simultaneously with inter- this afternoon, Thackeray nappers. The mob also at- adequate provisions under the Pointing to a varied testing pro- India’s testing strategy did not ventions. Dr Gangakhedkar said said that so far five of the tacked the policemen and Killings of CRPF troopers current testing strategy to test sus- tocol that includes scrutinising seem warranted. In an earlier though such asymptomatic cas- masterminds and another damaged two police vans, pected asymptomatic people with low prevalence areas, govern- TV interview, Dr Gangakhedkar es were a cause of worry for the more than 100 persons, including one in which will be avenged: IGP contact or travel history, and even ment said that the possibility of had said, “We are equally wor- government, the challenge was including 9 minors have the Sadhus were shifted Gurugram, April 20 (IANS) A 37-year-old wom- those with mild flu-like symptoms a large number of undetected ried about asymptomatic per- to limit the spread of infection been arrested so far in the by the police. The victims an allegedly committed suicide after jumping off in high risk areas. The testing pro- asymptomatic persons who sons who are around and may through such people.Highlight- crime that took place dur- were identified next morn- the 13th floor of a high rise building in Gurugram’s tocol also covers patients with se- do not need medical attention be spreading the infection but ing the impact of lockdown, Dr ing the lockdown. ing as Chikne Maharaj Sector 37C on Sunday night. The deceased, Ritu vere acute respiratory illness. is slim. However, highlight- we must understand that sci- Gangakhedkar said India had “We also need to find Kalpavriksha Giri, 70, Su- Agrawal was employed with an IT company in “On the basis of worldwide ing the limitations of testing, ence has not progressed that done better than other coun- out the people who are shilgiri Maharaj, 30, from Gurugram and resided with her husband and two analysis, 80% of coronavirus pa- ICMR’s head of epidemiology far where you can detect such tries because it used its “stron- creating communal ten- the Shree Panch Dashnam children in Corona Optus residential society (Flat tients are asymptomatic or show and communicable diseases, asymptomatic cases cost effec- gest weapon very quickly” and sions on social media, I Juna-Akhada order, and number 1304). She jumped from the balcony of mild symptoms. Around 15% turn Dr R R Gangakhedkar, said the tively through simpler tests.” He as a result, many countries are requested Amit Shah. We their driver Nilesh Tel- the flat. Preet Pal Singh Sangwan, ACP of Guru- into severe cases and 5% turn into chances of RT-PCR tests com- added that one way of address- reporting deaths similar to the will also find them and wade, 30. “The incident gram Police said: “During preliminary investiga- critical cases,” health ministry ing positive were higher when ing it was to ensure that the number of positive cases in In- take action against them... took place around 110 kms tion, it was found that she had a heated argument joint secretary Lav Agarwal said. there were symptoms and the “index case” helped in tracing dia, which has the world’s sec- No one will be spared,” from Palghar town on the with her husband Ritesh Agrawal.” “The victim He added “mild symptoms” to person was closer to the point his/her contacts or came out ond largest population. the CM warned. The two night of April 16. has not left any suicide note. Her daughter was at home at the time of jump and she is an eyewitness. Further investigation is on,” Sangwan said. India warns its citizens MANNER OF SENDING IMCTS BREACH Parliament Secretariat living in Gulf countries resumes functioning against communal views with 33% staff OF ESTABLISHED PROTOCOL: MAMATA New Delhi, April 20 grounds. Discrimination Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) the same was done without limpong reported the last in- (IANS) India on Monday is against our moral fabric West Bengal Chief Minister prior intimation and hence is fection on April 2. Similarly, New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Parliament warned its citizens living in and the Rule of law. Indian Mamata Banerjee on Monday a breach of established pro- the last incident of infection Secretariat on Monday resumed its work with the UAE against discrimina- nationals in the UAE should shot off a letter to Prime Min- tocol, “ she said. The Home in Jalpiaguri was reported on 33 per cent staff, adhering to the Centre’s lock- tion after the Arab countries always remember this.” ister Narendra Modi, alleg- Ministry in a communica- April 4 and in Darjeeling on down guidelines specifically focusing on social accused Indians of blaming He based his comment ing that the Inter Ministerial tion claimed that violation April 16,” she said in the letter. distancing and use of masks. The staff of the Muslims for the spread of on Prime Minister Narendra Central Teams (IMCTs) were of lockdown measures were Banerjee said the selection of secretariat of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha coronavirus pandemic. Modi’s earlier tweet, “Co- sent to the state without prior reported from some districts the districts and the obser- returned to work on the 27th day of lockdown Since the Islamic mis- vid-19 does not see race, re- intimation, causing ‘breach of in the country, posing a seri- vations made “unilaterally” imposed nationwide to break the chain of sionary Tablighi Jamaat ligion, colour, caste, creed, established protocol’, besides ous health hazard and risk for are “nothing but a figment transmission of the coronavirus pandemic. The emerged as the super- language or borders before dubbing the Union govern- spread of Covid-19. of imagination and unfortu- Parliament Secretariat was closed on March 24 spreader of coronavirus striking. Our response and ment’s selection of districts It said, “The situation is nate”. Banerjee said her state -- the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi an- cases in the country, many conduct thereafter should with ‘serious’ Covid-19 situa- landed at the Kolkata airport especially serious in Kolkata, was pro-active in announc- nounced nationwide lockdown -- in the wake users on social media have attach primacy to unity and tion as ‘unilateral’ and a ‘fig- much before the conversa- Howrah, Medinipur East, ing lockdown even before the of COVID-19. The functioning of the Parlia- been posting communally brotherhood. We are in this ment of imagination’. tion, at about 10.10 a.m. North 24 Parganas, Darjeel- Central government declared ment Secretariat was closed till March 31 as provocative content, trig- together.” The warning to Banerjee’s missive came She said the Union Home ing, Kalimpong and Jalpai- it. Even before the extension per the orders issued by its administrative gering outrage among Mus- Indian nationals in the Gulf after two IMCT delegations Ministry order dated April 19 guri districts in the state of to the lockdown on April 14, branch. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrived at lims in the Gulf countries. came after Independent landed in Kolkata and North addressed to the state Chief West Bengal.” Refuting the the state had extended it up the Parliament House upon resumption of the Taking note of the grow- Permanent Human Rights Bengal’s Jalpaiguri during the Secretary reached only 30 Centre’s allegation, Baner- to April 30, she said. Banerjee functioning of Lok Sabha Secretariat as well as ing complaints, the ambas- Commission (IPHRC) of the day. The Chief Minister point- minutes before the teams ar- jee said: “These observations said the Centre’s action was other central government offices in line with sador to the UAE, Pavan Ka- Organization of Islamic Co- ed out that Union Home Min- rived. “While I appreciate the are devoid of any fact and ‘not desirable’. “I am sure that Home Ministry’s guideline to allow additional poor in a tweet said, “India operation (OIC), the federa- ister Amit Shah spoke to her at proactiveness shown by the do not lend any credibility to you will kindly agree that such activities by April 20 alongside the nationwide and UAE share the value of tion of 57 Muslim nations, 1 p.m. regarding the IMCTs, Central government in send- the claim. “For example, out unilateral action on the part of lockdown put in place till May 3 to contain the non-discrimination on any on Sunday. even though the teams had ing the teams to West Bengal, of the districts identified, Ka- Central government. spread of COVID-19 in the country. Speaking on the occasion, Birla said that India has been. Won’t allow IMCTs to move around unless we’re Health Minister asks Sensex BSE 36,690.50 J&K to ensure adequate NSE 11,085.40 clear about their needs: Bengal govt availability of blood Forex Rates Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) In a including a few in Bengal. “Till terion for sending them. Tak- she said. Sinha breathed more New Delhi, April 20 time, it is necessary to sharp escalation of its standoff we have a clear idea about ing to Twitter, Banerjee said fire, as he alleged that the two (IANS) Union Health Min- ensure sufficient avail- Indian Rupees with the Centre, the West Ben- what the team needs or why that without ‘valid reason’, the teams which landed in Kolkata ister Harsh Vardhan on ability of blood, especially gal government on Monday they want to go (to the field), step to send IMCTs wouldn’t and north Bengal’s Bagdogra Monday asked the Jammu for people needing regular US Dollar 71.10 threatened to not allow the In- we won’t allow them to move be consistent with the spirit headed straight for field visits and Kashmir Lieutenant blood transfusion such as ter Ministerial Central Teams around,” Chief Secretary Ra- of federalism. “I urge both from the airports accompa- Governor to ensure ade- Thalassemia, Sickle Cell British Pound 86.38 (IMCTs) to move around in jiva Sinha said. Honb’le Prime Minister @Na- nied by Central paramilitary quate availability of blood Anemia and Hemophilia the state unless it had a clear Soon after the Centre an- rendraModi Ji & Home Minis- forces like SSB and BSF. “As in the blood banks. etc.” Harsh Vardhan Euro 79.86 idea about their needs or why nounced the constitution of ter @AmitShah Ji to share the per the communication from In a letter to J&K L-G asked Murmu to make use they want to go for field visits. the teams, West Bengal Chief criterion used for this. Until the Centre, these teams are G.C. Murmu, the Health of the “e-Raktkosh portal” Qatar Riyal 19.53 Earlier, the Union Home Min- Minister Mamata Banerjee then I am afraid, we would supposed to contact the state Minister wrote, “Due to for maintaining records of istry had said that IMCTs have fired the first salvo, asking not be able to move ahead on government and get feedback restrictions, it may not donors as well as provid- Saudi Riyal 18.96 been formed to make on-spot Prime Minister Narendra this as without valid reasons from us. Then, if need be, they be possible to organise ing real-time information UAE Dirham assessment of the Covid 19 Modi and Union Home Minis- this might not be consistent would go for field visit,” he blood donation camps. on status of current stocks 19.36 situation in selected districts, ter Amit Shah to share the cri- with the spirit of federalism,” said. However, at the same of each blood group. Indian Horizon Tuesday, April 21, 2020 city 2 Delhi HC applauds Covid-19 warriors' efforts, services Delhi begins rapid Covid-19 testing in New Delhi, April The Bench was hearing a and had not left any containment zones 20 (IANS) The Delhi petition, seeking direction country untouched with New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The The national capital acquired 42,000 High Court on Monday to the authorities to also its devastating effects. Delhi government on Monday started rapid antibody test kits to be used in applauded the doctors, provide medical aid to "Given the magnitude of the use of rapid antibody test kits in various containment zones across the nurses and other patients suffering from the pandemic, the task the containment zones in the Central city after a delay of more than a week. healthcare workers for illnesses other than undertaken by health district of the national capital. The government is aiming to use their services in combating Covid-19. workers or others on the According to an official from the 42,000 kits in a week, with the main the Covid-19 pandemic. The plea, filed by law frontline, both inside Health Department, the kits were focus on the containment zones. It also appreciated the students Yash Aggarwal and outside the hospital, used in the Nabi Karim area and all The kits, according to the Health work being done by and Chitrakshi, said of rendering medical aid the test reports returned negative. Department, will test the presence government agencies, hospitals were refusing to a patient suffering "From Monday, we started using of coronavirus antibodies. "This will including police, armed to entertain patients who with Covid-19, is a the 42,000 rapid testing kits which we be used on people whoever had even forces and paramilitary medical treatment to the authorities for redressal had to undergo dialysis or gigantic and Herculean received on Sunday. On Sunday, we minor (coronavirus) symptoms. In The High Court Bench, non-coronavirus patients, through helplines and chemotherapy and other task," it said. had its trial and training at the LNJP this test, we will see if the body has comprising Justices J.R. including pregnant dedicated WhatsApp medical emergencies, The court turned down Hospital. Frist, we used the kits in the developed the antibodies. If this Midha and Jyoti Singh, women. numbers. "Publicise these apart from Covid-19. the contention that Nabi Karim containment zone in the comes positive, then we will need to expressed satisfaction The court said if a citizen helplines and continue While disposing of non-Covid-19 patients Central district. We collected more have a confirmatory RT-PCR test," the over the steps taken by had any grievance related rendering assistance to the plea, the court suffering from cancer or than 60 samples, all of which returned official added. About 80 containment the central and the Delhi to medical facilities, he/ the people in need," the said Covid-19 was an kidney diseases were not negative," the official told IANS. zones have been formed across the governments to provide she could approach the Bench said. unprecedented calamity being treated. The Nabi Karim area in the Central city to contain the spread of the district was declared a containment infection after positive cases were zone on April 10. found in those localities. NDMC holds back 100% attendance order after engineer tests positive

