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VOL 14 ISSUE 23 ● NEW YORK / DALLAS ● JUNE 05-11, 2020 ● ENQUIRIES: 646-247-9458 www.theindianpanorama.news AMERICA GEORGE FLOYD REMEMBERED UNITED AGAINST AT MEMORIAL SERVICE COVID-19 MINNEAPOLIS, MN (TIP): Hundreds of mourners in Minneapolis KEEP SAFE on Thursday, June 4, remembered ● Follow CDC guidelines George Floyd, the black man whose ● Observe Social Distancing death in police custody set off a wave of ● Wash Hands Frequently nationwide protests that reached the KEEP AMERICA SAFE doors of the White House and ignited a debate about race and justice. Philonise Floyd, one of Floyd's US Defense brothers, choking with emotion, told a Secretary memorial service at a chapel in the Minnesota city's North Central opposes Trump University that their family was poor. move on troops to "It's crazy man, all these people came quell protests to see my brother, it's amazing he WASHINGTON touched so many hearts," said the (TIP): US Defense brother, wearing a dark suit and a badge Secretary Mark with a photo of his brother and the Defense Secretary Esper said on words "I can't breathe" on his lapel. Esper acknowledged Wednesday he does Floyd's death on May 25 has become the difficulty of not support invoking the latest flashpoint for rage over police deploying the military without entering the the Insurrection Act brutality against African Americans, The Reverend Al Sharpton, a television political commentator and civil rights activist was political fray contd on page 32 contd on Page 32 among those at the memorial service for George Floyd (Inset) Digital services taxes adopted by India and Black lives matter says 10 countries a trade irritant with US Meghan, calls US events The US has already scrapped zero duty preference "devastating" on some Indian imports LONDON (TIP): Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, has spoken about events following the death of George WASHINGTON (TIP): After the US scrapped zero Floyd saying she was sorry that children had to grow up in duty preference on some Indian imports and arm- a world where racism still existed and that current events in twisted India into purchasing shale oil, Washington the United States were "devastating", according to a Reuters has now started a probe into digital services taxes, report. "I know you know that black lives matter," Meghan either adopted or being considered by 10 countries The duchess, a former U.S said in a video she recorded for students graduating from including India. actress and wife of Queen her old high school in Los Angeles, which was aired on The United States Trade Representative (USTR) will Elizabeth's grandson Wednesday, June 3. conduct the probe under Section 301 of the Trade Act. Prince Harry, said she The death of Floyd has become the latest flashpoint for wanted to say "the right India, however, will get the opportunity to defend the long-simmering rage over police brutality against African thing" and was nervous tax. contd on Page 32 her words would be Americans and led to nationwide protests, "picked apart". contd on Page 32 India will have to take another setback in its stride when it attempts to sign a limited trade deal with the US, as indicated by the Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Photo / Jay Mandal-on assignment Prayer Service for Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla held in Ahmedabad , June 4 Mahatma Gandhi's Statue outside AHMEDABAD (TIP): A Prayer service for the world-renowned astrologer Bejan Indian Embassy in DC Vandalized Daruwalla who passed away here on May 29, at the age of 88, was organized by the family, BIDISHA ROY June 4. NEW YORK (TIP): Several political, industry and community Mahatma Gandhi's statue leaders attended the prayer meeting and paid outside the Indian Embassy their tributes to one of the precious jewels of in Washington DC was India. desecrated by some A practicing Zoroastrian, Daruwalla was miscreants.The statue was also a self-proclaimed Ganesha devotee. allegedly spray painted with Bejan Daruwala was known to combine the expletives. Soon after the principles of Vedic and Western astrology, I- incident took place, the Ching, Tarot, Numerology, the Kabalah and statue was covered with even Palmistry. protective cloth and an He was a regular contributor to the Renowned astrologer investigation was launched The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was dedicated by the then astrology column of The Indian Panorama. by United States Park Police. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, in the presence of the Bejan Daruwalla We will miss him. then US president Bill Clinton in 2000. ( July 11, 1931 to contd on Page 32 Soon after the incident took place, the statue was covered May 29, 2020) with protective cloth THE INDIAN PANORAMA 2 CORONAVIRUS CRISIS FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 US, Spain COVID-19 fatalities up with 6,702,699 global cases

he US Centers for Disease Control and TPrevention (CDC) on Thursday evening TRACKING THE VIRUS reported 1,842,101 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 14,676 cases GLOBAL INDIA from its previous count, NEW ZEALAND ON VERGE OF and said that the number Cases Deaths Cases Deaths of deaths had risen by 827 ERADICATING CORONAVIRUS to 107,029. According to the 6,702,699 393,212 226,770 6,348 Center for Systems WELLINGTON (TIP): New Zealand is on the verge Science and Engineering of eradicating the virus from its shores after it (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins notched a 13th straight day with no reported new University (JHU), the infections. latest number of Only a single person in the nation of 5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases people is known to still have the virus, and that person in the US stood at 1,861,966 is not hospitalized. However, it remains likely that the with 107,685 deaths. country will import new cases once it reopens its The total confirmed borders, and officials say their aim remains to stamp cases globally stood at out new infections as they arise. 6,702,699 with 393,212 The country has already lifted many of its virus fatalities, reflected the restrictions and could remove most of those that JHU website's data. remain, including limiting crowd sizes, next week. Amid ongoing protests Just over 1,500 people have contracted the virus against the alleged killing during the outbreak, including 22 who died. of George Floyd, a top US health official today said Australia to pledge $207 mln for that protesters particularly in cities that regional vaccine program have struggled to control the novel coronavirus CANBERRA (TIP): Australia will pledge A$300 should "highly consider" million ($207 million) to provide vaccines to children getting tested for COVID- in the Indo-Pacific region at a Global Vaccine Summit 19. on Thursday, its foreign minister said on the eve of "Those individuals that the virtual meeting. have partaken in these “Immunisation saves lives,” Foreign Affairs peaceful protests or have BRAZIL’S COVID-19 DEATH TOLL SURGES Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. “The been out protesting, and COVID-19 pandemic has served as yet another particularly if they`re in TO THIRD-HIGHEST IN WORLD reminder that investing in vaccine access is critical to metropolitan areas that regional health security.” really haven`t controlled RIO DE JANEIRO (TIP): Brazil’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make the pledge the outbreak...we really death toll from the novel coronavirus has at the virtual summit hosted by British Prime want those individuals to surged past 34,000 to become the third- Minister Boris Johnson to raise funds for the GAVI highly consider being highest in the world, surpassing Italy’s, vaccine alliance, a public-private global health evaluated and get tested," according to official figures released partnership. Robert Redfield, director Thursday. GAVI is backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates for the Centers for Disease The South American country reported Foundation, the World Health Organization, the Control and Prevention, a new record of 1,473 deaths in 24 hours, World Bank, UNICEF and others, and arranges bulk told a US House of bringing its overall toll to 34,021, behind buys to reduce vaccine costs for poor countries. Representatives only the United States and Britain. committee. Brazil has now confirmed 614,941 ‘Hunger or murder’: Lockdown Meanwhile, Spain`s infections, the health ministry said -- the overall death toll from the second-largest caseload in the world, poverty exposes African sex coronavirus edged higher behind the US. Experts say under-testing on Thursday, though in Brazil means the real numbers are vaccine conducted by experts at the workers to more violence discrepancies between probably much higher. The latest figures University of Oxford will soon recruit regional and national data underlined the grim toll the virus is 2,000 volunteers in Brazil The university NAIROBI, KENYA (TIP): Peninah Wanjiru wasn’t raised questions over the taking in Latin America, the latest said that on Tuesday, the Brazilian really one to take chances. Her friends said the 35- methodology used by the epicenter in the pandemic. Health Regulatory Agency approved the year-old Kenyan sex worker was careful how she government to produce the Brazil, a country of 210 million people, inclusion of Brazil in the clinical trials. conducted business at her home in Majengo, an tally. has been the hardest-hit in the region. Scientists are resuming Covid-19 trials informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, The ministry has President Jair Bolsonaro has fiercely of the now world-famous drug where she only allowed clients in for a “quickie”. stopped providing a daily criticized coronavirus stay-at-home hydroxychloroquine, as confusion But on the night of May 7, a curfew imposed to stem death toll but reported a measures, even as the number of continues to reign about the anti- the spread of the coronavirus forced Wanjiru to allow total of 27,133 deaths, five infections and deaths continues to soar. malarial hailed by US President Donald a client to stay over. Some hours later, she was found more than on Wednesday. The far-right leader has urged Trump as a potential “game-changer” in lying in a pool of blood. She died before help could Confirmed cases climbed businesses to wage “war” on state fighting the pandemic. It follows arrive. by 195 from the previous governors who order business closures, widespread criticism of the quality of A post-mortem report found she had been stabbed day to 240,660. Spain is arguing they are needlessly hurting data in a study in The Lancet which multiple times in the chest and stomach and had implementing a new Latin America’s biggest economy. found high risks associated with the suffered head injuries. Police are still investigating methodology for logging Meanwhile, the clinical trial for a treatment. the crime. deaths and cases, leading Women engaging in sex work have always been to fluctuations in its 27,128 even though several In England, face Britain`s government more vulnerable to violence but a surge in physical statistics and frequent regions reported new coverings will be has been reluctant to attacks and killings of sex workers in Kenya since revisions of data, which deaths. compulsory for passengers mandate the widespread Covid-19 restrictions came into force has sent a chill officials say are likely to The World Health on buses, trains, aircraft use of face masks or through the community. continue for some time. Organization, however, and ferries from June 15, coverings so far, but This spike in violence was attributed not only to Between Sunday and put Spain`s death toll at as public transport use Shapps said the benefits clients attacking sex workers but also by the police Tuesday, the ministry`s 27,940 on Thursday, more reportedly rises following were clearer on public and other community members who blame them for official death toll than 800 higher than the the relaxation of transport, where social spreading the coronavirus. remained unchanged at government`s figure. coronavirus restrictions. distancing is harder. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT 3 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIANS ABROAD FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

Indian American Indra Nooyi Named Full-Term Indian American Vivek Lall Named Chief Member of MIT Board of Trustees of General Atomics Global Corporation

Indra Nooyi is SAN DIEGO (TIP): Dr. Vivek Lall, Department of Transportation. The among nine probably the most known face in the Aviation Advisory Committee provides full-term Indian aerospace and defense industry information, advice, and members of The MIT Corporation and the most prominent Indian- recommendations to the Secretary of American who played key roles in some Transportation on ensuring the major Indo-US defense deals between competitiveness of the U.S. aviation India and the US, will be the chief of industry and its capability to address the General Atomics Global Corporation, evolving transportation needs, based in California. challenges, and opportunities of the BOSTON (TIP): PepsiCo's former A formal statement from General Dr. Vivek Lall is the most prominent Indian global economy. chairperson and CEO of Indian origin, Atomics said, " with Dr Lall's expertise, American who played key roles in some Dr. Lall has been also recognized as major Indo-US defense deals between India Indra Nooyi is among nine full-term GA Global will expand its global and the US one of the world's top scientists of the members of The MIT Corporation - the footprint for managing sales, service, twentieth century by Cambridge. He was Institute's board of trustees. Elected and international industrial in concluding major Indian defense also the President of the Mathematical nine full-term members will each collaboration in strategically important procurements including 24 MH-60R Association of America. He was also serve for five years, effective July 1. countries like Japan, Australia, the UAE, Multi-Role Helicopters from Lockheed affiliated with the United Nations in Nooyi received a bachelor's degree and others." Martin, 10 C17s worth $4 billion, P-8I New York to advise on Broadband and from Madras Christian College in 1974, In his previous stint with the US major Anti-submarine warfare aircrafts (eight Cyber Security issues for challenges an MBA from the Indian Institute of as chief executive of strategic and then four) worth $3 billion, 28 within the global community and Management in Calcutta in 1976, and a development from Vivek Lall was Apache helicopters and 15 Chinooks provide services that will help address master's degree in public and private instrumental in the drive to first market worth $5 billion, and 22 Harpoon them. In India he was appointed the management from Yale University in and then advance on the sales plan for missiles worth $200 million. An asset to Chairman of the Indo-US Strategic 1980. Nooyi served as the chairperson missile-capable unmanned aerial both India and USA, Vivek has been Dialogue by the Indo-American and CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2019. vehicles (UAVs) to Indian armed forces. influential in shaping US's defenses Chamber of Commerce in August 2011, In this role, Nooyi was the chief It may be recalled that GA ASI in June exports and fulfilling India's defiance was Distinguished Fellow at Observer architect of Performance with 2017 had informed that the US needs. He was appointed to the US Research Foundation and also served as Purpose, PepsiCo's pledge to do what's government had approved a $2 billion Federal Aviation Advisory Committee in Chairman of the Defense Committee of right for the business by being sale of 22 MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAVs to 2018, where he represents the viewpoints The Association of Chambers of responsive to the needs of the world India for the Indian Navy. of defenses technology organizations in Commerce and Industry of around us. She directed the company's Dr. Vivek Lall has been the major force the NextGen Advisory Committee of the India(ASSOCHAM). global strategy for more than a decade. Prior to becoming CEO, Nooyi served as president and chief financial Indian American Rahul Dubey Hailed as Indian American SAP Vet Abdul officer beginning in 2001, when she 'Hero' after Sheltering Protesters in DC Razack Hired by Google Cloud was also named to PepsiCo's board of directors. Before joining PepsiCo in for New Tech Solutions Role 1994, Nooyi spent four years as senior NEW YORK (TIP): vice president of strategy, planning Former SAP chief and strategic marketing for Asea product officer Abdul Brown Boveri, a Zurich-based Razack has been hired industrials company. by Google Cloud for a senior executive role Indian American CEO with its solutions of Google Sundar engineering team. He is named vice Pichai backs racial president of technology solutions, equality Razack is a technology a newly created leader known for his Google and YouTube put a black position. strategic vision and ribbon on their home page in the US Rahul Dubey, the man who welcomed protesters into his home, gets a round of Razack is a engineering expertise, with more than 25 years of Indian applause from protesters and supporters technology leader experience in enterprise American CEO known for his technology of Google WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian American Rahul Dubey emerged as strategic vision and Sunder Pichai an overnight hero in the US after heopened doors to people, who were engineering expertise, with more than 25 years is known to speak out protesting against George Floyd death, after a tear gas attack by of experience in enterprise technology. In his boldly on police in Washington D.C on June 1 night. new role, Razack will be responsible for Google issues According to a report by The New York Times, Dubey, who works in Cloud's solution strategy across its seven health care, opened the door as soon as he heard the flash bang and solution pillars, from infrastructure, to the thudding of shields andcalled for people to come in. A "tsunami" application modernization, to data analytics NEW YORK (TIP): Google stands in of demonstrators came barreling through his front door seeking and cloud artificial intelligence (AI). He also support of racial equality, the tech shelter, he said, and protesters began scattering to all three floors of will drive the application of the solutions giant's Indian-American CEO Sunder his home. Dubey told CNN affiliate WJLA that he was on his stoop and among sellers and customer engineers helping Pichai has said, expressing solidarity had let some of the protesters charge their phones inside and use his customers digitally transform. with the African-American community bathroom before police moved in. "There was a big bang and there was "My goal is to help Google Cloud customers in the US in wake of protests sparked by spray that my eyes started burning, screaming like I've never heard unlock significant value from our solutions, the death in police custody of African- before, and I've described it as a 'human tsunami' is the best I could bringing resiliency and scale to businesses in American George Floyd. Google and see for about a quarter of a block coming down the street," he told these uncertain times, and also helping them YouTube on Sunday put a black ribbon WJLA. He said he was yelling "get in, get into the house" for about 10 build a technology foundation for their future," on their home page in the US, showing minutes. Dubey told WJLA that about 70 protesters got inside and it Razack said in a statement. "I'm truly excited solidarity for protests against the death was "pandemonium and mayhem" for about an hour and a half while about the opportunity to leverage Google's of George Floyd, an unarmed black they tried to settle in and help people who'd been pepper sprayed. The technology to develop open, flexible solutions man, in police custody. "We stand in protesters left Dubey's home when the district's new curfew ended at that serve our customers' most critical needs." support of racial equality, and all those 6 am. The incident has turned Dubey into a local hero with a massive A 15-year SAP veteran, Razack served as chief who search for it," the message read on outpouring of praise on social media. He, however, toldThe New York product officer at SAP since March 2019, leading the Google home page. (Read full Times, he does not think what he did was anything special. "If it is, we its cloud technology vision and efforts to build story at www.theindianpanorama.news) have a ton of work to do in this country", he said. enterprise resource planning products. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 INDIANS ABROAD 5

Indian American Led Indian Origin Film Director Krishnendu Researchers Develop Experimental Rapid Majumdar Named Chair of BAFTA COVID-19 Test

