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BHUBANESWAR l WEDNESDAY l APRIL 01, 2020 l `7.00 l PAGES 12 l LATE CITY EDITION PSU BANKS KICKSTART LOAN CUSTOMERS CAN OPT OUT, IF THEY WISH MOST PSU BANK CUSTOMERS TO BENEFIT The relief will be on EMIs of all term loans and deferral of interest ■ EMI deductions are system-generated at a prefixed date. For next MORATORIUM MEASURES payments on working capital loans. It means EMIs on home or auto loans three months, banks will deactivate the automatic deduction of EMI due on April 1 can be deferred for three months and the instalment can be EMIs, though the process differs from bank to bank Days after RBI allowed banks to offer a 3-month freeze on all paid in June. However, the repayment schedule will get extended by three ■ SBI, PNB, IDBI Bank, Canara Bank, Andhra Bank, Indian Bank and DUES FALLING BETWEEN MARCH 1 AND EMIs, PSU banks announced their intent to do so on Tuesday months. Customers willing to pay can opt out of the moratorium Indian Overseas Bank and many others will freeze EMIs MAY 31 ARE EXEMPT, ACCORDING TO RBI

CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ WARANGAL ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI DELHI ADDRESS FOR MOTHER OF ALL INFECTIONS FIR against head of Nizamuddin mosque MARCH 21 Action begins to isolate and TABLIGHI JAMAAT’S FOOTPRINT where large religious gathering was held in quarantine Tablighi Jamaat activists violation of prohibitory orders; hundreds after positive cases found in Core Covid team suspected to have been infected; 7 dead Telangana TOTAL 115 FOREIGNERS on its toes for EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE lockdown left a large number By then, Haryana @ New Delhi of visitors stranded in the premises. WITH the Tablighi Jamaat Police sealed the headquar- 824 824 Tablighi attendees headquarters in Delhi becom- ters on Tuesday. Around 800 DELHI ing the biggest hotspot for coro- people were moved out in buses foreign Tablighi Uttar Pradesh navirus in India, the police on and quarantined in different Jamaat workers were HEMANT KUMAR ROUT from Delhi says 15 are in Tuesday registered an FIR parts of the city. in different parts of @ Bhubaneswar quarantine. Search opera- Rajasthan against the head of the Niza- On Monday, the police had the country for 132 tions are on to identify and missionary work 13 muddin Markaz, Maulana evacuated 200 people suspected WITH no clarity on how many trace others since they may Saad, and other management with the symptoms of Covid 19. Madhya Pradesh JharkhandWest Bengal persons from Odisha attended be carriers of the virus,” staff for flouting orders against According to police, between Around the congregation at Nizamud- sources said. gatherings. 10 March to 15 March, around din Markaz in New Delhi that Of the 15, who are among At least seven people who 4,000 people including foreign Odisha 38 70 has set off several Covid hundreds quarantined at Tab- participated in the congrega- nationals from Indonesia, Jor- 2,100 clusters in the country, the ligh-e-Jamaat headquarters tion in mid-March died after dan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Chi- Indian Tablighi Jamaat Odisha Government was on and Government facilities, contracting the virus. Many na, Ukraine, Malasia, Sri Lan- members, too, were touring 11 its toes throughout on nine are from Khurda, two Telangana 49 others have tested positive and ka, Afganistan, Bangladesh different parts of the country Tuesday. from Cuttack and one each are under quarantine. and others participated in the THE INDIAN ANGLE The core monitoring teams from Koraput and Puri Registering a case under var- religious event. Maharashtra spread across the districts. ious sections of the Epidemic Though Delhi did not record At the Delhi Markaz at Nizamuddin, Odisha Kerala State went on a One from Khurda 115 19 attended Delhi meet, 54 attended the meet, most Diseases Act that would entail any fresh cases from Nizamud- foreign nationals search spree to iden- and another from a punishment of two years, po- din on Tuesday, several attend- four returned; 15 in Delhi of them returned, now on tify people who had Kendrapara are in were staying on 82 quarantine home quarantine lice said the Crime Branch will ees of the congregation were 216 that day returned from the Tracking of people isolation ward of a handle the case. Police said the found positive for coronavirus Karnataka Karnataka Telangana event after six deaths who returned to Delhi hospital and Tablighi management vio- on Tuesday. At least 79 returned from 1,030 went to Delhi, most in Telangana and 24 Odisha after their swab samples lated prohibitory orders In Delhi, 24 people out Indian Tablighi Jamaat 50 Pradesh Andhra the meet, quarantined. returned; 348 in Hyderabad positive cases in Del- attending the have been sent for and failed to take safety of the 102 tested for the workers, too, were 24 One of them died home quarantine hi put the congrega- event is on. Those test. measures such as so- virus after being taken 1,530 housed at the Markaz Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh tion in the spotlight. who returned Those who re- cial distancing. to the Lok Nayak Hos- 1,500 went to Delhi, Around 700 went to Delhi, While four persons recently have turned have been Tamil NaduTamil been identified Delhi Chief Minister pital have been found Lockdown brings 1,131 returned; 800 most returned; 85 yet to be - two from Sundar- kept in different iso- MARCH 23: located and quarantined traced and kept under Arvind Kejriwal also positive so far, while re- Tablighi work to a halt 125 garh and one each quarantine lation wards in their hit out at them, saying, ports of nearly another from Cuttack and respective districts “This was an absolutely irre- 200 taken to two other hospi- Berhampur - admit- Subroto Bagchi, while their close con- sponsible thing to do. Everyone tals is still awaited. 50 from Ta- MARCH 26: 1,203 Tablighi Jamaat ted to have attended Government chief tacts are in Govern- workers screened, tested is hearing about coronavirus mil Nadu with the travel his- the event have been spokesperson on ment quarantine and its impact on lives around tory of Delhi tested positive traced, 15 others are Covid-19 facilities. the world. Gurdwaras, and 11 who had attended the MARCH 29: 162 others screened under quarantine at The man from Cut- mosques, temples and church- gathering of Tabligh-e-Jamaat and shifted to quarantine facilities the national capital. tack is admitted to es all are vacant... At this time, were found infected in Andhra More than 100 tracking teams SCB Medical College and Hos- having such a gathering was have been engaged to trace pital. Swab samples of all Pradesh. MARCH 31: absolutely wrong.” In the first official response others, if any. have been sent for tests, the The management, facing from central government on A senior health official said official said. criticism for allegedly allowing the issue, the Union Ministry though there is no specific “Tracking of people who re- about 1,800 members to contin- of Home Affairs said approxi- 1,339 data on the number of per- turned to Odisha after ue to stay at its headquarters in mately 2,100 foreigners have Tablighi Jamaat workers shifted to sons who attended the Tab- attending the event is on. Delhi’s Nizamuddin despite come to India for Tablighi ac- Narela, Sultanpuri and Bakkarwala ligh-e-Jamaat, so far, informa- Those who returned recently lockdown orders, issued a de- tivities since January and all quarantine facilities as well as to tion on 19 persons from have been identified and kept tailed statement in defence, of them visited the Tablighi Delhi govt hospitals and AllMS, Odisha has been received. under quarantine,” Govern- saying they haven’t violated Markaz at Banglewali Mosque Jhajjar People with symptoms of coronavirus boarding a bus in Nizamuddin area to a hospital “Four persons from Odisha ment chief spokesperson on any law. They claimed they in the densely populated Haz- Rest of them are being screened for screening on Tuesday | ANIL SHAKYA returned in the third week of COVID-19 Subroto Bagchi reached out the authorities for rat Nizamuddin as it is the March while information said. help in moving people out but headquarters of Tablighi ac- no help came in. tivities in India. They said following the PM’s According to MHA, 2,137 call for ‘janata curfew’ on Jamaat workers have been DAY’S CASES March 22, they suspended all identified in different states Odisha reports GLOBAL RECESSION MAY NOT their programmes. However, and more would be identified, NEW DEATHS examined and quarantined. 4th Covid REPORTED the subsequent nationwide AFFECT INDIA, SAYS UNCTAD FROM positive case l Kerala l Punjab Bhubaneswar: A 29-year-old EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Countries. ters, but we are unlikely to l West Bengal youth from Bhadrak district @ New Delhi While UNCTAD chose not slip into a recession given tested positive for Covid-19 on to elucidate why China and our internal economy and NEW CASES Cumulative Tuesday taking the total WHILE the economic impact India would escape the other factors.” ON TUESDAY confirmed number of cases to four in the of the coronavirus pandemic recession, analysts Calling for a $2.5-tril- cases State. The youth had returned will most certainly pull down said it was partly be- lion package for de- from Dubai on March 18 and the rest of the world into an cause of the large in- veloping countries, was staying at his home since era of recession, India and ternal markets that UNCTAD Secretary- China may escape unscathed, these countries have General Mukhisa 1,396 then. “This is first asymptomatic case of the according to a report by and the benefit of low- Kituyi said, “The eco- 145 State as he had developed no UNCTAD. er energy prices. nomic fallout from the symptom till tested positive. Major G20 countries have Said Prof N R Bhanumur- shock is ongoing and increas- Kerala at committed massive stimulus thy of the National Institute ingly difficult to predict, but 292 Suspecting that he might 2nd spot with packages to the tune of $5 of Public Finance & Policy there are clear indications Maharashtra have come in contact with any has the positive patient during his trillion to salvage their econ- “Our growth rate will slow that things will get much omies but a possible reces- down in the next two quar- worse for developing econo- largest journey from Dubai to Delhi, 245 number of sion stares them in the face. mies before they get better.” HELPING THE NEEDY he had requested for tests. cases in all cases Volunteers distribute food among needy people during nationwide lockdown in Accordingly, his swab samples “World economy will go UNCTAD believes that into recession this year with Developing countries hit given the global conditions, Noida on Tuesday | PTI were collected and sent to ACTIVE CURED/ TOTAL AIIMS Bhubaneswar for tests,” a predicted loss of global in- Within two months of the virus fiscal and foreign exchange CASES DISCHARGED DEATHS said a senior health official. come in the trillions of dol- spreading beyond China, constraints would tighten Health and Family Welfare lars… with the likely excep- developing countries have over the course of the year Secretary Nikunja Bihari Dhal tion of China and the possible taken a hit in terms of capital and developing nations 1,238 124 35 Salary of ministers, IAS has asked Bhadrak Collector exception of India,” said the outflows, growing bond would face a $2-3 trillion fi- to shift the patient to SCB report titled The Covid-19 spreads, currency depreciations nancing gap over the next Source: National Disaster Management Authority, Medical College and Hospital Shock to Developing and lost export earnings two years. Union health ministry officers deferred at Cuttack and isolate his close contacts. The Collector EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Besides, there will also be de- has also been directed to get EXPERT’S TAKE @ Bhubaneswar ferment of 50 per cent in the them tested and trace all gross salary of All India Ser- contacts as soon as possible. THE Odisha Government on vice Officers such as IAS, IPS Director of National Health Tuesday decided to defer salary and IFS (Indian Forest Ser- Mission Shalini Pandit is It’s once-in-a-century health crisis: UK specialist of elected representatives and vice). The notification said, the monitoring the follow-up officers of All-India Services to order will come into force with action. As many as 137 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE not a day before that. is a purely computational model tackle the economic situation immediate effect. samples were tested on @ Hyderabad In a chat with TNIE Editor with correlation,” he explains. arising out of nationwide lock- The IAS Association (Odis- Tuesday. While the reports of G S Vasu, Dr Potluri, who works Also reacting to the study that down and expenditure in- ha) has supported the defer- 119 samples tested at RMRC EVEN as the Centre is dispel- with the NHS in the UK and at the virus has different virulent curred to control Covid-19. ment of 50 per cent of the gross were negative, of 15 samples ling notions that the coronavi- KIMS, Hyderabad, and is a pio- strains in different countries, According to a Government salary by the Government to tested at AIIMS, one that of rus lockdown will not extend neer in using big data in health- Scan the QR code to watch the whole Dr Potluri says, “this study just notification, there will be a de- face the financial exigencies the Bhadrak youth was beyond mid-April, acclaimed care research, hotly con- interview at youtu.be/PON9bxevzog looked at genomic patterns of a ferment of 70 per cent in the that may arise in the wake of positive and the rest were cardiologist Dr Rahul Potluri tests the findings of an few of the early cases.” gross salary of the Chief Min- Covid-19 pandemic. The IPS As- negative. All three samples says the lockdown can be lifted MIT paper on the ef- rus is only an abstract, there is A huge advocate of social dis- ister, all ministers, MLAs, sociation, Odisha branch and tested at SCB MCH were found if “the number of deaths are fect of heat on Cov- no full paper. They only looked tancing, he describes Covid-19 chairpersons of all corpora- the IFS Association, Odisha to be negative. not vastly increasing and if the id-19. “The MIT paper at the cases that presented in as a problem we have not seen tions and elected representa- chapter extended support to system can cope with the num- looking at tempera- early mid-March and they cor- the likes of for over 100 years tives of local bodies. the Government decision. ber of new cases coming”, but ture and the coronavi- related this to temperatures. It since, probably, the Spanish Flu. Dr Rahul Potluri ALMANAC TODAY MIN MAX Sunrise 05.49 am 0 0 Wednesday: 01/04/2020 Year: Soumya Samvatsar 20.6 C 33.2 C Sunset 17.58 pm Month: Kumbha Phalguna: Krushna Paksha Moonrise 04.43 am Tithi: Chaturdashi Nakshatra: Purvabhadra Moon in Kumbha Rashi WEATHER FORECAST Rahukala: 07.52 am to 09.24 am WATCH Partly cloudy sky Moonset 16.24 pm

BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 02 01l04l2020 newindianexpress com 276 temporary camps Herculean task for State for stranded workers EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE cise to contact workers from to quarantine migrants @ Bhubaneswar Odisha stranded in other States. More than 1.2 lakh workers Between 70,000 and 80,000 migrant workers reached different ODISHA Government has from Odisha are stranded in districts before the 21-day lockdown came into force on March 24 opened 276 temporary camps to States like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, take care of workers from other Karnataka, West Bengal and BIJAY CHAKI @ Bhubaneswar Umi Daniel, Director, Migra- ing the lockdown. States stranded in Odisha fol- Telangana. tion and Education, Aide et Ac- Sambalpur ADMO, Public lowing the nationwide lock- The 20-line call centre in the AS the National Capital Region tion International says the Health, Ashok Das says health down from March 24 midnight. city has so far received nearly (NCR) fumbles with an unprec- State Government should have workers at GP level in the dis- Migrants in Announcing this, Chief 5,200 calls, including 200 from edented challenge of migrant created provision for screen- trict are observing those who Spokesperson of Covid-19 Sub- groups having 100-plus labourers heading home on ing since the lockdown was im- have returned. Odisha roto Bagchi on Tuesday said till persons. foot, Odisha - with a minimum posed in a phased manner. The The extremely low registra- now 19,388 workers have been Bagchi said a response team support infrastructure – too is bigger challenge, according to tion of migrant workers is a sheltered in these temporary with 12 senior officials has been grappling with the problem. him, is self-quarantine in the big problem for the State. 19,388 camps. constituted and it is coordinat- FICCI FLO Unofficial figures say any- rural areas. There is no reliable data on workers sheltered in Special Relief Commissioner ing all relief activities for the thing between 70,000 and 80,000 “To isolate those who have workers returning from se- temporary camps (SRC) Pradeep Jena has written stranded migrant workers from feeds needy, migrant workers reached dif- returned and follow the quar- verely affected states like Ker- to all Collectors to arrange tem- Odisha. Briefing mediapersons ferent districts before the 21- antine guidelines are a chal- ala, NCR and Surat. Those Temporary shelter and porary shelter and food for the after presiding over a high-level day lockdown came into force, lenging task,” he says. working in labour sector main- food for stranded stranded migrant labourers. meeting at Loka Seva Bhavan destitute presenting a gigantic task be- The Government, on its tain that only 1.4 lakh have migrant labourers They have been asked to here on Tuesday, Principal Sec- Bhubaneswar: With thousands fore the State administration. part, engaged anganwadi been registered though the Hot cooked meals and dry make necessary arrangements retary in Home department of poor and vulnerable people Adding to the problem are workers to implement actual number could be ready-to-eat food to all for providing food (hot cooked Sanjeev Chopra said the State in the city going through a those from others states who guidelines for mi- four to five times migrant labourers meals and dry ready-to-eat) to Government has reached out to difficult phase due to Covid-19 are stranded here. Though dis- grant labourers at more. The existing all migrant labourers at `60 per 40,000 of 1.5 lakh non-resident lockdown, FICCI FLO, country’s tricts have been asked to en- the village level. number of the re- `60 per adult per day and adult per day and `45 per child Odias. only women Chamber of sure that those who returned However, since most turnees presents a `45 per child (up to 12 (up to 12 years) a day. “The cost Stating that State control Commerce, has extended a are in self-quarantine, the of households in vil- mismatch. years) budget towards this food arrangement room has so far received about helping hand by serving them sheer number is a challenge. lages do not have more Daniel says majori- - Cost to be met out of State shall be met out of State Disas 5,200 distress calls, Chopra said cooked food. The ladies On March 24, as many as than two rooms, it is ty of migrant workers ter Response Fund,” he said. nodal officers appointed for all Disaster Response Fund organisation is distributing 2,087 workers returned to Ber- very difficult to practise from Odisha are in Surat The SRC-issued guidelines for States to assist Odias are con- food among the elderly, single hampur in three trains and isolation. Monitoring self-iso- while others work in brick maintenance of daily register stantly updating the Govern- women household, differently- were screened by eight health lation by these returnees is a kilns in southern States. Both on provision of food for the mi- ment on them. “As of now, 230 abled, migrant workers, daily department teams. Their tem- gigantic task too. these categories present a Odias outside grant workers stranded in dif- groups with more than 100 Odi- wagers and other needy and perature was checked before Official sources maintain problem. ferent parts of the State due to as have been identified, of destitute living in the city they left for their villages. more than 2,000 migrant work- “There should have been a More than 1.2 lakh workers the lockdown. which a majority of them are slums. The Bhubaneswar Chief District Medical Officer ers who returned to Nuapada little more preparation from from Odisha stranded in Meanwhile, the State Govern- residing in Delhi NCR, Gujarat Chapter has crowdfunded to R Jagadish said, the migrant district were registered. Their the Government to control the Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, ment has also started an exer- and Mumbai,” he said. provide 6,000 cooked meals workers left for their villages body temperature and symp- situation. There should be Karnataka, West Bengal and ration to the deprived in 40 buses arranged by the dis- toms of Covid-19 were checked work, food and hygiene among and Telangana identified by BMC and Humara trict administration. They upon their return. Balangir the workers who have re- Pradhan seeks Gujarat CM help Bachpan Trust with the help were advised home quarantine district administration in- turned and basic awareness of Bhubaneswar Smart City in consultation with the formed that 1,623 migrant should be created,” he 20-line Bhubaneswar: Even as the State Government is yet to get details of Odia Ltd. “We are trying to provide sarpanchs. workers came back follow- explains. workers stuck in other states amid lockdown, Union Minister Dharmendra a small support to those In Ganjam district alone, call centre received nearly Pradhan on Tuesday spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani to find facing food scarcity and over 24,000 workers including 5,200 calls out the conditions of migrant labourers stranded there. “Spoke to remaining without food during 730 from different countries re- The migrant workers left for their villages in 40 buses Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani over phone regarding the plight of Odia this public health crisis,” said Response team with 12 turned during last 12 days. The labourers stranded in Gujarat amid coronavirus lockdown. He has assured Dharitri Patnaik, Chairperson arranged by the district administration. They were senior officials constituted administration says all the re- advised home quarantine in consultation with the to make food, shelter and other arrangements for them,” Pradhan Designate of FICCI FLO, turnees have been screened sarpanchs. In Ganjam district alone, over 24,000 Coordinating relief activities tweeted. Assuring all assistance to the Odia workers, Rupani told Bhubaneswar Chapter, which and no positive case detected workers including 730 from different countries returned for stranded workers from Pradhan that he has instructed officers concerned to take proper care of has more than 55 women so far. All have been advised Odisha the stranded labourers while observing social distancing norm. entrepreneurs and home quarantine. R Jagadish, Chief District Medical Officer, Berhampur professionals as its members.