New Delhi, April 20 not issued. "It was decision. District Magistrate of New Sources told IANS that Parliament secretariat to resume (IANS) Two days after an unanimously decided that "I got a call from my Delhi district claimed that among the 19 traced engineer working with all departments with 100 HoD saying that I don't only 19 individuals were contacts, one is the driver work from Monday the New Delhi Municipal per cent staff strength will need to report to work identified to have come in of the engineer, another is New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The lockdown was announced by the Council (NDMC) tested function from Monday, until further notice," contact with the engineer a staff in the dispensary of parliament secretariat will start Central government. positive for Covid-19, the April 20, 2020. Hence all an employee in the and all have been told to NDMC, while the rest are functioning from Monday while Ahead of the relaxation on civic body has decided the staff are required to health and sanitation observe self-quarantine. staff of NDMC building. adhering to the guidelines on social lockdown from Monday, the to hold back an order attend office without fail," department of NDMC "Presently there are 19 The entire NDMC distancing issued in the wake of Ministry of Health has issued making attendance in the message received by told IANS. established contacts. Of building located near the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) certain guidelines for those offices compulsory from employees of the civic Another staff member these, 10 met him more Jantar Mantar in the pandemic that has claimed at least attending offices and advised to take Monday. body read. who came in contact than 14 days back. Of the heart of the national 519 lives in India so far, officials precautionary measures including According to several But with the engineer's with the engineer also remaining nine, five are capital was disinfected said. social distancing and meeting only officials in NDMC, a test report returning left an email with his high risk contacts and on Saturday. According As per a circular, the officers through video conferencing. message instructing 100 positive on Saturday, HoD seeking direction on they have been put on to senior officials in the of the rank of joint secretary and The ministry has directed that per cent attendance in the civic body has coming to office. Some quarantine. The rest have NDMC, the engineer above will start working from if any symptom for the novel offices from Monday was now decided to call other officials, however, been instructed for self showed symptoms of flu Monday and other officers will coronavirus is seen in any person, circulated before the off the decision and reached office on Monday observation," Tanvi Garg, on Thursday and was join the duty on rotational basis. he/she should leave the workplace engineer tested positive. has informed the staff morning, only to return District Magistrate of New immediately taken for The Parliament was adjourned on immediately, and leaves should be The order was, however, personally about the back to their homes.The Delhi district, told IANS. testing. March 24 -- the day nationwide sanctioned for home quarantine. Cong flays BJP's bid to politicise Palghar killings DCW seeks response from AIIMS, Delhi New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) border of Dadar Nagar Haveli Condemning the Palghar (110 km away from Palghar) incident where 3 persons on April 16 night as extremely Police on suicide attempt by lady doctor were killed by a mob, the unfortunate. "There is no same. If yes, please provide Congress, here on Monday, place for such violence in the report of the committee." criticised the Bharatiya Janata our civilised society and The Resident Doctors' Party (BJP) for attempting to the strictest possible action Association of AIIMS had politicise and communalise must be taken against the on Sunday written to Union it and asked the Maharashtra accused," the Congress said. Health Minister Harsh Chief Minister to ensure an Swami Kalpvriksha Giri, Vardhan over the caste and expeditious probe, trial and Swami Sushil Giri and their gender-based harassment of punishment of the guilty. driver Neelesh Telgade the doctor at the institute. "There is no communal or were attacked and killed Earlier in the day, the Hindu-Muslim angle to the following rumors that they National Commission for attack as is being sought to echo system as also a section Palghar district, he said. were kidnapping children Women (NCW) too took be projected by those, who of the media are attempting The Congress, a partner to harvest organs, including cognizance of the alleged see an opportunity in every to project the incident with in the Maharashtra ruling kidneys. When the cops suicide attempt by the lady such incident to inflame communal overtones. These coalition, said FIR had been rescued them from the crowd doctor. The NCW wrote to communal passion. We urge attempts to politicise are lodged and 110 people to the they safety of the police Health Secretary Preeti Sudan, all such persons and groups, deeply shameful and must be arrested. The Government car, the mob attacked them stating that the commission including political parties rejected with the contempt had also ordered an again. Policemen were also has taken cognizance of and a section of media, to they deserve," Surjewala said. investigation by DGP Atul been injured in the incident. New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) submit a detailed status report the incident. It asked for an desist from doing so," said All the arrested persons Kulkarni, it added. The three were declared The Delhi Commission for of the investigation by April 25 immediate inquiry and sought Randeep Surjewala. were adivasis from The party termed the killing dead on arrival by the hospital Women (DCW) has issued and also provide a timeline by details of the action being "Tragically, the BJP and its Vikramgarh Taluka in the in Gadchinchli village on the they were shifted to. a notice to the Delhi Police which the police will conclude taken in the case, and said the and the All India Institute of its probe into the case. report should be sent at the Medical Sciences (AIIMS) over In its notice to the hospital, earliest to the commission. the alleged suicide attempt the commission asked the "The National Commission Asymptomatic patients big worry, social distancing essential: Experts by a female resident doctor of authorities to submit the for Women is concerned in New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) asymptomatic. these likely to be missed out it further, to May 7. AIIMS. copies of the complaints made the matter, and requests that With the Health Ministry In a recent interview with asymptomatic cases when Dr Yugal Kishore Mishra, The doctor attempted to by the victim, and provide a inquiry should be done in the saying that 80 per cent of NPR, Redfield said: "That's the population is large and Head of Cardiac Sciences commit suicide on Friday due detailed action taken report alleged harassment case, and the Covid-19 cases are either important, because now you testing capacity is limited,' and Chief of Clinical Services to alleged sexual harassment on complaints. action be taken to prevent asymptomatic or with mild have individuals that may not Dr Gupta told IANS. Officer at Manipal Hospitals, and caste discrimination. She The commission also asked recurrence of such incidents symptoms, health experts on have any symptoms that can "Lockdown restrictions can Dwarka said that the surge is undergoing treatment at AIIMS to state "whether in future. Further, measures Monday said lockdown and contribute to transmission". be eased out in areas where of COVID-19 patients with AIIMS currently. the matter was dealt by should be taken to ensure social distancing are the only According to Dr Neha no COVID 19 is documented asymptomatic or mild In its notice to the Delhi the internal complaint safety and security of women way to prevent transmission Gupta, Consultant, in the last 14 days as most symptoms poses yet another Police, the commission asked committee. If not, please staff and doctors in all AIIMS from asymptomatic cases in a Infectious Disease, Fortis cases take this to recover. But challenge in combating this the law enforcement agency to provide the reasons for the departments," the NCW said. populous country like Indian Memorial Research Institute, the incubation period can pandemic. with limited testing capacity. Gurugram, 25-50 per cent be as long as 27 days and 2.5 "Given India's economic According to Dr Robert patients do not have any per cent of the COVID-19 can condition and heavy be a threat of its further Redfield, director of the symptoms as per CDC develop infections beyond dependence on unorganised spread, however, with ICICI Bank has $100 mn Centers for Disease Control and Iceland data, and are the 14-day incubation sectors, it is a fact that we need adequate testing, and Prevention (CDC) in the contagious. period," she informed. to exit from Lockdown in a quarantine and exposure to cash-strapped US, as many as 25 per cent "That's why lockdown India is currently under an phased manner. With a large treatment facilities, of people infected with the is even more essential to extended lockdown till May 3. number of asymptomatic India can handle the Hin Leong Trading new coronavirus remain prevent transmission from Telangana has even extended cases, there would certainly situation. bank did not reply to a detailed questionnaire mailed to it. The fall of the oil trading major comes at a time when oil prices school association wrote a letter to the Haryana are at multi-year low due to the fall in demand and high supplies government for school fess from parents amid the coronavirus crisis. This poses a challenge to the bank New Delhi,20,April-2 offering the door is no one development fund, dress the electricity bills of the even if it decides to recover 75 days ago, the school hears If in a school there change, books, and much public and installment New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) per cent of its dues through oil association wrote a letter to are 30 students in every fund will be put up, of the Krishna house of ICICI Bank could see a rise in inventory. the Haryana government class and 900 students up Because they know that vehicles which are unable its non-performing assets with Selling oil, when WTI prices that permission should to 10th class according to parents will bring money to be paid during this Singapore-based oil trading have dropped over 37 per cent in be given to the school 3 sections, if they take 20k for their children's studies public down major Hin Leong Trading filing a single day to $11 a barrel and fees from the parents every year in the name of from anywhere, even if the I believe that the for bankruptcy. According to Brent just a fair better at around because they are unable development fund, then parents have to take a loan Prime Minister, the oil trading company's filing, $26 a barrel, would be disastrous to pay the fees of school there are 1 crore 80 lakhs from somewhere, if they the Chief Minister, ICICI Bank has an exposure of as it would mean huge inventory teachers and the Haryana and still they speak of do not pay for the time, and the Education $100 million, out of its total dues losses for the stock holder. government has given teachers. Unable to pay they will threaten to expel Minister request a 10% of $3.64 billion, to the secured The concerns have grown permission to the schools the fees, the children from school fee increment and lenders. Out of its total exposure for the lenders with reports with immediate effect that Then the industry and and put up late fine, development Charges to Hin Leong Trading, $75 million suggesting that the founder and they can take the monthly business owners will also The government should should be removed, if any is secured over inventory, as per director of the company had fees. come and say that they are also listen to the public school does not follow the inventory. directed the firm not to disclose , The government unable to pay salary, then interest and like every year, the rules, then FIR should The top lenders to the company losses of $800 million over several demanded the school school teachers are unable will the government give the schools will increase be filed immediately include HSBC, ABN AMRO Bank years. The founder had confessed association in one day to Take crores of rupees in them permission to run the the fees by 10%. This is the and there should be a N.V. and DBS Bank, with exposure to this in a court filing, report but the parents have the name of development industry, similarly people condition of the country provision for punishment of $598 million, $299 million and said. Following the reports of been fighting for school fund, because they cannot are worried about whether that people are worried so that it cannot do its $288 million respectively. As of non-disclosure of losses, shares fees and wasteful charges waive these fees, now they their jobs will remain and about employment but own arbitrary. the quarter ended December of ICICI Bank plunged. On the for many years, they will take admission fees, they will be able to run the school has started playing Jagbir Singh parmar 2019, ICICI Bank's net non- BSE, the bank's shares closed at never asked for it, but wish in books and earn expenses of the house but sports (National president) performing assets (NPA) stood at Rs 361.50 per share, lower by Rs the government never in dress, yet they do not schools After opening the The Haryana Bhartiya Samaj Sewa Rs 10,388.50 crore and the gross 14.45 or 3.84 per cent from its thought that the fees of fill their heads Climbed lockdown of the game, the government should waive Sangh ( NGO). NPA was Rs 43,453.86 crore. The previous close. Indian Horizon 3 city Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Delhi's Azadpur Mandi to remain open round the clock 80% Covid-19 cases asymptomatic or New Delhi, April 20 duce from farmers across were rising in other areas of the market," he added. plemented for now, and with mild symptoms: Health Ministry (IANS) To ensure sufficient the country. After the and the farmers across the Rai said that arrange- the trader's license of all supply of fruits and vege- lockdown, there was an is- country were also facing ments have also been those who are not able to New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) critical." tables in the national capi- sue in ensuring social dis- an issue in supplying their made on behalf of the maintain social distancing The Union Health Ministry said Raman Gangakhedkar, tal, the Delhi government tancing in the mandi, and produce to the markets. administration to ensure will be cancelled. on Monday that 80 per cent of head of infectious disease and on Monday announced measures like implemen- "To eradicate all such is- hygiene and proper sanita- "We have also installed the Covid-19 cases are either epidemiology at the Indian Council that the Azadpur Mandi tation of the Odd-Even sues, it has been decided tion of the area. cameras for the daily re- asymptomatic or with mild of Medical Research A(ICMR) will remain open 24 hours rule were taken to adhere that the Azadpur Mandi "For this, 600 sanitation cording of the activities in symptoms, and assured that they insisted that 80 out of 100 people do from Tuesday. Addressing to the lockdown protocol," will remain open for 24 workers will be deployed the mandi and strict ac- all can be tracked. not show symptoms and therefore the media, Delhi Cabinet he said. hours from tomorrow. Our and a monitoring in-charg- tions will be taken against Addressing a media briefing, chances are that they might test Minister Gopal Rai said the However, Rai said there primary motive is to main- es have also been appoint- those who defy the social Joint Secretary at the Health positive. decision has been taken was a decline in the volume tain social distancing. For ed to ensure the smooth distancing norms. Repeat- Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said, "80 per He said this is the reason in the view of ensuring of fruits and vegetables that, vegetables and fruits functioning of the mandi. ed announcements will cent cases are either asymptomatic why people should follow the that the social distancing flowing through the mar- will be sold from 6 a.m. to I have also held meetings also be made in the mandi. or with mild symptoms as per the lockdown rules and maintain social norms are being practiced ket, with the arrivals in the 10 p.m. Every 4 hours, the with the traders of the This is crucial to ensure worldwide analysis. They can be distancing. "In this way, people will and to provide relief to the market nearly dropped by entry of 1000 people will be mandi, and they have also that social distancing is fol- tracked." not come in close contact," he said. fruit and vegetable traders. 50 percent post-lockdown. allowed through the cou- been asked to maintain so- lowed strictly." He added, "Over 15 per cent of The comments came in the "The Azadpur Mandi This, he said, led to two pons. From 10 p.m. till 6 cial distancing at all costs." Delhi has so far recorded the cases convert into severe cases backdrop of concerns that there has been catering to the major problems -- the pric- a.m., the truck movement Rai added tht the Odd- more than 2,000 Coronavi- and might require oxygen support, may be asymptomatic people who people and procuring pro- es of fruits and vegetables will be allowed in and out Even rule will remain im- rus cases. while 5 per cent of the cases turn are yet to be detected. COVID cases in Delhi cross 2,000 RSS affiliate wants 'Swadeshi' Zoom, New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) the city are increasing at a With 110 new cases and two rapid rate since the last 20 deaths reported in the last 24 days. The total positive cases lauds crackdown on Chinese app hours, the total coronavirus in Delhi were 97 with two New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) It said that there is a need exclude the supplies of the cases in the national capital deaths on March 30. Swadeshi Jagaran Manch for such products enabling non-essential goods by the crossed the 2,000-mark By April 10, there were (SJM), the economic wing of virtual meetings. Many top e-commerce players for and have reached 2,003 on 903 cases with 14 deaths. the Rashtriya Swayamsevak ministers, including Defence the rest of the period of the Sunday with the death toll There were 1,578 cases on Sangh (RSS) has welcomed Minister Rajnath Singh and top Lockdown 2.0. mounting to 45. Wednesday with a total of 32 the "crackdown" on the virtual opposition leaders, including "SJM firmly believes that A total of 83 people have deaths reported. meeting platform Zoom, and Congress interim President this exemption would have been cured and discharged So far, Delhi has declared has sought a similar action Sonia Gandhi have been using led to non level playing field from Delhi hospitals in the 79 containment zones across against Tiktok and Helo. It the platform to hold meetings. for offline retailers. Moreover, last 24 hours, according to the city. Containment zones, has urged the Centre to help Upping it's ante against e-commerce players can the Delhi Health Report. also known as red zones, develop similar indigenous Tiktok and Helo, the SJM neither keep their own Among the total patients, are the areas sealed by the platforms here. said, "There are series of inventory nor can indulge in 290 were cured and district administrations after "Globally, there are reports and information on the sale of private labels. The discharged so far while one cases 1,283 patients were between 50 and 59 have at least three coronavirus allegations that the Zooma's how they are indulging in the exemption would have only has migrated. less than 50 years of age, reported 10 deaths each. cases are found in the critical encryption goes to personal data thefts and the helped them to use their own "A total of 83 people were while 320 were between 50- It said six patients are on locality. their servers in China. And, data beig used in the events network of retailers. This would discharged on Sunday and 59 years and 386 are above ventilator while 26 are in After the administration there is no clarity on how leading to threatening national not only have been unfair to 1,668 cases are active as of the age of 60. "Detailed the ICU. So far, 24,387 tests sealed the area naming it much access the PLA or other security, communal and social the local retailers, but would April 19," the report said. information of 14 patients have been conducted in 'containment zone', the Chinese government agencies disharmony. This is a fit case have given unfair advantage to According to the Delhi are awaited," the Health the city and 2,872 reports Delhi government started have on this information. to be investigated for their the giant e-commerce players," Health Department, among Report said. are pending. "While 2,003 'Operation SHIELD' in the SJM understands that these transfer of data, and what said SJM's National Co the total cases, 1,080 patients In terms of deaths, among reports were positive, 19,393 area. Among all the states encrypted keys along with happens to the data after it Convenor Ashwani Mahajan. are the 'Positive cases under the 45 deaths, maximum 25 reports were negative," it across the country, in terms data, can be used to unlock the reaches the servers in China". Mahajan and Swadeshi Special Operations', with no were of those aged 60 years says. A total of 12,151 people of positive cases, Delhi is virtual-meetings and in some The SJM has also welcomed Jagran Manch has been new addition in the last four or above. The age category are home quarantined across ranked second followed by cases debar the legitimate the Home Ministry decision extremely vocal against the days. Also, among the total of those below 50 and those the city. The positive cases in Maharashtra. participants," the SJM said in a to exclude the e-commerce e-commerce platform for a statement. and movement of their supply long time now. In January, While asking for a "thorough vehicles from the list of the SJM had strongly investigation", the SJM urged relaxations in their previous recommended that the Centre Covid-19: DSGMC lodges 200 doctors, healthcare the government to incentivise guidelines. The guidelines bring ecommerce companies the domestic players to would have been applicable under the tax net in the Budget, staff at Delhi gurdwaras develop products like Zoom. from Monday. This would to meet its revenue shortfall. New Delhi, April 20 with healthcare workers (IANS) The Delhi Sikh and everyone else on the Gurdwara Management frontline of the battle against 84% Delhi Covid-19 victims had other Committee (DSGMC) has Covid-19 in India. made arragements to lodge The DSGMC is also diseases as well: Jain over 200 doctors and other providing food to the needy New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) are on ventilators and 26 in medical staff at gurdwaras at its various community Delhi Health Minister the ICU. In case of deaths, across the city following kitchens. Satyendar Jain said, here on Jain said, 25 were aged 60 requests from various The DSGMC appealed Monday, 84 per cent (38) of years or above, and 10 each hospitals. to citizens and corporate the 45 people who died from in the below 50 years and in A senior DSGMC houses to donate money or coronavirus were suffering 50-59 years categories. On functionary told IANS: "We grocery items for the poor from other serious diseases. healthcare, he said, "We have have arranged for over 200 and marginalised at any With 110 new cases three levels of facilities: Covid beddings for the doctors and service to the nation in these AIIMS, Ram Manohar nearest gurdwara to enable reported in the past 24 hours care centres, dedicated Covid other healthcare staff at our testing times amid the novel Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung distribution of food and the Covid-19 tally in the health centres, and Covid gurdwaras." coronavirus scare. Hospital, and another other essentials to the needy. national capital had reached years, 320 were 50-59 years dedicated hospitals. Cases are The DSGMC member He said the healthcare hospital in the Connaught On Monday, the total 2,003, he said. 2,054 tests and 386 above 60 years," admitted in these facilities as said that the decision to teams have been lodged at Place area. coronavirus patients in India were conducted on Sunday Jain said and added, detailed per their reports. If a patient provide food and lodging Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in rose to 17,656, with 559 of which 110 were positive, information on 14 patients is asymptomatic, he/she will to the healthcare personnel Gurdwara Rakab Ganj and central Delhi area is being deaths. Delhi has recorded he added. "Of the total cases, was awaited. be admitted to Covid care was taken in view of their others, on requests from lit up to show solidarity 2,003 cases so far, with 45 1,283 were aged below 50 At present, six patients centres," Jain said. COVID-19: Jamia Millia Islamia restricts entry of Arun Popli told that Modi Government is having a guests, outsiders in campus business-friendly approach and a big advocate New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) With as containment zones, it's im- Delhi emerging as one of the ma- perative to follow social distanc- of “Ease of doing business” in the country. jor hotspots for the coronavirus ing norms and practice of going Delhi,20.April,India is stimulus packages which pandemic, Jamia Millia Islamia to mosques to be avoided till situ- in lockdown since 25th can make a real difference has decided restrict entry of out- ation improves. The mosques in March 2020 due to the in the economy and boost siders including guests inside residential colonies to minimise COVID19 outbreak in the the morale”. Mr. Popli the campus, and the university the presence only to Imams, Mu- country, this lockdown urges that the government administration has also asked all ezzins and caretakers," it added. was supposed to last for should give MSMEs loans mosques in residential colonies the safety of the campus only Gate According to the directives, the 21 days, and it is now with slashed interest rates near the campus to minimise no 4 and 13 will be operational as campus will now not allow entry extended till 3rd May 2020. for a period of 2 years. presence only to Imams, Muez- exit/entry points. Rest of the gates of any outsiders including guests This lockdown extension is There should be a relief zins and caretakers. to be locked till further order," the and any gathering inside the cam- resulting in huge losses for package for MSME for The directives came as univer- university administration said in a pus will be prohibited. the small scale industries paying out salaries of their sity campus lies in close proximity statement. As of Monday, the national cap- and other businesses. employees. Relief in taxes with some areas which are under "In view of the new cases of co- ital had 2,003 active cases of CO- Arun Popli, Chairman and electricity bills should containment zones. rona positive emerging and sur- VID-19 with the death toll reach- of Okhla Chamber of be granted. "In order to further strengthen rounding pockets being declared ing 45. Industries, from one of to promptly work on to their entrepreneurship. It's estimated that more the oldest industrial belt packages to save these He informed that there than 70 million employees from the capital city of small scale businesses. He are cases where some work for MSMEs in the India, New Delhi is vocal adds, “If these businesses manufacturers after country, and as per Support industry via banks, CII about the challenges each are not able to fire up exporting goods, are not Arun, the most affected one of these businesses again, then many other able to receive payments businesses during this are facing and looking businesses like tourism, due to the global pandemic lockdown are going to be recommends to Centre out to Governments for hospitality, entertainment, situation and lockdown the ones whose annual New York, April 20 (IANS) and a small number of foreign now." After New York and New immediate support. retail, hotel, etc. will also be in several countries. turnover is between 5 Offering its readers a stark countries as well, the Globe said. Jersey, Massachusetts has the If the government affected, because people Without cash flow, it will crore to 50 crore rupees. reminder of the COVID-19 death Several of the notices running highest number of coronavirus doesn’t work on any will not have money to be very difficult for these Arun Popli told that toll in Massachusetts, the Boston across 16 pages mentioned a cases in the US. strategy to give small scale spend on such luxuries”. entrepreneurs to run Modi Government Globe on Sunday filled 16 pages battle with COVID-19. However, Over 38,000 people have businesses and industries Mr. Popli also mentioned business and pay salaries is having a business- of the paper with death notices. whether all of them died from already tested positive for the a relief package then several challenges industry to the workers. friendly approach and a These death notices are paid complications associated with virus in Massachusetts and more many industries and small owners are facing at this UK Government has big advocate of “Ease of postings that generally announce the disease was not clear. than 1,700 have died due to the scale businesses will be juncture. They have been granted loans and tax doing business” in the a person's death as well as names The Globe had less than half the disease. bankrupt soon and this can paying out the salaries on relief to help the business country. “Let’s hope this of the surviving family members number pages with death notices According to data from Johns lead to recession because time, and the three month to get back on track. For government will follow and schedules of funeral services. for the comparable Sunday a year Hopkins University, more than the MSMEs (Micro, Small moratorium period from the last four weeks, the their ideology and help Some of the death notices ago. 759,000 people have tested and Medium Enterprises) the bank for their loans by whole business network the small scale industries included in the April 19 edition Massachusetts Governor positive for COVID-19 in the US contributes 25% of the RBI is a welcome move, in India is on hold. He and businesses to function of the paper included the Charlie Baker on Sunday said so far and the numbers of deaths national GDP. but charging compound adds, “MSMEs are looking properly again and also names of people from 14 other coronavirus cases in the state are in the country have crossed He urges the interest for these 3 months, out to State and Central save millions of jobs”, states, besides Massachusetts, "right in the middle of the surge 40,000. Government of India is only going to add burden Governments to announce concludes Arun Popli. Indian Horizon 4 South Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Palghar lynching: Maha suspends 2 cops, gives probe to CID 50 detained for ‘assaulting’ Covid Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) tion against them... No one will Dadra and Nagar-Haveli. While der from going to Gujarat and warriors in Bengaluru Hours after Maharashtra Chief be spared,” the CM warned. all of them are in police custo- were reportedly returning back Minister Uddhav Thackeray The two Sadhus and their dy, the minors have been sent to Nashik when they met their Bengaluru, April 20 briefed Union Home Minister driver, proceeding from Na- to a juvenile remand home,” tragic end in a desolate corner (IANS) About 50 sus- Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh shik to Surat, were lynched by Thackeray said. of the state that night. pects were detained Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath a 200-strong mob outside the “The investigation is handed Revealing that the Centre for allegedly assaulting on Monday, the state govern- Gadchinchle village on April over to CID, IGP Konkan Range has sought a report on the in- healthcare workers and ment suspended two police- 16 in a police vehicle amid ru- is directed to enquire into po- cident, Thackeray ruled out the damaging public prop- men and directed the Crime mours that they were robbers lice action. Two police officers involvement of any communal erty in the city’s south- Invesigation Department to or kidnappers. are suspended,” said Direc- groups in the incident which west suburb on Sunday probe the sensational mob The mob also attacked the tor-General of Police Subodh happened in a remote state night, police said on lynching of two Sadhus (men- policemen and damaged two Jaiswal, on the probe to be border area accessible only via Monday. dicants) and their driver last police vans, including one in conducted by CID Additional the Dadra and Nagar Haveli in “We have detained week. which the Sadhus were shifted Director-General of Police, Atul view of bad roads. about 50 people sus- week after 3 Covid posi- pects and investigation In an address to the state this by the police. Kulkarni. “There is no involvement pected to have attacked tive cases were identi- is underway to find who afternoon, Thackeray said that The victims were identified The incident occurred of any religious or communal healthcare workers and fied residing there with all instigated the at- so far five of the masterminds next morning as Chikne Ma- around 10 p.m on April 16 groups, it’s a mob-lynching vandalised public prop- travel history to Tab- tack and are involved in and another more than 100 haraj Kalpavriksha Giri, 70, Su- and a team led by the top dis- case. Any persons attempt- erty in Padarayanapura lighi Jamaat event in damaging public prop- persons, including 9 minors shilgiri Maharaj, 30, from the trict police officials reached ing to give it a communal co- area when secondary New Delhi’s Nizamud- erty,” Bhanot said. have been arrested so far in the Shree Panch Dashnam Juna- there around midnight. They lour will be dealt with strictly,” contacts of Covid-hit din in March. Trouble reportedly crime that took place during Akhada order, and their driver launched a hunt in the forests Thackeray added. “There is no patients were told to get “Security has been began when the sec- the lockdown. Nilesh Telwade, 30. and managed to nab many of involvement of any religious or quarantined,” Deputy beefed up with addi- ondary contact persons “We also need to find out the “The incident took place the accused hiding in the near- communal groups, it’s a mob- Commissioner of Police tional deployment of refused to meet the people who are creating com- around 110 kms from Palghar by forests, and some are still lynching case. Any persons at- (West) Ramesh Bhanot our personnel and the health workers on Sun- munal tensions on social me- town on the night of April 16, absconding. tempting to give it a communal told IANS. situation is under con- day evening and stay at dia, I requested Amit Shah. We at Gadchinchle village, on the It is learnt that the Sadhus colour will be dealt with strict- The city civic body trol. Cases have been the quarantine centre will also find them and take ac- border with Union Territory of were turned back at the bor- ly,” Thackeray added. sealed off the area last booked against the sus- for isolation.