LONDON (TIP): The British industry. Academy of Film and Television Arts Krishnendu Majumdar co-founded (BAFTA) appointed Krishnendu the independent production company Majumdar as its new Chair. In doing so, Me + You Productions in 2012, alongside Majumdar becomes the first person of Richard Yee. Since then, Majumdar has color to be appointed to the role in produced the critically acclaimed BAFTA's 73-year history and the Dominic Savage drama series I Am for youngest chair in 35 years. Channel 4 and the International Emmy- Majumdar has been Deputy Chair for winning comedy, Hoff The Record. He one year and his tenure as Chair will has executive produced two series of the run for the next three years - the newly comedy drama Sick Of It, as well as the extended term for all future BAFTA documentary series The Moaning of chairs. Life. Majumdar was also a showrunner Majumdar is an EMMY-winning and on the BAFTA-nominated global hit BAFTA-nominated television producer Majumdar becomes the first person of color franchise, An Idiot Abroad.? to be appointed to the role in BAFTA's 73-year and director. He has been closely history and the youngest chair in 35 years Before co-founding Me + You, involved with BAFTA for 14 years, Majumdar worked as a freelance Dr Dipanjan Pan and his team developed having been the Chair of the Learning Krishnendu Majumdar said: "It is a producer and director. His previous an experimental diagnostic test for and New Talent Committee (2006-2010), tremendous honor to be elected Chair of credits include BAFTA-nominated COVID-19 that can visually detect the the Chair of the Television Committee BAFTA and I'm lucky to be following polemical film Who You Callin' A presence of the virus in 10 minutes (2015-2019) and a member of the Board Pippa Harris' outstanding tenure and I Nigger? for Channel 4 and the major of Trustees for nine years. want to pay tribute to the resilient and political film Michael Howard: No More NEW YORK (TIP): Scientists from Majumdar has actively supported dynamic leadership that Pippa has Mr Nasty for BBC Two. the University of Maryland School of BAFTA's year-round program of shown. This year has been a difficult Majumdar entered the industry by Medicine (UMSOM) developed an learning and new talent initiatives, and turbulent time for many in our being the first and only person ever to experimental diagnostic test for including BAFTA Breakthrough and industry, working with Pippa, BAFTA's be trained on both the prestigious ITN COVID-19 that can visually detect the BAFTA Elevate. Majumdar is also talented and committed staff and News Trainee and BBC Production presence of the virus in 10 minutes. It chairing BAFTA's Awards Review, membership, I want BAFTA to be at the Trainee schemes working across both uses a simple assay containing convened in response to the lack of heart of rebuilding the industry post- ITN and the BBC at the outset of his plasmonic gold nanoparticles to detect diversity in this year's Film Awards Covid. It is vital to ensure that we career. a color change when the virus is nominations. He has been a long-time support people of all backgrounds, He was born in South Wales to present. The test does not require the supporter of greater diversity on and off races and genders. Diversity and Bengali parents who arrived in the UK use of any advanced laboratory screen throughout his career and has inclusion are crucial for the lifeblood of from India in the 1960s. His father was a techniques, such as those commonly also been on the Board of Directors UK BAFTA, and we will continue to be a GP who worked for the NHS for over 40 used to amplify DNA, for analysis. The and the PACT Council. leader for real change across our years. authors published their work last week in the American Chemical Society's nanotechnology journal ACS Nano. Indian-origin doctor Rajesh Indian American Author Lilly Irani Wins "Based on our preliminary results, Gupta on COVID-19 frontline we believe this promising new test may Outstanding Book Award by International detect RNA material from the virus as found dead in UK hotel Communication Association early as the first day of infection. LONDON (TIP): An SAN DIEGO (TIP): Lilly Irani,Associate Professor, Additional studies are needed, Indian-origin doctor UC San Diego has been honored with Outstanding however, to confirm whether this is working on the frontline of Book Award by International Communication indeed the case," said study leader the coronavirus pandemic Association for her book Chasing Innovation: Making Dipanjan Pan, Ph.D.Professor of at a UK hospital was found Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India. Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear dead in the hotel he was Lilly Irani is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the staying in to isolate away Communication & Science Studies at University of UMSOM. from his family during the California, San Diego. She also serves as faculty in "The accuracy of any COVID-19 test lockdown. the Design Lab, Institute for Practical Ethics, the is based on being able to reliably detect Dr Rajesh Gupta, a consultant anesthetist Dr Rajesh Gupta, a program in Critical Gender Studies, and sits on the any virus. This means it does not give at the National Health consultant anesthetist at Academic Advisory Board of AI Now (NYU). Her a false negative result if the virus Lilly Irani is an Service. Source: the National Health research examines the cultural politics of high-tech actually is present, nor a false positive Associate Professor of Twitter. Service (NHS)-run work and the counter-practices they generate, as both Communication & result if the virus is not present," said Wexham Park Hospital in an ethnographer, a designer, and a former technology Science Studies at Dr. Pan. "Many of the diagnostic tests Berkshire, south-east England, was found dead worker. She is a co-founder and maintainer of digital University of currently on the market cannot detect earlier last week and the cause of his death is yet labor activism tool Turkopticon. Her work has California, San Diego the virus until several days after to be established. appeared at ACM SIGCHI, New Media & Society, infection. For this reason, they have a "We are very sorry to pass on the sad news that Science, Technology & Human Values, South Atlantic Quarterly, and other significant rate of false negative our Frimley Health colleague Dr Rajesh Gupta venues. She has a Ph.D. in Informatics from University of California, results." has passed away," Frimley Health NHS Irvine. Dr. Pan created a company called Foundation Trust said in a statement on Friday. Her book is described as "A richly detailed, multi-year ethnography of VitruVian Bio to develop the test for "Rajesh, who worked as a consultant at Wexham the ways in which social entrepreneurship, design, and innovation work commercial application. He plans to Park Hospital, was found on Monday afternoon in underscore national and global chains of value and power. The book have a pre-submission meeting with the hotel where he had been staying to protect his marshals history and political economy around stories of everyday people the U.S. Food and Drug Administration family while he worked with us during the who invested in impossible dreams that if they are more creative, they will (FDA) within the next month to coronavirus pandemic. At this stage the cause of achieve upward social mobility. Instead, innovation and human-centered discuss requirements for getting an his death is not known," the NHS Trust said. design projects most benefited those already with social and economic emergency use authorizationfor the Gupta was described as a "popular and well- capital. Precarious Indian citizens remained so despite their passionate test. New FDA policy allows for the known figure" by the Trust, which said that aspirations. Deconstructing these rationalities and identities of marketing of COVID-19 tests without colleagues saw him as an "outstanding clinician entrepreneurialism in the context of development and governance in requiring them to go through the usual with a passion for pain medicine". India, the book charts a new theoretical frame for understanding the approval or clearance process. These He had recently been appointed to an important entrepreneur as a figure of exploitation and a tool of nation-building. Dr. tests do, however, need to meet certain post at Wexham Park Hospital after working for a Irani asks critically "Who modernizes whom, and towards what horizon?" validation testing requirements to period as a locum consultant at Frimley Park. As such, the book de-Westernizes the figure of entrepreneur as a hero of ensure that they provide reliable (Read full story at www.theindianpanorama.news) teleological progress." results. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 MISCELLANY FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 International Archer who borrowed 'bow' to win global medal is no more YASH GOYAL IN JAIPUR JAIPUR (TIP): This is really called a passion to achieve his/her goals. A dedication to sports and competition to win medals. Can anyone believe that an Archer who had no sufficient money to purchase a new 'Dhanush-Ban' (compound bow) went to borrow it from his senior Olympian and had won a number of international medals to raise Indian flags on stadia. It was India's archer Jayantilal Nanoma hailing from Dungapur in Rajasthan who borrowed the archery equipment from Olympian Archer Limba Ram and acclaimed many awards at many national and international archery Jayantilal Nanoma competitions, recalls Satyaprakash Barenda, a national archer player, while hospital in search of Oxygen availability, talking to TIP. the patient died, an Investigation Officer Coach Jayantilal Nanoma (center) with the Indian team that won five medals in the 2013 World But it was most unfortunate and if Vadra Police station Sagar Chand Archery Youth Championships in China saddened day on the intervening night of apprehended. This was not clear whether May 31 and June 1, thirty-four year old Nanoma's Scorpion turned turtle itself or century the wood made bow rate varied held between 2003 and 2010. He also Jayantilal died in a cruel road accident after hit by another vehicle on Banswara- from Rs. 7000 to 10,000, a metal one Rs. Rs. served as Indian coach in 2013 and 2015. when his SUV in which he was travelling Dungarpur highway near Varda. The 80K to 90K and the Compound bow was a coach in 2013 when India made an along with a PTI Teacher at Varda in deceased player was riding the car during very costly from Rs. 2 lac to 3 lac, overwhelmed performance in World Rajasthan's Dungapur district turned night while returning home. Satyaprakash said. Archery Youth Championship in China, turtle. Jayantilal was first rushed in a Born in village Bilari of Dungarpur The compound archer had brought winning five medals in the compound critical condition to a Sagwara hospital district Jayantilal was a very soft spoken many laurels to the state winning medals archery discipline. then to Udaipur's Geetanjali hospital and cool mannered personality. Getting internationally and nationally. He won He was employed as a District Sports where he succumbed to his wounds at graduation from Delhi University, silver in both individual and team events Officer in Dungarpur. He was coach in 3:30 am. While Kantilal, PTI teacher is Jayantilal was a struggler from his in the Asia Cup Grand Prix in Malaysia the Indian teams in international games. still in Udaipur's hospital getting college days. in 2010. In his career, he was part of He was recipient of the prestigious 'Guru treatment. It was beyond reach of a newcomer Indian Compound teams which won Vashistha' and Maharan Pratap State In shifting from one hospital to third player to buy Bow because in new several medals in Asia Cup GP events Sports Awards. Nilima Madan & Beena Kothari organize Community Circle Zoom Call

HICKSVILLE, NY (TIP): Prominent South Asian Community leaders interacted with officials which included Senator John Liu, Town of Oyster Bay Deputy Commissioner James McCaffrey, Dr. Bobby Kumar Kalote Chairman at Human Rights Commission Nassau County and Minority Leaders of Nassau County supporting the Asian Community like Exec. Director of the Asian American Advisory Board, Farah Mozawalla, Executive Director of the Office of Minority Affairs, Lionel Chitty and Sunita Manjrekar. Deputy Commissioner for Public Assistance & Employment Services at Nassau County. Queens, Nassau and Suffolk residents participated and got valuable information on support available to all through Federal and State Government plans and from A group of the community leadership during this difficult Covid 19 participants pandemic time to bring businesses back. The Community stepped up to provide meals, PPE, masks, etc. for needy people like senior citizens and the leadership of Indu Jaiswal, Beena Kothari, and Nilima Club Hicksville South, Shobhna Doshi-Gandhi and Frontline workers. Frontline leaders like Presidents, Madan. He appreciated Business owner Animesh Ushajit Vora of Jain Senior Group, Rachana CEOs, Bank Managers and VPs who are connected with Goenka and his son Dr Anuj Goenka who runs 'Desi Shahdadpuri VP Rotary CLub of Jericho Sunrise, hundreds of people, even thousands of people who can Next' wing of AIA. Koshy O Thomas, Devendra Vora, Harsha network in multiple formats were participants on this Prominent members present in this virtual meeting Padmanabhan IALI, Dr. Usha Bansal Pediatrician, virtual zoom meeting. were, Harish Thakkar President, AIA NY Chapter, Dr. Purvi Shah, Flushing Bank, Tony & Madhu Kapoor, Dr. Bobby Kumar Kalote, Chairman at Human Rights Yash Pal AryaGastroenterologist, Sunil Hali Owner Mariyyah Sulaiman, Shaheen Khan, Judy Ng, Onkar Commission Nassau County and Chairman of Indian Radio Zindagi The Indian Eye, Rajesh Kumar Bengali Singh, Jyoti Jikharia, Arun Madan,Rita, Anju Sharma, American Forum as well as Chairman and CEO at Sweets, Anju Sharma Medical Billing,Nishi Bahl Event Abhinav Goyal andDolly Kakwani Friends for Good Health appreciated special services Organizer, Vijay Singh Trustee, Vedic Heritage, Gunjan Media partners present were, Sunil Hali, Owner and efforts by Dr. Isma Habib Chaudhry, donation by Rastogi Past President IALI, Neelam Modi AIA, Radio Zindagi & The Indian Eye;Dr Renee Mehrra of T Nargis Dutt Foundation by President Hussain Baqueri, Sridhar Shanmugam, President Shaneeshwara Temple, V Asia - Broadcaster and community activist; Ashok Shammi Singh, multiple fruit boxes by Patel Brothers Shaker Nelanuthala IT Business, Finance consultant, Vyas of Heramb Studio and Parekh Worldwide - ITV and PPE by Dr. UArya. He commended the community Dr Raj Modi Ophthalmologist, Arjen Bathija Rotary Gold. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 NY/NJ/CT 7 New Jersey to Enter Stage Two of Restart and Recovery on June 15th NEWARK (TIP): As part of his restart with adherence to safeguarding and and recovery plan, "The Road Back: modification guidelines, include: Restoring Economic Health Through ● Outdoor dining (beginning on June Public Health," Governor Phil Murphy 15th) June 3 announced that New Jersey will ● Limited in-person retail (beginning enter Stage Two on June 15, 2020. on June 15th) Guided by strict protocols from the ● Hair salons and barber shops New Jersey Department of Health, as (beginning on June 22nd) well as input from the Governor's Restart ● Youth summer programs (beginning and Recovery Commission and on July 6th) complementary Advisory Councils, ● In-person clinical research/labs Stage Two will include outdoor dining ● Limited fitness/gyms for restaurants and indoor, non-essential ● Limited in-person government retail as of June 15th. Beginning on June services (e.g. - Motor Vehicle 22nd, barber shops and salons will be Commission) able to reopen. In the period to follow, ● Museums/libraries New Jersey will work toward the gradual But Murphy,speaking during a Thursday opening of personal care, gyms, and news conference, signaled that actually he's health clubs, at reduced capacities as the Gov Phil Murphy at daily briefing on coronavirus File photo still not ready to say when important parts stage progresses. All of these activities of the state's business and tourism will be allowed pursuant to strict health public health data continues to responsibly enter Stage Two of our industries like malls, casinos, pools, gyms and safety guidelines that will be issued demonstrate our collective success in multi-stage approach to recovery." and the Motor Vehicle Commission will be in the coming days. New Jersey ended flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases STAGE 2: ready to go. He made these statements as he maximum restrictions and moved to and hospitalizations," said Governor said that the coronavirus outbreak Stage One on May 18, 2020. Murphy. "It is with these favorable Restrictions are relaxed on activities continues to decline in New Jersey, "As we move through Stage One of our metrics, coupled with expanded testing that can be easily safeguarded. announcing 603 new cases on Thursday strategic restart and recovery process, capacity and contact tracing, that we can Phased-in businesses and activities, (June 4) and 92 more deaths. Whitestone Man Seen On Viral Videos Attacking Black Lives Matter Protesters Charged With Attempted Murder In Queens

QUEENS, NY (TIP): Queens District Attorney the protesters. Then, he pulled over, got out of the Melinda Katz announced the arrest of a 54-year-old SUV wearing a device harnessed at his wrist with 4 Queens man who was allegedly observed on viral serrated-edged blades protruding from a glove. The videos attacking peaceful demonstrators on Tuesday defendant allegedly began chasing a young man in a afternoon in Whitestone, Queens. The nonviolent threatening manner with the knives and shouted in gathering on the overpass above the Cross Island anger at him. Parkway turned into a frenzied scene with the Continuing, said District Attorney Katz, according defendant hopping out of his vehicle and allegedly to the complaint, the defendant rushed toward others chasing protesters while wearing a glove infused with on the overpass threatening them with the multi- 4 long, serrated-edged blades. Then the defendant bladed glove. He allegedly yelled out in sum and allegedly got back behind the wheel of his SUV and substance to the demonstrators "I will kill you" just mounted the sidewalk nearly running down the prior to driving onto the sidewalk and accelerating marchers. The defendant is now charged with toward the protesters. attempted murder, attempted assault, menacing and According to the complaint, the defendant revved other crimes. the engine and maneuvered to go between a fence and District Attorney Katz said, "In a burst of anger street light pole aiming to run down protesters. The and rage, this defendant allegedly sought to kill crowd of demonstrators quickly disbursed running in protesters who were peacefully assembled and all directions to get away from the defendant. exercising their right to free speech. No one at any After videos of the incident were shared on social time should infringe upon another's Constitutionally media, police began to conduct an investigation. The protected freedoms and doing so with the intent to defendant surrendered himself to police this morning injure and maim is criminal. This defendant is Queens DA Melinda Katz at the NYPD's 109th Precinct. alleged to have yelled out 'I will kill you' to the endangerment in the first degree, menacing in the The investigation was conducted by Detective peaceful crowd. He is accused of brandishing a multi- second degree, endangering the welfare of a child and Justin Hubbard of the New York City Police bladed glove and then chasing after individuals on criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. Department's 109th Precinct Detective Squad. foot and then continuing the pursuit in a 2-ton Judge Berjarano set bail at $100,000 and ordered the Assistant District Attorney Christina M. Stephens, vehicle. It is amazing that no one was injured in the defendant to return to Court on July 2, 2020. If of the District Attorney's Career Criminal and Major melee. The defendant is in custody and will be convicted, Cavalluzzi faces up to 25 years in prison. Crimes Bureau, is prosecuting the case under the prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." According to the charges, said District Attorney supervision of Assistant District Attorneys Shawn The District Attorney identified the defendant as Katz, at approximately 3:45 p.m. at the intersection of Clark, Bureau Chief, and Michael Whitney, Deputy Frank Cavalluzzi, 54, of 166th Street in the Clintonville Street and the Cross Island Parkway Bureau Chief, and under the overall supervision of Whitestone neighborhood of Queens. The defendant service road on June 2, 2020, a group of about a dozen Executive Assistant District Attorney for Major is arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge peaceful demonstrators held up signs and posters Crimes Daniel A. Saunders. Mary Berjarano on a complaint charging him with calling for justice in the death of George Floyd. The It should be noted that a criminal complaint is attempted murder in the second degree, attempted defendant was one of the many drivers to pass by the merely an accusation and that the defendants are assault in the first and second degree, reckless demonstration. Cavalluzzi, however, began yelling at presumed innocent until proven guilty. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 AS I SEE IT

By Subir Roy Why India is not the first choice "It is idle to think The state of our infrastructure and logistics is way behind China's the economy will contract in the current that global year and Goldman Sachs has put a number on the contraction - 5 per cent. companies will The only positive indication is that shift out of China agriculture will hold out and grow by around the trend rate. Perhaps the best to India just on news is that the monsoon has hit Kerala right on time and look robust. The only Donald Trump's two sectors that held forth in the last quarter were agriculture and say-so. They will do government spending, and this is likely to be the pattern in the current year. so only if the state Private consumption, which has been severely hit by loss of income because of of India's the lockdown, will recover very slowly. It will be the same story with private infrastructure and investment, which will not be forthcoming unless demand picks up, logistics is better and that will not happen unless the government spends more and banks lend than China's. Right more. The government can, and plans to, rev now, it is way up public investment, which is the right China's infrastructure and logistics is way ahead of India's thing to do. The US got its highway behind", says the network, when in the 1930s, the rapidly and brought India into the now been going to Vietnam, and, in the government spent to get the economy out middle-income group of countries. case of garments, Bangladesh. author. of the Great Depression. But the One positive development is the What will not help is upping tariff government is also in a great mood to reforms that the government promised barriers which a nationalist-minded ndia's economy has just received not disinvest and keen to use private while delivering the stimulus package. government has been doing in response one but several blows. First, in the initiative as the enabler of growth. Right Particularly noteworthy are the reforms to pressure from domestic business Ijust ended quarter (Q4 2019-20), GDP now, it will be tough getting private for agriculture that have been described lobbies that are part of its constituency. grew by a mere 3.1 per cent, the lowest in investment into infrastructure, even on a as Indian agriculture's 1991 moment. If You become competitive by having to any quarter since 2004. Consequently, in PPP basis. all goes well, agricultural efficiencies survive against cheap and easy imports, the whole year, the economy grew by 4.2 Additionally, the government is will go up, better marketing of not by keeping them out. It is idle to per cent, down from 6.1 per cent in the obsessed with maintaining its fiscal agricultural produce will reduce the think that global companies will shift out previous year. deficit at conservative levels. This, when farm gate-to-fork markup and nutrition of China to India just on Donald Trump's The second blow is that this is not a a cross-section of economists has been levels may well go up without people say-so. They will do so only if the state of freak quarter. The quarterly growth rate exhorting the government not just to having to spend much more on food. India's infrastructure and logistics is has been falling for over two years now, spend (give quick help to small But good agricultural performance better than China's. Right now, it is way not having recovered from the twin businesses) but actually give cash to will not be sustainable if water behind. blows dealt to it by the confusion migrant workers trudging across the deficiency is not addressed. A fresh set of That leaves us with services which resulting from demonetization and country, so they do not starve. The high reforms is needed to change farm account for around half of the value introduction of GST thereafter. demand for MGNREGS work must be practices so that the outdated water and added in India's GDP.The services sector It is crucial to ask why factories met and quickly paid for. energy guzzling Green Revolution is rides on the rest of the economy and shifting out of China have till now been But let us assume the best. The discarded for a new model of sustainable India's services sector is already going to Vietnam, and, in the case of coronavirus pandemic will die down, agriculture. efficient. To get services to contribute garments, Bangladesh. with people maintaining social But there is no scope for being more on their own, hope must rest on The third blow is that things are going distancing, and hopefully, a vaccine will similarly optimistic about sectors like software doing even better. to get much worse. The last quarter be ready by the year-end. That will take manufacturing. 'Make in India' is a good Plus, healthcare and education can, and figures included just one week of us back to where we were for the most slogan but for higher domestic value should, grow much faster. lockdown. In the current quarter, at least part of last year. addition in manufacturing, India has to It is difficult to see how the economy two of three months have been totally The key issue before us is how to get go up the global competitiveness league can get back to high growth even if washed out by the lockdown. It is only back to the high growth phase unleashed table by reducing the cost of doing coronavirus imposes only a one-time now being slowly relaxed and there is no by the economic liberalization and business and critically improving cost. knowing when or how fast the economy briefly interrupted by the financial crisis workers' skills. It is necessary to ask why (The author is a senior economic analyst) will pick up. The RBI has predicted that of 2008. That helped reduce poverty factories shifting out of China have till GUEST COMMENT G7 EXPANSION Trump's proposal a ravaged America. The fact that he has force not only by the US but also by the Washington senses an opportunity to recognition of India's picked India among the potential entrants other G7 members - UK, France, Germany, mend fences with Moscow and possibly growing influence shows that New Delhi, with its ever- Italy,Canada and Japan. gain the upper hand in the current global growing clout in the global arena, has a Trump's wish to bring Russia back in tussle for supremacy. een on a bigger league of nations key role to play in the post-pandemic the group is consistent with his repeated Whether India and Russia become part to corner China over the world order. With China resorting to acknowledgement of Moscow's global of the group or not, the two traditional Kcoronavirus crisis, US President muscle-flexing along the Line of Actual strategic importance and an inclination to friends - who are also China's neighbors - Donald Trump wants India, Russia, Control, the US sees India as a 'natural' shed the Cold War baggage. Russia had should strengthen their relationship. It's a Australia and South Korea on board the ally.But India can't expect long-term gains been expelled from the then G8 in 2014 cause for concern that India and Russia expanded Group of Seven (G7). Desperate if it is included in this comity of nations after it annexed the Crimea region from are emerging as the new Covid-19 hotspots to put his re-election campaign back on solely for the purpose of isolating China. Ukraine. With the territory still under in the world. This development makes it track, Trump is under immense pressure New Delhi should watch its own interests Russian control, America will find it all the more imperative for both nations to - domestically as well as internationally - first and insist on a mutually beneficial as tough to build consensus within G7 on the enhance cooperation and help each other to turn the screw on China for its alleged well as sustainable engagement. It is vital country's readmission. As Sino-Russian weather the storm. mishandling of the pandemic that has for India to be recognized as a significant ties are skewed in China's favor, (Tribune, India) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 PERSPECTIVE 9 A chill in U.S.-China relations A binary choice between the U.S. and China is likely to test India's capacity to maintain strategic and decisional autonomy