PRAYING IN THE TIME OF CORONA Connecting with the God: Churches in Odisha log into internet SUDARSAN MAHARANA prayers at homes. in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Ber- to listen to it again. However, prayers and other weekly streaming, uploading videos @ Bhubaneswar Using the digital technology, hampur, Jeypore and other after the churches shut for events in the church are pre- of recital of Bible passages churches are live-streaming parts of the State are using the lockdown, we decided to up- recorded and uploaded to the and other spiritual activities, THERE are many ways to con- and uploading video of pre-recorded and live video load videos and received ap- website or YouTube using You- said AG Church pastor Chitta- nect with the God. With reli- prayers on their websites, in- streaming facility for the preciation from everyone for Tube Premieres feature to ranjan Nayak. Using digital gious institutions shut down ternet and social media plat- purpose. the initiative,” said Pastor of schedule exact date and time technology, he said, churches as a temporary measure to forms for larger participation “We used to upload audio Church of Christ (Union for streaming of the videos. are reaching out to the com- prevent spread of coronavi- of worshippers without break- clips of sermons in our web- Church) Ayub Chhinchani. Other social media platforms munity members to spread rus, churches in Odisha are ing the norms of social site for people who were not Sandeep Kumar, a board and messaging apps are also message on coronavirus now using internet and social distancing. being able to attend Sunday member and web admin of the used to share it, Kumar said. guidelines like hand washing media to facilitate weekly Sources said, some churches prayers, or those who wanted Church, said videos of Sunday Some churches are also live and social distancing.

THE PHANTOM Test your number crunching CROSS WORD skill with our unique puzzle PETER VIDAL SU KU 01 st April : I’m watching Jupiter as it sweeps through the sky. DO We’re in a volatile period in international affairs, so I’m hoping that our leaders get a bit of common sense and sit down and talk, sorting out their problems instead of squaring up for a fight. If peace prevails, then the world will definitely be a better place.

ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr. 20) LIBRA (Sept. 24 - Oct. 23) Among the many helpful Sometimes, you do planetary aspects today are one thing and the universe two which are strongly does another. As fast as HI AND LOIS suggestive of welcome financial rewards you try and keep things as you want as a result of a change of direction or them, others will undo your moderately unusual achievement at handiwork. A helpful perspective work. In other words, a well-deserved on the mid-week’s mixture of good increase in income! and bad humour, is that everyone will TAURUS (Apr. 21 - May 21) get what they want at least some of the time! Today’s celestial schedule is crammed with planetary SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22) alignments that are bound It’s partly because some EASY Solutions to Yesterday’s puzzle to keep the emotional situation moving stunning planetary aspects along at a cracking pace. You may now relate to financial ■ Fill in the grid expect, indeed welcome, changes in matters that you should take such care. with digits in such mood. Also don’t hide from feelings you It’s exactly at times like these that BEETLE BAILEY cannot face. Meet them head-on and carelessness with resources and a manner that every they might just disappear. personal possessions can be expensive. row, every column GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) After all, there’s no such thing and every 3X3 box as a free lunch. Not until after another few accommodates the days have passed will you be SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec. 22) digits 1 to 9, without entirely clear about what Try to remember that with repeating any. should, or must, be done. If you wish, Mars now exerting its you may prevaricate until next week, powerful presence, you may ■ Each sudoku has a unique solution that can be hopeful that other people will share the be exhibiting an irrepressible urge to reached logically without guessing. prevailing sense of indecision and become number one. There are indeed uncertainty. amazing chances of success, but, if at ACROSS DOWN CANCER (June 22 - July 23) any time it seems that the tide is going against you, don’t force the pace. Concentrate on BLONDIE 1 Slow shy essayist gets a plant (7) 1 Many items entered by CAPRICORN (Dec. 23 - Jan. 20) activities which can be jousting knights (5) accomplished in harmony For all your confidence, self- 5 Joined in a Chinese with other people, and realise that it determination and fighting wedding ceremony (5) 2 Distinctions that may be may not be wise to fight crusades at spirit, it is clear that you 8 Advantageously placed for a standardised (6,7) work. The moment you start speaking cannot fight battles on your own behalf. 3 Doesn’t hurry from Estoril (7) your mind, it may become clear There is an almost compulsory idealism glamour photograph? (7,6) 4 High spirits? (6) that you have forgotten what around at the moment which means 9 Loves an anagram to work out (5) you were talking about! that you have no choice but to put 5 Shoot for almost the whole season (5) 10 A number possibly ignore LEO (July 24 - Aug. 23) others first. 6 Dual purpose stores for lifeboats?(5,8) a form of restraint (3,4) In spite of a wave of AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) 7 Deny one is about to become 11 A division of the church (6) optimism, which is inclined You’ll find opportunities in a senior member (7) to appear without warning the midst of adversity. The 12 More’s ideal land in which to live (6) and sweep all before it, this is a very principle group of planets LOCKHORNS DENNIS THE MENACE 11 Makes ends meet sailor fashion? (7) dodgy moment to take risks. Your now affords you a marvellous 15 A mild epithet (7) 13 About fifty odd pieces cause light planets are casual and reckless, which opportunity to have your cake and eat it, 17 Wants to sound negligent (5) means that you must therefore take probably several times over! Just make interference (7) very great pains to make sure that sure that everyone else is too 19 Surprised having forty winks (6,7) 14 Attacks one in the streets (6) everything works out as planned. preoccupied with their own little 20 Raw material of sails? (5) 16 In time the lady reveals her name (5) affairs to notice. VIRGO (Aug. 24 - Sept. 23) 21 Apparently boards another’s child (7) 18 Legend has point for French writer (5) Powerful, challenging PISCES (Feb. 20 - Mar 20) circumstances are urging An intriguing but challenging you to become very much relationship between Jupiter, YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS more outspoken, outgoing and your planetary ruler, and self-confident. Proceed with optimism, Mars, is one to celebrate. While it can be Across: 1 Orate, 8 Category, 9 Viola, 10 Skeleton, 11 Edits, 12 Arc, 16 Goblin, 17 Adrian, 18 Tat, but at the first hint of complacency good to let off steam, you need to do so 23 Osaka, 24 Alliance, 25 Envoy, 26 Platypus, 27 Order. or carelessness, everything will in a manner which is not going to cause unravel. That’s why you’ve got to accidents or regrets. Your diplomatic Yesterday’s Down: 2 Raindrop, 3 Tall tale, 4 Backer, 5 Realm, 6 Route, 7 Hyena, 12 Ant, 13 Cat, 14 Prisoner, keep awake and stay alert. skills are in demand! 15 Banknote, 19 Accrue, 20 Harpo, 21 Allay, 22 Satyr. Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation will start distribution of ration to PDS PDS ration beneficiaries from Tuesday. The beneficiaries will get ration in their nearby schools and colleges, BMC officials said. They said beneficiaries under Antodaya Anna Yojana will be distribution given supply on April 1 and 2, while other beneficiaries will be given PDS supply from April 3.

BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 03 01l04l2020 newindianexpress com Traders resist move to regulate commodity prices CORONA WARRIORS The decision came in the wake of some unscrupulous traders charging more than the actual price Techie duo

BIJOY PRADHAN @ Bhubaneswar move to fix prices of commodi- factors beyond the control of Such an attempt by the State administration will backfire as the traders ties on daily basis,” said Sudha- even the Government. have least control over prices of commodities. We will strongly protest TRADER organisations under kar Panda, general secretary of Noting that the prices of all any move to fix prices of commodities on daily basis customises help the banner of Odisha Byabasay- the mahasangha. varieties of pulses have gone up Sudhakar Panda, general secretary, Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha ee Mahasangha have resisted Except rice, Odisha is depend- by `800 to `1,000 per quintal and the move of the State Govern- ant on other States for most of edible oil by at least `5-a-kg, Pan- ment to regulate prices of essen- the goods, including vegeta- da said it is bound to affect ing beyond their control,” he quite normal despite initial re- for City’s elderly tial commodities, mostly gro- bles. The prices of all im- the consumers. It is wrong added. striction on movement on trans- cery items, during the lockdown ported commodities are to blame the traders for The traders’ body lodged its port vehicles. SOUMIKA M DAS @ Bhubaneswar period. determined at landed the higher prices. protest when administration of “The Government has asked The move to regulate prices of cost, Panda said. “In view of the re- three districts - Bhadrak, Jajpur all employers to pay full salary AMIDST the despair, there are Good Samaritans who are essential items came in the wake Even in normal times, striction imposed by the and Sonepur - asked wholesalers of their employees for the lock- trying to bring positivity to people’s lives. City-based te- of some unscrupulous traders prices of commodities Government, food manu- to display price lists of grocery down period without providing chies, Janmejaya Mohapatra and Girish Prasad Sahu, are charging more than the actual fluctuate at source mar- facturing units are run- items on daily basis. Asserting solutions how to run the trade among those who are ensuring doorstep delivery of grocery, price. “Such an attempt by the kets depending upon demand ning at 30 to 35 per cent capac- that the prices of all commodi- without manpower. We appeal vegetables and medicines to the elderly in this hour of dire State administration will back- and supply. Since the country is ity. There has been dislocation in ties are stable in the State which the Government to lift restric- need. fire as the traders have least con- passing through an extraordi- procurement and supply of is under lockdown since March tion on workers joining their Founders of a tech firm, the duo has collaborated with trol over prices of commodities. nary situation, prices of com- goods. The traders should not be 23, Panda said availability of es- work for smooth delivery of offline retail outlets and a few e-platforms in the city to pri- We will strongly protest any modities are being influenced by blamed for all the things happen- sential items across the State is goods and services,” Panda said. oritise the delivery of commodities to people above 60 years of age. And, they don’t make money out of the initiative. “We just act as facilitators for the elderly customers and connect them to the stores. In most cases, the elderly custom- ers aren’t gadget-friendly. They falter and stop mid-stride,” Sanitisation: Public spaces said Janmejaya. Using resources of their firm, the duo de- veloped a website www.covid19help.live in get chemical wash in city a day’s time. Operational since last Mon- day, the website acts as an interface be- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Bapuji Nagar and Janpath, tween elderly people or their children, vol- @ Bhubaneswar while five fire tenders were de- unteers and voluntary organisations. ployed to cover CRP Square, Fire When a person logs in to the website - seek- DAY S after initiating drive to Station Square, Siripur Square ing help for delivery of essentials - he or she is asked to feed disinfect slums, the Bhubane- and Ganga Nagar Square and in basic information into the database. Next, the firm’s rep- swar Municipal Corporation Baramunda bus station on the resentative calls them up to verify credentials. (BMC) on Tuesday carried out day. The civic body also started “At this stage, we interact with the person to confirm if chemical disinfectant wash of fogging activities across the city. his or her case is critical. Because we don’t deliver or seek public places and establish- BMC Deputy Commissioner help from our collaborators for other customers. Thereafter, ments of the Capital to prevent for sanitation Subhendu Mallick we place their requirements before the stores and prioritize coronavirus spread. said, the sanitation drive will their orders. Sometimes, even we go out for delivery,” said The civic body, in coordination continue till the end of the lock- Girish. An intern, who works for the firm, has been as- with the Odisha Fire Service down period. All major roads, signed the task of communicating with the callers while the personnel, sprayed sodium hy- streets and establishments will rest works from home on regular software development pro- pochlorite at public places and be disinfected with the chemical jects of the firm. So far, the duo claimed to have catered to buildings along major roads to spray in the first phase, he 80 elderly people. “We facilitate the delivery of two to three ensure better sanitation and hy- added. persons a day,” he added. Recently, the duo added a new fea- gienic condition in the city. Municipal Commissioner ture to the website to connect migrants or destitute with Three fire tenders were en- Prem Chandra Chaudhary is voluntary organisations. Fire Service personnel disinfecting streets at Bapuji Nagar in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday | EXPRESS gaged for disinfectant spray at monitoring the drive. The website is a blessing for the likes of 34-year-old Ben- galuru-based software professional Jitendriya Dash who availed the service recently for helping his 64-year-old par- ents, residing near Ravi Talkies here. LOCKDOWN PUTS CRIMINALS OUT OF ACTION Validity of vehicle papers extended ASISH MEHTA @ Bhubaneswar Busy police stations like Sa- CRIME STATS for lockdown violation and ficer said, most cases regis- heed Nagar, Khandagiri, Naya- 8,200 TOTAL CASES three for illicit liquor sale. No tered across the State in the EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bhubaneswar WITH the entire State under palli and Chandrasekharpur in incident of theft or snatching last five days are related to vio- lockdown and people staying the Capital which used to reg- 1,865 has been reported. lation of Covid-19 regulations AS per the advisory of the Ministry of Road Transport home amid the coronavirus ister a minimum of three cases Nayapalli Police Station and guidelines. “Offences like and Highways, the State Transport Authority (STA) has pandemic, where have the on a day have recorded only remains buys because it has theft, snatching and robbery extended the validity of vehicle documents like driving criminals gone? Well, there is three cases each between 1,079 under jurisdiction a huge have drastically dropped in the licences, permits and registration that expired since not an empty house to target, March 23 and 29. slum population which re- State,” he added, attributing February 1 till June 30. nor a man on the street to “Of the three cases we regis- ports a steady number of the decline to people staying in Issuing an order to this effect, Transport Commission- snatch valuables from. What’s tered, one was related to lock- criminal cases. In last seven their homes. er-cum-Chairman of STA Sanjeeb Panda said learner’s more, more police presence on down violation and another, to days, no crime has been report- The number of road acci- licences expiring between March 18 and June will re- the vacant roads appears to be selling of illicit liquor,” an of- 406 ed from Nayapalli police juris- dents and vehicle thefts is main valid till June 30 as DL tests in the State have been giving criminals a sense of ficer of Saheed Nagar police diction. Chandrasekharpur po- close to nil as there is very less cancelled since March 18. new fear of not being able to station said. lice too has not registered a number of vehicles on the road An official of STA said the stage carriage and inter- escape. Between March 23 and 29, single case for cognisable of- and more police presence state counter signature permits, which expired on To cut it short, crime num- Khandagiri police station reg- Rape Murder Dacoity fence in last seven days. which means no rash driving March 22, will remain valid till April 30 considering the bers have dropped sharply. istered 13 cases, including four TILL SEPT A senior Crime Branch of- and mishaps. enforcement of lockdown.

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Rukuna Rath not to roll today Bhubaneswar: Lord Lingaraj’s Rukuna Rath Yatra, which was scheduled for April 1, will not be held in the city. Amid lockdown, the Car Festival has been suspended after Khurda district administration refused to allow a gathering of more than five people in the area. Sources said the temple officials and servitors had requested the local administration to grant permission for hosting of the rituals related to Rukuna Rath Yatra. However, there has been no official declaration from the temple authorities so far. “As per Government notification, we have communicated to our executive officer. There should be no large congregation and not more than five persons can congregate at any place,” said Khurda Collector Sitanshu Rout.

ORSAC donates Sasmit releases `25 lakh `2 cr from MPLAD Bhubaneswar: The scientists Bhubaneswar: BJD Rajya and other staff of Odisha Sabha member Sasmit Space Application Centre Patra has cumulatively (ORSAC) have contributed `25 donated four months lakh to Chief Minister’s Relief salary and released `2 Fund (CMRF) to supplement crore from MPLAD to the the State Government’s Centre and State for efforts to contain spread of fighting Covid-19. Patra coronavirus. ORSAC Chief donated one month salary Executive Prafulla Kumar to the PMRF and provided Mallick said the centre is with `1 crore from MPLAD to the the people of Odisha during Centre on March 30. He these difficult times. Similarly, had donated three month’s teaching and non-teaching salary to the CMRF and staff of Utkal University have provided `1 crore from the also pledged one day’s salary MPLAD to be utilised in to the CMRF for the cause. Mayurbhanj on March 25.