30 media persons test Cong seeks CBI probe into Garuda drones to Covid-19 positive in Mumbai sanitise Bhopal & two Kerala Covid-19 data deal municipalities in AP Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) At awaited. Following a request Thiruvananthapuram, hour,” former state Con- er of Opposition Ramesh CPI(M) General Secretary least 30 media persons, most- from the TVJA and Mantralaya April 20 (IANS) Even as gress chief M.M. Hassan Chennithala raised the is- Sitaram Yechury’s reac- Chennai, April 20 (IANS) ly from the electronic media, & Legislature Reporters As- Kerala Chief Minister said. “Vijayan blames us sue that a non-disclosure tion on the issue. Vijayan Drone company Garuda Aero- have tested Covid-19 positive sociation, Chief Minister Ud- Pinarayi Vijayan con- when we ask real ques- agreement was signed. is refusing to give a ‘con- space continues to fly high after they underwent tests at dhav Thackeray had directed tinues to maintain that tions on the shady deal “Everything has been vincing’ answer to the by bagging three more drone a special camp organized here the BMC to conduct the spe- all was fair in transfer with Sprinklr. A CBI done shabbily and with- opposition charge on the based anti-coronavirus saniti- last week, an office-bearer cial screening camp for media of coronavirus data to probe is the need of the out following relevant Sprinklr deal. sation contracts, including one said. persons. US-based Sprinklr, a hour,” former state Con- rules while entering Meanwhile, breaking from Bhopal Smart City Devel- TV Journalists Association Coordinated by Sena MP Congress leader, here gress chief M.M. Hassan into the agreement with the silence over the issue opment Corporation, said a top President Vinod Jagdale con- Priyanka Chaturvedi, 171 me- on Monday, demanded said. foreign firms. No due on Monday, the Commu- company official. firmed to IANS that while the dia-persons including report- a CBI probe into it after Senior Congress leg- diligence was done. It’s nist Party of India (CPI), “We have now secured three number of test reports re- ers and camera persons were surfacing of the market- islator V.D. Satheeshan health-related data, and the second biggest ally in more contracts for drone based ceived so far is not available, screened on April 16-17 near ing firm’s links with phar- said, “Everything is now very personal,” said Sath- the Vijayan cabinet, in it anti-coronavirus sanitisation at least 30 have tested positive the Mumbai Press Club, the ma major Pfizer. crystal clear with the eeshan. official publication said operations. The contracts are so far and the figures are likely reports of which have started Pfizer is engaged in re- news surfacing about the The Congress has data safeguard and pri- from Bhopal Smart City Devel- to go up. coming. search to find a vaccine relations of Pfizer with sought CPI(M) General vacy must be maintained opment Corporation in Madhya An official in the Brihan- The media persons - who for coronavirus, besides Sprinklr.” Secretary Sitaram Ye- with care. According to Pradesh, Kurnool Municipal Mumbai Municipal Corpo- mostly perform field duties - other anti-viral drugs. “While the digital chury’s reaction on the is- sources, the CPI(M) po- Corporation and Nuzvid Munic- ration (BMC) said that most were also given tips to ensure “Vijayan blames us agreement was reached sue. Vijayan is refusing to litburo is expected to take ipality both in Andhra Pradesh,” are said to be asymptomatic their personal safety in public when we ask real ques- with Sprinklr in April, the give a ‘convincing’ answer up the issue on Wednes- Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Man- cases and all have been sent places, wearing masks, using tions on the shady deal data transfer started in to the opposition charge day, while the state Sec- aging Director of city-based to home quarantine for now sanitisers, etc in view of the with Sprinklr. A CBI March, “ he said and add- on the Sprinklr deal. The retariat will discuss it on Garuda Aerospace, told IANS on while others’ test results are Covid-19 pandemic. probe is the need of the ed, it was only after Lead- Congress has sought Tuesday. Monday.

Mining best bet to boost economy hit by Covid-19: Exporters Kerala ‘violates’

ing activities in Goa so that the socio- are in place, on account of most mining economic condition in the state can be companies continuing to meet safety, en- Centre’s guideline, stronger,” the statement said. “The state vironmental and health norms in compli- debt of Goa has reached dangerous lev- ance with numerous orders issued by the MHA directs to rectify els of over Rs 20,000 crores as per recent centre and the state. state budget figures. This sharp increase Quoting Ambar Timblo, the president Delhi/Thiruvanantha- “I would urge you to rectify in debt levels can be attributed to shut- of the exporters’ association, the state- puram, April 20 (IANS) Upset the guidelines of the govern- down of mining activities which has led ment said that despite prolonged stop- with Kerala government’s ment of Kerala in line with to revenue loss of Rs. 7,000 crores in the pages in mining processes in Goa, the decision to allow relaxation the consolidated revised last two years,” the statement said. mining industry had paid government in lockdown rules, Ministry guideline dated April 15 and The mining sector in Goa has been un- agencies stamp duties, land revenue of Home Affairs (MHA) has April 16 without any dilution operational for nearly two years now, af- conversion payments in excess of Rs directed the state to fix its and to ensure strict compli- ter the Bombay High Court in Goa raised 1,500 crore, provisions to the government guidelines in line with the ance of lockdown measures,” questions about the manner in which funds such as District Mineral Fund and one issued by the Centre the letter mentions. Panaji, April 20 (IANS) There is an ur- mining industry remains the state’s best mining leases in the state were renewed, Goa Iron Ore Permanent Fund in excess without any dilution. The additional activities gent need to restart the state’s mining bet for generation of revenue and re- following a petition filed by a green NGO of Rs 700 crore and generated foreign ex- Expressing ire of the Cen- allowed by Kerala govern- industry, especially at a time when the starting the economic processes, the Goa from Goa. The statement said that Goa change of over $ 1 billion. tre in a letter to Kerala Chief ment includes opening of Covid-19 pandemic is bound to have a Mineral Ore Exporters Association said in was a model state in the country with “Goa is a model state in India in regard Secretary Tom Jose, Union local workshops, barber glodal economic fall out, Goa’s only body a statement issued here. respect to mining and was uniquely po- to mining. The reputation damage on our Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla shops, restaurants, book- of ore exporters said on Monday. “In this pandemic situation where sitioned for the immediate resumption industry has been consistently caused by instructed him to ensure stores, MSMEs in munici- With the tourism sector likely to face the world economic fallout is inevitable, of operations as all workforce, infrastruc- false and un-substantive allegations by strict compliance of the Cen- pal limits, bus travel in the setbacks in a post Covid-19 scenario, the there is an urgent need to resume min- ture and relevant statutory clearances vested interest groups,” Timblo said. tre’s lockdown measures is- cities and towns for shorter sued in fresh consolidated distance (upto 60 km), two guidelines issued on April passengers in back seat of TN not to relax lockdown Rs 200 worth mask for Rs 10: A 15-16 after the nationwide four wheeler, pillion riding restrictions till May 3 restriction was extended till on scooters. unique innovation in MP May 3. The Home Secretary men- Chennai, April 20 (IANS) A aspects of the issue and give its Referring to Kerala govern- tioned that violation of Cen- day after the state reported over recommendations. Tamil Nadu Bhopal, April 20 masks have been pre- hya Pradesh to scale the ment’s April 17 guidelines, tre’s lockdown measures 100 coronavirus positive cases, had set up an expert committee (IANS) With masks be- pared by using only one heights of Mount Ever- Bhalla said the state revised posed a serious health haz- the Tamil Nadu government on to look into all aspects of the issue ing in high demand and elastic, 40 cm of rubber, est. She is the brand am- the lockdown norms and cir- ard to the public and risk for Monday decided to continue and give its recommendations. short supply due to the transparent film and bassador of Beti Padhao culated it to all departments, spread of novel coronavirus with the existing nationwide Chief Minister K. Palaniswami Covid-19 pandemic, two double side tape. Beti Bachao campaign. District Collectors, Superin- pandemic. lockdown restrictions till May 3. on Monday chaired a meeting youngsters in Madhya The masks made by She said, “When you tendent of Police and other Citing Supreme Court’s A government statement said of ministers and senior offi- Pradesh are using inno- Shobhit Nath Sharma want to help others heads of departments of the order dated March 31, 2020, the relaxations given for essen- cials and discussed the issue. vative ideas for making and Megha Parmar from your heart, you state allowing them to open Bhalla also reminded the tial services earlier will however Chief Minister K. Palaniswami cheap masks. are being distributed find some way. We were activities which are prohib- Kerala government that the continue. on Monday chaired a meeting Mountaineers Shobhit among the sanitation sitting at home due to ited in MHA’s guidelines. apex court had observed that The Tamil Nadu government of ministers and senior officials Nath Sharma and Megha workers. Some doctors the lockdown, and were In the letter served to Ker- “we trust and expect that all pointed out that Delhi, Karna- and discussed the issue. Parmar have made have also started us- thinking how to help ala on Sunday night, Bhalla concerned viz state govern- taka, Punjab, Telangana, Maha- After reporting lower number screen sheet masks by ing this mask. Even the people in this grim situ- mentioned that the addition- ments, public authorities rashtra, Gujarat and other states of corona cases in the last couple using stationery items. police personnel have ation. Then this idea al activities allowed by the and citizens of this country too had decided to continue of days, the state reported a dras- The masks are as cheap asked the duo to make came to Shobhit and we Kerala government amounts will faithfully comply with with the lockdown restrictions tic increase in the new infections. as Rs 10. They said that masks for them. started making masks.” to “dilution” and “violation” the directive and orders is- till May 3. On Sunday, Tamil Nadu reported the same mask will cost Sharma is a also a trad- This mask can be re- of MHA’s April 15 guidelines sued by the Union of India in Tamil Nadu had set up an ex- 105 new cases, taking the state’s Rs 200 in the market. er while Parmar is the used after cleaning with issued under the Disaster letter and spirit in the interest pert committee to look into all tally to 1,477. They added that the first woman from Mad- sanitizers. Management Act, 2005. of public safety”. Indian Horizon Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Nation 5 With 108 more positive cases, Gujarat’s tally touches 1,851

Gandhinagar, April 20 (IANS) Bharuch (23), Gandhinagar (17), tal, Ahmedabad died on Monday. 3,303 in government facilities and With 108 fresh corona cases re- Patan (15), Narmada (12), Pan- Till date, out of the total 67 247 in private facilities. ported on Monday, the COVID-19 chmahals (11), Banaskantha (10), deaths, 34 are from Ahmedabad Meanwhile, even two days after tally in Gujarat moved up to 1,851 Chotta Udepur (7), Kutch and while 10 are from Surat, seven in the Rapid Antibody Testing kits while the total number of deaths Mehsana (6 each), Botad (5), Por- Vadodara and four in Bhavnagar. (RAT) have been made available due to the deadly virus was re- bandar, Mahisagar and Dahod (3 One positive patient after treat- to the state, the health authorities ported to be 67. each), Gir-Somnath, Kheda and ment was discharged on Monday. seemed to be struggling to cali- Of the total new cases, 91 were Sabarkantha (2 each) and Jam- A total of 106 positive patients brate them. reported from Ahmedabad, six nagar and Morbi (one each). have been discharged so far after “The current kits which we have from Aravalli, two each from Su- “Out of the total 1,676 active treatment. received right now are different rat, Kutch, Panchmahals and Ra- cases, the condition of 1,662 is “In the last 24 hours, the health from the earlier ones. The qual- jkot and one each from Vadodara stable while 14 patients are still authorities have taken 3,992 sam- ity is good but due to its different and Mehsana. on ventilator,” said Jayanti Ravi, ples for testing, of which 247 have technicalities, it needs to be cali- The majority of the cases from the principal secretary, Health been found positive and 3,745 brated. We are still waiting for the Ahmedabad were reported from and Family Welfare Department, were negative. The total number calibration to get finished,” Ravi the containment zones following Gujarat. of tests carried out by the health said. intensified testing. Four more corona positive pa- department till now is 32,204 of “A training session of ASHA Out of the total 1,851 cases, tients succumbed to the virus on which 1,851 are positive while workers and health workers to Ahmedabad continued to lead Monday. A woman (80) and a man 29,353 are negative,” Ravi added. train them about usage of new with 1,192 cases, followed by Su- (70) admitted in New Civil hospi- The total number of quaran- kits is planned for today. The kits rat (244), Vadodara (181), Rajkot tal, Surat died while two men aged tined people in the state is 23,749, have already been dispatched to (38), Bhavnagar (32), Anand (28), 54 and 59 admitted in SVP Hospi- with 20,199 in home quarantine, various districts,” Ravi added. Bengal accuses NICED of giving defective corona test kits Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The ries out testing of samples for to throw up a large number of Labs in the state have been labs in the State but other test- she could not be reached over West Bengal government has coronavirus at its Regional Vi- ‘inconclusive’ results, necessi- routed through ICMR-NICED, ing labs in the country, based phone. Dutta was recently in- accused the National Institute rus Research Diagnostic Lab tating a repeat/’confirmatory’ Kolkata. on their feedback shared in volved in a verbal duel with of Cholera and Enteric Dis- here. test run, thereby causing a “The apparently defective the relevant user groups, “ the the state government over the eases (NICED) of supplying In a series of tweets, the delay in the generation of the test kits supplied by the ICMR- state health department said latter’s allegation of a short- ‘apparently defective’ test kits state health department said final test report,” the state NICED, Kolkata are resulting in another tweet.A age of coronavirus test kits. resulting in delays in detect- the kits have led to a high health department posted on in a high number of repeat/ The state government said Dutta had not only denied ing the coronavirus infection, number of repeat or confir- its Twitter handle. confirmatory tests and caus- it came up with the clarifica- any shortage, she also com- and urged the Indian Council matory tests causing ‘delays’ In another tweet, the depart- ing delays and other attendant tion following a ‘mischievous plained of receiving a low of Medical Research (ICMR)to and other attendant problems ment said there was no prob- problems at a time when we report’ circulating in social number of test samples from look into the issue. not only in Bengal, but also in lem earlier when the testing are battling a pandemic. This media about the alleged delay the state, and alleged that the The NICED is an associate other states. kits were being received di- is an issue that ICMR needs in the time taken for testing number of tests in Bengal was of the Central government’s “The testing kits supplied rectly from National Institute to look into immediately,” it swab samples in West Bengal. ‘too low’ compared to its den- apex body for biomedical re- by the ICMR-NICED about of Virology, Pune. Recently, said. “This problem has been IANS tried to contact NICED sity and population as also in search ICMR. NICED also car- two weeks ago have started the supplies to government faced not just by Government director Shanta Dutta, but relation to other states. Protection box for health workers Govt offices open after Nadwa, Deoband seminary developed by AMU faculty Aligarh, April 20 (IANS) bations, reducing their risk of relaxation amid issue advisory for Ramzan Aligarh Muslim University’s infection. two young faculty members The infection protection lockdown Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) The Da- drasas have been unable to go home belonging to the Jawahar- box developed by Assistant rul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, a well- because of the lockdown, people can lal Nehru Medical College Professors, Shahna Ali (Assis- Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) Gov- roads in large numbers. In steel known Islamic seminary in Lucknow provide aid through online or cheque (JNMC) and the Zakir Husain tant Professor, Department ernment offices opened in city Jamshedpur, a traffic jam has issued an advisory to maintain so- transaction. College of Engineering and of Anaesthesiology) and Ya- Jharkhand on Monday amid like situation prevailed during cial distancing during the holy month A similar advisory was earlier is- Technology) have developed sir Rafat (Assistant Professor lockdown 2. The relaxation has relaxation. of Ramzan. sued by the Islamic Centre of India, a cost-effective Infection Department of Mechanical been given in green areas. Despite government instruc- The Deoband seminary has also is- which asked Muslims to stay indoors ‘Protection Box’ to shield Engineering) is cost-effective As per government instruc- tions for social distancing sued a similar advisory for the month and maintain social distancing during physicians and nurses during and low-maintenance equip- tions only 33 percent of the to- people were seen violating the of Ramzan. Ramzan. the COVID-19 patient intu- ment. tal staff will attend office. The guidelines. Maulana Saeed-ur-Rahman, prin- Meanwhile, the Darul Uloom Deo- third and fourth grade employ- With 7 more people test- cipal of the Nadwatul seminary, has band, the well-known Islamic semi- ees will be given duties on ro- ing positive including six from advised Muslims not to hold congre- nary, has also issued guidelines for ‘Ask Indian Embassy tation so that social distancing Ranchi and one from Simdega gational ‘iftars’ at mosques, but asked observing the holy month. can be maintained in offices. At the total number of corona- them to break their fast at home. Maulana Qari Ishaq Gora of Deo- in Iran to get food for the main secretariat of the state virus patients in Jharkhand The 10-point advisory also asks band has said that the holy month of in Ranchi, the staff and offi- increased to 41. District wise, Muslims not to offer ‘taraweeh’ Ramzan is likely to begin from April stranded fishermen’ cers were given hand sanitizers Ranchi has 24 confirmed coro- (elaborate namaz offered by Sunni 25. while thermal screening is also navirus cases which includes 2 Muslims) at mosques, but at home. “In this case, it is advised that people Chennai, April 20 (IANS) 1,000 Indian fishermen are being done. foreigners, Bokaro 9, Hazarib- Muslims should also maintain social observe roza (fast) and do iftar (meal Tamil Nadu Chief Minister stranded in Chiruyeh, Kish, The relaxation has not been agh 2, Koderma 1, Giridih 1, distancing at mosques and not more to break the fast) in the evenings at K. Palaniswami on Monday Lavan, Bandar-eMogham, given in the red zones Ranchi Simdega 2 and Dhanbad 2. Out than five people should be present at their homes. There should be no con- requested the Central gov- Asaluyeh and other places and Bokaro. People in the non- of these 41 cases 39 are active a time, the advisory said. gregational prayers in the mosque but ernment to arrange food, in Iran. red zone areas came on to the while 2 are dead. Also, people have been asked not only at homes. Only those who stay or water and other basic needs Around 650 of the fisher- hold Iftar parties, but instead give are staying at a mosque should pray for about 1,000 Indian fisher- men are from Tamil Nadu. money in charity. Special prayers there and that too while maintaining men stranded in Iran. Palaniswami said the state Bengal orders frontline med- should be held for the end of corona- adequate social distance,” said the In a letter to S. Jaishan- government is receiving re- virus pandemic, both during ‘sehri’ Maulana. kar, Minister for External peated requests from the ical workers to stay at HQ and ‘iftar’. The cleric has asked people to fast Affairs, the text of which stranded fishermen and their Faizan Nagrami, public relations of- as is mandatory in Islam and to pray was released to the media, families to provide food, wa- ficer, Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, for the end of the pandemic, during Palaniswami said about ter and other basic needs. also said since those studying at ma- the month of worship.

