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VP calls for new ways Iran approves ICC Cricket Committee of living with learning creation of ‘virtual embassy’ recommends banning use of in Palestine from corona lessons saliva, want extra DRS P-3 P-9 P-11 Briefs Buses to ply, shops, offices to open Priyanka writes back to UP govt with details in Telangana from Today : KCR on migrant buses

Hyderabad, May 18 (IANS) He, however, said night cur- New Delhi, May 18 The Telangana government few will continue in the state (IANS) After a political on Monday extended the till May 31. The lockdown row ensued over Con- lockdown till May 31 but an- was to end on May 27 but the gress leader Priyanka nounced many relaxations cabinet decided to extend it by Gandhi extending an from Tuesday including re- four days. KCR said places of offer to run 1,000 buses opening of shops, saloons, worship, educational institu- for migrants to Uttar offices, factories, and plying tions, function halls, shopping Pradesh, now her per- Singh added that many of RTC buses, taxis and auto- malls and cinema halls will sonal secretary has given laborers who are “the rickshaws. remain closed. Similarly, bars, details of the buses and backbone of the coun- Telangana State Road pubs, clubs, stadia, gyms, its drivers to the UP try” are forced to walk Transport Corporation swimming pools, parks and government. In a letter, hungry in the summer (TSRTC) will operate buses amusement parks will not be Gandhi’s personal secre- heat. Singh, however, as- across the state from Tues- allowed to re-open. The Chief tary Sandeep Singh said, serted that the move by Actress Kriti Sanon found gaining weight for her role in “Mimi” tough, and says she had to force herself to day. However, city services Minister appealed to people to “All details of the 1,000 the Congress is an effort eat as she had lost interest in food. will not be operated in Hy- cluding in Hyderabad. Driver can also reopen. KCR, as Rao compulsorily wear face masks buses are attached with to play a “positive role”. derabad and similarly there plus two passengers will be is popularly known, said all to avoid Rs 1,000 fine, abide this e-mail. Out of them, Earlier, the UP Con- will be no inter-state services. allowed in an auto-rickshaw government and private offic- by social distancing and take few drivers will be re- gress claimed to have COVID death rate in There will be no metro rail while driver plus three pas- es can function with 100 per all precautions to check the verified and those details submitted the list of services in Hyderabad. Chief sengers will be permitted in a cent employees while follow- spread of Covid-19. He said will also be mailed to you 1,000 buses to the Yogi Delhi quite low: Kejriwal Minister K. Chandrashek- taxi. Declaring the entire state ing the social distancing and people should avoid unneces- in a few hours. I hope Adityanath government har Rao announced after the except containment zones as other precautions. sarily coming on roads as any you will give permis- following which the state New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With just 160 deaths state cabinet meeting that a green zone, the Chief Minis- He announced that all in- further spread could force the sion for those buses to government sought de- reported due to coronavirus in the national auto rickshaws and taxis can ter said all shops can open on dustries, factories and manu- government to again impose ply as soon as possible.” tails of the buses and capital since the outbreak, Delhi Chief Minister also ply across the state in- alternate basis. Hair saloons facturing units can re-open. total lockdown. Making a political point, drivers. Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said when compared to other states in the country and the world, the death rate here is quite low. Kejriwal said Delhi has had 10,054 cases until now, out of which 4,485 India among 58 nations questioning Goyal speaks to Yogi, cases have recovered. “This means 45 per cent of the people have recovered. Unfortunately, 160 Nitish to operate more people have lost their lives due to coronavirus, WHO on COVID-19 response but if we compare the statistics to other states in India and abroad, the death rate is quite low,” he New Delhi, May 18 and society and the con- trains for migrants said. Kejriwal said the coronavirus is not going to (IANS) India is among 58 sequent exacerbation of get over soon until a vaccine is obtained, and we nations, including 27 Eu- inequalities within and be- New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) migrant workers across the have to learn to live with it. “Lockdown is not a ropean Union members, tween countries,” read the Union Railway Minister Piy- country. permanent solution and the Delhi government who have moved a draft draft. “We express solidar- ush Goyal on Monday spoke The national transporter has used the lockdown time to prepare for resolution demanding ity to all countries affected to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minis- has started to run Shramik coronavirus. When coronavirus first came to evaluation of the World by the pandemic, as well ter Yogi Adityanath and Bihar Special trains from May 1 and India, we were not prepared. We did not have Health Organisation as condolences and sym- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar till date it has operated over enough testing kits, not enough hospital set ups. (WHO)’s response towards pathy to all the families of to discuss the issue of increas- 1,350 trains and transported the novel coronavirus the victims of COVID-19,” ing the number of Shramik over 17 lakh people across the pandemic. The European it added. Special train services to trans- country. The Railway Minis- Gujarat’s total Union-led draft resolu- earliest appropriate mo- cerned by the morbidity The resolution says port the stranded migrant ter also said that in view of the tion on global COVID-19 ment to review experience and mortality caused by timelines are to be evaluat- workers willing to return to cyclone Amphan, the national corona cases at response is set to be tabled gained and lessons learned COVID-19 pandemic, the ed regarding “recommen- their native places. transporter is unable to oper- 11,746; death toll 694 at the upcoming World from the WHO-coordinat- negative impacts on physi- dations the WHO made to Goyal took to Twitter and in ate Shramik Special trains in Health Assembly on Mon- ed international health re- cal and mental health and improve global pandemic a series of tweets said, “Spoke the coastal regions of Odisha. Gandhinagar, May 18 (IANS) As the nation day. The draft resolution sponse to COVID-19”. social well-being, the neg- prevention, preparedness, to Yogi Adityanath about the “After super cyclone Am- enters lockdown 4.0, Gujarat’s total demands initiation “at the “We are deeply con- ative impacts on economy and response capacity”. transportation of migrant phan, railways will operate coronavirus cases climbed to 11,746 and workers. And I am glad that more Shramik Special trains the death toll reached 694 with an addition he has approved to double the for Odisha,” he said. On Mon- of 366 fresh cases and 35 deaths registered Amul parlours in Gujarat to sell N95, operations of Shramik Special day, the Indian Meteorologi- on Monday. Out of the state’s total positive trains for migrant workers. He cal Department (IMD) issued cases found on Monday, Ahmedabad is serious to ensure the safe a cyclone alert for West Ben- continued to lead with 263, followed by triple-layered masks return of migrant workers to gal and north Odisha coasts Surat at 33, Vadodara 22, Gandhinagar Gandhinagar, May 18 across the state, and all “Wearing of masks at mask will be available at Rs their homes.” “Had a fruitful as an extremely severe cy- 12, Patan 7, Valsad 6 and Dahod and (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minis- these will now be selling the public places is compulso- 65 and the triple-layered discussion with Nitish Kumar, clonic storm ‘Amphan’ was Bhavnagar with 4 each, Aravalli, Kutch and ter Vijay Rupani announced much-needed N95 masks ry. Looking at this mandate, mask will be available at Rs during which he gave the nod over the central parts of the Junagadh reporting 3 cases each, Mahisagar on Monday that N95 and and triple-layered masks, as and to avail the masks eas- 5 at all the Amul parlours in to operate 50 Shramik Special south Bay of Bengal and ad- 2 and Kheda, Rajkot, Surendranagar and triple-layered masks will wearing of masks was made ily, the Gujarat government the state. In the first phase, trains per day to transport joining central Bay of Bengal. Sabarkantha with one each. With the one of be available at Amul par- mandatory in the state since has made provisions. The the selling of masks will be the stranded migrant work- Besides Odisha, a warning highest mortality rate of 5.9, Gujarat’s death lours across the state at af- the lockdown was imposed N95 masks and the triple- carried out in Ahmedabad ers.” His remarks came in the has also been issued for West toll, rapidly climbing towards 700 with 694 fordable prices. There are on March 25 to curb the layered mask will be sold and gradually all across the wake of railways efforts to Bengal, Sikkim and Megha- deaths, is a worry for the health authorities. around 1,600 Amul parlours spread of coronavirus. at Amul parlours. The N95 state,” Rupani said. ensure the return of stranded laya till Thursday.

BSE 36,690.50 Sensex NSE 11,085.40 ‘Govt pays opposition political workers Mamata divides Covid Forex Rates in Kashmir Rs 78 cr per year’ containment zones into three parts New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) obtained by an organisation, Kashmiris are registered and Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) particular relaxations) and Indian Rupees The Modi government pays Reconciliation Return and Re- are paid relief by. The majority The Mamata Banerjee-led Zone C will remain ‘Clean’ political workers of the oppo- habilitation Migrants (RRRM), of the displaced members from West Bengal government (with all relaxations). Is- US Dollar 71.10 sition parties in Kashmir Rs 78 headed by Satish Mahaldar, Kashmir are Pandits, the reli- has divided all the con- suing the fresh guidelines crore per year, in continuation under the Right to Informa- gio-ethnic minority which was tainment zones across the for lockdown 4.0, Banerjee British Pound 86.38 with the policy of its predeces- tion Act (RTI). According to the targeted and driven out from state into three different said that after May 21, all sors at the Centre. In the last 26-page document, a copy of the Valley in 1990 by Islamist categories as the nation- big and small shops would Euro 79.86 30 years, the Central govern- which IANS has accessed, 5,000 terrorists. Mahaldar said in a wide lockdown to fight the be allowed to open, except ment has spent Rs 2,340 crore ‘political workers’ are regis- statement that the documents Covid-19 pandemic en- for those in the contain- Qatar Riyal 19.53 on three mainstream parties in tered with the Relief and Reha- show that the RRCO Jammu tered its fourth phase from and C. While Zone A will ment zones. “Shopkeepers Kashmir under security related bilitation Commissioner Office has been paying the workers of Monday. The West Bengal be identified as ‘Affected and customers will have Saudi Riyal 18.96 expenditure. These startling (RRCO) based in Jammu. The two regional parties, National Chief Minister said that the Zone’ (total lockdown), to abide by the social dis- UAE Dirham revelations have been made RRCO is the same government Conference (NC) and People’s containment zones would Zone B will be known as tancing guidelines. Saniti- 19.36 based on official documents body with which displaced Democratic Party (PDP). be defined as Zone A, B ‘Buffer Zone’ (with some sation is a must. Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 city 2 COVID death rate in Delhi quite low: Kejriwal Have to live with Corona so Delhi decides to open: Sisodia New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) tained, and we have to learn edition of the lockdown as With just 160 deaths re- to live with it. per the Centre's guidelines, tiously. Public Buses, Taxis, ported due to coronavirus "Lockdown is not a per- and that the lockdown is not Auto allowed to operate. in the national capital since manent solution and the a permanent solution for Markets, shops, offices, the outbreak, Delhi Chief Delhi government has used coronavirus and relaxations restaurants-home delivery Minister Arvind Kejriwal the lockdown time to pre- have to be announced to re- allowed. Metro, malls, bar- on Monday said when com- pare for coronavirus. When vive the economy. bers, schools closed. Take pared to other states in the coronavirus first came to In- "The fourth phase of the care and stay safe," Sisodia country and the world, the dia, we were not prepared. lockdown is starting. There said in a tweet. death rate here is quite low. We did not have enough has been a nationwide lock- His remark came after Kejriwal said Delhi has testing kits, not enough down since the last 45 days the Delhi government an- had 10,054 cases until now, hospital set ups, we were because of coronavirus. nounced the guidelines for out of which 4,485 cases unaware of how to deal with People have dedicatedly New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) the lockdown 4.0 starting have recovered. the situation." followed the norms of the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister from Monday. "This means 45 per cent of Kejriwal said in the last 2 lockdown, have suffered be- Manish Sisodia on Monday While the Delhi Metro the people have recovered. months, the Delhi govern- cause of coronavirus, and I said people will have to live operations will remain sus- Unfortunately, 160 people ment has prepared dedi- am sure that we will togeth- with corona so it was decid- pended, Carpooling or car- have lost their lives due to cated COVID hospitals, ar- er defeat coronavirus," he ed to open Delhi "slowly and sharing will not be allowed coronavirus, but if we com- ranged beds, ventilators, said. Kejriwal said that the cautiously". for aggregators. Taxi and pare the statistics to other testing, and PPE kits. Delhi government has to "We have to live with co- cabs can resume services states in India and abroad, he said. virus is not going to get over He said he announced move towards opening the rona so Delhi decides to but will not carry more than the death rate is quite low," Kejriwal said the corona- soon until a vaccine is ob- the relaxations in the fourth state's economy. open but slowly and cau- two passengers. Now BRO can outsource road works in We're fully prepared to tackle even the worst: border areas: Defence Ministry Raghav Chadha New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Committee of Experts to out- for speedier snow clearance," To enhance development on source road construction work the ministry said. New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) does not look as bleak. In last the borders, the government beyond optimal capacity of It also stated that new tech- Soon after Delhi Chief Min- 57 days of lockdown, we have on Monday approved imple- BRO," the ministry said. nology like blasting technol- ister Arvind Kejriwal an- built health infrastructure mentation of the Committee It has been made mandatory ogy for precision blasting, use nounced new guidelines for and capacities to deal with of Experts' recommendation to adopt Engineering Procure- of geo-textiles for soil stabi- the fourth phase of lockdown the situation, even if things to outsource road construc- ment Contract (EPC) mode for lisation, cementitious base for amid the Covid-19 pan- go from bad to worse. tion work beyond optimal execution of all works costing pavements, plastic coated ag- demic, AAP legislator Raghav "We as a country have set capacity of Border Roads Or- more than Rs 100 crore. gregates for surfacing, is also Chadha claimed that the an example that if we stand ganisation (BRO). The Min- The other recommenda- being used to enhance the government used this period together, it is a matter of time istry of Defence said that the tion relating to introduction of pace of construction. to revamp the health infra- before light appears at the government has accepted and modern construction plants, With the empowerment structure and is now "fully end of the tunnel. Ultimately implemented three important equipment and machinery has of field officers through en- prepared to tackle even the India will win, and Covid-19 recommendations of Commit- been implemented by delegat- hanced delegation of financial worst possibilities". will lose," said the AAP MLA tee of Experts (CoE) under the ing enhanced procurement and administrative powers, Speaking to IANS, the law- from Rajinder Nagar. "Now we have to slowly maximum of 20 passengers. chairmanship of Lt General powers from Rs 7.5 crore to Rs there has been significant im- maker said, "Our government "We hope economic activi- move towards reopening Kejriwal said while buses and D.B. Shekatkar (Retd) relating 100 crore to BRO, for domestic provement in faster financial used this period to ramp up ties would resume soon and businesses and doing away autos will be allowed with re- to border infrastructure. and foreign procurements. closure of works, the ministry the health infrastructure by we will be able to look after with the lockdown though strictions, Metro services will These were related to speed- "Border Roads Organisation said in a statement. ensuring availability of all both ‘Jaan Bhi' and ‘Jahaan the basic safety measures like remain suspended. ing up road construction, has recently inducted Hot-Mix Further, the ministry also supplies, including PPE kits, Bhi'," he added. masks and social distanc- He said auto-rickshaw, e- leading to socio economic de- Plant 20/30 TPH for speedier pointed out that the land ac- ventilators etc. We are now Mentioning that lockdown ing shall be kept in place," rickshaw, cycle-rickshaws velopment in the border areas. laying of roads, remote oper- quisition and all statutory fully prepared to tackle even is no permanent solution he said. Delhi Chief Minister will be allowed with one pas- "On the matter related to ated hydraulic Rock Drills DC- clearances like forest and en- the worst of possibilities." to the deadly coronavirus, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday senger; taxis and cabs will be creating border infrastructure, 400 R for hard rock cutting, a vironmental clearance are also "This is going to be a long Chadha said that this pe- announced the guidelines allowed with two passengers; the government has imple- range of F-90 series of self-pro- made part of approval of De- haul and the end may not be riod was utilised to equip the for lockdown 4.0, allowing and RTVs to be allowed with mented recommendation of pelled snow-cutters/blowers tailed Project Report (DPR). in sight yet. But, the future health infrastructure. DTC buses in the city with a 11 passengers.