SCB starts Financial aid Covid-19 test sought for lawyers Cuttack: The SCB Medical Cuttack: The Orissa High College and Hospital on Court has fixed April 3 to Tuesday started Covid-19 consider a plea for grant of testing facility after it ex gratia to lawyers during received approval from ICMR. the lockdown. The division As many as three samples bench of Acting Chief were tested on the first day. Justice Sanju Panda and SCBMCH is the third testing Justice Biswanath Rath facility for Covid-19 in the fixed the date on Monday State after RMRC and AIIMS, after taking up a PIL filed Bhubaneswar. “We have through e-mail for payment started Covid-19 testing of financial assistance of facility at Venereal Disease `25,000 for three Research Laboratory with the consecutive months to help of Microbiology and lawyers in the State. The Biochemistry departments,” bench issued notices to the said SCBMCH Superintendent Centre and State to file Prof Annada Pattanaik. their replies by April 3. Malkangiri: At least 150 migrant workers from Telangana are stranded in Swabhiman Telangana Anchal. They were brought to Malkangiri district a few months back from the neighbouring State by a contractor for road construction work. The labourers have workers seek help urged the administration to provide them safe accommodation and healthcare. BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 04 01l04l2020 newindianexpress com 3,952 migrant workers under home quarantine STRANDED IN DISTRESS EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE lodged in different villages and all were found to be nega- ported from the border areas @ Jeypore and urban local bodies (ULBs) tive. The inflow of migrant in the last two days due to tight Families of migrant workers, stuck in other States, do not of Jeypore, Koraput, Sunabe- workers has decreased signifi- vigil of the police. have money to buy essential commodities and medicines THE Koraput district adminis- da and Kotpad from various cantly after the administra- On Tuesday, Koraput Collec- tration has put 3,952 migrant sources, the adminstration tion blocked all entry and exit tor Madhusudan Mishra vis- workers under home quaran- conducted their medical ex- points of Koraput leading to ited the temporary hospital set EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE tine till Monday night. amination at primary neighbouring States. up at Koraput Women’s Col- @ Jagatsinghpur Official sources said after and community health Meanwhile, Koraput lege for coronavirus patients coronavirus panic gripped the centres. police has intensified along with senior officials. WITH no financial assistance, country, the district witnessed Though no worker blocking in areas bor- Mishra took stock of the ar- families of migrant workers a heavy rush of migrant work- showed any symptoms dering Andhra rangements and facilities at from the district stuck in other ers from Chhattisgarh, Kerala, of coronavirus, the Pradesh and Chhatti- 200-bed hospital. States due to the lockdown are Andhra Pradesh and Telanga- doctors advised all of garh to stop migration. So far, the district adminis- left to fend for themselves. na. The exodus came to a stop them undergo home quaran- Police posts have been erect- tration has readied 15,515 beds A large number of migrant after the borders of Koraput tine for 14 days. District Medi- ed at Chandili, Padwa, Sunki to meet the exigency arising workers, mostly daily wagers were sealed by the administra- cal Officer MN Behura in- and Bandhugam which are out of a possible coronavirus from the district are stranded tion on Sunday. formed that swab samples of situated near the border. outbreak. Isolation centres in Maharashtra, Andhra After collecting information nine migrant workers were Koraput SP MK Bhamoo have been opened in schools Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar about the migrant workers sent to Bhubaneswar for tests said no migration has been re- and panchayat offices. Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telan- gana, Kerala and West Bengal. The lockdown has deprived them of their source of income Cop ‘roughs as a result of which they have Buzz over Kiwi aircraft put to rest not been sending money back home. Even as families of such up’ youth EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE workers are being given rice @ Rourkela under public distribution sys- tem (PDS), they do not have over viral TWO aircraft of New Zealand’s money to buy other essential Kiwi Air stranded at Rourkela items and medicines. airport since the last many A 56-year-old Harekrushna video days were engaged by the Geo- Sahoo of Badabellari village in logical Survey of India (GSI) Erasama block said his son Karimuddin Saha with his family in Banamalipur under Jagatsinghpur block | EXPRESS EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE for aerial survey before the works in a private firm in Pune, @ Rourkela lockdown came into force. Maharashtra. Since the firm is but now the remittance has pected to deliver between April This was revealed on Tues- The two aircraft of Kiwi Air parked at Rourkela airport | EXPRESS now closed, he has not sent stopped. A paralysis patient, Ka- 10 and 15. “I am worried about IN an alleged case of police day after speculations arose money home this month. “I rim is finding it tough to sustain meeting the hospital expens- highhandedness, a sub-in- over the presence of these air- had entrusted McPhar, a pri- port. As per standard Covid-19 have no money to repair our his family of four. “I have no op- es,” she said. spector of Birmitrapur has craft at the airport of Rourkela vate agency, for the airborne protocols, the foreigners were thatched house or to buy essen- tion but to beg to arrange money Padampur Sarpanch Keshab been accused of assaulting a Steel Plant (RSP) amid the cor- survey in Odisha, Jharkhand, screened at RSP-run Ispat Gen- tial items and medicines,” for my medicines,” he said. Charan Patra said around 120 youth and his mother over onavirus panic. These special- West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. eral Hospital (IGH) on their ar- Harekrushna said. Merun Bibi of ward no 10 in persons from the village have releasing videos of her beat- ly-equipped aircraft, capable The agency later outsourced rival. But soon, the four New Similar is the plight of Jagatsinghpur town said her migrated to other States and ing up people for enforcing of taking images and videos the work to Deccan Charter Zealand nationals left for their 53-year-old Karimuddin Saha of son works in a hotel in Vi- abroad in search of jobs and the lockdown recently. The SI while flying, were engaged for Pvt Ltd which hired the two country after on getting calls Banamalipur village in Jagat- jayawada. He too is a daily wa- are now stranded. He said fami- Debaki Naik has been shifted multisensory geo-physical sur- aircraft of Kiwi Airways from from their embassy leaving be- singhpur block whose son ger and the closure of the hotel lies of such workers are being to Sundargarh District Po- vey of GSI to look for mineral New Zealand. hind the aircraft. Subsequent- works in Visakhapatnam as a has hit him hard. Merun said given rice but they do not have lice Office pending inquiry. deposits in various States. On March 19, two New Zea- ly, the nationwide lockdown daily wager. Karim said his son her daughter-in-law is nine money to buy medicines and The youth Rajkamal However, the aerial survey was land nationals and an Indian was enforced on March 24. used to send `4,000 every month months pregnant and she is ex- vegetables. Pasayat, a barber, said on later called off abruptly in arrived in one of the aircraft. The RSP allowed its airport March 27, when the SI and view of the coronavirus The next day, the second one for landing and parking pur- other police officers were restrictions. carrying two New Zealand na- pose on a commercial basis af- beating up two persons while RSP sources said the GSI tionals arrived at Rourkela air- ter being requested by the GSI. 1 arrested for enforcing lockdown, some lo- New address for busy cals captured the incident in EXPRESS READ their mobile phones and re- fake news leased the video on social me- Forced quarantine for Golebazar market dia. Pasayat said he did not defying lockdown EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE make the video but shared it @ Balasore EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE will also be prohibited from on WhatsApp after receiving BERHAMPUR: The Ganjam @ Sambalpur entering the market area. it from a friend. administration has decided to A youth was arrested by Remu- This apart, another vegeta- The next day, the SI get stricter with people defying na police for spreading fake THE Sambalpur Municipal ble market in Bhalupali area reached the area to inquire the lockdown norms. Collector news about the lockdown on so- Corporation (SMC) has decid- has been rearranged and half into the video and during in- Vijay Amruta Kulange on cial media on Tuesday. He is ed to shift a major portion of of the vendors will be shifted terrogation of locals asked Tuesday directed officials Shibsankar Parida of Kharid- the Golebazar vegetable mar- to a nearby field on Pasayat to come out of his concerned to quarantine people mukhura village within Remu- ket to a field in front of its of- Wednesday. house. Accusing him of found roaming on the streets na police limits. Police said Pari- fice building from Meanwhile, a 12- shooting the video, she alleg- without any legitimate reason da had posted a note on his Wednesday. hour restriction was edly assaulted him with a ba- for 14 days. Urging elderly people Facebook account which read Despite awareness enforced in Sambal- ton. When his mother Kama- to stay indoors, he also directed that Collector K Sudarshan drives and police in- pur market from la tried to protect him, she police to nab migrant workers Chakravarthy has directed tervention, the busi- We have started Tuesday. The SMC was also roughed up by two who are seen walking on railway shops to sell essential commodi- est market place in with the market ordered vegetable women constables. tracks and other areas. The ties from 6 am to 11 am and re- the city continues to places which markets to close by 6 Pasayat further claimed Collector added that henceforth, strictions have been imposed on remain crowded usually remain pm. Besides, disin- that he was taken inside the crowded. SMC is penalty would be imposed on the plying of motorcycles. The note with people disre- fection drive has also police van where the driver shopkeepers who do not prevent also carried a picture of the Col- garding the lock- providing the been launched in the Surya Nayak slapped him. disinfectant and gathering of more than seven lector. Police verified the post down. Considering fire department is city. On the first day, “Inside the vehicle, the SI people at their shops and ensure and found it to be fake, leading to the situation, the assisting us in Golebazar and again hit me with the baton social distancing. He directed jail registration of a case against SMC decided to shift leaving my finger broken. spraying it at Khetrajpur markets authorities to supply masks and Parida. a number of street selected places were disinfected. Following the injury, she sanitisers to inmates and urged vendors to an open Mohanty said the asked me to leave with a block level social activists and 4 held for lockdown violation place to reduce the Subhankar Mohanty disinfection drive warning”, he said. SMC Enforcement organisations to deposit food Rourkela: Four persons were ar- rush at the market. will be carried out at He filed a complaint Officer and other essentials that they rested on Tuesday for violating SMC Enforcement places which wit- against the officer with Bir- wish to distribute with the BDOs the lockdown norms. IIC of Sec- Officer Subhankar ness large gathering. mitrapur police on March 29 tor -15 police station Manda Mohanty said vendors sitting “We have started with the and SDPO Nibedita Surin concerned. According to district Hansdah said two persons were on both sides of the road in market places which usually submitted the inquiry report administration, 25,123 persons arrested for roaming near Golebazar make the market remain crowded. SMC is pro- to Sundargarh SP. Birmi- including 730 from abroad Sector-13. pathway narrow. This leads to viding the disinfectant and trapur MLA Shankar Oram returned to the district during The duo had criminal anteced- congestion and there is a lot fire department is assisting said he spoke to SP Soumya the last 13 days. Among the ents, he added. In another inci- of physical contact among us in spraying it at selected Mishra who told him that the returnees, while 23,235 are from dent, Uditnagar Police arrested people. Considering the risk, places,” he added. SI was attached to the Sunda- 22 blocks in the district while the two persons plying a pick-up van SMC decided to shift a part of Sources said other market rgarh District Police Office rest 1888 belong to areas under and autorickshaw respectively. the vegetable market to the places will also be shifted to pending inquiry. On Tuesday urban local bodies. All the They were returning after drop- Town Hall field in front of the mitigate the risk of virus the SP visited the Birmi- GO CORONA returnees have been examined ping devotees at a temple. SMC building. Two-wheelers spread in the city. trapur police station. A worker disinfecting JK Pur town in Rayagada district | EXPRESS and kept on home quarantine. With buyers away, watermelon growers stare at loss Labour crunch headache

Fruits left to rot week of February and continues Some buyers had assured him for groundnut farmers till May. On an average around 10 that they would reach the village metric tonne (MT) of watermel- in the fourth week of March but EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE able to go out since the last on is produced from one hectare they could not come. “The water- @ Jajpur one week due to the restric- 180 of land. melons are ripe. If I do not sell tions. The lockdown will con- farmers took up According to official reports, them now, I will face heavy loss”, ACUTE labour shortage trig- tinue for two more weeks. watermelon cultivation around 60 MT of watermelons he said. gered by the lockdown has af- The crop will be damaged if this season had been procured from the dis- Assistant Director of Horticul- fected the harvest of ground- not harvested soon.” trict before the lockdown was im- ture, Deogarh, Kishore Kumar nut crops in the district. Farmers of Rasulpur, Bari, Crop coverage in 210 ha posed. However, around 160 MT Mahaling said they had linked Thousands of farmers Binjharpur, Jajpur, Dhar- across 25 villages of watermelons which are ready the farmers with organised re- who have grown groundnut masala, Barachana and for sale, are lying in the agricul- tailers like Reliance Fresh, Moth- in their farm land as rabi Dasarathapur blocks culti- tural lands. Farmers are not har- er Diary Natraj Foods and Big crop are facing a lot of hard- vate groundnut over 30,000 vesting them in the absence of Bazar for procurement of water- ship to harvest it because of hectare of land in every rabi 60 MT buyers. melons. Currently, the retail out- labour shortage. While local season. This year, only 35 per of watermelons sold A farmer Susanta Sahu of Mar- lets are not interested to procure daily wagers are unable to cent of the crops have been before lockdown dang village in Barkote block, the fruits due to transportation move out of their homes, mi- harvested while the rest is A watermelon farmer in his farm land at Mardang village in Barkote of Deogarh I EXPRESS who has cultivated watermelons bottlenecks. “Moreover, purchase grant labourers from neigh- still standing in fields. for the first time, said he has of fruits has come down as people bouring districts have also The affected farmers urged grown the fruit over three acres are giving priority to essential left for their native places. the district administration to 160 MT PHANINDRA PRADHAN/ASHOK Farmers said even as water- of land. The watermelons which food items during the lockdown Sources said a large num- allow them to harvest their of watermelons waiting NANDA @ Deogarh melons are ready to be harvested, are in harvesting stage are lying period, which is also a reason be- ber of migrant labourers crops by adhering to social to be procured the fruits cannot reach the whole- in the farmland in the absence of hind the organised retailers de- from Keonjhar, Bhadrak, distancing and lockdown FOR watermelon farmers of De- sale markets in time. As many as buyers. Some of the fruits have nying to procure the watermel- Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj guidelines. ogarh district, this summer is go- 180 farmers have undertaken wa- been damaged, Sahu said, adding on”, he added. districts come to Jajpur dur- ing to be a difficult one. Although termelon cultivation over 210 that he had spoken to five traders Keeping an eye on the current ing the harvesting season. The crops are ripe and they were hopeful of cashing in hectare (ha) of land in 25 villages from Bihar and West Bengal to situation, the horticulture wing Sadasiva Rout, a farmer, ready to be harvested. If on the bumper yield, the farmers of Barkote, Tileibani and Reamal sell his fruits but they could not has asked the farmers to sell wa- said, “I had grown ground- we do not sell them now, are now apprehending loss due to block under the district in the turn up due to the lockdown. termelons in local market. The nut over two acre of land and The lockdown will continue for two we will have to bear the lockdown. Buyers are not current rabi season. Watermelon Another farmer Khirasindu State Government has directed the crop is ready for harvest- more weeks. The crop will be heavy loss coming forward to procure the cultivation starts in the district Swain of Gunduruposi village in police not to stop the vehicles car- ing. However, there are no damaged if not harvested soon Khirasindu Swain, farmer produce due to restriction on in December and harvesting of Tileibani block cultivated water- rying agricultural produces, he labourers to perform the transportation. the fruits begins in the second melons on four acres of land. said. task. Besides, we are also not Sadasiva Rout, farmer Jharsuguda: The Subhalaxmi Cooperative of Vedanta Vedanta Coop to Limited, Jharsuguda has started production of two-layer and three-layer masks for distribution among high-risk and distribute masks underprivileged masses in rural areas of the district. BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 05 01l04l2020 newindianexpress com MAMATA BLOOMS AMID CORONA GLOOM Shyam Steel donates Analysts believe the Chief Minister’s actions during the ongoing crisis will help her in the long run `1 crore to PMNRF EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE across the country, including KOLKATA: She walks briskly from the front, disregarding her sick people in their respective @ Kolkata metro railways, airports and into a crowded marketplace, personal safety. If we are able to areas and ensure steps are tak- ports, oil refineries, bridges admonishes people for the un- successfully tide over the crisis en to help them. SHYAM Steel has donated `1 and dams and sports necessary hubbub, picks up a with the administration playing Often accused of Muslim ap- crore to the Prime Minister’s complexes. broken brick and draws a circle a proactive role, then we should peasement, Banerjee was even- National Relief Fund (PMN- The Group has emerged as a around her. be in a much more advanta- handed while approaching reli- RF) for the nationwide fight large conglomerate, multi- One more circle and then the geous position ahead of next as- gious leaders to stop large against Covid-19. product steel organization by other, and brusquely asks peo- sembly polls,” he said. gatherings at places of worship. Established in 1953, Shyam delivering quality material ple how to exercise social dis- West Bengal will have State Religious leaders responded Steel Group is one of the lead- through innovation, excel- tancing in the trying times coro- assembly election next year af- promptly and positively with ing TMT Bar Producers in In- lence, and dedication. Head- navirus has brought in its wake. ter the TMCs unimpressive per- temples, mosques and churches dia, manufacturing TMT Re- quartered in Kolkata, Shyam Nobody takes umbrage at her formance in the Lok Sabha poll issuing instructions to the faith- bar, Billets and Sponge Iron. Group has also ventured into curtness, and all quietly step when its tally plunged to 22 ful to avoid congregations. For the past six decades, Shy- other businesses like Shyam- into the circles in front of a de- CM Mamata Banerjee during her visit from 34 in the previous general She came in for praise even am Steel has been instrumen- sree Mineral Resources, Shy- partmental store in the bustling to Kolkata Police headquarters at elections. by her political rivals who ap- tal in shaping a strong nation. amsree Agro Commodities, Posta Bazaar, many drawing Lal Bazar on Tuesday I PTI A battered TMC hired the preciated her for taking them With steel products, un- Shyamsree Infra, Shyamsree their own circles and patiently services of poll strategist along in the fight against matched in quality and purity, Food Processing, Shyam Fu- waiting for their turn to buy es- DIDI IN CONTROL Prashant Kishor to im- the pandemic and seek- the brand has been the founda- ture Tech, Transmission & sential supplies. The Chief Minister is unfazed prove its electoral for- ing their suggestions. tion to several mega projects Distribution. She nonchalantly wipes the by BJP’s criticism tunes with a slew of The CPI(M), her arch dirt on her hand with her spot- mass outreach cam- rival, too praised her less white saree and nimbly It is felt that her outreach in paigns like Didi ke Bolo hard work in the fight walks through the multitude to times of distress will endear her (tell Didi) and Banglar Gor- against the pandemic. board her car on way to inspect Lok Sabha polls, clinching 18 of to the masses bo Mamata (Bengals pride CPI (M) State secretary Surya hospitals, sirens of the pilot car the states 42 seats, has called it She has asked police to be Mamata). Kanta Mishra acknowledged Post offices in blaring. a publicity stunt, but Didi (elder more humane while dealing But there can be no better that the state government was For the last three weeks West sister) is unfazed, and is doing with the lockdown mass outreach than helping trying hard to stem the corona- Bengal Chief Minister Mamata what she loves to do most being people in distress. It has much virus tide and said his party Banerjee has been following this among people, distributing food Mamata was even-handed while better and long-lasting impact stood with the government. Bengal to deliver routine apart from holding offi- and giving a pep talk to doctors approaching religious leaders to and the State administration is “She is trying hard. Our best stop large gatherings at places cial meetings to review the situ- and paramedical staff. just doing that, said another wishes are with her and we also of worship ation and addressing press con- Close watchers of Bengal’s po- TMC leader. stand by the government at this ferences, deftly concealing her litical scene feel that Banerjee’s The police has to be more hu- time of crisis. Politics can take pension at home sisterly concern under a stern outreach in times of distress tunity for all State Govern- mane. Obviously, law and order a back seat,” Mishra said. countenance, as coronavirus will indeed endear her to the ments and the Centre to show- has to be maintained. But that The BJP, however, is a di- KOLKATA: Post offices in sanitizers will also be provid- continues to ravage the world. masses. case their administrative skills doesnt mean there will be ex- vided house with a section West Bengal will deliver pen- ed. People delivering pension West Bengal has had 26 afflic- TMC means Mamata Baner- with a humane touch. We think cesses, she said, in a subtle feeling that the chief minis- sion at the home of people at home will be given ade- tions so far of whom three died. jee. Although all political par- that our Didi is far ahead of oth- warning to the police when they ters efforts were more for who are 80-years old or above quate security to avert any un- The BJP, which has emerged ties have kept politics aside and ers in this, a senior TMC leader, deal with people in distress. publicity than service and during the lockdown period, a toward incident, he said. as the main challenger to Ba- are fighting unitedly against who preferred not to be named, She asked the men in uniform some others saying she was senior official of the postal de- Bhattacharya said the main nerjees ruling TMC after the the pandemic, this is an oppor- told PTI. “Mamata di is leading also to identify the elderly and doing a good job. PTI partment said. priority of the postal depart- For others pension will be ment is to see that there are no disbursed from the post offic- problems regarding cash es from April 3, the official withdrawals from savings said. “We have decided to de- accounts. ‘Win a free vacation to the liver pension right at the door- “Not all the post offices will steps of citizens who are remain open during the lock- 80-years and above or down period due to hills by staying at home’ those who are in- lack of manpower as firm”, chief postmas- many of our staff KOLKATA: In order to moti- of total indoor innovative chal- ter general (CPMG) come from neigh- vate people to stay indoors lenges ...with this challenge we of West Bengal circle This is an bouring districts, but during the 21-days nationwide are trying to reach out to the Goutam Bhattachar- extraordinary the major ones like situation for which lockdown, a premier mountain- masses and motivate them to ya told PTI. we have taken this head and sub-post of- eering institute in Darjeeling remain indoors and get in- He said delivery of measure. For fices will be kept has come up with an innovative volved in various indoor activi- pension at home will others, pension will open”, he added. contest where participants can ties, HMI institute said on its start from April 4 on- be disbursed from The ATMs of the win a free vacation to the hills, Facebook page. wards and those who April 3 as the post offices, which by staying at home during the The challenge has been di- will be the benefi- previous two days are inter-operable three-week period. vided into two categories one is ciaries have already fall under annual with banks, will re- The Darjeeling-based Hima- for the HMI course partici- been intimated in closing main open across the layan Mountaineering Insti- pants and another for open this regard. Goutam Bhattacharya, state. tute (HMI), one the oldest and category. “This is an ex- CPMG of WB circle The postal depart- premier mountaineering insti- As per the open category, the traordinary situa- ment has also given tutes of the country has come challenges include uploading tion for which we priority for trans- up with a challenge on its Face- photos and videos on the HMI have taken this measure. For port of medical kits and other book page, HMI, 21 Days Big Facebook page with a short de- others, pension will be dis- related parcels to other plac- Boss Indoor Challenge - Fight scription on the same and pro- bursed from April 3 as the pre- es. “Since trains are not run- Against COVID-19. vide his/ her contact details. vious two days fall under an- ning, we are sending these The aim of this 21-day chal- For the course participants, nual closing”, he said. parcels by road wherever pos- lenge is to support the three- the challenge is divided into Those coming to post offices sible. For long distances, the week lockdown in the public various categories from best for pension withdrawals, cash items are being transported interest and also to motivate home cleaning warriors to the deposits will have to maintain by cargo flights of Air India, the countrymen to stay at home best indoor athlete to the best COP ON WHEELS social distancing as per gov- Spicejet and Blue Dart”, he safely. The challenge consists storyteller to best poetry. PTI A policeman patrols the street during the nationwide lockdown in Kolkata on Tuesday | PTI ernment guidelines and hand said. PTI