this and extracted their price. U.S. By Vijay Gokhale President Richard Nixon gave China the international acceptability it craved in return for being admitted to Mao's Both sides are presence in 1972; President Jimmy Carter terminated diplomatic relations acutely aware how with Taiwan in order to normalize closely their relations with China in 1978; President “ George H.W. Bush washed away the sins economies are tied of Tiananmen in 1989 for ephemeral together: from farm to geopolitical gain; and Bill Clinton, who as a presidential candidate had factory, the U.S. is criticized Bush for indulging the heavily dependent on Chinese, proceeded as President to usher the country into the World Trade supply chains in China Organization at the expense of American business. All American and the Chinese have administrations since the 1960s have been unable to break been complicit in China's rise in the unrealized hope that it will become a US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping- Estranged relations free of the dollar. If Mr. 'responsible stakeholder' under Pax Trump's wish is to Americana. Communist Party of China Hu Jintao's national security law for Hong Kong has Disguising its real purpose assurances about "peaceful rise". When been condemned in unison by the U.S. disentangle China's satellite evidence showed that China and its Western allies as an assault on supply chains, Mr. Xi is The Chinese are hard-nosed and was building military installations in human freedoms. Why is this unsentimental about the U.S. They have the South China Sea, China's Southeast significant? The points of divergence, equally determined to always pursued America with a selfish Asian neighbors and the U.S. preferred even dispute, between them have so far escape from the U.S. purpose, albeit couched in high to believe assurances to the contrary been in the material realm. With Hong principle. They have spoken words that given by Mr. Xi on the lawns of the Kong, the U.S.-China rivalry may, 'chokehold' on the Americans wanted to hear - anti- White House in 2015. possibly, be entering the ideological Soviet rhetoric during the Cold War and It is only under Mr. Trump that the domain. For some time now there are technology. To what market principles thereafter - to Americans are finally acknowledging reports about Chinese interference in extent the de-coupling disguise their real purpose of thwarting the uneasy fact that the Chinese are not the internal affairs of democracies. U.S. hegemony. Ever since Cold Warrior graven in their image. He has called Countries in the West have tackled this is possible is yet to be John Foster Dulles spoke in 1958 of China out on trade practices. He has individually, always mindful of not determined, but one weaning China and other "satellites" called China out on 5G. It was Mr. jeopardizing their trade with China. away from the Soviets through regime Trump's 2017 National Security Hong Kong may be different. It is not thing is inevitable, India change, known as "peaceful evolution", Strategy document that, perhaps for the only a bastion for Western capitalism in will become part of the every Chinese leader from Chairman first time, clubbed China along with the East, but more importantly the Mao to President Xi Jinping has been Russia as a challenge to American torchbearer of Western democratic collateral damage." clear-eyed that the U.S. represents an power, influence and interests. His ideals. Think of it as a sort of Statue of existential threat to the continued recent China-specific restrictions on Liberty; it holds aloft the torch of slew of recent announcements supremacy of the communist regime. trade and legal migration are, possibly, freedom and democracy for all those on China by U.S. President Mao put it best, when he told high- only the beginning of a serious re- who pass through Hong Kong en route to ADonald Trump is a clear ranking leaders in November 1959, that adjustment. China. This is an assault on beliefs, so to indication that the competition between the "U.S. is attempting to carry out its A full-spectrum debate on China is speak. the U.S. and China is likely to sharpen aggression and expansion with a much now raging across the U.S. Former This comes on the back of not in the post-COVID world. On May 29, the more deceptive tactic… In other words, White House Chief of Staff Steve unreasonable demands that China Trump administration said it would it wants to keep its order and change Bannon declared that the U.S. is already should come clean on its errors of revoke Hong Kong's special trade status our system." (Memoirs, Chinese leader at war with China. Others like diplomat omission in the early days of COVID-19, under U.S. law. The administration also Bo Yibo). The collapse of the Soviet Richard Haass and former president of when greater transparency and quicker passed an order limiting the entry of Union only reinforced this view and the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, warn action might have prevented, or at least certain Chinese graduate students and strengthened China's resolve to resist by that a new Cold War will be a mistake. mitigated, the pandemic. In the months researchers who may have ties to the creating its own parallel universe. Scholar Julian Gewirtz, in his brilliant ahead, more information may become People's Liberation Army. The U.S. China is building an alternate trading essay, 'The Chinese Reassessment of public, from sources inside China itself, President has also ordered financial system (the Belt and Road Initiative); a Interdependence', talks about a similar about the shortcomings of the regime, regulators to closely examine Chinese multilateral banking system under its process under way in Beijing. Both sides that will further fuel a debate on the firms listed in U.S. stock markets, and control (Asian Infrastructure are acutely aware how closely their superiority of the Chinese Model as an warned those that do not comply with Investment Bank, New Development economies are tied together: from farm alternative to democracy. Will this form U.S. laws could be delisted. Bank); its own global positioning to factory, the U.S. is heavily dependent the ideological underpinning for the Complicit in China's rise system (BeiDou); digital payment on supply chains in China and the birth of a new Cold War? That will platforms (WeChat Pay and Alipay); a Chinese have been unable to break free depend on who wins in Washington in Americans have had a strange world-class digital network (Huawei of the dollar. If Mr. Trump's wish is to November; on whether profit will again fascination for China ever since the 5G); cutting-edge technological disentangle China's supply chains, Mr. trump politics in Europe; and on how early 1900s when Protestant processes in sunrise industries; and a Xi is equally determined to escape from skillfully the Wolf Warriors of China missionaries decided that it was God's modern military force. It is doing this the U.S. 'chokehold' on technology. To can manipulate global public opinion. work to bring salvation to the Chinese. under the noses of the Americans and what extent the de-coupling is possible The lines are beginning to be drawn Books like The Good Earth by Pearl S. some of it with the financial and is yet to be determined, but one thing is between the Americans on the one side Buck and Red Star Over China by Edgar technological resources of the West. inevitable, India will become part of the and China on the other. A binary choice Snow in the 1930s romanticized the Voices of caution have been few and collateral damage. is likely to test to the limit India's country. Even after the Chinese far between, among them political The Hong Kong question capacity to maintain strategic and communists seized power, the scientist John Mearsheimer, who wrote decisional autonomy. Americans hoped to cohabit with Mao in 2005 that the rise of China would not Will Hong Kong become a game- (The author is a former Foreign Secretary of Zedong in a world under U.S. hegemony. be peaceful at all, but the world chose to changer in the post-COVID world? India and a former Ambassador to China) The Chinese allowed them to believe believe General Secretary of the China's decision to enact the new THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 SOUTH ASIA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

Pak-based terror outfits JeM, LeT Pakistan surpasses China in trafficking fighters into Afghanistan Covid-19 cases KABUL / UNITED NATIONS Infections surge to 85,246 (TIP): Pakistan-based terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e- ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Taiba are engaged in trafficking Thursday surpassed China, the first fighters into Afghanistan, who trains epicentre of the coronavirus, after a and specialises in improvised record 4,688 new cases were registered explosive devices, threatening to derail during the last 24 hours to take the tally the peace process in the war-torn to 85,246. country, according to a UN report. China with 84,160 patients has been Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and placed at 18th position, one step lower Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have than Pakistan, according to the data of masterminded several terror attacks Johns Hopkins University. against India, including the 2008 On Thursday, the Ministry of National Mumbai attack and the 2019 Pulwama Health Services said till now Pakistan attack. The 25th report of the has witnessed the deaths of 1,770 Analytical Support and Sanctions patients with COVID-19, including 82 in Monitoring Team concerning ISIL the last 24 hours. (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and associated The country registered 4,688 new individuals and entities, submitted to COVID-19 cases during the period, the the Security Council, said Afghan highest in a single day,the ministry said. officials have noted that there were Another 30,128 had recovered. several groups that, based on their Sindh so far reported 32,910 patients of operational activities and permanent coronavirus, Punjab 31,104, Khyber- presence in Afghanistan, “posed a Pakhtunkhwa 11,373, Balochistan 5,224, security threat”. Islamabad 3,544, Gilgit-Baltistan 824 and “Those groups were also deemed Pakistan-occupied Kashmir reported 285 capable of presenting a future threat to cases of the viral disease. peace and security should the On the positive side a record 20,167 Standard Operating Procedures. He said administrative actions would Government of Afghanistan and the tests were done in the last 24 hours, Chairing a meeting of the National be initiated across the country against Taliban reach a ceasefire,” it said. taking the total number of tests Command and Operation Centre, Umar the violators of standard operating The report said among those groups conducted so far to 615,511. said there should be a clear message procedure put at place to contain the posing a security threat, Afghan As the number of infections continue conveyed to the masses that the spread of COVID-19. officials highlighted Tehrik-e-Taliban to go up, Minister for Planning Asad government is going to spearhead The coronavirus epidemic, which Pakistan, JeM and LeT, on which the Umar said an effective media campaign stringent actions to ensure social originated in the central Chinese city of Monitoring Team had written in is being launched across the country to distancing and compliance of safety Wuhan last year, has infected over previous reports. create awareness and to educate the guidelines in public places and high risk 6,511,000 people and killed over 3,86,000 The presence of these groups was masses for voluntary compliance of areas, Radio Pakistan reported. across the world. — PTI centred in the eastern provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Nuristan, where they operate under the umbrella First Rohingya dies of the Afghan Taliban, it added. Suicide bomber injures at least According to Afghan interlocutors, from coronavirus in JeM and LeT “facilitate the trafficking Bangladesh of terrorist fighters into Afghanistan, three in Kabul mosque compound who act as advisers, trainers and DHAKA (TIP): An elderly Rohingya specialists in improvised explosive refugee has become the first person to devices. Both groups are responsible die from coronavirus in the camps in for carrying out targeted southern Bangladesh, officials said on assassinations against government Tuesday. The man, aged 71, died on May officials and others”. 31 while undergoing treatment at the The report noted that LeT and JeM camp's isolation center, said Bimal were stated to have approximately 800 Chakma, a senior official of the Refugee and 200 armed fighters, respectively, Relief and Repatriation Commission. co-located with Taliban forces in "Today we got the confirmation that Mohmand Darah, Dur Baba and he tested positive for COVID-19," he said. Sherzad districts of Nangarhar At least 29 Rohingya have tested Province. positive for the virus so far since the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan also first case was detected in the camps on maintains a presence in Lal Pura May 14. Officials said 339 tests have been District, near the border area of conducted among Rohingya in the Mohmand Darah, Pakistan. In Kunar camps so far. Bangladesh has reported Province, LeT retains a further 220 52,445 coronavirus cases and 709 deaths. fighters and JeM has a further 30, all of Aid workers have warned of a whom are dispersed within Taliban potential humanitarian disaster if there forces. The report said Tehrik-e- is a significant outbreak in the refugee Taliban Pakistan is led by Noor Wali KABUL (TIP): A suicide bomber blew The bomber blew himself up in the camps outside Cox's Bazar, the coastal Mehsud and his deputy Qari Amjad, himself up inside a large mosque part of the compound where district where the camps housing over a not listed as designated terrorists by compound near a high-security worshippers wash before entering the million Rohingya — members of a the UN. The group is thought to have diplomatic district in Kabul on Tuesday, main complex to pray, interior ministry mostly Muslim minority who fled a approximately 500 fighters in Kunar government officials said, adding that at and police officials said as they rushed brutal military crackdown in Myanmar and about 180 in Nangarhar. least three people were injured in the teams to the spot. — are located. One-member state reported that the blast. No group immediately claimed Last week, Islamic State fighters blew "We are all working round the clock to total number of Pakistani nationals responsibility for the blast, which took up a private bus carrying employees of a ensure that testing is available to fighting with terrorist groups in place near homes and offices belonging private news company in Kabul. One refugees," said Louise Donovan, Afghanistan might be as high as 6,000 to dozens of international organisations journalist and a technician were killed spokesperson for UN refugee agency to 6,500, it noted. PTI and embassies. and six people were injured. Reuters UNHCR in Cox's Bazar. (Reuters) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 NY/NJ/CT 11 Albert Baldeo rises to give "Little Guyana/India" historic shot at securing first seat in government

QUEENS, NY (TIP): After 58 years, commercial routes, Albert Baldeo told Hope and Change is coming to the State them that it would stifle the local Assembly District 24-Richmond Hill, economies, forcing them to keep them Hollis, Queens Village, Jamaica Estates, open.https://www.theindianpanorama.n Briarwood, Fresh Meadows, Bellerose, ews/unitedstates/immigration/whos- Floral Park, Jamaica and Glen Oaks. looking-out-for-immigrants-asks- ALBERT BALDEO is running for this community-leader-albert-baldeo/; seat, hoping to unseat David Weprin, When Sikhs, Muslims, Bengalis, gays whose family has held the seat since and other minority groups were 1962. Due to Baldeo's efforts, voters now harassed for their beliefs, Albert Baldeo have a chance to ensure their diversities put a stop to this illegal discrimination, are represented for the first time in the and led protests against hate. Albert also primary set for June 23, 2020. got Mayor DeBlasio to install the first Voters can also vote now by absentee police outpost in Ozone Park, where ballot without going to go to the poll Bengalis were constantly attacked, sites, by filling out and returning the Albert Baldeo has fought for everyone's civic rights and condemned prejudice anywhere and beaten and robbed, and ensured better absentee applications and ballots being everywhere police relations in all neighborhoods: sent out by the Board of Elections. Those champion and fighter. He has given us a baldeo/;https://www.aaldef.org/news/g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdI who did not receive an absentee ballot in choice we never had before. In previous uyanese-americans-rally-together-to- DvROHF3o&t=71s;https://www.youtube. the mail, can apply for one online at elections, every challenger was kicked keep-richmond-hill-and-south-ozone- com/watch?v=lo2lCueoK5k&t=60s; nycabsentee.com. 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"The present Reformer and a former Democratic how-americas-prison-factory-works/ profile in courage, the embodiment of Assemblyman has been missing in District Leader, who was cheated out of a When the Republican State senators, triumph of good over evil, and a hero action, and failing to help his State senate seat by the Queens led by Serf Maltese, sponsored racial who has, and will always, fight for us. He constituents in these crises." Democratic County Old Boys Club a few profiling legislation against people of is tried and tested, and is our fighter for "The shocking fact that David Weprin cycles ago by a narrow margin. During color, Albert Baldeo nipped it in the bud, any crisis, a man for all seasons!" gave priority to pushing legislation in this pandemic, Albert delivered heath and led the fight to vote them out of https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/we- Albany just this week, one that he safety PPE, like masks, gloves and office, ensuring that we remain patriotic demand-justice-for-albert-baldeo/; himself sponsored, to free violent shields to frontline workers and citizens and united, as proud Americans. 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Albert stepped up to pandemic:https://www.theindianpanora challenge-a-veteran-state-senator/ funds and resources, and helping us to do Weprin's job, and help seniors, the ma.news/other-stories/open-letter- The Interfaith Alliance, in overcome this pandemic, is the result of homebound, the disabled, essential and president-trump-stop-using-americas- enthusiastically supporting Baldeo, said a token, recycled politician being too health care workers and the needy. children-pawns-extend-daca/; that, "When the Republican State long in office, and clearly unaware of All his life, Albert Baldeo has https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prg senators sponsored racial profiling what are the pressing issues his championed many grass roots and labor R6gEXtyc;https://www.gothamgazette.c legislation, Albert Baldeo nipped it in constituents face. 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When the banks right the injustices and evil we face health care, civil rights, immigration, and assisted tenants against slumlords, started to squeeze homeowners out of every day. The pandemic and George the environment, housing, employment, forcing them to effect repairs, provide their homes, he fought for legislation to Floyd tragedies are only part of the public safety, police relations and heat, and stop harassing tenants: protect the American dream of home problems here. They want fresh ideas, government services," they explained. https://qns.com/story/2010/10/31/balde ownership, and assisted tenants against vigor and resolve, and understand that Albert Baldeo is a veteran fighter. 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He is our hero, 012/03/17/remarkable-people-albert- Liberty and Hillside Avenues and other www.theindianpanorama.news) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 US FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 Floyd's killing: New charges against 4 Minneapolis policemen as protests continue