Mob lynching: Maharashtra Panel to facilitate burial of hands over probe to CID corona patients in UP Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) mob outside Gadchinchle Hours after Maharashtra village on April 16 night in Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) The Islamic the need for formation of such a commit- Chief Minister Uddhav police presence amid ru- Centre of India has formed a 15-member tee arose after locals did not allow burial Thackeray briefed Union mours that they were rob- “Qabristan Sewa Samiti” to facilitate the of an elderly patient in the public grave- Home Minister Amit Shah bers or child kidnappers. last rites of persons dying of coronavirus yard of Aishbagh. and Uttar Pradesh Chief The victims were identi- in Lucknow district. “The Aishbagh incident is highly con- Minister Yogi Adityanath fied the next morning as The committee will follow the safety demnable. This happened due to mis- on the Palghar lynching Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrik- protocol set by the health department, in conceptions about performing the last case, the state government sha Giri, 70, Sushilgiri Ma- Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The West and mental strain on the medical keeping with the tenets of Islam. rites of a person who dies due to a conta- handed over its probe to haraj, 30, from the Juna Bengal government has ordered personnel, besides putting them at The 15-member committee comprises gious disease,” he said. the Criminal Investigation Akhada order, and their the frontline medical personnel in risk of being exposed to the virus,” private doctors, clerics and social work- A fatwa was issued after the incident, Department on Monday. driver Nilesh Telwade, 30. state-run hospitals to stay in their the guideline said. The government ers. by Darul Uloom Firangi Mahali based In his address to the “The incident took place headquarters and not commute to last week issued an order specifying Till date, the city has reported one Darul Ifta for the burial of Muslims, who state this afternoon, Thac- around 110 km from Pal- and from their residences for reduc- that frontline medical workers will death due to the coronavirus infection have died of COVID-19, as per the Islam- keray said that five main ghar town on the night of ing strain and avoiding exposure to be given weeklong duties in govern- -- that of a 64-year-old patient who died ic and WHO protocols. accused and another 100 April 16, at Gadchinchle the coronavirus infection. In a fresh ment hospitals and taken off-duty for here on Wednesday. The local people did “After the fatwa, we started receiving co-accused, including 9 village, on the border with guideline, the state health depart- seven days for rest and recuperation. not allow the burial of the deceased in hundreds of phone calls from people who minors, have been arrest- the Union Territory of ment said some frontline medical The administration has already the Aishbagh burial ground and the de- were not clear about the proper method ed so far. Dadra and Nagar-Haveli. workers, especially from among made arrangements for provid- ceased was later buried elsewhere under for last rites in such cases. We realised Two ‘sadhus’ or monks While the adult accused those posted in government hospi- ing suitable boarding facilities to tight police security. that definite guidelines were needed in and their driver, proceed- are in police custody, the tals in the districts in Kolkata’s vi- frontline medical personnel in Well known Sunni cleric, Maulana the matter. It was then that we decided to ing from Nashik to Su- minors have been sent to cinity, were commuting to and from the vicinity of their workplaces, to Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, who heads form a committee and also asked clerics rat, were cornered and juvenile remand home,” their residences daily. “This is not preclude the need for daily com- the Islamic Centre of India and is also in other districts to do the same,” said the lynched by a 200-strong Thackeray said. desirable as it puts a daily physical muting, the order said. Imam of the Aishbagh Eidgah, said that Maulana. IndianIndian HorizonHorizon EDIT Tuesday, April 21, 2020 66 EDIT Thursday, March 5, 2020