MCL’s 3-P to help State NGO helps HIV+ve fight Covid-19 Sanitiser manufacturing women with ART drugs Seafood prices skyrocket in K’para Sambalpur: The Mahanadi Berhampur: A local NGO, ARUNA Coalfields Limited (MCL) has unit unearthed in City which works with HIV positive EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE adopted a three-pronged strategy women, has started providing @ Kendrapara of ‘produce, procure and prevent EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE advantage of the short sup- ART drugs to affected pregnant (3-P)’ to fight coronavirus in @ Bhubaneswar ply of these items, the manu- women. With 28 centres that SEAFOOD prices have shot up Odisha. MCL has set-up an internal facturer had already market- provide the drugs closed due to in the coastal district with fish- Covid-19 task force with helplines OFFICIALS of Directorate ed some of its products, she lockdown, the NGO members ermen deciding not to venture covering all its coalfields and of Drugs Control and Special said. are delivering medicines at the into the sea during the 21-day headquarters while working on Task Force of Commission- “Though the person had doorsteps of HIV positive lockdown period. mission mode to procure erate Police on Monday un- obtained factory licence for women with permission of the Vendors in Kendrapara, Pat- equipment to support the State earthed an illegal sanitiser manufacturing cleaning Health Department. NGO kura, Mahakalapada, Rajna- Government efforts to contain the manufacturing unit at Jhar- chemicals, he had no author- officials said the women are gar and other areas have jacked epidemic. Around 16,000 para here. isation for preparing sanitis- either pregnant or new mothers. up prices of popular fish varie- Boats moored at the fishing employees of MCL and 11,130 The joint team conducted a ers and handwash. A case They have identified 603 such ties like Kani, Pomphret, harbour in Kharinashi due to contractual workers led by 783 raid at the manufacturing has been registered against women who are being provided Khainga, Khuranta, Bhekti, lockdown | EXPRESS officers are running 15 coal mine unit and seized handwash, its owner on charges of vio- the medicines since the Khasuli and Eel. The price of projects round-the-clock in Angul, sanitisers and huge quantity lating the Drugs and Cosmet- lockdown. Director of ARUNA fish varieties across the board Seafood processing units and scheme. Jharsuguda and Sundargarh of raw materials worth ics Act,” she said. Loknath Mishra said 36 HIV has also seen a similar trend. A exporters have also stopped President of Odisha Tradi- districts. Coal mines are around `3 lakh. Meanwhile, the State Gov- positive pregnant women have fish merchant of Kendrapara loading fish from the harbours tional Fish Workers’ Union operational with local teams of Drugs Controller in-charge ernment has started issuing been identified whose expected Arakhita Behera said, “Since at Paradip and other areas cit- (OTFWU) Prasanna Behera miners taking all precautions by Mamina Patnaik said the trade licence for distilleries, date of delivery is in April and the fishermen are no longer go- ing transportation issues. said the Government should sanitising premises, equipment and unit was manufacturing bottling plants and drugs May. “We are ensuring that they ing to the sea, the fish supply is “The district officials have provide a monthly allowance machinery with Sodium handwash and sanitisers for manufacturing units. At are being provided medicines on limited. The price hike is not in asked fishermen to abandon of `10,000 for the next three Hypochloride using hand-operated the last several days without least 10 licences have been is- time amid the lockdown”, he our hands.” the traditional auction system months to all fishermen and pumps. any valid licence. Taking the sued in the last few days. said. Pomfret, which normally to prevent crowding. Due to those engaged in allied sells at `300 per kg, is now this directive, fishermen are activities. EXPRESS READ priced at `450. The price of facing problems to sell their Director of Fisheries depart- Kani, a common fish, has in- catch,” Biswal claimed. ment SR Pradhan said, Bhadrak SP to rescue of sisters creased to `250 per kg from Sources said the fate of “Though we have not imposed Stay firm but do not `150. around six lakh fishermen any ban on fishing, the fisher- Bhubaneswar: Bhadrak police has extended support to a 23-year-old General secretary of All Odi- hangs in balance due to the men are not venturing into sea woman of the district who is stuck in Navi Mumbai without any sha Fish Producers’ Federa- coronavirus restrictions. due to various problems aris- money due to the lockdown. The woman, of Basudevpur area, said misbehave: DGP to cops tion Sumant Biswal said fish- Though the Centre has an- ing out of the lockdown. Fish- her sister is also stranded in Rajasthan. Bhadrak SP Rajesh Pandit, ing activities have come to a nounced a relief package of ermen, fish traders and proces- who is a native of Mumbai, said, “After receiving a call from EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Angul police to prevent spread of standstill in the harbour of `1.7 lakh crore for the poor in sors are facing labour shortage Basudevpur Tehsildar, I spoke to my counterparts in Navi Mumbai the contagion. The DGP also port town Paradip due to the view of the pandemic, fisher- and transportation issues due who visited the hotel where the woman is staying. They have DGP Abhay asked Angul po- reviewed cases filed by local lockdown. Fishermen are not men will not be benefitted from to the restrictions. The admin- requested the staff to give her some time to pay the accommodation lice officers to stand firm on police for violation of lock- willing to go to the sea as sell- it as they are not included in istration has decided to pro- charges.” Efforts are on to help the woman’s sister. the streets to prevent people down guidelines. ing their catch would be diffi- Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sam- vide necessary help to the af- from stepping out but not mis- Stressing the need for cult due to the restrictions. man Nidhi (PM-KISAN) fected fishermen.” behave with them while en- maintaining social distanc- Goddess dons Sitala avatar for saving humanity suring complete lockdown. ing and cleanliness, he visit- Berhampur: Even as the Tara Tarini shrine has been closed for During his visit to Angul ed the barracks at Angul po- Rourkela: The Sundargarh district administration has allowed the devotees, Chaitra month rituals are being observed by servitors in the on Tuesday, the DGP held a lice station, inspected the construction firm to continue work for upgradation of the RSP-run Ispat temple. On the occasion of fourth Tuesday of Chaitra month, the Work on meeting with the IG (north control room at SP office and General Hospital (IGH). Collector Nikhil Pawan Kalyan on Monday issued an Goddess is supposed to be dressed in Mahisamardani attire but in the central range) and local SP asked officials to resolve office order to allow UPC Construction Pvt Ltd, a sub-contract firm of NBCC face of the pandemic, She was donned in Sitala Devi avatar to save IGH and emphasised free move- grievances of people over India Ltd, to resume work at the IGH site. The order stated that the firm is the mankind from the disease. The temple administration members ment of essential supplies phone during the lockdown. permitted to engage about 400 workers in shift/batches in construction work also fed sweets and fruits to hungry monkeys in the temple on the including medicines to all Till date, 40 cases have upgrade adhering to Covid-19 safety protocols. The IGH is being developed into Ispat day. Usually, the monkeys depend on food offered by devotees who parts of the state. been filed against lockdown Post-Graduate Medical Institute and Super Specialty Hospital. Construction throng the shrine in large numbers during Chaitra month. However, He reviewed measures tak- violators and 47 motorcycles allowed work of the upgradation project was stopped since the coronavirus lockdown the simians are struggling for food with the shrine closed. en by the administration and seized. came into effect on March 24. As long as we believe that there is something that will permanently satisfy our Pema hunger for security, suffering is inevitable Chodron BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 06 01l04l2020 THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS

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CORONA SPREAD: On occasions like this, it could help to recall how such JAMAAT, DELHI GOVT calamities were faced in the past ARE BOTH CULPABLE he Delhi-based headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, HOW SHALL WE south Delhi, has suddenly become the latest Covid-19 hotspot in the country. RESPOND TO TThe alarm bells started ringing when a 65-year-old man from Kashmir died on THE PANDEMIC? March 26. He had attended a religious gath- AMIT BANDRE ering at Nizamuddin sometime in mid- March, which saw a congregation of over s the killer virus tightens its tion. Boccaccio does not bother shut themselves in homes that but went about, ‘flowers and ished alone, abandoned. Boc- 1,800 people, including many from foreign grip on humankind worldwide, to adjudicate between these remained uninfected. Tried to herbs in hand’, inhaling their caccio connects this large-scale nations. Officially, 1,033 people have been the question presses itself upon views. He goes on to record divert their attention from the fragrance ‘to fortify the brain human wretchedness to the evacuated from the seminary, 334 hospital- us: What shall we do? How shall what, to him, was more impor- grimness of the situation with with such odours’. This made culture that prevailed in the we respond to this peril? Re- tant: the fact that neither civic ‘music and such other diver- sense, given that the air was city prior to the outbreak. They ised and 700 quarantined; 24 who attended spond, we have to. Even refus- authorities nor priests were of sions as they had’. Significant- thick with the stench of the died abandoned, he writes, “. . . the meeting have tested positive for the vi- A ing to respond is also a re- any help to the afflicted. Boc- ly, they quarantined them- epidemic and the miasma of having themselves, while they rus and at least 10 have died. The authori- sponse, the response of denial. caccio notes that grand sys- selves not only from the death. Nearly half the popula- were when whole, set the exam- ties have sealed the seminary’s premises On occasions like this, it could tems of support, to which we infected but also from ‘any tion of Florence—and a third ple to those who abode in and contact tracing efforts are underway. help to recall how such calami- attach our pride and hope, news from without of the death of Europe—perished. Boccac- health.” That is to say, Floren- Many are questioning why so many peo- ties were faced in the past. prove brittle and irrelevant in of sick folks’. As we would say, cio does not raise this question, tines, while hale and hearty, The Plague—or the Black the face of calamities. What ‘they quarantined themselves but today we can’t help asking: lived only for themselves; so in ple were allowed to gather at one place even Death—that ravaged the world caused the mainstays of sup- from the media!’ what is the connection between peril they died by themselves, after the PM ordered a nationwide lock- in the 14th century offers an in- port to collapse was the hyper- In the second type of re- pollution and pandemic? each individual abandoned to down from the midnight of March 24 and structive case study. Giovani contagiousness of the infec- It is in testing sponse, Florentines took the op- Florentines who adopted the his plight. His words ring omi- banned mass gatherings. The Jamaat has Boccaccio’s Decameron serves tion. Not only did talking or times that we posite path. They believed that fourth strategy resorted to nously relevant, “…No neigh- issued a detailed statement where it has un- our purpose best. It was writ- coming into contact with the know who is ‘carousing, making merry and ‘fleeing from the pestilence’ as bour took thought unto other; genuine and who derlined that it had got in touch with the ten a century after the Plague sick give the infection to the going about singing and frolick- if they could outstrip its reach! no kinsfolk visited one another. ended its death dance in Eu- healthy, “. . . the mere touching is fake. Tragedies, ing’ was the best remedy. They Like the rest, they too thought Brother forsook brother; uncle, authorities and sought their help in evacu- rope. Boccaccio outlines four of the clothes or of whatsoever not enclosures ‘satisfied the appetite in every only of themselves; except that nephew; wife, husband; and, ating the stranded followers. It has said the different responses that the other thing that had been of priest-craft, possible way’ and ‘scoffed at they manifested it in a more even, parents, their children.” country observed the janata curfew on Plague —‘the late pestiferous touched or used by the sick ap- nurture the whatsoever was proposed as dramatic fashion. They aban- It is pertinent to note here March 22. The same day, the Centre sus- mortality’—evoked from the peared of itself to communi- sublimity of the remedy’. They sought to doned their kinsfolk, dear that Pope Clement VI fled Avi- pended all passenger and suburban trains. people of Florence in 1348. cate the malady to the touch- the spirit that drown their fears in drunken ones, and possessions. Retreat- gnon, which was the seat of the This was followed by Delhi CM Arvind Ke- When faced with terrors of er”. To illustrate the point he expresses itself as debauchery, mostly, at the ex- ed to the countryside as if medieval Church, in order to heroism in duty. jriwal ordering a citywide lockdown from the magnitude of the corona cites an instance. “The rags of pense of others, who became there they could hide them- save himself. In contrast, his pandemic, we face a compel- a poor man, who had died of The dark nights of suddenly generous as they were selves from the wrath of God. physician, Gui de Chauliac— March 23. Then on March 24, the PM an- ling need to ‘interpret’, or to the plague, being cast out into our existence can ‘to live no longer’. (Awareness What guided them was the as- like thousands of our heroic nounced a total lockdown. All these meas- understand, them; for what is the public way, two hogs came be illumined only of impending mortality deliv- sumption, prevalent even to- men and women in the medical ures, the Jamaat has claimed, impeded at- not understood cannot be man- up to them and having….took by the splendour ers us from acquisitiveness. Ir- day, that cities are marked out fraternity battling the epidemic tempts to clear out the seminary, prompting aged. The people of Florence them in their mouths and of the spirit respective of religion, we begin for destruction because of today—stayed back and served them to seek help. If this is true, then the were divided in how they inter- tossed them about their jaws…. to believe in the doctrine of their degradation and depravi- the city in affliction until he Delhi government needs to answer many preted the ‘wandering disease’. they both fell down dead upon maya). Like those of the previ- ty—a notion rooted in the Bi- perished. It is in testing times One group saw it as resulting the rags. ...” ous type, Florentines of this ble, in particular, in the tragic that we know who is genuine questions. Why did it not take immediate from the ‘operations of heav- How did the people of Flor- kind also ‘shunned the sick to fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. and who is fake. Tragedies, not steps to address the situation? The Kejriwal enly bodies’, a sort of bolt from ence respond to a calamity as the best of their power’. With a touch of wry humour, enclosures of priest-craft, nur- government has written to the police, seek- the blue. The rest read its sig- dreadful as this? Boccaccio The third type adopted a Boccaccio notes that no strate- ture the sublimity of the spirit ing an FIR against the religious outfit, but nificance morally. It portended lists four response strategies: middle path between austerity gy helped. The Plague spared that expresses itself as heroism it needs to explain its own lapses. the wrath of God at human in- Some sought safety in living and debauchery. They used none. He emphasises the out- in duty. The dark nights of our The Jamaat is also equally culpable. iquity. The Plague was, thus, a moderately, abstaining from ‘things in sufficiency’. They break of loneliness in the wake existence can be illumined only scourge meant for their correc- excesses of every kind. They did not quarantine themselves, of the epidemic. People per- by the splendour of the spirit. From early March itself, the MEA had start- ed issuing guidelines and advisories, among them the mandatory home quarantine for those coming from abroad. Then on March For centuries on a 16, the Delhi government banned all congre- One of the last matriarchal societies in Europe Sea invaders small, forested island gations, religious or otherwise, of over 50 ESTONIA’S ANCIENT The men of Kihnu island, 10 km off the coast of Estonia, are away at sea “Seals and cormorants, they’re the biggest in the Baltic Sea, fishing for weeks or months at a time, leaving the women to run what is often people. Why didn’t the Jamaat heed these women in headscarves problem,” fisherman Margus Laarents tells orders? It certainly can’t escape blame. ISLE OF WOMEN dubbed one of the last matriarchal societies in Europe. Steeped in folk AFP. The two species were given protected and striped red skirts traditions, Kihnu’s historic way of life however is now threatened as economic have done most of the status by the European Union after almost hardship drives more and more islanders away in search of work dying out during the middle of the last work: from farming to century due to overhunting. As a result, A SILENT CRISIS lighthouse keeping, “Around every kitchen table, every day, we discuss how to survive,” Mare their numbers have skyrocketed in leading church Matas, official guide and ardent defender of Kihnu’s heritage, tells AFP. Estonian waters since the mid-1980s, LURKS BENEATH services and even Although 686 people are registered as living on the island, only 300 now do so depleting local fish stocks. Margus and his dressing up as Santa year-round, says Matas, a 45-year-old mother of four who was instrumental in wife Marge say they can no longer live off he coronavirus pandemic has strained at Christmas securing UNESCO recognition of Kihnu’s intangible cultural heritage in 2008 their earnings from the sea healthcare systems across the world, exposing their inadequacies and flaws. Another silent pandemic lurks be- MINDSPACE Write to: [email protected] MAILBAG Write to: [email protected] Tneath the current crisis, pushed to the backburner once again. If at one level, front- line workers are exposed to the stress of Telangana salary cuts welcome, but pensioners might find it tough long hours, death and their own mortality, Return of the good The coronavirus pandemic has those under isolation or home quarantine Monitor credentials of borrowers Nature reclaims its spaces brought about a financial crisis This is with reference to Tackling It is great to see nature reclaiming silently struggle with loneliness, depression not only at the Centre but at state the ever-greening problem in banks its spaces in some parts of India and paranoia at another. Worse off are those levels as well. The decision of the (Mar 31). The bank crisis can be after the lockdown. Sightings of who fear the economic uncertainty that the old Doordarshan days Telangana CM to reduce the sala- tackled by ensuring transparency peacocks in Bengaluru’s residen- lockdowns across the world have created. ries of all ministers, including in lending. By monitoring the cre- tial areas and tuskers on the Kar- Days into the 21-day lockdown in India, ever in our wildest dreams did we imagine that an invisible himself, is definitely a step in the dentials of borrowers, we can get nataka-Kerala highway have de- several state and central resources have and deadly virus would confine us to our homes and slow right direction. But to reduce pen- rid of the problem of ever-green- lighted nature lovers. While the down our busy lives. Blaise Pascal, the famous French math- sion payments is unfair, as many ing from banks. virus scare has forced people in- opened up to offer psychological support to ematician and physicist, once said, “All of humanity’s prob- pensioners already live a hand-to- Ajay Rajeev, Cherthala doors, it has proved to be a bless- those in need. Most states are also provid- lems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” mouth life, with rising living and ing for nature’s wild residents ing patients with psychiatric support as Indeed, time was lying heavy on our hands. As we were medical costs. Pensions are the Spraying shouldn’t have been done who are using the opportunity to they are treated. However, doctors, nurses, N coming to terms with the changing trajectory of our hum- only means of survival for many This is with reference to Why do explore our towns and cities. sanitary workers and police officers—eve- drum lives, Doordarshan decided to invade our homes again of them. Instead, the government we treat fellow humans like this? N J Ravi Chander, Bengaluru ryone at the highest risk of contracting the with an authority it once had three decades ago. The channel should appeal to people of the (Mar 31). Instead of spraying the virus while working under severe stress— was relegated to the dustbin of irrelevance in the 90s as state earning above a certain level migrant workers with chemicals, Delightful to read it failed to compete with private channels in the entertain- to contribute to the chief minis- the authorities could have given This is with reference to Social appear to be left out of the loop. Similarly, ment sweepstakes. ter’s relief fund. them demonstrations on how to distancing of another kind (Mar the economic and physical uncertainty of Life has now come full circle again. Doordarshan is now K Durga Prasad Rao, Hyderabad wash hands properly. Social dis- 31). The piece was delightful to migrant workers, daily labourers and farm- re-telecasting two Indian epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, tancing could have been ex- read. I, too, have had such experi- ers have been overlooked. The WHO in its which gained huge popularity in the 80s. It is taking us back K’taka, Kerala must talk it out plained to them. The officials who ences often while on train jour- guidelines on mental health during the in time as a wave of nostalgia washes over us. Forget the The roadblocks at several points made them sit together them- neys. The part about the marriage pandemic has said that such crises leave languid pace, shoddy editing and gross overacting, the visual on the Karnataka-Kerala border selves ignored the principles of function was amusing, as I have re-telling of these epics continue road created by the former are social distancing. faced the same. Except for the people vulnerable to post-traumatic stress to keep us glued to our sofas as causing immense difficulties to S Elangovan, Kanchipuram weddings of close relatives, I just disorder (PTSD). FULL CIRCLE drawing rooms get colonised the people living on the border. send a gift with my wishes. Tamil Nadu has some experience of deal- again with people cutting across People needing urgent medical Rework 1897 epidemic Act M Sampath Kumar, Erode ing with PTSD in the context of disasters— ADITYA MUKHERJEE generations. From the grandfa- care for cardiac and other ail- This is with reference to The dark both the 2004 tsunami and the 2018 Gaja Email: [email protected] ther and grandmother to their ments are denied timely medical past of the Epidemic Act (Mar 31). cyclone took a psychological toll. But to ad- children and grandchildren, the care. Vegetable trucks are having It is distressing to learn that India hold of these timeless epics over to take longer routes, thus raising is still dependent upon the draco- dress the effects of a global crisis, India our lives is palpable. The belief that today’s youngsters may the cost of everyday essentials. nian Epidemic Diseases Act of needs adequate resources. Unfortunately, if not take a shine to these epics has been considerably proved The two states must talk it out and 1897 to deal with the current pan- THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS our healthcare remains underfunded, men- wrong. The sight of arrows and sharp weapons clashing come to a decision that is benefi- demic situation. Reworking the tal health receives a mere fraction. There against each other in the sky; kings killing the evil demons— cial for everyone. Act is the need of the hour. Fixing Chairman of the Board: simply aren’t enough psychiatrists, psy- it is being excitedly lapped up by the kids. With both these K V Raghuram, Wayanad responsibility for each agency via Manoj Kumar Sonthalia Editor: chologists, community workers, etc., for serials telecast twice a day, even those working from home the law is imperative. G S Vasu those already living with mental health is- catch up on the episodes at their convenience. Pass on benefits of oil price drop S Madhavan Thampi, Haripad Published by R K Jhunjhunwala on behalf Apart from these two serials, there are a couple of popular The price of crude in the interna- of Express Publications (Madurai) Private sues. It is unlikely that everyone will be able DD serials that are being re-telecast. One of these is the 90s tional markets has gone down al- Railway isolation wards laudable Limited, at Express Press, Express House, to receive the support required at this time. serial Circus starring Shah Rukh Khan. A struggling actor most 60% since the start of the The decision of the Indian Rail- Plot No.328/1110, Rasulgarh Square, Hopefully, this crisis will force the Centre to at that time, it was Shah Rukh’s spontaneous energy and year to about $22.5 per barrel. But ways to convert train carriages Bhubaneswar – 751 010. allocate sufficient resources both to public gripping presence in the serial that made him a lovable char- the benefit of this drop is not into Covid isolation wards is re- Bhubaneswar. Vol. 24, No. 76. healthcare as well as mental healthcare. In acter. The simple art of storytelling and impressive acting in reaching the public yet due to the markable. With this decision, In- RNI Reg. No. 70244/97. Phone: 0674-2587410, the short-term, state and Central govern- these serials made them unforgettable. `3 hike in excise duties per litre dia will be able to increase the 2587411, Fax: 0674-2587412. There is good news for kids as a popular kids’ TV serial of in the open market. Let us hope number of beds for Covid-19 pa- ments can mitigate large-scale distress Copyright: Express Publications (Madurai) the 90s, Shaktimaan, will soon be aired on Doordarshan. In- that this hike is revised once the tients in very little time. Kudos to Private Limited. All rights reserved. through economic support extended uncon- deed, they have plenty to look forward to in these uncertain war against the coronavirus pan- the people behind this idea and its Reproduction in any manner, electronic or ditionally in a humane and timely manner times when news of deaths and devastation being wrought demic ends. immediate implementation. otherwise, in whole or in part, without prior to those most vulnerable. by an invisible enemy keeps us on tenterhooks. P P Sahadevan, Nileshwar Suresh Babu N C, Aluva written permission is prohibited. People from all walks of life have ‘NO QUIBBLING’ contributed to PM-CARES. They have M Venkaiah Naidu said there is no place given their hard-earned money to sharpen for “quibbling” over the lockdown and QUARANTINED urged “intellectuals and others” to hold 22 the fight against COVID-19. — PM Narendra Modi People back issues till India overcomes the crisis. IN RAJASTHAN

BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 07 01l04l2020

TRACKING COVID-19 TABLIGHI JAMAAT HELD GATHERING DESPITE BAN While the seminary flouted guidelines, authorities also woke up only after death of 2 preachers in J&K who attended the event

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi NORMAL BEHAVIOUR 2.5 People WITH the headquarters of Tab- 50% LESS CONTACT lighi Jamaat, an Islamic mission- 1.25 People ary society, in Nizamuddin in south Delhi emerging as the big- gest hotspot for coronavirus 75% LESS CONTACT 0.625 People spread in the country, all agen- cies including the administration THE VITAL of the religious body claimed to IMPORTANCE have alert the authorities con- cerned well in time about pres- OF SOCIAL ence of more than 3,000 people DISTANCING including international travel- How a reduction in 2.5 People lers in the premises in question. social contact can However, the fact remained reduce the spread that large gathering beyond ‘per- missible’ numbers stayed put on of the coronavirus 15 People Jamaat’s campus for about two In 5 Days weeks despite Delhi government In 30 Days 406 People orders and Delhi Police notice for prevention and control of the outbreak. The authorities turned their focus to the site after deaths of Validity of driving licences two preachers from Jammu and Kashmir and Tamil Nadu and extended till June 30 several individuals from other The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has states tested Covid-19 positive, extended the validity of vehicle related documents who attended gatherings at that expired on or after February 1 to June 30. “The Markaz, as the headquarters of Evacuees from Markaz Nizamuddin being taken to LNJP hospital in New Delhi for COVID-19 test on Tuesday | PTI validity of all permits, driving licences and the society is locally called. registrations or other documents which have However, a senior police offi- expired since February 1 or will expire by June 30, cial said that notices had been is- will be treated valid until June 30,” the ministry sued to Jamaat twice. said in an advisory to all states and Union “Notices were issued twice to Tablighi Jamaat has presence in 160 nations Territories. According to the advisory, the step was the Markaz committee to vacate taken to ensure people can be hassle-free while the building. A notice was issued renewing the validity of their documents amid the on March 24 by Station House Of- PARVEZ SULTAN @ New Delhi mained apolitical and confined lockdown enforced till April 14 due to the ficer (SHO) and again on March its activities to religious coronavirus pandemic resulting in closure of 28 by the concerned Assistant IN mid-19th century, India was services. transport department offices. Commissioner of Police (ACP),” on the cusp of a major political Every year, the organisation he said. transformation with British as- holds three-day congregations On this Maulana Yousuf of the cending to the throne; following in different cities in India in- religious body said that Jamaat the fall of Mughal empire. Mus- cluding Delhi in which lakhs of 60 passengersof Delhi-Ranchi responded to the notice and the lim scholars believed ending of devout including international SHO was duly informed regard- the Mughal empire, perceived guests participate. Similar gath- Rajdhani Express under lens ing closure of the Markaz and ar- as Islamic state, was caused by erings in Pakistan and Bangla- Around 60 passengers who travelled on the New rangements being made to re- deviation from the ‘faith’ and desh comprises larger number Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express, in the same coach move around 1,000 visitors deterioration of religious prac- of attendees than Hajj, annual as a Malaysian woman who tested positive for belonging to different states and tices during the reign of Mughal pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi coronavirus, are under the scanner with the foreign countries. emperors. Arabia, on occasions. authorities scrambling to find their whereabouts, The statement issued by This thought gave birth to Is- According to Farooqui, in sources said Tuesday. The 22-year-old woman, who Jamaat authority also said that it lamic revivalist movement in the emerging influences of would go to the villages and edu- 1970-80s, decentralisation of travelled on the train with 23 others on March 16, had requested to issue passes for the country, which aimed to re- Christianity and later secular- cate Muslims. He urged people Markaz began after which local tested positive and is Jharkhand’s first confirmed vehicles to ferry devout present orient people, who were practis- ism. It was this threat, per- to spare few hours of the day for mosques were authorised to case of COVID-19. She was traced to a city mosque at Markaz to their respective ing Islam. Tablighi Jamaat, ceived or real, to the Islamic the service of Islam and create carry out preaching activities along with the others on Monday and lodged at a destinations. which literally means ‘preach- way of life –the shifting of bal- awareness in the community to in their neighbourhoods and quarantine centre. Sources say the South Eastern However, it didn’t explain why ing group’ set by a noted scholar ance of power—that inspired become true Muslims,” said hold small gatherings. However, Railway has handed over the list of passengers large attendance of about 3,000- Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi in Islamic reformists in the region Farooqui. they follow the guidelines draft- travelling in the air conditioned coach (train no 4,000 was allowed despite two pro- 1926, was one attempt to bring and the founding of movements Ilyas, a native of village ed by the Jamaat. The head of 20840, coach no-B1) to the district authorities. hibitory orders of Delhi govern- faithful to close to the correct for the reinvigoration of the Kandhla in Muzaffarnagar dis- the local unit is called Amir, ment putting restrictions on the way of practise of the religion. faith,” he wrote. trict of Uttar Pardesh, was ap- who reports to the Markaz. size of public, religious, and oth- Zacharias P Pieri, assistant Niaz Ahmed Farooqui of Ja- pointed Imam of Banglewali Every day, hundreds of de- er social gatherings including professor of International Rela- miat-Ulema-e-Hind, one of the Mosque in Nizamuddin Basti in vout from others states and weddings etc. tions and Security Studies at leading organisations of Islam- 1918 so when he formed the or- abroad reach Nizamuddin to at- The first order issued on March the University of South Florida ic scholars in India, however, ganisation, it became headquar- tend religious gatherings. They 16 fixed limit upto 50 and three has recorded in his book—Tab- said that Jaamat was formed in ters of the Jamaat. The mosque are sent to different cities in days later, the second order, the lighi Jamaat and the Quest for response to ‘Shuddhi (reconver- with attached hostel facility and batches for religious service, size was reduced to 20. On March the London Mega Mosque: Con- sion) Movement’ launched (by madrasa is popularly known as where they spend from seven 21, Delhi chief minister Arvind tinuity and Change—how politi- Arya Samaj) around 1920s in ‘Markaz’ (centre). days to 40 days or sometimes the Kerjiwal, however, had said that cal circumstances led to the Mewat of undivided Punjab, Within two decades of its for- duration is four months and not more than five people would movement in the subcontinent. now in Haryana. mation, influence of Tablighi travel to multiple towns. be allowed to gather at any place. “For Muslims in India, the “Because of the movement, Jamaat grew by leaps and A religious gathering takes A Delhi Police notice dated collapse of the Mughal empire some Muslims started shun- bounds and spread across the place every Thursday at Markaz March 18 by Delhi Police Com- carried with its connotations of ning Islam as they lacked basic globe, its roots presently exist in which thousands of Delhi missioner SN Srivasatav also or- waning of the Islam. Hinduism knowledge of fundamental of in more than 160 countries and residents also participate and dered banned gathering of people long, present in the region, was the religion. So, Maulana Ilyas have millions of followers. De- sometimes they stay overnight comprising more than five in ascendance, not to mention started Tablighi Jamaat. He spite its influence, this re- on its campus. persons. PUBLIC HEALTH INFRA IN MIGRANT STATES Number of people being served by one doctor (2019) SECTION 3 SECTIONS 269 AND SECTION 271 IPC SECTION 120-B IPC Cracking What it says: Any person 270 IPC What it says: Whoever What it says: Criminal Uttar Pradesh 3,692 disobeying the order is What it says: Negligent act knowingly disobeys any rule conspiracy down punishable under Section likely to spread infection of where an infectious disease Bihar 3,536 188 disease dangerous to life prevails Punishment: Shall be What is the punished with Odisha 2,495 Epidemic Diseases Punishment: Imprisonment Punishment: Jail term of Punishment: imprisonment for a term Act, 1897 and what for up to six months or fine six months up to two years Imprisonment up to six not exceeding six months, West Bengal 1,705 are the provisions Rs 1,000 or both and/or fine months or with fine, or both or with fine or with both Rajasthan 2,224 Source: National Health Profile, 2019 Rajya Sabha Man killed in Bihar for info to cops on return of migrants Centre seeks SC direction for media to Villagers in Bihar beat a man to death on suspicion that he informed the police about two people who returned home recently from Maharashtra, which publish Covid news based on govt info has reported the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the country. The police have EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi separate mechanism provided by get community leaders belonging asked people to report to them about those who the central government”. to all faiths,” the CJI told Solici- have returned to their native places recently to THE Centre on Tuesday sought a While the SC did not pass any tor General Tushar Mehta. ensure they remain in quarantine. But the family direction from the Supreme order on the Centre’s plea, it di- The court pointed out that the members of the 36-year-old man said residents of Court that no media outlet rected the government to ensure government’s affidavit about the Madhaul village in Sitamarhi district were angry should print, publish or telecast supply of food, water, beds and steps being taken to ameliorate that he informed police about two people who news on coronavirus without medicines to the migrants work- the situation has nothing on the returned from Mumbai recently and beat him to first ascertaining facts from the ers, apart from counselling them. aspect of counselling to people, death on Monday. The two returnees have been information provided by the It also directed criminal action including the migrant workers arrested and efforts are on to nab the accused. government. against those spreading misin- lodged in shelter homes and oth- 23 lakh people being provided In an affidavit filed in the top formation and fake news on the er temporary accommodations. court, the Ministry of Home pandemic. Mehta assured the bench that Affairs said in “an unprec- The hearing was con- he was willing to make a state- food in 21K relief camps: Govt Centre announces package edented scenario” of this ducted via video confer- ment that the government will nature, any deliberate or encing by a bench com- engage counsellors and mobilise NEW DELHI: OVER 23 lakh people are being provided food at over under PM Garib Kalyan unintended or inaccurate prising CJI S A Bobde religious leaders within 24 hours 21,000 relief camps in various parts of the country to help stranded The central government has announced a financial reporting can have a “se- and Justice L Nageswara to counsel the migrants in the and destitute people, the home ministry said on Tuesday. The gov- package under the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan vere and inevitable poten- Rao. The court stressed shelters and help them stay calm. ernment also said that over 6.6 lakh people are being sheltered at Yojana under which approximately `27,500 crore tial of inflicting panic” that fake news creates panic To counter fake news, Mehta the relief camps. Punya Salila Srivastava, a joint secretary in the are going to be disbursed during this week and in among large sections of society. among people, thus requiring the said the Centre is setting up a ministry, said the ministry was continuously monitoring the ongo- the coming weeks to the targeted public through “…Any panic reaction by any Centre to have an official chan- chat box under a unit headed by ing lockdown situation in coordination with the states and Union bank branches, ATMs and business correspondents, section of society based upon nel for directly communicating a joint secretary in health minis- territories. The essential supplies system is running satisfactorily Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said. In view of such reporting” would cause with the people and sharing au- try and including health experts and interstate cargo movement is also going on smoothly, she said. these facts, the home secretary urged the states grave harm, it added while urg- thentic information on coronavi- and senior doctors to answer que- The Centre has asked all states and Union Territories to ensure and UTS to issue instructions to their field ing the court to issue a direction rus outbreak. ries from citizens. normal functioning of banks and ATMs during the 21-day shut- functionaries to ensure that bank branches remain that no electronic/print media/ “Panic will destroy more lives The court also asked the solici- down, also telling them that `27,500 crores from the Prime Minis- functional. In the letter, Bhalla said that banks web portal or social media shall than the virus. You need counsel- tor general to deploy volunteers ter’s special package has to be disbursed this week for tackling the should be allowed to work beyond working hours print/publish or telecast any- lors. You can have bhajan, kirtan, for managing the shelter homes pandemic. In a communication to chief secretaries of all states/ for financial closure. thing “without first ascertaining namaz or whatever but you have for migrants and ensure there is UTs, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said smooth banking operations the true factual position from the to give strength to the people and no use of force or intimidation. and related activities across the country are essential. ENS INDIA Max Min Max Min DIPLOMATIC TIES Ahmedabad 38 21 Mumbai 34 24 Bhopal 35 18 Panaji 34 25 India and China will kick off the Jaipur 30 17 Patna 34 21 celebrations to commemorate the PASSENGERS Amritsar 22 15 Lucknow 37 18 70th anniversary of the diplomatic 60 New Delhi 32 17 Port Blair 32 24 relations on Wednesday RAILWAY Kolkata 36 24 Imphal 31 18 UNDER SCANNER Srinagar 12 4 Chandigarh 27 16

BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 08 01l04l2020

1 KASARAGOD (Kerala): Meerut remain in home quarantine for 14 days. Most TRACKING TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES 106 of these patients were those who visited the Noida COVID-19 mohalla clinic between March 12 and 18 Total cases in state: 202 Shahdara Cases from abroad: 77 (75 Dubai, one (Delhi) 7 NIZAMUDDIN (New Delhi): TOTAL Sharjah, one UK); local transmission: 29 NUMBER OF CASES: 24 Nizamuddin First wave, first Total cases in Delhi: 97 TIMELINE: February 3: (Delhi) INDIA USA case from Wuhan (recovered); March 16: A congregation of 1,800 21 Bhilwara OUTBREAK: Second case (from Dubai) people was held this month. At least 24 in (Rajasthan) Delhi have tested positive and reportedly 10 13 Government reaction: Kasaragod ITALY district quickly responded to the second Ahmedabad have died, six in Telangana, one each in wave of Covid-19 cases by setting up Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and J&K died NUMBERS IN % Mumbai isolation wards and testing; the Government response: The Delhi Police SPAIN administration erred in strictly quarantining Pune and paramilitary forces have cordoned off a 11 those who returned from abroad The worst Kasargod major area in Nizamuddin West, people are (Kerala) INDIA’S COVID-19 HOTSPOTS being screened and contact traced PATHANAMTHITTA (Kerala): hit in the CHINA 2 At least nine cities or towns in the country have reported unusually high number of TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES 12 Pathanamthitta MUMBAI (Maharashtra) TOTAL 11 (Kerala) confirmed COVID-19 cases. Here is why and what the authorities are doing 8 world Total cases in state: 202 CONFIRMED CASES 151 GERMANY 6 (3 Italy; 1 Qatar, 1 Total cases in state: 302 More than 75%of Cases from abroad: A doctor first caught the virus sources of 31 positive cases. Also, several March 28, four of his contacts tested positive UK; 1 UAE); 6 TIMELINE: reported #COVID19 local transmission: and continued to visit the hospital and people who returned from Italy, Switzerland, Government response: In Mumbai, as 9 Government response: Meerut district cases are currently in FRANCE First case in the second wave treating patients. All 26 infections are Indonesia and France tested positive containment measures, areas surrounding TIMELINE: magistrate Anil Dhingra ordered sealing of eight countries. commenced in March with the arrival a connected with the hospital. Around 5,580 the positive cases, including one lakh houses Government response: While Noida DM the areas where the confirmed case lived and and 3,87,000 people are surveyed 6 family from Italy patients who came to the OPD were examined between February 22 and March BN Singh has been removed for dereliction ordered for disinfectant spraying in the areas IRAN PUNE (Maharashtra) TOTAL Government response: After the initial 18. Two people died on March 26 and failing to get Cease Fire Company office 9 5 lapse in identifying the family with travel sealed after so many cases were reported. 6 SHAHDARA (New Delhi) : TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES 48 history to Italy, authorities acted swiftly to Government response: Rajasthan’s Department of Health has registered an FIR CONFIRMED CASES: 11 Total cases in state: 302 3 UK contain the spread of the disease. The first Health Minister Raghu Sharma said: “This is against the administration of the company Total cases in Delhi: 97 Government has not Source: Global health strategies identified case was that of the family’s two due to the negligence of the private hospital. Cases from abroad: relatives. The authorities immediately The district health department is tracing the 5 MEERUT (Uttar Pradesh): TOTAL Cases from abroad: 1 clear data over this, but majority of cases are quarantined all and their primary contacts people who have moved out of the district” NUMBER OF CASES 19 imported from UAE, America, UK, Thailand, TIMELINE: A 38-year-old woman returned Sri Lanka, Australia, etc Total cases in state: 103 from Saudi Arabia on March 10, she was 3 BHILWARA (Rajasthan) : TOTAL 4 NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh): TOTAL Cargo flights ferry over 15 diagnosed on March 18 and passed on the Government response: Pune municipal NUMBER OF CASES: 26 NUMBER OF CASES 38 Local transmission: 16 (one family) + 2 tons of medical supplies infection to her 65-year-old mother and health officer Ramchandra Hunkare said Total cases in state: 93 Total cases in state: 103 TIMELINE: The first case was reported on 35-year-old brother in Jahangirpuri, and her that they are taking measures to contain the New Delhi: Amid the lockdown, domestic airlines March 27. A 50-year-old man with travel sisters, 24 and 26 in Dilshad Garden out spread. “We are conducting a door-to- A doctor from Cases from abroad: 6 ; local and cargo operators, along with the Indian Air Local transmission: history to Amrawati in Maharashtra tested door survey. We are contact tracing and Bangar Hospital of Bhilwara was infected. It transmission: 32 Force, have transported 15.4 tons of medical positive for Covid-19. In Meerut, he stayed at Government response: Delhi asking people for either home quarantine. is suspected that he contracted it from a supplies in 62 flights between March 26 and March A fire extinguisher factory, Cease Fire three locations for two days each. No foreign government asked at least 1,200 people, Besides, fumigation and cleaning all high guest from Saudi Arabia HUB: 30. Both, Air India and private carriers have been Company, in Sector 135 of Noida is the travel history or contact could be traced. On who had come in contact with the clinic to density locations work was on,” he said pressed into service to facilitate movements of medical supplies across the country. Air India flight A320 on its route Mumbai-New Delhi-Bengaluru- Mumbai, carried HLL consignment of 6,593 kg and Nagaland ventilator masks, consignments of Kerala and Karnataka, consignment for Meghalaya and consignment of Ministry of Textiles for Assam doc’s death who took Govt agencies Coimbatore. Similarly, IAF flight from Hindon- Dimapur- Imphal-Guwahati carried consignments of HLL and ICMR kits for Shillong. Besides, private airlines such as Indigo, Spicejet and Blue Dart are malaria drug creates panic differ on mask use also operating flights on commercial basis, said the civil aviation ministry officials. Docs say people should only take Hydroxychloroquine after proper testing SUMI SUKANYA DUTTA @New Delhi per cent use of masks. “Masks protect people from SHOULD everyone wear a droplets from those in prox- SUMI SUKANYA DUTTA @New Delhi mask as the threat of con- imity and reduce droplets tracting Covid-19 looms leaving people and potential- THE sudden death of a doctor due large? Even the Centre does ly infecting others,” Ra- to a massive cardiac arrest in As- not seem to have a clear an- ghavan said. sam, who had taken two doses of swer to the question. While In contrast, Lav Agarwal, Hydroxychloroquine —an anti- the Health Ministry has joint secretary in the health malaria drug — to prevent con- maintained that masks do ministry on Tuesday said the tracting coronavirus has caused not help those who government stands ripples in the medical fraternity. are not ill, the advi- by its earlier stance The drug, which is originally sory from the Prin- and only those who used for lupus and rheumatoid ar- cipal Scientific Ad- have the infection, thritis apart from malaria, has visor (PSA) to the their close contacts been recommended by top health Centre on Tuesday There needs to be a with symptoms or research body, the Indian Council urged every citizen clear understanding suspected patients that masks used as of Medical Research, as a prophy- should use masks. part of PPE by those need to wear lactic medicine for healthcare Incidentally, treating COVID 19 masks. workers treating Covid 19 patients PSA K VijayRa- patients are Public health and close contacts who have tested Medical staff stage a protest over supply of low-quality Personal Protection Equipment and ghavan, along with different from the specialists believe positive a few days back. other medical facilities at Howrah State General Hospital, West Bengal, on Tuesday | PTI Dr V K Paul, mem- masks suggested in that the PSA manu- There are, however, many re- ber (health), Niti the manual from al aims to ensure ports that several doctors, includ- complained of sharp chest pain. a difficult proposition that some- Aayog — who also PSA appropriate use of ing those who are not involved in Along with Hydroxychloroquine, one will have such severe side ef- heads a 21-member Dr Oommen John reusable masks. “A managing coronavirus patients, he had reportedly also taken fects of the drug unless they had national task force recent article in the HUNGER PANGS have started taking the medicine Azithromycin, an antibiotic used cardiac disease or QT interval is- on the outbreak — Lancet Respiratory Beneficiaries lined up outside a ration shop to collect though ICMR has not made public in the treatment of Covid 19, but sue from before.” have been made part of an Medicine has suggested that foodgrains in Kanpur on Tuesday | PTI any evidence to suggest the suc- not recommended by ICMR for Some doctors said that while hy- empowered group on science governments should make ra- cess rate of the drug for prophylac- prophylactic use. droxycholoquine is largely a safe and technology to tackle the tional recommendations on tic use. A friend of 43-year-old Dr Incidentally, there are no con- medicine, it does have cardio-toxic- crisis. The picture book, de- appropriate face mask use to Utpal Barman, who worked as an firmed Covid-19 cases in Assam. ity effect in 1-3 per cent people. signed by the Union health compliment recommended anaesthetist at Pratiksha Hospital Dr NK Hazarika, the medical su- “Everyone treating COVID 19 pa- ministry and issued by the preventive interventions,” Foreign tourists can now seek in Guwahati, said that the doctor perintendent of the hospital tients, should use Hydroxycholoro- PSA’s office, cited an influ- said Dr Oommen John, sen- help through portal had taken two doses of the drug— where Dr Barman worked, said he quine prophylactically only after enza modelling study from ior researcher, George Insti- 400 mg (200 mg each morning and had a history of hypertension. getting themselves thoroughly ex- the US that noted the elimi- tute of Global Health in New New Delhi: In order to reach out to foreign tourists, evening) — within a gap of few Dr R R Gangakhedkar, the chief amined,” said Dr Smit Srivastava, nation of infection with 80 Delhi. the Ministry of Tourism has launched a portal days and on Sunday he suddenly epidemiologist at ICMR, said, “It is a cardiologist in Raipur. which will disseminate information on a range of services that they can avail during the lockdown. Titled ‘Stranded in India’, the portal aims to act as a support network for foreign tourists who are stuck in various parts of the country. The tourism India reaches out to Israel for medical tech solutions for treatment ministry came up with this in order to help tourists in the ‘unprecedented situation’, the government RICHA SHARMA @New Delhi and Technology has come up dress early signs of deteriora- said. The portal strandedinindia.com consists with a suggestive list of nearly 30 DIGITAL HELP TO CONTROL PANDEMIC tion, including falls and pressure information on COVID-19 helplines and call centres FROM remotely monitoring and innovative technologies on Covid Neura, a human behaviour platform enabling governments and health ulcers. Keeping in mind social that the foreign tourists can reach out to for help. managing Covid 19 patients to 19 from Israeli companies and and many worried for their elder It has also given information on the Ministry of organizations to monitor and control the spread of Covid 19 by digitalized detection of infection has sought interest from Indian applying digitalized detection of infection chains parents staying alone in other cit- External Affairs control centres along with a list of chains to improve population ad- researchers and companies in ies, Smart Remote Caregiver for officers and their contact information spread herence to government social dis- this regards. The move comes at Aging at Home by Kytera is a across different regions. The portal will also give tancing guidelines — India has a time when Israeli media reports Both India and Israel have a put out by DST include Contact- smart remote caregiver solution tourists information around state-based or reached out to Israel for such said that country’s defence minis- joint USD 40mn Research and De- free Monitoring Solutions by that provides insight into sen- regional tourism support infrastructure. There is an medical tech solutions by compa- try plans to use software that velopment (R&D) fund managed EarlySense which provides con- iors’ activity at home. The solu- integrated support section to extend help to those nies working to improve the pre- analyses data gathered from mo- by DST in India. The two coun- tinuous touch-free monitoring of tion includes a home system that who need further information and connect them to vention, detection and treatment bile phones by the spyware firm tries have been collaborating on a patient’s heart rate, respiratory collects data, a mobile app for the authorities concerned. of coronavirus. NSO to help locate likely carriers R&D in various sectors. rate, and movement, enabling family members and a dashboard The Department of Science of the coronavirus to test them. The list of Covid 19 technology clinical teams to detect and ad- for professional caregivers.

82-year-old gives ANURAAG SINGH Lady cop attached to lines ‘Mama hai na’, assures Shivraj `1 lakh from pension Our correspondent in for shaming labourer Amid rising cases of coronavirus in the state, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Madhya Pradesh Chouhan visited the BHEL township and Old Bhopal to review facilities being An octogenarian pensioner in A female sub inspector from Madhya Vidisha has become perhaps [email protected] provided during the lockdown. Chouhan visited the Triveni Women Hostel, Pradesh police was attached to Chhatarpur the oldest contributor in the where he urged the inmates to follow social distancing and wearing masks and battle against the coronavirus District Police Lines recently for writing ‘I’m a also assured them that they would get all essential supplies. He also visited a in Madhya Pradesh by donating BHOPAL DIARY lockdown violator, just stay away from me’ Girl’s Hostel in the MP Nagar Zone-2 and interacted with students who are stuck their due to the lockdown. Fondly called mama (maternal uncle) by children, Rs 1 lakh from her pension to on a migrant labourer’s forehead. The the CM told the girls not worry. “Mama hai na,” he added. the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Jain couple in mask gets married amid social distancing incident took place in Gaurihar police station A retired education department area of Chhatarpur district, when the female employee, 82-year-old Sulbha A Jain family in Indore cancelled all functions planned for their daughter’s marriage in Uskar refused to be clicked Indore. They however went ahead with the marriage with a simple ceremony taking all sub inspector Amita Agnihotri wrote the line while donating the amount. preventive measures, including use of sanitiser and masks. With Indore is becoming one in Hindi on the forehead of a labourer found The number of coronavirus of the coronavirus hotspots in the country, city-based Akshay Jain cancelled all big violating the lockdown. The visuals of the cases in Madhya Pradesh has functions planned for daughter’s Kinjal’s marriage with the groom from Mumbai. The shocking incident went viral on social media. jumped to 65, with 18 more invites to the office bearers of around 40 trusts and other guests were cancelled. The Taking prompt cognizance of the matter, patients being reported in the bride and groom wore masks after properly sanitising their hands and also used pearl state on Tuesday. This is highest garlands instead of floral garlands during the marriage which took place in the presence Inspector General of Sagar Police Range Anil number of coronavirus cases of a handful of family members following social distancing. Indore, the industrial hub, Sharma immediately attached the police found in a day in the state. has reported the highest number of 44 COVID-19 cases in the state so far. officer to Chhatarpur district police lines. Beijing 17 6 SNY Los Angeles 19 10 SNY Colombo 32 24 TDS Melbourne 24 15 LR Doha 33 20 SNY Moscow 15 1 LC 849 people GLOBAL Dubai 32 24 LC New York 12 9 LC WEATHER Houston 26 19 SNY Singapore 34 24 LC died due to novel coronavirus in Spain LR: Light Rain HR: Heavy Rain Istanbul 11 9 HR Toronto 17 7 TDS on Tuesday TDS: Thundershower LC: Light Cloud SNY: Sunny London 8 3 LC Washington DC 23 13 LC

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BAGHDAD LONDON LONDON BEIJING BRUSSELS WASHINGTON WASHINGTON US deploys Patriot air UK’s Harry and Meghan Officer who probed Skripal 19 firefighters die trying to EU launches mission to Marriott says new data US tells Guaido, Maduro to defence system to Iraq formally quit royal life poisoning is new MI5 chief quell forest blaze in China police Libya arms embargo breach affects 5.2 million make way for a new leader The US has deployed Patriot air Prince Harry and his wife Meghan The head of the investigation into China’s state media say 19 people The European Union announced on Marriott says guests’ names, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defence batteries to Iraqi bases to formally step down as senior the poisoning of Russian former died while fighting a raging forest Tuesday the launch of a new naval loyalty account information and said Tuesday that Juan Guaido, protect US troops recently targeted members of the British royal double agent Sergei Skripal has fire in the southwestern province of mission in the Mediterranean Sea other personal details may have recognised by Washington as by Iranian missiles, US and Iraqi family on Tuesday, as they start a been appointed as the next head Sichuan. The Xinhua News Agency aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms been accessed in the second major Venezuela’s leader, should step military sources told AFP. controversial new life in the US. of Britain’s domestic intelligence reported the deaths on Tuesday but embargo on Libya, after Italy data breach to hit the company in aside along with President Nicolas Washington and Baghdad had The couple have already relocated agency. The British government did not say when they occurred. A blocked a previous operation less than two years. Marriott said Maduro for new elections. In a shift been negotiating the placement of to California, according to reports, announced the appointment of city information office says the fire claiming that the warships on Tuesday about 5.2 million after more than a year of US-led the defence system since January, after announcing in January that Ken McCallum on Monday. He will started on a farm Monday attracted migrants. The new guests worldwide may have been efforts to topple the leftist Maduro, when Tehran fired ballistic missiles they intended to quit royal life and take over from the current head of afternoon and quickly spread to operation, dubbed Irini, the Greek affected. The information taken Pompeo told reporters that the two at the western Iraqi base of Ain “work to become financially MI5, Andrew Parker, when he nearby mountains due to strong word for ‘peace,’ will start work for may have included names, men should set up a transitional al-Asad, which hosts US troops. independent”. retires at the end of April. winds. a year from Wednesday. addresses and phone numbers government to arrange elections. Lockdowns may have saved 59,000 lives in Europe Restrictions on the movement of people likely ‘dramatically reduced’ the rate at which the virus spreads, finds a major study by British researchers