MINNEAPOLIS,MN (TIP): Prosecutors on Wednesday, June 3, leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis policemen implicated in the death of a black man pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest that sparked more than a week of nationwide protest and civil strife. The added murder charge filed against one officer already in custody and the arrest of three more accused of playing a role in the killing of George Floyd, 46, came as several nights of escalating unrest gave way to mostly peaceful protests. Thousands of demonstrators massed near the White House lit up their cellphone flashlights and sang along to Minneapolis police officers Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, A peaceful protest in Washington Thomas Lane and Tou Thao face charges in the death of the 1970s soul tune "Lean on Me," before resuming a George Floyd. said. chorus of anti-police chants. Protests erupted in Minneapolis the night after Floyd's In a further display of self-policing seen in Washington The three men -- Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and death and quickly spread to dozens of cities large and and elsewhere this week, a number of protesters urge Tou Thao -- have also been taken into custody.Aiding and small across the United States. some of their more provocative cohorts to stop taunting abetting second-degree murder carries the same In many cities, demonstrators defying nighttime police and leave. maximum punishment as the underlying offense -- 40 curfews have been met by police in riot gear firing tear Several major cities scaled back or lifted curfews years in prison. gas, mace and rubber bullets to disperse unruly crowds. imposed for the past few days. But not all was calm. Floyd's death has become the latest flashpoint for long- National Guard troops have been activated in several In New York City's Brooklyn borough, police in riot gear simmering rage over police brutality against African- states to assist local law enforcement. charged into a crowd of about 1,000 protesters defying a Americans, propelling the issue of racial justice to the top Authorities and some protest organizers have blamed local curfew, albeit peacefully, near an outdoor plaza, and of the political agenda five months before the US much of the lawlessness on outside agitators and criminal clubbed demonstrators and journalists as they scurried presidential election on Nov. 3. elements. for cover in a downpour of heavy rain. The spectacle of city streets flooded with angry though Republican President Donald Trump has said justice The confrontation in Brooklyn seemed to be the biggest mostly peaceful protesters -- punctuated by scenes of must be done in Floyd's case but also touted a hard line exception to a calmer night, hours after the new charges arson, looting and clashes with police -- have fueled a against violent protests, threatening to use the military to in Minneapolis. sense of crisis. The upheavals have flared following weeks restore order. Derek Chauvin, jailed Friday on charges of third- of social lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he did not back degree murder and manslaughter, was newly charged which has forced millions of Americans out of work and deploying troops to patrol the country. with second-degree murder. The added charge, defined disproportionately affected minorities. "The option to use active duty forces in a law under Minnesota law as unintentionally causing another Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a black enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last person's death in the commission of a felony offense, can former US congressman, has requested bail of $1 million resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. carry a sentence of up to 40 years, 15 years longer than the for each of the four former officers charged in the Floyd We are not in one of those situations now," he told a news maximum sentence for third-degree murder. Chauvin, 44, case. briefing. was the white officer seen in widely circulated video "This is a significant step forward on the road to justice, At the south Minneapolis street corner where Floyd footage kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes and we are gratified that this important action was was arrested, a crowd of hundreds stood in a vigil on as Floyd gasped for air and repeatedly groaned, "Please, I brought before George Floyd's body was laid to rest," Wednesday,some with their fists in the air, some weeping. can't breathe." Benjamin Crump, attorney for the Floyd family, said in a "These are baby steps," Kenneth Williams, 54, a black US Floyd, whom police suspected of trying to pass a statement. Navy veteran who lives nearby, said of the newly counterfeit bill to pay for cigarettes, was pronounced dead Ellison told a news conference winning a conviction announced criminal charges in the case. "Somebody at a hospital shortly after the May 25 encounter. "will be hard," noting that Hennepin County Attorney should have stepped up and done something at the scene Three fellow officers fired from the Minneapolis police Mike Freeman, whose office filed the original charges that day." "Cops have been getting away with this for years, department along with Chauvin the next day were against Chauvin, is the only prosecutor in the state to but now we have cameras," he added. charged on Wednesday - each with aiding and abetting have successfully convicted a police officer for murder. (With inputs from Reuters) both second-degree murder and manslaughter. Fully investigating the case "is going to take months," he UBER STANDS WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY Let me start by saying I wish I never had Americans often don't feel safe to move and with dignity. We do not tolerate to send this email. freely in many places around our country. discrimination, harassmentor racism on I wish that the lives of George Floyd, And they still face enormous barriers that our platform, as outlined in our AhmaudArbery, Breonna Taylor, and others do not. Community Guidelines. We will hold countless others weren't so violently cut This is a reality we should not perpetuate everyone who uses Uber accountable to short. I wish that institutional racism, and or accept. We must do better. these standards of basic respect and the police violence it gives rise to, didn't We know there is no easy solution to the human decency. I respectfully ask anyone :"Let me speak clearly and unequivocally: cause their deaths. I wish that all members problems we have faced for centuries. We not willing to abide by these rules to delete Black Lives Matter: Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO, of our Black community felt safe enough to also know that we need to devote our time, Uber. 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While we have Lastly, let me speak clearly and decade. But the reality remains that Black community that treats everyone equally more work to do, we have tied our senior unequivocally: Black Lives Matter. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 US 13

James Mattis denounces President Trump, India Relaxes Visa & Travel Restrictions describes him as a threat to the Constitution for Foreign Nationals WASHINGTON WASHINGTON (TIP): James Mattis, United States Supreme Court. This is (TIP): the esteemed Marine general who precisely what protesters are rightly Government of resigned as secretary of defense in demanding. It is a wholesome and India has December 2018 to protest Donald unifying demand-one that all of us considered the Trump's Syria policy, has, ever since, should be able to get behind. We must not matter regarding kept studiously silent about Trump's be distracted by a small number of relaxation of the performance as president. But he has lawbreakers. The protests are defined by visa & travel now broken his silence, writing an tens of thousands of people of restrictions for certain categories extraordinary broadside in which he conscience who are insisting that we live of foreign nationals who need to denounces the president for dividing the up to our values-our values as people and come to India. It has been decided nation, and accuses him of ordering the our values as a nation." He goes on, "We to permit the following categories In an extraordinary condemnation, the former U.S. military to violate the constitutional must reject and hold accountable those of foreign nationals to come to defense secretary backs protesters and says rights of American citizens. the president is trying to turn Americans in office who would make a mockery of India: - "I have watched this week's unfolding against one another. our Constitution." ● events, angry and appalled," Mattis (Source: The Atlantic) Foreign businessmen coming writes. "The words 'Equal Justice Under Law' are carved in the pediment of the to India on a Business visa (other than on B-3 visa for sports) in non-scheduled IRS Chief Counsel goes commercial/ chartered flights. virtual with national No need for U.S. intervention, says ● Foreign Healthcare professionals, health Settlement Days; Helps China on border row with India researchers, engineers and dozens of taxpayers settle technicians for technical work Beijing and New Delhi "capable" of resolving the at Indian health sector their Tax Court cases facilities, including WASHINGTON (TIP): The Internal issue, observes Foreign Ministry laboratories and factories. Revenue Service Office of Chief NEW YORK (TIP): China's Foreign overall stable and controllable . China This is subject to a letter of Counsel is expanding its Virtual Ministry on Wednesday, June 3, said and India have a full-fledged border invitation from a recognized Settlement Days program after the there was "no need for third party related mechanism and communication and registered healthcare tremendous success achieved by three intervention" on the border row with channel. We have the capability to resolve facility, registered offices that took Settlement Days events India and both nations were "capable" of this issue through dialogue and pharmaceutical company or virtual in May 2020. resolving the issue. This comes a day negotiations. There is no need for third accredited University in India. Settlement Days events are after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party intervention", he stated. ● Foreign Engineering, coordinated efforts to resolve cases in U.S. President Donald Trump discussed CHARGE AGAINST TRUMP: After Managerial, Design or other the United States Tax Court (Tax Court) the border situation in a telephone call. Mr. Trump's offer, China's State media Specialists travelling to India by providing taxpayers not represented New Delhi on Tuesday, June 2 said the accused him of trying to "drive a wedge on behalf of foreign business by counsel the opportunity to receive border situation was discussed by the two between China and India". After first entities located in India. This free tax advice from Low Income leaders, during which Mr. Trump also making the offer in a tweet, Mr. Trump includes all manufacturing Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs), American spoke of expanding the Group of Seven to reiterated it to reporters on May 29. "They units, design units, software Bar Association (ABA) volunteer include India and invited Mr. Modi for the have a big conflict India and China. Two and IT units as well as attorneys and other pro bono next summit to be held in the U.S. The countries with 1.4 billion people. Two financial sector companies organizations. Taxpayers can also other members are Canada, France, countries with very powerful militaries. (banking and non-banking discuss their Tax Court cases and Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K. India is not happy and probably China is financial sector firms). resolve related tax issues with members Last week, Mr. Trump offered to not happy," he said. "I can tell you; I did ● Foreign Technical specialists of the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, the mediate between India and China amid speak to Prime Minister Modi. He is not and engineers travelling for Independent Office of Appeals and the ongoing border tensions and New in a good mood about what is going on installation, repair and Collection. By doing so, unrepresented Delhi appeared to reject the offer, with with China." maintenance of foreign-origin taxpayers are often able to amicably officials saying that India and China Indian officials then unusually denied machinery and equipment settle their tax disputes without a trial. remained "engaged" through diplomatic Mr. Trump's May 29 claim that he had facilities in India, on the In response to office closures and and military channels in Delhi and spoken to the Prime Minister. The call invitation of a registered social distancing requirements, the Beijing and at the Line of Actual Control finally happened on June 2. Indian business entity. These Office of Chief Counsel quickly shifted (LAC) in order to resolve the situation The Global Times, a Communist party- could be for equipment its Settlement Days event to a virtual along the boundaries in Ladakh and run newspaper, said in a commentary installation, or is under environment. Settlement Days events Sikkim. They noted that the matter was that "a conflicting China-India warranty, or for after sales have traditionally been held in-person, being discussed bilaterally. "We are fully relationship serves [U.S.] interests". servicing or repair on requiring LITC staffers, pro bono engaged with the Chinese side to "Washington believes the combined commercial terms. attorneys and taxpayers to travel to a peacefully resolve the issue," said strength of Beijing and New Delhi could designated meeting location. Virtual Ministry of External Affairs impair its interests in Asia and beyond. The above categories of foreign Settlement Days events take advantage spokesperson Anurag Srivastava. An opportunist U.S. has never given up its nationals would have to obtain a of WebEx audio-visual conferencing On Wednesday, China's Foreign attempt to drive a wedge between China fresh Business visa or software to allow taxpayers to join Ministry said, "there is no need for third and India… the Trump administration Employment visa, as applicable, events from any location, including party intervention" and that bilateral emphasizes India as a major pillar in its from the Indian Missions/ Posts their homes. channels were open to resolve the much-touted Indo-Pacific concept." abroad. Foreign nationals holding The Office of Chief Counsel first tensions along the LAC. "China's position China says situation at border with a valid long-term multiple entry announced its shift to Virtual on the border issue is consistent and India 'stable and controllable' Business visa [other than B-3 visa Settlement Days on May 5, 2020. (See IR- clear," said Foreign Ministry The newspaper, which noted that last for sports] issued by the Indian 2020-87.) As part of that, Virtual spokesperson Zhao Lijian. year "India turned down Trump's offer to Missions/ Posts abroad would have Settlement Days events were held on "We have earnestly implemented the "help" and "mediate" between India and to get the Business visa re- May 9 in Detroit in conjunction with the important consensus reached between Pakistan over Kashmir", mocked Mr. validated from the Indian Mission/ University of Michigan Law School the leaders of the two countries and have Trump for his knowledge about India and Post concerned. Such foreign LITC, and on May 21 in Atlanta in strictly abided by the relevant China. "It seems Trump finally knows nationals would not be permitted conjunction with the North Georgia agreements between China and India, that China and India, the two largest to travel to India on the strength of Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. and committed to upholding national Asian powers, share borders. any electronic visa obtained (Read full story at territorial security and sovereignty and (Read full story at earlier. www.theindianpanorama.news) also to upholding peace and stability in www.theindianpanorama.news) the border region. Now the situation is THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 INDIA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

WITH CURRENT RATE OF India’s COVID-19 tally COVID-19 INFECTION, INDIA LIKELY TO OVERTAKE ITALY reaches 2,26,770 with record IN TWO DAYS NEW DELHI (TIP): India is seeing rapid increase in the number of coronavirus infections. In the last spike of 9,851 cases few days, since the government announced relaxation in the nationwide lockdown, the number of cases has been rising at record pace. NEW DELHI (TIP): India saw a If the same rate continues, it will take India two record single-day jump of 9,851 days to cross the tally of Italy, the sixth worst- coronavirus cases and 273 deaths on affected country by Covid-19. Friday, pushing the nationwide Italy currently has 2,33,836 cases of Covid-19. If infection tally to 2,26,770 and the India keeps recording cases at the same rate, it will death toll to 6,348, according to the add another 18,000 cases in its tally, taking the total Union health ministry. number to 2,34,919. In terms of fatalities, however, The number of active COVID-19 India has a much better record. The number of cases stood at 1,10,960, while 1,09,461 deaths in India is five times less than Italy. people have recovered and one The nationwide tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases patient has migrated, it said. reached 2.17 lakh on Thursday with a with a record “Thus, around 48.27 per cent spike of 9,304 new cases in the last 24 hours (between patients have recovered so far,” a Wednesday and Thursday) and several states senior health ministry official said. reporting their highest one-day surge. The total confirmed cases include The death toll has increased to 6,075 with 260 more foreigners. fatalities in this period. Of the 273 deaths reported since India is currently the seventh worst hit nation Thursday morning, 123 were in after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy. Maharashtra, 44 in Delhi, 33 in In terms of fatalities, India is ranked 12th at present, Gujarat, 16 in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in while it is placed at eighth place in terms of Tamil Nadu, 10 in West Bengal, six Himachal Pradesh and point of time in near future, apart recoveries. However, India figures among the top- each in Telangana and Madhya Chandigarh have registered five from existing hospitals, a large five countries in terms of active cases, as also for the Pradesh, four each in Karnataka, COVID fatalities each, Assam has number of temporary makeshift number of tests conducted so far. Bihar and Rajasthan, three each in recorded four deaths while hospitals will have to be created in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, two in Chhattisgarh has reported two order to accommodate COVID-19 46% MIGRANTS BACK HOME Uttarakhand and one each in deaths so far. patients requiring admission, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Meghalaya and Ladakh have medical care and treatment,” the OR ON WAY: CHIEF LABOUR Jharkhand. reported one COVID-19 fatality affidavit reads. The Centre also said Of the total 6,348 fatalities, each, according to the ministry it would create an optimum COMMISSIONER DATA Maharashtra tops tally with 2,710 data. According to the infrastructure and adequately deaths followed by Gujarat with ministry’s website, more than 70 per address the issue of human NEW DELHI (TIP): Total 46% of the country’s 1,155 deaths, Delhi with 650, Madhya cent of the deaths are due to resource for this envisaged surge migrant workers have returned home or are on their Pradesh with 377, West Bengal with comorbidities. capacity scenario. way to their state of domicile, a data compiled by the 355, Uttar Pradesh with 245, Tamil The affidavit came on a plea filed chief labour commissioner of India has revealed. Nadu with 220, Rajasthan with 213, Makeshift hospitals will be by Dr Arushi Jain, challenging the The CLC’s data, updated till June 2, has been Telangana with 105 and Andhra needed for Covid: Centre central government’s new Standa rd revealed under an RTI query which shows the total Pradesh with 71 deaths. O p e r a t i n g Procedure (SOP) for number of migrant workers is 2,617,218. The death toll reached 57 in Giving an indication that the frontline Covid-19 healthcare Chhattisgarh has the highest number of migrant Karnataka and 47 in Punjab. existing Covid facilities will not be workers. The new SOP, issued on 15 workers—1,085,828—according to this estimate, Jammu and Kashmir has enough, the Centre on Thursday May, ended the mandatory 14-day followed by Kerala (2,86,846), Maharashtra (2,01,909) reported 35 fatalities due to the informed the Supreme Court that quarantine for healthcare workers. and Telangana (1,84,006) . These estimates, however, disease, Bihar has 29, Haryana has temporary makeshift hospitals will Responding to Dr Jain’s plea, the widely differ from the data provided by the railway 24 deaths, Kerala has 14, be needed in the near future in view government told the bench that the ministry for its trains to take back migrant workers. Uttarakhand has 10, Odisha has of the constant rise in the infection. healthcare workers had the final According to data provided by the CLC, just seven and Jharkhand has reported “The number of cases are responsibility to protect themselves 2,63,259 migrant labourers are at relief camps of six deaths so far. constantly increasing and at some from COVID-19. shelter homes provided by the government. NO TOUCHING OF IDOLS, NO PRASAD AND NO SINGING AT RELIGIOUS PLACES

NEW DELHI (TIP): Worshippers Only asymptomatic persons to be visiting religious places, which will open AMONG THE COMMON RULES ARE allowed in the premises from June 8, Monday, will have to follow Individuals must maintain a minimum distance of six feet in public places as People to be allowed entry only if a new set of rules, including social far as feasible. they are using face cover or masks distancing, issued by the Centre to Use of face covers or masks to be mandatory Posters or standees on preventive contain spread of the coronavirus Practice frequent hand washing with soap for at least 40-60 seconds even when measures about Covid-19 to be disease (Covid-19). hands are not visibly dirty.Use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers for at least 20 displayed prominently. Audio and The government has said religious seconds can be made wherever feasible. video clips to spread awareness on places or places of worship in Respiratory etiquettes to be strictly followed. This involves the strict practice preventive measures should be containment zones will remain closed. of covering one’s mouth and nose while coughing/sneezing with a regularly played. These measures are to be followed by tissue/handkerchief/flexed elbow and disposing of used tissues properly. Staggering of visitors to be done, if workers and visitors in these places at all Self-monitoring of health by all and reporting any illness at the earliest to possible. times, it said. state and district helpline. Proper crowd management in the Here are the new rules to be followed parking lots and outside the from Monday at religious places: their own prayer mat or piece of minimum of six feet at all times premises – duly following social Touching of statues, idols and holy cloth, which they may take back when queuing up for entry distancing norms shall be books is not to be allowed with them. People should wash their hand and organised. Large gatherings or congregation No physical offerings like prasad or feet with soap and water before Any shops, stalls, cafeteria etc continue to remain prohibited distribution or a sprinkling of holy entering the premises outside and within the premises Recorded devotional music or songs water etc to be allowed shall follow social distancing norms may be played and choir or singing Shoes to be preferably taken off All religious places will have at all times groups should not be allowed inside own vehicle. If needed they to ensure the following: Specific markings may be made Physical contact must be avoided should be kept in separate slots for with sufficient distance to manage while greeting each other each individual and family by the Entrance to have mandatory hand the queue and ensure social Common prayer mats should be devotees themselves hygiene (sanitiser dispenser) and distancing in the premises avoided and devotees should bring Maintain physical distancing of a thermal screening provisions THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 INDIA 15

CAN’T COERCE FIRMS TO PAY One arrested in Kerala FULL WAGES: APEX COURT NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court today said elephant killing case, more no coercive action can be taken against employers for violating the March 29 notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) mandating payment of full wages to employees during the lockdown. The Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan passed an people under scanner interim order after the Centre submitted that the MHA notification was a temporary measure for 54 days. The court reserved its order on a batch of THIRUVANANTHAPURAM petitions challenging the validity of the MHA (TIP): A man has been arrested for notification for June 12. his alleged involvement in the death The petitioners, including Karnataka-based of a pregnant elephant in Kerala, company Ficus Pax and Ludhiana Hand Tools the state Forest Minister said today. Manufacturers Association, have challenged the This is the first arrest in the case validity of Section 10(2)(i) of the Disaster that had sparked an outcry on social Management Act, 2005. media. The arrest comes a day after The provisions of this Act cannot “impinge upon Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi express provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, Vijayan said three suspects have 1947, and take away the right to layoff workmen been identified. during times of natural calamity,” they said. The police are looking for more Terming the MHA order under the Disaster suspects. "The arrested man is a Management Act, 2005, as arbitrary, they said the rubber tapper. A search is on for order violated the private companies’ right to carry on others," Palakkad district police any occupation, trade or business guaranteed under chief G Siva Vikram Said. Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. Attorney General Forest officials have said the KK Venugopal said the notification aimed at averting elephant could have died due to mass migration by workers and preventing human severe mouth injuries after eating suffering. “But your notification compelled payment explosives mixed with some edible of 100 per cent of salaries... it can be around 50 to 75 substance, usually used as a trap to The autopsy report of the dead elephant has revealed that the crackers stuffed in the per cent. So the question is, do you have the power to keep wild animals like boars away pineapple which was fed to the elephant burst in her mouth leading to severe get them to pay 100 per cent, and on their failure to do injuries. from destroying crops. so, prosecute them?” the Bench sought to know. The man, who is in his forties, The animal walked for days in river with her mouth and trunk in allegedly handled explosives and agony before it went into a river and water, perhaps for some relief from Draconian lockdown flattened also assisted others, according to died standing on May 27. what can only be imagined as Chief Wildlife Warden Surendra Villagers in the region often use excruciating pain. the wrong curve: Rajiv Bajaj Kumar. firecrackers or explosives stuffed in Vijayan said his government's The wild elephant strayed into a food - fruit or animal fat - to protect investigation would also try to NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s draconian lockdown, village near Silent Valley National their fields from wild animals like address the increased instances of which has impacted both lives and livelihood, flattened Park in Palakkad last month and is boar. The horrific practice has been human-wildlife conflict. "Climate the wrong curve — not the infection curve, but the suspected to have eaten something widely condemned. change could be adversely affecting GDP curve, said Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv with firecrackers stuffed in it. It Photos shared on social media both the local communities and Bajaj. In a virtual interaction with Congress leader exploded in the elephant's mouth. showed the elephant standing in the animals," he tweeted. Rahul Gandhi, a video of which was released Thursday,Bajaj said, “On one hand, a porous lockdown ensures the virus will still exist and, it is still waiting to hit you when you will unlock. So you have not solved MODI, AUSTRALIAN PM BOLSTER MILITARY TIES that problem. But you have definitely decimated the economy. You NEW DELHI (TIP): India and for maritime cooperation in the This is important not only for our flattened the wrong curve. It is not the infection curve, Australia elevated their ties to a Indo- Pacific”. The Mutual two countries, but also for the Indo- it is the GDP curve.” Describring the lockdown as comprehensive strategic Logistics Support Agreement Pacific region and the world,” Modi “impervious and airtight”, the industrialist further partnership and signed a crucial (MLSA), one of seven agreements said in his opening televised said, “I am not hearing about this kind of a lockdown agreement for reciprocal access to signed during the summit, will remarks in Hindi. from anywhere else. I think we have fallen very short military logistics during a virtual facilitate reciprocal access to Morrision said the of disclosing facts, logic and the truth. summit between Prime Minister military logistics facilities, allow comprehensive strategic This has then got amplified and instilled such an Narendra Modi and his for more complex joint military partnership formed by the two enormous fear in people that people seem to think that counterpart Scott Morrison on exercises and improve sides will take them “to a whole the contagion is equal to a contagious cancer or Thursday. interoperability between the new level of relationship” and something.” He opined that to change the mind of The two sides also upgraded armed forces of the two countries. “continue to build the trust people and bring them back on board, and make them their “2+2” foreign affairs and “India is committed to expanding because we want commercial and comfortable with the thought of living with the virus, defence dialogue to the ministerial its relations with Australia in a trading relationships that are built which seems to be the new narrative coming from the level and unveiled a “shared vision comprehensive and quick manner. on trust”. government now, is a tall order. Iconic Atlas Cycles finally pedals its way into history