Indian Horizon The fire has been lit Neerja Chowdhury look after their interest. Forget ensur- Many believe that the CAA-NPR- now be settled, not through a debate Parliament, when it resumed the ing their well-being, the government NRC has come in as the next potent but through violence, with people tak- Budget session on Monday, did not could not even save their lives, with tool for the BJP to mobilise the Hin- ing law into their hands and a passive think it fit to condole the death of 47 mobs on the rampage for three days. dus in its favour in the coming years government machinery looking the people who were killed in communal Delhi’s police force, which works un- and it will keep the pot boiling — just other way. The government can go on clashes last week. The riots, stab- der the Centre and is well trained in as Ayodhya, now a dead issue, had to make all sympathetic noises after it bings, shooting and arson had taken controlling mob violence, stood by yielded the party rich dividends in is over, and a ‘suitable’ message has place, not in some remote corner of watching passively, with some col- the eighties and nineties. been delivered to the opponents. Thursday, March 5, 2020 India, but in the heart of the coun- luding in the violence. Every SHO So far, the BJP’s goli maaro rhetoric We are looking at an India which try’s Capital, only a few kilometres knows the troublemakers in his area was limited to words, surfacing dur- seems headed for greater conflict in from the Parliament building, shak- and when to round them up, par- ing the Delhi election campaign. Last the coming months and years. For- ing India to the core as few events ticularly when someone like Donald week saw it translated into gruesome get economic development, forget Water governance needed have done after the 1984 riots. Trump is in town. action. It resurfaced in Kolkata, this creation of jobs for the young (50% In the years gone by, Parliament Person after person, both Hindu time at the Home Minister’s rally, of India is under 25). Will a ‘feel good’ would have dispensed with every and Muslim in northeast Delhi, re- where for all practical purposes, Amit factor, which comes from targeting Hindu Kush Himalayan area other business to take up a matter of vealed that the police had told them Shah launched the BJP’s campaign the ‘other’, be good enough to fulfil such import immediately. The Lok they had ‘no orders’ to intervene. If for the 2021 elections. It is obviously the aspirations of the young and con- faces acute water stress Sabha Speaker has agreed to a dis- things went out of control on day one going to be used increasingly as a tain their frustrations? cussion, but only after Holi (over two (when stone-pelting took place), they mobilisational tool in West Bengal Ghettoisation in Delhi — and other Rapid, unplanned urbanisation as weeks after the killings). could have been controlled on day and also elsewhere (UP in 2022). Its parts of the country — is bound to Opposition parties demanded im- two (when terrible communal clash- ability to polarise is more potent in increase. Already there are reports of hordes of villagers shift to cities, cou- mediate discussion, but to no avail. es took place). This was not done states where Muslims form a sizeable apprehensive Muslims sitting inside pled with climate change, has made the Sixteen Congress MPs — not even even on day three (when outsiders chunk of the population. In West their locked houses in other parts of all 54 of them had been mobilised came and targeted Muslims, using Bengal, their number is around 30%. Delhi. Hindus are also sleeping with Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region — stood in front of Gandhi’s statue, guns; several casualties were from CM Nitish Kumar may be wary of ‘their own’ at night in some affected shouting slogans. Most of their fellow the Muslim community and Hindus such a strategy in Bihar. He has al- parts of Delhi. Many ask what will hap- a hotspot of water mismanagement. party MPs were not even aware of were also brutally killed). ready made it clear that there would pen when the force is withdrawn. The this protest. It looked like tokenistic Many believe that the Delhi Police be no NRC in the state and only the redeeming aspect has been the heroic Aridity stares in the face of the region business, as happens in every session have been made the fall guy, for that 2010 version of the NPR, without stories of Muslims helping the Hindus of Parliament. very police force, once given orders the questionable posers, included in and Hindus coming to the rescue of — spanning Afghanistan, Pakistan, In- The Delhi violence has underlined on day four, had controlled the situ- it. Would the BJP pursue a more re- Muslims, and Sikhs helping both. dia and Nepal to Myanmar, among oth- the nature of the government we ation within minutes and hours, and strained line in Bihar or would it be In the first 45 years of the Republic, have today, and the hopelessly inad- things are limping back to normalcy. ready to break with its ally if it is con- 50 people had died in Hindu-Muslim ers — that is called the ‘third pole’ as it equate response of the Opposition. It A supposedly strong government, fident of winning on its own on the violence in Delhi. But last week, only has not only brought into sharp focus headed by a strong PM and a tough strength of polarising the electorate? in three days, the number of dead has has more ice than anywhere else after the fault lines of the Indian Republic, Home Minister, could not prevent Poll strategy apart, the underlying touched 47. This shows the enormity but also deepened them. Govern- the destruction of jaan and maal in message of goli maaro is ominous: of what took place in Delhi. the Arctic and Antarctica. With little ments are elected by the people to the Capital. That differences in a democracy can IANS check on unsustainable practices, wa- ter resources are depleting alarmingly Structural changes fuelling turmoil in the mountain area. Over two billion M Rajivlochan the boundaries of the village or small languages simply merged seamlessly nised India that Indians were virtu- Asians are doomed to suffer the disas- India is agitated over a host of town, was a foreigner. In small com- into other languages. Otherwise, ally press-ganged into the modern measures taken by the Modi govern- munities, everyone knew everyone, in the various censuses of modern world. trous consequence of this calamity if ment in its second term. The govern- so there was little need for paper- times, languages which had as few The social processes by which ment, in turn, has asserted, many work. What we forget is that the ten- as ten speakers have been recorded. smaller communities get subsumed urgent steps are not taken to arrest the times over, that it is not going to back dency towards systematisation and One does wonder with whom those into larger ones is normally so grad- off. Measures like the modifications paperwork is part and parcel of an ten speakers were communicating. ual that it is difficult to notice. In the meltdown. For, besides the hill dwell- to Article 370, the introduction of increase in scale that has character- What is true of language is equally last ten years, however, the mecha- ers — they are projected to grapple the Citizenship Amendment Act and ised modernity. It submerges some true of social practices like caste and nism of the Aadhaar database, the the National Population Register are already existing identities and cre- religion. Small identities of jati and issuance of voter IDs and PAN cards with a yawning water demand-supply a part, along with some of its ear- ates new ones. When these transfor- sect gradually get subsumed into and the shock of demonetisation and lier measures like making Aadhaar mations take place rapidly, they cre- larger ones. Think of the large num- digitisation have made that intan- gap that may double by 2050 — those compulsory for receiving state sup- ate anxieties. ber of jatis that claim kshatriya status gible social process tangible. It has port and filing income tax returns, The fact is that diversity in thought, for themselves today even though also sparked infinite fears, each de- on the downstream plains dependent push towards digital payments, the belief, faith and action is as natural to within living memory, they were said pending on one’s perceived vulner- introduction of FASTag for vehicles human existence as breathing. Hu- to be of the shudra varna. abilities. on the many major rivers originating using toll roads etc. All these, the man beings are hard-wired to live Right up to the nineteenth cen- Much depends on the social loca- from the HKH are also doomed to be government asserts, are needed even in small communities. Ever since tury, Indian rulers had made little tion of someone, say in the case of though their introduction caused the days of hunter-gatherers and the effort to interfere with this method the Aadhaar identity. For those at water-stressed. teething troubles to citizens. The gradual transition to settled agricul- of existence where the village was all the bottom of the pyramid, an Aad- government has made it clear that ture, humans have been used to liv- and anyone beyond the confines of haar card or a PAN card are keys to The chilling projections of the en- these measures, mooted in pre-Modi ing in communities smaller than 200 the village was a ‘foreigner’. Indian accessing state facilities and also times and needed for citizen-friendly people. Establishing networks with state systems preferred to negotiate the banking system. A superior so- vironment study on the HKH region governance, were not implemented greater reach than this or achieving tributary relationships with those cial location might lead the owner to by the previous governments be- any kind of commonality of thought who ran all these small-scale com- feel that these documents allow the underscore repeated indications of cause they lacked the political will and action requires effort. Building munities. The effort to hire officials state to ‘snoop’ on them, especially India sitting on a water scarcity bomb and that they will be implemented networks of trust and collectivities or set up more permanent systems of because frequently they are able to now for the general good. has been one of the main character- administration was never seriously get their work done through highly — frequent floods and famines and Going beyond the political carping istics of the evolution of the civili- pursued. The one desultory attempt personalised networks that exist in that is routine in India, one notices sation from the small-scale to the to set up such a system, known to their favour. extreme temperatures, springing that essentially what is happening is large-scale. history as the mansabdari system, For the poor in India, Aadhaar that the turmoil is also related to the The building of collectivities also by the Mughal state, resulted in the becomes the basis for evoking trust from the inequitable distribution and transformation of the country from a means that many small identities creation of one of the most powerful and getting the system to trust them. traditional small-scale society based get subsumed in the larger one. In and richest Asiatic states of the sev- Large-scale societies, we might add, overuse of the precious resource. To on informal rules and face-to-face a study of the languages of the Hi- enteenth and eighteenth centuries. are underpinned by the assump- keep pace with the rising populations interactions to one that is based on malayan region, it was found that But the Mughals never attempted to tion that there is a base network of formal rules and less arbitrariness. nearly 300 languages were threat- pay their officials a salary indepen- institutions and rules that would and their demands for better living, This, is turn, leads to fears about the ened. Of these, over 170 languages dently of whichever estate those of- help all people, irrespective of who loss of identity, and nostalgia for an are spoken in India; most are of the ficials were posted in. The officials they might be. Such systems help to fatter funds are needed to strength- older time when informal interac- Tibeto-Burman variety and are spo- were expected to deduct their salary reduce risk. Above all, they help to tions were about all that were needed ken in regions right down to the from whatever the income of the es- achieve inclusive growth and provide en the mechanisms for rainwater to get along in life. India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border. tate might be. This conflict of interest a cushion to those who have nothing For ages, India has been a small- As the social groups that spoke these was never resolved. It was not till the to begin with. harvesting, groundwater replenish- scale society where anyone outside languages ceased to be isolated, their English East India Company colo- IANS ment, and stormwater and sewage management. The water governance Reform of direct tax system urgently needed policies of the mountain states need Sushma Ramachandran the tax agencies, but small businesses and rather than the reverse. Pressure by tax offi- purview of the Revenue Department. This to particularly ensure that springs Collecting taxes is one of the key respon- start-up entrepreneurs do not have the lux- cials was reported to have been one of the becomes a conflict of interest and policies sibilities of a government. Without an ef- ury of spending endless amounts of money reasons for the suicide by coffee tycoon VG tend to be framed to suit the needs of the tax are adequately recharged. Himachal ficient revenue administration, it is simply on such tax experts. Neither do individuals, Siddhartha, which led to a considerable out- collector rather than for larger public good. not possible to run a country. In some coun- but most have no option but to invest hard- cry by the industry. Similarly, the decision The Budget has given an indication, Pradesh’s Giri barrage project, to os- tries, including India, the tax collector is earned money in CAs to ensure that tax to levy taxes on start-ups at a time when however, that some reforms are in the off- tensibly augment the water supply seen as a bogey man and any communica- returns are filed without hurdles. The most initiatives like Start-Up India were being ing in the system of tax administration. The tion from the department, barring refunds, dreaded scenario is to find that a particular launched has been a case of contradictory first is the concept of the taxpayers’ charter to Shimla, would serve as a lesson to is viewed with dread. Revenue-mobilising case has come under what is described as policy approaches. which enumerates the rights of taxpayers. It agencies in this country can carry out raids ‘scrutiny’. This means it has been selected Solutions to resolve the seemingly intrac- will apparently have a statutory status and, all to not rush into unviable populist on those suspected of having large amounts randomly for thorough checking, which can table issues of red tape and harassment by hopefully, empower citizens by ensuring of unaccounted wealth. In other countries, sometimes turn into harassment. tax officials have already been provided in a time-bound delivery of services. Accord- schemes. Thankfully, the HP govern- these authorities are equally formidable. Successive governments have tried to several voluminous reports submitted by ing to the CBDT chairman, the aim is to The Internal Revenue Service of the US, both simplify the direct tax system as well the Parthasarathi Shome Committee on tax move from being an ‘enforcement’ agency ment has now scrapped the project for instance, is a powerful organisation, as to reduce the interface between tax offi- administration reforms. Some proposals to a ‘service-oriented’ one. This encourag- and cut its losses. used often even to nab criminals, wanted cials and the taxpayer in a bid to weed out were accepted recently, such as the ones re- ing statement may be received with some for other crimes. Notorious gangster Al Ca- corruption from the system. There has been garding pre-filled income tax forms. cynicism by taxpayers who have for de- In the context of the HKH region hav- pone was actually arrested and tried for tax some success in providing a simple tax form Another key suggestion that may prove cades seen the worst face of the income tax evasion rather than for his violent depreda- to encourage taxpayers to file returns them- trickier to implement is to abolish the post regime. If this is carried through effectively, ing critical implications for climate, the tions. selves without relying on experts. One for- of revenue secretary, which, the committee however, it could very well be the beginning The problem that has arisen here, howev- mer finance minister had publicly advised pointed out, is usually occupied by an IAS of the much-needed changes in this sector. IMD had last October initiated steps to er, is that more often than not, the revenue the revenue department to stop random official with little knowledge of the subject. The second is the decision to offer a dis- authorities use their wide-ranging pow- scrutiny of most taxpayers who had duly The proposal is in line with international pute settlement scheme to resolve the 4.83 collaborate with China and Pakistan, ers to badger innocent taxpayers who may paid their taxes and, instead, focus on low practice to separate the areas of revenue lakh tax cases currently pending in various have committed minor errors. Or, in many growth sectors. This did not appear to end policies and revenue collections. For in- courts and tribunals. The Vivad se Vishwas among others, to share data and im- instances, those who have not committed the practice. stance, in the US, there is an office of tax scheme is expected to see closure to dis- prove forecasts. The distressing find- any mistakes at all. It is a badly kept secret The NDA government went a step further policy under the Department of Treasury. It putes involving a few lakh crore of rupees. It that corruption is endemic in the country’s and introduced online payment of taxes makes policy and this is then implemented comes on the heels of a similar scheme for ings of the latest study should spur the revenue administration owing to the licence which has surely helped many of those fil- by the Internal Revenue Service. indirect taxes that yielded positive results given to levy penalty and harass taxpayers. ing returns. At the same time, it has actually In contrast, tax policies and tax collections and considerable inflow of funds earlier countries to fast-track this project that Large businesses have a plethora of law- presided over an era in which the charges of here are carried out by the same agency: the locked up in disputes. yers and chartered accountants to deal with ‘terrorism’ by tax authorities have increased, Central Board of Direct Taxes under the IANS has been planned under the World Me- teorological Organisation. Readers Response and contribution Welcome Indian Horizon 7 OPED Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Why coronavirus is killing more black people By close contact with other people, from the notes, underwrote “the division of labor We know that COVID-19 is killing Afri- ways they travel to the kinds of work they and the allocation of resources, with cor- can Americans at greater rates than any do to the conditions in which they live. respondingly enhanced socioeconomic other group. You can see this most clearly Today’s disparities of health flow direct- life chances for one’s white self and one’s in the American South. ly from yesterday’s disparities of wealth white children.” In Louisiana, blacks account for 70% and opportunity. It’s not that life was particularly good for of the deaths but 33% of the population. That African Americans are overrepre- white workers but that blacks faced addi- In Alabama, they account for 44% of the sented in service-sector jobs reflects a his- tional challenges, from the denial of for- deaths and 26% of the population. tory of racially segmented labor markets mal political rights to social exclusion and South Carolina and Georgia have yet to that kept them at the bottom of the eco- widespread, state-sanctioned violence. release information on death disparities, nomic ladder; that they are less likely to If they lived in cities, blacks were rele- but in both states blacks are more likely to own their own homes reflects a history of gated to the least sanitary neighborhoods be infected than whites. stark housing discrimination, state-sanc- with the most substandard housing; if they The pattern exists in the North as well, tioned and state-sponsored. had a skill or knew a craft, they were ex- where African American populations in And if black Americans are more likely cluded from the guilds and unions that cities like Chicago and Milwaukee have to suffer the comorbidities that make CO- would have given them a path to employ- high infection and death rates. VID-19 more deadly, it’s because those ment; if they possessed a formal educa- Federal officials have tied these dis- ailments are tied to the segregation and tion, they were barred from most middle- parities to individual behavior - the U.S. concentrated poverty that still mark their The Civil War may have destroyed slave was no longer of binding force,” historian class professions. surgeon general, Jerome Adams, who is communities. society, but the central relationship of that Charles H. Wesley wrote in his 1927 book If you look at the full picture of Ameri- African American, urged blacks and other What’s important to understand is that society - race - survived the carnage and “Negro Labor in the United States, 1850- can society, it is clear that the structural communities of color to “avoid alcohol, this racialised inequality isn’t a mistake - it disruption of the conflict to shape the af- 1925.” “Work in the factories was honor- position of black Americans isn’t so differ- tobacco and drugs” as if this was a particu- isn’t a flaw in the system. It reflects some- termath, especially in the absence of a sus- able and it was to be considered the par- ent than it was at the advent of the indus- lar problem for those groups. thing in the character of American capital- tained program to radically restructure the ticular task of white workers.” trial age. Black susceptibility ism itself, a deep logic that produces the social and economic life of the South. Which is to say that, as it developed in Race shapes personhood In truth, black susceptibility to infection same outcomes, again and again. For the most part, before the war, black- the United States, industrial capitalism re- still shapes personhood; it still marks and death in the coronavirus pandemic American capitalism did not emerge ness marked one as a slave. Afterward, tained a caste system that marked whites the boundaries of who belongs and who has everything to do with the racial char- into the world. It grew out of existing so- it marked one as the lowest of laborers, as the dominant social group. This wasn’t doesn’t; of which groups face the brunt of acter of inequality in the United States. cial, political and economic arrangements, relegated to sharecropping and domestic just a matter of prejudice. capitalist inequality (in all its forms) and To use just a few, relevant examples, toppling some and incorporating others as work, excluded from the mounting ranks As it did under slavery, race under in- which get some respite. Race, in other black Americans are more likely to work in it took shape in the second half of the 19th of industrial labor. dustrial capitalism structured one’s rela- words, still answers the question of “who.” service sector jobs, least likely to own a car century. “With the coming of industry and the tionship to both production and person- Who will live in crowded, segregated and least likely to own their homes. White supremacy was one of those ar- factory system, the social code which hood. neighborhoods? They are therefore more likely to be in rangements. made manual labor a degrading factor Whiteness, philosopher Charles W. Mills Gulf News Herd immunity or lockdown: Which works better against coronavirus Gaining immunity teenagers rarely succumb to its serious a smorgasbord of alternative explana- Cafes, restaurants, stores, resort ho- effects. There is even a suggestion that tions ranging from faulty results, virus tels and many schools remain open on people with a certain blood type are mutations to harmless remnants of the the premise that the more people infect- more susceptible than others. disease remaining in the body. ed, the more will gain immunity. Sweden is counting on herd immunity Accursed plague In the meantime, as of Saturday, the that inevitably comes with a heavy price The fact is that until this accursed number of cases in Sweden totalled in terms of fatalities paying off down plague takes its course for a year or more 13,822 as opposed to Denmark and Nor- the road, but could that be a false hope it cannot be fully understood. There are way where cases were in the low 7000s. given that the virus is mutating into dif- ‘experts’ who still believe that it will hi- Swedish officials argue that forcibly ferent strains and, most troubling of all, bernate during the summer months only keeping people confined to their homes the World Health Organisation (WHO) to rear its ugly head in the autumn. will not work in the long term. now says evidence fails to indicate that I would love to know why it has hit As I gaze out of my window at cloud- patients who have recovered have im- hardest some of the world’s wealthiest less blue skies longing to stroll on the munity. advanced nations — the US, Spain, Italy, beach and soak up the sun I can sym- “There are a lot of countries that are France, Germany and the UK — which pathise. But what if the Swedish model suggesting using rapid diagnostic sero- all have mandatory social distancing turns out to be based on false projec- logical tests to be able to capture what policies in place. tions? This particular virus doesn’t run they think will be a measure of immu- In the meantime, the waiting game to form. nity,” but “right now we have no evi- continues and although there is an in- Why is it that so many of those in- dence that the use of serological tests formation overload hitting us from all fected are asymptomatic or experience can show that an individual has immu- directions, in reality we are none the the mildest of symptoms whereas others nity or is protected from re-infection,” wiser. By Linda S. Heard port underscoring a terrifying projection considered to be strong and healthy are warned WHO epidemiologist Dr. Maria The question on everyone’s lips, par- The Swedish government has gone out that leaving the nation opened up would fatally stricken? van Kerkhove during a press conference ticularly the newly unemployed and the on a limb with its implementation of a result in 500,000 deaths. Why is it killing more men than wom- held in Geneva. owners of small businesses accruing strategy known as ‘herd immunity’ to Whereas the vast majority of afflicted en (twice as many in England and Wales Her assessment has merit given that debt, is ‘when can we get our livelihoods beat back the most aggressive pandemic countries, including Sweden’s clos- and in Italy 71 per cent of deaths were more than 141 recovered patients in back on track?’ since the 1918 Spanish flu that killed est Scandinavian neighbours, are using males)? South Korea have re-tested positive All eyes on the US set to begin a phased over 50 million worldwide. social distancing to varying degrees to Devious virus and similar cases have been reported in return to normal in the coming weeks At the outset Britain’s Prime Minister contain the spread of COVID-19 until It is a devious virus known to reach its China. John Power writing in the South despite a surge in new cases to reinvigo- Boris Johnson chose a similar path only either a cure or a vaccine becomes avail- highest level of contagion before symp- China Morning Post suggests this trend rate economic health where outcomes to beat a hasty retreat when Imperial able, life for the Swedish people remains toms manifest and while it targets all “raises doubts about developing a vac- may provide us with a clue. College immunologists published a re- virtually unchanged. who come into contact, children and cine”. 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The views expressed in these columns are the writers’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Indian Horizon or its management.-Editor Indian Horizon 8 international Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Iraq, Lebanon, Syria ease corona restrictions ahead of Ramzan New Zealand set to lower COVID-19 Baghdad, April 20 (IANS) added. Gatherings of more sion comes after the infec- alert level Iraq, Lebanon and Syria than three people remain tion rate has been steady Wellington, April 20 (IANS) New believed there is currently no have decided to ease their prohibited, while restau- and no deaths have been Zealand will move from COVID-19 widespread undetected community coronavirus restrictions rants are not allowed to reported over the past Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 at on transmission, Ardern said they were just days before the Mus- serve diners but rather few days, although overall April 27, Prime Minister Jacinda able to take a balanced approach lims' holy month of Ram- must deliver all food or- Lebanon has reported 672 Ardern said on Monday. The country in transitioning through alert levels zan. Iraq's Higher Commit- ders. cases and 21 deaths. will stay in Alert Level 3 for two weeks and restarting the economy. tee for Health and National All citizens must wear a The Syrian government, before a further review and Alert "The sacrifices made to date have Safety on Sunday decided facemask or some kind of which has reported 38 Level decision on May 11, Xinhua been huge," Ardern said. She said to partially scale back the facial covering when they cases and two deaths, also news agency reported citing Ardern at Level 3, there are about 400,000 24-hour curfew, with it go out in public, the com- reduced its curfew starting as saying at a press conference. more New Zealanders returning now slated to be in effect mittee added. So far, Iraq on Sunday, allowing some "Going hard and early to stamp to work, with key sectors such as from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. be- has reported 1,482 corona- shops - such as barbers - to out the virus, backed by an effort of construction, manufacturing and tween April 21 and May 22, the movement restrictions sundown and then they virus cases and 81 deaths. reopen. This year, Ram- 5 million New Zealanders to break forestry starting up again. Under reports Efe news. during the holy month that usually gather together The Lebanese Interior zan, the ninth month in the chain of transmission, means Alert Level 3, children who can The committee, headed starts next week. to break their fast and so- Ministry slightly shifted the 12-month Islamic cal- together we have helped stop the stay at home should stay at home. by caretaker Prime Minis- During Ramzan, ob- cialize. The restrictions, the hours of its curfew, endar, begins on April 23. uncontrolled explosion of COVID-19 Early learning centers and schools ter Adel Abdul Mahdi, ap- servant Muslims abstain however, will remain fully which will now run from Fasting in Ramzan is one of in New Zealand," Ardern said. will physically be open for up to proved the suggestion by from eating, drinking, and in place on Fridays and 8 p.m. to 5 am rather than the so-called "five pillars" On the recommendation of the year 10 for families that need them, the Health Ministry to ease smoking from sunup to Saturdays, the committee starting at 7 p.m. The deci- - or main tenets - of Islam. director general of health, who according to earlier announced. Downing Street hits back at claims it was 13 killed in Canada shooting rampage evolving situation and a chaotic scene," said Leather. 'too slow' to respond Calling on residents to London, April 20 (IANS) "just watched" as the death remain in their homes with Downing Street has toll mounted in the then- their doors locked, police slammed a newspaper epicentre of the outbreak, secured the area in Portapique report that Prime Minister Wuhan, China. and started searching for the Boris Johnsons government On Sunday, Number gunman in several sites in the was too slow to act on the 10 slammed the piece, area, including structures that coronavirus pandemic as it accusing it of "falsehoods" were on fire. hit the UK, it was reported. and "errors", in a lengthy Police began to chase the Johnson's government was statement posted by the gunman and gunfire was accused of "sleepwalking" Department of Health exchanged between the police into the COVID-19 and Social Care on the and the gunman. A female "disaster", as it was UK government's official response has ensured that defended the actions of police officer was killed and a revealed the prime minister website. A Government the NHS has been given the Prime Minister, who policeman injured. The chase had missed five crucial spokesman said: "This is all the support it needs to is currently recovering ended near a gas station about emergency Cobra meetings an unprecedented global ensure everyone requiring from COVID-19, the Metro 35 km north of Halifax when as the virus tightened its pandemic and we have taken treatment has received newspaper reported. Ottawa, April 20 (IANS) At be more victims who have not the gunman was killed. grip on China and much the right steps at the right it, as well as providing Cabinet Minister Michael least 13 people have been killed been discovered yet and their "The fact that this individual of continental Europe, the time to combat it, guided at protection to businesses and Gove appeared on several in a 12-hour shooting rampage investigation is continuing. had a uniform and a police car Metro newspaper reported. all times by the best scientific reassurance to workers. Sunday morning TV shows in several communities in the The gunman was identified at his disposal certainly speaks An investigation, published advice. "The Prime Minister has and described the article as Canadian province of Nova as Gabriel Wortman, 51. His to it not being a random act," by the Sunday Times, said a "The government has been at the helm of the "off beam". He confirmed Scotia, according to the Royal shooting rampage began late Leather said. Whitehall source claimed the been working day and night response to this, providing that Johnson had failed Canadian Mounted Police Saturday night in Portapique, Leather said some of the government had "missed the to battle against coronavirus, leadership during this hugely to show up to five weeks' (RCMP). At a press conference about 130 km north of Halifax, victims did not appear to know boat on testing and PPE". delivering a strategy designed challenging period for the worth of committee Cobra in Dartmouth of the province the capital city of Nova Scotia. the gunman. In a statement, The article also claimed at all times to protect our whole nation." However, meetings – but insisted this Sunday evening, Nova Scotia Police first responded to Canadian Prime Minister the Johnson administration NHS and save lives. Our Ministers on Sunday wasn't unusual. RCMP Chief Superintendent a firearms complaint at a Justin Trudeau offered his Chris Leather confirmed there residence after receiving condolences. "My heart goes were at least 13 people killed several 911 calls. They rushed out to everyone affected in in several locations across the to the residence, finding what is a terrible situation. I COVID-19: IMF, World Bank urge countries to keep trade open province, including an RCMP "several casualties" inside and want to thank the police for Washington, April 20 are most needed. chains would work as best officer, Xinhua reported. outside of the home. their hard work and people for (IANS) The International "Countries with limited as they can to maximize Leather said that there may "This was a very quickly cooperating with authorities." Monetary Fund (IMF) and health care capacity global production and the World Bank Group (WBG) and resources will need supply, which makes global have called on countries international aid to collaboration "essential". Trump, Duterte discuss cooperation in COVID-19 response to keep trade open as the prepare for and weather "Today more than ever, world battles the COVID-19 the pandemic," Kang said. the global economy would Manila, April 20 (IANS) US cases to contain the disease. pandemic, warning that "The health emergency benefit from a more open, President Donald Trump and The relationship between export controls on medical is a powerful reminder stable, and transparent, his Philippine counterpart Trump and Duterte has been supplies and other essentials future where we reverse of the need for policy rules-based international Rodrigo Duterte discussed tense after the US Senate could backfire. all the gains that we've got coordination and solidarity trade system," Zhang said. possible bilateral cooperation passed a law in January that At a virtual press from globalization," said in an interconnected world," World Bank President in response to the COVID-19 imposed sanctions for Filipino conference during the just- Gopinath, in response to a he said. The IMF official David Malpass, meanwhile, pandemic in a phone call, at a officials implicated in human concluded spring meetings question from Xinhua. said that countries should said at a virtual press time of tense relations between rights violations in the drug of the two multilateral Echoing her remarks, cooperate to reduce tariff conference on Friday that the two countries. war and in the "illegal deten- institutions, IMF Chief Kenneth Kang, deputy and non-tariff barriers that big countries need to step The call, on Sunday night, VID-19 cases in the world, tion" of opposition senator Economist Gita Gopinath director of the Asia and impede cross-border trade forward and pledge not to was confirmed to the local 759,467 and 40,677 deaths; Leila de Lima. said that this is not a time to Pacific Department at the and investment and to use the crisis as a reason to media on Monday by Senator while the Philippines is the Duterte responded in retali- restrict the trade of medical IMF, told Xinhua in a recent strengthen global supply close or block the markets. Bong Go, Duterte's former spe- country in Southeast Asia with ation by suspending the troop supplies and essential written interview that chains as the recovery "We should allow markets cial adviser, who did not give the highest number of infec- visit agreement, key to close equipment around the countries should avoid trade takes hold. Zhang Tao, to function, markets to clear any other details of the conver- tions, 6,259 and 409 deaths. military cooperation between world, Xinhua reported. restrictions on medical and deputy managing director and the supplies to go to sation, reports Efe new. The Philippines began mas- the two countries, and formally "It is very important that health products to ensure of the IMF, told Xinhua those most in need," said The US is the country with sive tests last week to isolate rejected Trump's invitation for this does not become a that they go to where they that he hoped these supply Malpass, adding that China. the highest number of CO- positive, even asymptomatic, an official visit to Washington. Pak govt calls for 'smart lockdown' Bolsonaro ignores social distancing, Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) As sector established Grand National made to stop the transmission of the number of coronavirus cases Health Alliance (GNHA) to help the disease from abroad. participates in protests in Pakistan increased to 8,425 on protect the healthcare providers However, he said, 63 per cent of Monday with 176 deaths, the feder- who are on the frontline. the cases were reported through Brasilia, April 20 (IANS) country with 46 million al government suggested provinces The alliance sent a letter to the local transmission. For this, he Brazilian President Jair inhabitants, which to enforce lockdown in only those Chief Justice of Pakistan, alleging added, testing capacity would have Bolsonaro has once again accounts for almost half localities from where new cases that Special Assistant to the Prime to be increased and the relevant ignored social distancing of the 2,462 reported were being reported. Minister on Health Zafar Mirza and authorities should opt for ‘smart measures amid the coronavirus deaths, The government also decided to Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen lockdown'. coronavirus pandemic and recommended open the Torkham and Chaman Rashid had deceived the nation "We need to go for smart lock- and took part in several quarantines for only at- borders twice a week to facilitate and the top court by making false down and let the other areas of the demonstrations staged risk populations. return of around 800 stranded Pak- statements regarding the coronavi- country remain open. Only those by his supporters. Currently, there are istanis from Afghanistan, besides rus situation in the country. areas should be sealed from where In an address to his 38,654 COVID-19 cases mulling over options to allow some Discussing the measures being cases are reported and other areas supporters from atop a in the country. international airlines to bring back taken to stop the spread of virus, should remain opend. pickup truck on Sunday, In Sao Paulo, the Pakistanis from various coun- Special Assistant to the Prime Min- "We have opened some indus- Bolsonaro once again Bolsonaro's supporters tries, reports Dawn news. ister on National Security Moeed tries but they also need to ensure spoke about the fight organized at least two In another significant develop- Yusuf told a news conference on social distancing among their em- against "old politics" motorcades, from ment, six stakeholders in the health Sunday that efforts were being ployees," he added. and the "patriotic" spirit Planalto palace, when Deputies, Rodrigo Maia Ibirapuera Park and of the Brazilians, reports he lowered the ramp and -, and even alluded to some upper-class Efe news. waved to his supporters "AI-5", the authoritarian neighbourhoods to the In capital Brasilia, and, far from taking decree issued by the central Avenida Paulista, Key Saudi Islamic body recommends home prayers during Ramzan Bolsonaro addressed action to disperse the military dictatorship where hundreds of hundreds of supporters gathering, encouraged it. (1964-1985). demonstrators protested Riyadh, April 20 (IANS) Saudi cause of the spread of infection, importance of preserving life in who, after taking part The right-wing leader, "Now it is the people in against the governor, Arabias top Islamic authority has according to relevant medical Islam. in a motorcade against who has already tested power... We don't want Joao Doria, a former ally called on all Muslims around the reports," said the Saudi Senior During Ramzan, observant quarantine and social negative for COVID-19 to negotiate anything," of the president. world to perform prayers at home Scholars' Council, according to Muslims abstain from eating, distancing measures, after a trip to the US last said the President, who In addition to these during the Muslim holy month state-run Saudi news agency SPA. drinking, and smoking from dawn gathered outside the month, had repeated has repeatedly ignored two motorcades in of Ramzan in accordance with Among the significant features to dusk. Army Headquarters coughing fits on Sunday, health recommendations Brazil's largest city health guidelines to fend off the of Ramzan is a special nightly Saudi Arabia, the birthplace to call for a military without being mindful issued to contain the and those in Brasilia, spread of the novel coronavirus. prayer called "taraweeh" usually of Islam, has suspended intervention by the leader of those accompanying pandemic and even demonstrations in The lunar fasting month, set performed congregationally at congregational prayers in against the legislature him, including advisers, gone as far as to call support of the federal to begin next week, is marked by mosques. mosques and temporarily halted and judiciary. lawmakers and coronavirus "a little cold" government and against intense worshipping, but most The council added that Muslims pilgrimage to holy Islamic sites Bolsonaro did not bodyguards. or a "little flu" at the start local authorities were Muslim countries have closed should perform communal as part of restrictive measures wear a mask or gloves His supporters carried of the outbreak. also staged in some mosques and banned mass prayers, including taraweeh, against the outbreak of the although he avoided posters and shouted Subsequently, the interior cities in Sao prayers to contain the respiratory at home if authorities in their pandemic. The kingdom has so direct physical contact slogans such as "Military head of state also Paulo state and other illness, reports Efe news. respective countries advise it. far reported 8,274 COVID-19 as he had done during Intervention with criticized the mandatory regional capitals such as "Muslims must avoid The council continued to confirmed cases, the highest another demonstration Bolsonaro", "Out, Maia" - lockdown imposed by Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, gatherings, given that the advise against group meals among the Arab countries, with a by his supporters in referring to the president states such as Sao Paulo, Recife, Natal and Porto gathering is considered the main during Ramzan and stressed the death toll standing at 92. front of the presidential of the Chamber of the most populous in the Alegre. Indian Horizon Tuesday, April 21, 2020 business 9