Railways earns over Rs 76 cr from Jamia arrest is to create fear among Do not use saliva to sale of 2.05 lakh tickets students: Chidambaram affix fee stamps, directs New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Delhi. Tanha, hailing from is arrested as per the FIR re- Delhi court THe railways has sus- Former Union Home Min- Jharkhand is a final year lated to the police action in pended passenger, mail ister P. Chidambaram has graduate student in Persian Jamia Millia Islamia. It seems New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Delhi's Tis and express train services lashed out at the government language. Prior to this, police Delhi police is using an- Hazari Court has directed employees since March 25 amid the for arresting Jamia students had arrested Meeran Haid- other FIR, after its infamous and lawyers not to use saliva while af- nationwide lockdown and alleged that it is being er and Safoora Zargar and 59/2020, to target the activ- fixing court fee stamps and envelopes in to combat the spread of done to create fear amongst slapped charges under Un- ists in Delhi. Earlier three of view of Covid-19 outbreak. novel coronavirus. the students so that they lawful Activities (Prevention) our leaders Meeran Haidar, In a circular, District and Sessions Besides Special Rajd- don't participate in any agi- Act (UAPA) against them. Safoora Zargar and Shifa-ur- Judge Girish Kathpalia said: "For mini- hani Express trains, the tation. Chidambaram, reply- Jamia coordination com- Rahman were booked in the mising the effect of Covid-19 in Delhi Railways is also running ing to a question during his mittee has also issued state- FIR 59/2020 and sent to jail." district courts, lawyers, munshis, liti- Shramik Special trains press conference, said, "It ment, saying, "In an ut- "Instead of enquiring the gants, naib courts, police officials may from May 1 to transport is condemnable, entire case ter shock and dismay, we north east Delhi violence and be asked not to use saliva while affix- New Delhi, May 18 of Rajdhani trains from stranded migrant work- is false, even if you have to learned that one more of our arresting the real culprits, ing court fee stamps on the application (IANS) The Indian Rail- May 12 and started ticket ers, pilgrims, students identify them you can call members Asif Iqbal Tanha Delhi police is shamelessly or petitions and envelopes containing ways, which started bookings a day later. and tourists. Till Sunday them for investigation." has been arrested. He was witch hunting Jamia student summons and notices." bookings for 15 pairs of The officials said tick- night, over 1,300 Shramik "This is to put fear in the a vocal leader of JCC and a leaders. When all the con- The notification also directed officials Special Rajdhani Express, ets for 3.80 lakh passen- Specials had ferried more minds of the students that prominent face of anti-CAA spirators and perpetrators of not to use the saliva while doing the has earned Rs 76.22 crore gers were booked in a than 17 lakh people to they will put you in custody. protest across India. Police Delhi violence are roaming pagination of files. from the sale of 2.05 lakh week's time. On Monday, differnet parts of the If this is the state of the mind, called him first for interroga- free, it is our leaders who are "Court staff advise the lawyers to tickets in a week, officials over 26,830 passengers country. The railways has it is incompatible with de- tion, but later produced in being sent to jail and slapped use plastic sponge damper pad while said on Monday. will travel by Special Ra- also been running freight mocracy," he added. front of the magistrate and draconian laws. We request inspecting the judicial files. It is im- On May 10, the na- jdhani Express trains, as and special parcel trains Police on Sunday arrested sent him to Tihar jail in judi- all the democratic forces to pressed upon all concerned that above tional transporter had against 30,039 passen- to ensure the supply of Asif Iqbal Tanha around 8 cial custody." rise in protest to stop this il- directions may be complied with seri- announced the running gers on Sunday. essential items. p.m. from his residence in The statement said, "He legal and revengeful police. ously," the notification added. Migrants' situation shows BJP is anti-poor, pro-rich: AAP Delhi allows all industries with New Delhi, May 18 point. (IANS) Delhi's ruling "I believe that we have staggered business hours Aam Aadmi Party on to continue social dis- person from performing Monday blamed the BJP tancing, wearing masks their services and duties for the plight of the mi- and sanitisation proto- which has been permitted grants and called the cols for some time. If the in the guidelines. party "anti-poor" and economic activities do Dev, in his capacity as "pro-rich". not begin then more peo- the Chairperson, State Ex- Speaking to the me- ple will die due to hunger ecutive Committee, also dia, AAP Rajya Sabha than COVID-19." said that in the contain- MP Sanjay Singh said the Due to the sudden an- ment zones, only essen- BJP is blind towards the nouncement of the lock- tial activities should be massive exodus of poor down, thousands of mi- allowed. migrant labourers which grants were stuck in the "All District Magistrates is happening all across national capital and oth- of Delhi and their counter- India. er parts of the country. part District Deputy Com- "Today's situation has The 21-day nationwide missioners of Police shall exposed the BJP and now lockdown imposed from ensure the strict enforce- it has become clear that March 25 was to end on New Delhi, May 19 May 18," the order said. ment of these instructions they are anti-poor and April 14. However, it was (IANS) The Delhi govern- For staggering work and and shall also adequately pro-rich party. These does not care about la- are running 100 trains BJP and they are only extended to May 3 and ment, which on Monday business hours, industrial inform and sensitise the poor migrant labourers bourers, farmers, poor and sometimes they torturing these poor mi- then to May 17. Now it extended the lockdown establishments will be field functionaries about are grieving from trauma, and marginalised peo- say they are running 15 grant labourers. We ex- will continue till May 31. till May 31, allowed all the permitted to function in these instructions for hunger, poverty and un- ple." Singh also said that trains. The BJP govern- pected a proper vision of Migrant workers have industries to function with staggered business hours. strict compliance, in letter employment." right now the biggest is- ment can provide luxury the Centre on the issue of started returning to their staggered working hours. "Industrial firms whose and spirit," the order said. Singh said the migrants sue is the exodus of poor flights for the people who migrants but the govern- native villages and home- In an order, signed by registered name starts Dev also directed that are walking thousands of migrant labourers. The were stuck in other coun- ment has not kept any towns on foot or in over- Delhi Chief Secretary Vi- with M/s A to M/s L may all the departments of miles every day to reach only way to solve this is- tries but they cannot ar- concrete vision in front crowded vehicles, result- jay Dev, the government function from 7.30 a.m. to Delhi, autonomous bod- their homes, they are dy- sue is by running more range trains or buses for of us." ing in deaths and fatal said no movement will be 5.30 p.m., whereas firms ies, PSUs, Corporations, ing in road accidents and trains. these poor people?" Singh said while the accidents. The Centre is allowed in a containment whose registered name Local Bodies and Delhi some are killed by train. "Indian Railways can Singh said the country protection protocols running 'Shramik Special zone. "The lockdown peri- starts with M/s M to M/s Police shall ensure strict "We have seen how carry 2,30,00,000 people has witnessed violence should be in place, but trains' from earlier this od in the territory of Delhi Z may function from 8.30 compliance of the order. these poor people are per day. But the BJP against poor people in the lockdown cannot month and has ferried is extended upto May 31. a.m. to 6.30 p.m.," the or- It also said that all the carrying their tired chil- government is not at all Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh continue indefinitelyover 15 lakh stranded The permissible and pro- der said. other activities which are dren. BJP is not at all serious about the issue. and Uttar Pradesh."All as economic activities migrant workers in 1,074 hibited activities in Delhi Also, it said the RWAs not specifically prohibited looking at this crisis. BJP Sometimes they say they these states are run by should start at some such trains till Saturday. will be applicable from should not prevent any will be allowed. Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 city 3 Announce revised comprehensive fiscal stimulus: Chidambaram Surge in traffic on Delhi borders New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) looked into the analyses put in 2020-21 to finance the Ad- as curbs ease After the central government out by various economists, ex- ditional Expenditure over and New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) border checked the passes announced five tranches of perts, agencies and banks and above the Expenditure Bud- As the nationwide lock- and the identity cards of the the economic package, former the total package announced get of Rs 30,42,230 crore. The down has been extended people travelling. Union Finance Minister P. is Rs 1,86,650 with only Cash truth cannot be hidden for for two more weeks till May Similar scenes were wit- Chidambaram has expressed transfers, Rs 33,000 crore and long," he said. 31, heavy vehicular traffic nessed at the Delhi-Gu- "thorough disappointment" free grain of Rs 60,000 crore." The Congress said that the was witnessed on Monday rugram borders as people and has requested the govern- The former minister said fiscal stimulus package has left at the Delhi-Gurugram and arrived on way to their ment to reconsider the stimu- the rest of the announcements several sections high and dry, Delhi-Noida borders as offices. The traffic in the lus package and announce a included already budgeted including the bottom half of people came out to attend national capital also wit- revised and comprehensive expenditure, front loading of the population (13 crore fami- their offices. nessed a surge as a number fiscal stimulus package. some budgeted expenditure, lies) migrant workers farmers On Delhi-Noida Direct of vehicles were seen on the Chidambaram said, "The regulatory measures, a num- and landless. There is nothing (DND) way, that connects streets in areas like Income Comprehensive Fiscal Stimu- ber of liquidity measures, for agricultural labour, daily south Delhi with Noida, Tax Office (ITO) and others. lus Package of not less than Rs medium to long term plans/ wage non-agricultural labour, heavy traffic was witnessed Later in the day, Delhi 10 lakh crore of real Additional schemes, and proposed re- workers who have been laid on Monday morning. Chief Minister Arvind Ke- Expenditure equivalent to 10 forms. off or retrenched in unorga- Long queues of vehicles jriwal is set to release a de- per cent of the GDP should be "In our view, a fiscal stim- analysts, rating agencies and Chidambaram said that FM nized or unregistered busi- were seen at the check tailed plan on restrictions announced." ulus of Rs 1,86,650 crore banks have placed the size of acknowledged that Additional nesses units who have lost posts as many people will- and relaxations for the "There can be no fiscal stim- amounting to barely 0.91 per the fiscal stimulus at between Expenditure must be financed their jobs, self-employed who ing to attend their offices city based on the Centre's ulus to the economy without cent of GDP will be totally 0.8 to 1.5 per cent," said Chid- by Additional Borrowing. "The have no work, 7 crore shop- arrived at the borders on guidelines. The nationwide Additional Expenditure over inadequate given the grav- ambaram. true value of the fiscal stimu- keepers, lower middle class early Monday morning. lockdown has been in place and above the Budgeted Ex- ity of the economic crisis and He said, "We have carefully lus package will, therefore, be families who have run out of The vehicular queue went since March 25. The lock- penditure," added Chidam- the dire situation in which analyzed the contents of the known when we know what cash and are forced to borrow up to over a kilometre as down has been extended baram. people find themselves. Most five tranches. We have also is the Additional Borrowing and 5.8 crore MSMEs. the police deployed at the thrice earlier.

Opening up Delhi may be 'death BJP distributes sanitary pads to women in warrant': Gambhir warns Kejriwal Delhi slums move & everything will be New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) In a mar said that in time of crisis we over!!" The Delhi Chief bid to make women more aware have to meet and help each oth- Minister said on Monday about hygiene, the Delhi BJP on er with restraint. "It is equally that auto-rickshaws, e- Monday launched 'Mission An- important to follow the rules of rickshaws and cycle-rick- ivarya' and distributed sanitary social distancing and lockdown shaws will also be allowed pads to women residing in the to defeat the Covid-19 virus. Ti- with one passenger; taxis city's slums. wari has done very good work and cabs will be allowed The party plans to distribute by starting this campaign," To- with two passengers, and six lakh sanitary pads among mar said. RTVs will be allowed with the women in the city's slums. He said the Delhi Police will 11 passengers. The 'Mission Anivarya' was ensure that sanitary pads reach "The entire nation has launched by Delhi BJP chief the slums for the health and been under lockdown for Manoj Tiwari along with Delhi hygiene of the women and ado- the past few weeks. I am Police officials at his residence lescent girls living in the slums. sure we will win the fight here. Launching the Mission Talking about the Mission against Covid-19. Cases Anivraya, Tiwari, who is also the Anivarya, Delhi BJP Media Co- have reached 10,000 in BJP MP from northeast Delhi incharge Neelkant Bakshi said the city. About 45 per said, "During the lockdown pe- among them under Mission that due to direct contact with that it is not easy for women cent of people have re- riod every person is struggling Anivarya in collaboration with the women police during the and girls living in slums and set- New Delhi, May 18 bikes, calling it a "death covered while 160 people for the things of need at their Delhi Police," he said. distribution of sanitary napkins, tlements to buy sanitary pads (IANS) BJP MP Gautam warrant". have died," he said. level." The BJP leader said that 'Mis- the confidence of the women due to their financial condition. Gambhir lashed out at Gambhir tweeted: "The But, the BJP MP says He said, in the time of crisis sion Anivraya' campaign will living in the slums would also "And in time of this crisis, to Arvind Kejriwal after the decision to open up al- the pace of relaxation of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) continue even after lockdown. be strengthened and if needed, relieve them from buying sani- Delhi Chief Minister al- most everything in one should have been slow pandemic, it is also a challenge Stressing on the health of the they will be able to share prob- tary napkins and for their hy- lowed a wide range of go can act as a DEATH rather than immediate for the teenaged girls and wom- women members of the family lems in front of them. giene and better health, we are activities in the national WARRANT for Delhiites! which he fears may cause en in slums to keep themselves for a healthy family, Tiwari also Besides Tiwari, Additional starting to distribute sanitary capital including plying I urge Delhi Govt to think more positive cases ag- healthy. "Hence six lakh sani- thanked the Delhi Police for Deputy Commissioner of Police pads under this mission," Bak- of DTC buses, cars and again & again! One wrong gravating the situation. tary napkins will be distributed joining this campaign and said (ADCP) of New Delhi Ajay To- shi added. AAP leaders claim "arrest" after joining Contribution of Nurses is unparalleled: dharna at Rajghat Madhumita Dhall New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) anti-poor and pro-rich party. RGCIRC celebrates International Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lead- These poor migrant labour- ers Sanjay Singh and Dilip ers are suffering from trauma, Nurses Week Pandey on Monday joined for- hunger, poverty and unem- New Delhi, 18 May. 20 sentations, quiz etc which senior management of mer Union Minister Yashwant ployment," Singh said. Nurses are those unsung witnessed overwhelming RGCIRC shared messages Sinha for a sit-in at the Rajghat "We have seen how these heroes who always remain participation from the for positive mindset & demanding armed forces de- poor people are carrying their behind the scene and si- entire nursing team. Of thought processes. ployment to help migrant tired children. The BJP is not at lently work towards im- special importance were Talking about the initia- workers reach their homes. all looking at this crisis, it does proving the condition of the events such as a Panel tives, Mr D.S. Negi (CEO, However, later they said that not care about the labour- the patients. As a commu- Discussion on “Cancer RGCIRC) said, “It's amaz- they were "arrested" by the ers, farmers, poor and mar- nity they have a vital role Patients vs Covid-19” ing to be part of such an police. Sinha had sat on the ginalised people," Singh said, in keeping our country and a discussion session activity to celebrate the 'dharna' at 11 a.m. and was adding that right now the big- healthy. In cancer treat- on “Nursing the World contribution of one of joined by the AAP leaders later gest issue is the exodus of poor ment, the role of nurses to Health”. As a part the most important seg- in the day. migrant labourers. is all the more critical and of Nurses Week, all the ments of the healthcare "I have started a dharna to- "The only way to solve this procedures such as che- nurses across the hospital world, without whom one day from 11 AM at Rajghat, issue is by running more motherapy need proper took Florence Nightingale can't think of smooth ex- Delhi to demand the deploy- trains. Indian Railways can care and handling. To cel- oath. ecution of any treatment”. ment of armed forces and carry 2,30,00,000 people per ebrate the contribution of This year Nurses Week Mr. Negi emphasized on paramilitary forces to take the day. But the BJP government Nursing community, Ra- was organized online the need for strengthen- migrant workers home with while demanding smooth pas- til his demands are met. is not at all serious about the jiv Gandhi Cancer Insti- following the Covid-19 ing the nursing sector dignity, instead of beating sage, with dignity, for the mi- Speaking to the media, AAP issue. Sometimes they say tute and Research Centre guidelines issued by the through proper health ed- them up and leaving them to grants to their hometowns… Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh they are running 100 trains (RGCIRC) conducted 'In- Government. During the ucation and improvement die on the road...We have just Too much to ask," Pandey said the BJP is blind towards and sometimes they say they ternational Nurses Week'. sessions, various chal- in the standards of living been arrested by the Delhi Po- said. the massive exodus of poor are running 15 trains. The The week-long program lenges and solutions were of nurses. lice," Sinha tweeted. Sinha, a former BJP leader migrant labourers across In- BJP government can provide celebrated the work and also discussed to encour- Colonel Madhumita Pandey also said that they who had turned into a vocal dia. luxury flights for people stuck contribution of nurses age nurses to lead more Dhall, Director Nursing, have been arrested. critic of the Narendra Modi "Today's situation has ex- in other countries, but it can't through various activi- meaningful lives. To en- RGCIRC appreciated the "We have been arrested by government, said that he will posed the BJP and now it has arrange for trains or buses for ties including webinars, courage & motivate them key contribution of nurs- the Delhi Police from Rajghat, continue with his dharma un- become clear that they are an these poor people," he added. discussions, talks, pre- in these tough times, the es. Indian praja Congress Appointed A physically Cyclone Amphan to impact 24 Parganas, East challenged Woman As party National secretary Post Mrs.udsyalaxmi Said, Medinipur the most: IMD as there is no Other party New Delhi, May 19 speed of 165-175 kmph, pected to hit. Director General, Satya will face a "dual chal- is Ready to enter in to Po- (IANS) The Indian Me- gusting to 195 kmph." "The super cyclone is Narayan Pradhan, said, lenge" with the Covid-19 litical arena.There is no teorological Department Mentioning that Am- likely to cause extensive "In West Bengal, a to- pandemic and the cy- reservations For the con- (IMD) said on Mon- phan has turned into a damage to ‘kuchcha' tal of 19 teams are de- clone. The super cyclone testants In this regard in day that super cyclone super cyclone rapidly, houses and old struc- ployed, and four teams is currently moving elections.Mrs.udayalaxmi Amphan is expected to the IMD stressed that tures. Off rooting of trees, are on standby. In Odi- northwards with a speed thanked Mr K.B sreed- have the biggest impact heavy to extremely heavy telephone poles, palm sha, 13 teams are de- of 7 kmph for the past har, Party Founder and in South and North 24 rainfall in the coastal trees etc. is also expect- ployed and 17 are on few hours and is centred National President of IPC Parganas and East Me- districts of West Bengal ed. Ships and large boats standby. While some at about 730 km south For his daring decision dinipur districts of West on May 19 and 20, and can be damaged heav- NDRF teams are in the of Odisha's Paradip, 890 Despite her physical Dis- Bengal. heavy to very heavy rain- ily," Mohapatra said. area, some are in transit km south-southwest of ability. She also Addressing a press fall in coastal districts of The IMD said that the and will reach by today West Bengal's Digha and Thanked all other Mem- briefing, IMD chief Mru- Odisha is likely to occur. wind speed could be or tomorrow morning," 1,010 km south-south- bers of the IPC who sup- tyunjay Mohapatra said, Keeping in view the around 165-175 kmph he said. west of Bangladesh's ported her.Earlier mrs. "Amphan is expected to conditions, the IMD when the cyclone cross- The Director General Khepupara. udayalaxmi make the biggest impact has advised a complete es east Medinipur and said that the teams are It is expected to cross Is social worker.Writer in South and North 24 shutdown of shipping North and South 24 Par- on their feet and carry- between Digha and Ha- and the editorFor the Parganas and East Me- and boating activities in ganas districts. ing out awareness drives tia in Bangladesh close Delhi/Incharge for Woman and monthly Magzine Mah- dinipur districts of West the vulnerable parts of "Strong winds will be and evacuation in the to the Sundarbans on Hyderabad.,18,May,A divyang Jan Wings of their ilaswayamprabha Bengal. It will cross West West Bengal and Odisha felt over Kolkata, Hoogh- area which are slated May 20. The weather divyangjn woman Smt party On all India level. In Telugu , She took Bengal and Bangladesh till May 20. Rerouting or ly, Howrah and West to be affected by the agency has issued an sivalenka Naga Uday- This is an unprecedent her Post Graduate degree coast between Digha and shutting down of rail and Medinipur," it said. cyclone. Sanitisers and orange alert for coastal alaxmi. Appointed as Na- Act and a "record" In the from Andhra Univer- Hatia island during after- road traffic is also ad- During the briefing, preventive medicines West Bengal and Odisha, tional secretary Media history of Political Parties sity With sociology As the noon to evening of May vised in the areas which National Disaster Re- have also been given to where it said widespread affairs And independent of India.After getting This main Subject. 20, with maximum wind the super cyclone is ex- sponse Force (NDRF) the forces as the country damage is expected. Indian Horizon 4 South Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Goa CM urged to Migrants gone, Thackeray appeals to locals to help Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Faced with ning, the CM said that efforts are on emulate Punjab, UP a piquant situation of lakhs of migrant to give further relaxations in the green workers having left the state, Chief and orange zones, but there will be no Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Mon- relaxations in the red zones. model for SSC exams day appealed to the locals or ‘sons of Nevertheless, the state is making the soil’ to come forward and help in preparations for foreign investments the progress and development of Ma- by reserving more than 40,000 acres harashtra. of land for them, and there will be no “Around 50,000 manufacturing in- conditions for those willing to set up dustries have already started in the ‘pollution-free’ industries here. state with 20,000 more expected to “Some may say they have no re- resume operations soon in the green sources to invest in the land in the zones. Wherever there is a shortage current situation. No problems, we are of labour, I call upon the locals to step ready to give them land on rent with ahead and help them to make the state basic amenities to set up their indus- self-sufficient,” Thackeray said. tries,” Thackeray assured. His statement assumes significance He also urged all migrants still roads and highways... it can lead to fa- and western Maharashtra,” the CM after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stranded in the state to remain wher- tal accidents. We are making all efforts said. Thackeray also reiterated that last week exhorted the country to em- ever they are since the government to send you home safely. We shall be despite the increasing Covid-19 cases, Panaji, May 18 (IANS) The sand more in the HSSC exami- brace ‘atmanirbhar’ (self-sufficiency) has started trains and buses to drop starting similar arrangements for the the state will succeed in overcoming opposition in Goa on Monday nation (part of which was com- in the post-Corona world. them to their home states around the local migrants in the state stranded coronavirus with the cooperation of urged Chief Minister Pramod pleted before March 25 when Addressing the state late this eve- country. “Kindly do not walk on the in places like Mumbai from Konkan the people. Sawant to emulate the model the lockdown was announced). adopted by Punjab, Chhattis- “It seems we are ignoring garh and Uttar Pradesh to al- the risk to 11,000 students and 536 test positive for corona lot scores to Class X students, their parents. If anything hap- Conditions for based on previous academic pens tomorrow, who will be re- year’s performance, instead of sponsible,” Kamat asked. in TN, total tally 11,760 forcing them to appear in ex- When the Central guidelines increasing borrowing Chennai, May 18 The new infections tested taking to total aminations amid the Covid-19 said that schools, colleges and (IANS) A total of 536 include 46 persons over 3.37 lakh till date. pandemic. other educational institu- limits not fair: Kerala CM persons tested positive who had come to Tamil Testing of 535 samples Addressing the media, Lead- tions should remain closed, for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu from Maharash- are under process. er of Opposition, Digambar Ka- how could a state government Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 said Vijayan. He said currently Nadu on Monday, while tra, the Health Depart- State capital Chennai mat, said that Sawant should conduct board examinations, (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pina- states can borrow only three per three Covid-19 patients ment said. continued to see high- appoint experts to deal with he added. Sawant, however, rayi Vijayan on Monday expressed cent and were the first to demand lost their lives, the state The number Covid-19 est number of infec- the Class X board examination insisted that exams would be his displeasure at the way certain hike in the borrowing limit to 5 Health Department patients who were tions at 364, taking the and not force students to take held later this month as sched- conditions have been set when per cent. said. cured and discharged total tally to 7,117. them. uled. When asked if his ad- Union Finance Minister Nirmala “To increase the borrowing lim- According to the on Sunday was 234 and The number of infect- Goa has seen a surge of Co- ministration could guarantee Sitharaman raised the borrowing it from 3 to 3.5 per cent, is allowed Health Department, 536 the total is 4,406. The ed children in the age vid-19 cases over the last few that not a single SSC or HSSC limits of states from 3 per cent to 5 for all, with no conditions. But persons tested positive number Covid-19 pa- group 0-12 went up to days. The state didn’t have student would be infected by per cent of GDP for financial year from 3.5 to 4.5 per cent there have for Coronavirus over tients who were cured 709. single case between April 3 and Covid-19 in the course of the 2020-21. been four conditions. This is not the past 24-hours taking and discharged on Sun- The total number of May 13. But since May 14, the examination, Sawant said: “The Centre is borrowing 5.5 acceptable , anyway we are await- the total tally to 11,760. day was 234 and the to- active cases in Tamil state has recorded 35 cases. “There is no community trans- per cent of the GDP but when it ing for more details on it,” said Vi- With three Covid-19 tal is 4,406. Nadu stands at 7,270. Over 20,000 students are mission in Goa. The active cas- came to states, conditions are jayan and added that if conditions patients breathing their According to the The total number of ac- scheduled to appear in the SSC es were found at borders and being placed. This is against the are being set then Kerala will only last, the total death toll government, a total of tive cases in Tamil Nadu examination and several thou- check-posts.” federal structure and is not fair,” be able to borrow Rs 4,500 crore. as on Monday is 81. 11,121 samples were stands at 7,270.