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI (TIP): Bengal, studying poverty and these conditions, the management is Among the hundreds of artefacts that inequality in the impoverished regions. not in a position to operate the factory.” adorn the walls of the Nobel Museum Sen could not be reached for “On June 1 and 2, we came to the in Stockholm, Sweden, is a black- comment but he will surely rue the fact factory happy about the fact that it had colored bicycle hanging from an iron that Atlas Cycles Haryana Ltd, the opened after such a long lockdown. rod. makers of the iconic cycle brand, the There was no hint by the management “That’s no ordinary bicycle,” the pioneers of the cycling revolution in that it was mulling a closure,” said curator of the museum told Indian India and the first cycle of almost every Mahesh Kumar, the general secretary journalists in December last year, just child, is now history. of the employees’ union. before Indian-American economist A journey that started in 1951 from a “On Wednesday,as we gathered at the Abhijit Banerjee, who shared the modest tin shed in Sonepat, Haryana, gates we were denied entry by the economics Nobel for 2019 with Esther about 40 km from Delhi, has ended. guards who showed us the notice on the Duflo and Michael Cremer, was The company shut its last factory in gate,” said Kumar, who has moved to presented the award. Sahibabad, just outside the national labour court against the abrupt The bicycle, made by Atlas, belonged capital on June 3. closure. to another well-known son of India, A notice pasted on the gates reads: From Atlas old-timers and patrons of economics Nobel laureate Amartya “We are facing difficulty in arranging the bicycle to cycling enthusiasts, the Sen.The 1998 Nobel winner used to funds for our day to- day operations. We common refrain at the company’s cycle on it during his fieldwork in West are also unable to buy raw material. In closure is of sadness and personal loss. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 HRW VIRTUAL FILM FEST 2020 By Mabel Pais

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THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT 17 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 18 BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 KANGANA BLASTS CELEBS FOR TWEETING ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER ctor Kangana Ranaut has slammed her Bollywood Acontemporaries for failing to condemn local injustices, but not hesitating before commenting on the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. Several actors such as Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor Khan have expressed their anguish on social media, about the killing of a black WE’VE ABUSED NATURE FOR man by a white policeman, which has resulted in mass protests across the US. TOO LONG: DAISY SHAH In an interview to Pinkvilla, ctor Daisy Shah, who’s quarantining herself at Kangana said, "The Sadhu lynching home in Mumbai, speaks for many when she happened a couple of weeks ago; Asays that she’s grown tired of watching films still no one said a word. It happened and TV shows online. The lockdown extensions, have in Maharashtra where most of somewhat paled the excitement that citizens had when these celebrities reside…Bollywood it was announced for the first time. “Honestly anyway is a derived name from speaking,” begins Daisy, adding, “I am so bored of Hollywood. It is a shame they watching stuff online that I have now started binge [Bollywood celebrities] continue to watching animated movies and Disney films. It has live in a bubble and never fail to become a set routine now. Other than that, I do a lot of jump on the bandwagon, which can house chores every day.” give them two minutes of fame, but The actor adds that this was a much-needed break, 'white people' must drive the not for humans, but for the planet. “Of course, it is bandwagon. Perhaps, it is because courage to bring your cowardice to environmental matters without any extremely sad that a lot of people have lost their lives of their pre-independence colonial the fore when you tweet for help or support. Some of them were and loved ones because of this virus. I feel for them. slavery genes." American lives but can't tweet for honoured with the Padma Shri But when we talk about Mother Nature, yes, this break Several social media users have Indian lives." award. I was amazed to see their was much needed because we were abusing our planet made similar observations about Kangana continued, "Even for stories, but they never get the same and how…” says the actor who was supposed to start Bollywood stars. Politician Omar environmental issues, you see them acknowledgement from the shooting for her next project by now. Abdullah had written on Twitter, fight for a white teenage kid but so industry. Perhaps, sadhus or tribal Weighing in on the OTT versus theatre debate, the "So much respect for all the many incredible elderly women and people aren't fancy enough for the Race 3 (2018) actor is of the opinion that it is celebrities tweeting even children. They are doing Bollywood crowd or their completely the producer’s call when it comes to #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER. It takes exceptionally well in India on followers." choosing the platform of the release. MAN WORSHIPS SONU SOOD FOR GETTING BOLLYWOOD COMPOSER WAJID KHAN DEAD AT 42 HIM TO HIS MOTHER, CALLS HIM GOD FROM COVID-19

man who was able to meet his mother thanks to the help of Aactor Sonu Sood, shared a video of himself conducting a puja in his honour. The actor replied to the man and asked for the blessings of his mother. In a tweet, the man shared a video of himself worshipping Sonu, and wrote, "The one who helps another meet his mother is a god. Sonu Sood, I believe you're no less than a god. You helped ajid Khan, one of the top composers of me meet my mother and made my Bollywood dance songs, has died at the dream a reality." Sonu in his reply Wage of 42 after contracting coronavirus, wrote, "Don't do this, brother. Instead media reports said Monday. ask you mother to bless me." Khan, who had been suffering from a kidney Sonu's tweet has been 'liked' over ailment, passed away in Mumbai on Sunday 16000 times. The actor has received after suffering cardiac arrest, his brother told widespread praise for his efforts in Press Trust of India news agency,adding that he helping migrant workers reach their had tested positive for the virus. home states during the nationwide The first death in Bollywood to be attributed to coronavirus lockdown. On Monday, the pandemic sent shockwaves through the the actor personally saw off over 1000 industry, which is still reeling from the loss of migrants travelling to Bihar and Uttar two luminaries, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, Pradesh. In a statement, as per the in April. Indian Express, the actor said, "The our migrants. I have pledged to not home as well." Khan was part of the musical duo Sajid-Wajid trains with the migrants left today stop until the last migrant reaches Besides earnest messages such as who got their Bollywood break in 1998 when they from Thane to Uttar Pradesh and home." these, the actor has also been composed the songs for superstar Salman Khan's Bihar. We have arranged meal kits and Another migrant, whom Sonu receiving humorous requests on hit film Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya. sanitisers for all our travellers. I helped travel to his village, wrote to social media. While one person asked They became his favoured composers, thank the Maharashtra Government the actor inviting him to his home. to be taken away from her husband, collaborating on films such as the 2007 comedy for their support. I am making sure to Sonu replied, "I shall come visit once another asked Sonu for his help in Partner, the 2009 action blockbuster Wanted and do everything in my capacity to help your brothers and sisters are back getting to a liquor shop. 2010's top grosser Dabangg. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 HOLLYWOOD 19 CARA DELEVINGNE OPENS UP ABOUT PANSEXUAL IDENTITY AFTER ASHLEY BENSON SPLIT wning her sexuality. Cara Delevingne relationship with a boy, I don’t want them to is opening up about identifying as be pigeonholed.” Opansexual, meaning that she’s In 2016, while in a relationship with St. attracted to any gender. Vincent, the singer revealed to Vogue “I always will remain, I think, magazine that she never understood the pansexual,” the model, 27, tells Variety depth of love and her identity until KYLIE JENNER'S in a new interview published on then. “As a child, I used gay as a bad Wednesday, June 3. “However one world, as in, ‘that’s so gay.’ All my LAWYER SLAMS defines themselves, whether it’s ‘they’ friends did,” she said at the time. “If or ‘he’ or ‘she,’ I fall in love with the people want to say I’m gay,that’s great. person — and that’s that. I’m attracted to But we’re all liquid — we change, we FORBES the person.” grow.” Delevingne, who also ylie Jenner's lawyer has demanded The Carnival Row actress later added previously dated actress Michelle Forbes "immediately and publicly that she “never thought” she needed to Rodriguez, was in a relationship Kretract" their statements on her come out. In 2017, she shared with with Ashley Benson for the last two billionaire status. Glamour magazine that when she years. Us Weekly confirmed they The 22-year-old television personality revealed she was sexually fluid, people called it quits in early May. The Pretty was given the title of the youngest self- thought that meant she was gay. Little Liars alum, 30, has since moved made billionaire by Forbes earlier this year, “I’m like, ‘No, I’m not gay,'” on with G-Eazy. When she started but this week the company published a she said at the time to the getting messages of hate about scathing article in which they claimed magazine. “A lot of the moving on, Delevingne came Kylie is not a billionaire, and accused her of friends I have who are to her defense.“It’s more spinning a "web of lies" about her business straight have such an important now than ever to including her Kylie Cosmetics brand. And old way of thinking. It’s spread love, not hate,” the now, her lawyer Michael Kump has issued a ‘So you’re just gay, Suicide Squad star wrote statement insisting Forbes' article contains right?’ via Instagram Stories on "outright lies", and demanding the [They] don’t May 14. “To everyone company retract their comments. understand it. [If] I’m hating on Michael said in his statement: "We have like, ‘Oh, I really like @ashleybenson please reviewed Forbes' article accusing Kylie of this guy,’ [they’re stop. You don’t know engaging in deceit and a 'web of lies' to like], ‘But you’re the truth, only her inflate her net worth. The article is filled gay.’ … Someone is and I do and that’s with outright lies. Forbes' accusation that in a relationship exactly how it Kylie and her accountants 'forged tax with a girl one should be.” returns' is unequivocally false and we are minute, or a boy demanding that Forbes immediately and is in a publicly retract that and other statements. REBEL TO ROLE MODEL: ANGELINA JOLIE TURNS 45 other, producer, writer, acting abilities following her Jennifer Aniston. Jolie has director, actress, award-winning performances in denied she became involved Mactivist, UN the late 1990s, Jolie hadn't with Pitt before he separated on ambassador, former wild starred in a mainstream hit yet. multiple occasions,. child–the list of roles Angelina Enter 'Lara Croft.' The film went Hollywood’s highest-paid Jolie has fulfilled goes on and on to earn over US$270 million actress: After starring in on. In honor of her upcoming worldwide and Jolie became an successful films such as 'The 45th birthday, check out a international star. Good Shepherd' (2006), 'A timeline of the crazy life and After visiting Cambodia in Mighty Heart' (2007), and career achievements of 2001, she began visiting refugee 'Beowulf' (2007), Jolie was named everyone's favorite Lara Croft. camps around the world through the highest-paid actress in The famous actor, filmmaker, the UNHCR. She visited Sierra Hollywood in 2008, earning and activist was born June 4, Leone and Tanzania and met between US$15 and US$20 1975, to actors Jon Voight and with Afghan refugees in million per film, as reported by Marcheline Bertrand. Pakistan. She decided to donate The Telegraph. Jolie attended school in US$1 million to the cause, which Beverly Hills and lived with her was at the time the largest Separation from mother, as her parents separated individual donation the UNHCR Brad Pitt when she was around one year had ever received, according to old. Voight cited adultery on his the agency. After being together for 12 part for the reason behind their years and married for two, Jolie separation, according to The successful career as an actor. shifting from coquettish to nasty UN ambassadorship filed for divorce in 2016, citing Independent. Her father’s She began auditioning at age to violent to contrite with a Over the following decade, she irreconcilable differences. They infidelity caused Jolie to foster 16, but struggled to get parts. breathtaking believability," went on some 40 field missions have six children together, hostility towards him, as Four years later, she landed a wrote Ray Richmond for Variety. and chronicled her experiences including Maddox, whom Pitt reported by Nicki Swift, and the lead part in 'Hackers' (1995), in 1999 was an eventful year for in the book 'Notes from My officially adopted in 2006. The two have had a tumultuous which she costarred with Jonny Jolie. She starred in 'Pushing Travels,' published in 2003. She separation prompted an relationship her entire life. Lee Miller, whom she married a Tin' (where she met future has since been promoted to the onslaught of rumors and Jolie starred next to her year later. The two separated in husband Billy Bob Thornton), rank of Special Envoy to High speculation. successful father in ‘Lookin' to 1999. 'The Bone Collector' alongside Commissioner. Jolie was praised for her role Get Out’ (1982) at age seven. But Her big break came in 1998 Denzel Washington, and 'Girl, In 2005, she starred in the hit as Maleficent in the live-action she has said her interest in film when she starred in HBO's Interrupted,' which earned her 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' alongside twist on Sleeping Beauty. She arose from watching movies biographical film 'Gia.' As an Oscar for Best Supporting Brad Pitt. They got together reprised the role in the sequel, with her mother as a child, and supermodel Gia Carangi, Jolie Actress! after, which caused an uproar 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,' in not because of her father’s "is a multifaceted revelation, Despite being praised for her since Pitt had been married to 2019. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 TRIBUTE FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

BASU CHATTERJEE (1930-2020) BASU DA: ‘CHRONICLER OF SIMPLE ROMANCES’ NO MORE elebrated filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, best known public space in cities buzzing with people and activity. for directing classics such as Rajinigandha, And extraordinary stories of everyday people unfolding CKhatta Meetha, Chitchor, Chhoti Si Baat and over cups of chai and coffee. Shaukeen, died at his residence in Mumbai on Though his films were more suited for actors rather Thursday because of age-related issues. He was 90. than showcasing stars, Chatterjee did sometimes work Basu Chatterjee’s cinematic world was a lived one, with the biggies -- Rajesh Khanna and Neetu Singh in most of his films distilling the little joys and struggles “Chakravyuh”, a thriller different from his staple fare, that are the stuff of everyday life in the middle class Jeetendra in “Priyatama”, Dev Anand in “Man lane and still relatable decades after they were made. Pasand”, Dharmendra and Hema Malini in “Dillagi” His men were not angry or macho, his women never and Amitabh Bachchan in “Manzil” among them. coy or simpering but down to earth and real. And Ironically, of his many films, Chakravyuha and through Chatterjee’s extraordinary lens on ordinary Manzil , were the ones unsuccessful at the box office. people, they found romance in local trains, buses and Palekar was a favourite, his go to person to play the office corners in films such as Rajnigandha , Chhoti Si self-effacing, bashful young man. Their partnership Baat and Baton Baton Mein . resulted in eight films, including “Chitchor”, “Baton There were no rough edges in the light as the films of Baton Mein”, and “Apne Paraye“. the director, who died at his home on Thursday at the “He was the one, if you see the film history, who age of 93. With his death, it is the end of the triumvirate reduced the gap between parallel cinema and — Chatterjee, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu commercial cinema... He looked at life with humour. No Bhattacharya — which blazed a middle-of-the-road matter what the situation, he knew how to smile and cinematic trail in the 1970s and 1980s. laugh,” Palekar, who worked with Chatterjee in eight Chatterjee, who started his career as a cartoonist, films, told PTI. found intimacy in crowds and beauty in the familiar. Actors who worked with him remembered the His films, almost celebrating mundaneness, could have simplicity that was his hallmark as a director — and a got sidelined with the machoism and melodrama of the person. times in films centering on the angry young man, Moushumi Chatterjee, worked with him in three played most effectively by Amitabh Bachchan. But they films, said he loved the ‘rajnigandha’ flower. Maybe the never did. title of the film stemmed for his fondness for the flower. Instead, his brand of gentle, unhurried cinema, also Whenever he would visit me, he would always get including gems such as “Khatta Meetha” and Chitchor , rajnigandha flowers,” the actor said, remembering the found many takers and is still relevant with directors filmmaker who was like a family member. like Shoojit Sircar and Ashwini Iyer Tiwari taking the Music was an important component of his movies. torch forward. The songs were simple, philosophical and full of Chatterjee’s cinema was progressive for its times. longing. The lyrics were mostly written by long time While his men were not heroes, at least not the kind that collaborator Yogesh Gaur, who also passed away mainstream cinema served, his women were not many others. recently. heroines in the conventional sense either. His dream was to land in Mumbai and work in movies Be it the wistful Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare and Kai The male protagonists were often gentle, hesitant and and he found his way to the city through a job as a Baar Yun Hi Dekha Hai from Rajnigandha , the shy even lacking in ambition. librarian in a military school. Suniye, Kahiye from Baton Baton Mein , Na Jaane Kyun The women, in contrast, not glamorous or made-up, He later found a job as a political cartoonist in Blitz from Chhoti Si Baat or that ultimate monsoon song in a were determined, focused and unwilling to bow down to newspaper and worked there for 16 years. He continued rain soaked Bombay,‘Rimjhim Gire Sawan from Manzil convention just because society demanded it. Vidya his love for cinema by watching world cinema as part of , music in Chatterjee’s films, like his stories, stand the Sinha’s Deepa in Rajnigandha is confused between her the Film Society Movement. test of time. love from the past and the man she is dating. Zarina The entry into films came through his friend, lyricist Chatterjee also stepped out of character to sometimes Wahab’s Geeta in Chitchor decides to follow her heart Shailendra, who gave Chatterjee a job as an assistant do different kinds of films. in the face of family’s opposition. director in the film he was producing. The movie was In 1986, Chatterjee made the TV film Ek Ruka Hua In Chatterjee’s world view, the journeys of working Teesri Kasam , directed by Basu Bhattacharya, and Faisla , a remake of the Hollywood classic 12 Angry class India were important -- remember Vidya Sinha’s released in 1966. Men , a nail-biting legal drama. In 1989, he made Kamla character waiting at a bus stand in “Rajnigandha”, or Three years later, he made his debut as a director Ki Maut about a young woman in a Mumbai chawl who Palekar and Tina Munim stealing glances in a Mumbai with Saara Aakash , based on a novel by Rajendra commits suicide. local in “Baton Baton Mein“. Yadav. Chatterjee’s last commercially successful film in The Ajmer-born Chatterjee’s cinematic sensibility The film, about a newlywed couple in a traditional Hindi was Chameli ki Shaadi with Anil Kapoor, Amrita probably took root early in life. His father was a railway middle class joint family in Agra, set the trend of the Singh and Amjad Khan in 1986. employee and the family moved around in Agra and Chatterjee brand of slice of life cinema. In his latter years, Chatterjee turned to directing Mathura, where he completed his graduation and His next was “Piya Ka Ghar”, featuring Jaya Bhaduri Bengali films and also some television serials, watched his earliest movies. and Anil Dhawan, an empathetic, often humorous take including the popular Rajani , the Om Puri-starrer The director, in an interview on a TV show, said he on a young couple’s struggles for privacy in a one- Kakaji Kahin as well as the cult show Byomkesh Bakshi loved watching all kind of movies at the only theatre bedroom apartment in a joint family in Mumbai. for Doordarshan. that Mathura had at the time. That was his forte — finding private spaces in the Byomkesh Bakshi is still considered the best The shining lights of Mumbai beckoned, as it did for stuffy confines of a crowd, whether at home or in a detective show that India has produced. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 CORONAVIRUS 21