LONDON 13-yr-old shot by cops Russia’s top doctor STRICT containment meas- China didn’t amid curfew in Kenya tests positive ures might have already saved up to 59,000 lives across 11 Eu- The bullet struck the 13-year- The head of Moscow’s main ropean countries battling the report 1,541 old as he stood on the balcony coronavirus hospital who spread of the new coronavirus, of his family’s home with other met with President Vladimir experts in Britain say. children. Below, police moved Putin a week ago has tested Basing their modelling on cases with no through the crowded positive, he said on Tuesday, the numbers of recorded neighbourhood, enforcing as the Kremlin announced deaths from COVID-19, re- symptoms Kenya’s coronavirus curfew. the Russian leader’s health searchers from Imperial Col- The killing of Yasin Hussein was fine. Last Tuesday Denis lege London said most coun- Moyo might be the latest Protsenko met with the tries it looked at had likely BEIJING example of police abuse of Russian leader who dramatically reduced the rate coronavirus restrictions seen in inspected the Kommunarka at which the virus spreads. IN a highly-anticipated an- several African nations hospital Using the experiences of nouncement, China on Tuesday countries with the most ad- said that it’s put 1,541 people in- vanced epidemics like Italy and fected with the novel coronavi- Spain, the study compared ac- rus but who don’t have symp- tual fatality rates with an esti- toms under observation as of mate of what would have hap- March 30. More African countries pened with no measures such China’s total count of con- as school closures, event can- firmed Covid-19 infections cellations and lockdowns. A group of youngsters wearing face masks cross a road in Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Tuesday | AP stands at more than 81,000. impose lockdowns as “With current interventions The publication of the num- remaining in place to at least has killed more than 38,000 peo- number was 2,500, in Belgium people could have been infect- ber of asymptomatic infections the end of March, we estimate ple since it emerged in China 560, Germany 550, the United ed in Italy up to March 28 -- al- comes as China’s Premier Li Ke- that interventions across all 11 late last year. Kingdom 370, Switzerland 340, most 10 per cent of the qiang directed local officials on Covid-19 cases soar countries will have averted The Imperial College study Austria 140, Sweden 82, Den- population. Monday to focus on tracking 59,000 deaths up to 31 March,” said despite the grave mark 69 and Norway 10. In Spain, researchers noted symptom-free carriers. LAGOS said the report, which was re- strain on the medical Epidemiologists from a recent “large increase” in China has reported 48 new CASES IN PROPORTION leased Monday. system in Italy, lock- Imperial College are deaths and estimated that confirmed imported cases of ROADS in Africa’s largest While the US and Italy leads the “Many more deaths will be down measures had part of the group ad- some seven million people — the novel coronavirus while the city Lagos were deserted world in total number of confirmed averted through ensuring that “averted a health care vising the British gov- or 15 per cent of the population death toll reached 3,305 with one Tuesday after Nigeria locked Covid-19 cases, here are countries/ interventions remain in place catastrophe”, estimat- ernment on its out- — have been infected. more fatality from the virus-hit down its economic hub and territories that have highest number until transmission drops to low ing that the contain- break response. It said it was too early to say Hubei province, health officials shuttered its capital, in the of cases per 1 million residents levels.” ment efforts had saved The study, which used whether countries with lower said on Tuesday. continent’s latest effort to Billions of people around the 38,000 lives. assumptions about the propor- death tolls would see a compa- China’s National Health Com- brake the juggernaut of Country/region Cases per 1M world have been ordered to stay In Spain researchers esti- tion of infected people not re- rable impact of their interven- mission (NHC) said on Tuesday coronavirus. Vatican City home to prevent the spread of mate 16,000 lives had been corded in official figures, esti- tion measures as those battling that no new domestically trans- Businesses were closed, 7,491 the novel coronavirus, which saved, while in France the mated that some 5.9 million a more severe epidemic. AFP mitted cases of the COVID-19 markets abandoned and San Marino 6,778 were reported on the Chinese streets empty as the usually mainland on Monday. chaotic megacity of 20 mil- Andorra 4,789 Meanwhile, China said it will lion, along with the capital Faeroe Islands 3,459 step up support for smaller en- Abuja, shuddered to a halt on Struggling New York seeks terprises in a bid to shore up the first full day of a two- Iceland 3,182 support for sectors hit by the week shutdown. Luxembourg 3,176 novel coronavirus, increasing Nigeria embarked late financing quotas of small- and Monday on one of Africa’s 1 million more health workers medium-sized banks by one tril- most ambitious efforts at so- the continent have imposed lion yuan state media reported. cial distancing after record- restrictions from night-time A State Council meeting pre- ing 135 confirmed cases and curfews to total shutdowns to NEW YORK sided over by Premier Li Ke- two deaths. try to halt the disease. qiang said authorities would Across all of Africa, coun- Uganda on Tuesday woke THE mounting death toll guide smaller banks to lend all tries have recorded more up to lockdown after Presi- People applaud health workers during from the virus outbreak in the funds they receive to small- than 5,300 cases and 170 dent Yoweri Museveni or- a partial lockdown in Brussels on the United States had it and medium-sized enterprises deaths, according to a tally dered his east African nation Monday | AP poised on Tuesday to over- at preferential rates. compiled by AFP. Tanzania to shut up shop immediately. take China’s grim toll of 3,300 The Communist Party’s deci- and Mauritania on became The Republic of Congo was deaths, with New York Gover- sion-making politburo had the latest nations to register gearing up to follow suit later 12-year-old girl nor Andrew Cuomo saying called last Friday for stronger fatalities from the novel coro- in the day and Botswana’s up to 1 million more health- counter-cyclical policy meas- navirus as Sierra Leone con- president ordered a state of dies in Belgium care workers were needed. ures and a step-up in stimulus, firmed its first infection. emergency from midnight on “Please come help us,” he as the pandemic ravages the Dozens of countries across Thursday. BRUSSELS urged. global economy. Agencies Hard-hit Italy and Spain A 12-year-old girl confirmed in- have already overtaken Chi- WB warns China’s growth fected with COVID-19 has died na and now account for more could screech to halt in Belgium, health officials said than half of the nearly 38,000 Economic fallout from the Tuesday. COVID-19 deaths worldwide, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (first from left) has said the state is ‘beyond pandemic could bring China’s Fatality at such a young age according to figures from staggering’ as he sought additional one million health care workers | AP “is a very rare occurrence,” said Johns Hopkins University. growth to a standstill, the World government spokesman Dr Em- “To me, we’re beyond stag- News also came of the first “This is a stinging loss for Bank said, warning of “an manuel Andre, adding that her gering already.” US service member to die our military community,” Es- unprecedented shock” that could death “shook us”. Even before the governor’s from the disease. Secretary of per said in a release. also increase poverty across the The girl had had a fever for appeal, close to 80,000 former Defense Mark Esper said the More than 235 million peo- region. Chinese factory activity three days before her death, and nurses, doctors and other pro- death of the New Jersey ple — about two of every saw surprise growth in March as tested positive for COVID-19, fessionals were stepping up Army National Guardsman three Americans — live in the businesses grind back to work said another spokesman, Steven to volunteer, and a Navy hos- strengthened their resolve to 33 states where governors following a lengthy shutdown, Van Gucht. pital ship had arrived with work more closely with part- have declared statewide or- but analysts said the economy It was the first death of a 1,000 beds to relieve pressure ners to stop the spread of ders or recommendations to faces a challenging recovery as A policeman sets up a road block in Nigeria’s Lagos, where a lockdown is in child in the coronavirus crisis on overwhelmed hospitals. COVID-19. stay home. PTI external demand remains low. effect for two weeks starting from Tuesday | AP in Belgium, which has now re- corded a total 705 deaths from the disease it causes, according PROVOCATIVE ADVICE to the latest official toll. Last week, France reported the death of a 16-year-old girl from coronavirus in the greater Paris region. Avoid nagging your husbands during lockdown, Malaysian govt tells women Although serious COVID-19 infections are uncommon KUALA LUMPUR dered all citizens to stay at home gether next to a caption that ad- working at home to wear make- among the young, some excep- Police stop to stem the spread of the coro- vised women to “avoid nagging” up and dress neatly, rather than tional cases have been taken to a woman MALAYSIAN authorities have navirus, which has killed more their husbands, and to imitate in casual clothes. hospital intensive-care wards, during the advised women to wear make- than 30,000 people globally. the squeaky voice of Doraemon, “This must be a pressing is- as US health authorities have Movement up, not to nag their husbands In a series of Facebook posts, a cartoon robot cat from Japan sue,” said one Facebook post. pointed out. Control Order, and speak with a cartoon char- the Malaysian women’s minis- that is popular across Asia. “How will dressing up and put- Hospitals in Brussels and in limiting the acter’s soothing voice during try offered tips for how wives The post was removed Tues- ting on make-up at home (pre- two provinces, in the north and activities of the virus lockdown, sparking a should behave during the day afternoon following a flood vent) COVID-19? Pray, tell?” “It’s the west, are now confronted people in flood of mockery online. lockdown. of criticism, with many accus- already 2020, please progress. with “a more complicated situa- Malaysia, last Like many countries, the One showed a picture of a ing the government of sexism. Focus on more important mat- tion” as beds fill up, Andre said. week| AFP Southeast Asian nation has or- couple hanging up clothes to- Other posts advised women ters for women,” read another. MARKET GOLD SILVER FOREX Market 1,028.17 Sensex 29,468.49 H1 24 carat (1 gm) H4,316 H0 Per kg H39,480 Dollar 75.67 Watch 316.65 Nifty 8,597. 75 H1 22 carat (1 gm) H3,951 H0 Per gm H39.48 Euro 82.78 BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 10 01l04l2020 Validity of lower TDS certificate extended till June

ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi lockdown imposed to stop the TDS/TCS (tax deduction at to non-residents (including Coronavirus spread, many NOTIFICATION source/tax collected at source) foreign companies) having The Centre on Tuesday extend- businesses and individuals for FY21 and whose applications permanent establishment in ed the validity of nil or lower could not fill the request and in Taxpayers who had filed for were pending for disposal of India and not covered by the tax deducted at source (TDS) many cases, the assessing offic- lower TDS/TCS (tax their FY20 order on lower TDS, above scenarios) till June 30 or certificates for financial year ers could not process the re- deduction at source/tax has been extended till June 30. disposal of application, ending March 31, 2020 till June, quests in a timely manner. Con- collected at source) for However, in the latter case, whichever is earlier. Overseas including overseas lenders to sequently, CBDT decided to FY21 and whose income recipients have to make companies and lenders are Indian borrowers. relax the dates till June 30, con- applications were pending an application as soon as given concessional rate of TDS According to the Income Tax sidering the hardships of tax for disposal of their FY20 normalcy is restored or before under bilateral tax treaty Act, recipients of certain payers making the payments. order on lower TDS, has end of June, CBDT explained. provisions. Domestic firms income can request tax official CBDT said the covid-19 pan- been extended till June 30. The extension will also be pay interest, royalty and fee for for a certificate to be issued demic has led to much disrup- However, in the latter case, given if taxpayers have the technical services to their saying there was no need to de- tion, including the normal income recipients have to lower TDS order for FY20 but overseas associates and they duct tax at source or it could be functioning of Income Tax de- make an application as have so far not applied similar are expected to benefit from the done at a concessional lower partment and hence a relaxa- soon as normalcy is order for FY21. The order has decision. The order would rate, based on the recipient’s tion was being offered. Taxpay- restored or before end also prescribed a 10 per cent allow seamless flow of Banks pass on income. However, due to the ers who had filed for lower of June, CBDT explained. withholding tax on payments payments to service providers. TRADE TALKS EMI relief for Govt to borrow `4.88 lakh cr in first half of FY21 New foreign

ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU ly as the government believes for the poor and vulnerable sec- the fund raising plan, the Min- trade policy to @ Hyderabad there’s substantial demand for tions. “Our fund raising istry proposed to roll out G-sec next 3 months securities in the market. resources are geared towards issuances through debt ETFs THE government on Tuesday “Government has sufficient that end,” he said adding besides inceasing the ways and be announced Canara Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and stuck to the script to not revise amounts to meet its cash re- the government has taken into means advances, a mechanism after March’21 SBI deferred payments, others to follow its FY21 gross borrowings quirements. We have suffi- account the higher spending using which temporary mis- upwards notwithstanding cient capacity for a stimu- due to the coronavirus matches in cash flows are man- the recent `1.7 lakh crore lus or any other pandemic. aged, limit to `1.2 lakh crore ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ Hyderabad on their website (includes Covid-19 stimulus package and requirement arising Finance Minister Si- Meanwhile, Chakraborty writing an email to the bank), the likely need for further due to Covid-19,” said tharaman pegged FY21 said the government’s fiscal The government on Tuesday INDIAN banks on Tuesday others like Canara Bank have fiscal measures. Atanu Chakraborty, gross borrowings at deficit aim was ‘very realistic’ extended the existing foreign rolled out the 3-month mora- requested customers to get in In line with tradition, the Secretary, Department `7.8 lakh crore, includ- and that meeting the FY20 fis- trade policy (2015-20), which torium on all term loans and touch with their respective Ministry of Finance decided to of Economic Affairs. ing repayments and past cal deficit was not in question. was scheduled to lapse this deferral of interest payments branches. “To avoid unneces- frontload its borrowings by He added that the Ministry loans of `2.35 lakh crore. It ICRA estimates that the Cen- month-end for one year till on working capital loans. sary paperwork the facility raising `4.88 lakh crore or 62.5 will do all it can to meet the means, FY21 net borrowings tre’s capital expenditure and March 2021 amid lockdown This means, EMIs on home has been extended across the per cent of the FY21 gross bor- ‘health commitments for resur- will be at `5.36 lakh crore, up net lending would need to rise imposed due to coronavirus or auto loans due on and from board to all the borrowers by rowings in the first six months gence and recovery of industry, fom `4.99 lakh crore. As part of by 29.5 per cent on a year-on- outbreak. Wednesday or April 1, can be extending the facility of Term of the fiscal. This includes rais- year basis in March 2020 to “The existing foreign deferred for three months and Loan instalments (includes ing `25,000 crore every week meet the revised estimate of trade policy 2015-20 which is the next installment can be interest) by 90 days. The origi- via T-Bils from April through Government has sufficient amounts to meet its cash requirements. `23.5 lakh crore for FY20. Ac- valid up to March 31 this paid only in June if the bor- nal repayment period for September. For now, the Minis- We have sufficient capacity for a stimulus or any other requirement cordingly, further saving in ex- year is extended up to March arising due to Covid-19. rowers so desire. It means, the Term Loans will get extended try has ruled out the possibility penditure relative to FY20 re- 31, 2021. Various other repayment schedule by 90 days e.g. a loan of the RBI buying bonds direct- Atanu Chakraborty, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs vised estimate appears likely. changes are also made ex- gets extended ac- repayable in 60 in- tending the date of exemp- cordingly and inter- stalments maturing tions by one year and extend- est will be charged on March 1, 2025 TODAY’S STOCK PICK ing validity of DFIA and extra for three As per COVID 19 will mature on June EPCG authorisations for im- months on the total regulatory package 1, 2025,” Central Current Price Govt extends deadline for BPCL bids port purposes,” the directo- outstanding loan of RBI, Indian Bank Bank of India clari- rate general of foreign trade amount. allows a moratorium fied on its website. A324.5 said in a notification. Almost all banks by deferring EMI Chennai-based In- The order means all exist- payment/ term loan to June 13 due to Covid-19 outbreak are extending the dian Overseas Bank ing incentives and schemes instalments & Target Price moratorium to all interest/interest on not only deferred will also continue. This will outstanding ac- @ New Delhi earlier deadline of April 4. The include the popular Mer- working capital for 3 EMI payments for 650 ICICI BANK ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU counts by default. months w.e.f 1st term loans but has A CHECK NEW DATES divestment had exempted Nu- chandise Export from India For most banks, March 2020 also slashed its repo- ICICIBC is well placed in a The Centre has extended the maligarh Refinery Limited. Scheme and the Export Pro- EMI deductions are linked lending rate challenging environment with its date of bidding for divesting its  Bidders can now submit BPCL has a market capitali- motion Capital Goods system-generated at Indian Bank from 8 per cent to limited exposure to the newly 52.98 per cent share in Bharat information memorandum sation of about `68,223 crore (EPCG) scheme that the gov- a prefixed date and 7.25 per cent with ef- surfaced stressed names and one Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) by by May 16 instead of April 4 and the government stake at ernment has to phase out be- time, usually the first week of fect from April 1, thereby ben- of the highest provisioning over a month to June 13, keep-  Only Private companies current prices is worth about cause of a World Trade Or- the month and the deduction efitting MSMEs and retail coverage in the banking sector. ing in view the lockdown with a net worth of more `36,159 crore. The successful ganisation dispensation. will be time in the first bank- loans. Similarly, Punjab Na- ICICI has one of the lowest imposed due to the Covid-19. It than $10 billion are eligible bidder will also have to make EPCG is an export promo- ing hour of the day. But for tional Bank, State Bank of exposure to SME segment which has announced the strategic an open offer to other share- tion scheme under which an next three months, banks will India, Syndicate Bank have forms <4% of total loans. We disinvestment of its entire holders for acquiring another exporter can import certain deactivate the automatic also deferred interest on term estimate RoA/RoE to improve to shareholding in BPCL compris- has been extended to 5 pm on 26 per cent at the same price. amount of capital goods at switch calling in payments. loans. As per the RBI direc- 1.7%/16.8% in FY22. ing of 114.91 crore equity June 13 in “view of the re- India’s fiscal deficit for the zero duty for upgrading tech- However, customers willing to tion, moratorium is applica- shares, along with transfer of quests received from the inter- April 2019 to February 2020 pe- nology related with exports. —Motilal Oswal Financial Services pay as per schedule can opt- ble on all term loans includ- management control to a stra- ested bidders and the prevail- riod touched 135.2 per cent of On the other hand, ad- out of the moratorium, ing principal and/or interest tegic buyer. ing situation arising out of the revised target of 3.8 per vance authorisation is is- Disclaimer: The views and though the process differs components, bullet repay- recommendations made above are Earlier this month, the gov- COVID-19”, a notification said. cent of GDP and government sued to allow duty free im- from bank to bank. ments, EMIs, credit card that of the individual analyst or ernment had invited expres- The last date for submission had so far been able to meet port of inputs, which is While some like IDBI Bank dues falling due between broking company, and not that of sion of interest (EoI), in buying of written queries has also only 74 per cent of both tax and physically incorporated in have offered an opt-out option March 1 and May 31. The New Indian Express its stake, by May 2. This now been pushed to May 16 from the none tax revenue. export product. Under the Duty Free Import Authorisa- tion scheme, exporters are TOUGH TIMES EXPRESS READ allowed to import certain goods like sugar at zero duty. Restaurant body, food tech firms raise NMDC pays G150 cr to ITC to produce 1.25 lakh Exporters from most sec- SpiceJet to cut PM-Cares fund Savlon hand sanitisers tors are looking for an exten- sion in policy as in the cur- March salary money to feed millions of daily wagers New Delhi: State-run NMDC Ltd New Delhi: ITC on Tuesday said rent scenario, when exports will contribute `150 crore to the it has started production of have taken a big hit due to BISMAH MALIK @ Bengaluru restaurants in India, has an- and Bengaluru cities. Prime Minister Cares Fund to Savlon hand sanitisers from its shut-down, they do not want by up to 30% nounced to supply free 10 mil- Online delivery start-ups help the fight against COVID -19. Manpura facility in Himachal existing incentives to be RESTAURANTS and food de- lion meals to the daily wage such as Swiggy and Zomato This is the single-largest Pradesh, which has been tinkered with. So this exten- ARSHAD KHAN @ New Delhi livery companies have an- earners/ construction work- have also announced separate contribution made by any PSE in designed to produce premium sion will give more time for nounced separate crowd fund- ers throughout the lockdown crowd funding campaigns to the country till date to help the fine fragrances to meet soaring the importers and exporters HIT hard by the COVID-19 ing campaigns to feed millions period in partnership with feed the daily wagers. Zoma- fight the pandemic. Besides, demand due to coronavirus to make effective plans amid pandemic, budget carrier of daily wagers and gig work- various NGOs and state to CEO, Deepinder Goyal the company said it has rolled pandemic. It expects this facility the intense uncertainty as SpiceJet on Tuesday an- ers.Even as the food services authorities. NRAI said earlier said that his out various preventive measures to help produce an additional well as for the government to nounced a pay cut of up to 30 sector is expecting at least 50- that the campaign will company is planning to protect the employees. 1.25 lakh litres of sanitisers. hold more consultations in per cent for all employees in 60 perc ent drop in revenues be partially funded to raise `50 crores view of the changed econom- March. The airline, however, due to the Covid-19, major and each meal will through “Feed the Dai- ic and global scenario. said it won’t be cutting jobs stakeholders in the industry cost between `20-25 ly wager” project and Covid-19 outbreak: Isuzu delays BS6 launches Exports during April-Feb- even as all its flights remain have stepped up efforts to feed The restaurants will use so far they have collected ruary this financial year suspended till April 14. their employees , delivery their kitchen infrastructure `17 crores. Swiggy has also Chennai: Japanese utility vehicle manufacturer, Isuzu Motors India, has dipped by 1.5 per cent to “The bold measures are partners and the migrant to prepare meals and supply contributed `4 crore to its Cov- rescheduled its plans to introduce its BS VI models to the later part of $292.91 billion, while Im- in the best interest for every- workers who are stuck. the same to the needy every id19 relief fund with its CEO the second quarter of 2020-21 due to Covid-19. The company has also ports during the period de- one at SpiceJet as it aims to National Restaurant Asso- day. NRAI said that the initia- Sriharsha Majetywill letting extended the warranty of its vehicles and informed that all vehicles clined by 7.30 per cent to $436 sail through the crisis with ciation of India (NRAI) , a rep- tive will be implemented go 50 per cent of his annual whose warranty expires during the period from March 15 to April 15 will billion, leaving a trade defi- zero retrenchment,” Spice- resentative body of five lakh across Delhi NCR, Kolkata salary as a contribution. now have their warranty extended until end-May 2020. cit of $143.12 billion. Jet said in a statement. Assuring its employees in the lowest pay grades that MANPOWER CRISIS they will remain unaffected by the decision, Ajay Singh, chairman and managing di- rector, SpiceJet, said: “What Exodus of migrant labourers throws FMCG supply chain into disarray we are facing is a global phe- nomenon and no airline in the world is immune to the SESA SEN @ New Delhi plants is even more severe material and packing material Meanwhile, distributors are impact. Tough times don’t since they are mostly located in continues to be a challenge now telling retailers, including last, tough people do.” Singh ADDING to the woes of the fast smaller towns and labourers with the restricted movement kirana stores, to arrange their has also opted to take the moving consumer goods have migrated from there first. of trucks and this is hampering own transport and delivery highest 30 per cent pay cut. (FMCG) industry, who are grap- Unless there is clear statement quick start-up of production of mechanism as they are either Other airlines such as pling with panic buying and from the government that the essential products. “The key is- running on skeleton staff or GoAir, IndiGo and Air India dwindling supplies of fresh disease is under control, la- sue, however, is the availability are still awaiting clarity on dis- have also enforced salary stocks, the exodus of migrant bourers are unlikely to come of manpower and workers to tribution operations from local cuts earlier to minimise the labourers is crippling their op- back,” said Mayank Shah, cat- run these operations,” he said. administration. “We were not financial burden. Experts erations further delaying sup- egory head at Parle Products. R S Sodhi, managing director prepared for a 21-day lockdown. believe if the Covid-19 crisis plies. Companies are learnt to Britannia Industries is also and chairman, Amul con- There are no labourers to load deepens, the aviation sector be working at a critical 20-25 facing a similar labour crisis. curred. “While our products products nor delivery people. will be left with no choice per cent workforce with their “We are evaluating how we can are getting delivered to distrib- Currently, I have stocks of but to cut their employee third-party manufacturing operate with fewer number of utors, the latter are unable to cooking oil, atta, Maggi, pulses base. The Centre for Asia Pa- units taking the worst hit. people as most of our workmen deliver due to an acute man- and besan in my go-down but cific Aviation estimates In- “Even as the movement of have got back to their villages. power shortage. Labour is a no people to deliver them. If the diGo and SpiceJet losses at trucks has improved, the short- We are operating at only about set a target of 50 per cent for the fear of the virus spread. huge problem. Due to the COV- retailers have their own trans- up to $1.5 billion across the age of manpower is making it 25 per cent of strength,” said this week although it might be Shahrukh Khan, executive ID-19 scare, a lot of them have port, they can come down and fourth quarter of FY20 and difficult to run operations. The Britannia managing director a “lofty target” given the work- director, operations at Dabur gone home. This problem will pick up the goods,” said a Del- the first quarter of FY21. shortage in our 125 third-party Varun Berry. The company has ers are not willing to return for India said availability of raw persist for a few more days.” hi-based distributor. Indian women’s football captain Bala Devi has joined Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Chhetri Bala Devi joins AFC in the Asian Football Confederation’s awareness campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic. She is among the latest leading players of the continent to join the AFC’s #BreakTheChain campaign against virus video campaign, aimed at raising awareness in the fight against coronavirus.