Karnataka bans people entering from 3 Covid-hit states SSLC exam in Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) Alarmed tested positive and infected others,” es were reported on Monday, which fined,” said the minister. As per the by a rapid rise in positive cases state Deputy Chief Minister C.N. is the highest in the state, with 54 of guidelines for the fourth phase of Karnataka from across the state since the move- Ashwath Narayan said here. them from Mumbai, 2 from Solapur lockdown since Monday till May 31, ment of people, especially returnees Maharashtra till Sunday reported a and 1 from Raigad in the neibuour- the inter-state movement of people June 25 to July 4 was allowed last week, Karnataka whopping 33,053 cases, followed by ing Maharashtra. will be allowed between or among banned entry of citizens from three Gujarat with 11,380 and Tamil Nadu “As 14-day institutional quaran- states with mutual consent of their Bengaluru, May 18 two masks to every Covid-hit states, including Maha- 11,224 as against 1,123 in Karnataka. tine is compulsory for returnees governments to contain the virus (IANS) Karnataka’s student at the school rashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, a “Data indicates many people in in buses or own or hired vehicles, spread. Covid-hit re-sched- entrance to wear one senior minister said on Monday. the state who were free of the virus trains and flights, the state govern- Covid cases were also reported uled Secondary School before getting into “We have decided to stop people were suddenly infected by it after ment has barred the people entering from those entering the state from Leaving Certificate the exam room or hall entering from Maharashtra, Gujarat the entry of affected persons from from the 3 states, as there are not Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Ajmer in Ra- (SSLC) board exam and keep the other as and Tamil Nadu till May 31, as many these states,” recalled Narayan enough medical warriors and beds jasathan and Chennai in Tamil Nadu for class 10 students spare. coming or returning to the state A record number of 84 positive cas- to check them and keep them con- recently. would be held from “Each exam centre June 25 to July 4, state will also be equipped Education Minister S. with sanitiser dispens- Suresh Kumar said on ers to wash hands Covid-19 cases zoom to 99 in Karnataka, tally 1,246 Monday. before and after com- “The SSLC board pleting the exam dai- Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) Ninety- Urban, Gadag, Yadagiri, Uttara Kanna- nada, two Koppal cases, one Belagavi 84 cases were contacts of earlier cases. exam will be conduct- ly,” Kumar said. nine new Covid-19 cases, majority of da, Kalaburagi and Mandya. Until Sun- case and seven Raichuru cases had Meanwhile, green zones in Karnataka ed at 2,879 centres Students who shifted them with travel history to Mumbai, day, Raichur was a green zone without travel history to Mumbai. A 20-year- have diminished to just three -- Benga- across the state under to home town during emerged in Karnataka, marking the a case. old man from Raichuru had travelled luru Rural, Ramanagara and Chamara- new guidelines, which the prolonged lock- highest single day rise taking the state’s Among the new cases, Bengaluru Ur- to Solapur. A 30-year-old man from janagar. In the past 24 hours, Kodagu, make wearing mask down will be allowed tally to 1,246, said an official said here ban contributed 24, Mandya (17), Kala- Dakshina Kannada had travel history to Mysuru, Raichur and Koppal lost their and maintaining so- to write exams from on Monday. In addition to 58 patients buragi (10), Uttar]a Kannada (9), Rai- Raigadh. green zone status with new cases. cial distance manda- the nearest centre, who visited Mumbai, two each had churu and Yadagiri (6 each), Vijayapura Of the Gadag cases, two were contacts Five top cities in Karnataka with re- tory,” he told reporters where they are stay- travelled to Solapur and Raigad and and Gadag (5 each), Hassan (4), Koppal of 913th case, two emerged from the spect to active cases are Bengaluru Ur- here. ing. three others to Pune in Maharashtra. (3), Belagavi and Dakshina Kannada (2 Gadag containment zone and one had a ban with 110, Davangere (84), Mandya An estimated 8.5 “The board is col- Total cases with the Maharashtra con- each) and Ballari, Bidar, Kodagu, Udu- travel history to Chennai. A 25-year-old (68), Kalaburagi (54) and Belagavi (53). lakh students from lecting details of stu- tact were 64 out of 99. Of all the cases, pi, Mysuru and Davangre (1 each). man from Koppal had inter-state travel Of the 37 deaths, Bengaluru Urban state-run and private dents who shifted to 65 were men and 34 women. Except three patients from Benglauru history to Chennai. and Kalaburagi accounted for seven schools have regis- their native place dur- Of the 1,246 cases, 678 were active, Urban with travel history to Dabaspete A 23-year-old man from Belagavi was each, Dakshina Kannada (5) and Da- tered for the exams ing the lockdown af- 530 got discharged and 37 died from in Nelamangla, Chennai and Vellore in secondary contact of 575th case. vangere (4), while the remaining were in 6-8 subjects to be ter schools were shut. Covid-19 while 12 patients are in ICU. Tamil Nadu, and five cases from a con- The lone Ballari case, a 61-year-old reported from other districts. held from March 27 to They will be put up at Nowadays, Karnataka is regularly tainment zone all others were second- man, and another 55-year-old woman Among the 1,246 cases, 11 per cent April 9, but put off to SC/ST and Morarji De- posting the highest single-day rises, ary contacts of 653rd case. from Dakshina Kannada were also patients were senior citizens, 65 per April 20 after the first sai hostels across the beating earlier maximums. On Mon- All Mandya, Hassan, Udupi, nine Ka- suffering from Severe Acute Respira- cent men and 35 per cent women with 21-day lockdown was state fro the exams,” day, cases spiked in Raichur, Bengaluru laburagi cases, Vijayapura, Uttara Kan- tory Infection (SARI). Only 29 of the a discharge rate of 43 per cent. enforced on March added Kumar. 25, and then again In a related develop- postponed following ment, the pre-universi- extension of the lock- ty course (PUC) board Three leopards captured in K’taka after infant, old woman down. said exam in English for The state Depart- secondary year would Bengaluru, May 18 (IANS) The Kar- raiyanapalya village of Magadi taluk, to partment has set up a camp to under- not to venture out of home and has also ment of Public In- be held on June 18 at nataka forest department has captured enter and carry away three-and-a-half- take round the clock vigil in the terro- distributed some pamphlets with the struction released the the centre where stu- three leopards, suspected to have car- year-old Hemanth Kumar, sleeping with rised villages to capture the killer cats. same message. revised time table and dents wrote the other ried away and devoured a sleeping boy his parents and grandparents. “We have arranged 13 cages with baits More than 20 forest officials are main- uploaded it on its web- subject before the lock- and an old woman in the state’s Raman- In the similar fashion, on Saturday such as a goats and dogs to capture the taining the vigil. siteearlier in the day. down was enforced. agara district in the last week, an official morning, 67-year-old Gangamma, big cats,” said Hegade. “We are also fixing some camera traps “As at least 2 me- Though PUC board said on Monday. sleeping outside her home, was also car- On Sunday, a drone was also flown to catch a glimpse of the cats in our ef- tres of distance has to exams began as per “We have captured three leopards, ried away by a leopard, killed and eaten. over the forest and villages to know the forts to capture them.” be kept between two schedule on March 4, two male and one female. Male leopards “The leopard took away the woman whereabouts of the cats but could not Hegade said the villages are located students, additional the last exam (chemis- aged about two years each and the fe- around 4 a.m.,” he said. find any trace of the leopards. on the fringes of the Bantarakuppe for- class rooms will be ar- try) could not be held male, four and half years respectively,” Forest officials are awaiting the post- “Maybe because of the bushes and est. ranged for complying on March 23, as nine Deputy Conservator of Forests, Raman- mortem report of the leopard victims, rocky places, we could not get any sign Meanwhile, the department also with the guidelines,” districts in the state agara, Sadashiv N. Hegade told IANS. and have decided to give a compensa- of the leopard,” he said. found a pair of very young leopard cubs, said Kumar. were shut down till On May 9, a leopard took advantage tion of Rs 7.5 lakh each. The Forest Department camp is also probably a week old which will be left at The state scouts and March 31 to prevent of a door left ajar in a house in Kadi- Following the double deaths, the de- making announcements telling people the place where they were found. guides will distribute the virus spread. Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Nation 5 Cyclone Amphan: Odisha starts evacuating people Big rise in coronavirus Bhubaneswar, May 18 other permanent buildings it lightly. Preparations are pur districts, respectively. teams had been positioned (IANS) The District Col- with cumulative capac- in full swing to meet any Similarly, IPS officers Dip- in 6 coastal and 5 nearby lectors of cyclone Amphan ity to accommodate nearly eventuality,” he said. tesh Kumar Pattanayak, districts. The rest 11 (6 cases belies vulnerable areas had start- 12 lakh people have been The government has de- Ghanashyam Upadhyay, NDRF and 5 ODRAF) teams ed evacuating people as the identified in 12 districts. puted four senior IAS offi- Asish Kumar Singh and had been kept in standby to MP govt claims cyclone was likely to make It has also been directed cers and equal number of Jai Narayan Pankaj have be pressed into the service, landfall between West Ben- to arrange adequate food, IPS officers to four coastal been deputed to Balasore, as per the requirement. 10 Bhopal, May 18 (IANS) Defying down from March 25 to April 14, gal and Bangladesh on May drinking water, lighting, districts to provide guid- Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Fire Service Units with 100 the government’s claims of con- the state logged 741 cases and In- 20, said the Odisha govern- sanitation and health facil- ance and support to the Jagatsinghpur districts, people had also been kept tainment, Madhya Pradesh be- dore led with 362 positive cases ment, here on Monday. ity at each shelter and keep district administrations in respectively. in standby, he added. came the sixth state in the coun- and Bhopal had 158. There were “As per the latest report the tower light and chain- the cyclone Amphan man- Jena said 20 teams of According to the Indian try to cross 5,000 corona positive 53 deaths with Indore record- from the Collectors, evacu- saw and other emergency agement. the Odisha Disaster Rapid Meteorological Depart- cases. With a substantial 259 cases ing 33. Bhopal had recorded five. ation of people from vul- equipment ready to meet Transport Secretary Action Force (ODRAF), ment (IMD), squally wind on Monday, the tally went up to Those completely cured through nerable areas has started. any eventuality. Madhu Sudan Padhi, Chief 19 teams of the National speed reaching 45-55 km/h 5,236. the phase numbered 64 and In- We are targeting to com- Odisha Chief Secretary Electoral Officer Sushil Disaster Response Force gusting to 65 km/h is likely Besides the new hotspot of dore topped with 38. plete all evacuation work Asit Tripathy said the gov- Kumar Lohani, Industries (NDRF) and 335 units of to hit the south Odisha Burhanpur which has jumped The second phase(April 15- May by tomorrow (Tuesday) ernment was taking all the Secretary Hemant Sharma the Fire and Disaster Man- coast from May 18 evening from one to 152 in just two weeks, 3) marked a rising trend with im- afternoon,” said Special measures even though cy- and Higher Education agement had been kept in and increase to 55-65 km/h, the four old ones -- Indore, Bho- proved testing rate, as also a high- Relief Commissioner (SRC) clone Ampan might not Secretary Saswat Mishra readiness to be pressed into gusting to 75 km/h and ex- pal, Ujjain and Jabalpur -- have er communication of the virus. Pradeep Jena. make landfall in the state. have been deputed to the service. tend to along and off north maintained a steady rise in the The total positive cases reached About 600 multi-purpose “Given our past experi- Balasore, Bhadrak, Ken- He said 13 NDRF, 15 Odisha coast from May 19 positive cases. Indore stands at 2,837 (2,096 fresh cases) in this cyclone shelters and 7,092 ences, we are not taking drapara and Jagatsingh- ODRAF and 217 Fire Service morning. the 7th spot in the country with phase and Indore touched 1,611 2,565 cases as on Monday. Capital and Bhopal 532. There were 156 reaching the state, deployments Bhopal topped the 1,000 mark on deaths in the state by the end of Central forces reach of Rapid Action Force companies Monday with 38 fresh cases. Ujj- this phase with Indore reporting have been made in Pune, Aurang- ain (343), Jabalpur (182), Khandwa almost 50 per cent at 77. Bhopal abad, Nashik, Amravati so far. (165), Dhar (106) are the other had 15. The recoveries totalled at Maharashtra to help police For Mumbai’s deployment, spots with over 100 cases. 798 -- Indore 362 and Bhopal 237. Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Eight be deployed across the state. The started from Monday in the state. Mumbai Police Commissioner The overall death toll in the state The third phase that ended on companies of Central Armed Po- CAPFs meant for Mumbai are 3 The deployment will enable Param Bir Singh will take the fi- is 252 with Indore recording 100 as Sunday saw the number of cases lice Forces (CAPFs) reached Ma- companies from the CISF, and 2 the Mumbai Police and police in nal call on Tuesday. on Monday. The consolation is the reaching 4,977 (2,881 fresh) and harashtra on Monday while two from CRPF, which will be part of other parts of the state to get the Official sources said these slowing down of fatalities. There Indore had 954 of them and Bho- are expected to reach the state 20 companies sought by the state much-needed break from heavy companies are likely to be divid- were four corona deaths on Mon- pal 422. Of the 248 deaths through later tonight to assist police with for deployment during Ramzan- dutyload for the past two months. ed and deployed in some of the day and five on Sunday. this phase, Indore’s tally was 101 Covid-19 duties, Home Minister Eid and the ongoing Covid-19 More so, because more than worst-hit Covid-19 zones in the The claims about lockdown put- and Bhopal’s 38. Anil Deshmukh said here. pandemic. 1,200 police personnel, including city and the suburbs. ting brakes on the spread of virus The fourth phase has started While 5 companies -- each They will assist Maharashtra around 600 in Mumbai, have test- The remaining 10 companies are not borne out by the figures with Indore reporting 95 of the 259 with 120 highly-trained person- Police with crowd control and ed Covid-19 positive and around are expected to join them over through the three phases of con- cases and Khandwa 69 fresh cases nel -- will be deployed in the city physical distancing measures a dozen have lost their lives so the next few days as announced tainment so far. Bhopal 38. The state still seems set from tomorrow, five others will during the lockdown 4.0 which far. With the additional forces by Deshmukh earlier. During the first phase of lock- for a long struggle ahead. Assam to get Rs 300 cr from World Bank to deal with Covid-19 Guwahati, May 18 (IANS) The the World Bank for financial the Assam Community Surveil- ists) and MPW (Multi-Purpose Assam government expects to assistance,” he told the media lance Plan (ACSP), no Covid-19 Workers) along with other health get Rs 300 crore from the World here. patient was found yet even after staff would be the front line Bank to deal with the COVID-19 “The negotiation with the the health workers and doctors workers to undertake this. pandemic management effec- World Bank through the central have already visited 16,000 vil- Sarma also said that Assam tively, state Finance and Health government’s Department of lages across the state. would be greatly benefited from Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Economic Affairs (DEA) is now The Assam government on the economic packages an- said on Monday. in advance stage. The DEA has May 7 launched an ambitious nounced by the Central govern- He said that of the Rs 300 crore encouraged us for World Bank community-based surveillance ment. World Bank aid, 80 per cent is a funding.” (ACSP) for Influenza-like Illness “State government’s cash flow grant and remaining 20 per cent Sarma also said that the Assam (ILI) and Severe Acute Respira- of the fund would be increased a loan. “Per head cost of quar- government has launched a new tory Infections (SARI) across by Rs 10,000 crore. Assam has antine for 14 days is Rs 30,000. scheme “Ruthless Quarantine the state to contain the possible 66,000 MSMEs. The scheme and Around one lakh people in As- With Big Heart”. “Under this spread of Covid-19. Under the financial package announced by sam have to be in quarantine. mandatory quarantine protocol, ACSP, health workers including the Central government would We don’t have sufficient funds each suspected person must be doctors would go to all 30,000 be more beneficial and purpose- for the effective quarantine of in 14 days quarantine.” villages to identify the ILI and ful for the people if the Assam the possible number of people, He said that if the home or failed, it would be a big chal- the spread of the coronavirus. SARI cases in the villages. ASHA government extends its match- that’s why we negotiated with institutional quarantine system lenge for the people to prevent The minister said that under (Accredited Social Health Activ- ing share,” he said.