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After Wuhan, another city orders mass Now, mocking China anthem a testing BEIJING (TIP): A Chinese city crime in HK, Bill passed close to the Russian border has ordered Covid-19 tests for all 2.8 million residents, becoming the second Violators to face penalty | Critics see move as interference by Beijing city in the country after Wuhan, the first virus epicentre, conducted mass HONG KONG (TIP): Hong Kong's testing of its entire population, state- legislature approved a contentious Bill media reported on Thursday. on Thursday that makes it illegal to According to the China's National insult the Chinese national anthem. Health Commission (NHC), one The legislation was approved after imported case was reported in pro-democracy opposition lawmakers Guangdong province on Wednesday. tried to disrupt the vote. The Bill was Also, four new asymptomatic cases passed with 41 lawmakers voting for it were reported in the country.In all, 326 and just one voting against. Most of the asymptomatic cases, including 245 in pro-democracy lawmakers boycotted the Wuhan were under quarantine, it said. vote out of protest. As of Wednesday, the overall The pro-democracy camp sees the ill confirmed cases in the country as an infringement of freedom of reached 83,022. expression and the greater rights that Of the total, 69 patients were still residents of the semi-autonomous city being treated, 78,319 had been have compared to Xi Jinping-led discharged after recovery, and 4,634 mainland China. people died of the disease, the report Those found guilty of intentionally said. abusing the “March of the Volunteers” Meanwhile, Mudanjiang city in face up to three years in prison and a fine China's Heilongjiang province of up to 50,000 Hong Kong dollars bordering Russia has ordered tests for ($6,450). The legislative debate was inside a Chinese paper lantern. When irresponsible and childish, before its 2.8 million people, official media earlier suspended after pro-democracy security guards tried to stop him, he calling for the vote. The debate over the here reported. lawmakers staged a protest, with one dropped the lantern and the pot, and was Bill comes after China's ceremonial Some of the cities in the province dropping a pot of pungent liquid in the ejected from the meeting. The chamber national legislature formally approved a registered clusters of infections in chamber. Raising a sign that said “a was evacuated and police and firemen decision last week to enact a national April and May. — PTI murderous regime stinks for ten were called in to investigate the incident. security law for Hong Kong that could thousand years,” lawmaker Ray Chan Legislative Council President Andrew see Chinese security agents posted in Pope Francis promotes walked to the front with the pot hidden Leung called such behaviour the city. — AP charity auction in Italy Tiananmen anniversary marked by crackdown, Hong Kong vigil ban BEIJING (TIP): China tightened controls over dissidents while pro- democracy activists in Hong Kong and elsewhere sought ways to mark the 31st anniversary Thursday of the crushing of the pro-democracy movement centered on ROME (TIP): Pope Francis is Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. promoting a charity auction of sports That came after authorities in Hong items and experiences in support of Kong took the extraordinary move of two of the hospitals hardest hit by the canceling an annual candlelight vigil in coronavirus pandemic in Italy. the semi-autonomous Chinese territory The “We Run Together” auction for the first time in 30 years. includes a personalised bicycle given Authorities cited the need for social to Francis by world champion Peter distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak, Sagan, a team jersey and captain’s despite the recent reopening of schools, armband signed by former Roma beaches, bars and beauty parlors. Hong forward Francesco Totti and a swim Kong has had relatively few cases of the suit and hat from Olympic champion virus and life has largely returned to Federica Pellegrini. normal in the city of 7.4 million. There are also experiences such as However, China has long detested the training sessions and dinners with vigil, the only such activity allowed on various athletes. Francis says “the Chinese territory to commemorate security legislation that circumvents alarming acceleration of attacks on the true values of sport are particularly victims of the crackdown, which remains Hong Kong’s local legislature and could autonomy of Hong Kong and the important to face this period of a taboo subject on the mainland. severely limit free speech and opposition undermining of the rights and freedoms pandemic and especially the difficult Hundreds, possibly thousands of people political activity. In Hong Kong, a law is of the Hong Kong people guaranteed restart”. were killed when tanks and troops being passed to make it a crime to under Hong Kong and international law” The auctions will take place on the assaulted the center of Beijing to break up disrespect China’s national anthem and Sharon Hom, executive director of site Charitystars.com starting Monday weeks of student-led protests seen as 15 well-known veteran activists were Human Rights in China, said in a for two months. There will be a new posing a threat to authoritarian arrested and charged with organizing statement. Despite the ban on the vigil, one every week and each auction will Communist Party rule. and taking part in illegal the Asian financial hub was bracing for last 10 days. The cancellation also comes amid a demonstrations. Those actions are seen “pop-up” protests of the type that raged All funds raised will go to the Papa tightening of Beijing’s grip over Hong as part of a steady erosion of civil rights around the city during months of anti- Giovanni XXIII hospital in Bergamo Kong, with the National People’s Hong Kong was guaranteed when it was government protests last year that often and Fondazione Poliambulanza in Congress, China’s ceremonial handed over from British to Chinese rule led to violent confrontations between Brescia. AP Parliament, moving to pass national in 1997. “The ban comes amid an police and demonstrators. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 WORLD 23

Emergency declared in Minority Londoners targeted Siberia after diesel fuel leak under lockdown rules MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of LONDON (TIP): British police emergency in a region of Siberia after statistics show that black and ethnic an estimated 20,000 tons of diesel fuel minority Londoners were more likely spilled from a power plant storage than their white counterparts to be facility and fouled waterways. fined or arrested for breaking The spill took place Friday at a coronavirus lockdown rules barring power plant in an outlying section of gatherings and non-essential travel. the city of Norilsk, 2,900 kilometres Metropolitan Police figures show northeast of Moscow. that black people received 26% of the Booms were laid in the Ambarnaya 973 fines handed out by police between River to block the fuel; the river feeds a March 27 and May 14 and accounted for lake from which springs another river 31% of arrests. They make up about that leads to the environmentally 12% of London’s population. delicate Arctic Ocean. People from Asian, black, mixed and Putin on Wednesday ordered other backgrounds received more than officials to minimize the consequences half of fines and arrests, but account of the spill. But Alexei Knizhnikov of for about 40% of the city’s population. the World Wildlife Fund's Russia The police force said the reasons for operation said the damage to fish and the discrepancy “are likely to be other resources could exceed 1 billion complex and reflect a range of rubles ($13 million). factors”. The plant is operated by a division of Owen West, a former police chief Norilsk Nickel, whose factories in the superintendent, said racism was a The statistics are the latest evidence confirmed that ethnic minority people area have made Norilsk one of the potential factor. that ethnic minority communities are in Britain experienced a higher death most heavily polluted places on Earth. He said “the UK police service has being hit disproportionately hard rate from the coronavirus than white No cause for the accident has been massive issues with discrimination … during the coronavirus pandemic. compatriots. The government has determined, but a company statement and I really do think now is the time to They were published a day after a vowed to uncover and confront the said it was concerned about facilities confront it.” government-commissioned report issues behind the difference. AP constructed on sinking soil above permafrost. — AP Germany to lift European Union travel Brazil police arrest dozens in illegal ban BERLIN (TIP): Germany's Amazon rainforest logging ring government says it plans to lift a travel warning for European countries on MANAUS (BRAZIL) (TIP): Police June 15 — but it may still advise stormed a dozen sawmills in Brazil's against travel in some cases, for Amazon rainforest in a dawn raid on example to Britain if quarantine rules Tuesday, arresting about 30 people there remain in place. accused of involvement in an illegal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said logging ring. Wednesday that the warning would be A criminal group behind those replaced with more conventional arrested spans a web of loggers, travel advice. — AP sawmill workers, furniture makers and drivers as well as public officials taking Oldest and largest bribes, state police said in a statement. ancient Maya structure The sawmills were located near Manaus, the state capital of Amazonas, found in Mexico Brazil's largest rainforest state. WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists A Reuters photographer witnessed using an aerial remote-sensing method armed police confiscating industrial have discovered the largest and oldest- saws and truckloads of lumber, totaling known structure built by the ancient more than a thousand cubic meters of Maya civilisation – a colossal wood. rectangular elevated platform built The criminal ring linked to Tuesday's between 1,000 and 800 BC in Mexico’s raids has cut down some 9,000 trees that Tabasco state. were each over 100 years old in the span The structure, unlike the soaring of 10 months, according to police. Maya pyramids at cities like Tikal in Deforestation hit an 11-year high in Guatemala and Palenque in Mexico 2019 and has continued to climb in 2020, erected some 1,500 years later, was not rising 55% between January and April built of stone but rather of clay and as compared to a year ago. earth, and likely was used for mass About 99% of deforestation in Brazil Policemen patrol outside a sawmill during a police operation named Flora Amazonica against rituals, researchers said on last year was illegal, according to illegal sawmills and loggers in Manacapuru near Manaus in Amazonas state, Brazil, on June 2, Wednesday. deforestation mapping initiative 2020. Reuters Located at a site called Aguada Fenix Mapbiomas. near the Guatemalan border, the Environmental advocates blame the A criminal group behind those arrested spans a structure measured nearly a quarter policies of right-wing President Jair web of loggers, sawmill workers, furniture makers mile (400 metres) wide and nine-tenths Bolsonaro, who took office last year, for of a mile (1,400 metres) long and stood emboldening illegal loggers, miners and drivers as well as public officials taking bribes, 33 to 50 feet (10 to 15 metres) high. In and land speculators to destroy the total volume, it exceeded ancient forest. state police said in a statement. Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza built Bolsonaro has called for the 1,500 years earlier. development of the Amazon to lift its people out of poverty and says he is being unfairly demonized. Reuters Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 WOMEN FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

CONNOISSEUR’S EASY HACKS TO KEEP CHOICE YOUR CLOSET AND CLOTHES ODOUR-FREE By Tript Arora t often happens that even after BHUNA CHICKEN washing clothes nicely it smells Idamp and musty. The stink can be due to trapped moisture that leaves lasting odour even when they eventually dry completely. If you fold such clothes and put them in a drawer or a closet it can leave your wardrobe having the same smell. Washing and cleaning everything in your closet to remove that smell can turn out to be an extremely hectic task. Don’t worry we are here with exactly what you need. Some simple life-changing hacks to keep your closet and clothes odour-free! All you need are a few ingredients from your kitchen shelves to get rid of that stink. 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[email protected]) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 HEALTH 25 THE SHOCKING SIDE EFFECT OF EATING COMFORT FOOD new study published in The American Journal of AClinical Nutrition by researchers at The Ohio State University, suggests that eating just one meal high in saturated fat is enough to hinder one's concentration levels. In other words, those who have had the privilege of working from home HERE IS HOW ALKALINE WATER during the pandemic and have also regularly indulged in comfort food BOOSTS IMMUNITY may have noticed a slight shift in their ability to stay focused. lkaline water has a ph level 8 to 10 against the pH The study involved 51 women, level of 6.5 to 7.5 for drinking water. This gives a each of which were instructed to Ameasure of how acidic or basic a substance is on take a test that examined their a scale of 0-14. Generally, regular drinking water has a attention in the morning and then ph of 7 making it neither acidic nor alkaline. Alkaline again, five hours after consuming water has antioxidant properties and helps to fight free either a meal high in saturated fat radicals. or a meal that consisted of a There are quite a few studies which highlight the healthier, unsaturated fat (in this benefits of drinking alkaline water. According to one case, sunflower oil). The group that published in Evidence-Based Complementary and ate the meal high in saturated fat bacteria to enter the bloodstream— junctions of the digestive tract Alternative Medicine, alkaline water provides higher performed worse on the attention it didn't matter which type of fat begin to loosen, leaving holes in the longevity in terms of deceleration in ageing as it test than the group who ate the meal they ate. The women with leakier intestine. increases survival functions. In another study cooked with unsaturated fat. guts experienced erratic response "These gaps can allow partially published in the Journal of the International Society of It's important to clarify that the times, which inhibited their ability digested food, toxins, and bugs to Sports Nutrition, a significant difference was observed meal that was cooked with an to stay attentive during the 10- get through the junctions and in the whole blood viscosity of participants after unsaturated fat was still high in minute-long test. outside of the digestive tract which consuming alkaline water as opposed to drinking overall dietary fat—with each meal Stephanie Urrutia registered can create a variety of issues," she regular water after a vigorous workout. clocking in at 930 calories and dietitian at The Ohio State says. A study published in Alternative Therapies in Health containing 60 grams of total fat. University Comprehensive Cancer The particular toxin that and Medicine indicated that drinking alkaline water Still, the group who ate the meal Center and the senior culinary hindered the participants' ability to may prevent osteoporosis and protect pancreatic beta that was cooked in palm oil educator for The James concentrate is referred to as cells with its antioxidant effects. (saturated fat) was "11 percent less Instructional Kitchen says that endotoxemia. And though the study How does alkaline water boost one’s immunity? able to detect target stimuli in the eating foods high in sugar and didn't identify what exactly was attention assessment." saturated fats, while also low in occurring in the brain, the results An excess amount of toxic compounds in the body For the women who had more fiber, often wreak havoc on the gut did reveal a potential connection means it will have to work extra hard to maintain its severe cases of leaky gut—a by causing inflammation. When the between saturated fat and the gut- biological functions. This may lead to weakness. On the syndrome that allows intestinal gut becomes inflamed, the tight brain axis. other hand, alkaline water neutralises these toxic compounds present in the body. Moreover, alkaline water is more easily absorbed by the body. This allows your body to use the water you drink effectively, and toxins and harmful substances are flushed out of your SUNBURN HOME REMEDIES system more easily. Drinking alkaline water regularly can improve the performance of your circulatory system, says Dr Suresh Sisodia, Sr. Vice President, Havells India Ltd. It alters THAT HEAL YOUR SKIN FAST the quality of blood in such a way that more oxygen is carried to vital organs. All benefits of alkaline water Skip the soap work in tandem to make the immune system stronger in After a long day in the sun, the order to fight foreign pathogens and infections. first thing you probably want to do "Due to its basic nature, alkaline water neutralises the is rinse off—but you should think acidic content in the bloodstream, lowers the Oxidation twice before sudsing up. Soaking in Reduction Potential (ORP) resulting in the antioxidant a bubble bath and using soap can nature of water while introducing a variety of natural dry out and irritate sunburned skin. minerals to regular drinking water. Drinking alkaline A cool bath (sans bubbles) is a better water has umpteen number of health benefits such as option. If you must use soap while supporting digestion and assimilation, strengthening of you wash, reach for something mild bones, weight reduction, better hydration for skin and like Johnson’s Baby Head-to-Toe body alongside other benefits such as anti-ageing and Wash and carefully rinse it all off— detoxifying properties, etc", added Dr Sisodia. leftover soap residue can be extremely drying, which will only make your sunburn feel worse. PAGE SPONSORED BY Soak in soothing oatmeal DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND Another sunburn cure: Add oatmeal to your bath. Research DR. SATISH ANAND shows colloidal oatmeal helps tamp Former Chairman, Board of down inflammation and reduces Trustees, AAPI National itching, says board-certified soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Afterward, will absorb some of the heat from E-Mail: dermatologist Michael Schreiber, gently pat your skin dry with a clean your skin, constrict blood vessels, [email protected] M.D., and you can find the towel. Rubbing your skin to dry off and reduce swelling. Ice-cold water ingredient in many Aveeno will only irritate it further. is also an option. Pour water and ice products, like their soothing bath into a bowl, soak a cloth in the GITANJLI ANAND treatment. Reach for ice liquid, and place it over the burn. Former President, India You can also simply grind up plain Follow your urge to reach for Repeat this process every few Association of Long Island oats in your food processor and add something cold, but make sure to do minutes as the cloth warms. Apply (IALI) to your tub. Mix the oatmeal it right. Wrap an ice pack in a damp the compress several times a day for E-mail: treatment with cool bath water and cloth and hold it over the burn. This 10 to 15 minutes, Dr. Schreiber says. [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA 26 SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 FACEBOOK ‘MANAGE ACTIVITY’ TOOL: HERE’S HOW TO DELETE YOUR OLD EMBARRASSING POSTS acebook is making it easier to delete embarrassing posts a Flot easier. The social media giant has announced Manage Activity, a brand new feature that makes it easier for users to delete or hide posts at once. SPACEX DOCKS WITH “Whether you’re entering the job market after college or moving on INTERNATIONAL SPACE from an old relationship, we know things change in people’s lives, and STATION we want to make it easy for you to curate your presence on Facebook ASA, SpaceX Crew Dragon: After a delay of a to more accurately reflect who you few days, SpaceX launched two astronauts to are today,” the company said in a Nthe International Space Station on May 30. The statement. rocket ship designed and built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX As the name suggests, the lifted off on May 30 at 3:22 p.m (1.50 am Sunday in Manage Activity tool can be used to India) from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center delete individual posts or select at Cape Canaveral, Florida SpaceX’s Crew Dragon multiple posts and delete them in capsule into orbit. It is the same launch pad, that was bulk. These posts will be used during the Apollo mission to the moon a half- permanently deleted after 30 days century ago. unless you choose to manually SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission docks with the delete or restore them sooner. In International Space Station at 10:16 a.m. EDT (1430 addition, the new feature also gives GMT) around 15 minutes ahead of the schedule. The people the option to sort out their mission was initially supposed to be launched on May posts by a time range. 27 but was delayed due to poor weather conditions at At the moment, the Facebook the last minute. Activity feature will be made The mission ‘historic’ because this is the first-ever available first on Facebook’s mobile time that a private spacecraft company — Space X — apps, and will be available on used its own rocket to put humans into space. Both desktop and Facebook Lite in the NASA and SpaceX urged eager viewers to stay at near future. home and not to flock towards the Kennedy Space Center at any time due to the ongoing coronavirus Here’s how to use right corner. you can’t remove a post or pandemic. „ Go to your profile page and „ Now you can filter posts by photo that was posted by scroll down a bit where you date. There’s also a toggle to someone else. If you want to Recycled battery metals being would create a new post, you filter posts that you’re tagged that post or photo to be will notice a new “Manage in. removed where you are tagged tested for use as crop fertilizer Posts” button. „ Delete a post or photo you want in, you need to ask your friend „ Click the icon in the upper- to get rid of. Keep in mind that in private to remove it. t might seem an unusual ingredient for plant fertilizer, but metal dust from spent household Ibatteries are being tested as potential crop ZOOM WON’T PROVIDE END-TO-END New Light Sail nutrient supplements by an Australian recycler and supplier of battery materials. Design Would Use After collecting recycled everyday alkaline ENCRYPTION TO FREE USERS batteries from local pick-up points around the Laser Beam to country and then shredding them, Lithium Australia oom’s CEO Eric Yuan says the NL, conducted short-term trials by testing the dust — company will provide end-to-end Ride Into Space containing valuable trace element nutrients such as Zencryption for the platform – but n long distance space zinc and manganese — on pots of wheat in the feature will only be available to paid travel, traditional glasshouses. users. Yuan, the company’s CEO, said Irockets would The tests, which were carried out at the company’s Zoom won’t encrypt free users’ video eventually run out of Envirostream Australia Pty recycling facility in calls as it wants to allow law fuel. There is an Victoria, showed a “significant uptake” of the metals enforcement to intercept calls. alternative: Since as early in wheat on local low-quality soil, according to “Free users for sure we don’t want to as the 19th century, managing director Adrian Griffin, though it was a give [end-to-end encryption] because we scientists have dreamed slower process in comparison to fertilizer-grade also want to work together with FBI, of building spacecraft sulphate products. with local law enforcement in case some with light sails that can “We would anticipate that the results would be people use Zoom for a bad purpose,” accelerate slowly,but for a significantly better than that on more normal soils Yuan said on the call with analysts much longer time, by that we see in the wheat belts in Western Australia,” during the company’s Q1 financial catching the light from he said in an interview. results. Zoom’s security consultant, Alex Earth’s sun or, in more With annual sales totaling around 6,000 tons Stamos, took to Twitter, to clear the air modern designs, powerful nationally, alkaline batteries — used in typical around encryption and said the company identities this will create friction and ground-based lasers. household items — are notoriously under-recycled, faces a “difficult balancing act” when reduce harm,” Stamos said. Researchers have now according to Lithium Australia, citing research trying to increase privacy and reduce the As the popularity of Zoom soared with introduced a lab-tested showing that 97% of batteries end up in landfill. human impact of the abuse of the millions of people work from home due design for a laser-driven product. to the coronavirus pandemic, the video light sail that can self- According to Stamos, if the bad actors conferencing platform has been stabilize and could who have exploited the platform in criticised over of its privacy and potentially ride a laser recent times were given strong security features, especially after an beam all the way out of encryption with their free accounts, it increase in number cases of our solar system. would be hard for the company to track “Zoombombing.” Last month, the With a powerful them down and allow law enforcement Supreme Court had issued notice to the enough laser, one can agencies to take timely action. central government, seeking its opinion push a light sail away “Will this eliminate all abuse? No, but on whether video conference platform from Earth like a geyser since the vast majority of harm comes Zoom should be banned due to the rise in of water would push a from self-service users with fake privacy and security concerns. manhole cover. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 BIZ & FINANCE 27 Abu Dhabi-based investor Mubadala to buy 1.85% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 9,093 cr