No summer vacation for CESTAT due China slams India's new FDI norms, says change violates WTO rules to Covid-19 disruptions New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) the general trend of liberaliza- investments of India's other New Delhi, April 20 normally go for short sum- Just days after the Centre tion and facilitation of trade border-sharing countries. (IANS) The Government mer vacations at different amended the Foreign Direct and investment. More impor- Outlining the significance has cancelled the summer dates. Investment (FDI) policy to tantly, they do not conform to of Chinese investments, the vacation of ll benches of "The Hon'ble President check opportunistic takeovers the consensus of G20 leaders spokesperson said: "Chinese Customs, Excise and Ser- has, therefore decided that of Indian companies amid the and trade ministers to realize a investment has driven the de- vice Tax Appellate Tribu- there will be no summer va- Covid-19 pandemic, China on free, fair, non-discriminatory, velopment of India's indus- nal (CESTAT) to get addi- cation for the year 2020. Ac- Monday criticised the move transparent, predictable and tries, such as mobile phone, tional days to function post cordingly, the Summer va- and said that it violates the stable trade and investment household electrical applianc- lockdown. Consequent cations declared for all the World Trade Organizations environment, and to keep our es, infrastructure and automo- to Covid-19 outbreak and benches stand cancelled," a principle of non-discrimina- markets open," she said. bile, creating a large number of nationwide lockdown de- CESTAT office order issued tion. In a statement, Chinese "We hope India would revise jobs in India, and promoting clared by the government, on Monday said. Embassy spokesperson in In- relevant discriminatory prac- mutual beneficial and win-win there has been no sitting of The ministry of finance dia, Ji Rong, said that the In- tices, treat investments from cooperation. Chinese enter- the benches of the principal through ordinance has al- dian government's decision to different countries equally, prises actively made donations bench and ll of the regional ready extended the time tweak FDI norms goes against and foster an open, fair and to help India fight COVID-19 benches of the tribunal limit for any compliances the trend of liberalization and from countries sharing land environment to speed up the equitable business environ- epidemic." from March 16, 2020. under indirect tax legisla- facilitation of trade and divest- border with India, including resumption of companies' pro- ment," Ji Rong added. In a tweet, the spokesperson The cases that have piled tion and other allied laws ment. China, to invest in the country. duction and operation. Outlining Chinese invest- said: "#Chinese investment up during the lockdown or until June 30, 2020, where She noted that the Depart- The spokesperson said that "The additional barriers set ments in India, the statement supports #India's industry de- where orders are reserved such time limit was expir- ment for Promotion of Indus- facing the economic downturn by Indian side for investors said that as of December 2019, velopment, creats jobs & pro- or sittings were due, will ing between March 20 to try and Internal Trade's (DPI- caused by COVID-19, coun- from specific countries vio- China's cumulative invest- motes win-win cooperation. now take place during the June 29, 2020. So anything IT) revised FDI policy, making tries should work together to late WTO's principle of non- ment in India has exceeded $8 Our companies actively helped months of May and June where CESTAT had to hear it much difficult for companies create a favorable investment discrimination, and go against billion, far more than the total India fight #COVID19. when CESTAT benches or adjudicate.