Wearing of masks at public Retired trooper man kills ‘Housing society’ chairman places is compulsory in Gujarat wife, son and another relative held for Rs 223 cr fraud in J&K Guwahati, May 18 (IANS) A retired operation to nab Sanjay,” the district Gandhinagar, May 18 relaxations depend on wheth- central paramilitary trooper shot police chief, who is leading the opera- Srinagar, May 18 (IANS) J&K’s lah Mir of Magarmal Bagh, Srinagar. (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister er and an area falls in a con- dead his wife, son and brother-in- tion, told IANS over phone. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on It was further revealed that the Vijay Rupani announced on tainment zone or not. law in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Senior police officials in Assam Monday arrested the Chairman of so-called Chairman of the society Monday that N95 and triple- For the containment zones, Monday, police said. and other northeastern states said the non-existent Jhelum Coopera- had moved an application to the layered masks will be avail- there won’t be any relaxation Dibrugarh’s Superintendent of po- that during the ongoing lockdown, tive House Building Society in con- Secretary, Cooperatives where un- able at Amul parlours across except the availability of es- lice Sreejith T. said that 48-years-old overall crime has been reduced but nection with a multi-crore land der he sought directions to the co- the state at affordable prices. sentials between 8 a.m. to 3 Sanjay Das shot dead his wife Swap- crime against women and domestic scam unearthed in the state coop- operative bank for grant of finan- There are around 1,600 p.m. na Das, son Nabajyoti and brother- violence increased compared to the erative bank. cial assistance to the tune of Rs 300 Amul parlours across the Whereas the areas outside in-law Ghana Kanta Hazarika at Hu- normal situations. A statement issued by the ACB crore for taking over the posses- state, and all these will now containment zones, normal kan Pukhuri village. “As the police and other security said that a preliminary enquiry was sion of 300 kanals of land for con- be selling the much-needed activities have been allowed. While Swapna died on the spot and forces are very strictly controlling conducted on the allegations that struction of a satellite township in N95 masks and triple-layered The government has decid- Nabajyoti and Hazarika succumbed the people’s movement due to the the Chairman of J&K state coop- the outskirts of Srinagar city. masks, as wearing of masks ed to restart state transport to their injuries at Assam Medical lockdown guidelines, overall crimes erative bank in connivance with The bank sanctioned Rs 223 crores was made mandatory in the bus services except in Ahmed- College and Hospital in Dibrugarh have drastically reduced. However, the officials/beneficiaries of a non- without adhering to any formalities. state since the lockdown was abad and Surat city. It has also town. Sanjay, who had served in the the crime against women and do- existent cooperative house building No balance sheet, profit and loss imposed on March 25 to curb decided to permit the autos to Sashastra Seema Bal, fled from the mestic violence has been increased,” society had sanctioned Rs 223 crore statement, income tax return or even the spread of coronavirus. operate in the areas outside village after committing the crime. a police official, who refusing to be fraudulently in favour of the said so- the PAN Card of the beneficiary is on “Wearing of masks at public containment zones provided “We have launched a massive search named, told IANS. ciety run by Hilal Mir, son of Sanaul- record with the loan documents. places is compulsory. Looking they carry a maximum of two at this mandate, and to avail passengers. the masks easily, the Gujarat Shopping malls and com- government has made pro- mercial centres will be al- 33 Covid cases quarantined in Goa from Maharashtra: Sawant visions. The N95 masks and lowed to function but only on Panaji, May 18 (IANS) for a passage home, but the railway station. Goa migrant workers had re- than 60 migrant work- the triple-layered mask will the odd- even formula. Mar- Thirty three out of 35 ac- added that states like Bi- has seen a surge of Co- turned to their home ers from West Bengal and be sold at Amul parlours. The riage functions will also be tive Covid-19 cases in Goa har and West Bengal had vid-19 cases over the last states of Jammu & Kash- Odisha had gathered out- N95 mask will be available at allowed with the maximum were “imported” from not booked trains to ferry few days, ever since move- mir, Madhya Pradesh, and side the North Goa Collec- Rs 65 and the triple-layered of 50 invitees. The govern- neighbouring Maharash- migrants from their states ment across inter-state others by train. tor’s office, pleading to fa- mask will be available at Rs 5 ment has also allowed for the tra and the remaining two back home. borders via train and roads “As of now, 1.5 lakh mi- cilitate their journey back at all the Amul parlours in the roadside eateries/’dhabas’ to active cases came to Goa “As of now, Goa has 35 increased after lockdown grant labourers have reg- home. state. In the first phase, the operate. Private offices in the from Karnataka, Chief positive cases, all of which 3.0. The state did not have istered to return to their Sawant said that pub- selling of masks will be car- state have also been permit- Minister Pramod Sawant are imported. 33 cases are a single Covid-19 case homes. While the Goa gov- lic works contractors and ried out in Ahmedabad and ted to operate with up to 80 said on Monday, adding from Maharashtra. Two since April 3 to May 13. But ernment has set guidelines members of the hospitality gradually all across the state,” per cent staff capacity. that not a single case has cases are from Karnataka,” from May 14 onwards, the for migrant labourers to industry were in the pro- Rupani said. Goods transport vehicles been detected among resi- Sawant said, adding that state has recorded 35 ac- return home, some states cess of pooling together The CM also announced the will be permitted to operate in dent Goans. in nearly all the cases, the tive cases. like Bihar and West Bengal financial resources to provisions of the Lockdown the state. The restaurants will Sawant also said that Covid-19 positive per- Sawant also said that are not booking trains en- book trains, in order to fa- 4.0, which will be in effect be allowed to operate pro- nearly 1.5 lakh migrant sons were identified at since the lockdown 160 abling their return,” Sawa- cilitate the journey of mi- from Tuesday in Gujarat. Ac- vided that they provide only workers had registered the state’s road borders seafarers had returned to nt said. grant workers back to their cording to the provisions, the home delivery services. with the state government or as soon as they got off Goa and as many as 10,000 Earlier on Monday, more homes. IndianIndian Horizon EDIT Thursday, March 26 2020 66 EDIT Tuesday, May 19, 2020 GenderCovid-19:Economic budgeting fails self-isolationto address allrecovery problems Indian Horizon By MK Bhadrakumar over Nazi Germany in 1945. 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Covid-19 has made this go ahead on May 9 to mark the dia- Economic self-isolation will not its credibility. No amount of blame realisation possible. acent tenure gesture of upof ato young only woman 14 years. migrant Sig- mond anniversaryBJP of Russia’s had victory nothing help on the path of recovery.positive Histori- game to can detractoffer from this.at Much local level IANS nificantly,bank employee this restrictiondonning the not police only uni pre-- By Saba Naqvi tence at civility in public life and ramped current BJP and its ideological family aged to peacefully rule Goa with a large There were always good reasons for up the hate speech. The desperation to have, therefore, made the shift to invok- Christian population without any social ventedform for them a day from at Lehragaga reaching inthe Sangrur pinna- the BJP to be defeatedCommunity in the Delhi As- also stick to itsresponse CAA agenda in the face ing keeps enemies here, there, Spiti everywhere. In resilientupheaval is gone too. The most signifi- sembly elections. First, the party is in of spreading protests in the Capital and doing so, the BJP gives some youth the cant is the passing away of Arun Jaitley cle in their career, but also disqualified By Ajay Bijoor Spiti will be asked to leave in the villages that come under their pa- all locals stuck outside Spiti were with the aim of convincing the migrants power in the three municipal corpora- across the country also drove the BJP pretext to abuse, blame others for their who determined the media spin given to WHEN the phone rang at 6:30 coming days. There is a meeting tronage. These include the Tabo, them from pension, which starts only tions in the Capital that have a shabby to the point where we can state that in misfortune and feel a sense of belong- eventsinstructed and was to brought return out by as March a trouble 20- against leaving at a time when the eco- record.am, I Indeed,knew it onehad couldto be saysomeone that Januaryin Kaza 2020, to thediscuss BJP completely the matter aban and- ingKee to anand ideology, Dhankar some evenmonasteries picked up shooterand ensure when the 14-day script went isolation haywire. in after 20 years of service. theyfrom are Spiti. a blot Thinley, on the Swachh my colleague, Bharat donedresidents its mukhauta of all villages (mask) model have thatbeen gunsthat as follow was witnessed the Gelug in three sect, cases theof theirHalf respectivethe second rung homes. of the Likewise, BJP has nomic activity is restarting and jobs are campaigngreeted ofme Prime with Minister a Julley Narendra in the hasasked a place to in be the present party’s history. at the Gompa shootingKomic thatmonastery took place that in Delhi. follows In the the passedall tourists away inwhile Spiti the were other requested half has History is witness to a number of awe- Modi.most Second, matter-of-fact the BJP could manner. offer noLife (monastery),”Mukhauta was the he phrase said. that gained past,Sakya polarisation sect and was the part Kungri of the stratmon- - beento leave rendered by March powerless. 20 and This theincludes local local leadership or face to take on Delhi currency after a high-ranking RSS-BJP egy; in the future, it seems likely to be the Union minister Nitin Gadkari, former opening up is, indeed, heartwarming. in this remote valley of Himachal This was on March 15. While astery that aligns with the Ny- hotel owners were asked to facili- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose functionary described former PM Atal main plank of the strategy along with the chief ministers Shivraj Chouhan and inspiring and brave women leading Pradesh is usually up and about everyone was still coming to grips ingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism. tate return travel for their guests. However, with the Central government approval ratings always remained high. Bihari Vajpayee as the mask/plausible continued cult of the Great Leader. Raman Singh, who have all been cut to thousands of men in battles, includ- Third,at the the BJPbreak had noof youthday. alternativeThe Spiti pleasantwith the face emerging who gave cover Covid-19 to an ideo situ- - TheThe monasterieslanguage of urban seldom warfare call and for aAll size, 13 smaller panchayats than their of potential. Spiti agreed What providing the fiscal push to help the small tosubdivision AAP whose core is partteam ofis packed Lahaul with and logicalation, agenda. this little Vajpayee valley helmed had aswung suc- civilsuch war meetings, was spoken but in whenDelhi and they hate do, areto lefttake are theturns Big Twoto help and yes-men the police and ing the famous Joan of Arc and our youngSpiti faces.district, Fourth, with large a population sections of of cessfulinto action.coalition Whatin an agebegan where as num a dis- - speechesthey are made not byto lawmakersbe taken without lightly. women,monitor none and of preventwhom can the muster entry the of and medium industries rev up, the onus of thenearly youth 12,500. were, in Over any case, the pastalienated eight berscussion demanded among moderation. some concerned anyThis real meeting apology from was the well nation’s attended pre- courageanyone to intospeak upSpiti even via if they Sumdo thought — very own Rani of Jhansi. Recognising fromyears, the BJPI have at the spent spectacle a lot of of violence time in hotelThe BJP operators has a majority in Kaza,on its own Spiti’s at eminentby pradhans party. This of is allbecause panchayats, they do errorsthe district were being border made (andand somethe do).only on two universities in Delhi, Jamia Mil- the national level but is losing power in not see themselves as replacing any And there are new entrants who are ab- winning back the confidence of the work- Spiti coordinating efforts in com- largest village, had found trac- the numberdar of every village, entry point into the valley in the the valour and capability of women lia and JNU, in the weeks preceding the states at a time when the economy is in middle ground — as the BJP of the Va- solutely committed to this goli maaro force the backbone of our industry rests with electionsmunity-based (after voting conservation day, came reports as crisis.tion. There is now a palpable sense of jpayeemahila era didmandal — but inrepresentatives, creating an en- tonewinter and months.tenor without Within any pretense Spiti, loof - in military matters in the past couple ofpart sexual of assault the onNature girl students Conservation of Gargi economicThe meeting despair in on the Marchair. In the 17 week was tirelymembers new ground of the and Panchayat reality in India. 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It was light on its feet in evading cycle of endemic social unrest leading and then tries to pass it off as reason- that became a template for similar pro- Netherlands,fering from a sense Australia of having andbeen leftCanada in the to Spiti. Travellers currently in of respect from the surrounding sions were made at the meeting: IANS the BJP’s attempt to make this election up to 2024; they do not see the country able. In the past year, the more plausible tests across the country, was made the havelurch allowedis uphill, butwomen the promise in groundbreak of payment- about Hindu versus Muslim as opposed as a safe destination to invest in infra- pleasant faces of the BJP passed away. main election issue by the BJP. It upset to issues of local governance. Partly be- structure and do not expect the Indian Sushma Swaraj would have watched the believer for a multiplicity of reasons ingof pending combat wages positions. and adequate While work stopping is a po- cause the BJP had nothing positive to of- economy to grow at a healthy rate. They her Ps and Qs while talking about other that lie beyond the Delhi poll. Shaheen fer at the local level, it decided to make Now,were even factoring politics in a simulated war women,over be they migrantsprotesters or leaders; Bagh marks the resurrection of the shorttent tool. of granting The depleting this workforcerole to the following Indian the Byelection Radhika about Ramaseshan its ideological isna -BJP-ruled.with Pakistan! The dominant This shockingly wholesalers/retailers, bad eco- she even clear maintained the Congress. excellent She didrela -not powerawait ofunderpass the nation’s thatlargest evidentlyminority tional issues. In the process, in full view nomic projection means that the BJP tions with Sonia Gandhi although the supported by the large percentage of In- We will strike when the iron presence of the Opposition dues to sugarcane growers and his approval. She had 500 bus- pinched the BJP so much that women, the Supreme Court judgment of the national and international media cannot use traditional means to engage two had contested an election against dians who did not vote for the BJP. the imminent exodus of nearly 10 lakh work- is hot and expose the BJP gov- made the coordination with offer financial relief to carpet es lined up in different places FM Nirmala Sitharaman la- in the Capital, the BJP dropped all pre- the young in a future that has hope. The each other. Manohar Parrikar who man- IANS notablyers who rubbishedhave registered the topatriarchal leave Punjab con is- ernment’s failure in respond- BJP-governed UP a challenge manufacturers and weavers. of Rajasthan that travelled up belled his visit as ‘dramebaaz’ ing to the biggest humanitar- that smacked of politics, be- While the BJP is predisposed to to Govardhan, near Mathura at a presser dedicated to am- ceptworrisome. that portrays Ludhiana women is the most as weakimpacted by ian crisis.’ Ostensibly wise cause no matter what Yadav dismiss a statement or a pro- in UP. As Congress workers plify the Centre’s next tranche pointing out the fact that 30 per cent words that cameUS from wantsAkh- claimed, theCentral inescapable re- posalAsia from Rahul to Gandhi oust as showed China, up to help the Russia mi- for a stricken economy. Short- as 40 per cent of the state’s 2.52 lakh units ilesh Yadav, the SP president, ality is that in the worst hour, ‘flippant and ill-thought out’, grants, the local administra- ly after thwarting Priyanka’s By P Stobdan once Moscow signed a special strategic Uzbek leader Islam Karimov’s death The critical point is that Uzbekistan en- when a journalist asked why the heartland can’t resist play- grudgingly it takes Priyanka a tion stalled the onward travel. border exertion, Adityanath of our women officers are deployed in US officials rarely visit Central Asia, partnership with China. The US then in 2016 and Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan dorses the Taliban movement and sup- are located in this industrial hub. Similarly the SP lay low through the cri- ing power games. little more seriously, although Priyanka made a fervent video ordered his bureaucrats to conflict zones. This effectively expos- but amidst the coronavirus outbreak in took a pause, waiting for the situation to stepping down in 2019 opened a win- ports direct talks between the US and bleak is the condition in neighbouring Hary- China,sis created Secretary by the of Statelong nationMike Pompeo- For aevolve, long time,while maintainingas the tra- theit conjuresposture of up dowher ofhusband, opportunity appeal that prompted to the CM Mike to green-flag militia. Itarrange hedges 200a bet buses on Washington in each dis - es the government stance that wom- paidal lockdown.a stealthy visit Uttar to KazakhstanPradesh, vailsand ofsupporting the walking the class independence near- Robert and Vadra’sterri- allegedPompeo corrup to visit- Nursultanthe journey in Tashkent. but he brushed than onit Moscow’strict for the ability migrants to end in the addi Af-- ana and Himachal Pradesh as they scramble UzbekistanYadav’s homewith a bagand full political of intersecting ly overwhelmed torial integrity the pandemic of Central Asiantion tonations. tar her asNew well. Uzbek leaderaside Shavkat as Mirziyoyev a political is gimmick. ghan stalemate, tion to crucialthe 10,000 for Uzbekistan’s state trans - en are physiologically unfit for higher agendas,turf, was primarily the epicentre to convey thatand the in re the- nation’sIn the 90s, collective Zbigniew con -BrzezinskiIt was sug the- nowAuraiya a reformer road and Indeed, potential his partner response for security. was port vehicles already on the to stem the tide of outgoing labour. gionthe remains largest independent recipient (nearly of the malign sciousness, gested UP’s the need Opposition to wait for thetragedy next genon -Maythe 16 US, that who res it -believes,crafted has to taken hurt stepsthe CongressUzbekistan road. isA becomingknee-jerk amove linchpin that, influence of ‘external actors’, an obvious eration Central Asians overcoming their to initiate reforms. Mirziyoyev’s busi- state in the US success to get the Afghan Army ranks as farcical and hollow. 17 lakh on the last count) of parties, principally the SP and urrected the political polem- where it hit the most. ‘Those if put in action earlier, could The migrant workers would do well to tug to China and Russia. The visit came inherited, unsure self-ambivalence and ness offers could spin off opportunities war to an end. We don’t know the details In the light of the forward-looking aheadindividuals of the State and Department’s their families unveil the- BSP,orienting were reticent, themselves except towards ics. America. A truck carryingfor the migrants US firms. doing politics on this forissue the post-Afghanhave saved settlement, the lives of but at leastthe impassively weigh in their livelihood ingwho of thefled ‘US their strategy places for of Central work Asiaan occasional After 30anodyne years since, tweet Central smashed Asia has into anotherPompeo vehicle, also visitedshould Nursultan think whyto cul people- aim re would- two be dozen to avoid people the inmistake Auraiya. of order that bestows dignity on able 2019-25:the country Advancing over, mostlysovereignty on fromand Yadav.changed The and only Washington bursts of killingseems set24 toof them.tivate The new acci Kazakh- jected President them Kassym-in the 2014hastily and withdrawingWhat does US troopsthe big from picture Syr- in the states of their karma against economicfoot and prosperity’. bicycles, to the safety proactivismreap the emanated fruit of its investments.from dent The brought new intoJomart focus Tokayev the lo- to2019 profit elections,’ from his recent he said. ia Theresulting evolving in Turkey’s in UP military signify? assault That women, it is now a question of time ofAmericans their home are states. not known for underthe- Congress.policy lists Priyanka $9 billion Gan funding- gistical support inadequacies political inflicted reforms. subtextPompeo oflauded Priyanka’s ‘real gestureagainst thePriyanka Kurds. is The in forbigger a long picture haul, for democracy programmes, security improvements’, urged Kazakhs to resist is how the US may be subtly using the that in their home states which are al- standingWhile Central Bihar, Asia wellJharkhand as compared dhi Vadra, the general secre- both by the Centre and states was political but she did not regardless of the state of the before women officers in the Indian to Europeans who coined the Eurasia cooperation, economic governance and excessive engagement with China and Afghan factor as a means to nudge Cen- and West Bengal account for tary minding UP, wrote mis- by neglecting the migrants, colour it as one. However, the Congress’s organisation that’s ready creaking under the burden of a and Silk Route phrases and traversed private sector-led economic growth. Be- instead consider America as a reliable tral Asia into accepting a certain option Army acquire positions of command. alongas many its various or more paths. of Duringthe mi the- sivesSo- tosides, CM theYogi US Adityanath, has supported not $50 ensuring billion thebusiness basic partner.travel CM’s statement construedor use cuesbereft to directof grassroot them away moorings. from huge influx of returnees that entails a vietgrants period, in only the aorganised few American and tourists marking in creditissues and and loans raising to the means, region. andThe leavingConversely, them to Kazakhs it otherwise now see and the USprojected overly it depending Yadav might on Russia have and tried China. to In the meanwhile, the rank and file of travelledunorganised to Tashkent sectors from as Moscow. UP, demandsThe US privatethat spanned sector invested the theirover $31fate. bil -Theas governmenta source of investment, as ‘politics’. new technolThe UP- mediaThe US hassound offered politically a $100-million tactful. aid But to thequarantine military periodwould anddo wellshrinking to throw job USthe struggled state is to the make gateway a workable that footsocial- andlion economicin commercial gamut. venturesand and the funded CM had ogies, no defence education to andlapped global up standards.his version andincrease al- cross-borderhe reminded trade the and media connec that- printhelps in themthe geopolitically trace their crucialpaths CenAfter- over PM Modi40,000 unveiled student and a Rs professional explain away ex- theirAfter apathy. Chevron andleged ExxonMobil, that the Ameri Congress- tivity had between as the Uzbekistan CM, he tickedand Afghani off of-- tral Asia that prompted the Congress to changes, among others. can Tyson Foods is preparing to enter stan. For the first time, the US told the outdatedopportunities perceptions under MGNREGS. of male superi With- back home. Therefore, it is the 20 lakh-crore package to resus- Without censuring the CM, similarly politicised the Kargil ficials who misbehaved with adopt the Freedom Support Act in 1992. Clearly then, Washington still treats Kazakhstan’s agriculture sector. regional states to push China and Russia node in a network of logistics citate the economy, Priyanka on May 17, Priyanka sought ority out of the window that are gen- In 1991, Secretary of State James Baker Central Asia as an open book and the last In the C5+1 format,incursion. Pompeo pointed out of thethe region, ‘aam be aadmi’. wary of The predatory context the trains having chugged back on flewcutting to Kazakhstanthrough and to intersectdenuclearise- asked the thechapter CM isto not waive yet written. home Thehis fresh permission stra- toto allowenlarging 1,000 American Priyanka influence, may notby retreatChinese lending,was an Agraand avoidbureaucrat’s falling into su - erallytrack, profferedthe prospect to ofkeep visiting them home down a Musliming the majority arduous state. tasks of re- loan intereststegic opportunity and power assessmentand buses defines from thesnaring contiguous Uzbekistan but into the its BJP Afghan is out pol to- pushthe thedebt trappercilious under theattitude pretence towards of Belt a ceiving,Washington’s hosting desire (if only to forge tem -a parttube-well- the bills region for fourimportant months, in itsstates own toright, ferry icyback and the by miexploring- Congress ways tointo counter a corner. and The Road migrant Initiative in (BRI) his cityprojects. who Thewas andbit laterbe prepared with pockets to take full orders should from ap- nershipporarily) was and constrained seeing offby thethe dilem pick- uplays the out newentire milestones agricul- forgrants strengthen to UP- Chineseand facilitate influence. bus Tashkent’s episode regionalcoalesced debt with finance photographed impacting draggingsovereignty his is madistressed confronted people. by the The Soviet-trained prob- tural produceing sovereignty, and not fighting leave terrorismtheir return, and whichplans forshe improving said Rahul relationship Gandhi’s with itsinteraction acute in Kyrgyzstanchild on a suitcase.and Tajikistan that residual leaders for defining their des- helping to make economies attractive to neighbours and efforts to nix the peace are unable to repay. them. The mission is of utmost impor- lem is not every Indian state it to middlemen and private would be managed by the with the migrants at a Delhi IANS peal to their sentiment. An assurance tinies. The regional context changed US businesses. process in Afghanistan, impress the US. IANS tance and women are equally capable to this effect is needed. of helming it. ReadersReaders ResponseResponse andand contributioncontribution WelcomeWelcome Indian Horizon 7 OPED Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Where to worry about catching Covid-19, and where not to By Faye Flam encounter while you walk or transmissible if it takes closed as well as a couple of days be- While it’s clear the disease can es, all but one transmission oc- Each virus has its unique pat- run past someone, those are low environments or close contact fore and after. If someone in that be spread by people before curred indoors. tern of spread, and scientists are risks,” Muge Cevik, a top virolo- to spread. stage goes to a party, or church they have symptoms, it’s still “I’d like people to stop wast- starting to get a handle on how gist notes The first part of the answer is service, or to work in a meat an open question how many ing mental energy on the wrong the novel coronavirus behaves. The studies come from Chi- that after much speculation of packing plant or nursing home, people have no symptoms and things,” Bromage says. “To stop This understanding is making it na, Singapore, Taiwan, and to a extreme transmissibility, the many other people will probably whether they are driving much worrying about outdoors and possible to rank the risks of dif- lesser extent the U.S. They were data show something interme- get sick. of the spread. bike riders since it’s such a low ferent activities from high to low all done through contact trac- diate, with each infected indi- One study in China showed Much of the material in these risk.” to trivial. ing, which may turn out to be vidual transmitting the virus to how the virus spread at a busi- studies comes as a surprise to Bromage doesn’t think strict The most informative studies humanity’s greatest strategy for between two and three others ness meeting and a restaurant. people, says Erin Bromage, a bi- lockdowns have to remain until show how the disease is spread- fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. on average. But the important A contact tracing effort in Sin- ology professor at the University we get herd immunity or a vac- ing in the real world -- a big ad- Unique pattern of the virus point, which is often missed, is gapore revealed big clusters of of Massachusetts, who recently cine. But he would like to see vance over the various simula- Contact tracing can stop that this is just an average. cases stemmed from a business got 11 million views to a blog businesses use the data avail- tions and models that, early on, chains of transmission, even In the real world, most people meeting, a church, and a visit to post he wrote on how the disease able to start up without fueling showed only hypothetical sce- after a disease is widespread, transmit the disease to nobody, a shop. is transmitted. major outbreaks. He sees hope narios. as physician and former World or one person, and a minority in- Another study, one of the People think if you get ex- for restaurants and hair salons The two drivers of the spread Bank president Jim Yong Kim fect many others in so-called su- few from the U.S., showed how posed, you automatically get in the new normal, and is advis- of the disease are close contact explained in The New Yorker. per-spreading events. It’s those one infected person in Chicago sick or become infectious, he ex- ing such businesses in his com- and crowding in closed spac- Another major benefit is that it we must learn how to avoid. spread the disease to multiple plains. But even people exposed munity on how to minimise ex- es. It spreads through home- offers clues as to how the dis- The data show that nine per- people at a funeral and later at a to sick family members in their posure. less shelters and nursing and ease spreads. Each virus has its cent of infected people are re- birthday party, and one of those homes don’t always get sick. As Harvard population medi- care homes, where people were unique pattern. sponsible for 80% of the trans- infected at the party then spread Sharing a home or office does cine professor Julia Marcus re- crowded with many others. It The U.S. has done almost no missions, she says. Why? For one the disease to others at a church make transmission more likely, called in a recent op-ed, 20th spread through people’s house- contact tracing yet. A survey of thing, the disease is apparently service that lasted more than two since length of exposure matters century doctors eventually re- holds, and through meat pack- people coming to hospitals in very infectious but only for a hours. Other studies connected as much as distance from other lented on advice for unpaired ing plants. New York City during May re- short window, and perhaps only outbreaks to crowded offices. people. People passing by you people to remain celibate until “Spending time dining togeth- vealed that most of them had in some cases. People who eventually de- in a supermarket are unlikely to there was a cure for AIDS. They er, being in public transport,” been home, and were not work- Contact tracing veloped severe symptoms were infect you. started talking about safer sex. might risk spreading the disease, ing or taking public transport. Contact tracing studies show more likely to transmit the Outdoor environments appear Now it’s time to do the same but “going to a market briefly, Cevik said people often ask her people are most infectious right disease to others than were much safer as well. In one study, with life under the coronavirus. for five minutes or a transient how the disease could be so around the onset of symptoms, those who had mild symptoms. which followed hundreds of cas- Gulf News Britons’ trust in Boris is wavering