NEW DELHI (TIP): Abu Dhabi- based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company will buy 1.85 per cent stake in Jio Platforms for AMAZON IN TALKS TO BUY $2 Rs 9,093.6 crore, RIL said on Friday. With this investment, Jio BILLION STAKE IN AIRTEL Platforms has raised Rs 87,655.35 crore from leading global NEW DELHI (TIP): Amazon.com is in early-stage technology and growth investors, talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian including Facebook, Silver Lake, mobile operator Bharti Airtel, three sources with Vista Equity Partners, General knowledge of the matter told Reuters, underscoring Atlantic, KKR and Mubadala, in less the growing attraction of India’s digital economy for than six weeks. US tech giants. The investment from Mubadala The planned investment, if completed, would mean comes in Jio Platforms at an equity Amazon acquiring a roughly 5 per cent stake based on value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an the current market value of Bharti, which is India’s enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh third-largest telecoms company with more than 300 crore. seen the impact of Mubadala’s work already transformed million subscribers. “Mubadala Investment Company in diversifying and globally communications and connectivity The discussions between Amazon and Bharti come (Mubadala) will invest Rs 9,093.60 connecting the UAE’s knowledge- in India, and as an investor and at a time when global players are placing major bets on crore in Jio Platforms at an equity based economy. We look forward to partner, we are committed to the digital arm of Reliance Industries, which owns value of Rs 4.91 lakh crore and an benefitting from Mubadala’s supporting India’s digital growth Bharti’s telecom rival Jio. enterprise value of Rs 5.16 lakh experience and insights from journey. With Jio’s network of Reliance’s digital unit has raised $10 billion in crore. Mubadala’s investment will supporting growth journeys across investors and partners, we believe recent weeks from Facebook, KKR and others. translate into a 1.85 per cent equity the world,” RIL chairman and that the platform company will The talks between Bharti and Amazon are at an stake in Jio Platforms on a fully managing director Mukesh Ambani further the development of the early stage and the deal terms could change, or an diluted basis,” RIL said in a said. digital economy,” Mubadala agreement may not be reached, said two of the three statement. Mubadala owns electronic chip Investment Company managing sources, all of whom declined to be identified because RIL subsidiary Jio Platforms is a manufacturing company Global director and Group CEO Khaldoon the discussions are confidential. next-generation technology Foundries and has stake in several Al Mubarak said. An Amazon spokeswoman said the company does platform focused on providing high- technology companies like AMD. Mubadala established its “not offer comments on speculation of what we may or quality and affordable digital It has an investment portfolio ventures arm in 2017 to partner may not do in future.” services across India, with more across several fields, including early with visionary founders and than 388 million subscribers. The petroleum, renewable energy, support innovative businesses. Oil prices fall on doubts over telecom services arm Reliance Jio aerospace, satellite Mubadala’s Ventures business comes under Jio Platforms. communications, agriculture, currently manages several venture output cuts, surging US “Through my longstanding ties healthcare, metals and mining. funds in the US, Europe and Middle with Abu Dhabi, I have personally “We have seen how Jio has East. diesel inventories MELBOURNE (TIP): Oil prices dropped on Thursday, reversing gains in the previous session, on Global stocks mixed after Wall Street concern over whether major crude producers will be able to agree to extend record output cuts, heightened by worries over a huge build in US distillate rises on better US data inventories. Brent crude futures fell 1.46%, or 58 cents, to $39.21 a barrel as of 0459 GMT, while US West Texas uropean markets opened on Thursday lower Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slid 1.98%, or 74 while Asian shares gained after Wall Street rose cents, to $36.55 a barrel. Eon better U.S. jobs and manufacturing conditions Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the world’s biggest than expected. oil producers, have agreed to support extending into London, Frankfurt and US futures were lower. Tokyo, July the 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in supply Hong Kong and Sydney advanced while Shanghai cuts backed in April by the OPEC+ group, comprised declined. of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Stock markets have risen on optimism about a Countries and other major producers. possible global recovery from the coronavirus But they failed to agree on holding an OPEC+ pandemic as more economies reopen despite rising case meeting on Thursday to discuss the cuts, with OPEC numbers in the United States, Brazil and other sources saying it would be conditional on countries countries. that have not complied with their targets so far Wall Street turned in its fourth straight gain after deepening their cuts. surveys Wednesday showed employers cut fewer jobs “The market has taken a look at that and saiud it’s than forecast last month and a US manufacturing getting more complicated to get that deal over the downturn eased slightly. line,” said Lachlan Shaw, head of commodity research “The not too bad news keeps coming, enabling the Sensex dropped 0.6% to 33,900.82. New Zealand, at National Australia Bank. hopes for economic rebound alongside the reopening,” Singapore and Bangkok advanced while Jakarta said Jingyi Pan of IG in a report. retreated. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London was down On Wednesday,the S&P 500 rose 1.4%. The Dow added 0.1% at 6,376.20 and Frankfurt’s DAX lost 0.5% to 2% and the Nasdaq composite advanced 0.8%. 12,424.94. The CAC 40 in France shed 0.4% to 5,004.39. A survey from payroll processor ADP said private On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 employers cut nearly 2.8 million jobs last month — less index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down than the 9.3 million that economists told investors to 0.3%. expect. That raises optimism that Friday’s more In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.4% to 22,695.74 and comprehensive jobs report from the US government Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 gained 0.8% to 5,991.80. may also not be as bad as feared. Economists say it may The Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.1% to 2,919.25. show a loss of 8 million jobs, which would be a The Hang Seng in Hong Kong rebounded from morning deceleration from April’s loss of 20.5 million. losses to close up 0.2% at 24,366.30. Other reports showed the US economy is in bad shape The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.2% to 2,151.18 and India’s but not as dismal as forecast. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 28 ASTROLOGY FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

Shree Ganeshaya Namah

Bejan Daruwalla is world's most famous astrologertoday. He appears regularly on world wide TV shows. Bejan who has been a professor in English, hasauthored a number of books on astrology. India'sPrime Minister Narendra Modi , on March 29, 2012,lunched one of Bejan's books, '2012- End of theWorld? Bejan contributes to a number of journals andnewspapers in many parts of the world which includeBerkley Communications Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological (London) Times of India(Delhi, Mumbai, consultations. He can be reached at Kolkata, Chennai) and The IndianPanorama ( [email protected] and on phone New York and Texas). Bejan's predictionshave mostly been correct and 91-8141234275 people the world overrely on his predictions. www.bejandaruwalla.com

The Indian Panorama brings you Weekly and Birthday Horoscope from the World's most trusted astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. Latest correct prediction: Modi's historic victory Weekly Horoscope June 8 - June 14, 2020

ARIES: Ganesha says you have worked hard to LEO: Keep your bags packed as you may have many SAGITTARIUS: Your sustained hard work now consolidate your position and now feel confident that trips this coming period. Yes, says Ganesha, be bears fruit. It is payback time now and Ganesha your finances are stable. You have taken a lot of risks prepared to take overnight trips or short getaways for showers you with rewards. Salary raises, promotions earlier which could have led to some degree of loss at both work and pleasure. Meeting new people and even and perks are part of this well - deserved package and work. You are now cautious and read the fine print those you have lost touch with, personally or through you will have to take care that it doesn't bloat your ego further. Other money - related matters such as funds, carefully. There is better rapport too between you and email, phone or snail mail is not ruled out. Check out loans, deposits, taxes, trade, agencies, legal matters your co-workers and boss. You could be involved in new technology to raise your communication levels. could give you gains, both expected and unexpected, There will be some obstacles at work but the family developing new contacts or more business for your and could become a cause of great jubilation at home. and close friends are behind you like a rock to motivate support and approval of your boss / superiors. CAPRICORN: You love to make money and you and support you. TAURUS: This is a time to slow down but it won't be make a lot of it quite effortlessly, is the new moon in VIRGO: It is definitely 'Relationship time' now as easy as your sights are firmly fixed on making more your own sign initiates a trend of gains. Money money. Children / siblings / extended family will crave the new moon phase draws your attention to those who continues to flow into your coffers through rents, and need your attention and your time. Health may have added value to your life. You also have the co- leases, loans and promissory notes. A good bank need attention too and alternative therapies will prove operation and support of your boss and co-workers. balance makes you feel secure. You may have to spend a People find you pleasant and agreeable as you go out of effective. Visits to places of worship will calm your lot of time on negotiations and deals; and buying / your way to help others in need. There may be a agitated mind. You look for truth and the meaning of selling of assets, and making acquisitions. Your life is windfall now and you could gain a lot from an on an upswing in this period trend and you work at a life, and may seek out a guru for guidance. But you inheritance which you didn't expect. Loans / interest / new image for yourself. You may go in for a makeover have nothing to worry on the material plane as your bonuses and even payments stuck for a long time will and change your wardrobe, hair style and even body bank balance is quite strong. now be accessible to you. image. GEMINI: Your interest in money matter continues LIBRA: A really busy period, even a hectic one, as AQUARIUS: It is definitely money that is in focus and you think of ways and means to increase your everyday chores take your time. Despite leaving you this period. A strong financial foundation is what you assets. You love making money and spending it too. You totally engrossed and sometimes exhausted, it is still hanker after, as it gives you a feeling of security. You do can also be flamboyant and make it a point to display an enjoyable period. You also manage to find time for this through prudent and long - term investment in land, property, assets and stock holdings. This will give your material worth. Meetings with financial planners, your spiritual aspirations. Apart from work, there are you the necessary push to achieve success and, in the and dealing with loans, funds, assets will keep you social interactions and quality time spent with friends, process, develop your identity too. Everything falls occupied. There will be fun times too with social and family and loved ones. You love entertaining and being smoothly into place like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, outings with loved ones. This is a good period in life entertained and there will be plethora of outings, and you taste success in whatever you do. almost pre - ordained and without any great effort on picnics and get - togethers. You will be the soul of the your part. CANCER: The financially hectic period of the past party. PISCES: You have been working very hard this period slows down and there is sense of a quiet and SCORPIO: Your fine interactions with people, period and could have neglected your emotional calm now. This low-key period could propel you to seek especially with family members / work associates have relationships in the bargain. Romantic matters now out adventures and shake things up a bit. Nothing been enjoyable and even empowering. The come into sharp focus and you bond with your partner ventured, nothing gained - so true in your case, and introspective phase gives way to more pressing, earthly in a powerful way. You feel good about it and this, you are ready to try your luck, gamble away your concerns. The welfare and security of your loved ones fortunately, infuses a feel - good factor which also money, and also seek out adventures of the heart. You is of paramount importance now and you need to take colours your ties with your colleagues, co - workers, might even find the courage to propose to your care of their needs and wants. There could be siblings and even extended family. The mood is sweetheart, and then there may be an engagement or unexpected expenses as you over - reach yourself to the contagious and everyone is happy. Those who are marriage on the cards. family assets and also your personal wealth. unattached can expect to find love too.

Birthday Horoscope June 8 - June 14, 2020

June 8: There's a chance to move a relationship and enjoyment out there if you'll just avail outspoken is inevitable now, but that can get you to more satisfying level, make a commitment, or yourself of it. For opportunity to manifest, you into trouble as well as provide advantages. lay down rules concerning people who play a first have to open your mind to the wonderful June 13:It's not an especially favourable for role in your emotional life. Set the date for a possibilities. travel, study, exploring new places and option or party or family event. June 11:Ganesha says feelings pertaining to breaking new ground. The past has too strong a June 9:The focus is on your social life, which home / family are intense, providing motivation bold. You can run into a few snags around home becomes high - placed and active, and you're to invest time, energy, emotion, and even money June 14: Don't sell yourself short. A business likely in an excellent frame of mind for enjoying into making things more harmonious - any of meeting results in benefits. You can make a it to the hilt. It pays to keep plans loose and go which will be well spent. splendid impression on those you contact. The with the flow. June 12:The Moon gives that itchy foot to travel, fulfilment of an ambition is in reach through June 10:There's potential for fun, good ideas, have an adventure, or take some risks. Being subtle manoeuvring. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 SPIRITUALITY 29