ED attaches properties worth Rs 175 11 industrial units to begin operations in UP from today Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) "In case, there is a suspected cr in bank fraud case Eleven industries will restart case of COVID-19 within the New Delhi, April 20 Rs 9.40 crore. received back by him by operations in Uttar Pradesh premises, he or she will have to (IANS) The Enforcement He said these properties round tripping through from Monday, subject to condi- be reported to the district ad- Directorate (ED) on Mon- were traced after analysing his shell companies," the tions. ministration," the chief secre- day said that it has at- the layered transactions official said. The ED of- These include steel, refiner- tary said. tached 124 immovable during the investigation. ficial claimed that funds ies, cement, chemicals, fertil- Under the rules, no passes properties valued at Rs The ED registered a released by the bank were izers, garments (excluding ap- will be required by workers and 175.29 crore of Prakash case of money laundering used for "personal pur- parel), foundries, paper, tyre, officials if they are living within Vanijya Pvt Ltd and oth- against Prakash Vanijya pose" and for "settling" common effluent treatment the premises of the factory with ers for defrauding Central Pvt Ltd, its Director Man- other liabilities through plants and sugar mills. How- the objective of working there. Bank of India to the tune of noj Kumar Jain and other kite-flying operations. ever, only the manufacturing In fact, owners are being nearly Rs 235 crore. on the basis of a charge "It was also revealed that and industrial units will be per- encouraged to make arrange- An ED official said that sheet filed by the CBI for after availing of credit fa- mitted to function and not their ments for workers to stay within the financial probe agency alleedly defrauding Cen- cilities from the bank, the headquarters or administrative the premises itself. However, if attached the properties tral Bank of India of Rs accused started acquiring offices. number of staff and in no case, staff reports for duty, the owner that is not possible, the workers under the Prevention of 234.57 crore. immovable properties. The Chief Secretary R.K. Tiwari can there be more than 50 per or manager will have to carry will be issued passes to travel Money Laundering Act, The official said that in- purchase price of these has issued a detailed advisory cent of the total staff. The per- out a random test of a mini- between their residence and 2002 (PMLA), including vestigation revealed that properties were highly un- for these industries, asking mission to operate is being mum of five and a maximum place of work. landed properties and the letter of credit (LC) dervalued and the balance them to take adequate precau- granted only to the units and of 10 workers. All workers will The factory owners have also business establishments facility got sanctioned by amount paid in cash," the tions to ensure that their staff not to their administrative offic- need to be screened thermally been asked to ensure that work- in the name of the said Jain was misused. These ED official said, adding this is kept safe. In case an indus- es. The permission will also not while infrared thermometers ers are picked up and brought firm and other associate LCs were issued by using cash was illegally gener- try or unit fails to adhere to the be applicable to units located should also be available on site. to the factory while following companies. fictitious and shell compa- ated out of the money de- government's rules as may be within hotpots." Social distancing has to be prac- strict social distancing norms. "Among these, 10 prop- nies and without any ac- frauded from the bank. updated from time to time, its During the preparation for ticed strictly. No vehicle can be filled to erties are in West Bengal's tual business or trade. He claimed that some license to operate can be can- commencement of operations, The chief secretary said that more than 50 per cent of its ca- Kolkata, worth Rs 67.19 "The LCs so opened of these properties were celled. owners will have to ensure that the implementation of the rules pacity. The government has of- crore, three in Jalpaiguri were discounted by Jain then offered as collateral According to the directions, there are sufficient masks, sani- will be ensured by the district fered the use of UPSRTC buses wirth Rs 98.70 crore and through fictitious benefi- securities to the bank for "In the first phase, the units tizers, soap and water available administration and health de- to industrialists at a cost to bring 111 in Chhattisgarh worth ciary companies and funds enhancing the credit limit. should work with a minimum for the entire staff. Once the partment. their staff to the work place. Amid volatility, equities end flat, WTI crude plunges Odisha okays six projects worth Rs Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) The emerge on a move beyond the Indian stock market closed on 9,230-9,390 trading range." 9,100.29 cr a flat note on Monday amid a Global crude oil prices also Bhubaneswar, April 20 largely volatile trade. slumped on Monday, with the (IANS) The Odisha govern- The indices pared their ini- West Texas intermediate (WTI) ment here on Monday ap- tial gains tracking weakness in crude in US trading just above proved six investment pro- the global markets and selling the $10 per barrel mark. posals worth Rs 9,100.29 pressure on metal, FMCG and Currently, the May contract crore. The 22nd High auto indices. of WTI crude on the NYMEX Level Clearance Author- The BSE Sensex closed at is trading at $10.78 per barrel, ity (HLCA) meeting, held 31,648, higher by 59.28 points lower by 41 per cent from its under the chairmanship or 0.19 per cent from its previ- previous close. of Chief Minister Naveen ous close of 31,588.72. The fall in oil prices comes Patnaik, cleared two in- It had opened at 32,056.19 on the back of weak demand vestment proposals worth and touched an intra-day amid the coronavirus crisis Rs 8,850.19 crore with an proposal of Dhunseri Ven- It proposed to invest Rs high of 32,056.47 and a low of along with narrowing of stor- employment potential of tures for setting up Maleic 7,836.90 crore, said the 31,490.26 points. rate earnings, post easing of tinues to be the focus of the age of the increasing supplies. 5,250, said a statement. Anhydride manufacturing statement. The Nifty50 on the Nation- lockdown measures, and effec- market as the fresh number of Brent crude was at $26.53 per This was preceded by unit with annual capacity The SLSWCA approved al Stock Exchange closed at tiveness of RBI measures to in- cases continue to rise in the barrel, lower by 5.52 per cent the 91st State Level Single of 60,000 million tonnes four projects. In the foot- 9,261.85, lower by 4.90 points fuse liquidity into the financial country which will hit growth from the previous close. Window Clearance Au- at Paradeep in the Jagats- wear sector, the proposal or 0.05 per cent from its previ- system, he said, adding that in the coming months," Shar- Ravindra Rao, VP, Head of thority (SLSWCA) meeting, inghpur district with Rs of Niren Kumar Anand, for ous close. rate of spread of virus infec- ma said. Commodity Research at Kotak chaired by Chief Secre- 1,013.29 crore investment. setting up a one million Vinod Nair, Head of Re- tions and stock specific earn- Deepak Jasani , Head of Re- Securities, said: "The sell-off in tary Asit Kumar Tripathy, The proposal of Rungta pieces manufacturing unit search at Geojit Financial Ser- ings guidance will be in focus. tail Research at HDFC Securi- near month contract (on the which approved four more Mines for expansion of In- with Rs 62.44 crore invest- vices, said: "Uncertainty ruled According to Rahul Sharma, ties, noted that major Asian NYMEX) is largely because of investment proposals tegrated Steel Plant proj- ment got the approval. the markets and lack of direc- Research Head at Equity99 for markets closed on a negative position squaring ahead of ex- worth Rs 251.09 crore. ect from 0.9 million tonnes It also cleared the pro- tion from earnings results or the next few days, the market is note and European indices like piry. There are huge stocks in These proposals are per annum to 2.85 MTPA, posal of Kashvi Interna- the global markets meant that likely to trade in a narrow range the FTSE and CAC have ended US storage and this has pres- likely to generate 1,275 with captive power plant tional to set up an 1.2 the Indian benchmark indices with stock specific action. lower. surized near month prices." jobs. It also includes an of 385 MW and 1.69 MTPA MTPA iron ore benefi- ended flat after a volatile trad- "However, overall senti- On the technical front, he The current market is over- investment from a Chinese cement plant (in two phas- ciation plant along the 0.6 ing day." ments will be driven by cor- said: "Nifty seems to be con- supplied on shrinking demand, sports shoe manufacturing es) at Jharbandh in the MTPA iron ore pelletisa- Sentiments were mixed re- porate earnings in the coming solidating in a range. Further creating a situation of free fall company. Dhenkanal district also got tion plant with an invest- garding the recovery in corpo- days. Of course, Covid-19 con- directional cues are likely to for crude. The HLCA approved the HLCA nod. ment of Rs 55.23 crore. Covid-19 shadow on 15th Finance 'Covid-19 claims are at 2.5 times average health insurance' Stocks trim early gains tracking Chennai, April 20 (IANS) policies. Meanwhile the In- the hospital within two hours weakness in Asian market panel's advisory council meet The Covid-19 claim amount dian insurance sector regu- from the time of receipt of fi- New Delhi, April 20 pandemic for GDP growth is nearly 2.5 times of the aver- lator has directed non-life/ nal bill and last necessary re- (IANS) A virtual meeting in 2020-21 and 2021-22 age claims amount paid, said health insurers to decide on quirement from the hospital of the Economic Advisory and uncertainty about a top official of a standalone the claims for treatment of either to the insurer or to the Council of the Fifteenth macro variables over health insurer. He said the Covid-19 within two hours in TPA whichever is earlier. Finance Commission has time. company is bracing up for in- the case of cashless mode. In the case of reimburse- been convened later this It will also discuss pos- creased claims for Covid-19. In a circular issued the in- ment claims - where a poli- week to take stock of the sible assumptions for tax "The Covid-19 claim dustry players the Insurance cyholder pay the hospital up- emerging economic situ- buoyancy and revenue in amount is nearly 2.5 times Regulatory and Develop- front and claims the amount ation in wake of Covid-19 the current year and next that of the average health in- ment Authority of India (IR- with the insurer- the claim Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Indian eq- outbreak and its implica- year and look for answers surance claim," S. Prakash, DAI) has directed the gener- will be settled only after the uity indices pared initial gains to trade tions on tax buoyancy. on what should be the Managing Director, Star al insurers to communicate original papers are submitted on a flat note, tracking weakness in the The online meeting of public expenditure fillip Health and Allied Insurance their decision for cashless to the insurer or the TPA. Asian markets. Selling pressure in ener- the council has been con- to shore up the economy. Company Ltd told IANS. treatment to hospitals with- "We have asked our poli- gy, FMCG and telecom stocks weighed vened on April 23-24 and activity in the country. The meeting will also He said Star Health has re- in two hours from the time cyholders to electronically on the market. At 10.18 a.m., Sensex was will be presided by 15th For the council, study of be attended by the five ceived a total of 201 claims of receipt of authorisation send the claim papers for trading at 31,632.29, higher by 43.57 or Finance Commission the impact of Covid-19 members of the council (Covid-19 confirmed claims request and last necessary processing. Once the original 0.14 per cent from its previous close of Chairman, N.K. Singh and outbreak on economy is including Krishnamurthy 44, Covid-19 suspected requirement from the hos- papers are received the claim 31,588.72. attended by all the mem- of utmost important es- Subramanian, Sajjid Z. claims 157). "The amount pital either to the insurer or amount will be disbursed," During the first hour of trade it surged bers and senior officials of pecially as it would also Chinoy, Prachi Mishra, claimed will be about Rs 2.9 to the third party adminis- Prakash said. over 460 points to touch an intra-day the Finance Commission. have its repercussions on Neelkanth Mishra and crore. The final pay out may trator (TPA)-the claims pro- The insurers insist on origi- high of 32,056.47. It had opened at The virus outbreak and tax buoyancy and resul- Omkar Goswami on April vary -- it may go up or down," cessing agency- whichever nal papers to prevent a poli- 32,056.19 and has touched an intra-day consequent lockdown tant distribution of rev- 23. The meeting with the Prakash said. is earlier. cyholder who is having an low of 31,540.06 points. The Nifty50 on throughout the country enue among states. remaining Members of According to him, the cor- The IRDAI also said the insurance policy from a dif- the National Stock Exchange was trad- has wide-ranging impli- The meeting will dis- the Council will be held porates have been renewing decision on final discharge ferent company from making ing at 9,289.15, higher by 22.40 points or cations on the economic cuss Implications of the on the next day, April 24,. their group health insurance shall be communicated to another claim. 0.24 per cent. Indian Horizon Tuesday, April 21, 2020 business 10 US oil price falls 37%, WTI just above $11/bbl on supply glut CII hails Telangana's move to defer New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) pandemic continuing, there ble and analysts expect that fixed electricity charges Slump in the crude oil prices has been a large slip in de- low oil price for few more Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) "Industrial units, espe- in the US continued with mand that is not letting a months will result in a spate The Confederation of Indian cially MSMEs, are reeling the West Texas intermedi- pick up in oil prices. of bankruptcies in US. Industry's (CII) Telangana under a huge financial bur- ate (WTI) crude trading just The current market is With world demand now chapter on Monday welcomed den due to the lockdown. above the $11 per barrel oversupplied on shrinking forecast to plunge by over 20 the decision of the state gov- Substantive support mea- mark. Currently, the May demand, creating a situation million barrels per day, a 30 ernment to defer fixed elec- sures like this from the contract of WTI crude on the of free fall for crude. per cent drop from last year, tricity charges for the industry government are required to NYMEX is trading at $11.38 Soon after the OPEC-Rus- analysts say massive pro- till the end of May. mitigate the impact of the per barrel, lower by 37.71 sia talks on production cut duction cuts will be needed Chief Minister K. Chan- lockdown from industry," per cent from its previous failed earlier last month, beyond just what has been drashekhar Rao had an- he said. close. crude had fallen by more agreed between the Organi- nounced that the state cabinet Krishna called for striking The fall in oil prices comes than 25 per cent, the largest zation of the Petroleum Ex- decided to defer fixed elec- a balance between the im- on the back of weak demand fall since the 1991 Gulf War, porting Countries (OPEC), tricity charges for industry in peratives of preserving the amid the coronavirus cri- to $34 per barrel on March 9. Russia and other producers. view of the crisis due to coro- importance of health, econ- sis along with narrowing Kotak Securities, said: "The The decline comes despite The price of oil has now Global markets have been navirus induced lockdown. omy and society. He said CII of storage of the increasing sell-off in near month con- the recent output cut agree- reached a point that it is on a bear run including the He said the industrial units had submitted recommen- supplies. tract (on the NYMEX) is ment between the Organiza- increasingly becoming diffi- financial markets for the would have to pay only for the dations to the government Brent crude was at $26.39, largely because of position tion of Petroleum Exporting cult for higher cost produc- past few weeks owing to the electricity they consume. on the support required by lower by 6.02 per cent from squaring ahead of expiry Countries (OPEC) and its al- ers to remain in operation concerns of a significant im- Krishna Bodanapu, Chair- industry to restart opera- the previous close. .There are huge stocks in US lies. There were hopes that and rather look at declaring pairing of the world econo- man, CII Telangana State tions post lockdown. "We Ravindra Rao, VP, Head storage and this has pressur- agreement would stabilise bankruptcy. A lot of US shale my due to the coronavirus Council , said that the deci- are hopeful industry growth of Commodity Research at ized near month prices." oil prices, but with Covid-19 producers are in deep trou- crisis. sion is a welcome step. will begin slowly," he said. Stock market to bottom only after corona OYO undertakes initiatives to support asset vaccine or cure: Nilesh Shah owners in India leisure, travel companies will New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) the disbursals under these be the most affected, he add- Hospitality major OYO on renovation and up-gradation ed. The gainers will include Monday said that it has tak- advances have crossed Rs 160 food processing, pharma, en a number of measures to crore. The company's part- healthcare, sanitation, disin- support asset owners across nership with these institu- fectant, e-commerce, online, the country. tions helps fast track the loan FMCG companies. In a statement, the com- process while reducing pro- In the coronavirus crisis, the pany said that it is lessening cessing time as well as docu- biggest benefit to India is the the burden of payments due mentation delays, it said. $30 fall in crude oil prices as and accrued, multiple charg- Starting April, OYO has India is the third largest im- es have been waived for the also launched a retention porter. Another benefit, that month of March onwards, in- linked discount for certain New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) to recover. accrues for India is that the cluding value-added service sections of its asset owners. The stock market will bottom He said that many pharma trade deficit with China has charges, 'Wizard' member- benefits and real-time vis- this tough time," said the The discounts range from 50 only when a medical break- companies are working for a improved by $ 10-12 billion. ship accruals among others. ibility of their earnings, were statement. per cent on base fees for April through in a vaccine or cure breakthrough with Johnson & Shah said India will also "Under these initiatives, a offered support in terms of OYO has also partnered and May and an extended comes for the novel Coronavi- Johnson and other companies benefit from the supply chain total of Rs 24 crore discounts reduced joining amounts as with multiple lending insti- discount of 20-25 per cent rus, according to Nilesh Shah, already in human trial phase. diversification effect. Compa- has already been offered to well as a complimentary 30 tutions in India ranging from across June-December. Managing Director, Kotak As- Shah added that pharma nies are looking to move out over 3,000 OYO partners and per cent top-up from OYO for NBFCs, private sector banks, Sharad Saxena, Chief Sup- set Management Company. stocks have not peaked yet of China, India and Vietnam continues to impact several every recharge to the asset and new-age fintech compa- ply Officer, Franchise Busi- Shah, who is also a mem- and several countries will will be contenders for this. The others," it said. owner's OYO Secure wallet. nies to identify and facilitate ness, OYO India & South Asia ber of the Prime Minister's work to improve their health government is already compa- Further, the company said "Partners whose financials adequate financing for hotel said: "Through these fiscal Economic Advisory Council infrastructure and people will nies to move their plants to In- that thousands of partners are most affected by Co- transformation, upgrada- relief and support measures (PMEAC), said in a talk that adopt a healthier lifestyle. dia. Real estate, both commer- who wanted to become a part vid-19 have been given steep tion, capital expenditure as well as OYO Sambandh, the market to bottom will wait Companies across sectors cial as well as residential will of OYO Secure, a financial take rate discounts up to al- and working capital require- we are maintaining a con- for a cure, but when it bottoms that have leverage will suffer be impacted by low demand, product similar to an online most 100 per centA waivers ments. stant line of communication out it will not wait for anyone the most and hotel, tourism, bigger names. wallet for simplified deal to support them throughout Over the past few months, with our partners.

Sitharaman to discuss states' financial issues Alibaba Cloud to invest $28 billion to boost RBI's first MPC meet for FY 2020-21 in June with FMs Cloud infrastructure Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) The Reserve ed. "Today (Monday) we Beijing, April 20 (IANS) steers us to put more focus mote Direct Memory Access) Bank of India's rate-setting panel will are extending a one-time Alibaba Cloud, the data in- on the digital economy," said high-speed network, Super meet in June instead of April to assess the ex gratia of Rs 2,000 to telligence backbone of Ali- Jeff Zhang, President of Ali- Computing Cluster and lead- macro-economic situation. Accordingly, 86,000 of the 4.25 lakh baba Group, on Monday an- baba Cloud Intelligence. ing network devices such as the first MPC meet of FY 2020-21 will take people. Another instal- nounced to invest additional "By increasing our invest- VSwitch. place from June 3-5. ment would also be con- approximately $28 billion ment on cloud infrastructure Alibaba Cloud has data The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee sidered during the lock- (RMB 200 billion) in the next and fundamental technolo- centres in 63 availability (MPC) determines the policy interest rate down," he said. three years on its cloud infra- gies, we hope to continue zones, two of which are in In- required to maintain growth and contain Guwahati, April 20 Sarma said. Sitharaman He said over 68,000 structure, focusing on tech- providing world-class, trust- dia, across 21 regions serving inflation in a set range. (IANS) Union Finance assured all possible help Assamese were stuck nologies including operating ed computing resources to millions of customers across Traditionally, RBI used to hold the first Minister Nirmala Sith- from the Centre to states in Karnataka, 36,000 in system, servers, chips and help businesses speed up the the globe. It has more than 70 MPC meet of any financial year during araman would soon dis- in this time of crisis, he Tamil Nadu, 34,000 in network. recovery process, and offer security and compliance ac- April of that year. cuss the states' financial added. Kerala, 21,000 in Maha- The company said in a cloud-based intelligent solu- creditations worldwide. However, the MPC meet has been post- affairs with their Finance Sarma was addressing rashtra and the rest in statement that it is commit- tions to support their digital In December last year, poned this year due to the extraordinary Ministers through video the media after launch- other states. ted to offering enhanced transformation in the post- Alibaba Cloud announced circumstances created by the Covid-19 link, Assam's Finance ing "Assam Cares" app to "Through the process Cloud services to its clients pandemic world," Zhang a distribution partnership outbreak. The apex bank is required to and Health Minister Hi- provide financial aid to of providing financial aid, across the globe, aiming to added. with ZNet Technologies Pri- organise at least four MPC meetings in a manta Biswa Sarma said thousands of Assamese the government will be help businesses in different Over the past decade, Ali- vate Limited, India's lead- year. In March, the MPC in an unsched- here on Monday. stranded in various states able to create database sectors to speed up their digi- baba Cloud has developed ing cloud distributor offer- uled meet reduced the repo rate, the key "The Finance Minis- due to lockdown. of the stranded people. tal transformation after the its proprietary technologies ing cloud infrastructure and interest rate at which the RBI lends short ter told me on Sunday He said through It will help the state lo- pandemic. across the board including managed services. term funds to commercial banks, by 75 morning that she would phones and online plat- cate them on return to "The Covid-19 pandemic the Apsara Distributed Op- ZNet is owned by RP tech basis points to 4.40 per cent from 5.15 per discuss the financial af- forms, over 4.25 lakh As- the state after the end of has posed additional stress erating System, AI-inference India (a division of Rashi Pe- cent. Consequently, the reverse repo rate fairs of states with their samese stranded in other lockdown," the Assam on the overall economy chip Hanguang 800, X-drag- ripherals Pvt Ltd) which has was also reduced by 90 basis points to 4 Finance Ministers soon," states had been contact- Minister said. across sectors, but it also on Architecture, RDMA (Re- 50 branches and 50 service. per cent. 'Hospitality sector needs to survive now, No decision on resuming flights yet, revival will come later' airlines asked not to book tickets New Delhi, April 20 other expenses and levies the hotel sector and sev- New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The hospital- would further accentuate eral in other hotel related (IANS) The Centre on Sun- ity and tourism sector the pain. support sectors," the let- day said that there has has been among the the Kachru stressed that ter said. been no decision so far on worst-hit industries due the industry is not seek- In the letter, the indus- the resumption of both do- to the disruption and ing a waiver of any liabili- try body has outlined the mestic and international standstill caused by the ties or dues, it just wants impact of the coronavi- flights post the lockdown. coronavirus pandemic. them to be deferred till rus crisis and the pos- Besides, civil aviation The Hotel Association of the time the cash flow in sible aftermath and has regulator Directorate India (HAI), a top indus- the industry improves. sought relief for the sec- General of Civil Aviation try body, is of the view With an economic val- tor, including the defer- (DGCA) has also asked that it is a matter of sur- uation of $247 billion, the ment of all statutory lia- all arlines to refrain from vival now for hotels, rath- Indian hospitality seg- bilities including EMIs to booking tickets. er than revival. ment accounts for 9.2 per a minimum of 12 months The development comes lines to book tickets for Government." Speaking to IANS, HAI cent of the overall GDP. at the central, state and after speculation rose on flights starting from May 4, Saturday's clarification Vice President K.B. Kach- 3.5-4 crore employees couldn't have been a In a letter to Prime municipal levels. the prospect that flight the DGCA directed airlines had come after the na- ru said that it has sought and the revenue decline worse situation for the Minister Narendra Modi, It has also urged the suspension might last lon- not to book tickets post for tional passenger carrier Air support from the govern- in the financial year 2021 section as its income HAI has said that the sec- government to subsidise ger than May 3. In a tweet, the post lockdown period. India opened bookings for ment, such as deferment would be around Rs 5 currently is "basically at tor is globally considered employment for three Civil Aviation Minister, On Saturday, Puri had domestic flights which will of statutory liabilities in- lakh crore. zero". In a presentation, as a major contributor to months by government Hardeep Singh Puri said: clarified that Centre has be operated from May 4. cluding EMIs for around He said that as the in- the apex hotel industry GDP, foreign exchange contribution per em- "No decision has been not yet decided on any def- Last week, the DGCA 12 months, stressing that come for the sector is al- body has said that there earnings, creation of ployee of 50 per cent of taken so far to commence inite date for commencing said that all domestic and these measures are re- most nil, the government is limited scope for in- jobs as well as the biggest the salary. operations of domestic & domestic or international international flights will quired for the sustenance should defer all liabili- flow of foreign tourists multiplicator of jobs. HAI has also suggested International flights post flight operations. remain suspended dur- of the industry. ties, and suspend lease, even after the pandemic "In India especially, that lease, license, rent- the Lockdown. All Airlines In a tweet, the minister ing the period after Prime "There is one issue rental and property taxes sudsides and corporate hotel industry is a key als and excise fees as have been directed by @ had said: "The Ministry of Minister Narendra Modi's with all of us... and we for 12 months. travel would also be de- driver of jobs especially well as property taxes to DGCAIndia to refrain from Civil Aviation clarifies that announcement of the ex- want to survive, before About the gravity of the layed due to the travel through 90 per cent of besuspended effective booking tickets." so far no decision has been tension of the nationwide we can think of reviving financial situation in the bans, which will contin- its inventory which is in March 11 till the end of He also said that the taken to open domestic or lockdown till May 3, ourselves," he said. sector, he said: "We were ue to hurt the sector. economy,budget or mid- COVID-19 period and airlines will be given suf- international operations." The DGCA had earlier Foreseeing a grim pic- the first to be affected Along with these, high market hotels. In the cur- has sought permission to ficient notice and time for "Airlines are advised to stopped operations of pas- ture for the sector, Ka- and probably will be the fixed costs including li- rent scenario, almost 70 enable the sector players restarting operations. open their bookings only senger flights on all do- chru said that the sector last to come out of this." cense fees, lease, rent- per cent of the jobs are to use the GST collected Noting that it had not after a decision in this re- mestic routes from March is staring at a job loss of Kachru said that there als, employee salary and in danger directly within as working capital. given any direction to air- gard has been taken by the 25 to March 31. Indian Horizon 11 SPORTS Tuesday, April 21, 2020 On this day, last year: MI batsman de Kock’s hits a breezy 65

Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) scored a sublime 47-ball 65 at steam after de Kock’s 34-ball There is no Indian Premier the Sawai Mansingh Stadium half-century. They eventually League (IPL) happening so far, in Jaipur,” MI said in a tweet. managed 161/5 which was not but the lack of action has not The eventual winners of the enough in the end. made franchises miss out on 2019 season lost that match Chennai Super Kings cap- their favourite moments from by five wickets largely due to tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni last year. Steve Smith’s well composed and his Mumbai Indians coun- Defending champions Mum- 59 and teenager Riyan Parag’s terpart Rohit Sharma were bai Indians, on Monday, re- hurricane 29-ball 43. declared joint Greatest of All membered South Africa skip- It was not an easy pitch to bat Time (GOATs) captains of the per and wicketkeeper Quinton on with scattered patches of IPL last week, whilst AB de Vil- de Kock’s breezy 65 from 47 grass. de Kock used the middle liers emerged as the GOAT in deliveries against Rajasthan and leg-stump lines of the Roy- the batsmen category and Las- Royals at the Sawai Mansingh als pace bowlers, scoring 42 of ith Malinga took away the title Stadium in Jaipur on this day, his first 50 runs there. in the bowlers category. Shane last year. The dashing Proteas opener Watson, one of CSK’s vital cog “6 fours. 2 sixes. #OnThisDay gave MI a rollicking start but in the wheel, won the battle a year ago, @QuinnyDeKock69 the Rohit Sharma led side lost among the all-rounders.