plummets after Johnson’s easing of coro- promptly ordered a partial lockdown. productive. He opened up at the start navirus lockdown” says it all. For the first Too little, too late! By the last week in when he should have locked down and time the approval ratings of the new La- March the coronavirus had enjoyed now he is opening-up again encourag- bour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer have free rein to target the most vulnerable, ing people to return to work and feel overtaken the prime minister’s. in particular the over-70s and the el- free to enjoy parks, beaches and sports Churchillian comparison derly in care homes for whom the gov- activities at a time when the virus re- has always pictured himself in the ernment made no provision. One can mains virulent in many parts of the mould of Winston Churchill but evi- only imagine how frightened they were country away from the capital. dently there is a gaping differential in to be trapped in a Petri dish. Moreover, despite news that young backbone between the man who guid- Even as the numbers were shoot- children are increasingly being infect- ed his country to victory in the Second ing upwards at a time when the spring ed albeit with different symptoms from World War telling his people to fight weather beckoned people towards the the adult population, he has plans to the Nazis on the beaches with pitch- parks and beaches, most Britons kept shortly reopen schools. forks and the incumbent of Number their faith in Boris. His approval ratings The government’s message is no Ten who invited-in the rotund spiky spiked during and immediately after longer “Stay Home” but “Stay Alert” enemy hoards to do their worst before his own brush with COVID-19 which he as though those colourful tiny corona turning on a dime once their invasion may have caught during a gloveless and critters can be spied creeping up on had taken hold. mask-less visit to a hospital. their victims. Tragically his penchant for changing Shutting down economy It is a message that is not going down his mind may have contributed to the However, it seems Britons’ capacity very well with Britain’s mayors who UK’s disproportionate case numbers for forgiveness is not without limits. says they were not informed in advance and loss of life. When the global spread Johnson has been spooked by econom- of Johnson’s latest U-turn. Many city By Linda S. Heard to his pledges on Brexit, but how has of COVID-19 first came to light Johnson ic doom and gloom estimates and the councils including Manchester, Liv- Britain’s Prime Minister Boris John- his performance stacked-up against a chose the herd immunity route pre- fact that the economy recorded its larg- erpool and Gateshead, are refusing to son is gifted with a likeability quotient virus from hell that in just a few short mised on 60 to 70 per cent of the popu- est contraction on record. The govern- comply. that’s off the charts. He is witty, eccen- months has stolen more than 34,000 lation contracting the virus which, in ment admits the UK faces a significant Head of Gateshead council Martin tric with a mind as sharp as a diamond- British lives — a statistic that tops the theory, would signal its demise. Swe- recession due to the shutting down of Gannon encapsulates where Britain cutter, yet charmingly self-effacing. rest of Europe and comes second only den was the only other country to do the economy. has gone so badly wrong. “We locked With Boris leading the charge against to the United States? the same. Johnson’s answer was to reopen de- down too late; this un-lockdown strat- a well-meaning but dry, lacklustre op- I can only describe Johnson’s han- Britons and Swedes were basi- spite the rate of infectivity (the ‘R’ Rate) egy is premature. The testing capac- ponent it’s no wonder that the Tories dling of this pandemic as chaotic from cally told to carry on regardless while having risen to unacceptable levels ity isn’t robust enough; neither is the garnered a massive majority during the day one and it appears that a growing maintaining voluntary social distanc- between 0.7 and the dreaded ‘1” that tracking and tracing system. The R-rate last election. number of my compatriots feel the ing and hygiene practices. However, could overwhelm the already burdened in Gateshead isn’t low enough. They He has been successful at endear- same. when Imperial College modelling pre- National Health Service. There is no are doing this too soon. It means a sec- ing himself to a majority of Britons A headline in the Independent that dicted a death toll in the hundreds of getting away from it. Johnson’s deci- ond wave will happen.” and against all odds he remained true reads “Public confidence in government thousands, Johnson got cold feet and sions have been untimely and counter- Gulf News COVID-19 changed the context and calculus of the world

By Muhammad Yunus intelligence; how wealth concentration If at any point we feel that it is not Extent of damage that the coronavi- was reaching an explosive level. taking us where we want to go, we im- rus pandemic is causing the world is We were reminding each other that mediately know that there is some- just mind-boggling. However, despite the current decade would be the decade thing wrong with its hardware or soft- this massive damage, it offers us an un- of last chance. After this decade, all our ware that we are currently using. All we paralleled opportunity. Right now, the efforts will bring only marginal results, have to do is to fix it. We cannot excuse whole world has to address a big ques- inadequate to save our planet. ourselves by saying ‘sorry we cannot tion. It is not about how to get the econ- Should we go back to that world? achieve our goals because our software omy running again. Choice is ours or hardware will not let us do that’. That Luckily, we know the answer to that. Coronavirus suddenly changed the would be an unacceptably lame excuse. We have gathered good experiences of context and calculus of the world. It If we want to create a world of zero managing of a recovery process. The has opened up audacious possibilities net carbon emission, we must build the big question that we have to answer is: that never existed before. Suddenly, right hardware and software for it. If we Do we take the world back to where it we are at tabula rasa ( a clean slate or want a world of zero unemployment, we was before coronavirus came? Or, do mind). We can go in any direction we have to do the same. If we want a world we redesign the world? want. What an unbelievable freedom of where there will be no concentration of Decision is entirely ours choice! Before we restart the economy, wealth, we need to do the same. It is all Needless to say that the pre-coro- we must agree on what kind of economy about building the right hardware and navirus world was not good to us. Un- we want. First and foremost, we have to the right software. Power is in us. til coronavirus became the news, the agree that the economy is a means. It When human beings set their minds whole world was screaming about all facilitates us to reach the goals set by to get something done, they just do it. the terrible things that were about to us. It should not behave like a death Nothing is impossible for human be- happen to the world. We were liter- trap designed by some power to punish ings. The most exciting news is that the ally counting our days when the whole us. We should not forget for a moment coronavirus crisis offers us almost limit- planet would be unfit for human exis- that it is a tool made by us. We must less opportunities to make a fresh start. tence through climate catastrophe; how keep on designing and redesigning it We can start designing our hardware and We must promote social and environment- we were under a serious threat of mas- until we arrive at the highest collective software on an almost clean screen. sive unemployment created by artificial happiness. Gulf News consciousness as part of a post-pandemic programme