ant Kabirdas (1440-1518 circa) was a famous poet, saint and social Sreformer of India. His writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. Kabir Panth which is a religious community recognizes him as KABIRDAS JAYANTI its founder and its members are known as Kabir Panthis, the followers of Saint THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT AND SOCIAL REFORMER FALLS ON JUNE 5 Kabirdas. His writings include Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir Granthawali and Anurag in the region of Kashi (also known as the Sagar. The major part of Kabir's work Banaras or Varanasi). He was was collected by the fifth Sikh Guru, heriditarically related to the weaving Guru Arjan Dev, and incorporated into occupation and cast of Julaha. His the Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib. immense contribution towards the The hallmark of Kabir's work consists of Bhakti Movement in India is considered his two line couplets, known as Kabir Ke as a pioneered one along with the Farid, Dohe. Ravidas and Namdev. He was a saint of The birth anniversary of Sant Kabir is combined mystical nature (Nath observed on Jyeshtha Purnima as per tradition, Sufism, bhakti) which made Hindu lunar calendar. him of a distinctive religion of his own. He said that the path of sufferings is the Birth of Sant Kabir real love and life. Saint Kabir DasKabirdas is said that In the fifteenth century, all the areas of he was born to a Hindu mother but this life of people in the Varanasi were is not an established fact. Not much is strongly held by the Brahmin orthodoxy known about his birth. He is said to have as well as learning centers. To make free been found on the ‘Ghats of River Ganga the people from, Kabir Das had to work ’ in the holy city of Benaras by a Muslim hard to preach his idealogy as he weaver Neeru and his wife Neema in the belonged to the low caste, Julaha. He year 1398. The couple took the baby home never felt difference among the people and named him Kabir meaning ‘the whether they are prostitutes, low caste Great One.’ Thus, Kabir was brought up or high caste. He preached to all by by Muslim parents. However, Kabir is the gathering self and his followers. He was one religious saint, perhaps the first one, ridiculed by the Brahmins for his to establish harmony among the various Kabir Panth is the religious which the doha or poem of Sant Kabir preaching activities but he never religions. He was the disciple of Saint community that recognizes Saint Kabir represented the truths of life! criticizes them back and that’s why he Ramanand and a devotee of Rama. His as its. The members of this Panth are was much liked by the common people. teachings are also included in the Holy known as Kabir Panthis who are spread Sant Kabir Jayanti Celebrations He started reforming the mind of text of the Sikhs- the Guru Granth Sahib. over north and central India and even Sant Kabir Jayanti is celebrated with common people towards the real truth He, in fact, influenced the ‘Bhakti across the world. They carry forward the great religious, spiritual and cultural through his couplets. Movement’ of India which stressed on legacy of Sant Kabir and spread his fervor in various places in India and He always objected the ritualistic and worshipping the ‘Nirgun Bhagwan’ – the teachings through his writings that around the world. At his birthplace, ascetic methods as a means of salvation. formless God without adhering to include Bijak, Sakhi Granth, Kabir Varanasi, The birth anniversary of He said that goodness’s ruby has more meaningless rituals. Granthawali and Anurag Sagar. The Kabirdas is elaborately celebrated in value than the mines of ruby. According Sikhs also preach the teachings of Kabirchaura Mutt. Religious sermons to him, the one’s heart with goodness Life History Bhagat Kabir Ji- the name given to Sant ‘satsang’ are organized where the includes all the prosperity of whole The life of Sant Kabir Das is full of Kabir by the Sikh community. Bhagat spiritual and religious leaders preach world. A person with mercy has strength, wonder and mysticism. Sant Kabir was Kabir’s work has been collected by the the way of life prescribed by saint Kabir. forgiveness has real existence of him, born in India in 1398 AD and lived for 120 fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev who There are many temples of Kabir in and individual with righteousness can years. During his life, he influenced incorporated this into the Sikh scripture, various cities of India and the easily attained the never-ending life. He people of all religion and always Guru Granth Sahib. There are more than organizations dedicated to spread the said that the God is in your heart and emphasized on the oneness of the 200 verses of Bahgat Kabir ji in this Holy teachings of Kabir make various ever with you, so offer inward worship to Supreme power. Although brought up by Text of the Sikhs. arrangements to celebrate Sant kabir him. He had opened the mind of common a Muslim family he wanted to become Jayanti there. For example, Bhagat people by one of his example that, if the the disciple of Saint Ramanand. So, one The Great Indian Poet Mahasabha in Jammu and Kashmir traveler is not able to walk; what can the day he went to the ghats of Ganga River Sant Kabir Picture on Indian Postal organizes a procession- ‘Shobhayatra’ in road do for traveler. where the saint came every dawn to have StampThe greatness of Sant Kabir as a honor of Sant Kabir which culminates at He opened the deep eyes of the people the holy dip in Ganges. In the faint light poet lies in the fact that he wrote in a Kabir temple. Not only poem recitation and taught them genuine lessen of of dawn, the young Kabir touched the very simple language yet the deep and the musical events are held to give humanity, morality and spirituality. He feet of Saint Ramanand. The saint meaning of his poetry can be called a people the opportunity to listen to was a follower and promoter of the thought that he had unknowingly valuable philosophy of life. He used Kabir’s dohas, the students and other ahimsa. He had turned the people mind touched someone with feet and he vernacular Hindi to write his dohas. professionals are also honoured for of his period through his revolutionary uttered the name of God. In Hinduism Doha is a two liner verse- a couplet. excellence in their fields. preach. There is no real proof and clue when a person wants to be a disciple of a Kabir ke Dohe or Kabir’s dohe are about his birth and family, some say he Guru, he is initiated by the Guru by rhythmic in nature and each of them Contribution to the Country was from a Muslim family; some say he uttering the name of God. Thus, when embodies one or the other philosophy of Saint Kabir Das, a Bhakti and Sufi was from high class Brahmin family. Ramanand came to know the dedication day-to-day life. The poetry of Kabir is not movement saint of the medieval India, is There was some disagreement among of the young Kabirdas, he got only a work of art- it is the means of extensively for his Bhakti movement in people related to the Muslim and Hindu overwhelmed and made him his disciple. teaching the way of life to the general the North India. His life cycle is centered about the funeral system after his death. However, it is not clear from any mass who were being, knowingly or historical text whether Kabirdas unknowingly, excluded by the other PAGE SPONSORED BY preached the spirituality that was scholars at that time due to the scholarly bestowed on him by his Guru or his language used by them. In fact, today ARISH K. SAHANI philosophy was a result of his own Kabirdas is known more for his poems enlightenment. Kabirdas, since the very and the dohas but these were his Serving Since 1972 beginning, questioned each and every secondary contribution to the society. Please Call or Write for Your Insurance Needs ritual of all the religions that were These poems of Kabir were the means of followed at the time. spreading awareness in the people and to Arish K Sahani (Father) Kabir was loved by Hindu, Muslims make them understand the true meaning and Sikhs as well as others equally. This of life. One of the examples of Kabir Shiv Sahani (Son) is evident in the fact that when he died, Dohas is as follows Hindus built the ‘Samadhi Mandir of Bura Jo Dekhan Main Chala, Bura Priya Sahani Sood (Daughter) Sant Kabir’ (Kabir Temple) and the Naa Milya Koye! Muslims built the ‘Sant Kabir’s Mazaar’ Jo Man Khoja Aapnaa, Mujhse Bura 7 1 8 - 2 7 1 - 1 9 0 6 (Kabir Tomb) side by side and the Naa Koye!! [email protected] followers of the both the religion pay Meaning– when I went in the search of homage to the great Saint standing right the evil, I could not find even a single evil “If Hindus don’t maintain Hinduism, who shall save it?” beside each other. person. When I searched my heart then I realized no one is more evil than me. “If India’s own children don't cling to their faith, who shall guard it?” Kabir Panth Thus was the simplicity of style with “Indians alone can save India, and India and Hinduism are one.” THE INDIAN PANORAMA 30 CLASSIFIEDS FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT 31 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 32 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 contd from page 1 Services for Floyd are expected to stretch across six protests over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed George Floyd remembered at memorial... days and three States, including memorials in North black man, at the hands of a white police officer in Carolina and Houston. A funeral is planned for Minneapolis. "The option to use active-duty forces in a propelling the issue of race to the top of the political Tuesday, June 9. (Agencies) law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of agenda ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov.3. Black lives matter says Meghan, calls US... last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of Derek Chauvin, 44, filmed in a widely circulated situations. We are not in one of those situations now," video kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes some violent, with curfews imposed in some cities to Esper told a news briefing. as Floyd gasped for air and repeatedly groaned, "Please, quell the disorder. "I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act." I can't breathe."was fired from the Minneapolis police "For the past couple of weeks I've been planning on Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who had long force and charged with second-degree murder. saying a few words to you for your graduation and as refused to criticize a sitting president explicitly, on Huge crowds have defied curfews and taken to the we've all seen over the last week what is happening in Wednesday accused Trump of trying to divide America streets of cities across the country for nine nights in our country, and in our state and in our home town of and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. sometimes violent protests that prompted President LA is absolutely devastating," said Meghan, whose response to civil unrest. Donald Trump to threaten to send in the military. mother is African American and father is white. Esper's news conference did not go over well with Ben Crump, a lawyer for Floyd's family, told the "First thing I want to say to you is that I'm sorry, I'm either the president or his top aides, an administration memorial service that the police action that day was so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. evil. "What we saw in that video was evil. So America, is still present," she said in her message to the girls at To deploy the military on US soil for law enforcement as we proclaim as we memorialize George Floyd, do not the Immaculate Heart High School. purposes, Trump would need to invoke the 1807 accept evil. Protest against evil. We cannot cooperate The duchess, a former U.S actress and wife of Queen Insurrection Act -- something last done in 1992 in with evil. We cannot cooperate with torture," Mr. Elizabeth's grandson Prince Harry, said she wanted to response to the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Crump said. say "the right thing" and was nervous her words would The military has pre-positioned 1,600 active duty Prosecutors leveled new charges against four former be "picked apart". forces on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., to deploy if Minneapolis police officers implicated in the killing on "The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. needed. A US official said that the Army on Wednesday, Wednesday, June 3. . However, on Thursday, June 4, the Because George Floyd's life mattered, and Breonna June 3, had been told of a decision to send some of the three officers charged with aiding and abetting the Taylor's life mattered, and Philando Castile's life active duty troops back to their home base, but Esper murder of Floyd made their first appearances in court, mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered and so did so reversed course following a meeting at the White House where bail was set at $1 million but would be lowered to many other people whose names we know, and whose and discussions at the Pentagon. Esper said he $750,000 if they agreed to certain conditions, including names we do not know," she said. regretted using the term "battlespace" this week to forfeiting any personal firearms. Britain's royal family by tradition does not comment describe areas gripped by protests. "In retrospect, I In New York City, which has been hit by looting on political issues. However, Meghan and Harry would use different wording so as not to distract from during the protests, thousands of people attended a stepped down from their official royal roles at the end of the more important matters at hand or allow some to memorial event in a Brooklyn park for Floyd. Many March and are now living in Los Angeles with their suggest that we are militarizing the issue," he said. knelt in the grass in the afternoon sunshine in a symbol baby son Archie. (Read full story at www.theindianpanorama.news) of protest against police behavior and chanted, "No In her message, the 38-year-old reflected on her own Mahatma Gandhi's Statue outside Indian... Justice. No Peace." U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries memories of the 1992 LA riots. urged people to continue their protests, saying the "Those memories don't go away and I can't imagine The Indian embassy spokesperson, in response to tragedy has awakened a cross-section of people who that at 17 or 18 years old, which is how old you are now, queries from The Indian Panorama, June 4,stated that would bring lasting change. that you would have to have a different version of that "Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Mahatma Gandhi "This time will be different, because the movement is same type of experience," she said. Memorial Plaza in front of the Embassy was vandalized being led by young African American sisters," the New "That's something you should have an understanding with graffiti/spray paint by unknown persons during York Democrat told the crowd. "This time will be of, but an understanding of as a history lesson not as the late hours of Tuesday, 2 June 2020. different because it's not a top-down movement, it's a your reality. So I'm sorry that in a way we have not The Embassy has taken up the matter with the US bottom-up-movement." Meanwhile, U.S. Attorney gotten the world to the place you deserve it to be." Department of State for early investigation into the General William Barr said on Thursday, June 4, there (Source: Reuters) matter, as also with the Metropolitan Police and had been evidence that foreign interests and "extremist Digital services taxes adopted by India and... National Park Service. The Embassy is working with agitators" affiliated with left-wing movements like the US Department of State, Metropolitan Police and Antifa were taking over the protests. But he offered no India is no stranger to the USTR investigations, National Park Service for expeditious restoration of the details. The Reverend Al Sharpton, a television political having been probed several times on various grounds. statue at the park". commentator and civil rights activist, told the "US President Donald Trump is concerned that many Ken Juster, US Ambassador to India, has apologized Minneapolis service that the overwhelming majority of of our trading partners are adopting tax schemes for the incident. "So sorry to see the desecration of the protesters were peaceful. designed to unfairly target our companies. We are Gandhi statue in Wash, DC. Please accept our sincere "There have been protests all over the world. Some prepared to take all appropriate action to defend our apologies. Appalled as well by the horrific death of have looted and done other things. None of us condone businesses and workers against any such George Floyd & the awful violence & vandalism. We it - looting and violence," Rev. Sharpton said. "But there discrimination," said USTR Robert Lighthizer in a stand against prejudice & discrimination of any type. is a difference between those calling for peace - and statement. We will recover & be better," Juster said on Twitter. those calling for quiet. Some y'all don't want peace, you Four years back, India levied six per cent tax on for Indian Americans are outraged for the 'profane just want quiet. You just want us to suffer in silence." advertisements hosted on offshore businesses such as desecration.' "A Molotov cocktail of profanity and The protests against Floyd's killing came close to the mobile phone apps, social media platforms and digital hatred, cooked by the tear-filled pages of sad history White House on Monday, June 1 night when baton- content streaming services. across humanity existence in every culture and eco- swinging police used heavy handed tactics to drive This was fine with the USTR, but it has opposed the system, was splashed across Mahatma Gandhi's statue demonstrators away. Mr. Trump has threatened to send latest Union Budget expanding the scope of the during the Tsunami of George Floyd's protest" said U.S. troops to stamp out civil unrest against the wishes equalization levy (tax) to revenues generated by non- New York based eminent attorney Ravi Batra. of State governors. That alarmed current and former resident e-commerce firms operating in India. "That the root of non-violent civil protest was military officials. Though the levy is two just two per cent, the US is desecrated speaks not of any disrespect, as Mahatma . Trump's former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, after keen on a probe. (Agencies) Gandhi is free of such temporal stain as the sun is free long refusing to explicitly criticize his former boss, US Defense Secretary opposes Trump... of clouds, but of the intertwined pain of age-old racism denounced any militarization of the response to that humanity sadly enjoys, horrible economic protests. "Donald Trump is the first president in my to deploy active-duty forces to quell civil unrest for destruction from the Wuhan Virus, and criminals who lifetime who does not try to unite the American people now, despite President Donald Trump's threats to remain society's recurring illness. 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disha- the land of paddy fields and palm-fringed silver beaches, Otemples, rivers, waterfalls and tribal people, is filled with major attractions such as the temples of ODISHA: THE SOUL OF Bhubaneshwar and Puri, miles of clean beaches and the magnificent Sun Temple of Konark. Odisha, the state with a glorious history, is filled with nature and adventure. Inhabited by tribal people, the INCREDIBLE INDIA not-so-developed state of Odisha must be visited to have the experience of the myriad wonders it has in store for everybody. Also known as the soul of India, Odisha is a place where you can relax on the beaches, visit the famous temples and explore the beauty and bounty of nature and wildlife. You can also find various monuments which gloriously stand to remind you of the history of the land. Odisha's art and culture, fairs and festivals, dances and music are a treat for the tourists who love to see colours and wish to enjoy life to the fullest. Visit the soul state of India and come back with a bag full of memories that will remain etched in your mind for a long time. Top Places to Visit Puri Puri in Odisha is one of the four must- visit pilgrimage sites for Hindus because of Jagannath Temple that forms the part of Char Dham in India. Puri is a beach city located on the coast of Bay of Bengal which is one of the favourites among people of West Bengal for a short trip. Having gained popularity among hippies back in the 1970s due to the legalisation of Bhang, Puri is still a popular destination among backpackers, however, the availability of bhang is now limited. With a plethora of hotels and homestays, the local tourist like to stay near the New Marine Drive and the backpackers prefer to stay near Chakra Tirtha. The Rath Yatra (chariot festival) which takes place during the month of June-July should not be missed if you are planning to visit during this time. Known as the resting place of Lord Shiva, the majestic history and heritage of Puri date back to the 3rd century B. C. Puri, Konark and Bhubaneshwar complete the Golden Triangle of Orissa, with their religious significance and cultural heritage being the centres of tourism in this state. There are a lot of places near Puri that one must visit, like the Chilika lake, Puri beach, Gundicha country. pieces which beautifully reflect the Baripada is a city, recognised by its Ghar and the very famous Sun temple of Konark Oriya art form. beautiful culture and an essence of Konark. Puri is soon turning into an Cuttack purity in nature. Its Rath Yatra is industrial hub with major Konark, in the state of Orissa is considered the biggest and oldest after manufacturing companies coming here. renowned world over for the Sun Temple Referred to as the cultural capital of Puri and thus Baripada is also known Bhubaneswar which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Odisha, Cuttack is a commercial city as Dwitiya Srikhetra (Second Puri) Site, the Annual dance festival and its with plenty of impressive tourist Bhubaneswar, the temple city of India, beautiful sandy beaches. attractions. It is host to the world famous Car once known for its architecture and Konark's Sun Temple is an Cuttack is the second-largest city in Festival (Rathyatra) which allows only grand temples, is presently a thriving architectural marvel and is one of the Odisha and the former capital as well. women to pull the Rath of Maa centre for commerce and business. most beautiful monuments of India. Local handicrafts of this state are Subhadra and gathers huge crowds. Bhubaneshwar is an ancient city The Annual Dance Festival is a five displayed and traded in this very city. One also finds here temples, known to replete with beautiful historic temples day-long cultural extravaganza which Cuttack is always buzzing with be one of the oldest in Odisha and which attract pilgrims and tourists from invites unique dancing talent from all cultural activities and plays host to a which see devotees coming from all all over the country.The name of the city over the country. This festival is a variety of festivals like the Baliyatra, over with a stong sense of faith and literally means Lord of the Universe, grand celebration of our country's which commemorates the ancient devotion. An event is organised here, rightly reflected in the number of rich cultural and artistic legacy, an trade links the countries like Java, during the mid of April that celebrates temples here and the religious fervor of event to truly rejoice the various Bali and Sumatra, Durga Puja and the the best talents of Chhau, a world its locals. This is now a bustling city dance forms that our country has Kite Festival which is held in the renowned dance form, indigenous to where the history is beautifully invented. The celebrations happen month of January. Cuttack is also the region. Baripada is also known for intertwined with its modern and with the backdrop of the Sun temple, known as the silver city because of its its Bangripori "tusser" fabric, that can progressive present. Bhubaneshwar adding grandeur and magnificence to famous silver work. SurCuttack is a be found anywhere in its local being the centre for religious tourism the whole program. Besides this, highly-planned city and has a number markets. Also, do not miss the has a number of majestic temples built Konark also hosts the Sun Festival, of tourist attractions which will make Simlipal Nature Park which has a centuries ago which have still retained where devotees offer prayers to the a person's trip here a memorable one. tiger reserve, sparkling waterfalls, their original over all these years. Sun God by taking dips in the sea. The Baripada numerous species of animals and Among them the Lingaraj temple and the Dance Festival also hosts a birds, Semul or red silk cotton trees Parasurameswara temple are must-visits Handicrafts Mela where one can buy At a distance of 248km from Kolkata and countless other things to leave you and attract tourists for all parts of the unique and exquisitely handcrafted and 256km from Bhubaneshwar, awestruck. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 34 SPORTS FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

GOLFERS DIKSHA DAGAR, NADAL SAYS HE WOULD ADITI ASHOK RECOMMENDED FOR ARJUNA NOT TRAVEL TO US OPEN IN NEW DELHI (TIP): Golfers Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar and Rashid Khan have been recommended for this year’s Arjuna Awards by the national federation. Diksha, the winner of silver medal in 2017 PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES Deaflympics, won the Women's South African Open, and was a sure shot qualifier for Tokyo Olympics this LONDON (TIP): Ordinarily Rafa year before it got postponed. Nadal would likely be closing in on Rashid is the highest ranked Indian man in the a 13th French Open title this week. world, while Aditi, who featured in the 2016 Rio Instead, he is home in Mallorca Olympics, is the only woman golfer from the country trying to make sense of a world that to be currently playing on the Ladies PGA Tour in feels anything but normal. the US. She has three wins on Ladies European Tour. Tennis is on hold until at least the Their names were recommended by the Indian Golf start of August because of the Union (IGU). Professional bodies Professional Golf COVID-19 pandemic, and while Tour of India (PGTI) and the Women's Golf there have been positive noises Association of India (WGAI) often send their about the prospects of the US Open recommendations to IGU. taking place, followed by the French If it was not for COVID-19 pandemic, there was a Open, Nadal served a dose of reality. strong likelihood of all the three making it to the Speaking via Zoom to tennis Tokyo Olympics team. media, the day after his 34th Rashid missed an individual bronze medal by one birthday, Nadal was asked his shot, but helped the Indian team win a team silver in thoughts of playing at the US Open, Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010. He is the highest of which he is reigning champion. ranked Indian in Asia at 10th and is also the top "If you asked me today if I want to Indian in the world at 185th. travel today to New York to play a Aditi won three times on the Ladies European tennis tournament, I will say: no, I Tour, and now plays on the Ladies PGA, the most will not," the world No. 2 told competitive and biggest golf Tour for women in the reporters. "In a couple of months, I world. don't know. Hopefully yes.” Diksha, 19, is an emerging talent. She represented "We need to wait probably until stadium brings." important to stay calm, to respect India at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, before we have more information about While still in the grip of a everyone, to live together in peace." turning professional in 2019. how the virus evolves, how the pandemic, the US is also While Nadal is missing his Just like Aditi, Diksha also won on the Ladies situation's going to be. New York experiencing outrage and protests Roland Garros stomping ground, he European Tour in her rookie year in 2019 when she has been one of the places that has over the death of George Floyd, an says there are more important won the Women's South African Open. She became been hit most strongly by the virus." unarmed black man who died while things. the youngest Indian to do so. When tennis returns, it will most in police custody. "I miss playing the tournaments likely be without fans. "I am of course worried to see all that I like. At the same time I'm not Pakistan cricket board to seek "I hate the idea, honestly. But if these disasters happening on the thinking about that. First we must that's the only way, why not? That's streets," Nadal said. "Violence and recover normal life, recover the govt clearance for camp to my position. I don't understand pandemics like this today create a freedom in terms of be able to enjoy tennis without the energy of the difficult climate, a difficult our personal lives, then try to prepare for tour of England crowd, without the passion a full atmosphere for the world. It's organise our professional lives." KARACHI (TIP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will seek government clearance before setting NBA approves plan to up a training camp for its players to prepare for the Tennis star Gauff demands change tour of England in July amid the rising threat of the resume season in July COVID-19 pandemic. amid protests over Floyd death Top PCB officials are busy formulating a plan to make the training camp possible at a time when the at Disney World merican teenage tennis cases and deaths from COVID-19 are on the rise in LOS ANGELES (TIP): The NBA's prodigy Coco Gauff Pakistan. Board of Governors have approved a Aappeared at a protest in her "Different plans are being looked at but the most plan to restart the suspended season hometown of Delray Beach, important thing is that the board will have to get the with a tentative July 31 start at Florida, on Wednesday, calling for final nod from the government before it goes ahead Disney World in Florida amid the racial and social justice after the with the tour to England or even the training camp," COVID-19 pandemic, the league said death of George Floyd, an an official in the board said. on Thursday. unarmed black man killed in The High Performance Centre in Lahore where the The plan would see 22 of the NBA's police custody in the U.S. board is planning to keep the players and officials 30 teams play eight seeding games to “I was eight years old when does not have the capacity to house 20 players at one determine a 16-team playoff field that Trayvon Martin was killed. So why time and this is causing a big problem for the would follow the traditional post- am I here at 16 still demanding officials. season format with four best-of-seven change?” said Gauff, days after "Head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq series that would crown a champion posting a video on social media in understandably wants at least 25 players in the no later than October 12. which she pledged to use her voice training camp and a list is being finalised but before "While the COVID-19 pandemic to fight against racism. it is announced the board wants to create a proper presents formidable challenges, we Martin was an unarmed black bio-secure environment at the high performance are hopeful of finishing the season in teenager whose killing by civilian centre so that everyone is safe from COVID-19," the a safe and responsible manner based George Zimmerman 200 miles official said. on strict protocols now being away in Sanford, Florida, in 2012 finalized with public health officials helped spark the “Black Lives and medical experts," NBA Matter” movement. Commissioner Adam Silver said in a “It breaks my heart because I’m news release. fighting for the future for my appeared in a cell phone video The league said approval from its brothers,” said Gauff. “I’m fighting kneeling on Floyd’s neck, has been Board of Governors, which came on for the future for my future kids, charged with murder. the day originally scheduled for the I’m fighting for the future for my Gauff, who rocketed to fame start of the NBA Finals, is the first future grandchildren.” after a stunning upset victory over formal step among the many required Floyd’s death on May 25 has her idol Venus Williams at last to resume the season. sparked a week of sometimes year’s Wimbledon, spoke at the According to ESPN, the vote on the violent protests and civil unrest in rally after her grandmother format was 29-1, with the Portland cities across the U.S. Yvonne Odom, who was the first Trail Blazers voting against the Derek Chauvin, a white black student at her high school in proposal. Minneapolis police officer who 1961, addressed the crowd. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT 35 THE INDIAN PANORAMA 36 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

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