BHUBANESWAR WEDNESDAY 11 01l04l2020 newindianexpress com MENTAL HEALTH RISKS HIGH No lockdown in Elite sportspersons, because of the stress caused by sudden change in lifestyle, could develop anxiety-related issues AICF battle, prez

AFP @ Hong Kong Serena Williams, who has suf- with bipolar disorder, told isolate for.” fered from depression in the America’s WOODTV.com. Many sports bodies have re- suspends secretary FEAR, stress and money wor- past, to journeyman pros and Concerns have also been acted by offering support to ries: coronavirus lockdown is Olympic hopefuls whose lives raised about Australia’s swim- athletes. However, some sports hard for anyone, but athletes have been thrown into mers and cricketers, after ath- are making cuts to avoid going ATREYO MUKHOPADHYAY That sounded odd, consider- are facing extra mental health turmoil. letes in both sports suffered bust, reducing their ability to @ Chennai ing that the Madras High risks as they go from highly ac- Williams, 38, who only needs well-documented psychologi- help. Substance abuse, such as Court had set aside that elec- tive lifestyles to isolation and one more Grand Slam title to cal problems in the past. drinking or using drugs, is one THE COVID-19 lockdown has tion process and Patel’s ap- boredom, experts warn. equal the all-time record of 24, “The mental health thing, we tell-tale sign of problems, done little to douse the unrest peal challenging that order in While some housebound ath- admitted that social distancing talked about it in a conference Broderick said. in All India Chess Federation the Supreme Court was also letes have posted upbeat videos because of coronavirus had call this week,” said Australian “Stress and anxiety can man- (AICF). In the latest episode turned down. of themselves training or at- left her feeling “a ton of men’s cricket coach Justin ifest in substance abuse. That’s of the battle, the president However, Chauhan claimed tempting internet challenges stress”. Langer. what I’d look out for, if they’re has suspended the secretary, otherwise. “While setting such as juggling toilet rolls, the “Every little thing makes me “Particularly for any of our using alcohol as a support,” who shot back saying that he aside the election process stress caused by the extreme crazy. And by anxiety I mean staff or players who are home she said. “There has certainly doesn’t have the power to take (that elected Patel president), adjustment and uncertain fu- I’m just on edge. Any time any- alone basically. We have to been some anxiety,” added such a step. Since the matter the court never said the pre- ture looks likely to take its toll. one sneezes around me or keep an eye on those guys and Broderick, who said Austral- may require judicial inter- vious set of office-bearers Long-term effects on athletes coughs I get crazy,” she said on Every little thing makes me crazy. girls to make sure they’re OK.” ia’s tennis players receive reg- vention, no immediate head- will remain in office. So Patel after the SARS and swine flu TikTok, a social media app. And by anxiety I mean I’m just on Broderick, who was deputy ular communications and can way seems visible under the stays president. I will write to outbreaks included anxiety, ob- Even before the virus, a edge. Any time anyone sneezes medical director for Austral- call on medical support. circumstances. the people he (Raja) has writ- sessive hand-washing and fear steady stream of people in- around me or coughs I get crazy. ia’s 2016 Olympics team, and “The high-level, high-profile The development is a con- ten to and explain this,” said of getting too close to people, volved in sports — often an in- sits on an advisory panel for professional athletes can han- tinuation of the fight between Chauhan, who was elected Serena Williams Carolyn Broderick, Tennis secure and high-stress profes- the National Rugby League, dle this loss of income but the sides led by AICF presi- secretary with Patel before Australia’s chief medical of- sion — have wrestled with said the effects of isolation can there are a lot of athletes on dent PR Venketrama Raja the court overruled that ficer, said. depression, from Williams to to chase medal dreams but now be felt more acutely by ath- the fringe,” she said. and secretary Bharat Singh election. But the impact of the cur- Olympic swimming great Mi- face extra disruption after the letes. “They have all the same “If you have a few months of Chauhan. Elections could Even if there are loopholes rent pandemic is unprecedent- chael Phelps, MMA fighter Tokyo 2020 Games were post- psychological issues that eve- loss of activity there’s a signifi- have offered a solution, in Chauhan’s argu- ed, with athletes sidelined Ronda Rousey, boxer Mike Ty- poned for a year. ryone does but also the stress cant loss of income as well.” but that is sub-judice ment, the Raja camp worldwide after COVID-19 son and All Blacks rugby play- “I would be lying if I said I and anxiety about their futures She recommended athletes and stuck in the Ma- will find it hard to forced most sports into hiber- er John Kirwan. was all right. Just like most that they cannot easily con- stick to routines, focus on what dras High Court due prove it right now nation and put billions of peo- The athletes currently out of people I’m struggling in my trol,” she said. “They don’t can be controlled and use their to the coronavirus because the courts ple in lockdown. action include thousands of own ways,” Olympics-bound know what the next stage is go- extra time for a hobby or on- pandemic. That, how- are functioning Those affected range from would-be Olympians, many of American weightlifter Kate ing to be or how long they’re line training to maintain their ever, has not led to a only for emergency well-paid superstars such as whom have put careers on hold Nye, who has been diagnosed going to have to quarantine or mental health. ceasefire. cases. The AICF’s Levelling at least nine election matter has charg­ es against Chauhan, also got held up due to this. HELPING HANDS Raja wrote he is using his “Chauhan knows that if elec- “extraordinary powers” as tions take place, he will lose. ROHIT SHARMA AICF president “under Arti- So he is trying to stall the pro- The star batsman has cle 15 (a) of the AICF constitu­ cess by hook or crook,” said donated `80 lakh. Of this, tion” to “remove” Chauhan RM Dongre, aspirant for the `45 lakh is for the PM’s fr­om the secretary’s post. “All secretary’s post from the Raja fund, `25 lakh for the your actions contrary to and faction. Maharashtra CM’s fund, `5 in violation of this notice sh­ Chauhan countered by say- lakh for ‘Zomato Feeding all be null and void,” read the ing that the Raja group is tak- India’ and `5 lakh for the letter accessed by this daily. ing action against him to di- welfare of stray dogs. Chauhan said Raja is not vert attention from a letter the AICF president and even from the Sports Commission- ANIL KUMBLE if he is, he doesn’t have the er of Maharashtra, which The former India captain authority to dismiss an elect- asks the AICF to direct the and coach made donations ed official without two-third All Marathi Chess Associa- to the central and majority of the general body tion to submit the expendi- Karnataka state relief or central council of the fed- ture statement for the World funds. He refrained from eration. He insisted that Ajay Youth Championship held in disclosing the amount Patel is the AICF president. Mumbai last year. donated.

NEERAJ CHOPRA EXPRESS READ The Asian and Commonwealth Games Cancelling Wimbledon only solution: Jamie Murray gold-winning javelin thrower has given a total of LONDON: Cancelling Wimbledon is the only realistic option open to `3 lakh to the central and organisers as they grapple with the chaos caused by the coronavirus, Haryana state relief funds. says two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Jamie Murray. “It’s difficult to move the tournament back because you’re running into IOA & AFFILIATES other tournaments that are still on schedule. And also things like Associations under the daylight to host the event. Each week that passes, you get less and less Indian Olympic Association light to play the tournament,” said the Scotsman. (IOA) have put together `37.50 lakhs. The wrestling, golf, table tennis, Lord’s space open for health workers basketball, tennis and LONDON: The Marylebone Cricket Club has decided to provide parking cycling federations along and storage spaces available at the Lord’s ground to the National with Kerala Olympic Health Services staff battling the COVID-19 pandemic. “The close Association have TIK-TOK TIK-TOK! proximity of a number of hospitals to Lord’s gives the club the contributed in this. opportunity to assist medical staff so they can concentrate on their A countdown clock displays the remaining days until the new start date for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday | AP ongoing battle against the virus,” the MCC said in a release.

US Open site to be USA Rugby forced to Olympics in 2021 a boon as Dipa targets comeback converted to hospital file for bankruptcy

NEW YORK: The site of the US NEW YORK: USA Rugby has ASHIM SUNAM @ Bengaluru physical exercises in the morn- tic Gymnastics World Chal- postponed, giving her more Open tennis tournament here will decided to file for Chapter 11 ing and evening to get back in lenge Cup in Turkey in 2018 time to prepare. be used to build a 350-bed facility bankruptcy due to financial TWO kilometres: That is the her best shape. “Due to this cor- and bronze in Artistic Gymnas- “Out of the eight qualifying in an effort to provide additional woes exacerbated by the distance between India gym- onavirus situation, there is a tics World Cup in Germany. tournaments for Tokyo Olym- medical infrastructure to the city shutdown. In financial strife nast Dipa Karmakar’s house lockdown and I had to stop my The same year also witnessed pics, two remain. She should as it battles the growing since 2018, USA Rugby’s recent and her coach Bisweswar Nan- practice too, which I had start- her pull out of the Artistic feature in both, but has to be in coronavirus outbreak. A report attempt to restructure was set di’s residence in Agartala. De- ed recently. As of now, I am team finals in the Asian Games good form and fitness also,” said that New York city’s emer­ back this month when it had spite the short distance, the mo- working on my fitness at home. due to injury. said Nandi. “First of all, one gency management office plans to suspend all activities. bile phone has become an Around evening, I inform sir Again, the knee injury came has to understand that she is to build a 350-bed facility at the essential tool for both with (Nandi) of the things (exercis- to haunt her in 2019, where she coming out of an injury. There Billie Jean King National Tennis BWF freezes junior their communication restrict- es) that I did during the day via could not compete in the final will be a psychological fear, but Center in Flushing Meadows- and senior rankings ed to calls, including a few via phone,” Dipa told this daily. of Artistic Gymnastics World we will try to overcome that Corona Park. The report said video when required, after the Such emphasis on attaining Cup in Baku. As a result, she and prepare well. If she finish- construction could begin as early NEW DELHI: The Badminton 26-year-old is done with train- top fitness does not come as a missed out on the Doha World es with a medal in both the as Tuesday at an indoor training World Federation (BWF) on ing. With the country in lock- surprise. After an impressive Cup, one of the qualifying events, then there are chances center at the facility, which has Tuesday decided to freeze the down due to the COVID-19 out- fourth-position finish in Rio events for Tokyo. Just when her of her qualifying. Let’s see, but multiple courts and wide spaces, world rankings, saying break, Nandi has strictly Olympics, she suffered anteri- Olympic chances looked slim, it is not going to be easy.” according to a spokesman for the standings as on March 17 will instructed Dipa to stay home or cruciate ligament (ACL) tear the postponement of Olympics Though Dipa can use this US Tennis Association. The beds be the basis for entry and and not venture out. in 2017 and underwent surgery, by one year means she can fea- time for doing free-hand exer- will likely be for patients who do A sign in Flushing Meadows Corona seedings when it restarts the In such times, the gymnast is which kept her out of the sport ture in the last two qualifying cises, she cannot be involved in not have COVID-19, the illness Park, a site for the temporary hospital international calender that not wasting any time. She is for almost a year. The 4-feet, 11- events for Tokyo in Baku and full-fledged training until the caused by the novel coronavirus. to cope with coronavirus cases | AFP has been thrown haywire. spending much of her time in inch athlete won gold in Artis- Doha. Both events have been lockdown ends on April 14.

TOUGH TIMES Coming to terms with personal loss, sharpening serve & forehand

SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN October meant he was forced to two of quitting for good, is still dreams and look towards an al- Understandably, “cracking the For the time being though, he @ Chennai give a walk-over to Wu Tung-lin uncomfortable talking about ternate career. That’s when ATP 250s, winning that Anning is one among many elite ath- in the third round of the Liu- what his father meant to him. It Prabhakaran intervened. His Challenger (150 ranking points) letes around the world. “I can- THE first three months of 2020 zhou Challenger. Since then, he is only understandable because father asked him to give his in China as well as that do-or- not go out anywhere as I am has not been positive for Pra- has won four main draw match- without Prabhakaran’s guid- body one final chance to keep die Davis Cup rubber against under quarantine. If only I had jnesh Gunneswaran. He did es in seven meets. However, ance and motivation, the his dream going. So he willed China in 2018” figure highly in access to gym equipment or a make it into the main draw of there was a bigger blow in this 30-year-old would have stopped his body for one more time, a his list. tennis court. So I have to make the Australian Open but that time. He lost his father, SG playing tennis. “It (my father’s last chance saloon. “It just When he is asked to look for- do with what I have, just doing was the lone highlight as he Prabhakaran, who passed away death) impacted me a lot. But I clicked there,” Gunneswaran ward to what 2020 could yet push-ups and some body weight lost more matches than he won. after a period of illness last cannot really do anything remembers. “If I had aggravat- bring, he is just interested in training.” Defeat to Croatia’s Borna Gojo November. about it... it’s a part of my life.” ed my injury after coming back further polishing his big weap- When the Tour returns, the in the first rubber of the World “That was the biggest blow Here’s a little history lesson. for one last time... I would have ons; the serve and the forehand. World No 132 hopes he can Group playoffs compounded of my life,” Gunneswaran, who Managing chronic tendinits in definitely stopped then and “I have been making steady channel his never-say-die spirit the disappointment. In a sense, is quarantined at home, tells both his knees, the Chennai lad there.” progress and closing the gap. for another crack at the Top 100 it’s been a prolonged leen this daily. The former World No had had enough. He was just 23 Since giving himself ‘my last But I would like to pay special and beyond. Knowing him, one stretch since October. 75, who was explaining how he but because of the state of his chance’, he has gone on to focus to the things that I believe wouldn’t be advised to bet A nagging left wrist injury in came within a tournament or body, he was ready to delete his Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieve a fair few milestones. are my biggest weapons.” against him. private labs have been given permission for testing so far, 49 said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar from ICMR on Tuesday

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