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 Tuesday, May 19, 2020 international 8 New Israeli govt sworn in after 508 days of impasse Malay King calls for stability as Jerusalem, May 18 (IANS) Minister, Pnina Tamano- The fourth was fighting Israels 35th government Shata (immigration and the war crimes probe in Parliament convenes was sworn in at the Knesset absorption), in Israel's the International Criminal Kuala Lumpur, May 18 the COVID-19 pandemic," he (Parliament), bringing an history, said The Times of Court and the fifth was the (IANS) Malaysia's King Sultan said. end to a 508-day political Israel report. diplomatic issue of West Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Sultan Abdullah also urged impasse. On Sunday night, Totaling 73 lawmakers, the Bank annexation. Shah n Monday urged the the government, headed by the Knesset voted 73-46 in coalition will include 35 MKs Gantz spoke after country's politicians to work Prime Minister Muhyiddin favour of the new coalition from the Likud party, 16 from Netanyahu, saying Israel was towards stability and to avoid Yassin with a multi-party government agreed by the Blue and White party, ending the "worst political sparking further political coalition, to focus on ensuring Prime Minister Benjamin nine from the Shas party, crisis in its history" and problems amid the COVID-19 the people's well-being and Netanyahu and his former seven from the United Torah calling for an end to "the era pandemic, while addressing safety, and to minimize the rival, Benny Gantz, reports Judaism party, two from the of incitement" and the start Parliament. impact of the pandemic. The Times of Israel. Labor party, two from the of an "era of reconciliation". In his speech to open the The Lower House of Netanyahu was sworn in as Derech Eretz party, one from He said he would do first Parliament session since Parliament or Dewan Rakyat Prime Minister and will head the Jewish Home party and everything so that all Israeli the change of government was initially scheduled to sit the government for the fifth one from the Gesher party. citizens — Jewish or Arab, in March, Sultan Abdullah for 15 days, but this had been term of his political career. Speaking at the cabinet's heterosexual or LGBT — called on the members of reduced to a one-day sitting Gantz, also the Chairman to hand over the premiership agreement. It is my intention first meeting, which took would "feel at home". the parliament (MPs) to limited to the king's speech of the Blue and White Party, to Gantz on November 17, and my goal to do so. And place immediately after Meanwhile, the new unite as the country is facing over the current COVID-19 was sworn in as "alternate 2021. "We established the there is no reason for me to the swearing-in ceremony, government's swearing-in difficulties brought on by pandemic with MPs and staff Prime Minister and future precise terms under which say anything to you but, yes, Netanyahu told the new comes just a week before the pandemic and its effects being tested for the disease Prime Minister" as well as our agreement will be fulfilled that's what we will do." Ministers that the COVID-19 Netanyahu's criminal on the people and economy, beforehand. Defence Minister. and will not be fulfilled," In addition to Netanyahu pandemic topped the trial over his suspected reports Xinhua news agency. Former Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel's Netanyahu said later in a and Gantz, 32 ministers government's agenda. corruption. His trial on "I advise you not to drag the Mahathir Mohamad, who longest-serving leader who Channel 12 interview, amid were sworn in, including the The second mission would charges of bribery, breach country into a political abyss resigned in late February was first elected as Prime widespread scepticism that first female ultra-Orthodox be to pass a state budget and of trust and fraud will start of uncertainty at a time when before Muhyiddin took over Minister in 1996 and has he will honour the deal. Minister, Omer Yankelevich revive the economy, while on May 27, but he denies the people continue facing in March, had sought to table served three consecutive "I will fulfil exactly, but (Diaspora affairs), and the third item would be to any wrong-doing, slamming many problems as well as a a non-confidence motion terms since 2009, promised exactly, what is written in the the first Ethiopia-borncombat Iran, he said. the allegations as part. difficult future brought on by against his successor. Taliban suicide blast kills 9 in Afghanistan Trump slams Obama over criticism of pandemic response Kabul, May 18 (IANS) statement by the Ghazni Taliban said "tens" of Washington, May 18 finally torn back the Obama reportedly said. At least nine people were governor's office, the security forces members (IANS) US President curtain on the idea that "It would have been killed and around 40 attacker detonated a were killed and injured Donald Trump has so many of the folks bad even with the best of injured on Monday in a stolen explosives-laden in the attack. In this slammed his predecessor in charge know what governments." Taliban suicide attack truck near the base of the attack, "tens of security Barack Obama over they're doing," Obama The US currently near a security base in National Directorate of personnel of the stooge his criticism of how said during a virtual accounts for the world's Afghanistan's Ghazni Security - the country's enemy were killed and the incumbent commencement speech highest number of cases province, officials said.. main intelligence agency injured, while several of administration has on Saturday. and deaths at 1,486,515 "Taliban terrorists - at around 4.40 a.m. their military vehicles handled the coronavirus "A lot of them aren't and 89,562, respectively, today morning, in a series An aide to the governor also destroyed", Taliban pandemic in the country even pretending to be in according to the Johns of their crimes in this confirmed to Efe news spokesperson Zabihullah which currently accounts charge." Hopkins University. holy month of Ramadan, that nearly all of the Mujahid said in the for the highest number In a private call with The Trump carried out a truck casualties were security statement. Mujahid of COVID-19 cases and supporters earlier this administration has bombing against the forces members. Eight claimed the attack was a deaths in the world. the former Obama the White House. month, details of which aggressively defended its Islamic Cultural Centre of those injured were in part of a fresh campaign "Look, he was an administration "one of The comments came was leaked to media handling of the public in Ghazni city (situated a critical condition while in response to "offensive incompetent president," the most corrupt and a day after Obama outlets, Obama called the health crisis, while critics next to the military base), the rest were stable. operations". Trump said of Obama, incompetent in US issued a thinly veiled Trump administration's have pointed out that in which nine persons The impact of the carried out by the after returning to the history", reports Xinhua criticism of the Trump coronavirus response "an its leaders and officials were killed," Interior "powerful blast" security forces on the White House by Marine news agency. administration's handling absolute chaotic disaster". ignored early warnings, Ministry spokesperson shattered window panes orders of President One on Sunday. "That's Trump also claimed of the coronavirus "It's part of the reason were slow to act and not Tariq Arian said in a of houses even as far as Ashraf Ghani Last week, all I can say. Grossly that Obama and his Vice pandemic. why the response to this responding adequately, statement. 2 km from the attack site. Ghani ordered Afghan incompetent." Later in President, Joe Biden, were "More than anything, global crisis has been so and tried to politicize the According to a In a statement, the forces to end. a tweet, Trump called the reasons why he's in this pandemic has fully, anaemic and spotty," situation to shift blames. Iran approves creation of 'virtual Iran warns US against attempts to block Global COVID-19 cases top 4.7 embassy' in Palestine fuel delivery to Venezuela mn: Johns Hopkins Tehran, May 18 (IANS) A Tehran, May 18 (IANS) move". to Venezuela at a time when Washington, May 18 and 89,562, respectively. Commission of the Iranian Iranian officials have warned Also on Sunday, Iran's the two countries need (IANS) The overall number In terms of cases, Russia Parliament on Monday tasked the US against any attempt Deputy Foreign Minister to cooperate to mitigate of global coronavirus cases has the second highest the government to create a to block the fuel delivery by for Political Affairs Abbas the impacts of American has increased to over 4.7 number of infections "virtual embassy" in Palestine. Iranian tankers to Venezuela. Araqchi summoned the Swiss sanctions on their energy million, while the death at 281,752, followed by Parliament's National Foreign Minister Ambassador, whose country sectors. toll has surpassed 315,000, the UK (244,995), Brazil Security and Foreign Policy Mohammad Javad Zarif said represents US interests in He described Iran's according to the Johns (241,080), Spain (230,698), Commission approved a in a letter to UN Secretary- Tehran, to voice the Islamic decision to ship large Hopkins University. Italy (225,435), France previously drafted motion General Antonio Guterres Republic's strong protest consignments of gasoline As of Monday morning, (179,693), Germany bill, which obliges the Iranian on Sunday that "the illegal, at what he called American to Venezuela as a right the total number of cases (176,369), Turkey (149,435) Foreign Ministry to lay the government to take certain dangerous and provocative "provocations". move which is meant to stood at 4,713,620, while and Iran (120,198), the groundwork for the creation measures against "hostile US threats" against the Araqchi urged the Swiss help Caracas tackle its fuel the death toll increased to CSSE figures showed. of "the Islamic Republic's measures" of Israel. Iranian tankers was a form envoy to convey "the Islamic shortage. He also said Iran 315,185, the University's Meanwhile, the UK Virtual Embassy in Palestine" One of the articles of the of piracy and a big threat Republic's serious warnings should continue to export Center for Systems Science accounted for the second within six months and submit motion endorsed by the to international peace and to the American officials more of such shipments in the and Engineering (CSSE) highest COVID-19 deaths the results for approval to the Commission states that "the security, reports Xinhua news against any possible threat future to offset a reduction in revealed in its latest worldwide at 34,716. cabinet, reports Xinhua news historic land of Palestine agency. posed by the US to the domestic demand for the fuel update. The other countries with agency. belongs to the original "The US must stop acting Iranian oil tankers". Iran and which has come as a result The US currently over 10,000 deaths are Italy On May 12, Iranian Palestinian people". as a bully at the international Venezuela enjoy "completely of the novel coronavirus accounts for the world's (31,908), France (28,111), lawmakers approved "a The approvals of the level and respect the rule legitimate and legal trade pandemic. highest number of cases Spain (27,563) and Brazil double-urgency motion" Commission should be turned of international laws, in relations", he added. On May 13, media reports and deaths at 1,486,515 (16,118). which, in case of turning into into a law by Parliament for its particular the right to free On Saturday, Hamid said that "at least one tanker law, would oblige the Iranian enforcement. shipping in free waters," he Hosseini, the spokesman for carrying fuel loaded at an said in his letter. the Iranian Association of Iranian port has set sail for Ghani, Abdullah ink deal to end Zarif noted that the US Exports of Crude Products, Venezuela ... which could More New Yorkers urged to get tested administration would said that the US would be help ease an acute scarcity Afghan political deadlock be responsible for the practically unable to block of gasoline in the South election results which was for COVID-19 consequences of any "illegal shipments of fuel from Iran American country". later resolved with the mediation of former US Meanwhile, essential Secretary of State John Kerry. workers who directly interact "I am hopeful the people of with the public and those WHO prepares to host 73rd Assembly Afghanistan will see ceasefire who were returning to their Geneva, May 18 (IANS) The has not escaped criticism whether to include Taiwan as in the coming days and then workplace in phase one of the World Health Organization nor controversy during its an observer of the Assembly. lasting peace in the country state's reopening plan can get (WHO), which has been at handling of the crisis, with Taiwan became the first under the leadership of a test, said Cuomo. the forefront of the global the bulk of accusations of country in the world to Abdullah," President Ghani "The more New Yorkers fight against the coronavirus mismanagement coming deploy prevention measures said in his address. get tested, the better -- and pandemic, was preparing from the US government, but against the coronavirus For his part, Abdullah we are going to ensure to all to launch one of its most also Australia and Germany. which resulted in only 440 said: "Afghanistan has individuals who will return to complex assemblies since its WHO Director- cases and seven deaths, hugely suffered due to war, the workplace in phase one inception. General Tedros Adhanom despite being just 180 km political instability and now New York, May 18 (IANS) of our reopening plan have On Monday, Ghebreyesus has weathered from China. Kabul, May 18 (IANS) COVID-19, and I am hopeful New York Governor Andrew access to testing," he said. representatives of the much of the criticism and Diplomatic allies of the Afghan President today's agreement will be the Cuomo has encouraged all The state, the epicentre of UN's 194 member states has been accused by US island, including Latin Mohammad Ashraf Ghani end of crisis." Under the new individuals eligible for a the pandemic in the US, now will gather for the 73rd President Donald Trump American countries such and his rival Abdullah agreement, Abdullah will COVID-19 test to receive one, has over 700 testing sites, Assembly devoted almost of being biased towards as Guatemala, Honduras, Abdullah have inked a pwer- introduce members of his as the state's daily testing and a new website has been entirely to strengthen global Chinese information in the Nicaragua and Paraguay, sharing agreement to end the team to the President to be capacity reached 40,000. launched for people to find a coordination against the first weeks of the outbreak at have formally requested to political deadlock following included in the cabinet. The appeal on Sunday came nearby location, according to pandemic, reports Efe news. the beginning of the year. invite Taiwan to the meeting. last year's presidential Abdullah, who served three weeks after Cuomo the Governor. The assembly will last Ghebreyesus famously US Secretary of State election, a government as Chief Executive in the announced an agreement To encourage those who two days and will be held said that China had set "a Mike Pompeo also publicly officials has confirmed. previous government and to work with the federal feel reluctant to get tested, in a virtual format due to new standard for outbreak requested for the island- Under the agreement contested the presidential government to grow the state's the governor acted as a model restrictions in place to curb control" and that the state to be present. signed on Sunday, Ghani poll on September 28, daily testing capacity from patient at his briefing and the spread of the virus which country's actions had Member states will vote remains as President, while 2019, had challenged the 20,000 to 40,000 tests, reports received a nasal swab test from originated in the Chinese city "bought the world time". on whether to invite Taiwan Abdullah will head the outcome of the vote in which Xinhua news agency. a doctor on live TV, in order to of Wuhan last December. This did not stop Trump into the assembly at the High Council for National the Election Commission People now eligible for a test show how quick and easy the The annual meeting comes from freezing US funding beginning but a unanimous Reconciliation to lead the declared Ghani as winner. include those who experienced test is. "I'm not in pain. I'm not at a time when WHO has of WHO in April, which result is necessary and the peace talks with the Taliban, When the delayed results flu-like symptoms, whoin discomfort," he said after the attracted unprecedented amounts to around 15 per many think it is unlikely reports Xinhua news agency. of the election were finally had contact with confirmed test. "There is no reason why global attention for its cent of the organization's the Chinese government Addressing a televised announced in February, COVID-19 cases, health you should not get the test." coordinating and advisory entire budget. will allow it. Ever since pro- broadcast, President Ghani Ghani was again declared care workers, nursing home The governor also confirmed role during the pandemic Up until then, the US independence President said that Afghans were able President by the Independent workers and first responders, 1,889 additional COVID-19 which has infected a total had traditionally been the Tsao Ing-wen was sworn to settle their differences Election Commission after as well as those who were cases statewide, bringing the of 4,713,620 people globally organization's main donor. into office in 2016, China without mediation of foreign earning a slightly higher subject to a precautionary or total to 350,121, with 28,232 and killed 315,185 others. There will be another has vetoed the country's friends, a reference to the percentage than Abdullah, mandatory quarantine. deaths. But the organization thorny issue on the agenda: inclusion in the UN. 2014 political dispute over reports TOLO. Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 business 9 After Zomato, Swiggy sacks 1,100 workers as Covid-19 shuts Cloud kitchens Airtel Business launches 'Work@ New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) ability profile," Majety said in a those impacted to the nearest Home' solution for enterprises Joining arch rival Zomato, food detailed statement later. quarter (including the months New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) said: "These are unprec- delivery platform Swiggy on "We are already operating of notice period) and waive off Airtel Business, the busi- edented times and busi- Monday announced to lay off at significantly lower levels on the 1-year cliff for those who ness-to-business (B2B) arm nesses are adapting to the 1,100 employees, nearly 14 per our staffing and physical infra have not completed 1 year. of Bharti Airtel on Monday evolving environment with cent of its workforce, spanning than our earlier footprint, and It will also provide medical launched 'Work@Home' new way of working. Airtel across grades and functions in will continue to optimize be- insurance cover for those im- solutions for enterprises. Work@Home is yet another the cities and head office over fore we get more clarity on or- pacted and nominated fam- According to the compa- innovation to ensure that the next few days as Covid-19 der volumes for food delivery". ily members till December 31 ny, Airtel Work@Home is an our B2B customers are able continues to hurt its business Last week, Swiggy's closest 2020. "Additionally, we will enterprise grade solution to empower their people across verticals. rival Zomato announced to also be providing insurance designed to enable employ- with best-in-class connec- All impacted employees will lay off nearly 13 per cent of its cover for their parents," said ees operate efficiently and tivity and digital tools to receive at least three months of workforce -- over 600 employ- the company. securelyfrom their homes. drive business continuity." salary, irrespective of their no- Majety. Swiggy said if some- will not be highly relevant for ees -- via Zoom calls, along Majety said he needs to build "With a range of con- The solution comes in tice period or tenure, Sriharsha one's notice period is three the next 18 months. with salary cuts for the rest of a much leaner organisation nectivity options -- wired the form of essential and Majety, Co-founder and CEO, months and they've spent five "The biggest impact here is the employees for at least the and reduce costs to be able and wireless, immersive add-on bundles and allows Swiggy, told employees in a years with the company, they on the Cloud kitchens busi- next six months starting June, to withstand any further risks collaboration tools, and se- business to customise their virtual town hall meeting. will get eight months of salary. ness, with many unknowns with higher cuts going up to 50 from the uncertainty. curity solutions that adhere own plans. As per the state- "For every year they have The company will inform about volumes through the per cent for people in senior "We will have to reduce our to Indian regulatory norms, ment, the key advantages spent with us, we will be of- those being laid off in one-to- year. Since the onset of Co- roles. "The core food delivery expenses such that we can enterprises can now safely of Airtel Work@Home in- fering an extra month of ex- one video calls. vid-19, we have already begun business has been severely im- achieve profitability with a embrace the open, border- cludes flexibility to bundle gratia in addition to their no- Swiggy said it is also going to the process of shutting down pacted and will stay impacted smaller order volume than less new world of work," a wide range of services tice period pay, working out to scale down or shut down adja- our kitchen facilities temporar- over the short term," said Swig- hitherto planned. This will be the company said in a state- based on employee specific between 3-8 months of salary cent businesses that are either ily or permanently, depending gy. The food delivery platform done keeping in mind already ment. Ajay Chitkara, Direc- remote connectivity re- depending on the tenure," said going to be highly volatile or on their outlook and profit- is extending ESOP vesting for identified efficiencies. tor & CEO of Airtel Business quirements and bulk. Uber resumes normal ride services in Cement dealers staring at 30% demand contraction New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) demic's impact. Trade chan- over and above the usual four normalise. 31 Indian cities Cement dealers across the nels account for 60 per cent of weeks. This will potentially in- Guranchal Singh, Associate Uber also announced a country expect a significant annual cement sales. crease the working capital re- Director, CRISIL Research, "An range of COVID-19 specific slackening in sales, elongated According to survey, over 60 quirement of dealers by 12-17 intermittent rise in daily wag- safety features and poli- credit period to retailers, and per cent of dealers are hold- per cent, even as they reduce es, freight cost, and construc- cies. The announcements higher working capital needs in ing low inventories (2-4 days), credit exposure, infuse capital, tion material prices will deter include an interactive Go the wake of the Covid-19 pan- but spoilage concerns persist. and curb non-essential expen- restart of construction activ- Online Checklist for both demic this fiscal, a survey on Dealers are hopeful of liquidat- diture." ity. Return of labour, freight riders and drivers, a man- the sector has said. ing inventory by offering dis- The elongated working capi- disruption and dwindling con- datory mask policy for rid- The CRISIL Research survey counts as soon as the lockdown tal cycle could last at least a sumer confidence will weigh ers and drivers, pre-trip said that whopping 93 per cent eases, to contain spoilage and couple of quarters, and the risk on resumption of normalcy in mask verification selfies for of the respondents expected get volumes going. of retailers defaulting on pay- the near term." drivers, and updated post- volumes to shrink 10-30 per On the other side, payment ment dues would aggravate the Improvement is envisaged trip feedback mechanism cent in fiscal 2021 in the base delays from retailers appear financial pain. However, the in the second half as demand and a cancellation policy. case scenario, i.e, the lock- inevitable considering these collateral-free MSME loans an- picks up and receivable days New Delhi, May 18 erations are Gurugram, "These new features and down easing in May. Extension players are small and frag- nounced by the government on gradually decline. But even (IANS) Uber India on Mon- Amritsar, Chandigarh, policies have been rolled beyond this can worsen these mented, and most likely to Wednesday will come as a big here, recovery in urban areas day said it has resumed Faridabad, Ghaziabad, out globally, and we will figures. delay payments amid liquid- relief, since it will help cement may take longer due to extend- normal ride services in 31 Guwahati, Kochi, Udaipur, keep enhancing and revis- Also, 70-80 per cent dealers ity crunch, gloomy demand dealers access working capital ed lockdown, slowdown in real cities after the new Lock- Vapi and Visakhapatnam. ing them as needed to en- felt individual home builders outlook, and cement spoilage debt. More than 90 per cent of estate construction, and higher down 4.0 guidelines came "If you are in any of the sure a safer product expe- would delay new construction concerns. That, in turn, would the dealers surveyed are hope- dependence on migrant work- into practice with more following cities, open the rience for all," said Sachin due to gloomy business out- stretch the receivables cycle ful of manufacturers' support force. relaxations. The company Uber app to choose from Kansal, Global Senior Di- look, fear of income loss, la- and negatively impact cash in terms of better margins/in- A few dealers, though, are said that riders will con- available products in your rector of Product Manage- bour shortage, and uncertainty flows of the dealers, as much centives, or liquidity support to optimistic that the labourers, stantly be notified with area.," Uber said in a state- ment at Uber. with respect to resumption of as 95 per cent of whom offer weather the hard times. who have not been able to earn further information and ment. Not more than two Uber Essential is cur- normalcy. credit. But chances of a swift revival wages for nearly two months, the status of specific cities riders would be allowed, rently available to riders in The survey was conducted Rahul Prithiani, Director, post lockdown remain bleak, would return quickly post- through its app. besides the driver and no Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhu- with 100+ dealers spread across CRISIL Research, "The cycle of with 58 per cent of the respon- kharif sowing to capitalise on Among the cities when one should be seated right baneswar, Hyderabad, In- Tier 1 and 2 centres in 13 states recovery of retailer dues is ex- dents believing it will take over pent-up demand and halted Uber has resumed op- next to the driver. dore, Mumbai, and Nashik. to glean insights on the pan- pected to extend by 4-6 weeks three weeks for operations to construction activity. Consolidation in public sector oil firms back on table Huawei hits back at US over tighter chip New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) ONGC's acquisition of gov- Government may revive plan ernment's share in HPCL had export rules for further consolidation in the pushed the upstream oil ma- restrictions. public sector oil companies by jor from debt-free status into Refuting these charges, allowing mergers between pro- one where debt levels reached Huawei said it has fulfilled ducing, marketing gas trans- closer to unsustainable levels. its contractual obligations portation and consultancy In one of the most expensive to customers and sup- companies leaving just few buys, ONGC paid Rs 36,915 pliers, and has "survived large integrated entities in op- crore to buy the government's and forged ahead against eration. entire 51.11 per cent stake in all odds." "This new rule The expected move is in line HPCL. But the deal brought will impact the expansion, with Finance Minister Nirmala down ONGC's cash reserves to maintenance, and continu- Sitharaman's announcement Rs 1,013 crore as of March 31, ous operations of networks on Sunday to privatise most sidered for merger with IOC. from upstream oil produc- 2018, from Rs 10,799 crore as worth hundreds of billions non-core public sector enter- Public sector oil refiner IOC ers like ONGC and Oil India to of March 31, 2014 and saddled Shenzhen (China), May The new rules prevent of dollars that we have prises while leaving just one or has also in the past shown its downstream oil refining and it with Rs 25,593 crore debt 18 (IANS) Huawei on Mon- chip-makers that use US rolled out in more than 170 maximum of four in core stra- interest to buyout government fuel marketing firms IOC, BPCL in FY18. The things could get day termed the US govern- technology and software in countries," Huawei said. tegic sectors and allow private equity in Bharat Petroleum and HPCL to gas transporter worse if an M&A is pushed onto ment's new export controls chip design from shipping "It will also impact com- investments in all areas. Corporation Ltd (BPCL) but GAIL India Ltd and engineering IOC that has already has lim- aimed at limiting the Chi- to Huawei without permis- munications services for the So, after 2018 merger of PSU PSUs are not allowed to bid for firm Engineers India Ltd. This ited cash balance. Though the nese technology giant's sion of the US government. more than 3 billion people oil refiner and retailer HPCL BPCL that is currently tried for leaves consolidation through company is showing relatively access to semiconductor The US government al- who use Huawei products with upstream major ONGC, strategic sale to the private sec- further mergers and strategic fair financial performance, a technology "arbitrary and leged that China could use and services worldwide," sources said, the government tor global companies. Sources sale the only route to restrict consolidation exercise would pernicious" which "threat- Huawei technology for spy- the company said. may now look at creating an- indicated that IOC's case for the number of PSUs to at least push it to add debt in its books ens to undermine the entire ing purposes and added the The development came other public sector integrated BPCL may also be considered four as the news PSU policy is that could weaken its opera- industry worldwide". company to the Entity List amid a Nikkei Asian Review 'oil behemoth' by considering if proposed bidding for BPCL likely to state. tions. The company is in the Delivering his keynote on May 16, 2019. source-based report on merger upstream oil producer fails to evince requisite inter- While consolidation may be midst of an expansion diver- address at Huawei's annual Citing the rationale be- Monday that Taiwan Semi- Oil India Ltd (OIL) with Indian est. looked at once again, care will sification exercise that could analyst summit, the com- hind the new export con- conductor Manufacturing Oil Corporation (IOC). More- Sources said that oil may be be taken to ensure that such suffer if debt gets added to its pany's Rotating Chairman trols announced last week, Co. (TSMC), the world big- over, after proposed split of gas included in strategic sector mergers only happens where books. IOC is sitting on special Guo Ping said that the US the US government alleged gest contract chipmaker, transportation company GAIL as it ensures energy security there are synergies and merg- oil bonds (liquid holdings) of actions against Huawei will that Huawei and its foreign has halted new orders from into two, one of the entities in for the country. But there are ers does not result in addition value running into a few thou- harm the experiences of its affiliates stepped-up efforts Huawei Technologies in re- gas marketing may also be con- around 12 oil PSUs ranging to debt burden on companies. sand crores. customers worldwide. to undermine the Entity list sponse to tighter U.S. Sensex slumps 1,000 points, Nifty ends Punjab undertakes labour-intensive jobs amid pandemic Chandigarh, May 18 the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the Covid-19 suring that the lockdown new initiatives, the Chief below 9,000 (IANS) Even as the state announced the Chief pandemic by directly restrictions did not ob- Minister said that the The Sensex closed gets ready to utilise the Minister. transferring wages in struct the process in any ponds renovation work, at 30,069.93, lower by additional allocation to The lockdown works the hands of the rural way. Incidentally, during launched in a mission 1,027.80 points or 3.31 MGNREGS to help the included engagement poor, many of whom are FY 2019-20, Rs 767 crore mode by the Rural De- per cent from the previ- rural poor by creating of two persons per vil- women, said the Chief was spent under MGN- velopment and Pan- ous close of 31,097.73. livelihoods and assets, lage as 'Van Mitras' to Minister, adding these REGS, which is the high- chayats department, is It had opened at Chief Minister Amarind- nurture the 550 saplings programmes are in ad- est ever expenditure in covering all the 13,000 31,248.26 and touched er Singh on Monday said planted in each by the dition to the plethora of the state. villages of the state for an intra-high of 31,248.26 the state has undertaken Forest Department to measures undertaken by With this, a record to- the cleanliness and sani- and a low of 29,968.45 significant labour-inten- commemorate the 550th the state to secure the tal of 2.35 crore mandays tation of the villages, points. sive works in the villages anniversary of Guru interests of the poor in were generated during along with generation of The Nifty50 closed at to effectively leverage Nanak Dev. these difficult times. the year, of which 1.38 employment opportuni- 8,823.25, lower by 313.60 the scheme even during The state govern- Since last year, the crore were for women ties for the workers. points or 3.43 per cent the lockdown. ment, on May 12, also procedure of identifica- and 1.57 lakh for elderly A task force has been from the previous close. The state government launched a massive tion, estimation, techni- (over 60 years). set up to implement this Mumbai, May 18 also fell over 300 points The major losing stocks also plans to undertake drive to clean and re- cal and administrative During the year, a total drive in a time-bound (IANS) The Indian stock to end below the psycho- on the Sensex were In- a special drive this year, juvenate over 15,000 approval of works is be- of 7.53 lakh households manner. market tumbled on Mon- logical 9,000 mark. dusInd Bank (down 10.02 to enrol more workers ponds in villages, which ing done online in the were provided employ- Daily progress sta- day with the BSE Sensex The indices were per cent), Ultratech Ce- and make new job cards will not only help allevi- state, by means of a web ment and a total of 1.27 tus is taken online, and settling over 1,000 points weighed down by heavy ment (down 7.59 per to bring more families ate rural distress but also based software called lakh new job cards were the department will be lower, as the economic selling pressure in bank- cent) and HDFC (7.55 under the ambit of the combat Covid-19 by en- SECURE. made, covering the working on identify- package announced by ing and finance stocks. per cent), while the only programme. hancing cleanliness and From April 1 all the needy families. The state ing and rewarding the the government failed to The S&P BSE Banking in- gainers on the Sensex This initiative is aimed hygiene in villages. MGNREGS work esti- government has now champion sarpanches of cheer the investors. dex fell 6.69 per cent and were TCS (up 2.72 per at creating a sustainable These unique initia- mates are being made set a target of 2.50 crore these drive, and will also The Nifty50 on the Na- the BSE Finance index cent), Infosys (up 1.73 response to address ru- tives are helping to ad- only through the SE- mandays for 2020-21. compile the success sto- tional Stock Exchange was down 6.65 per cent. per cent). ral distress arising out of dress the rural distress CURE software, thus en- Giving details of the ries of this drive. Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 business 10 Sugar production hits record level in UP, Maha output falls 43% Cairn Oil & Gas CEO Ajay Kumar New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) lakh tonnes, compared to Factories in east UP have sugar mills for crushing, ac- compared to the above, 43.25 Dixit superannuates on May 31 India's largest sugarcane 107.15 lakh tonnes produced already closed their crush- cording to the industry body. lakh tonnes was produced in New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Duggal. grower, Uttar Pradesh, has in 2018-19, 46.3 lakh tonnes ing operations for the current As per the production data 2018-19 season on the corre- Cairn Oil & Gas CEO Ajay Ku- Besides his contributions in achieved record output of less than last year. Out of 146 season but around 40 per cent released by the apex sugar sponding date. mar Dixit is superannuating the oil and gas business, Dixit 122.28 lakh tonnes of sugar sugar factories, only one is of the factories in central UP industry body, sugar mills As on date, in Tamil Nadu, from the company at the end had earlier served and con- in the current sugar season still working, it said. are operating, while about across the country produced nine mills are in operation, of his five-year term on May tributed significantly to grow- 2019-20 (October-Septem- Sugar mills in UP produced 70 per cent of the sugar mills 264.65 lakh tonnes of sugar till out of 24 sugar mills which 31. Thanking Dixit for his con- ing Vedanta's power, alumina ber), as on May 15 while 46 122.28 lakh tonnes of sugar as are operating in west UP, the May 15, 2020, down by 61.54 operated this season. Till tribution, Sunil Duggal, Group and bauxite and aluminium mills are still operating. On on May 15, 2020, which is the ISMA said. lakh tonnes or 18.86 percent May 15, 2020, sugar produc- CEO, Vedanta Ltd., said, "Ajay businesses. the other side, production has highest ever sugar production Most of the operating fac- from 326.19 lakh tonnes pro- tion in the state was 5.65 lakh has been leading the oil and "I am grateful to have had declined over 43 per cent in in the state, surpassing 120.45 tories are expected to close duced during the same period tonnes, compared with 7.16 gas business and digital trans- the opportunity to lead sev- Maharashtra, till May 15, as lakh tonnes in 2017-18. Sugar by the end of this month, but last year. lakh tonnes produced on the formation, driving production eral key businesses at Vedanta compared to the correspond- output in the state is 5.48 lakh a few may continue till first All the operating sugar mills corresponding date last year. to serve the energy needs of from 2015 till now, most re- ing period of the previous tonnes higher than the pro- week of June, it added. in Karnataka had closed their Sugar production in Gujarat the nation, including through cently oil and gas. It has been year. duction of 116.80 lakh tonnes Crushing season has got crushing operations by April is 9.28 lakh tonnes of sugar recent oil price volatility and a privilege to work with some India's sugar production produced last year on the cor- prolonged in the state as 30, and have produced 33.82 as compared to 11.21 lakh the Covid-19 pandemic. The of the finest teams, delivering has declined by nearly 19 per responding date. most of the Gur/Khandsari lakh tonnes of sugar. Howev- tonnes of sugar produced in management wishes him the to Vedanta's vision of making cent as on May 15, while 63 Out of 119 mills operating units have closed their op- er, a few mills might operate the 2018-19 last season. The very best." India self-sufficient in the nat- mills are still in operation, the this year, 73 mills have ended erations prematurely due to in the special season com- remaining states of Andhra A company statement said ural resources sector. I wish Indian Sugar Mills Associa- crushing while 46 mills con- lockdown, due to which a sig- mencing July. Last year dur- Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Cairn's management com- the Group, and the teams tion (ISMA) said on Monday. tinue their operations, com- nificant portion of cane that ing the special season, Kar- Uttarakhand, Punjab, Hary- mittee will continue to drive I have worked with, even In Maharashtra, sugar pro- pared to 28 mills which were would have gone to them has nataka mills had produced ana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhat- the oil and gas business under greater success in the days to duction, till May 15, was 60.87 operating on May 15 last year. been instead diverted to the 1.05 lakh tonnes of sugar. As tisgarh, Rajasthan and Odisha. the overall leadership of Sunil come," Dixit said. Maruti Suzuki resumes operations at Auto LPG industry seeks policy support, tax concessions New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) 2020-21," he added. Gurugram plant Faced with serious chal- While the demand for pet- New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) would re-start production of has put in place comprehen- lenges amid the coronavirus rol and diesel is expected to Maruti Suzuki India on Mon- vehicles at its Gurgaon plant sive standard operating pro- crisis, the automobile gas pick up again once restric- day resumed its operations at from the 18th of May 2020. cedures (SoPs) for its dealer- industry is seeking urgent tions are lifted, the auto LPG its Gurugram plant, although All activities would be carried ships across the country and policy help from the govern- association expects the curve with around one-third out strictly in accordance these SoPs ensure highest ment to be able to support to be longer because of three- strength. with the government regula- level of hygiene and sanitiza- itself post the lockdown. wheeler usage is likely to re- Speaking to IANS, Kuldeep tions and guidelines and ob- tion across all its showrooms According to the apex in- main low on account of so- Jhangu, General Secretary serving the company's own for the safety of its customers dustry body Indian Auto LPG cial distancing norms. of Maruti Suzuki Kamgaar concern for the highest stan- and employees. Coalition (IAC), sales vol- Currently, there are over Union (MSKU) said that dards of safety." With the SoPs in place, over umes have been affected by 1,400 Auto LPG Dispens- around 4,000 workers were The Manesar plant re- 1,350 Maruti Suzuki show- more than 90 per cent due to ing Stations (ALDS) in the working on Monday out of sumed operations on May rooms and over 300 True Val- the country-wide lockdown country. With the nation- the total strength of 12,000- 12, with around 2,000 work- ue outlets are operational in and the comprehensive traf- ing at a long period of eco- help from the government wide lockdown resulting in 13,000 employees at the unit. ers working on a single shift lockdown 4.0. fic restrictions. The demand nomic slump and suppressed through a series of fiscal and the stoppage of all transport "Currently, workers are be- basis, after around 40 days Speaking on the start of from three-wheeler segment demand, it said in a state- non-fiscal policy interven- vehicles across the spectrum ing trained to operate while of closure in the wake of the showroom activities for cus- which is among the largest ment, adding that long term tions to survive this difficult of transport, the operators maintaining social distanc- nationwide lockdown. The tomers, Kenichi Ayukawa, consumers of auto LPG has fiscal and non-fiscal policy period," the association's Di- and franchisees of the ALDS ing norms with safety in line company received the ap- Managing Director and CEO, been almost zero since pub- incentives from the govern- rector General Suyash Gupta stations are bearing the costs with the government's guide- proval of the local adminis- Maruti Suzuki India said, lic transport has been strictly ment are needed to revive the said. of salaries, rentals and other lines," he said. tration on April 22 to start "We are happy to serve the off roads. industry quickly. "We particularly request overheads on almost zero The unit largely manufac- production at the Manesar customers, who were waiting As per the body, even af- "The auto LPG sector has that corporate tax on auto revenues, the industry body tures the models, Alto, Ignis, unit with a limited number of to drive home their favourite ter the lockdown is lifted, it been hit the hardest because LPG operators and station said. Vitara Brezza, Eeco and Su- employees. car. The company has put in would take several months the major consumers of this owners be reduced to 15 per Apart from direct tax con- per Carry. Further, on Monday, the place comprehensive norms for public transportation to clean fuel in the country are cent for FY 2020-21 and a cessions, IAC also reiterated In a regulatory filing on company said that it has de- to ensure that their car buy- return to normalcy due to so- commercial vehicles and six-month tax holiday is pro- the need to tax auto LPG at 5 Sunday, the company said: livered over 5,000 cars in the ing experience is completely cial distancing requirements. three-wheelers which are not vided for new retail outlets to per cent GST - the same rate "Maruti Suzuki India Limited past few days. The company safe." The sector is therefore star- plying. The industry needs be commissioned during FY as domestic LPG.