Social distancing goes Silverstone open to host- Ex-Brazil midfielder Di- for a toss as brawl ing two successive F1 races ego keen to finish career erupts in CPBL without fans at Flamengo Taiwan, April 20 (IANS) The ing the fourth innings when London, April 20 (IANS) Silver- fans, which could help in setting Chinese Professional Baseball Rakunten Monkeys’ second stone boss Stuart Pringle has sug- the ball rolling as far as the 2020 League (CPBL) was caught in baseman Kuo Yen-Wen was hit gested that the British Grand Prix season is concerned. The move, if the eye of the storm after a mass in the hip area by a snorter of a circuit is open to hosting an un- agreed by the FIA and teams, will brawl erupted during a match pitch from Dubon Guardians’ precedented successive races with- be unprecedented as no circuit between Dubon Guardians and Henry Sosa. out fans in a bid to kickstart the in the history of sport has hosted Rakuten Monkeys on Sunday. The simmering tension had 2020 Formula 1 season. more than one event in a single The CPBL, which is based out already been created before the The latest racing season has been season. of Taiwan, opened this week fourth pitch as Sosa had sent savaged by the coronavirus pan- “We have been asked could we amid coronavirus pandemic, three fast balls angled into the demic, which has gripped the en- hold a race or two and could they one of the first sporting leagues body of Yen-Wen. When the tire world. So far, more than 2 mil- be behind closed doors,” Pringle to do so. fourth pitch struck the base- lion people have been infected by told the Guardian. “The answer is So far, more than 2 million man, benches of both the teams the virus while in excess of 1.6 lakh absolutely, we are open to looking people have been infected by erupted as players collided near individuals have lost their lives into anything and everything. COVID-19 while in excess of 1.6 the diamond area. worldwide. “I have complete confidence in lakh individuals have lost their “For our international view- The entire sporting calender of our ability to put on these events. lives worldwide. ers, you need to understand the world has been shredded by We have a lot of experience, a lot of The match was being played that this never really happens the pandemic and the F1 season is knowledge, we can turn that on def- without spectators to curb the in the CPBL,” a commentator no different. So far, two races have initely.” As things stand, the British spread of virus, however, the was heard as saying in the video been cancelled (Australia and Mo- GP is scheduled to take place on players themselves hit social uploaded on Eleven Sports Tai- naco) while six others have been July 19 which will be preceded by distancing out of the park as wan’s Twitter handle. postponed (Bahrain, Vietnam, Chi- French (June 28) and Austrian (July they came to blows with bench- “It’s usually a very conserva- na, Holland, Spain, Azerbaijan and 5) GPs respectively. There haven’t es getting empty in a matter of tive league. They don’t even ar- Canada. been any official update regarding seconds. gue balls or strikes or outs very Pringle believes Silverstone can the feasibility of these races and The incident took place dur- often.” host one or more races, without their fate still hangs in balance.

Rio de Janiero, April 20 play. It depends on how (IANS) Former Brazil in- I’m feeling and my body. Bravo challenged Dhoni to sprint after being called ‘old man’ ternational midfielder Di- I’m going to continue to ego Ribas has raised the work hard and see what I said ‘we will do it after showing faith in his abili- prospect of finishing his the possibilities are,” the tournament is over’,” ties. career at Flamengo and added Diego, who has Bravo said during an Ins- “I am trusted by the revealed he remains hun- been capped 35 times for tagram live chat. captain MS a lot, and the gry for more silverware Brazil’s national team. “I said ‘I don’t want to coach Stephen Fleming. with the Rio de Janeiro gi- Since his arrival in 2016, do it in the middle of the They allow me to be my- ants. Flamengo have won the tournament and one of self. Sometimes, I bowl The 35-year-old is con- Brazilian Serie A title, the us pop our hamstrings’. in the death overs and go tracted to Flamengo until Copa Libertadores, the We did it after the final. for a lot of runs. Different December but is expected South American Super It was a very close race, teams, different captains, to begin negotiating a new Cup, the Brazilian Super very very close. He beat even in the commentary deal in the coming weeks. Cup and the Rio de Janei- me. It was a good race. they said ‘it’s time to “We don’t have com- ro championship. He was very quick.” “I move on from Bravo, get plete control over the Despite the long list of said ‘I don’t want to do it someone else to bowl at future but the possibil- accolades, the former At- in the middle of the tour- the death’. ity of ending my career at letico Madrid playmaker nament and one of us pop “CSK always show faith Flamengo exists,” Diego said his desire for tro- our hamstrings’. We did in my ability to bowl at said in an interview pub- phies remains as strong it after the final. It was a the death. It paid off. I lished on the club’s web- as ever. Chennai, April 20 fans mind and Bravo has throughout the entire very close race, very very can say, more often than site, reports Xinhua news “The success is satisfy- (IANS) The sprint be- now revealed that it was a season that I am an old close. He beat me. It was not, you can deliver. agency. ing but it doesn’t mean I tween CSK skipper M.S. challenge he had put for- man, I am an old man. I a good race. He was very Coming up against top “If it happens, it will be don’t want more. We have Dhoni and Dwayne Bravo ward to Dhoni for calling am very slow. I told him, quick.” players, things won’t al- the source of great pride. the potential to continue after the 2018 IPL final at him old throughout the ‘I will challenge you in a Bravo further thanked ways go your way. But I I’m not sure how many winning and making his- the Wankhede Stadium season. sprint between the wick- both Dhoni and coach am a strong believer in more years I’m going to tory,” Diego added. is etched in every cricket “He kept saying ets’. He said ‘no chance’. Stephen Fleming for my talent,” he said. COVID-19: Tokyo Olympic organizers cancel culture festival Rashford playing on the left wing

Tokyo, April 20 (IANS) Orga- of the coronavirus and will impressive: Scholes nizers of the Tokyo Olympic open on July 23, 2021. Manchester, April 20 (IANS) Rashford has netted 69 goals Games announced here on Holding the Tokyo Olym- Manchester United legend Paul in 215 games for United since his Monday that all four cultural pics any time before a vaccine Scholes has said he always be- breakthrough under Louis van events of the Nippon Festi- is found will be “very unreal- lieved Marcus Rashford would be Gaal five years ago. val due to take place this year istic,” according to a leading a great centre forward but never “I was really excited when he have been cancelled. global health expert. saw him also operating fluently first got into the team, a little bit “Rearrangement of the Fes- Professor Devi Sridhar had down the left flank. luckily at first -- I think there was tival in 2021 is currently under said that the development of “I always remember watching an injury to someone. consideration,” it said, reports the vaccine will be key to when him, mainly in the reserve team, “But ever since he has got into Xinhua news agency. the Olympics can be held. and he was an out and out centre- the team, he has shown the talent The festival, originally Sridhar, however, said that forward,” Scholes told the UTD he has got as a centre-forward or scheduled around late March the vaccine could be found Podcast as quoted by manches- a player wide on the left. to September 2020, is an offi- earlier than what was ex- tereveningnews.co.uk. “I always remember seeing him cial cultural program of Tokyo pected. “We’re hearing from “Sometimes I would go to as a kid and I thought his intel- 2020, aiming to provide differ- the scientists that this could in the next year then actually that looks very unrealistic.” games and just watch him and ligence and movement was as a ent opportunities for as many be possible. I had thought it I think that (Olympics) is re- Sridhar, however, said that the not really watch where the ball centre-forward. people as possible to take part would be a year or a year and alistic. The vaccine will be the International Olympic Com- was. “He looked like an out-and-out in the Games. a half away but we’re hear- game-changer -- an effective, mittee (IOC) and the Tokyo “I’d look for his movement -- is number nine, but now when you The Tokyo Olympic Games ing possibly this could come affordable, available vaccine. 2020 organisers made the right he clever enough to have that link see him in games, he seems to has been postponed by one sooner,” she told BBC Sport. “If we don’t get a scientific decision in postponing the with a midfield player? I think he enjoy it more from the left-hand year due to the global spread “If we do get a vaccine with- breakthrough, then I think Games by a year. has that. side.” Entertainment Indian Horizon Tuesday, April 21, 2020 12

Happy Birthday Tiger Shroff : Disha Patani shares a throwback Anushka Sharma: video with her rumoured, beau and it's AMAZING As artiste & producer Disha Patani shares a throwback video with her rumoured beau Tiger Shroff to wish him on his birthday. only tried new things

iger Shroff celebrates shared a throwback video of upto??❤️? go crush it this week- wishing you a very Happy his birthday today. The them dancing together and end at the box office ronny??❤️ Birthday ??❤️"When Disha Pa- Thandsome hunk has we bet you guys won't be able @tigerjackieshroff."Tiger tani was asked about Tiger's been one of the most loved to take your eyes off the vid- Shroff's Baaghi 3 co-star, "slow motion" comment, actors and has impressed eo. Along with the video, Di- Shraddha Kapoor, has also the 26-year-old actress told a us with his amazing perfor- sha wrote, "This was our first wished him on his birthday. website, "He's too slow mo- mances. Not just a great ac- dance block together, i was Shraddha Kapoor shared the tion, man. I've been trying tor, Tiger Shroff is an excel- way too nervous and shy to poster of Baaghi 3 and wrote, to impress him and I keep lent dancer too.His dance dance next to you (ofcourse "Tiggy! It’s your birthday!! telling him that. I have learnt moves will make you guys i couldnt do quite an impres- From Baaghi to Baaghi 3, I've gymnastics and I've done a fall in love with this man. On sive job, given the right excus- enjoyed shooting with you film where I'm taking a flip his special day, Tiger Shroff's es) ?? happiest b’day baagh every minute. #GetReadyTo- through a fire ring. He's still rumoured girlfriend Disha you will always be frightening Fight is reflection of you and not impressed. What more Patani had the best birthday to dance next to, thank you your hard work. Stay tuned can I do?" post for him.Disha Patani for being so difficult to match as we bring this to you today.. Courtesy : Bollywoodlife Daisy Shah rescues a Saif and Kareena regally shoot puppy in distress for a renowned brand in charity and giving back, and an all styled by the celebrity looked around for the best Laxmi Lehr.Saif Ali Khan NGO she could find. was last seen in the comedy Daisy worked with the Wahe- movie Jwaani Jaaneman and guru Animal Welfare & Group now has also committed of Environmentalist. Daisy is to star in Pavan Kirpalani's ctress-producer an animal lover and decided to directorial venture, Bhoot Anushka Sharma says dedicate her time and services Police, a comedy-horror Aas an artiste and a pro- and donating for food and featuring an ensemble cast, ducer, she has only tried to medications. She spent a lot including Fatima Sana do new things and has never of time at the NGO, meeting Shaikh and Ali Fazal. succumbed to pressure of their animals and overseeing While Kareena will next any sort. the recovery of the puppy she'd star in the movie Angrezi "As an artiste and a pro- found. The NGO works with in- Medium, a sequel to the ducer, I have only tried to jured and abandoned animals 2017 film, by Homi Ada- do new things. I have never aisy Shah recently action. Without wasting time, and cares for them and their he royal couple Khan was also the part of jania, and will portray the succumbed to pressure of performed a great act Daisy picked up the puppy and medical issues. With the help of Bollywood, the the affair off-camera. role of a Mughal princess any sort and I have relished Dof kindness. The actress took it to the nearest vet. The of the NGO's care, the limping TNawab of Pataudi Saif Speaking of the perfect Jahanara Begum in Karan at every opportunity to do was in Chandigarh shooting puppy was injured and scared puppy was restored to health Ali Khan and his gorgeous picture of the supremely Johar's directorial venture, something new and learn for her upcoming movie 'See but Daisy took care of her, fed and walking again. Begum Kareena Kapoor regal couple, both are seen Takht, a historical drama something dramatically dif- You in Court' when she came her and was there with her at The puppy recovered in no Khan recently did a photo twinning in deep blue formal featuring an ensemble cast, ferent," Anushka said. across a puppy in distress. the vet. time, and Daisy personally re- shoot together on being wear. The Jawaani Jaaneman including Ranveer Singh, She said that her body Daisy is an animal lover and Daisy wanted to take the turned the puppy she'd nursed the Brand Ambassadors for actor looks regnant in a suit Vicky Kaushal, and Alia of work is a testimony to has 2 pets, Blessy & Lizzie, a puppy with her to her hotel to back to health, to her mother. "VECTUS` Pipes & Tanks. while his Begum Kareena Bhatt. Besides, She will also this."And I consider myself dog and a cat, and could not care for her personally, how- Animals have no voice and can- The pair have set couple looks ravishing in a Jonathan team with Aamir Khan for fortunate that I have got the stand seeing the puppy in ever, unfortunately in India, not ask for help, So Daisy urges goals each time they have Simkhai number. Her hair is the third time in Laal Singh opportunity to collaborate pain.Daisy came across a tiny, hotels don't allow animals. everyone else to keep an eye come up for an assignment tied up in a bun fixed by the Chaddha, a remake of the with some of the best minds injured puppy on the sets of Therefore, she did the next out for animals and do what- according to the reports celebrity hairstylist Yianni American comedy-drama in the business and always her movie and immediately best thing and found an ani- ever they can to help them. their son and the most Tsapatori and makeup by Forrest Gump (1994). push the envelope ," she decided she needed to take mal welfare NGO. She believes Courtesy : Santa Banta adorable star kid Taimur Ali Pompy Hans.The duo was all Courtesy : Santa Banta added.Anushka's horror flick "Pari" completed two years of its release on Monday. She says she wanted to set course Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas go horseback riding PREITY ZINTA TO HUBBY: towards an uncharted terri- ctress Priyanka tory with the film. Chopra and her Love you to the moon and back "I was blown away with Apop star husband (the script of) 'Pari' and I Nick Jonas were spotted reity Zinta and years and it still feels knew immediately that I riding recently.Nick took her "patipar- like yesterday. Love was producing this film. to Instagram to share a Pmeshwar" you to the moon and Pari presented me with a series of pictures from Gene Goodenough back. #Patiparmesh- unique challenge t hat I their vacation. They have completed four war #leapyearan- never faced and I wanted to enjoyed a romantic out- years of a bliss- niversary #ting," explore myself as an actor ing on Sunday as they hit ful marriage. The she captioned the in a genre and a charac- the beach in Carpinteria, actress says that it image. ter that I had never done California on horseback. has been four years Preity married before and hadn't seen In one photograph, and it still feels like Gene Goodenough many explore too."So, for with their cowboy hats "yesterday". in February 2016 in a me, I wanted to set course on, Nick is seen taking Preity on Satur- private ceremony in towards an uncharted terri- the lead on his white turning back to look at on sharing mushy mo- day night took to Los Angeles. Good- tory and entertain audi- horse as Priyanka follows his wife."Sunday," wrote ments from their love life Instagram, where enough is Senior ences and with something him on her chestnut Nick in the caption of on social media.Recently, she shared an ador- Vice-President for that they wouldn't expect," coloured ride.In another the post. Priyanka also they were seen dancing able photograph Finance at NLine she said.For Anushka, it one, the two are seen posted the pictures with to foot-tapping Bolly- of herself along Energy, a US-based was satisfying that she gave sharing a hearty laugh caption "magic".Priyanka wood number "Aankh with Gene."Happy hydroelectric power audiences worldwide a with each other, while and Nick got married in marey" in a video, posted Anniversary my company. genre-defining horror film. in the third, Nick is seen December 2018, and keep by the singer. IANS darling?? It's been 4 IANS IANS Vishwaroopam fame Naren Weiss Beyhadh 2: Jennifer Winget to quit after the roped in 'Kid Happy' as lead show shifts to digital platform? ctor Naren Weiss, best known for his portrayal eyhadh 2 2 has been been one of the most loved no mood to continue with Aof antagonist Osama Bin one of the most loved villains of television. She the show if it’s going to be in Laden in Kamal Haasan's film Bshows on television. has played the role with so only digital space. Jennifer is Vishwaroopam, will make his Fans have been loving much perfection that one not comfortable playing the debut as a lead in the feature Jennifer Winget as Maya cannot imagine any other same character on the OTT film Kid Happy, to be directed and are impressed with her actress in place of Jennifer platform as her contract was by Kris Cheppaikode and spectacular performance. Winget. signed with the channel. Her Meghan Scibona. Speaking Shivin Narang who plays Recently, it was reported managing team has raised about the casting, writer- Rudra in the show is too that Beyhadh 2 will go her concern to the pro- director Kris Cheppaikode loved by the fans. Jennifer off-air on television and ducer (Prateek Sharma) and said the following: "Naren is Winget and Shivin Narang's will continue on the digi- discussions between the two every director's dream: he's chemistry has been quite tal platform. The show is parties are in progress. Let’s magnetic to watch and a joy impressive. expected to go off-air on see what happens.” to work with. He has commit- Not just their on-screen television from March Well, this surely isn't a ted himself 100% to the role, chemistry, their off-screen 13.Now, as per reports in good news for Maya fans. emotionally, intellectually and chemistry too is loved. Spotboye, Jennifer Winget It will be very difficult for physically. He adjusts quickly They have been paired for will no longer continue as some other actress to take to new lines and new direction the first time but they did Maya and will be quitting Jennifer's place as Maya and with nuance and grace. Every retake due to a truck rumbling repeat his motions and into- not let us feel so. Jennifer the show after it shifts to the as has been loving Jennifer take is fresh and organic, but by or a passing person looking nation exactly. Winget has been the face of digital platform.A source as Maya Mehrotra. at the same time, if we need to into the lens, Naren is able to Courtesy : Santa Banta Beyhadh. She as Maya has told SpotBoye, “Winget is in Courtesy : Bollywoodlife

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