Jack Ma steps down from SoftBank redBus starts pre-registration to notify of Oil prices recover on demand revival signs, Brent at $33/bbl board bus services' restart New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Oil prices rose — a bet that turned into New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) within one month of travel re- they seek to keep track of, on over $1 per barrel on Monday on signs of $60 billion when Alibaba Online bus ticketing platform strictions being lifted," it said. a single-page document. demand picking up slowly as several coun- went public in 2014, ac- redBus has introduced a pre- It, however, noted that the Once registered, users can tries relaxed their lockdown norms and cording to CNN. registration feature that helps opening of the road trans- also share this feature across opened up economic activities. SoftBank has since sold users keep track of the open- port corporations (RTC) and various social media plat- Further, the implementation of the out- some shares, but its 25.1 ing of their desired bus routes private bus operators of each forms with friends and fam- put cut agreement by Organization of the per cent stake in Alibaba amid the prevailing uncer- state is likely to occur at vary- ily looking for similar long Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was still worth more than tainty over permit for inter- ing times depending on their distance travel. Registered and its allies including Russia, has also $133 billion. city operations. control over the Covid-19 users will immediately be in- supported the prices, analysts said. Ma is the only director In a statement, the com- pandemic. formed through e-mail, SMS, Currently, the July contract of Brent out of SoftBank Group's pany on Monday said that "To help users skip the te- and push notifications upon crude on the Intercontinental Exchange current 11 directors who the concept emerges from the dious task of keeping a watch- resumption of services. (ICE) was trading at $33.58 per barrel, is leaving the position. need to keep anxious travel- ful eye on the resumption of Travellers will soon also be higher by $1.08 or 3.32 per cent from the SoftBank also said it lers informed of available op- bus services by independent able to avail the pre-registra- previous close. The June contract of WTI nominated three new tions. operators and states, the tion feature through the red- crude on the NYMEX, which is scheduled Tokyo, May 18 (IANS) SoftBank did not give any board directors for elec- "Demand for inter-city bus pre-registration feature from Bus app and website, where to expire on Tuesday was trading at $30.76 Alibaba Co-founder Jack reason but Ma has slowly tion at the shareholders travel has been building up redBus, offers convenience they will receive a 'Notify per barrel, higher by $1.33 or 4.52 per cent ma has stepped down been moving away from meeting: SoftBank Group steadily since India's nation- through notifications, once me' button when the buses from the previous close. OPEC and its al- from the board of Japa- daily roles towards phil- chief financial officer Yo- wide lockdown began, with the route they seek to travel on their desired or searched lies led by Russia had last month agreed nese conglomerate Soft- anthropic work. shimitsu Goto; Cadence millions of travellers seeking opens up," said the company. routes are not available. to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per Bank Group after serving Ma is close with Soft- Design Systems chief ex- to reach their desired destina- To register for this service, Prakash Sangam, CEO, red- day (bpd) for May and June. The recovery it for nearly 13 years, the Bank founder and CEO ecutive Lip-Bu Tan; and tion. In a survey conducted by users will have to provide ba- Bus, said: "As we near the end in oil prices comes after the freefall in April company announced on Masayoshi Son. Waseda Business School redBus, 59 per cent of travel- sic contact details, including of the nationwide lockdown, on concerns of decline in the storage ca- Monday. Son invested $20 mil- professor Yuko Kawa- lers indicated that they are phone number and e-mail ID, we strongly believe that the pacity as supply surged although and de- The heavily indebted lion in Alibaba in 2000 moto. planning an outstation travel along with the desired route 'pre-registration' feature will mand remained nearly standstill. Strong commercial demand in India for new Surface line-up: Microsoft Ola resumes service in over 160 cities New Delhi, May 18 2.3 times faster than pre- "We have a multi- (IANS) Already witness- vious generations. layered, end-to-end ap- in India, Uber arrives in 34 ing a strong commercial Meanwhile, the all- proach to security across demand for existing Sur- new Surface Laptop 3 re- the entire Surface port- through their partner face laptops, Microsoft tains its iconic slim, sleek folio. Organizations can app," said Ola. India on Monday said and lightweight design revolutionize the way Ola is giving drivers and that driven by the needs but is now twice as fast new devices get deployed customers an option of of remote working, the as previous generations, with over-the-air, in- cancelling the ride if any- company is seeing a with faster multitasking stant, and secure device one of them is seen not surge in demand for Win- and improved graphics. deployment, including wearing the mask. dows PCs, including the To help navigate the automatic device iden- To avoid re-circula- new Surface line-up, to current environment tification and imaging tion of air, the AC will be continue among both the ly during Covid-19. We size and speed, and dual people are turning to setup through Windows switched off and windows enterprises and individu- are seeing strong com- 4K video output via USB- Windows PCs more than Autopilot," informed the New Delhi, May 18 sam. will be kept open during als in the country. mercial demand with our C. Surface Pro X aims to ever. Over four trillion Microsoft India execu- (IANS) Ride hailing ser- The safety protocols in- all rides. Microsoft this month Surface products. Driven offer all-day battery life minutes are being spent tive. vice Ola on Monday said it clude "compulsory mask Meanwhile, Uber India launched Surface Pro X, by the needs of remote of up to 13 hours, fast- on Windows 10 a month, Recent advances in se- has resumed normal ride usage for driver-partners said it has resumed ride Surface Pro 7 and Sur- working, we expect the charging to about 80 per a 75 per cent increase curity research demon- operations in more than and passengers, complete services in 34 cities. face Laptop 3 in India demand for Windows cent within just an hour year on year. strate that as more pro- 160 cities with enhanced sanitization of cars post- The company said that at a starting price of Rs PCs including Surface, to and LTE connectivity. "Surface is driven by tections are built into the safety protocols appli- trips, adhering to social riders will constantly be 98,999, Rs 72,999 and Rs continue," she told IANS. "Surface Pro remains a singular ambition – to operating system (OS) cable with every trip as distancing norms by lim- notified with further in- 98,999, respectively. The all-new Surface the most versatile 2:1 build the most produc- and connected services, per the state governments iting to two passengers formation and the status According to Amrita Pro X is Microsoft's latest device you can buy – tive devices on the planet attackers are looking guidelines. per ride amongst other of specific cities through Sapre, Devices Head, 2-in-1 laptop. Measur- whether you choose Sur- to help people achieve for other avenues of ex- The company said that key steps through our its app. Microsoft India, it is in- ing a mere 7.3mm and face Pro 7 or the brand more. As the Surface ploitation with firmware driver-partners operating '10 Steps to a Safer Ride' Among the cities when credible to see custom- weighing at 774 grams, new ultra-mobile Surface family of devices ex- emerging as a top target. three and four-wheelers initiative," a company Uber has resumed op- ers adapt and scale to Surface Pro X features Pro X. The Surface Pro X pands, our goal is to de- According to Sapre, on the platform will be spokesperson said in a erations are Gurugram, sustain critical products a 13-inch edge-to-edge stands at the intersection sign a Surface for every Microsoft Surface has available to serve mobil- statement. Amritsar, Chandigarh, and services - all while PixelSense display. of mobility, productivity person, every work style a unified approach to ity needs on Ola app, with Ola vehicles will not Faridabad, Ghaziabad, preparing for a post-pan- The device also fea- and speed," said Sapre. and every location," said firmware protection and highest levels of safety operate to and from gov- Guwahati, Kochi, Udai- demic comeback and the tures a custom processor Redesigned from the Sapre. device security through precautions in Covid-19 ernment identified red or pur, Vapi and Visakhapat- ‘new normal'. developed in partnership inside out, the other de- Surface delivers the complete end-to-end sensitive states like Kar- containment zones. nam. "We saw strong de- with Qualcomm, making vice - Surface Pro 7 - is security features you ownership of the hard- nataka, Telangana, Delhi, "All driver-partners are Not more than two rid- mand as companies and it 2.3 times faster than more powerful than ever need, with modern and ware design, in-house Haryana, Chandigarh, required to wear masks ers would be allowed, individuals around the previous generations, with the latest quad-core, increased control to ef- firmware development, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (ex- and need to authenticate besides the driver and no world adjusted to work- and is coupled with full 10th Generation Intel fectively manage devices, and a holistic approach cept Chennai), Andhra this before the start of ev- one should be seated right ing and learning remote- solid-state drive (SSD) Core processor, and is wherever they may be. to device updates. Pradesh, Kerala, and As- ery ride by sharing a selfie next to the driver. Indian Horizon 11 SPORTS Tuesday, May 19, 2020 ICC Cricket Committee recommends banning use of saliva, want extra DRS

Dubai, May 18 (IANS) The Inter- ited,” said the ICC in its statement. “Given the challenges of inter- ments of a wider pool of umpires national Cricket Council’s (ICC) “The committee also noted the national travel with borders being from around the world and has Cricket Committee chaired by medical advice that it is highly un- closed, limited commercial flights proposed an additional DRS review Anil Kumble recommended ban- likely that the virus can be transmit- and mandatory quarantine periods, per team per innings is introduced ning the usage of saliva to polish ted through sweat and saw no need the committee recommended that in each format as an interim mea- the match ball. It however noted to prohibit the use of sweat to polish local match officials be appointed sure.” that the risk of spread of the virus the ball whilst recommending that in the short-term. “We are living through extraordi- through sweat is “highly unlikely” enhanced hygiene measures are “The appointments will continue nary times and the recommenda- and “saw no need to prohibit” the implemented on and around the to be made via the ICC from local tions the committee have made to- practice. playing field.” Elite and International Panel refer- day are interim measures to enable “The ICC Cricket Committee The committee also recommend- ees and umpires. Where there are us to safely resume cricket in a way heard from the Chair of the ICC ed the appointment of local match no Elite Panel match officials in the that preserves the essence of our Medical Advisory Committee Dr Pe- officials in the short term due to the country, the best local International game whilst protecting everyone ter Harcourt regarding the elevated restrictions on travel around the Panel match officials will be ap- involved,” said Kumble. risk of the transmission of the virus world due to the pandemic. It also pointed. The recommendations will now through saliva, and unanimously recommended the provision of an “The committee also recom- be presented to the ICC Chief Ex- agreed to recommend that the use extra DRS appeal for a team in each mended that the use of technology ecutives’ Committee in early June of saliva to polish the ball be prohib- format as an interim measure. is increased to support the appoint- for approval.

Shouldn’t have any CAB to take up Bengal players’ Kohli’s record in all problems playing on BCCI prize money matters three forms is quite Mondays: LaLiga boss Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The The CAB also said that it will unbelievable: Chappell Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) wait and watch if there are further Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) On a across the world, football on as would take up matters including guidelines from the West Bengal day when clubs in the top two many days as possible to ensure payments of prize money for BCCI government or the Board of Control divisions of Spanish football re- as little harm as is possible,” he domestic matches of Bengal players for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the turned to training in groups of added. for early disposal, it said in a state- cricket board said it will coordinate up to 10 people, Spanish LaLiga So far, footballers in country ment on Monday. with state associations to resume President Javier Tebas said he has were only allowed to train indi- “Matters pertaining to payments practice at a local level in the fourth no problems in holding games on vidually as the authorities look to including prize money for Board phase of the lockdown. weekdays also to help speed up resume matches in mid-June. Matches to the Bengal players As per the Ministry of Home Af- the remaining eleven rounds of “The start of the next phase in would be taken up by the admin- fairs guidelines issued on Sunday, matches left to finish the season LaLiga’s Return to Training proto- istration for early disposal,” CAB stadiums will be opened but no which has been delayed due to the col is another step towards the re- President Avishek Dalmiya said spectators will be allowed in the coronavirus pandemic. starting of the competition. It will after the association’s office bear- lockdown extended till May 31. “We shouldn’t have any prob- be good to be able to set all train- ers met via video conferencing on In a statement late on Sunday lems playing on Mondays across ing routines on an equal footing,” Monday. night, BCCI said while it does not the eleven rounds of matches we Tebas said. Bengal reached the final of the plan to organise training camps at have left to play,” Tebas said in “It’s very important that every Ranji Trophy last season after a gap present for its contracted players, it quotes shared by LaLiga. club have the same chance to be of 13 years, only to lose to Saurash- will coordinate with state associa- “The stumbling block we had in good shape. It’s not essential, tra at Rajkot in the summit clash. tions to resume practice at a local before was the fans in the stadi- but it’s very important and we’re Last year, Bengal also emerged level. ums but that won’t be an issue grateful that it will be like that.” champions of the National U-23 During the meeting, it was also right now. I hope for some sense Bundesliga, recently, became One-Day tournament, defeating decided that all pending dues of from the Spanish Football Fed- the first European football league Gujarat in the final by 64 runs. scorers, umpires and observers re- eration on this, because it’s very to return to the field and Tebas All cricket is currently on hold lating to the CAB matches held so important for us to be able to believes the German authorities due to the coronavirus pandemic far would be released. CAB also de- give both our national and inter- have set an important precedent which has brought the world to a cided to release the due payments national broadcasters, and fans for others to follow. standstill. to the clubs.

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) the 31-year-old. “We did an Former Australian captain interview with him last time Teen chess GM Iniyan plays 271 games and commentator Ian Chap- India were in Australia, and pell feels that Indian skipper one of the things he talked Virat Kohli is the best out of about was why he didn’t play to raise Covid relief funds his current rivals Australias the fancy shots, the innova- Steve Smith, Englands Joe tive shots of particularly T20 Chennai, May 19 (IANS) coached by K. Visweswaran, enthusiasts to play against technology partner Internet Chess players from all Root, New Zealands Kane cricket,” he said. Seventeen-year-old chess told IANS over phone from a Grandmaster while stay- chess club (www.chessclub. over India, US, Australia, the Williamson in international “He said he didn’t want Grandmaster (GM) P.Iniyan Erode. ing at their home, but also com), an online chess por- UAE, Germany, Denmark, cricket because of his record those to creep in his batting on Monday completed a 72- “I played against the play- helped them to contribute tal, which not only provided Scotland, Kuwait, Singapore in all formats of the game in the longer form of the hour marathon chess event ers in the order of their regis- to a cause. This event not the platform to conduct the and Switzerland participat- and the discipline he has to- game. The best short-form involving about 45 hours of tration-first-come-first-play only gave an opportunity event, but also helped in ed in this event. wards his batting and fitness. player in the time I played play, 271 games to raise Rs basis. There was no segrega- for chess enthusiasts to play various technical help - cre- The Indian players hailed “Of that group (including was Viv Richards, and he just 121,199 towards Covid-19 tion of titled and non-titled against a Grandmaster while ating a page to follow the from 11 states - Tamil Nadu, Steve Smith, Kane William- played normal cricket shots relief. players,” he said. staying at their home, but live games to be watched by Bengal, Maharashtra, Goa, son, Joe Root), Kohli is the but he placed the ball so While the raised funds will Taking into consider- also helped them to contrib- general public being one of Andhra, Kerala, Telangana, best in all three forms. That’s well he was able to score at a be shared between Tamil ation the various time zones ute to a cause. them. The event was hosted Karnataka, Odisha, Uttara- unquestionable,” Chappell very fast rate. And Kohli’s the Nadu Chief Minister’s Relief wherefrom players would log Iniyan has played 271 by technology partner In- khand, and Rajasthan. said on ‘The RK Show’, which same. He plays traditional Fund and PM Cares Fund, in, Iniyan’s chess marathon games overall, winning 250, ternet chess club (www. Many titled players and is hosted by Radhakrishnan cricket shots, and he plays Iniyan, on his own, has con- began on Friday afternoon. losing 12 and drawing nine. chessclub.com), an online personalities showed their Sreenivasan on YouTube. them really well. tributed Rs 20,000 for the “He was continuously All the games were played chess portal, which not only support for this event includ- “His record in all three forms “The other thing that welfare of his home district playing except when he went in the Blitz time control (3 provided the platform to ing AGMs P. Harikrishna, is quite unbelievable, par- stands out about Kohli is his Erode. to bed late in the night and minutes and 2 seconds in- conduct the event, but also B.Adhiban, Arvind Chidam- ticularly his record in the fitness and running between “It was a different experi- while having a quick bite,” crement for each player). helped in various techni- baram, Harika Dronavalli, shorter forms.” the wickets. The way he ence playing different kinds Iniyan’s mother P. Saranya When the players came cal help - creating a page to and many more by video and Chappell cited Kohli’s ap- pushes himself, he’s incred- of players one after an- told IANS. online, Iniyan challenged follow the live games to be voice messages that helped proach to batting as some- ibly fit. Some of his perfor- other and also playing con- This event not only gave them one by one patiently. watched by general public spread the word and encour- thing that he liked about mances are quite amazing.” tinuously,” Iniyan, who is an opportunity for chess The event was hosted by being one of them. aged the participants.

this situation. We are check- how important a good per- The next generation is maybe It is difficult but we have to ing out a lot of players. It is formance in the Champions not an excuse if we have a League will be for the young- bad season after this because er Indian players. French, feels Wenger adapt to this situation: FC everyone is in the same situ- “It’s a great opportunity Paris, May 18 (IANS) Legendary for- player could be Mbappe, of course ation. for Indian players. Back in mer Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger Neymar, that we know, but England “It’s possible to confirm the 1996, when Louis Van Gaal feels Kylian Mbappe is the leading as well. Goa coach squad by September instead was coming to Barcelona, contender to shine post Lionel Messi “England has a good chance now; of July or August.” he brought with him, eight and Cristiano Ronaldo’s dominance as they are doing very well at youth lev- New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) multiple ways. Apart from the Ferrando said that for now, Dutch players. And then the mega stars in world football enter el. They have done well with Gareth All teams are in the same sit- uncertainty that has creeped the staff is working together what happened was that the the twilight of their careers. Southgate at the World Cup. I was uation as far as financial con- into football due to the pan- to send players daily train- players of the academy start- Portugal and Juventus super- hoping that at the European Champi- straints go due to the coro- demic, Ferrando will also ing routines but, there are a ed working harder to fight for star Ronaldo is 35 while Argentine onship, they could be one of the con- navirus situation and so, it be the first manager to lead number of limitations that a place, the players worked great Messi, who plays for FC Bar- tenders,” said French man Wenger. simply cannot be used as an an Indian team in the group they have to work around. side by side to bring the best celona, is 32. The likes of young English players excuse for a bad season, said stage of the AFC Champions “Some players don’t have out of each other. “We had never seen players like that, Marcus Rashford and Trent Alexander- FC Goa coach Juan Ferrando. League whenever the season the place to run outside their “This is a similar situation. who can absolutely be creative in any Arnold have done well for Manchester Ferrando took over as coach gets underway. home. Some others do not Ravi (Puskur, FC Goa’s sport- tight situation,” Wenger told Talk- United and Liverpool respectively in of the team this season after “It’s a new situation for all have the required equipment ing director) and I often dis- SPORT. the English Premier League while Eng- Sergio Lobera was dramati- the clubs, not just Goa,” Fer- in their house. We are work- cuss how important it is to “These players are now getting to- land have won the U-17 World Cup in cally sacked last year right rando said in a video con- ing on whatever we have and have 3-4 senior foreigners in wards the end (of their career) -- Ron- 2017 where the likes of Manchester after leading the team to the ference with reporters on I hope in one month we are the squad who would help aldo, Messi -- but it’s now about the City’s Phil Foden and Borussia Dort- top of the table. Monday. “It is in my opinion together and we can go about the young Indians both on next generation. mund’s Jadon Sancho did well. Ferrando’s first season in important to accept it and our normal routine,” he said. and off the pitch. I think we “The next generation is maybe Mbappe is a World Cup winner with charge of the side is unique in try to find the best players in Ferrando emphasised on will be ready,” he said. French. At the moment, the leading France. Entertainment Indian Horizon Tuesday, May 19, 2020 12

Madhuri Dixit: I want my sons Richa Chadha: More stories to follow their passion about women Actress Madhuri Dixit- for my mother-in-law and Nene wants her teenage father-in-law." leadership need sons to follow their pas- Madhuri has romanced sion. She adds that if a many actors on the person converts his pas- screen. So, how romantic sion into his job, then he her husband Dr. Sriram to be told doesn't look at it as work Nene? "He is very roman- Actress Richa chadha, is one of the most excit- and it give him joy. tic! The happiness you see who will be next seen ing scripts I have read Madhuri has two teen- on my face is all because in the political drama and it possessed me. I age sons named Arin of that," she laughed. "Madam Chief Minis- am so grateful for this Nene and Raayan Nene Rakesh Nath, who is ter", urges filmmakers to opportunity, as it is rare and, on what kind of film a co-producer of "Guns make more films about to come across writing launch she was expecting Of Banaras" and also women leadership. and insight like this. for her sons, she said: "I the father of the film's Directed by Subhash It has been the tough- don't know whether they hero Karann Nathh, Kapoor, "Madam Chief est yet most enjoyable want to get launched. I worked as Madhuri's Minister" features Richa working experience for don't want to force them. manager in her heydays, in the lead role of a chief me. I have always be- I don't know what they which explained why minister of a state. "I was lieved that more stories are going to do. I feel kids she attended the trailer pleasantly surprised to of women in leadership should follow their pas- launch. Karann Nathh be cast for the titular roles need to be told sion because once you are first faced the camera as role in Subhash Sir's and I am glad I could passionate about some- a child artiste in Mr In- film. I have followed be a part of one such thing, you never feel that dia (1987). He made his his work since ‘Phans story," Richa said. The you are going to work, debut as a Bollywood Gaye Re Obama', which film has been shot in because every day will be hero in the 2001 film I enjoyed very much. Lucknow. It also stars Kaul and Saurabh Shuk- ister" is slated to release a pleasure to get up and "Paagalpan" (2001), and 'Madam Chief Minister' Akshay Oberoi, Manav la. "Madam Chief Min- on July 17. do something. So, I expect thereafter worked in films that from both of them." Nath and Rakesh Nath, On this day, people ex- such as "Yeh Dil Aashiqa- The actress was interact- music director Sohail Sen change cards and roses, naa" (2002), "Sssshhh..." ing with the media at the and stunt director Sham so it's a just a day to cel- (2003), "LOC Kargil" trailer launch of "Guns Kaushal on Thursday in ebrate any kind of love. (2003) and "Tum: A Dan- 'Haathi Mere Of Banaras", along with Mumbai. On her Valen- It can be towards yours gerous Obsession" (2004). film's cast comprising tine's Day plans, she said, parents as well. I always "Guns Of Banaras", Karann Nathh, Nathalia "For us, everyday is Val- tell my kids that every day scheduled to release on Kaur, Ganesh Venkatram, entine's Day. We don't should be a Mother and February 28, will mark Saathi' mirrors and the film's director wait for that one specific a Father Day. For me, it's his return as a Bollywood Shekkhar Suri, produc- day. Every day, we are do- the same as well, be it for hero almost 16 years after ers Ashok Nath, Shaina ing things for each other. my mother and father or his last release. society: Ayushmann: Incorrect Rana Daggubati Actor Rana Daggubati, to call 'Shubh Mangal who will soon be seen in "Haathi Mere Zyada..' serious film Saathi", has said that his forthcoming film Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khur- rana says he was sold to filmmaker Aanand L. Rai and director Hitesh mirrors society. Kewalya's vision for "Shubh Man- "We are not trying to give any social message gal Zyada Saavdhan" because they through this film, but it mirrors society. This wanted to make it a quintessential (human encroachment) is happening in many Bollywood movie and not approach parts of the country and in many parts of the it as a cause film. Ayushmann clears world. Everywhere there is an elephant corridor the air saying that it will be incor- and there is urbanisation. Obviously there are rect to call the film a "serious", cities that grow and break their (animals) natural "message film" because it is not. habitat, so a sense of co-existence is what Bandev "'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' (his character's name) teaches you in the film," is an out and out entertainer that Rana said at the poster and teaser launch of the also gives the right message. It will film. Also present at the do were co-actors Zoya be incorrect to call this film a seri- Hussain, Shriya Pilgaonkar and the film's director ous, message oriented film. It is Prabhu Soloman. Talking about recent happenings not. It is a hilarious film that's also around the world like wildfires in the Amazon story, which can influence you all to do things." In the slapstick in parts to drive home the rainforest and bushfires in Australia, Rana said: film, conflict arises when a corporate giant threatens message of the film. It has its heart "As filmmakers or as artists, we have the tool to to destroy the jungle and the eco-system of elephants, at the right place and it is not a se- voice out certain things. To voice out means to and the hero -- a son of the soil and protector of the rious film that delves any deeper," influence people and to influence them in the forest -- rises to protect his home, the forest. "Haathi Ayushmann said. Ayushmann says most entertaining way. I remember, at least 10-15 Mere Saathi" was originally the title of a Rajesh he was instantly sold on Rai's vision years ago the campaign about saving the tigers Khanna-Tanuja superhit that released in 1971. On of making the film's appeal wider by had begun, and films, documentaries have been the old classic, Rana commented: "It's really about making it a funny movie. "For me, I made. Ten years later, we stand with the bigger animals and men being friends, and I think his (Rajesh was sold with Aanand L. Rai sir and tiger population than we had 10 years ago, so you Khanna) film was a tribute to that too." "Haathi Mere Hitesh's (Kewalya) vision for this film. "They were clear that they want and it's not an in depth look into know that a man can change but someone has to Saathi" stars Pulkit Samrat along with Rana in the film because they wanted to make to entertain the whole of India so the issue of same-sex relationships come forward and take that first step. I think as Hindi version. The film is simultaneously being shot in it a quintessential Bollywood movie you should expect that the film will in our country from a social and filmmakers it was our first tool to give back to the Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil, with a different cast across and not approach this as a cause have all the commercial elements cultural point of view," he added. environment, tell a very engaging and entertaining languages, and is slated to release on April 2. Vidya Balan: 'Kabir Singh' doesn't glorify its central character

Actress Vidya Balan has come but today, I understand. I will give Singh. As a person that choice while selecting a film? "I have in it for a bit but I found myself out in support of the film "Kabir you an example of the film 'Kabir would be mine. But will I go to the been fortunate that I have absolutely inconsequential in Singh" against criticism that Singh'. There was a huge uproar theatre and watch 'Kabir Singh'? done work that aligns with my that space, which is why I didn't the 2019 blockbuster glorifies a when 'Kabir Singh' released and Of course I will. So, I think I have beliefs. Not that I haven't had the do it," she replied. "Kabir Singh" misogynistic hero and misogyny. people questioned how could kind of matured," said Vidya, while opportunity to do other work, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Although she says she wouldnt the film glorify a character as interacting with students at her but it's a choice I made that only Advani is among Bollywood's play the female protagonist in the Kabir Singh, who is absolutely alma mater, St. Xavier's College, I do the work I believe in. Over highest-grossing films of year film, she would definitely watch disrespectful and violent towards during a conversation titled 'Arts the past 12 years, I have had the 2019, having earned Rs 278.24 such a film because it represents women. Previously, I would have Meets Academia'. chance to tell stories of women crore in the domestic market a harsh reality. She adds that she had the same reaction, but today I Vidya had pursued a bachelor's who find their voice and strength, according to the film trade is mature enough to understand feel that the film is not necessarily degree in sociology at St. Xavier's so even if they start off as weak website koimoi.com. However, there are two sides to every story. glorifying it. It's about telling the before earning a master's degree and vulnerable in the film, by the film has been embroiled "Sometimes I watch films even story of a Kabir Singh and there from the University of Mumbai. the end of it they come a full in several controversies if they are not keeping it to my are enough Kabir Singhs in the Sociology students are known to circle. So, I think I am attracted since release, with detractors beliefs. Over the years, I have world, especially in our country. look at the world from analytical towards these stories. I had the claiming the film glorifies toxic matured as a person. Previously it So, I am okay with that. I can and critical perspective. Do opportunity to do other stuff but masculinity. Asked how studying used be all black or white for me make choice not to be a Kabir these traits work in her mind I chose not to. I tried dabbling sociology helped her in her life.

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